Death of two boys as wagon overturns in accident
Ten year old Ewald Fabritz died from a fractured skull after a delivery wagon owned by grocer E H Jett ran, overturned, and struck a tree while two boys played in the vehicle. Willie Geier survived with a broken arm. Coroner ruled accidental death.
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Ewald Fabritz
Willie Gefer
Ewald
Willie
Adolph Fabritz
Willie Hves
Gasper Geier
H Street
Seuchert Ives
Eighth
H Streets
Fabrita
E H Jett
Jett
Geler
Providence Hospital
Fabritz
Shoneberger
Glazebrook
Drownings on Potomac: Youth Overboard from Schooner
An eighteen year old Norfolk youth, Guy Ponton, drowned off the Lighter wharf foot of Eleventh street southwest in the Potomac after leaping from the schooner Emma Virginia. He could not swim. captain had allowed swimming after refusals. Harbormaster Sutton recovered the body. coroner Glazebrook ruled accidental drowning. Norfolk authorities notified for repatriation to Ponton's family.
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Guy Ponton
Potomac
Eleventh Street
Norfolk
Harbormaste
Sutton
Boardman
Ponton
Glazebrook
Painter Narrow Escape From Electric Wire at Rock Creek Bridge
Edward Davis thirty five a painter with the electric light company was shocked by a live wire while painting a pole on Rock Creek Bridge near Chevy Chase loop and fell nearly 130 feet to the creek bed. His body caught the bridge rail and hung over the abyss until his eight year old son fetched help. Police officers Kelly and Elliott arrived as he teetered on the edge and saved him. After a brief rest he chose to go home. Davis lives at 13 E street northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
Chevy Chase
Edward Davis
Kelly
Elliott
Davis
Conseiguencia
Hig Ome
E Street
The
Electric Light Company
Son charged after assault claim in family dispute
Emery Moore, 19, was jailed on an assault charge after his father C T Moore, 54, suffered a scalp wound and claimed the injury was an accident. Mrs Moore said the father struck himself during a clash near 718 L street southeast. The elder Moore was taken to Casualty Hospital and released after police plans to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C T Moore
L Street
Fifth Precinct
Emery Moore
PoNceman Lucas
Moore
Unique Double Wedding in Cropsey Couples in City
A private double wedding was held last night at 1975 F street northeast with Rev. Nelson H. Miller officiating. Thomas H. Bodine and Mary Olivia Redden wed, along with Charles F. Bodine and Susan Frances Redden, all of Cropsey Maryland, in a ceremony at Hermon’s Chapel nearby Cabin John. The brides are daughters of the late Thomas W. Redden, a former Cropley postmaster. The event, attended only by immediate family, followed by a supper where relatives and Rev. and Mrs. Miller offered congratulations. The couples, who came from country homes, planned to live in Washington where the grooms conduct business. Roses and cut flowers decorated the parlor and dining room. The Presbyterian service began with a private betrothal, with no best men or bridesmaids. The brides entered together with the grooms, and the couples secured marriage licenses earlier that day. A two-city honeymoon was planned in Washington and Cropley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson H. Miller
Washington
Bodine
Wall
Cropley
Cousin of Senator McComas killed by fall from train
Mrs Isabella Leopold of Philadelphia, long tied to Washington official circles, died after being hurled from a Reading Railway express at Magnolia NJ. The 40 year old, former Post Office registrar and secretary to Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, suffered heart trouble and likely had a heart attack on the platform before being thrown from the moving train. Her daughter Nita is missing on vacation. A Colorado senator is also cited as a relative.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Reading
Magnolia
Isabella H Leopold
Chestnut Street
United States
L. E B. McComas
Maryland
Leopold
Washington
Frazier
Ohio
Charles Emory Smith
Republican National Campaign Committee
Charles Dick
Post Office Department
Atlantic City
Nita
Machen
Senator Patterson
Colorado
Woman Resists Rescue On Tracks Fatal Express Collision
A jury at an inquest into the death of Mrs Cecelia Mudd found accidental death after she deliberately stepped onto the South Capitol Street crossing ahead of a New York express. Flagmen Joseph Bulger Frederick Reese and Edward Lackey testified warnings and physical efforts to stop her failed as the train struck and killed her, causing thoracic compression and multiple injuries.
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New Morgue
Cecelia Mudd
South Capitol Street
Pennsylvaia
Glazebrook
Joseph HB Bulger
Frederick Reese
Edward Lackey
Mrs Mudd
Reese
Lack
New York Express
Mrs. Mudd
Baker
Funeral of Wright Curtiss at Woodside Maryland
Funeral services for Wright Curtiss were held at his late Woodside residence at 2 30 PM. A large gathering and floral tributes accompanied the rites led by Rev William T Snyder. Pallbearers named Cushing J Moyer E W Burn and Mrs Garrett. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery with Mrs B F Morris of Bridgeport Conn and Mrs R M Houston of Bridgeport Conn attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Curtiss
Woodside
William T. Snyder
Church of the Nearnation
Messrs. Cushing
J.moyer
E. W. Burn
Mas. Garrett
Gren
Pay for Half Holiday Ruling Reaches Navy Yard Workers
Comptroller Tracewell after talks with Secretary Loeb rules that 800 machinists at the Washington navy yard are entitled to pay for half holidays granted by Navy Department order. The decision aligns with union positions and previous precedents, despite per diem status. A Columbia Lodge delegation delivered the union’s message to President Roosevelt, urging protection against any subordinates’ effort to deprive the holiday pay. Attornies for the machinists planned to brief, but Loeb and Robb’s conference brought a favorable ruling closer without formal brief submission.
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Tracewell
Loeb
C. H. Robb
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Department
Nots
Machiniets’ Union
Capt. Pendleton
Yard
Treasury
Machinists
Columbia Lodge
No. 174
International Association of Machinists
Roosevelt
Ema'mat TL. Adams
Samuel Elder
W. R. Adama
Navy Yards
Union
Attorneya Ralston
Siddons
Tracewel
Robb
Mr. Loeb
Foreclosure Move Delayed in Carolina Northern Rail Case
In Asheville on August 18 Judge Pritchard continued a petition to file a bill of foreclosure in the Atlantic Seaboard Company vs Carolina Northern Railway Company case. The action concerns about 600000 tied to a deed of trust to secure Philadelphia loans. The Carolina Northern Railway is under receiver, and the motion seeks to intervene to foreclose and sell the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Pritchard
United States Circuit Court
Atlantic Seaboard Company
Carolina Northern Railway Company
Philadelphia
Carolina Northern Railrroad Company
Porte Leaves Loophole In American School Recognition
Constantinople Aug 18 The American Legation will acknowledge the porte note promising to treat American schools as favored nations subject to formalities. The palace disapproved an immediate list recognition, requiring ministry scrutiny and permits before official recognition. Objections expected to some schools, but legation warns against delay. Also reports $25,000 compensation for Staymeford land deposited, and London dispatches on Marienbad mission. International congress meets Stuttgart with Boas speaking. Danish torpedo boat Haversten sunk in collision. crew saved. Earthquakes devastate villages on Samos island.
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Constantinople
Leishman
Izzet Pasha
Nedjib Melhame
Porte
France
Ministry of Public Instruction
Legation
Agassiz Elected President at Zurich Congress
In Berne on August 18 Alexander Agassis of Cambridge Massachusetts was chosen president of the international geologic congress then meeting in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
Alexander Agassis
Cambridge, Mass
International Zeological Congress
Russian Naval Losses in Far East Battle Report
A detailed dispatch reviews the action near Vladivostok and Port Arthur. It notes Captain Berlinsky’s death, multiple officers wounded, and the sinking of the Rurik and Askold with heavy Russian casualties. Admire Alexieff commends courage amid unequal odds as ships Murky news continues to spread.
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Advanta
Taly
Berhinsky
Alexieff
Jomzen
Withoft
Paliada
Diana
Vladivostok
Admiralty
Rurik
Port Arthur
Shanghai
Czarevithh
Wisthoff
Retvizan
Pobieda
Pereginet
Mongolia
Red Cross
V Vladivostok
Askold
Czarevitch
Transfers
Prince Ouktomsky
Asold
Novik
Pallada
Matsushima
Asama
Reltzenstein
Ghanghal
Relitsenstein
Admiral Jessen
Reitzenstein
Far East
Associated Press
Cargoes for the Orient and German Missing Letters
Pacific Mail ships resume shipments to the Orient after a halt caused by danger. The Manchuria will sail August 23 carrying merchandise for Japanese ports, while the Doris sails with 4600 tons of cargo including flour and pig lead. Germany reports no action on missing letters from the Prinz Heinrich mails, deeming the incident minor.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Oriental
Pacific Mail Company
Manchuria
Doris
Orient
Japan
Germany
Berlin
Foreign Office
Prinz Heinrich
Nagasaki
Shanghai Port Holds Russian Warships Amid Neutrality Talks
Shanghai reports the customs chief allows the Russian cruiser Askold and torpedo-boat destroyer Grozovoi to stay until August 23 with one day’s notice to leave or disarm. Russian vessels face repairs, while Japan and China seek a peaceful settlement on disarmament to preserve Shanghai’s neutrality as foreign consuls monitor the situation.
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Shanghai
Motal
Askold
Grozovol
M. Ogagira
Tactal
Askveld
Customs Department
Japan
Tokyo
China
Yangtse
Peking
Russia
France
Germany
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Gronovo
London
Seyond
To Ching
Great Britain
Grozovoi
AES
Tsingtau
Czarevitch
Berlin
Foreign Office
Tsingtan
Paris
StoesseI l Defiant Note and Port Arthur Siege
Minister Takahira reports refusal to surrender Port Arthur after a flag of truce, with communications from Tokyo and a reply from the besiegers. Also notes Russia buying modern transports in London via Brussels reports and Times insurance view on war losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takahira
Legation
Foreign Office
London Times
Washington Post
London
Times
Department of
Chinese and Japanese Envoys Seek Hay Counsel on War Strains
Chinese Minister Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng met with Secretary Hay at the State Department to discuss China’s neutrality amid Russian ships in Chinese waters. He sought guidance for Beijing to inform Peking, while Japanese Minister Takahira delivered a protest to Hay on the same crisis. No word on an attack on Port Arthur.
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Chentung Liang-Cleng
State Department
Hay
China
United States
Peking
King
Takahira
Japan
Port Arthur
Japan refuses to surrender torpedo boat Ryeshitemi
London reports Japan officially declines to give up the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshitemi captured at Chefoo on August 12. In St. Petersburg the Chinese Minister met with ambassadors about the incident. Diplomats note Japan might still hand the vessel to a neutral power to preserve China's neutrality and avoid broader hostilities sparked by Hay's note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Japan
Great Britain
Chefoo
St. Petersburg
China
Hay
Russians Dismantle Czarevitch at Tsingtau Under German Guard
At Tsingtau on August 18 the Russian battleship Czarevitch and three torpedo boat destroyers had all guns removed and stored in a German magazine. Parole terms require the Russians to stay until the war ends while officers able to move about are being entertained by the Germans.
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Tsingtau
Czarevitch
Russia's Note Issue Explained as Convenience Loan
St Petersburg reports say the new state rente notes of 50 million dollars were issued to replenish cash during wartime. Officials note May 18 returns showed 160,000 dollars for military use at war start, with 128,750,000 spent by August, and that the France loan of 160,030,000 remains untapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
France
Russia Likely to Accept View on Contraband Foods
St. Petersburg reports say Russia may align with the United States and Great Britain on foodstuffs as contraband. If ships bound to belligerents with unobstructed ports carry parcels to private firms or individuals, papers not raising suspicion may keep them from being treated as contraband. Debate centers on the Arabia flour seizure and possible appeal to an admiralty court.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
United States
Great Britain
Vladivostok
Admiralty Court
Russian Gunboats, Japanese Attack Near Shampoingtao
Reports from Tokyo state that the Japanese gunboats Maya and Amagi attacked Russian vessels near Shampoingtao as the Gillak withdrew to Port Arthur after a shell hit during engagement with Japanese forces. Capt. Mathuoka's torpedo boat flotilla is implicated in sinking the Pallada-type cruiser. Naval attaches Newton McCulley and Le Cuverville are believed safe, possibly aboard the flagship. Mobilization of St Petersburg province reserves proceeds, with about 90,000 called from the city. Mohammed el Torres resigns as Tangier envoy for Fez.
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Tokyo
Togo
Maya
Amagi
Shampoingtao
Gilisk
Shenshen
Port Arthur
Mathuoka
St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Newton A. McCulley
le Cuverville
Caarevitch
Askold
Prince Ouktomsky
Retvizan
Peresviet
Xia
Bt. Petersburg
St Petersburg
Weather conditions from U S Department of Agriculture outlook
A mid August weather bulletin reports high barometer over the Lake region and Upper Ohio Valley and low pressure over the Northeast Rocky Mountain Slope with rain in the Ohio Valley and South Atlantic States. Friday forecasts show shifting pressure, rising temperatures in Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys, widespread rain in the Mid Atlantic, and fresh winds along coasts with northeast to southeast shifts. Local readings list hourly temperatures, humidity, rainfall, sunshine, and tides, plus a note on temperatures in other cities and yesterday’s rainfall.
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U. S Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lake
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Rocky Mountain Slope
Dilddie
Rocky Mountain
South Atlantic States
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain Aistricts
Lake Region
North Atlantic States
Missouri
Mississippi Valleys
Western Lake Region
Midle Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic
New England
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
European
Grand Banks
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Wegro Lad
Painter
Isabella H. Leopard
Magnolia, N. J
Senator McComas
Horsford’s
Navy Yard
Carolina
America
Edward
Angus
Cours of Battenbure
Marienbad
Prince Louis
Nicholas
Stuttgart
Wurtemburg
von Densteinen
Boas
New York
Copenhagen
Haversten
Storen
Samos
Athens
Bamos
Breen
Agassiz
Jessen
Cowrmdan Sada Eragt Pats
Kamimura
Dandroff
John
Taotai
Askor
Grozovael
Stoessel
Transporta
Brussels
Antwerp
Claudius
Lloyds
Rueaia
Harbor
Iua
Mohammed el Torres
Tangier
Fez
Mohammed el ‘Torres
Sanders & Stayman Co
Horn. Com
Tailor
Geo. E. Hebbard
Irovesre
Hebbard & Wineman
Ninth Street
REGAL
Pennsylvania Ave
H. W
Agheville
Atlanta
Bismarck
Buffalo
Poe
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cheyenne
Wye
Ove Davenport
Iowa
Denver
Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Mont
Jndienapolis
Via
Jacksonville
Fla
Little Fock
Ark
Marquette
Mich
Iz Ono
New Orleans
North Platts
Nebr
Pittsburg
Salt Lake City
Uieh
St. Louis
Pani
Mina
Springfeld
Bow
Vickaburg
Miss
Peter Grogan
Seventh Street
HUB Furniture CO
7Th and
D Sts. N. Ww
Tharp
Berkeley
St. N.W
Washington, DC
District of Columbia
Clark Davenport and Company
Edwin & Clark
4Th St
Gilbert Coblens
Bolton Avenue
Baltimore
Harry Weiller
Butaw
Harry Weler
Edwin
Clark Gilbert Acoelens
General Partners
Harry C. Weiller
Myer Cohen
Ballantine
Shoomaker Company
Edison
Phonograph
Capital Phonograph Co
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
A. C. Hutterly
7Th Street
McGill & Wallace
Wacshend
Il. T
Sraw Suone
Pope Pig
W. L
T. Blig
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