Automobiles Spark School Contest At Central High Today
Gage will visit Central High School, then the Gage School, as contestants vie for a prize in a big auto contest hosted by The Post. A fourth grade girl Muriel Schaffer, in the Brownickar prize program, and a patient at the Home for Incurables, vows to win, while readers' subscription efforts add points toward a car.
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Strikes and Spares in Baltimore Bowling Match
Local bowlers defeated Speedt to the Washington Pout Faltiner Tet by pins in a series opener. Gundersheimer led visitors, Diggs top scorer for locals as Baltimore bowlers averaged over 60 per game. Western League schedule undecided as clubs debate 14 or 16 game format. owners consider longer seasons despite minority push.
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Washington McA
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Amex
Yale Quint Defeated by Columbia in Intercollege Bout
Yale Lversity basketball team, here in New Haven, fell to Columbia in fencing. Yale won one of nine bouts, with Springfield Training School providing notable competition.
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New Haven
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Springfield
Swope death case sees delays as grand jury delays continue
The grand jury probing millionaire Thomas W Swope's death heard nurse Pearl Kellar and Dr Frank Hall depositions amid conflicting expert reports on organ normalcy. Judge Powell will decide if attorney J G Paxton must reveal Dr Hektoen letters and reports. Mrs Swope withholds documents as depositions in the civil suit proceed.
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Logan
Vespers Trim Peck Five In Homestead Victory
Vesper Athletic Club defeated Peck Memorial 4 to 2 in the first half and pulled away in the second, with Klett scoring nine and Freeman seven goals. Burke starred for Peck. The Goo Shepherds beat Peck Chapel 18 to 3 in the interlude, as Peck’s defense faltered.
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O Connor to referee big boxing event in Baltimore
Pat O Connor, a popular Washington referee, named third man in the ring for a gala card at the Monumental Sporting Club in Baltimore next Friday night. George Kennedy arrives in the city and begins training today for his bout with Americus.
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Boxing House
Monumental Sporting Club
Baltimore
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George Kennedy
Oride City
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Americus
Robbers Hold Up Peorie Couple In Cottage
Mr and Mrs Jack Wyman of Peorie HL were returning from a downtown shopping trip when three masked men forced entry to their cottage. The intruders bound and gagged the couple and robbed them of money and jewelry valued at 44 000. Police are investigating the home invasion.
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Peorie
Pier mystery deepens as Seyler family conflicts emerge
Police doubt young Alice Adams account of February 4 events at the Million Dollar Pier. Mrs Seyler asserts her husband and son returned home around 7 30 PM then left again to buy beer, while Alice and Jane Adams are linked to the Seylers amid accusations of improper conduct and a possible fall from the pier into the ocean. The investigation notes discrepancies in timelines and rising tensions among the Seyler and Adams families.
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Miss Adams
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Drvis
Jane Adama
Julia
Jane
William
Nervine Credited With Restoring Health in Texas Woman
Viola Baker of Orange Texas reports dramatic relief from headaches backaches neuralgia and nervous exhaustion after using Dr Miles Nervine. The testimonial claims improvement began quickly and full recovery followed while offering a money back guarantee if symptoms returned.
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Bettie
Mayor Gaynor abolishes Croton aqueduct commission
The New York City mayor, William J Gaynor, dissolved the old Croton water system aqueduct commission dating to 1838. He removed four commissioners John F Cowan William H Ten Byck John J Ryan and John P Windolph citing completion of the work and wasteful annual costs of about 300 000 for offices salaries and staff.
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William J Gaynor
John F Cowan
William H Ten Byck
John J Fyan
John P Windolph
Croton
Bride Won Through Ad Presented Her Lover’s Bold Move
A Baltimore and Ohio railroad employee advertised for a wife in Glenville West Virginia. Oma Fisher answered by sight, after three months of correspondence they wed. Fleming, 26, rode to her home and asked, then returned for a marriage license. The couple were united by the Reverend Hilblap.
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Leroy E Freming
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Fivery
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Third Run
Fleming
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Passenger Agent Alexander Schafhirt shoots self in Hagerstown
Frederick Schafhirt a 45 year old passenger and freight agent for Cumberland Valley and Norfolk and Western Railroads in Hagerstown Maryland died by self inflicted gunshot in a vacant building near Cumberland freight station. Health issues cited after weeks at Atlantic City for treatment. He left his office before 7 am and was found after 4 pm by freight office clerks. He served as a Kolghe Templar trustee at the Presbyterian Church and was a director in the Home Builders Loan Association and a member of the Five Hundred club.
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Hagerstown Md
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Cumberland Valley
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Virginian Postmasters Nominated for Seven Towns
Federal officers nominated for seven Virginia towns include Ashland John 3 Wist West Point John 8 Defargus Harrisonburg Charles M Zenzel Big Stone Gap Winfield Rose Janesville Charles S Valentine Randolph Hugh H Williams De Forest John A Rasmussen with postings in the Dominion era.
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Ashland
John
Wist
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Defargus
Harrisonburg
Charles M Zenzel
Big Stone Gap
Winfield
Rose Janesville
Charles S. Valentine
Randolph
Hugh H .Williams
de Forest
John A. Rasmussen
Vidal Davis Dies Sudden in This City
Special to The Washington Zoot Cannonaburs reports Vidal Dev Davis died suddenly today in This City. He was brother of Mrs W W Winey and Clarence Davis, brother in law to State Senator Chamberlain, and relative to Mrs Winey, president of the Southern Railway.
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Washington
New supervisor named amid party clash in Annapolis
In Annapolis on February 1 a row over the appointment of George W Maddox as supervisor of elections in St Mary’s led to a Senate protest and a party split. Maddox’s confirmation was not continued after GOP objections about ballot forms. Walter H Dent and Pembroke Smith were named to fill the posts. A separate clash between Capt Thomas C B Howard and J Downey in the House office ended in a scuffle. both Democrats from Dorchester county.
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Smith
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Frederick
General Assembly
Thomas Johnson
Maryland
Johnson
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Thomas C
Howard
Cyater
J Downey
House of Delegates
Downey
Dorchester County
Commuters Seek 15 Cent Fare for Laurel Line
Residents along the electric rail line from Washington to Laurel form a forest committee with professors and local officials to push a Maryland bill. They seek a maximum 15 cent fare, challenging the current 30 cent limit and addressing the practice of sharing commuter coupons.
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R H Beall
WR Bendt
Beltsville
Joseph Fanning
Riverdale
Charles Rosa
Mount Rainier
Maryland
District of Columbia
Crisfield Suspect Held in Baltimore Railway Case
A 17 year old, referred to as Gary, was captured in Wilmington by patrolman Dutton on a Maryland warrant related to the death of J Dallas Colling of Crisfield Md and the arson at the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic railroad piers. He claimed Crisfield as his home and named Leon Hearn and Frank Stone as fellow suspects. He gave limited information and declined to discuss further. He said he left Crisfield Sunday night and last saw Stone in Baltimore on Tuesday. He wears a burned cap with a large hole.
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Brother Edmund Tate Buried in Maryland
Funeral mass for Brother Edmund Tate head of Lasalle Institute Cumberland was held praising his life. The body arrived Monday evening and lay in state at the institution parlor. High mass was led by Rev Clarence Wheeler with several priests in attendance. The procession proceeded to the novitiate cemetery where he was interred with blessing. pallbearers included Brothers Leonard and Timothy and other Cumberland area men.
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Newark
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Cumber
Weddings and Centennials Mark Baltimore Quadruple Event
Miss Ray Richter wed Paul M Balterman in Baltimore at 18 McCulloch street home of great grandmother Mrs Rachel Freedman. Celebration honors 100th birthday of Mrs Freedman, silver wedding of Mrs Louis Richter, and fifth anniversary of Mrs Benjamin Bodiek’s marriage. Guests include Abraham David Max Solomon Samuel Weigner and Jacob Bernstein from Washington.
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Mre
Tobacco growers warned of threats over pooling tobacco
Warnings of violence reached farmers near Ringgold and Kentucky as notices urged joining the Farmers' Association. Notices, typed and posted on barns or left in rural mailboxes, resemble a prior scare in Rockingham, NC, with authorities probing possible connections.
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Rockingham
Woman Hurt Breaking Jail In Courthouse Escape Attempt
In Warrington Maryland February a jailed woman and Mary Cook of Elkins West Virginia attempted to escape from the courthouse fourth floor using a rope of blankest. The Canfield woman fell five feet after descending one story and suffered serious injuries. She was rushed to a hospital. Mary Cook, a colored woman, was recaptured.
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FATAL FISTICUFY NO MURDER
A Norfolk case reports a ruling by Judge Henkel of the corporation court on a confrontation involving Robert Crenshaw arraigned on murder charges. The judge instructed the jury they could not convict on a crime higher than manslaughter, with the language and details reflecting limited clarity in the record.
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Mirder
Building Code Adopted by Alexandria City Council
Alexandria Virginia city council unanimously adopted uniform building regulations prepared by City Engineer BC Dunn to prevent misunderstandings. The engineer was directed to report printing costs for pamphlets to distribute to architects and builders. The Cooperative Charities Association requested an additional appropriation of 600, with 176 white and 73 colored families served as provisions and fuel during winter. the matter was referred to the Finance committee.
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Taft Skip Banquet for Masons Fund Drive
Taft will not attend the February 2 Alexandria Washington Lodge banquet launching a memorial fund to erect a Washington statue. Secretary of War Dickinson will represent Taft, with others from Virginia Tennessee Nevada and Nova Scotia invited. Alexandria business leaders travel to Richmond to push a bill mandating copies of all state bills be sent to every chamber of commerce. Also, Postmaster and Masons host a smoker at the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mrs Mary Dame Dead, 61, widow of John A Daniel, dies at 219 Commerce Street, Alexandria, survived by several children.
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Virgina
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Daniel
John A Daniel
Commerce Street
Alexandria
Spiritual Wife Suit Grimly Sheds Divorce Light
In Dedham divorce court Mrs Charlotte Leighter won a divorce from G Couth Leighter of Washington after a ten year marriage begun in Providence. The couple had two children, Dorothy aged seven remaining with the mother while the other child stayed with the father’s mother in Washington. The case centered on claims of an “spiritual help meet” and separations dating back to April 1908.
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Washington
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Wagered Savings Scheme Ends With Loss for Laborer
Louis Von Viest of Dimitra NF 9 social economy student plans to return home to collect a $1900 wager from Elmer E Von Vient after two years of working as a day laborer in Columbus Cincinnati and St Louis. The loser admitted defeat by telegram noting his bank account dropped to 59. The bet aimed to prove a youth could save money despite frequent job changes and discrimination by some employers.
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Carnegie Institute funded voyage ends in New Haven harbor
The nonmagnetic ship Carnegie, after eight months of Atlantic observations on terrestrial magnetism, anchored in New Haven harbor on her way to New York. Commander W J Peters said results are promising and valuable magnetic data were obtained, marking the Carnegie as the first of its kind to complete such a cruise.
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Picked Up Steamers At Sea Off Jamaica
Atlantic City February 18. Edward Andrews and [rea Drisco] two local youths missing after last Friday’s storm were found safe after being picked up by a tramp steamer off the Jamaica coast. They set out for the fishing banks in a small launch and failed to return, searchers locating their deserted gear.
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Morgan to sail for Europe on Cedric tomorrow
Financial circles report J P Morgan will depart New York for Europe on the liner Cedric tomorrow, with staterooms reportedly engaged. His anticipated move suggests concern over the financial situation, though no final confirmation is available. Morgan has canceled several steamship reservations, leaving departure status uncertain tonight.
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J P Morgan
Europe
Fever 18 Sent 1 000 Miles Infected Family
Manitoba board of health says scarlet fever can spread 1000 miles by mail and a Manitoba family caught it from letters from relatives in Owen Sound Ontario. Authorities will refuse sale from houses with scarlet fever. Two doomed by terrorist court in St Petersburg convict traitor and conspirator in the Ershum case.
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Board of Health of Manitoba
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St Petersburg
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