Management Expands Prizes For Entries In Big Contests
Management raised the prize pool for two sports contests, four top finishers in each will witness the Jeffries Johnson fight and world series baseball games. Nearly sixty entrants so far, with many traveling entrants. daily standings start Sunday. New entries listed include Theodore R Rootz and L Carter among others from Washington and nearby areas.
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Fost
Jeffrien-Johnson
Jeffries Johnson
Widow of Mexican War Officer Dies in Gas Poisoning
Mrs Jane L Fagg, widow of Lieut Col John L Fagg famed in Mexican War, was found dead by her grandson at her daughters' home. Funeral at Vermont Avenue Christian Church today at 2 pm. interment in Aghsville, NC. She was about 82, survived by two daughters and seven grandchildren. Col Fagg died twenty years ago.
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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 Smokes World Longest Cigar Record
Washington telegraph operator Harry McKelden of 4 G Plant Co. yesterday set a new world mark by smoking a standard size Havana for 912 minutes. He surpassed a Cornell professor’s 934 minute claim, with witnesses from the brokerage firm attending as he kept the cigar alight in regular light puffs.
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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 Dies After Streetcar Collision in Washington
Philip von Berger Kluepfel a 2 year professor of German at Central High School was struck by a street car at Eleventh and Clifton streets around 8 o clock yesterday morning and died at Garfield Hospital at 4:15 yesterday afternoon. He left Lamont Street for school and walked along the elev enth street tracks to Seventh and O streets northwest. He moved between tracks to avoid an approaching car and was hit by a southbound street car. Kluepfel a Cornell University graduate taught German at McKinley Training School before transfer to Central. He resided with his mother on Lamont Street.
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Central High School
Eleventh
Clifton Streets
Garfield Hospital
Kinspiel
Lamont Street
Seventh
O Streets
Lamont Streets
Florida Avenue
Hluepfel
Cornell University
McKinley
Central
Robbery Suspect in Hospital Ring Disappearance
Miss Emma Warren reports a carved bloodstone ring missing from her brother after he died at Providence Hospital on January 10. Police suspect an orderly who has been absent from the hospital for days. a $100 jewelry theft from another patient is also noted. Washingtonians wed in New York as A C Mayer and Camille Hermann join, honeymoon planned in New York. Also advertised are Spring travel options and taxicab rates.
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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 Propose Dealer Punishment For Underage Liquor Buyers
The commissioners suggest that minors who misrepresent age to obtain liquor be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished the same as sellers, though stop short of a firm stance. They warn that placing full responsibility on the dealer regardless of age knowledge is unfair, urging consideration by the House District committee.
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House
Boy Found Unconscious After Gas Incident at Hotel
Charles Brown, 15, of Knoxville Town, was overcome by gas in a large room at the Mount Varnon Hotel on Third Street Northwest near Pennsylvania Avenue. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and later returned to the hotel. The clerk warned him to shut off the flow before leaving. The incident was witnessed by a bellhop who found him unconscious.
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Charles Brown
Knoxville
Mount Varnon
Third Istreet
Pennsylvania Avenue
By & Bell
Husband Saves Wife From Suicide Attempt in Ohio Avenue Incident
Mrs Annie Whent of 18 3 Ohio Avenue Northwest attempted suicide by drinking carbolic acid yesterday afternoon. Her husband knocked the glass away but not before lips and face were burned. She was taken to Emergency Hospital in serious condition, later described as not serious. She had warned her husband Abe of plans to end her life the previous day.
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Annie
Ohio Avenue Northwest
Abe
Victims Seek Return of Loot From City Burglary Case
In Distret supreme Court Justice Barnard heard arguments over 2169 found on burglar Andrew Lee. Baltimore claimants seek a receiver for the money held by Police Property Clerk Edwin B Hesse. Angpector Boardman says the funds are from the crime and Lee forfeits rights. Campbell Carrington represents Lee, asking recognition for a 310% order. Justice Barnard Deliberates on the disposition of the money.
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Andrew Lee
James A Toomey
Baltimore
Lee
Edwin B Hesse
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Boardman
Campbell Carrington
Les
Justles Bornard
Milk distribution opens under Miss Hurn supervision
The saver suHlS moly opens Monday morning at 1319 H Street NW under Miss Hurn supervision with free milk for unable mothers. Tickets go to local charity workers. others pay cost. Waldenman Society to address Rev Dr Giorgia Bartoli of Florence at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Police seek missing Walter Johnson aged 46 from Good Hops Road missing since yesterday. Citywide watch notice ahead of land sale near Rand le Heights.
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H Street
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Waldenman Souety
Giorgia Bartoli
Florence
Italy
Waldensian Society
Washington
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
O'Elode
Pollos
Walter Johnson
Hops
U S Soldiers Home Band concert lineup announced
The Fulton Gounod Orth Auber Weerich Strauss Luders pieces headline a concert by the U S Soldiers Home Band led by Tobias Srawn with a program featuring classic composers and a full orchestra atmosphere.
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U. S. Soldiers
Fulton Gounod
Orth
Auber Weerich
Strauss, Luders
Tobias Srawn
Bars to Close Sunday Under Police Strict Enforcement
The police department announced strict enforcement of Sunday closing laws for saloon bars. Patrons must be bona fide hotel guests to be in a public space on Sunday, not merely diners. Police hope to curb hotel owners who treat a sandwich as a meal. Police Judge James Pugh's arrival may prompt tougher observance if his former stance on liquor sales remains.
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James Pugh
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Comet May Be Seen Sunday Over Georgetown Observatory
Halley's comet will appear Sunday morning between 4:34 and 6:22 as seen from Georgetown University Observatory under dark clear skies. It rises in the east about five degrees above the horizon and will be visible until May 2, with early observers noting naked eye sighting after telescope and field glass use. Nearby, Harvard observers also reported viewing in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Mather Hefirick
Georgetown University Observatory
Georgetown Observatory
Cambridge Mass
Harvard Observatory
Cabman on Trial for Larceny in No Yee Court
Arthur Phillips reports a cabman charged with larceny of 85 dollars from a passenger. He waived examination in the No Yee court, held on $600 bail for grand jury action. George Phillips claims 86 dollars was taken while the fare slept.
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Arthur Phillips
George Phillips
Dawson
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