Army Polo Team to Enter Narragansett Polo Tourney
The Sixth Artillery polo team and twenty ponies leave Washington for Narragansett Pier to compete in a national pig polo tournament as US Army representatives. Key figures include Col Treat and Capt Lindwey coordinating, with West Point and Fort Riley players listed among the squad and substitutes.
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Narragansett Pier
Meld Artillery
Champlane
Potomac Park
Washington
Narragansett Fier
United States Army
Trite States Army
Wille
Cal
Rvalry
Palo
West Point Tia Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe UN
Field Artillecy
Fort Stl
Oklaha
Sixth Artilery
Narragannett
Mount Gretna
CG Treat
Narrawansett
Army
Virginia
Fort Riley
Kana
Julian Blindwey
Gretna
Narra- Mannett
Greut
P Sands
Ident Vogtland Parker
Red Troyla
Louis Beard
Joseph WW Rumborgh
Eben Bwift Jr
Ostrich to Race Horses at Benning Track Event
Chairman W F Gilmore announced the completion of committees for the September 2 celebration at Benning race track. The program includes air seats by aviators, races between foal horses and a horse racing regimental event, a cavalry drill, athletic contests, and a $50 gold purse baseball match between workingmen. Delegations from Baltimore and Alexandria are expected, with excursion trains planned.
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W F Gilmore
Building Trades Counci
Benning Race Track
WF Gilmore
H D [Daney
JF Moervity
James O'Hagan
Tsorgs Huddiesen
A Kenefeok
William Reed
James MacDonagh
N Hart
G H Philbrook
J. Moreland
John Mitchell
DW. Trancock
James Kelley
W Ho Marryman
Robert Southworth
Thomas F Rheahan
William F Rabbitt
H Dixon
FF Gilmore
H OP Tmignay
George Huddleson
Bank of Commerce and Savings Build
Nilrge Park Aviation Feld
Foat
Rgtrich
Fort T Myer
Baltimore
Alexandria
Chia City
Warrants Issued for Five Local Laundrymen Indicted
Five local laundrymen face conspiracy indictments and bench warrants were issued for Louis Levy Frederick W MacKenzie Clarence F Bowers Thomas Hill Marshall and Leon Tyndall. Arrests likely postponed until Monday when bail is expected to be set. City court was advised to await Monday for defendant appearances. Officials plan to seek bail and to contest bid pricing claims in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Levy
Frederick W. MacKenzie
Clarence F. Bowers
Thomas Hill Marshall
Leon
Tyndall
United States
Huldekoper
Sowers
Missing Boy on Tramp Walking to Harpers Ferry
Weston Ballinger 13 left home a week ago with a haversack and provisions as a mysterious man lured him away. A canal boat crew reported a small well supplied boy matching his description near Spine of Rocks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal headed for Harpers Ferry. Inspectors sent lookouts along the canal and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in hopes of intercepting the likely runaway, with the Ballingers hopeful a breakthrough soon.
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Weston Ballinger
Ftreet
Ken Around
Moving Picture Show
Ballinger
Washington
Cumberland
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Spine of Rocks
Harpers Ferry
al Jatton
Cuba
Philippines
Boardman
Chasepeake and Ohio Canal
Baltimore and ,Omo
Hints at damage suit at polo contest parking dispute
Orville B Drown, an insurance agent, was arrested at a polo game over a $1 parking fee and refused to remove his car. Representative Rainey promised to push a congressional probe into War Department parking charges in public parks, with Col Cosby ordering charges dropped after clarification.
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Col
Spencer Cosby
Orville B Drown
Drown
War Department
Henry T. Rainey
Hilness
Representative Rainey
Col Cosby
Rainey
Crown
Wilany W Bride
Gol. Lospy
Executive Mansion
District of Columbia
Cosby
Www &E
Williams
Congress
May Talk on Oysters Railroads Cut Fares to Washington
New England railroads follow the Trunk Line Association in granting one and a half fare for the round trip to Washington for the fifteenth international congress on hygiene and demography September 2 to 28. Delegates from Latin Republics will attend. Canal Zone women will be represented. Ax el Holst of Christiania will represent the Morwe- I
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New England
Trunk Line Association
Washington
Europe
South American
Canal Zone
International Congress On Hygiene and Demography
Canada
Henry C. Rowe
Oyster Growers and Dealers’ Association of North America
Groton
Conn
Congress
J. Macklin Beattie
Ancon
Axel Holst
University of Christiania
Morwe- I
Brazil Uruguay Delegates Named for Health Service Delegation
The government names Dr Alfredo da Graca Couto and Dr Cassio Barbosa de Rezende as official delegates of Brazil in the isolation and disinfection service under the General Directory of Public Health. Senator Don Miguel Becerro de Bengoa is appointed delegate for Uruguay.
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Bian
Alfredo da Graca
Couto
Seneral
Cassio Barbosa de Rezende
Reneral
Brazil
Don Miguel Becerro de Bengoa
Uruguay
Fapan Russia Pact Denied
The United States State Department denies a published claim that Japan and Russia planned a St Petersburg treaty on Manchuria and Mongolia. The embassy in Tokyo cites Japanese Foreign Office information and suggests the issue may be a nonbinding agreement to avoid interference in zones, unlikely to alter the open door or rights of other powers in China, Manchuria, or Mongolia.
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Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Mongolia
St Petersburg
State Department
Tokyo
Foreign Office
China
America
Great Britain
Germany
France
Absinthe Ban Debate Spurs Prohibition Talk in Washington
Commissioner Rudolph leads opposition against absinthe sales in the capital noting little local use while opponents warn prohibition may curb drink culture. Purveyors argue absinthe as medicine and fear a broader shift toward the saloon’s end, with anti liquor figures praising the measure though predicting limited immediate impact in Washington.
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Rudolph
Washington
Rudoph
Board of Commissioners
Andrew Wilson
Antisaloon League
District of Columbia
A E Shoemaker
League
League “All Hquor Is A Drug,” Messrs Wilson and
Shoemaker
Aslet
Hight
New Willard
Longshoremen Strike Ends as Workers Return to Jobs
New York July 20 H H Raymond vice president of Clyde and Mallory Steamship lines and chairman of the American Steamship Association announces the end of the longshoremen strike with all workers back at work. The item also advertises various local business services and equipment.
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New York
H. H Raymond
Clyde and Mallory Steamship Companies
American Steamship Association
Tee
Ciytt Kerytee
Delta
Cubber Woods
Cal Instruments
Lossau
J Bean
Fanny Marel
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Orville B. Crown
Potomac Field
Merchants’ Transfer & Storage Co
Geo. W. Knox Express Co
St. N. W
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co
Representa
Anglo-American Lift van Co
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Weistr
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Fleming Newbold
C. B. Buck
Jed Giddings
Mgr
J. B. Williamson
F. T. Gary
Walter Price
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E. €. Colford
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City Bulletins
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Oyster Asks Hearing
Charman Redfield
Senate
Representative Redfield
James F Oyster
Board of Education
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Tn Reardo
Western High School
Gunter Haw
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