Amateis bronze doors for Capitol west entrance unveiled
The new Amateis doors designed by Prof Loula Amatels arrive for the Capitol west entrance to replace the plain wooden doors. Cast in New York by the Roman Bronze Company, the panels depict an Apotheosis of America and scenes from science, art, and industry with portraits of Jefferson, Franklin, Madison and others.
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America
Capitol
Loula Amatels
Italy
United States
Washington
New York
Roman Bronze Company
John Willams Company, Incorporated
Rogers
Rome
Randolph Rogers
Munich
Thomas Crawford
Chicopee
Mass
Louis Amatets
Death notices dated July and August 1910
Notices show multiple obituaries and funeral details from July 1910 in Washington and nearby areas. Items include Thomas J. Anderson, Juanita P. Tursey, John Griffin Carline, Ella F. Geding, Henry Throport, with funeral times, church services, and interment locations at Rock Creek and Glenwood Cemeteries.
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Glenwood Cemetery
Aellesle
New York
John Griffin Carline
Secretary of the Treasury
St. Thomas’ Church
Washington
Rock Creek
St. Pauls Church
Portraits and medallions mark scientists and builders across panels
The long display honors Wolcott Gibbs and Joseph Henry with medallions for Dana Newcomb Bell and Morse, plus a third panel scene of Homer Virgil Dante Shakespeare Goethe and others. Mining and agriculture are represented by figures like Marshall Holley Morton Wilson Moor and Norton. The steel, electric, and bridge panels feature Cooper Rowland Eads Casey Roebling Stevens and Ro of transcontinental rail. Naval commerce panel shows a youth with a globe as a sailor flag and liberty cap. Fulton Ericsson Field Whitney Sew ing machine inventor Slowe Fremont Lenthall appear around the medallions.
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Wolcott Gibbs
America
Joseph Henry
Dana
Simon Newcomb
Alexander Graham Bell
Morse
Homer
Virgil
Dante
Shakespeare
Goethe
Hugo
Palestrina
Beethoven
Rossini
Edgar Allan Poe
William Thornton
Stuart
W. H. Brown
James W. Marshall
Caifornia
Alexander W. Holley
E. B. Case
A. Hewitt
Clarence King
Samuel G. Morton
Wilson
Moorrill
I. #. Norton
Bussey
Agricultural Chemistry
Peter Cooper
TE. A. Rowland
Baldwin
Locomotive Works
Ladison
James B. Eads
St. Louis Bridge
Fulton
Ericsson
Cyrus W. Field
Ki Whitney
Slowe
Fremont
J. Lenthall
Health Office Record of births and deaths including many names
A health office roster lists numerous births with paired parent names and child genders, followed by a long death section naming individuals with ages and addresses. The fragment includes several households in Washington area, with many entries for infants and young children alongside adult decedents and hospital locations.
Woman Kills Doctor He Was To Marry Another
Dr George Murray Stuart a leading physician in East Liberty was found shot dead in his Pittsburg apartment at 5604 Penn avenue beside him lay Edna Wallace a middle aged woman. Police believe jealousy over his upcoming marriage to a Virginia girl prompted the double killing. The bodies were removed to the morgue and undertaker respectively. Dr Stuart aged 27 had been in practice three years and hailed from Winchester Virginia. The discovery was made by Dr George W Ely a friend who feared his absence. Stuart was to marry August 10.
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Pittsburg
George Murray Stuart
Cashionable Mast Liberty District
Penn Avenue
Edna Wallace
Stuart
Virginia Belle
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Baltimore
East Liberty
J.C. Stuart
Winchester
George W. Ely
Cassatt statue unveiled at new Pennsyl vania terminal
New York August 1 The Pennsylvania terminal was handed over and opened by President McCrea and officials. A statue of Alexander J. Cassatt was unveiled during ceremonies marking the project’s realization. Special trains from Philadelphia arrived with directors for the event. First passenger trains will run to the new station September 8 for Long Island routes. Regular Pennsylvania trains date not announced.
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New York
Pennsylvania Terminal
McCrea
Alexander J. Cassatt
Philadelphia
Long Island
Pennsylvania
Bandits Puncture Tires Near Pittsburg Forest Road
Pittsburg Automo bile Club offers 500 dollar reward for tips to capture highwaymen who set nails on a forest road from Pitts pore to Butler. The attackers planned to rob autoists as they fixed punctured tires. Victims include Frank D. Saupp Dr John Hawkins L G Martin and Paul C Wolff who were warned carrepair crews attacked in the forest.
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Washington
Pittsburg
L. G. Martin
Paul C. Wolff
Thieves Flood Boarding House With Gas Near-Misery
In Montclair New Jersey on August 1 thieves broke into a cellar cut a gas meter and flooded the Nickerson boarding house with gas. Charles Lee’s timely arrival woke the top story tenant and nine others were nearly strangled as they slept. The group escaped as responders arrived.
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Montclair
N. J
Charles Lee
William Nickerson
Worker Blown To Shreds In Powder Factory Blast
Bradford Pa August 1 John Stoan, the sole survivor in the Du Pont Powder Company plant near Howard Junction, was blown to fragments in a nitroglycerin mixing accident. The blast shook buildings in Bradford, nine miles away, leaving only a gaping hole where the small factory stood.
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Bradford
du Pont Powder Company
Howard Junction
John Stoan
Theft of Ring and Cash From Mrs Nolte Home
A theft at 823 North Capitol Street targets a bedroom bureau. Entry came via a second story window with a ladder from the woodshed. A three-fourth carat diamond ring bearing E H N initials and assorted banknotes were taken while Mrs. H H Nolte slept. detective O Drea investigated after the 2 am report.
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H. H. Nolte
North Capitol Street
Tne
O'Dea
James Hartley
E. H.N
Curtiss Hamilton Entry Rule Sparks Open-Affair Debate
New York August 1 The Aero Club of America council ruled that no aviation meet may be sanctioned unless open to all qualified licensed aviators. The move targets Curtiss and Hamilton amid claims of unsportsmanlike entry tactics. The decision could void Harvard meet records if Hamilton is denied entry, while Jerome S. Fanciulli was endorsed for neutral conduct.
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Hamilton
Harvard
Fanciulls
Curtiss
New York
National Council of the Aero Club of America
K. Hamilton
Glenn H. Curtiss
National Council
Harvard Aviation
Contest Committee
Indorse J. S. Fanciulli
Jerome S. Manciulli
Curtiss-Hamilton
Fenciulli
Legislat ors in graft net implicate New York lawmakers
Special to The Washington Fest York Aug 1 records in Ellingwood Cunningham stock brokers books handed to Chairman Merritt of the investigating committee. Hotchkiss had the books under guard in Newark and offered surrender. Merritt will have Judge Bruce examine and report at the Murray Hill Hotel meeting. Conners and Murphy to be questioned over graft charges and authority.
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Washington
York
Ellingwood & Cunningham
Edwin F. Merritt, Jr
Legislative Committee
Assembly
Senate
Hotchkiss
Bloomfield Avenue
Newark
Enter
Legislative Investigating Committee
Merritt
M. Linn Bruce
Murray “Hm Hotel
Conners
Democratic State’ Committee
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Tragedy on Traun Lake Drowns Fifteen Youths
In Munich nine young men and six girls drowned when a barge capsized in a lake storm. Four others were saved by fishermen as the disaster unfolded yesterday near Traun.
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Munich
Bavaria
Lake of
Traun
Licensed to Marry in Roanoke and Beyond
A fragmentary marriage notice lists several couples with ages and locations from Virginia and other states. Names include Andrew W Bice Dora Londas Harriet A Bison Winifred Augin Lucis Comp ton Sarah Johnson Eva Smallwood and others, with multiple reverends noted. The legible items indicate a church wedding notice from a Roanoke area paper.
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Herbert F. Wilkinson
Hannah Long
Roanoke
A. H. Thompson
Audley A. P. Savage
Winifred M. Augin
John W. Avalin
Waiter
Braun
Chicago
Dora Londas
Philadelphia
C. P
Alfred G. Eldridge
Harriet A. Bison
Harry Farmer
Taylor
Nmterlake
Lucis C. Compton
G. Hreeland Peter
Traly J. Him
Sarah K. Johnson
W. Clair
James W.reste
Eva Smallwood
W. J. Howzd i
John’ Av’ Jackson
Allen- Scott
Charlottesville
Irby
Crippen and Miss Leneve Captured in Montreal Court Fight
The Crippen case advances as Hawley Crippen and Ethel LeNeve are brought before Judge Langeler under the fugitive offenders law. Inspector Dew confirms no third degree interrogation. The Montreal arrest follows a voyage where clues from crew and passengers revealed their identities and concealment methods.
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London
Migs Leneve
Crippen
Chan
Miss Leneve
Hawley H. Crippen
Inspector Dew
United States
Michigan
Ethel Clare Leneve
Langelier
Quebec
Angers
Montrose
Identifies Crippen Jewels Mrs Ginnette Claims Belle Elmore Diamonds
Mrs Fred Ginnette of Roselle New Jersey signs dispatch from Quebec to the New York American stating she positively identified as Belle Elmore the diamonds taken from Dr Crippen and Ethel Le Neve at arrest. She notes Belle Elmore’s jewels were far more valuable and explains the jewel memory. The interview scene is described with restrained emotion.
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New York
Quebec
New York American
Fred Ginnett
Roselle
N. J
Hawley” Crippen
Belle Elmore
Crippen
Ethel Leneve
London
Mills Sister Reacts To Crippen Arrest News
Special to The Washington Post from Newport R I Aug 1 Roberta Mills half sister of the murdered Mrs Crippen weeps with joy at her home over Crippen arrest She waits for the Montrose steamer to learn if Crippen is aboard Scotland Yard asks Mills and Hunn of Brooklyn to return to England to aid the case Mrs Mills notes Hinn has learned of Helle HI more s death but Mills would go if required
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Washington Post
Newport
R. EL
Roberta Mills
Crippen
Dr. Crippen
Sire
Scotland Yard
Engand
Mil
Hinn
Helle Himore
England
Youth Made Consular Agent Weinberg Appointed
Ethan Allen Weinberg a Brooklyn youth of YW received word of his appointment as consular agent to Aubres Morocco. He says he is the youngest officer in the consular service with a 1800 dollar yearly salary plus 200 dollars for travel. He had been a clerk on Wall Street and once a House of Representatives page where he met Frederick W Carpenter then secretary to President Taft.
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Ethan Allen Weinberg
House of Representatives
New York
Ethan Allen Weiberg
Brooklyn
Aubres
Morocco
Wall Street
Frederick W. Carpenter
Taft
Indictment Standards in Crippen Case and Corpus Delicti
The article reviews required elements for murder indictments under English and New York law, stressing necessity of premeditation and corpus delicti proof. It cites Crippen extradition context, U.K. statutes, and New York case law on proof of death, direct versus circumstantial evidence, and admissibility of confessions in establishing the corpus delicti.
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Dr. Crippen
Roloft
Va. Corpes
New York
Elder Crippen Heartbroken Over Flight and Trial
Los Angeles on August 1 Cripps father of Dr Hawley Crippen speaks amid the sensational case. He says he cannot go to Hawley due to lack of funds yet would offer comfort if possible. He doubts proof against his son and laments hardship and fear for his health as the case grips two continents.
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Los Angeles
Cal
M. A. Cripps
Hawley H. Crippen
Hawley
Mimore
Missing Head Rumor Circulates In Crippen Case
Ottawa reports say Crippen and Miss Le Neve may face deportation once the immigration department acts. Dominion police expect deportation under extradition rules, while London dispatches note the inquest may specify murder charges on August 15. A rumor claims the missing head has been found, but police did not confirm.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Immigration Department
Dspatechea
London
Girls Kept Death By Own Action Pact Found In Sound
New Rochelle Aug 1 The body of AmeYa Kidvardka a waitress was found in Long Island Sound near Execution lighthouse. Police report she and cousin Alexandra Myroos planned to die together after Myroos left a note indicating intent. Searchers had been seeking since Myroos body was found last Tuesday on Henry M. Flagier's beach.
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Long Island Sound
New Rochélle
N. Y
AmeYa ‘Kidvordka
Execution
Alexandra Myroos
Henry M. Flagier
Myroos
Miss Kidvardka
Hudson Park
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Bertha Moore
Harry W
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Soldiers' Home
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St. Nw
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Govt
Hospi
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Garfeld Hospt
Charles Peters
Dell Court
Florence Wilder
Freedmen's T Hospital
Rosa Woogly
George WS Seaton
F St. Nw
Thomas Baylor
Willie Chapman
Tuberculosis
Jeremiah Clark
7Th St. Nw
Reuben Major
Freedmen's Hospital
Charles Duckett
Children’s Hospital
Daley Mack
Nt. Sw
Thelma O'Dell Barnett
Douglas Row
Mos
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Harrison Aveue
Arnetta Jones
Bellcourt Nw
G. M. Stuadt
Virginia
New York Terminal
Auto Club
North Capitol Street House
Aero Club Council
Hamlton
Andrew W Bice
Evis M. Movs
Rev. J. M. Lit
To-Kalon Wine CO
Lavalliere and Chain
Elers Seventh
D Streets
Rot & CO
Crippen Dupe
Dew
Palais de Justice
Plains of Abraham
Grippen
Leniéhey
Langelfer
Antwerp
Dominick Keen
John Robinson, Jr
Robinson
Kendall
Alfred Smith
Leneve
Arthur Homer
Montreal
J. Mowat
Miss Lenove
Fred Ginnette
George W. Drew
Cnsey H. Crippen
Then
Canada
Elder Crippen
Hear
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