Belgian Steamship Antigoon Stranded Off Virginia Coast
The Belgian steamship Antigoon, owned by J. D. Hane & Co., ran aground one and a half miles south of Little Island, Virginia, in dense fog and hurricane conditions. Seventeen crew were rescued by breeches buoy as heavy seas hampered surfboat efforts, with the ship’s mascots saved. tug Rescue later aided but could not proceed due to the gale.
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Washington
Norfolk
Antigoon
J. D. Hane & Co
Antwerp
Mobile
la Rochelle
France
Lutte Island
Virginia
Lfe
Charlaton
Cowl
Two Seamen Drown in Baltimore Harbor
Two Coast Survey sailors Pessenden Hans Punch of Germany and M Peterson of Sweden drowned in Baltimore Harbor while working on the Coast Survey vessel. Charles Luechson, a watchman, was rescued after struggle. Eugene Berkner of the Endeavor pulled him free as others fought to save the men. The incident occurred near Speden's wharf and involved a perilous water rescue.
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Baltimore
Spectal
Washington Post
Tulitimore
Speden
Aneut Meipiah
United States Coast Survey
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Hans Punch
Germany
Haraard
M. Peterson
Senckholm Swellen
Charles Luechson Suloenkeeper
Winterman
Hiastonster
Wey
Luebben
Tas
Eugene Berkner
United States Revenue Cutter
Endeavor
Mons
Has Tose
Death of Samuel W. Holt in Cumberland Maryland
Samuel W Holt treasurer and tax collector of Kus Wa Va is dead at fifty native of Craig County Virginia He was a member of the Virginia Irgianire He is survived by his wife and five children.
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Cimberland
Samuel W Hat
Craig County
Driver's skull fractured in wagon accident
December 15 report from Washington Tomt Ricomund states John Powel Adens was thrown from his wagon by a slipping horse on icy snow. He sustained a fractured skull and, after regaining consciousness, was transported to a hospital where an operation was performed.
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Tal
Washington
John Powel Adens
Beni Sie
Fle Wat
Murder charge in Sleepy Hale district case heard
In Suffolk on December 13, J. H. Hale, a colored man from Nangemond County, faced a preliminary hearing for murder. He was committed to the grand jury without bail after a Thanksgiving Day incident.
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Washington
Suffolk
Hale
Nangemond
J. H. Hale
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as cure for scrofula and blood taint
The ad claims scrofula causes eczema catarrh hip disease white swelling and even consumption. With any taint in the blood there is no safety. Hood's Sarsaparilla is said to root out the trouble expel impurities and germs from the blood and Hood's Pills accompany the remedy as the best family medicine.
Prisoner Steps Up Jail Break Attempt in Virginia
Winchester Va Dec 15 Lester Walker a former Shenandoah County school teacher twenty years old jailed at Woodstock for store robbery attempts set a fire near his cell to gain freedom Jailor Paller Wenger found and extinguished the blaze Walker admitted plans to break jail if released He sent a letter to his sister asking for files and saws hidden in an old hat hand and a prior remark to fellow prisoners about escaping was reported prior to arraignment He began teaching at seventeen years old.
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Washington Pont
Winchester
Lester
Walker
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Shenandoah
Warren
Paller Wenger
Wenger
Turnpike Men Are Angry in Maryland Convention
The Maryland State Turnpike Association held its third annual meeting in Hagerstown with officers elected led by President William H. Armetrong. A resolution denounced the Shumaker act and condemned state toll-rate contracts while resisting proposed speed limit changes and required carriage lanterns on roads in Maryland. The group plans to meet again in Hagerstown next December.
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Washington
Hagerstown
Maryland State Turnpike Association
William H. Armetrong
A.C. Strite
C. Warehime
Frederick
George RB. Dennis
Fredericks
Washington County
Arthur L. Towson
Summer Strite
Prederek
Charles S. Snook
E. D. Shriver
Howard County
E. G. Sethy
Harper Carroll
Carroll County
George W. Albaugh
J. H. Billings
Abraham ©. Strite
W. H. Harry
Shumaker
United States
Maryland
Supreme Court Adjourns for Winter Term in Virginia
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals adjourned today and will reconvene January 9 in Richmond to begin the winter term. The final session ended without opinions. Hoover et al. vs Saunders et al. was heard and submitted, with arguments by O D Bachelor for plaintiff in error and John L Jeffries for defendant in error.
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Richmond
Swenta
Washington Post
Supreme Court of Apeals of Virginia
Wil
Hoover Et Als
Saunders Et Als
O D. Bachelor
John L. Jeffries
Nominated for House in Virginia special election
The Danville and Pittsylvania County Democratic committees nominate W. XN. Brown of Danville for the house of delegates to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sohn H. Taylor. Brown, born in Albemarle County, has been a resident of Danville and Pittsylvania for many years. he will be the sole candidate on January 6.
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N. Brown
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Washington Post
Chatham
W. XN. Brown
House of Delegates
Sohn H.taylor
Ile
Brown
Albemente County
Danvle
Pitsylsaimu
President Satisfied After Republican Fight Wins
Special to The Washington Eve Richmond indicates M Lowry collector of Internal Revenue saw C Bascom Slemp after an interview with the President. Slemp relayed that the President expressed satisfaction with the Republicans fought in the recent election stage.
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Washington
Richmond
van Dee
Internal Revenue
M. Lowry
C. Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Slemp
Virginia Obituary Notices From Newport News Area
Obituary notices from Virginia report deaths of Mra Besric muta wife of tee Curtis near Tee Hall Ifiareick County from heart disease aged forty two and daughter of Jacob Jonmaon Warwick County. Another notice says Mrs Nora V Williams wife of BF Williams of Stephen City died after a week long illness aged forty five daughter of the late Capt. George A Grove leaves husband two children and four brothers. Also mentions North Carolina income data: corporation commission report shows last year total incomes 2451301 and 2 598 895.
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Newport, News
Mra Besricmuta
Tee Curtis
Tee Hall
Ifiareick
Wibrioon
Jacob Jonmaon
Warwick County
Nora V
BF. Williams
Mer Stephen
George A Grove
North Carolina
Washington
Wife Fears Foul Play In Missing Washington Traveler
Hyattsville on December 15. Charles F. Saeuberlick a prosperous truck gardener from near Bladensburg vanished after visiting Washington Tuesday. Mrs. Saeuberlick hired attorney Robert Wells to aid the search. He bought a horse in Washington, returned it, then traded with a man named Lacey. A Negro told her he saw Saeuberlick hitch the horse in a D Street alley and nothing since. Saeuberlick, 47, president of the Vorwaerts Social Club and Prince George County almshouse director, left home in a gray suit, black overcoat, black plush cap. He is of medium height, blue eyes, sandy beard, about 180 pounds, from Germany 27 years ago.
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Hyattsville
Charles F. Saeuberlick
Blanensburg
Benning Road
Washington
Saeuiberlick
Robert W. Wells
Saeuberlick
Quigley
D Street
Ninth
Tenth
Vorwaerts Social Club
Bladensburg
Alms
Payton Murder Trial Warns Witnesses in Fairmont
In Fairmont West Virginia on December 15 Mrs Helen May Payton stood trial for the murder of her husband Jacob N Payton. Frank Wright faced charges from two witnesses alleging he pressured them to lie on the stand. Wright was arrested with Mrs Payton as an alleged accomplice but later released. Judge Mason warned Wright he faced jail for witness intimidation as the case nears the prosecution’s closing tomorrow.
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Washington
Fairmont
W. Va
Helen May Payton
Porson
Jacob N. Payton
Frank Wright
Wright
Mra Payton
Judes Mason
Mrs. Agranvich Held in Norfolk Jail
Norfolk court refused to release Mrs. Sophia Agranvich who eloped from Atlanta and was held for Atlanta authorities on burglary and larceny charges. Judge Hanckel said extradition rules allow ten days detention on a telegram from another state, and she remains jailed awaiting Atlanta officers.
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Norfolk
Atlanta
Washington
Norfolk Va
Sophia Agranvich
Atlanta, Ga
Harry Stectaum
Hanckel
Corporation Court
Agranmuich
Mom Atanta
Steelbaun
Agranvich Ane
Arts
Atlants
Georgia
Montague to Head Law School in Richmond College
Richmond Va December 15 Gov Montague has been offered the chair of dean of the law school at Richmond College with a salary fit for the office He will lecture on constitutional and international law and practice in Virginia where he plans to reside Friends urge him not to leave Virginia due to the opportunity and his ties to the state
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Spetin
Waslington
Richmond
Montague
Law School of Richmond College
Virginia
Crash at Berkley Crossing Injures Five on Interurban
Norfolk, Va Dec 14 An interurban Berkley Norfolk line car was struck by a locomotive at Berkley Crossing while crossing Bell Line tracks. The car demolished four passengers and Motorman Hanberry. A. W. Clayton and B. W. Adams were injured. others only shaken. The conductor flagged the train and boarded the front platform before impact.
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Berkley Crossing
Washington Post
Norfolk, Va
Berking
Berkley-Norfolk
Hanberry
A. W. Clayton
B. W. Adams
Passebgers
Admitted Coercion Aboard Oyster Schooner Ethel Ruth
Captain William Marsh of the schooner Ethel Ruth admitted holding William Gallagher a prisoner on the vessel and using a pistol to deter his escape. He claimed coercion by other Chesapeake captains and said nonworking crew were often forced to work, sometimes bound with ropes by his black assistants. The case goes to the next federal grand jury in January in Alexandria.
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Washington Post
Richmond
William Marsh
Ethel Ruth
Wiliam Gallagher
Philadelphia
Federal Grand Jury
Alexandria
Marsh
Gallagher
False Pretense Charged In National Employment Scheme
Norfolk December 15 Acting Police Justice Hanah ordered W Buchanan of Oakl and Travillian Virginia held to await federal arraignment on charges of obtaining goods valued at 2590 from Wilson Co Philadelphia under false pretenses. Letters of recommendation from Senator Overman and several congressmen were used to obtain trust at large wholesale firms nationwide. Buchanan a Spanish war veteran thirty seven and married faces federal charges for mail fraud committed while posing as an employee.
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Norfolk
Hanah
Buchanan
Oakland
Travillian
Wilson & Co
Philadelphia
United States
Overman
North Carolina
Stanley
Gilbert
F. A. Hopkins
Kentucky
Gaines and Hughes
West Virginia
Congressional
Louisville
New York
Woolen Mills Fire Destroys Guseman Plant in W Va
The Einglehart Woolen Mills Company plant at Guseman Preston County West Virginia was wholly destroyed by a fire last night causing about 5000 dollars in loss and leaving fifty workers jobless The mill had just undergone remodeling and was about to separate a picker from the main plant when the blaze started There was no insurance and most manufactured goods were saved along with nearby property.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Einglehart Woolen Mills Company
Guseman
Preston County
W. Va
Pleker
Marriage of William Berens Jr and Ming Cunningham
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore indicates William Berens Jr of Washington DC and Ming Madge Cunningham of Berkeley Springs West Virginia wed at the Church of the Redeemer with Rev Joseph K Snyder officiating. They plan to reside in Washington DC. Cumberland MD reports Dr T J Honaker has died in Monongah West Virginia at an advanced age after practicing medicine in Idaho and Montana.
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Washington
Baltimore
William Berens, Jr
Washington, D. C
Ming Madge Cunningham
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Church of the Redeemer
Joseph K. Snyder
Cumberland
Tr. J. Honaker
Monongah
West Virginia
Kentucky
Idaho
Montana
ORDER NULL AND VOID REVERSAL OF BRISTOL MARRIAGE ORDER
Bristol magistrate had no authority to marry about two hundred couples. Judge Frice voided the order authorizing Magistrate Hobson to perform ceremonies. The citation notes the debt to license the magistrate being improperly issued by a former City Court judge. Separate dispatches report Jamestown Exposition funding and Cumberland and Raleigh notes.
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Bristol
Washington Post
John N. Frice
A. A. Hobson
Prec
Hobson
Miner Killed by Fall of Rock in Cumberland Mine
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland dated December 15 reports Albert Nine a miner age about thirty son of William Nine of Altamont killed instantly in a fall of rock at the American Coal Company mines 31 KitsmMlersville.
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Washington Res
Cumberland
Dee
Albert Nine
William Nine
Altamont
W. Way
American Coal Company
KitsmMlersville
Alexandria News in Brief Legal and Fraternal Notices
In Alexandria in brief, Lewis Sikes and Huston Burke plea deals lead to jail terms and fines in Corporation Court. Masons elect officers and Hibernians name leaders for 1940s. A police case is dismissed for lack of evidence. City Hall clock stops at five and resumes at ten. Remains of John Henderson and Mrs. Caroline Waterman are processed for burial, with Woodmen and bar associations noting ceremonies. Special New Year services planned by several ministers for the week of January 7.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Sweet
Alexandria
Corporation Court
L. C. Bariey
Atau
Jack Muse
the Commonwealth
Huston Burke
Lewis Sikes
Herbert Butler
J. Dreyfus & Co
Washington Lodge of Masons
Masonic Temple
L. Ruben
Thomas B. Cochran
Zenion
J .J. Shinn
H. C. Anstey
A Moore, Jr
Second Presbyterian Church
Virginian Dies After Accidental Revolver Self Shot
Special to The Washington Post Orange Virginia December 15. While repairing and cleaning a revolver yesterday morning C. Straughan of Stubbs Spottsylvania County accidentally shot himself in the abdomen. He died this morning leaving a widow and three children. He was forty five years old.
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Washington Post
Orange
C. Straughan
Stubbs
Spottsylvania County
Hazing Decision Upheld in Virginia Tech Admission Case
Richmond Va Dec 15 After a long session the board of visitors of Virginia Polytechnic Institute sustained the faculty in denying Walter B Christian admission due to hazing involvement Judge George L Christian and U S Senator John W Daniel appeared to defend him The board adjourned preserving its policy of secrecy.
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Christian
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Washington Post
Richmond
Lone School
Walter B. Christian
George L. Christian
United States
John W. Daniel
Lynchburg
Twins and Triplets Born in Wheeling House
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 16 Henry Shaminski delivered twins and an hour later Mrs John Majeski on the upper floor of the same house gave birth to triplets two girls and two boys all mothers and children are reported well and President Roosevelt will be notified.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Henry Shaminski
John Majeski
Roosevelt
Black Hand Extortion Ring Reported in Virginia
Federal Secret Service agents probe a Black Hand extortion operation in Virginia. Italian residents in Lynchburg and nearby cities report 1500 dollars extorted over two months. Richmond official Joseph Marsalla was threatened with assassination for refusing to pay 500 dollars.
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Government Secret Service
Lynchburg
Virginia
Joseph Marsalia
Joseph Marsalla
Louis Corlerri
Corlerri
Secret Service
Washington
Qomerri
Black Hand Society
Cutterites
Marsalla
Alexandria Christmas Volume of Local Ads and Notices
Wide-awake Alexandria merchants urge use of this column to advertise holiday goods and events. The item highlights coal deliveries, Christmas regulations, real estate and banking notes, goings on at local stores, weddings, licenses, and a storm of seasonal offers across King Street and riverfront areas.
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Alexandria
Washington Post
Thieves Take Jewelry in $2000 Burglary at Baltimore Home
Baltimore on December 16 burglars entered the residence of Mrs Lillian Leist at 50 Hawthorne Road Roland Park between 4 PM and 9 PM and stole jewelry clothing and silverware valued at over 2000. The servant girl who had left briefly returned to find the house ransacked and empty.
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Wildt's
N. Royal St
Alma
Wildt
Webster
Jameson
King St
Baltimore House
Washington Post
Baltimore
Lillian Leist
Hawthorne Road
Roland Park
Ray Candidate for Speaker in Muddy Delegate Race
J Enos Ray Jr member elect from Prince George County says the race for speaker of the house of delegates is muddied but his chances are as good as ever. He declines to belittle other candidates and notes the field remains unsettled at this stage.
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Warhington
Dr. Matthews Indicted for Wife's Murder in Greensboro
A true bill of Indictment was returned by the grand jury today against Dr. J. B. Matthews. He is accused of poisoning his wife Zola two weeks ago. He will face trial at the February term of court in Greensboro North Carolina.
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Greensbro
N. C
J. B.” Matthews
Zola
Dr. Matthews
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