Admiral Barry retirement amid probes sparks court action questions
Secretary Meyer sent a telegram to the Paris coast requesting a full inquiry into whether Admiral Barry’s retirement was prompted by West Virginia officers. President Taft approved his retirement, but court-martial proceedings remain possible if charges are filed, with a Navy department note that no formal charges have been filed yet. Rear Admiral Thomas assumed command of the Pacific Fleet, while Barry remains on the retired list pending any future prosecution.
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Navi Department
Neuelulu
San Pranasco
Mund
Department
Thins
Admal Barry
Barry
Taft
Navy
Navy Department
Thomas
Hart
Pacific Fleet
Harry
West Virginia
Bury
Admiral Barry
Naval Establishment
Secretary of the “Exy
Comene
Wiro
Various Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Washington, 1911
A batch of obituary items and funeral notices dated January 1911. Entries include William Carroll, Louise Broadnead Haldeman, Theodore Higgs, Civilia B. Mieligr, Georgie W. Proctor, Anton Ruppert, Matilda A Spencer, Alexander S Thomas, and George W. White, with funeral details, residences, and interment plans across DC area churches and cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 9 Carroll
Tos
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Haldeman
Thomas W. Sidwell
Twentyrat
Luiggs
Washington
Elks
Richard
O Brin
Sevy, Miller
Thein Civilia
Mieligr
Nee Wadlwind
R. Perry Solte
Harry JF
Walter Foom
Albert J. Baldwin
WR Bosneer
St Martin's Church
Proctor
Norfolk
Georgie W. Proctor
Henretta Brown
Gelor
Glenwood Cemetery
Ruppert
Anton
Annie A. Ruppert
Bladensbulk Road
D.C
Francis de Sales’ Church
Langdon
Mount Olivet
Smitht
Portsmouth
Smith
Vines
Urbana, Ohi
Chicago
Cincinnati
Spencur
Suonday
Mathilda A
Spencer Ines Metanns
Frank Spencer
Frank Geier
Seventh Street
St. Mary’s Church
Thomas
EO White
Mae Carmle Madison
Sadie Brasnear
Pannie Somerville Muss
Madie White
Tames MO White
Rel
Jen
Rock Creek Cemetery
Admiral Barry Retires With Three Fourth Pay
Secretary Meyer approved the retirement request and the President concurred. The department telegraphed the admiral, detaching him from the Pacific fleet line and ordering him home. Barry would have retired in October by law, with retired pay set at three fourths of his current rear admiral salary of 8000 dollars.
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Meyer
Department
Pacific Fleet
Barry
Barry Hauls Down Flag and Denies Charges in Retirement
Admiral Barry relinquished command of the Pacific fleet aboard the West Virginia and sailed to New York after denying published charges. Rear Admiral Chauncey Thomas assumed command with the California as flag ship, while staff unchanged except for a change in the executive officer and chief of staff.
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Admiral
New York
Funeral Directors list and services in Washington area
A dense list of funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers across Washington, including R Speare at 940 F Street NW, George Zurhorst at Ernst Capitol Street, J William Lee, John R Wright Co, R F Harveys Sons, W M Sardo & Co, Thomas B Sergeon, Hosa Costello, Sump frey & Son, Thomas Hindle, Frank Geifr’s Sons, and other undertakers offering cremation, chapels, livery, and varying price notes.
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John R. Wright CO
Tenth St
Amral Wars
Lincoln
Sergeon
Sulctesor
7Th St
Hosa
Costello
Emialaer
Northeast Livers Incomnocion
Pumphrey & Son
Dmbabners Chavet
Maryland Meente Reckvills
Thomas M. Hindle
Sthani
Frank Geifr
Scoven
Tedesu Chapel
Cai
Shepard movement shakes party caucus in state politics
The Demomatic party chamber divided as supporters and opponents of Shepard urged open votes on the U S Senate race. Gov Dix urged legislators to heed constituents over caucus majorities, insisting on uncoerced, conscience voting in the open viva voce ballot. Depew named Republican nominee for Senate. Roosevelt, White, Butler and others polled minor votes as backers seek a bold alternative to the Democrats.
Nicaragua to Consider Punishing Zelaya for Former Rule
The constitutional assembly of Nicaragua will consider punishing ex president Jose Zelaya for alleged crimes while in office. Dr Salvator Castrillo reported the move from Nicaragua. Zelaya, exiled in Belgium, may face extradition if indicted. Secretary Knox urged swift legal action in the shooting of Leroy Cannon and Leonard Grace after a court martial during Zelaya’s government.
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Constitutional Assembly of
Nicaragua
Jose San Lion Zelaya
Iis
Salvator Castrillo
Zelaya
Belgium
Knox
Leroy Cannon
Leonard Grace
Aeronauts Dead in Lake After Missing Voyage
Berlikn Jan 16 German balloon Tiktebrandt missing since December 3 from Schmargendorf found in a Pomeranian lake. Both aeronauts Roebrs and companion were in the gondola and presumed dead after an attempted 48 hour aerial voyage. An airship believed to be the Hit debrakt was sighted over Hosgoannes, Sweden, January 4.
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Debrakt
Hosgoannes
Sweden
San Francisco backs 1915 exposition bid in Congress debate
1915 New Orleans expo rivalry heated as San Francisco Mayor McCarthy and Rep. Julius Kahn defend a San Francisco exposition before the House Committee on Expositions. Louisiana Governor Sanders counters while New Orleans touts support and rail aid, with decision expected by week’s end. Numerous remarks praise San Francisco and project American participation in the Panama‑Pacific anniversary theme.
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McCarthy
Golden Gate City
Congress
People of Nations
New Orleans
House Committee On Industrial Wits and Expositions
George A. Bartlett
Nevada
Julius Kahn
California
San Francisco
Francisco
Senders
Louisiana
Rodenburg
Bartlett
Ale. Kahn
Gov. Sanders
Judge Lovell
Southern Pacific Company
Igy
Mr. Kahn
Chicago
St. Louis
Congress of the United States
Guv
Sanders
Mississippi Valley
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Stokes Jackson
New Orlang
Mayor Hyde Seeks Reason For Absence In City Row
New York January 16 Charles H Hyde city chamberlain returned to his desk with explanations for a prolonged absence. He said he was sick and under espionage but framed it as a bid to pressure the mayor who was not seen in town. Hyde defended his workload and denied any city malfeasance.
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New York
Charles H. Hyde
Hyde
Gaynor
St. James
Long Island
Mr Hyde
Poachers Target Back Bay Game Preserves Leaders Named in Protest
Angry natives in Princess Anne county burn two guard houses on Ragged Island Gunning Club property after being denied hunting on posted ground. Howard J Gould and associates own nearby game preserves. guards quit or are shot at while enforcing rules. Efforts seek indictments as tension over wild game sales and living rights rises.
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Spensl
Washington Post
Norfolk
Back Bay
Princess Anne County
Ragged Island Gunning Club
Alvah H. Martin
Howard J. Gould
Receiver Appointed in Bankruptcies of J G Robin
In New York on January 16 an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against Jeepa G Robin, described as a banker and promoter, by Northern Bank, Washington Savings Bank, and H Gerald Chapin. Assets are claimed near 1.9 million dollars. Judge Hough named Peter Alexander as receiver and set a $20,000 bond.
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New York
United States District Court
Jeepa G. Robin
Northern Bank
Washington Savings Bank
H. Gerald Chapin
New Rochelle
Robin
Hough
Peter Alexander
American Arrested as Spy in Guernsey
Dr Champlain of Kansas City proprietor of the Agricultural Journal was mistaken for a spy at Guernsey today and arrested. He was released after soldiers noted his camera presence and handed him to civil police. He proved his identity and mission. police apologized for the military error.
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London
Dr. Champlain
Kkansas
Agricultural Journal
Guernsey
Chamberlain
Fort George
Plague Nearing Peking After Tientsin Death
Report from Peking dated January 16 states one bubonic plague death in Tientsin, the port city linked by rail to Peking and Manchuria. The American legation advised closing the Harbin consulate, but consul Roger Greene preferred to stay at his post as the epidemic extends along Manchurian rail lines while waning in Manchuria city.
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Peking
Tientsin
Manchuria
Roger 5. Greene
Harbin
Unsigned will stands in Kansas City probate case
Adam Long, a wealthy Kansas City grocer who died recently with a $1,000,000 estate, left an unsigned will. Filed for probate, it may stand because two witnesses signed and the document begins with I, Adam Long. The will reportedly divides nearly the entire estate among five children.
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Kansas City
Adam Long
Ketchel murder case delayed in Marshfield hearing
Marshfield Missouri January 16 The case of Walter A Dipley and Goldie Smith charged with murdering boxing star Stanley Ketchel last October was docketed for a hearing but not reached A special venire has been ordered and trial likely to start Wednesday A large crowd gathered at the courthouse amid strong local sentiment against the defendants
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Marshfield
Walter A. Dipley
Goldie Smith
Stanley Ketchel
Ketchel
MISS DE KOVEN TO WED TOMORROW IN NEW YORK
Ethel Leroy de Koven daughter of composer Reginald de Koven and Wilans Kierstede Hudson of the St. Regis banked and brokered took out a marriage license at city hall New York on January 16. Hudson 26 de Koven 25. The wedding is set for Wednesday.
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H. EK
Hudson
Washington Post
New York
Ethel Leroy de Koven
Reginald de Koven
Wlans Kierstede Hudson
St. Regis
City Hall
Miss de Koven
Paris Thugs Rob American In Wild Paris Robbery Tale
Harry Miller of New York claims he was robbed of clothing and $1000 by two men near Joinville le Pont Paris. He says he was tied to a tree in the woods, given old clothes, gagged and bound, half frozen and hungry. A vial of suspected poison was found nearby as he described an employment scheme in New York. He arrived from Berlin after being approached by a well dressed stranger at a railway station who offered to guide him to his stopping place. The stranger drove him in a car to a house in a squalid street where he was assaulted, robbed and deprived of food before being transported to the woods.
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Pats
Harry Miller
Joinville-le-Pont
Paris
Miller
New York
Hoe
Berlin
Joinvilla-le-Pont
Pleads for Wife's Release After Poisoning Case
G M Strobaker, a grain elevator superintendent, was discharged from the hospital and asked a magistrate to release his wife who is held by police amid investigations into a strychnine lunch poisoning. Mrs Strobaker, hospitalized for a nervous breakdown after arrest, faces arraignment once lunch analysis is complete.
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Pittsburg
G. M. Strobaker
Strobaker
Death by own action follows charges in San Francisco
Charles J. Cutting a dealer in oriental goods and well known in club circles, who faced a government defraud by undervaluing imports, committed suicide today at his San Francisco home after arrest and release on bond with W. A. Wilson of Oakland. The case was developed by a customs secret agent sent to Japan last year.
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San Francisco
Charles J. Cutting
Cutting
la Pierre
Mich
W. A. Wilson
Oakland
Alameda County
Customs Department
Japan
Henry Frith Seriously Injured By Trolley Accident
Richmond Va Jan 1 Henry Frith a well known business man aged 40 years was struck by a trolley car on Broad street while his attention was drawn to an approaching automobile He was thrown in front of the car his head struck the rail and he sustained a fractured skull He was taken to the hospital where recovery was not expected.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Henry Frith
Frith
Broad Street
Court Upholds Color Line In Buffalo Theater Case
Justice Brown sustained the Academy Theater drawing of the color line in Buffalo. A Negro, G Hv Thompson, sued for 400 dollars after being refused admission to the lower floor. He claimed the door tender directed him to the gallery where seating was restricted to women and children.
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Washington Post
Buffalo, N.Y
Academy Theater
Justice Brown
Supreme Court
G. Hv. Thompson
Thompson
Idoor
Governor Regrets Lynching In Shelbyville
Kentucky Governor Willson condemned the Shelbyville mob that lynched a man on Saturday night. He said the lynching was discussed with strangers hours before it happened and that he would have prevented it if he had heard earlier, noting he cannot remove county officers who fail to do their duty.
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Frankfort
Willson
Shelbyville
Licensed to Marry Across States and Churches
A scan of marriage notices lists numerous couples with ages and home towns from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and New York. Clergy names appear beside many entries indicating the ceremonies conducted by Rev. J. M. Behiske y H. Brown Rev. J. E. Butler Rev. James A. Smith and others. The list includes Edward Yingst and Anna Peck both teens to mid twenties among several pairs with varied ages and origins.
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Edward Yingst
Hummelston
Anna E. Peck
Middletown
John M. Behiskey H. Brown
Emma H. Carter
Af Halls Church
Hav
J. Hennley Neims
Howard A. Cheeney
Annabel Everett
Hey. W. F Smith Floyd F. Kemp
Richmond
Katie Patzold
Staunton
J. E. Butler
Ernst M. Eun
Alice McReinhadh
John R. Shannon
Harvey A. Kneas
Margaret E. Lynch
W. I Smith
Carroll de Atley
Baltimore
Ide J Reed
B . Bettinger
John A. Lyons
Mary DO. Randall
Joseph H Carside
Edgar Steffee
Mary M. Keating
James A. Smith
Stewart M. Grayson
Vienna
Martha B Wamter
Hyatteville
Thomas E. McGuigan
Morrig Monnes
Rachel Gorbator
Wetelle Fisher
Path of
Health Office Birth and Death Notices Record
Births list many couples with newborns including Chafidi Natale Hall Waller Leatherman Ireland and others. Deaths include Theodore Riggs Henry Feaster Newton Evans Mary Wells Smith Hartley and many more with ages and addresses.
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Matthew C. B
Bessie Jacobs
Chafidi
Maria Natale
William O
Sadie C.layton
Vernon
Elizabeth Hall
W. Waller
Charlotte Benton
Edward R
Bertha M Mahoney
Thomas J
Barbara C Sweeney
Charles
Linda M. Walsh
Roy
Coralie Nisawander
Asher H
Alice Leatherman
John H
Elizabeth A Ireland
George A
Delis Cunningham
Peank T
Annia Watson
Rose W
Pauline Z. Wipe
William F
Abbey van B Endress
Harry R
Lucy R Knot
Joseph T
Mary E Allen
Witham
Annie Miller
Anthony
Esther M. Williams
James B
Mary Young
John W
Rachel Thompson
John A
Mar B. Shorter
George
Annie Spencer
Andrew and
Fannie Bannister
Theodore R Riggs
Ave
Henry A. Feaster
Washington Asylum Hospital
Newton Evans
United States Soldiers’ Home
D.C
Franeia Doyle
United States Soldiers
Hos
William S. Carroll
Mass
Lucy G. Walliams
Catherine V. Wells
12Th St
Charles G Smith
N. H. Ave
Phoebe H. Hartley
Casualty Hospital
Louis &. Jobnaon
Ralph Hertman
H At. Nw
Mathilde A. Spencer
Providence Hospital
Henson Diggs
Ewing Watterson Audited by Lunacy Commission
A commission in lunacy in Kingston examined Ewing Watterson son of Col. Henry Watterson of Louisville under indictment for shooting saloonkeeper Michael Martin at Saugerties. Witnesses described a long history of insanity as he changed pursuits, from club attack in San Francisco to a proposed duel. Hearing postponed to January 25.
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Kingston
Ewing Watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Michael Martin
Saugerties
Wm. A. Miller
Ewing
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Pacific Coast
St Nw
Beoklet Se M
Falvey F
Bievrenth
N. Y. Senate
Wenggaree Sle
Cal
Aduural
Earward B. Barry
Cormend
Chauncey Thomas
Wmechenstam
Aagship
Tim
Wilter
Tacut
Viet Blue
McAde Vhief
Shepard
Dix
United States
Depew
Chauncey M. Depew
Republican Caucus Tonight
Ang
Theodore Hoosevelt
Andrew D. White
Gdwara TH. Butler
Buffalo
George Mead
Rochester
L. A. Grace
Seth Low
Assemblyman
Merritt
Col
Acrevelt
Wainwright
Benater Depew
Goodwin
Hildebrandt
Prussia
Tokalon Wine CO
F St. NW
Shere Aos
Frisco
Kahn
Balboa
Bay of
Hstopinas
Pacific Ocean
Cullop
Mr. Curlop
Kelm
Ragged Island Gun Club
J. G. Robin
Missouri
U. S
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank Pa
Probey Carriage CO
N. W
Buffalo Theater
Health Office Record
Pope Auto CO
Pease Pianos
John F. Ellis & CO
Pennsylvania Ave
Burchell’s
N. W. Burchell
Young Watterson’s
Telly of Strange
R R. Harris & CO
Ng Sw Sk RP
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