Didn't Want Fat Wife Cocktails Were All Right
Mrs. Josephine Eley Norton testifies in a New Haven divorce suit brought by Edwin Kenneth Norton of New York. She admits drinking alcohol with her husband and recounts a shore resort afternoon when Norton disappeared. Norton denies the alleged improper conduct. A Yale divinity student is named in a letter read in court.
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Cloak
Yale
Bpeolay
Washington Post
New Haven
Conn
Jozephine Eley Norton
Edwin Ekanneth Norton
New York
Salvation Army bureau aids thirty cases in New York
Special to The Washington Post reports the Salvation Army anti-psychic bureau in New York has handled thirty cases, with one third provided with jobs. Col Holland says workers are respectable, middle aged people, often with deep distress, and the bureau aims to deter suicidality and offer support despite labor conditions.
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Salvation Army Institution
Washinngton Post
New York
Salvation Army
London
Col
Holland
Bureau
Col. Holland
Dureau
Street Car Death On Houston Street Bowery
A well dressed man about fifty died suddenly aboard a westbound Houston street car at Houston Street and the Bowery. The conductor helped stabilize him as he collapsed, and passengers screamed. The man, later identified as David Feldman of 831 East Eighty fourth Street, was a dealer in bar fixtures. Police and hospital staff declared death likely from heart disease. The car was moved off the track while a crowd watched the body be removed.
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Washington Post
New York
Houston Street
Bowery
Afiers
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mulberry Street
Max Levy
Brewing Company
David Feldman
East Eighty-fourth Street
Feldman
Requisition Issued for William Johnson in Maryland Murder Case
Governor Swanson issued requisition papers for William Johnson alias George Michaels, a colored man wanted in Alexandria for the murder of Charles T. Smith, son of Lieut. James Smith of the Alexandria police. Johnson is in Harwaburg, Pa.
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Washington Rame
Richmond
Claude A. Swanson
Willam Johnson
George Michaels
Alexandria
Charles T. Smith
James Smith
Johnson
Harwaburg
Veteran Waiter West Dies After Four Months Ill
John West a long time waiter at Harvey’s restaurant and favorite of President Grant died at his home 40 P Street NW after a four month illness of dropsy. He served public figures from Maine to California and many foreign diplomats. Survived by his wife.
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Finnvey’s
Grant
White House
Blaine
Conkling
Breckenridge
Reed
Gorman
McClellan
Streat Northwest
Yeaterday
West
Harvey's
Langer
Wilam HR
Thames
Maine
California
Stig
Washington
Befhasylvania Avenue
Thomas
Ammonia Tank Explodes Wounding St Elizabeths Officers
An ammonia tank exploded at the St Elizabeths Asylum cold storage plant injuring Chief Engineer William C. Folsom who sustained serious head and facial wounds and his assistant Henry D. Gausha who lost an eye. Both were treated and reported in satisfactory condition. The blast occurred during testing of ammonia in a glass gauge before loading tanks for the ice plant. A defective cap is thought to have caused the accident.
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St. Elizabeth's Asylum
William C. Folsom
Henry D. Gausha
Folsom
Both Claim The Baby In Custody Dispute At Precinct
Lauretta Watts and Norman Watts claim a one month old baby as theirs after the infant was found in the home of a Norman woman at 181.12 Constitution Alleys Northwest. The child is held by a District nurse at the Fourth Precinct while a court decides rightful guardianship. Capt. Mathews and Detective Reinhardt led the arrest of the Norman woman, who faces attempted kidnapping charges.
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Lauretta
Norman
Rebecca Watts
Watts
Constitution Alleys
Cna
Fourth Precinct
Mathews
Reinhardt
House of Detention
Four Greeks killed by Norfolk and Western freight train
Roanoke Virginia March 7 four Greeks employed on Tidewater Railroad construction were struck by a Norfolk and Western freight train near Roanoke and killed. The dead include Marcous Lazoulier Danaye Cartelany Demerte Asemus Dageler Stoqneon. The man stepped from one track onto another directly in front of an oncoming train.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Marcous Lazouler
Danaye’ Cartelanoy
Demerte Asemus
Dageler Stqneon
Eastwood Franks Quiet Rockville Wed By Rector Packard
Grace Irene Franks aged eighteen and Herbert Randolph Eastwood aged twenty three, from Washington families, were married this afternoon by Rev Thomas J Packard at Christ Episcopal Church Rockville. They left a Washington party to obtain the license and the newlyweds have not returned home as of last night.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Grace Irene Franks
Herbert Randolph Eastwood
Washington
Thomas J. Packard
Christ Episcopal Church
Eastwood
Train wreck injures twenty and derails five cars
A Rock Island train from Denver to Chicago passed an open switch west of Topeka yards. Five cars and the locomotive derailed. About twenty passengers and employees were bruised, with two women seriously injured.
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Topeka
Kans
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Denver
Hitchcock Praises Evans for Handling Billion in Interior
Former Secretary Hitchcock writes to Division Chief George W. Evans, head of the Interior Department's Division of Finance and Disbursements, praising his handling of more than a billion dollars during Hitchcock's administration. He says he is fortunate to have a chief who has faithfully and professionally administered the responsibilities.
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George W. Evans
Department of the Interior
Hitchcock
Hitchogek
Movements of Ocean and Neimere Ships Reported
New York to Naples and Havre routes listed with vessels including Bremen Cassell and London Minnetonka bound for New York. Siasconset and Cape Race arrivals from Liverpool Havre and Hamburg noted with estimated dock times. Queenstown Majestic and Sable Istead listed among transatlantic movements.
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Panneata
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Rotterdam
Hoover
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Cassell
London
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la Bretagns
Havre Rhein
Queenstowe
Majestic
Siasconset
Mass
Daltis
Liverpool
Wil Dawk
Cape Race
N. F
la Sayeie
Havre
Sable Istead
Pretoria
Hamburg
New ‘York
Adams Jury Disagrees in Murder Case at Idaho Trial
In Boise the jury in the Steve Adams murder case failed to reach a verdict after deliberating since yesterday morning. Adams, held on the killing of Brad Tyler, claimed coercion over his confession alleging Western Federation of Miners involvement. prosecutors say there was no promise of freedom. The trial of WFM officials Moyer Haywood Pettibone for Steunenberg’s assassination looms pending Caldwell court action.
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Idaho
Jack Simpkins
Adams
Boise
Harry Orchard
Frank Stounenberg
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Tyler
McPartland
PF Dse
Jack Simpking
Bouls
Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
Western, Federation of Miners
Caldwell
Moyer, Haywood, and
Athletics at Ann Arbor stay in Big Nine but ignore rule
The University of Michigan board of athletic control voted to remain in the Western Conference but ignore the conference rule limiting each college to five football games. Michigan will play only five games with conference foes and can schedule unlimited nonconference games. The board will observe rules in conference games but disregard the four year disqualification in nonconference games and rejected joining the proposed Big Four pact.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Board of Athletic Control
University of Michigan
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Liberty Bell May Travel to Jamestown Exposition
Mayor Weaver asked Philadelphia councils to consider petitions from the Jamestown Exposition Company and Virginia schoolchildren requesting the Liberty Bell be sent to the James Town exposition. He proposed deferring action until his successor, Mayor-elect John E. Reyburn, takes office on April 1.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Virginia
John E. Reyburn
Rights of neutrals at peace talks to raise material use
Brussels reports reveal that the next Hague peace conference will consider whether a neutral state may allow a belligerent in violation of its territory to use smuggled material and whether such materials may be utilized once brought into neutral soil.
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Brussels
Mar
The
Hague
Fire on British steamer Columbia at sea
The British steamer Columbia of 3912 tons, owned in Cardiff, sailing to St Nazaire with coal, caught fire on the high seas near Brest France. The crew were saved.
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Columbia
Brest
France
Cardi
St. Nazaire
Pure Virgin Oil of Pine Heals Colds and Coughs Fast
A renowned throat and lung specialist, known for Maine camp cures, claims a dose of Pure Virgin Oil of Pine with glycerine and whisky heals lungs, breaks up colds in 24 hours, and cures coughs. The product is sold in half-ounce vials from Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati Ohio, labeled Virgin Oil of Pine Pure.
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Pine Woods
Maine
Leach Chemical Co
Cinchinati
Ohio
Millionaire dies after phone call in New York
Leonidas M. Preston president of the Timken Railroad Bearing Axle Company died of a brain hemorrhage at the Cumberland Hotel after saying he would not go to his office. His death followed a telephoned summons from his secretary. Estate reportedly worth 38 million with 1 million cash. Preston left Dallas, had second wife and two children with first wife deceased. Coroner ruled natural death.
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Leonidas M. Preston
Dallas
New York
Timken
West Forty-sixth Street
Grip
Cumberland
Preston
New Orleans
Japanese Deserters From Mexican Rail Work Dying in Mines
Reports from Guadalajara detail a Japanese engineer who deserted Mexican Central Railroad camps and died at the Santo Domingo mine of Ampara Mining Company in Etzian district. His papers revealed service for the Japanese government. Of 1400 Japanese landed in three months, only 250 remain. many have deserted and some are in the United States. An interpreter for a Tokyo paper during the war with Russia is cited, along with another as the son of a Tokyo official.
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Mexico
Santo Domingo
Ampara, Mining Company
Etzian
United States
Jaziansie
Tokyo
Russia
Miss Mabelle Gilman Linked To Paris Marriage Rumor
New York reports an Paris cable claiming Mabelle Gilman the former American actress will marry Basar Atchison Ely, a vaudeville singer, after living in France at a lavish rate. Edgar Atchison Ely criticizes the rumor, saying Miss Gilman can support herself and directing questions back to her.
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Washington Post
New York
Paris
Mabelle Gilman
Basar Atchison Hly
W. F. Corey
Ateel-Trust Fame
Ely
Kansas City
Edgar Atchison Ely
Los Angeles
Razor attack on Tyler at birthday dinner quarrel
Stephen Tyler of 1490 Pierce Street Northwest was rushed to Freedmen's Hospital with a deep gash from forehead to chin after a quarrel with James Brown of 1462 Q Street Northwest as a party of African Americans returned from a birthday dinner. Brown was placed under arrest on assault with intent to kill.
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Stephen’ Tyler
Pierce Street
Freedmen’s Hospital
James Brown
Q_streat
Sixteenth
Tyler
Brown
Smith
Highth
Srristy
Kiel
50 000 Diamond Robbery in New York City
Central office detectives and private agencies canvass pawnbrokers and stone dealers across New York to recover gems stolen from the J. J. Sweeney Jewelry Company of Houston Texas. A reward of 1000 is offered for the return of the jewels. Authorities suspect a New York expert thief.
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New York
Mar
Amonda
J. J. Sweeney Jewelry Company
Houston
Tex
Rescues by Hotel Clerk In Burning Empire Building
Kelamazoo Michigan March 7 Fire destroyed the Empire restaurant and damaged the Star novelty store and Burdick hotel. Day Clerk Robinson of the hotel discovered smoke and entered the elevator to awaken guests and evacuate thirty two people. Two women were carried out unconscious from smoke.
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Mich
Empire
Star Novelty Store
Burdick T
Robinson
Atrest
Baltimore Man Rasins Condition Improves Slightly After Stroke
J Freeman Rasin, struck by a paralytic stroke, showed slight improvement tonight though remains very weak. He wandered mentally last night, insisting on rising to attend to political duties, yet physicians deem his condition far from satisfactory.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
J. Freeman Rasin
Steptoe Freed by Jury in Amherst County Assault Case
Danville Va March 7 Herbert Steptoe a negro was acquitted of assault on Miss Gladys Shelton daughter of Amherst County farmer B H Shelton after an hour and a half jury deliberation. Judge Aiken said verdict justified by evidence and hoped it would satisfy Amherst County and Virginia. Witnesses included Mitchell and Aranda Steptoe and Mary Robertson with alibi accounts. detective Funk presented conflicting statements. Police moved Steptoe to safety after fears of violence.
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A.M Aiken
Virginia
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Fran the Flrat
Defenge
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Pheoner
Steptoe
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Funk
Baldwin
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Commonwealth
Adamt Kirschner Sentenced Over Elopement Threat
Special to The Washington Post New York March 7 Adamt Kirschner was sent to Blackwell's Island for three months in default of bond on a concealed weapon charge. He aimed a revolver at Mrs Sarah Jansen at her flat and demanded she choose between death or elopement. Magistrate Brean set bail at 2000 for trial. Mrs Jansen testified Kirschner had called on her after her husband introduced him. she noted he traveled for a rubber company and called whenever her husband was away.
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Adamt Kirschner
Sarah
Jansen
Blackwells Island
Brean
West Side
Kirschner
College
Girechner
Demand Freight Reforms Meeting in Richmond
Thirty five delegates representing about 150000 firms and individuals gathered in Richmond to press for freight movement reforms. They urged better railroad freight transportation to aid U.S. commerce and proposed a permanent organization with a committee to merge with the National Reciprocal Camouflage Association and coordinate efforts to protect members’ interests.
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Richmond
United States
Accused Fellow-Slayer Freed on Habeas Corpus
John Stilth, confined in Jackson County jail and accused with Judge Hargis of assassinating Dr Cox, was released on a writ of habeas corpus by Magistrate Davia. The petition claimed Judge Carnes refused release, deemed unlawful. Stilth allegedly confessed that Walt, John Abner, and Asbury Spicer were hired by Hargis to shoot Cox.
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Carnes
Smith
Walt
John Abner
Asbury ‘Spicer
Hargra
Cox
Conried Returns to Office Sets New Opera Season
Special to The Washington Post New York March 7 Conried came to his office for the first time since late November. He found flowers on his desk from the office staff. Directors were absent. He announced the next season would run twenty weeks instead of seventeen with only one performance a week in Philadelphia.
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Washington Post
New York
Einrteh - Conrlad
Conried
Metropolitan
Opera Company
Philadelphia
White crow in Columbus draws curious lookers
A crow with pure white plumage is seen in trees along Alum Creek in Columbus. Residents mistook it for a pigeon at first, but closer study confirms a crow with all features except color. A laborer named Babe on government grounds was found dead in bed at 343 Pennsylvania Avenue, likely from heart failure, his body taken to the Morgue.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mar
Horatio
Babe
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Tre
Lote
I Dobe
Yellow Dog Delays Fulton Street Train in Brooklyn Tale
A Brooklyn bridge tale reports a yellow dog racing the Fulton Street train from Manhattan to Brooklyn terminal. Motorman Scheuer claims the dog started ahead, halted the train with a tail wag and wink, and the locomotive finished six minutes late, the first and last word on the unlikely canine relay.
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Harry
B. T
Fulton Street
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Ridge
Queston
Scheuer
Iimes
Scheurer
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