John Albaugh Dead After Career as Washington Theater Proprietor
Obituary recalls John Albaugh a Baltimore theater manager who built the Lafayette Opera House now Belasco Theater. He hosted famous stars like Ellen Terry Sarah Bernhardt and James Keene and died at his daughter’s home from heart disease after retiring to Baltimore a wealthy man.
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Grand Opera House
Lafayette Theater
New Chase’s
Belasco
Jin W Albaugh
Yani Laltumore
Frank Henderson
Wiuk
Tusako
Hwonheson
Sos
Charley Bo Matehell
Surewe Adaian
Lafayette Opera House
Helasco Theater
Lafayette
John Gullivan
Fannie Detenport
Audeen
Painter
Albaugh
Baltimore
Jos Emmnett
Joseph Jefferson
Tom Keene
Berger
Swiss Bell Rijgers
John McCullough
Robert Mantell
Richard Mansfeld
Henry Irving
Ellen Terry
Coghlan
Sarah Bernhardt
Lily Langtry
Billy Emersay
Genie Kunkle
Fannie Davenport
Frank Bangs
Ee Ez Sothern
John E. Buckingham
Ford
Bnt Tacon
Sid
Washington
Players’trap
Census for Japanese Special Election Dropped in California
California legislature limited anti alien actions, approving a $10,000 census to count Japanese residents and their occupations for future policy. Senate defeated a special election on Asiatic immigration. officials assure no bond requirement will be used for Japanese at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. Ambassador Takahira visited, while President and Englebright expect agitation to subside.
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Sacramento
Cal
Gulett
California
Senate
Marc Anthony
Hay
Washington
State Senate
House
Seattle
Takahira
Japan
Bacon
State Department
Health Office Records Deaths List
A Health Office death register lists numerous individuals with ages and partial addresses. Entries include William W Hollingsworth, 69, at Emergency Hospital. Marvin Lincoln, 95 years. Maria Mecre gio Mo avenn, 62. Joseph L. Martin on Yates road Woodburn, 1 year. and Margret Scott 220 K st nw, 3 months. Additional names show varied ages from infancy to elderly, with scattered street addresses across Washington area.
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William W Hollingsworth
Rostow
Tama R Wagner
Marvin Lincoln
Maria Mecre Gio Mo ‘Avenn
Sand T Dannally Senedictine Convent
Brookland
William W. Winfree
State
Virginia Canoon
Joseph L. Martin
Yates Road
Woodburn
Matha Ricketts
Kat ‘Sw
Darel Dryan
Prospect
H Dent
Corcoran St
William Eo Longus
Nashington
Dames Fortune
Hattie Smith
Lemuel Smith
Beaton Court
Aldred Brown
Mass. Ave
Burnett Holmes
Sheridan Ave
Lilzabeta Blackston
Limerick Alley
Mrs Morton Buys Sixteenth Street Land for New Home
Mrs Levi P Morton wife of the former Vice President has purchased an eight‑lot tract on the east side of Sixteenth street between L and M for about 80000 dollars. The property fronts 135 feet with 120 feet depth and will host a grand residence for her future home. The adjoining lot was later bought by Mrs George M Pullman for 75000 dollars. Senator Root will move to Warder apartments after March.
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George M. Pullman
Sixteenth Street
M Streets
Washington
Story & Cobb
Levi P. Morton
Morton
Root
Warder
Sixteenth
Mortons
Fifteenth
N Streets
Rhode Island Avenue
Eed Root
Birteenth and
Handsome Hale
Simon Guggenheim
William Alden Smith
Robert Bacon
Sixteenth Ang
Handsome Warder
Hubbard
George M Pullman
Palace Car
Prohibition Debate Flares Over Byrd Law at Norfolk Meeting
Crandal Mackey assails the Byrd law as crafted for brewers while Rev J Asbury Christian and Thomas Whitehead defend differing stances. The State Antisaloon League considers local option now and a statewide prohibitory law later, as Rev James Cannon urges a future policy shift in Richmond.
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Crandal Mackey
Washington
Norfolk
J Asbury Christian
Richmond
Executioe
Byrd Hauer
Thomas Whitehead
League
James Cannon
Legislative Committee
Lemp Divorce Case Hearing in St Louis
In St Louis Missouri the Lemp divorce suit adjourned to Saturday as Mrs Lemp’s attorneys seek a decree in her favor. Judge Hitchcock signaled he would hear the case to the end. Handian, Mrs Lemp’s father, testified that Lemp spoke of divorcing for his daughter. G Pabst of Milwaukee, related to the defendant, identified an ante-nuptial agreement about upbringing of children.
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Brewer
Tella
St Louis
Fey
Lemp
Moi
Hitchcock
Handian
CG G Pabst
Milwaukee
Miss Handlan
Father Sentenced to Death in Daughter Killing Case
In a high profile trial Carl Loose was found guilty of first degree murder for killing his 16 year old daughter and wounding two other children. The verdict followed testimony from two members of his gang including a minister and a daughter who described the alleged crimes. The case arose after the family banishment amid disclosure of the crime and included references to the Rev Frederick W. Loose.
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New Dorm
Carl Loose
Loose
Frederick W. Loose
Denunciations at Waldorf Astoria Banquet
Japan's Consul General Count Kokichi Midzu no applauded in New York as he denounced recent war talk and warned against using war rhetoric for political gain at a Waldorf Astoria banquet of the Still Association of America. He said war is a life or death decision for a nation and empire.
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Japan
New York
Kokichi Midzuno
Sill Association of America
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
Births In Tiny Ledger List Of New Families
Birth notices record multiple newborns with parents James Can Mary Meyers Joseph F and Emma A Bteley Walter D and Jense K Beller and others. Several pairs named confess famed infants with mothers and fathers listed, including Langley Ratherson Studda Walking and Barbour households.
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James
Mary Meyers
Joseph F
Emma A Bteley
Hery H
Neille W Langley
Bwory J
Effie J Ratherson
Charlee H
Minoie Payng
Gil James
Mary L Jenkins
Walter D
Jense K Beller
Theodore
Balth
C.D Schulz
John T
Blanche Hurley
James P
Clara Stewart
John
Amie Studda
Priscila
Julia Barbour
Indiana House approves Proctor Tomlinson local option repeal bill
The Indiana House passed the Proctor Tomlinson county local option repeal bill by 48 to 47 after heated debate. Democrats hold a majority but split 10 against the bill. Republicans favored it. Supporters expect Senate passage, aiming to send both this measure and the Kleckner platform bill to the Senate for action.
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House
Senate
Imilanapotia
Ind
Proctor- Zomilnaon County
Indiana
House of Representative
Kleckner
Board of Trade Committee Recommends Publication Of Transactions
At yesterday meetings the Board of Trade membership committee voted to have the board’s transactions published in newspapers. It reported favorably on several membership applicants including W. B. Espey William M. Sprigg Henry A. Lyford Lyman E Boarding Thomas Grant William E Shannon Orville Brown George W. Weber Henry H. Hazen and Hon. John W Yerkes. Resignations of John Henderson Jr and Barry Mohun were accepted. The committee size was expanded to 22 members.
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Board of Trade
Board of Directors
W. B. Espey
William M. Sprigg
Henry A. Lyford
Lyman E Boarding
Thomas Grant
William E Shannon
Orville Brown
George W. Weber
Henry H. Hazen
John W Yerkes
John Henderson, Jr
Barry Mohun
Committee On
Widows of Officers Fund Disclaims War Dept Link
The Army and Navy Journal reports the War Department has not authorized a souvenir for the Widows and Orphans of Army Officers. A private secretary to Maj George Corson in New York is soliciting ads and checks for a nondepartmental charity booklet run by Charles G Riehl. The War Department Beneficial Association is said to authorize the scheme, but officers listed include A Jones, O B Brown, George E Corson, Joseph R Rose, and others, with no direct military service tie.
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New York
Army and Navy Journal
War Department
Washington, DC
War Beneficiary Association
George Corson
Charles G Riehl
Cousinal
Riehl
War Department Beneficial Association
Maj Josph K Corson
Plymouth
A Jones
O B. Brown
George E Corson
Joseph R .Rose
W E Covert
W. M Davis
Robert Armour
Harvey A Kahr
Starving convicts captured after Bear Mountain escape
Special to The Washington Post New York February 1. Paul Kelly former motorman and Charney McCarthy former policeman Sing Sing convicts who escaped Bear Mountain camp, site of the new prison, were captured today at West New York. Both men were nearly starved and would not have survived another 24 hours. McCarthy may not survive pneumonia. Kelly said they fled because they did not get enough to eat.
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Washington Post
New York
Paul Kelly
Charney McCarthy
Sing Sing
Bear Mountain
West New York
N. 5
McCarthy
Kelly
Fire destroys Royal College at Escorial in Madrid
Madrid Feb 11 says neither the Escorial proper nor the famed monastery mausoleum of Spain suffered damage. The Royal College in the Escorial burned yesterday. flames spread quickly and efforts to subdue them failed. Bigaty students and professors inside escaped unharmed.
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Madrid
Escorial
Spain
Royal College
Bigaty
New York Lawyer Sentenced for Pawned Coat Theft
Ernest C Webb a New York lawyer in the court of special sessions pleaded guilty to stealing a client’s overcoat. He received a ninety day sentence in the Elmira prison after pawning the coat for 160 dollars. The incident occurred January 11 when Clark, the client, lent the coat to the lawyer as the night grew cold.
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New York
Dperial
Washington Post
Ernest C Webb
Court of Special Sessions
Charles A Clark
Ely
Webb
Clark
Capt Hains Denies Starvation Claim In Queens Jail
New York Feb 11 A report claiming Capt Peter C Hains Jr is starving himself in a Queens county jail trial for the shooting of William Annis proved false. Jail warden said Hains takes full meals and receives no medical attention.
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New York
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Queens County
William BE
Annis
Hains
Mathey Divorce Granted on Second Trial in Arkansas Court
Special to The Washington Hot Springs Arkansas report shows Joseph Mathey granted a divorce on the case’s second trial. The lengthy court actions touched upon property interests in Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi and referenced notable figures such as institutional names and the War Department attaché “Cheesestraw” and others. The article also describes community efforts to build a new Washington auditorium with broad civic support and fundraising progress.
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Ark
Mathey
Chancery Court
Joseph Mathey
Baal
State Supreme Court
Lane
Cor
Washington
Supreme Cart
Washington City
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
War Department
Washngton
Abele Divorce Case Heard in Dedham Superior Court
Special to The Washingwill Dedham Mass Feb 11 Abele a US Navy inspector faces divorce from Elsis Manney Abele on grounds of excessive intoxication The couple met aboard the battleship Massachusetts in 1899 wed in New York 1902 and lived in several cities He recalls a honeymoon reception where she was intoxicated and incoherent and needed assistance home
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Dedham
Mass
Clarence A Abele
Us&s, N
Elsis Manney Abele
Abele
Bridgeport
Henry N Manne
New York
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Porto Rico
San Diego
San Francisco
Taney
Cal
Russell Sturgis Dies. Noted Architect and Scholar
New York reports the death of Russell Sturgis at age 76, famed architect and art authority who designed churches, offices, colleges, and residences. Born in Baltimore in 1834, he shifted to writing and archaeology work since 1885. Also noted: James MacArthur, Harper & Bros adviser, editor, and playwright, died in New York at General Memorial Hospital, leaving a widow and two children. he dramatized Bonnie Brier Bush and collaborated on works with Pemberton and Rex Beach.
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James McArthur
New York
Russell Sturela
Enagt Seventeenth Street
Sturgis
Tig Country
Baltimore
United States
James MacArthur
Harper & Bros
General Memorial Hospital
Ian Mac‘Leren
Bonnie Brier Bush
Max Pemberton
Kronstadt
Rex Beach
Players’ Club
Investigation at Tombs In New York City Jail
Commissioner John J. Barry inspected the Tombs amid District Attorney Jerome’s claim of an alleged plot to free prisoner Harry Remington Mercer. No escape attempt found. Barry called it a possible frame up. Shay and Peck face two extra charges of champerty, a misdemeanor, for aiding litigation costs for a share of proceeds.
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New York
Nen
Commissioner of Corrections
John J. Barry
Phone Girl Fire Heroine at Wabash Yard Blaze
In Chicago on February 1 Miss Mary Donnelly, a night telephone operator, stayed at her switchboard as a freight house burned for Wabash Railroad. She notified yard workers until overcome by smoke and revived by clerks. Two bodies were recovered, a third believed buried. the loss totaled about 500000. Rescue efforts saved one unconscious operator. The recovered body included watchman Thomas Malone. he died attempting to reach a fire alarm box.
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Chicago
Mary Donnelly
Magg Donnelly
Thomas Malone
Malone
Man who got knee sued brings action for divorce
Denver Feb 11 George A Kelly formerly a football star is said to be the man who recently had a knee graft in Washington to save his leg Mrs Mona J Kelly files suit in county court alleging they married January 2 1968 in St Louis and that Kelly deserted her four months later The patient disputed his marriage and claimed he is unmarried and a single man at Georgetown Hospital records and in conversation with a Post reporter the man said his mother is dead and denied the marriage vows
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Washington Post
Denver
Colo
George A Kelly
Kelly
Washington, DC
Ley
Monat Kelly
St. Louis
George A. Kelly
Georgetown
Vaughan
Post
Duluth
Mona J Spencer Ielly
BIDDLE IN "GO" WITE O'BRIEN
Philadelphia February 11 Mr A J Drexel Biddle hosted supper at the Bellevue Strat ford then boxed Jack O'Brien in his private gym The bout was fast and clever with O'Brien the better fighter yet Biddle surprised friends by stopping and retreating He accepted an invitation to box an exhibition with O Brien at the Athletic Club of Philadelphia on February 2%
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
A J Drexel Biddle
Bellevue-Stratford
Jack O'Brien
O'Brien
Biddle
Bidgles
Athletic Club of Philadelphia
Jack O Brien
Noted Actor Charles Warner Ends Life in New York
Noted English actor Charles Warner, 66, died by hanging in the Hotel Seymour, New York, on February 11. He left a rambling note blaming thieves blackmailers for his ruin, saying they extorted thousands from him. Warner rose to prominence in England for a drunken-drama role in Drink based on Zola.
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New York
Charles Warner
Seymour
Warner
England
Zola
Women blamed for poor plays says New York managers head
Charles Burnham, president of the Association of Theater Managers, told the Waldorf entertainment club that New York overreacts to sensational plays. He said women are more to blame for bad plays than men, arguing no show can survive without female patronage.
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New York
Ahem
Charles Burnham
Association of Theater Managers
the Waldorf
No Choice For Senator In Deadlocked Legislature
Springfield reports another deadlock ballot for United States senator. Hopkins leads with 35 votes, Foss 14, Stringer 55, Shurtleff 18, Mason 3, McKinley 4, Lowden 1, John J Mitchell 2, Sherman 2. Balloting resumes next Tuesday.
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Springfield
United States
Hopkins
Foss
Stringer
Shurtleff
Mason
McKinley
Lowden
John J Mitchell
Sherman
Tuesaday
Alice Roosevelt Longworth Receives Union Card
In Grand Rapids Michigan at a Bricklayers and Stone Masons Union No 3 meeting this evening Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth was issued a union card in preparation for her role tomorrow in the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Grand Rapids Federal Building.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Bricklayers and Stonemesons Union
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Grand Rapids Federal Building
Depue suicides in Roseland Church over debt claim
Special to Toe Washington rue Chicago reports Alten Depue related to Senator Chauncey Depew killed himself in Roseland Presbyterian Church last night by inhaling gas after failing to refund several hundred dollars. Found in the church office where he was financial secretary, he left a letter on a Holy Land map claiming years of blackmail and asking the authorities to turn his body to a medical school. Relatives deny support claims and say they aided him at times. his father died years ago in Galesburg Illinois.
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Washington
Chicago
Alten Depue
Chauncey Depew
Roseland Presbyterian Church
Depue
Holy Land
Salem
Mass
Alley Depue
Sum
Galesburg
$250000 for Employes in Carpet Mills Wills Eva Cochran
Yonkers New York February 1 By the terms of the will of Mrs Eva Cochran about $255000 will be distributed among the employes of the Smith carpet factory here Each employer who served twenty years or more will receive 1000 There are about 290 such employees Mrs Cochran a co owner left an estate valued at about 8 million dollars.
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Cochran
Yonkers
Eva Cochran
Smith Carpet
Ancient coins fetch record prices at Sotheby’s sale
London Feb 11 Sotheby’s seven day sale of the late Sherman Benson collection drew unprecedented demand among numismatists. Items included a tetradrachm of Bycon head Zen Ammon selling for the head Pallas piece at $20, magnificent ancient didrachms and silver staters, with top prices ranging from $875 to $2,000 plus for rarities. The total realized was a record, surpassing all prior auction values.
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Wrehinrson
Axragas
Segesta
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Jen Depue
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London
Gopital
John Joy Edson
Mattings
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