Howard University Professor Drowns at Sea Isle City
Prof Charles C Cook head of English at Howard University perished in the surf at Sea Isle City New Jersey while on vacation with his wife and two children. His body washed ashore near the last sighting as efforts to revive him failed. He studied at Cornell Edinburgh Oxford and Heidelberg before joining Howard in 1891 where he helped build athletics and led the English department. Burial planned in Harmony Cemetery with funeral arrangements pending.
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Howard University
Charles C. Cook
Sea Isle City
N. J
Cook
Steimmer
George St Cook
Ioward University
Mot Cook
Washinguin
John F. Couk
Co- Nuntua
Prof.nuk
Cornell University
Edinburgh
Oxford
United States
Howiran
Seaate City
Tye
Mary
Enid
New York
New England
Erol Cook
Adaline
Charles
Robert
John F. Cook
Elizabeth Cook
Ready to Greet Singers From Vienna Gesangverein Arrival
A Washington gathering of German organizations prepares for the reception of 200 members of the Vienna Gesangverein, arriving August 28. committees chaired by Yeoman Orphan Asylum FP Imhof and others organize housing, entertainment, and liaison with the Washington Saengerbund and related groups.
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Hans
Vienna Gesangverein
Wash‘ston
Washington
Saengerbund
Yeoman Orphan Asylum
Imhof
Veteran Birth Battalion
Wlliam Beith
Havaran Souety
Pr. Ruckhaeschel; Arjon Gesangverein
John Wischhusen
Termoania Marnoerchor
Carl Braun
Verein-Haden
Lovis Schroff
Hessendarmstuikter-Veren
Lons Bauer
Suablanevein
Write Tanold
Soin
Theodore Lerch
Plattdutscher Vereywilliam Wegman
Cabarat
W Relief Association
Jernge Miler
Columbia Bund
Spahin
German Relief Association
Neoh
Ford Treissner
Leonhard Ivel
Wastington Butchers Kellessociation
George Ruth
Waltham Tell
Pellagra Case Diagnosed at Georgetown Hospital
A medical examination at the Marine Hospital service confirmed pellagra in a virulent form for Mrs A Sallie Graham of Warrenton Virginia. The 85 year old wife of a Virginia farmer was brought to Washington Friday and admitted to Georgetown University Hospital. Her daughter arrived to be near her mother and yesterday the patient was reported serious.
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Eandal
Marine-Hospital Service
A. Sallie Graham
Warrenton
Georgetown
Graham
Washington
No Trace of Anderson Indicates Vanished Real Estate Man
Inspector Boardman reported no new developments in the disappearance of Victor Anderson, a once wealthy Washington real estate figure. A search alert was issued for Anderson in Baltimore and other seaports, while Sergt. Louise De Birney noted she believes he died by suicide after boarding an ocean vessel and going overboard far from land.
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Boardman
Victor Anderson
Washington
Louise de Birney
Walter Reed
Baltimore
An-derson
Sergi Doe Birney
Father of West Point Senior Approves Penalty in Punch Escapade
Charles Laurence Byrne of this city, son of retired Col C B Byrne, was one of four West Point cadets ordered by President Taft to be confined to barracks arena until March 31 for involvement in the milk panels escapade. Cadet Byrne, three years at West Point, had strong Washington ties and popular social standing. Col Byrne defended the discipline, saying discipline must be maintained. Brig Gen Charles C Byrne, cousin to Cadet Byrne's father, commented that the penalty may be a bad medicine but Byrne and companions must accept it.
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Col. C. B. Byrne
West Point
Taft
Byrne
Washington
Col. Byrne
Byrnes
Charles C. Byrne
Two Synagogues Host Largest Hebrew Weddings in City
Two grand Hebrew weddings in the same neighborhood drew heavy crowds from the Russian colony. At Adas Israel on Sixth and I streets NW, Robert Lubet and Rose Bennett wed under a white lace canopy as wine glass ritual ended in a smash. Moments later at Ahove Sholem on Fifth and I NW, Louis Katzin and Lena Sacks celebrated with Orthodox rites and wine glass breaking.
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Adas Israel
Sixth
Ahove Sholem
Fifth
Robert Lubet
Rose Bennett
Louis Bennett
I New York Avenue
Louis Katalin
Annapolis
Lena Sacks
Morris Sacks
Rabbi Silverstone
Bennett
Luther
Miss Bennett
Sexton Miller
Carroll Institute, Co
Long-Lost Washington Boy Returns After Twenty Years
A Washington youth who left home in 180 to escape paternal punishment for a misdeed returns to Edinburg Virginia after decades. He built a fortune in South America and, visiting New York on business, surprised his mother Mrs. Mary Chapman at the Edinburg Inn on a veranda reunion. His mother wept with joy as they embraced on the Virginia veranda.
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Washington
South America
Virginia
Mary Chapman
J. M. Chapman
Edinburg Inn
Edinburg
Chapman
Ahitt
United States
New York
Atlantic Coast
Woodstock
Orkney Springs
Newman
SEEKING MISS LUCY CALL AT EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
Authorities seek Miss Lucy Call actress daughter of former Senator Wilkingon Call of Florida who is unconscious and dying at Emergency Hospital. She formerly lived at 7 West Ninety-second Street New York City and the senator stayed with her. Before his stroke he said she had gone to a mountain resort in West Virginia but could not name the place. Drs. offer no hope for recovery.
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Lucy Call
Wilkingon Call
Florida
Mias Call
West Ninety-second Street
New York City
West Virginia
Mr. Calt
Child Bitten by Bulldog in Front of Home
Juanita Grant a 12 year old girl was attacked by a bulldog at 117 Reeves Court NW and bitten on both legs. Police officer Joseph W Pierson fatally shot the dog after residents restrained it. The dog owned by Julia Edwards may be rabies tested.
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Juanita Grant
Reeves Court Northwest
Homeopathic Hospital
Joseph W. Pierson
Bureau of Animal Industry
Julia Edwards
Agnée Grant
John Cagsatt
Pierce Street
Indorse Aerial Project Between Washington and Baltimore
U S signal corps officers and aeronautics enthusiasts back Jean Belgiano of Baltimore in proposing an aerial passenger line linking Washington and Baltimore. Col Jerome Joyce supports the effort and eight airships were ordered in Pittsburg for the venture. George C Squier calls the plan feasible though 40 minutes is unlikely. supporters foresee success with proper dirigibles.
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U. S. Signal Corps
Jean Belgiano
Baltimore
Washington Post
Bolgiane
Jerome Joyce
Washington
George C. Squier
Signal Corps
War Department
Germany
Borgiano
Capital
Miners Pass $1 Weekly Assessment At UMW Convention
Indianapolis Aug 21 The special international convention of United Mine Workers adjourned sine die after adopting William Green s substitute report. It calls for a $1 weekly assessment on all miners, endorsement of strikes, dismissal of international organizers, and criticism of the international board. President Lewis says conflicting points with the constitution will not become law and the dismissal of organizers and board criticism are unconstitutional. The convention cost miners about $100 000.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International Convention of
United Mine Workers
William Green
Ohio
International Board
Lewis
Bad Weather Delays Moissant Flight Toward London
Chatham England Aug 21 John B Moissant American aviator did not continue his aerial light from Pains to London due to bad weather. He hopes to start the final leg to the Crystal Palace London tomorrow morning.
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Moissant
Chatham
England
John B. Moissant
London
Crystal Palace
Dr Albert W Calhoun Dead In Avanta Georgia
Dr Albert Wellborn Calhoun a renowned physician and oculist died at his Avanta Georgia home after months of illness. A Confederate veteran, he studied medicine locally then spent three years in Vienna and Berlin before practicing forty years in Atlanta serving patients across the South. He was born April 16 1845 in Newnan Georgia.
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Albert
Calhoun
South
Vienna
Berlin
Atlanta
Newnan
Weather conditions summarize central and western U S with unsettled eastward
Central and western regions endure high temperatures under low pressure while North Dakota and Montana see rising pressure and cooling. Temperatures reach 90 to over 100 in the West. The Atlantic high builds blocking the eastward warm trend. showers occur Virginia to Florida and lower Mississippi valleys. Unsettled weather expected east of the Rockies for two days with showers, more in the South Atlantic States and near the Gulf. Fair in the extreme West except central and southern Rockies with storms. Temperatures trend higher in the East. cooler by Tuesday in the Northwest, spreading to the central plains, Missouri, upper Mississippi, and upper Great Lakes by midweek. Winds along Atlantic coasts moderate, Southeast to South along Gulf coasts, light to moderate southerly in upper lakes, shifting northwest by Tuesday on Superior and Michigan coasts.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
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Upper Lake Region
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Superior
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Rainall
Maniac Kills Captain Aboard Buckman Steamer
Wireless report from San Francisco states Captain BL B Wood of the steamer Buckman was killed in a struggle with an insane passenger last night on the voyage from Seattle to San Francisco. The Buckman was en route to this port when the incident occurred as reported today by the merchants' exchange.
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Seattle
San Francisco
Merchants’ Exchange
BL. B. , Wood
Geattie
Complaints Rise Over Postmaster Plans For Longer Vacations
Baltimore Boston and Philadelphia letter carriers object to Postmaster General Hitchcock s idea to extend vacation time from two weeks to a full month claiming it would cut hiring of substitutes and force others to double up during summer while still keeping to an eight hour day.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Hitchcook
Hitchcock
Postmanater
Five Negroes Arrested in Clashing Ball Field Fight
A dispute at the Common Grounds ball field led to a violent incident in which Harry Smithson, a white man, was felled by a bat during a fight involving five Black men and police from the Fifth Precinct. Suspects were taken into custody as officers restored order.
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Police
Fifth Precinct
Bell
Smithson
Washington Asylum
Mulhall
Thomas Williams
Rose Carter
Charles White
Priest Weldon
Shine
Smitheon
Bella
Hypnotism touted as cure amid Washington riot clash
A race riot erupted on the common near District boundaries as about a hundred or more Black spectators clashed with the Olympic baseball team. Harry Bulthson of the Olympia team was knocked unconscious, and Robert Ball and others were accused of striking. Police faced a brick and stone volley as crowds fought. several arrests followed. Franklin Kaufman, a Baltimore "menticulturist," claimed hypnotic treatment could cure infantile paralysis and offered free demonstrations in the city.
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Harry Bulthson
Olympia
Pennsylvania
Avenus Yoathens
Robert Ball
Smithson
Pre- Sinet
Mulhall
J. G. Swan
W. T. Clinton
Franklin E. Kaufman
Sevantwenth
Capital City
Senlvan
Buch
Franklin 2
Kaufman
Baltimore
Washington
Accuse Women of Hold-Up in Bold Highway Robbery
Amanda Alexander and Margeret Nesbitt, both listed as residents of northwest Washington, are under arrest charged with a bold highway robbery. They allegedly held up Philip L. Corby near Twelfth and B streets, pistol in hand, taking $21 and Corby's pocketbook after a daytime encounter. Corby identified them later near the Mall. police arrested the women, who claim to be domestic servants and deny prior knowledge of the victim.
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Twenty-second Street
Margeret Nesbitt
Thirteenth Street
Philip L. Corby
Sixth Street
Twelfth and
B Streets
Corby
B Street
D Street
Elopement of Cincinnati Socials Trumps Hotel Party
A Cincinnati party guest Miss Margaret W Engle and John Petstenburg eloped in Atlantic City. They slipped away on a special train, hunted a magistrate, and married leaving a note. The bridal pair boarded the return train for their honeymoon and left friends puzzled by their whereabouts.
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Waaniogton
Atlantic City
Cincinnati
Margaret W. Engle
Michael Engle
John Petstenburg
Crippen and Lenève Travel Again Near Quebec
Father Point Quebec August 21 Crippen and Lenève passed the point of arrest during their flight from England. Miss Leneveix logged on the Megantic and Crippen listed as Cyrus Field. Inspector Dewalko holds the alleged éneéghite. The voyage from Quebec was uneventful. The Megantic should reach Belle Isle tomorrow night and Liverpool Saturday noon.
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Father Point
Quebec
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Ethel Clare Lenéve
England
Brooklyn Girls Arrested for Home Sickness Prank
Miss Madeline Kelly aged 17 and Miss Anna Whalen aged 18, both Brooklyn residents, were arrested by Detectives Baur and Ehleindienst on complaints from their mothers that they were runaways. They had been staying at 3% First Street Southeast with a friend for three weeks and planned to start work today if not held.
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Brooklyn
Madeline Kelly
Baldy Street
Anna Whalen
Sends Street
Baur and
Ehleindienst
First Street
Mother
Esperanto in Public Schools Debate by Cox and Horner
President Cox opposes adding Esperanto now, preferring French or Spanish for district students due to cost and curriculum needs. R R Horner, impressed by its simplicity, remains undecided and notes possible future inclusion as a standard study if demand grows.
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R. R. Horner
W. V. Cox
Board of Education
Cox
Shooting of Park Targets Birds Not People In New York
Three precinct police investigate a series of shots on the south side of Central Park. No serious injuries. David R Peck of the Bronx hit in the ankle while walking near the park wall. Ferdinand Petrick shot in the hand. Police suspect a shooter firing from a window at wildlife.
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New York
Central Park
David R. Peck
Bronx
Ferdinand Petrick
Midshipman dies at sea aboard Iowa during training voyage
Wireless dispatches from Norfolk report Midshipman Richard R. Landy U S N died aboard the battleship Iowa returning from Europe with the training squadron. Landy entered the Naval Academy a year ago from Tennessee and died of peritonitis as the squadron neared Chesapeake Bay en route to Annapolis.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Chesapeake
Annapolis
Minister Confesses Thefts From Seminary Students
In Zanesville Ohio on August 31 Rev A A Hauberch pastor of Miltonsburg Lutheran Evangelical Church was arrested and charged with stealing seventeen watches and other jewelry valued at 300 from Eden Theological Seminary students at Clayton Missouri where he was on probation. He admitted the thefts saying he needed money and that he would learn a trade in prison to be useful after release, as he expects expulsion from the ministry.
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Zanesville
Unio
A. A. Hauberch
Miltonsburg
Ohio
Lutheran Evangelical Church
Eden Theological Seminary
Clayton
Weston record broken by continent walk in 81 days
Sacramento August 21 John Ennis aged years arrived from New York after 78 days of walking and a head start of three weeks on the Weston coast to coast record. He rested then planned to press to San Francisco and reach there Wednesday morning claiming a new 81 day continental crossing record.
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Cal
New York City
Edward Weston
John Ennis
Francisco
Norning
Fall of Madriz forces Near Managua Prompts Escape
The report describes a near rout of government troops after a river crossing at Tipitapa, with General Toledos Madrid forces panicking and fleeing toward Granada and Managua. Madriz supporters contemplate abdicating, while Estrada revolutionaries push toward the capital, and Madrid family boards ships to leave Corinto.
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Tiger mauling wounds trainer at Belleville arena
In Belleville New Jersey on August 21, animal trainer Paul Nier Ing suffered claw injuries after a tiger mauled him in the park arena. About three hundred spectators fled in panic as the tiger, startled by the crowd, was momentarily restrained before rescuers freed the trainer.
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New Jersey Park
Belleville
N. J
Paul Nier Ing
Niering
Forest Fire Wreck Disturbs Great Northern Train
Reports from Helena Montana say the Great Northern Oriental Limited derailed near Inverness at 3:20 this afternoon after the rails spread from intense forest heat. No fatalities are reported though the wreck disrupted service.
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Helena
Mont
Great Northern
Mount Hecta Grumbling Threatens Icelandic Volcano
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports Mount Hecta in Iceland has awakened after 32 years of quiescence. Smoke pours from the crater and snow has vanished likely from internal heat. Frequent earthquakes unsettle inhabitants of the island’s most fertile and civilized region.
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Washington Post
Copenhagen
Hecta
Iceland
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