Vandal's Deed Angers and A Cause for Reunion
The United Daughters of the Confederacy urge restoring Jefferson Davis's name to the aqueduct bridge tablet beside Abraham Lincoln. Representative Meyer from Louisiana discussed the effort with Secretary Taft, seeking action in Washington and possibly next Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Pierce
Meyer
Behan
New Orleans
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Representative Meyer
Louisiana
Washington
Taft
War Department
Congress
Cabin John Bridge
Jefferson Davis
General Hains Sues Government Over Isthmus Service
Brig. Gen Peter Hains retired former Engineer Corps member and Panama Canal Commission member sues the government in the Court of Claims for 5090 claiming unpaid compensation for services on the isthmus in March 1938. He says he was ordered to command the Department of the Gulf but could not accept due to canal commission duties and lost salary as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter €. Hains
Engineer Corps
Army
Panama Canal Commission
Haims
Court of Claims
Gen Hains
Department of the Gulf
Canal Commission
Hains
Chestnut Farms Sanitary Dairy Leads in Milk Reform
Washington report on a milk conference warns of dangers from impure milk, especially for infants. Chestnut Farms Sanitary Dairy at 1116 Connecticut Ave is highlighted for sanitary practices, tuberculin-tested cows, immediate cooling, Pasteurizing plant, in-house ice plant, sterilized vessels, and strict cleanliness. George M Oyster Jr promotes a faultless service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Farms
Connecticut Avenue
Washington
George M Oyster, Jr
Policeman Clubs Prisoner During Arrest
Police officer Gitson of the Sixth precinct clubbed William Howard as he resisted arrest last night. Howard was taken to Casualty Hospital for treatment, with the incident described as necessary. A ten day Jamestown Exposition trip is advertised by the exposition editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gitson
William Howard
Casualty Hospital
Rich haul by pickpocket on busy Brooklyn Bridge
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports bookmaker Peter Worth losing 3500? on the Brooklyn Bridge between 12 and 1 pm as he hurried to Sheepshead Bay track. A well dressed suspect fled on a fast train. Worth identified him as Jacob Steiner alias Benjamin Holland alias McGovern alias Haines, later held at Oak Street station awaiting Tombs arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Peter Worth
West Seventh Street
Gravesend
Brooklyn Bridge
Sheepshead Bay
Manhattan Terminal
Brooklyn
Regan
Worth
George Howard
Henry Street
Manhattan
Jacob Steiner
Benjamin Holland
Alas McGovern
Haines
Rogues
Howard
Oak Street
Pan American Railroad Plans Central American Route
Los Angeles June 23 direct rail communication promised between Los Angeles and Guatemala City by January 1, 190 percent. Jr P Neeland reports work to begin on the San Salvador roadbed next September. San Salvador subsidies totaling 5 000 000 are secured for the line extending 1700 miles from Tehuantepec to Panama via Guatemala San Salvador Honduras and Costa Rica with Panama as final destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Guatemala City
Jr. P. Neeland
Pan American Railroad
Mr. Neeland
Central America
Mexico
San Salvador
Guatemala
Tehuantepec
Paname
Honduras
Costa Rica
Panama
New York's Custom House Reports Record Year of Trade
The New York customs office reported for the year ending June 4 that the port handled the largest business in its history. Duties on foreign goods collected totaled 218,843,371.87 dollars. Imports rose by about 124 million dollars and exports by about 14 million, with domestic gold and silver showing less discrepancy than last year. Foreign merchandise for the year totaled 11,226,185 dollars, slightly below the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Ancient Norse anchor found at state farm investigated
Crookston Minnesota June 29 Photographs have been taken of an ancient Norse anchor found on the State experimental farm. Copies will be sent to Swedish and Norwegian governments to assess historical value and connect with Lief Erikson’s famed voyage. The anchor may be sent to Smithsonian or similar, amid efforts to locate further Norse evidence in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crookston
Minn
Smithsonian Institution
North American
Lief Erickson
Peary Expedition Delayed To Late July For Ship Repairs
Special to The Washington Post reports Commander Robert E K Peary will delay his seventh Arctic quest until late July due to extensive repairs on the Roosevelt at Shooters Island. Bartlett to command Roosevelt with Mose Bartlett aboard the Erik as auxiliary vessel. funding remains short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Robert EK. Peary
North Pole
Roossvelt
Shooters Island
Peary
North Grantland
Pole
Wiil
United States
Bob” Bartlett
Roosevelt
Mose” Bartlett
Erik
May Be Priest's Murderer In Marseilles Arrest
A cable from Consul General Skinner says Boghus Farkian, also known as Paul Sarkiaian, was arrested in Marseilles on New York police request in connection with the Armenian priest Father Kasper Vartarian murder found in a West Thirty seventh Street lodging house trunk. Police traced Farkian from the trunk incident through Montreal London Paris to Marseilles, while DA Jerome doubted extradition prospects. The police claim strong evidence to convict him of complicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Skinner
Marseilles
France
Kasper Vartarian
West Thirty-seventh Street
Boghus Farkian
Poice
Farkian
Paul Sarkiaian
Montreal
London
Paris
Jerome
Thaw Seeks Early Trial Move to October Term
New York June 29 Counsel for Harry K Thaw obtained an order directing District Attorney Jerome to appear in the Supreme Court next Monday and show cause why he should not move the second trial of Thaw at the October 1 term. Thaw's first trial for killing Stanford White extended over three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Supreme Court
Thaw
Stanford White
Skyscraper Planned for Fifth Avenue Hotel Site
In New York on June 29 it was confirmed that the Fifth Avenue Hotel will be demolished next May to make way for a 24 story skyscraper office building. The site includes the Fifth Avenue Theater. A syndicate will own the project with Henry C. and Henry Lane Eno controlling about half the stock, and a major financial house contributing the remainder. Total cost estimated at about $10,000,000 including land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Fifth Avenue Theater
Henry C
Henry Lane Eno
Killings at Home as Jealous Suitor Slays Widow
In Chicago at 248 Normal Avenue widow Mary Molesworth was shot by Cecil Gtoson, who then wounded boarder Thomas Jones in the same house. The killing occurred before Molesworth's nine year old son, who pleaded with the attacker to spare his mother's life. Gibson was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary Molesworth
Normal Avenue
Cecil Gtoson
Thomas Jones
Gibson
Jones
Manila Health Record Reports Six Months Without Contagious Disease
Manila reports no smallpox cholera or other contagious diseases in the last six months. Gov Smith credits Capt W G Hieser director of the health department for the historic health milestone in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine
Manila
Philippines
Gov. Smith
W. G. Hieser
Health Department
Hoadley Wins Cruiser Class At Hudson Regatta
The Motor Boat Club of America held a flat regatta on the Hudson with a triangular ten and a quarter mile course. Six classes were planned but rain forced withdrawals leaving five contestants. Joseph Hoadley and his boat Alabama won the cruiser class despite recent wrecks of his previous boat Ben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Motor Boat Club of America
Hudson
Joseph H. Hoadley
Ben
Cleis
Alabama
Athletes in finance show grit and big earnings
A survey of athletes turning to Wall Street cites Charley Daly from Harvard and West Point, Walter Travis the golfer, and tennis stars like Lerned Clothier and Beals Wright. It notes former football players building finance careers, including Cassatt heirs, and wealth among champions such as Whitney and Gould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter 3. Travis
United States
England
Stock Exchange
New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange of
W. J. Clothier
Beals C. Wright
Lerned
Europe
Wrenna Brothers
Harvard
Wrenns
New York Exchange
Larned, Clothier
Wright
Mrs Austen Wins Sealed Divorce in White Plains
Special to The Washington Fest reports Justice Tamp king granted a sealed divorce to Isabel Valle Austen from George Austen a wealthy Geneseo resident and Union Club member. The couple married in 1890s and lived at Sweet briar farm. Evidence and details were sealed as in Emma Hames and Drayton cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Jones
Tampking
Supreme Court
White Plains
Isabel Valle Austen
George Austen
Union Club
Emma Hames
Drayton
Austen
Mrs. Austen
Sweetbriar Farm
Geneseo
N. Y
Everett House
Minnehaha
London
Hotel Des Palmes
Palermo
Sicily
Brother Deceived in Bankruptcy Trial of Martin Bros
Lee R Martin testified for two hours that his brother Thomas R Martin ran the bankrupt realty firm with a high hand and kept him ignorant of matters. He said he was deceived and doubted Thomas was sane, recounting visits to Dr Gundry's sanitarium after a Baltimore County lunacy ruling. The case before Referee Edward S McCalmont exposed failures to balance the firm’s books and suspected note duplication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Bros
Edward S McCalmont
Lee R Martin
Thomas R. Martin
Martin
Gundry
Federal supremacy urged to end state lines for shipments
Levy Mayer at the National Wholesale Grocers' Association banquet urged wiping out state boundaries on railroad shipments. He noted 2,000,000 freight cars owned by 1,000 railroads and 1,000,000,000 yearly shipments, with conflicting decisions across 188 federal and thousands of state and local judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Levy Mayer
National
Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Explosion Kills Two at Schenectady Brick Plant
A ten ton steam filled cylinder at Schenectady Sandstone Brick Company exploded after opening without reducing pressure. The blast killed two workers, damaged buildings, toppled a water tower and tank, and sent brick and debris across a highway to strike a coal car and telegraph pole. The victims are Wireland Servey and John Curns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady NY
Schenectady Sandstone Brick Company
Wireland Servey
John Curns
Wrecked Bark Alexand ra Crew Missing Off Albemarle
Ecua d orian cruiser Cotopaxi reports finding the Norwegian bark Alexandra wrecked on rocks near Albemarle Island after being abandoned near Gala pagos Islands. Cargo coal bound for Panama lost. A boat with the captain and nine crew members is missing and presumed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albemarle
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Cotopaxi
Alexandra
Galapagos Islands
Panama
Three Directors Resign From New Haven Road Board
Olney Pratt and Ledyard resign from the New Haven Road board after being elected directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. IrVing K Farrington Co opens New York Bond Building office. mining brokers active in push for U.S. mining department. Chesapeake and Ohio sells five million in five percent notes secured by bonds. Blair & Co purchases. Jamestown Exposition party invites prepaid subscriptions before noon July 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney
Pratt
Ledyard
New Haven Road
New Haven
Irving EK
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Blair & Co
The
Post
Believe Them Pickpockets Nabbed in Center Market
Detectives Cornwell and Baur arrested two Romanian men in Center Market, Benjamin Isaacson aged 30 and Max Lichtenberg aged 29, on robbery suspicions. A pocketbook with cash and items linked to a prior incident appeared in their baggage and a partial burglar’s kit was found. Both men deny guilt and claim the objects’ use is for mustache maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeateraay
Center Market
Cornwell
Baur
Benjamin Isaacson
Max Lichtenberg
Rowmanta
Pennsylvania Avenue
Cornwell and
Isaacson
Lichtenberg
Pittsburg
Olive Street
Philadelphia
South Third Street
Roumania
W. E Scott
Twining City
D. C
Scott
Banr
Roumanins
Rogues’ Gallery
Posei
Eeny
Poco's Claim Protested in Hale Trust Fight
Boston June 29 Bernard Poco Bennett money lender who charged Harvard men with loans figures in a court fight delaying Ezekiel Hale trust distribution. J Frank Hale, beneficiary of one fifth of the estate, seeks shares while Alfred Hayes sues to dissolve the trust and claim ten percent of shares. Bennett contests to recover his loan plus commissions amid real estate and family heir tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Boston
Masa
Bernard
Poco”) Bennett
Harvard
George P Bowler
Hzekiel Hale
J. Frank Hale
New York
Bennett
Hzcklel Hale
Haverhill
Trunt
Alfred Hayes
Walter Scott Hale
Hzekiel Hale Trust
Ezchiel J. M Hale, Jr
George M Cohan Weds Miss Nolan in New Jersey
George M Cohan and his fiancée Miss Agnes Nolan were married by a justice of the peace in Freehold New Jersey after a quick auto trip from New York. The ceremony included Sam Harris and Miss Alice Nolan. a mishap en route caused hours of delay before the vows. Miss Nolan, daughter of Mr and Mrs F J Nolan of Brookline Mass, had previously acted in Cohan’s company and in the musical George Washington Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Kid
Agnes Nolan
Freehold
George M. Cohan
Ethel Levy
Nolan
S. J. White
Samuel H Harris
Cohan
Alice Nolan
Miss Thayer Weds Count Moltke in Lancaster Ceremony
Miss Cornelia Van Repeselaer Thayer daughter of Nathaniel Thayer married Count Carl Moltke of Copenhagen at the bride’s father’s home in Lancaster Mass Bishop William Lawrence officiated the Episcopal rite. About 260 guests from Boston New York and Newport attended. The bride was escorted by her sister Sally Thayer and cousin Susan Thayer. the groom’s brother Baron Rosenkrantz stood by the couple. The Moltkes will make Copenhagen their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Countess Moltke
Lancaster
Mass
Cornélia van Repeselaer Thayer
Nathaniel Thayer
Carl Moltke
Copenhagen
Willam Lawrence
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Boston
New York
Newport
Sally Thayer
Susan Thayer
Eugene V. R. Thayer
Baron Rosénkrantz
Moltke
There Is a Powerful Propensity to Lower Prices
A Ninth street merchant laments customers pushy about discounts while sharing a tale from a pharmacy. A well dressed man demanded a $1 prescription price, balked at a $1 charge, visited several stores, and returned to pay the dollar after discovering the price was set by the provider.
1 581 Miles in 24 Hours Special Cable to The Washington Poet
London June 29 In the twenty four hours ended at 6 oclock this evening Edge in his all cylinder Napier motor car traveled 1 591 miles and 1 310 yards over the Brooklands racing track Weybridge No other man since the world began ever traveled so far in one day or came within several hundred miles of this record Edge average was almost exactly sixty miles per hour and nothing approaching that speed had ever been maintained for twenty four hours by any locomotive apparatus Edge undertook to cover 1440 miles in 1440 minutes He bettered this by 141 miles 1810 yards Never once did Edges speed fall under sixty miles an hour he highest rate was more than seventy two miles an hour and in times he traveled twenty miles in the hour At intervals the speed for several minutes was much faster The daring automobilist accomplished some laps at an almost fearsome pace Scarcely had he passed than he passed again There was a tremendous scene when Edge finished Hundreds of people crowded the course to congratulate him His car was the center of a dense mass of people cheering themselves hoarse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edge
Brooklands
Weybridge
Itr Bdge
Aged Couple Wanders Through Storm in New York
George S Sidney age sixty four and his wife Laura sixty two, itinerant performers and in poor health, wandered during tonight's storm near New York. They eluded a nurse from the Home for Incurables, sought shelter, and moved toward public help as local authorities issued a general police alarm while police hunted for the pair. They had been residents of the Old Actors' Home on Staten Island since March 1905, but left seeking constant medical aid. They are described as insane and locomotor ataxic with rheumatic pain and penniless condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George S
Sidney
Laura
John Messler
Alice Oates Opera
Carley Deweed Humpty Dumpty Company
Jacob Litt
Actors
Staten Island
Why Women Talk Most Special Cable to The Washington Fos
Paris june 29 Dr Marade inventor of voice telegraphy says women can talk four times as long as men for the same energy due to air expulsion and narrower larynx. He notes children prattle hours while women fatigue slower. He compares speaking effort to lifting small weights and a porter’s load per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fos
Paris
Marade
Leon Martin Dying While Nan Patterson Tries to Reach Him
In Pittsburg Nan Patterson, twice tried for Caesar Young's murder, remains in the city while Leon Martin lies near death in Los Angeles. Martin, a former Duquesne Hotel clerk, had health deteriorate and summoned Nan, who traveled only as far as Pittsburg before settling near a bread house outside the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Pittsburg
Leon Martin
Los Angeles
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Pittebure
Martin
Duquesne Hotel
Nan
Washington
Philadephia
Quakes Felt Across Portsmouth New Hampshire
Earth tremblings were felt in Portsmouth New Hampshire on June 29. Windows shook and household items rattled as shocks continued at intervals, with about 100 tremors recorded before sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Portamouth
N. H
Alumni Outing Amid Downpour At Marshall Hall
Alumni Association of Business High School enjoyed a second annual excursion to Marshall Hall despite continual rain. Activities included athletic contests, a motor boat race, dancing, bowling, and multiple races with medals and prizes awarded to S M Falconer C A King Carra Dunn C S Zarhorst H F Entrikin and others. The motor boat race, judged by club and yacht club officials, featured handicap scoring with classes Rosamond Argo Dolores and other craft taking top honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Zurhorst
H. F. Entrikin
S. M. Falconer
C. A. King
C. L Ekeltogg
S. A. Long
Miss Carra Dunn
Jupiter Plovine
Business High School
Marshall Hall
Charles Macalester
Wade
Fulton Henderson
Maurice A. Joyce
C S Zarhorst
H. F. Ennikin
F. E. Entrikin
Zurhorst
Carra Dunn
Margaret Price
C. A King
S M Falconer
C A King
C A. King
I Kellogg
King
Falconer
Urhorst
C. S Zarhorst
Brownie Camera
Mazel Price
Qrablen Club
S N Meyer
James F Orster
J Edwin Lawton
Ross L Fryer
Macalester Wharf
Marshall Hall Wharf
Adrian Sizer
Inter-Club Canoe Association
Don H Clarke
Corinthian Yacht Club
Durston
Ensign US
Puritan
Rosamond
Shashirt
Argo
BRD
Cox
Dolores
Eugene Higgins
Irvin E Jones
Catholic Sun editor accuses Roosevelt of suppressing Irish American poets
The St Francisco Monitor editor O Malley charges President Roosevelt with persecuting poets, especially Irish Americans, citing cases where poets like Dominic Murphy, St John Gaffney, James Jeffrey Roche, and Maurice Francis Egan were reassigned to diplomatic posts abroad, effectively silencing their literary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Francisco Monitor
O Malley
Catholic Sun
Roosevelt
Mr. O'Malley
Dominic Murphy
Washington
Bordeaux
St John Gaffney
Jonce
James Jeffrey Roche
America
Jose
Genoa
Berne
Switzerland
Roche
Maurice Francis Egan
Catholic University
Catholica
Egan
Denmark
O'Malley
Timbuctoo
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Washington Aqueduct
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Te He Muiliang AD 5
Usabhamia Lade
Simon Plute
South America
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BIG Business
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Smithsonian
Fifth Avenue
Nous
Hoadley
Hama
Jamestown
Athletes IN Finance
Charley Daly
West Point
Daly
Hoosevelt
Yale
Crimson
Capt. Fincke
Gilbert C. Greenaway
A. J Cassatt
Robert Kelso Cassatt
Cassatt
James Potter
Finmeceton
Harry Payne Whitney
W. C. Whitney
Jay Gould
Foxhall Keenerg
Lawrence Waterbury
Percy Haughton
Tom Shevlin
Ells
W. Packard
Pennsyrania
Quaker City
Garibaldi
Leghorn
Junzen
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Rave Bepn
Lee R. Martin
Mining Brokers
Hale
Thayer
Ninth Street
Coek
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