Waggaman Bankruptcy Shocks Washington Business Circle
The bankruptcy of Thomas B. Waggaman, treasurer of the Catholic University of America, is described as the greatest surprise in Washington business memory. Bank officials estimate his assets at over a million, with many small investors potentially affected. trustees and attorneys discuss possible receiverships and the status of notes and deeds tied to his trust funds.
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Thomas BE. Waggaman
Catholic University of America
Washington
William D. Hoover
National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
Waggaman
Hloover
B.S. Parker
National Metropolitan Bank
Mgr. O'Connell
Yellowstone Park
Hamilton & Colbert
Universty
Wuaggarran
Saud
Ibaganda
Wagsaman
Catholic University
Gerep
Ates
Thomas B. Waggaman
Eveland Park
Clarke Waggaman
Thomas E. Waggaman
Daniel B
F Street
Georgetown
Blanche Hine Fenning
Lata Sa
Cleveland Park
John Sherman
Rogerdale
Thirty-fourth Street
Lucy Madeira
Julia Pierpont Madeira
Iota
Rosedale
Alice Margaret Allen
Irving Williamson
Esate
Agargani Ie
Waggraman
No Boycott Allegations Denied by Retail Liquor Group
President Harvey denies rumors of a brewery boycott and any plan to raise liquor license fees. Delegates elected at a meeting of the Retail Liquor Dealers Association will attend the twelfth annual convention in St. Louis October 11 to 13.
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Harvey
Retai
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Maccabee Temple
International Organization
St. Louis
P. G. Stoner
Meyer Fisher
G. Stewart
Jaguar Dealers’ Body
E. L. Jordan
W. T. Whalen
William McGuire
Hugh ¥. Harvey
Aremen
Heurich’e
Heurich’s
Loan company's defense over false pretenses case in Washington
Treasurer Skinner testified in Police Court that negro patron Harrison remained indebted to the Security Loan Company on a $15 loan tied to stored furniture. The case revealed charges for storage and a partial payment, with the loan securing furniture sold at auction leaving a small balance. Judge Mills delayed ruling to decide today.
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John B. Skinner
People’s Bank
Ninth
George Harison
Mills
Harrison
Security Loan Company
People
People's Bank
Lambert
Gardiner
Mr. Skinner
Aged Man Summers Held For Delusion In Washington
An elderly man named Isaac Summers was arrested on Pennsylvan ia avenue by Officer Bunn of the Anacostia station as an insane person. He was examined at the First precinct and committed to St Elizabeths Asylum. Summers claimed the government owed him a living and sought a department job after a supposed peace conference meeting in Washington. He said his two brothers were in Libertas and that his home was in Warrenton Virginia.
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Isaac Summers
Pennsylvana Avenue
Bunn
Anacostia Station
St. Hilzabeth’s
Washington
Summers
Libertas
Contee Station
Prince George County
Warrenton
No danger of hydrophobia after rabid terrier bite
Robert W. Buikey recovering from a rabies bite after his terrier showed signs of madness three weeks ago. Doctors at the Pasteur Institute in Baltimore report he has passed the critical stage though a full course remains. An incident: Annie White, 28, colored, arrested for grand larceny with Sophie Barnes for stealing dresses chinaware and jewelry from Prof. Ram sel’s residence at 403 Fourteenth Street NW. most items recovered. Myron Eldridge, 65, War Department watchman, fell boarding a car at Thirty-second and O Streets, injuring hip and eye. taken to Emergency Hospital. A stabbing on the right arm by an unidentified Negro left Harry Howard, 24, of 14th Street NW, seeking care at Emergency Hospital. wound not serious.
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Robert W. Buikey
Mr. Buikfey
Baltimore
Pasteur Institute
Buikley
Annie White
Tenth Precinct
Sophie Barnes
Arthur Ramsel
Fourteenth Street
Myron Eldridge
War Department
Thirty-second
O Streets
Fifteenth
H Streets
Harry Howard
Dres
Puzzle in a Robbery Asks Police Assistance Conflicting Stories
Detectives at police headquarters wrestle with a complex case after J J Barry grocer and a companion known as Brooks report a theft of $800. Addison J Briggs alias J J Riggs and Fulton are located. Briggs admits being with the pair but denies robbery, claiming a post midnight poker game produced winnings including $70 for a black man.
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J. J. Barry
Howard Avenue
Fourteenth and
V Streets
Brooks
Barry
Addison J. Briggs
J. J. Riggs
Fulton
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Horne
Briggs
D‘ulton
Maryland Riders Win Eighteenth River View Tournament
At River View yesterday Maryland riders dominated the eighteenth annual tournament attracting about 4,000 spectators and 6,000 visitors. Lea M Amos won first prize Knight of Mount View while George Head and T S Blandford took second and third. Other Maryland entrants claimed two of five prizes amid a coronation ceremony and evening dances. Two fires followed by a will filing rounded out the day.
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Maryland
River View
Lea M. Amos
Mount View
George Head
Ballows Cross Roads
Blandford
St. Joseph’s Ward
William L. Harron
Washington
G. B. Blandford
Accokeeh
E. Keller
L. D. Love
W. L. Clarke
A. Cleveland
J. E. Gates
Luther Cleveland
Willam Bryan
Amos
John T Davis
W. D. Barry
R. Ws. Swan
Andrew Beyer
Joseph Mattingly
B. M. Brook
Harry Crozier
W. Brook Hunter
Bladensburg
J. M. Kendrick
George R. Edelin
W. R. Dyer
Lee M. Amos
Mr. Amos
Bessie McKelleger
Mary Wheatley
T. 5
D. Rice
E. S. Randall
Kendrick
Ruth L
Miner
Jessie Rison
Postmaster General Payne May Face Contempt Arrest
Chicago August 24 Postmaster General Payne may be arrested Friday if he disregarded court subpoenas in a suit by E G Brabrook against Senator Chauncey M Depew over a publishing company.Justice Hurley warned he will issue an attachment for contempt if Payne remains in town and refuses to appear.
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Chicago
Payne
Willy Nilly
Horley
Eimon
Hurley
Washington
G. Brabrook
Chauncey M. Depew
Brabrook
Constable Simon
Festmaster General
Simon
Union Is Three Years Old at Local Paperhangers Meeting
Conservative speeches at the Local Paperhangers Union No. 40 third anniversary in the hall at 625 Louisiana Ave NW drew nearly 20 people. John H. Brinkman of the Union Herald urged teaching unionism in schools and leadership training, while Harry Sherman of the Electrical Workers spoke on open shops and union challenges. The Richmond colored quartet provided the highlight with music, as organizers led by C. A. Strobel presented the program and committee included Dixon, Seay, Down, Wilson, Kirner, Pennington, Wells, Shoemaker, and Hoffman.
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Louisiana Avenue Northwest
John H. Brinkman
Union Herald
American Federation of Labor
Brinkman
Labor Movement
Harry Sherman
Electrical Workers
David Parry
Parry
John Mitchell
White House
United States
Richmond Colored Quartet
A. Hindle
Harry Hanlein
Prof
Charles A. Yundt
Edward Hutchinson
C. A. Strobel
Samuel Dixon
A. Seay
Charles Down
Bernard Wilson
R. C. Kirner
Levi Pennington
Harry J. Wells
George Shoemaker
BE. L. Hoffman
Arrest Warrant Furnishes Drama in Mendelson Case
Mrs Ida Mendelson and her eight year old son David followed from New York to Washington to seek support for the child. Mendelson an optician and watch repairsman abandoned his Broadway business and now faces a non support charge after detectives took him into custody. The wife planned divorce and a court order for monthly support. The boy was sent to Washington to satisfy jurisdiction for the warrant. The case is set for Police Court today.
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New York
Ida Mendelson
David Mendelson
Muller Jane Cornwall
Mendelgon
East Broadway
Washington
Mendelson
Rockville Fair Day Two Highlights Horse Races and Exhibits
Washington horses led by Sam McKay win multiple heats in the 2:22 pace and El Capitano dominates the special trot. Dr. Lynch wins the 6 furlong running heat. Red Hook places close to the winner in a tense finish. Tomorrow promises a record turnout with renewals of the county trot and a grand cavalcade.
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Javin
Sam McKay
Stubener
el Capitano
Dr. Lynch
Red Hook
Washington Post
Rockville
David H. Warfield
James T. Bagley
Pewee
Irvin Rabbitt
Atyle
Patuxent
Welle Rk
Stranger
Captain Marion
Peewee
EA Capi_tano
EX Capitano
Jude
Fire Escape
Desio
John Sr
Javing
Washington
D. C
Fatuxent
Ros Aley
Frederick
Marion
Thomas Bond
Washington, D.C
Nellie H
W. H. Rackey
J. Zinn
James J. Fowler
Seerescere O
Secind Kaue
Philip Stubener
Washington, D. C
O. J. Zinn
WashIn
May Pearl
Mr. Tibbitts
Washington, D. Rear
Siz Furlougn
Doctor Lynch
A. B. Slye
Benedict
Hed Hook
George Shelbourne
G. W. Hollingsworth
J. D. Robinson
H. P. Hitcshew
Thomas. White
Lexington
A. B. Warner
Baltimore
EH. D. Hawkins
George W. Cashell
James T. Henderson
Henry Eisner
William J. Boarman
John T. Kelly
Sylvester C. Jones
This
Misa Juliet H. Callaher
Waynesboro
Bradley Ma‘uder
Shildren’s Department
James H. Jong
William W.russell
Col
William Kilgour
Spencer C. Jones
John H. Bagley
James E. Deets
William Dorsey
Charlies F. Kirk
Edward C. Peter
John ©. Bentley
Stephen B. Lyddane
David Griffith
Charles E. Higgins
Benjamin H. Miller
William V. Boyle
James Ranney
M.wilson Offutt
Beverly W. Codwise
Charles J. L
Lieut. Boyle
I. T. Nicholson
Alexander Muncaster
Frank M. Page
Delmar
Roy Hal
Prince A
Judge H
Ray M
Eva
Lady Bell
George Patterson
Rita Bell
Lee Dorney
Mcn
Walton Boy
Alberta
Rabpitt
Derwood
Montgomery Mack
Benjamin C. Woodward
Washington Grove
H. Slagle
Harry Woodford
Charles Meyers
Krnmstreas
Robbery on Ridge Road Halts Paymaster in New Jersey
Four masked men confronted the O Rourke Construction paymaster Mr White and two companions on Ridge road Paterson New Jersey Aug 24. An American robber shot the horse as the group approached the buggy and forced the trio to surrender a bag containing about 5000 dollars. The assailants fled into the woods with the money.
Arrests and heat strike DC as legal and civic news spread
A telegram from police headquarter s notes Solomon Mendelson of Detroit is wanted here on an embezzlement charge with Detective Helen to testify at a US commissioner hearing. Fur dealer Louis Jackson accuses Mendelson over $130 in furs. In Prince George County, John Williams alias Bluff Williams faces a Maryland robbery warrant after a pocketbook theft from Joseph Forrest at Notley Hall on August 16. Judge W G Riley, 85, once US consul at Madagascar, suffered heat exhaustion at the Ebbitt House and rests at Emergency Hospital. Virginia postmasters for fourth class named: Critten den, ZW Dennis, Roman, J W Hout. Mrs Maybrick leaves Catskills for Ellenville to stay with Dr Emmet Densmore for some time.
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Detroit
Mich
Solomon Mendelson
Helan
Mendelson
United States
Louis Jackson
Ninth and
F Streets
Northwest
Maryland
Fifth Precinct
John
Weather Forecast and Local Report from August Storms
The Weather Bureau reports a northwest disturbance moving into Eastern Minnesota, with a high pressure system retreating from the Middle Atlantic. Warmth dominates central valleys and Lake region, while Upper Missouri Valley cools. Local rain in Southeastern States, then Lake region and Middle Atlantic states expect showers Thursday and Friday. Winds shift from southerly to northerly along coasts. storm warnings active on Lake Superior, Escanaba, and Straits of Mackinaw. Local readings show mixed temperatures, humidity, and rainfall zero.
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S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Oakstas
Minnesota
Middle Atlantic
Rocky Mountain
Lake Region
Missouri Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Upper
Atlantic
New England
Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Lake Erie
European
Grand Banka
Lake Superior
Escanaba
Straits of Mackinaw
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Robert W. Buikley
Knights
Wesley Pinkary
Richardson's Court
John T. Cliff
Sixth Street
Adolphus Linkenkohl
Pauline Linkenkohl
Bosses
John H. Woodbury
D. L
Rockville Fair
J. H. Ward
George Gaither
Louise Beall
Cora M. Stover
Hattie Williams
C. C. Bohrer
Otho Talbott
Eliza Choate
Effie Barnesly
C. C. McGuire
Charles Suherrer
W. A. Larner
Marian Howard
Agnes Ranney
Gertrude Snyder
L. E. Gardner
A. M. Farquhar
Margaret Dawson
Priscila Dawson
Biorence E. Hines
Henry Weaver
J. H. Jones
O. M. Limum
Rose Wagner
David J. Bready
Florence E. Hines
R. ‘Hines
Jesse Magruder
Bessie Offutt
BW. Gwens
Mary and Dorsey Water
Frances Ricketts
Lillian Sage
Mamie Ricketts
J. Wanderson
Mila Plummer
Elsie McAmber
Mary EB. Griffith
Rose Tinsley
A. B. Sleer
Washington Waters
O.tibbets
Ales
MM. W. Gill
Alverda Kingdon
J. Garet
Dunant
Mary
George M. Try
James Magruder
H. C. Owile
Clide Griffith
Susan Griffith
William A. Ricketts
Bessie M. Belt
Virgie Belt
John Mathias
A. D. Alinutt
Ne + Saunders
Walter Hagley
George P. Henderson
E Mmet Dove
E. H. Etchigan
Samuel Butt
H. C. Hurley
Elizabeth Peter
James Atwood
Joseph Harriss
A. A. Braddock
R. P. Hines
Joseph Reading
George Cashel
Sarah Reading
Willam_ Reading
John D. Barnesly
Effie Small
Arthur W. Stonestreet
Seth W. Warfield
J. M.etchison
John L. Dawson
Alfred Wilson
Robert P. Magruder
Charles F. Kirk
T. W. Waters
Benjamin Bean
Charles T
C. B. Fingland
Wallace E. Ricketts
Porter G. Ward
E. ©. Davis
Albert Fields
J. H. Howes
BE. A. Beard
Alexander Garrett
H. Cashel
H. H. Fraley
M. Counselman
B.C. Perry
Ae Drumbunt
James Offutt
D. W.orte
Paterson
Riley
W. G. Riley
Madagascar
Ebbitt House
Virginia
Critttenden
ZW. Dennis
Roman
J. W. Hout
Maybrick
Catskills
Florence Maybrick
Ellenville
Catskill Mountains
Emmet Densmore
Lansburgh & Bro
Batiste
Aigner
Asheville
Atlanta
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Wyo
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Ind
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St Louis
A Paul
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Miss
Peter Grogan
Seventh Street
Washington Gas Light
Yale Laundry
580Th St
New York Ave
Wolf
Cohenberg
Fourteenth Streets
Eegel
B. H. Warner CO
F Street N. W
Ballantine
the Shoomaker Company
E St
Re W
Pa. Ave
Edison
Phonograph
Capital Phonograph
BE. B. Banshaw & Bro
el Coch
Q. Hutterly
McGill & Wallace
Papa Aanon
W. LT
Phong
Man
Taqué T. Bidgoth
F Wie
Newepropert
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