Money for Sufferers: $50,000 Raised in One Week
News notes a prompt response to President Roosevelt's famine relief appeal for Northeastern Japan. Donations include $5,000 from Dr. Klopsch and $30,000 via the Christian Herald, with American Red Cross contributions totaling $20,000. Japanese officials and press laud the aid and highlight continuing hunger amid severe winter and snow in Iwata Fukushima and Miyagi provinces.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Klopsch
The
Christian Herald
Red Cross
Senda Foreign Relief Committee
American Red Cross
Washington
Jiji Shimpo
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Russia
de Forest
Japan Times
the Herald
Hia Journal
Iwata Fukushima
Miyagi
Japanese Red Cross
Herald
Toar
Bangs
Wheeler's Letter Honors Alabama Editor Juliet Hopkins
Gen Wheeler paid a beautiful tribute to Juliet Opie Hopkins, the "Florence Nightingale of the South," widow of Chief Justice A. F. Hopkins. He recalled her wartime service in Richmond, funding the Alabama Hospital, wounded at Seven Pines, and her honor on Alabama banknotes. The note, sent to Hopkins's daughter Mrs. Juliet Opie Arras, highlights her devoted acts for soldiers and Southern cause.
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Post
Southland
Florence Nightingale
South
Juliet Ople Hopkins
Hlerome Lindsay Ople
Virginia
A. F. Hopkins
Supreme Court of
Alabama
Gen. Wheeler
Gen. Johnston
Hopkins
Richmond
Johnston
Ationa
State of
Alabama Hospital
Battle of the Seven Pines
Pattlefield
Red Cross
Lee
Wheeler
Julet Opie Arras
Romeyn
Ayres
Grafton
Jury 10 Assess Benefits On Extension Of Seventh Street
Justice Barnard of the District Supreme Court named residents John E. Herre William A. H. Church James F. Oyster William V. Cox Daniel Frager Edward Graves and John H. Nolan to form a jury to assess benefits and damages from extending Seventh Street Northwest from Florida Avenue to Lydecker Avenue. Foreman Herrell and Secretary Church were chosen. hearings set for March at Eleventh Street Florida Avenue and City Hall.
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Justice Barnard
District Supreme Court
Seventh Street
Florida Avenue
Lydecker Avenue
John E. Herre
William A. H. Church
James F. Oyster
William V. Cox
Daniel Frager
Edward Graves
John H. Nolan
Mr. Herrell
Church
Eleventh Street
City Hall
Distriet A
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Copyright conference widens bill debate vote to adjourn later
The copyright conference plans an extra day of consideration with a vote on sections today starting at 10 40 o clock and continuing late. Senate and House Patents Committee members attended the discussions, and a unanimous report is expected with no further hearings planned. Funeral notice for Mrs Catherine Stuart Leckie. The service will be tomorrow afternoon at 1325 Harvard Street Northwest Shenandoah Pa.
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Senate
House Committees On
Congressional
C. A. Leckie
Catherine Stuart Leckie
Shenandoal
Harvard Siless Northwest
Leckie
Moraine
We Trust Doctors We Trust Doctors JP Ad Text
An advertisement promotes Ayer s Sarsaparilla as a remedy for impure blood debility exhaustion and nervousness urging readers to consult their doctor and follow his advice while noting access to secret formulas.
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Ayer
Illinois University Professor Urges China Education Commission
Professor Edmund J. James of the University of Illinois invites an American educational commission to study China’s intellectual social and industrial state for regeneration. He argues this could guide young Chinese abroad to study, shaping moral and commercial influence for the United States.
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James
Illinois University
Edmund J. James
University of Ilois
China
United States
Open China to World Says Sinim Order Booklet
A booklet issued by the Sinim Order of the Dragon, an American society formed from a past military venture, urges reopening China to progress. It cites Kang Yu Wei and Leong Kai Chew as founders, notes Col. Chan Chee’s recognition of American military influence, and mentions Gen. Falkenburg’s training work in San Francisco.
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China
Sinim Order of the Dragon
Sociery
Kang Yu Wei
Leong Kai Chew
Tsung Li Yamen
Pekin
Col
Chan Chee
Hunan
West Fornt
Falkenburg
San Francisco
Miss Mary Garrett Speaks On Deaf Education Bill
Miss Mary Garrett of Philadelphia addressed the Senate Committee on Education and Labor about a bill by Senator Dubois of Idaho proposing $100,000 to train 1000 teachers in teaching deaf children articulation by eye contact. Garrett heads a Philadelphia school later made a state institution. a pupil demonstrated effective nonverbal communication before the committee.
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Mary Garrett
Philadelphia
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Dubois
Idaho
Garrett
Rewards faithful service to the Interior Department staff
Secretary Hitchcock announced several promotions in the Interior Department upon the Commissioner of Patents recommendations. Gaantner, from New Jersey, rises from first assistant designer to principal designer at 2500, to lead the engineering division due to math skill. Buckman of Pennsylvania becomes law clerk at 2500 after thirteen years. Benson of Illinois moves from second to first assistant examiner at 1400 after twelve years. Herman of Wisconsin also receives a similar promotion.
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Hitchcock
Interior Department
Patents
Onto’ &. Gaantner
New Jersey
Webster S. Buckman
Pennsylvania
Andrew R. Benson
Illinois
Robert Herman
Wisconsin
Shakespeare lecture traces his rise from stable hand to playwright
Mrs. Adeline Duval Mack spoke in Arlington ballroom on Shakespeare life crediting his early horse holding outside the playhouse, diaries, wit, and fine appearance for early popularity. She noted a poaching charge sent him from his hometown and detailed his London success and Stratford return. Mrs. Inez Seymour McConnell sang the Flower Song from Faust accompanied by Mrs. Charles Hyer.
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William Shakespeare
Adeline Duval Mack
Shakespeare
Arlington
Playhouse
Elliott Gets Appointment to Mark Confederate Graves
Col William Elliott of Beaufort was named by Secretary Taft as commissioner to mark graves of Confederate soldiers who died in Northern prisons. Elliott, a former fourteen year U.S. congressman, is a South Carolina lawyer who served in the Civil War under Gen Stephen D Lee and was promoted for gallantry at Vicksburg.
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William Elliott
Beaufort
Wille Ge
Taft
Elliott
Congress
South Carolina
Stephen D. Lee
Vicksburg
Untitled speech on waves of reform and social order
A fragmented speech reminiscient of a 19th or early 20th century dialect discusses policing, punishment, and moral behavior. It touches on Uncle Sam, women speaking publicly, and a harsh view of law and discipline amid civic duties. The tone imitates a rural narrator reflecting on justice and social control.
Launch Jamestown Christening With Washington Guests
Prominent Washingtonians travel by steamer Newport News to Newport News for the launch of the Jamestown, to be christened by Miss Judith Norment. The ceremony includes champagne and a luncheon at Newport News Shipbuilding, with 3,000 passenger capacity and future daylight excursions. Notables from Norfolk and Richmond attend, including Levi Woodberry and George W. Pearson, among many officials and guests aboard.
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Newport News
Norment
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Jamestown
Judith Norment
Norfolk
Steamboat Company
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Shipbuilding Company
Washington
Levi Woodberry
Clarence Norment
W. B. Hibbs
Edward McLean
George W. Pearson
George H. Harries
George Uhler
Daniel Freser
C. 8. Smith
Frank Smith
Ida Smith
George W. Maes
J. S. Hasby-Smith
Baward Graves
Miss Graves
Harry Norment
Frederick J. Patt
Alexandria
W. G. Coxe
Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation
Richard Sylvester
Edward Stephens
George E. Hamilton
Thomas M. Gales
J. K. Jones
Webster
Edgerly
John O. Knox
John Cammack
B. F. Queen
A. H. Stephenson
H. C. Ryles
J. D. Salkeld
M. Newbold
T. H.' Keiser
United States
Wright and White
W. F. Caine
Kann
Cooke
Alexander Burton
Eugene Wheeler
W. J. Dwyer
H.C
Fish supply for Potomac hatchery to replenish streams
The Bureau of Fisheries at Mount Vernon opposite the Potomac River will stock 11 000 captive adult yellow perch for the spawning season. Eggs will be fertilized and hatched, with young fish released back into the Potomac. Last year 7 000 fish were bought and about 9 000 000 young fish were released. Artificial fertilization yields about 98 percent hatch, far above natural 2–3 percent hatch.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Mount Vernop
Potomac River
Bureau
Potomac
Advisory Board on Civic Art Bill Considered by Society
National Society of Fine Arts seeks congressional passage to authorize a five member commission to review public buildings spaces and statuary, to be known as The Advisory Board on Civic Art. A committee report and speech by Frank Miles Day outlined the plan at a meeting at William Carscoran Eustis home.
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Congress
National Society of Fine Arts
Roosevelt
Fve
Advisory Board
Civic Art
The
Art Society
Wiliam Carscoran Eustis
Frank Miles Day
Philadelphia
Funeral for David Murphy Monday at St Dominic Church
The funeral for David Murphy, a prominent stable man, will be held Monday morning at St Dominic's Roman Catholic Church. He died Thursday at his home, 460 Virginia Avenue.
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David Murphy
Dav’d Murphy
St. Dominic's Roman Catholic Church
Lecture Course at the YMCA Begins in City
Ernest H. Crosty, ex international Egypt judge, starts a free lecture series at the NFC AQ to run for several weeks. Rev. Herbert E. Bigelow of Chicago will speak Friday night of next week.
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Ernest H. Crosty
International Court
Egypt
Herbert £. Bigelow
Chicmnats
The Owl's Night Watch On Washington Avenue
A late night visitor exits a restaurant near the Treasury, riding a cab with an immaculate driver. The tale chronicles his swagger, a flourish of opera fantasy, and a bankrolled departure as dawn nears, seen through the owl’s cautious eye.
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United States
Treasury
Thorn
Washington visit by E B Stillings and party
E B Stillings of Washington accompanied by E B Griffith of Stillings Press Boston arrived in Washington. They toured the Capitol and were introduced to several members of Congress by the Public Printer. They plan to call on President Roosevelt. The elder Stillings is a former junior vice commander of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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E. B. Stilings
Stillings
Washington
J. E B. Griffith
Stillings Press
Boston
Capitol
Congress
Roosevelt
Grand Army of the Republic
Proctor Habeas Hearing Delayed In Extradition Case
Hearing on the habeas corpus for Robert G. Proctor, secretary to Senator Lodge, halted as a factual question remains unresolved. Proceedings may be consolidated with extradition matters before Justice Giff, with Chief Justice Clabaugh and Justice Gould involved. Proctor faces an indictment over alleged excessive speeding on a county road. Defense by A A Lipscomy and Fr Raward Mitchell. government by Atty Jesse Adkins and Hugh Taggert.
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Robert G. Proctor
Senator Lodge
Maryland
Montgomery County
Giff
Clabaugh
Gould
Proctor
A. A. Lipscomy
Raward Mitchell
Art Prey
Jesse C. Adkins
Hugh F. Taggert
Transport costs for laborers vs theatrical troupe decision
The Comptroller of the Treasury rules that government transport must treat laborers bound for Panama as soldiers, paying full fare. An Atlantic and West Point Railroad Company bill for seventy African American laborers from Atlanta to New Orleans, totaling $14.85 per man, is contrasted with the $7.44 rate charged to a theater troupe. The Isthqulan Canal Commission sought guidance. The circuit court of appeals supports full fare payments.
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Panama
Shus
Comptroller of the Treasury
Atlantic and West Point Railroad Company
Atlanta
New Orleans
Isthulan Canal Commission
Treasury Department
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Request for writ of certiorari on police court sentences
William Nixon and Herbert Peters seek Supreme Court review of cumulative sentences imposed by the District Police Court. They were charged with six counts of petit larceny, pled guilty to three, and received combined sentences of many days in the district jail. The case moved through habeas corpus and Court of Appeals, which reversed the district court.
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William Nixon
Herbert Peters
Armand W. Scott
Marican Clinkscales
United States Supreme Court
District Court of Appeals
Nixon
Peters
District Police Court
St Daya
Agaynto Court
District Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Tenants Flee Into Storm In West Fifty Third Street Fire
New York March 16 A series of non lethal wine fires caused major hardship for tenants and firemen due to frozen hydrants. More than 100 tenants of a flat in West Fifty third street fled to the building roof in night attire as show fell six inches deep and were rescued by firemen using ladders.
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New York
New York City
West Fifty-third Street
Thousands Needed as Railroads Face Labor Famine
Western railroads report a severe labor shortage with twenty-five thousand men needed in the North western and Southwestern States to build ongoing routes. By June, more than double that number may be required, including ten thousand for the Western Pacific heading to Southern California. Unskilled laborers are offered 2 to 25 a day with prospects of steady work before winter.
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Chicago
Western
Northwestern
Southwestern
Western Pacific
California
Ice Blocks Cleveland Harbor Paralyzing Steamers
Ice blocks Cleveland Harbor stretch for miles halting Detroit and Cleveland passenger steamers that had recently started running. The condition, reported March 16, continues to impede lake traffic and transit across the harbor.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Fire in Mine Still Raging at Belmont County
Fire in the Barton mine of the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company Belmont County remains uncontrolled. If not checked soon, it could cause the heaviest mine damage in Ghig history. Mrs. Eckloff's Funeral Today at St. Martin's Catholic Church follows her death at seventy two. She leaves a husband and large family. Germany's Population Growth. Berlin reports census results for December 1 showing 60,005,183 residents, down from 66,387,175 in 1900.
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Bridgeport
Ohio
Barton
Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company
Belmont County
Ghig
Germany
Berlin
Fish Cheap in South Principal Article of Food
Head of Bureau of Fisheries returns from Florida and Cuba after studying sponge culture and fish marketing. Negro fishermen sell shad in St Johns River areas for 2 cents, allowing poor consumers to buy two to five pound fish for a nickel. Sponges worth $190,000 yearly mark Florida as a major producer, with Greek divers aiding deep harvesting. efforts continue on sponge farming and transplanting to curb exhaustion of grounds and sustain markets.
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Bureau of Fisheries
St. Johns River
George W. Bowers
Florida
Cuba
Mr. Bowers
Mankand
Bowers
Havana
Tarpon Springs
Fis
United States
Pont
Mediterranean
Cocoanut Grove
Government rests in Greene-Gaynor defense case
Savannah Ga March 16 after sixty seven wars of preliminaries or actual conduct the Greene and Gaynor tal the government closed its case. District Attorney Marion Erwin announced the prosecution rested and the defense began its evidence. George Wisner hydraulic engineer and member of an international board concerned with waterways between the United States and Canada testified for the defense to show improvements and conformity to specifications. Cross examination showed Wisner had been paid by former Captain O M Carter for his examination. Wisner will resume tomorrow hoping to finish testimony. session extended to permit attendance to government business in Washington.
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Savannah
Greene and Gaynor Tal
Marion Erwin
George + Wisner
Thten
United States
Canada
Dietel
Wisner
O. M. Carter
Uav Harely
Washington Tomorron
Lawyer Guilty of Forgery in New York Case
New York lawyer Huffman Browne was convicted of forgery in the first degree. Prosecutors said he tried to seize a Norwegian family’s property following the 1888 Gey Ser sinking by creating fictitious heirs. He was remanded for sentence.
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New York
H. Huffman Browne
Midocean
Browns
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