LIE PASSES FREELY House Row Escalates in Colloquy
The Tennessee representative Gaines and Pennsylvania’s Mahon clashed in a heated House debate over docking absentees. Ollie James of Kentucky intervened, separating them as tempers rose. The incident ended with the two embracing amid uproar, while the chamber admired the turn of events.
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Wesley Gaines
Fennessee
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Ollie James
Kentucky
John Wesley
Gaines
Mr Mahon
Gelines
Intonla
Crisp
Fear Shifts Toward Wrecked Ponce and Maracas Mystery
Shipping circles fear the steamer Ponce and the Maracas sank after collision. Neither vessel has been heard from since late December and January reports note no wireless aboard the Ponce and lingering gloom in New York Porto Rico offices. Authorities list the ships overdue, with Maracas four days late. Provisions aboard Ponce reportedly sufficient for a month and cargo includes perishables. Local officials cling to hope the Maracas will tow the missing ship, though odds grow against recovery as weather and distance complicate efforts.
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New York
Ponce
Maracas
Porto Rico
Washington Post
Shenandosh
Sardy Hook
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Trinidad
Pensicola
Hydrographic Office
Gos Beekman Winthrop
Jean “Bleamer Carneas
Newark
Janvers
Fittio J
Comj
Interstate Commerce probes Harriman ties rival lines
Special to The Washington Post reports the Interstate Commerce Commission adjourned with next hearings in New York focusing on Harriman financial operations and possible anti trust violations by Union Pacific acquiring Southern Pacific. Proceedings may involve Rockefeller, Schiff, Frick, Rogers and Stillman with potential writs of no exeat discussed but denied.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Harriman
Commission
Oregon Short Line
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Messrs Kellogg and
Severance
Alse Union Pacifc
Cleary
Ogden
Seattle
Commerce Commission
Lane
Portland
San Francisco
William Rockefeller
Jacob H Schiff
HH Rogers
Henry Frick
Ripley
Atchison
Kubo
Loeb & Co
Rockefeller
Schiff
Stillman
Europe
Stiftman
E H Harriman
H C Frick
H. H. Rogers
William Rocksfeller
Frick
Rogers
William G. Rockefeller
Han Tam
Alexander Sillay
Peabody
President Roosevelt Joins Simplified Spelling Board
President Roosevelt becomes a member of the simplified spelling board. William Archer and President Jordan of Stanford also join or retain membership as actions and adoptions by the Modern Language Association and state teachers’ groups spread simplified spelling nationwide.
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Specias
Washington Post
New York
Roosevelt
Congress
William Archer
Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Modern Language Association
New Haven
The
Chicago
Porch-Climber Geis Jewels Cleared by Fingerprints
Atlanta Ga Jan 10 A mystery robbery at Stephen A Ryan on Peachtree Street last Tuesday morning yielded jewels and money valued near 19000. A porch climber left fingerprint dust on a window seat as the sole clue. The twelve pieces include laments and other stones. A large reward is offered for the gems' recovery.
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Atlanta
Stephen A. Ryan
Peachtree Street
Denials and plans swirl around Harriman group in ICC probe
The report of Harriman associates being questioned by the Interstate Commerce Commission prompts denials from William G Rockefeller’s emissaries. Harriman may delay travel as Charles A Peabody of Mutual Life plans a Europe trip while offering possible testimony on how Harriman gained control of Illinois Central.
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Charles A Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Europa
Peabody
Gell Mir Peshady Fo
Union Pacific
Illinois Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ha H Harriman
Illiois Central
Feabody
Commission
Wife Shot During Quarrel In Savannah Society Circle
Jane Mrs B Lessie Rotorean, a prominent Savannah society woman, is hospitalized with a bullet wound said likely fatal. Her husband is held without bail after claims of an accidental shooting during a struggle for a pistol begun amid a quarrel over his late hours. The couple, tied to Savannah’s old families, have a tense, highly publicized dispute.
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Woabington
Savannah
Jane
B Lessie Ruturean
Roturean
Roosevelt
Roosevelt i 5
Astor
Tennessee House Backs Roosevelt on Brownsville Affair
Nashville Jan 10 The Tennessee house of representatives adopted a joint resolution endorsing President Roosevelt's dismissal of the Negro soldiers connected with the Browneville Tex riot. The measure asks Tennessee’s U S Representatives in Congress to support the President in this case. J H Small & Sons Florists of Washington and New York are noted in the text.
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Tennessee
Brownsville
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Browneville
Tex
Congress
Death Toll Rises in Pittsburg Furnace Blast
Pittsburg reports partial findings from the Jones & Laughlin steel works blast. Twelve bodies recovered among fifteen to twenty missing. ten injured, four expected to die. Debris and molten metal left grisly traces, with questions over cause and a corrosion of evidence. Coroner to impanel furnacemen jurors as investigations continue. Meanwhile French diplomat Leygues declines Madrid post over Spain’s demand to resign his Chamber seat.
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Pittsburg
Eliza
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Limited
Laidley
Eliza Furnace
Armstrong
Leygues
Spain
Paris
George Leygues
Jules Cambeux
France
Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
M Leygues
Cab Indy
M. Cambon
Berlin
Building New Navy Warships in Russian Budget
St Petersburg January 10 reports the new budget provisions for twelve war ships. It allocates two 21,000 ton vessels with 21 knots speed and ten 12,000 ton ships. All ships to be built in Russia with turbine or horizontal engines yet undecided.
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St Petersburg
Russia
Magic boot maker on trial for larceny in New York
Special to The Washington Post reports Matthew Hilgert, a boot maker known for claims his shoes cure locomotor ataxia, faces an $8 larceny trial in the New York Supreme Court. Judge Fitzgerald oversees a jury selection, with testimony expected from prominent figures including Bishop Potter and other notable clergymen and businessmen.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry C Potter
Matthew Hilgert
Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
The
County Medical Society
Samuel Jacobs
Abraham Levy
Ohio Plumbers Indicted For Restraint Of Trade
Ashtabula, Jan 14. The Ashtabula master plumbers association, also called the plumbers trust, was indicted by the Jefferson grand jury on seven counts for alleged violations of anti trust laws in maintaining an organization in restraint of trade.
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Ashtabula Ohio
Ashtabula Master Plumbers’ Association
The
Plumbers’ Trust
Jefferson
Ruby Gilman Identifies Ralph Scanlan in Murder Case
Special to The Washington Post from San Francisco reports Ruby Gilman and her mother identified Ralph Scanlan as the man seen near Frinde’s store on the day of the murder. Siemson and Dabner confessed. the sisters remain convinced Scanlan was present. Ruby and Mabelle Gilman also news of a forthcoming wedding between their sister Mabelle and William E Corey.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Ruby Gilman
Mabelle Gilman
Ralph Sean- Jan Expressman
Wiliam Frinde
John Siemson
Louis Dabner
Ralph Scanlan
Roosevelt Scandal Ties Bride Theft to Astor Kin
Special from New York reports James R Roosevelt Jr, once a member of the 400, faces a suit for alienation of his wife’s affections. Plaintiff John Baller seeks $50,000 damages, alleging Roosevelt stole Baller’s wife after a controversial marriage to Dutch Sadie Meisinger, daughter of a Lincoln Avenue social circle. Roosevelt’s family ties include Helen Astor, sister of John Jacob Astor, while his father’s will and annuity details accompany the saga. The Roosevelts’ life at Riverside Drive contrasts with Tenderloin circles, and Mrs Roosevelt remains reticent about the affair.
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New York
The
World This
James R. Roosevelt, Jr
Sadie’ Messenger
John Baller
West Nineteenth Street
Benjamin Baker
Baker
Roosevelt
Jolly
Star Casino
West One Hundred and Seventeenth Street
Francs Meisinger
Meisinger
Mrs Fierce Files for Divorce in Boston Court
New England horsewoman Mrs Jane Pierce Fierce of Topsfield sues her husband Thomas W Pierce for divorce on grounds of cruel and abusive treatment. The libel notes she left her husband after rumors of his own anticipated suit, and she has lived with her brother in Long Island. Pierce, son of a millionaire railroad man, married Alice Rogers in 1900 and built a large Topsfield estate with stables for horses and dogs.
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New England
Weshington Post
Boston
Mass
Jane
Tom” Fierce
New York
Thomas W Pierce
Topsfield
Salem
Pierce
Long Island
Leslie Carter
Mllonaire
Danvers
Alice Rogers
Smarest
Smith for Senate Chosen on Sixth Ballot in Michigan
William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids was nominated by Republicans on the sixth ballot to succeed Alger in the U S Senate. He led with 98 votes to Townsend's 26 as Arthur Hill faced criticism for campaign methods. Smith's nominator praised a career from poverty to law, legislature service, and Cuban independence advocacy.
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Townsend
Arthur Hill
Warner
Michigan
Lansing
Michgan
William Alden Smith
Grand Rapids
United States
R A Alger
Smith
Saginan
Guv Warner
Charles Smith
Hubbell
Wiliam McMillan
Detroit
James McMillan
W A. Smith
Willam Aiden Exnth
Dowagiac
Ms Tirta
Soul
Oady
Page
House of Representatives
Jy Burrows
Cuba
Spain
Henry G Turner
Georgia
Nana Osterhaut
Grand Rapids Midh
Deserter Charles Sinclair Arrested After Ring KO
In New York a boxer Charles Sinclair was knocked out in a bout when police and federal agents arrested him on a deserter charge from Company MV Thirtieth Infantry US Army. Garry boxed in the same event. Sinclair was detained at ring side as detectives acted.
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York
Charles Sinclair
Thirtieth Infantry
United States Army
Fort Coon Nebr
Philippines
Sunchur
Heiress Weds Chauffeur in Secret Syracuse Romance
Miss Edith M Wilber of Oneonta married Herbert Cole, her chauffeur and touring companion in Europe last summer. The union, described as the culmination of a romance, ties the heiress to an estate worth several hundred thousand dollars plus four thousand acres near Queorta. Their wedding was kept secret until disclosed today.
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Washington Post
Syracuse
Edith M Wilber
Oneonta
Herbert Cole
Europe
Misa Wiber
Queorta
Cole
Cupid
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