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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1911
Page
8
The spouse of a prominent Pittsburgh manufacturer claims she was misled by powerful men and pleads that she was neglected and overworked. She writes she was weak and easily led, apologizes for her actions, and says more responsibility lay with her husband’s business stress. She also says she would have been a better wife if pressed to do all her own work and not shown kindness.
The revenue cutter fleet will be reorganized into age divisions with two Pacific and three Atlantic coast groups, each commanded by a senior captain. Under the aid system, each cutter reports to the captain commandant in Washington. Emory to lead New York division of six vessels. Dunwoody and John F. White to head Pacific divisions.
Lucien C Wheeler a Secret Service agent who escorts President Taft and coordinates safety at each stop has been named a colonel in Kentucky's militia by Governor Wilson. The commission for Col Wheeler reached the White House yesterday.
The Pacific fleet is ordered toward China to prepare for possible actions. Oregon sails to San Francisco for crew transfer, California and cruisers depart San Diego at top speed, and others ready for commission or coal at Mare Island. Officials avoid specifics while noting war footing and potential naval involvement in the Pacific.
Four men on a contract crew on the Seneca River section of the barge canal were killed by a boiler explosion that released scalding steam. An engineer, an oiler, and two Swedish deck hands were trapped and died after fellow workers attempted rescue as the boiler's blast spread steam.
Nov 16 dispatch reports Premier Yuan Shi Kai naming a new cabinet while skepticism grows over its longevity and the ministers' willingness to serve. The lineup includes Liang Chi Chian as vice president of the board of justice and Cheng Chien leading agriculture and commerce, with several members sympathetic to reform. Foreign interference looms as discussions over maritime treasury disbursement rise, and revolutionary activity swells with thousands entering the city as troops remain disorganized yet expansive toward Nanking.
An attorney accuses Chicago women of heavy gambling in "family" poker games claiming annual losses and gains near half a million dollars. He cites a North Elite woman who gambled away 37000 and valuable diamonds in one evening. He mocks police claims that Sheridan road games are merely social. A tale of a man losing to a divorced woman who may wed soon to regain fortune is noted.
The Washington Post reports from St Louis that Dr Otto F Fischer faces a divorce suit from his wife who accuses him of neglecting her while pursuing patients and travels. She claims he never kissed her in five years, sending 8000 kisses by mail during separations, and says he never even used her name, only whistling.
Dr Robert Holzknecht von Hort a former justice ministry official, was shot dead by a tutor he employed, who also killed Holzknecht’s son and daughter. The tutor, obsessed with the girl who rejected him, is believed to have acted after a rejected pursuit, with the case unfolding amid city tension as authorities investigate motives and connections.
Dr Ernest Pendleton Magruder, four years chief of staff at Emergency Hospital, resigns effective January 1, 1912 to start private practice. He will remain on visiting staff, living with his wife Maryel Macgregor in Ontario. Magruder, famed surgeon, studied in Europe and at Georgetown, recently named professor of clinical surgery there.
Mrs Gillingham pleads at her husband Henry Gillingham Ingham s bedside as the suspended officer dies from bullet wounds inflicted by Chief Huyck and Special Officer Bauer after last night s fatal shooting of Chief Hare. Gillingham had been suspended on intoxication charges.
Fragmented notice lists multiple marriage licenses with names, ages, and places from Baltimore Maryland to Timberville Virginia, including Joyc Fitzgerald and Katherine Jueno mann, Simon Fletcher and Anna Viurdiner, Juan Martin and Fidel Wo Perktos, and others, with reverends cited. The text reads like a garbled 19th century marriage register entry.
Mrs Walker says United States deputy marshals assaulted her as they seized a piano from her home at 1355 Four and a Half Street after a writ of replevin. Dr Morhart found her condition serious. The installment house had received $200 of a $400 plan. Marshal Palmer declined to comment.
Mrs Mithel Kirk a 45 year old physician was found dead in her Geyer Building apartment in uptown Pittsburgh. She reportedly died by self inflicted chloroform after making a will at a trust company and leaving two letters. A janitor and a trust officer reported she spoke of being tired of life and wanting to die amid financial troubles. Authorities were alerted and the office was opened to confirm the scene.
Argentine legation in Washington and Buenos Aires officials explore the desirability of approaching the State Department with preliminary negotiations toward a reciprocity treaty. Dr Romulo Naon, the Argentine minister, expressed strong support for measures that strengthen U S relations and said he would back a treaty if it advances this goal.
A health office record lists numerous births and ages of patients and family names connected to hospitals and addresses. Entries include Presley Th and Sale C Welch and others with ages ranging from infants to seniors, with several named families and locations such as Government Hospital and Georgetown University Hospital.
Sir William H White former chief constructor of the British navy urged smaller battleships and cruisers in an address to the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. He argued the wiser course is to return to moderate dimensions and reduced unit cost based on long study of the problem.
A special cable from London reports heavy rains swamp trenches around Tripoli, turning roads into impassable quagmires. Northern gale forces warships and transports to sea for safety while artillery exchanges continue with limited effect as operations stall.
The Duke of Connaught, governor general, opened the first session of Canada’s twelfth parliament in Ottawa. The Duchess of Connaught sat beside him. The throne speech, delivered in English and French, announced negotiations to improve trade with the British West Indies and British Guiana and a bid to establish a permanent tariff commission, with no mention of reciprocity or the Canadian navy.
Mrs Fred Day of 25 Georgia Avenue pleads with district commissioners to release her ill daughter Edna Murray, 17, from Occoquan Workhouse where she received a one year sentence for robbery. Day says Edna was taken without essentials, not informed of her trial, and asks if any place exists other than Occoquan. Edna was arrested November 4 for stealing $9 from Joseph Rosenbaum on Georgia Avenue. money later returned. Day claims she learned of the arrest only after it occurred and that she is a poor mother with eight children seeking relief.
Dedication exercises were held at the Takoma branch with remarks by T W Noyes Dr T C Clark Cal C Knifin Commissioner Johnston CF Bell and George F Bowerman. Speakers included librarian Alice L Ramsburg and Mary E Bubb with assistants Ella M Morrill and Thoma Hungerford assisting.
Specta reports Washington Post Baltinare notes that well known In Society figures from Baltimore New York and Newnart attended the Northwestern police event. Perin with Thomas W Boykin and others occupied a box at the Academy where Christie MacDonald is performing The Spring Maid. They slipped through an open door to speak with the chorus as the stage manager objected and was struck.
Fes Egidius Kellmeyr pastor of a church in Trenton travelled with two flock members to the court of chancery where William Iv Van Arsdale of Titusville accuses him of writing a love letter to Mrs Van Arsdale. Kellmeyr says he was a victim of circumstantial insinuations and denies any intrigue with the mother.
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