Naval board probe hears secretary defend bureau work
Secretary Metcalf defends the Bureau of Ordnance and criticizes Lieut Commander Sims in a Senate Naval Affairs Committee letter. Witnesses discuss armor, armor belt, and masts as critics press for changes while officials insist construction plans remain sound.
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Senate Naval Investigating Committee
Sims
Senate
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Trier
Sins
Smira
Alfegerdt
Alnrai
Sono Piaman
Too Much Lovey Dovey Causes Chicago Desertion Case
Mark Six kisses led Ora M. Leedom to arrest him for deserting his wife. Detectives Stark and Johnet chased him to Springfield seven weeks after leaving. Leedom complained his wife’s constant affection and kissing overwhelmed him, saying he would return only if she stops the kissing bunnies and keeps it to six a day.
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Chicago
Mark
Ora M. Leedom
Stark
Johnet
Springfield
Leedom
Springfeld
Annie
Bret
Two Killed as Mob Rides For Russell County Jail
Sheriff’s posse guards two prisoners accused in a drunken brawl slayings case as a Lynch mob from Lebanon Va reportedly heads to link up with supporters to finish the vengeance. The two men Prisler and Gross face fatal risk as authorities rush to protect the jail.
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Sherff
Lebanon
Wahington
Iistel Va
Russell County
Jackson Prasier
Presse
George Call
John Mutter
Swords Creek
Therasedy
Rusgeh
Forea
Presler
Nearas Woods
Petrified fish found on Alpine ranch site
A petrified fish discovery on Joe Irving’s ranch fifteen miles south of Alpine Texas shows fish preserved in stone. Several large specimens observed, at about 5000 feet elevation, in a deposit covering a sizable area.
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Washington F
Tex
Joe Irving
Hare
Thaw Case Actions and Family Ties Reported
New York report outlines Col Franklin Bartlett's statement on the Thaw family amid the Matteawan asylum crisis. Exelia Nesbit Thaw seeks separation while Harry Thaw's finances and custody questions ripple through counsel denials, with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's supposed cash asks and dining rumors addressed.
Americans on Vesuvius and Mrs Thaw divorce talks
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw says no divorce action filed against Harry K Thaw yet and her relationship remains unsettled. Mrs William Thaw reportedly would grant a lump sum of 5000 if estrangement leads to court action, while Mount Vesuvius eruptions and guiding tours disrupt tourism in Naples as reports detail uncertain future steps.
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Etig
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K Thaw
Naples
Hvely Thaw
Mount Park Avenue
Thesanius
Harry
Niale
Labor Opposes Rossiter in Public Printer Fight
Fragmented remarks from Mrs. William Thaw defend her separation from Harry Thaw and deny gossip about attempts to secure a $90,000 sum or an annual $12,000 income. She claims no Thaw family involvement in her finances, asserts diary records of her actions, and states she will move from their New York home rather than seek further public engagements.
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Exelyn Nesbit Thaw
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Rossiter
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Marty Shoul
New York
Trys
Macleawan
Mitterman
Rossiter Named Temporary Public Printer in Reform Push
President to nominate William Hostiter for Public Printer on a temporary basis after a later administration may replace him. Rossiter, a newspaper man, would lead reforms at the Government Printing Office and then return to his current post if physically able.
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Trossiter
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New York
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New York Tribune
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Ve Bureau
Government Printing Office
Chinamen to Hang Today in Pennsylvania Case
Governor Stuart refused a respite for two Philadelphia Chinamen sentenced to be hanged tomorrow in Harrisburg. The state pardons board had considered clemency at its February meeting and declined to intervene. Counselor David Griffith Jr. urged postponement for a rehearing, but no ground existed to change the board’s decision. In Boston a motion was filed for a retrial of nine Chinamen convicted of first degree murder tied to the August feud.
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Washington Post
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Pardon Board
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Last Victims Buried After Lake View Cemetery Tragedy
Cleveland area honors 21 dead from the school fire as seven teen children and four unclaimed remains are laid to rest in Lake View Cemetery. City acts to secure fire safety. school razed and a new building planned. Milwaukee fights inspector orders on fire escapes amid city debate.
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Ontelde
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Building Commissioners Office
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Prince Helie Coming Too Amid Rumors of A Marriage
Mme Anna Gould and her children sail Cherbourg to Newark on the North German Lloyd liner Krangrinz Wilhelm Wednesday. Rumors place Prince Helio de Sagan also en route to the United States with gossip of a quiet marriage denied by Gould. Her lawyer dismisses the tale as absurd, and Gould says she will leave for America with her children after securing divorcee consent.
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Prince Helio de Sagan
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Prince de Sagan
Henri Cacherd
Awyer
Madisoa
Prinee Hale de Sagan
Cojunt Bont de Castellac
Young Woman Dies After Six Years Of Paralysis
Ellwood City Pennsylvania March 9 Miss Effie Frishcorn twenty three years old died last night after six years paralyzed following a porch fall that broke her back Portions of the vertebrae were removed but no recovery was expected since the accident. She had baffled doctors with her tenacious hold on life.
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Ellwood City
Effie Frishcorn
Miss Frishcorn
French scientists claim to raise dead by electric therapy
A Washington Post report recounts three French savants attempting revival after presumed natural death. A girl revived after rhythmic electrification and hypnotic passes, described a sensory journey, then died again after an overdose of morphine. Authorities insist the account rests on a single informant.
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Washington Post
Parly
Clemte Leonce Dé Larmandie
Oetete Dea Gens Des Lettres
Corresneident
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Comis
Army Bride Seeks Divorce From Cavalry Lieutenant
Anna Truax Pickel charges Lieutenant Arthur N Pickel with intolerable severity and infidelity in Chittenden County Vermont. The Washington divorced case follows a social and military stir from Detroit Boston and New England. Pickel retired for physical incapacity after a duty injury. both spouses are wealthy and well known in Washington and the region.
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Boston
Detroit
New England
Chittenden County
Arthur
Anna T Fickel
Picket
Anna Truax
Fort
Allen Vi
Lieut Pickel
Takahira Quest of Honor Banquet in New York
Ambassador Kogoro Takahira of Japan will dine as guest of honor at the Japanese Society in New York at the Hotel Astor tomorrow night. Prominent attendees include John Finley, Fort, Depew, Seth Low, and Rev Dr Burrell, with many notable Japanese and Americans present.
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Washington Post
Kogoro Takahira
Japan
Bone
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John H Finley
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College of the City of New York
Gov Fort
New Jersey
Depew
Seth Low
John D Burrell
Clubman Weds In Haste In Philadelphia Marriage
Frank M Pracy a Chicago capitalist and clubman married Miss Genevieve A West of New York in Philadelphia after a brief courtship. Tracy accompanied them to city hall for a license then Rev G Roland Fill officiated at Mr Bliven’s home. The couple then proceeded to New York to sail for England tomorrow.
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Frank M Pracy
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Genevieve A West
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West
Waite Bhs
Roland Fill
Bliven
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Morres
England
Two Nebraska Votes for Secretary
The Fifth abstract Republican convention in Hastings Nebraska chose W A Stern of Grand Island and A C Gambel of Curtis as delegates to the national convention. They were instructed to vote for Taft.
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Nebraska
World’s largest five-masted ship Preussen arrives in New York
The Preussen, the world’s largest five-masted square-rigged vessel, sails into New York to load 2,000,000 gallons of cake oil for Hamburg. From Hamburg the ship will earn about 3600 in freight. The ship carries 68,000 square feet of canvas with six yards per mast and a full set of sails, surpassing all other ships in sail area and crossing records.
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Hamburg
Atlante
Sha
Magnesium Could Be Great Heart Stimulant Say Carnegie Scientist
Prof A G Mayer head of Carnegie Institute marine biology declares magnesium may prove the greatest heart stimulant and a tetanus antidote. He describes jellyfish revival experiments, claims life can be restored by magnesium, and plans a West Indies cruise with ten biologists aboard the yacht Physiana to continue tests.
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Department of Marine Biology
Washington Post
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Mar
4A G Mayer
Carnegia Institute
Washington
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Naples
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Physiana
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China 70 Give In Indemnity Will Be Paled Official Info Here
John Callan O Laughlin reports that received official information indicating China will humiliate itself to avert war with Japan. An apology for seizing the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru, return of the vessel, and indemnity are expected as part of a broader effort to avoid conflict.
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Macao
Portugal
Chine
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Germany
8 Squadron
Bouth Chins
New Suit Against Morse Seeks 405 676.62 in NY
National Bank of North America receiver Charles A Hanna files another suit against Charles W Morse in New York Supreme Court seeking 405 676 62 alleging Morse used loan deals to obtain funds. Total recoveries reach 648 000 from Morse individually plus a 720 000 suit naming him among director defendants. Names on notes include Calum Austin N H Campbell Wesley Oler Primrose Braun and James T Morse among others. Morse denies being beneficiary or responsible for the loans.
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Mar
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National Bank of North America
Charles W Morse
Supreme Court
Morse
Calum Austin
Janaalldated Steamship Company
N H Campbell
Wesley Oler
American Ice Company
Primrose & Braun Morses
Arizona Smelting Company
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Uncle Jim
Marge
Carnegie Funds Swindled In Long Scam
A Pittsburgh case reveals a long running pension fraud involving Mrs Robert Dumphreys and her two husbands, with forgery and theft charges looming for Benjamin Ballew. An inspector traced falsified pensions used over years, prompting a broader audit of pension recipients and noting ties to the Carnegie hero fund and relief fund. Also: Anglo American syndicate buys Peruvian railway and nitrate fields for $12,000,000. U.S. government ceases.
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Pittsburge
Carnegie Relief Fund
Benjamin Ballew
Robert Dumphreys
Carnegie
Ballew
Robert Cumphreye
Cumphreye
Carnegie Hero Fund
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