Disgrace to City Races Debated by Trade Group
Public order committee cites segregation issues and crowd safety as it condemns mixed rooms, minors served liquor, and cadets in saloons. It calls for law enforcement, a curfew push, and a campaign to keep youths off streets, naming Walter A. Brown, H. L. Rusk, Alexander MacKenzie, James M. Taylor, A. O. Clephane, and E. F. Colladay as members.
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Nemor
H TE Husk
Rusk
Walter A. Brown
H. L. Rusk
Alexander MacKenzie
James M Taylor
A. O. Clephane
E.F. Colladay
Girl Disappearance Tied to Family Claim of Voluntary Absence
Police search for a Philadelphia heiress continues amid family assertions she vanished voluntarily and had no romantic entanglement. A ransom rumor of 5000 dollars was mentioned, with police pursuing possible motives and detainment under investigation.
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Philadelphia
Girl
Epitome of Charges on Detention House Conditions
Washington Board of Trade committee harshly criticizes the house of detention for crowding and mixing white and negro children, lack of recreation, and unsanitary rooms. It urges immediate construction of a new building and playgrounds, with stronger District action and scrutiny of liquor sales to minors by police court officers.
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Public Order Committee of Trade
Committee On Public Order
Washington Board of Trade
Walter A Brown
DeLacy
Juvenile Court
Sava
St Wan
Brown
Board of Trade
Miria
Alexandr McKenzie
Excise Board
McWkennie
Aims at School Board for District Education Director
Massachusetts Representative Peters proposed amending the District appropriation bill to abolish the board of education and appoint a director of education by July 1. He argued centralized control would improve school funding decisions and oversight, while opponents challenged the change and discussed playground and street cleaning provisions.
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Massachusetts
Congress
Board of Education
Representative Peters
House
Peters
Mann
Representative Johnson
Potomac Electric Power Company
Charman Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Cary
Wisconsin
Dorothy Arnold case probes keep detectives active
New York detectives continue to search for Dorothy Harriette Camille Arnold after 46 days with no solid lead. Police maintain routine work while family and private investigators chase rumors of kidnapping or a love affair, with father Francis Arnold believing she may be dead and relatives urging caution about sensational stories.
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Washington Post
New York
Detective Bureauu
Dorothy Harriette Camille Arnold
Central Office
Flynn
Arnold
Detective Bureau
Francis R. Arnold
Dorothy
Florence
Italy
Europe
Father
McCreary’s Department Store
West Thirty-fourth Street
Central Park
Mr. Arnold
Fifth Avenue
Philadelphia
Bellevue- Stratford Hotel
Broad Street
Fortyfourth Street
Sins of her visitors and the second Messiah claim
Pittsburg, Jan. 27 Special to The Washington Post. Miss Margaret Shipley, 25, who has been nearly blind since childhood, states that in four days she will become the second Messiah and regain her sight. She has told of discovering sins of visitors, speaks in a strange tongue, and proclaims an imminent death at the end of a fast. At McKeesport she lapsed into coma in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Halderman, where physicians or undertakers are to be avoided. She asserts she will be equal to Jeremiah the prophet.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Margaret Shipley
Charles F. Halderman
McKeesport
Miss Shipley
Jeremiah
Herds Cattle With Aereo Demo In Texas
Rene Simon, of Rene Houston Texas on January 27 demonstrated cattle herding by airplane for the first time. He left the aviation field, aimed across prairies toward a half mile distant herd, circled the steers and moved them toward the field. He drove them to a fence and then sent them westward to be delivered to cowboys.
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Houston
Tex
Rene Simon
Simon
Aviation
Estella Statue to be Draped After W C T A Protest
Atlantic City officials respond to a W C T A protest over a nude statue named Estella in front of an avenue theater. Mayor Stey assigns Chief Woodruff to cover the statue within 24 hours to satisfy the demonstrators.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
Estella
Atlantic Avenue
Stey
Woodruff
Treaty Mesa Wait Pact To Cause Hard Fight
Legislators split on the merits of the U S Canadian reciprocity agreement. President Taft backs the plan, sees tariff relief and lower living costs, while Senate leaders and party factions debate timing and extra sessions. Supporters cite humanitarian gains and price stability. opponents worry over revenue and tariff implications.
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Taft
Senate
House
House of Representatives
MALTREATED BY HONDURANS IN LIMON TALES OF ABUSE
Reports from Limon Honduras describe William Lowry former US Army volunteer captain beaten by ten men under Maj Jesus Canales of Devila's army. Lowry and associates imprisoned, fed poorly, and beaten until an escape. They plan to seek protection and redress from the US State Department.
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Washington
New Orleans
Limon
Honduras
William Lowry
United States Army
Jesus Canales
Devila
Lowry
Mr. Unger
United States
State Department
Thames Port Plan Aims 75 Million Upgrade For London
London launches a port modernization plan by the Port of London Authority to restore the capital’s shipping status. The scheme envisages dredging the river mouth to 1,000 feet wide and 14 feet deep at Tilbury, narrowing to 450 feet and 14 feet at London Bridge, a riverside pontoon at Tilbury, large dry docks, and enhanced rail connections over a twenty year span.
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Thames
London
Port of London Authority
Tilbury
London Bridge
Four on raft missing after Cottage City wreck
A wireless message from the Cottage City purser reports pilot and three on draft missing after the steamer ran aground off Cape Mudge, British Columbia. The ship broke in two and is total loss. remaining crew are at Campbell River on Vancouver Island. Also in New York fog, the Mohegan and the T. H. Witney grounded near Throgs Neck but were floated later.
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Seattle
Wash
Cape Mudge
British Columbia
Campbell River
Vancouver Island
Cottage City
Fall River
Mass
New York
Mauretania
Mohejan
Proviénce
Aned
TH. M. Witney
Metropolitan Company
Throge
Duchess of Manchester Undergoes Minor Operation
The Duchess of Manchester had a slight operation at her Grosvenor Square home. Latest accounts report her condition as satisfactory. Earlier reports identified the patient as Helen Zimmerman of Cincinnati and connected the case to Specter Cable for The Washington Post.
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Helen Zimmerman
Cincinnat
Washington Post
London
Duchess of Manchester
Grosvenor Square
Cincinnati
Deputy Resigns as Deputy Sheriff After Rockville Assault Case
In Rockville Maryland Deputy Sheriff Peyton Whalen resigns after the assault on Virginia attorney R C L Moncure as he left the local courthouse. Whalen and two suspects Joshua Offutt and the Whalen brothers posted $500 bonds and face potential contempt actions. Moncure remains critically ill at home and plans to pursue $10000 damages in Fairfax County Virginia while authorities consider attachment of Offutt property in Fairfax.
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Joshua Offutt
R. C. L. Mohcure
Virginia
Rockville
Peyton Whalen
Sheriff Viett
Montgomery Apenty
Joseph
Whalett
Jesuty
Offutt
George J. Bradley, Jr
Potomac District
Montgomery County
Wampler and
Gloth
Moncure
Fairfax County
Crandall Mackay
Commonwealth
Alexandria County
Bar Association of
Sixteenth Judicial District of Irginig
C Vernon Ford
Sheri Vilett
Whalen Brothers
Viett
Mackay
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Moncure
Whalen
Washington
Sherriette
Moncuré
East Falls Church
Catholics In Office Urges More Catholic Influence in Government
Detroit January 27 Archbishop Ireland told University of Detroit students that the number of Catholic laymen in trust positions and in Congress is too small. He cited three or four Catholic senators and fifteen or sixteen Catholic representatives and urged greater involvement to build national ideals.
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Washington Post
Detroit
Mich
Congress
Ireland
University of Detroit
State Senate
Washington
House of Representatives
Mutiny on New Jersey Coasting Steamer Wounds Six
Greek crew on the New Jersey mutinied at Alexandria and Smyrna, wounding six time expired soldiers and injuring an American officer. The lieutenant accused led the mutiny, authorities seized him for court martial. American consuls intervened, mate released, mutiny details still unclear. No U S flagged New Jersey in Turkish registers.
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Constantinople
New Jersey
Beirut
Syria
Mersing
Agia Minor
Alexandretta
Leutenant
Government House
Smyrna
Ernest L. Harris
Heiress Missing And Other Today’s News Highlights
Today’s issue features the detention house disgrace and efforts to abolish the school board. A Canadian treaty waits. Vassar girls serve as policemen. Labor boycott case ends. Azcona freed. Million for a new building and milk war tied to Mrs. Taft. Slay er Shipley case, Mexico conflict updates, and more.
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House of Detention
Whaten
Vassar
Juan Sanchez Azcona
Taft
Schenk
J. T. Armstrong
Mexico
Shipley
China
Frisco
Albany
Canada
Gloucester
Bonilla
T—Society
S-Weekly Trade Review
Peninsular and Oriental Captain Dies By Own Hand
The Morea commander Capt R C Blair of the Sixth Gurkhas killed himself on Friday the 13th after becoming obsessed with the unlucky number. He jumped to death in the Red Sea, while twelve others were at table, prompting a naval inquiry and shock in Plymouth.
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Washington Post
London
Plymouth
R. C. Blair
Blair
Vassar Students Patrol as Police in Rain
Two Vassar College girls dressed as police patrolled imaginary beats for three hours in the rain claiming equal suffrage proves women will take hazardous roles. They borrowed uniforms from Sergeant Morgan and fled when approached by a passerby. Faculty declined comment as inquiry noted a suffragette meeting discussing police duties for women.
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Poughkeepsie
Vassar College
Matey
Resgtexte
uArington
Vassar
Sergt. M. J. Morgan
Central Station
Vascar
Eddy
Raymond Avenue
Arlington
Supreme Court ends boycott case and proceeds with contempts
The U S Supreme Court ended the Buck's Stove and Range Co v AFL boycott dispute as moot and then heard contempt arguments against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison for violating a District of Columbia injunction They were found guilty and sentenced to jail with dates set for service The proceedings noted that friendly terms existed between Buck's Stove and the AFL and that the court had previously modified the injunction but both sides appealed the rulings The report covers arguments by Buck's attorney Jackson H Ralston and AFL advocate Jackson H Ralston and the broader historical context of labor vs business interests and the ongoing legal battle
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Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
St. Louis
Federated Labor
Buck’s Stove and Range Company
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Opon
Buck's Stove and Range Company
Samuel Gomperg
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Lurton
Daniel Davenport
Davenport
F Adoration
J. J. Darlington
Jackson H. Ralston
District Supreme Court
Gompers
Mitchell
American Federationist
Saitoring
Ilegal
Gempers
Morrison
Toto Court
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