Raiders Burrow Fort Washington In War Game
A Maryland militia unit conducted a daring night raid into Fort Washington as part of a war game. The section from Company A seized the fortifications, damaged the power plant, captured officers and staff, and secured prisoners while mock battles unfolded with fort defenses using blank cartridges under careful safety procedures.
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Fort Washington
Harries
Qurand
Potomac
Fort Hunt
Cnl Reichelderfer
Charles
Ldeut
Chambler
Maryland
Cot Durand
Fort Washington Drill Follows Simulated Attack Plan
Reporting on a staged exercise at Fort Washington, patrols and outposts manned by Third battalion Fleet regiment and other units prepared for a mock assault from Fort Hunt. Blanks were issued to avoid live fire, while a wireless link connected Fort Washington to Fort Flint for night communications.
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United States Army
Fort Washington
Virginia
Fleet Regiment
Gunner
Maghee
Twenty+third Infantry
Pike
Duke
Humphrey
William Mitchell
United States Army Signal’ Corps
Fort Hunt
Fort Flint
Fort Huot
District Naval Battalion
Pallip
Golderman
Spurgin
Notes of the Encampment at Fort Washington
District guardsmen learn war drills as regulars report daily routines. Lieutenant Walsh dodges posts on a hot day, then paints a bench with The Alert and naps. Quartermaster shortages disrupt meals, while visitors note reprimanded cavalry officer and debates over canteen reinstatement.
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Proma Sta
Fort Washington
United States Army
Norris P. Walsh
Lieut
Gunner
Walsh
Emory J. Pike
Fifteenth Cavalry
Reat
Congress
Military details from regiment headquarters report
The passage lists guard mounting by Company H First Regiment with Capt John W Lehmann as officer of the day and Lieuts Harry N Stull and Robert Eat Moyer Jr as guard officers. It notes chaplain and postmaster Francis J Woodman, regimental surgeon William Mullin and son handling mail, and mentions Feimen Dudley Cannon of Washington as guests at regimental headquarters during Col Uretani's absence.
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Coffin
Arell
Ata
Ion Col Coffin
Gelderman
Mianeuvers
John B. Brooks
Second Regimne
John W. Lehmann
Harry N. Stull
Robert Eat Moyer, Jr
Wgiment
Francis J. Woodman
William Mullin and Son
Rons
Feimen Dudley
Cannon
Washington
Col. Uretani
Ten Proposers Warned as Two Lunchrooms Close for Repairs
District Health Officer Woodward calls stricter oversight of local slaughterhouses and supports regular operating hours for inspections. He cites a proposed law from Congress and envisions a municipal slaughterhouse as an ideal but costly reform. Inspections in several northwest lunchrooms resulted in ten warnings and three clean, while others closed for repairs.
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Woodward
Congress
Health Department
Europe
Pennsylvannia Avenue
Sixth Street
Louisiana Avenue
EH and I Streets
Frank H. Deland
G Street Northwest
Norris
Stoy
Joseph Bowman
M Street Northwest
Henry & Garnett
Twelfth Street Northwest
Cauntera
Trustbuster Kellogg Busy in St Paul Prep for Prosecution
Special to The Washington Post. Frank B. Kellogg known as a trustbuster works at the post office building in St Paul preparing for the Standard Oil Company case in St Louis next month. He has returned from the East after talks with President Roosevelt and Attorney General Bonaparte. Accompanying him are Attorney Morrison of Chicago E Durand of the Department of Commerce and Labor and Oliver H Pagan of the Department of Justice. Kellogg declined to discuss Judge Grosseups Federal court of appeals ruling overruling the $29 000 000 assessment by Judge Landis.
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Washington Paor
Minneapolis
Minn
Frank B. Kellogg
Wiliam Hy Taft
Rvema
St. Paul
Standard OW Company
St Louis
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
B. Morrison
Chicago
E. Durand
Department of Commerce and Labor
Oliver H. Pagan
Department of Justice
Washington
Kellogg
Man Held After Shooting At Ex Sweetheart In Store
K. B. Connelly, charged with shooting at Miss Katie Heelman in a Richmond store, waived preliminary examination and case forwarded to the grand jury. He reportedly claims temporary insanity. the bullet lodged in the girl’s corset after being deflected by steel.
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Washington Post
Richmond
B. Conny
Katie Heelman
Kul
Connelly
Stage Manager Killed in Vaudeville Accident
Grie, Pa. Aug 4 Wilam E Wynn stage manager of the vaudeville theater at Four Mile Creek was electrocuted during the fourth act after touching a switchboard. Actress Miss Dora Pelletier was seriously shocked while trying to assist Wynn. she is believed to recover.
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Grie
Wilam E. Wynn
Four Mile Creek
Here
Dora Pelletier
Wiaon
Walker sets new hundred yard sprint record
EL Walker, the South African sprinter, reportedly broke the world record for the 100 meters finishing in 9.246 seconds. The feat eclipses Dan J. Rellly’s mark set in Spokane, Washington, during the Olympic games.
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Abergavenny
Mngiang
Aug
N. EL Walker
Foray
Dan J
Spokene
Wash
Fune
Bronson Howard Dies at Avon Inn at Sixty Five
Avon by the Sea N J Aug 4 Bronson Howard dramatist died this afternoon at the Avon Inn of heart trouble after a year of illness Mrs Howard and Dr Whitney Waterman were at the bedside He was born in Detroit Oct 7 1844 and wrote plays for nearly 40 years He led the American Dramatists Club and belonged to multiple clubs in the US and London Funeral services will be held at Dr Waterman s cottages on Thursday and burial in a Detroit vault pending removal of the body
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Avon-by-the-Sea
N. J
Bronson
Howard
Avon Inn
Detroit
Familly
America Dramatists’ Club
Players
Authors
Lotus Clubs
New Yok
Savage
Green Room
London
Prismatic Club
Russell's Institute
New Haven
Conn
Alice Wyndham
Eng
Sterandoah
Saratoga
Moorecroft
Winthrop
Peter Stuyvesant
Kate
Weather Conditions Across the U S August Outlook
Weather notes from the U S Department of Agriculture report generally fair conditions with high winds diminishing after a weekend at Mount Weather Virginia. Showers persist in the South with variable winds and a forecast of little temperature change through Thursday. Special reports cover local conditions in Harpers Ferry and Shenandoah Valley plus bond-vote results in Potomac and Elkins West Virginia.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Mount Weather
United Bites
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Florida
Bossinty
Grand Bens
Annual roll changes and broad leave notes in federal service
Public Printer John Leech announced restoration of semimonthly pay for government printing office staff, with alternating sections paid on each payday. The Treasury and War Departments report widespread leaves of absence and vacations for clerks, auditors, and other officials, with several transfers and new appointments across departments including Agriculture and Post Office.
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Federal Service
John 5. Leech
Government Printing Office
Wrist Guts Dies in Casualty Hospital After Wound
J J Spellhouse aged 50 of 419 K street NW died in Casualty Hospital last night after a wrist wound from a saloon altercation. He fought with Richard McCarthy at 472 K street NW. a glass pane cut his wrist, he collapsed and heart failure followed in the operating room. McCarthy was arrested. coroner to investigate. The body was moved to the morgue. A second note reports a thief stole a suitcase with jars of preserved fruit from H M Wagner’s buggy at 3111 B street NW near the ferry.
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Casualty Hospital
J. J. Spell- House
K Street Northwest
Spellhouse
Richard McCarthy
McCarthy
H. M. Wagner
Hitchcock to Visit President as Taft Campaign Note
The executive office announced Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee is invited to meet the President on Friday to discuss Taft campaign progress and the New York situation. Secretary Wright vows a decision within 48 hours on the eight cadets at West Point whose dismissal was recommended, stating no orders will be issued until a course of action is determined.
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Try
Japan
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Taft
New York State
Wright
Hugh L. Scott
Miliary Academy
Weat Point
Oyster Bay
Historic Steps in Depot Face Preservation Effort
Workers begin demolishing the Siath street rail station tower as efforts seek to save the north entrance stone steps tied to nearly every U S president. The steps once served at the Indian Queen Savern and were Garfield’s last ascent before the assassination, drawing offers from souvenir hunters amid a pending October demolition deadline.
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Siath Street
United States
Beig
Savern
Washington
Garfield
Martin McNemara
Panama Marines Progress With Pasteur Treatment at Naval Hospital
Maj Russell, First Sgt Pennington, and ten Marines of the Panama expeditionary regiment are receiving Pasteur treatment at the Naval Medical Hospital in Washington. They had their second session yesterday at 11 am under Surg A M Stimson and will continue daily for three weeks at the hygienic laboratory. Russell staying with brother-in-law G J Howard at 1914 N St NW. In Virginia, James H Price Sr of Russell County, a Confederate veteran, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment for murder.
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Maj. Russell
Pennington
Panama Expeditionary Regiment of Marines
Naval Medical Hospital School
E Streets
Russtil
G. J. Howard
N Street
FPA Surg
A. M. Stimaon
Hygienic Laboratory
Richmond
James H. Price, Sr
Russell County
Rhodes
Midsummer Reductions at Local Store
This thrift sale advertises large price cuts to clear summer stock before fall goods arrive. It highlights bargains on refrigerators, mattings, willow furniture, go carts, and other items, with furniture and metal beds featured among the deep discount offers.
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You can always have your purchases charged here and we never withdraw our offer to arrange accommodating terms of payment. Take advantage of the midsummer reductions without any inconvenience or disarranging your outing plans.
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Trustbuster Kellogg
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Navy Department
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Byarographic Office
Caroline Mytinger
Naval War Records Office
Frances B. de Krafft
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
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Bureau of Navigation
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Leander Herton
Bureau of Equipment
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State Senate of Pennsylvania
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William Cramp & Sons
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Microchemical Laboratory
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Food Control Offhes
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Mich
Farrington
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Vermont
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Convention of Food Control
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J. M. Pickens
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Animal Industry
Bina Mandeffeld
W. J. Smith, Jr
Shellfield
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J. T. McCreary
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Berkeley Springs
Eugene Coulon
Slexk’sa
New York
Ban
Wit
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Division of Appointments
WW. B. Clark
Pasteamties
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New Jersey
Glass
Wleba St
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N. . Eamonds
C.K. Chapman
M. FP. Lewis
Commerce and Labor
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Paddock
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Mias May Handlan
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Thomas H. Norton
Bureau of Manufactures
Citz
A. L. Baldwin
the Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Steamboat Inspection Service
D. N. Hoover, Jr
Walter Pumphrey
Bu Illess
Arthur Hildreth
Division of Printing
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Dan
Vaughn
Gates Rapp
Pennsylvania
Mr. Happ
Bastne
Ted
Lansburgh &Bro
7Th St
Standard of the World
Sanders & Stayman Go
Panama
Marine Band
U. & Capitol
Walther F. Smith
Peter Grogan
Seventh St
Eye
Twrelfts Street
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Harper's Brain Food
Agust
Washington, D. C
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N. Harper Co
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C Street N. W
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Uapiite
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