Tower to Come Home Liked Ambassador Dr Hill Controversy
A lengthy Berlin diplomacy flare reports President's plan to withdraw Tower from Berlin and appoint Dr Hill as ambassador while outlining the intrigue around Hill and Tower. It notes Hill’s restraint, Senate nomination steps, and press exposure of the emperor's remarks to Tower. It discusses diplomatic pay, costs, and the push for embassy acquisitions to bolster US influence.
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Hil Kas
Berlin
Senate
Dr Hill
Spencer Dddy
Embasey
Argentina
Arthur WM Beaupre
Hague
Germany
Power
Towers
Offic
Mr Lower
Diplomacy and Wealth Gatekeeping in U S Foreign Posts
The piece argues that current U S diplomacy favors the wealthy, hindering capable men from serving abroad. It proposes slow expansion of embassies, training, and a two-post start, claiming broad support from press commentaries on Emperor William and the need for robust U S leverage under Roosevelt.
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United States
S Ince
Labor to Degay Decisions District Meeting to Push Union Stance
A mass meeting of organized labor in the District is planned for Sunday April 19 to protest Supreme Court decisions and press candidates opposed to unions. The Central Labor Union forms a committee to arrange speakers, solicit speakers, and evaluate plans, with delegates and lawmakers invited. A five member committee will probe plans and finances of the National Temple of Labor Association to fund a proposed million dollar home for labor in Washington.
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Tha! Supreme Court
Organized Labor
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Mie
Loreh
Central Labor Union
Labor
Lebor
Washington
John J Purcell
Electric Workers
Sam de Nedrey Secretar
Thhn
American Federation of Labor
WC Sprague
L Adams
Machinists
Jena F McCarthy
Bartenders Union
de Nedrey
Whch
Tait
Cannon
Labor Movement
John H Brinkman
Carriage and Wagon Workers
National Temple of Labor Association & Corporation
John W. Brinkman
Tucker
McCarthy
Alison
E A Bachrach
Diamond Cutters Quit Over Wage Rise Plan
A London dispatch to The Telegraph reports Antwerp diamond cutters will stop work for a month and seek a 2 percent raise on the minimum wage. Amsterdam’s Diamond Workers Association agreed to suspend from April to May 2 and then resume limited duties, with support from Amsterdam colleagues and a proposal sent to Antwerp workers.
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Pau
London
Mar
Hague
Amond
Antwerp
Alop
Hrilhinis
Diamond Workers Association of
Amsterdam
Ego
Arilanta
Drug Death of Cashier At The Northwest Bank
Joseph W. Clarnen, 52, cashier of the Northwestern National Bank of Philadelphia, died last night in San Francisco from an accidental drug overdose. Physicians said the death appeared wholly accidental. Clarnen had been staying on the coast, recently in Los Angeles.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Joseph W. Clarnen
Northwestern National Bank of
Philadelphia
Driver Hurts In Runaway Horse Incident
A three horse rig owned by George Cissel of Potomac and K streets NW bolted on Thirteenth Street yesterday afternoon. One horse was killed after colliding with a telegraph pole. Cherkes H Cook, 32, of 927 Twenty sixth Street, was thrown and lost his right leg. He was taken to Georgetown University Hospital. Representative Sherman and James Sherman of New York are mentioned in recovery notes at local hospitals. Medical details describe an escape to reach the Capitol area later in the week.
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United States
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Caversic
Tower
Hoh
Prince Heney
Blighness
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Hilla
George Cissel
Potomac
K Streets
Thirteenth Street
Cherkes H Cook
Georgetown University Hospital
Sherman
James Sherman
New York
Gerfeld Hospital
Draghn van Réneselest
Labor Rights Urged at Brotherhood Meeting With White House Reception
The Grand Union of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen wrapped a three day event with a White House reception by President Roosevelt and a grand ball at Masonic Temple. Over 1000 members attended as resolutions pressed civil rights and labor protections. The group urged railroad safety, broader labor protections, and opposition to compulsory arbitration and federal injunctions. Presidents and officers led a drill, with members forming the union initials in lantern light.
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Masonic Temple
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Thomas Yost
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William Andrews
Willem Irwin
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Knox
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Townsend
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Jahr
Navy Yard Hero Marries After Saving Jobs
Navy yard machinist Mr Simering, who recently alerted the White House to impending layoffs, wed Miss Laura at a Methodist parsonage. The couple announced the ceremony after his call prompted a presidential inquiry and a promised personal talk at the White House.
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Navy Yard
White House
Mies Laura % Click
Frank M Bristol
Metropolan Methodist Church
Limering
Marc Monial
U Ehlef
Roosevelt
Lach
Loeb
Navy Yards
Simmering
Hood's Sarsaparilla Suggested as Spring Medicine
In a testimonial from Mrs Hi Berry of West Troy Me the ad asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla can build appetite regulate the system and aid digestion after years of dyspepsia claiming four bottles improved health and noting the product is kept on hand by a New England farmer family 20 miles from a large town.
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New England
Hood
Hi, Berry
West Troy
Fragments Describe Executive Meeting At The Yard
A fragmentary account notes an unnamed figure meeting at the executive offices at an early hour. The visitor impressed the President with a clear statement of yard conditions and mentioned revocation of a prior order or stance.
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Ammering
Ori
Miss Seifert Applauded At Carroll Institute Hall
Miss Seifert presented a dramatic entertainment and musicale at Carroll Institute Hall last night before a large audience. She displayed notable talent as a elocutionist with soprano sax soloists Mabel Roberts Irena Diethel and others. The program included Rosalinde and scene selections from Shakespeare and scenes from School for Scandal with five performers including Miss Seifert and Miss Dodge.
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Carroll Institute Hall
Ellen Vockey Seifert
Mixsen
Mabel Roberts
Irena Diethel Nether Kelser
Chatiton Haworth
Henry Wraeger
Catherine Dodge
Emma Guschawsky
Sadie Dodge
Seifert
New Pastor Installed at Heller Memorial Lutheran Church
Rev Charles P Willes was installed as pastor of Heller Memorial Lutheran Church last night on Maryland Avenue and Ninth Street Northeast. The charge to the pastor was by Rev John T Huddle of St Pantaleon Lutheran Church, and the congregation’s charge was by Dr John Weidtay of the Church of the Reformation. Music was provided, and many pastors and Lutheran members from Washington attended.
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Charles P Wlles
Heller Memorial Lutheran Church
Maryland Avenue
Ninth Street
John T Huddle
St Pantal
Lutheran Church
Tey
John Weidtay
Lutheran Churches of
Plans for outside trade push to make shopping campaign permanent
The Washington Chamber of Commerce retail trade committee backed turning last year’s outside trade campaign into a permanent semi independent organization. It would serve to attract out of town shoppers, modeled on successful efforts elsewhere, and operate under board supervision with ten or more members forming a chamber committee.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Chamber
Chamber of
BJ Kauhran
Shotrong
Althugh
Sania
Washington
Exera
Washneton
Charles F Wallraff
Sears
Building Trades on Strike In Washington District
General walkout initiated a year ago and revived to affect ten buildings in the district. The Building Trades Mechanics Council says fully one group has been ordered from sites and nine more structures will be affected soon. Causes include open shop rights and employer-employee disputes.
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Building Tradee Mechanics Council
Building Trades
Iaa
James McIver
Lrades Mechanics Council
Pullman Car Company
Eckington Bracy & Sons Contractors
Allard & Rpmeby
Ninth Street
Behwether
Third Street
Pennsylvans
McPhersons Forth
Bim
Burgess & Farsons Petworth Public School
Halseys
Thirteenth
Harvard
Charlot Krys
Monroe
Giddins
Cleveland Park
Zepp Prothers
Puelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Northeast Central Labor Union
Chapber of Commerce
Black Hand Trial Begins in Baltimore Court
In Baltimore this morning Judge Wright and Judge Stockbridge began the Black Hand trial of Antonio Lanasa head of Lanasa & Goffe Steamship and Importing Company on charges of conspiracy to extort and to murder Joseph Di Giorgio. Salvatore Lupo testified and pleaded guilty as fifty witnesses from Baltimore Pittsburgh and Buffalo were listed. The defense’s demurrer was overruled and the case will continue tomorrow.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Mer
Wright and Stockbridge
Antonio Lanasa
Lanasa & Goffe Steamship and Importing Company
Joseph DI Giorgio
DI Giorgio Fruit Company
Salvatore Lupo
States
Lanasas
Jail for University Girl Pleads Guilty in Chicago Forged Checks
Retelle Tarter a former University of Minnesota student and Northwestern attendee pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false pretenses in Chicago. Judge Kersten sentenced her to ten days in the county jail despite witnesses urging leniency.
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Chicago
Mar —Retelle Tarter
University of Minnesote
Kersten
Theeven
Taylor ‘A
Galesburg
Ifang
Jay Department
Jay Department of the Unversity of
Minnesota
Northwestern University
Evanston
Arrests in Express Murder Three Held Admit On Train
Three of fifteen suspects in the Express Messenger Bailey murder on the Santa Fe train between Florence and Newton are held. Ernest Lener Alfred Skinner and Jack Marshall admit riding the train on which Bailey was killed, traveling from Newton to Wichita.
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Bailey
Florance
Newton
Ernest Lener
Alfred Skinner
Jack Marshall
Wichita
Express rates cut in Indiana by 10 to 12 percent
Indiana railroad commission issues an opinion and order reducing express rates by ten to twelve percent. The new schedule must be adopted by express companies within thirty days. The Star reports annual express business across Indiana totaling about one million dollars, per commission data.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Indiana Railroad Commission
Star
Commission
Cremation Plans After Suicide Incident
Buffalo native Melvin A Root, 69, arrived from Bay City Michigan and arranged cremation in advance. He shot himself on the steps of a crematory, was taken to Sisters Hospital, and his wife had died recently. both were spiritualists. Root had persuaded Jared Snyder to move in, later suing to eject the Snyders and void the deed, claiming his wife's spirit objected to their presence. Root planned burial ashes in Lockport beside his wife.
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Wewin A Reo
Bay City
Mich
Root
Sisters Hospital
Cenant
Roots
Lockport
Mid Mar
Melvin A Root
Jared M Snyder
Washington D
Snyder
Snyders
Tean Root
Spyder
Prison Term For Stabbing Assault In Kirby Murder Case
Ernest Bowman, a 16 year old Black resident of Garfeld Court Southwest, was stabbed in the abdomen during a dispute linked to the Kirby murder. Thomas Peyton, previously jailed several times, was sentenced by Judge Kimball Howman to eleven months and twenty nine days in prison. Bowman remained at Emergency Hospital for about a week following the attack.
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Garfeld Court Southwest
Kirby
Thomasr Peyton
Kimball Howman
Wlth
Signal World From Peak Aims at Global Wireless Time
A special Washington Post report notes Senator Dea outlines a plan to transmit signals by wireless telegraphy at noon and midnight Greenwich time to ships. A station at the Eiffel Tower area and a great station atop Tenerife could cover much of the sea, aiding navigation by correcting chronometers. The Academy of Sciences forms a commission under Prof Becquerel to study feasibility of this global time signal system.
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Paris
Academy of Sciences
Dea
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Teneriffe
Academy
Becquerel
No Longer a Minister in South Norwalk
The Fairfield County Baptist Association council in South Norwalk heard charges of conduct unbecoming a minister against Rex Frank C Brown, former Rowayton Baptist Church pastor. He admitted the charges, and by unanimous vote the certificate of ordination was surrendered.
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Fuairfield County Baptist Association
Rex Frank C Brown
Baptist Church
Rowayton
Brown
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