Oath-Bound Robbers Traitors Face Death Penalty Claim
Four youths William Tobin Joe Zarega George Hardy and Bernard Weismutler were arrested by the First precinct police on highway robbery charges. They allegedly belong to a secret oath bound gang promising death to traitors and claim an initiation requiring members to pledge limbs vitals and souls. They confess to robbing Herdic Cab driver William Everett at the Mall on December 23 and disposing of watch chain and wallet in sewers. Other members are believed to remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tobin
Joe Zarega
George Hardy
Bernard Weismutler
Polie
William Riverett
G Street Northwest
Herdic Cab Company
William Everett
G Street
Everett
Sixth and G
Sixth and F
Washington Society Aims for Monument Fund at Banquet
The Washington Society of the Revolution met at the Shoreham with F P B Sands absent. Thomas Blagden acted as chairman and a lecture on Yellowstone Park by Barry Bulldey followed a luncheon. A letter urged congress to fund a Revolutionary heroes monument in the city and a committee was appointed to pursue the matter. Notable attendees included Admiral J G Walker Col. Green Clay Guccioe and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Society of the
Shoreham
Thident
F. P. B. Sands
Tcent
Col
Hukiekoger
Thomas Blagden
Congress
Thia City
Kor
Yellowstone Park
Barry Bulldey
Thomas Blagton
Berry Bulkley
Frederick May
J. G. Walker
Panama Canal Commission
Matthew Goddard
John Doyle Carmody
Lewia P. Clephane
Charles L. Gurley
W.T. Perking
Nome
Alanka
E .E. Grice
W. P. Detest
Walter ©. Clephane
Joseph I. Keefer
Green Clay Guoofilee
Messrs. Bulkley
Metcalf
Blegden
Marsh
Secret Service nab Wenzler over bid to blackmail Tisza
State Department telegram from Lebanon, Pa reported Ignaz Wenzler, a laborer on a frontier, arrested with a $3000 bond for attempting to extort Count von Tisza, premier of Hungary. Secret Service tied handwriting to three fictitious names and to a scheme promising a $2000 remittance or a “Black Hand” killer visit before Christmas Day. Wenzler jailed in Harrisburg on charges of using the mails to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie
Secret Service
Lebanon
Ignaz Wenzler
Lfe
Count von Tisza
Hungary
Wenzler
Wengler
Tisza
Wenz Jer
Harrisburg
Wills Filed for Probate and Beneficiaries Listed
Wills filed yesterday in the register of wills include Ann Slight dated September 9 bequeathing 2000 to Westminster Church Memorial with income to Bittinger for life then to the church. named beneficiaries include Jennie Davidson Hull, Susan Hatch and others. Executors Floyd E. Davis, Alexander Muncaster, and Jesse L. Heinkel appointed. Other wills named George E. Kirk Tobias Talbert Anna T. Bowen and Annie B. Frost as beneficiaries or executors with life estates and specific bequests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Church Memorial
Ann Slight
Register of Wills
B. F. Bittinger
Jennie Davidson
Mary Davidson
Jessie McKnight
Susan Hatch
Sarah Hatch
Mary Hatcn
Cecelia Young
Floyd E. Davis
Alice M. Hopper
Andrew W. Kirk
George E. Kirk
Alexander Muncaster
Jesse L. Heinkell
Anna T. Bowen
Propare
Annie B. Frost
Tobias Talbert
George W. Talbert
Elizabeth Talbert
John F. Talbert
Perry Talbert
Margaret King
Agnes Maria Nolan
Charles K. Talbert
Isabel Holtman
Jernette Newton
Joseph E. Talbert
H Street
Hi Ee Street
Mr. Talbert
Bladensburg Road
Ars
Peibert
Architects Annual Meeting Opens at Arlington Hotel
The twenty eighth annual convention of the American Institute of Architects will be held at the Arlington Hotel from January 11 to 13. Commissioner Biddle will give the welcome, followed by the annual address by President W. S. Kames. Three papers on government architecture will be read January 11 by George B. Post James P. Jameison and Irving K. Fond and discussions led by F. McKim Thomas Fads and Joseph G. Hornblower. The annual dinner is January 11 and officers will be elected January 13. Orders are by the arrangements committee: Glenn Brown Frank Miles Day W A Boring Leon E Desser and Robert Stead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddle
American Institute
Arlington Hotel
American Institute of Architects
Institute
W. S Kames
George B. Post
James P. Jameison
Irving K. Fond
F. McKim
Thomas Fastmes
Joseph GC. Hornblower
Glenn Brown
Frank Miles Day
W. A. Boring
Leon E. Desser
Robert Stead
Messrs
BR. C. Sturgis
William
Ittmer
Willam R. Munedie
W. H. Russel
Grosvenor Atterbury
T. Purdy
Edgar V. Seeler
French Globe Trotter Walks World for $10000 Wager
Louis Granjean, former botany professor, is walking around the world on a 1150 day wager. He started in Los Angeles, with stops in Cincinnati and New York, plans to sail to Europe and Asia, then Seattle, returning to his origin. He sleeps outdoors when needed and accepts book subscriptions for 5 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Granjean
New York
Far East
Los Angeles
Cal
Cincinnati
Globe Trotter
Asia
Japan
Seattle
Wash
Patent Office Smallpox Case Sparks Widespread Concern
Patent Examiner Albert M. Lewis of 622 Maryland Avenue NE was taken to a smallpox hospital after exposure at the office. Health Officer Woodward reports disinfecting three rooms used by Lewis and says there is no cause for alarm as the illness shows a mild form and Lewis is progressing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert M. Lewis
Maryland Avenue Northeast
Smallpox Hospital
Patent Office
Woodward
Lewis
Denied Extra Compensation for Railway Postal Clerks
Justice Wright of the Court of Claims holds that congressional appropriations for the postal service do not cover board and lodging for railway postal clerks when they are absent from their posts on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Court of Claims
United States
Act of Congress
Radical Inaugural Parade Stand Plan Considered
The inaugur al committee weighs placing a single 66 009 seat stadium around the Ellipse south of the White House to replace private stands along Pennsylvania Avenue. Tickets likely priced around 1 may fund erection. If approved, parade passes run around the circle with viewing from the White Lot, observers include President and cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
White House
White Lot
Treasury
State, War, and Navy
Pennsylvania, Avenue
Fufteenth Street
Executive Avenue
Twentieth Street
Avenue
Glover
John 3. Larner
Washington Stock Exchange
Deadly streetcar wreck after Canarsie trip
A frantic return from Canarsie ended in a streetcar crash at Douglass street when a flooded track triggered a plunge. Motorman steered into the water to avoid drowning as the car toppled, ejecting riders into icy slush. Fire alarms and doctors arrived as rescuers pried open the wreck, pulling out Thomas Giddings and others injured with broken limbs and internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertein
Canar
Ble
Douglass Street
Hill
Hospital Amebulanceg
Thomas Giddings
Council
Address on Scrap of Paper Found Near Body in Tucker Trial
Cambridge mass January 7 Charles Louie Tucker on trial for Mabel Page murder listened to handwriting expert Marshall Ewell for three and a half hours. Ewell says the J Morton address on a scrap near the body matches the Paris slips Tucker allegedly filled while employed by a Boston stationery firm. Defense questions previous Molineux testimony and backhand handwriting claims, noting the Morton address may lack sufficient backhand indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Charles Louie Tucker
Mabel Page
Marshall Ewell
Ewell
J. %. Morton
Paris
Tucker
Boston
Morton
Well
Roland
Molineux
New York
Wahey
Guests of Mr Snell at Government Printing Office
Printing Office employes entertained by a theater party at the Columbia Thea ter and a banquet at Reuters Hotel in honor of Lanston Monotype operatives led by Mr H H Snell aided by Mr Charles L Smith. Alan G Flowers presented a carving set to Snell and praised the Monotype installation. H D Best followed with a speech presenting silver knives and forks to Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Reuter's
Lanston Monotype Machines
Government Printing Office
H. H. Snell
Lanston Monotype Machine Company
Charles L. Smith
Alan G. Flowers
Mr. Snell
Flooding Rises in Susquehanna Gorge Near Port Deposit
Lancaster PA January 7 heavy rainfall sent the Susquehanna River rising rapidly flooding Columbia and Port Deposit Rail Road tracks and washing away land slides. A locomotive and seventeen freight cars wedged on a slide near Havre de Grace threaten five mile gorge. Residents flee to upper floors as water covers Main Street and basements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Columbia
Port Deposit
Rafe Harbor
Yassey
Ert
Synquehanns
Gencea Ang Atorea
Reperta
Baltimore and Ohio
Havre de Grace
Long-lived advocate touts Peruna remedy's value
In remarks about his health and extreme age, Mr Brock says after a long life he has learned remedies for climate related ailments. He credits Dr Hartman’s Peruna as the best reliable cure for coughs colds and diarrhoea and cites its help during his grippe battles dated January 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brock
United States
Peruna Promised To Help Catarrh in Aging Populations
Advert describes Peruna as indispensable for the elderly facing systemic catarrh. It claims the remedy is narcotic free, non habit forming, and safe for long-term use. The text emphasizes Peruna as a permanent, drugless treatment that targets feverish nasal and throat symptoms.
Remarkable McLennan County Man Celebrates 116 Years
The McLennan County resident BRAC BROCK born 116 years ago resides near Valley Mills after long years at Bosque Falls. He visited Waco and posed with a stick cut from Gen Andrew Jackson’s grave. His Bible notes his birth date and he is profiled in the Waco Times Herald and Dallas Morning News editions from December 4, 1990s era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brac Brock
McLennan County
Tex
Bosque Falls
Waco
Valley Mills
Isaac
Andrew Jackson
Brocks
Waco Times-Herald
Dallas ‘Morning News
Italians Allege Peonage in Pon Pon Camp
Italian laborers from Pon Pon phosphate mine testified via interpreter that they were brought under false promises of wood jobs and forced to work under guards with guns. They claim confinement, beatings, unpaid wages, and threats of relocation to Charleston West Virginia for mining at $2 daily. Waring bound over Thomas Scandone Alejandro Pisacreta Alfonso Pascale to face U S court in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
8. C
Pon Pon
Sonsul
United States
Waring
Thomas Scandone
Alejandro Pisacreta
Alfonso Pascale
Columbia
W. Va
Duke in Sanitarium Taken to Private Hospital
New York police detain Brodie S. Duke pending grand jury action after Bellevue Hospital admission for lunacy. He reportedly carried $40,000 in bonds, notes for 5000 each, and connections to Alice Webb and hotel circles in Durham and Chicago. Duke, 58, linked to Willam Lindsay as attorney, and reportedly married Milas Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brodie
Bellevue Hospital
Central Office
Duke
Justice Wyatt
Grand Jury
Willam Lindsay
Kentucky
Jerome
Bellevue
Durham
N. C
Alice ‘Webb
Alice Webb
Taylor, Wood & Co
Continental Bank
Chicago
Shenard
Park Avenues
Milas Webb
Charles H. Parkhurst
Weather Forecast From U S Weather Bureau In Wellington
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports a northward moving storm centered over central Ontario. Snow across the Ohio Valley and Lower Lake region with rain in Middle Atlantic. Cold in the central valleys, mild on the Northwest, and warmer later in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys. Storm warnings along the Atlantic coast from Wilmington to Eastport with warnings also for Northern Florida and East Gulf coast. Local conditions include midnight to afternoon temperatures and tides in Bayside area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New England
Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Pacific States
California
Plateau
Rocky Mountain
West Gulf States
Astern Upper Lake
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Lower Lakes
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Bouthsant
Northwest
Mississippia
Mignourt Valley
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Wilmington
Eastport
Florida
East Gulf Coast
Fisea
Susquehanna River
Hamfall
Bunksey
Ameck
Desportes Faces Complaint Over Speed Limit Violation
District Commissioners report M Desportes de la Fosse, French Embassy counselor, for speeding in Washington DC. They sent the case to the State Department after noting a Sunday incident on Connecticut Avenue and a rapid upgrade of his car with a speedometer. The State Department has not acted yet, but action is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Desportes de la Fosse
State Department
Connecticut Avenue
M. Desportes
Funeral for John F. Coyle in New York
The funeral of John F. Coyle Washington journalist who died at St Vincent’s Hospital will be at 2 pm tomorrow. Services will be held at Coester’s undertaking establishment 1729 First Avenue Brileutaset the eee have charge per surviving family wishes. In Winchester Kentucky the Hargis Marcusn damage suit ended with jury deliberation and disagreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Apecal
Washington Xyav
John F. Coyle
St Vincent's Hospital
Coester’s Undertaking Establishment
Firet Avenue
Brleutaset
Eee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Case
Architects’ Annual Meeting
Seth Shepard
Charles TL Pwet
Senate
District Court of Appeals
Spa
Ynalgueal Committee
Treasury Department
Uume
Roosevelt
Wilson
Potomac
Secretary of the Navy
Chaffee
Coast Artillery
West Point
Middies
Marine Corps
Cheffee
Wade
Cal. Turpin
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Hopewell H. Darnelille
Snowden Ashford
Board of Commissioners
Macfarland
Gadel
New Willard
Fehipaler
Republican Club of
Duneeon
W. Woodward
Cy Maj. Bet
P. Mall
S. King
N.D
Phil King
George H. Lewis
Rockville
Ws. Willam
Raiam
A. Senith
Brooklyn
Tomlinson
Eater
Cal. C. H. Lawrence
Cal 'W. Y. Scott
Palman
Fiat
Wile
Mabel Fage
Iletee
Etephans
Mila
Bort
Tee
Peruna
Mr. Isaac Brock
Pe-ra-na
Chicago Times-Herald
South Carolina
Hosphate
Arcest
Duke IN Sanitarium
North Carolina
Hain- Mar
Weheviile
Atlanta
Atlantic City
N.ja
Bismarck
N. Fs
Braton, Maas
Buffalo
N. J
Chicaxa
Ohi
Wye
Ravenport
Lown
Yer
Cola
Dew Lowa
Moines
Bopalvegion
Mont
Pry
Helens
Indianapolis
Fla
Dacksony Ile
Kansag_ City
Ark
Little Rock
Sane
T. Marquette
Mich
Dee
New Orieant
York
Flatts
Nebr
T. Beebr
Take City
Utah
Tr. Louis
Pami
Minn
Steves
Sprh Td
Vicksburg
Stas
Fast Auto
Jobn F. Coyle
Hargise
Juntahie Purchasing Company
Ashington
McGill & Wallace
St. Osteopathy Reccett Cae
Stone Life
Sapa
Cafe Calvert
Mutual Fire Isurance Company
District of C
Loumbia
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
L. Pierce Boteler
Washington, D. C
Fauc Agllars
James J. McCracken
Citizensational Bank OF
Washington City
Association
Feene
JNO
B. Ore
Thomas’ Church
Isth
Dupontle
Ernest Smith
Port Arthur
Macdonnall
Phrenology
St. Nw
Q St
Mme
Cora B. Shreve
Knights of Prthlus
Mount Vernon Square
Tuitlon
Tuesda Thutedars
Alexandria
Mt. Vernon
Gorceran
15Th St. W. W
Office of Wand
Rocme
E. M
Weller
St. Pope Bilg
DR. Clara & WI
Tao Brunswick
L. Abt
T. Biz
Eink
N.Y
F. S. Williams & Co
Temple Williams
Tharp
Berkeley
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