Critics Attack Police Chief Over Suffrage Parade Blame
At a Columbus Theater meeting, prominent men including Charles Edward Russell Moses Clapp John D. Works and John W Shafroth denounced the Washington police for March 3 suffrage parade missteps. Russell faulted leadership while praising women and urged democracy as cure. Senators Clapp and others warned higher social strata influenced police conduct and political power backed by industry figures.
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Columba
Washington
United Nu
Sylvester
Senate
Cne
Cora
James Janner
United States
Moses Clapp
Minnesota
Charles Inmas
Colorado
John D. Works
Viferoia
John W Shafroth
Olorato
Charles Edward Russell
Turner
Louis D Brandeis
Boston
Australia
America
South Sea Islands
Russell
India
$20 000 but no kiss ends Mrs Dobyne divorce case
Irene Critchfield Dobyne of St Louis declares she is happier as a neglected wife after securing a divorce from George A Dobyne for failing to kiss her. She notes her beauty and church soprano gifts as part of her claim while detailing his refusal to show affection. The report covers accompanying political remarks on woman suffrage and related public commentary.
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George A Oolyne Stik
Irene Critchfield Dobyne
St. Louis
George A. Dobyne
White House goes dry as officials shun wine at entertainments
Washington society notes a sweeping abstinence trend as President Wilson and family, Vice President Marshall, Secretary Bryan and others ban wine and liquor from official entertainments. histórica mention of Mrs Hayes and Mrs Henderson, and discussion of impact on social life and finances.
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Wilson-Marshall
Wilson
Marshall
Bryan
Secretary of State
Mrs. Bryan
New Willard
John B. Henderson
Washington
Henderson
Champ Clark
Congress
Clark
Rutherford B. Hayes
White House
Wilson Breaks Precedents At One A Day
President Wilson reshapes White House access by banning unsolicited patronage visits and openly guiding the administration. He asserts authority over appointments while keeping Congress in check, prioritizing policy over show. Cabinet unity grows as he positions himself as undisputed boss of the new order.
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Wilson
Washington
Taft
Congress
Roosevelt
Trenton
New Jersey
Progressives Aim to Shape Senate Reorganization
The White House seeks input from progressive Republicans as it codes a broad plan for Democratic caucus reorganization. Senate leaders eye Tillman for Appropriations and Simmons for Finance while Kern keeps balance, with reforms to committees pending before the special session ends.
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White House
Congress
Trenton
Senate
Hoke Smmith
Georgia
Bacon
Tillman
Appropriationa Committee
Simmons
Finance Committee
Kern
la Follette
iSenator Root
Judiciary Committee
Burton and
Dilling Eee
Foreign Relations Committee
Robbery at Alexandria Almshouse Ham Stolen
A series of bold robberies near the city culminated Saturday night when about 600 pounds of smoked ham and shoulders were taken from the smokehouse at the Alexandria almshouse. The theft was uncovered Sunday by Superintendent Joshua Sherwood, with tracks indicating entry by forcing a door and a horse and wagon used for transport.
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Washington Port Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Alexandria County
Joshua Sherwood
Howl Down Suffragettes Meet Brutal police at Hyde Park rallies
London reports a day of violent suffrage protests with mounted and foot police protecting leaders like Mrs. Drummond at Hyde Park Wimbledon Common and Hampstead Heath. Five thousand spectators created a deafening din as speakers struggled to be heard. Disturbances included thrown hugs and chants.
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London
Hyde Park
Wimbledon Common
Flora Drummond
Heaton Park
Newcastle
Fragmentary 19th Century Dance Scene Names
Excerpt includes scattered titles and names such as Micolat A Cuban Denee Cervantes Waltz Lite 2 Dream Zikot Excertis from Mignona Thomas Intermerzé A Ball Scene Nico de Galop Stuermisch in Lieb und Tanz Strauas.
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Micolat
Cervantes
Zikot Excertis
Thomas Intermerzé
Nico de Galop
Stuermisch
Strauas
City Wins First Legal Sunday Shave in 44 Years
Washington’s Sunday opening of barber shops marks a historic shift after Judge Pugh ruled the old Sunday closing regulation invalid. Many downtown shops opened, though some barbers resisted, while others expect a brief life for the new practice as sentiment favors keeping Sunday closed for family time. The 1896 law had kept shops shut until the modern government changed the regulatory regime.
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City
Washington
Congress
G Street
Northwest
Aid Corporation of Washington
Fudge Pugh
Francis Colton Dead. ex Venice consul and Union Pacific officer
Francis Colton 79 died at 168 Connecticut avenue after a six week illness of Jaun dice. He served as United States consul at Venice in 1860s and later became a Union Pacific Railroad general officer and world traveler promoting Orient tea trade via the Pacific route. He resided in Washington since 1844 and is survived by his son Gov. George R. Colton of Porto Rico and two daughters. Funeral plans pending.
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Francis Colton
United States
Venice
Italy
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Connecticut Avenue
George R. Cohen
Porto Rico
Mr. Colton
Colton
Pacific Ocean
Orient
Europe
Washington
Chevy Chase
George R. Colter
Archibald
Chauncey Colton
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Monson
Burlington
Willam Dean Howells
Thi Country
Tta
Celton
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Middle
Far West
Granville M. Dodge
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Marjorie
Dogs Fail as Detectives in German Police Service
Berlin reports police dogs do not consistently track suspects. They aid detection but have clear limits. Even the best dogs may abandon a trail for a fresher one, their scent influenced by mood and health. Despite flaws, dogs remain a valuable part of police work.
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Germany
Washington Post
Berlin
Frankfort-on-the-Oder
Lieut
Most
Criminal Service
Talks Of Turkey At Columbia Lends Insightful View
Nox McCain presented a travel talk at the Columbia titled Turkey Yesterday and Today. The lecture contrasted Ottoman forces with Allied foes using motion pictures from Constantinople and Bosnian locales. He showed troops well drilled by German officers but weak supply lines. The talk, rich in pictures of Sarajevo Mostar and Narenta valley, concludes with praise for the informative camera record and repeats at 3:45 PM today.
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Nox McCain
Columbia
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria
Sarajevo
Near East
Narenta
McCain
Mostar
Herzegovina
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Mahmoud V
Wages a factor in morals in lecture on the vice problem
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance, told an Equal Franchise Society audience in Philadelphia that wages have a powerful influence on morality and that economic independence is key to solving the vice problem. She cited improvements in places where women have a stake in government.
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Philadelphia
Mar
Mality
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Woman's Suffrage Alliance
Alindia
Chicago
Catt
Howard A Kelly
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Equal Franchise Society of
Mrs. Catt
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