National Civic Federation Opens As Leaders Urge Preparedness
Seth Low opens the National Civic Federation session urging a strong national arm to meet Europe’s threats. Augustus Gardner accuses pacifists of causing the conflict and calls for compulsory military training. Breckinridge disputes opposition to preparedness and Longworth backs a funded, comprehensive program.
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National Civic Federation
Willard
Seth Low
United States
Europe
Tow
England
Low
Americas
Breckinridge
Congress
Garrison
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Woman's Department
Longworth
Augustus P Gardner
Massachusetts
Great Britain
Gardner
Daniela
Representative Kitchin
House
Franklin D Roosevelt
United States Navy
Two Mother Bears Kill Five Cubs In Fearful Attack
Special to the Washington Post reports a dramatic incident at the Bronx Zoo where two mother bears Sandek and Olga killed a total of five cubs after nervousness and unease were observed in the animals. Curator William Hornaday described the events, noting Sandek killed three cubs in one cage and Olga killed two in the adjacent cage before the bears were calmer. The episode followed a keeper’s attempted entry into the cages, and the bears' subsequent inconsolable state left them unwilling to eat.
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Washington Post
New York
Cba
Bronx
William Jr. Hornaday
Sandek
Olga
Bandek
Calls for Intervention Dinner Sees 250 Veterans in DC
More than 250 Spanish war veterans including senators and representatives gathered at the National Hotel for a dinner honoring Leonidas C. Dyer who urged immediate U.S. intervention in Mexico. Speakers urged federal control of the National Guard, universal service, and a strong national defense while a slate of guests from Congress and Confederate veterans attended.
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Missouri
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National Hotel
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Matt Horne
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
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Weeke
Mageachusettag
Frank L. Greene
Vermont
George Huddieston
Alabama
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Tilmote
Carl C.van Dyke
Minnesota
Thomas
Cra Pennaylvenis
Franklin Fbworth
Min- Waeue
W. V
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Weve
RE. Dame
Samuel G. Mawson
U. 8
Joseph Aarray
U. Braden
Department of
District of Columbia
Ise
X. Harrie
Strict
Columba
James EB
Maym
A. Gallagher
Urges School Change For Central Education Appointments
Corporation Counsel Conrad H. Syme, speaking for Commissioner Newman, urged centralization of power to appoint the board of education’s teachers and staff. He argued a unified system would improve efficiency, with exams and qualifications retained. The proposal, advanced by President Teft in 1910, remains unresolved.
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Bi of Education
District Supreme Court
Conrad H. Syme
Central Labor Union
Newman
Syme
Board of Education
Teft
Can Grese
Jeannette Gilder Dead Journalist and Critic
New York mourns Jeannette Leonard Gilder, noted journalist and critic born 1849 in Flushing. She worked for Newark Morning Register, New York Tribune, Scribner's Magazine, and Century Magazine with her father. The obituary notes her influential editorship and literary contributions.
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New York
Jeannette Leonard Gilder
Flushing
N. Y
William H
Jane N. Gilder
Misa Gier
Newark
N. J
Morning Register
Gold Medal for Olympic Captain Hayes
Paris on January 17 reports the French government awarded a gold medal to Captain Bertram F. Hayes of the British liner Olympic for rescuing the crew of the French steamer Provincia after Provincia was sunk by an Austrian submarine on October 4, 1916, near Cerigo Island south of Crete.
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Olympic
Paris
Bertram F. Hayes
Provincia
Cerigo
Greste
Courtship of Eight Years Ends in Damages Suit
Cora Maude Clarke testifies in a $60 000 breach of promise case against broker John Yeon Martin, detailing a long correspondence full of “million kisses” and plans for marriage. Martin claims they agreed to be friends and would not wed, while Clarke alleges persistent promises and a forthcoming home.
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Cora Maude Clarke
Intermati
New York
Martin
Supreme Court
Lehman
Cora
Maude Clarks
John Yeon Martin
Kilser
Maude Canfield Eddy
Mme
Man Sues Wife Over Unbecoming Outdated Clothes
Chicago January 17 Carl Day sues for divorce claiming his wife wears unbecoming out of style clothes. A fragment mentions scandal and family tensions with later notes about a man named Jack receiving letters and spraining his toe. The piece contains unrelated diary-like entries and disjointed phrases.
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Chicago
Ecial
Washington Post
Carl Day
Mohr Murder Trial Yields Slim Identification Clues
Mrs Elizabeth F Mohr and two co defendants face charges in the death of Dr C Franklin Mohr after witnesses could not confirm the two men seen near Nyatt road were Brown and Spellman. State failed to prove Mohr hired them or bought the motorcycle used in the escape. Witness Mary Gardner and William Selley described gunfire heard near Providence on the night of August 4 1915.
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Nyatt Road
Providence
R. 1
C. Victor Brown
Henry H. Spellman
Geen
C. Franklin Mohr
Emily G. Burger
Brown
Boekman
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Spellman
George
W. Healis
Dr. Mohr
Ida Irene Brown
Victor Brown
Healls
Mre
Mary Gardner
William Selley
Gardner
Georgetown Citizens' Association Defends School Board
The Georgetown Citizens' Association upheld the current board of education law, protested changes, and debated bridge needs on Aqueduct paths. It formed committees to push a new bridge near the old site, urged motorized fire engines for No. 6, and backed anti misrepresentation in District ads. A cherry tree gavel was presented, and a speaker is planned for the next meeting.
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Schram
Thomas W. Shelton
Uniform Law Committee
American Bar Association
P. Tecumeh Sherman
Social Insurance Department
Haynes Rolline
William G. Mather
BH. B. Smith
Archibald Hopkins
Colump
Woman's Department
Hugh Wilson
James Wadsworth
New York
M. F. Phelan
California
Samuel Gompers
John Haye Hammond
Talcott Williams
Pulitzer, School of Journalism
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Hophina
Board of Education
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Potomac Savings Bank
John Hadley Doyle
Aqueduct
B. A. Bowles
Thirty-fourth Street
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Senate
War Department
Bowles
No. 6
Citizens’ Committee
Committee
Mount Vernon
Waa
John B. Hammond
Funeral of Bernard T Janney in Arlington with military honors
Bernard T Janney, supervising principal of Georgetown division and Civil War veteran, was interred yesterday at Arlington Cemetery after a Friday death. The service at Friends Meeting House 1811 I Street NW drew educators officials and friends. Schools closed all day and flags flew at half staff. Honorary pallbearers included Ernest L Thornton Stephen E Kramer Alexander T Stuart and supervising principals. Active pallbearers included Thomas W Sidwell Charles W Skinner Furman Mulford T Janney Brown H L Janney Nichols and Arthur Nichols. Military rites were conducted by Burnside Post G A R where Janney was a member. Interment was in the officers' section.
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Georgetown
Arlington Cemetery
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I Street
Natioaa
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Stephen E. Kramer
Alexander T. Stuart
Thomas W. Sidwell
Charles W. Skinner
Furman Mulford
T. Janney Brown
HL. Janney Nichols
Arthur Nichola
Burnside Post
Janney
Mr Janney
Republicans Plan District Convention at Alexandria
Republican leaders in Virginia's eighth district adopted resolutions praising Alva H. Martin Bascom Slemp and George L. Hart. They scheduled a February 22 district convent ion in Alexandria to pick a Chicago delegate and a candidate to oppose C C Carlin. Slemp spoke. delegates from most counties attended.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Aferandria
Alva H.martin
Virginia
Bascom Slemp
State Committee
George L. Hart
Republican Committee
Eighth Congressional District
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H. P. Dodge
Prince William
Chicago
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House of Representatives
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H. 8. Quinn
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William H. Duncan
Alexandria County
F. M. Brooks
Fairfax County
Prince William County
J. A. Quaintance
Culpéper County
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Fauquier County
J W. Grégs
Loudoun County
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Inside bath by hot water and limestone phosphate promise clearer skin
An advertisement extols an inside bath by drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach kidneys and bowels. It claims improved skin tone health and energy, urging purchase of a quarter pound of limestone phosphate to demonstrate rapid changes in complexion and vitality.
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Slingsby legitimacy suit reopened in London court
In the court of appeals Sir Edward Carnon argued for Lieut Charles R. Slingsby’s claim to the English Yorkshire estate of Rev. Charles Slingsby. He contended Mrs Slingsby’s tale was false and sought to undermine the San Francisco born heir’s parentage and the 1916 birth. The case hinges on whether an infant born in San Francisco is the rightful heir to the Slingsby fortune and estate.
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Court of Appeals
Slingsby
Charles R. Slingsby
San Francisco
Yorkshire
Charles Slingsby
Dorothy
Tillian Anderson
California
Auto Collision Blocks Street Cars on Florida Avenue
A collision last night at 11 blocked fourteenth street streetcar lines, when a District Transfer Company auto at 483 C Street NW collided with a car owned by John D. Chapman at 1463 Florida Avenue operated by William Byrd. Both vehicles jammed the track and suffered heavy damage. no injuries reported.
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District Transfer Company
C Street
John D. Chapman
Florida Avenue
William Byrd
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