Woman Held Up by Black Robber in Rock Creek Park
Terrified young woman Miss Mane Beronda and her mother encountered a highwayman in Rock Creek Park after 3 pm yesterday. A revolver was shown, the purse and watch grabbed, and the assailant fled toward Brightwood Avenue as police hunted a Black suspect, with a reward announced later.
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Mane Beronda
Mother
Rock Creek Park
Tares
Negro
Misa Minale Heinrichs
Tash
Miliary Road
Rock Reek Park
Terri
Hynterles
Yong
Brightwood Avan
Ap Firman
Tethan
Sclneider
Bengt Haees
Ie Park
Wouls Muga
Brightwood
Ui Beld Khwaymin
Omaj Sylvester
Local Post Office Seizure Reveals Hidden Checks
Investigators report a poste office incident where a robber rifled mail from a post office substation. Several checks and money were hidden rather than forwarded to owners, with an arrest involving an employee.
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Ras Let
THREE BALLOONS IN RACE
Three balloons started an entrance race this afternoon. The Wissour! was the first to start and rose carrying two passengers. The Wisnovs was second with a pusher nearby. A large lapse of time occurred before the Prine out Ine, and the balloons sailed amug at six US MIE. They are described to remain in the air all night as the wind shifts southwest for all balloons. Officials expect ballooners to land late tomorrow morning amid calm prevailing.
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Peotim
Wisnovs
Gery
Prine
Missing Englishman prompts Washington police inquiry
Romeat reports Washington police maintain a search for Cyril Thornton a 28 year old Englishman and Washington representative of a disinfecting company who left his boarding house on August 5 saying he would return in two or three days. Friends fear he died by his own hand or foul play. Police traced a forwarding address and a telegram from the employer requesting confinement but Thornton has not been found. An expert accountant later balanced the company books in Washington.
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Romeat
Washington
Cyril Thos Atea
US Intrest Northwest
Mmda
Thotrion
West Idainfecting Company
Asbury Park
Wax
L Street
Boardman
Thornton
Railways May Ignore I C C Order On Trailers
With twelve days to answer an Interstate Commerce Commission order asking firms to show cause why trailer use should not be discontinued, none have acted. Officials and executives from several rail and electric traction firms declined to discuss the matter, signaling uncertainty as to whether they will comply or ignore the commission’s mandate.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
George H Harries
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Harries
National Guard
Larence F Norment
Anacostia and Potontac River
Nly
Severn
DN Dark
Japical Traction Company
Joh Hann
Fight For Life In Cell At Western Penitentiary
In a solitary cell from a brutal confrontation at Western Penitentiary two inmates fought. A guard intervened as a neighbor used a table knife, injuring one convict in the stomach and chest. Both men, longtime foes, were separated nine minutes before guards reached the cells.
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Bals
Middy district men win on range at Ohio Aug 19 event
The Annapolis team led by Lieut Hilary Willams and Lieut Middleton posted top marks as midshipmen and cadets competed in the Governors match on the range. Prizes were awarded for rapid fire, slow fire, and long-range skeet with officers from the Fifty Lind Town and the National Rifle Association observing. Gen Fred D Grant and Gen James A Drain arrived as events concluded.
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Col B Winder
Carlson
Seigt
Ren
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Taeseh
Widenipman
BFR
Gilsen Rayal Academy
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United States Infantry
Cam WC Richard
Maidea
Frederick H Heldenreich
Alderman
Clonser Holt
Sehriver
Holt
Sehriver Cote
Dennison
Rapid
McAnally
Putnam
Fred D Grant
Tames
Washington
National Rifle Association
Funeral of 80 Magnuon Prominent Odd Fellow to be Laid to Rest
Funeral services for S Q Magnu son will be held at 2711 Fifteenth street northwest with interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery. A past grand master of Golden Rule Lodge No 100 F and active in multiple lodge branches, he died at the sanitarium in Washington Grove Md on Wednesday. He is survived by his wife Mrs Anns Magnugon.
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Wilson
Fifteenth Street
Joslock
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Magnuson
Golden Rule Lodge No
Washington Grove
Anns Magnugon
Woman orders firing at Allegheny strike face off at McKees Rocks
Three thousand strikers line the Ohio River as shots ring out when workers at the Pressed Break Car Company receive imported riveters from the steamer P M Pfeil. A woman with a baby allegedly ordered the volley, troopers block the crowd, and deputies report a Philadelphia workingman jailed for breaking windows. Authorities deny sensational strike leader claims of violence and guard brutality.
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Ohio River
Pressed Breek Car Company
McKees Rocks
P M Pfeil
Bellevue Station
State Constabulary
Aherule Cwuay
Philadelphia
New York
Opnen
Gumbert
Allegheny County
Greece Reassures for Forte on Crete Crisis
Greece replies to the last note from the powers and says its terms are conciliatory. It regrets Turkish complaints over Froumella and Crete while pledging to restore order in Macedonia. The note says Athens will fully conform with four protecting powers decisions and Crete will rededicate its flag from the Cannas.
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London
Wilkins Buys Beverly Summer Estate in Beverly Mass
Washington investor John J Wilkins purchases the Pump Cottage estate in Beverly Mass from Willamond Lo Ward. The nearly three acre summer property sits in the colony’s most attractive area, with a tambling structure and historic social functions. Located about four miles from President Fatts residence.
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Washingtonian Investo
Beverly
Mass
Washington Post
Boston Mass
Willamond Lo Ward Haa
Beverly Laure
John J Wilkins
Washington
Beverly Summer Colony
Fatts
Luttrell Biplane Ready for Rockville Flight Tryout
Samuel A Luttrell has completed a biplane he began six to seven months ago and stored in a Rockville Maryland shed. The craft recently lifted briefly on several tests and Luttrell believes it will fly, aiming to emulate the Wright aircraft. The machine uses a Buick 25 horsepower engine, canvas wings, bamboo bracing, and unique own ideas. He may offer the aeroplane to the War Department after a successful trial if funding remains.
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Rockville
Luttrell
Lerge
Wees
Fela
Orville Wright
Lieut
Poulois
Fort Myer
Alexandria
Wright
Wer
Mtierring
Coinsine
Preacher Cleared In Bristol Case After Long Inquiry
The pastor of First Congregational Church of Bristol Rhode Island was cleared in a 14 year old misconduct suit. Justice Dayton rejected the Perkins claim to a decree and ruled the testimony uncorroborated and unlikely. The court found the reputations of Mrs Perkins and the clergyman unblemished.
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Bristol, RI
New York
Thomas Rewign Owen
First Congregational Churely
Bristol & 1
Ray Tameday
Hurre
Frank W Perkins
Nellie Perrins
Supreme Court
Dayton
Edward W Temington
Lawerd T Parris
Owens
Union Theological Seminary
Arverne
Perkins
Bnaker
Perkinns
Aiack
Gus C Dempsey
Tix
Staten Island
T¢ Revert
Peteree
de Tee
Lerewman
Acton
Datton Sai
Dempsey
Perkine
From Jail to Trial Court in Granger Case
James Granger, tied to a string of checks deemed worthless, is to be brought from New York to face charges in Washington. Indictment cites a $4 draft drawn on a Baltimore bank, with Granger using alias Kelley Emerson and Worthha, touring the South before arrest in Toronto and extradition back for trial.
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New York
Tames Grange
Hackwells Island
Burkingame
Washington Central
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Washington
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Alarie Linlot
Tst
Seventeenth Street
Futelity and Trust Company
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Dts Gooda Company
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Southrn
New
Yor
Ulea
Kelley Emerson and
Wortha
Toronto
Canada
New York City
de la Vargue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Detective Baur's Wife Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Anne Baur wife of Detective Baur died at her home on 27 H Street Northeast after a lengthy illness. She had been a popular Central Office member and was under medical care for months. The body was sent to Erie Pennsylvania for burial. Her funeral is scheduled tomorrow at the former home, and she leaves behind her husband, son George, her mother and sister Miss Fries, all of whom were at her bedside.
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Anne Baur
Detective Bawr
Central Office Stat
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Yesterda
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Erie Pa
Bours
Asi
Aur
George
Miss Fries
Harriman Resting Well Aboard Transatlantic Steamer
Wireless dispatch from Cherbourg reports Harriman and family aboard the steamship bound for New York. Captain CLPPERS states Harriman and relatives are well after a satisfactory voyage day. Marconigram inquiry confirms health status and return progress.
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London
Wilhelm Tewinch
Cherbourg
Harriman
New York
Wis
Marcongram
Harrimans
Favors sprinkling tracks in Washington railways
Torbert urges street railway operators to install sprinkling carts to keep dust down on tracks. He argues dust poses health risks, damages clothing, and openings windows worsen conditions in warm months. He asks Commission, District Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, and railways to consider this public welfare measure.
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Torbert
Ralim
Washington
Distric Board of Trade Chamber of Commerce
Submarine Race in Narragansett Bay Report
Word reached Newport of an underwater race by Atlantic fleet submarines in Narragansett Bay. Cuttlefish won, Viner second, Tarantula third. Submerged about twenty feet over a two mile course. No times announced.
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Newport Ro
Atlantic Fleet
Narragansett Bay
Viner
Thieves Kill Rich Woman in Alabama Farm Murder
Farmhand William McLeod and tenant A B Carter arrested after the death of Mattie Granam near her home two miles north of Hokesbaro Coffee County. Granam was dragged to a branch where a struggle occurred. skull crushed in robbery motive. McLeod confessed to knowing the body location but denied the murder. held in Douglas Jail.
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Mattie Granam
Hokesbaro
Coffee County
Herody
Biss Graham
Tneir
Dave Hickerson
Wiliam McLeod
Graham Farm
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