Lower bail for girls in Stokes case prompts defense hints
The Washington Post reports June 14 that defense lawyers for Miss Ethel Conrad and Miss Lilian Graham argued a broad justification for their actions as the case over missing letters and the shooting of Mr. Stokes proceeds. Bail for the two women was reduced to 1500 each pending Friday hearing while Stokes, recovering from three bullet wounds, contemplates continuing with attempted murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Graham
Miss Conrad
Stokes
Byedal
Washington Post
New York
Ethel Conrad
Lilian Graham
Wreschi
Clark Jordan
Robert M. Moore
Jordan
Terence McManus
Housebelt
Asmsutant
Sullivan
McuManags
McManus
Marriages Recorded in Maryland and Washington DC
Two wedding notices from mid 1911 detail couples: C. Frank Harper to Anna E. O’Meara at St. Charles Catholic Church in Pikesville Maryland, with officiant Fr. FE I McFadans. Charles H. Watts to Kate Brewer at the Church of the Incarnation, officiated by Rev. William Tayloe Bayde Col, with Brewer noted as daughter of the late Dr. John W. Brewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper - Omeara
St. Charles’ Catholic Church
Pikesville
FE. I. MccFadans
C. Frank Harper
Anna E. O'Meara
Atts-Brewer
Church of the Incarnation
William Tayloe Bayde
Charles H. Watts
Ant
Kate Brewer
John W. Brewer
Geo. P. Zurhorst
Pariers
East
William Lee
Commontoun Chapel
Modestoricas
Pennsylvanian Ave
N. W
John R. Wright CO
Tenth
N.W
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth ST
Striefly
Commodions Chapel Telephone North
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Ean Modern Chapel
Lincoln
Loala
Theop Clements
Jas A Clementa James T. Clements
Wisconsin Ave
Sergeon
RS Cain
Seventh St NW
A. Costello
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Maryland
Neenss
Rockville
M. Hindle
Frank Geier
Fils
Medero Chapa
W. BR. Speare
F Street
Frank A Spear
Linwspaper
Obituary notices from Washington DC area June 1911
Death notices and funeral announcements for Mary Cornelia Bradford, Cargyle, Cocker, Heilman, Maloney, Martin, Hartley, Sheehan, Yeatman, and others dated June 1911 in Washington DC listings. Includes service times, addresses, interment details, and familial relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Mary Cornelia
Edward G. Bradford
Mary Allela Teyward
Wilmington
Christ Church
Thirty -Fourth
O Streets Northwes
Del
Cargyle
Department of State
Washington, D.C
Clarence A. Michellian
Tampico
Mexico
Cocker II
HE Vila Rvper
Cocker Mme
Oak Fl Chapel
Thurday
Hartley
EK Street
Milton PD
Lydia Hartley
Joseph H
Emily M. Hartley
Philadelphia
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
Heilman
TD Street Northwest
Gottlieb
Louisa Wellman
Frank Geier
Seventh Street Northwest
Rock Creek Cemetery
Maloney
Hanora
Michael Maloney
St Aloysius’ Church
Marriage and Death Notices Ad Policy Note
The notice describes a Washington Post service policy allowing simultaneous appearance in multiple morning newspapers upon application with no extra charge for insertion or telegraphing. It lists newspapers including Providence Journal Cleveland Plain Dealer Syracuse Post Standard Chicago Record Herald St Paul Pioneer Press Buffalo Courier Rochester Herald New York Times St Louis Republic Boston Globe Pittston Dispatch Philadelphia Public Ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Clachanail Enquirer
Providence Journal
Cleveland Plain Center
Syracuse Post-Standard
Chicago Record Herald
St Paul
Pirates and arms shipments tied to Caribbean unrest
Haitian authorities hesitate over the Consul Grostuck’s suspected cargo and Castro on board while Honduras and Nicaragua report arms for their government. In Mobile a consular note halts a shipment of 1000 rifles and 201000 rounds for Honduras, as Estrada travels to Washington to discuss Nicaragua’s future amid rumors of a planned coup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceiba
Honduras
Mobile
Herald
New Orleans
Port Barrios
Guatemala
John J. Estrada
Nicaragua
Heredia
Washington
State Department
Senor Estrada
Licensed to Marry Abounds in Maryland and Virginia Notices
A crowded listing records marriages licensed in multiple counties. Names include Albert W Ayre and Louise C Galither. Edna G Lauman and Francis Matelka. Blanche Mason and Howard Leannirdo. Christine Conway and Francis Matelka. Bridget Mo Enright and William Shannon. Claire B Holdinger and Washington Zepp. and others with Rev. ministers noted. Locations cited include Mount Vernon Virginia Twp Petersburg and Richmond Virginia, along with several Maryland entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Ayre
Mount Vernon
Louise C. Galither
John Ennor T. Bernard Linepage
Appa
Winftord
H. Howlett
Fred L Hellwish
Edna G. Lauman
Baltimore
John E. A. Doermann
Francis Matelka
Christine Conway
Ernest Granger
Howard E Leannir
Ernest G. Alben
Ethel M. Grimes
Clarence E Wee Patrick FP. Brown
Richmond
Bridget Mo Enright
T. B. D. Rourke Adam Leimbach
Grace J. Quigley
A J Carey
Wiliam Shannon
Mary FE Dawkins
Charles County
JL EC
Washington
Zepp
Claire B. Holdinger
Daneid ¢ MacLeod
William L Donovan
Edna E. Ready
J. Froedeh
John R. Denigan
Nannie BR. Campbell
William T McKenney
William H Burgess
Lillian FE. Bowles
F. Blachant
George A Sachs
Strikes Hit Major Ships But Atlantic Trade Holds
British and continental ports declare a seamen strike. Olympic sails on maiden voyage to New York as Teutonic and Empress of Ireland crews refuse to sign. Some lines signed higher wages. others remain under foreign registry and plan to return to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Olympic
White Star Line
Southampton
New York
Teutonic
Empress of Ireland
Liverpool
Quebec
Montreal
Carnagian Pacific Steamship Company
Christiania
International Seaton's Union
Matthew Tearle
America
Hampurg-American Line
Lloyd Line
Tearle
Cunard
White Star
Red Star
Auto Ride Fatality Touches Taft Aide Kin
Wayne Moore cousin of Charles D. Hilles, secretary to President Taft, dies after an auto ride with four friends near Waterloo Nebraska. Moore, married recently to an Omaha heiress, was severely injured when the car wrecked and later died in an Omaha hospital. Hilles confirms family relation and notes Moore left school only a few years ago and was 23 or 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Wayne Moore
Charles D. Hilles
Taft
Moore
Lem Hit
Waterloo
Health Office Records of Deaths and Families
A list of deaths and family records with names and ages, including Eldridge Grimes and Myrtle Grimes with children Gian and Arnie, and numerous other individuals Age ranges from 4 days to 87 years. Locations include Washington, government hospitals, and local addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge
Myrtle Grimes
Gian
Arnie Farchina
Pietro
Michelina D'Intine
George H
Lillian F. Garner
Henry Lo
Mamie B Grover
James W
Sarah J. Totten
Mortis
Leona Solomon
Henry M
Mary A. Buchanan
Wallace W
Helen P. Fowler
Raphael
Pauline B. Dondero
Arthur
Teresa Strong
Charles
Annie Louis
Jamey E
Matilda Gant
May Exhume Way's Body in Poison Case
Delaware June 14 Detectives in the Henkle poison case plan to exhume Edgar S Way first husband of Mrs Jessie May Henkle buried in Wheeling He died April 19 1999 Attending physicians say lead poisoning from linotype work is to blame Mrs Henkle vows she will not be convicted and remains in jail awaiting trial on administering poison to Merle Henkle She claims her son will save her from prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Delaware
Henkle
Mra
Jessie May Henkle
Mias Merle Henkle
Edgar S. Way
Wheeling
Way
Merle Henkie
Merle
Edgar
Freddie
Woman testifies in embezzlement trial recounting hidden cash
Mrs Jeannette Ford, once attractive, now palsied, testifies she hid 22000 dollars in cash for Edgar S Cooke claiming it came from the Big Four Railway. She says Cooke visited with bundled money, they stored it in a trunk then a New York safety deposit box and later counted it. She admits receiving about 1200 to 1600 dollars. Warriner corroborates parts of her account while denying any higher‑ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jeannette Stewart Ford
Edgar S. Cooke
Chicago
Cooke
New York
Diplomat's Auto Held Up in New York Incident
Chang Yin Tang Chinese Minister waited for his car in Garrison New York when Washington chauffeur D C Paul explained to North Bergen police Captain Leonard Marty why his car lacked a New Jersey license. The chauffeur cited courtesy to diplomats and DC licenses being recognized in all states. Commissioner EB R Smith advised discharge after review. the chauffeur must obtain a license and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Chang Yin Tang
Garrison
N. Y
D. C
Paul
Washington, D. C
Leonard Marty
North Berren
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Marty
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
EB. R. Smith
Taunts Prompted French Maid in Kohl Shooting
Special to The Washington Post from San Francisco reports Adéle Verge, once a maid for C Frederick Kohl's mother, laments her fate in city jail after shooting Kohl at the Grant Building entrance. Kohl, recovering in a sanitarium, survived the gunfire as doctors pursued bullets unseen by X-ray. A $30,000 suit against Kohl and J A Miller was dismissed. Verge claimed illegal confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
San Francisco
C. Frederick Kohl
Adéle Verge
Grant Building
Mr. Kohl
J. A. Miller
Three Murders Charged in Plumbers Union Feud
Chicago June 14 Fourteen indictments by a grand jury name Maurice Enright and eight others as labor sluggers. Enright, already charged with shooting and killing William Gentleman, union labor agent, faces three murder charges linked to a factional fight between plumbers and steamfitters. The other defendants include John McCabe Walter Stevens Peter Gentleman Harry Higgins William Connors Edward Storegaard Joseph Kane and Arthur O Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maurice Enright
Enright
Plumbers’ Union
William Gentleman
John McCabe
Walter Stevens
Peter Gentleman
Harry Higgins
William Connors
Edward Storegaard
Joseph Kane
Arthur O'Connor
Ivy poisons Gov Pennewill in Delaware
Governor Pennewill, at Greenwood home, suffered severe reactions to poison ivy after exposure while inspecting a militia camping ground in Rehoboth Delaware last Sunday. He has remained at home this week as doctors monitor his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Dover
Del
Pennewill
Greenwood
Miitia
Rehoboth
Movements of Ocean Steamers
Movements of ocean steamers listed include ships from Southampton Havre Rotterdam and Hamburg to New York and Liverpool with several named vessels such as Campanella Linesta and Pretoria. The fragment notes sailings from New York to Mauretenia and mentions the Olympic and Oceania lines with multiple port connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vetew York
Oceanir
Southampton
Carolina
Havre
Campanella
Rotterdam
Linesta
Hamburg
Liverpoo
Campania
New York
Michaels
Oceania
Mauretenia
Liverpool
Pretoria
Olympic
Arinsese
Cecilie
York
Maine Caissons Safe Pumps Start Again Today
Army engineers inspect the Maine wreck cofferdam and test pumps as they plan to reduce water to ten feet to view the upper after section. Coffins have been sent to Havana for recovered bodies and burial is planned at Arlington after transfer from the Leonidas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
War and Navy Departments
United States
Maine
Havana Harbor
Darwin R. ‘Merritt
Triend W. Jenkins
Washington
Havana
James D. Tilford
Oliver B. Jenkins
Leonidas
Navy Department
E National Cemetery
Arlington
Corset steel saves life in New Jersey shooting
Mrs. Annie Noonan, hospitalized with a bullet wound in Paterson, nj, survived after a corset steel deflected the bullet while walking with William Doranty, husband of her assailant. Mrs. Elizabeth Doranty, now in custody, is alleged to have fired the shot. Doranty’s father Angelo Puglia is a contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Annie Noonan
General Hospital
Paterson
N. J
Elizabeth Doranty
Two Drown in Seal Service on Pribilof Islands
News reached yesterday of the drowning, fifteen days ago, of two U S government employees on the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. W J Hahn and H B Chichester were the victims. Chichester was chief of four seal agents on the island, a native of Eagle Pass Texas aged 39. Hahn, a Taft naturalist, 32, from Indiana but appointed from South Dakota. News first reached Nome then Washington by telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
W. J. Hahn
H. B. Chichester
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Chichester
Alaskan
George M. Bowers
Eagle Pass
Tex
Mr. Hahn
Taft
Congress
Indiana
South Dakota
Nome
Washington
Federals Routed in Haiti Described by Jamaica
Kingston reports describe desperate fighting in northern Haiti with federal forces dispersed and rebels gaining ground. Gen Montplasair seeks refuge in a consulate as supporters of Gen An tenor Firmin, once Haitian minister to Britain and 1902 revolt leader, cheer his bid for president. Incendiary fires are noted in several areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Montplasair
Antenor Firmin
Great Britain
Army Not Criminals' Haven
Special to The Washington Post. Indianapolis June 14. Russell B. Harrison disputed newspaper reports that a thief who joined the army to avoid sentencing had been released. General Leonard Wood replied that the men were barred because of their record and praised efforts to teach that the armed forces are not refuges for criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Indianapolis
Ind
Russell B. Harrison
Harrison
Leonard Wood
Army
Navy
New Atlantic Fleet Staff Named by Osterhaus
Newport R I June 14 Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus named the Atlantic fleet staff. Chief of staff Commander W R Shoemaker. fleet ordnance officer Lieutenant Commander D W Knox. fleet engineer Lieutenant Commander H E B Yarnell. aides and flag lieutenants R L Berry E J King W F Pye. fleet surgeon G A Lung. fleet paymaster A E Brisege. fleet marine officer Major G C Thorp. special duty Naval Constructor J A Spilman. All stationed on the flagship Connecticut. The torpedo boat destroyer Roe arrives tonight from Hampton Roads as part of the eighth torpedo division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Hugo Osterhaus
Atlantic Fleet
W. R. Shoemaker
D. W. Knox
H. E B. Yarnell
R. L. Berry
E. J. King
W. F. Pye
G. A. Lung
A. E. “Brisege
Fleet Marine
GC. Thorp
J. A. Spilman
Connecticut
Roe
Eighth Torpedo Division
Hampton Roads
Admiral Niles Retired and Moore to Rear Admiral Seat
Rear Admiral Kossuth Niles of Ii ness was placed on the retired list for age. His last duty was on the examining and retiring board. He served as a Civil War volunteer, joined the Navy in 1965, and served at Newport during the Spanish War. Promotion to rear admiral will go to Capt. C. B. T. Moore, commandant of the San Francisco naval training station. Marines arrive from Guantanamo aboard Dixie with 300 aboard and bound for Port Royal Pensacola and New Orleans. The Solace hospital ship also arrived. sick were moved to the naval hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth Niles
Iiness
Navy
Naval Torpedo Station
Newport
Admiral Niles
C. B. T. Moore
Naval Training Station
San Francisco
Guantanamo
Norfolk
United States
Dixie
Cuba
Port Royal
D. C
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Seaboard Air Lime Railway
Solace
Naval Hos
Pital
Culpeper to Host V N G Encampment This Summer
Culpeper Virginia expects the first brigade of the national guard to encamp on a 60 acre field just outside town. The First infantry arrives July 23 and leaves July 30, followed by the Second infantry July 30 to August 6 and the Fourth infantry August 6 to August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culpeper
Washington Post
Adit
Sale
Vaughn
Jo Lane Stern
First Brigade
Virginia, National Guard
Culpener
Second Infantry
Army Orders Roster Moves and Coast Artillery Reassignments
A long list of leaves and reassignments for army officers is issued. Capt Charles M. Vesson and others receive leave durations ranging from days to months. A large block details transfers within the coast artillery corps to various companies and districts, plus staff assignments for Maj Peter C. Harris and Maj Walter G. Penfield with planned visits to Hartford and Bridgeport works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Artillery Corps
New York City
United States Army Mine Planter
John M. Schofield
Covet Artillery Corps
Sam F. Bottoms
Arthur L. Fueler
Jonn 0. Steger
Clarence B. Ross
Twenty-fourth Company
James B. Taylor
107Th Company
Carl Rilge
161Th
Wade H. Carpenter
Eighty-second Company
John P. Terrell
130Th Company
Charles E. 7
William R. McClehary
Howard K. Loughry
Peter C. Harris
Andrew Moses
Percy Willis
Eightieth
Harrison Hall
168Th
Harry P. Wilbur
169Th
William H. Monroe
118Th
Homer B. Grant
Artillery
Narragansett Bay
Gury
Robert F. Woods
Alden Trotter
John Storck
Lifford c. Carson
William P. Platt
Julius C. Peterson
Oath
Lloyd P. Horsfall
Walter G. Penfield
Ordnance Department
Cdlt
Patent Fire Arma Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Cont
American
British Manufacturing Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Coast Artillery Officers Assigned and Report Instructions
Capt WILLIAM PORSE and several district adjutants are detailed for the artillery districts in Delaware New London New York Honolulu and Savannah with various ordnance quartermaster and adjutant duties. Unassigned officers PENDLETON MOTLOW SFURGIN FARNSWORTH MAGRUDER are slated for company or staff assignments at Chesapeake Bay Savannah Ninety eighth and Ninety ninth companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Porse
Delaware
Frank J. Hinms
New London
Alexander G. Gillespie
New York
John S. Pratt
Honolulu
Edward J. Culen
Mbbite
Oscar A. Russell
Wyatt C. Selkirk
Savanah
Walter K. Wilson
Furst
Fulton W. C. Gardner
Coast Artillery Corps
The
East Artillery School
Alexander G. Pendleton
Ninety-eighth
Felix W. Motlow
Ninety-ninth
Horace F. Sfurgin
128Th
Edward E. Farnsworth
Creer
Chesapeake Bay
Naval Orders Prompt Transfers and Duties
Navy assigns Capt C J Bous to home and wait orders Capt C C Marsh to duty command North Carolina J H Bowen to Maine as executive officer L M Schmidt to Chicago recruiting station R B Westlake to Annapolis Asst Paymaster U R Zivinska to general storekeeper on Tutuila Samoa H H Hempstone to third submarine division Castine Severn Chaplain H H Clark to home EB Scott to Naval Academy Annapolis Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Boush
C. C. Marsh
North
Carolina
Comer
J. H. Bowen
Maine
L. M Schmidt
Navy
Chicago
P. A
R. B. Westlake
Annaporte
U. R. Zivinska
Island
Naval Station
Tutuila
Samoa
H. Hempstone
Castine and
Severn
H. H Clark
EB. W. Scott
Naval Academy Annapolis
Naval Vessel Movements Reported Across Ports
Movements of vessels listed from Cape Gracias a Dios to Mare Island include ships from Minnesota Mississippi Vermont Persacula Penusshenia and Portsmouth. Entries note origins Newport Montauk Hampton Roads Guantanamo and Bremerton with port calls at Gardners Bay and Montauk among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Gracias-a
Portzmouta NH
Chirag
Pennarlvenia
Mare Island
Bremerton
Bride of Naval Officer Married in New York
Miss Mary Alice Lang daughter of Sir Robert Lang and Lady Lang married Assistant Paymaster Byron Demont Rogers U S N at the Church of the Ascension Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street The Rev Percy Stickney Grant officiated with the mother giving away the bride The couple had met in Constantinople where Rogers served on the U S Scorpion and Lang’s father directed the Imperial Ottoman Bank Sir Robert Lang is a prominent English financier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Mary Alice Lang
Robert Hamilton Lang
Lady Lang
Rogers
John W. Wilcox
Constantinople
U. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. A. Costello
St. Dominic's Church
Yeratman
Medora Beale
Thomas J Yeatman
Westmoreland
NETS
Castro
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Estrada
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Department of Justice
Gulf Coast
Grostuck
Port de Paix
Halti
M. J. Falvey
Elsveath Brees
London
Glasgow
Cardiff
Bristol
Shipping Federation
Germany
Norway
Denmark
C. D. Hilles
Health Office Record
St. Ne
Hava Hollis
Haineit F Woo
Q St. Nw
Stephen Burroughs
Government Hospital For the Insane
Enoch West
Washington Asylum
Selena Bo Johnson
Mra. Henkle
Cook
Diplomat
C. F. Kohl
GOV
Net
AWA
Than
Boston
Wees
Elm Farm Milk Company
Dodge
United States District Court
New York, New Haven and Hartford ‘Railroad
New Haven
Maine Caissons
Iba
Special Board of Army Engineers
William H. Blixby
William M. Black
Macon M. Patrick
H. B. Ferguson
Lieut. Col. Patrick
War Department
Casa Blanca
Durandy
Seal Service
Pribilof Island
Firmin
Gen. Wood
Osterhaaus
Niles
Illinois
Paris
Dalius Barfinkle
F &T
Cor
H St. N. W
Masonic Temple
Stone & Fairfax
New York Ave
NAVAL
R. H.lang
Waltham
Elgin
R. Harris & CO
Seventh
D Streets
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