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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1908

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Kaiser Faces Save Plan Over Tower Hill Embassy Row

Berlin dispatch details Germany’s efforts to quell the Tower Hill ambassadorial scandal with a cautious official communique. The Kaiser reportedly regrets Mr Hill’s departure but may have discussed Hill as a potential Berlin envoy. Diplomatic fallout risk includes associates and Berlin society reactions, while a broader search for a suitable hostess characterizes the episode.

Kaiser Hill Tower Washington Post Berlin Mac Germany Tower Hill Kaiser Nimsair Tweedmouth Foreign Office Fatherland Aerger

Twenty second Illinois district convention elects Rodenberg and Beall delegates

The Twenty second Illinois district Republican convention in East St Louis named Representative W A Rodenberg of East St Louis and Mayor Edmund Beall of Alton as national convention delegates with J Holbrook of Dukeis and M D Muir of Greenville as alternates. They endorsed Rodenberg for re election and supported the national and state administrations the deep waterway and the two million dollars for the Dresden dam. A letter from Rodenberg was read explaining his absence due to his son's illness and Edwardsville chairman Thomas Williamson led a prayer for the boy while opponents distributed leaflets attacking Rodenberg prompting a rebuke from the chairman.

Illinois Rodemburg East St. Louis W. A. Rodenberg Edmunnpa Beall Alton J. Holbrook Dukois M.D. Muir Greenville Edwardsville Rodenbere Hia Record

Elevator tragedy at Takoma Park sanitarium claims a girl

Helen Marie Lawrence thirteen daughter of Mrs Gracia Ford Tongue of Baltimore was crushed between elevator floor and shaft doorway at Washington Sanitarium Takoma Park Friday afternoon. Power failure caused car descent then restart after matron left to check engine room. The child died about seven hours later with mother at bedside. Authorities conduct investigation. sanitarium officials release statement blaming possible tampering by a child. Funeral arrangements set for Monday at grandmother Mrs Sarah Ford.

Takoma Park Sanitarium Helen Marie Lawrence Gracia Ford Gator Avenue Baltimore Washington Sanitarium Takoma Park Sarah ¥. Ford Maple Street Takoma Shea Lauretta Kress D. M. Kress Ervator Ane

Inglewood Sinks After Naphtha Fire Near Oslo

The Norwegian bark Inglewood, sailing from New York to Stockholm, arrived March 20 and caught fire today while loaded with naphtha. It blew up and sank in forty feet of water off Mandal. Thirteen crew members drowned.

Inglewood New York Stockholm Mandal Norway

Girl rescues baby from Paxton blaze as home burns

A defective flue caused a fire at Joseph Me Coppin’s Paxton Township home. Neighbors alerted the family and a fourteen year old daughter reentered the flames to carry the cradle and infant to safety. The house was destroyed as the roof collapsed.

Cailicothe Ohtoz Mar Joseph Me. Coppin Paxton Township Bumiitz

Navy Plan Emphasizes Preparedness for China and Pacific

President Roosevelt pushes Congress to authorize four first class battleships and a Pearl Harbor naval station to keep the United States ready for future emergencies. The article notes Britain Japan Germany and France building large dreadnoughts while stressing the need for parity to protect American interests and the integrity of China amid potential imperial activity.

America Great Britain Japan Germany France John Callan O'Lauighlin Roosevelt Congress Pearl Harbor Hawaii United States Washington Horn San Francisco Tokyo China Iwo Otters Thesanaideratinna Pacific Ocean Navy Department Honolulu

Quarrel Ends in Tragedy In Wytheville

A wealthy fruit grower fatally shoots James Spoon after a street confrontation with Pendleton, sparking arrests and a broader national debate on naval armament and battle fleet expansion. The incident follows an in street encounter that led to Pendleton fleeing, with Spoon killed by gunfire. Authorities aim to enforce order as investigations proceed in Virginia and surrounding states.

Congress Wythevie - Za Mavne Va. Marin W. Pan Eton James Spaai Tomarines Secretary of the Navy Pendleton Poon Ae Nee Sb Navy Lion Pendleton Spoon Gan Pendletons Arres Frauersco Ft

Girl Killed for Wages Slain by Tramps Say Detectives

Special to The Washington Post reports Glen dale police Captain Buchanan concluding fifteen year old Lil Man Thiery was murdered likely for robbery by tramps loitering near the railroad. The girl had just been paid at a box factory in Washington street near the Brooklyn Bridge and was found in a Glendale vacant lot. She claimed to have gone into the lot to sleep and denied any assault.

Washington Post New York Buchanan Glengale Lil- Man Thiery Glendale Washington Street Brooklyn Bridge Jefferson Street Brooklyn Gil Long Island

Bequests of Millionaire Dr Crdronaux Probate In New York

The late Dr John Crdronaux of Glen Head L I died recently. His estate valued near 1400 000 was admitted to probate in Mineola. Large bequests go to hospitals universities and public institutions. Dartmouth College Good Samaritan fund 6000 for a free bed at Mary Hitchcock Hospital .Winchester Norton Hospital 34000 George Washington University 5000 Trinity College 10000 University of Vermont 20000.

New York John Crdronaux Glen Head L. 1 Mineola Dartmouth College D.D Good Samaritan Mary Hitchcock Hanover N. H Norton Hospital Tauton Mass George Washington University Washington D.C Trinity College Hartford

Bride Victim of Robbers in New Orleans Home

Otto Helgelsack of 4426 Canal Street found his newlywed wife unconscious upon returning from work. Her vanished 500 diamond earrings, a ransacked house, and a suffocating cloth white with red liquid tied in her mouth describe the assault. The frightened wife reported hearing someone inside before being attacked.

New Orleans Mar. Z Otto Helgelsack Canal Street

Canadian officer arrests and extradition spark U.S. outrage

La Fond, a French Canadian journalist and American citizen, says he was kidnapped by a Canadian official near Manchester and jailed in Minneapolis after a claim of misusing Travelers Life Insurance funds. He alleges American police facilitated the border transfer and consular action led to his release. He founded La Tribune in Woonsocket.

Minneapolis la Fond Manchester Washington State Department

Twenty Dead in Mine Disaster at Union Pacific No 1

Gas and dust explosion at Union Pacific No 1 Mine in Hanna Wyoming kills twenty two men and injures none recovered bodies include Briggs Burton Knox Rimmer Lyons Herron Evans Boyd Reamey Perry Flint Warburton Silfroust Yarnen Munson. fire fought overnight, rescue teams delayed by safety concerns. Relatives plead for aid as crews work from nearby towns.

Washington Post Hanna Wyo Ewanty Union Pacific Gon Company Alexander Briggs Joseph Burton James Knox Alfred Dodds John Rimmer Harry Lyons Robert Herron John Evans P. A. Boyd Gus Reamey Thomas Flint Robert Warburton Gappa Lahtel Emile Silfroust John Yarnen Peter Muns William Paschor Briggs Peter Munson Ming Elanna

Italian immigrant found murdered with stiletto wounds

The body of an Italian, Salvator Guleti, from West Virginia, was found in an alley in Cleveland. He had many stiletto wounds on face and body, blood on his bed, and no robbery. Police suspect Black Honda or a revenge motive. about twenty arrests have been made.

Cleveland Uimo Mar Salvator, Guleti West Virginia Guieti Black Honda

Griscom Helps Bishop at Rome Embassy Reception

Ambassador Grischin hosted a special Rome reception for Brent, praising his Philippines work. Leading American residents and visitors attended. Despite interference from American editors, they donated generously on the spot, including $400 for the Columbia Club in Manila and $1,000 for schools, an unprecedented embassy result.

Wasungton Post Rome Grischin Brent Phillippines America Indy Columbia Club Maynila

Archbishop Treland Speaks on Divorce and Matrimony

The Archbishop discourses on Christ's teachings about marriage and enlarges upon a recent papal encyclical. He says matrimony is not a mere civil contract and that divorce undermines society, warning America faces a tarnished record for divorce and its social damage.

Pius America Ireland

Divorce and the Home in Archbishop Ireland Letter

Archbishop Ireland denounces divorce as breaking the sacred home and weakening civil society. He cites Pope Pius X’s encyclical on marriage, urges priest involvement in marriages to prevent haste, and portrays Christian marriage as a protected sacrament inseparable from divine life.

Archbishop Treland St. Paul Minn Mar John Ireland Pius X

Lost Bank Notes Traced After Susquehanna Arrest

Valentine Ponpino, of Susquehanna Pennsylvania, arrested on counterfeiting charges after First National Bank of Washington to Susquehanna loss of 2501 dollars in transit. Police found about 1000 in Italian money and 1390 in bank notes, some initially thought counterfeit.

New Yorks Sar Valentine Ponpino Susquehanna First National ‘Bank Eec Washington Susquehazna Fonpine

Battle Ship Indiana Beats Minnesota In Noted Race Off California

Aboard one warship the Indiana and the Minnesota raced three miles off lower California with crews betting about ten thousand dollars. The Indiana won while officials recorded each sailor’s stake in a book, claiming the largest bet ever placed on a naval ship race. Other races were anticipated before the fleet reaches San Francisco.

Ie Wiindis Caf Fiajosa Pasésat Tome Washington Ted Mar Joseph Manchester Edward McVeigh Evans Indiana Mitnels Lower California America Minnesota Coptat San Francisco McVigh

Liberals Stand Fast on Licensing Bill After Peckham Defeat

London dispatch says John Burns vows three more sessions to push the licensing bill. Suffragists are dubbed Hen-Peckhamites after Peckham defeat. News notes Battersea financial crisis and a temperance inquiry citing rising drunkenness among working and wealthy women.

Woman's Union Church of England Temperance Society Eilzaty Home Office Peckham

Rhein Detained at Quarantine Bound for Baltimore

The steamer Rhein from Bremen was held at Quarantine after a scab of illness aboard. A woman passenger is under observation as the ship remains at Quarantine until tomorrow. Of 217 total passengers, 163 cabin and 54 steerage passengers are bound for Baltimore, with disembarkation leading to Baltimore sailing after New York. A torpedo boat flotilla arrived at Acapulco at noon on March 23.

Daesa Rhein Baltimore New York Mar Bremen York

Deadly bomb in Union Square as police quell unemployed rally

In New York a mass gathering of about 10 000 unemployed in Union Square was cleared by police after an explosion from a bomb hurled by Selig Silverstein and an associate. One man died, another was mortally wounded, and four officers were injured as the crowd dispersed. Security tightened around the square with hundreds of officers and reserves on duty.

New York Robert Hunter Silverstein Cohen Berkman Uxton Square Ons Selig Silverstein Bin Bildebrand Union Square Park East Side O'Reilly Marseillaise Cept Reidy

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