Amortization fund dispute over Santo Domingo treaty
Roosevelt administration pushes a promissory amortization plan for Santo Domingo amid an unsettled Senate vote on the treaty. The fund, collected from Dominican revenues and routed via National City Bank, could be diverted if the treaty fails. Debates swirl over control of the money amid possible de facto governments and revolutions on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleims
Santo Domingo
Roosevelt
National City Bank
Senate
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Santo Dominican Affairs
Morales
Chapparal
Printers to Strike Today Over Eight Hour Demand
About 2,000 members of the Columbia Topographical Union No. 8 face an eight hour day starting at 8 a m today after a meeting at the Temple on Street NW. Only a minority will strike as talks with employers continue. The union argues the arbitration clause is local, contracts are void, and vows to support striking families. Typothetae counter that arbitration was not fulfilled and assert the contract lapsed with its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Topographical Union
No. Wi
Temple
Eightenant Committee
Ninth and
Dth Streets
Typothetae
Umom
Typographical Union
Ioral
Ecity
Mother fears foul play in missing Hoboken youth
A Hoboken mother reports her son William Wilson disappeared in Washington on the way home from North Carolina. Police in Washington and Philadelphia cooperate to locate the missing 21-year-old, last heard from December 3 in the capital. The distressed mother, Mrs W E B Wilson of Maple Street, begs for news as she endures extreme worry.
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Capital
North Carolina
Washington
Willam Wilson
Hoboken
W. EB. Wilson
Mapte Street
North
Jag
Phiadelphia
Philadelpha
Loy
Man Arrested At White House Aims To Get $2.9 Million
Paul Frederick, 56, of Tiga Pennsylvania, was seized at the White House entrance by Secret Service officers while seeking President Roosevelt’s help to collect a $2.9 million debt from a Pennsylvania coal company. He claimed he would do something to make the world shudder if not aided. He was taken to Police headquarters and pronounced insane by two police surgeons. Funeral services for W Burns Payne will be at 4 PM today at J William Lee chapel 332 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Rev Dr Joseph Dawson will officiate with pallbearers from the Calvary Methodist Episcopal church Bible class.
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Paul Frederick
Tiga
White House
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Frederick
W Burns Payne
National B
Washington, D.C
Bank
Seventh Street Northwest
Cty
Washington, D
Cauntel
Sunu
Washington Post
Washingxton
D. Co
John C. Ecklofe
Delid&s. Jassine
Mutual Tre Insurance Company
District Columbra
Washington
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Comany
TL. Pimach Botelii
Deit
Columbia National Land Lredging Company
Gardner Y. Boothe
South Wairfax Street
Alexandria
Ensula
Joseph KE. McCammon
Gustav A. Bonnet
Georges Cores Coal and Iron Company
Baltimore
Equitadia
A. Goode
Capital Traction Company
Charles H Bochan
Franz Co
G Bornschein
Peabody
Infonet Io
Dr. White
Pa Ave
Baltimore Sun
WM Smith
Arthur Plan
Heltimere Sun Bureau
Car Hits Milk Wagon on Seventh Street
A Capisl Traction car crashed into a milk wagon at Seventh Street and Wir sinia Avenue Southwest yesterday afternoon, overturning the vehicle and slightly injuring W. Clinton Adams, the driver, who was buried heavily to the ground. The wagon and the car started with little or wage.
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Capisl
Seventh Street
Wirsinia Avenue
W. Clinton Adams
Daisy Richardson, Benning Belle, Ends Her Life
Daisy Richardson a twenty year old Benning girl drank carbolic acid after a New Year dance quarrel with fiancé Marty Anderson. She returned home smiling then collapsed after telling her mother she had ended her misery. Coroner Nevitt confirmed death by own action.
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Daisy Richardson
Benning
L. F. Savage
Nevitt
Vernon Investigated Could End W. T. Vernon's Treasury Bid
Chicago lawyer I. S. Williams emerges as likely successor to Judson W. Lyons as register of the treasury, replacing Vernon of Quindaro Kansas. Charges of a serious nature have been filed against Vernon with Senator Long of Kansas and sent to President Roosevelt for explanation. The senator refuses to disclose the charges.
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Register of Treasury
I. S. Williams
Chicago
Amegro
Register of the Treasury
Judson W. Lyons
W. T. Vernon
Quindaro
Kan
Kansas
Vernon
Senator Long
Roosevelt
Per Capita Money In Circulation Reaches New High
The dollar volume in the United States on January 1 totaled 2,671,643,571 with a rise of 39,400,032 since December and 1,922,443 since January 1, 1605. Estimated population stands at 980,000, yielding a per person circulation of 81.82. Last year per capita was 112, this year 00.28, and in 193 the figure was 29.43 and 183 was.
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United States
The Charcoal Lozenges Health Claim
Charcoal is praised as a safe absorber of stomach gases and impurities, improving breath, complexion, and digestion. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are highlighted as best value, made from Willow charcoal in honeyed lozenge form, priced at 25 cents a box. A Buffalo doctor endorses their use for gas, skin clarity, breath, and potential liver benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Buffalo
Hill trial details falsified records in city filtration project
Philadelphia hearing on John W. Hill former chief of the filtration bureau continued with witness Frederick Schaffhauser an assistant engineer testifying Hill allegedly ordered him to eat it up allowing extra excavation figures that favored the contractor for Torresdale filter plant under contract No 17 with D J McMicol & Co. another engineer Garrett described Hill’s threats over the tampering claim and warned about dismissal if the term aft work was used again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John W. Hill
Audenreidh
Hill
Bell
Audenreid
Frederick Schaffhauser
Chief Hill
Torresdale
D. J. McMicol & Co
Schaffhauser
Scchiaffhauser
George S. Graham
Hil
Schaffhanger
Aft
Kept His Peril Secret By Deceived Family
Hon Charles W Russell Assistant Attorney General was at George Washington University Hospital recovering from an operation performed weeks ago by Dr Vernon Jackson. During a Christmas house party he hid his illness, telling his family a fortnights absence on business. A note to the family revealed his condition and his recovery. Russell, former Attorney General Philander Knox’s agent for the Panama Canal transfer, had trips to Paris and Panama and Cuba at the war end to report on legal status. His father was speaker of the house in the first Confederate congress. his wife’s father and sister were Col John S Mosby’s relatives.
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Charles W. Russell
George Washington University Hospital
Vernon Jackson
Mr. Russell
Russell
Philander Knox
Panama Canal
Paris
Panama
Alan
Cuba
Department of Justice
House of Representatives
Confederate Congress
John S. Mosby
Southern Army
Roosevelt Dines Out With Roots and Fairbanks Guests
President and Mrs Roosevelt dined with Secretary and Mrs Root, guests including Miss Alice Roosevelt as vice presidential figure. Vice President Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks hosted a separate dinner with Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representative Longworth of Ohio among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Alice
Roosevelt
Root
Fairbanks
Miss Alice Roosevelt
Representative Longworth
Ohio
Photographer’s Son Try Suicide With Cyanide Fluid
Edward H. Pullman, 36, son of a Ninth Street photography studio owner, swallowed potassium cyanide after breakfast and went to his room above the studio. Found groaning, he was rushed to Emergency Hospital in critical condition. motive unclear.
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Edward H. Pullman
Ninth Street
Pullman
Anasingis
President Can’t Aid Howard in Kentucky Murder Case
No petition has been filed with the President for James Howard who was convicted in Kentucky of Gov Gosbel’s murder and is serving life. The White House said intervention is not possible since state courts convicted him, while the Supreme Court declined to interfere. Also, Gov Carter granted an absolute pardon to Stephen Mabaulu for embezzlement and land office frauds.
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James Howard
Kentucky
Gov. Gosbel
White House
Howard
Supreme Court of the
United States
Honolulu
Ban
Francisco
Carter
Stephen Mahaulu
Mabauli
E. 3. Heyd
Harries Hosts Debate on Street Car Routes to Union Station
Gen. George H Harries of the Washington Railway and Electric Company hosted a dinner at the Willard for prominent District citizens. The group debated street railroad routes to the new Union Station, opposition from Citizens associations, and broader railway legislation, with plans and schedules discussed and a report to be presented to East Washington Citizens Association.
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Union Station
Washington Railway and Electric Company
George H. Harries
Washington Railway and Eledtric Company
Tost
New Willard
J. J. Darlington
William F. Ham
Supt. Fuller
Charles & Bundy
William G. Henderson
Mr. Lawson
A. B. Brown
J. B. Kinnear
C. S. Emig
W Mosby Williams
Frank S. Carmody
Gen. Harries
Union Statiion
Washington Traction Company
Congress
East Washington Citizens’ Association
W. Mosby Williams
Affable Robber Steals Watch and Purse From Home
Mrs. B. P. Erb reports a well dressed young man posing as a room renter entered her home at 214 Delaware Avenue Northeast early yesterday. He stole a gold watch and chain valued at six dollars from one bureau and her pocketbook containing about six dollars from another. She described the thief and believes she can identify him if caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Erb
Delaware Avenue Northeast
Returns From Panama III Carpenter in Serious Condition
Harry Gallagher a Cincinnati carpenter is in a serious state at Casualty Hospital from pernicious malarial fever contracted in Panama. He travelled home via train to Washington and Baltimore. he fainted on arrival and was sent to the hospital. He gave his name and address as 404 Warner Street Cincinnati. May Sylvester notified police to locate his relatives. Alfred W Hunt named harbor master of Canal Zone ports. A canal harbors pilot license rule takes effect January 15. Bank robbers frightened away after explosion at Bainbridge. Sakhallis Greek accused of murder in Greece in 1900 with a long stiletto. King Alfonso fell from horse but remounted and proceeded to review.
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Harry Gallagher
Cincinnati
Casualty
Panama
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Sixth Precinct
Warner Street
May
Sylvester
Tha
Canal Zone
Alfred W. Hunt
Canal Terminal
Chicago
D. Sakhallis
Tharpise
Greece
Roosevelt urges Shonts to stay at canal helm
President Roosevelt, backing Isthmian Canal Commission head Charles S. Shonts, asks him to dismiss thoughts of resigning. He fears Shonts may quit if criticisms grow and public doubt deepens. Roosevelt believes Shonts will remain if he shows strong support through Congress session.
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Roosevelt
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Clover Leaf Railroad Company
Secretary Shaw Delays at Door on Rainy Morning
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw arrived late to the Treasury Department yesterday and skipped registering his arrival. A vigilant watchman chased him, mistaken for a passenger by the elevator conductor, until the Secretary was identified. He later said he was sorry for not registering as required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Treasury Department
Teachers Appointed and Pay Snafu at Franklin School
The board of education at Franklin School accepted Miss Mary G. Blake's resignation and named Miss Gertrude Fuller as assistant. Substitute sewing teachers were added: M G Gray Amy Riggles BE H Wilson C H Powell and Mabel Griffin. In division twelve R 73 Martin was promoted from third to fourth grade. Teachers complain the payroll method delays monthly checks causing inconvenience and some December checks were not delivered on schedule.
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Board of Education
Franklin School
Mary G. Blake
Gertrude Fuller
M. G. Gray
Amy Riggles
BE. H. Wilson
C. H. Powell
Mabel Griffin
Martin
Has Ricketts Resigned Aide Denied Report
Public Printer Charles A. Stillings denied yesterday that Oscar F. Ricketts, Assistant Public Printer, has resigned. Ricketts is in New York on a ten day vacation and has not communicated any resignation. Rumors say he may start a printing business with L. C. Way, with an option on a $22,000 site, but Ricketts will return tomorrow to announce plans.
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Oscar 4. Ricketts
Charles A. Stillings
Stillings
Ricketts
New York
Ihigety
L. C. Way
Government Printing Office
Shuster to accompany Bryan on Philippine visit
Washington man W Morgan Shuster, collector of customs for the Philippines, will accompany Willam J Bryan as civil government representative on his southern island tour. Galiciano Aposible, ex Filipino junta president, travels from Hongkong as Radical party representative. James M Walker of Baltimore fell from a moving car at Seventh and Penn NW, sustaining a head injury and later recovering at home.
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Washington
Marija
W. Morgan Shuster
Washington, D. C
Philippine Archipelago
Willam J. Bryan
Galiciano Aposible
Hongkong
Radical Party
Ten Men Hurt in Wreck on Milwaukee Line
Ten men were injured in a rear-end collision between freight trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad at Kedgle Avenue. The men slept in the caboose of the first train when the second train’s locomotive crashed into it in foggy dawn conditions.
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Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Kedgle Avenue
Dewey Out of Wireless Range Near Cape Henry
No word arrived yesterday on the Dewey as it nears the Philippines expedition. Navy officials and Cape Henry wireless operators say the vessel is beyond reach by wireless and will likely receive advices only from incoming ships passing the area.
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Dewey
Philippines
Navy
Cape Henry
Letter Wandered the World Reaches DC Writer's City
A bottle letter from Civil War era Spanish American War soldier Samuel Feland survived oceans and Tibet. Archibald Ruart, a Washington DC Agriculture Department clerk and regimental comrade, explains how the note began aboard a Key West bound ship in 1898. It passed through a British steamer, then via a Japanese captain to India, Tibet, and finally to Ruart in this city.
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Forbidden Land
Tibet
Washington
Samuel Feland
District of Columbia
Archibald A. Ruart
Agricultural Department
Key West
Cuba
Cervera
Weland
St. N. W
Washington, D. C
Mr. Ruart
Restormer
Merlin
Liverpool
St. Paul
Santiago
England
Feland
Japan
India
Fumalaya
Ireland
Maerlin
Restormel
William
Navy Department
Snowfall Blocks Traffic Across Midwest States
Des Moines reports eight inches of snow blocking rail lines as steady snowfall continues for a day. Lacrosse experiences the heaviest winter storm yet, delaying passenger and mail trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. Menominee endures sleet as a severe storm cripples travel.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Des Moines
Lacrosse
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
Menomimes
Mich
Weather Conditions and Storm Moving Across the U S
A powerful storm system has shifted from Northwestern Louisiana to northeastern Iowa, bringing heavy precipitation across the eastern two thirds of the United States. Snow is falling in the Mississippi Valley north of Missouri with strong northwest winds. The storm will track northeast toward the Upper Lakes and Ontario, bringing snow and high winds to the Great Lakes, New England, and Atlantic coasts with rain in the Middle Atlantic and Lake regions. Temperatures are expected to fall, followed by clearing and colder weather along all coasts. Storm warnings remain in effect from Jacksonville to Eastport and river warnings for parts of the Carolinas and Georgia. Local readings show varied temperatures through the day with high winds along the coasts and mixed precipitation forecast for the coming days.
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Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Louisiana
Hhas
Iowa
Madison
United States
Mississippi
Missouri
Atlantic
Upper Lakes
Ontarly
Take
Middle Atlantic
New England
Lake
Ohio Valley
Allant
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Banks
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W. B. Payne
Newspapen Frdhive
Palis
Miss Richardson
Marty Anderson
Brooks
Roosevelts
Father
Hawaii
Cen. Harries
Chillicothe
Spargur Muliiz
Bainbridge
Alfonso
Madrid
Treasury
Shuster
Bryan
Man Hart
James M. Walker
Key Weat
Co. Dist
Lansburgh & Bro
Batiste
Marine, &c
Speloe
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth Street
Oppenheimer
54Th St
Carolina
Georgia
Jacksonville
Eastport
Remy
Maexmun
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
N. I
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N. Tak
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Tex
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Mont
Ind
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Fila
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Ark
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Mick
O.sa
Memphis
Tenn
Orleans
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Nebr
Omaha
Nebrae
Pittaburg
Ealt Lake Cig
Utah
St. Louis
Minn
Springfield
Vicksburg
Misa
Penn
Orde Schwartz & Pelzman
1Th Street
Home Savings Bank
Yth
Mass. Ave
Connecticut
Tharp
N.W
Miller
B. B. Earnshaw G Bro
UTH
M Sts
Mt Plearant
Pedro Domecq
D. C
Christian Xander
Peter Grogan
Shoomaker
Gamuarany National Bank
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