Eccentric Millionaire's Adoption Case Draws Crowds in Court
In Chicago Judge Landis hears the testimony of Margaret Morrison 18 who says Edward W Morrison adopted her and her sister amid allegations of blackmail and hidden assets. Crowds and guards filled the courtroom as Morrison’s estate faces bankruptcy and claims of millions, with only a modest building and old coins as assets to date.
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Milllionnaire
Chicago
Edward W. Morrison
Landincourt
Margaret Burnstein Morrison
Jacob Burnstein
Alice
Margaret
Landis
Morrison
Sau
Shiee
Younser
Itiliumaire
Reanre Orasm
Morrisones
Jamea R Ward
Edward Morrison
Clty
Died Hayes August 1916 obituary notice
Obituary notices list deaths of Hayes Healy MANSING CHESTER SPITZER WHITE and others with dates August 1916 to August 1918. Includes residences 10 Treasury Street northeast 1795 K Street and 6404 Georgia Avenue NW. Funeral details and interment at Mount Vernon Rock Creek Hebrew Cemetery Washington Hospital noted.
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Hayes
Thchael
Mars Hayes
Mars
St Necsus
Aolock
Healy
Lawrenceh Joseph Heloved
Tenn
Katherine Healy
Dave
K Street
Mountiver Cemetery
Sidileniy
Treorge Washington University Hospital
Chester
Alfred Freeman
Cinthia Anna Manning
Tyseral Prem Ner
Melrose
Clifton Street
Rock Creek Cemetery
Spitzer
Fourteenth Street
Gottliber Spitzer
Ida Om
Washington Hebrew Cemetery
George Washington Hospital
Lewis Cass
Susan Yount White
Georgia Avenue Northwest
Shippers Rally for Arbitration in Rail Strike Standoff
A nationwide protest by shipper manufacturers and business groups demands full arbitration in the railroad wage dispute affecting about 409000 workers across 295 roads. The Mingis Manufacturers' Association calls a Chicago meeting August 29 to unite on arbitration, with the Chicago Association of Commerce and state manufacturers urging President Wilson to allow arbitration before further action.
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Washington Post
Chicamso
Lil
Wilson
United State
Mingis Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusette
Minneapolis Employers’ Association
Praise for Wilson Peace Policy At Democratic Women Rally
Representative Claudius A Stone lauds President Wilson for keeping the United States at peace, urging partisanship end at the nation’s borders. Mrs George A Armes and Mrs Helen Nelson Doocy urge Democratic participation and report 30890 Democratic addresses distributed. Mrs David S S Rose sang selections and closed with The Star Spangled Banner.
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United States
Wilson
Claudius A. Stone
Illnois
National Democratic Women of America
Mexico
Stone
George A. Armes
Helen Nelson Doocy
David S&s. Rose
Milwaukee
Thieves Steal $574 In Various Local Thefts
Police report details several thefts totaling 574 dollars. Items include a silver card case ten dollar bill a 39 by 53 tire a gold chain and locket a safety razor set a pocketbook with cash a 22 day clock a platinum bar pin and a large diamond centerpiece. Victims include Mia Anna Carsona Wayne Smith Edwin Payne Nancy Contee J G Sanders J B Seibold Misa Helen Fourner and a downtown hotel guest in Washington DC area.
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Mia Anna Carsona
Newark Street
Wayne Smith
Connecticut Avenue
Edwin Payne
Alexandria
Ivy City
D. C
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Nancy Contee
C Street
Chesapeake Beach
J. G. Sanders
Fourth Street
J. B Seibold
Lawrence Street
Misa Helen Fourner
Records by Girl Swimmers Shine at Rosedale Meet
Nearly 150 contestants filled the Rosedale playground events in a third meet of a girls series. Records fell across classes from amateur to advanced, surpassing all but two marks set in earlier meets under Miss Ella Gardner. Officials included Clinton Thrift, John G Petrus, Miss Pearl Robarteo, timer Miss Randolph Livings, scorer Miss Elizabeth Penny, starter Hawley A Smith, clerk F. J Brunner, and marshal M. E. Donahue.
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Rosedale
Ella Gardner
Clinton Thrift
John G Petrus
Deny Killing Rail Goose Fattened on Ten-Hour Day
Officials of four railroad brotherhoods publish a statement likening the dispute to the golden goose fable. They argue workers seek shorter hours and safer conditions, warning against overworking the “goose” while bosses benefit. a 50-50 deal is urged to prevent a broader collapse of the system.
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Four Brotherhoods
Esx
Five Rescued as Two Fires Break Out Citywide
Early yesterday two blazes put five people in danger. Meyer Berson his wife and a one year old were pulled from a Potomac avenue home by Engine 18. Rebecca Breeden and her 10 year old daughter were lifted from a Grant street house by Engine 27 and Officer Trumbo. A Linney stable on 42 Q street NW burned with two horses a survey and an automobile lost. Loss estimated at 1500. Paul Jones residence at 3% G street SW sustained $25 damage in a morning fire.
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Meyer Berson
Potomac Avenue
Rebecca J. Breeden
Grant Street
L. B. Trumbo
Thomas Linney
Public foe near New York strikes and rail dispute appeal
A Chamber of Commerce letter to President Wilson argues for public information on railroad wage demands amid a looming strike. It asserts workers seek an eight hour day with penalties for overtime and cites differing views on pay and hours. Separate reports detail a Red fleet near Sandy Hook and arrests of two men for smuggling jewels and mail communications with Germany.
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Wilson
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
R. Goodwyn Rhett
Charleston
National Chamber
Bank
New York
Fred Uffelman
Flies 661 Miles in Day in Twin-Motor Aircraft
Newport News Va Aug 25 Victor Carlstrom flying a dual mode land and water machine today set a world distance in one day record carrying one passenger. He covered 661 miles in 10 hours 40 minutes despite carburetor trouble drinking nearly half an hour and minor stops. Captain Baldwin head of the Atlantic coast aeronautical station says Carlstrom will receive 7000 for the flight.
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Newport News
Victor Carlstrom
Baldwin
Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station
Carlstrom
Judge A. B. Humphreys Dies in Honolulu
News from Honolulu reports the death of Judge A. B. Humphreys, a leading Hawaiian circuit court judge after annexation. His push to reform Hawaiian bar rules sparked bitter opposition and appeals to Washington. His death marks the second of Chun Afong’s sons-in-law in a month, reflecting a notable colonial era figure’s passing.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Humphreys
Islands
United States
Washington
Chun Afong
Quarantine Effort Underway In Virginia Border Counties
Dr. Roy K. Flanagan travels from Richmond to northern Virginia to obtain board of supervisors support for enforcing the state health board quarantine on children arriving from New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Railroads pledge cooperation and warning posters appear at regional terminals to deter travel.
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Richmond
Roy K. Flanagan
Enmon G. Williams
Virginia
Board of Supervisors
State Board of Health
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Williams
New York, New Jersey
Rallway
Steamship
Oficiala
Revenue Officer Shot Near Stuart Virginia
In a battle eight miles from Stuart near the North Carolina line Revenue Agent B H Maya and Willam Smith a blockader were shot. Officers traced a wagon load of liquor to Smiths home and when ordered to surrender he fired on Deputy Mays who returned fire hitting Smith in the abdomen and Mays in the abdomen.
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Lynchburg
Stuart
North Carolina
H. Maya
Willam Smith
Smith
Mays
Rosas
Four Navy Sailors Commended for Bravery in Reef Incident
The Navy Department commends John J Kenny Frank Eli Shute Michael Grimes and Curt McAvoy of the gunboat Terry for bravery when the ship rode a reef off the Dominican coast. They remained at their posts in the flooded engine room as the vessel faced possible sinking.
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Navy Department
John J Kenny
Frank Eli Shute
Michael Grimes
Curt McAvoy
Terry
Dominican
Association Institute Sargent Private School in Washington
Private school in Washington offers college preparatory courses including Army Navy drafting and commercial subjects. Evening free bulletin announced. Director THOS. WALTON M A 1182 G Street NW.
Probing Odd Navy Case At Guam Commandant Arrested
Captain William Maxwell, commandant of Guam naval station, was placed under arrest by Lieutenant Commander William Cronan aboard the supply ship Supply. The case, investigated by Captain William R. Shoemaker, involves Guam intrigues and a hospital transfer to Washington.
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Guam
William R. Shoemaker
William J. Maxwell
William P. Cronan
United States
Maxwell
Cronan
Supply
Washington
Naval Hospital
Naval War College
Newport
Navy Mat
Capt
Navy Department
Shoemaker
Recluse Van Allen Ends Life Aboard Luxurious Motorboat
Stephen M. Van Allen, a private figure once prominent in New York sports circles, shot himself Thursday aboard a richly furnished North River motorboat. A note to his mother complained of poverty and homelessness, and he bequeathed his body to a medical college. Police seek papers to clarify his past.
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New York
Stephen M. van Allen
North River
Allen
van Allen
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Blow Fatal to E Friend in Altercation
Héwin Friend aged 16 months dies at Emergency Hospital from a skull fracture, believed caused Aug 22 during a fight with Oscar Shipley. Shipley arrested by Detective Sergis O'Brien and others. Friend, son of Josiah Friend of Roanoke, a Washington College of Law senior, Mason, four years in Washington, two brothers at bedside. Body to be taken to Roanoke after coroner's inquest. Chicago reports Henry Furber, 76, prominent attorney and real estate operator, shot and killed in St. Luke's Hospital after years as patient. survived by two sons. estate valued around $6,000,000.
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Héwin Frienn
Oscar Shipley
Sergis O'Brien
Kelly
Hughlett
Friend
Josiah Friend
Roanoke
Washington College of Law
Washington
George Carter
Victor H. Friend
Chicago
Henry 2. Furber
Shimaci
St. Luke's Hospital
Furber
American Mail Confiscated at Kirkwall
British authorities confiscated the entire American mail on the Scandinavian-American liner United States at Kirkwall. The Overseas News Agency reports the seizure occurred as the ship entered harbor during August. No further details were given on passengers or cargo.
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Berlin
Bayville
United States
Kirkwall
Nowe
Marines Head Haiti Police In Peacekeeping Mission
Thirty nine commissioned and thirty nine noncommissioned Marine officers were selected by the Navy Department to head the Haitian constabulary under the peace treaty. They will enforce order and allow the phased withdrawal of occupying forces. Native officers will replace them after examinations.
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Marine Corps
Navy Department
Republic
Mrs P Flack Hannan Dead in Kane City
Mrs P Flack Hannan, well known in Washington, died in Hiensay City Kane on Wednesday. Widow of Thomas Hannan and daughter of Francia and Elizabeth Flack of Garrett Park Maryland. Survived by four children and two sisters Elizabeth Killian and Mrs Jacob Bool of Washington.
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P. Flack Hannan
Washington
Hiensay City
Kane
Thomas Hannan
Francia and
Elizabeth Flack
Garrett Park
Montgomery County
Elizabeth Killian
Mra Jacob Bool
Maddin Summera Named Consul General at Moscow
Maddin Summera of Nashville Tennessee acting chief of the bureau of Latin American affairs in the State Department chosen as consul general at Moscow Russia and will oversee war prisoners relief work.
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Maddin Summera
Nashville
Tenn
State Department
Moscow
Russia
In Memory of Lafayette Anniversary Plans
Plans for celebrating Marquis de Lafayette's birthday September 6 are led by Rear Admiral Charles H. Stockton and Gen. H. Oden Lake. A Washington meeting to organize exercises is set for Tuesday at 1351 Q Street NW. The committee includes Eliot, Story, Choate, Roosevelt, Wickersham, and others. headquarters are at 6 Wall Street, New York.
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Marquis de Lafayette
Charlies H. Stockton
Order of Washington
Gen. H. Oden Lake
Army and Navy Union
Washington
Council of the Order of Washington
Marcus G. Wright
Louis B. Carman
Q Street
Lafayette
Charles W. Eliot
Moorfield Story
Joseph H. Choate
C. F. Goodrich
Judson Harmon
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Wickersham
George Haven Putnam
W. R. Hodges
William D. Guthrie
Henry Watterson
Charien J. Bonaparte
Charles P. Johnson
Charles 8. Davison
Wall Street
New York City
Katmal volcano crater described by Griggs expedition
Robert F. Griggs, after reaching Kodiak, called Katmal’s main crater one of the world’s greatest, extending miles across and deep to a blue green lake that boils below. Accompanied by Lucius G. Folsom and Donavan Church, this marks the first geological clone examination since the 1912 eruption that blew off the top and buried Kodiak Island in ash.
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Kodiak
Aissna
Gua
Katmal
Robert F. Griggs
American Geographic Society
Mr. Griggs
Lucius G. Folsom
Donovan Church
Ohio State University
Kodiak Island
Shelikotf Strait
Appeals for Armenians in Persia reach State Department
Armenian church head in India appeals for protection as Turks advance in Persia. State Department warns Turkey to prevent Armenian massacres in Asia Minor repeats. Pittsburgh glassmakers told by London agents an order in council embargoes American table glassware. Shipments before August 18 may be accepted.
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U. S
Persia
State Department
India
Turkey
Asia Minor
Pittsburgh
London
United States
District Republicans Plan to Form District Club
At a Wizard meeting the tentative District Republican group agreed to organize a formal club. President C V Gates presided and was authorized to call a near future meeting to establish a permanent district body.
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C. V. Gates
Wig
Rail Heads to Insist on Arbitration Crisis Near
Railroad chiefs push arbitration of wages under an eight hour day while dismissing freight rate talks. Brotherhood leaders press for a square deal and warn a strike could disrupt mail milk and city supplies for a few days. Discussions and telegrams from factions indicate a tense standstill with little concrete offer from railroads.
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RAIL
Woo Lee
Spokane
Northern Pacific
Cittones
BR Garretson
Brotherhood
Grand Forka
Noak
Great Western
Addiery
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Denegre
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Aelyr
Kiaank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST
North Sou
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J. Sardo & CO
MODER
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F Street
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15Th
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Madinegave
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Representative Stone
Democratic Women's Club
Rosedale Playground
Bell-Ans
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
7Th and
D Sts
To-Kalon Co., Inc
F St
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Barnegat Iniet
Germany
Aang
Delaware Bay
Railroads
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Barnegat Inlet
Helm
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Navy
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Hugo Schmidt
Deutsche Bank
Uffelman
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Taw
York
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Association of American Law Schools
Masonic Temple
Gonzaga
Bet. N. Cap
Tet Sts
Ph. L
Georgetown University
Wegeesaay
National University School OF Law
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Southern
National Law School
Emily Fred Barnes
NE. Ling
Tooaday
Mr. St. Joseph's] College
Bova
Addeesn Bro
Norbert
Sta
Baltimore
Ugh
Maryland State College of Agriculture
College Park
Maryland
Fapessen
Peabody
Charlotte Hall
St Marye County
Bluemont
Willow Brook Academy
W. J. Maxwell
E. Friend
Henry J. Further
Arlington
Vermont Ave
Thomas Circle
Marines
Haiti
Maddin Summers T
Alaska
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Brotherhoods
Howard Eliott
New Haven
R. H. Rishton
Chicago and Northwestern
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Alshton
Conference Committee of Managers
White House
Committee of 640
E. M. F. Studebaker
Chevrolet
Metz
Mitchell
Miller Bros. Automobile & Supply House
St. N. W
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