Fatal Powder Blast Kills One in Eckman Va Explosion Wrecks Homes
Ten thousand pounds of explosive detonated on freight cars near Eckman Virginia killing Joseph Steel and injuring two severely while eight others suffer injuries. Nearby houses burned as sparks and debris scattered over the village. one boiler explosion in Staunton also injures several and kills Floyd Zimbro at the quarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Staunton
Washington Post
Bluefeld
W Va
Pulayski Company
Joseph Steel
Mary Khoaila
Vilage
Allegheny Iron, Coal and Coke Company
Augusta County
Floyd Zimbro
Boyd Agner
James West
Morgan Phillips
Thompson
Tunnel Sections Joined Under River In New York
The two tunnel sections started in New York and Proukisa were joined beneath the Last River bed today. Engineers say the joining is perfect with the two shells meeting almost precisely under the river center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Undertakers and Embalmers Services in Washington area
An assortment of funeral homes and services is listed with contact details. W. R. Speare, S. Riley, William Lee, George Zurhorst, R. F. Harvey's Sons, John M. Mitchell's Son, Comley Bros., Gude, and Geo. C. Shaffer offer undertaker, embalming, and floral services. Addresses include 940 F Street N.W. and 14th Street locations. phone numbers provided for each firm.
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W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
S. Riley
Pcessions Vy
William Lee
Pennevhania
George P. Zurhorst
Bol Bart Canlot
R. F. Harvey
Chavez
John M. Mitchell
Unclaimed Priest and Woman Found Dead in New York Room
Coroner's physician Dr Weston autopsied Father Charles S Quinn and Bridget Kier after they were found dead in night clothes at 23 East Eighteenth Street. Death due to asphyxiation. Priest identified as acting rector of St Agnes Church Atlantic Highlands NJ. Priest's body unclaimed. may be buried in potter's field. Kier's brother Michael Kiley retrieved her body. awaiting church permission for burial in consecrated ground. A nephew of Father O'Farrell suggested Father Quinn may have been mentally unstable for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Port
New York
Weston
Charles S Quinn
Bridget Kier
East Eighteenth Street
Father Quinn
St Agnes’ Church
Atlantic Highlands
Michael Kiley
West 19Th Street
East Fifty-sixth Street
Ks Mirial
Potters Field
Father O'Farrell
Rebel Leader Vega Killed as Revolt Surges in Ecuador
Guayaquil dispatches report that Col Vega, a prominent Conservative leader captured at Alyancay, died as troops fired during a rescue attempt. Conservatives claim Vega was assassinated. rebels occupy Santa Rosa Machala and Pasaje in Oro, while Col Larrea reportedly leads new bands toward Tumbes and Peru. An expedition of 409 troops with field guns sails from Guayaquil aboard the Cotopaxi to crush the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oro
Vega
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Paez
Cuénca
Alyancay
Col Vega
Ayancay
Moon Vega
Bann
Tumbes
Pera
Cotapaxt
Manuel Serrano
Atacunga
Ambato
Jerome After Pete Davis Indicted for Poolroom Gambling
District Attorney Jerome acted in a case involving a man tied to a poolroom at 286 Mercer Street. Pete Davis and Sonny Smith were named in the grand jury’s indictment for running a gambling house. A bench warrant was issued and police sought Davis, said to be in Boston, while Smith had not yet responded to the prosecutor’s invitation to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerome
Pete Davis
Sonny” Smith
Mercer Street
Actor Rankin Duval Dies After Self-Inflicted Wound
New York December 14 Rankin Duval actor famed for grisly stage roles died in Roosevelt Hospital after falling on a fifteen inch knife placed point upward on the floor He had staged a real life hara-kiri for a dramatic effect over twenty years on the stage He was son of a Baltimore merchant and suffered nervousness for some time His estate trustee Wagner Schalk Co allowed only funds to cover living expenses due to his habits
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Specisl
Washington
New York
Rankin Duval
Roosevelt Hospital
Duval
Baltimore
Mr. Schalk
Wagner, Schalk & Co
Broad Street
Licensed to Marry Two Couples and Several Individuals
A garbled notice lists licenses or licenses to marry for Henry Brows of Springfield Nass and Ora Nicholson, Alvin Smith and Woolard, both near La Grange, plus Richmond, Stetson, Saben, Spick, Dudley, Scranage, Taylor and other pairs or individuals. The fragmentary entry names Rev. George T Dudley and Rev JA Taylor among officiants.
Health Office Record and Burnham Sentencing Deferred
Health office report lists numerous individuals with ages and addresses up to 44m, including Arthur M Brown 62, Arnis Castor 29, Helen V H Ndaila 62, Charlotte Preinkert 70, Bulah Tyler 36, Tulle M Byram 3, Viola Smith 9, Joseph Posseno 8, Charles W Ross 82, James Reeves 6, Dora S Ow t, Busanne Dougherty 78, and others. Separate item notes the postponement of George Burnham Jr.’s sentence for grand larceny of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance funds as Justice Greenbaum reviews a legal question.
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Arthur M Brown
Arnis Castor
Helen V H ‘Ndaila
Charlotte Preinkert
Bulah Tyler
Tulle M Byram
Grantroag
Viola ‘Smith
28Th
Joseph Posseno
Charles W Ross
James Reeves
Jackson
Tianorah Fenton
Busanne
Dougherty
Ros Ave
Burnham
New York
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Greenbaum
Christmas Wine Assortments Offer Bargains
An advertisement touts Christmas wine assortments priced from 4 to 10 dollars, promising cheer with To-Kalon wine options. It urges early orders to avoid the pre Christmas rush and notes a range from four to ten dollars per case or bottle.
Peonage prosecutions end in plea deal in Charlotte
In federal court Charlotte on December 14, overseers Mark Baxter and W W McElroy of the South and Western Railroad and the Carolina Company pleaded guilty to peonage charges. Each overseer fined 7000 and the Carolina Company 1200, totaling 3200. The cases stem from foreign workers brought to North Carolina and a May riot after disputes led to deaths and injuries.
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South and Western Railroad
Carolina Company
Charlotte
N. C
Bailiaac
Guity
Mark Baxter
W. W McElroy
McDowell
Jal
Phiegar
Virginia
J Crawford Briggs
Duryham
Charlotta
Sentenced for peonage in Pensacola case
In Pensacola Florida on December 14 a court sentenced five Jackson Lumber Company employees and manager W Harlan of Lockhart Alabama after convictions for conspiracy to commit peonage. Harlan received eighteen months and a $5000 fine while Supt Robert Gallagher drew fifteen months and $1000. Dr W E Grace Oscar Sandor S Huggins and C C Hilton got thirteen months and $1000 each.
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Pensacola
Fla
W. Harlan
Jackson Lumber Company
Lockhert
Ala
Harlan
Robert Gallagher
W. E. Grace
Oscar Sandor
S. Huggins
C .c. Hilton
Harrison Elects New Vice Presidents and Abolishes Assistant Role
At a New York directors meeting Col Andrews reappointed first vice president and Fairfax Harrison named vice president assisting the president. The office of assistant to the president was abolished, other executives become vice presidents. Georgia Southern and Florida appoints POW. Kintey as president succeeding Samuel Spencer. he also joins the Southern board.
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Raleigh
N. C
John M. Culp
Washington
Charles Ackert
Manger
Harriman Junction
Nashville
Chattanooga
Memphis
Thomas C. Powell
St Louis-Louisville Lines
West
St. Louis
Henry B. Spencer
Fairfax Harrison
Treasury
Accounting
Pow
the Southern
Spenner
Five Years for Mrs Bolch in Auburn Prison
Mrs Josephine Catherine Bolch was sentenced by Recorder Goff to five years and one month in Auburn prison after pleading guilty to passing a forged check signed by William A Jones drawn on Chemical National Bank in New York. He questioned her prior alleged forgeries in Washington and Brooklyn, and she claimed innocence regarding the Depew signature incident. The judge warned she should not expect clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Josephine Catherine Bolch
Washington
Goff
Auburn
William A. Jones
Chemical National Bank
Brooklyn
Chauncey M Depew
Gould
Goll
Burglars Blow Safe in East Williston Yard Heist
In East Williston on Westbury road burglars blew a 12 pound safe from Charles Oakley’s home using dynamite after entry through the front door. They escaped unseen as occupants slept, discovering the break of day. About $150 cash and three heirloom gold watches were found missing, with bonds and papers taken but money banked in New York.
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Washington Post
East Williston
L. L
Charles Oakley
Westbury Road
United States
Mr Oakley
Mr. Oakley
Con
Dr. Quicley
New York
Officers to face court martial over Brownsville race clash
Maj Charles W. Penrose and Capt A Macklin of the Twenty-fifth Infantry are ordered tried by court martial for neglect of duty surrounding the Brownsville raid last August. The case probes officers' responsibility for tensions between citizens of Brownsville and Black soldiers and how arms were left unguarded. Maj Penrose, Capt Macklin are surprised by the order. records on re enlistment and evidence from dismissed soldiers to be considered.
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Rosevelt
Charles W. Penrose
A. Macklin
Twenty-ffth Infantry
Twenty-fifth
Brownville
Tex
War Department
Senate
Maj
Penrose
Oklahoma City
Okla
Washington
Macklin Algo
Fort Reno
Cursed His Officers Sentenced In Texas Army Case
Alden H. Daston a colored soldier from Company A Twenty fifth Infantry will serve ten years in prison for cursing officers at Fort Reno El Reno The court findings approved by Brig Gen McCaskey in charge of the Department of Texas the sentence carried out The charge was abusive language to a superior officer The incident occurred while he was a prisoner in the st warehouse amid sympathy for the other battalion over the Brownsville affair The sentence is described as very heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gan Antonio
Tex
Alden H. Daston
Twenty-fifth Infantry
el Reno
McCaskey
Department of Texas
Baston
Fort Reno
Brownsville
Rio Grande dispute ends as Mexico ratifies dam treaty
Mexican government ratifies treaty with United States over upper Rio Grande water rights. Agreement settles ten year dispute and damages claim of 20 million dollars, clearing the way for the Eagle Dam project. Also, Standard Oil raises wages by ten percent for workers earning under one hundred dollars a month starting January first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
United States
Il Paso
Tex
Mexico City
Eagle
el Paso
Rio Grande
Oi Trust
New York
Standard Oil Cempany
Taft Reports Philippine Progress and Needed Legislation
Secretary Taft’s annual report on the Philippines notes overall improvement under U S rule. He cites peace and practical self government, calls for congressional action on tariff and agricultural bank proposals, and praises tax revenue, harbor improvements, railways, and friars lands purchases while warning on local disorders in Leyte and Samar and the impact on sugar and tobacco markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Philippines
Congress Watch
House
Senate
Philippine Commission
Lord Cromer
Leyte
Samar
Gen. Wood
Gen. Smith
Manila
Orient
Jack Tee Slasher Still at Work in Baltimore
Baltimore, December 14. Despite police efforts, the so called Jack Tee Slasher remains active, with a third report of dress cuts from the Western district. Miss Bernstein, 29 Exeter Street, after attending the Academy of Music, found her dress slit from hip to hem along Howard Street toward Lexington. Victims describe precise cuts but provide no suspect description.
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Franklin
Lexington
Land Fraud Probe to Cover Creek Nation Town Sites
Investigations under Secretary of the Interior Ethan A Hitchcock target extensive land fraud in the Creek Territory. Officials say hundreds of town sites in Muskogee and nearby cities were acquired by a few, often through dummy buyers, with possible criminal cases to follow. Foulke, Leupp, and Indian Office aides push for a full report to the President.
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Indiana
Idla
Ethan A. Hitchcock
the Interior
Muskogee
Hitchcock
Indian Office
Lionel Francis Eb, Leupp
William Dudley Foulke
Toven
Iisuer
Leupp
Foulke
Civil Service
Actresses At Bazaar Draw Crowds For Charity
At the Waldorf Astoria myrtle room a lively charity bazaar featured Lillian Russell Maude Lambert Edna Wallace Hopper and others hawking chances for the Professional Women's League. Men arrived in numbers, a blind tiger corner drew interest, and organizers expected about 10 000 to be raised by tomorrow night.
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Lillian Russell
Maude Lambert
Edna Wallace Hopper
Washington Post
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Sheepshead Bay
Sixth Avenues
Woman’s League
No 1
Dagaar
Srye
Trimmers’ Society
League
Metropole
Pir Breen
Jace
Louise Dresser
Maude Knowlton
Edwards
Catherine Counties
Indians in Business Plan Proposed for Choctaw Chickasaw Lands
Francis E. Leupp // United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs // submitted a plan to the President to form a joint stock coal and asphaltum company using Choctaw and Chickasaw lands in Indian Territory. The proposal would place government officials on the board and require Indian stockholders to obtain Interior approval for transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis E. Leupp
United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indian Territory
Senate Committee of Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Hatchcock
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Treasury
Two Wilmington Men Charged With Intent To Kill
Sessup Gibson and James Slaughter, both 25, colored, were arrested by State Detective Hawkins after arriving from Salisbury Md. They are charged with firing at Elijah W Wells a 40 year old white farmer near Delmar Del last Saturday night. The accused, with two others, shot at Wells when he protested a roadblock at a distillery. Wells escaped unharmed though clothed by two bullets. Authorities in Maryland filed and released them. Delaware officials pursue the remaining suspects.
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Wilmington
Del
Sessup Gibson
James Slaughter
Hawkins
Salisbury
Elijah W. Wells
Delmar
Wells
Weltz
Gibson
Slaughter
Wicomico County
Maryland
Delaware
Jury finds Frazier Johnson guilty of first degree murder
Greensboro dispatch reports Frazier Johnson, a colored man, convicted of murdering his wife in Gibsonville on Thanksgiving morning after a kitchen quarrel. Ten minutes of deliberation yielded a first degree verdict and he faces sentence tomorrow. A relative witnessed the shooting as Frost cried out for help and a posse later captured Johnson. Christmas gifts advertised at Langburgh Furniture & Carpet Co, 513 Ninth St. NW.
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Apedal
Weshington Post
Greensboro
N. C
Frazier Johnson
Gibsonville
Johnson
Bottle Frost
Posse
Langburgh Furniture & Carpet Co
Ninth St
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Alex Finney
George Johnson
Edrward Sullin
Felix Hardnett
Mary Forbes
Thelston
George Bland Geear Corot
New York-Brooklyn
Brown
Garfield Hospital
Washington , C
Rom G Brown
Elkins
Jerman
Charles Middleton
Charles YT
Eruen Jerman
Gneill
Anshaw
J.B. Steed
Sara Rosalie Washington O'Neill
John J O Neill
Baltimoe
O'Neill
Lewises
Norfolk
Ichmond
New Orleans
Acay
Fifth Street
Townsend Orrisan
Sarah
Orrison
Loudoun County
O Shaughnessey
Prutay
Thomas O'Shaughnessy
Balless Cross Roads
Pans Church
Tolson
Edward Lawrence Tolson
Park Road Northwest
Congressional Cemetery
Department OF State
Washington DC
LM Gottchalk
Cit
Cuautla Margles Mexico
Wilson
Undertakers
Comley Bros., Florists
Wis
I Gude
Northwest
Geo. C. Shaffer
Florist
Priest
Potter's Field
Pete” Davis
Tim
Sullivan
Duvall
Health Office Record
Tokalon Wine CO
Brnehsns
Gonvicted
Peonace
Florida
Harrison
Southern Railway
Col. Andrews
Congregational Club
Washington Congregational Club
First Congregational Church
Dougie
Bimart
WP. Staftora
Miller, Tey
George Halsey
Ray
D. W.montgomery
Macklin
M. N. Hekimian & Co
Sts
Advange
Secretary of War
Agricultural Bank
Mr. Taft
Luzon
Congress
Strong
Bureau of Laboratories
Bilibid
Providence
John GC
Lehnmann
United States Marshal’s Office
Fae
Peon Publishing Company
Philadelphia
Hetty Wales
Betty Wales
West Point
Point
Terry and
Eiderdown Robes
Caiatters
Pa. Ave and
Fourteenth St
Elgin
G. M. Wheeler
Elgin National Watch CO
Elgin, I
Bazaar
John Drew
Nest of Roses
Mr. Drew
Erin
Miss Russell
Blanche Ridg
Miss Ring
Uncle Tom
George Ade
Ade
Washington Sunday Post
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