Marathon Runner Foils Police During Dash in Washington
A Black runner Glynn given 34 F street Fortunes eluded Patrolmen Feele and Sullivan by sprinting ten blocks near M street. He drew a revolver at one point and fired at an officer before being captured. He faced charges of carrying a concealed weapon. The incident occurred as police pursued him through Eighth and Ninth streets northwest toward M street.
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Washington
Fortuwes
Lynn
D Feele
T J Sullivan
Eighth
Ninth
M Street
Beean Aring
Pursurg Co
Glynn Ros
Staton
English Visitor Encounters Wardman’s Early Life at Willard
CoH Drayeup of Bradford arrives at the Willard wandered back to Wardman’s youth tale. He recalls meeting Harry Wardman in Horton and spinning mills in Yorkshire. Drayeup, with his family and a nephew, notes Wardman’s later success and plans to return home after visiting New York.
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Coh Drayeup
Bradford
Bax
Harry Wardman
Inecat
Willard
Wardman Jr
England
Wardman
Horton
Nave
Drascap
New York City
Clayton Opposes Bus Fare Increase
Clayton to oppose a proposed bus fare rise by Washington Rapids Transit Co at a public hearing August 18 in the Sinet building. Federation leader Wallran Meir Clayton charges the company seeks a 27 percent return, calls franchise value inflated, and says the promise to fund new equipment relies on loopholes while urging riders to sign a fare increase petition.
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Washington Rapids Transit Company
Dis Tie Witities Commission
Sinet Building
Est
Omereass Yntare
Wallran Meir Clayton
Public Utilities Committee
Federation of Citizens’ Assoviatians
Rble
Warnat
An Wen
Perns Jun O
Cerumissteg
McClayton
Deaver Case Reopened by Veterans Bureau
Thomas M Deaver a world war veteran will be permitted to reenter a government hospital to determine if his tuberculosis is active or arrested. A local consult will be called and the case approved by Director Hines after conflict between bureau doctors and local physicians. Deaver has a vocational landscape qualification making government funded retraining possible while remaining rated at 8 percent disability. He will likely enter a local hospital near his home for final adjudication.
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Thomas M Deaver
Hines
Veterans
Bureau
Edwin Mehrend
Midlard F Thuimpnen
Deaver
Lt Wa
Denver
Louis Denver
Veterans Bureau Atement
Leaver
Veterans Bureau Hospital
Homse
Naval Hospital
Insurance As Wealth Wise Man Weighs Policy Offer
A columnist argues wealth includes insurance as a form of protection. The piece explains life and accident policies funded by premium investments, noting the Post offers readers a choice of a $500 life policy or a $2,500 accident policy at no charge beyond nominal costs.
Rule Against Patent Office Smoking Elevators
Elevator operators at the patent office will not refuse to carry passengers with cigars or cigarettes. They must remind smokers to extinguish and, if ignored, report the offender to Capt F W Hoover. The rule was set to prevent repeats of last Saturday’s clash between William H Ponsyer and C Henry.
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Patent Office
F. W. Hoover
State, War and Navy
Capt. Hoover
William H. Ponsyer
C. Henry
Henry
General Land Office
Hibernian Memorial to Begin Work on Site
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America plans to start the memorial on a small triangle near Connecticut Avenue and St. Matthew's Catholic Church. The project honors sisters who served as nurses on Civil War battlefields and hospitals. Lloyd Brothers Company will commence preliminary work Monday under Lieut Col. C. O. Sherrill. Sculptor Gerome Connor created the design, approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, with Congress approving erection on government ground.
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Matreet
Connecticut Avenue
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Order of Hibernians
America
Adele Christy
Ellen Hyan Jolly
Monument Commission
Cnl. C. O. Sherrill
Lloyd Brothers Company
Gerome Connor
Loral
Commission of Fine Arts
Congress
Retired General Holbrook Led Cavalry Career
Gen Holbrook chief of cavalry of the army retired yesterday under the age rule. Born Wisconsin July 23 1860 he entered the Military Academy and graduated 1885. His career spanned the Spanish American Philippine Insurrection and World War I, earning the Distinguished Service Medal in France. Maj Gen Malin Craig will succeed as chief of cavalry, from duty in the Philippine Department.
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Willard A. Holbrook
Wisconsin
Military Academy
France
Malin Craig
Phillippine
Miss Gregg Named Field Nurses Head at Indian Affairs
Miss Wicnor D Gregg sister of James F Gregg of Hampton Institute Va yesterday was appointed supervisor of eld matrons and nurses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs This completes the organization of a new division of welfare service work among American Indians It was announced by the Department of the Interior Miss Gregg will have charge of 100 nurses and matrons conducting health demonstrations and home hygiene work on the reservations Miss Gregg saw service as a field nurse on both the Argonne and British fronts She is regarded as one of the most efficiently trained field nurses in the country and has done work among the Indians.
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Wicnor D. Gregg
James FE. Gregg
Hampton Institute
Bureau of Indian Affairs
de Partment of the Interior
Miss Cregg
Miss Gregg
Jockeys Car Crash Kills Woman in Brooklyn
Mrs. Pauline Rochmann of Brooklyn was instantly killed when an auto collided with a vehicle driven by jockey Joseph Ritchie of Jamaica. Henry Rochmann wounded, with fellow jockeys George Fields and Harry Thurber suffering cuts and bruises as they traveled toward Empire City track.
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New York
Pauline Rochmann
Brooklyn
Henry
Joseph Ritchie
Jamaica
George Fields
Harry Thurber
Ritchie
Empire City Track
Maj Elisha G Abbott Retired Army Officer Dies
Maj Elisha G Abbott Coast Artillery retied and dies at Walter Reed General Hospital. Born Hillsboro Texas June 10 1875 he joined as second lieutenant July 1 1901 after service in Spanish American War. He was a lieutenant colonel in the National Army during World War I and retired May 21 1918 due to disability from duty in the Philippines.
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Lisha G. Abbott
Coast Artillery
Walter Reed General Hospital
F Artillery Corps
Tie
Hillsboro
Tex
Agrisutural and Mechanical College of Texas
Law Department
University of Texas
Texas v Volunteer Infantry
National Army
Philippines
Palmer Cox Dies Author of Brownie Stories
Palmer Cox, born in Granby Quebec 84 years ago, died today in New York. He will be buried in Granby. funeral plans are not yet complete. Cox illustrated his own works with humorous drawings. The Browne series includes more than a dozen books from 1893 to 1918. He moved to San Francisco in 1868 and pursued literary work there for twelve years. His first book appeared in 1875. He was unmarried.
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New York
Palmer Cox
Granby
Quebec
Browne
Cox
San Francisco
Bishop Leo Haid dies dean of U S hierarchy
Raleigh July 24 The Right Rev Dr Leo Hald U S B vicar apostolic of North Carolina abbot Belmont abbey and dean of the Catholic hierarchy of the United States died after dining at Belmont abbey He founded or helped found Belmont academy and abbey St Leos abbey and college in Florida Benedictine schools in Savannah and Richmond St Josephs Industrial School in Linstow Va He was honored by Pope Pius X in 1910 and again in 1924 He celebrated his fiftieth year of monastic service in 1919 and his fiftieth year in the priesthood in 1928 Born near Latrobe Va 75 years ago this month He came to North Carolina in 1885
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Raleigh
N.C
Leo Hald
North Carolina
Belmont Abbey
Catholic Hierarchy
United States
Belmont
Belmont Academy
Abbey
N. C
St. Leo's Abbey and College
Florida
Beneditine School
Savannah
Benedictina College
Richmond
St . Joseph's Industrial School
Linstow
Pius X
Hard
Abbatia
United ‘States
Pius
Hald
Hardh
Latrobe Va
Col Veitenheimer Army Veteran Dies at 52
Lieut Col Foster Veitenheimer died yesterday in Emergency hospital after a four month illness. Born at a Kentucky military post, he lived in Washington most of his life and studied here. He served in the signal corps and later the engineer corps, rising to lieutenant colonel. Funeral at 2 this afternoon at 3414 Mount Pleasant St NW. Interment in Oswego, N.Y. He leaves a sister Marianne Carlotta Veltenheimer and was a member of Naval Lodge No. 9 Mason.
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Foster Vestenheimer
Kentucky
Carl Vestenheimer
Balfour Apartments
Sixteenth
U Streets
Weitenheimer
War Department
United States
Signal Corps
Engineer Corps
Hawaii
Wabster
Ruckmar
Mount Pleasant Street
Oswego
Veitenheimer
Marian Carlotta Veltenheimer
Patent Office
Naval Lodge
Masonga
Mrs Anna W Wilkins dies after paralytic stroke in Washington
Mrs Anna W Wilkins, 49, died yesterday at 923 Twenty third Street Northwest. She suffered a paralytic stroke on April 11 and lived in Washington for 50 years. Born in Crown Point New York she was married to Benjamin E Wilkins who died 32 years ago. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 oclock at the Congress Street Methodist Protestant Church Georgetown. She is survived by daughters Agnes H Barnitz and Mra iner M Wilkins.
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Anna W. Wilkins
Twenty-third Street
Wilkins
Crown Point
N. Y
Benjamin E. Wilkins
Vermont
Washington ST
Col George E Bushnell dies noted tuberculosis expert
Col George G. Bushnell retired medical corps colonel and tuberculosis authority died July 19 in Pasadena at age 63. Born September 10, 1853 in Massachusetts he graduated Yale 1876 and MD 1888, joined the army February 18, 1881, retiring September 10, 1917. He led Fort Bayard hospital suppressing disease and published works on tuberculosis. Funeral services were held for Annie E Cooper at 77, widow of Rudolph M Cooper, with interment in St John’s Cemetery Frederick Md.
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George G. Bushnell
Medical Corps
Pasadena
Calif
Massachusetts
Yale
Fort Bayard, Mex
Annie E. Cooper
Corbin Place
Rudolph M. Cooper
Frederick County
William A. Wade
Baltimore
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