DIDN'T WANT FAT WIFE COCKTAILS SAID TO BE OK
Mrs. Josephine Eley Norton, defending a divorce suit filed by Edwin Norton, testified she drank intoxicating beverages with her husband and described his stance on drinking. She recounted a shore trip with friends when Norton disappeared, and his father later sent word he did not appear at dinner. A Yale student was later mentioned in correspondence, and a Hartford priest testified about her seeking Catholic institutions to escape persecution.
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Bpeolay
Washington Post
New Haven
Conn
Jozephine Eley Norton
Edwin Ekanneth Norton
New York
Yale
Jushanid
Norton
Lo Alne
Salvation Army bureau aids thirty cases in New York
Special to The Washington Post reports the Salvation Army anti vagrancy bureau in New York has marked thirty cases. Col Holland says most helped individuals are middle aged or older, often respectable, with some given work to earn a living. He notes surprising depths of misery and despondency among clients.
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Salvation Army Institution
Washinngton Post
New York
Salvation Army
London
Col
Holland
Bureau
Col. Holland
Dureau
Death on a Houston streetcar shocks New York crowds
A well dressed man around fifty died instantly on a westbound Houston streetcar at Houston Street and the Bowery. Passengers screamed as the body lay on the car floor while Conductor and crowd waited for police and removal. Max Levy identified the deceased as David Feldman, a bar fixtures dealer from 831 East Eighty fourth Street.
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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 Murder Case
Gov Claude A 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 held in Harrisburg 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
John West a longtime waiter at Harvey's restaurant and favorite of President Grant died at his residence 40 P Street NW after four months ill with dropsy. Born about 45 years ago he servedHarvey's for 35 years beginning as a boy. He waited on many public men from Maine to California and even foreign diplomats. West often sat in the northeast corner on second floor when Grant visited. He is survived by his wife.
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John ‘West
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 Explosion at St Elizabeths Asylum Wounds Two
An ammonia tank exploded in the cold storage plant at St Elizabeths Asylum Wednesday morning. Chief Engineer William C. Folsom sustained serious head and facial wounds, and assistant Henry D. Gausha lost an eye from flying debris. Injured men received treatment. both were reported in satisfactory condition later. Explosion occurred during tests on a glass gauge before ammonia was placed in ice plant tanks. Fumes caused a panic and workers fled engine rooms. cause suspected as a defective cap on the tank.
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St. Elizabeth's Asylum
William C. Folsom
Henry D. Gausha
Folsom
Both Claim the Baby in Court Dispute
Lauretta Watts and Rebecca Watts claim a one month old baby allegedly borrowed from the Watts woman. Police found the child with the Norman woman after days of search. Both women and the Norman nurse were at the Fourth precinct station. the District nurse will custody until court decides rightful ownership. The Norman woman is charged with attempted kidnapping and is held at the House of Detention. Capt Mathews and Detective Reinhardt led the arrest through a third woman.
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Lauretta
Norman
Rebecca Watts
Watts
Constitution Alleys
Cna
Fourth Precinct
Mathews
Reinhardt
House of Detention
Four Greeks killed by freight train near Roanoke
Four Greek railroad workers were struck and killed by a Norfolk and Western freight train while working on Tidewater Railroad construction near Roanoke Virginia on March 7. Names listed include Marcous Lazouler Danaye Cartelany Demerte Asemus Dageler Stqneon. One worker stepped from one track to another in front of the oncoming train.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Marcous Lazouler
Danaye’ Cartelanoy
Demerte Asemus
Dageler Stqneon
Eastwood Franks Tie The Knot In Rockville
Grace Irene Franks aged eighteen and Herbert Randolph Eastwood twenty three, linked to prominent Washington families, wed this afternoon at Christ Episcopal Rectory Rockville Maryland Rev Thomas J Packard officiating. A Washington couple accompanied them. two others remained nearby while licenses were secured. The bridal party returned to Washington and further inquiries yielded 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 At Topeka Yards In Open Switch Incident
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific passenger train No. 28 from Denver to Chicago derailed after passing an open switch west of Topeka yards. Five cars and the locomotive left the rails. About twenty passengers and staff were bruised with two women seriously injured.
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Topeka
Kans
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Denver
Hitchcock Praises Evans in Appreciation Letter
Former Secretary Hitchcock writes to George W. Evans chief of the Division of Finance and Disbursements at the Interior Department praising his handling of more than a billion dollars during Hitchcock's administration. He commends Evans for faithfully fearless and professional administration of the duties.
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George W. Evans
Department of the Interior
Hitchcock
Hitchogek
Movements of Ocean Ships From Europe to New York
Reports list multiple ocean liners in transit including Neimere, Stedmers, and La Sayeie routes. Vessels depart from Naples, Havre, Hamburg and Liverpool heading to New York with estimated dockings on Friday or Saturday. Port movements underscore transatlantic traffic with several liners named and times noted.
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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 case failed to reach a verdict after deliberating since yesterday morning and was discharged. Adams, held on the killing of Brad Tyler, had confessed under pressure to Detective McPartland in Boise peniten tiary and implicated the Western Federation of Miners in the Steunenberg assassination.
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St. Joseph River
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 remain in conference rules ignored
The University of Michigan board of athletic control voted to stay in the Western Conference but ignore its football game limit. Michigan will play only five conference games and may schedule unlimited nonconference games. The four-year man disqualification rule will not be observed in nonconference games, and Michigan will not join the Big Four agreement with Chicago Minnesota Wisconsin.
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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 today sent petitions from the Jamestown Exposition Company and Virginia school children to Philadelphia councils asking the Liberty Bell be loaned to the James Town exposition. He advised deferring action until his successor, Representative John E. Reyburn, takes office April 1.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Virginia
John E. Reyburn
RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS AT THE HAGUE PEACE TALKS
Brussels March 7. It was learned that the peace conference at The Hague will tackle whether a neutral nation may permit belligerent forces to use raw material on its soil and whether a neutral can use material brought in by a belligerent.
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Brussels
Mar
The
Hague
Steamer Columbia Catches Fire at Sea
The British steamer Columbia of 3,912 tons, owned in Cardi, loaded with coal, caught fire on the high seas near Brest France while bound for St Nazaire. All crew members were saved.
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Columbia
Brest
France
Cardi
St. Nazaire
Pure Virgin Pine Oil Heals Colds and Strengthens Lungs
A noted Maine based throat and lung specialist claims half an ounce of Pure Virgin Pine Oil mixed with two ounces of glycerine and half a pint of good whisky, taken in spoonful doses every four hours, will cure a cold in twenty four hours and strengthen the lungs. The product is sold in half ounce vials by Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati.
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Pine Woods
Maine
Leach Chemical Co
Cinchinati
Ohio
Millionaire Preston Dies at Office After Illness
Leonidas M. Preston president of the Timken Railroad Bearing Axle Company died at Hotel Cumberland after a seizure of grip. Doctors ruled brain hemorrhage as cause. He came from Dallas to New York with a $38 million estate and $1 million earnings. His second wife, two children with relatives, and a coroner’s inquest documented the incident.
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Leonidas M. Preston
Dallas
New York
Timken
West Forty-sixth Street
Grip
Cumberland
Preston
New Orleans
Deserters among Japanese workers in Mexico
In Guadalajara a Japanese deserter from Mexican Central Railroad camps died at Santo Domingo mine of Ampara Mining Co in Etzian district. His papers showed he was a military engineer for Japan and planned to head to the United States. Of 1400 Japanese landed in three months, only 250 remain, many having deserted and moved to the U.S. An interpreter for a Tokyo paper during the war with Russia is cited as well, and 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’s Reported Marriage Interest Surfaces
New York dispatch reports Miss Mabelle Gilman once an American actress is connected to Basar Atchison Ely in Paris with rumors of marriage. Cable notes her lavish life in a French chateau valued at $200,000 yearly income and a large staff. Edgar Atchison Ely, a vaudeville singer, arrives in Kansas City and crowds question the link. Ely denies specifics and asserts Gilman can support 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 Paralyzes Fight at Birthday Dinner
Stephen Tyler, 1490 Pierce Street NW, taken to Freedmen's Hospital after a deep slash from a razor during a quarrel with James Brown, 1462 Q Street NW. The incident occurred as a party of Negroes returned from a birthday dinner at Sixteenth and T streets. Brown was arrested for 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
New York March 7 central office detectives and private agencies canvass pawnbrokers and dealers in precious stones across the city for a thirty five hundred dollar gem set stolen days ago from the J J Sweeney Jewelry Company Houston Tex a reward of one thousand dollars is offered for its 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 from Burning Empire Fire
Kelamazoo Michigan March 7 A hotel day clerk discovered smoke in the Empire restaurant building and entered the elevator to alert and evacuate guests. He brought down thirty two people including two unconscious women, in a hurried departure as flames damaged the Empire restaurant and the Star novelty store with about $60,000 in losses and threatened the Burdick hotel.
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Kelamazoo
Mich
Empire
Star Novelty Store
Burdick T
Robinson
Atrest
J Freeman Rasin Reported Slightly Improved After Stroke
The Washington Post reports from Baltimore on March 7 that J Freeman Rasin, stricken by a paralytic stroke, shows slight improvement yet remains weak and under medical care. His mind wandered briefly last night as he wished to rise and attend to political duties, but his 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
Herbert Steptoe, a Black defendant, was found not guilty of assault on Miss Gladys Shelton, daughter of Amherst County farmer B H Shelton, after an eight hour jury deliberation. Defense witnesses established alibi while prosecutors questioned Steptoe’s statements. precautionary police escorted him from Danville amid potential threats.
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Danville
Herbert Steptoe
Gladys’ Shelton
B.” H.shelton
Amherst
Corporation Court
A.M Aiken
Virginia
Amherst County
Stephon
Mitchell Steptoe
Fran the Flrat
Defenge
Staptoe
Pheoner
Steptoe
Hobertson
Funk
Baldwin
Surainees
Commonwealth
Admirer Sent to Jail in Blackwell’s Island Case
Special to The Washington Post New York March 7 Adam Kirschner, described as an admirer, was sent to Blackwell’s Island for three months after a judge set bail at 2000 dollars on a concealed weapon charge. He faced Mrs. Sarah Jansen, a blonde whom he allegedly stalked, threatened with a revolver, and gave an ultimatum to choose between him and death.
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New York
Adamt Kirschner
Sarah
Jansen
Blackwells Island
Brean
West Side
Kirschner
College
Girechner
Demand Freight Reforms Meet in Richmond Va
Thirty five hundred firms and over one hundred fifty thousand individuals feed into freight tonnage, urging general improvements. Delegates cite railroad capacity as hindering U S commerce and call for a permanent national freight reform body and talks to merge with the National Reciprocal Campaign Association for coordinated action.
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Richmond
United States
Accused With Hargis Freed on Habeas Corpus
Lexington Ky March 7 John Stilth confined in Jackson County or accused with Judge Hargis of assassinating Dr Cox was released on a writ of habeas corpus by Magistrate Davia today In the petition for Smiths release it was alleged that Gamman wealths attorney had made a motion before Judge Garnes for the release but that the release was refused This action of the part of Judge Carnes It was charged was unlawful Smith confessed it is alleged that him Walt John Abner and Asbury Spicer had been employed by Hargra to shoot Cox.
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Dr. Cox
Carnes
Smith
Walt
John Abner
Asbury ‘Spicer
Hargra
Cox
Conried Returns to Office Cuts Season Schedule
Special to The Washington Post reports Conried arrived at the office for the first time since late November. He found flowers from staff on his desk. no directors were present. He announced the next season will run twenty weeks instead of seventeen, with only one performance weekly in Philadelphia.
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Washington Post
New York
Einrteh - Conrlad
Conried
Metropolitan
Opera Company
Philadelphia
White crow with pure plumage spotted in Columbus
Special to The Washington Fest reports a crow in Columbus with pure white plumage, part of a flock near Alum Creek in urbs. Residents first mistook it for a pigeon but closer checks show a crow with all features save color. Laborer Babe Horatio found dead in bed at lodging house 343 Pennsylvania Avenue around midnight. roommate E H Bradley discovered him. Death attributed to heart failure. body taken to the Morgue. Dobe was sixty-five years old.
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Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Mar
Horatio
Babe
Pennsylvania Avenue
E. .H. ‘Bradley Whd
Tre
Lote
I Dobe
Yellow dog delays Fulton Street train on the bridge
A Brooklyn tale tells of a yellow dog that ran ahead of a Fulton Street train from Manhattan to the Brooklyn terminal. Motorman Scheuer tried to stop or outrun the animal as the dog leaped between ties, finally finishing ahead and causing a six minute late arrival. The dog nodded at the crew and vanished, leaving only the delayed train as proof.
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Brooklyn
Harry
B. T
Fulton Street
Manhattan
Ridge
Queston
Scheuer
Iimes
Scheurer
B. RT
Tles
Yanter
Wagle
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