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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
4
A London writer traces East End crime roots in sweet shops where youths form theft rings. He relays tales of prison warders’ warnings, dockside dangers, and a gang of miscreants famed for quick hands and bold boasts. A tale of a thief’s deportation after a shop raid follows an ill fated dream.
A post dusk tour of East End crime reveals thieves and alien criminals posing deadly risks. A vigil within a warders’ shadowed world describes plans of murder and jewel heists, including a police fatal raid and a prison escape network. The writer notes hardened foes, firearms, and international jewel thieves with France as a backdrop. He warns that danger looms from alien criminals, capable of swift violence.
Rome dispatch reports Miss Gwendolyn Marion Story daughter of American sculptor William Waldo Story wed Capt. Courtenay Stewart cousin of the seventh Earl of Galloway at Rome city hall. The ceremony was conducted by Mayor Nathan. The couple and families linked American and British nobility with Stewart serving as naval attaché to the British embassy in Rome.
Havana January 18 Examination Judge Mijeres ordered the arrest of Capt Ramon Cordoves aide to Gen Monteagude in the rural guard. The action follows a lengthy probe into the attempted assassination of Maj Gen Pino Guerra. The judge previously signaled evidence tied Monteagude to the affair.
Colombian troops under General Gamboa have occupied the Yapura River region, invading Peruvian soil. About six hundred soldiers march toward Cuqueta, a large unorganized territory largely inhabited by Indians, previously under Peruvian sovereignty, signaling potential serious consequences.
Postmaster J. B. Downs was shot and killed at Blairsville Georgia by former Representative Berry of Union county. The quarrel arose over a disputed land line and occurred at Dr. Barry’s residence where Downs had called. About ten shots were exchanged.
A 15 year old girl, Edith Daly, was sent by court to the Home of the Good Shepherd after her husband Charles H. Daly claimed he could not control her and sought a remedy other than divorce. The judge called the case unprecedented and ruled the home the best path for what was described as a troubled marriage.
Canton North Carolina January 18 Mayor Custis hands control of Canton to prohibitionists asking them to demonstrate enforcement of North Carolina prohibition laws He intends to swear in ministers and laymen as special policemen following a prohibition lecture by Judge W L Pritchard and a temperance revival.
William Paret bishop of Maryland dies at home after two weeks illness pneumonia. John Gardner Murray succeeds as head of the diocese by right of succession as coadjutor. Funeral at Emmanuel Church Saturday at 11 with Edward Murray in charge, burial at Rock Creek Cemetery per will.
John H. Soule prominent Washington realty firm president of the Soule Realty Company died at 10 30 yesterday morning at the Maury apartment house cause apoplexy He was 69 Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning Rev Edward L Buckey will conduct the service Interment in Rock Creek Cemetery will be private He is survived by his wife daughter Mrs Sidney Ashbridge son H P Soule who arrived from New York City where he is marine editor of the New York Times.
London January 18 inquest into the Sidney Street siege concluded. Jurors found Josef shot by justifiable homicide while Fritz died of suffocation. A rider urged harsher measures against criminal aliens. Home Secretary Churchill testified denying police override and stating troops acted with restraint toward firemen.
Duke interests plan an interurban trolley network linking Charlotte with Greenville Anderson and Spartanburg using Southern Power Company water power. A $7 million syndicate will finance the line to tap the Seaboard Airline, with towns urged to subscribe stock and merchants to pledge at least 5 percent of freight business. Work to start within 30 days after contracts, bonds to be issued and stockholders refunded pro rata.
About 15 Washington Rechabite tent representatives arrived by spear cars to aid in forming a Clarendon tent. A M. E. church meeting featured High Trent Deputy Ruler Charles Eller of Washington outlining aims, with J. H. Doney and John W. Swasey among speakers. Twenty six signed papers toward a tent to be formed next week in the Masonic Temple.
Montgomery County Agricultural Society directors elected Josiah W. Jones as president and Charles F. Kirk as vice president both of Olney with officers in Rockville James P. Bogeley treasurer and Lee Offutt John H. Gassaway named president and vice president of the board Eleven of twelve directors attended the meeting which set this year’s fair for August 29 30 31 and September 1.
Baltimore and Ohio announces every hour on odd hours service to Philadelphia and New York from Union Station with Royal Special and Royal Limited options. Sleeper trains depart 12 15 night, sleepers open at 10 p.m. Day trains to Atlantic City and Baltimore listed with multiple departures and prices. Local trains and Western routes including Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Wheeling detailed with times and ticket office phones.
Sara C Bull widow of violinist Ole Bull dies after seven years illness at her Cambridge home. Born Oxford New York in 1826 she married Ole Bull in 1870. he died in 1850. She supported women’s advancement in India through philanthropy and visited the country several times. Also notes Galton’s death and Capt James Co McKay US Army retirement in San Antonio.
A. Ray Hunt 3 years old chief accountant at Montgomery Lumber in Suffolk died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Police and company officials deem the act a result of temporary insanity. Hunt had bought laudanum yesterday and left a note for his wife regarding his life insurance. He joked about beef for dinner and about a man who fell from a bicycle before his death. The body will be taken to Auburn, N Y, where Hunt lived before moving to Suffolk four years ago.
Florida Atlantic Coast Line announces daily through services to Jacksonville and Miami with dining and sleeping cars and connections to Charleston Savannah and Havana. Chesapeake and Ohio Lines lists multiple through trains to Cincinnati Chicago and Louisville with Pullman sleepers and dining cars. Seaboard Air Line offers Fast May and Florida Limited to Savannah Jacksonville Tampa and Miami with parlor cars and observation coaches. Washington Southern Railway shows Richmond and South via Fredericksburg and Florida trains with multiple daily departures and through service.
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