Forest fires sweep western timber belts threaten towns
Vast 512 mile blaze devastates three townships in the Tahoe national forest area near the California line. Lewiston and Colstein flee as flames approach, a hotel nearly burned four times. Hundreds of men including two coast artillery companies fight the fire, while Indian reservations face spreading danger. Forest agents head to Missoula and Fort Verdant to aid operations as smoke blankets Colorado and Montana. Aiding the wounded, military hospitals are deployed and ten days rations are issued to Idaho National Guard.
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Lewiston
Forest Rangers
Colstein
California
Tahoe National Forest Reserve
Coast Artillery
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Idaho
Tolland
Ata Ow
Sherman
Ogton Utdh
Forest Service
Missoula
Vent
Mathead
Montana
Morgan
Indian Bureau
Northwest
War Department
Maus
Department of the Columbia
Wood
Army
Ord
Anly Medical Corps
Wer Department
Fort Robinson
Sebr
Belton
Mont
Huse
Department of the Dacktas
National Guard
Thieves Operate in Lobby at Metropolitan Hotel
Thieves believed to be expert hotel operators seized a valuable smut case and satchel from William D Obendorf at the Metropolitan Hotel in Washington. Obendorf registered, then while heading to an elevator his two pieces of baggage vanished. Detective Cox of the central office is on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Hotel
Wiliam D Obendorf
Richmond
Barnes Safe and Lock Company of
New York
Obendorff
Washington
Cox
Open Door Frayed as Korea Annexation Pact Leaked
Leaked text shows Japan will annex Korea with an administrative power rather than a strict control. The pact grants favored nation status to Japan, extending concessions to the United States and allowing foreign capital to mine Korea. Officials and newspapers are restricting disclosure until promulgation, while Britain says it has no political objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Korea
State Department
Baron Uchida
United States
John Hay
China
Tokyo
Jaren
Baron Hirata
Printers’ Games Tickets on Sale for September Tournament
The National Printers Baseball League will hold its third annual tournament at American League park the week of September 12. Tickets are $1 for all six games, with 25 cents at the box office once the tournament begins. A 2 pm first game time is set when two games are played. Pythians Plan Reception for Washington Knights of Pythias. parade via Independent Order of Odd Fellows invited. Dr W F Phillips addresses meeting.
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National Printers’ Baseball League
Pythians
Friendship Temple
Order of Pythian Sisters
Pythian Temple
Washington Company of Knights of Pythias
MU Wenkes
Order of Odd Fellows
W. F . Phillips
George Washington University
Missing Man Returns Home After Baltimore Job Search
Daniel Kelly a former private detective who vanished from 608 Maryland Avenue Southwest on August 33 reappeared last Monday. He said he left home due to unemployment, went to Baltimore for a job, secured work there, and returned once the assignment ended.
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Daniel Kelly
Maryland Avenue Southwest
Baltimore
Bank Theft at Fourteenth Street Savings Bank
A depositor left a cash book with $200 in cash and a check on a counter at Fourteenth Street Savings Bank, Fourteenth and U streets NW. He turned to speak with a friend and returned to find the money and check missing. Local bank alert issued.
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Fourteenth Street Savings Bank
Fourteenth
U Streets
Joseph A. Jennings
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ban on Census Association and Its $10 Pay Bid
Director Durand Seys condemns the National Association of Census Enumerators for seeking 10 extra dollars per enumerator to cover legal costs and prosecute a Court of Claims case. He notes no legal basis or broad support among the 7000 census workers and recalls they were told no extra pay for distributing advance schedules.
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jCensut
Durand
National Association of Census Enumerators
Milwaukee
Renuestrigg
Court of Claims
Veteran Printer Sunny Jim Bright Dies at 64
James E Bright of 1209 Worth Capitol Street, longtime government printing office employee, died at Sth ley Hospital after a two month heart dilation illness. He was 64, born in Washington, and served as assistant to the night forces superintendent, former foreman of the job room, and treasurer of Columbia Typographical Union. He was active in St Johns Lodge and Trinity Methodist Church, known for good humor and fellowship. funeral plans not announced.
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James E. Bright
Worth Capitol Street
Government Printing Office
Sthley Hospital
Mr. Bright
Washington
Bright
St. John’s Lodge
Little Bobbie's Pa by William F Kirk
A comic domestic sketch where a husband quarrels over his wife wearing a skirt and the H H Wimmens Club discussion leads to a moonlit hunt. The exchange reveals satire on gender roles, homes, and a humorous clash of generations and voices.
Personal Liberty League Meets in Randle Highlands
About 500 members and sympathizers gathered at the home of Crept J. Walter Mitchell in Randle Highlands last night. Capt. Mitchell and P. J. Bonham urged opposition to liquor measures seen as abridging personal rights. Mitchell called many temperance reformers hypocrites and announced a winter campaign against related legislation. Roy L. G. Mearean, 48, an electrician at the Marlborough apartments, was found dead at 913 D Street NW. Coroner Nevitt ruled death due to adult nephritis.
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Personal Liberty League
J. Walter Mitchell
Randle Highlands
Capt. Mitchell
P. J. Bonham
Roy L. G. Mearean
Marlborough
Nevitt
Heart Stile He Talks Converbs for 27 Minutes
Philadelphia physician recounts Theodore P Bailey death after delay from appendicitis operation. Bailey 47, assistant manager for General Historical Company, talked to wife and daughter for 27 minutes before heart ceased and body grew cold. He later communicated 18 minutes more by deaf and dumb alphabet while his system appeared lifelike. Physicians consider the tale unusual but not impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore P. Bailey
Philadelphia
Washington Post
New York
Philadelphia Dispatch
New York Herald
General Hiseoric Company
Bailey
Prisoner Testifies He Was Paid to Kill Woman
Special report from Washington Post notes Providence witness Friederichs of Gorham Manufacturing and boarding house proprietor testified before Judge Lee that he received 6500 in money and 11 worth of hardware to kill a woman. He said he did not kill her and had not yet turned the money. bail in a civil suit brought by Wilhelm Schmitt was set at 90. Judge Lee refused to release the prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Providence
Friederichs
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Lee
Superior Court
Schmitt
12000 Moose in Parade at Baltimore Moose Convention
Twelve thousand Moose marched in the parade closing the second day of the annual convention in Baltimore with thousands of spectators lining downtown streets. Thirty bands played while floats showcased local industries and members of the Ladies Auxiliary rode in carriages. Uniformed drills preceded a carnival and tomorrow's selection of next year’s convention site centers on bids from Davenport, Moline, Rock Island, Detroit, and Seattle.
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Baltimore
Washington Post
Order
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Tricity
Davenport
Iowa
Moline
Rock Island
Middle West
Seattle
Detroit
New Orleans Girl Kills Man Claiming Unwritten Law
A nine year old girl employed at a New Orleans department store shot and killed Frank Mishler, 37, a boilermaker, at Port and North Peter streets. Police found the girl cradling the victim’s head amid sobs, claiming he wronged her. The case follows Mamie McLaughlin's acquittal for killing Huey Smith, with unwritten law cited as a defense in both incidents.
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New Orleans
Kaetle Frebtach
Frank Mishler
Port
North Peter
Michisr
Mamie McLaughlin
Huey Smith
McLaughlin
Smith
Aged Engraving Employee Thomas Fitzsimmons Dies
Thomas Fitzsimmons of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing died at the Little Sisters of the Poor home in his seventy eighth year. He was a plate printer who had been incapacitated by age and illness. Funeral services will be at Zurharat's Undertaking, 301 East Capital Street, tomorrow at 4 p.m. Celebrate Their Golden Wedding in Fredericksburg Virginia as Dr Francis March of Lafayette College and Mrs March mark fifty years Fri Aug 24. They wed in Fredericksburg on Aug 12, 180. They have six sons and two daughters. Major Peyton Conway March is among their sons.
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William F. Kirk
Broadway
H. H
Aed Ma
Palisades
Bobbie
Hunt
Moonlite
Hugh
Huma
Pa Lend
Cald
Solgers Hoam
Bailey
Thomas Fitzsimmons
Bureau of Engraving
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Little Sisters of the Poor
Zurharat’s Undertaking Establishment
Ast
Capital Street
Fredericksburg
Francis March
Lafayette College
Easton
Woodward Declines Policy Change On Infantile Paralysis
Dr. William C. Woodward, District health officer, says he will maintain current safeguards despite the Medical Association of the District opposing the health department policy and accusing officials of overstating infantile paralysis reports. He asserts no change in District policy.
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Woodward
Medical Association of
District Health Department
Washington
William C. Woodward
Health Department
Association
Boundary Dispute Ends Costa Rica Panama Protocol Approved
Costa Rica approved the Washington drafted protocol settling the boundary dispute with Panama. The plan, arbitration by the Chief Justice of the U S Supreme Court, was relayed by William L Merry minister to Costa Rica. Earlier Costa Rica balked and sought to reopen the protocol, but Secretary Knox refused assent.
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Costa Rica
Panama
Washington
State Department
William L. Merry
United States Supreme Court
Knox
Weather Bureau report on tropical storm near Haiti and US conditions
The Weather Bureau notes a tropical disturbance near Haiti moving west-northwest, with uncertain intensity but likely persistence of its direction. High pressure to the north and a broad trough produce unsettled conditions across the interior, with showers in the south Atlantic states and western regions, high temperatures in the east, and varying winds along coasts. Projections indicate cool Northwest high moving southeast, bringing mixed weather to the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and into northern Texas by Friday night.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Haiti
Caribbean Sea
Texan
Upper Lakes
Interior
Wyoming
South Atlantic
Upper Jake
Missouri
Nouthern Kansas
Montana
North Dakota
Upper Lake Region
Texas
Lower
Worlda
East Gulf Coast
Noortheast
West Gulf Coast
Superior
Huron
Michigan
European Porta Wit
Grand Banka
Novel aeroplane test planned for Boston meet
Inventor Dr W W Christmas claims his heavier-than-air bi plane using cantilever design will show automatic balance at the Boston aviation meet next month after early tests at College Park. He ожидает Charles K Hamilton to attend, view the craft, and possibly fly it, with Washington Agro Club hosting him during a potential three-city flight from Philadelphia to Baltimore and Washington.
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Washington
Boston
W. W. Christmas
College Park
United States
Charles K. Hamilton
Hamilton
City
Washington Agro Club
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Curtiss for Cup Defender in Gordon Bennett Trophy bid
New York August 24 The Acro Club of America governors invited Glenn H Curtiss and two other American aviators to defend the Gordon Bennett speed trophy won last year at Rheims Elimination trials will name the two associates Charles K Hamilton announced his intention to compete He built a new 110 horsepower biplane modeled after Curtiss design The Wright brothers plan remains unclear with five entries promised after air tests
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New York
Board of Governors
Acro Club of America
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
Rheims
Charles K. Hamilton
Wright Brothers
Notice of administration and land condemnation in DC courts
Notices warn Mary Cross estate creditors to file claims by August 23, 1910. Probate Court letters granted to J Edna Bracken, with attesting officers named. Separate bankruptcy and land condemnation actions involve Max Sherman, Columbia Road Northwest, and 23rd and R streets Southeast, with hearings set for September 1910 and required notices in multiple DC papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court OF the District OF Oolumbia
Probate Court
District of Columbia
Mary Cross
J. Edna
Inheritance Provisions for Pitcher and Horn Estates
Davis J. Pitcher probate will dated June 14 1902 leaves 500 to each of three children and 20 to sister Jane E Delong. Wife Louisa B Pitcher receives estate during widowhood with one third on her death, executors Mrs Pitcher and son Royal L Pitcher. Julins Horns estate probate from July 28 1899 leaves wife Margarethe Horn executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis J. Pitcher
Jane E. Delong
Louisa B Pitcher
Pitcher
Royal L
Treasury to Invite Bids for New Bureau Building
The Treasury Department will invite bids next month to construct a new Bureau of Engraving and Printing building adjoining the current structure. Congress appropriated 1,750,000 dollars. The four story glass facing building will store the new production of all paper money and stamps, while the old building becomes a storehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
Congress
Bureau
Population figures for Mobile and Kalamazoo
Mobile, Alabama is shown with 51,521 inhabitants, up 13,062 or 38.8 percent from 38,469 in 1900. Kalamazoo, Michigan records 39,487 residents, an increase of 15,033 or 168 percent from 24,404 in 1900.
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Mobile
Ala
Kalamazoo
Mich
St Louis Tour Party Visits Washington on Sightseeing Trip
A party of tourists chiefly from St Louis arrived in Washington at the Riggs House and will stay until tomorrow. They are led by H R Gregory and plan a city tour and a side trip to Mount Vernon before returning to St Louis tomorrow evening.
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St. Louis
Washington
Riggs
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Clark
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Francia Smith
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Washington Herald
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Baalsr Young
R P Belew
Davis L. Pitcher
St. Louisians
Mayer & CO
Crane Printing Company
13Th Street N. W
Entakow
Beall & CO
the Young Men's Store
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Edward Pittis
Byron
Adams
Ee Kodaks
Frank E. Chapin
Milburn, Heister & CO
Reid S. Baker
Ballantine
Newark
Washington Gas Light Co
Tenth Street N. W
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F Street
Christian Xander
7Th St
A. Lansburgh Furniture Co
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Empress Hair Restorer
Henry Evans. Inc
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