Signals mix blamed in Baltimore and Ohio wreck
Testimony at the Terra Cotta coroner’s inquest reveals a Kensington signal error nearly caused a second disaster hours after a freight wreck. Engineer Peer and operator Dutrow face cross examinations while officials promise to report to Washington and review block clearances and route orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Terra Cotta
Kensington
Nevitt
Galloway
Metropolitan
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
J. H. Peer
Martinsburg
Feeney
Dutrow
John A Feeney
Sliver Spring
Henry E Davis
Hidcrand
Stion
Silver Spring
Avis
Feaney
L. W Togs
Elmer C. Pope
Frefight
Jevrens Pe Phachlyre
Benjamin T. Parker
Engineer Vermilion
Vermillion
Watson
Hosea Cook
P. Thomas
Elizabeth Jefferson
Allen Mullaney
Walter Goldfinch
Terra Cotta Station
Thomas B Thompson
D. C. Buttler
Fred W. Wiltsberger
James T Cannon
Eugene Selby
Baltimore
W. Va
Rockville
Fingmen
Sliver ‘Spring
Wreck Witnesses Detail Dispatch Order And Signals
Witnesses testified about dispatch orders to hold freight and about signals at Randolph and Terra Cotta. Operators Hildebrand and Matthews described conversations and timing errors before the No 2120 wreck. Coroner Nevitt questioned signals, Office closures, and speed as others described the local and equipment trains near Terra Cotta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildebrand
Abert D. Fisner
Washington Junction
Fréderick
W. 3. Matthews
Randolph
Langley's Successor To-morrow Elected by Smithsonian Regents
A secretary to succeed the late Prof. SF Langley will be elected at the January meeting of Smithsonian regents. Among candidates discussed are Prof O R Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin and Charles D Walcott of the Geological Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley
SF Langley
Regents of
Smithsonian Institution
O. R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Charles D. Walcott
Geological Survey
Wreck Sufferer Sues for 30000 in Damages
Mrs Fannie Austen filed in the District Supreme Court seeking 30000 against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for injuries from the Terra Cotta wreck of December 9. She alleges permanent paralysis and other injuries from the collision and negligence by company officials. Also Maurice Sturgeon sought letters of administration to pursue damages for his wife Mabel Clair Sturgeon and their child killed in the Terra Cotta wreck, claiming the death resulted from railroad negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
District Supreme Court
Fannie Austen
Frederick H. Hayn
Austen
Wrights
Baltimore
Maurice
Sturgeon
Mabel Clair Sturgeon
Raymond Revere Sturgeon
Baltimore and Ohio
Terra Gotta
District Attorney Baker Recovering From Terra Cotta Wreck
W D Baker, district attorney, remains bedridden with injuries from the Terra Cotta wreck. He cannot leave his home for about ten days. His injuries include a wounded foot and facial lacerations. Other hospital patients show improvement: Cornelius Eckhardt at Garfield, Elizabeth Kunle at Providence, and Clarence Moore, recently amputated, are gaining strength. Don Carr at Emergency is out of danger. Kunlo, Boblitz, Rigin, and Eighee are also improving at Casualty.
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Atttorney
W. D. Baker
Cornelius Eckhardt
Garfield
Elizabeth Kunle
Providence
Clarence Moore
Don Carr
Emer
John A. Kunlo
Frank Boblitz
Richard #igin
Harry Eighee
Death Result From Fall at Baltimore Apartments
E Buckner Clark longtime Geological Survey employee died after a Monday fall in his sister’s Baltimore apartment. He tripped on a rug edge, struck his head on a door, and remained unconscious until dying the next day. He had recently returned from field duty and will be buried from his brother’s residence at 11 tomorrow. The obit notes his father Gen John B Clark was a former Missouri congressman and House clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Buckner Clark
Geological Survey
A.C. Gray
Baltimore
Clark
Gray
Charles Clark
Eleventh Street
John B. Clark
Congress
Missouri
House of Representatives
Little Girl Struck by Car on H Street NE
Seven year old Norah Sheehan was knocked down and dragged by a Columbia line street car on H street near First and Second, yesterday morning. She suffered a cut over the right eye and bruises but refused hospital care and returned home with minor injuries.
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Norah Sheehan
H. Street
Second
Columbia Line
William C. Clements
William W. Witt
Schafhirt
North Capitol
H Streets
William G. Sueter
Saconi and
Edward S. Jordan Dies of Typhoid in Ballaton Va
Edward L. Jordan a 51 year old longtime Washington business figure died at 7 2 p m yesterday at his Ballaton Virginia home from typhoid fever contracted after Christmas Eve illness. He came from Scranton Pa and was active in Democratic politics. He leaves a wife and ten children with funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Washington
Edward L. Jordan
Ballaton
Physician Sues Railroad Over Ejection From Depot
Dr. George T Vaughan a surgeon residing at 512 Thirteenth Street Northwest filed in the District Supreme Court a $5 000 damage suit against the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company for ejecting him from its Pennsylvania depot while awaiting his daughter from Roanoke Va He claims insult humiliation and injury to his reputation describing a rude uniformed attendant and station agent order to remove him and an officer's involvement The incident occurred on an October day as he waited inside the station then outside until his daughter arrived
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tully Vaughan
Thirteenth Street
District Supreme Court
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Vaughan
Dong
Weather Bulletin Reports Unseasonably Warm Temperatures and Flood Alerts
The Weather Bureau notes unseasonably high temperatures across the Ohio Valley Middle Atlantic and Southern states with colder areas in the Northwest Upper Mississippi Valley and Missouri Valley. Rain or snow is forecast in northern and eastern regions followed by clearing. Flood warnings issued for the Illinois Indiana Ohio and Mississippi basins with forecasted rises and pending stages at several rivers. Winds vary by coast and winds will turn west to brisk ahead of clearing conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Tusaday
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Bou'h
Lower
Lake Region
Laxo
Mienoguri
Atf Il
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Whather
Atiatasippi
Mimouri
Upper Lake Region
California
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Lower Lake
Bton
Virgina
North Gordtns
Tennessee
Arkansas
South Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Michigan
Grand Banks
Tinolt
la Salle
Peoria
Pointa Belay
Mount Carmel
Maumee River
Ohio
Defiance
Napoleon
Narkensay City
Greenville
Mite
Vicksburg
Public hearing on Madden bill set for tomorrow morning
Tea Commissioners halt plans for a public hearing at 10 o clock in the District building to discuss the Madden gaa bill. Resolutions mourning the death of Dr Edward Oliver Bett were adopted by the Clinteot Society of the District of Columbian. An assault reported near Roselyn, Ven left a woman attacked by a man about fifty five years old while en route to employment.Washington Asylum Hospital official L F Zinkham urged dismissal of Mrs Andle Morvant for failure to report for duty after a matter referred to Commissioners. A reception is planned for Wednesday from 2 30 to 12 at Confederate Vet 1410 H street by the Brongwal Jack No 2 UD Confederacy district president and officers. A suspect was taken into custody by police in the case of a clerk assaulted near Fourth precinct. Three men accused of coal theft were pursued after a night incident with patrolmen.
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Nevitt
Randolph
Matthews
Baltimore and Ohio
Dagineer Hildebrand
Haldolph
Dr. Nevitt
McClellan
Silver Spring
Sergt. T. C. Bean
Serst. J. Murphy
Phillips
Takoma
Hildebrand
D. J. Mattingly
Martin Cady
Terra Cotta
Roddy
Fourth Streets
William Ridgeway
John Frazier
Woodburn
D. C
Samuel H. Styles
Philadelphia
Waite Church
Mr. Morgan
Stotts
Stotts Station
Gratts
Styles
Sam
Stotls
G. N. Burgess
Barnes
Estee
Res
Edward Oliver Bett
Terra’ Cotta
Clinleot Society
District of Columbian
Odexa Butler
Vlefitts
Roselyn
L. F. Zinkham
Washington Asylum Hospital
George S Wlison
Board of Charities
Andle
Morvant
Qurs
U D
Daughters of the Confederacy
Ralph Walsh
Wiittem Simathers
Aston Webb Honored Institute Elects Officers
Sir Aston Webb, architect to King Edward VII, received the gold medal for distinguished achievement in architecture at a Corcoran Gallery reception by the American Institute of Architects during its golden jubilee. President Frank Miles Day lauded Webb, while officers and fellows were elected. Rock Creek not to be filled was backed in a Georgetown petition debate.
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King Edward
Corcoran Art Gallery
Taft
National Association
Aston Webb
Edward VII
American Institute of Architects
Fis
Frank Miles Day
Institute
Day
Aston Wenn
Newport
Annapolis
Charleston
James River
Indigo Jones
Christopher Wren
Europe
William Thornton
Thornton
Thomas Jefferson
England
Aston
Sir Aston
Americanarchitecta
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Glenn Brown
Rock Creek
Georgetown
Congress
Mwce Cor Lue
Chicago
Cincinnati
Board of Governors
Octagon House
Association
William H. Tait
Francis Newlands
Leopold Bidiitz
Henry Bacon
W. G. Post
John Russell Pops
A 2. Pond
James P. Jamieson
Clarence A. Martin
W. H. Goodyear
Francis B. Bacon
James G. Butler
New Willard
Senator Lodge
F. Hopinson Smith
Owen Wister
George 8
Post
Named for Teachers' Council Nominees Named in Meeting
Primary teachers at Central School nominated the first, second, and third grade teachers for membership in the teachers advisory council. Miss M T Parkman Miss M P Bradshaw Miss A El Scammell Miss A Gk Getty Miss Theresa Schoenborn Miss A P Goebel and Miss Bertha A models were named. Bradshaw chaired the meeting with Sorina A Yoder as secretary. A letter from Chancellor praising the council was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Advisory Council
Central Eel School
Yueater
M. Tt. Parkman
M. P. Bradshaw
A. el. Scammell
Gk. Getty
Theresa Schoenborn
A. P. Goebel
Bertha A
May
Bradshaw
Sorina A. Yoder
Ars Council
Humane Society elects new members at Warder Building
At a Monday meeting of the executive committee in the Warder Building, Mra. Frank Hatton and others were elected to the society, with Masters Osmen Sureyen Bey and Ali Halder Bey admitted to the children's branch. A note praised donors, and officials said no street sand funding was available for icy hills. The annual meeting is set for next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Humane Society
Warder Building
Mra
Frank Hatton
John Dalzell
Wallace Neff
Bessie I. Kibby
A. G. Gordon
James J. Gordon
John B. Briggs
Osmen Sureyen Bey
Ali Halder Bey
C. A. Snow
Florence Murray
Mise Addison Mitchell
Girls Slayer Dead After Fatal Jealousy Act
Clarence Wayne, a colored youth, shot his sweetheart Trene Marehall at 2708 Dumbarton Avenue Northwest last Sunday afternoon, then killed himself. He died yesterday at Georgetown Hospital from injuries after being moved from 2500 M Street to commit the crime. Wayne, aided by jealousy, met her on the street, then shot her three times in the head and later killed himself with the remaining bullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Wayne
Trene Marehall
Dumbarton Avenue
Georgetown
Wayne
Mat
Seventh Street
Delegates Named to Shrine Imperial Convention in Los Angeles
Jacobus Jones elected fourth representative for Almas Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The election, held at the National Rifles Armory, follows the December 28 selection of Samuel Hart Frenda Segrag and Thomas B. Walker. The convention meets next summer in Los Angeles.
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Mystic Shrine
Jacobus 8. Jones
Almas Temple
Los Angeles
National Rifles’ Armory
Samuel Hart
Frenda A. Segrag
Thomas B. Walker
Jacobus Jones
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Fragman
Peer
Utrow
River Spring
W. TF. Matthews
Takoma Park
Frederick
Jack
William Walter Davis
Mountain Lake Park
W. Murrow
Biker Spring Station
Milton
Dr Davis
Davis
Davidson
American University
Dr. Davis
MR. Baker
B. Buckner Clark
Improved Order
Pennsylvania Avenue
Great Council
B. C. Wheeler
J. W. Allison
Edward Soloman
J. Bunch
J. W. Rushton
A. F. Kohler
J. B. Jennett
Otto Fisher
F. L Snow
Prophet
H. M. Wagner
Sachem
J. Davis
Sagimore
L Petrie
Asgimore
Charles Leimbach
A. ©. Nichol- Jas
H. EB. Wheeler
H. Louenders
T. J. Cox
B. F. Crismond
Guard of the Forest
Schrivener
Dyer
Hattie Wagner
Carrie Fincher
Hilla Morton
Hattie Petrie
Justice Hagner
Bar Association of the
Edward S. Jordan
Physician Sues Railroad
Storm
Raine Ashev
Auimtta
Asland
Bismarck
Toxton
Hince
Buffalo
Cinglanati
Ty Ag
Cheyenne
Wye
Davenport
Denver
Cologne
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Lows
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Mont
Indianapolis
Lvi
Tecksonville
Kansas City
Little Reels
Ark
Mitch
Meraphin
Tenn
Morn Platts
Nebr
Pitt Jr Paaz
Salt Laks City
Utah
Steingfeld
Pickadurg
Mies
Teachers’ Council
Central High
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh St
Porto Rico
Conn. Ave
K St
American Security and Trust Company
Po.ave
Walford
S. Rx
Cdit
Peter Grogan
Bet. H and I
Berryman
Washington Post
F. Bornot
Burchell
GIRLS
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
F St. N.W
Carlisle
HAM
City and Suburban Railway
Weshington
Fourteenth
East Capitol Streets
Weabhington
D C
Washington, DC
Gude & Brox
Brook
Blackistone
George C Shaefer
W W Himmel
Roza Company
H Hines
Washington Post Company
Pennsylvanie Avenus
John F Wilkins
John T. McLean
White
Pennestrants Avenue
Miller’s
B. Earnshaw & Bro
M &Ts
J. Kidd & CO
Steinway
Penna, Ave
N. W
West End
Pa. Ave. N. W
Cor. Oth and D
Peters
Burt
Randle Highlands
K —Andle Highlands
Cepitot
Onpoct
U 2 Realty Company
Realty Company
Ave
H.W. Fireman’i Insurance
Quality House
Stian Kander
Ude
Virginia Port
Snont Dairy
CALRA
Fie
Susage
Bing Fear
Evans’ Drug Store
F St. N. W
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