Ponzi scheme ties deepen as four jailed in fraud case
Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company officers are jailed on charges including larceny from persons unknown and securities fraud. Ponzi associates held on $9000 bonds, with hearings set August 2. Bankruptcy actions name Ponzi partners in a wider securities investigation tied to losses in the New England investor circle.
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Associated Press
New England
Las
Hartes Street
Charles Mefghtwell
Raymond Meyers
Fred Weyers
Ponzia Securities
Robert Horwits
Suffolk County
Pong
Ponzi
Russians gain in Warsaw front and Pultusk falls
The Warsaw front shifts in favor of the Russians as Miana falls north of the Narew and Pultusk is captured amid Polish counterattacks. Sredlce railroad center seized south of the Bug. Russians press toward Lublin. Lemberg front sees Russians reach the Bug. Poles counter at Brody. Stedlce drive threatens Warsaw from the east. An assessment notes Warsaw likely still a week away, with heavy fighting ongoing and multiple fronts in motion.
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Washington Post
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Pultusk
Warsaw
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Wystkow
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Cholm
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Lemberg
Wladimir-Wolynsky
Sokol
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Siedlce- Lukow
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Nowo- Georgiewsk
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Bue
Wyszkow
Siedice
Stedlce
Liwiec
Will Bury Overseas Dead At Arlington Cemetery
Taps will be sounded Tuesday afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery for 23 enlisted men who died overseas in the world war. The bodies arrived yesterday and were taken to the cemetery until burial. Among those honored is Timothy Shea, wagoner in the supply company of the Eighth Infantry, whose home is listed as 1411 M Street.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Timothy Shea
Wagoner
Eighth Infantry
M Street
Pastor Refuses to Be Put Out at Mt Nebo Church
Rev Thomas Hall, pastor of Mt Nebo Baptist Church, claims his spiritual leadership helped grow the church from twenty to at least two hundred and resists a restraining order. Deacons Louis T Washington Moses Holmes and Caspus Saunders seek to oust him in District Supreme Court, while Hall cites his contributions and elected status. John Stewart, church treasurer, supports Hall as the duly elected pastor and notes he has not been removed.
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Mt. Nebo
Louis T Washington
Hall
Board of Deacons
Mt Nebo
John Stewart
Fear Lynchings in Leesburg Sparks Jail Transfer
Special to The Washington Post. Frank Anderson of Leesburg, a negro, charged with attacking Mrs Virginia Cridler, 19, bride of three months, was moved to Winchester jail in a steel cage after life threats by citizens. A Leesburg jail escape by Sheriff Edwards prompted swift transport. crowds gathered and lynching talk prompted Governor Davis to order transfer to Frederick County Sheriff Pannett.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Frank Anderson
Leesburg
Mra
Virginia Cridler
Edwards
Anderson
Guv Davis
Youth Held as Joy Rider in Hyattsville Auto Theft
Nelson Ellis, a negro youth, crashed during his first ride in a big automobile at Hyattsville. He is held on grand larceny charges for stealing a machine valued at 1200. Ellis offered to sell the car for 200, was arrested and brought to the city. Judge Hardison fined him 100, he claimed mistaken identity.
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Hyattsville
Ella
Ellis
Hyettaville
Whooping cough leads all for week health report
The municipal health board dated yesterday reports 171 births and 102 deaths in the district for the week ending August 7. Leading causes of death include diarrheal diseases, Bright’s disease, malignant growths, pulmonary tuberculosis, cerebral hemorrhage, pneumonia, and organic heart disease. Contagious diseases show whooping cough with 54 cases, tuberculosis 17, measles 12, diphtheria 4, scarlet fever 3, and typhoid fever 2.
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Municipal Health Board
Census Planned to Map City Industrial and Commercial Uses
The zoning commission ordered a house to house census of the District to determine share of light industrial and light commercial activity. Maj. Gessford will direct police crews who will visit nearly every house on their beats and record occupation, location, and use. Debates over future industrial land, park plans, and Connecticut avenue use followed, with business groups pushing both restricted and broader first commercial districts.
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Gessford
Roger G. Powell
Soning Commission
Offcala
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Rotary Club
Congress
Congressional Park
Connecticut Avenue
Weaver
E. C. Graham
Arthur E. Seymour
Graham
Seymour
City zoning debate on streets and alley dwellings
Northwest city zoning deliberations split on classifying heavy traffic car lines as business or residential. Chamber and Board of Trade clash over limits, with Saul urging higher height caps and three floor rule for small buildings. Troopers arrest near Oneonta deemed not Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. DOJ release clarifies.
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Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
B. F Saul
Saul
Oneonta, N
Grover Cleveland Bergdol
Department of Justice of
Baltimore Grain and Live Stock Prices August 13
Produce and live stock rates list with Butter prices by grade and region. Includes Creamery, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia butter figures, plus live poultry values for chickens, ducks, and muscovy. Small to large lot prices shown for roosters, hens, springers, and puddle ducks.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
Pennayventa
West Virginia
Reno
Live Stock Prices at Chicago Auction for Aug Ii
Report of livestock prices across categories with steers hogs and sheep. Best native lambs listed at 1285 to 1300,cherished weights and bulk ranges noted. hogs and calves show varying bids with declines in several classes amid overall activity.
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Chicago
Bologna
Idaho
Cotton Middling Market Snapshot and Prices
Market note shows New York at 387.60, Norfolk at 38 5, Philadelphia at 37 75. Compact pricing update for lint cotton futures across key ports with brief regional figures.
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New York
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Grain market notes from Chicago and Baltimore on August 13
Chicago grain prices for wheat corn oats and rye show No 2 red and hard wheat ranges with spot quotes and percentages. Baltimore reports spot prices for No 2 red winter wheat and track corn with domestic delivery terms and white oat quotes.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Funeral for Rear Admiral HT B Harris Held in Arlington
Funeral services for Rear Admiral HT B Harris paymaster general of the navy retired who died in Southampton England July 12 were held yesterday at Arlington. The body arrived in New York Thursday on the army transport Pocahontas. Floral tributes included a blanket of red white and blue flowers with an anchor center, sent by officers and civilian personnel of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts where Harris was chief from June 1903 to November 1906.
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HT B Harris
Navy
Southampton
England
Arlington
New York
Pocahontas
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
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Harris
Rites Held for Thomas Riggs at St Johns Episcopal Church
Funeral services for Thomas Ager Riggs were conducted yesterday at St Johns Episcopal Church with Rev Edward S Dunlap officiating. Interment followed at Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore. Gey Riggs arrived in Washington from Alaska on Thursday morning to attend his father’s funeral.
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