Martial Law Threat Looms As Ohio City Riots Continue
Thousands walk to work as four days of streetcar strike rioting exhaust police. Gov Harmon due to arrive to declare martial law, while Mayor Marshall remains in charge. Troops encamp near car barns. maintenance costs rise. streetcars halted. union leaders press for higher pay and union recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Harmon
Washington Post
Columbus
Ohio
W. McMahen
Toledo
Cleveland
Tim
Hood Street
Trinihouse
Trinity Episcopal
Ceett
State
Franklin Park
Mummified Bodies in Box Shock Small Texas Town
A freight-house box unloaded in a Texas station contained two mummified bodies, a woman and a child, in a mystery linked to a Utah origin and Mississippi destination. Address obliterated, shipper unknown, no clothing or identifying items found, authorities probe the grim find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily
Washington Post
Tex
Victha
Muinder
Aly
Utah
Death notices and obituaries from 1910 1916 in Washington area
Sudden death notice for William Il at 116 H Street NE born Arlington. George Gunson aged six at Georgetown University flat. Mary Hughes widow dies at 24. Remains at 3110 N Street NW with Oak Hill Chapel service. Mary Elizabeth Tabler three in Beabrop funeral from 1354 C Street SW on July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VI Htcher
H Street
William IL
Martha Jt Pletcher
TEL Itifa
Inurertown University
Mary
William Hughes
N Street
Oak Hill Chapel
Sp m
Beabrop
Mary Elizabeth
Charles
Mai
C Street
Lnday
Pei
Little Warship a Puzzle in Estrada Conflict
New Orleans July 28 The Hornet, a former U S Navy gunboat purchased by Stern Shipyards, is en route to New Orleans for fitting as a revolutionary craft for Estrada’s faction in Nicaragua. Madriz officials oppose its departure to Bluefields, arguing the vessel could threaten peace. Estrada’s Washington representative says it would be of no use now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estrada
New Orleans
Madrid
Nicaragua
Hornet
United States Navy
Spain
Stern Shipyards and Foundry Company of
Madriz
United States
Bluefields
Nathan Stern
Navy Department
Manuel Bonilla
Cavilla
Honduras
Senor Castrillo
Washington
Health Office Record of Births and Ages Across Washington DC
A health office list records numerous births and ages of residents connected to hospitals and private addresses. Entries include Abraham and Anna Cowan and many other pairs with children, plus ages ranging from newborns to 70s, listing hospitals and street addresses across the city.
Slays Rival After Five Years in Mount Vernon Killing
Special to The Washington Post reports Harry Long and his wife were shot by Lee Stellyside, ex-rival for a bride, who after years of threats fired three times at Long in their yard. Long died from abdomen wounds after neighbor George Bishops stopped the attack with a brick and held the assailant until police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Plan Race of War Canoes Nation Regatta Entry Proposed
Washington clubs plan entry for a national regatta with support from Arlington Hotel providing 100 dollars. The proposal requires committee approval before moves can proceed.
War Canoe Race Expected At National Oarsmen Regatta
The thirty eighth annual regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen will feature a potential war canoes race between the Washington Canoe Club and Analosian Boat Club. A representative from Analosian says his club will join if the Washington Canoe Club names the prize. Local regatta leaders must seek approval from the national committee. A $100 check was received from the Arlington Hotel as a regatta subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Washington Canoe Club
Analosian Boat Club
Washington Post
National Regatta Committee
Arlington Hotel
LICENSED TO MARRY LIST OF INTERMARRIAGES
A mixed roster of marriage licenses lists individuals and ages across several towns. Names include Thomas A Duvall 23 of Rivehlale Maryland and Martha E Hunter. Rev J Knott and Daisy Evans. Edward Bradshaw 34 and Emile Adelaide Douglas. John E Day 26 and Vide Palm. and others with various ministers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A Duvall
Rivehlale
Marth E Hunter
T. G. Smythe
Byrate Derrer
Melrose
Ari Eelswi
Lenville
J.tte
Arthur C Knott
Daisy Evans
Glen Echo
Charles 3. Binay
Edward Bradshaw
Emile Adelaide Douglas
Nannie I. Dade
H. Brown
William Colbert
Cathrine Work
Aquila Sa3les
Former Illinois Central car inspector testifies of padded bills
Harold A. Sims, former Illinois Central car inspector and Memphis Car Co official, testifies before Master in Chancery Mason about fake repairs and 40 percent padded bills. He says rails and ties were used to build a switch into the repair plant and cars were doctored to justify higher charges. The case ties to Ira G. Rawn, whose estate is valued at about 120000, per his widow’s petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Harold A. Sims
Mlinois Central Railroad
Memphis Car Company
Chancery Mason
Ira G. Rawn
Biggs
Illinois Central
Rawn
Sims
H. C., Ostermann
Clinois Central
Ilinois Central
O. K
Monon Railroad Company
Drift Two Days in Launch Rescued on Long Island Sound
Four men John Scharf and two sons John and Fred with Harry McGown returned to Mount Vernon after two days at sea on a new launch. A gasoline stove caught fire and they threw it overboard, the engine failed repeatedly, leaving them adrift and signaling distress until a camp launch from shore rescued them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Long Island Sound
John Scharf
John
Fred
Harry McGown
Bribery tale ties Illinois legislature to Hopkins bid
Chicago dispatch reports a Tribune claim that a $35,000 fund sought to buy seventeen Democratic votes to restore Albert J. Hopkins as U S senator. It alleges two unnamed legislators held the money while Roger Sullivan and Speaker Shurtleff faced fallout. Hopkins and Sullivan deny knowledge of any such fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Tribune Today
William Lorimer
United States
Albert J. Hawkins
Roger Sullivan
Ilinois
Legislative Voters’ League
the Tribune
Sullivan
Shurtleff
Hopkins
Springfield
Hapkins
Short
Jeff
Denver
Cols
Albert J. Hopkins
Trains Kill Five Motorists in Two States
Special to The Washington Pat reports a Pennsylvan ia freight collision near Etna Green Indiana killing Mrs Melvie Brooks Mrs Charles Therning and Melville Brooks as their car was struck by an eastbound engine. Charles Thorning escaped unharmed. The group from Lima Ohio was touring the West in two cars. A second crash on Reading Railway near Lebanon Pennsylvania instantly killed Mr and Mrs William Hibschman of Myerstown. Both accidents drew witness accounts and shocked local communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pat
Etna Green
Ind
Melvie Brooks
Charles Therning
Melville Brooks
Pennsylvania
Charles Thorning
Thorning
H. M. Colvin
Hattie Hoover
Richard Guinay
Lima
Ohio
West
Colorado
Lebanon
Reading Railway
William W. Hibschman
Myerstown
Here
Bath
Hibschmen
Shafts Meet in Mountain for New York Aqueduct
After fourteen months of boring through solid rock, shafts No 3 and No 2 of the new New York City Ashokan aqueduct meet within a fraction of an inch. The completed 3,200 foot long section lies under a mountain near Forest Glen and is the longest solid rock stretch on the route.
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New York Aqueduct
Kingston
N. Y
New York City
Ashokan Reservoir
Catskill Mountains
Forest Glen
Stumped by Mt McKinley Expedition Fails Summit Bid
Seward Alaska July 2 The Rusk Mount McKinley expedition failed to reach the summit and returns to Seward. Thomas Lloyd and other Alaskan mountaineers contend McKinley cannot be climbed from Cook Inlet any time, and that it can only be ascended from the Fairbanks side in spring due to hard snow and dangerous crevasses in the great glaciers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Alaska
Mount McKinley
Thomas Lloyd
Cook Inlet
Fairbanks
Riot at Sugar Plant Ends in Deaths and Arrests
New York July 2 Two thousand policemen strikers and strikebreakers clashed around the American Sugar Refining Company plant at South Third street and Kent avenue Williamsburg. Two men died and many injured as officers fired in the air and then at attackers. Three men including cashier H A Morgan were arrested for riot involvement. Father William Farrell aided wounded strikers and urged restraint amid the volatile scene. Police anticipate further trouble as sugar shipments move tomorrow under guard.
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American Sugar Company—Trust
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
South Third Street
Kent Avenue
Willamsburg
Dby
H. A. Morgan
Charles Petrie
John Sabura
Walla Noboleski
William B. Farrell
BS. Peter and Paul's
Mshot
Eather Farrell
Inj
Father Farrell
Bestir
Foote
Baker
Eastern District
Long Island
East River
Rival Gangs Battle Leaves Dozens Injured in New York
In New York on July 23 three men were severely wounded and twenty others hurt as rival gangs clashed after a Bear Athletic Club dinner. Police reserves ended the near hundred shot fight with about 125 participants and several arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Bear Athletic Club
Tenth Avenue
Gophers
Hounds of Hell
Bear Club
Wendling Suspect Flees After Locating in San Francisco
Joseph Wendling, wanted in Louisville for the Alma Kellner murder, was reportedly found in San Francisco after a citywide chase. Detectives watched a man believed to be Wendling at the chief of police's office, but the publication may have warned him. A vacant house yielded a suitcase with no identifying contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Joseph Wendling
Louisville
Little Alma Kellner
St. John’s School
A& Man
Wendling
Becaus
Black Hand Scare Trials and Scaffold Collapse
Detective Oriana and Detective Klien lenst, seeking an Italian sender of a Black Hand letter to B Mo Ting shoemaker, set a dummy package in an alley near Eighth and H streets but the Black Handers did not appear. Meanwhile three carpenters George Dickinson aged 3, James McArdle 52, and John M Kenether 3, were slightly injured when a scaffold at Chevy Chase Lake collapsed. they were taken to Emergency Hospital and later discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriana
Central Office
Klienlenst
B. Mo- Ting
Shoemaker
Eighth Street
Eighth
H Streets
George Dickinson
Duncan Street
James McArdle
John M. Kenether
Chevy Chase Lake
Wounded Boy Shields Girl In Fatal Pistol Play
Yonkers July 2 Examinations show seven year old Mildred Baxter fired a revolver during a soldier game wounding George Pelham age seven in the chest He later confessed crying that he had blamed himself to spare Mildred from trouble Doctors say the wound is fatal and the gun was loaded but none of the children knew it was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waapington Post
Yonkers
St. John’s Hospital
George Pelham
Broadway
New York
Little George
Mildred Baxter
Soldier
Samuel Pelham
Mildred
George
Baxter
Buddie
Demand for Missing Books Shocks United Wireless Officers
New York July 2 United Wireless Company officers and directors indicted for conspiracy to defraud by mail were ordered to produce eighteen missing company books by Tuesday or face jail for contempt. Judge Hand said the motive of the person who took them remains the key issue as officers claimed tries to locate the records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Wireless Company
United States
Woman dies after intruders alarm Ocean Grove home
In Asbury Park New Jersey July 2 a group of burglar intruders alarmed Mrs. M. B. Allendorf 58 at 189 Mount Carmel avenue Ocean Grove flash a dark lantern in her face causing a nasal hemorrhage. Doctors fear she will die. Mrs F. Howard visiting from New York alerted neighbors. Burglar fled without money. Police seek suspects based on descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
M .B. Allendorf
Mount Carmel Avenue
Ocean Grove
Marshall Wilder Improves. Denies Illness Rumors
Atlantic City July reports Marshall FP Wilder humorist and platform lecturer is said to be improved and denies being dangerously ill He states he expects to be out on the Boardwalk Sunday He has grown better since being ordered to bed last Friday by his physician Diagnosed with strain from overwork and indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Marshall FP. Wilder
Also Mentioned on This Page
Columbus Car Lines
Ty Mahon
Street Car Men's Union
Cgharts Railway and Light Company
Ry Union Alteses
Italy
Coagenet Herald
New York Times
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
St Louis Republic
St Paul
Pioneer Press
Syracuse Post-Standard
Public Ledger
WM. BH. Sardo & Co
Modern Chapel
Lincoln
Sergeon
RS Cain
Thos. A. Costello
Iw Street
Frank Geier
Seventh ST
Todern Chanel
W.R Speare
F Street
N. W
Feersihing
Tietly
Spraag
Mar
Geo
P. Zarhorst
Furer
East Capitol
Wiliam Lee
Ander Palmer
John R. Wright Co
D. Cers
Telphone
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Evbalmers
Nok
Col
W. C. Haskell
Health Office Record
James A
Mary E. Cox
Abraham
Anna Cowan
John C
Mary Fredericks
Robert F
Minnie F Saunders
William
Florence Farts
Charles C
Lulu B
Tingstrum
James 3
Mabel V Mulan
William T
Alberta Fo Gaffnes
Clarence B
Lillian M. Bracey
Mattie V. Whitney
Henry B
Rose F Chigwell
John H
Mamie Bates
Howard
Nettle Totson
Lewis
Phoebe Thomas
Samual
Mary Clagett
John A
Bettie Jackson
Alice Webo
Chalea W
Edelin
Garrett
Ruby Brooks
James
Ella Tillman
Theodore L
Mattie Green
Manan
Elizabeth Kaiser
Graham Lent
Emergency
Mary Hughes
St Aw
Harriet Leroy Lindsly
Conmave
William Carroll Carver
Children's Hospital
Rosella Wilson
Georgetown Hospital
Christopel Lindsey
Ith St. Aw
Magee Fletcher
Freedmen's Hospital
Mary Piifer
Norman F. Young
Elvana Ave
Flosela Vaughns
F St
Charles H. Tyler
Railroad Ave
Willard Seatth
Mary Gray
Lindencourt Ne
Roy Stewart
Tenmaltytown
D.C
F St. H.W
New Willard Hotel
Tokalon Wine CO. Phon
St. W.W
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
R. E. Pairo
HH. White Company
Associa Ation
Seus
Ae Saks & Co
Chamber of Commerce
J. Kaufman
Bulin & Martin
Georgetown Citizens’ Association
G. W. White
G. J. Johnston
Harry H. Hollander
High Seas
Senator Hopkins
Indiana
R. Harris & CO
the’ Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
MT. Mkinley
Score
Fact
Search
Carpenters
Ue Omne Ny
Manhattan
Calvert
Calvert Co
SGARE
Marshall Wilder
Cock & Stoddard Co
P Sts
Tire Pope Auto Co
Wash
St. N.W
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