Didn't Want Fat Wife Cocktails Were All Right
Mrs Josephine Eley Norton defending a New York divorce suit testified in New Haven that she drank intoxicants with her husband who vanished after an outing with two friends. The Yale freshman husband denied improper conduct, and letters, including one from a Yale student, suggested marital strain and loneliness amid court drama.
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Cloak
Yale
Bpeolay
Washington Post
New Haven
Conn
Jozephine Eley Norton
Edwin Ekanneth Norton
New York
Jushanid
Norton
Lo Alne
Salvation Army Bureau Aids Desperate Cases
Special to The Washington Post reports the Salvation Army in New York starting an anti plight bureau. Col Holland says thirty cases have been passed on with some given jobs, showing men and women with middling means and reliable backgrounds seeking help and employment to avoid self harm.
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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 around fifty died instantly on a west bound Houston street car after collapsing while paying fare at Houston street and the Bowery. Conductor halted the car and police removed the body to Mulberry street station. Max Levy identified the deceased as David Feldman of 831 East Eighty fourth street, a dealer in bar fixtures.
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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 Virginia Murder Case
Gov Claude A Swanson issued requisition papers for William Johnson alias George Michaels a colored man sought in Alexandria for the murder of Charles T Smith son of Lieut James Smith of the Alexandria police Johnson is held 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 forty years at Harvey's restaurant
John West a longtime waiter at Harvey's in Washington and a favorite of President Grant during visits to the White House, died at his home on 40 Street Northwest after four months with dropsy. He served public figures from Maine to California and many foreign diplomats. He was about 45 and 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 at St Elizabeths Asylum
An ammonia tank exploded in the cold storage at St Elizabeths Asylum Wednesday morning injuring Chief Engineer William C. Folsom who suffered head and face wounds and his assistant Henry D. Gausha who lost an eye. Both were treated and reported in satisfactory condition. fumes caused a panic as workers fled engine rooms during testing of ammonia before tank placement. The cause is believed to be a defective cap on the tank.
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St. Elizabeth's Asylum
William C. Folsom
Henry D. Gausha
Folsom
Women Claim One Month Old Baby In Philadelphia Case
Lauretta Watts and Rebecca Watts, both colored, claim a one month old baby borrowed from the Watts woman. Police searched for days before finding the child with Norman woman at 181.12 Constitution alleys northwest. Norman woman and a CNA were taken to Fourth precinct station yesterday afternoon where the Watts woman appeared. The child was placed with a district nurse at the Fourth precinct for safekeeping until a court determines rightful ownership. Capt. Mathews and Detective Reinhardt led the arrest of the Norman woman who is now at the House of Detention charged with attempted kidnapping.
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Lauretta
Norman
Rebecca Watts
Watts
Constitution Alleys
Cna
Fourth Precinct
Mathews
Reinhardt
House of Detention
Four Greeks Killed by Train Near Roanoke
Four Greek workers on Tidewater Railroad construction were struck and killed by a Norfolk and Western freight train near Roanoke Virginia. The victims named include Marcous Lazoulier Danaye Cartelany Demerte Asemus Dageler Stoneon. One worker stepped from one track onto another directly in front of the oncoming train.
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Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Marcous Lazouler
Danaye’ Cartelanoy
Demerte Asemus
Dageler Stqneon
Eastwood Franks Wed in Rockville Rectory Ceremony
Grace Irene Franks aged eighteen and Herbert Randolph Eastwood aged twenty three, connected to Washington families, were quietly married this afternoon by Rev. Thomas J. Packard at Christ Episcopal Church rectory in Rockville Maryland. They were joined by a Washington couple, with the women left at a drug store near the courthouse while the men sought the license. The party returned to Washington and inquiries last night were met with silence.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Grace Irene Franks
Herbert Randolph Eastwood
Washington
Thomas J. Packard
Christ Episcopal Church
Eastwood
Rock Island Train Wreck Injures Twenty in Switch Mishap
A Rock Island line passenger train from Denver to Chicago derailed after passing an open switch near Topeka yards. Five cars and the locomotive left the rails. About twenty passengers and employees were bruised. Two women suffered serious injuries.
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Topeka
Kans
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Denver
Hitchcock Praises Evans for Fiscal Stewardship
Former Secretary Hitchcock writes to Division Chief George W. Evans of the Interior Department praising his handling of more than a billion dollars during Hitchcock's administration. He commends Evans for faithful, fearless, and professional administration of the responsibilities.
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sWrites
George W. Evans
Department of the Interior
Hitchcock
Hitchogek
Movements of Ocean Vessels Sailed and Reported
Shipping movements list several transatlantic sailings from Naples and Havre to New York with routes including Bremen Cassell and London Minnetonka. Reports note arrivals at New York docks and estimated docking times for Siasconset and Sable Island bound ships, with departures from Havre and Hamburg and expected arrivals in New York.
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New York
Panneata
Naples
Rotterdam
Hoover
Bremen
Cassell
London
Minnetonka
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 Idaho Murder Case
The jury in Steve Adams murder trial failed to reach a verdict after deliberating since yesterday morning. Adams, claimed to have killed Brad Tyler, was questioned about a broader plot involving the Western Federation of Miners to assassinate former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg. Officials say the Moyer Haywood Pettibone trial for Steunenberg’s murder may be scheduled soon in Caldwell.
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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
Michigan to Stay in Conference But Ignore Some Rules
The University of Michigan athletic board voted to remain in the Western Conference but not be bound by the conference limit of five football games with each member. Michigan will play no more than five games with conference schools, but may schedule unlimited nonconference games. The board also announced it would not join the proposed Big Four pact with Chicago, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
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Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Board of Athletic Control
University of Michigan
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Liberty Bell May Travel to Jamestown Exposition
Mayor Weaver sent petitions from the Jamestown Exposition Company and Virginia school children asking Philadelphia to send the Liberty Bell to the James City exposition. He advised deferring action until his successor, Congressman John E. Reyburn, takes office on April 1.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Virginia
John E. Reyburn
Rights of neutrals to belligerent material at Hague talks
Brussels reports indicate the next peace conference at The Hague will consider whether a neutral power may allow belligerent forces to use material that lies within its territory and whether such material brought by a belligerent into neutral territory may be utilized.
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Brussels
Mar
The
Hague
Steamer Columbia Catches Fire at Sea Off Brest
The British steamer Columbia of 3912 tons, owned in Cardiff and bound for St Nazaire with coal, caught fire while at sea near Brest. All crew members were saved.
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Columbia
Brest
France
Cardi
St. Nazaire
Pure Virgin Pine Oil Heals Colds and Lungs, Dr. Says
A Maine camp specialist on consumptives touts Pure Virgin Oil of Pine mixed with glycerine whisky in doses every four hours to heal lungs, break a cold in 24 hours, and cure coughs. The product is sold in half-ounce vials by Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati with wooden cases and engraved wrappers.
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Pine Woods
Maine
Leach Chemical Co
Cinchinati
Ohio
Millionaire Dies After Phone Call at Cumberland
Leonidas M. Preston president of the Timken Railroad Bearing Axle Company died of brain hemorrhage aboard the Hotel Cumberland call line. He was 46, married twice, left a Dallas-based estate of 38 million and 1 million from business. Coroner ruled natural death amid a presumed heart and grip history.
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New York
Leonidas M. Preston
Timken
West Forty-sixth Street
Grip
Cumberland
Japanese deserters in Mexico linked to Tokyo officials
In Guadalajara a Japanese worker who deserted Mexican Central Railroad camps died at Santo Domingo mine. His papers showed he was a military engineer for Japan. He planned to reach the United States. Of 1400 Japanese landed for railroad work, 250 remain. many deserted and some are in the United States. One interpreter for Japanese workers reported as Tokyo newspaper correspondent. another is the son of a Tokyo official.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Santo Domingo
Ampara, Mining Company
Etzian
United States
Jaziansie
Tokyo
Russia
Mabelle Gilman at Center of Marital Rumors
New York reports say former actress Mabelle Gilman may marry Basar Atchison Ely who played a minor part in Mrs. Black Is Bad. Cablegrams claim she lives in a French chateau at $200000 yearly with many servants. Ely denies involvement and says Gilman supports herself.
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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 After Birthday Dinner Quarrel
Stephen Tyler of 1490 Pierce Street northwest was slashed from forehead to chin, near Sixteenth and T streets. James Brown of 1462 Q Street Northwest, alleged assailant, was arrested for assault with intent to kill after the fight involving a razor. Tyler was taken to Freedman’s Hospital with 32 gashes and remained in custody overnight.
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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
Central office detectives and private agencies canvass pawnbrokers and dealers in precious stones across the city for jewels stolen from J. J. Sweeney Jewelry Company of Houston. A reward of 1000 dollars is offered for the return. Authorities in Houston suspect a New York man and expert thief.
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New York
Mar
Amonda
J. J. Sweeney Jewelry Company
Houston
Tex
Rescues by hotel clerk in Michigan blaze
Kelamazoo March 7 Fire destroyed the Empire restaurant damaged Star novelty store sixty thousand dollars and threatened the Burdick hotel. Day clerk Robinson of the hotel discovered halls full of smoke after guests retired and entered the elevator to rescue thirty two people in their hurried departure. Two women were carried out unconscious from smoke.
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Kelamazoo
Mich
Empire
Star Novelty Store
Burdick T
Robinson
Atrest
Rasin's Condition Slightly Improves After Stroke
J Freeman Rasin, struck by a paralytic stroke, showed slight improvement in Baltimore on March 7. Doctors say his condition remains serious though his strong constitution helps him endure. His mind wandered last night and he even insisted on rising to attend to political business.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
J. Freeman Rasin
Steptoe set free by jury in Amherst assault case
In Danville Virginia March 7 Herbert Steptoe was acquitted of raping Gladys Shelton, daughter of Amherst County farmer B H Shelton after a trial in Corporation Court. The jury deliberated about an hour and a half finding him not guilty. defense and prosecution presented alibi witnesses and rebuttal testimony. The judge stated the verdict justified by the evidence and noted concerns for public sentiment in Virginia and Amherst County.
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Washington
Danville
Herbert Steptoe
Gladys’ Shelton
B.” H.shelton
Amherst
Corporation Court
A.M Aiken
Virginia
Stephon
Mitchell Steptoe
Fran the Flrat
Defenge
Staptoe
Pheoner
Steptoe
Hobertson
Funk
Baldwin
Surainees
Commonwealth
Admirer Sentenced After Confrontation in New York
Adam Kirschner, found in possession of a concealed weapon, was sent to Blackwell’s Island for three months after a magistrate fixed bail for trial. The case arose from a West Side confrontation with Mrs. Sarah Jansen at 610 West Fifty third Street in which Kirschner reportedly aimed a revolver at her and demanded a life-or-death choice. Mrs. Jansen said her husband introduced Kirschner to her and that he later called when her husband was away.
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New York
Adamt Kirschner
Sarah
Jansen
Blackwells Island
Brean
West Side
Kirschner
College
Girechner
Freight reform meeting in Richmond outlines plan
A 35,000-strong gathering representing nearly 150,000 firms and individuals convened in Richmond to press freight movement reforms. The group urged railroad improvements and formed a five member committee to consider a permanent organization and possible merger with the National Reciprocal Campaign Association to best serve members.
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Richmond
United States
Accused With Hargis Freed on Habeas Corpus
In Lexington on March 7 John Stilth, held with Judge Hargis for the assassination of Dr Cox, was released by Magistrate Davies on a writ of habeas corpus. The petition claimed Gammon wealth’s attorney sought Judge Carnes for release after a refused motion, alleging unlawful action. Smith allegedly confessed that Walt, John Abner, and Asbury Spicer were hired by Hargis to shoot Cox.
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Dr. Cox
Carnes
Smith
Walt
John Abner
Asbury ‘Spicer
Hargra
Cox
Conried Returns to Office Plans Longer Met Opera Season
Special to The Washington Post New York March 7 Conried arrived at his office for the first time since late November and stayed over two hours. Flowers from his office staff greeted him as no directors from the Metropolitan Opera Company were present to confer. Conried announced the next season would run twenty weeks instead of seventeen with only one performance per week in Philadelphia.
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Washington Post
New York
Einrteh - Conrlad
Conried
Metropolitan
Opera Company
Philadelphia
White crow and a death on Pennsylvania Avenue
A Columbus crowd reports a pure white crow in Alum Creek trees near urbs and Columbus. Laborer Horatio Babe was found dead in bed at 343 Pennsylvania Avenue about midnight by roommate E H Bradley. death likely from heart failure. The 65 year old man’s body was moved to the Morgue.
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Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Mar
Horatio
Babe
Pennsylvania Avenue
E. .H. ‘Bradley Whd
Tre
Lote
I Dobe
Yellow dog beats the Fulton Street train on the bridge
A Brooklyn morning tale reports a yellow dog pacing the bridge ahead of Motorman Scheuer's Fulton Street train from Manhattan to Brooklyn. The dog supposedly trailed along the ties, peering back at the crew, and the train ended six minutes late at the Brooklyn terminal.
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Harry
B. T
Fulton Street
Manhattan
Ridge
Queston
Scheuer
Iimes
Scheurer
Brook- In
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