Financier dies in duck hunting accident on Susquehanna flats
Washington banker R Henry Lynn of the American National Bank died when his shotgun reportedly discharged in a sink box on the Susquehanna flats near Turkey Point. Bodies recovered after about an hour. Lynn to be sent to Leesburg for funeral services. Witnesses including Mia Lynn and Griffin Halstead described a hunting party that traveled from Ced Wy Creswell’s home to the flats aboard a chartered launch. The coroner ruled accidental drowning after the sink box filled with water.
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Westington
Havie du Grace
R Henry Lynn
American National Bank
Washington, D C
Susquehanna Flats
Turkey Point
Cedar Creek
Leesburg
Forrter
Mia Lynn
Grifin Slalstead
Washington Brokher
Twhey Point
Tmubstead
Selby
Hi Ink Hue
Lynn
Mr Lynn
Halstead
Tieme
Livingstone
Narane
Elkton
Baron and Bride Hide as Mystery Surrounds Dancer Friend
Special to The Washington Post reports Baron von Javenitz and Marie Louise Owen have retired from public life. A friend says Miss Mary Mackid, a dancer with The Dollar Princess, visited their home in Westfield New Jersey and Atlantic City last summer. The baroness defends the marriage secrecy and says there is no plan to annul it. The couple intent to travel to Europe once strength returns.
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Wasiington Post
New York
Boto von Javenitz
Marie Louise Owen
Westfield
New Jersey
Jeter
Afl
Mary Mackid
Dollar Princess Company
Miss Mackid
Ewens
Weat Sixty-eighth Street
Ewen
Atlantic City
Miss Mackld
Mian Wen
Walter E Bentley
E Garfield Gifford
Newark
Baron von Koenitz
Tha Daroness
Ebropé
Insurance Links Tie to Mysterious Mrs Snead Case
New York news reports insurance companies defer payment on Mrs Snead’s death amid a morgue find in East Orange New Jersey. Detectives pore over letters and a fourth will while relatives including Miss Virginia Wardlaw face arrest. Authorities note hypnotic influence and possible mortgage-like schemes linked to policies on Mrs Snead and her husband Fletcher Snead missing.
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New York
Ocey Wardlaw
Martin Snead
Iife Insurance
East Orange
Snead
Ufe
Fletcher Snead
Hood
Virginia Wardlaw
Gast Orange
Jacob Wachsman
Brooklyn
Fullan Carabba
Ingurange Company
Sneed
Jersey
Sife
Phyal¢Fana
Flatlands
Trelugg
Abe
Equitable
Death of R H Lynn Shocks Bristol Bank Circle
The Washington banker R H Lynn died after an accident in a sinking box aboard a boat. Reports state a possible accidental gun discharge underwater caused a hole, leaving Lynn insensible and drowned. He was born in Loudoun County Virginia and formerly cashier of the Leesburg bank. His body to be transported to Leesburg for funeral services with Virginia and Washington banking officials attending.
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Lynn
Washington
Mies Jeannette Harrison
Woof Lynn
Southern
Henry Harrizon
Lynng Oncle
Carl Pierce
Thai National Bank of
Alexandria
Leesburg
American National Bank
Brstol Tenn
R H Lynn
American National Bank of Washington
Bristol B . Dulaney
BM Lynn
Mystery surrounds Snead case linked to life policies
District detectives probe intricate web of life insurance on Mrs Snead as police seek motive. Bank records show cash withdrawals from a Flatbush savings account while draft wills and loan papers surface among papers tied to Wardlaw family. Authorities note multiple insurers in play and missing funds from a substantial estate.
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Flatbush
Ocey Snead
Mra Snead
Wsme Wardlaw
Snead
Rain 'S Collins
CEB Martin - Fod Ak
Typhoid scare in Ghent over milk wagon driver
Norfolk health official says a milk wagon driver spreads typhoid germs through contact in the Ghent district. Health Commissioner Dupuy plans a control board report with recommendations to quarantine the driver, who had a prior bout with the fever years ago and appears recovered.
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Norfolk
Calis
Ghent
Dupuy
Vandals Raid Cemetery For Bronze Elk Statue
Thieves entered Laurel Grove Cemetery on the city outskirts last night and attempted to carry away a bronze elk sculpture weighing nearly a ton placed at Blas Rest in the plot of Paternoe Lodge No 60 of the BPO. The statue was overturned and one leg sawed off as vandals hoped to sell the metal.
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Paterson
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Paternoe Lodge
Burk County officers seize illicit alcohol operation in South Mountain district
Lincolnton NC December 3 magistrate Timothy Lait and deputy sheriff Carl Swink were arrested by revenue officers while running an illicit distillery in Burke County near South Mountain. A 50 gallon still 9 fermenters and many gallons of beer and corn whiskey were destroyed. The officers were jailed in Lincolnton in default of bond.
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Lincolnton
Timothy Lait
Carl Swink
Shen
Burke
South Mountain District
Boud
Strike Riot at Wheeling Signals Plant Clash
Wheeling West Virginia reports a strike riot tonight as strike sympathizers confront deputy sheriffs at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company plant. One striker is shot and seriously wounded. about fifty deputies guard the site amid fears of broader violence. Reinforcements from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh are en route.
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Wheeling
American Sheet and Tin Pinto Company
Cintinnati
Pittsburg
United States Moves to Blockade Nicaragua in Zelaya Case
Washington outlines a practical naval blockade of Nicaragua ports to trap President Zelaya and aid Estrada. Ships Verifying routes, survey work, and fuel resupply prepare to reinforce forces at Corinto and Bluefields as diplomatic pressure signals possible execution.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Nicaragua
United States
Zelaya
Huttads
Leanides
Des Moines
Tacoma
Marietta
Port Simon
Rles
Greytown
Bluefields
Eagle
Albany
Yorktown
Pacific Coast
Magdalena Bay
Bicksbm
Corinto
State Department
Estrada
Navy Department
Shrapnel Misses Balloon at Sandy Hook Test
A large U S army balloon launched from Fort Hancock Sandy Hook with food on board endured bursts of shrapnel from the fort. Observers in glasses saw no damage and the gas bag remained intact before being lowered at dusk. The test aimed to be as secret as possible.
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Sandy Hook
New York
United States Army Proving Grounds
Fort Hancock
Sandy
Hook
Lee
Proving Grounde
Two Girls Flee Industrial School Evade Authorities
Milwaukee dispatch reports two 12 year old girls Annie Smith and Lucy Luetike escaped the Industrial School on November 23. They rode under a passenger tram to Jefferson Junction then trudged ten miles to Jahasons Creek hoping to outwit officers. Both are in critical condition and the Stauth girl is not expected to live.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Annie Smith
Lucy Luetike
Jefferson Junction
Jahasons Creek
Stauth
Clash Over Divorce Divides Penn Board Of Trustees
Walter George Smith resigns from the University of Pennsylvania board over a dispute on appointing Professor Lichtenberger whose sociological views on divorce sparked a broader debate. Smith cites differences with colleagues about proper university policy and the propriety of the associate professorship.
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W. G Smith
Philadelphia
Lichtenberger
Pennsylvania Board
Walter George
Chicago
Frorest Harrison
Smth
Smith
TF Lichtenberger
Lieht
Howard
Fox Outwits Hounds at Loudoun Fox Hunt
Special to The Washington Port Leesburg Va Dec 3 The Loudoun Foxhounds were cast today at Steptoe Hill with Master and hunt servants leading The pack were put to cover behind Steptoe Hill but failed to find After working the cover in the vicinity without result they were carried forward to Lro pig but again failed to find Later in the day a fox was found on the banks of Goose Creek and leading up the course of the stream toward Mountville gave the riders a hard run of several hours but was lost in the cliffs along the stream Owing to the dry weather which has prevailed in the section for the last four months seating conditions are the poorest known for years but the hounds have succeeded daily in starting a quarry and giving those following a brisk gallop Riders were Master M Smith on Success J P Bowditch of Farmington Mass Mrs HF Collins of Pittsburg Mr F B Huey ofPits urs Mr and Mrs Whitman of Boston Mr I D Abt of Price s ing William Corcoran Evans DB Tenant Mrs Westmoreland Days and others c fann Tekae En to keen the ball vy ed Weed Gat The North of Agriculture fom Ax en RS Alama the State Piny Danebeit at Howie Bh page eed as the age Bunny i the ees the Sas
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Washington
Leesburg
Loudoun
Steptoe Sill
Lropig
Oose Reek
Mountville
M Smith
J P Bowditch
Farmington Mass
HF Collins
Pittsburg
F B Huesey
Pivsurs
Whitman
Boston
Mass
Wiiham Corcoran Evans
Westmoreland Days
Ships Sunk In Gale Off British Isles Disaster Details
London reports a severe gale causing multiple shipwrecks across the British Isles. The Thistlemor foundered off Barnstable Bay with 49 dead, the Sllan Yanni and Evian Vannin questioned by owners as to fate, and eight other wrecks confirmed with crews lost or drowned.
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Maat
Mersey
Barnstable Bay
Cook's Schooner Missing After Newfoundland Gale
A gale along Newfoundland waters sinks several Gloucester fishing schooners including the Mabel I Hines Henry M Stantay and John Ke Bradley. Wreckage lines the coast with many vessels reported total losses and one vessel feared lost amid rough sea conditions.
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Birchy Cove
Newfoundland
Gloucester Mar
Mabel I Hines
Henry M Stantay
John Ke Bradley Widey
di Cook
Stovaine Said to Be Old In Sloppy Tar Washington Tale
Reports claim a new row about the oak Peary affair and stovaine a spinal anaesthetic linked to Dr Thomas Jennisen of Roumants and the loraine treatment that would allow patients to chat under surgery. Dr Leonard Corning allegedly says he conducted nerve-deadening experiments in New York, raising ethical questions.
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Washington
New York
Thomas Jennisen
Leonard Corning
Tin Elty
Corning
Virginia State Grange Criticizes Annual Report Details
A Virginia state Grange resolution accuses Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson of presenting misleading figures in an annual report. The measure questions farm product totals counted twice and calls for public disclosure of the secretary’s name as sponsor.
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Weat
Virgina Grange
Charlestown
H B
Darnall
R & Thasher
D W Working
State ‘University
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Susquehanna River
Baz
W Eshington
To Elkton
Vother
Balstead
Latby
Baron
Bride
von Koenitz
Serpe Ap Teemigerti
Haktimere
Puttchere
Enton Station
Cniago
Daltimere
Pennsylvania
Prt
Hodloud Inns
Tub
Mre
Freeman
Wellesley College
Alexander Torm
Princeton ‘University
Charles Young
Columbia
Eucide
Marsland Ry
Dealova
Loudoun Piunty
Loudoun National Bank
Old Dominion RH
Leesburg Bank
American National
Maile Bank President
Geey Snead
Equitable Life Asavrohic
Equitable Company
Hos
Oceania Werlow
Mies Viginia Ward
Joh Brantlaw
David Louis Wardlaw
Supreme Reourt
Carolina
Robert M Marthe
Sneads
L Agale
Pletcher Snead
Misa Wardlaw
Orange
Mra Sneads
WMI
WERS
Joe Man
Bitty Deputieg
Aetna Tin Plant
McCread
St Pauga Church
Daltimore
Battimore
Fis
America
Knot
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Koa
Managua
Avlante
Zeliya
Estradas
Eighty-Fifth
Kicatagum
Republic
Zelayas
Ofien Chamorro
Repubies
Europe
Nicaaguan
United Stats
Atlantic Coast Squadron
Batrada
Egerlent
Jacksonville
University of Penoaylvame
New York School of Phuanthop
Alama
Piny Danebeit
Howie
England
Passen
Ellan Vannm
London
British Isles
Thistlemor
Appledere
Yeo
Liverpool
Barry Wates
Biddefod Bay
Thistremor
Ramsay Isle of Wan
Liverpo
Mark Jonsin
Ymerila
Evian
Vannin
Ted
Ton Ageal
Méjas Isle
Isle of Man
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Sterites
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Stovaine
Jamencan
Wilson Eres
Dalttivore
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