Taft orders inquiry quiet again at Athens camp
Secretary of War Taft ordered a full investigation into last night’s clash at Camp Herrick near Athens Ohio between regular army troops and National Guard members. Corporal Charles Clark of Warren Ohio was killed and three guardsmen injured. Testimony indicated many attackers were regulars from the Fourteenth Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Bates
Athens
Ohio
Charles Clark
Warren
Fifth
Ohio National Guard
National Guard
War Department
Camp Herrick
United States
Ohio Natonal Guard
Charles Claris
J J Lane
J. M. Craig
Albert Heald
W. H. Ohl
Fourteenth United States Infantry
A. E Critchfield
Fourteenth
United States Artillery
Clerk
Notice of Marriage and Deaths In Washington Post
Marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post will, upon application, appear simultaneously in multiple morning newspapers including The New York Times, Baltimore Herald, Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Record Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburg Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St. Louis Republic, Syracuse Post Standard, St Paul Pioneer-Press, Minneapolis Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
NEW York Times
Baltimore Herald
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST Louis Republic
Syracuse Post Standard
BT Paul Pioneer-Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
LICENSED TO MARRY AND DEATH NOTICES IN WASHINGTON AREA
Multiple notices report marriages births and deaths from August 1904 in Washington area. Names include Charles Foss Irens Solomon and others with locations Pittsburg Woonsocket Philadelphia and Washington. Obituaries note Emma Prime Edwin Malcolm Shepard rear admiral and Mary Ann Fehrsinger. Funeral details listed for several.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Foss
Irens H. Solomon
John J Hagan
Violet H Howells
Pittsburg
Symon J Treitel
Woonsocket
H. 3
Fanny Woog
William A. Etoudi
Philadelphis
Jeanette B. Willama
Fehrsingur
M. Jacgie
E Street
Mary Ann Fersinger
HH. Fersinger
Noble
West Falls Church
Emma Prime
Franklin Noble
Rock Creek Cemetery
Shepard
Jaffrey
N. H
Edwin Malcolm Shepard
U.S W
Columbia Road
J BK Ward
Mo Street
T Z
Maggie E Ward
Health Office Record Item Names and Ages
Health office report lists individuals with ages and addresses including Harry D Raker 24 at uw, Ewald Fabritz, Marcus Hall 30, Mary M Heneon 7, Levi F Jones 40, Milton Minor 1 month, Catherine Murphy 56, David W Naylor 75, infant of Marta Sinclair Gol Univ Hosp, Wm Z Swain 74, John B Thames 4 months, plus other entries and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D Raker
Ewald Fabritz
Marcus Hall
Wash
Asvl Horp
Mary M Heneon
Levi F Jones
Jon Landausina
Providence’ Hospital
Carle Lee
Rork Court
Milton Minor
Local Undertakers and Embalmers advertise services
Multiple Washington D C funeral homes list undertaker and embalmer services with contact numbers and addresses. W R Speare operates at 940 F Street NW and J R Wright at 1837 Tenth Street NW offer 24 hour service. Other firms include Harvey's Sons at 1335 Fourteenth Street and J William Lee with a modern chapel and crematorium nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Harvey
Fourteenth Street
North 19
John R. Wricht
Tenth Street
North 47
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania Ave
Gam
Army guard clash in Warren wounds and arrests
Nine men from the Fourteen Regiment of regulars were arrested after a cowardly street attack on unarmed guards. Corporal Charles Clark of the Ohio National Guard died from multiple gunshot injuries. Sergt William Blessing and Lieut Waugh died later or are injured. Army and civil authorities order investigation and security measures across Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Blessing
Ritezell
Hves
Warren
Spain
Moore
Athens
Will Pond
Col. Bryan
Col Bryan
Charles Clark
Fifth
Ohio National Guard
Clark
Guard of Honor
Sergt
F.C. Fay
Lieut
Waugh
Ninth Battalon
Columbus
Second Brigade
Round Lap Bale Plan Drives Cotton Company Reorganization
New York August 20 William Nelson Cromwell counsel for the reorganization committee of the American Cotton Company issued a statement outlining a plan to restore working capital with a $1.5 million fund and a capitalization readjustment. The plan calls for creditors and stockholders to buy new first mortgage bonds and convert holdings to 7 percent preferred stock while preserving protection by a 5 percent consent threshold for any mortgage or preferred stock increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Nelson Cromwell
American Cotton Company
South
United States
Europe
Chicago
Cornelius RR. Buss
A. D. Juilliard
J. Edward Simmons
BE. C. Converse
William C. Leversing
Maxwell Woodhull
Train Struck Dynamite in Nevada Missouri Disaster
Two killed and three injured when fifteen cases of dynamite on the Missouri Pacific depot platform at Minden were struck by a southbound freight engine. The depot was demolished with a large ground hole, engine dismantled, and track torn up. Victims include Engineer Rody of Nevada and Edward Brooks the depot agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Minden
Missouri Pacific
Rody
Nevada, Co
Edward Brooks
Edward Laws
Jonce
No Anthracite Strike Declared by UMWA Leader
Wheeling West Virginia August 2 T L Lewis national vice president of the United Mine Workers of America reports a telegram from the conciliation board in New York stating there will be no strike in the anthracite coal region All questions go to Judge Gray whose interpretation will be final Next meeting planned in Toronto for the plumbers gas fitters and steam fitters union Birmingham Alabama August 20 convention adjourned choosing Toronto Canada as next meeting place and officers to be named later Date to be decided Heading Pennsylvania August 20 a Reading Company notice in the car shop announces a five day work week starting Monday after prior schedules of five and a half days per week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Conciliation Board
New York
Gray
Toronto
Birmingham
Ala
Canadas
Heading
Reading Company
Kidnapped Brooklyn Boy Fears Death for Identifying Captors
Antonio Mannino, the kidnapped Brooklyn boy, said he was warned he would be killed if he named any captors. Police suspect fear kept him from identifying those holding him for ransom after a return home with his father from Manhattan where detectives showed him the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Antonio Mannino
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Magnificent Parisian dresses ruined at St Louis Fair
Magnificent Parisian gowns valued at 500000 were ruined by heavy rains at the World’s Fair grounds. The gowns, exhibited by French dressmakers in the palace of manufactures, were soaked through as water leaked from the roof. Many dresses had been sold to firms in St Louis and Chicago, and the damage cancels contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Palace of Manufactures
Marcel Betieu
France
St. Louis
Chicago
Gov. Pennypacker
Pennaslvania
Pennsylvania State Commission
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Jefferson Guards
John A. Wiley
Mad” Anthony Wayne
United States Army
Fallen Timber
Maumee River
Pennsylvania
Francis
James H. Lambert
E. M. J. Gallaudet
Washington, D. C
Gallaudet University For the Deaf and Dumb
Gallaudet
Teresa Ramares
Philippine Exposition Board
Philippine Islands
Confidence in Dr Pierce Advice for Women Health
A reader shares how sending stamps to Buffalo physician Dr. R V Pierce yielded free personal health guidance. She praises The Favorite Prescription and other remedies for female weakness and urges others to seek his confidential advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
United States France Discuss Trade Relations Visit
Mr Gerald expresses pleasure at returning to the country and recalls a pleasant visit at the Chicago Exposition. He notes studying American financial conditions and following Wilson tariff changes during St Louis stay. He welcomes reciprocal trade agreements and potential cooperation between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Gerald
St Louis
Eanes Bae
Agine
St Louis Flood Damage Reaches $150000 After Tornado
A North St Louis tornado damage report cites three dead and over 150 injured. Estimated losses total 150000, heavily hitting manufacturing plants and homes, with Venice Madison and Granite City in Illinois also reporting greater damages and two deaths. Debris and downed wires litter streets as recovery continues into the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fist
St Louis
St. Louis
Lfe
Ilinois
Venice
Madison
Granite City
Broadway
Selection of Emperor William and King Edward for Godfather
Aug 21 St Petersburg reports the christening of the Russian heir will use golden carriages and milk white horses from Peterhof to the villa Alexandra. Empress and Emperor Nicholas will be absent per Orthodox rules. Godfathers William and Edward represented by Prince Henry of Prussia and Prince Louis of Battenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Peterhof
Villa Alexandra
Great Palace
Little Palace
Nicholas
Aleftis
Henry
Prussia
Prince Louis of
Battenburg
William
Edward
Alexandra
Expperor
Russia
Great Britain
Prince Henry of
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Prince Louis
Berlin
Emperor Willam
Seven Lives Lost in Globe Arizona Flood
Seven people are known to have died in the flood that swept Globe and nearby areas in Arizona. The confirmed dead include M. N. Mitchell and his wife, D. Wilson, Charles Sims, John Epley, Mr. Hurd, and Nis Moody. Wilson and Stanley Meentzer are credited with heroic rescues, including saving a young woman he would have married. Rail and telegraph lines are being rebuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso
Tex
Globe
Ariz
M. N. Mitchell
Southern Pacific Railway
D. Wilson
Charles Sims
John Epley
Hurd
Nis Moody
Courier
Bowie
Stanley Meentzer
Wilson
Express train ditches after landslide near Harrisburg
Four train crew members were seriously injured when the west bound Cleveland and Cincinnati express struck a landslide at Canewago below Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Conductor Hanley, engineer Whitmeyer, and others sustained injuries as the train ran off the tracks. Traffic resumed with trains routed around the wreck. Senator Depew and others returned from Europe aboard the steamship N York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Canewago
Hanley
Phiadelphia
Harry Whitmeyer
Philadelphia
Shunk
George ‘Feathers
Express Messenger
Catholics in Orient Austria Declined the Task
Rome reports the Vatican may turn to Austria as sole Catholic power able to replace France in protecting Catholics in the Far East. Austria rejects the burden, cites lack of colonies, and navies. France’s historic protector role waned as other powers step in to safeguard their own faithful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Vatican
Leo
Rome
Far East
Austria
Holy See
Pius X
Vienna
Balkane
Albania
Spain
Italy
Germany
Papacy
Dover Straits Swim Ends Roughly for One Contender
Three swimmers planned a crossing of the Dover Straits from Dover England with 8 W Groesley delaying start due to cold water. Jack Haggerty began with Montagu Holbein at 4 35 pm but Haggerty cramped and collapsed after about ninety minutes. Holbein swam six miles at 9 30 pm and remained on course toward Cape Gris Nez as experts called conditions favorable and the sea calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Eng
Straits of Dover
W. Groesley
Jack” Haggerty
Montagu Holbein
Haggerty
Holbein
Cape Gris Nez
Houlogne-sur- Mer
Franco-Spanish Pact to Build Three Pyrenean Rail Lines
The Franco-Spanish convention signed today plans three railway lines across the Pyrenees to be completed within three years. It aims to boost friendly ties and commerce between France and Spain and to quicken access to Morocco, expanding French influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pyrenees
Morocco
Berlin’s horse Thinks and People Debate
Hans the thinking horse dominates German debate this week with claims of musical ability color discrimination and arithmetic. Critics cite a prank by the horse’s owner and say the minister is not appointing a commission to examine the horse, keeping the matter unofficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hans
Germany
Studt
von Osten
Armistice Extended in Paraguay Civil War Crisis
Buenos Ayres reports the Paraguayan government and insurgents agreed to a forty eight hour extension of the truce after talks yielded no result. Insurgents demand three ministers, half the chambers, and police chief. government concedes foreign affairs and justice. Government says five to six thousand men, about twelve hundred regulars, with many desertions. Insurgent ships occupy San Pablo Rosario Concepcion. Families flee Asuncion as prices rise and cattle stocks dwindle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Formosa
Asuncion
Paraguay
San Pablo
Villa Rosario
Concepcion
Interior
Argentina
Priest Under Arrest In Ancient Cape Theft
In Ascoli Italy Aug 20 priest Raffaell Castelli of Offida is arrested as an accomplice in the theft from Ascoli cathedral of a priceless 13th century cape later bought by J Pierpont Morgan. Other arrests are anticipated as government efforts to recover the item continue. The cape had disappeared during cathedral repairs and was once loaned to the South Kensington Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascoli
Italy
Raffaell Castelli
Offida
Cathedral of
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ascolt
London
Morgan
South Kensington Museum
France
Nicholas
Schneider Story Discredited by Southampton Police
Local detectives found no corroboration for Franz Schneider’s tale of stealing papers from a person said to be F. Kent Loomis. Consul General Evans in London said Loomis had lost no important papers and had never been to Southampton, rendering the story unworthy of investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Franz Schneider
Birmingham Poice
F. Kent Loomis
London
Evans
International Socialists Call for Annual May Day Demonstrations
Amsterdam Aug 2 The International Socialist and Trade Union Congress adopts a resolution urging socialists and unions to organize annual demonstrations for an eight hour day and to stop work on May Day. A second resolution backs socialization of production. Next congress set for Stuttgart 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Socialists
Amsterdam
Holland
International Socialist and Trade Union Congress
Stuttgart
Herr Bebel
Counterfeit Buffalo Bill Bills Recovered in Atlanta Arrests
Secret Service raids in Atlanta lead to four men being arrested for producing and uttering counterfeit $10 Buffalo pattern bills. About $30,000 of the fakes recovered from La Hatte Printing and related locations, with plates surrendered and an additional suspect believed to be in St Louis. The four men, including a former postmaster, admit guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Secret Service Department
Oscar L. McMichael
la Hatte Printing Company
Clarence W. Rebb
Tre
Rebb
United States
James N. Wright
la Hatte
Littie
Little
Coffey
St Louis
Government Service
Death of Gen Fitz Simons in Chicago home
Gen Charles Faiz Simons a noted contracting engineer and Civil War officer died at his Chicago home after complications from a fall. He formerly lived in Rochester N Y and served with New York State troops in the Civil War. Peter Wax a prominent New England antiques collector and dealer died today of pneumonia in Hartford Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Faiz Simons
Fitz Simons
Rochester
N. Y
New York State
Hartford
Conn
Peter Wax
New England
Italian Bride Found Dead in New York
Fra. Camillo Apuzzo, a bridegroom of a few weeks, was found murdered in her Third Avenue home in New York. The couple arrived from Italy six days ago after Apuzzo traveled there to wed her as promised seven years earlier. Police note a feud between the two families from Italy, but the motive remains unsolved and the husband is missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Camillo Apusto
Third Avenue
Italy
Apuzzo
LYNCHED BY ALABAMA MOB IN CORDOVA
Cordova Ala Aug 2 town marshal J McNelson was killed this evening when he went to collect a fine. Avery a negro shot him dead. A mob then took Avery from the calaboose and killed him with stones and pistol balls. A brother of Avery threatens violence and may be lynched. Governor Cunningham wired Sheriff Moore to call out the military if needed due to feared further mob violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Ala
J. McNelson
Avery
Calaboose
McNelson
Cunningham
Jack Moore
Jasper
Dying Chippewa Chief Marries To Protect Wife
Detroit Aug 20 In a legal ceremony to secure his wife's rights before death James Bah We Tuk Yosh chief of the Chippewa remnants north of Bay City Mich aged seventy wed Martha O Nah Shank known as his common law wife for forty years He owns substantial property and with death near wished to insure his wife's possession of his goods and chattels The ceremony acknowledges that law does not recognize common law marriages among Indians and the union is described as a major event among Michigan Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
James Bah
Michigan
Mississippi feud murder in Bay Springs area
In Laurel Mississippi last night W C Windham was shot in the breast and killed by an ambush along Tallaha Swamp near Bay Springs. W C Windham, E Windham, and J T Blakely were attacked. Sloan Ainsworth had been killed recently by Windhams, fueling ongoing hostilities with both sides armed and no clue to the shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Windham
Laurel
Miss
W. C. Windham
E. Windham
J T. Blakely
Tallaha Swamp
Bay Springa, Miss
Ainsworth
Utes Refuse To Sell Land In Mesa Verde Region
Senator T. M. Patterson reports failure to secure a reservation purchase from Southern Ute Indians for a cliff dwellers ruins site. The Indians refuse to bargain with the government citing past mistreatment and a broken 1890s water treaty, stating no water promised has been delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Alamosa
Col
T. M. Patterson
Secretary of the Interior
Mesa Verde
Lutheran Conference Votes to Buy Site Near Concord
Winona Mini Aug 2 The Synodical Lutheran Conference of North America voted the appropriation of $15,000 to buy a tract of land near Concord North Carolina where a college for the education of negroes for the ministry will be erected A few minor changes were made in the revised catechism adopted two years ago for English congregations It was voted to bring the mission work for Lithuanians now being done by separate synods under the supervision of the synodical conference
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Conference
Concord
N. C
Winona
Mini
Synodical Lutheran Conference of North America
W. C
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Gov Herrick
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W.R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Joseph Gawler
Puneray
Pa Ave
George P. Zarhorst
Fusert Seton Ans East
Gayttel Te Seleghape
Mast Sh
Round Lap Base Company
Pennypacker
New
M. Gerald
la Lorraine
Havre
Charente
America
Nto
Depew
York
Chauncey
Clyds Fitch
William J. Pike
Ae Zeta
Bani Gay
Ame
Bach of
Simeon
Propaganda
Jacobini
Letichowski
Rampolla
Frence
Dover Straits
Amador
Panama
Amador W-Day
Associated Press
Buenaverdura
Colombia
Nugul
Atrata
San Juan
Cauca
Brazil
M. Lebaudy
Toralon Creest
Cope
Schneider
F. E. Loomis
Foreign Office
Bryan
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Charles Page Bryan
Portugal
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. R. Bassett
Concord Junction
Mass
Bassett
Denver
Royal Arcanum
Massachusetts
Memuba
Cherbourg
Etruria
Grosser Kurfurst
Plymouth
Bremen
St. Paul
Deutachland
Pretarien
Montreal
Glasgow
Canpanis
Queenstown
Satief
Boric
Umbria
Galied
KEW Fablicaions
Thomas W. Lawson
Gyoryrod M
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College For Negroes
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