Prominent Lawyer Captain Graham Falls to Death in Apartment
Captain Robert D. Graham sixty five a noted attorney and Confederate veteran died after leaping from a sixth floor window of the Chapin apartment house at 1416 Chapin street northwest He had been in apparent despondency and mental strain after days of unwellness Coroner Nevitt ruled death by suicide and the body was removed to a local undertaker for burial in North Carolina He had long served in Washington including roles in the Land Office and a Chillicothe era commission.
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Chapin
Chapin Street
Graham
Nevitt
James A. Graham
Pension Office
Joseph Gawler
Pennsylvania Avenue
North Carolina
Capt. Granam
Central National Bank
Seventh Street
Miss Tanner
Jawan
Noorda
Weaver
Capt. Graham
Capt Graham
Bottes
James Graham
Tatters House
H Street
Northwest
Graham Homestead
Washington
University of North Carolina
Cleveland
Winfield Scott
Navy
Fulmores
Japan
Arrested at Steamer Dock in Theft of Violin
Gustavis Sundquist, wanted in Washington for stealing a violin from John F Eis Company, was captured by New York Detective Howlett. Maj Sylvester announced the arrest, with Howlett traveling to bring the prisoner back to Washington. Sundquist allegedly promised a $65 check for the instrument on May 30, then fled, reportedly boarding a steamer for Australia before his capture.
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Gustavis Sundquist
Washington
Maj Sylvester
New York
Howlett
Central Office
Sundquist
John F Eis Company
Sundhurst
Australia
Shelly
New International Encyclopedia
Lawson
Bima
Chicago Record-Herald
Receiver Sought for Fund Held by Edith Irvin a
District Supreme Court petition seeks appointing a receiver to take charge of and pay over funds claimed by Frank T. Rawlings. He alleges the money is in the hands of Edith Mc Irvina held for Melende H. Smith and secured by a deed of trust on four notes totaling 1700 dollars. The court is asked to restrain transfers and require disclosure of funds in possession of Irvin a.
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District Supreme Court
Frank T. Rawlings
Eugene A. Jones
George Curtis Slimn
Edith Mc Irvina
Melende H. Smith
Rawlings
Ogurt
Irvine
Mia Smith
Arthur W Edson Dead In Texas Cotton Work Pioneer
Arthur Woolbury Edson of the Bureau of Plant Industry Department of Agriculture died suddenly in Waco Texas on Friday. He trained at the University of Vermont and led plant breeding work in cotton in Texas and nearby states. Colleagues held an informal meeting, passing condolences as Drs Erwin F Smith H J Webber and others praised his achievements in early maturing pest resistant cotton varieties.
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Arthur Woolbury Edson
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Waco
Tex
Edson
Department
Erwin F. Smith
H. J.‘Webber
Mr. Eason
University of Vermont
L. R. Jones
Mrr. Edeon
H. J. Webber
South Carolina
Mr. Edson
Texas
Salvation Army Tent Meetings Open Near White House
The Salvation Army began a series of tent meetings opposite the White House, with District Commissioner H B Macfarland delivering the principal address. Capt Kemp and the Jones sisters led music as crowds gathered, plans calling for nightly services and weekly sermons by visiting pastors all summer, weather permitting.
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Salvation Army
Roosevelt
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury
Kemp
Eivery
H. B. F. Macfarland
Lipscomb Embezzlement Trial Moves Toward Jury Verdict
Witness testimony focuses on complex receivership funds of the Washington Endowment Association as Andrew Lipscomb faces a $15,974.07 embezzlement charge. Prosecutors cite transactions with Lipscomb, Fields and Holmead Manor assets, while defense counters with cross examinations and prior trial references.
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Fields Callie
Lipscomb
Endowment Association
Andrew A. Lipscomb
Washington Endowment Association
Easby-Smith
Maj
Holmes Conrad
Crawford
Miss Henry
Colored lawyer indicted for forgery in real estate deal
Perr W Frisby, a colored lawyer, was indicted by the grand jury for forgery in a real estate transaction involving Alice Virginia Carroll. He bonded $600 with Charles H Marshall to await arraignment in Criminal Court No 2. The three count indictment alleges forged contract to buy Lincoln subdivision lots for $8,600 with notes due over years. Additional indictments include Walter Williamson and John McIntosh for forgery Frank Enrich for false pretenses John Jackson for receiving stolen property Nioma Robinson for robbery.
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Fiisby
Perr W. Frispy
Alice Virginia Carroll
Justice Gould
Dill Waas
Charles H. Marshall
Justice Stafford
Frisby
United States
Charleo H. Turner
Yeaterday
Walter Williamson
John McIntosh
Frank Enrich
John Jackson
John J. Wesley
Nioma Robinson
Thousands at Play as City Opens Outdoor Playgrounds
About 10 000 city children spent the opening day at seventeen public playgrounds for outdoor exercise through September 5. Large crowds attended at North Capitol street grounds. ex-champion sprinter Bernard J. Weters oversaw activities with plans to install more apparatus at various schools.
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Curtis
Smaler School
Geeszwa
Jefferson and Wallach
Arthur
Magruder
North Capitol
Bernard J. Weters
Wallach
Badle Yorcker
Mr. Walverton
Misa Bertha Yoeder
Jemerson School
Mias
Jennie Bawker
Walverton
Mira Blandford
Webb
Mia Jemia Smith
Meprer
Qurtis
Milly Carr
Mize Grace Wan 'Stall
Houry
Miss Vanes
May Lewis
Helen Walsh
Arthur Schoul
Kramer
Atreets
B. J. Wee Fora
Lide Tompking
Southwest Grounds
Hf. Stacy
Richard Boon
Southeast
Mabel Turner
B. J.murch
Mies Louise Salter
Garrison
Johpson
Hell
Miex Hewlett
Philipa
Ming Generiave Thompson
Apartment Houses Sold Near Union Depot
Mr. Joseph Beldel of West Virginia bought three Fourteenth street apartment houses named the Oregon, the Helena, and the Berwyn for 375,900 via real estate broker C. Brainerd with King and Milburn. The brokers also sold thirty two adjacent lots to John H. Nolan for 80,000 for warehouse development by local merchants near the rail yards serving the city.
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Union Depot
Joseph @Beldel
West Virginia
Fourteenth Street
Oregon
Helena
Berwyn
C. Brainerd
King and Milburn
John H. Nolan
Victim of Religious Mania Committed after Picnic
Mrs. surgerer uucnie suddenly became insane during a Camp Good Will picnic with children. Police Surgeons Hick ing and French at Washington Asylum Hospital certified her insanity and she was committed to St. Elizabeth's Asylum for the Insane. Her mania centers on religion and she screams biblical names. A Good Proposition for Good Men. Investigate t Magus 20 at nw.
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Surgerer Uucnie
Camp Good Will
Hicking
French
Washington Asylum Hospital
St. Elizabeth’s Asylum
Lorenz Ordered to Moundsville Prison for Two Years
George E Lorenz of Toledo after a long elusion, is turned over to the District jail warden and will be sent to the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville to serve a two year term. He testified for the government in the post office conspiracy and faces trial in the Crawford case if recalled. The sentence includes a $10,001 fine.
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Beng
United States
Post Office Department
George E. Lorena
Toledo
Ohio
Warden Harris
Lorenz
Washington
West Virginia
Moundsville
Pritchard
Crimial Court No. 1
Wright
Begeh
Post-Office
Crawford
Beach
August W. Machen
Groffs
District Attorney Fight Draws Legal Backers in DC Race
A battle for the United States attorney for the District of Columbia gathers lawyers backing Chapin Brown Thomas Vigorously supported by legal friends as candidates including Hasby Smith D W Baker Edward H Thomas and Charles A Kelewin. Delegations led by William Mattingly urge Thomas while other hopefuls receive consideration from the Attorney General and President.
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United States
District of Columbia
Morgan H. Beach
Hasby-Smith
D. W. Baker
Corporation
Edward H. Thomas
Chapin Brown
Fles
Charles A. Kelewin
Brown
Hoe
Moody
Thomas
Easby-Smith
Baker
William F. Mattingly
Mattingly
A. A. Birney
A. B. Duvall
Aldis
B. Browne
Walter C. Clephene
Highwayman Pleads Guilty in Northwest Robbery
Henry Terill disguised as an old man with a long beard robbed Albert Johnson on Vermont avenue near M and streets northwest. He pleaded guilty to highway robbery in Police Court and was held in 2500 bonds for the grand jury. he faces District jail if bond defaulted. Postmaster appointments listed for several towns in Connecticut, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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Henry Terill
Albert 3
Johnson
Vermont Avenue
M and
Streets
Scott
Terill
Dotingon
Terlil
Fiancée of Nurse Annie Elmore Dies. Child Found in Train Room
Relatives of Annie L Elmore claim her body after death at Garfield Hospital. She planned to marry Henry Johnson of Colvin Row Virginia yesterday. Detective found a child’s body in a train car in her Northwest DC room. Coroner issues death certificate for an alleged operation. no inquest planned. body to be sent to Dranesville Virginia for interment.
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Annie L. Elmore
Garfield Hospital
Deau
Dranesville
Newitt
Filmore
Fifteenth
Orators in Contest Judges Divide on Verdict
The Navona Association of Elocutionists held the fourteenth annual session in the Public Library auditorium. Morning and night programs featured debates on expression and teaching methods, a Mount Vernon excursion, and an intercollegiate oratorical contest won by Eugene Lawrence McCullum of Cornell University with J. M. Devers of DePauw and Walter Gilliland of Ohio Wesleyan as runners up.
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Rochester
Katherine | Or. McCoy
Kenton
Ohio
Thomas C. Trueblood
Ann Arbor
Alice A . Burbage
Washington
Lily Wood Mora
New York
F. F P. Mackay
de Pauw University
Eugene Lawrence McCullum
Cornell University
Walter Dann Gilleland
Ohio Wesleyan University
Chile
United State of South America
United States
Tennis Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
Wallace Hadcliffe
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
John Duxbury
Manchester
England
Devers
McCallum
GiNeland
Fulton
Greland
Gilleland
Hamlin
Dr. Radcliffe
McCullum
Mr. Gilleland
Duxbury
Alice Burbage
Lily Wood Morse
Silverwall
Hawn
Melville
Mackay
McCoy
Mount Vernon
Weather Conditions and Temperature Readings Across Regions
Weather summary reports clearing conditions after a northern storm. Temperatures cooler in Atlantic States and Missouri Valley with showers expected along South Carolina Georgia and the Northwest. Winds vary by coast and region, with lighter winds in the West Gulf and Mid Atlantic. Local station readings show daytime highs around 68 70 and overnight lows near 60. Mariners departing for Europe face light to fresh northwest winds and fair cool weather.
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Baresi
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Canadian
Lake Region
Pacific Coast
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Rocky Mountain
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Gulf States
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Ihe
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American Savings Bank
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