Vision of War in the Orient Stirs Vancouver News
Paris observers and French journals discuss an interview with Viscount Aoki repudiated by Japan’s ambassador. They push a theory that Pacific conflict is imminent. Tokyo and Vancouver report Japanese reservists ordered to Tokyo while arrivals from the United States prepare for Japan. The debate centers on Anglo-Japanese alliances and China’s role, with analysts predicting renewed tensions and possible action in the Pacific.
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Ashine
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Japan
Frei
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Oregon
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Telegraph
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Tiyan
Fenn
Hussit
China
Hu Jin
United States
San Francisco
Jipan
Lee
Tes Ag
Vox
Hoven Tsa
Junan Dama
Ienes
Cyribols
Kurine
Horse to Carry Mr Taft Sold to Chicago Firm
A McCrough County resident, A Ewing, sold his Missouri born saddle horse to a Chicago firm engaged in supplying a mount for Secretary of War William H Taft. The horse, six years old, 1240 pounds, sixteen hands high, was purchased about a year ago for 1000 dollars. The firm advertised for a horse large enough to carry a man weighing 90 pounds. 3 A Small & Soy, Florists, Washington and New York.
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Washington Festina Ton
A T Ewing
McCrough County
Chicago
William H Taft
Missouri
Ewing
Taft
Boni May Get Wife Back Rumor Circulates in Paris
Paris rumor reports Count Bon de Castellane may remarry Mme Gould who divorced him earlier. Mme Gould stays at her country chateau and neither confirms nor denies the rumor. Also Prince Helle de Sagan filed assault charges against Count Bon de Castellane in criminal court seeking 1 franc damages, with the case set for January 2.
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Washington Post
London
Paris
The
Chronicle
Count Bont de Castellane
Mme. Gould
Jane
Helle de Sagan Hae
Count Bon de Castellane
Preacher for Divorce Church in Elopement Trade
Special to The Washington Port reports Rev. Madison C. Peters condemns rushed marriages and cash for ministers. He cautions ministers to guard against “grass” widows and haste in wedding ceremonies at Seventy second Street and Broadway, arguing true marriage grows beyond the license and ceremony.
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New York
Washington Port
Jan
Madison C. Peters
Seventy-second Street
Broadway
Parsons
George C. Houghton
Peters
Marital Rules Tighten for Catholics Under New Papal Rescript
Pittsburg January 6 A pastoral letter to be issued before Lent by Bishop Canevin and other bishops imposes new marriage regulations on Catholics. It enforces Pope Pius X's rescript that prevents priests from marrying residents of other parishes, effectively curbing elopements and misconsidered marriages and increasing hurdles for Catholic non Catholic unions.
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Pittsburg
Canevin
Buried Miners Air Pipe Bent Slows Rescue
Ely Nevada report says a six inch air pipe feeding miners entombed for a month was bent by rock pressure at the six foot level, halting air supply briefly. Rescuers repaired the break within hours, the men remain well, and progress is about ten feet daily. They were told release could take four weeks and they have food and supplies to last that long.
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Ely
Nev
Jan B-Tne
Will Keep Up Fight Senate Committee to Act on Chancellor Case
Dr. Chancellor vows ongoing fight against the Washington school board with court action after his dismissal, while attorney Creed Fulton attacks the board as unfair and hints at congressional investigation. Senator Scott defers comment as the Senate District Committee plans hearings next Friday and awaits action.
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Chancellor
Scott
District Committee
Stuart
William E. Chancellor
Washington Public Schools
Congress
Creed
M. Fulton
Senate
Board of Education
Senate District Committee
Senate Committee
Burkett
Nebraska
Retired School Chief Stuart Chosen as Superintendent
The board selected former superintendent and long time educator Mr. Stuart after being nominated by W. V. Coz. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell urged unanimous support and the vote was overwhelmingly in his favor. An informal reception was planned, with the oath of office to be given at Franklin School at 9 this morning.
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Senate District Committee
Representative Smith
House District Committee
Senate
Board of Education
Burleson
Representative Burleson
Texas
Stuart
A. T. Stuart
Washington
Ir. Stuart
W. V. Coz
Mary Church Terrell
Franklin School
Train Hits Funeral Coach Near Elizabeth N J
Special to The Washington Post Elizabeth New Jersey January 6 a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Dark Lane crossing near Roselle Avenue struck a funeral coach carrying seven people traveling sixty miles an hour. Two horses died and the coach was demolished injuring three passengers with two expected to die while the driver John Einstadt of Newark suffered multiple injuries. There was no cross gate at the crossing.
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Washington Post
Elizabeth
N. J
Pennsylvania Myer
Jersey City
Dark Lane Crossing
Roselle Avenue
Edward Chanler
Catheroine Street
Henry Howard
Franklin Street
John Einstadt
25 Spring Street
Newark
Elizabeth General Hospital
No word of Mount Royal after long voyage
St John New Brunswick January 6 No word reached here on the overdue Canadian Pacific steamer Mount Royal Two steamers the Sobo from the West Indies and the Alcides from Glasgow arrived today but report no sign of any disabled vessel Officials still hold out hope she has drifted south due to machinery trouble and may yet be reported
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Mount Royal
Sobo
West Indies
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Glasgow
Mount Royer
Fourteenth Husband Revelations of Mrs Townsend
Mrs Jenne P Bigford of Council Bluffs Iowa has fourteen husbands with fourteen marriages and eleven divorces, most are dead or missing. Her latest spouse A W Townsend is a wealthy retired farmer from Dodge Nebraska, and many husbands are Civil War veterans.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Jenne P Bigford
Council Bluffs
Iowa
A. W. Townsend
Dodge
Zoover
Colorado
Ewing
Mrs. Townsend
King
Yves
Suits
W. H. Scott
Philip Moomaw
Hives
Salt Lake City
Charles Hitchcock
Oakland
Cal
George W. Smith
Harry Straw
Jessé Lyman
Hyes
D. C. Bigford
Sattley
Brownson
Lyman
Mra Townsend
Creel May Quit Post Here Ambassadorship Sought Return to Chihuahua
The Chihuahua legislature extends Gov Enrique Creels leave of absence as Mexican ambassador to the United States. Reports say he will resign the ambassadorship and return to Chihuahua to assume active control of the governorship at the end of the month.
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Washington Post
Mexico City
Mexico
Chihuahua
Enrique Creel
United States
Will Rhinelander's Son Seeks Share In $50 Million Estate
Albany residents report William C Rhinelander, son disinherited by his New York father on a vast $50 million estate, plans to contest the will. Juliette Catherine Mater claims she married Rhinelander in 1897 and says he will travel to New York when able to pursue his share. The Albany couple live modestly in the lower city. Rhinelander, about 55 and a cripple, was previously linked to a house maid bride and a waitress wife, and has faced accusations of shooting a family lawyer.
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William Rhinelander
New York
William C. Rhinelander
Juliette Catherine Mater
Rhinelander
John Drake
Tive
Sues After Wife's Death in $260000 Damages Suit
Special to The Washington Bay reports Jacob Field of 125 Riverside Drive a Wall Street broker named defendant in a $260,000 dam age suit in New York County Supreme Court. Dr Oliver Walcott Hall a wealthy dentist accuses Field of alienating his wife Madeline Gladys Toretti Hall who died February 4, 1897. Field was a close friend and visitor at the Ansonia Hotel during her illness and attended the funeral. Hall says he learned the grounds for the suit only after his wife’s death. Field’s counsel calls the suit baseless and preposterous.
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Washington Bay
New York
Jacob Field
Riverside Drive
Wall Street
Supreme Court of
New York County
Oliver Walcott Hall
Field
Hall
Dental Partors
Regent
Maurice Untermeier
Murder claims Knoxville patrolman and father dies
William Jarnigan, sixty five, father of Patrolman O L Jarnigan, and close to another officer Michael Wrenn, died after news of his son’s death. The elder Jarnigan, grieving after the funeral, collapsed and died at home near Joppa Grainger County. His wife also fell ill, believed dying from the shock.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Van
Willam Jarnigan
L. Jariigan
Michael Wrenn
Joppa
Grainger County
Muskegon Pedestrian Buckshot McPhail Aims Senior Feat
Muskegon Mich Jan 5 Buckshot Dan McPhail famed local hermit and would be 115 in March plans a walker’s challenge against Edward Payson Weston from Muskegon to Chicago. McPhail’s bold bid highlights a youthful athlete’s attempt to outpace veteran endurance walking in a dramatic cross state contest.
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Muskegon
Mich
Buckshot
Dan McPhail
Muskegon County
Edward Payson Weston
Chicago
Reed Attacks Rooseveltism At Carnegie Dinner
Pittsburg January 6 Judge James H Reed president of the Philadelphia Company denounced Rooseveltism at a semi private Duquesene Club banquet for Carnegie Steel officials. He recalled his Knox Reed law firm and urged relief from financial worry while W Ellis Corey, guest of honor, argued money stringency requires restraint not blame. Coreys speech promised better times by midsummer.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
James H. Reed
Philadelphia
Duquesene Club
Elven
Carnegie Steel Company
Corey
Dolliver Addresses New Moral Outlook in Brooklyn
United States Senator J P Dolliver of Iowa defended Roosevelt’s stance on trusts and praised the rising American morality. He argued the government is not captured by corruptionists and that the country is improving steadily. Dolliver called Roosevelt the greatest American and supported the president’s push to purge market places of harmful influences.
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New York
Roosevelt
United States
J. P. Dalliver
Iowa
Budoklyn
Dolliver
Flinn Declines Senate Run Names Knox Backer
William Flinn Western Pennsylvania Republican leader says he will not seek the United States Senate seat. He calls for radical leadership change, accuses “ban poulsmen” of plundering the state, and urges delegates to support Knox while aligning with Theodore Roosevelt’s policies.
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Senate
Washington
Pittsburg
William Flinn
Republican
United States
Boies Penrose
Jenae
United States Senate
Fentose
Theodore Roosevelt
Foraker group planned to upend Ohio politics
In Toledo the belief grows that Foraker allies draft a coup to oust the Brown machine and dent Taft prospects. Columbus observes efforts to block county election boards from following state central committee rules, with lawyers arguing taxpayers can stop unlawful spending and disfranchisement. If Huffman primary bill passes before Feb 11 it could nullify the Republican State central committee call, delay both state primary and convention, and repeal the Bronson law.
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Washington Post
Toledo
Ohio
Tornight
Friends of Foraker
Columbus
Board of Elections
State Central Committee
Ohio House
Senate
House
Huffman
Republican State Central Committee
Bronson
Poll on Blaine Club members sparks New York intrigue
Special to The Washington Fest reports a secret poll among James G. Blaine Republican Club members in Manhattan’s Second Assembly district. The survey aims to reveal presidential preference and draws interest from local Republican politicians.
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Washington
New York
James G. Blaine
Republican Club
Second Assembly
Manhattan
Today’s Issue Index Highlights Diverse Local Items
Page by page summing today includes Japan troop recall notice Rev Madison Peters favors divorce Dr Chancelor to appeal to courts Rhinelander millions police rent riots presidential actions social columns and social personal items plus sports editorial and advertising notes across pages from religious dedication to playground funding and new synagogues.
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Japan
Madison Peters
Chancelor
Rhinelander
Brownson
Creel
Mia
Stafford
David P. Morgan
Egypt
Taft
Tesla
Earl of Yarmouth
British Officer Killed In Buffalo Trolley Accident
John C. Cautley a 56 year old retired British army officer and former lieutenant colonel in the Royal West Kent Regiment died after being struck by a trolley car in Buffalo New York. He was born in Cambridge England and served in India the Gordon relief expedition and Majuba Hill.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John C. Cautley
Cautley
Cambridge
England
Royal West Kent Regiment
India
Majuba Hill
Rent Riots Quelled as Tenants Defy Barred Flags
East Side rent tensions sparked clashes as landlords and striking tenants battled with police reserves. Five strikers arrested, a woman injured, and flags torn from tenements. Barricades, ambulances, and multiple mass meetings followed across the district. Organizers in Hoboken and Jersey City rally tenants for February action.
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New York
East Eleventh Street
Wee
East Twelfth Street
East Side
Naka
Hoboken
Jersey City
Bomb Hurled at Saloon Door Sparks East Side Panic
A bomb struck the saloon door at 445 East Thirteenth street in New York. Hundreds of Italians rushed into the street, fears of a rent strike spread, and firefighters contained a small blaze while police calmed the crowd and returned residents to their homes.
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Washington Post
New York
East Thirteenth Street
Frank Lucerta
Lucerta
Triress Street
Vinto
Roosevelt Attacks Brownson in Hospital Ship Controversy
In letters to Secretary Metcalf, President Roosevelt clarifies his view on the hospital ship issue and condemns officers who have cast discredit on the Navy. Admiral Brownson's letter is not published.
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Metcalf
Roosevelt
Navy
Brownson
President rebuke over navy resignations and conduct
The President censures Admiral Brownson and other officers for resigning rather than follow orders, labeling the act unseemly and improper. He denounces divisions over naval construction and training methods, saying such conduct harms the navy and its honor. Admiral Brownlyn offered no comment when shown the letters.
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Department
Navy
Roosevelt
Willard H. Brewneon
o@very
Matcalf
Admiral Brownson
Roosevelt denounces admiral over hospital ships issue
President Roosevelt denounces Rear Admiral Brownson for resigning over hospital ship control and criticizes naval infighting. He urges loyalty to the navy, cautions against sensationalism, and asks Secretary Metcalf to state the facts, with Admiral Converse to weigh in.
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