GZAR'S TROOPS IN TRAPS IN PERSIA FRONTIER CRISIS
An alarming report out of Persia describes a small Russian expeditionary force at the Belosuvar frontier under siege by Kurdish brigands and Persian auxiliaries. Russian reinforcements are requested as casualties mount amid a broader sense of peril on both sides of the frontier. Local dispatches note grand duke movements and rising tensions as foreign forces and local armies maneuver amid uncertain prospect for relief or retreat.
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Persia
Belosuvar
Varius Minor
Shholaiewingh
Thaw's Lawyer Moves To Free Stanford White Slayer
James G. Graham of Newburgh, former private secretary to Gov. Odell, appeared in White Plains for an order directing the asylum to permit Thaw to sign a habeas corpus petition. The step aims to test Thaw's sanity and possible release from Matteawan as part of a long legal effort.
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Odell
Stanford White
Showa
Dponshkeapsie
Karry K. Whaqw
State Asylum For the Insane
Maticvawan
James G. Graham
Newburgh
Gov
Ovell
Thaw
Das Yee Morsclauser
New York State Supreme Court
White Plains
Vlaw
Supreme Court
Morschieser
Daughksepsia
New York
James ¢. Graham
Nowbureh
Haer KR
Phas
Maileawet
Wemgut
Graham Mbitoel
Grahsint
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Matetwan
Matteawun
Bether Lt
Montville Mansion to Be Burned Over Bats In Virginia County
Special to The Washington Post Aylett Virginia April 20 Montville a famed historic Virginia estate in King William County is to be burned by the stayowners who own it the great grandchildren of Patrick Henry. Bats have overrun the house since warm weather began and attempts to exterminate them with noise clubs and poison failed. Bats fill every room hang from furniture ceilings walls form curtains at windows and swarm by the thousands. The owners having rented the estate since 1670 plan to destroy Montville to rid the area of the bat infestation.
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Washington Post
Aylett
Montville
Virginia
Patfrick Henry
Noison
Philip Aylett
Richmond
William Aylett
Elizabeth Menry
Avlett
Willian
Piace
Manson
Lessee
Avylolt
Noty “Ts Foundation
James
Russian forces retreat to Belostvar frontier post
A fragment reports Russian detachments withdrawing from Shirin near the Persian frontier, twenty miles from Belostvar. Troops along the flank cover the main force at Belostvar as Persian and other forces threaten the region.
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Sian
Shirin
Belostvar
Belesuvar
Gifts to Grand Duchess Prominent in Moscow Deputations
Moscow deputations from the municipality and burghesses merchant and artisan guilds and the city ladies and troops presented Grand Duchess Marie Pavlona with gifts and praised her work for the sick and wounded in the Russo Japanese War on the eve of her May marriage to Prince Wilhelm second son of King Gustave of Sweden. Prince Wilhelm to arrive April 2 and King Gustave with Prince and Princess Carl to visit Tsarskoe Selo May 11.
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St. Petersburg
Marie Pavlona
Paul Alexandrovitch
Tsarskoe-Selo
Wilhelm
Gustave
Sweden
Mrunicipality
Carl
Nicholaa
Virginia and Southwestern to buy coal road extensions
The Virginia and Southwestern Railway Company chaired by Henry K. McSlarg plans to acquire the Black Mountain Railway and a line from Moccasin Gap toward Persia Tennessee connecting with the Southern Railway. The stockholders meet at the company offices to consider the purchase and a bond issue to fund the deals.
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Washington Po
Bristol
Virginia and
Southwestern Railwayonpany
Henry K. Mcslarg
Black Mountain Railway
Apmanchia
Lee County
Holston River
Moccasin Gan
Persia
Tenn
Southern Railway
Virginia
Sup Pisthe
Virginia and Souhwestern
Pardoned for Murder Following Long Court Fight
William Boyle, once condemned for murder and later given a life sentence, was pardoned by the governor after a lengthy bid led by friends in Philadelphia and the judge, jury, and prosecutor. Boyle, allegedly intoxicated during a fatal fight with a woman, returned home Saturday night.
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Richmond
William Boyle
Newport News
Oboyle
Philadelphia
O Boyle
Pugilists Acquitted in Maryland Assault Trial
Special to The Washington Post. In Upper Marlboro Maryland on April 29 1900s era, William Co White Jr and Claude C Foley two young Washington pugilists were acquitted by a jury in the circuit court on charges of assault and battery. They had been scheduled to box at Suitland Park and were arrested before the bout. Rob ert Wells was the defense attorney.
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Washington Post
Upper Marlboro
William Co. White, Jr
Claude C. Foley
Washington
Whitt
Foley
Suitland Park
Robert Wells
Death of Maj. Morehead Pioneer of Southern Mills and Railroads
Specal to The Washington Post from Danville Virginia April 1 1920 Maj. Morehead a pioneer in cotton and woolen industry and a key North Carolina Virginia railroad promoter died at his New York home aged sixty eight He was son of former Governor John Morehead of NC and served as a Confederate private later major He helped establish mills at Leaksville and Spray NC and helped found the Danville and Western Railway now part of the Southern He leaves a wife and four children.
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Spéctal
Washington Post
Danville
Atate JS. Turner Morshead
North Carolina
Virginia
New York City
Maj. Morehead
John Morehead
Leaksville
Spray
N. C
Mai
Morehead
The
Southern
Cardinal Invited to Deliver Invocation at Bureau Cornerstone
A special committee from the Bureau of American Republics arrived in Washington to invite Cardinal Gibbons to deliver the invocation at the cornerstone laying of the bureau’s new home in Washington on May 11. The group, led by John Barrett, includes Costa Rican Minister Don Joaquin B. Calvo Chilean Minister Don Anabel Cruz and Mexican Embassy charg d affaires Jose Godoy. They met Cardinal Gibbons at the archbishop’s residence and presented the invitation.
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Washington
Baltimore
Bureau of American Republics
Cardinal Gibbons
Bureau
John Barrett
Don Joaquin B. Calvo
Costa Rica
Senor
Don Anabel Cruz
Chile
Jose Godoy
Barrett
Man fatally shoots fiancee in Virginia anger
Cecil Knick, twenty, shot and killed his fiancée Miss Mary Clark, eighteen, near Collierville in Rockbridge County after she threatened to end the engagement if he did not reform from drinking. He fired three shots, two hitting the woman, then fled as searching parties scour surrounding mountains.
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Washington Post
Lexington
Cecil Knick
Mary Clark
Collierstown
Rockbridge County
Ktnick
Kinick
Lim
Chief of Police Fires On Man During Service Disturbance
In Winston-Salem on April 20 Chief Henry Pardue shot and mortally wounded James Tiley Jr during a confrontation after arresting Tiley’s father for disturbing a religious service. Pardue surrendered and was released on his own recognizance as his condition improved.
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Washington Post
Winston-Salem
N. C
al Kerne
Henry Pardue
James Tiley, Jr
Pardue
James Tiltey
James Filey
Wing
Carter Glass Nominee Named in Sixth District Race
Special in The Washington Post from Lynchburg Virginia April 2 reports Col. James P. Woods Roanoke sixth district Democratic executive committee says Carter Glass the incumbent qualified for the primary by filing the required notice. Cart J O D Vane in Lynchburg had been discussed but did not file before the deadline. Glass will be declared the party nominee.
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Lynchburg
James P. Woods
Roanoke
Tmin
Democratic Executive Committee
Congress
Carter Glass
Cart J. Od. Vane
Glasa
Baltimore Suspends Two Street Officials Amid Paving Probe
Baltimore mayor suspends J Arthur Wickham and James H Marine, two opening streets commissioners, accused of forming a cartel with Maryland Paving Co to steer contracts. The alleged bribe relates to the Northit avenue paving contract from Payson to Twelfth Streets, approx 740 990 dollars.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Malool
J. Arthur Wickham
James H. Marine
Maryland Paving Company
Aratt
Noertit Avenue
Payson
Twelfth Streets
Man is Shot to Death near Fairfield in Woods
Special to The Washington Post Lexington Virginia April details report W. Yowell found dead in woods at his Fairfield County home with multiple bullet wounds to the head. Last seen Sunday noon, body found around seven oclock Monday morning. About fifty years old, survived by wife and eight children. He moved to Fork Bridge from Page County about ten years ago.
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Lexington
Yowell
Fairfield
Horkbridge
Page County
Leesburg
C. C. Kent
Agai
Mecklenburg County
Virginia
Nelson A. Head
Fredericksburg
Bea Burrus
Atwell Durrus
Caroline County
Paratyeis
Christisusburg
Mary Margaret Smith
William Smith
Riner
Staunton
Witten’s Mills
Custer Held for Fetoons Over Sailor Bradshaw Nichols
John Custer a Danville merchant was held for action by the grand jury for felonies following a fight in which he cut and stabbed Bradshaw Nichols a young man and Nichols alleged to have pursued Mrs Custer Nichols and Custer were both married the dispute stemmed from alleged attentions to Mrs Custer
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Washington Post
Danville
John Custer
Grand Jars
Bradshaw
Deserter Held for Trial in Virginia Necklace Theft
Danville Virginia April 2045 O Harris a young white man claiming Jacksonville Florida as his home was held for action by the grand jury on a larceny charge. Harris confessed he is a deserter from the United States battleship Franklin.
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Washington Post
Danville
O. Harris
Jacksonville
Fla
Grand Jury
Myrtie Thomas
Harris
United States
Frankun
Rose Tyler Freed in Virginia Bigamy Case
Rose Tyler, wife of George W. Tyler of Washington, deserted her husband and seven children thirteen months ago and married James Hudson in Alexandria. Virginia officials will not prosecute. Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney Brent said Tyler sought to drop the case and quashed the warrant.
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Alexandria
Tyler
Washington Post
Rockville
Rose Tyler
George W. Tyler
Woodburn
D. C
James Hudson
Wheaton
Virginia City
G. Brent
Swanson
Rose T Tyler
Virginia
Srovernor
Brest
Whisky Frauds Trial in Federal Court Near Danville
In Danville Virginia during a federal trial of Dry Fork Distilling Company president T M Angle two witnesses ct Baines a Danville saloonkeeper and J J Drakesford a U S Revenue inspector testified. Drakesford presented records showing Dry Fork sold whiskey to Baines and that the government missed taxes amounting to about 36000. Baines admitted purchases of whiskey from Dry Fork but claimed no records were kept as required by law.
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Dry Fork Company
Washington Post
CT. Baines
Raines
Dry Wark Company
Moore
Rsines
Drakesford
Fork Company
Baines
Wilsky
Maryland Weddings in Avony and Washington couples wed
Rockville April 20 Marry Millard Belt a well known Avony resident to Miss Laura Fisher of Washington in a Washington ceremony. After the ceremony the couple left for Georgia. Boyds April 20 At Salem Reformed Church Harrisburg Pa Harry Moser of Bards Horde and Mieg Gertrude Lydia Crawford of Harrisburg were married. They will reside at Boyds.
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Rockville
Millard Belt
Avony
Laura Fisher
Washington
Georgia
Boyds
Salem Reformed Church
Harrisburg
Harry, Moser
Bards, Horde
Mieg Gertrude Lydia Crawford
Delegates Named for Fifth District Convention and State Meeting
Delegates to the Fifth Congressional district convention at Hyattsville on April 29 are Thomas Underwood J A McKee R M Ryan John S Proby S Gardiner Coale Petey Duvall Thomas Proctor J D Payne Horace P roster and Claude Smith with one half vote each. Prince George County reps for the Baltimore state convention on April 30 are George B Merrick Oliver S Menzerott C B Td nus John M Bowie Cornelius Elwood Kennedy Simms Boykin Watson R Wesley Beall L Qo Wissman and Robert Kers.
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Conventio
Sydney
Budd
Althoug
Ito
Chicago
Irrank B. Métzerott
Chilum
George M. Bond
Laurel
Masonic Hall
Hyattsville
Thomas N. Underwood
J. A. McKee
R.M
Ryan
John
Probey
Gardiner Coale
Petey
Duvall
Thomas Proctor
J. D
Payne
Horace P Roster
Claude Smith
Prince George County
Baltimore
George B. Merrick
Oliver
Menzerott
C. B. Td Nus
John M. Bowie
Cornelius Elwood
Kennedy
Simms
Boykin Watson
R. Wesley Beall
L. QO. Wissman
Robert Kers
Bristol mob outwitted
Albert Johnson 27, colored, from Bluefield West Virginia, arrested for the murder of George M. Smith, a suburban farmer. A mob of hundreds gathered at the jail to lynch him, but Chief Caldwell and Circuit Judge Tyler sent him by midnight train to Jonesboro Tennessee. Johnson’s companion Alex Marshall claimed Johnson confessed the crime and described the pistol matching the weapon at the scene.
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Johnson
A. J. Tyler
Jonesboro
Tenn
Alex Marshall
Marshall
Navy moves to curb cocaine use at Norfolk station
Norfolk April 20 The use of cocaine by enlisted men at the naval station has incapacitated many, prompting authorities to suppress sales locally. Secret service and enlisted personnel are gathering evidence on vendors. John W Hust the first arrested on this basis and held for trial in Corporation Court. East allegedly sold cocaine to a sailor last Saturday night.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Naval Station
Naval
Secret Service
John W. Hust
Tig
Corporation Court
East
Indian on trial for life in Newport News
Newport News jurors hear the trial of Pottawattamie Indian Harry Witshewald for the December 7, 1907 killing of Dora Hale in a saloon. The defense argues the shooting was accidental. no witnesses attended the rear room scene. The Commonwealth alleges Hale was killed after refusing to go to New York.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Tjarry Witshewald
Dora Hal
Corporation Court
Witenewah
New York
Gilbert Re-elected Mayor of Laurel in 1940 election
William E Gilbert, on the Law and Order ticket, was re elected mayor of Laurel by a large margin over John W Gray of the Citizens ticket. Le Paxe Cronmiller and Edward Phelps were re elected councilmen at large while first ward councillor William Dorsey second ward Calvin Donaldson and third ward John Palmer were unopposed. Mayor Gilbert, a Democrat aged fifty one, is secretary treasurer of Gilbert Brothers wholesale druggists of Baltimore.
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Washington Post
Laurel
William E.ilbert
Law and Order
John W. Gray
Citizens
le Paxe Cronmiller
Edward Phelps
John Griffith
Benjamin Owens
William Dorsey
Calvin Donaldson
John Palmer
Gilbert
Gilbert Brothers, Wholesale Druggists
Battimore
Grand Stand Collapses at Greensboro Female College Game
A wooden grand stand collapsed during a basketball game at Greensboro Female College in Winston-Salem. About a dozen girls were in the stand when it fell, with several injured though none fatally.
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Greensboro
Washington Post
Greensboro Female College
Salem Jemale Academy
Winston-Sale
Pleads Guilty of Murder in Virginia Case
Tappahannock Virginia April 20 Wright pleaded guilty to the murder of his stepfather T C McDaniel and was sentenced by Judge Mullen to eleven and a half years in the penitentiary A compromise verdict of murder in the second degree was agreed upon after a consultation between the Commonwealth and defense attorneys.
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Washington Post
Tappahannock
Wright
T. C. McDaniel
Mullen
Commonwealth
Health Office Deaths Record Sparks City Losses
Health Office records list numerous deaths with ages from a few months to 82, noting locations such as Bancroft Hotel, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Providence Hospital, Casualty Hospital and homes for the aged. The roll includes residents from streets like 34th Street SE, 1st Street NE, Wallach Place NW, and Mase Avenue NW, with several cases linked to the Potomac River near Alexandria.
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Reherca Mackabee
St. Se
Wm. C. Harmen
Houpt
Thane
Lucy Harden
Bancroft Hotel
18Th
H Sts
Louisa Hoffman
St. Ne
Mary M. Grover
Robinson al, Sw
Reherea Wenger
N. J. Ave
Edward Nevinser
7Th St. Ne
Abeth V. Kite
W At
Ephraim
Randall
Wallach Pl
A. Furs
T St. Ne
Andre Mueller
Mome
John J. Jones
George H. Lindsay
Garfield Memorial
Bridget Craven
Agnes Keen
Providence
Walter M. Miller
Potomac River
Alexandria
Egerton
Washington T. Nastor
Casualty
Henry Hawkins
Clinker
John Wanzer
Linden
Samuel Jones
Home For
Ergtine Watson
Bnows
Arthur Barnes
Smith Johnson
Cornelia Wheeler
Wash
Edmonia McGowan
Mass. Ave
John W.gallloway
St.e
Andrew Coleman
Atica Anderson
Lewis Jackson
Francis Ot. S
Geidis Boose
City council to report on refunding bonds due July 1
Warhington Post Bureau reports Alexandria Virginia council to meet at 8 pm to hear finance committee on refunding 749000 of 3.65s due July 1 with a new 750000 issue at 4 percent plus 1000 for issue costs. Council member says new issue will be disposed quickly and likely bring a premium as exchanges are preferred over market sale.
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Abott
Opera House
Warhington Post Bureau
Ming Street
Alexandria
Committee On Finance
T Ie
Nature's way laxatives avoid harsh physic
The piece argues that a diet rich in fruits vegetables and greens keeps bowels regular without salts or pill cathartics. It asserts most constipation stems from harsh physic and promotes Cascarets as a gentle vegetable laxative that works like a laxative food without griping or stomach irritation.
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