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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1913

Page

8

Horses In Sea Rescue At Coney Island Crowd Cheers

New York June 19 A life saving exploit at Coney Island as Mounted Patrolmen Edwin Cody and James McDonald swam their horses about 40 yards to reach a disabled motorboat the George Washington. They ferried women and children to shore then towed the boat to a bulkhead with help from lifeguard Arthur Hitton. Spectators cheered as the riders and horses were applauded and the rescuers returned to duty.

New York Maury Grand Street Manhattan Michael Musco Frank Kenmare Street Battery Staten Island Lower Bay Coney Island Cody McDonald Ocean Parkway Bluecoats Arthur Hitton Taraca Justa Musco McPertald

Death notices in a 1913 Washington obituary page

Died notices list several local deaths with dates June 18 19 1913. Names include Lucy Hunter Baird Mary Los Brumbaugh Lena Carter Margaret McLittle Annie McCardle Flora E Sackett Jacob Widmer and others. Funeral details indicate residences addresses in Washington DC and nearby areas plus interment Glenwood Mount Olivet Prospect Hill and church services scheduled. Some notices request copies for newspapers in other states.

Baird South Eighteenth Street Philadelphia Lucy Hunter Spencer F Baird Brumbaugh Mary Los Noah J Rosa T Brumbaugh Sixteenth Street Glenwood Cemetery Dayton Tennessee Avenue Margaret Dc Lowry Pennsylvania Avenue Lena Carter George C. R. Lowry Ric W. Carter Sioux Falls McCardle Fifteenth Street Anniel William H. McCardle Satrday Flora E Arthur J. Sackett Om. Ghar Annie M. Sanford Ninth Street Immaculata Conception Church Masa Mount Olivet Widmer Sibley Hospital

Minorities Lead Movements At Woman Suffrage Rally

Mrs. Catherine Wood declares at a National Woman Suffrage Association meeting that suffrage is a world movement and movements are led by nonmajorities. She notes men vote at two thirds or three fourths in national elections and about half in local elections. Other speakers include Miss Elizabeth Brown and Miss Nina Al­lender. A committee for woman suffrage is supported by Congress.

Catherine Wood Iroman Katherine Wood Congressional Committee National Woman Suffrage Association Chamber of Commerce Ashford Congressional Record Wood Elizabeth Brown The Associated Charities Nina KE. Allender Stone Representative Stone Thompson Children’s ‘Bureau Walter J. Swanton George B. Tang.lien Congress of the United States

Insurance Firms Move to Obtain Victim’s Organs in Court Battle

In Baltimore the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company seeks a receiver to independently examine the organs of Edward O. Painter, the Jacksonville fertilizer maker killed in the St Johns River. Judge Duffy set a deadline for heirs to show cause, as insurers promise a lengthy fight over the $1.1 million policy.

Baltimore Edward O. Painter Jacksonville Fla St. Johns River United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company Painter Duffy Glaser

Off to Prepare Camp Main Body Starts Tuesday

Two advance parties of Y M C A boys department left today to prep a South River Maryland camp for the main group arriving Tuesday. The athletic program includes track, field events, and aquatic contests for three classes with swimming lessons daily for beginners. A baseball and volleyball league is forming with teams from nations and leaders listed. strict health safeguards include daily lifeguards and a doctor aboard. Visitors day is set for July 4.

Y. M. C. A. Boys’department Edward Wilde Francis Wilbur Joel Rogers Stephen Baldwin Roger Birdsell Boyal C. Edw. Beckett Sweden Germany L. Gordon Leech France Raymond Eliason Italy George Harlow England Louia Grieb Japan Chapman Ireland Thomas J. Bingley China Gordon Law Jack Tullock Henry Reisinger Walter Ramsey Frank l L. Weaver Charles E. Weaver Carroll Pieming Emery Meany Adams King John Goetz Kenneth Markward Thomas KB. Robertson Lee Coghrell Francis Wilber Milford Schiller Charles Watson Hobbs Gunnings George Plitt Frederick Livermore Paul Jones Augustus Hines Ranor Vaughan Paul Vaughan Stewart Tingley Gordon Young Frank Foster Paul Grove Robert Oldfield Ross S. Anderson Sterling McCall Sherwood McCall Spencer Burrows Edwin Edmonston C. Miner Blackford Dufour Brown Raymond Gatchell Theodore Gatechell Theodore Simmons Walter Marr George Harrow Charles Chapman C. Edward Beckett Lfe

Defy the Miners Union Meets to Decide Demand

Fifty coal operators from New River Pocahontas and Virginia fields met to refuse recognition of United Mine Workers of America and reject union demands. They warned a general strike would occur July 1 unless the union concedes, affecting several thousand workers. In a separate note, Charles F May condemned for opium smuggling was freed by President Wilson due to tuberculosis fears.

New River Pocahontas Virginia West Virginia United Mine Workers of America Charles F May Alameda County Cal Wilson

Moore's Team Third at London International Horse Show

Washington horses feature among American entries at Olympia London where Judge W H Moore's four in hand gray team took third in the Russian challenge cup for road teams. The American army is unrepresented in the King Edward VII gold cup riding and jumping contest, while France and Russia vie for the cup amid 111 classes and over 4,000 entries. American exhibitors include Judge Moore and Edward B McLean with notable prizes and a $50,000 to $60,000 prize-pool and lavish decorations totaling about $50,000.

London America Washington Ascot Olympia W. H. Moore France Great Britain Canada Belgium Italy Russia Sweden England Judge Moore Philadelphia Mona Dunn Edward B. McLean Sumner Draper Boston Walter Winans Col Lawrence Jones Louisville

Four Japanese Envoys Meet Wilson and Bryan in Washington

Four commercial envoys from Japan, led by Dr. Soyeda, called on President Wilson and conferred with Secretary Bryan at lunch and visited U S Chamber of Commerce headquarters. Police tightened embassy surveillance after a hostile English inscription appeared on the embassy walls. Some envoys remained to discuss California land act tensions and seek American business help for a friendly settlement.

Japan Wilson Bryan Tokyo United States Chamber of Commerce of the Pr. Soyedé California America Mesars Shima Abeko New York Pacific Coast Soyeda Kamiya Washington

Mother's Milk Kills Baby in West Virginia Case

Poisoned by milk from its mother's breast, the infant child of Mrs. Lidia Wells of Lavalette West Virginia died in Huntington. Headache tablets containing acetanilide were taken by the mother and passed through lacteal ducts to the infant. Coroner Vinnon led the investigation declaring the case unusual but not without precedent.

Washington Post Huntington W. Va Lidia Wells Lavalette Vinnon Annals of Medicine

LICENSED TO MARRY IN VIRGINIA PAIRS LIST

A list of marriage licenses shows couples from Norfolk Earlysville Walbrook Washington Markham Hume Richmond and Alexandria in Virginia and Washington D C. Each entry notes the groom and bride ages and their counties or cities with the officiating reverends.

Shelton N. Woodward Norfolk Earlysville Roy W. Fairman Willie H. Hunt H. Greene Frederick J. Ueanberger Lillian R. Sprunger C. EH. Fults Raymond S Williams Walbrook Anna M Westcott Washington, D. C E. Ernest Smith L. Lake Triplett Markham Sadie W. Miller Hume Otto A. Ley Olle M. Grimes Richmond W. L McKenney Charles E. Witkerton Hattie B. Starwell Alexandria E. A. Sozsmith

Court frees Hyde in bribery case on appeal

New York June 19 The conviction of Charles H Hyde former city chamberlain for bribery was overturned by the appellate division of the supreme court The decision orders Hyde discharged from custody and the indictment dismissed The appellate division directs the district attorney to appeal to the court of appeals Whitman may seek further action.

New York Charles H. Hyde Supreme Court Hyde Court of Appeals Whitman

Guatemalan denial of Mexican secession report

A Guatemalan legation cable from Guatemala City states there is no basis for the Mexico City report that Chiapas and Tabasco intend to secede and join Guatemala. The dispatch says the news came as a surprise to Guatemalan officials.

Guatemala City Mexico City Chiapas Tabasco Mexico Guatemala

Reveals Her Career Daughter of W B Fennell

New York June 19. The story of Mrs Randolph Fitzhugh who pleaded guilty to larceny of a 550 dollar gold mesh bag belonging to Dorothy W Fiske is laid bare by Creed M Fulton her Washington attorney. Fulton says he was sent from Virginia to clear the family name and will move to withdraw the guilty plea and continue the trial next Wednesday. He traces her to Warrens of Virginia and Moncures and Ashbys, born in Falls Church in 1887, and outlines a life of marriage and scandal including a bogus marriage and a child born in 1911. Her father William Bruce Fennell is said to have been defeated for governor and committed to Mount Hope Asylum after mental collapse.

Co. M. Fulton New York Washington Post Randolph Fitzhugh General Sessions Dorothy W. Fiske Creed M. Fulton Washington Fulton Richmond Randolphe Virginia Willis Western State Hospital For Staunton William Bruce Fennell Mount Hope Asylum St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Agricultural Department Joseph Solomon

Woman Dies After Poison Attempt at Majestic Hotel

A 35 year old registered at the Majestic Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue NW swallowed 2 ounces of carbolic acid in her room near 1 a.m. She was taken to Emergency Hospital in a dying state. A blue pencil note requested burial in Woodlawn and named Elmira, New York. A chambermaid found her unconscious on the floor with lip burns. A bottle lay in the yard beneath her window. Her husband is said to work in Georgetown and a 13 year old daughter lives in Washington. The motive remains unknown.

Majestic Pennsylvania Avenue Maud Drake Elmira N. Y Woodlawn Maud

Movements of Ocean Steamers

Ocean liner traffic lists several vessels with routes and ports. Ships sail from New York to Havre and Bremen, Southampton to New York, Liverpool to New York, and other continental crossings including configurations to Hamburg and Victoria.

Hamburg Victoria Luise New York Boulogne—Nieuw Amsterdam Liverpool Cedric Majestic Southampton la Touraine Havre Bertie Bremen Amerika Adriatic Liverpool Queenstown Oceanie Kaiserin Auguste Victoria IAO Hauburg

Belmont Committee Seeks 10000 To Save Park Estate

Belmont Committee moves to save Belmont the Barber estate near the National Capital by a ten day campaign for 10000 to cover interest upkeep and taxes for one year. Harry Wardman offers 9000 toward the fund with 1000 his contribution, Woodward and Edson pledge similar sums, committee forms 20 member canvass with 50 minimum per donor.

National Capital Belmont Barber Estate Washington Loan and Trust Building Harry Wardman Wardman W. Woodward John Jey Gdson W. V. Cox Judge Bundy Mary Logan Tucker Eliza Logan Arthur Ramsay Thomas Anderson John Joy Edson William H. Saunders J. W.“Hunter

Harvard Honors Dr Muller with Degrees in Cambridge

Boston reports Dr Laura Muller Brazilian foreign minister received an honorary doctor of laws from Harvard along with Luke Wright and Judge John Cohton Gray. Thomas Nelson Page earned a doctor of letters while Charles D Walcott got a doctor of science. Muller toasted President Wilson then joined a Boston Chamber banquet before departure. Harvard class of 1919 reunions closed the week at Sanders Theater for 653 graduates.

Boston Laura Muller Harvard University Luke Wright Philippines Commission John Cohton Gray United States Court of Appeals Thomas Nelson Page Italy Charles D. Walcott Georer &Ist Washington, D. C Cambridge Muller Boston Chamber of Commerce Wilson Buffalo Harvard Sander Lawell

Two German Airmen Killed in Accident at Johannisthal Aerodrome

Berlin June 19 Two German airmen were killed this morning at the Johannisthal aerodrome Aviator Krafter carrying a passenger named Gerbitz had planned a two hour flight The biplane turned a somersault from about 100 feet throwing both passengers to the ground dead Friedrichshafen Germany June 15 Count Zeppelin said he would build dirigibles only for the German government or Germany and denied Vienna reports of Austrian army contracts

Berlin Johannisthal Krafter Gerbitz Zeppelin Germany Friedrichshafen Count Zeppelin Vienna

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