Forest fires rage across Pacific Northwest menaced towns and reserves
Timber lands burned across the Tahoe national forest reserve as flames neared Colstein hotel and other properties. Forest rangers and coast artillery aided efforts with backfiring. Governor and Indian bureau mobilized troops and supplies, including hospital trains, while training and rations were dispatched to Idaho National Guard to repay the federal effort.
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Forest Rangers
Colstein
California
Tahoe National Forest Reserve
Coast Artillery
Ord
Anly Medical Corps
Wer Department
Fort Robinson
Sebr
Belton
Mont
Huse
Department of the Dacktas
Idaho
War Department
National Guard
Thieves Snatch Items From Metropolitan Hotel Lobby
Thieves believed to be hotel experts escaped Monday night with a valuable satchel and a net case belonging to William D Obendorff, a Richmond real estate figure. Obendorff arrived in Washington and reported the loss after entering the Metropolitan Hotel. Detective Cox of the central office took charge.
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Metropolitan Hotel
Wiliam D Obendorf
Richmond
Barnes Safe and Lock Company of
New York
Obendorff
Washington
Cox
Open Door Frayed as Korea Annexation Pact Emerges
Leaked treaty text shows Japan to exercise administrative control in Korea under a favored nations policy. Tokyo announced August 22 signing, with promulgation around August 29 or 30, and British officials indicate no political objections. Japan plans to promote foreign investment and mineral development, with U S capital benefiting from the new regime.
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Japan
Korea
State Department
Baron Uchida
United States
John Hay
China
Tokyo
Jaren
Baron Hirata
London
oMee
Wares
Great Britain
Printers' Games Tickets On Sale For September Tournament
The National Printers Baseball League to hold its third annual tournament at American League park the week of September 12 with teams from Denver St Louis Cincinnati Indianapolis Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York and Boston Tickets priced at 1 cover all games six tickets total Season tickets will be withdrawn before the tournament and 25 cents admission charged at the box office Two games daily at 2 pm and 15 pm listed on season tickets. Pythians Plan Reception Friendship Temple No 9 completes plans to host Washington Knights of Pythias drill winners August 30. Dr W F Phillips of George Washington University speaks on fraternal topics.
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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
Daniel Kelly a former private detective who vanished from 608 Maryland Avenue Southwest on August 33 has returned home last Monday. He says he was out of work for a period, heard of a job in Baltimore, went there and stayed while the job lasted.
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Daniel Kelly
Maryland Avenue Southwest
Baltimore
Loss of 350 in bank room at Fourteenth Street Savings Bank
A depositor left a cash book with 200 in cash and a check on a bank counter while speaking to a friend. The book and check were stolen from the counter at Fourteenth Street Savings Bank yesterday afternoon, with $200 in cash and a check disappearing. Also noted is a dividend of 5 percent declared for First National Bank of Mineral Point creditors, bringing total 40 percent since the bank failure. The Man in Black serial continues in The Post.
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Fourteenth Street Savings Bank
Fourteenth
U Streets
Joseph A. Jennings
Pennsylvania Avenue
First National Bank of Mineral Point
Wis
Ban on Census Association Contested by Director Durand Seys
Director Durand Seys rejects a Milwaukee based circular urging 310 for each of 7007 census enumerators. He says the National Association of Census Enumerators has little support and law does not grant extra compensation for distributing the advance population schedules. Substantive details on the dispute and legal arguments are noted.
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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 and former foreman, died at Sth Ley Hospital after a two month heart ailment. Born in Washington, he was active in St Johns Lodge, Congressional Council No 4, Columbia Typographical Union and Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. Known as Sunny Jim for his cheerful fellowship, funeral arrangements were not yet 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 humorous tale set at a family gathering as a father scolds his wife over clothing and a new women’s club, while a moonlit hunt and Easter egging of social norms unfold with playful dialogue. TheHSH Women’s Club and Higher Homes feature amid banter and domestic squabbles.
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William F. Kirk
Broadway
H. H
Aed Ma
Palisades
Bobbie
Hunt
Moonlite
Hugh
Huma
Pa Lend
Cald
Solgers Hoam
Personal Liberty League outlines liquor rights protest meeting
About 500 members met at the home of Crept J Walter Mitchell in Randle Highlands last night. Capt Mitchell and P J Bonham spoke against liquor legislation, denouncing restrictions as abridging personal rights. Mitchell said many temperance reformers were hypocritical and a vigorous campaign would oppose such laws during the winter. Roy L G Mearean, 45, an electrician at the Marlborough, was found dead at 913 D Street NW. Coroner Nevitt cited death from 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 Confronts Death in a Hospital
Philadelphia official Theodore P Bailey died after an appendicitis operation with blood poisoning. Doctors report he spoke to his wife and daughter for 27 minutes after heart action ceased and continued with his daughter for 18 minutes via deaf and dumb signals. physicians note this unusual mental phenomenon amid the death. Bailey, 47, was an assistant manager of General Historical Company in Philadelphia and known for his wide mental powers and disciplined health.
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Philadelphia
Washington Post
New York
Philadelphia Dispatch
New York Herald
General Hiseoric Company
Bailey
Prisoner testifies to taking money in plot to kill woman
Friederichs, a Gorham Manufacturing Company employee and boarding house owner, testified before Judge Lee that he received $600 in money and $11 worth of hardware to kill a woman. He admitted taking the money but denied killing her and sought release on bail in a civil suit by Wilhelm Schmitt, who alleges fraud after finding dummy shops in Brooklyn. Bail was set at $90, and the judge refused to release him.
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Washington Post
Providence
Friederichs
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Lee
Superior Court
Schmitt
Twelve Thousand Moose Parade in Baltimore Pageant
In Baltimore the annual Moose convention closes day two as twelve thousand members parade downtown. Thousands watch 30 bands perform while floats showcase local industry. Uniformed degree drills precede a carnival and Ladies Auxiliary members ride in carriages. Tomorrow's delegate meeting will decide next year’s convention site with Davenport, Moline, Rock Island, and Seattle among contenders. Detroit also considered.
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Washington Post
Order
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Tricity
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Iowa
Moline
Rock Island
Middle West
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Detroit
New Orleans Girl Kills Man Following Unwritten Law Verdict
In New Orleans a 9 year old girl employed at a department store shot and killed 37 year old boilermaker Frank Mishler at Port and North Peter streets. Police found her sobbing with the man's head in her lap. She claims Mishler wronged her. The killing follows the acquittal of Mamie McLaughlin on a murder charge against Huey Smith, with the same unwritten law defense cited.
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New Orleans
Kaetle Frebtach
Frank Mishler
Port
North Peter
Michisr
Mamie McLaughlin
Huey Smith
McLaughlin
Smith
Aged Engraving Office Worker Dies at 77
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. Funeral services will be held at Zurharat's Undertaking establishment at 301 Capital Street tomorrow at 4 p.m. Fredericksburg news: Dr Francis March and Mrs March celebrated their golden wedding. They wed August 12 180 in Fredericksburg. Mrs March was Mildred Stone Conway, sister of P V Conway of Fredericksburg. They have six sons and two daughters. Maj Peyton Conway March is among their sons.
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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 Stands by Infantile Paralysis Policy
Dr. William C. Woodward, health officer, declares no change in district policy on infantile paralysis despite the Medical Association of the District opposing the health department's reporting approach. Association members criticize publicity that they argue exaggerates the disease’s spread in Washington.
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Woodward
Medical Association of
District Health Department
Washington
William C. Woodward
Health Department
Association
Costa Rica Panama Boundary Dispute Ends
Costa Rica approves a Washington drafted protocol for arbitration by the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice to settle the boundary dispute with Panama. Information from William L. Merry, Costa Rica minister, reported by the State Department. Earlier Costa Rica 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 forecast notes tropical system near Haiti and unsettled conditions
The Weather Bureau reports tropical activity near Haiti moving northwest with uncertain intensity. High pressure to the north suggests continuation of its northwest path. Warns of unsafe conditions in the western Caribbean, widespread showers from the southern Atlantic states to the Midwest, and a pattern of high temperatures inland. Temperatures remain high in the Northeast with cooling in the Northwest, and winds vary by coast and region as systems shift eastward. River conditions at Harpers Ferry remain clear as of Aug 24.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
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Caribbean Sea
Texan
Upper Lakes
Interior
Wyoming
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Upper Jake
Missouri
Nouthern Kansas
Montana
North Dakota
Upper Lake Region
Texas
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Worlda
East Gulf Coast
Noortheast
West Gulf Coast
Superior
Huron
Michigan
European Porta Wit
Grand Banka
Novel Aero claims automatic balance by inventor
Dr W W Christmas announces a new heavier-than-air bi plane using a cantilever design with semidiamond wings and automatic balance. Tested at College Park, the machine is to make a public debut at the Boston meet next month with possible flight by Charles K Hamilton and a Washington Agro Club visit to attract his interest.
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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 Race
New York, Aug. 24. The Acro Club of America board of governors invited Glenn H. Curtiss and two other American aviators to defend the Gordon Bennett speed trophy won at Rheims. Elimination trials will pick the two associates. Charles K. Hamilton plans to compete with a new 110 horsepower Curtiss‑style biplane. The Wright brothers’ plan remains unknown until their machines fly, with five entries promised.
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Board of Governors
Acro Club of America
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
Rheims
Charles K. Hamilton
Wright Brothers
Notice of Probate Administration and District Court Condemnation
The document records probate administration for Mary Cross estate and notices in bankruptcy and land condemnation cases in the District of Columbia. It includes letters of administration to J. Edna Brack, notices to creditors due August 23, 1910, and public notices of condemnation actions for Twenty third and R streets southeast and Columbia Road Northwest with dates, venues, and requirements for claimants and landowners.
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Supreme Court OF the District OF Oolumbia
Probate Court
District of Columbia
Mary Cross
J. Edna
Probate wills leave sums to children and widow under Pitcher will
The will of Davis J. Pitcher dated June 14 1902 leaves 500 to each of three children and 20 to sister Jane E Delong. The remainder goes to wife Louisa B Pitcher during widow hood with final distribution to children. If she remarries she receives one third and children the rest. Executors named are Mrs Louisa B Pitcher and Royal L Pitcher. Julins Horn dies intestate. his wife Margarethe Horn named executrix in the will dated July 28 1899.
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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 for a new four story building adjoining the current Bureau of Engraving and Printing site. Congress appropriated 1,750,000 dollars. The old building will become a storehouse and the new facility will house all paper money and stamp production.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
Congress
Bureau
Population figures for Mobile and Kalamazoo in 1900s
Mobile, Ala. reports 51,521 inhabitants and Kalamazoo, Mich. 39,437. Mobile’s population is up 13,062 from 38,469 in 1900 while Kalamazoo grows by 15,033 from 24,404, marking 38.8 and 168 percent increases respectively.
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Kalamazoo
Mobile
Ala
Mich
St Louis tour party sights Washington on visit
A party of tourists from St Louis and nearby areas arrived in Washington and will stay until tomorrow. At the Riggs House the group is led by H R Gregory of St Louis. Today they will tour the city and take a side trip to Mount Vernon, departing tomorrow evening around 7 o clock.
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St. Louis
Washington
Riggs
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