Misunderstanding fixes delay in school plat dispute
Municipal architect Snowden Ashford and Capt. Mark Brooke said the original Eleventh and Harvard plan fits the lot after a Hazen miscommunication. The Board of Education urged changes to face Eleventh Street, but later found the lot smaller than the larger proposed building, reducing size and costs. Construction to start today after corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleventh
Starvard
Snowden Ashford
Capt
Mark Brooke
Hazen
Ashford
Board of Education
Ods
Harvard Street
Eleventh Street
Chen
Threaten New Strike Labor Commission Named
Liverpool reports a standstill as 250 tramway workers strike and fears of wider action grow. A government commission, led by Sir David Harrel, is to investigate railway disputes and the 1907 conciliation agreement, with findings expected in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Allan Line
London
United Kingdom
Midland and
Northeastern
David Harrel
Ireland
Thomas R. Hillis
Charles G. Beale
Arthur Henderson
John Burnett
Funeral Directors and Embalmers in Washington DC Network
Washington area funeral directors and embalmers listed with chapel or premises on site. Firms include J William Lee, John R Wright Co, Br Harvey and Sons, James T Clements & Sons, Wm Sardo & Co, Thos M Hindle, Pumphrey & Son, Costello, Frank Geier's Sons, Speare, Spears, and Geo P Zurhorst. Numerous addresses and phone numbers provided for immediate service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania Ave
John R. Wright CO
Tenth St
BR. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth ST
Madeate
North
Louis Clements
Clements Jas R Clements
James T. Clements
West
Wisconsin Ave
Sardo & Co
H St
Lincoln
L Thos
Sergeon
R_S CAIN
Seveath St
Thos. M
Livers Incor
Frank Geier’s Sons
Modern Chapel
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Spears
Mona Lisa and railway strike tensions loop in Britain
The article recounts the Mona Lisa portrait with notes on its mystery and restoration and transitions to a rail labor dispute in Britain. James Ramsay MacDonald criticizes Home Secretary Churchill and troop use, clashing with Lloyd George on government roles. The House of Commons rejects an adjournment amendment 93 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Liverpool
James Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
House of Commons
Churchill
Home Office
James Keir Iardie
David Lloyd George
Wardle
Marriage Licenses Listed With Several Couples From Virginia
Licensed nuptials show Harry Patten 23 wed Marlon Schines 17 and Rev M HR Yvetson with Lawrence J Crowe 48 and Alice Halton 40 of Richmond. Other entries include Rev James A Cowan with John J McCarthy 21 and Hlene Brosnan 2, Rev Eugene A Hannan with John R Pribble 50 of Enfield and Annie L Reed 33 of King William, Rev RW Lowrie pairing Walliam N Holman 93 with Mery Vo Tishnan, both of Richmond, Rev G J Hunnicutt with Paul Peck 22 and Ruth P Owens 18, Rev William Taylor Snyder pairing Charles T Beavens 20 with Harriet 3 Vausize 20, and Rev Merritt Ear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Patten
Marlon Schines
Yvetson Lawrence J Crowe
Alice Halton
Richmond Va
James A. Cowan
John J McCarthy
Hlene Brosnan
Eugene A Hannan
John R Pribble
Enfield
Annie L. Reed
King William County
RW Lowrie
Walliam N. Holman
Mery Vo Tishnan
Bow Legs Operation Says Cure Is Permanent for Children
Pittsburgh case sparks report that surgeons in Washington and other cities have straightened bow legs in growing children. Dr. W J Dillenback says operations at the Children's Hospital are nearly always successful, with bones only partly sawed and cast to knit. Children under seven can be cured, some nine year olds may endure the procedure, though older bones harden and bending becomes impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pittsburgh
W. J. Dillenback
Children’s Hospital
Dillenback
Fatal triple auto crash shocks Baltimore society
In a late night Park Heights avenue collision, F Holmes Hack Jr aged 22 died. Six others were injured all with minor to moderate injuries. Stellman and others involved faced charges for driving intoxicated, with fines imposed. The crash also impacted Passquale Salvatore at a crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Park Heights Avenue
F. Holmes Hack, Jr
F. H. Hack
Benjamin F. Newcomer
Northern Central Railway
Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Heck
New York
Europe
J. W. Heck
Winchester
Virginia
Theodore K Miller
Daniel Miller Company
Henry C. Miler
Theodore K. Miller
Walter P. Montague
Albany
Walter P Montague
George Talbot
Stellman
Setionets
Pasquale Salvatore
jJlatvin
Stelnan
Uguor
Atwood Nears NY Bound After 95 Mile Flight
From Belle Isle to Fort Plain Harry N Atwood lands 95 miles closer to New York in a calm twilight flight covering 2 hours 16 minutes. He says the trip was easy and compares aviation to a simple train schedule while aiming to finish in New York City before dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Plain
Belle Isle
Utica
Aviator Peck to Wed Ruth Owen Today
Young aviator Paul Peck will marry Ruth Owen of the Royalton apartments in a quiet ceremony performed by Rev Dr William Tayloe Snyder. The couple, with Peck aged 22 and Owen 18, will depart for Harrisburg for exhibitions, then Peck plans an intercity flight later in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Owen
Washington
William Tayloe Snyder
Church of the Incarnation
Misa
New Orleans
Galveston
Tex
Bribery Case Promises Full Confession From Diegle
Columbus reports after two conference with Attorney General Hogan County Prosecutor Turner and Rodney Diegle former senate sergeant at arms who was convicted of aiding and abetting bribery in the Ohio legislature that Diegle will make a full confession of alleged corruptive practices. He may reveal second hand information that could implicate many more than previously named. He likely will avoid prison and has two weeks to prepare with a September 9 read aloud anticipated. A capias was issued last night amid fears he would flee. He and senators Huffman of Butler and Cetone of Dayton were indicted for soliciting bribes from detectives uncovering graft in the state house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Hogan
Turner
Rodney J. Diegle
Senate
Diegle
Common Pleas Court
Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Kinkeag
Dilegte
I. E Huffman
Atwood's Ninth Day Flight Report
The narrative notes a flight ascended at Belle Isle 5 miles west of Syracuse at 4 53 p m, landed Fort Plain at 7 05 p m, ninth day distance 95 miles, actual flying time 2 hours 10 minutes, total from St Louis 1065 miles, total flying time 2 hours 37 minutes, 200 miles remain to reach 1265 miles to New York.
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Fort Plain
St. Louis
New York
Harry N. Atwood
Belle Fsle
Syracuse
Belle Isle
Atwood
Albany
Hudson River
America
Europe
Hudson
Rhineclift
Chicago
New York City
New York Central Railroad
Oneida
Rome
Utica
Mohawk
Manned Wright flight hits 60 mph two officers in the air
Lieuts Milling and Kirtland piloted a Burgess Wright aeroplane on a 45 minute cross country return from Annapolis Junction covering about two miles to reach the field, achieving a mile a minute speed and reaching 1900 feet altitude. A Gaithersburg crash was later recovered and repaired for College Park.
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Milling
Kirtland
Annapolis Junction
Wright
Gaithersburg
Army
Lieut
Burgess-Wright
Lieut. Kirtland
Wright Machine
Arnold
College Park
Frederick
Hagerstown
Aviation
Frank Kastory
Jury Named for Geidel Slay Case in New York Court
The jury for Paul Geidel the 17 year old bellboy charged with first degree murder in the Jackson slaying was completed as prosecutors urged his guilt aided by a confession. Geidel sat with his mother as a parolee witness may testify. Foreman Gabriel Marluk led a panel of businessmen as Assistant District Attorney Nott argued the case. Meanwhile Patrolman J A Conrad was struck by a wrench during a separate arrest. two suspects Daniel Shorter and Ernest Moore were taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Geidel
William H. Jackson
Geldel
Gabriel Marluk
Iz . Geidel
Crain
Clent
Frederick Sheehan
Scranton
Sheehan
Jackson
Runaway Boy Detained in Baltimore
Special to The Washington Post. Baltimore police held 11 year old Robert Godfrey who ran away from Washington seeking work as a telegraph messenger. He told officers his father wanted him to find a job, but he preferred another line of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Washington Post
Robert Godfrey
Washington
Godfrey
Labteyele
Deputy Coroner Grooms Silence for Crowless Rooster
Deputy Coroner Charles White, a known rooster fancier, aims to remove crowing by adjusting a vocal cord in a crowing chicken. He conducts experiments to produce a crowsilent bird, hoping to end disturbances for neighbors and restore calm in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rooster
Washington
Charles White
Mr. White
Auto strikes girl in Wilkes-Barre. dies at Plymouth crossing
Miss Gertrude Davis died from a fractured skull after an automobile struck her at a street crossing in Plymouth near Wilkes-Barre. Andrew Raub, present with her, was also hit and is in critical condition with crushed legs and right arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesberre
Gertrude Davis
Plymouth
Hera
Andrew Raub
Beating Wife’s Doctor Traced to New York Sporting Man
Lou Betts a well known sporting man is jailed in Yorkville court charged with assaulting his wife’s physician Dr. Leonard A. Jaslow. The incident followed Betts’s arrival at 2 a.m. at 7 West Forty-fifth Street. Mrs Betts will testify as the case goes forward, with counter accusations and a postponed hearing. Police, witnesses, and a friend, Thomas Smith, were involved. Betts posted bail, later paroled to his lawyer. Mrs Betts has been ill amid a separation suit. Justice Bischoff had issued support and counsel fees while the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Lou Betts
Yorkville Court
Leonard A. Jaslow
West Twelfth Street
Betts
West Forty-ffth Street
Dr. Jaslow
Breen
Betta
Helpless as son is burned in locked barn
Special to The Washington Fat reports in Keyser West Virginia that a four year old boy, son of Grany Kitzmiller, died in a barn fire after he reportedly lit matches. The barn doors were locked and the mother could not enter. Puppies were inside and the child escaped through a small opening before the fire consumed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Keyser
W. Va
Grany Kitzmiller
Elk Garden
Escapes From Workhouse At Occoquan
Wellington Windley a negro escaped yesterday from the workhouse at Occoquan. Guards traced the fugitive to the Potomac bridge but lost him there. His home is in Washington and police are on the lookout. He was committed August 16 to serve 219 days and was part of a guarded gang on the workhouse grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Windley
Occoquan
Potomac Bridge
Washington
Veterans Await Taft Visit as G A R Encampment Opens
Rochester roared with 10 000 Grand Army of the Republic members as Gov Dix and Gen Grant arrived for the encampment. Taft is due tomorrow at 9 am with 21 gun salute and a Buffalo infantry escort. A veterans parade at 10 am and hospital provisions planned along the route. Signal Corps elects officers led by Gen Charles L Davis with a long slate of civil and war division officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Rochester
N. Y
Grand Army of Theepublic
New York Central
John A. Dix
Dix
Convention Hall
Harvey M. Trimble
Bloomington
John McElroy
Washington, D. C
Guv Dix
Major Edgerton
Thomas Baird
Philadelphia
Eli R. Dowler
Pittsburgh
Charles de Witt Marcy
Boston
James H. Kelly
Albany
Edward H Haskell
Mass
John A. Kaley
North Ridgeville
Ohio
Romanus Emerson
Roxbury
Gettysburg Memorial
J. EB. Hyneman
Charles TL. Davis
E. H Haskell
Prank &. Babpitt
Edwin T. Cowell
E. H. Haskell
Miss Marguerite Shafer Becomes Bride in Hagerstown
Miss Marguerite Shafer daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel M Shafer of Hagerstown and Dr C A Whitmer of West Chester Pa were married in the Presbyterian Church tonight by Rex R A Boyle. Miss Loretta Wood of Allenhurst NJ was maid of honor and Allen Emmert of Martinsburg W Va was best man. F R Shafer, R J Jamison, Roland Bower, and Adam Hutchins served as ushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstows A
Anms Oor
Hagerstown
Adam Hutchins
Frostburg
Veterans Oppose Canteen At Spanish War Reunion
Oklahoma City August 22 United Spanish War Veterans oppose reestablishment of the army canteen at their reunion. Resolutions favored a soldiers home at Fort Walla Walla and broader pension laws placing widows of Spanish war veterans on a par with Civil War widows. Nominations for year officers listed including O T Taylor as commander in chief and O P Storm as senior vice commander in chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
United
Fort Walla Walla
Wash
O. T Taylor
Pennsylvania
J. L Smith
District of Columbia
Maurice Simmons
New York
O. P. Storm
Texas
Robert Raap
Ilinois
M. G. Cockey
Kansas
F W. Vinaga
Missouri
Multiple Marital Names Appear in Healte Office Record List
A scrambled health office record lists numerous individuals with linked spouses or family relations, including Charles H and Eden Wilkinson, Richard F and Pearl M Reingruber, Lemuel F and Helen E Pumphrey, and others. The document mixes names, ages, and partial addresses across hospitals and facilities like Government Hospital for the Insane, Providence Hospital, and Children's Hospital, with several entries noting ages from infancy to elderly, and mixed street addresses such as 7th Street NE and 6th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H
Eden Wilkinson
Charles
Buelsh Satterfeld
Stankes
Gertrude Searles
Richard F
Pearl M Reingruber
Lemuel F
Helen E Pumphrey
John G
Daisy Kibeinger
Pearl
Lucy R Joray
Leater Wo
Marie J. Harrie
Edgar T
Clare M. Conley
Cornelius H
Della Cullinane
Benjamin R
Mabel M. de Ment
Antonio
Rosina Bonanno
Soreph H
Anna C
Bradier
Jerry
Mary Tyler
Edward
Lulu Lloyd
Walter
Maud Johnson
Alfred
Rebecca C Harris
Jamez L
Annie Conyers
Eldridge
Jamie Fisher
Thomas L
Elles A Blanford
John F
Sarah Bumpus
Mary A Downey
Luis
Reate
Myrtle M Powell
Pears
Lawrence E Lee
Government Hospital
Mary A Bowen
Jefferson St. Brightwood Park
Zulian Turner
Providence Hospital
Eleanor G Whittington
St. Aw
Wilbur Peer
Children's Hospital
Manthe James O'Connell
Cavese
Martha Bailey
Columbia Hospital
Edward A Womley
Bertha Jackson
Freedmen’s Hospital
Raymond G. Thames
Lewin Sewell
Kate Brown
Pig Alley
Roland Wondson
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Miz
John C. Artz
John Curtz
the Elks
Connor
Ellen
Dennis Connor
Drinkhouse
Tell
Colonial Beach
Theodore Barnes
Ngeline
E. J Drinkhouse
Punerat
Mount Tabor
Hitch
Wisconsin Avenue
Mth
Freeman
Joseph R
Mary HB
Holy Trinity Church
Washington Council
Knights of Columbus
Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
Joseph R. Freeman
Elos
Trinity Church
George R. Repetl G. KK
A D Wilkinson
George Washington University Hospital
William TL
Margaret M. Holmes
Sixth Street
John
Congressional Cemetery
Norvell
Military Order OF the Loyal Legion OF the United States
City of Washington
Stevens T Norvell
United States Army
Omungult
Wapine
Ganter
National Cemetery
Arlington
Cyrus Bussey
U. S. Volunteers
Thomas H Wckre
O'Leary
Weat
Margaret
John R
Mary O’leary
Riverdale
Henry J. Short
Cleveland
Otto
Denver
Dennis B Sumby
Sarah SumbBy
Norris L
Martha
Mary
Oscar
Grace Sumby
St. Paul's AM E Church
Eighth Street
E Streets
Trine
Henry Trine
Third Street
Glenwood
Terner
Liliana
Joseph F
Beasie C. Turner
Willam H. Saran & Co
H Street
Bowle
Wirst
Seeteniieenieee Neal
M. J. Falvey
Blaventh
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre
Labor Commission
GEO
P. Zurhorst
TND Ptager
Baat. Cagiol
Laia del Giocondo
Francesco del Giocondo
da Vinci
Thei
Arthur Mahler
Mona Lisa
Hag
Georgevasart
Pater
To-Kalon Wine CO
St A .Ves
Dilleback
F. Holmes Hack
Baltimore Society
Ohio Senate
Machine
JURY
Geidel
J. A. Conrad
Bixtl
Harnson Smith
Pennsylvania Avenue
Conrad
Casualty
Daniel Shorter
Ernest Moore
Auto
Escort
Lou Bette
GOV. DIX
Veteran Signal Corps
Marguerite Shafer
Healte Office Record
Sam
Big Ben
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
Fice
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