Balloon Flight Ends With Mechanical Failures Near Virginia Landing
A Wright brothers airship mission near northern Virginia faced gear trouble as a broken high tension wire and a damaged secondary line left the balloon struggling. Captain Baldwin and Curtiss explained the repairs, noting strong headwinds and a partial motor failure. The craft landed at 7:41, with officials to review results and plans for a possible second flight that evening and news of Orville Wright's Fort Myer arrival expected Monday.
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Aeronauts
Baldwin
Curtise
Curtiss
Virginia
Cuntiss
Curciss
Sturt
Wright
Fort Myer
Wilcome Orville Wright
Banquet to the Cardinal in New York Nineteenth Century Tone
Aug 14 banquet hosted by the Sul pilia Order in honor of Cardinal Gib bens. Guests included Cardinal Aghards Satelli Vincenzo Van- Vuteli Martineth Be Lat Areh Lissop Tatley from New York Hishop bol y oof Letvitt Bishop Connell of Washington and Fallér 4 P Doyle. Pope Pranstoda granted access to a private farewell audience. Tailey archbishop of New York left hopeful to see the visitor again.
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Toone
Rey Francesco
Cardinal Gibbens Amety
Cardina Aghards
Satelli
Vincenzo van- Vuteli
Martineth
Areh
Lissop Tatley
New York
Hishop
Letvitt
Bishop Connell
Washington
Fallér
Doyle Retor
Apostolic Mission House
Oasis
Cardmal Gibbons
Catholic America
Britain Lets Castro Alone in Venezuela Dispute
Britain states it cannot intervene in the quarrel between Venezuela’s salt and match monopolies run by the Pthelburge Syndicate Limited of London and the Venezuelan government. The government annulled the two companies earlier this year, prompting protests from Mr. Williams, the syndicate’s Caracas representative, who urged redress through Venezuelan courts as exhausted.
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Great Britain
Venezuela
Baghsa
Pthelburge Syndicate Limited
London
Sinezuelan
Irocessians
Willams
Caracas
Sir Theémardure
Shah Arranges Elections in Persia Amid Accord
St Petersburg reports the Shah of Persia plans elections on September 14 and a new parliament. A Russian model electoral system will be adopted with half the seats appointed. Tehran observers greet Hartwig’s move with a friendly demonstration before the Russian legation.
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St Petersburg
Teheran
Persia
Mairwig
M Hartwigs
New War Cloud in China Mounts Over Seized Cargo
A Hong Kong dispatch reports rising tensions between China and Japan after Chinese authorities seized a steamer at Chinchou carrying 10,000 rifles and 4,000,000 cartridges. Japanese merchants protest, threatening to raise the incident to an international issue. The seizure echoes the February Tats Meru affair, for which China made amends.
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China
Japan
Hongkong
Chinchou
Tats Meru
Gnally
Wright Reaches 90 Feet In Le Mans Flight Test
Special to The Washington Post from Le Mans France August 14 Wright soared nine percent feet this morning and again tonight reaching 90 feet as crowds and wind affected the tests. Kapferer praised Wrights machine while Wright complained crowds hinder public experiments and planned daybreak flights for safety.
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Washington Post
le Mans
France
Wright
Pierpont Morgan
Hilzabeth Marbury
New York
Cone
Kapferer
Ville de Paris
Seelng
Witten
Sam
Minneht
Department of the Sarthe
Free railroad transport debated by Maywood woman
James S. Harlan of the Interstate Commerce Commission writes privately regarding a Maywood case. He says free rail transportation for Lasry Post to New Mexico could be justified if Post is destitute and unable to work, but he notes it would not count as destitution if Post owns property or has resources.
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Chingo
Maywood
Interstate Commerce Commission
James S Harlan
William Ryan Snyder
California
Lasry
Lasry Post
Kansas City
Post
Tsidee
Ryan Snyder
New Mexico
Karry
Mayweed
Interstate Commerce
James M Harlan
Uid
Commission
Death of Rev Davia C Daly S J aged 57 at Georgetown Hospital
The Rev Davia C Daly S J procureur of Gonzaga College died after a months illness at Georgetown Hospital on Tuesday night. Funeral services are set for 9 AM tomorrow at St Aloysius Church with burial on Georgetown University grounds. Daly, 57, served as treasurer at Gonzaga College for six years and previously held a similar post at St Joseph's College in Philadelphia.
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Davia C Daly S J
Gonzaga College
Georgetown Hospital
St Aloysius’ Church
Georgetown University
Daly
Washington
St Josephs College
Philadelphia
Money Men in London Tendon August Meetings
The American monetary commission holds several meetings in London to exchange information on the financial system. Police discussions and general information will be released as the commission progresses. No specific program of work has been outlined yet.
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American Monetary Commission
Commission In America Po
Mediation Board In Session Over Telegraph Operators Dispute
Conference began yesterday before Chairman Knapp and Labor Commissioner Neill to resolve differences between several Western railroads and their telegraph operators. The issue centers on the nine-hour limit in the federal act, with further talks expected as emergency cases arise. T. Hawley of the Switchmen's Union joins today to discuss the Delaware, Latkawania, and Western Railroad Company dispute with its switchmen.
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Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor
Neill
Erdmann
H B Perham
St. Louis
Order of Railroad
Act of Congress
T. Hawley
Switchmenu's Union of North America
Meditation Board
Delaware, Latkawania and Western Railroad Company
Will Test Infants Foods Investigation By Dr Wiley’s Staff
The bureau of chemistry under the Department of Agriculture will investigate foods prepared for infants and invalids to assess health safety. Dr Harvey W Wiley will supervise, gathering data from physicians authors manufacturers and sample foods entering interstate trade or imports for chemical analysis to ensure purity.
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Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriditure
Vlvaid
Hes Foods
Harvey W Wey
Age Pension For Printers In City Union
Members of the Columbia Typographical Union in this city will receive old age pensions from the International Typographical Union starting next Saturday. Pensions are four a week, with a Boston convention possible to increase amounts. Monthly payments come from 271 applicants, with 16 from this city. of the rest eight were rejected or deferred. The oldest local member to receive aid is Thomas Howard, who led the union in 1873 and 1874.
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Coumbia Typographical Union
International Typographical Union
Boston
Bramwood
International
Thomas Howard
Terminal Y M C A Outing At Chesapeake Beach
Terminal Railroad Y M C A schedules an outing at Chesapeake Beach next Tuesday to raise funds for gym equipment. The event features a baseball game between the Traty men and the Shopmen at 1 o clock, plus running, jumping, fat man and fat woman races, egg and sack races, children’s events, and a water polo contest between the Terminal Company and Baltimore and Ohio men.
Army Orders Leaves and transfers of officers across posts
List of leaves of absence and duty reassignment for officers including Second Lieut John J Burleigh Seventeenth Infantry and First Lieuts Charles Tarleton Julian Abney Eben His and others. Mentions retirements, inspections at Jefferson Barracks, temporary duty shifts to Fort Porter Fort Sheridan and Fort Monroe, and promotions within coast artillery and engineers with dates around August to October.
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John J Burjleigh
Clifton M
Butler Seventeenth Infantry
Mason
Maxon
Charies
Fwarletan
Marcellus H Thompson
Alexander M
Davia
Jefferson Barracks
George Ruhlen
Coast Artillery Corps
Leutenant
Thomas E Selfridge
Mummondsport
Diet
Arthur E Arends
Frankford Ereghal
Pennsylvania
Julian L Bney
Selleyed
Army Fite
Fort Sheridan
Weehing
Jey T. Bencillet
Movements of Naval Vessels and Religious Service
Movements of vessels listed include Arrived at various ports such as Mare Island Scorpion and San Juan along the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. A memorial sermon was preached by Rev William Russell, pastor of St Patrick's Church, in memory of Bishop A A Curtis at St Peter's Cathedral Wilmington. Del Bishop Curtis served as vicar general of the Baltimore archdiocese.
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William '[ Russell
St Patrick's Church
A A Curtis
St Peter's Cathedral
Wilmington
del Bishop Curtis
Archdiocese of
Baltimore
Public Prosecution Promises Name List on Atlantic City Vice
Atlantic City prosecutor announces a plan to publish names and addresses of major gambling joints after years of raids yielding little convictions. He cites pressure from city officials and corruption, pledging to expose clubs in 36 South Delaware to end protected vice and force reform.
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Atlantic City
Goldenbers
Stoney
Baitzel
New York
Woodruff
Suif
Smith Dykes
Offaner
Baltimore
Higbee
Water’s Memorial Church Dedicated Near Mutual Md
A new Methodist Episcopal church named Water’s Memorial near Mutual Md between Washington and Chesapeake Beach was dedicated. It replaces Island Creek Church built in 1844 and cost $4,000 with $3,425 paid. a red cedar stump under the pulpit was found during demolition and kept by the church.
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Water's Memorial
Mutual Md
Washington
Chesapeake Beach
J ©. Nicholson
Baltimore
Circuit
H E ‘R Reck
Tennallytown
Brightwood Park
Boston millionaire Montgomery Sears dies after night car crash
Montgomery Sears, Boston plutocrat and Harvard alumnus, died at Rhode Island Hospital after a midnight crash between Apponaug and Norwood. Chauffeur George Saunders was severely injured as the car, speeding at high height, veered on a sharp curve and plunged into an embankment. A second car nearby, with Albert Sacher and Charles Webster, found Sears and Saunders unconscious beside a flaming vehicle. Sears, 38, had become one of Boston’s wealthiest residents after inheriting his father’s estate three years earlier and planned to run for the Massachusetts Senate.
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Baitzel
Hiere
Delaware Avenue
William Muttirad
Dutchy
Philadelphia
Mingly Club
South
Illinois Avenue
Atlantic Club
Commodore Kuehnie
Tennessee
Connnecticut
Providence
Ro Oy
Montgomery Sears
Boston
Appenaug
Norwood
Rhode Island
George Saunders
Sears
Albert Sacher
Charles Webster
Saunders
Augus J Montgomery Sears
Harvard
Bach Bay
Massachusetts Senate
Byron Chandler Sails Home After Fatal Car Crash Report
Byron D Chandler of Bolton sailed today from London on the Oceanic for home after being reported killed in a car accident near Boulogne France. Nicholas Wood of the Motor Club, who had dined with Chandler, confirmed the departure in London. White Star Line officials at Southampton also confirmed he sailed.
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London
Byron D Chandie
Borton
Boulogne
France
Oceanic
Nicholas Wood
Motor Club
Four Hurt In Auto Crash In Highland Acherervie Road
At 4 oclock this morning a seven person touring car carrying Hammond and Tony Meister owner encountered axle failure on the Highland Acherervie road from Hammond to Cedar Lake. The 51 horsepower car ran 36 miles an hour, broke an axle, and turned a complete somersault. It landed bottom up with ends on ditch edges, throwing occupants into the ditch. All escaped fatal injury, though four were seriously hurt.
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Hammond
Highland- Acherervie
Cedar Lake
Tony Meister
Injury at parish outing hits Gaithersburg woman
A parish gathering at St Rose in Cloppers sees Mrs Themes Mills of Gaithersburg struck on the forehead by a baseball during a game between two rival teams. She was knocked unconscious and remained in critical condition after a physician attended her at home.
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Washington Frost Boyds
Piente
St Rose Parish
Cloppers
Themes Mills
Gaithersburg
Mre Mills
Health Office Record of Local Residents and Infants
A health office record lists individuals with ages and addresses, including Richard Keatmans 36, Margarete Copenhaver 3, John Foley 9 days, Mora Brochs 2 months, and Infant of William and Kale Green. Entries note insanity or mental health status and contain scattered street addresses and ward hints.
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Richard Keatmans
John A Molten
Mace
William & Herbert
Margarete Copenhaver
Jon Kerwin i
John H Foley
Webster Richards
John Wo
Sinttich
Walter Jones
Simon Haskins
Georgia
Wiliam
Kale Green
Licensed to Marry Pairings from Baltimore and Cleveland Clergy
A list of marriage licenses granted to individuals including John E Koenia and Irene T Clarridge in Baltimore, Md and Rev H Bhraeder with Elizabeth I Lewis of Cleveland Ohio. Additional entries include Rev Nelson H Miller with J Shoop and Nettle J Rowe, both Baltimore residents, and other clergy-linked couples.
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John E Koenia
Smoot
B P Trultt
Wilbur G. Birch
Irene T Clarridge
E Ruffin Jones
Charles G Bryan
Roce M Elliott
Williama Christopher A Lephardt
Mary O Bromwell
Baltimore
H Bhraeder
Charles E Hart
Cleveland
Ohio
Elizabeth I
Lewis
Nelson H Miller Ik J Shoop
Nettle J Rowe
Mad
F Williams
John H Holmes
Elizabeth Hunt
Lucius Harrod
Talbott
Genevia Crutchfield
Countess of Yarmouth wins absolute divorce in England
London reports the Countess of Yarmouth, formerly Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburgh, obtains an absolute divorce from the Earl of Yarmouth after six months. The court found the marriage null, with the suit heard in private over half an hour. The countess may resume her maiden name, and no settlement revision was discussed by either side.
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London
Birrell Barnes
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Pittsburg
Earl of Yarmouth
Thaw
Countess of Yarmouth
Marty
Hns
England
Lord Yarmouth
Miss Thaw
Pitteburg
Hakry
Joshua C
George Lauder Carnegie
Edward Seymout
Willam Thaw
Harry Thaw
Larmouth
Burope
Lady Yarmouth
Yarmouths
Stanford White
Countess of
Washington
United States
Publc
Plor
Mrs Duke freed on bond after defraud case
Mrs Webb Duke former Chicago broker Alice Webb, wife of Brodie L Duke tobacco magnate, was found guilty yesterday of defrauding the Great Northern Hotel with a fraudulent $50 instrument. She was released on a $1,000 bond while a new trial is sought. The court faces an extreme penalty with potential two thousand six hundred dollar fine and up to one year in jail if conviction stands.
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Curcago
Webb Duke
Brodie S. Duke
Milionaire
Great Northern
Mraebb
Jaiter
New York
Brodie Luttte
Webb
Alice Webb
Frm
Chicago
Texas
Duke
Benjamin N Duke
Bulls Rally in Two Active Cotton Market Clashes
The New York Cotton Exchange witnessed a furious session with bulls and bears trading in heavy volumes. The day opened at a brisk pace as bears were surprised, prices rose to 43 cents, then fell back as bears pressed. By close, October option contracted, ending slightly above the day’s low and below the opening level.
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Ial
Washington Post
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Stock Exchange
Cotton Exchange
Bull Party
J C Livermore
King Cotton
Theodore H Pnce
Mieel
Leas
Wall Street
Iaetione
Sully
Entombed miners rescued in Mexico near Pachuca
Six of eighteen miners trapped five days in the Santa Gertrubis mine near Pachuca Fidaloso were rescued early today. Twelve remain trapped underground as rescue teams work in shifts, boring through solid rock while air taps suggest some may still be alive.
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Mexico City
Mex
Santa Gertrubis
Pachuca Fidaloso
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H. B Price
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
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Mare Triand
Cal
W Shepart
United States Naval Medical School
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Boeton
Brlesissippi
Rockland
Mayflower
San Juan
Peoria
Charleston
Relief
Auckland
Dolphin
Provincetown
Olympia
Arkansas
Harford
Nevada
Portemoth
Offenders
Tral
Millionaires’ Club
Chelsea
Haltzel
Legislative Crimes Commission
Bob” Delaney
Commodore Kuehnle
Island Creek
Smith’s Chapel
R. L
Byron Chandler
Health Office Record
Iera
Tobacco Millonaire
Sanders & Stayman Co
F Street
Phone West 46
YES, & CO
Tharp
Berkeley
St N. W
New York Stock Exchange
Mexico
Peter Grogan
Seventh St
Harper
Harper's Brain Food
Benekerry House
Carlo Ireland
Robert V. Harper
Mro Bagenai
Harpers Brel
Steinway
Droop’s, NW
Evan
Henry Evans
Xander
Fanmore
Christian Xander
Andrews
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
Tra Fark
Epee Ne
Axe
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O’donnell
N. W
Niwth Street
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