Japan Gift of 5000 Cherry Trees May Arrive This Fall
State Department noted no official dispatch confirming departure for the United States. Rumor of arrival targets September with Prince Kum and Princess Kum planning a New York visit and a meeting with President Taft at Beverly. A larger Japanese party including chambers of commerce members is also expected to visit California and the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, totaling about 40 people.
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United States
Japan
Washington
Far Eastern
Diplomatic Bureau
Department
Kunt
4Uhe
New York
Taft
Beverly
Japanese Chambers of Commerce
San Francisco
California
Chambers of Commerce
Pacific
Free Water Granted to Masonic and Eastern Star Home
Capt Markham acting engineer commissioner approved a water allowance for the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Takoma Park DC. The proposal provides 60 gallons per person per day free, with charges for water rent per the rate schedule, applicable to the premises at Railroad and Rittenhouse Streets on the same service.
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Masonic and Eastern Starome
Captam Markham
Mra
Alrena Lamond
Madenie and Eastern Star Llome
Takoma Park
Dem
Capt Markham
Railroad and
Rittenhouse Streets
City Suits for Damages Filed in District Supreme Court
District Sued for 4000 dollars as attorney L Newmyer for Goldsmith Sigmund claims wife Sacha Sigmund injured by defective sidewalk in front of premises on a Northwest street October 19 1908. Husband seeks 6000 dollars since wife cannot supply her services. Also Charles Davidge driver seeks damages 1900 after April collision with Capital Traction Company at Madison Place Northwest claiming fractured shin and brain concussion.
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L. Newmyer
Goldsmith Sigmund
District Supreme Court
District of
Coimbra
Sigmund
Sacha Sigmund
May Mend Fence Without Fee Regulation Amendment
Morria Hacker district building inspector announced that the building regulations will include an amendment allowing permits for fence repairs without a fee. The original rule charged $1 per permit, and a protest led to the revised schedule.
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Morria Hacker
Ates
Readjusting District a red tape end to daily board meetings
A district committee urged cutting red tape by having all letters read by the commission before sending them to division chiefs. It recommends daily board sessions, a $1,400 clerk to manage permanent records, and readjusted correspondence handling to speed government business. Commissioner West supports daily meetings to boost efficiency and curb delays.
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Wil de Swey
Saapiony
William Kelly
Tweedsla
Garges
Engineer Department
Tindall
Congrees
Weat
West
Coleagues
Areathy
Macfarland
Maj Judson
Insane Given Temporary Care Pending Sanity Trial
A Washington asylum order allows temporary commitment of certain insane individuals to the Washington Asylum Hospital or St Elizabeth for trial, replacing the old practice of sending patients to St Elizabeth. Carl Samuelson, an old sailor, appeared before Justice Anderson on a writ of habeas corpus. a jury found him of unsound mind after testimony by Dr C M Emmons and rival views from Dr Wool Sheep.
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Washington Asylum Hospital
St. Elizabeth
Harry ¢ McLean Arting
Hostitel
Carl © Sammelson
Justice Anderson
Richard Evans Mesers Turner
Proctor
Stair
Samuelson
C M Emmons
Wol Sheep
Government Hospital For the
Railway board asked to investigate guard at open railway pit
Mrs Jane M Cropper of 1619 Third Street Northwest asks the District elected railway commissioners to warn around the open pit at Fifteenth and A Streets Northeast to prevent public danger. Inspector Bradshaw notes the pit lies within the railroad right of way but the condition should be investigated by the commission.
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Railway Board
Railway Commission
Fifteenth
Jane M Cropper
Third Street
L. P Bradshaw
Engineer Department
Shoutabel
Feast of St Augustine Commemoration at St Augustine's Church
The feast of St Augustine is observed with a high Mass at St Augustine's Church at 1 o'clock tomorrow. The anthem will be sung by an augmented choir directed by Prof. Anton Kaspar. The homily will be preached by the Right Rev. Mgr. William E Starr of Baltimore. Local report notes provocative language in pulpit remarks by Rev Vc. J King amid penitence and protests. A separate dispatch from Winchester reports the Rosemont stock farm near Berryville sold for $100,000 to Arthur L. Warthen of Front Royal. the farm spans about 405 acres with much in trust.
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St. Augustine
Dolemn
St Augustine’s Church
Anton Kaspar
Mgr
William E Starr
Baltimore
Washington Post
Winchester
Rosemont
Berryville
Clarke County
Charles E Clapp
Arthur L. Warthen
Front Royal
Priests Return From Maryland Retreat At St Marys Seminary
Priests and assistant pastors from Baltimore Washington and 100 Maryland towns completed a week long spiritual retreat at St Marys Seminary Baltimore Cardinal Globong presided and Rev John O Rourke directed the exercises with hours of prayer meditation Holy Mass and conference among the schedule notes a full day from early morning prayers to night prayers and benediction
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Dis- Fort
St Mary's Seminary
Baltimore
Washington
Gardinal Globong
Maryland
Archdiocese of
John, O'Rourke
Cotman Hall
New York
Apostleship of Prayer
Messenger of the Sacred Heart
Regulation Ends Rooster Keepers Permits Declared
A new health rule requires permits to keep poultry in districts with over seven percent property improvement. Applicants must secure 51 percent written neighbor consent and pass a health inspection before approval. Police will enforce the rule and many permits face scrutiny as residents weigh petitions.
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Health Department
Iis
Health
Potles
Atelet
Glen
Sylvester
Tama
Walla Im Numeraua
Substation near Seventh Street to open for suburban riders
The Seventh Street and Virginia avenue Southwest station nears completion for travelers entering Washington from Virginia. Expected to open before October 1, it will ease access to downtown, saving minutes versus Union Station. Built under Robert Farnham Jr toward five months of work, the brown brick building includes waiting rooms, toilets, a ticket office, baggage room, and railroad offices.
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Seventh Street
Virginia Avenus
Washington
Union Station
Publc
Long Bridge
Virginia
South Washington
Robert Farnham, Jr
En— Singer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern
Atlantic
Van Dever for Jury Big Snake Leads to Arrest
Police court heard W Van Dever a recent arrestee wa arraigned for breaking into H W Fisher Sons store on Wisconsin Avenue and taking goods He waived preliminary hearing and is held 1500 bond for grand jury Fisher urged punishment and urged public safety over mercy while recalling the policeman’s case in Africa Wells jailed for theft of hay and other items in Africa and Howard County Miller charged with vagrancy and exposed to a long court fight over his past work and conduct Big Snake in the Cellar a porter named Chester Boyd accused of stealing 24 beer bottles and a bottle of Scotch whiskey Cutts missing stock traced to Boyd whose confession followed by a court case continuation Ballad of a watermelon thief Blanche Freasco taps a watermelon in Willow Tree alley and breaks it over a shopkeeper’s head before paying ten cents and leaving the scene. case dismissed Almond charged with embezzlement at Chiselli’s clothes shop on Pennsylvania Avenue. case continued
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W. van Dever
Ageinet
H.W. Fisher & Sons
Wisconsin Avenue
Hugh T. Taggart
Fisher
Africa
Howard County
Willie Wells
Sharent
John G Giles
DW J. Flommer
Rhode Island Avenue
Wells
Jude Mulloway Aia
Jim’ Miller
Smith
Kim
Jim
Harry Wardman
Opal Yard
Seventh Street
Kimball
Cutts
Boyd
William Branch
Manche
Blanche
Thomas Almond
Detectiva O'Brien
Alfred Chiselli
Pennsylvania Avenue
Almond
Water famine feared as Shenandoah River drops in Harrisonburg
Special to The Washington Past Harrisonburg Virginia August 27 The Shenandoah River is lower than memory records and the town faces water shortages and uncertain electric power. Water has been allowed to accumulate by cutting power at 4 am to run the plant at night, with several nights of outages. The water supply, drawn from mountains near Rawley Springs, is the most threatened in memory. The drought endangers the town’s water and power reliability as crews work to restore plant operation.
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Washington
Harrisonburg
Bhenandoah
Rawley Springs
Shenandoah
Strikebreaker Mob Robs Cumberland Man In Assault
Cumberland Maryland August 27 Willam Mouse a striking machinist helper was jailed charged with assault on Robert Morrison a Baltimore and Ohio machinist with intent to kill. En route home from the shops Morrison and two other employees were accosted by a score or more men taken behind the F M C A building and beaten until unconscious Morrison identified Mouse as among his attackers.
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Washington
Cumberland
Willam Mouse
Jai
Desault
Robert Morrison
Baltimore and Ohio
F. M.C A
Morrison
Mouna
Booths Daughter Claims Lincoln Assassin Was Her Father
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Virginia August. Alma Howard says she is the daughter of John Wilkes Booth and claims Booth survived after Lincoln’s assassination. She presents marriage, baptism and confession documents, plus a photo likeness, asserting Booth lived in Tennessee and later in Oklahoma under various names.
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Washington Post
Richmond
T. A. Howard
Iatte Alma
Howard
Alma
John Wilken Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Howerd
Educols
Searry
Tennessee
Icda
Enid
Okla
L. Wilkes Booth
Booth
Howard Haw
David’. George
John Wilkes Booth
Mra
Tenn
Two A Yter Manns To Get Senate Nomination Race
Attorney Wing of Prince Edward county and neighbor John J Owen race for the district senate seat in Virginia. Wing, once mayor of Blackstone, and Owen, veteran legislator, both announce bids amid uncertain primary timing and active canvass.
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Wing
Legislar
Owen
Greso Bay
Prince Edward County
Senate
William H. Jonn
John J. Owen
Blinger
Dismissal in Whisky Transport Case Shocks Rails
Bec Plunkett, railway mail clerk between Charlotte and Richmond, was dismissed by United States Commissioner Cobb after witnesses failed to provide damaging evidence. Government plans further action with the federal grand jury. The report includes multiple local items on politics, shows, and industry developments across Virginia and North Carolina.
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Washington Post
Charlotte
Bec Plunkett
Richmond
United States
Cobb
Plunkett
Walter
Eaton Relatives Tangle In Adoptions and Alleged Poisoning
Boston Aug 27 A foster mother claimsDaniel Jr died from alleged poison in prepared baby food as rear admiral Eaton and his wife Mrs Joseph Eaton dispute the adoption and parentage. Mrs Eaton discusses the arrangement, while Admiral Eaton asserts deep pride in the child and reveals details about family ties to George Harrison.
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Washington Post
Boston
Joseph Giles Eaton, Jr
Joseph Giles Eaton
Spooner
Hingham
Admiral
Bie
Mrs. Eaton
Scituate
Assinippi
Sne
George Harrison
Alexandria
Har Nson
Washington
Tennie
Ainsworth
Cleveland
Mel Haton
Jane
June
Rocky Mount to vote on local option liquor sale
The town of Rocky Mount plans a local option election on September 3 to decide legal liquor sales. It has a single saloon paying a license tax and lies at the center of Franklin county moonshine district. A local minister supports legalization citing many blockaders in the nearby mountains.
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Apecia
Washington Post
Rocky Mount
Franklin County
Hocal
Mountafha
Woodstock liquor vote petition reaches trial court
Judge T W Harrison today received a petition signed by many Woodstock voters asking for a local caption election. Woodstock, county seat of Shenandoah, voted dry two years ago. Trial court session held October 1 as the area contemplates a new vote on liquor measures.
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Woodstock
T Ww Harrison
Shenandoah
Marine Band Concert Today at the City Hall
The Marine Band led by William H. Santelmann performs a varied program including Stained and True, On the Plantation, Die Porlom, and The Courts of Granada. Featured musicians Puerner, Joereeson, Wentasia, and Medtertton deliver duets and marches, with Wagner and Chapt introductions and a serenade.
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Moreh
Gomer
Kling Orusicians
Arthur
Witcomb Wad Hans Joereeson
Praad Wentasia
de Walkure
Wagner Meotiahratte
Granada
Medtertton
Serenato
Finnie
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Alee
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W. Va
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Charles Cutts
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Harrsonburg
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Mann
Virginia Briefs
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Ernest H . Well
Corporation Court of Manchester
Harrison-burg
Hoda Company No 4
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Cirial
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Telim
Studder
Warners
Eure
Werner
Rochester SV
Cs Bushela Lares
Buabex
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Washington Flastight Co
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Andrews
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
Phils ‘Ave. N. Ww
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Randle Highlands
U.S
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Aptlcl Ag
Dupont Circle
Eany Partenta & 68 Realty CO Tunst
Pa Aveae
Tharp
People's Drug Store
Washington Post Building
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