Ill Woman Hangs Self in Maryland Home Tragedy
In Hagerstown Maryland Mrs California A Weaver 40 years old committed suicide at dawn by tying a blanket to a banister and hanging herself after rising while her husband and children slept She was the wife of jeweler John L Weaver and mother to three daughters Coroner Martle ruled an inquest unnecessary The family had moved to Hagerstown from Norfolk years ago and Mrs Weaver was born in Chambersburg
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Washington
Lagerstown
California A. Weaver
Died on wedding trip in Virginia tragedy
Funeral held for Charles Jones who died Sunday night while returning with his bride from Baltimore after their Saturday wedding. The couple had traveled to Baltimore Thursday and were married there on Saturday morning. They sailed home that afternoon but he collapsed at Poplar Farm Cemetery area. He leaves behind his bride, his father, and several brothers.
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Oan Wharf
Missing pastor in the West traced by postal card
A postal card received today from Rev. D. J. confirms the missing Bethel Methodist pastor of Abbeville is alive, saying he was in Minneapolis last Monday en route to his brother in South Dakota. No reason for disappearance given. wife in Asheville is distressed. Special court sought in murder case in Durham as Nathan Montague, a negro, faces trial after a fatal shooting. Granville court commissioners plan a Saturday meeting to request an extraordinary session due to strong public sentiment against the prisoner.
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de. N. C
D. J
Bethel Methodist Church
Abbeville
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Asheville
Durham
N. C
W. B. Sanders
J. Ll. Sanders
Tilece
Kitchin
Nathan Montague
Granville Court
Tollgates torn down as Maryland takes turnpike
Baltimore reports the Frederick turnpike, now state owned, will have tollgates removed tomorrow as a $100,000 payment settles the pike sale. Gov Crothers hails the Christmas present while engineers survey plans to condemn the Hagerstown Conococheague turnpike for a model road.
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Commission
Crothera
Hagerstown-Conococheague Road
Baltimore
Frederick
State of
Maryland
Gov. Crothers
Charlea
Blagie
The
Turnpike Company
John M. Tucker
Good Roads Commission
Crothers
Bentalou Street
Boonsboro
Hagerstown
Conococheague
Good Authority
Roads Commission
Turnpike
Philip H. Wingert
Wingert
Board of Directors
Treasurer Held Guilty In Prince William Tax Suit
Manaasas Va Dec 21 The circuit court entered a final decree in the suit by the Prince William board of supervisors against county treasurer J E Herrell The report of Special Commissioner Ford was sustained showing the treasurer failed to account for all taxes received charged excessive commission sold land for delinquent taxes and did not settle with the board The court overruled the statute of limitations plea and gave three months to appeal.
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Manaasas
Circuit Court
Board of Supervisors
Prince William County
J. E. Herrell
C Vernon Ford
ELOPER HALTS TO BUY HAT IN WOMAN'S DEMAND
Jeft Lewis of Elkton age 22 and Misa Elsie Carrier a 17 year old from Zenda Rockingham county were captured by Sergt Honkle of Newmarket as they prepared to board the Southern train for Hagerstown. They spent the night in Harrisonburg jail after arriving before 2 am. Carrier's father Robert will press serious charges. Lewis urged the girl to take the first train but she insisted on buying a hat, allowing the arrest.
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Zenda
Washington Post
Harrisonburg
Jeft Lewis
Elkton
Misa Elsie ‘Carrier
Rockingham County
Sergt. Honkle
Newmarket
Hagerstown
Robert Carrier
Lewis Lewis
Sergt. Henriet
Tokyo Educator Slips Into Unconsciousness in Roanoke
Prof Fuku shima of Japanese Imperial College in Tokyo on a U S lecture tour was found unconscious last night in a Roanoke hotel room after the door was forced. A physician diagnosed cirrhosis of the liver and an operation was performed at the hospital. He lectured at Trinity Methodist Church last week and spoke at the Central Y M C A on Sunday.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Fukushima
Japanese Imperial College of Tokyo
United States
Trinity Methodist Church
Central Y. M.C
Girl of 18 incendiary. Five years for barn fire
In Luray Virginia Mary Glasscoe an 18 year old girl was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for burning Luray farmer ft Lee Veney's barn ten days earlier. The verdict rested on circumstantial evidence with tracks in snow from the barn to her home forming the key link.
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Luray
Washington Fost Luray
Mary Glasscor
Ft. Lee Veney
Veney
Glasscoe
Fifteen Buildings Burned In Jacksonburg Fire
Special to The Washington Post. Early today a large Jacksonburg West Virginia fire destroyed fifteen frame buildings from a hotel to cottages. Origin traced to Elk Hotel with suspected incendiary cause. Eight families left homeless. damage about 50000, partly insured. Governor Lowndes' saddle horse Sunset dies at Rawlings farm aged about two.
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Jacksonburg
W. Va
Washington Post
Clarksburg
W. Vao
New Martinsville
Elk Hotel
Gov. Lowndes
Spedal
Cumberland
Sunset
Guy Lloyd Lowndes
Lloyd Lowndes
Bloomingfield
Rawlings
Kentucky
Arrest in fake sport case nets Honey Grove kid
Lucius Mindman known as the honey grove kid was arrested by headquarters detectives at the request of the postal inspector he is indicted in Council Bluffs Iowa for fake horse race fake prize fight and fake wrestling swindles He is 87 with home in Paris Texas He belongs to a gang led by E J Mayprey with seventeen arrests this year and about half a million dollars swindled through the schemes
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Speacty
Washington Post
New York
Lucius Mindman
Honey Grove
Post Office
Ina Pectora
Hindman
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Ima
Paris
Tex
Postal Mepectora
E. J. Mayprey
Duveen Brothers Face Civil Suit Over Stock Value
Assistant District Attorney William L. Wemple filed a federal civil suit to forfeit nearly the entire Duveen Brothers stock in trade valued around 600000 dollars. Nine complaints show home value 480760 dollars and duties 75845, with further claims tainted by customs frauds. A bond may restore possession, and Henry J. Duveen sailed for England to raise funds.
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Washington Post
New York
William L. Wemple
United States District Court
Duveen Brothers
Duveen
Wemple
Daveen Brothers
Henry J. Duveen
England
Colector Loeb
Joseph Brooke & Co
Actress Edna Loftus Attempts Suicide After Elopement
English actress Edna Loftus, known for eloping with Harry Rheinstrom of Cincinnati, tried drowning herself in Spreckels Lake at Golden Gate Park. Passersby rescued her and she was taken to a sanitarium. Loftus has been despondent since Rheinstrom was placed in care. his parents set $5,000 annual allowance but barred Edna from handling it, accusing her of aiding his dissipation.
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Edna Loftus
Rheinstrom
Washington Post
San Francisco
Harry Rheinstrom
Cincinnati
Spreckels Lake
Golden Gate Park
Edna
Harry
Feared Thieves Shot Self In Brooklyn Home
Jeremiah Lett a wealthy Silversmith in Brooklyn grew fearful of another robbery and while cocking a pistol to shoot the imagined burglars he wounded himself. A rusty spring and slipping tweezers caused the accidental self harm in New York City.
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New York
Jeremiah Lett
Brooklyn
Litt
Great New York secondhand building materials trade
About 1,200 structures are torn down yearly in Manhattan. Secondhand dealers bid for old buildings, salvage brick, wood, metal, and fixtures for resale. Notable buyers and movers include historic figures and firms in New York and Chicago, with rising steel demolition and house moving services reshaping urban development.
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Manhattan
New York Sun
Manhattan Bureau of Buildings
Chicago
United States
New York
Allports
Crisis in the wool trade lowers 1910 production
Boston reports the National Association of Wool Manufacturers notes 1910 produced 321,262,760 pounds of wool, 6,747,999 pounds below 1909. The year faced drought, low domestic prices, and political tariff agitation, with heavy exports tied to reform efforts. The total value dropped to $72,489,838 from $88,829,746.
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Boston
Mass
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
United States
Sanitary cocked hat cups for school drinking use
The New York School Hygiene Association promotes simple folded paper cups to replace shared drinking glasses in schools. Miss Elizabeth Gaines cites typhoid concerns and says a cocked hat fold can be made in ten seconds, with samples sent to principals to teach children proper use and risks of communal cups.
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New York World
New York School Hygiene Association
California
Elizabeth V.gaines
Association
Brooklyn
Grandpa Cannon Goes Home For Christmas Visit In Danville
Following annual custom Uncle Joe Cannon spends Christmas at his Danville home with Cannon grandchildren. He plans to return to attend the New Year day callings to pay respects to the President. Vice President and Mrs Sherman will have Christmas dinner in Utica.
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Joe
Cannon
Danville
Sherman
Utica
Baltimore Barge Safe After Storm Loss
A wireless dispatch reports the missing Consolidation Coal barge, en route from Baltimore to Boston, broke away from the tug Cumberland in a December 16 storm. It was located at noon today, 60 miles north of Cape Cod, by the steamer North Star and towed to Portland. The barge captain said all was well.
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Boston
Baltimore
Cumberland
Cape Cod
North Star
Portland
Hearse at His Funeral in Trenton N J
Three relays of pallbearers, eighteen in all, named to carry out the wish of Morrilaville Pa. councilman George W. Wharton. He died last Saturday and will be buried tomorrow. mourners will ride in carriages while pallbearers carry the coffin to the cemetery. Fast Want Ads Are Free in The Post classifieds.
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Carrilnga Stone
Newel Post
Saya
Stanford White
Trenton
N. J
George W. Wharton
Morrilaville
Wharton
Morunera
Jddges
Federal grand jury indicts Redeemable Investment Co leaders
Indictments in Boston accuse Rev Norman Plass and associates of using the mails to run a fraud scheme. The firm claimed vast holdings in Washington, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and New Mexico, but investigations show assets were mostly valueless or non existent.
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Boston
Norman K. Flase
Redeemable Investment Company
Charles H. L. Brooks
John F. Traphaden
Federal Grand Jury
Plass
Brooks
Traphaden
Mr. Plass
Washburn College
Kansas
Northwest
British Columbia
John T. Traphagen
Post Office Department
Traphagen
Okanogan Development Company
Boston and Canada Wheat Land Company
Norman Plass Lumber Company
Santo Domingo Mining Company
Washington
Boston and
Canada Wheat Land Company
Saskatchewan
Canada
Norman Plasy Lumber Company
Santo Domingo
New Mexico
Oil Company Raid Claims Fraud in Los Angeles
Federal officers raided offices of the Cleveland Oil Company in the Kerne county oil fields and arrested secretary W. J. Bacheldor and stock dealer G. Gillett on charges of using the mails to defraud. Both were released on bonds of $5,000.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Cleveland Oil Company
Kerne County
W. J. Bacheldor
G. Gillett
Farmer Dead by Bullet in West Chester Home
Richard Mercer a 65 year old bachelor farmer and Civil War veteran was found dead from a pistol wound in his home in West Chester Pennsylvania. Neighbors discovered the body and police say the death is under investigation with possible murder or self infliction. John Stiger aged 74 was arrested after being identified as the last person seen near Mercer's house and later admitted his identity.
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West Chester
Richard Mercer
John Stiger
Stiger
Mercer
Barred Meat Imports Spark Hungarian Agrarian Protest
Budapest officials upheld agrarian protests against American meat imports as a general rule, allowing only a small quantity from Argentina to Austria. In Washington, Nicholas Longworth leads a push for a permanent tariff commission, drafting a bill aimed at garnering broad support from regulars and progressives while staying clear of rate setting.
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Budapest
Agrarian Party
Hungary
Austria
Argentina
Longworth
Washington Dispatch
New York
Ways and Means
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Richmond
Biss Mae Howard
Alton Armstrong
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James Knott
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Thirteenth Regiment
Grandpa Cannon
Martinique
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Joan T. Traphaden
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Court of Bankruptcy
Anna M Root
William M. Nallam
District Ofolumbia
Moore & Hill, Inc
Floyd E. Davis
Frank Trawlinus CO
Arlington Fire Insurance Company
Real KS
Tyler & Rutherford
Eatata
District of Columbia
Walter H. Acker
Laad Street
Sherbrooke Colita
Schmid's Bird Store
Cecil French
Merchants’ Transfer & Storage CO
H'st. Nw
Burnstine
Pennbyly
Anta Ave
Boney
Gol
Louis Abrahams
Citizens Loan CO
Commercial Bank
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N. W. Cor
G Sts
Eeelreemenenenas
H. Elwood
H. K. Fulton
St. St. N. W
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American Loan CO
New York Ave
N. W
NEW York Loan CO
N.W
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Room Sd
Latus
Leashan
National Loan and Investment Co
Thompson
Potomac Guarantee Co
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Lesa Society
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Virginia
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