Gompers Praises Wilson Aide at Labor Banquet
Retiring Rep William St Wilson is lauded by Samuel Gompers at a Central Labor Union banquet in Washington. Gompers hints Wilson may head the new Department of Labor in a Wilson administration. Other speakers include Rufus Hardy J OConnell Frank Morrison and James Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Gompers
Lfe
William ST. Wilson
Committee On Labor
House
Central Labor Union of Washington
New
Pennsylvania
Mr. Watson
Department of Labor
Elect Wilson
Trenton
N. J
Organized Labor
Representative Wilson
Wilson
Chompers
Labor Federation
Congress
Riding Club Entertains Midwinter Meet and Cavalry Drill
Washington Riding and Stunt Club hosts a midwinter entertainment with horses and games. Fifteenth Cavalry troops perform exhibition drills while Miss Agra Bennett and others showcase riding feats. Winners include Jeannette and Dasha Allen in potato race, Katydid ridden by Katydid in jumps, and Red Cloud in saddle class. Notables in attendance include Col. Robert M. Thompson and Brig. Gen James Buchanan among many guests.
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Washington
Fifteenth Cavalry
Theifteenth Cavalry Band
White Sik
Agra Bennett
Jeannette Allen
Dasha Allen
Red Cloud
Robert M. Thompson
Aurora
William P Enoch
Duke
Edythe W. Howard
Helen Buchanan
Siddons
Pinchon
Cleyton Russell
George X. McLanahan
James Buchanan
U. A
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Ruth Hitchcock
Wills Moore
Meserve
Laura Mohun
Wiliam Henry
Mark Brooks
George Howard
Margaret Perin
A. P. Pujo
Rhoads
A. Count D'Adtemar
Arthur Lee
Wider
Miss Unsersoll
Eno
Merryman
May Adams
Malcolm Henry
Henriques
Edward Mitchell
Henri de Sibour
Robert Fitch Shepard
Richard Whitely
Alice Shepard
Charlotte Denison
Baltimore
Juliet Jannin
Perry Johnson
William Sowera
Henrietta Sands Anderson
St. John Greble
Col. Allen
Allen
Sheldon Evans
J. Oakley Totten
Gouls Bennett
Meta Evans
Evans
Edythe Howard
Lucy Siddons
Corrine Hunter
John Evans
Walter Tuckerman
J. Cotton Smith
Jury Frees Mrs Van Tassell for Ackley Murder
In Bus Rapids Michigan on March 1 a jury found Lydia Van Tassell seventy not guilty of killing her thirty three year old employer P H Ackley. The charge arose from a disputed case last August centering on her friendship with George Hunter who was held as an accomplice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bus Rapids
Mich
Lydia van Tassell
P. H. Ackley
Ven Passell
Ackley
George Hunter
Hunter
New Secretary Installed for Retail Merchants Assn
Charles J Columbus begins duties as secretary of the Retail Merchants' Association at 1202 F street NW. He is active in Washington newspaper circles, formerly with The Washington Post, and has served as proofreader and writer. He organized three national Washington style shows and other industrial displays and is active in local fraternities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J Columbus
Retail Merchants’ Association
F Street
Northwest
Columbus
Washington
Washington Post
Bluff Train Robbery Foiled By Talkative Passenger
A lone robber boarded the St Louis Omaha express near Delmar about 9 45 PM and attempted to loot passengers at Glen Echo. Conductor Wiley confronted the thief who demanded wallets and watches but fled after a passenger argued, leaping from the car as the train slowed.
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St. Louis
Mar
St Louis
Friedmann test is halted by tenants objections on Fifth Avenue
Dr Friedrich Friedmann, claiming a tuberculosis vaccine cure, postponed starting tests in New York for two weeks amid real estate objections to subletting the Fifth Avenue office. His brother said only physicians with letters about patient status would judge eligibility as a small clinic with minimal equipment would be used.
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New York
Friedrich Franz Friedmann
Fifth Avenue
Friedmann
Arthur C. H. Friedmann
Berlin
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ends Gray
An old remedy Wyeths Sage and Sulphur hair dye claims to darken faded gray hair naturally and evenly. Advertisers note its use for dandruff and scalp issues, selling bottles for about 50 cents and urging careful application to each strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wreth
Federation weighs new DC rule to alter tax plan
William McK. Clayton told the Federation of Citizens' Associations that a drive may form to counter congressional action on bills by Prouty and Johnson proposing a new government for the District and a utilities commission. The executive committee will study a five year old change proposal. parliamentary tactics dominated the session as C. C. Lancaster urged order and proposed requiring secretary or president certification for all resolutions.
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William McK. Clayton
Federation of Citizens’ Associations
Chamber of Commerce
Congressment Prouty
John Som
Clayton
Prouty and Johnson
Federation
Public Utilities Commission
C. C. Lancaster
Congress
Lancaster
Citizens’ Association
Suffragettes in London Begin Self-Denial Fund Drive
London suffragettes staged a week of self denial to raise funds for their cause with street collections and flower sales amid hostile crowds. Police protected Mrs. Pankhurst as she is guarded from the public. several cabinet members also have bodyguards. In Pontypool suspects sent forged telegrams claiming military mobilization to cause a scare of war, prompting many reservists to report for duty before the hoax was uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Suffragettes of
Woman’s Social and Political Union
Pankhurst
Knights Bridge
Pontypool
Col. Seely
Inspector McCarthy
Scotland Yard
Germany
Elks Welcome Visitors From Washington Lodge No 15
Washington Lodge of Elks No 15 prepares to greet visiting members for the inauguration. A reception committee of names including R A Collins George Pumphrey A D Marks A E Huber P T Moran and many others was appointed by the trustees to host the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio plans 20 year convertible gold bonds
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad directors met in New York to discuss the 20 year 4 percent convertible gold bonds and to add protection for subscription receipts. Maryland public service commission approved the bond issue and stock for conversion with subscriptions being accepted and receipts delivered. The board authorized an indorsement on receipts to redeem fully paid receipts at par with interest if bonds are not ready by December 1, 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
New York
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Railroads Seek Pay Rebalance for Parcel Post Loads
A committee led by Ralph Peters of the Long Island Railroad announced a telegram to Representative J. J. Fitzgerald urging Congress to reweight the basis for government pay to railroads handling mail. The parcel post has increased road burdens by over 25 percent, and the Postmaster General and Senate reportedly favor the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mar
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
J. J. Fitzgerald
House Committee On Appropriations
Senate
Washington
Peters
Congress
Bodies recovered as search ends at North Mount Lyell mine
Mobart Tasmania March 1 The bodies of eighteen miners were brought to the surface after a long shaft collapse. Nearly five months have passed and forty five bodies have been recovered in total. Further search has been abandoned due to a fierce fire and unsafe conditions from the October explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobart
Tasmania
Oregon First Vessel Admitted to Puget Sound Dry Dock
Seattle confirms the battleship Oregon became the inaugural ship to enter the largest Pacific coast dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard. The new facility cost 2,300,000 dollars. When she sails again she is slated to lead the opening parade through the Panama Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Oregon
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Hotel Dewey Fire Toll Delays Reveal Sixty Guests
Special to The Washington Post Omaha March 1 A half burned hotel register shows about 62 guests registered at the time of the blaze but many guests may have been unregistered. Rescuers search frozen debris as bodies, including Miss Alice Benne vie, are recovered amid speculation of possible incendiary causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Omaha
Mar
Alice
Bennevie
Omiha
Behold the 4th of March in a gentle breeze
A poetic fragment describes a spring day on the Avenue with robins, blue skies, and sunlit scenes. The text evokes a joyous crowd, quiet prayers, and Venus in a stylized, archaic flourish, ending with a puzzling garbled line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Mackie
Lord Decies Refuses to Pay for Renovations
Special cables report Lord Decies fights paying $100,000 for Sefton House upgrades begun after plans approved by Mrs. Gould. The high court ruled he must pay what he ordered, with arbitration on builders’ claims. Proceedings moved to the court of appeals as the dispute escalates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
Lord Decies
Vivien Gould
New York
Efton House
Slough
George J. Gould
Decies
Gould
Lord Deeies
High Court
Court of Appeals
Sefton House
Imi
Beresfords
Tony Drexel
Old Decies
Washington Infantry to Attend Inauguration in Pittsburgh
The Washington Infantry of Pittsburgh P a will bring 106 men to the inaugural ceremony. They will be quartered at The Arcade on Fourteenth Street and Park Road Northwest. Founded January 8, 1855, by Wright Foster Culp Owens, the unit served in the Civil War and has since participated in many national and local events. The roster lists officers and many enlisted men, reflecting a long tradition of reserve and emergency service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Infantry
Pittsburgh
Arcade
Fourteenth Street
Park Road
Theodore F. Wright
J. Heron Foster
Pittsburgh Dilepaten
William Culp
J. D. Owens
United States
Washington
Garfield
Cleveland
McKinley
Canton
National Guard
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Poses for her tombstone movement to beautify graves
Mrs Ella Wood Deap leads a campaign to replace horror in graveyards with art. The plan seeks tombstones emblematic rather than religious and to hand design to artists instead of quarry workers. Flowers crosses and terrifying figures would be replaced by statues reflecting artistic conceptions. People visit graves to weep from fear and pity, not solely mourning.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Ella Wood Deap
Dean
Darrow Trial Again Marred by Contempt Outburst
Los Angeles on March 1 saw shouts of lay and threats as Clarence Darrow faced cross examination in the second jury bribery trial. Deputy DA Ford and Earl Rogers exchanged heated words. the court warned both about contempt and adjourned with Darrow to resume Monday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence S. Darrow
Briibery
Darrow
Ford
Tapies
McNamara
Earl Rogers
Rogers
Kaiser Would Tax Princes and Levy on Property
Berlin reports Emperor William backs unprecedented general levy on property to fund Germany's armament rise. All subjects to contribute lump sums with exemptions for those under 7500 or 12500 dollars, princes likely taxed, cost estimated at 250 million dollars, comparing to France's service expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
William
Germany
Freedom for Labor Chiefs Released from Leavenworth
Chicago leaders Olaf A. Trentmore and Eugene A. Clancy jailed for dynamite cases near Indianapolis are set for release from Leavenworth tomorrow. A $60,000 San Francisco bond was approved. Edward Nockels of the Chicago Federation of Labor accompanied the order. Peter J. Smith of Cleveland released today after a four year sentence. nine convicts remain jailed without bail.
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Chicago
Olaf A. Trentmore
Eugene A. Clancy
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Judséh Kohisaat
Edward Nockels
Chicago Federation of Labor
Leavenworth
Kans
Peter J. Smith
Cleveland
Smith
New Ecuador Minister to United States Leaves for Washington
Gonzalo S. Cordoba, former minister of the interior, was named Ecuadorian minister to the United States and departed Guayaquil for Washington today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzalo Cordoba
U. S
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Gonzalo S. Cordoba
United States
Washington
Arson Trust Probe Spurs Nationwide Inquiries
Federal authorities widen a nation wide inquiry into an arson ring tied to Chicago and New York disclosures. Insurance fraud through policy schemes by adjustments brokers and torchers is alleged to fund fires. John Davies a Chicago suspect is jailed. extradition is sought. Robert J Rubin's confession supports indictments and more arrests expected. Interstate arson links are hinted at by officials.
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New York
Chicago
Chicago “Trust
John Davies
Robert J Rubin
Ansurance
Rubin
Trocal “Arson Trust
Mary Baldwin Alumnae Assist at Staunton Reception
Mrs Nannie Walter Turk hosted a Staunton reception for Mary Baldwin Seminary alumnae with D A A M B S president Miss Margaret Peale assisting. Guests included faculty members and numerous alumnae in a 4 to 6 afternoon gathering at 1121 Vermont Avenue.
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N. W. Turk
District Association
Miss Peale
Mary Baldwin Seminary
Staunton
Nannie Walter Turk
Lelia Wythers Montague
Vermont Avenue
Turk
Margaret R. Peale
Mary Baldwin Alumnae Association
L. W. Montague
George W. St. Clair
Mary Huston Turk
William , Wheatley
Charles Warden
Ella Moore
Oscar Wilkinson
Frank Bell
M P. Higgins
Laura Lyons
Mary J. Preston
Marcargt H. St. Clair
George H Wright
Miss White
John Miller Horton
Steven B. Ayres
George A. Arthes
M. P. Higgins
John Sharp Williams
Sallie Willams
William R. DuBose
Conrad H. Syme
John Griffith Williams
Thomas J. Harman
Eunice Sanford James
M. L. Kaddoo
Mabel Rives Wolfe
Chauncey Cleveland Williams
Alexander White Grege
William Fenton Hampton
James Trimble
Bouldin
Lydia Bell Houston
Marian Louise White
Anna ¥. Mish
John K. Moore
Irs
Sara Aldrich Searles
Belle Blacksley
Lena A. Daniel
Robert Gilchrist Sutton
McCoy
Madge MeKheny Bolen
Frank Perkins
Rachel Perkins
Misees Bien
Kept her prisoner in mine
Mrs Anna Pester fled with her two children from her husband and stepson in a case of alleged domestic cruelty. She reached Waynesburg exhausted after escaping an old coal mine where she says she was forced to live and was guarded while her property was sought. Authorities moved to detain the husband and stepson to prevent possible harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anna Pester
Waynesburg
No Longer Cranky About His Meals
An article praising Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle effective digestant. It claims it improves digestion, liver and bowels, relieves dyspepsia and related symptoms, and offers a money back guarantee. A Chicago family testimonial endorses the remedy for all ages and stomach issues. A free sample is offered by mail.
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Quinn
Caladwell
Eldren
Posta
Caldwell
Waghimeton St
Monticello
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San
Charles J
Bluffs
Wabash
D. C
W. McK. Clayton
Pronty and Johnson
Utilities Commission
North Mount Lyell
Puget Sound Dry Dock
Dewey
Arctic
Mars
Neptune
Bill
John H. Nebaum
B. H. Pragien
Heeren
E. Booth
A Bineter
W.F. Bingler
J. H. Schroeder
Charles Casper
James A. Carey
E. H. Geilfaas
H. H. Blumenschein
Underworld
Barratt O'Hara
Kaiser
Freedom For Labor Chiefs
Tveitmoe
Clancy
U.S
Baldwin
L. J. Quin
W. W. Deal & Co
Undertakers
H Street
Lincoln
Friedlander Bros
Ninth St
N. W
Chevy Chase Vicinity
Conn, Ave. N. W
Inspec
Chevy Chase
Cara
Jantfer Au
Chevy Chase Circle
Shannon & Luchs
14Th St. N. W
Highlands Conn. Ave
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