Band of Italians Loot Litt leton Town Under Martial Law
A Suffolk Virginia dispatch reports Litt leton North Carolina, a town of about 120 people, under martial law after a wave of robberies by Italians. A 25 man social guard is armed, six houses looted for cash and jewels, and women terrorized. Three suspects were tracked by bloodhounds but released after failing to identify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spekt
Washington Post
Suffolk
Littleton
N.C
Austin
Wachter to Europe for July sailing amid GOP nomination talks
Special to The Washington from Baltimore. June 91. Congressman Frank C. Wachter plans to sail abroad mid July after Congress adjourns. Immigration Commissioner Louis T. Weis confirms Wachter and the Congressman intend to travel overseas, clarifying he will not be a candidate this fall. With Wachter out, City Councilman Albert M. Sproeser is favored as the Republican nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Hos
Baltimore
Frank C. Wachter
Congress
Wachter
Louis T. Weis
Albert M. Sproeser
Married Girl of Seventeen Weds in Chester Virginia
In Chester, Virginia, Charles B. Graeves aged twenty three and Miss Caroline Q. Nunnally aged seventeen, both of Chester, Va, were married. their minister accompanied them but name unavailable. Earlier in day a Washington license attempt failed due to applicants' ages. Walter M. Rich of Ashton and Miss Herbietta Fulks of Gaithersburg were married yesterday in Gaithersburg by Rev. William C. Parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fost Rockville
Charles B. Graeves
Caroline Q. Nunnally
Chester
Washington
Walter M. Rich
Ashton
Herbietta Fulks
Gaithersburg
Willliam C. Parish
Methodist Episcopal Church
Three Unknown Men Fire on Freight Train Agent at Bluefield
At Bluefield West Virginia a westbound freight train near Honaker passing station yard when three unknown men fired seven shots at Agent Coen at the station door. The shots went wild but caused a panic in the waiting room and a woman to faint. Officers pursuing the men in a running gunfight, the suspects escaped into the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
Dune
Honaker
Agent Coen
Finn Pficers
Richmond Man Killed After Live Wire Contact
A Richmond man, Pf Wrict, was killed when a live wire energized by an electric storm touched a trestled roof and caused a blaze at the Byering Journal offices. Wrict fell from a ladder to the pavement and died instantly. In Norfolk, Charles W. Kohsaat, ex special agent, will join the Jamestown Exposition as trade commissioner general touring Europe to drum up interest in the fair. Salisbury reports Walter Murphy, a Democratic nominee for the legislature from Rowta County, seeking the speakership with wide letter support from counties across the state. Leesburg issued $35,000 in waterworks bonds to fund a town system, sold to N. W. Harris & Co. of New York at a premium, bearing 4-1/2 percent interest over twenty-five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Whellington
PF Wrict
Copitet
Byering Journal
Wright
Washington Port
Norfolk
Charles W. Kohsaat
Europe
Harry St. George Tucker
Salisbury
D. C
Walter Murphy
Rowta County
wiiFce
Murphy
Leesburg
Washington Post
X. W. Harris & Co
New York City
Eight-year-old loses sight after firecracker blast
In Cumberland Ma yesterday eight-year-old Howard Mullen of Westernport suffered the loss of sight in his right eye due to an unexpected firecracker explosion. The incident occurred in this county as reported from Srectat to The Wasaing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Howard
Paul Mullen
Westernport
Killed While Asleep on Track Near Rockville
Grotze I Gross aged fifty was run over and killed by a work train while asleep on a track at Cum terling Valley near here. The incident is reported as a fatal accident. In Rockville, a marriage license was issued to Ernest Johnson of Washington and Katherine Rebecca Baker of the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Rockville
Ernest Johmson
Washington
Katherine Rebecca Baker
May Evades Pursuit In Henrico Assault Case
Special to The Washington Post Richmond June 21 D W May a young married man wanted in Henrico County on criminal assault charges alleges he escaped police. The crime occurred near the dome of the victim's sister on Chelsea Hill May followed the woman home after the attack and offered to compensate relatives, but they drove him from the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
D. W. May
Henrico County
Rosa Nicholas
Goochland County
Chelsia Hill
Henrico
May
Bowling Green Road
Change of venue sought in Baltimore assault case
A mulatto suspect in the assault of Mrs. Robert G. Barnes and Miss Frances Powell is held in Baltimore city jail awaiting trial. The prisoner confessed to visiting Newport News last August and facing potential lynching, with lawyers arguing for venue change as a personal right before arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport New
Washington Post
Baltimore
Robert G. Barnes
Frances Powell
Somerset County
Baltimore City
Sheriff Brown
Norfolk
Newport News
Lee
Princess Anne
Man Arrested After Break-In at Travers Home In Alexandria
James Scanlon, a 25 year old railway brakeman, was held for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in Police Court on charges of entering the residence of Mrs. Mary V. Travers at 1005 13 Gibbon Street during the night to commit a felony. Edith Travers, 16, woke to see a man at the foot of her bed and with her sister sprang from bed. the intruder fled through a window. Neighbors heard screams, officers Smith and Bettis arrested Scanlon, who lives next door to the Travers residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandheia
James Scanlon
Grand Jwy
Mary V. Travers
Gibbon Street
Travers
Nine Receive Diplomas at Virginia Theological Seminary
Closing exercises at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia in Alexandria featured nine graduates including Charles L Atwater Edmund P Dandridge Henry J Geiger Joan M B Gill Francis R Lee James V Lodge Richard Morgan Richard R Phelps. Several others were named for bachelor of divinity degrees after approved theses and ordinations. An Oxford fellowship for Edmund P Dandridge was announced. The address was by Rev Dr Evans. A portrait presentation to Bishop Brooks followed. Special notices report local deaths and an industrial accident in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Theological Seminary of
Virginia
Seminary Hid
Alexandria
Gibson
Charles L Atwater
Edmund P Dandridge
M. A. Chesley Gantt
Henry J. Geiger
Joan M. B. Gill
Francis R. Lee
James V. Lodge
Richard Morgan
Richard R. Phelps
Richard Wy ‘Rrapnell
Board of Trustees
Edmund P. Dandridge
J. M. B. Gil
James T. Lodge
Richard W. Trapnell
Bishop Gibson
Ivine
Wilbur C. Bell
Albert E. Clattenbury
Wythe L. Wing
Jaimes
Massey
Mina P.X. McDonald
George F. Heck
Francis de Sales
Carrol
Charles H. Halmead, Jr
Henry G. Lane
University of Oxford
England
Evans
Monumental Church
Richmond
Society of Alumnur
Bishop Peterkin
West Virginia
Phillips Broooks
F. Andrews
Peterkin
Pleads For Her Father Burton Parole Request From Gov Swanson
Helen G Burton daughter of A Chadwick Burton the theatrical promoter recently convicted in Richmond for fraud related to a church entertainment and living with a woman not his wife appeared before Gov Swanson with a petition for clemency She says the incarceration left her penniless and dependent on friends Her father’s conviction stemmed from testimony by his wife whom he had deserted and she intends to interview Mayor Carlton McCarthy who helped secure the conviction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
Helen G. Burton
A. Chadwick Burton
Swanson
Burton
Miss Burton
Carlton McCarthy
Employed man fatally shoots farmer in Carolinas
Special to The Washington Post reports J M Lancaster a farmer near Vanceboro Eastern Carolina was shot and killed by Henry Bailey a black laborer after Lancaster refused to pay high wages. Bailey demanded more pay then used a shotgun to kill Lancaster the shot entering near the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Charlotte
N. G
J. M. Lancaster
Vanceboro
Caroling
Henry Bailey
Lancaster
Bailey
Two Killed In Collision At Ahoskie North Carolina
In heavy fog a collision between Atlantic Coast Line freight trains Nos. 73 and 209 near Ahoskie NC killed Engineer C Q King of Parkview Portsmouth VA and Brakeman Walter Carter of Windsor NC. Conductor Meacham and another man were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Ahoskie
N. C
C. QO. King
Parkview
Portsmouth
Walter Carter
Windsor
Meacham
Jared
King
Coast Line
Pittsylvania Officials Target Slaughterhouses Over Sanitary Conditions
W J Wilson chairman Pittsylvania County board leads crackdown after grand jury indictment of one of the county’s largest slaughter houses for unsanitary conditions. A trial is set to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsylvania County
Washington Post
Danville
Chicago
W.J. Wilson
Board of Supervisors
Grand
Wilson
Woman Accused of Fraud Over Hidden Heir Money
Half-sister sues Emma Schlegel in Circuit Court No 2 alleging concealed funds and property to defraud a legal heir to George Schlegel. Two deeds to Mrs Emma I B Zeller are challenged as fraudulent with no adequate consideration. Schlegel denies knowledge of the claim and says no other heirs exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Peat
Baltimore
Emma, Schlegel
Baltimore Street
George Schlegel
Emma Schlegel
Miss Schlegel
Emma I. B. Zeller
Mullikin Street
Arlington Avenue
Zeller
Virginia Obituary Roundup From Staunton to Roanoke
Multiple obituaries from Virginia towns report deaths and survivors. May T. J. Fletcher, a Staunton federate veteran, dies in California at age 79. Mrs. Vv. DURRET of Spotsylvania County dies at home near Pineapple. Miss Hlaanor Fairfax Slaughter dies in Galveston, Texas, after years in Leesburg. Mrs. Adelaide Spratley of Fredericksburg dies after hospital operation at age 30, husband and two children surviving. Mrs. Florence Whiston, formerly of Fredericksburg, dies in Nebraska from peritonitis. C. Teafora Clingenpeel dies, remains brought to Roanoke for interment, survived by widow and four children.
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Staunton
T. J. Fletcher
California
Fredericksburg
Vv. Durrett
Spottsylvania County
Dged
Pineapple
Leesburg
Hlaanor Fairfax Slaughter
Galveston
Texas
Adelaide Spratley
Wiliam Spratley
Frank Beckwith
Nortalig
Florence Whiston
Roanoke
C. Teafora Clingenpeel
Portempouth
Mr. Clingenpeel
Repty Council
Norfolk and Western
Seaboard Air Line
Oanoke
Choral Society Names New Washington College Leader
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson elected conductor of the Washington Choral Society replacing Dr. Cornelius Ruebner. Wrightson, a long time organizer in capital music circles, comes from a renowned musical family with roots in London and extensive work across Wisconsin, Illinois, and Morgantown. Arthur Mayo named accompanist for next year as committees are formed and a July 5 board meeting set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
Washington College of Music and Concert Choir
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson
Washington Choral Society
Wrightson
Cornelius Ruebner
Washington
Fond du Lac
Chicago
Morgantown
Stoke Newington
London
James Harris
Drury Lane Grand Opera Howes Orchestra
Joseph Harris
Worchester Cathedral
School of Music
University of West Virginia
Richard Strauss
Pittsburg
Washington College of Music
Musical Art Society
Washington Concert Choir
All Choral Society
Intereata
Arthur Mayo
Bankers Elect Officers in Maryland Bankers Association Meeting
Ocean City Md June 21 The Maryland Bankers Association elected officers for the coming year with Alexander Niet of Hagerstown as president and a slate including H R Wilcox Harold Hardings and other officers. John S Findlay spoke on Greater Baltimore while William Engle and B Howell Griswold Jr presented papers on collateral value of order bills of lading and the Torrens Land System respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Association
Ocean City
Maryland Bankers Association
Alexander Niet
Hagerstown
H.R. Wilcox
Baltimore
Harold Hardings
Ellicott City
H. L. Cooper
Denton
Waldo Newcomer
John SterHog
Crisfield
Samuel A. Gralam
Salisbury
Torrens Land System
Decision for Southern North Carolina Commission Loges Suit
In Raleigh on June 21 Judge Purnell heard the North Carolina Corporation Commission respond to a suit claiming penalties over railway schedule changes. The commission admitted no violation of any order and the temporary restraining order was dissolved, with costs taxed to the defendants. The case involved restraining Southern Railway from altering a local train schedule at Greensboro connecting with an interstate tram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Commission
Raleigh
Fune
Purnell
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Southern Railway
Southern Bailway
Greensboro
Right of way at stake for Southern Railway in Charlotte
Special to The Washington Post reports Southern Railway fights to prove ownership of its Charlotte right of way with only three deeds found for fourteen needed. The article notes acquisitions dating to the prewar era and mentions planned improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Charlotte
N. C
Washington
N.C
Southern
Athanity
Tennessee
Ohio
Death Rate Declines In 1904 Census Area Across 11 States
A Census Bureau report on mortality shows 1904 death rates lower in the registration area covering 11 states and 334 cities, led by tuberculosis trends. It notes higher urban deaths, regional variances, and March-April peaks, with major causes including diarrhea, heart disease, cancer, and typhoid.
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Census Bureau
America
United States
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Indiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshere
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
Norway
Sweden
Ireland
Germany
Spain
Switzerland
England
Wales
Scotland
Netherlands
Belgium
Italy
Denver
New Orleans
San Francisco
Washington
Newark
Jersey City
Baltmore
Cincinnati
St. Joseph
Scranton
Omaha
Detroit
St. Paul
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Pittsbory
Allegheny
Cleveland
Columbus
Louisville
Nationwide List of Hotel Guests by City
A long OCR list shows hotel guests and names by city including Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond Alabama Arkansas California Connecticut Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming and Panama. The roster cites many individuals and couples with several New Willard and Raleigh references scattered among states and foreign entries.
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Saltino
T.W. T. Cetaden
J. J Coman
W. W Durand
Charies Breech
Vite
M. Stratton
Joseph Hatz
J. Palo
Ebbitt
A. L. Patrick
Mr Monaghan
Katherine Wirm
Mary A. Pitzparese
K Bendy
HR. L Taylor
Arthur Flinn
WG Boor
Franchi Wyatt
Amt
Wile
D. Taylor
Anderson Price
New Willard
Philadelphia
C. F.kendly
Jechlias
John C. Moazes
Cralmer End Wifs
Raleigh
J. J. Conson
Charley L. Lowr
Charles Woods
F .Flanigan
St James I. C
Hbbitt
Burn and Wife
J. F. Fowler
Regent
James G. Gordon
Alabama
R. T. Biehey
Hroons Blowers
Montgomery
Walsh
St James
Arkansas
W. S. Holt
Little Rock
Jeffenis
Clarendon
Arfligién
California
Maid
San Francisco
Shoresham
John Berger
Covington
Brueley
Menderson
Rigas
Owen Tyler
Loulavilis
New Wizard
Louisiana
MO Sous
New Orleans
Naxtional
Massachusetts
Paul Wedge
Cambridge
Michigan
B. R. Thomas
Detroit
Mex
Dow
Shoreham
Minnesota
Williams
Minneapolis
New W
Atlantic City
Arlington
York
Statof
L. Moore
Watertows
Cleveland
F M. Clemans
Mechanicsburg
Lima
James
HH. Johnson
Calum
Rational
A. Hof
Toledo
Blanche Johnson
Cincinnati
Pennsylvanea
Albert J. Nathan
Waren
Tional
P. J. Mariner
William T. Burke
Car- Fondalé
J. F.meigs
Bethlehem
New
Wuford
South Carolina
J. E Shrire
Greenville
ME Moore
W. M Lester
Columbia
St. James
Onnessee
Edwin Wiley
Nashville
J. Mon Wright
W. A Brygu
Texas
H. C Wilson
Marshall
L. Maxey and Wise
Sam. Antonio
All Night Session Deliberates Excluding Employers
The International Steel and Copper Plate Printers Union executive council met behind closed doors at the Ebbitt House. They debated the report of the committee on laws and the recommendation by President Keegan to bar all employers from the unions. A hard working convention kept committees in session overnight and a conference with plate engravers sought closer union in trade lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Steel and Copper Plate Printers’ Union
Ebbitt House
Keegan
Rock Creek Park
Vila Flora
Indian Head
Women Seek Divorces Amid Allegations of Infidelity
Mrs. Helen D. Deyo filed for divorce from Herbert L. Deyo in the District Supreme Court alleging cruelty and infidelity. The couple married in 1899 and have no children. attorney James B. Green represents Mrs. Deyo. Also, Mrs. Mabel Carey seeks divorce from Frank Carey on infidelity claims filed yesterday. they wed January 7, 192 with no children. attorney George W. Drew for Mrs. Carey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen D. Deyo
District Supreme Court
Herbert L. Deyo
James B. Green
Deyo
Mabel Carey
Frank Carey
George W. Drew
Carey
Loan Brokers Burnstine's Established in 1858
Loan brokers at 361 Pennsylvania Avenue offer loans on pledged valuables including silver watches jewelry and medical goods. They list men’s apparel and advertise gold and silver bought and redeemed pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnstine
I Ar
Zaid
Cate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Littleton, N. C
A. G Austin
Agent
William Lee
Miss Travers
Brakeman
Episcopal Theological Seminary In
Francis M. Fraley
Washington Fort
Francis M
Redland
Fraley
Spencer, N. C. i
Sherman Glosson
A. Chadwick
Burton Aska
Employe
Farmer
Negross
Ahoskie, N. C
Twie
Bucklen
Choral
Sydney L. Wrightson
Doctor Ruebner
Australia
Giolf
Wis
First Congregational
Appleton
Chicago Choral Union
Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian Church
The
University School
Bankers
Waalingds
C. H. Bronson
Frank P. Ha
Bronson
W. A. Troutman
First National Bank
Purcell & Ladd
Baltimore, Md
Mollie German
David German
Lutherville
Patrolman German
Towson
Church Association Officers
Capitol Heights New Catholic Church Association
William J. Cook
William F. Lammers
John W. Connor
Socreta Mrz
B. O. Sweeney
Solieir
O. Fyanteinger
Capitol Heights
Louis “Ff. Litz
Central Avenue
Staxty-third Street
Jona
Business High School
Landover
Maryland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sixth Street
Union Depot
F. P. Mendenhall
Colorado Building
Gun Factory
Naval Gun Factory
Tacob G. Moody
Navy’ Yard
Golden Dome
Taylor
Wang
Thomas Walte
Love Japd
Abe Holsmane
Remicks
Art
Lampe
Chatfeur
Jen
Wildwood
Heine
Jessemine
Maggie Doyle
Georgia
Cheyenne
Manhattan Isle
Bentenal
Taliban
Plate Printers
Tooma
G. Nolte
Barranera
Harrison Realty Company
DT Chat Nee
Fidelity Storage CO
John Normoyle
Alex
Natl Henk
Stone? & Fairfax
New York Ave
Frank T. Rawlings
Arlington Fire Inewance Company
Tyler & Rutherford (Incorporated
J. H. Bradley Company, Inc
Iit Fat. Aw
D. GC
F. H. Smith CO
Bend Bldg
1408
N.Y
Aye
Building Association
C. A. Barker
Metzeratt Bidg
Robert FE. Bradley
F.street
District’ 3
Walter H. AC. Aw
Mokey
Put- Nets
WOL Daw & CO
Alma
Canaries
de. Schmid
Milnes
Geo. L. Edmonds
J. L. Wilson
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