Murdered Bronx storekeeper found in Hudson River
John Wehner a Bronx storekeeper vanished after leaving his apartment to open his shop. Police believe robbery motive. his skull crushed by a heavy instrument and body found in the Hudson River near Fort Lee. Wehner’s wife says he was methodical and unlikely to leave home willingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wehner
Bronx
New York
Brook Avenue
Hudson River
Fort Lee
Wehner
At & O
Welmer
Jersey Sho
Webner
Funeral Directors Firms Names and Addresses Listed
Funeral directors and embalmers are listed with multiple firms across Washington area addresses and contact numbers. Names include Harvey's Sons, Mitchells, Speare, Chippert, Costello, Riley, Geier's, John & Wright, J W Lee, Sardo, Zarhorst, Hindle & Bayliss, Nalley & Son, and others with day or night service notes and telephone contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Harvey
Fourteenth ST. NW
John M. Mitchells
W. R. Speare
N. W
Thones
Adolph J.schippert
Chazel
Thos. S. Sergeon
R. 3
Cain
Telasbone
T. A. Costello & Bro
Dadortskewe
WM. S. Riley
St Sa
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST
John & Wright CO
Tiestow
J. William Lee
Apa
Turin
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Tn Modern Chapel
Phobe East
George P. Zarhorst
Capitol
Hindle & Bayliss
Lth
H NW
R. Nalley & Son
Acath
International conference urged for industrial peace at Carnegie event
Delegates from labor and capital gathered at Carnegie as William F Coakley and Archbishop Farley urged peace and dialogue. Nicholas Murray Butler pressed for a formal US lead to convene an international conference on industrial conditions. A bartender quip closed the evening during a serves and supper in the billiard room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Wiliam F Coakley
Protective ‘Association of Lithogrape
United States
Canada
Coakley
Farley
Leo XI
Nicholas Murray Butter
Columbia University
National Civic Federation
Powderly
Carnegie Gives Six Million Endowment To Institute
Andrew Carnegie endows the Carnegie Institute with six million dollars, including five million in United States Steel bonds and one million in cash. The gift expands the existing four million endowment to fund arts, museum, and technology departments, finance additions to technical schools, and create an ongoing endowment. A pension fund for Institute staff and widows is also established. Trustees adopted a resolution of thanks. Two boys, Albert Casson and John Bales, aged 15 and 13, remain missing from their homes on M Street Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W. N. Fiew
Carnegie Institute
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Carnegie
Fine Arts
Carnegie Schools of Technology
United States Steel Corporation
Albert Casson
M Street
John Bales
Licensed to Marry in Philmont and Nearby Towns
A list of couples and officiants appears in a fragmentary marriage notice. Names include Tene Giacomo Costanzo and Mary Ursula Toristo with Rex Nicolas Vaselli Philp M Knox. Cornelia H Janney with Rev. George Somerville Leroy Chamberlin. Rose Cheriton Wellman with Rev Samuel R Tyler Ernest E Fisher and Lola Stankel. Cornelius Shafer Sr with Atleen Chamblin and Rev Charles Alvin Smith. Locations mentioned include Alexandrix Ve Waterford Ya Philmont and nearby clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tene
Giacomo Costanzo
Mary Ursula Toristo
Rex Nicolas Vaselli Philp M Knox
Alexandrix Ve
Cornelia H Janney
George Somerville Leroy Chamberlin
Waterford
Rose Cheriton Wellman
Samuel R Tyler
Ernest E Fiaher
Lola Stankel
Charles Alvin ‘Smith Cornelius Shafer, Sr
Atleen Chamblin
Philmont
S. H Groene
Health Office Record Deaths Reported By Noon April 4 1907
Health office records list deaths up to noon on April 4 1907 including Charles W Seger Congress Hill 45 Mary 4 Talbait 128 Warrison St Anacostia 74 George R Carroll 61643 Boston 3 Mary 5 Bullen 207 Capitol at 60 Charles Skillman 14 Anacostia Road 60 George McGrath 38 Moave nw 32 Theodore Higbert 1736 Columbia Road 9 mo James Pollard 168 10th St nw 54 Susan Price 422 613 Mt Sw 48 dorm Murphy rear 919 D St nw 45 infant Wesley end Fanniey Taylor 819 2d at ee half hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W Seger
Congress Hill
Mary
Talbait
Warrison St. Anacostia
George R Carroll
Boston
Bullen
Capitol At
Charles Skillman
Anacostia Road
George McGrath
Moave
Theodore Higbert
Columbia Road
James Pollard
Susan Price
Mt Sw
Murphy
D St Nw
Wesley End Fanniey Taylor
Dark Past Suspected Head of Philadelphia Matrimonial Syndicate
Philadelphia detectives pursue James Matthias Williams alias James Marshall, head of a bigamous marriage syndicate, after his confession and arrest. They search 5122 Brown Street, uncovering gold leaf ore, blank stock certificates, and 8,000 letters from victims nationwide. Williams offered $5,000 to escape and may have married many women in the West while promoting a Montana gold mine claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Matthias Williams
Philadelphia Matrimonial Syndicate
West
Philadelphia
Jamey Matthias Williams
James Marshall
Brown Street
Marehall
St. Louis
Williams
Teenie” Marshall
David Johnson
Bryant Detective Agency
Thas
St Louis
Johann Hoch
Edward Bryant
Bryant
De Lacy Appointed Arbitrator In Plumbers’ Grievances
Judge Willem H. De Lacy of the Juvenile Court is named sixth member on a board of arbitration to resolve disputes between master and journeyman plumbers. The panel earlier set a thirty day deadline for appointing an umpire to handle differences under the February 2 award. The board includes Stanton J. Peelle, Jackson H. Ralston, A S Worthington, Joseph J. Darlington, and Joseph C. Sheehy, with hopes the decision will satisfy both unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willem H. de Lacy
Juverile Court
Board of Arbitration
Arbitration Board
Stanton J Peelle Jackson H. Ralston
A S Worthington
Quell Outbreak As Strikebreakers Arrested in Lorain Shipyard
In Lorain Ohio April 5 1919 two strikebreakers were arrested for carrying knives razors and pistols as National Guard troops and Cleveland units stand by to quell rioting at the American Shipbuilding Company yard. A later clash with strike sympathizers led to additional arrests and stones thrown at police. Nearby fire destroys Mrs S V V Sewell’s Huntington Stud Farm at Oyster Bay with horses saved and losses totaling about 9000 including a 3000 pipe organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Ohio
National Guard
Cleveland
American Shipbuilding Company
Fred Davie
H. H. Anderson
Sampang'e
Fegore
Vna
Platols Ang
S. V. V. Sewell
Huntington Stud
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Huntington
Sydney Paget
Randolph Huntington
Sewell
Allen's Foot-Ease Makes Shoes Feel Easy
Ladies report one size smaller feel after using Allen's Foot-Ease powder shaken into shoes. It relieves bunions blisters corns and swollen feet and promises comfort for tired aching feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 2 percent trial package free by mail from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Bank Clerks Nominate Delegates For Detroit Convention
Delegates to represent the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Bank Clerks at the annual convention in Detroit from August 22 to 24 were nominated at a meeting at 1214 F Street NW last night. A new constitution and by laws were adopted and the list includes John Poole Joshua Evans J L Fugelt William McKay Stowell H Percival Wilson A Bedford Charlies E Bright H V Haynes EEL Payne W T Poole E E Herrell John Riordan A Claxton L J Tillman BH Smith Edward Wolf F Bernard Stevens William Keck B B Wilson Carroll Pierce Herbert Hunt Fred Maphis and George Felt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Institute of Bank Clerks
Detroit
Midh
F Street Northwest
John Poole
Joshua Evans
J. L. Fugelt
William McKay Stowell
H. Percival
Negro lecturer pleads brainstorm in Ardmore theft case
Samuel Westinghouse Washington, a colored lecturer charging brain storms caused his larceny of clothes and bric a brac from Ardmore Hotel guests, appeared in Police Court. Judge Mulloway held Washington on six counts for trial citing prior employment as a hotel porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Westinghouse Washington
Ardmore
Mulloway
Washington Swill
Dafs
Washington
Prisoner Washington Guilty On Larceny Confession
In a larceny case, Washington was found guilty after admitting he is prone to stealing when hypnotized by desire. He lectured on Christianity and hypocrisy when not on porter duties, claiming a weak mind makes resistance to theft impossible. Plate printers sought for Bureau vacancies with prerequisites including four years under an experienced director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Porter
Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bradford
Jolla
George W. Bradford
Balttimor
Sccle
Order of Eagle
Eagles
John H Coale Co
C Beveridge
Rrif
Paris
France
Edwin Wendall
Edwin Charles
Marion Kendall Cutter
Glenwood Cemetery
Riley Deeble
Oakhil
LWAC
Fiery St Johns Church
Beltsville
Ferrall
George Washington Hall
Julia A. Perrall
St Andrew's Church
Pourbeentt
Corcoran
Mondar
Rock Creek Cemetery
Krancis
Annie May Miller
Tus
St Mary's Church
Wo Eelock
St Mary S Cemetery
Miller
Washington Counci No 24
Knights of Columbus
Francis Miller
Hta
Laxhth Street
Cattharine
Otto C Ruppert
May Ruppert
Mneider
Calvert
Sweet William & Schneider
Tol Vuneral
Cthert Street
Rock Creel
Mra. Wehner
Mrs Wehner
Geo
C. Shaffer
Hardy & Remore
PHIVE
Sermont
Pittsburg Institute
Health Office Record
To-Katon
To-Katon Wine Co
14Th St. NL
Mexico
Canad
British Columbia
Brown
Liberty Star
Chicago
Smoky City
Marshall
DE Lacy
Judge Wall
Everpool
Cedric
Empress of Ireland
Hailfar
John
Lancasteran
Lend
Lizard
Paliadelphia
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Southampton
Sable Island
Minneapolis
London
Fastnet
Etroria
Queenstown
Liverpool
O’donnell
ST. N. W
Trust
Continental Bouquet
Carolina Perfectos
Manuel Garcia
Puritanos Finos
Manatia
Marcello
Regensburg
Serenitas
Havana
Ponciola
FC Johns Hopkins
Yates
Harnetts
Blue Birds
Hoffmanettes
Hoffman House, Jrs
Owls
Union
Heéffman House
Windsor House
Robert Burns
Blaine and
Russell
Devold
Munyon
Weestari
Pi & W. Satz
Ares
Vichy and
Hissen- Ben
Pinaud
Harlem
Dickinson
Castoria
Colgate
Price
Dolly Madison
Beeman’s
Smith Bros
John Wyeth & Bro
Beaumarchand
Marvel
Runkle’s
Fain
Negro
Waltham
Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
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