Failure to Complete Adjust ments Delays Air Flight Test
Capt Baldwin aims for a 4:30 PM flight test of his army dirigible after rushed adjustments at Fort Myer. The test promised spectacle with two thousand spectators present but was postponed due to unfinished work and safety concerns. The airship battled trees, wires, and a crowded parade ground as officers oversaw the effort and prepared for today’s attempt.
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Baldwin
Muttlemen
Mitchell
Fort Hunt
Credita Dly
Edwin Gunner
United States Army
Maryland
Liert
Emory J. Pike
Fifteenth Cavalry
Col. Coffin
Fort Washington
Durand
Staf
Whillam H. Comin
Fort Myer
Army Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Cant. Baldwin
Curtiss
Baloon
Capt
Prigate Miller
Compa
Wright
Gen
Bell
Allen
Maj
Russell
Wallace
Lahm
Foulois
H . Creecy
Marine Corps
Eliott
Capt. Baldwin
Cant Baldwin
Mr. Curtiss
Notes of the Encampment at Fort Washington Md
Fort Washington Md August reports Dr C H Bowker surgeons field hospital duties. Aeronautic expert Dy Butler present with Lt Spencer Bomar. Inventor Gomar claims a world startling airship. Regular army NCOs pursue bachelors meal led by Master Gunner Crosby. Tennis match featured Mars Young Heidenrich and Mrs Coffin Miss Spurgeon.
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Fort Washington
C. H Bowker
Dy. Butler
Spéncer Bt. Bomar
Firat Regiment
Gomar
Steenth
Cupid
Gunnar Crosby
Mars. Young and Heidenrich
Coffin
Spurgeon
Militia Budget Share Set at 37203 for District Chapter
Col BH M Weaver announces district militia to receive 37203.08 from a 9,300.77 allocation for militia practice under revised act. Virginia allotment 47114.25 and Maryland 0 also noted. War Department says funds and supplies will follow approved state allotments. The total militia appropriation reaches 2 million.
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BH. M
Fort Myer Air Trial Delayed by Weather and Prep
Crowds packed the Fort Myer parade ground as Curtiss tested an engine amid rope and wire hazards. Officials plan official trials tomorrow if weather cooperates, with 9 000 reserved invitations issued for army and navy officers and government officials.
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Fort Myer
Curtiss
Col. Hatfield
Army
Navy
Farman Makes Flights At Brighton Beach Race Course
New York aviator Henri Farman completed three flights at Brighton Beach race course this afternoon. The first leg covered about 4 and a third of the distance at under six feet, the second was longer, and the third spanned the full 800 yards with the machine about 20 feet high. Weather was ideal and spectators, including local aeronauts, praised the display. Tomorrow Farman hopes to show the plane’s ability to turn in the air.
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New York
Henri Farman
Brighton Beach
Hach
Aeronauta
Harman
Zeppelin To Test Airship In Friedrichshaven Night Flight
Friedrichshaven reports a Zeppelin airship will be tested during the night with a probable trial ascent tomorrow if in order. Count Zeppelin may begin an immediate long endurance flight after the test, without waiting for the arrival of imperial commissioners and officers assigned to observe the maneuvers.
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Friedrichshaven
Count Zeppelin
Hay Fire Allegation Targets Postoffice Worker James Kerr
James Kerr a 27 year old Postoffice Department employee and local athlete is charged with arson in connection with a two ton hay blaze at Tenth and E Streets NW. Witnesses said Kerr lit a cigar and dropped a match into hay. he denies the charge. He was held on a 300 real estate bond after arrest by Policeman Sullivan and may face a police court preliminary hearing. The fire drew several engines but the wagon was saved and Kerr’s past as a football coach and Olympia Athletic Club member is noted.
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Charles Kirk
Olney
James Kerr
Sullivan
Mirat
Kerr
Sliven
Seventh Street South
Th Olympia Athletic Club
Man jumps from hospital roof in West Virginia tragedy
Mrs. Samuel Gans of Moundaville West Virginia leaped from Mount Carmel Hospital roof garden. She had been admitted four weeks for melancholia and was escorted to the roof by a nurse. She escaped the ward and plunged eight stories to the ground.
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Columbus
Ghia
Samuel Gans
Moundaville
W. Va
Mount Carmel Hospital
Monoliths For Treasury Front Stall After Bridge Breaks
A wagon carrying the first 28 ton granite monolith for the east front of the Treasury stalled when the Fourteenth Street asphalt gave way under a 40 ton load. A crowd watched as horses and drivers, led by Sandy Hagan, tried to lift the load with no success overnight. The team plans to resume work with possible steam aid, while 29 more columns await.
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Treasury
Fourteenth Street
Maryland Avenue
Fi. O'Clock
Aakt
Sandy Hagan
Maryand
Littlefield, Alvord & Co
Sandy
Jamnd
Treasury Building
Police Seek BrightWood Area Boy McGee Missing 14
Police ask for help locating McGee a 14 year old Port man last seen yesterday morning. He disappeared from BrightWood avenue and Piney Branch road and may be in the vicinity. Authorities request any information to contact the local station immediately.
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Boy
Portman McGee
BrightWood Avenue
Piney Branch Road
Warm and Fair Today Predicts Continued Heat
Weather man forecasts fair and warm weather with light southerly winds for today. Affeck's record shows 98 degrees at 6 pm with low humidity reducing discomfort. Kansas City tops at 98 degrees while several cities reach the 90s and Portland, Me. records 74 in the day’s heat.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Portland
Postal Clerk Gives Bond In Mail Case
Donald Douglass, a post office clerk, was arrested Sunday afternoon by post office inspector F R Barclay on charges of unlawfully opening United States mail. He entered a not guilty plea before Commissioner Taylor and was released on a $1,000 bond. Stewart qualified on surety. Information filed lists three letters opened, addressed to Indianapolis, Carlisle, Pa, and West Somerville.
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Donald Douglass
Postoffice
F. R Barclay
Post Office
United States
Taylor
Ee HA
Stewart
Douglass
Indianapolis
Catiele
West Somerville
Justice Barnard Returns to Bench After Summer Break
Justice Barnard of the Supreme Court of the District resumes duties after a summer at Cen ter Lovell Maine. He will hear all three days during the vacation term before returning to Maine for the opening of the regular term in October. Justice Anderson remains in the city but plans a brief trip to Ohio for about ten days.
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Barnard
Supreme Court of the District
Center Lovell
Pe Supreme Court
Maine
Anderson
Ohio
Editor Held Prisoner Admits 100 Subscriptions Found
John I. Knapp 53 of 715 Thirteenth Street NW was arrested on a charge of obtaining $1 from Mrs. Mary Baek by false pretenses. Detectives say he canvassed boarding houses and hotels for subscriptions to a monthly directory he claimed to edit. over 100 receipts were found, but police cannot locate a copy of the directory.
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John I. Knapp
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Frank Baur
Mary Baek
I Street Northwest
Falal
Knapp
Bask
Two Storekeepers Report Robberies In City
Charlea MacCauffin of a jewelry shop at 1807 HL Street NE reported a gold watch and chain stolen from a display case. Judith Newman of a store at 2283 Cleveland Ave NW said a shot bag containing 14 dollars was taken from a money drawer while absent. William Church said a thief entered a stable at ighth and atresia SW between Saturday night and yesterday and stole harness valued at seven dollars.
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Charlea
MacCauffin
HL Street
Judith Newman
Cleveland Avenue
William Church
Bishop Brent Declines Washington Bishopric for Philippine Posts
Bishop Charles H Brent says physicians report his Philippine nasal trouble is acute not chronic, guiding his decision to remain in Manila. He declines a second proffered bishopric to Washington, stating his duty lies with the Philippine Islands and plans a convention in October to elect a successor if needed.
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McKim
Washington
Philippine Islands
Charles Henry Brent
Brent
United States
Satterlee
Philippines
Boston
Oriant
Phillippines
Randolph McKim
McKiim
Freeland Peter
Cc. H. Brent
America
Brentardin
Dr Brent
Hias
Jung Suto
John v
Public Debt Statement Shows July 31 1908 Total
Public debt at close of business July 31 1908 stood at 958 609 823 dollars an increase for the month of 87 411 The total debt is broken down into interest bearing debt 307 008 980 dollars debt on which interest ceased since maturity 3 943 743 debt bearing no interest 410 990 20 total 1 912 497 996 This excludes 1 307 715 869 in certificates and Treasury notes outstanding offset by cash in the Treasury Cash in the Treasury totals 1 791 038 090 with demand liabilities outstanding 1 437 409 856 leaving a cash balance on hand of 253 623 173 The rise in apparent public debt is due to cash losses in the Treasury during July about 26 million driven by higher expenditures and note redemptions. The report includes weather and tidal data from Washington August 3 with Monday temperatures and notes on showers in the South and Southwest and fair weather elsewhere.
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Tresbury
Treasury Norda
Treasury
General Fund
National Bank Depositarias
Treasury CE Bippine Islands
Beis
Fire destroys stable. four horses perish at rear of street
A blaze last night gut a two story frame stable at rear of 73 street southwest. Charles Javiis a fish dealer owned the property with four horses and wagons lost. Fire, possibly from spontaneous combustion of damp hay, burned for over a half hour before control. Insurance reportedly covers the full loss, pegged at 1800 dollars.
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Charles Javiis
Charles Wietzel
Purses Stolen in Stores and Inmate Missing at Asylum
Mrs B Robey reported loss of a pocketbook containing $2 from a department store basket. A second purse was taken from Miss Gekraie Kibler in a Pennsylvania Avenue shop. An asylum inmate, Katie O Connor, aged 4, escaped from Government Insane Asylum after being allowed grounds access.
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Gekraie Kibler
Falls Church
Misa Kibler
Pennsylvania Avenue
Katie O'Connor
Insdme
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