Dirigible Flight Test Delayed at Fort Myer Parade Ground
Cap Baldwin’s airship flight is postponed after preparatory work and rough transit through trees and wires to reach the parade ground. About 2,000 spectators waited as crews fixed adjust ments for today’s expected test flight amid Army signal corps supervision and a Fort Myer encampment setup.
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Baldwin
Fort Myer
Army Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Curtiss
Baloon
Prigate Miller
Compa
Wright
Gen
Bell
Allen
Maj
Russell
Capt
Wallace
Lahm
Foulois
H . Creecy
Marine Corps
Eliott
Capt. Baldwin
Cant Baldwin
Mr. Curtiss
Notes of the Encampment at Fort Washington
At Fort Washington Maryland on August 8 Dr C H Bowker led the field hospital with Dy Butler as steward Aeronautic expert Id Spencer Bomar second lieutenant Company L First regiment asserts he is a practical airshipman and inventor Cupid haunts bachelors at the fort as Master Gunnar Crosby leads efforts An afternoon tennis contest featured Mars Young Heidenrich Mrs Coffin and Miss Spurgeon in a mixed doubles match
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Muttlemen
Mitchell
Fort Hunt
Credita Dly
Maryland
Liert
Emory J. Pike
Fifteenth Cavalry
Col. Coffin
Fort Washington
Durand
Staf
Whillam H. Comin
Coffin
Elisabeth M. Mansfeld
Firet Regiment
C. H Bowker
Dy. Butler
Spéncer Bt. Bomar
Firat Regiment
Gomar
Steenth
Cupid
Gunnar Crosby
Mars. Young and Heidenrich
Spurgeon
Militia Budget Share Set for District and States
Col B H M Weaver announced militia funding from the War Department for the District and states. The District will receive 7200.08 dollars of a 9300.77 budget for militia practice, with Virginia listed at 47114.25 and Maryland at an undetermined portion. Regulations will follow the revised act, distributing funds and supplies by state allotments.
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BH. M
Flight Tests At Fort Myer Delayed By Weather
Crowds fill Fort Myer parade ground as officials and officers forecast a big flight test tomorrow weather permitting. Curtiss reports engine and carburetor ready with minor bolt tightening, while spectators await official trials roped off with guards at the start point. 9000 invitations printed for 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 reports aviator Henri Farman performing successful flights at Brighton Beach race course this afternoon. The first flight covered about three quarters of the distance at a height under six feet, the second was longer, and the third completed the 800 yard distance with the machine about 20 feet high. Weather was ideal and spectators, including local aeronauts, were enthusiastic. Farman hopes to demonstrate turning in the air tomorrow.
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New York
Henri Farman
Brighton Beach
Hach
Aeronauta
Harman
Zeppelin to Test Airship Endurance Flight
Friedrichshaven reports a zeppelin will be tested at night with a trial ascent possibly tomorrow if conditions prove favorable. Count Zeppelin is expected to begin a long endurance flight immediately after the test, pending orders for military officers to observe the maneuvers.
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Friedrichshaven
Count Zeppelin
James Kerr Held Over Hay Fire Arson Charge
James Kerr a Postoffice employee and local athlete was arrested after a two ton hay wagon fire at Tenth and E streets. He allegedly lit a cigar and dropped a match into the hay, witnesses said. Kerr, 27, denies the charge and was released on $300 bond. a preliminary hearing is set. He has been linked to amateur athletics and coached at Business High School.
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Charles Kirk
Olney
James Kerr
Sullivan
Mirat
Kerr
Sliven
Seventh Street South
Th Olympia Athletic Club
Woman jumps from hospital roof in Mount Carmel incident
Mrs. Samuel Gans of Moundville West Virginia leaped from Mount Carmel Hospital roof garden today after four weeks of merited care. Her nurse reportedly escorted her to the roof and she escaped past other patients before plunging eight stories to the ground.
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Columbus
Ghia
Samuel Gans
Moundaville
W. Va
Mount Carmel Hospital
Monoliths to be placed at Treasury front faced delays
A 40 ton granite monolith load failed to move when the street caved at Fourteenth street and Maryland avenue. Olivance by teams of up to 29 horses failed overnight, with a plan to retry at dawn using a steam winch. Crowds watched as work paused, columns destined for the east front, with warnings about past renovation rumors and assurances from Treasury officials.
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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 Hud Port Boy McGee Missing Since Yesterday
Police appeal for help locating 14 year old Hud Port resident McGee who disappeared from his home on BrightWood avenue and Piney Branch road early yesterday. He is described as wearing plain clothes and is believed to be without means of transportation.
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Johnson
Joseph Taper Johnson
Georgetown University
Cherrydale
Frenzies Willson
Johison
Boy
Hud Portman McGee
Hig
BrightWood Avenue
Piney Branch Road
Warm and Fair Today Predicts Continued Heat
Weather man foresees a continuation of a heated spell with fair skies and warm hit highs. Affeck's record shows 98 degrees by 6 P. M. as the heat persists across cities. Kansas City tops the day at 98 degrees, while Portland Maine logs 74 in the peak heat.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Portland
Postal clerk gives bond in mail theft case
Donald Douglass, a cler k at the post office, was arrested Sunday afternoon by F R Barclay and charged with unlawfully opening United States mail. He pleaded not guilty before Commissioner Taylor and was released on a $1,000 bond. HA Stewart stood as surety. The information alleges Douglass opened three letters addressed to Indianapolis, California, 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 vacation
Justice Barnard of the Supreme Court of the District resumes duties after a country stay near Center Lovell Maine. He will sit for all three days of the term on vacation judge duties and plans to return to Maine by October. Justice Anderson remains in the city and will depart for Ohio to stay 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 Sold
John I. Knapp, 53, of 715 Thirteenth Street NW, arrested by Detective Frank Baur for obtaining $1 from Mrs. Mary Baek at 1883 I Street NW by false pretenses. Knapp says he is editor of a boarding house directory published monthly. police found over 100 receipts but no copy of the directory. He canvassed social boarding houses and hotels for subscriptions, per the charges.
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John I. Knapp
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Frank Baur
Mary Baek
I Street Northwest
Falal
Knapp
Bask
Two Storekeepers Robbed in Separate Incidents
Charlea MacCauffin of 1807 HL Street northeast reported a theft of a gold watch and chain from a showcase in his jewelry store. Judith Newman of 2283 Cleveland Avenue Northwest said a shot bag containing $14 was stolen from a money drawer while she was away. William Church reported a thief entered a stable at night between Saturday and yesterday on ighth and atresia Southwest and stole harness valued at $7.
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Charlea
MacCauffin
HL Street
Judith Newman
Cleveland Avenue
William Church
Brent Declines Washington Bishopric Again for Philippines
Bishop Charles H Brent, serving the Philippine Islands, writes Dr Randolph McKim that medical experts confirm his nasal trouble is acute, not chronic, and he will remain in the Orient. A new convention to elect a successor to Bishop Satterlee is planned for October.
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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 Debt
The monthly public debt report shows debt at close of business July 31 1908 totaled 958 609 823 dollars an increase of 87 411 for the month The debt breakdown includes Interest bearing debt 307 008 980 debt on which interest ceased since maturity 3 943 743 debt bearing no interest 410 990 20 totaling 1 912 497 996 Excluded are 1 307 715 869 in certificates and Treasury notes outstanding offset by cash held for redemption Cash in Treasury totals 1 791 038 0 while demand liabilities outstanding are 1 437 409 856 leaving cash 253 623 173 The rise is attributed to cash loss in Treasury during July about 26 million due to higher expenditures and note redemptions Weather and other notices follow with temperature readings and river bulletins.
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Tresbury
Treasury Norda
Treasury
General Fund
National Bank Depositarias
Treasury CE Bippine Islands
Beis
Four Horses Die in Fire at Stable Behind 73 Street Southwest
A two story frame stable owned by Charles Wietzel and occupied by Charles Javiis burned last night at 73 Street Southwest. Four horses perished and eight harness sets with four Wagons were destroyed. The blaze may have started from spontaneous combustion of damp hay in the loft, with insurance covering the loss estimated at 1800 dollars. Firemen battled the flames for over half an hour after the alarm.
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Charles Javiis
Charles Wietzel
Purses Stolen In Stores Reported By Women
Mrs B Robey of 1108 Sixth Street Southwest reported a pocketbook containing two dollars stolen from a department store after a woman brushed by. Gekraie Kibler of Falls Church Va also reported a purse theft in a Pennsylvania Avenue store. An inmate, Katie OConnor, 4, escaped from Government Insane Asylum around 10 am wearing a black skirt and white shirt.
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Gekraie Kibler
Falls Church
Misa Kibler
Pennsylvania Avenue
Katie O'Connor
Insdme
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