Kemp's Return to Washington Recalls Long Chase from New Orleans
Kemp recounts eluding police for years and his capture at a Fair Grounds track near New Orleans. He describes recognizing Brennan at the jail, prompting a rapid transfer to Washington with detectives, and expresses gratitude for the detectives and support from friends during his journey back to the city.
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Kemp
Jax
Brennan
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Hachington
New Orleans
Conden
Tony
Kemp EL
Washington
Melbourne Heat Wave Sinks City as Deaths Rise
Melbourne reports a severe heat wave causing widespread discomfort and public health concerns. City residents sleep outdoors to cope with extreme temperatures as sunstroke and heat related deaths mount. Theaters scale back as heat persists across Victoria with repeated record highs.
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Melbourne
Australia
Timre
Victor
Excellent for Colds Compound Instructions and Marketing Claims
A fragmented advertisement touts Excellent for Colds as a nasal and flu remedy. It describes mixing a pint of whiskey with glycerin and various concentrates, suggesting dosing by teaspoon to tablespoon every four hours, and notes secure packaging to protect light and ozone. The copy hints at a Philadelphia doctor’s long research and claims rapid relief from colds, with vague preparation steps and dubious packaging details.
Admits Ticket Theft Expect Conductors' Arrest
New York men Charles F Tabler and Leo Lucas confessed to a Washington swindle involving bank note and railway tickets. They claim about 4000 car tickets were sold to conductors in the city. Lucas named further implicated men, and Tabler faces grand larceny charges now treated as receiving stolen property.
Police Charge Trio in Washington Electric Ticket Swindle
George Hess Richard Wimsatt and George Myers of New York held in $1000 bail each by Magistrate Butts at the Tombs Police Court on larceny charges tied to a scheme stealing Washington Electric Railway tickets from Hamilton Bank Note Company. Charlies Tabler of West Street arrested in Washington with a plate for printing tickets. detectives say he stole tickets and, with others, shipped them to Washington to defraud the railroad company. The full story of the swindle is expected at trial.
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New York
Leo Lucas
Streat Northwest
Washington Railway and Electric Company
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Ruef to Face Trial on Bribery Charges in Graft Case
San Francisco reports Prosecutor Langdon announces no immunity remaining for Abraham Ruef and plans to bring a bribery charge to trial before Judge Lawlor. The move follows Ruef’s failure to honor a prior immunity agreement tied to testimony against others in graft cases amid possible Supreme Court appeal in Schmitz matter.
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United Railways
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Will of Colton ward heir in District Court dispute
Dueling arguments loom in District Supreme Court as twelve jurors are to hear if Mrs Colton’s domicile at death made her estate part of the District. Miss Sacher, heir to a Virginia Wilkes Colton line, may gain a share if domicile proven. a separate jury will test the will's validity amid alleged undue influence. The case spans Washington, Paris and California with witnesses to be called.
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Siegfried Sacher
Paris
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Washington
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Hlton M Colton
David D Colton
West
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Gould
Mra
Rx Dahlgren
Santa Cruz Cal
France
California
Miss Sacher
Idle Men March On Church Led By Coxey Ally
Col Morrison Swift, once with Coxey's army, led a protest at Trinity Church in Boston asking for a public collection for the unemployed. The service plate was redirected to Episcopal missions next Sunday. Police dispersed the postservice gathering after Swift tried to read resolutions from library steps. He was arrested for holding a public meeting without a permit but released on promise not to continue the act.
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Mrs John Jacob Astor Hosts Dance At Fifth Avenue Home
Special to The Washington Port New York reports Mrs John Jacob Astor has issued hundreds of invitations for a dance and supper at her Fifth Avenue home tomorrow night. Guests include younger social set members, season debutantes, and notable strangers in town.
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Memorial for Pastor Stafford Moves Forward at Parish Meeting
Parishioners in Carroll Hall formed the Dr Stafford Memorial Association led by E J Brennan to raise about 2500 dollars for a church memorial. A plan favors purchasing a life sized Christ figure for St Patrick's Church with a inscribed tablet as the memorial, with an executive committee to be named and meetings set to refine plans.
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Familly
Southern Railway Chief Sees Momentum For Prosperity
Washington based report quotes President W. Finley of the Southern Railway, who says cotton movements, fertilizer traffic, and renewed Western shipments will lift Southern earnings. He notes lingering Virginia state litigation may soon ease and predicts return to normal in grain financing and rail flow.
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New York
Wo W Finley
Southern Railway
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Straus Urges Peace Through Commerce And Naval Strength
Secretary Oscar Straus argues that peace rests on robust commerce and a strong navy, praising Hague conferences. Edwin Mead lauds the Second Hague for an international parliament and calls for limits on naval spending while warning that money to belligerents fuels war. Mead plans further talks at Howard University and George Washington University.
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Butler Ames backs joint railroad control merger plan
Representative Butler Ames of Massachusetts voiced support for merging the Boston and Maine and the New Haven railroads and for joint state control. He argued this would improve passenger and freight service while safeguarding Massachusetts oversight and favored increased rather than reduced regulation, aligning with Governor Guild’s railroad stance.
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Maine
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Gov Guild
Mrs Gibb Recovering After Accidental Shooting at Cedar Run Park
Mrs. Frank B. Gibb remains out of danger after an accidental self inflicted gunshot at her Cedar Run Park home near Calverton Virginia on January 11. She has been in Providence Hospital since the incident and doctors expect she may leave the hospital later this week unless complications arise. Profitable amusement announced for readers of The Post on page 11.
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Wedding Plans Keep Gladys Vanderbilt Busy
Special to Tie Washington New York Jan 17 Miss Gladys Van Jaerbilt and her fiancé Count Laszlo Szechenyi prepare for a January 9 wedding with a string of receptions dinners and balls ahead Tonight the couple attend a dinner hosted by Mrs John R Drexel Tomorrow they join a party before a ball hosted by Mrs John Jacob Astor The national dances of Hungary will be played and Mrs William Waldorf Astor will receive Tuesday Miss Vanderbilt will attend a dinner dance at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Payne Whitney on Fifth Avenue and Fifty seventh Street The couple sent wedding invitations on January 13 showing no superstition about the number 18.
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John Jacob Astor
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Gladys Vanderbilt
Dr Wood to Leave Philadelphia Church for Washington Call
Rev Dr Charles Wood resigns as pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church at Twenty first and Walnut streets Philadelphia to accept a call at the Church of the Covenant in Washington. He will begin in late February after eleven years in Philadelphia and a career spanning Germany India China Japan and several American pulpits.
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Washington
Second Presbyterian Church
Dr Wood
Brooklyn
John J and
Mary Lyon Wood
Haverford College
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India
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On Fire She Uses Phone Near New York Apartments
Special to The Washington Fort New York Jan 13 A boy named Jimmie sat at a switchboard in the Alyda apartments when a bell rang for Frank Henrys apartments. He jammed the plug and asked for the number. A desperate dash to the fourth floor followed. He broke a door and found a woman trapped in smoke and twisted under a dangling telephone transmitter.
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New York
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Alyda
West
Ninety Fourth Street
Frank
Fire and rescue amid apartment blaze and a tragic self harm
A man shouted as a woman from nearby flats set a lamp in a closet causing a blaze. Fire extinguishers contained the fire while Miry E Mupent, a Henry family servant, was taken to Hood Wright Hospital with likely fatal injuries. In a separate note, Deacon Joseph Morgan of Woodbury uses a squirrel hide to keep his feet warm in cold weather. A Chicago News strip humorously depicts masculine gallantry in a crowded car scene about stepping on a toe.
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