Norfolk Hustle Shows Exposition Strain and Humor
Special to The Washington Post from Norfolk Virginia April 2 Norfolk buzzes as Jamestown Exposition opens crowds near 100000 creating lodging and feeding strains. Five large hotels and many small lodging houses fill fast while transport proves vexing. A Philadelphia man steals bedding amid hotel chaos and two local citizens run a three foot tram along the pine pier to shuttle visitors to the grounds.
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Norfolk
Measwell
Exposition Grounds
Exposition City
Residence
Rome
Busines
Congressmen Return From Jamestown Exposition Walk to Wharf
Congressional contingent notes humorous mishap as they walked from a wharf to opening exercises at Jamestown Exposition. They enjoyed visits to warships, especially the Connecticut, with Rear Admiral Evans aboard. A bid for a joking exchange with Speaker Cannon was declined. They praised the fleet display and anticipate delays in completing exhibits but expect strong draw from the ships and Hampton Roads fleet during the exposition.
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Washington
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Senator Daniel
Connecticut
Evans
Magship
Speaker Cannon
Fort Monroe
Hampton Roads
Chinese Officers Land for Jamestown Exposition Mission
A party of Chinese imperial army and navy officers arrived in San Francisco aboard the Sibera to represent China at the Jamestown Exposition. The group includes Lieut Lin Sung Chwang, Col Li Ting Hsia, Maj Wang Yu, and Capt Wang Yen Pin, and will be escorted east by Captain A W Brewster. Admiral Browneon also traveled as a passenger aboard the vessel.
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San Francisco
Syberia
Tel Orient
Imperial Army and Navy of China
Lin Sung Chwang
Navy
Li Ting Hsia
Wang, Yu
Wang Yen Pin
Army
Apt. A. W. Brewster
Admiral Browneon
Aalatle
Baltimore Man Albert B Shrewsbury Found In City Yards
Albert B Shrewsbury, sought by Baltimore authorities, was found in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards by Sixth precinct officer Ehlers. He had been ill and treated at a sanitarium run by Dr. Anna W Marchant. stock certificates worth 250100 and a large sum of cash were found on him. Dr. Marchant arrived and sought the stock, but Capt. Boardman refused to surrender it.
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Albert B Shrewsbury
Washington
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Ehlers
Sixth
Shrewsbury
Anna W. Marchant
Marchant
Mount Royal Avenue
Boardman
Alleged mad dog bites two boys in northeast city
Michael Ceffartis aged twelve and James Dodge fourteen were attacked while riding bicycles on H Street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth NE. Both were hospitalized with leg wounds after the small collarless dog, believed rabid, bit them and others previously. The dog was captured and jailed at the Ninth precinct station as investigators assess the danger.
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Michael Ceffartis
G Street
James Dodge
Massachusetts Avenue
H Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Northeast
Young Dodge
Ceffartis
Fourteenth Street
Grace
Ninth Precinct
Fallen Bridge Dams River At Lowry Virginia
A new concrete arch bridge over Little Otter River at Lowry collapsed, sweeping away hundreds of tons of earth and damming the river. Reported losses range from 150000 to 500000 dollars with added road-delay costs.
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Richmond
Bedford City
Little Otter River
Lowry
Playgrounds at Jamestown Exhibit Show New Movable Model
Through a donor known as a friend of the children the Playground Association of America will open a 60-child model playground on July 1 at the Jamestown Exposition. Entirely home made it lacks patented apparatus and can be duplicated cheaply. The exhibit aims to demonstrate the profit of city playgrounds, with plans for duplication and data on costs and beneficiaries. A September Play Week will feature moving pictures of approved games and general play activities.
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Playground Association of America
South
Jamestown
New York
Chicago
Boston
Fall Proves Fatal for Colored Laborer on Bridge
John Clash a 50 year old colored laborer who worked on the New York Avenue bridge died in Casualty Hospital after falling through the bridge Saturday afternoon. He suffered internal injuries from shattered ribs and when his condition worsened yesterday an inquiry into the accident was anticipated.
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New York Avenue Bridge
John Clash
Acker Street
Casualty Hospital
Clash
Munbeau
Napoleon
London
New York
Identification of Milford Station victim Walter Lomax
The body of Walter Lomax, a colored youth from 195 Nineteenth Street NW, found near Milford Station Va on April 20, is identified. A prescription signed by a Washington physician was found in his pocket and his mother presented the deceased to authorities, claiming he had gone to Richmond to visit relatives. Mrs. George N. Holland dies suddenly at Columbia Hospital after returning from Gettysburg, leaving husband George N. Holland, son Calvin A. Holland, and grandchildren Maud and Calvin.
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Walter Lomax
Nineteenth Street
Milford
Washington
Richmond
George N. Holland
HE Street
Columbia Hospital
Mra Holland
Gettysburg
Ward
Calvin A. Holland
Maud
Calvin Holand
Y M C A Education Dinner Highlights Local Leaders
The Washington Y M C A department of education hosts its annual dinner Wednesday at 6 30 pm in the association banquet room at 13 G Street Guests include Elmer Ellsworth Brown Commissioner of Education John Barrett director of the International Bureau of the American Republics and Commissioner Macfarland Speakers include Charen F A B Ross Bright Soren C R Bush T Thibodeau and H Osterman among others.
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T. #. Thibodeau
H. Osterman
Bryce Interprets Swinburne View in Diplomat's Evening Talk
Distinguished British Ambassador James Bryce discusses Swinburne on genius, poetry, and drama in a long interview excerpt. He recalls Oxford circle friendships, notes evolving tastes in theater, and ponders why great dramatists emerge across eras, urging recognition of modern opportunities and mysteries in art.
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Kenlus
England
Oportunity
Hauptmann
Sudermann
Goethe
Schiller
Racine
Corneille
Moliere
France
Wintry Weather Continues Across Northern Regions
Weather Bureau bulletin reports wintry conditions in the Middle and Northern Rocky Mountain regions, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Upper Michigan with scattered snow. Thunderstorms in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. rain along New England and Middle Atlantic coasts. Temperatures fall in the Midwest and Ohio Valley. unsettled conditions expected Tuesday in Eastern regions with showers. Winds vary by coast and Great Lakes regions. steamer winds toward Grand Banks.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Upper
Michigan
Alaama
Georgia
Tenneesne
New England
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valles
Io Central
Lake Region
Mocky Mountain Rapion
Kantern
Mississippi
Ohio
Grand Banks
WANTS LARGER COURT WILL GO BEFORE LEGISLATORS
District Attorney Jerome seeks four new bills to expand General Sessions. Proposals include an extra court part, two monthly grand juries, and ten assistant district attorneys with higher judge salaries from 12,000 to 15,000. The plan would abolish the recorder and city judge offices and require new staff to handle growing crime. Jerome travels to Albany to press lawmakers and negotiate with Gov Hughes.
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New York
Jerome
Court of General Sessions
Lakeville
Conn
Albany
Grand Jury
General Sessions
Gov. Hughes
Car Crash Injures Woman in Street Collision
Mrs. C. S. Wolf of 912 Ninth Street NW was injured yesterday afternoon when a Capital Traction car collided with her carriage on Eighteenth Street near Columbia Road. The carriage wheel was caught in the car track slot as the driver swerved to avoid an approaching team. Mr. Wolf J. C. Kennell and Mrs. Kennell jumped clear and were uninjured.
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C. S. Wolf
Ninth Street
Capital Traction
Eighteenth Street
Columbia Road
Wolf
Man Claims Self Defense in Va. Slaying
Noah Fulton, who fatally shot John Johnson at Greendale, Virginia, after firing five shots, was captured on a train near Jonesboro Tennessee. He boarded at Bluff City Tennessee with a ticket for Indianapolis and will be taken to Abingdon for trial in the Circuit Court. Fulton says Johnson had threatened his life.
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Senn
Noah Fulton
John Johnson
Greendale
Johnson
Jonesboro
Tenn
Fulton
Bluff City
Indianapolis
Abingdon
River Front Thieves Strike Again On Tied Boats
Joseph Hutton reports his torpedo launch The Southerner was broken and looted while tied at the river front foot of a southwest street. Thieves used mallet and chisel to strip brass and nickel fixtures and took small valuables. Detectives Howlett Pratt and harbor police pursue the case.
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Joseph Hutton
G Street
Howlett and Pratt
Central Office
Harbor
Runaway Horse Injures Three Near North Capitol
A horse drawing a carriage ran away in the North Capitol area after a passing automobile frightened it. Howard McDonald and two young children were thrown to the street. McDonald was bruised and the children were slightly injured. The incident occurred near North Capitol and Ty Streets and involved Mr. D. Pyles and Mrs. Ryles household occupants.
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D. Pyles
Eighth
Howard McDonald
North Capitol
Ty Streets
North Capitol Street
McDonald
Ryles
Horseshoe Luck in Street Earns Five Dollars
A down on his luck driver named Ruffin finds a five dollar bill on a nearly empty street near Lewis Ruffin's cab stand. He returns it to a crying girl who lost it, then buys and loses his horse after paying off the bill. He reflects on the money though and continues driving, believing the luck from the horseshoe brought him the windfall.
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Seventh Street
Lewis’ Ruffin
Jehu
Ruffin
Ofp
Vermont Avenue
Servant Held For Theft From Employer
Mary Tillman a seventeen year old colored domestic in the home of Mrs. Hila Monogue 1105 New Hampshire avenue northwest was arrested on a grand larceny charge for stealing 38 worth of jewelry including a locket and ring from Mrs. Monogue's bed. The items were recovered from a second hand dealer on D street and identified by the employer. She will be arraigned in Police Court this morning.
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Mary Tillman
Hila Monogue
New Hampshire Avenue Northwest
Parham, O'Brien
Cox
Fall From Tree Causes Death of George F Wise
George F Wise colored man died at Emergency Hospital from injuries suffered over two months earlier when he fell from a tree while trimming at Eleventh and street SW on February 27. He sustained fractures of the ankle and right leg. Coroner notified. body held at the morgue. Also, speeding motorist George A Pope of Baltimore arrested after chase on Connecticut Avenue. $2 collateral posted for appearance in Police Court.
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Wise
Eleventh and & Streete
Connecticut Avenue
George A. Pope
Baltimore
Hughlett
Pope
Third Precinct
Plice
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