Rear Admiral Eaton murder inquiry during funeral
Navy officer Joseph G. Eaton's death sparks a state police probe as organs from his Norwell home are to be examined for drugs. District Attorney Barker backs a murder theory amid earlier poisoning accusations by Mrs Eaton regarding their adopted infant. Autopsy planned. Harvard chemist Prof Whitney to analyze organs.
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Eaton
Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Joseph G. Waton
Norwell
Barker
Brockton
Rear Adurals
Osgood
Tipekland
Baten
Haton
Harrison
Dorothy Ainsworth
Joseph & Eaton
Admiral Eaton
Prof. Whitney
Rear Admiral Eaton
Jane
Whitney
Lowell
Harvard
Maton
June
Ralph P. Keyes
Somerville
Bermuda
Dorchester
Garrard Cleared in Echo of Wartime Controversy
An echo of the 1911 affair over Col Joseph Garrard and a Jewish applicant surfaces as President Taft erases Garrard’s reprimand from the record. Assistant Secretary Oliver confirms Taft ordered the action just before leaving office. The dispute stirred nationwide debate on Jewish promotions in the army.
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Joseph Garrard
Fort Myer
Taft
Frank Bloom
Gerrard
Oliver
Robert Shaw Oliver
Leonard Wood
Col. Garrard
Col
Garrard
Bloom
Third Field Artillery
Garrard Tey
Joseph 4A
Simon Wolf
War Department
Secretary of War
Aated
Army
Navy
White House
Fort Leasen
United States Warns Against Seizure of Power in Americas
President and Secretary Bryan outline Wilson era Monroe doctrine policy as they pledge to lend influence for peace and mutual respect in Central and South America. Statement stresses no sympathy for leaders pursuing personal gains and calls for orderly government based on law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wilson
Central
South American
Bryan
White House
Friends of Peace
State Department
Mexico
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Salvador
Central America
Costa Rica
Araujo
News Orleansz
Republic
Taft
Colorado
Denver
Acajutla
Central and
South America
Continents
America
Comeon
Shepard advances to Gould lines directorate
Finley J. Shepard, husband of Helen Gould, was elected today to the directorate of two major Western Gould lines, the Missouri Pacific and the Iron Mountain railroads. His election positions him as an influential figure in the Gould railroad properties’ development and management.
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Western Gould
Washington Post
St. Louis
Mar. U
Finley J. Shepard
Helen Gould
Missouri,Pacific
Iron Mountain
Governor Sulzer Appoints Deceased Man to State Board
Niagara Falls N Y March report says Governor Sulzer named a board of managers for the Thomas Indian School last night and one appointee Etias Johnson died last Sunday. Johnson, a full blooded Indian patriarch, wealthy and keen on horse racing, maintained a race course on his farm and trained Indian jockeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Niagara Falls
N. C
Maer
Sulzer
Thomas Indian School
Etias Johnson
Petition Drives in Dover to Change Alfred Victor du Pont Name
Five Democratic lawyers hired by Alfred E du Pont pushed a bill to rename his son Alfred Victor du Pont to Dorsey Cazenove du Pont. They secured signatures from fourteen House members, all Democrats except Rep Edward G Bradford Jr a Republican allied with the measure. The bill awaits two more signatures to pass the committee and move to the House floor, where veto by Gov Miller is likely despite party support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Dover
del. Mar
Alfred E du Pont
Alfred Victor du Pont
Dorsey Cazenove du Pont
House
Miscellaneous Committee
Senate
Miller
Mooney
Wilmington
William I’. Smalley
From Prison to Altar in Charleston Romance
Lucy Kimberly, once near the West Virginia State Penitentiary, married Frank Pearson, pardoned son of the Pearson Oil Company president. Pearson, who killed a man in Charleston decades ago and was jailed for life, earned release and wed his longtime sweetheart. The couple planned a New England honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Moundavine
Mark
Maining
Likhood
Mise
Lucy Kimberly
Frank Pearson
Pearson
Pearson Oil Company
Miss Kimberly
Charleston
Kimberly
New England
Blame for Dynamite Blast Eyed in Baltimore Inquiry
Norris Price testifies to a coroner s jury in Baltimore that William Bombardt swung a cotton hook into dynamite on the barge causing an initial blast and smoke. Price and three other stevedores say coal was loaded atop dynamite bores with no air space while Bombardt warned to move the box or blow up the ship. Bombardt, described as highly nervous since arrest, needed medical attention.
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Baltimore
Norris Price
Alum Chine
Price
William Bombardat
Bornhardt
Aneath
Anstey
William Henderson
Bombardt
Napoleon's Grandson Found Near Los Angeles Lumber Yard
William Gordon, sought as a reputed grandson of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Crittenden Memorial Society, was located in Los Angeles. The workingman, aged about 54, denied excitement about bearing the emperor's blood as he returned to piling lumber in the yard.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mar
Crittenden Memorial Society of
San Francisco
Napoleon Bonaparte
William Gordon
John Gordon
Crittenden Society
Golden Gate
Teland
St. Helena
Edinburgh
Scotland
Napoleon
Bellerophon
Amelia Jones
London
America
New London
Conn
William
Senate tension as steering committee reshapes finance panel
The Democratic steering committee plans assignments for Senate committees and aims to report to the caucus tomorrow with possible reorganization and an extraordinary April session. Contests for banking and currency chair threaten progress as Owen, Stone, and Hoke Smith seek the post amid questions over Tillman’s fate and the finance chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Senate
Congress
Simmons
Tillman
Balkans Crisis Deepens Over Scutari Stand
London reports a tense European scene as Austro Russian demobilization is agreed with mediation for Bulgaria Romania, while Austria objects to Servia aiding Montenegro over Scutari. Belgrade cites treaty duty. Vienna warns of threats to peace. Russia announces mobilization pullback and frontier reductions as fighting resumes at Tchatalja.
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Belgrade
Montenegro
Russia
Austria
London
Mar
Bulgaria
Rou
Sergius Sazonoff
Balkans
Servia
Europe
Scutari
Albania
Brentenegro
Baron von Agron von Abranfalva
Vienna
San Giovanni di Medua
Tt Ia
Constantinople
Tchatalja
Bulair
Gulf of Saros
Durazzo
St. Petersburg
Austria-Hungary
Francis Joseph
Nicholas
Galiaa
Admiral Eaton Slam and Balkans Crisis Highlight Today
Today’s index notes key items including Admiral Eaton's attack, near completion of Senate committees, Wilson's Latin American policy, Taft clearing Col Garrard, a Parral battle riot in Mexico, and a view of job doubts. Also mentions university club, district committee polls, and upcoming society and sports notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Eaton
Senate
Wilson
Taft
Col. Garrard
Balkans
Parral
Mexico
Johnston
Sylvester
University Club
Gallinger
Frie¢gmann
T—Society
J.A. Aspinwall
News of Alexandria
Relief Society
Newport Merchants Discuss Settlement With Summer Residents
Newport merchants say unspoken talks aim at settling unpaid bills from summer residents who leave town. Accounts under scrutiny would be astonishingly large, with one family reputedly owing between 16000 and 17000 dollars, mainly for entertaining.
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Washington Post
Newport
R. L. Mar. U
Burglar Owen Conn Confesses to Over 100 Thefts
Chicago detective reports Owen D Conn alias Dale Sonn confessed to more than 100 burglaries across major cities. A young woman who aided him fled with jewelry valued at 30 000 to 80 000, leaving an estimated 50 000 in loot in Conn s hotel room. He is described as a lifelong criminal with a long record and a daytime lobby approach to break-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen D. Conn
San Francisco
Mar
Owen D. Cenn
Chicago
Conn
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Oakland
Berkeley
San Jose
Scon
Owen B. D. Conn
New York
Dale Sonn
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Elmira Reformatory
Charles Harvey
Death of Dr John S Billings Former Army Surgeon and Librarian
Dr John Shaw Billings longtime medical curator and librarian died at his New York home after a weeks long illness. A retired U S Army surgeon he served as curator of the Medical Museum and Library from 1880s to 1895 and later led the New York Public Library as librarian. He also chaired the Carnegie Institution board and is survived by a son and four daughters with funeral plans pending Arlington burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shaw Billings
United States Army
New York
Billings
Washington
Medical Museum and Library
New York Public Library
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Joan 8. Billings, Jr
WH Wilson
Misa Margaret Piluiss
Cns
Wallis Ord
England
Bradfield Hartley
Panama
Arlington
Battle Fire Riot List of Dead Is Large
Desperate fighting in Parral Chihuahua produced heavy casualties in a 50 hour battle. Rebels and federal troops clashed as Parral’s market burned and townspeople rioted. Reports say 150 constitutionalists and a roughly equal number of federals were involved, with reinforcements and street fighting across the town.
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el Paso
Tex
Parral
Chihuahua
Constitutionaliats
Huerta
Chy
Insurrecto
Santa Barbara
Chihuahua City
Parra
Federala
Col. Mercado
Castro
Chagres
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Say Bay
Joseph G. Eaton
Alabama
Frm
Naval Academy
Darien
Santiago
Colon
Coton
Resolute
Habana Harbor
Bosten Naty Yard
Fort Leavenworth
Awspa PS
Shepard
Gov. Sulzer
Indian School Board
DU Pont
Bill
Son
Stevedore Foreman
Finance
Q’gorman
Owen
Capitol
Stone
Hoke Smith
Banking and Currency Committee
Georgia
Appropriations
South Carolina
Tien
Martin
Clarke
Bacon
O'Gorman
Chamberlain
Nelson
Bristow
Burton
Townsend
Weeks
Mr. Gristew
California
Sunset
Raffles
John S. Billings
Capital
Long
Britain
Ojeda
Agua Prieta
Mexico City
Santa Rosa
Vera Cruz
Camerino Mendoza
Madero
Jose M. Maytorena
Sonora
Chamber of Deputies
Querido Modena
U. S
Emil Campa
Orozco
Great Britain
Francisco de la Barra
Legation
de la Barra
Bartolome Carbajal Y Rosas
St. Peters+burg
Constitutionalist
Sinaloa
Consul
Conbatante
Nogales
Ariz
Frederick Simpich
O'Bregan
Kosterlinsky
TiHihb Rack
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