Death mystery deepens as detectives to be used
Parkersburg West Virginia August 2 1915 murder and robbery of former judge James A Watson attorney and oilman found dead on his doorstep. Coroner jury heard developments not justifying arrests and confirmed possible murder by strychnine with over $2000 taken. Inquest adjourned to tomorrow as new witnesses to be examined and high class detectives to be brought in.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
James A. Watson
Ofiman
Funeral for Calton Bretz Stops Wagons in Western Maryland
The Washington Post reports the funeral of Calton Lewis Bretz, a leading Western Maryland businessman, was held at Immanuel Episcopal Church Cumberland. In Bedford Pa and Mount Savage, services were led by clergy from area churches. A five minute silence at 6 pm stopped all rail and street traffic as a mark of respect. Bretz had roles as resident agent for Consolidation Coal, general manager of Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, and president of Cumberland and Westernport Electric. His holdings included a sale to T L Doherty & Co of New York.
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Washington Post
Cumberland Md
Calton Lewis Bretz
Maryland
Immanuel Episcopal Church
William Cleveland Hicks
Costello
Episcopal Church
Bedford
Brett
W. C Shaw
St George Episcopal Church
Mount Savage
Pennsylvania Trath
Taelg
Consolidation Coal Company
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Bretz
Cumberland and Westernport
HaUtMc
T. L. Doherty & Co
New York
Home for Rockville Masons in Rockvale Center
Burkvale Maryland reports that a two article incorporation created the Tockwte Masonic Library and Hall Association to buy a home for Rockville Masonic lodges. The Maus building in Rockvale center is to be purchased for 5000 dollars and remodeled. officers listed include Winfred Beck president and Robert G Hilton treasurer. The Rockville lodge plans a lasting home.
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Maus
Rockvale
Association
Winfred Beck
Roger Shaw
George Hh. Tews
Robert G Hilton
Dr G B Jennings Dead In Greene County
Dr George Jennings longtime Greene county schools superintendent and prominent educator in Greene Greene County died at 3 o’clock this morning at his home in Tuckerville aged 73 after heart trouble. Survived by his wife and ten children, he was active in county affairs and Mason circles.
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Washington
Charlottesville
George
Greene County
Tuckersvile
Jennings
Mason
Mountain Lake Park Chautauqua Opens With Address
The twenty eighth annual chautauqua at Mountain Lake Park was formally opened this evening by Dr Charles W Baldwin of Baltimore president of the Mountain Lake Park Association who gave the welcome. Brief addresses followed from Dr W Davidson of Isiahga Falls and Dr W W Davis dean of schools. This afternoon the Boys High School Band of Fairmont West Virginia gave a concert.
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Cumberland
Accident Ends in Amputation After House Shotgun Accident
Bristol Tenn August 2 James Gimpps 28 a prominent lumberman was accidentally shot in the left leg by a shotgun falling from a closet in his father's home. The buckshot shattered the bone and the limb was amputated immediately.
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Bristol
Tenn
James Gimpps
Samuel E Horst of Cearfoss Dies at 61
In Hagerstown on Monday evening Samuel E Horst a wealthy retired farmer aged 61 died at his Cearfoss area home from dropsy. He belonged to the Mennonite Church and left nine children. He owned three large farms and was half brother to Mrs Walter Kendall of Hagerstown.
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Hagerstown
Samuel E Horst
Cearfoss
Mennonite Church
Walter Kendall
Elizabeth Leavy
Claylick
Dunkard
George W. Kilng
Jacob M. Kline
Rantel Leevy
Chidren
Daniel Hawbaker
Hagers
Waynesburg
Susan Catharine Wastabeaugh
Shewin -Miss- Adams
Motorists in Court in Maryland Auto Regulation Case
Rockville Maryland August 2 Special to The Washington Post Willam H Sholes of 101 Maryland avenue northeast Washington and D A Edwards of 15 Massachusetts avenue northeast faced Justice Reading in police court for Maryland auto regulation violations They were detained Sunday near Chevy Chase by Deputy Sheriff Bradley Carr and released to appear Sholes denied speeding claiming not faster than 16 mph while Carr believed 18 mph was the limit and the judge dismissed the case Edwards said he was unaware he crossed into Maryland and not intending to cross the line Justice Reading gave the minimal fine The others L G White 2006 Columbia road and Sol Goldberg 62% I street northwest also faced Deputy Carr and will appear tomorrow for violations of auto rules In Montgomery County motorists need not fear two sheriffs deputies were to hunt violators but the county board abandoned that plan The county commission has dropped use of two mounted officers to chase rule breakers
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Washington Post
Rockville
Willam H Sholes
Maryland Avenue
Washington
D A. Edwaris
Massachusetts Avenue
Reading
Maryland
Chevy Chase
Bradley Carr
Sholes
Carr
Justice Reading
Edwardes
Edwards
L. G. White
Columbia Road
Sol Goldberg
Autolats
Montgomery
Viett
Death of Reuben Riggs in Rockville Md at 70
Reuben Higgs aged 70 died suddenly yesterday afternoon at his Goshen home from heart failure. Survived by wife Miss Jones of Laytonsville and children from a former marriage, including Capt. Samuel Riggs of the Maryland National Guard and William C Riggs of Washington. Also leaves two brothers Elisha Riggs and Samuel Riggs and sister Mrs Charles J Wood of Baltimore. Funeral at 10:30 Thursday from Goshen M E Church with interment in Olney Episcopal Cemetery. A Confederate veteran, he belonged to Ridgely Brown Camp in the county.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Reuben Higgs
Goshen
Miss. Jones
Laytonsville
Bamuel Riggs
Maryland National Guard
Virginia briefs report multiple crimes and incidents
Dock Snead and his son were arrested near Massies Mill on murder charges in Meredith McGann’s death. E B Dunford faces a preliminary hearing on bigamy. John Franklin fined 650 for operating a blind tiger in Lynchburg. Robert Johnson on trial for murder in Nelson County with many witnesses. A toddler in Ashburn died from scalding boiler scalding. Loudoun County to study Potomac bridge tolls with Maryland. Mosby’s men reunion planned in Herndon. Julian Tate, 7, injured in Danville auto accident. Frances Kelley and Joan Beckwith wed near Derwood by Rev. McGuire.
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Robert Johnson
Lovingston
Nelson County
John Stanton
Tower Nelson County
Board of Supervisors
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Maryland
Potomac River
Point of Rocks
Mosby
Herndon
Virginia and nearby obituaries recount local deaths
Virginia notices report W T Dungan of Mendota aged 61 died of heart failure after business travel. Survived by wife and daughters Virginia Hammer Maud Garmon Olivia Lipscomb. Cancer of the stomach claims Kime Brunner at 64 in Baltimore. Luray mourns Harrison Koontz near Alma at 73, unmarried. Roanoke recalls Judge J W Neal, 77, longtime Roanoke pioneer and justice of the peace, survived by son and daughters. Peter Bruesh dies at grand nephew J Conrad’s home, age about 2 to 0, survived only by grand nephew. Charlottesville notes Sadie Sisk wife of Perry W Sisk of Stanley Page county, died after ten days hospital treatment, leaves husband and one child. Richmond reports Alfred Moses 0, assistant manager at Walter D Moses & Co, Confederate veteran, death received from Bedford Springs.
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Bristol
W. T. Dungan
Virginia
Mendota
Virginia Hammer
Pulaski
Maud Garmon
Charleston
Wva
Olivia Lipscomb
Kime Brunner
Samuel Brunner
Columbia Paper Company
Baltimore
Luray
Harrison Koontz
Alma
Shenandoah Valley
Roanoke
J. W. Neal
Salem
Lem
Peter Bruesh
J. Conrad
Charlottesville
Sadie Sisk
Perry W. Sisk
Stanley
Page County
Sisk
Harden Auger
Richmond
Bedford Springs
Alfred Moses
Walter D Moses& Co
Surry Confederate Monument Unveiled in Surry County
Twelve white clad girls from the Southern states helped draw the cord to unveil a Confederate dead monument at the Surry county courthouse Petersburg Va Aug 2 Senator Claude A Swanson delivered the day’s oration The monument 20 feet high Virginia granite features a bronze cavalryman statue and inscriptions honoring Surry County Confederate soldiers and memory The ceremony included Confederate veterans from nearby counties and veterans camps from Petersburg and Richmond Governor Mann was unable to attend due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Petersburg
Misa Eloise Bohannan
Surry
Surry County
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Daniel
Mann
Iilness
Swanson
Ladies’ Memorial Association
W. 8. Burt
8. B. Barham
Confederate Veterans of
A. P. HM
R. E. Lea
Richmond
Confederate Memorial Association of
A. D
Hfe
W. B. Baker Chosen for Congress in Second District
Baltimore Aug 2 Republican leaders in the Second district select former Representative William B. Baker of Hartford County as the congressional nominee. He will run against Democratic incumbent J Fred Talbott, aiming for a strong challenge though nomination must come at the August primary. Baker, a three term congressman, is highly popular and views his candidacy as virtually unopposed locally. The district includes Baltimore Harford Carroll counties and parts of Baltimore city.
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Baltimore
John B. Hanna
William B. Baker
Hartford County
Baker
J Fred Talbott
Democratic Party
Talbott
Harford
Carroll
Baltimore City
Congress
State Senate
West Virginia Notes Mix of Politics and Agriculture
West Virginia notes report mayor William Mead of Kermit arrested in Williamson under the Johnson antipistol law, held for grand jury. Wheeling welcomes Rev W Dysinger from Vandergrift to First English Lutheran Church, replacing Rev Samuel Schwarm. State regents require all West Virginia University male students to enroll in military tactics and science. state orchard inspectors begin mandatory peach yellow disease checks, marking infected trees for destruction. In Rockville, Roger B Farquhar sells a 391 acre farm near Rockville for 39100 to Mia Lowe of New York. suffragists plan work in Hagerstown as Maryland campaigners arrive with Dr Donald H Hooker and others to boost equal suffrage efforts.
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William Mead
Kermit
Williamson
State Board of Regents
West Virginia University
Department of Military Tactics and Science
Hagerstown
Washington
Ave
Maryland Just Government Suffrage League
Baltimore
Donald H. Hooker
Hooker
State League
Calvin Gabriel
Reed Louis
Columbia University
New York
M. L. Manning
Easton
Cornman Moore Elope and Marry in Hagerstown
Miss Charlotte Cornman daughter of Charles Cornman of Carlisle and Robert Moore of Philadelphia, a University of Pennsylvania graduate and civil engineer, eloped with him and wed in Hagerstown on August 2, officiated by Rev. Robert A Hoyle of the Presbyterian Church.
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Hagerstown
Charlotte Cornman
Charles T. Cornman
Carlisle
Robert Moore
Philadelpa
University of Pennesylvania
Robert A Hoyle
Presbyterian Church
Death of John B. Sisson in Baltimore
After a three month illness John B. Sisson of Hugh Sisson & Sons marble manufacturers died at home. He is survived by his wife and children John B. In. Ormond Allan N. Margaret and Martha.
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Baltimore
John B. Sisson
Hugh Sisson & Sons
Maryland Weddings Prompt Hagerstown Nuptials
In Hagerstown on Aug 2 Miss Alice M. Smith married Thomas Henry as Rev Gordon I. Rider of United Brethren Church performed the ceremony at her home. Also in the area Miss Annie Burei wed Elmer Wolff at St. Pauls United Brethren parsonage. Admiral D. Boyer and Cecil Randall united in marriage in Smithsburg. Mary Alice Wageaman and Frank G Mentzer wed in Waynesboro.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Frances Virginia Kelley
Joan W. Beckwith
Derwood
Philip B. McGuire
St. Mary's Cathete Church
Hagerstown
Alice M. Smith
Thomas Henry
Gordon I. Rider
United Brethren Church
Annie Burei
Elmer Wolff
Mercersburg
St. Paul's
United Brethren Parsonage
A. B. Statton
Smithsburg
Admiral D. Boyer
Sterling, Ill
Cecil Randall
Dixon, Il
Bayer
Daniel Sigler
Creek
Waynesboro
Mary Alice Wageaman
Mont Alto
Frank G Mentzer
D M. Smith
J. A. Burkholder
The Harsh Night at Marshs Cannery Reveals Danger
Emerson encounters a hidden struggle at Marsh cannery as a shadowy pursuit culminates in a brutal clash. Wills Marsh badly wounded, others vanish into the shadows while Cherry and Boyd glimpse danger and fragile trust amid rumors of a copper mine and looming storms.
Newport News Rail Way Motorman Dies After Crash
Riley a young motorman for Newport News and Old Point Railway and Electric Company died after his car crashed into the rear of another on the Buckres Beach to Old Point Comfort line. He said brakes failed as the main line car stopped. Iley, a young married man, lived with family in Gloucester. Distressed missing farmer found drowned A. J. Holloway of York county was found at Back River after vanishing last Saturday. He is survived by a wife and three children.
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Newport News
Riley
Newport News and
Old Point Railway and Electric Company
Buckres Beach
Old Point Comfort College
Iley
Gloucester
A. J. Holloway
York County
Hempton
Back River
Holloway
Resignation of Rev James Smiley at St Anne's Church
Annapolis Md Aug 2 The Rev James L Smiley who has served as assistant rector of St Anne s Protestant Episcopal Church for four years resigned today. He will leave the parish at once and his successor will be announced in due course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Smiley
Washington Post
Annapolis, Md
James & Smiley
St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church
Hornet Allowed To Sail As Nicaragua Forces Press
New Orleans Aug 2 United States commissioner freed Capt Moon master of the converted yacht Hornet and dismissed the case finding no evidence of intent to violate neutrality laws. The vessel sailed for Bluefields while Madriz forces under Vasquez retreated to San Jose and Estrada plans a campaign against Managua to end the war.
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New Orleans
W. O. Moon
Hornet
United States
Madrid
Nicaragua
Moon
Bluefields
William Adler
Bluefield
Adler
State National Bank of
Honduras
Capt Moon
Mohn
Aceyapa
Lara
Moncado
Madriz
Vasquez
San Jose
Mena
Witt
Estrada
Managua
Mill Merger In Court Dissolution Bid In Lynchburg Suit
In Danville Virginia on August 2 the corporation court heard demurrer arguments in a suit by W R Winifree and others of Lynchburg seeking to dissolve the Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills merger. The case cites unfair terms and Sherman antitrust concerns amid a $6.6 million capitalization.
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Washington Post
Danville
W. R. Winifree
Lynchburg
Riverside
Dan River Cotton Mills
A. M. Aiken
Riverside Cotton Mills
Dan River Power and Manufacturing Company
Riverside and
Corporation Court of
Coleman & Harrison
Phiegar
Bristol
Peatross & Harris
South
Washington
Baltimore
Tasley Races Open with 2500 Attendees at Peninsula Fair
Special to The Washington Post Tasley Virginia August 2 The Peninsula Fair Association opened gates drawing about 2500 from Eastern Shore Virginia and Maryland. Racing card filled with lively events Starter R E Biggs Baltimore present Results include S year old trot 20 purse Sorrel Top wins with Bilectress Dillon second and Kurnel 5 third Best time 240. 230 trot purse Grace J wins with Edwin G second Emily McKinney third Paul G third. Dolly Dilard wins pace 200 purse with King of the Manor second Charlie Sanders third. Toyene Wilkes Silver Lake and Lady Pian placed as named. Best time 221 224 pace.
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Tasley
Peninsula Fair Association
Virginia
Maryland
R. E. Biggs
Baltimore
Sorrel Top
Bilectress Dillon
Kurnel
Grace J
Nicholson
Edwin G
Armatrong
Emily McKinney
Sherrill
Paul G
Gladstone
Princess Grescens
Hanson
Dan Prince
Kellam
Mics Nephus
Andrews
Jack James
Obeso
Guy
Nominy
Horden
Bank Robbers Held for Grand Jury in South Hill Heist
Suffolk Va Aug 2 John Brooks Dick Cousins and John Walker three magis trates in South Hill held for the grand jury and committed without bail after a preliminary hearing. A fourth suspect awaits hearing. They allegedly robbed the Bank of South Hill on July 20 after threatening a clerk, entering the vault but failing to break the time lock. About $2 was taken.
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Suffolk
John Brooks
Cousins
John Walker
South Hill
Mecklenburg County
Fouth
Margerita Barbey Engagement Announced in London
London announces the engagement of Miss Margerita Barbey of New York to Gilbert Hiliot son of the late Frederick and Lady Charlotte Eliot. Miss Barbey is daughter of the late Henry Barbey.
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London
Margerita Barbey
Henry Barbey
New York
Gilbert Hiliot
Frederick
Charlotte Eliot
Prince Tsai-Fao Tours Europe Sparks Dynastic Criticism
Prince Tsai-Fao uncle of the young emperor arrived unheralded in Peking, amid criticism over his extensive tour of the United States and Europe. Another brother of the regent plans to sail for the United States to study naval methods, while many imperial relatives will also travel abroad. In Canton, a San Francisco fundraiser sent 1000 dollars to support a boycott campaign against American goods over treatment of Chinese at Angel Island.
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Peking
Prince Tsai-Fao
United States
Europe
Tsai-Tan
Tsai- Hsun
America
China
Conference of Army Surgeons
Hongkong
Canton
San Francisco
Angel Island
Wu Ting-fang Recalled to Office as Councilor
Peking August 2 Wu Ting-fang former minister to the United States, after retirement from diplomatic service, has reentered government life. He was appointed councilor to the foreign office, as the regent Yuan Shikai’s dismissal prompted the need for strong foreign experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Wu Ting-fang
United States
Foreign Office
Yuan Shi-Kal
Missing United Wireless Books Reappear In Federal Case
New York Aug 2 missing books of United Wireless Telegraph Company surfaced at the federal building just before a deadline. A messenger delivered the volumes after the grand jury probe began following arrests of several officers. Five men faced contempt threats if the volumes were not produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Federal Building
Forty-second Street
Federal Grand Jury
Talks With Women by Madison C. Peters Truths to Live By
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century column by Madison C. Peters presents admonitions for women. It condemns vanity and idle charity, urges self respect, warns against slander, and stresses inner nobility over outward wealth. It notes social cautions about fault finding and meddling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison C. Peters
Root Opens Final Argument in Newfoundland Fisheries Case
The Hague Aug 2 Senator Root began the closing argument for the American side in the Newfoundland fisheries case. He argued the dispute is too important for arbitration to be treated lightly and that the core difference is sovereignty versus treaty rights. America would recognize British sovereignty if compatible with the 1818 treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Senator Root
Newfoundland
Robson
Great Britain
America
Blind law clerk aids Wise with briefs in New York
Special to The Washington Post New York Aug 2 United States District Attorney Henry A Wise employs a blind assistant Raymond A Brown Harvard Law School class of 1910 who has been blind since age eight Brown’s duties include brief making with his secretary reading papers he dictates to a stenographer or uses his own machine his precision and ability impress Wise
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
United States
Henry A Wise
Raymond A. Brown
Harvard Law School
Brown
Wise
Cotton Average Falls Across July
The cotton crop condition average on July 25 was 75.5 percent of normal, per a Department of Agriculture bulletin released at noon yesterday. It stood at 80.7 on June 25 and 71.9 on July 25 last year, with past years and the ten year average also cited. Experts note July rains east of the Mississippi reduced the condition, but the drop was not unexpected.
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Watson
Rockville Masons
Toudénn Chautauqua
Prohibition and Evangelical Association of
Loudounounty
Purcellvoleths County
Ora Samuel Gray
del George W Bain
Dtaers
Gov Mann
G. B. Jennings
Aiguntas
Lake Park
Chautauqua
Phew
Reuben Riggs
Montgomery County
Virginia Briefs
John Franklin
Franklin
Julian Tate
D P. Tate
C. W Pritchett
John W. Beckwith
Miss Kelley
Senator Swanson
W. B. Baker
West Virginia
W. Dysinger
Vandergrift
First English Lutheran Church
Wheeling
Samuel Schwarm
Springfield
Ohio
Panhandle
R. B. Farquhar
Roger B. Farquhar
Board of County School Commissioners
Norbeck Road
Mia. Lowe
Hlopers
Inorde
Harper & Brothers
Silver Horde
Cherry
Boyd
Washington State
Chakawana
Comnstentine
Jutruaian
Emerson
Mildred
Marsh
Wills Marsh
Bis
Howison
Prof. Smith
Fredericksburg
Margaret Graham Howison
G. Howison
Braehead
James Brooks Smith
University of Virginia
Kentucky
Miss Howison
Bredericksburg College
Hampden-Sydney
Norfolk
Grand Camp, Confederate Veterans of North Carolina
James W. Hamilton
Durham
N. C
Grand Camp
Confederate Veterans of Virginia
Albert Marvel
Gira
Manhattan
Calvert Co
Prince
Tsai-Tao
Emperor
Peking Foreign Office
Messenger Boy
Bran
U. S
Tiz
Drewther
Walter Luthers
Chicago
O'Donnell's
D Achiv Ve
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