Many Boost Mackey for District Attorney Post
The article reports strong support for Crandal Mackey, Alexandria County Commonwealth's Attorney, as a candidate for District Attorney in Washington. It notes his local court experience and aggressive style as factors favoring his appointment, with John E. B. Laskey also urged as a candidate and current DA Clarence Wilson’s term ending soon amid Democratic push for change.
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Commonwealth
Alexandra County
John E. Laskey
Wilson
Mactey
John EB. Laskey
Thia
Fifth annual convention opens of feed officials group
The Association of Feed Control Officials of the United States opened its fifth annual convention in Raleigh. Leaders including Brot. Phiip H. Smith and Patterson of the University station urged greater cooperation between state and federal authorities to enforce the Pure Food and Drug Act effectively.
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Association of Feed Control Officials of the
United States
Raleigh
Phiip H. Smith
Chapman
O Alletienn
Patterson
College Park
G. 3
Japa
Codeco Station
Tex
Carl L. Alsberg
Bureau of Chemistry
Gem Robbery Tale a Myth Report Denied
Ambassador J E Willard to Spain denies claims of jewel theft on the Madrid legation journey. The prominent Virginia lawyer notes he and his staff did not lose several thousand dollars in jewelry, rebutting recent dispatches. Willard is noted as the first American ambassador to Spain after the post elevated to an embassy.
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J. E. Willard
Spain
J. HE. Willard
Madrid
Willard
Promit Virginia
Court of
United States
Aero patrols power line between Oakland and Oroville
Robert Fowler, aviator, has contracted with a power company to patrol its lines between Oakland and Oroville. He will fly twice weekly and a patrolman with repair gear will ride with him. The scheme aims to locate broken wires and restore service more quickly after outages.
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San Francisco
Robert Fowler
Oakland
Oroville
Broken Wiren
Fowler
Bald Baby Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A Tennessee mother reports her three month old son suffered severe eczema on face and scalp before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After the first night of treatment the baby slept better, itching and crassness subsided, and hair began to grow back with no signs of eczema. The ad touts Cuticura as a long standing remedy for skin and hair issues and provides purchasing details.
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Maryville
Tenn
Bin
Mra
H. D. Clabough
Dept. T
Boston
City News in Brief fragment from 1914 events
City items include John H Pryor celebrating his 70th birthday at 88 Mas Sivguyetts avenue northeast, postal and civic appointments, and plans to invite the American Library Association to Washington for the May 1914 convention attracting over 1,000 delegates. The Maine memorial at Arlington and district civic actions, plus hotel, church, and wartime naval notes, are reported with local figures and organizations prominent.
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John H Pryor
Mas Sivguyetts Avenue
Ife
Post Office Department
Chamber of Commerce
John Dolph
American Library Association
Washington
George Flowerman
Carnegie Library
Callahan
Chamber
World Happenings Notes From Nov 17 Across Cities
Lawrence notes 3000 to 4000 firemen unemployed as a strike halts textile machinery due to powder. Young associations raise funds, while steamship officials face smuggling charges in Jamaica. Ohio children perish in a farmhouse fire as Atlantic deep waterway delegates arrive for a four day convention. A Chicago attorney faces new charges as Canada grants relief funds for great lake disasters.
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Lawrence, Massa
Textue Mile Causda
Police News Notes Of Injuries And Robbery Across District
Streetcar collision injures Charles Reynolds a Mount Rainier boy 2. Watchman W Z Wayson hit by brick seeks care. Edward Sergeant from Mount Rainier collapses with heart disease at Fourteenth Street NW. Arthur Wagner 16 injured by motorcyclist at Fourteenth and Florida. Charles E Barnes faces police court. A dog bite injures Margaret Wilkerson near 301 T Street NE. Walter Turner critical after mercury tablet ingestion. A 32 Mo street northeast resident reports robbery of 34 from desk drawer at home during reces s.
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Arthur Wagner
Fourteenth Street
Florida Avenue
Wagher
Children's Hospital
Charles E. Barnes
Quincy Street
Margaret Wilkerson
T. Street
Edward Turner
Universus Heights
Walter F. Turner
Joseph H Turner
Tenth Street
Casuats Hospital
Fowler Will Stand Trial For Extortion In Campaign Drops
Everett P. Fowler a Kingston New York lawyer indicted for extortion in connection with Democratic campaign contributions will not bargain over disclosure of alleged contractor coercion. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was released on five thousand dollar bail. His defense retained Martin W. Littleton as counsel and preparations for trial began.
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New York
Everett P. Fowler
Kingston
N. Y
Whitman
Fowler
Martin
W. Littleton
Funeral for Jeremiah T. OConnell Held in Washington
Jeremiah T. OConnell a longtime Treasury Bureau of Statistics employee and prominent Irish Washington resident died in Chicago Saturday. The funeral was set for 3 PM today from Mount Olivet Chapel. Survived by wife and son Charles Emmett OConnell of Chicago.
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Jeremiah T. O'Connell
Washington
Chicago
Mount Olivet
O'Connell
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
Canital
Cork
Ireland
Auditor's
Chicago City Railway
Charles Emmett O'Connell
Tango contest at wedding in Baltimore evening
In Baltimore at a leading hotel ballroom Miss Selma Goldsmith wed Mortimer G May er of New York. About 100 guests danced tango between courses and held a spirited contest after the wedding dinner adding a unique touch to the ceremony.
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Baltimore
Daning Oy
Selma Goldsmith
Mortimer G, Mayer
New York
Marines commission dispute over lieutenant aptitude test
The passage notes a commissioning in the Marines, involving nineteen second lieutenants and a dispute between the Secretary of the Navy and Senator O'Gorman of New York over the aptitude examination.
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Marine Cops
Secretary of the Navy
O'Gorman
New York
Grant Child Is Home After Abduction Case Breaks
Harriet I Grant, six, was recovered after a Philadelphia stopover. Suspect Louis T Donvelle, 16? years old, known as Thomas L Emimnons, arraigned on abduction and held for U S marshal with $2,000 bail. Child described tears and pleas to return to mamma and papa.
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Lews T
Danvelle
Papa
Binlingame
Philadelphia
Harriet I Grant
Mass Frank F Grant
C Street
Northwest
Louis T Donvelle
Grants
Thomas L Emimnons
United States
Donvelle
Arlingame
Harriet
Tom
Baltimore
Mamma
Paca
Donvellaa
Suffragette Disturbance Halts Labour Meeting in Sheffield
At Sheffield on November 17 a suffragette disruption stopped a Labour meeting where MP Philip Snowden spoke. Police were called after male supporters assaulted stewards, and the gathering dispersed amid chants against police. Sylvia Pankhurst announced a no rent strike plan for London workers.
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Sylvia Pankhurst
Sheffield
England
Philip Snowden
Blackburn
Labor Party
Bow
London
Arthur Hopkins
Old Bailey “Court
Lawrence
Wealthy Chinese Named Special Policeman in L A
Ling Yip, a wealthy Chinese American born in San Francisco and well regarded among the Chinese community, was appointed a special policeman today by Chief Sebastian in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ling Yip
Sebastian
San Francisco
Takes Fatal Poison Draught by Threats to Neighbors and Police
Fred Mudd a Georgetown huckster seller drank two ounces of carbone acid in Georgetown and died an hour later at George town University Hospital. Police say death by own action was a hobby of his he often threatened to end his life in front of witnesses. He was 26 and lived at 3900 Reservoir Street NW. About a year earlier a cluster of his relatives living in another city also died by their own hand.
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Fred Mudd
Georgetown
Georgetown University Hospital
Seventh Precinct
Mudd
Gompers Denies Retirement Plans Amid AFL Convention Turmoil
Seattle, Nov 17. Samuel Gompers denied reports of retirement plans and said he would not resign the AFL presidency, while John Mitchell supporters urged him for the top post if Gompers later retires. The convention blasted Michigan copper mine owners amid a strike and adopted resolutions for a congressional inquiry into Calumet and Hecla copper land, naval vessel construction, railway labor conditions, higher navy wages, convict-made goods law enforcement, Tongshoremen safety, postal savings in school bonds, and other labor measures.
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Seattle
Wash
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
American Federationist
John Mitchell
Gompers
Michigan
Calumet and Hecla Company
Utie
Executive Council
Navy Yards
Pennsylvania Railroad
Secretary of the Treasury
Wor cester warns against native dominance in Philippine move
Dean Wor cester, Interior secretary for twelve years, condemns promises of insular majority natives and doubts Wilson’s independence pledge, predicting quick intervention if Philippines gains full autonomy. He cites potential conflict and Korea’s example as warns. Windsor and Cornish details tie to Jessie Wilson wedding stories.
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San Francisco
Dean. C. Worcester
Philippine Insular
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Insular
Wilson
Philippines
Korea
Colorful fashions with Roman stripes and peplum detail
The article describes bright color accents in women’s fashion, noting crow blue fabrics and Roman stripe vests. It highlights a nodice with wide armholes and a peplum, a belted blouse with silk and duvetyn skirt, and patterned silk blouses with tailored skirts. Various pattern numbers and yardage are provided for sizes and fabrics.
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Vorner
Ladies’ Home Journal
Washington
Congress in College Debate on Philippine Independence
George Washington University students form a university congress with Democratic and Republican parties. Utah’s Arthur Woolley chairs the Republican side while S. D. Thurman leads the Democrats. A New York meeting issued a bill advocating Philippine independence once a stable government is built, with U.S. bases retained.
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George Washington University
George Washington University Congress
Arthur Woolley
Utah
Bb Thorman
New Masonic Temple
New York Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Thorman
Philippine Islanda
United States
Funeral Party on Flatboats on Monongahela River
A funeral party for narles Ward and his young son Jeorge faced flood conditions on the Monongahela River near Weeton West Virginia on November 17. High swollen waters forced the party to land at Mountblood near Loweseae for safety, and the drowning of Wird and his son at Catumbha Torsday night is reported.
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Peelel
Weeton
W. Va
Narles Ward
Jeorge
Mount Blood
Loweseae
Possibie Wird
Pittsburgh
Mononeahea
Leac
Dan Hon
Governor aims to classify mines to cut hazards in state
Charleston W Va November Gov Kit reports Fort Henry’s death toll as one mine worker dies daily. A plan to classify mines into three risk levels seeks to curb danger. Safe operators would pay lower taxes and workers’ comp benefits would apply for accidents.
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Charleston
Wo Va
Fort Henry
Wee
Visita
Henry
F D Hall Killed in Bisbee Arizona Restaurant
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland reports Frank D Hall formerly of Elkins West Virginia and a Wheeling News reporter was shot and killed in a Bisbee Arizona restaurant. G H Overholt, his companion, said a fight broke out with strangers and a stray bullet struck Hall in the back, piercing his heart and killing him instantly. He was a son of I 8 Hall of Pullman West Virginia.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Frank D Hall
Elkins
W Va
Wheeling
Bisbee
Ariz G H Overholt
Hall
Pullman
W. Va
Grangers Assail Houston Naming Secretary of Agriculture
Manchester N H November 17 President Wilson faced Grange criticism over nominating David Franklin Houston as Secretary of Agriculture. A special committee says Wilson failed to grasp the true farmer spirit and that the appointment shocked agricultural interests. Houston was guest of honor last Friday and spoke.
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Manchester
N. H
Wilton
David F. Houston
National Grange
Trenton
Houston
Wilson
David Franklin Houston
WILL TRY MINE UNION HEADS
Charleston West Virginia November 17 The United States case against John P White national president of the United Mine Workers of America and other officials of the national and district organizations will be called in the term of the Federal court which convenes tomorrow The defendants are indicted for maintenance of a trust in restraint of trade arising from the coal strike in the Kanawha fields
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
John P White
United Mine Workers of America
Kanawha
Early White House Arrest Highlights Patrolman Donovan Debut
Clyde Withers a 22 year old stenographer was arrested shortly after 1 am at the rear White House entrance by Patrolman John J. Donovan. He pleaded to see the President and was taken to the guard room then Washington Asylum Hospital. His mother’s address is 3521 Fourteenth Street NW. The incident marks Donovan’s White House initiation after arriving early to cover a shift.
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Clyde Withers
John J. Donovan
White House
Sergt. J. D. McQuade
Withers
Hvesa
Fourteenth Street
McQuade
Washington Asylum
Donovan
Curtis
Third Precinct
Jewels Worth Up To Seven Thousand Stolen In Hagerstown
Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland reports a robbery last week at a prominent family's home in which jewelry valued between five thousand and seven thousand five hundred dollars was taken. The jewels, mostly diamonds, belonged to a young unmarried woman who found the loss upon returning from a Thursday afternoon walk. Police withheld the victim’s identity and other details pending investigation.
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Washington Ses
Hagerstown
Bryce Receives Audience as Ambassador Relinquishment Discussed
London November 17. The Right Hon. James Bryce former British Ambassador to the United States was received in audience by the king. The relinquishment of his post at Washington was discussed during the audience.
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Cornish
Washington Post
Windsor
Jessie Wilson
Francia R. Sayre
N. H
White House
M. L. Donaldson
London
James Bryce
United States
Bryce
Washington
Real D A R Dead at 93 Father of Mrs Danks Was Captain
Mrs C R Danks, daughter of Capt Luther Rice a Revolutionary War officer, died in Fond du Lac Wisconsin at age 93 after living there fifty years. The item notes her heritage and long residence.
Opposes High Power Dam Threat to New River Route
The Wartagtor Post reports that a proposed 140 foot dam along the New River by the Virginian Power Company would block a planned through road from the Wailer to the Great Lakes and raise railroad costs. Officials claim a Rich Creek to Hinton line would incur about 2.07 million dollars more for grade changes and 2.88 million for a double track, affecting West Virginia coalfield transport and public service planning.
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Ostraren
Ntagweaolaus
Foyer Canyon
Hirten W Wa
Virgilia Power Company
Wailer
Great Akee
West Virginia Publi Se Rvte
Wir
Sinan Railway
Virginian Power Company
New River
Hunter
West Virginia
Great Lakes
Henry II Rotiers
Norfolk
Deepwater
Rich Creek
Hinton
Public Service Commission
No Docks Proposed For Scotts Creek In Norfolk Harbor
The War Department submitted an adverse report to the House yesterday on the proposed Federal dock improvement of Scotta Creek. It found more advantageous sites exist elsewhere for public docks and that navy desires fronting the river channel rather than Scotta Creek.
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Elizabeth River
Norfolk Harbor
Virginia
War Department
Navy
Scotts Creek
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