Theatre Fire Toll Shocks Wilkesbarre as Morbid Count Rises
A devastating theater fire in Wilkesbarre leaves 170 dead with many bodies unIDENTIFIED and headless. Coroner Streasser reports 174 dead including a fireman and several cast members. Mrs Monroe mourns her sister Mrs Della Mayers, a lecturer, who perished trying to save others. relief efforts mobilize volunteers to bury victims.
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Mra Monroe
Fortune
Takera
Btrasser
Heckman
Ieading
John Dyé
Oner Crushea Mra
Monroe
H E Munroe
Washington, DC
Wilkesbarre
Slater
Della Mayers
Charity fund drive recounts gifts from Washington citizen
A Washington resident donated 100 to the Associated Charities 100 to the Citizens Relief Association and 50 to the anti consumption committee doubling his usual gifts. The joint finance committee transferred numerous smaller gifts to John Joy Edson and to Gen William H Forwood for tuberculosis relief including cash from Dr Percy Hickling Ted Schwan Tutus Gondheimer Reginald Huldekoper Mrs Wort Nordhinger Miss Ro M Clark Jane Head Mrs NC Van Reypen Dr Francis Gumnell Henry May Lewis Kann J A Watson Mon J A Watson Me Thomas R Jones C 8 Bundy TF Pohndorff Bills Spear Josephus Wells Henry Williams Hart Worth C Colizoo Jamon A Buchanan Dr EM Gallaudet Wo F Gibbony ACN Bkinner and others.
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Washington
Associated Charitge
Citizens’ Relief Association
Committee On Prevention of
John Joy Edson
Associated Charities
Percy Hickling
Theodore Schwan
Tutus Gondheimer
Reginald Huldekoper
Henry £ Williams
Hart Worth
C . Colizoo
Jamon A. Buchanan
EM Gallaudet
Wo F
Gibbony
Acn
Bkinner
Mitton
Citizens' Relief Association
Daniel McFarian
Thomas B Woodward
James Tin
Gen Dainger
Reid Parker
Mise Helen Munroe
HE Buttinger
Elizabeth DB Bilas
Albert Mc Reed
J Henry Purdy
Hos Shepard
William H Forwood
Anance
Arther G Cole
Conversions At Revival At Hamline Church
Renewed interest marked the third night of Rev Thomas Harrison's revival at Hamline M E Church Washington D C Ninth and P streets. A larger attendance filled the service led by H Schooley with a choir of trained voices. Dr Harrison delivered a sermon on prayer noting the strongest prayers are the shortest. After the sermon several dozen knelt at the altar in penitence and there were several conversions before closing.
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Thomas Harrison
Hamline M E Church
Ninth and
P Streets
H Schooley
Harrison
Christian Army
Washington
Harrigan
Burned to Death in Bed at 22 Missouri Avenue NW
Martin B Doyle aged seventy one, Civil War veteran, died from a bed fire in a room at 22 Missouri Avenue Northwest. A drinking man, a 115 clay pipe was found near the bed. Doyle, born in Ireland, had recently been an inmate of the Soldias Here Home and served in Company EB Forty sixth United Volunteers.
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Martin B Doyle
Miasouri Avenue
Howdy
Genge McGregor
Heevifenth
Neitt
Doyle
Irelnd
Cams
Control of Road Gained by Proxy Committees Victory Near
Proxy committees representing Washington Railway and Electric Company stockholders report they have about 8000 votes secured toward electing the local ticket for Saturday. The total vote possible is around 12000 to 2000, with more proxies expected before the election. The slate includes Woodbury Blair Allan McDermott Clarence F Norment George H Harrieg William Loeb Jr George Truesdell and Ward Theron.
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Washington Railway and Electric Company
George Truesdell
The
Road
Roxy
Laai
Woodbury Blair
Allan McDermott
Clarence F Norment
George H Harrieg
Wiliam Loeb, Jr
Ward Theron
Heiress Missing After NYC Visit. Bartles Will Cites $50,000 Estate
Special to The Washington Post Worcester Mass January fifteenth Miss Jane Bartles has not been heard from since traveling to New York City several days ago Her uncle Joseph Augustus Bartles died on Fitchburg Saturday leaving an estate valued at 50 000 and the sole direct heir is the missing woman The eccentric uncle kept personal effects tagged and warned they go only to those whose names appear on the tags to deter disputes over ownership of his possessions.
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Washington Post
Worcester
Jane Bartles
New York City
Joseph Augustus Bartles
Fitchburg
Battles
New York
New York State
United States
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Favorable Report on Patent Bill in House
The House Committee on Patents yesterday decided to report favorably the Dalzell bill enabling inventors to sue the United States government for patent infringement in the Court of Claims. The court had previously ruled it lacked power to hear such claims under the existing law.
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House
United States
Court of Claims
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