Management Boosts Prizes in Two Contests for Big Events
The Post reports management will award four prizes instead of two, sending the top four finishers in each contest to witness the Jeffries Johnson fight and the world series baseball games. Nearly sixty entries have been received, including out-of-town contestants, with daily standings to be published starting Sunday. A list of new entrants up to noon yesterday includes Theodore Rootz, L Carter, G C Bakersmith, John Donohue, and many others from Washington and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fost
Jeffrien-Johnson
Jeffries Johnson
Theodore R Rootz
D- Street
Carter
Tragic Death Of Mrs Jane L Fagg Widow Of Lieut Col Fagg
Mrs Jane L Fagg widow of Lieut Col John L Fagg, famed for Mexican War service, was found dead by her grandson at her daughters home in Eleventh Street Northwest. Funeral today at Vermont Avenue Christian Church at 2 PM, with interment in Ashville, NC. Cause listed as gas poisoning after a suspected accidental leak. Survivors include two daughters and seven grandchildren.
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Jane L Fage
John L Fage
Leslie Hines
Eleventh Brrest Northwest
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
Fagg
Aghsville
Wages
Nevitt
Robert Taylor
Tennessee
Zach Vance
North Carolina
Vermont Avenue
Washingtonian completes record long cigar smoke
Harry McKelden of Washington, telegraph operator at 4 G Plant & Co, set a world-longest cigar record by smoking a Havana standard size for 912 minutes. The feat surpassed a Cornell professor’s prior mark, witnessed by a dozen firm members in New York brokerage offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McKelden
Frm
4 G Plant & Co
McKelden
Cornel Rafenior
Elden
Brokge
McKellen
Thomases
Thomases* of the Firm He Sard Yesterday RP Burrass
G@ Plant & Co
Cornell
McKalden
Notima di
Thera
H N King
H C Smith
H G Williams
Walter White
Burtans
Teacher's Injuries Fatal In Street Car Collision
Professor Philip von Berger Kluepfel a 2 year veteran German teacher at Central High School was struck by a street car at Eleventh and Clifton streets and died at Garfield Hospital. He had left Lamont Street for school and moved onto tracks to avoid an approaching car before being hit by a southbound vehicle. Born in New York, he studied at Cornell and moved to McKinley Training School before transferring to Central.
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Philip von Berger Kluepfel
Central High School
Eleventh
Clifton Streets
Garfield Hospital
Kinspiel
Lamont Street
Seventh
O Streets
Lamont Streets
Florida Avenue
Hluepfel
Cornell University
McKinley
Central
Ring stolen from hospital patient blamed on orderly
Miss Emma Warren reported a carved bloodstone ring belonging to her brother missing since hospital entry January 7. Police suspect a Providence Hospital orderly, missing for days, of theft after funeral and search failed to locate the ring. Also noted: A C Mayer and Camille Hermann married in New York. They plan a New York honeymoon before returning to Washington.
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Emma Warren
Sixth Street
Providence Hospital
Miss Warren
New York
A. C Mayer
Casino Theater
Misa Camille Hermann
Isaac Hermann
Washington
Commissioners Suggest Punishment for Minors Buying Liquor
Commissioners by letter urge that minors who misrepresent age to obtain liquor be charged with a misdemeanor and punished as those who knowingly sell to a minor. They oppose full dealer liability if age is unknown, arguing it is unfair to dealers and seek some preten tion to balance responsibility.
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House
Boy, 15, Faints From Gas at Mount Vernon Hotel
Charles Brown of Knoxville Town was overcome by gas in a large room at the Mount Vernon Hotel on Third Street Northwest near Pennsylvania Avenue. He was rushed to Emergency Hospital, later returned to the hotel, and a hotel clerk warned him about turning off the flow before leaving. The youth reportedly asked if the clerk thought he was a rube as he was found unconscious by a bellboy.
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Charles Brown
Knoxville
Mount Varnon
Third Istreet
Pennsylvania Avenue
By & Bell
Husband Saves Wife From Poison Suicide Attempt
Mrs Annie, 18 3 Ohio Avenue Northwest, attempted suicide by drinking carbolic acid yesterday afternoon. Her husband knocked the glass from her hand, saving her life but burning her lips and face. She was taken to Emergency Hospital in serious condition but stabilized. authorities note she had warned her husband Abe of plans to end her life.
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Annie
Ohio Avenue Northwest
Abe
Victims seek return of found money in Distret Supreme Court
Justice Barnard heard arguments on 2169 found on burglar Andrew Lee in the northwest city police district. James A Toomey urged appointing a receiver for the money in Police Property Clerk Edwin B Hesse's possession. Angpector Boardman says the funds are loot from the crime and Lee has forfeited rights. Campbell Carrington represents Lee, arguing a Les order for 310% should be recognized. Justice Barnard took the matter under advisement.
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Distret Supreme Court
Barnard
Andrew Lee
James A Toomey
Baltimore
Lee
Edwin B Hesse
Police
Boardman
Campbell Carrington
Les
Justice Bomard
Milk opening at 1319 H Street NW under Miss Hurn
A milk saver lab will open Monday morning at 1319 H Street Northwest under Miss Hurn supervision. Free milk for unable to pay mothers, others at cost. Tickets sent to city charity workers to meet demand. Waldenman Society address.
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Saver Suhls —Pasccusecu
H Street
Miss Hurn
United States Soldiers' Home Band Concert
The Soldiers' Home band performs a program under Fulton Gounod Orth Auber Weerich Strauss Luders and Tobias Srawn, delivering a varied classical lineup to concertgoers.
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U. S. Soldiers
Fulton Gounod
Orth
Auber Weerich
Strauss, Luders
Tobias Srawn
Bars to Close Sunday Under Strict Police Enforcement
The police department announced strict enforcement of Sunday closing laws for saloon bars. To be a bona fide hotel guest in public places, patrons must meet hotel guest criteria, not merely seek a meal as a sandwich is often misinterpreted as a meal. Police note previous views by Police Judge James Pugh and Assistant Corporation Counsel on liquor sales on Sundays, suggesting potential tighter observance if his opinions remain.
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Police Department
James Pugh
Ha Wce
Hla
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Mal Onder Catsley
Penna. Ave
N. W
Comet May Be Seen Sunday Across Early Morning Sky
Halley's comet will be visible to the naked eye Sunday morning between 4:34 and 6:22 as seen from Georgetown University Observatory. It rises in the east about five degrees above the horizon and will be visible in darker skies for several days, with two Georgetown students spotting it recently.
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Halley
Mather Hefirick
Georgetown University Observatory
Georgetown Observatory
Cambridge Mass
Harvard Observatory
Cabman on Trial for Larceny in No Yee Court
Arthur Phillips, a cabman, was charged with larceny of $85 from a passenger yesterday. He waived examination in the no Yee court and was held in $600 bail for the grand jury. George Phillips claims the cabman took $86 while the passenger slept.
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Cabman
Arthur Phillips
George Phillips
Dawson
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Onan
Bane Web
Havana
Star
Saks & Company
Seventh Street
Barnot
A. F. Bornet Bro. Co
F Street
Philadelphia
Tunde Figtlands
Gert Vashugo
Capitol Building
Los Realty Company
Lange Lake
Rudy Cushed Lake
Washington Gas Light Co
Tenth Street NW
Gates & Rich Cash Furniture House
7Th St. Mlw
Andrews
Uaveus Ward
Pougee
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
TOMA
Louisiana Ave
N.W
Tharp
Berkeley
Fealy
Bert
Keeley
Marylend
Potomac Electric Power Co
14Th St. N. W
Charles
Bayly Atfords
Yenra
John F. Ells & Co
Chas
Bayly
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Berens
Holmes
Pinlip Kluepfel
Bloodstone
Cnime
Boy
Wiee
Annie Wiight
Justice Barnard
Mai
Nathan Fie
Waldenman Souety
Giorgia Bartoli
Florence
Italy
Waldensian Society
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
O'Elode
Pollos
Walter Johnson
Hops
Randle Hightends
John S M. Zimmermann
Fra Diavolo
Honton
Tred
Gisl
Metropolitan Police Department
Mercill and Rhine
Crosa
Capts Elliott
Wiliams Merrill
Rhine
Ade Moran
Liszle Smith
John 7 Gibson
St Marys County
Willian H. H Byler
Alexandria
Potomac River
Vermont
Sth
St. Iw
National Rifles Hall
BH. Snyder & Co
Int
AL Srocere
Arington Hottling Co
Phone West 3
Max
Thomas Walsh
Government Hospital For the Insane
Potomac
Eleventh Precinct
Lizabeth
Evers
Coldenstraths
Mis
Schneider’s
Nav Yara
Benjamin F Parker
D Street
Fifth
D Streets
Jackson Square Coffee
Importers Coffee Co., Ltd
New Orleans, la
Shefford
Chautauqua Dairy CO
Syracuse, N
C. A. Muddiman & Co
Lacey & CO
Sour Judd & Detweiler, Inc
SIG
Ith
International Banking Corporation
Mendelsohn
Art Gallery
New York Ave. N.W
New’ Building
New York Ave. N. W
Mevdelsghy
Friedlander Bros
BS. Rosenfeld
St. N. i
Pettit & CO
Seventh & Eye
Dr. White
7Th St. NW
Sundar
Louse & Herrmann
Sts. N. W
E Lansburgh Furniture Co
Ninth St
Peter Grogan
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