Congress urged to act as riding tests push reforms
President Roosevelt ordered Gen. Bell to compare U S cavalry riding tests with France Germany and Italy. Bell reports European officers face harsher drills and stricter discipline with daily hours in the saddle. Mounting demands prompt calls to update U S remounting and officer training stations to keep pace.
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Died and funeral notices scattered across January dates
A page of obituaries lists Virginia Wilson Emma Buckley Rebecca Hood and others with funeral details. Messages note private interments, church services at St Stephen's All Saints Georgetown and St Matthew's, and memorials for figures including Allison Natler and Rear Admiral F. Me Ramony.
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European Tests Train Mounted Officers For War
Major General Le Rankin BISLL reports European armies keep mounted officers in constant readiness. French German Italian and Austrian systems involve daily riding tests and endurance drills with extensive cross country and obstacle work. Officers face rigorous courses and maneuvers with promotion tied to horsemanship and battlefield fitness.
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Thaw Case Chronicle Reflects Murder Trial Timeline
A scanned calendar traces Harry Thaw's murder case from the 1906 Madison Square Garden shooting of Stanford White through indictments and trial dates. It notes Key dates, lunacy hearings, and evolving legal questions about Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's testimony and its impact on the proceedings.
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French Army Horsemanship Tests Highlight Long Paris Contest
A Paris contest for the French army’s champion cheval d armes drew many officers including captains majors and colonels with one colonel around sixty. The event covered a school day a forty five mile cross country march a two mile steeplechase and obstacle jumping. The colonel impressed peers and superiors with his form and was praised for matching younger officers. Roosevelt urges remount depots and mounted infantry through letters to Secretary Taft and Representative Hull urging legislation to improve army horsemanship. Funeral directors listings follow in the latter portion of the same passage.
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Thaw Trial On Today Law To Bar Her Testimony
Criminal law experts tell Jerome that Evelyn Thaw’s evidence is inadmissible. Precedent set at last trial may affect a vital principle. A jury is likely to be needed for the long proceedings.
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Cold and Grip Cure Promises Quick Relief
In a crowded city scene the ad touts MINYON Cold and Grip Cure as swift relief for colds flu and influenza. It claims to stop nasal discharge sneezing throat and lung inflammation fever and exhaustion with a dosage of a few cents a vial through local druggists.
Thaw Case Moves On With New Psychiatric Scrutiny
The Thaw case shifts to renewed cross examination as Justice Dowling weighs admissibility and the potential impact of abroad travels on evidence. District Attorney Garvan seeks fresh confrontations about European trips and expert witnesses who labeled Thaw insane, while Jerome fights limits on cross questioning and maintains Thaw’s current legal insanity as the core defense.
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Sugar Trust Official's Fall From Fortune and Family Strife
David P Morgan, former sugar trust treasurer and son-in-law of John E Parsons, lost his fortune amid stock losses and debts to Harriman & Co. He signed away his equity in Chicago real estate to satisfy a $149,516.65 liability, while his separated wife Edith Parsons Morgan retained a $4,000,000 fortune. The divorce case in White Plains revealed alleged misusing trust funds and a past kidnapping of their three children, with custody later secured by the mother.
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Man Stabs Wife and Attempts Suicide in Pa Home
Jenston Pennsylvania January. Frank P. Smith, 28, attacked his separated wife Mary Smith in her home, stabbing her in the heart and then slashing his own throat. He survived, later tried gas. The four year old daughter slept nearby during the murder attempt.
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Little Egypt Dead Coroner Seeks Murder Cause
New York police investigate the death of Katherine Devine known as Little Egypt found in her West Thirty-seventh Street apartment. Coroner Harburger orders autopsy amid evidence suggesting coal gas asphyxia. detectives report no signs of struggle and list prior health and smoking as factors. the case stirred long fame from burlesque tours and sensational raids.
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Forged Order Stops Train at Corning
Louis A Flynn of Sayre held on $200 bail in Wilkes Barre for forging the name of Supt C J Phillips to a telegram order that halted a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western express at a way station in Corning. The conductor was discharged after headquarters refused authorization. Flynn offered no defense. case to go before the grand jury.
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Congo Crisis Drives Belgian Premiership Offer
Brussels reports suggest the vacant Belgian premiership after M de Tries’s death may go to M Schollaert but only if King Leopold accepts Congo concessions. The king’s gout worsens with a feared bone decay. a separate Brest cable notes the Argentine steamer Imperatrice blew its boilers off Ushant, crew saved by a fishing smack.
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Safe placement of funds and high capital surplus
The notice emphasizes placing current and surplus funds where they are absolutely safe and accessible on demand. It notes 84,400,000 in capital and surplus and mentions 2 percent interest on checking accounts.
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