Negro Educator Dies in Surf at Sea Isle City
Prof Charles C Cook head of the English department at Howard University drowned in the surf at Sea Isle City New Jersey while beyond the breaker line. His body washed ashore near where last seen. He was a prominent educator and former Cornell graduate with European study credits. His widow and two children were with him on vacation. funeral arrangements to be announced.
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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 at Washington Saengerbund Arrival
A Washington event brings 200 members of the Vienna Gesangverein to the city on August 28. A committee of representative German organizations coordinated the reception, naming chairs and various societies including the Yeoman Orphan Asylum and Washington Saengerbund while Gustav Bender serves as chief starmaid bearer and committee chair.
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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 poor examination by the Marine Hospital Service confirmed a virulent pellagra diagnosis for Mrs A Sallie Graham of Warrenton Virginia. The 65 year old wife of a farmer was brought to Washington Friday and admitted to Georgetown University Hospital with pellagra symptoms. Her condition remains serious as her daughter arrives to be near her mother.
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Eandal
Marine-Hospital Service
A. Sallie Graham
Warrenton
Georgetown
Graham
Washington
Father of West Point Senior Approves Penalty in Punch Escapade
Charles Laurence Byrne of this city, son of Col C B Byrne US Army retired, was among four West Point cadets ordered by President Taft to be confined in barracks until March 31 for involvement in the milk panels escapade. Cadet Byrne, a three year cadet and frequent Washington visitor, will endure the punishment without parental sympathy. Col Byrne, declining further comment, said discipline must be maintained. Brig Gen Charles C Byrne, a cousin of the cadet's father, agreed the penalty is a tough dose of medicine but necessary.
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Col. C. B. Byrne
West Point
Taft
Byrne
Washington
Col. Byrne
Byrnes
Charles C. Byrne
Twin Hebrew Weddings Draw Fragments at Two Synagogues
Miss Rose Bennett and Miss Lena Gacks wed in rapid succession at Adas Israel and Ahove Sholem synagogues in northwest Washington. Bouquets, carriages, and a wine glass breaking ceremony marked both weddings. The Bennett ceremony led to a reception at the Carroll Institute, while Katzin and family planned a Annapolis home.
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Robert Luber
Lena Gacks
Louis Katzin
Annapolis
Sa Mgon
Adas Israel
Sixth
Ahove Sholem
Fifth
Robert Lubet
Louis Bennett
I New York Avenue
Louis Katalin
Lena Sacks
Morris Sacks
Rabbi Silverstone
Bennett
Luther
Miss Bennett
Sexton Miller
Carroll Institute, Co
Long Lost Washington Boy Returns Home After 20 Years
A Washington youth who fled in 180 to escape paternal punishment has found fortune in South America and reunites with his mother on the veranda of the Edinburg Inn in Virginia. Mary Chapman bursts into tears as J M Chapman is recognized after a twenty year search. He plans to close New York business and return to live with his mother.
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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
Lve
Seek Lucy Call Daughter of Senator Call Believed Dying
Emergency Hospital seeks Miss Lucy Call actress and daughter of former Senator Wilkingon Call of Florida who is unconscious and near death. She last lived at 7 West 92nd Street in New York City and her father, recently stricken, said she had gone to a mountain resort in West Virginia. No change in his condition yesterday and doctors offer no hope.
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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 Negro girl was bitten on the legs by a bulldog on Reeves Court Northwest while playing with other children. Officer Joseph W. Pierson shot and killed the dog after the attack. The animal 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 Passenger Line Between Washington and Baltimore
U S signal corps officers and aeronautics supporters say Jean Belgiano of Baltimore has a feasible plan for an aerial passenger line between Washington and Baltimore. Col Jerome Joyce backs the project and eight airships have been ordered in Pittsburg for the proposed route. General George C Squier says the plan is feasible with proper dirigibles but doubts 40 minute passage. Other enthusiasts also believe the line could succeed.
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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 Vote New Dues Plan At International Meet
Indianapolis Aug 21 The United Mine Workers adjourned after adopting William Green's substitute report calling for a weekly one dollar assessment on all miners, endorsing strikes, dismissing international organizers, and criticizing the international board. President Lewis said conflicting points would not become law and condemned the organizers' dismissal as 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
Moissant Delayed By Weather On London Flight
Chatham England August 21 American aviator John B Moissant did not continue his aerial light from Pains to London today because of 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 Calhoun Dead Avanta GA
Dr Albert Wellborn Calhoun a renowned physician and oculist died at his Avanta Georgia home after months of illness. A Civil War veteran he studied medicine locally then trained in Vienna and Berlin, practiced 40 years in Atlanta drawing patients from across the South. Born Newnan Georgia April 16 1845.
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Albert
Calhoun
South
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Berlin
Atlanta
Newnan
Weather Conditions Report From U S Department Forecast
Weather Bureau summary reports high temperatures with low pressure across the central and western United States while North Dakota and Montana see rising pressure and cooler changes. Thunderstorms erupt from Virginia to Florida with showers in the lower Mississippi and Middle Mississippi valleys. Near the Rockies unsettled weather continues east of the range with gradual cooling moving into the Plains and Midwest by midweek. winds shift along coasts with light to moderate southerly flows and fair conditions offshore.
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Weather Bureau
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Atlantic States
Virginia
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Maniac Kills Captain Aboard Buckman Steamer
Wireless report from San Francisco says Captain BL B Wood of the steamer Buckman was killed last night in a struggle with an insane passenger. Buckman was en route to Seattle from Geattie when the tragedy occurred.
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Seattle
San Francisco
Merchants’ Exchange
BL. B. , Wood
Geattie
Complaints Rise Over Postmaster General Vacation Plan
Baltimore Boston and Philadelphia letter carriers protest Hitchcock effort to extend paid vacations from two weeks to a full month. They say savings came from not hiring substitute carriers and warn of increased workloads as others take time off.
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Philadelphia
Hitchcook
Hitchcock
Postmanater
Five Negroes Arrested After Ball Field Dispute Ends in Assault
A fight at the Common Lands ball field led to the arrest of five Black men after a dispute over use of the field. Harry Smithson, a White man, was struck with a bat during the skirmish. Police from the Fifth Precinct intervened and detained those involved as the investigation continues.
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Police
Fifth Precinct
Bell
Smithson
Washington Asylum
Mulhall
Thomas Williams
Rose Carter
Charles White
Priest Weldon
Shine
Hypnotism a remedy amid race riot and assault in capital city
A large race riot erupted on a common near the District as white Olympia baseball players clashed with about a hundred Negroes. Harry Bulthson was struck unconscious, and Robert Ball was accused of wielding the bat. Police fought to control the mob, with several arrests for assault and rioting. Franklin Kaufman, a Baltimore hypnotist, claimed infantile paralysis could be treated by hypnosis and massage without drugs and planned free demonstrations in Washington.
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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
Sr. Kaufman
Keutman
Kahfmen
Bold Highway Robbery Accuses Two Women
Amanda Alexander and Margaret Nesbitt, both Negroes, are under arrest charged with a bold highway robbery. They allegedly held up Philip L. Corby with a pistol near Twelfth and B streets Northwest last Saturday night, taking his pocketbook after one robber paused him and the other searched his pockets. Corby, who lost $21, identified the pair to police. The women claim they are domestic servants and deny seeing Corby before he pointed them out.
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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 Mystery In Atlantic City Society Wedding
A Cincinnati party visiting Miss Margaret Engle learned they were witnesses to her elopement with John Petstenburg on a special train. The couple married after seeking a magistrate, leaving a note and planning a honeymoon while friends returned home unaware of the couple’s location.
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Waaniogton
Atlantic City
Cincinnati
Margaret W. Engle
Michael Engle
John Petstenburg
Crippen and Lenève Sighted at Father Point Quebec
Crippen and Lenève were sighted again at 4 45 pm today at Father Point Quebec the arrest point during their flight from England weeks ago Miss Leneve registered on the Megantic and Crippen listed as Cyrus Field Inspector Dewalko keeps his alleged éneéghite. The Megantic trip was uneventful and weather favorable with Belle Isle expected tomorrow night and Liverpool Saturday noon
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Quebec
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Ethel Clare Lenéve
England
Brooklyn Girls Arrested for Fugitives from Home
Miss Madeline Kelly a 17 year old of 3M Baldy street Brooklyn and Miss Anna Whalen 18 of 181 Sends street were arrested yesterday by Detectives Baur and Ehleindienst on complaint of their mothers that they were fugitives from home. The arrests occurred at 3% First street southeast where they had been staying for three weeks. Both said they wished to return home, claiming homesickness and a desire to see the world. They had jobs lined up at a department store and would have started work today. Parents expected to arrive later.
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Brooklyn
Madeline Kelly
Baldy Street
Anna Whalen
Sends Street
Baur and
Ehleindienst
First Street
Mother
Esperanto in District Curriculum Debated by Board
President Cox opposes adding Esperanto now, stressing lack of funds and priority for French and Spanish. R R Horner, impressed by the language’s simplicity, remains undecided but may support it in the future. Both note uncertain future demand and funding constraints.
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R. R. Horner
W. V. Cox
Board of Education
Cox
Shots Around Central Park Linked to Window Firing
Police from three precincts investigate a string of nonfatal shootings on New Yorks south side of Central Park. Victims David R. Peck and Ferdinand Petrick were struck while walking and at game hour respectively. Police suspect shots are fired from a window at squirrels and birds.
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Central Park
David R. Peck
Bronx
Ferdinand Petrick
Midshipman Landy Dies Aboard Iowa At Sea
Wireless dispatches report Midshipman Richard R. Landy of the U S N died yesterday aboard the battleship Iowa returning from Europe with the Naval Academy training squadron. He entered the Academy a year ago from Tennessee and died of peritonitis as the squadron, about 100 miles east of Cape Henry, heads to Annapolis after entering the Chesapeake Bay.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Chesapeake
Annapolis
Minister Confesses Thefts In Missouri Seminary Case
In Zanesville on August 31 Rev. A. A. Hauberch pastor of Miltonsburg Ohio Lutheran Church was arrested and charged with stealing seventeen watches and other jewelry valued at 300 dollars from Eden Theological Seminary students at Clayton Missouri where he was on probation. The pastor said he stole to get money and that suspense led to his being glad to be caught. He plans to learn a trade in prison and expects expulsion from the ministry.
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Unio
A. A. Hauberch
Miltonsburg
Ohio
Lutheran Evangelical Church
Eden Theological Seminary
Clayton
Weston break walking record across continent
Sacramento dispatch reports John Ennis aged 25 completed a cross continental walk from New York to San Francisco in 81 days, beating Edward Weston’s 105 day coast-to-coast time by 78 days. He arrived in Sacramento at 4 am and planned to continue toward San Francisco, aiming to reach Wednesday morning.
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Cal
New York City
Edward Weston
John Ennis
Francisco
Norning
Fall of Madriz forces brings Estrada near Managua
Reports state government troops were routed at the Tiptapa crossing. General Toledo’s Madrid forces fled toward Granada and Managua as Estrada’s followers push toward the capital. Madriz contemplates abdication while heavy movement of families and officials signals a possible exile or retreat.
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Tiger injures trainer amid panicked crowd at Belleville park
In Belleville New Jersey on August 21 trainer Paul Nier Ing was clawed and badly hurt by a tiger in an arena during a park show. About 300 spectators fled in panic as the beast mauled him before bystanders could free him.
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Belleville
N. J
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Niering
Forest Fire Causes Train Wreck Near Helena
Reports from Helena Montana say the Great Northern Oriental Limited derailed near Inverness after leaving the track at 3:20 pm due to heat softening rails. No fatalities are reported though the accident disrupted service and caused damage to the train and tracks.
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Mont
Great Northern
Mount Hekla Rumblings Quiet for 32 Years
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports Mount Hekla in Iceland, after 32 years of quiescence, showing signs of possible eruption. Smoke pours from the crater and snow has vanished, likely from internal heat. Frequent earthquakes unsettle inhabitants near the island’s fertile, civilized region.
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Washington Post
Copenhagen
Hecta
Iceland
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