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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1911
Page
2
Navy ordnance experts plan trials next week at Indian Head to assess vertical elevation and deck recoil for a new 1 pounder aircraft gun manufactured at Washington navy yard. If successful, designers may scale to 4 or 8 inch guns. sighting remains unsettled.
Labor Day committee in Central Labor wants a big Bennings event on September 4 with five motorcycle races featuring top riders such as Tuebner. Army aviators from College Park may fly in, pigs will be released on the track to chase a parker, and a major amateur baseball game is planned along with field games and athletics in the afternoon.
R H Hance of National Cash Register attempted to shoot a chicken in his chicken house at Buds Lake N J. A bullet pierced the chicken and then struck Ethel Berry an 18 year old girl in the neck. She was taken home after the bullet was removed and rests easily. Authorities have taken no action, deeming it an accident.
Norfolk Virginia August 189? A machinist E R Gwin aged 27 of Lee street Berkley swam over a mile with his feet tied in 3212 minutes before a crowd at the navy yard. He aimed to beat 30 minutes to set a handicap record while Annie Morecroft had swum the same distance in 20 minutes unassisted.
Pierre Prior, the French aviator who flew London to Paris in April, was shot and gravely wounded at Mendon aerodrome today by his pupil M. Hanot who then shot himself twice. Both men are in serious condition and the pupil used a revolver.
Health office record lists multiple births including Molloy boy and Howard girl, Phelps boy, Bassford boy, Abner boy, Beckwith girl, Burke boy, Hardester girl, Colter boy, Dyke boy, Corrigan boy, Wood pay boy, Gross boy, Colas boy, Lucas girl, Berry 94, Crippen 40, Cotling 90, Rhode 39, Rosey 18, Donohoe 2, Queenad 58, Hammond 6, Jackson 32, Brooks 2, and Kehewea at various hospitals plus ages and addresses.
Twelve lines describe Capt. Oliver C. Terry and Lieuts Landis and McLennan supervising overnight underground telephone wiring at a District camp. Seven miles of insulated wiring connect private exchanges at key tents including headquarters, hospital, signal corps, and regiments. Equipment mirrors regular army standards with olive drab uniforms and conical tents.
A letter attributed to J. J. Daly describes a doomed march to Fredreeck camp and exhaustion among troops. The speaker laments infection and death risk, pleading for safety and rest while recalling Rosa, children, and Mingsbrudda Rosa as he faces uncertain fate with the soldiers. He warns he may never return home.
Special to The Washington Post Frederick Md Aug 19 preparations for a large crowd at the DC National Guard camp include a parade by the entire brigade and expected aviators from College Park possibly flying to Frederick Weather permitting they may attend a camp banquet Officers plan a large reception as soldiers anticipate new drills and civilian spectators welcome the event.
Report notes officers instruct units to observe care and reduce illness as Camp Ordway remains active. The scene at the whale place features a car line serving the camp, with schedules irregular and subject to the orders of authorities amid ongoing military life.
Washington detectives arrest Edward Epps at 226 E Street SW in a night raid tied to a robbery at the McClintocks near Alexandria. A wife, Maria, fled with cash and is tracked to Alexandria. The crime involved a $700 haul, later reduced to $600, with $42.40 found on Epps. The assault left Mr. McClintock gravely wounded and Mrs. McClintock shocked, as police pursue other suspects in the string of robberies.
Miss Gertie Holmes, 18, daughter of John D. Holmes of Benson North Carolina, drank carbolic acid and died after her fiancé wed another. Earlier she attempted laudanum but was saved. She had been closely watched and outwitted guardians until doctors reached her. cause cited as love disappointment.
Three Coatesville men are jailed in West Chester charged with murder over the mob killing of Zack Walker. Joseph Swartz admits taking part in the rope seizure and helping to drag Walker to the field for the burning. Berry and Gilbert were detained as witnesses, later rearrested on murder in the first degree. Bail denied for all.
Admiral Count Togo travels from Boston to Niagara Falls on the final leg of his U S tour as a guest of the nation. He appears in good health and plans a Canadian side visit with Capt Potts and Chandler Hale before a transcontinental Canadian tour.
Scores of representatives visited the White House to bid farewell to President Tatu as adjournment neared. Most were pleased, with many Republicans prominent and a sprinkling of Democrats among them.
Children at Camp Good Will enjoyed a lively field day organized by the Christian Endeavor Society of the First Presbyterian Church. Boys and girls competed in potato races, cracker eating, peanut eating, sack races, and cross country events with standout performers named for each event.
Berlin dispatch reports Weltkorrespondenz circulating a North German Gazette article claiming U S backing for Manuel Bonilla in Honduras and predicting a U S protectorate status with a loan to the new government after October election.
The German Societies of the District plan an August 27 Potomac excursion to raise funds for entertaining delegates to the National German American Alliance convention in the city October 5 3. Emil Spahn leads the effort with proceeds supporting the entertainment fund. Several hundred delegates are expected. the peace movement will be discussed.
John Paulding, who left his Minnesota residence 40 years ago, returned to Jeffersonville Indiana and offered a home to his former wife her children and her paralyzed husband. Mrs Paulding who had accompanied him to Minnesota returned with the children and twenty years ago obtained a divorce and wed William Porter Porter became afflicted four years ago and a friend informed Paulding of his former wife's circumstances.
Fayetteville authorities report a fatal and a serious injury after a free for all brawl last night involving two women and three men. Adam Smith, accused of the cutting, was arrested. All participants are described as colored.
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