Navy board clears Culprit Fay in Dolphin collision
Naval board assigns blame to the Culprit Fay for the Dolphin and Culprit Fay collision on the river. The Dolphin crew is absolved and Coroner Nevitt consents to drop proceedings. Navy secretary Meyer endorses licensing for motorboat owners to prevent future accidents.
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Dolphin
Kay
Alexander Yellowess
Fay
Naval General Board Ofinuiry
Secretary of the Navy
George von L. Meyer
Negitt
Navy Department
C. G. Marsh
A. Althouse
A. H. Davia
Naval Board of Inquiry
Naval Office
Lindway
Boston Patent Attorney Held on Nonsupport Charge
Arthur W Harrison a 45 year old former Washington patent attorney appeared before United States Commissioner Hayes in Boston and was held under $1 bail on charges of nonsupport and abandonment of his wife Mary F Harrison since January 1 last. Harrison has been working in a bank here and was arrested today by deputy U S Marshal James Ruhl as a fugitive from justice from Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Boston
Arthur W. Harrison
Washington
United States
Hayes
Mary F Harrison
Harrison
James Ruhl
Washington, DC
Girl Would Give to Poor in Will Trust Case
Catherine Barker, 12, of Laporte Indiana, inherits 3,000,000 from her father and, by will, receives 360,000 annually for education and sustenance. She asks the circuit court for permission to divide her income with charitable institutions in Laporte and Michigan City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Catherine Barker
Laporte
Ind
Circuit Court
Michigan
Arrest in Mellon divorce case shocks New York
New York police arrest Alfred George Curphey and Captain Thomas W. Kirkbride at request of Allegheny County district attorney. The two, named as corespondent and friend, allegedly left Pittsburg after subpoenas. Bail set at 2500 each as they face hearings in the Mellon divorce matter.
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New York
Allegheny County
J A
Alfred George Curphey
Tondon
Thomas W. Kirk
Bride
Andresy We. Mellon
Pittsburg
Kirkbride
Mulane
Justice of the Peace
Mellon
Rich man sues wife over paternity case hinges on infant
The suit centers on three week old infant codefendant Man Heibler Jr alleged to be the child of the couple who eloped and married in 1907 in Washington. The case seeks resolution of paternity claims and involves the former spouses in a high profile dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Heibler, Jr
Washington
Bancroft Divorce Suit Seeks Heibler Paternity Verdict
John Bancroft Jr son of a Delaware textile magnate has filed for divorce from Madeline du Pont Bancroft. The suit seeks a court ruling on the paternity of a child named Max Heibler Jr born to the wife while abroad. The case, to be heard at the September term in New Castle County Superior Court, hinges on legitimacy and may involve a three week sale of merchants' goods referenced in the libel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bancroft, Jr
Madeline du Pont Bancroft
Max Helbler, Jr
Hbel
Max Heibler, Jr
Eogeten Aant
Sia Neant
Pri
Delaware
New Castle County
Munich
Max Heibler
Europe
Bancroft
Chamber of Commerce to test law on bulk sales fraud
Washington wholesale dealers seek Supreme Court ruling on a case where a purchaser declares bankruptcy and then sells goods in bulk to third parties, claiming no fraud due to notice. The chamber’s wholesale trade committee will obtain an opinion from law and legislation and seek funding to test the law in a forthcoming case, inviting all wholesalers to report future instances.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
United States Supreme Court
Wholesale Trade Committee
Law and Legislation Committee
Board of Directors
Chamber
Hypnotized by a beauty leads to insane verdict
Charles Steele a longtime Interior Department clerk was found insane by a jury in Criminal Court No. 2 after testimony from his three daughters and alienists. He claimed hypnotic influence by a Washington woman, said to be the divorced wife of a Western politician, and faced debts near $5,000 with a $2 government position at risk. Lawyers were James F. Kelly for Steele, Wilton Z. Lambert for the family, and Andrew B. Duvall for the government.
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Washington
Charles Steele
Interior Department
Clabaugh
Steele
Government Hospital
Adjirer
Alma
Benjamin R. Logie
Steeles
Imm
Asylum
James F. Kelly
Wilton Z. Lambert
Corporation
Coungel
Andrew B. Duvall
Schiff May Fund College in Frankfort Article
New York banker Jacob H. Schiff reportedly offers several million marks to found a university in his birthplace Frankfort on the Main. Talks with the Prussian education minister proceed while Munich and Berlin debate conditions on religious and professorial criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Germany
Jacob HL. Schiff
New York
Herr Vor
University Foundation
Tle
Tragedy in Staunton: Kincaid Kills Wife and Self
In Staunton Virginia charge of homicide and suicide. David Kincaid of Buffalo Gap shot his wife Betty Rhodes through the heart and killed himself after a dispute. Betty Rhodes 20, mother witness Mrs Rhodes and a 5 year old nephew present.
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Washington Post
Staunton
David Kincaid
Buffalo Gap
Betty Rhodes
Kincaid
Rhodes
Post Office Inspectors Examine Thompson Over Private Use of Staff
A House committee questioned George C Thompson, superintendent of rural free delivery, about employing government workers for private tasks. Thompson testified he directed the chief carpenter and others to gather household goods he was shipping to Texas, while he was head of the post office supply division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrezes
George C. Thompson
Post Office Department
House Committee
George G. Thompson
Texas
Thompson
Post Office
Great Adriatic Hurricane Strikes Trieste. 100 Feared Dead
A June storm battered Trieste with vast damage across the Adriatic coast. At least 100 men are feared dead, while several ships from the Austrian Lloyd Line were damaged or driven ashore. The Andromeda’s entire crew perished in the wreck. Some boats survived and returned to port.
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Trieste
Lloyd Line
Andromeda
Exoneration in Poison Trial for Cohens
In Baltimore on June 15, Mrs Ida Brook ighen and Morris Cohen were acquitted by a coroner's jury after an inquest into arsenic poisoning allegations. The verdict stated that Mrs Sarah Cohen and Morris died from poison administered by unknown persons.
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Baltimore
Ida Brookighen
Morris Cohen
Rile
Sarah Cohen
Morris
Class Night At McKinley Manual Training School
The McKinley Manual Training School graduation class celebrated with a large audience. President Francia A Reilly gave the welcome. class history read by Gerald D Grosner. prophecies by students and Miss G Veronica Brown. Edward B Thomas, Daniel V Maroney, and others spoke. The High School Orchestra performed, with Alfred G Seller delivering the ador to undergraduates and W Le Roy Saunders replying. Officers named include President Francis A Reilly and treasurer Edward B Thomas.
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McKinley Manual ‘Training School
Francia A. Reilly
Gerald D. Grosner
Edward BR. Thomas
Daniel V. Maroney
G. Veronica Brown
Solomon Shappling
Francis A. Reilly
Dorothy E. Weber
Edwin TF. Disney
Edward BE. Thomas
G. V. Brown
L. Cameron
D. L. Clark
C. R. Corning
Dorothy Gould
A. M. Graefe
R. S. Harper
G. Hummer
M. B. Neal
M. R. Smith
D. J. Weber
J. M. Wehrich
Messrs
W. J. Barnes
C. R. Beale
E. J. Casselman
M. St. Colbert
S. Dulin
J. M. Gale
G. B. Giles
R. ©. Congwer
G. D. Grosner
W. Hall
A. H. Kaufman
A. M. King
G. L. Kraft
I. E B. Loveless
J. C. Malcolm
William C. Michener
F. B. Netherland
F. B. Nickles
K. C. Nourse
F. A. Reilly
K. G. Schwegler
G. V. Seibold
S.W. Shear
S. S. Shappirio
E. B. Thomas
H. W
B. C. Cruickshanks
Jesse Wegman
W. G. Grisby
J. A. Hobson
W. P. Haughton
L. R. Lohr
D. V. Mahoney
S. RB. Michael
M. J. Miller
H. Person
H. H. Porter
H. W. Prim
S.S. Rosenberg
W. R. Selzer
W. B. Upton
Gonzaga Honors Mgr Mackin at Sixty-Second Commencement
The sixty-second Gonzaga College commencement drew Jesuit order members from across the country, with Mgr James F. Mackin as guest of honor. Nine graduates received high school diplomas while many others were promoted. Medals and prizes were awarded to students for Latin Greek English composition and general excellence across the year groups.
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Gonzaga College
Mgr
James F. Mackin
Eugene Det McDonnell
John F. Gaele
S. J
Willam P. Gannon
Raphael O'Connell
David J. Roche
Edward Voight
Edward Gallagher
John Morning
Allen J. Duggin
John T. McClusky
Augustus Duarte
Dotn
Delaney
Maurice L. Harding
William J. Gannon
Eugene del. McDonnell
Father McDonnell
Francis A. Connelly
John P. Delaney
Bernard J. Edmonds
Aloysius T. Flynn
James J. Nugent
John J. O'Day
James P. Shea
Bernard B. Shhlesinger
Notre Dame Academy
B. E. Shlesinger
Maurice Harding
Bernard
Shlesinger
James P. O'Shea
Mauricel. Harding
Walter G. Nelson
Ralph A. Norton
Stephen P. McNamee
Leo J. Rodier
John J. Darby
William J. Hughes
Leo Smith
Cornelius A. Herlithy
Daniel J. McMahon
Teo ©. Smith
Francis X. Noms
James W. Dorsey
Martin A. Cook
Charles C. Stouffer, Jr
Joseph I. Gleason
Raymond F. Osbourne
William R. Broderick
Edward J. McLarney
James Y. O'Shea
Charles &. Smith
Leo E. Smith
Robert A. Lynch
Bernard E. Schlesinger
John 1
Frank la A. Norra
Prizes Go To Pupils At St Patrick's Academy
The eighty seventh annual commencement of St Patrick's Academy in Carroll Hall saw diplomas conferred by Mgr Russell. Miss Margery Lucas won the Whitton math prize and Alfred Wilkinson and Marjorie Durham shared the Maryland Day essay award.
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St. Patrick’s Academy
Carroll Hall
Mgr. Russell
Margery Clementine Lucas
M. Lyons
H. Sheckels
M. McKenny
Cardinal Gibbons
Alfred Dominic Wilkinson
Paul Ramsdell
Lucille Marguerite Gasking
Marjorie A. Durham
Academy
Lucille Marguerite Gaskins
Margarite
Clementine Lucas
PUPILS PERFORM CLOSING EXERCISES AT ST JOSEPH S SCHOOL
St Joseph s school held its closing exercises with Rev Valentine Schmitt presiding. The program, Heroic Sisterly Love in four acts, featured students Hannah Kline Ruth R Boyd Frannes Healy Bernardine Kramer Winifred Sarr and others in choruses burlesque and dances. Graduating exercises follow at 8 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's School
Valentine Schmitt
Eugene de L. McDonnell
S. J
Gonzaga College
C. M. Bart
St. Teresa’s
Fathers Matthews and Ritchie
St. Cyprian’s
John B. Pitter
St. Aloysius
Martha Proves Popular at Aborn Opera Company
A large audience praised Flotow's Martha at the National last night. Regina Vicarino’s title role voice impressed, with Last Rose of Summer sung expressively. Ballain’s Lionel rose voice noted. Battain criticized for English performance. Stewart gave a strong Plunkett. Edith Bradford bright as Nancy. cast includes Waterous, Homan, Mercer. Male chorus strong. female chorus weaker. costumes and sets pleasing.
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Flotow
Martha
Aborn Grand Opera Company
Eugenes Ballain
Lionel
William G. Stewart
Plunkett
Edith Bradford
Nancy
Herbert Waterous
Lord Tristan
Val Homan
John Mercer
Benefit at the Casino Showpleasers Theater Employees Benefit
Local and professional talent entertained a large Casino Theater audience last night at a benefit for theater employees. Tonight another performance will follow. The program donated by theater, music and arts groups featured cartoons by Henry the cartoonist, Park Hunter on banjo, The Crewe family sang and danced, with White and Matt in acrobatics, Frank Warner, Fred Thomas and company, the Buck sisters, and Ralph Harris and Jim Harkins in songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casino Theater
Henry
Percy
Park Hunter
Banjoeist
Crewe
White
Matt
Frank Warner
Fred Thomas and Company
Buck Sisters
Ralph Harris
Jim Harkins
Weather Report Summarizes Districts Across Nation
Unsettled weather with low pressure persists east of the Rockies. Showers in New England, middle Atlantic, plains, Rocky Mountain region, and Northwest. heavy rainfall in Wyoming and eastern Montana. little rain in lake region, central valleys, South, and West of Rockies. Cooler in plains and Missouri valley, warmer in Ohio valley and middle Atlantic. Rio Grande and lower Colorado River flood warnings issued. Shenandoah and Potomac rivers muddy in Harpers Ferry reports.
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A. S. Ceat. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Rocky Mountains
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Plaine States
Rocky Mountain Region
Northwest
Wyoming
Montana
Lake Region
Southwest
Gulf
South Atlantic States
Rocky Mountain
Mountains
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Plain States
Missouri Valley
Mississiop
Arkansas
Rio Grande
HE Paso
Colorado River
Middle Atlantic
Coset
Atlantis
East Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banks
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Meyer
Nevitt
Lindgay
Bayers
Marsh
Boat of Inquiry
W. Harrison
Columbus
Probey’s
Wisconsin
Cpa Penarchive
London
Commerce Chamber
U. 8
Supreme Court
Wilmington
Del
John Bancroft
Alfred I. du Pont
du Pont Powder Company
Nev
Infanta Codefendant
Bancrofts
du Point
Bessie Gardner du Pont
J. Harvey Whitman
Young Bancroft
Charles S. Steele
U. S
St. Elizabeth's
Schiff
College
P. D. Employes
Adriatic
Fountains & Elsewhere
Horlick
Rorlick's
Combine
M’kinley
Assembly Hall
Mgr. Mackin
St. Patrick’s
Miss Lucas
Pauline Iseman
Mary McKenny
Mary Everett
Rivera Townshend
Marie Lyons
Mary McFadden
Helen Scheckele
Margaret Joy
Margaret Daly
Gretchen Baden
Gertrude Farrell
Katie Fegan
Joseph Dunn
Elmer Fisher
Edward Hayes
Walter Lucas
Robert Latimer
John D. Sullivan
Thomas Degnen
James Bhet
Frederick Shinn
George D. Shea
Thornton Cross
Joseph Munroe
Norman Roddy
Joseph Daly
Edward Courtney
Sheldon Flieshel
William y._ Connors
Margaret Lyons
Bernarding Shipley
Pauline Sebastine
Marie Walsh
Isabel, Malone
Imilie Bryan
Lillie Kelly
Ada, Meegan
Marie Crowley
Eloise Berry
Bitte Bresnahan
Rose Paul
Joseph Ardigo
Harold Delavergue
Ralph Delavergue
Randolph Smith
Willie White
Paul Sebastian
Michael McKenna
Stanley Craven
Edward Mitchell
John Smith
Daniel Ralph
Louis Caruso
Joseph Doyle
Warren Craven
Robert Callahan
Nellie Weaver
May Timm
Marle Action
Dorothy Deeds
Lena Daly
Bessie Gallagher
Ruth Gallagher
Mary Ford
Thelma Webster
Julian F. Kernean
Leanore King
Mildred Morris
Elizabeth Conway
Blanch Walsh
Mary Roach
Anna Philips
Henry McNerny
Bernard Hudson
Howard Wolf
Walter Mitchell
Norman Boesell
Ralph Dunn
Earl Burch
Edward Haley
Harry Smith
John Fegan
Mitchell Parkinson
Carroll Fisher
Joseph Lucas
Roy McCarthy
St. Joseph's
Regina Vicarino
Star of Flotow Opera
the Ahorns
Poeatbie Bunghine
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
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Potomac
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the Cay
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N. W. Burchell
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Boston Baking Co
Washington, D. C
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Lang’s
Seventh St
Splenaid
Union
Opade
Belirends
7Th St
Christian Xander
Alifornia Lauterne
Mock Bowen
John F. Ellis & Co
Ave
John W. Middleton
St. Aw
Union St. Sw
Carleton Vaughan
Florida
Thomas J. McConnell
Kingman
Columbia Road Northwest
Arlington Fire Insurance Company
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
At & O'Clock
James M. Johnston
L. Phillips
Thomas Brown
EL Shoemaker
Chas
R. Edmonston
Burr N. Edwards
Herbert A Gill
Commercial Fire Insurance Company of
15Th and
H Sts Nn
Paul F. Grove
Rufus H. Darby Printing Co
E Street N. W
Ballentine
Newark
Shoemaker Co
Ralph W. Lee
14Th Street
N.W
Milburn, Heister & GO
Architects
Washington, D.C
Frehives
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