Grandson shoots grandfather at Bradley home. boy held
Baltimore on March 1 74 year old John Welch father-in-law to Detective Peter B Bradley was shot three times by his grandson Horace Bradley 11 near 2 am at 918 East Twentieth Street He was taken to St Joseph's Hospital in critical condition The youth was arrested and charged with assault and shooting and released on $3000 bail for March 15 hearing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
John Welch
Peter B Bradley
Headquarters Force
Horace B. Bradley
Brad
Bradley Home
East Twentieth Street
St Joseph's Hospital
Welch
Young Bradley
Bradley
Farnan
CAPT G D WISE III FACES DECLINING HEALTH
Washington Richmond Va March 1 Captain George D Wise long noted figure in Richmond politics and former eight term representative in Congress has been confined to bed after a stroke and progressive decline. He served as Commonwealth's attorney and was active in city state and national campaigns for over thirty years. At seventy six he remains gravely ill with doctors giving little hope for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond
George D .Wise
Big Home
Wise
House of Representatives
Capt. Wise
Shock Kills Woman in Virginia Visit
Mrs Rosser Harris of Spotsylvania County visited neighbor Mr Pulliam who had been ill. On finding Mrs Pulliam dead she collapsed and died shortly after. Harris, 40, sister of O D Foster of this city, is survived by her husband and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Rederickeburg
Rosser Harris
Spottsylvania County
Pulliam
Chicago
Mar
Wilhelm Rapp
Ulineis Staats Zeltung
United States
Invents a New Temporary Rail Switch by Engineer Jones
Former Baltimore and Ohio engineer Jones, now near Cumberland, Maryland, has devised a temporary rail switch that can be installed within an hour, enabling trains to transfer tracks quickly after accidents. The device clamps to rails and rises evenly, crossing tracks with speed unavailable under the old method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spestal
Washington Post
Baltimore
Mar
M. Jones
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland, Md
Joney
Had Too Many Wives
Oscar Saxton faced by two wives before Judge Dobler in Crim inal Court pleaded guilty to digamy and was sentenced to 18 months in the penitentiary. His second wife Miss Elizabeth Schubert testified no ill will and bade him farewell at the courthouse lockup after his arrest following a later wedding to Mollie L. Andrew in Easton in 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie L. Andrew
Easton
Bill creates Lee County passes in House vote
Raleigh March 1 The bill creating Lee County from parts of Moore and Chatham passed the House 74 to 44. Conference committee reports on the railway passenger rate bill set at 2 1 4 cents per mile and passed its second and third readings. The bill then passed the Senate and becomes operative July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Raleigh
N. C
Lee County
Moore and
Chatham
Senate
Freight Rate Clash Delays April Contracts Nationwide
Southern railroads press for a 10 percent freight rate hike, linking to contracts normally set for April 1. Northern lines favor smaller increases or a sliding scale, with a Dunkine Association meeting in New York causing widespread hold ups as talks aim to decide by March 10 and implement rates by April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Mar. L
New York
Dunkine Association
Washington
Trunk Line Association
Lash for wife beater at Baltimore jail whipping post
Baltimore judge Wright in part three of the Criminal Court ordered the whipping post used for Sadler Brooks a colored man found guilty of beating his wife Mary Brooks on February 19. Brooks received two months in jail and nine cashes at the dost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore
Wright
Criminal Court
Sadler Brooks
Mary Brooks
Stay of execution for Spartanburg inmate delays scaffold date
In Spartanburg on March 1, authorities halted the planned hanging of John Shelton, a Black man convicted of killing his father-in-law, after Chief Justice Pope of the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a stay until April 19. Shelton had been notified to proceed to the scaffold before the order arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
John Shelton
Negro
Sherif Nichols
Pope
Supreme Court
Whittlesey Named Seaboard General Manager in Norfolk
T F Whittlesey succeeds W A Garrett as general manager of the Seaboard Air Line Railway with headquarters in Norfolk Virginia. Garrett elected president in New York will not continue as GM. Whittlesey, formerly GM of the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City Railway, takes the post effective today at Seaboard offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Whittlesey
Seaboard Air Line
Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line Railway
W A Garrett
New York
Wedneadsy
Seaboard
Whittlesey
Mobile, Jackam and Kansas City Railway
Mobile
Hig
Rasin Very Ill No Change In Condition Reported
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore March 1 There is no improvement in the condition of Freeman Rasin leader of the Baltimore Democratic organization who was stricken with apoplexy last Saturday night at his home At his residence physicians Fleckwood and Hartman saw him early today and announced no change in his condition The attending physicians regard him as very sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore
Freeman Rasin
Democratic Organization
Wiliam Fleckwood
George A. Hartman
Rasin
Death of Sam Devere vaudeville star at Brooklyn home
Special to The Washington Post New York March 1 Samuel Devere long known in vaudeville dies shortly after 6 am at his Brooklyn residence. Born in Manhattan about 65 years ago he began as a sketch artist and later starred in Haverly's minstrels reaching top vaudeville earnings in 1880. In 1903 he formed Sam Devere's Specialty Company touring the US and Europe including a world tour. Illness in Kansas City four weeks ago led to health decline and stomach cancer. He returned home and was ill about ten days with several doctors in consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Samuel Devere
United States
Brooklyn
Mr Devera
Manhattan
Haverly
Mr Devere
Sam Devere
Death Follows Operation for Appendicitis in Alexandria
William McArthur Green, 25, of Alexandria, died at Alexander Hospital shortly after an appendicitis operation. Peritonitis was the direct cause. Survived by wife Rose Himma Appich and parents Mr. and Mrs. I. Johnston Green. Funeral plans pending. Also notes a new chancel window donated by Mrs. S. F. Houston and a marriage at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia between McDonald Douglas and Hazel Kirk Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
William McArthur Green
Alexander Hospital
Mr. Green
I. Johnston Green
Rose Himma Appich
Anna M. Appich
Green
First National Bank
Alexandria National Bank
8. F. Houston
Philadelphia
Episcopal Seminary of
Virginia
Wes
Mayer & Co
Munich
Germany
Washington
Christ
Houston
Potter
Sir Francis Plunkett Dead Former Ambassador and Statesman
Paris notes Sir Francis Plunkett former British Ambassador at Vienna died aged around 88. Born 1835 he served as secretary of legation in Washington 1876 77 and was minister to Japan Stockholm and Brussels before becoming ambassador to Vienna. He married a daughter of C W Morgen of Philadelphia.
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Washington
Paris
Mer
Francis Plunkett
Vienna
Japan
Stockholm
Brussels
Francis
C. W. Morgen
Philadelphia
Rosina Brandram
Savoy Theater
Gerd
Vanderbilt Fears Wreck Private Rail Car Sale
George W. Vanderbilt has sold the Swannanoa private railroad car, once deemed among the finest and most expensive. He feared riding it after numerous rear end collisions, and will not replace the car or increase expenses on the Biltmore estate. The buyer is reportedly a multimillionaire friend, exact terms undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Asheville
N.C
George W. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Vanderbilt Car Hits Mule Cart on River Bridge
A Vanderbilt touring car traveling from Paris on February 27 struck and demolished a mule cart on the Isere river bridge near Tala, seriously wounding the cart driver Coignard. The car sped, all Americans uninjured, and compensation was paid, prompting a police inquiry for possible future action. The incident remains under investigation despite reparations.
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Valence
France
Vanderbilt
Paris
Coignard
Isere
Tala
Garrett for Income Tax Endorses Warfield Tax Plan
Baltimore March 1 Republican leader Robert Garrett, a prominent opponent, backs Gov Warfield on inheritance tax and favors a graduated income tax. He says the wealthy should pay more, supporting both measures to widen tax fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Warfield
Mrr
Robert Garrett
Congress
Garrett
Butte Strike Spread Halts Work At Steel, Mine Jobs
In Butte Montana workers fled to strike actions today as unions across trades protested for higher pay. About 3,700 laborers became idle as many quit or were locked out. the Butte workingmen's union, uniting unskilled laborers, ordered the strike to demand wage increases.
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Butte
Mont
Mar. L
Butte Workingmen's Union
Faber
Promises to Mill Girls in Test Case Admitted
In Greensboro. N C United States Circuit Court adjourned as one juror fell ill. Government vs Edward A Smith and Sumner Sargent alleges $71000 immigration act violations by Charlotte mill owners. English mill girls testified their agent Costello promised double wages house rent and clothing in American style to lure them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
United States Circuit
Edward A. Smith
Sumner Sargent
Charlotte
Mass
Massachusetts
MIN Spinners’ Association of America
J. F. Hefie
Fall River
International Union of Textile Workers
New England
Howells Celebrates Seventieth Birthday in Seclusion
William Dean Howells, aged 70, marked his birthday at the Hotel Regent in New York while ill with grip. He spoke by phone, saying he believes he is among the oldest living American writers after Twain, and that he plans to keep writing, valuing youth as long as he can think new thoughts and see beauty in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mar
William Dean Howella
Regent
Seventieth Atrest
Broadway
Howells
Mr. Clemens
Clemens
Mark Twain
Drops Dead Near Home in Osborne Street Car Collision
Special to the West New York report Hugens Howard Lewis a lawyer collapsed unconscious on stepping off a car near his home at Fifty seventh Street and Seventh Avenue. He died before his physician arrived at a nearby drug store. Mrs Lewin Amy Busby the actress is recovering from a long illness and the body was moved to an undertaker. Lewis born in Potosi Wisconsin in 1852 married Amy Busby in 1797. She divorced Aubrey Boucicault in 1893 after a year together. They had three children, youngest three months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weshington West
New York
Hugens
Howard Lewis
Osborne
Seventh Street
Seventh Avenue
Lewin
Amy Busby
Bomb Explodes in Madrid Church During Mass
A bomb exploded at a Madrid cathedral during mass this morning. Ten persons were seriously injured as panicked worshippers surged at the doors. Women were trampled and fainted while others fled in terror. No trace of the dynamite was found.
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Dimatch
Washington Post
Madrid
Mar. L
Masa
No Choice in Rhode Island Senate Race After Ballot
The seventh week of the Rhode Island senatorial contest ended with the thirtieth ballot. Goddard has 40 votes, Colt 27, Wetmore 3, and Utter 1. There will be no more ballots until next Tuesday.
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Washington
Threaten Strike Shocks Pennsylvania Yard and Rail Men
In early March 1920s reports from Philadelphia and Harpers Ferry indicate Pennsylvania Railroad yardmen and conductors threaten widespread action over a shorter workday and higher wages. About 90 percent in Harpers Ferry yards vote for strike. Altoona shops tally show workers reluctant to sign for roles as substitutes. Atterbury sketch shows disputed wage offers as managers seek to avert a broader walkout.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Uneo
Pittsburg
Erie
Brotherhood of Railroad
Fraternity Hall
Atterbury
Herrisburg
Harpe
Pennsylvania Hailroad Company
Aald
Youn
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad Sbops
Washington Post
Baltimore
Washington
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad Increases Pension Fund Allocation
Philadelphia March 1 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company says it raised its annual pension appropriation from 890000 to 800000. Last year 467614 was paid to retired employees the largest annual payout to date. The pension roll totals 1.9 million workers with 331 added since 1%, and 20 died. Since 1%, the department has distributed 2493870 dollars across seven years, averaging 358268.69 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tneylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Oliver declares bid rejected for Panama Canal contract
William J. Oliver of Knoxville, who submitted the lowest Panama Canal bid, returns to Tennessee after receiving a $200,000 certified check from the Isthmian Canal Commission. He says the final proposal was not a bid, and he may seek reimbursement of about $35,000 to $40,000 spent on bids. Oliver withholds further comment pending Judge Morgan J. O'Brien’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Oliver
Knoxville
Tennessee
Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Rog Rers
Oliver
Panama Canal Construction Company
Morgan J. O'Brien
New York
O'Brien
Mr. Oliver
Treasury Secretary Saaw to receive $525000 retirement gift
A Washington report states Secretary Leslie M. Saaw will be named president of the Carnegie Trust Company after leaving the Cabinet. The bank’s capital stock was raised to $1.5 million and surplus to $750,000, with Saaw slated to take $950,000 of the new issue at 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Mar
Nicaraguan Forces Occupy Honduran Towns in Honduras
Nicaraguan government troops seized Concepcion and Maria without resistance and reported control of Corpus Christi after heavy fighting. No further details available on the final engagement. Zelaya and his supporters remain aligned with the reported victories amid ongoing regional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honduras
Managua
Nicaragua
Maria
Concepcion
Corpus Christi
Insanity Question Fails To Stop Strother Trial Debate
The court heard heated arguments over whether a hypothetical question on insanity could guide the jurors in the Sickles-Key case. Judge Harrison allowed the question with modifications, ruling the jury must decide if the Strother brothers acted under uncontrollable emotion when Bywaters was shot, while denying unwritten law as a legal defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Moore
Harrison
Keith
Philip Strother
William F Bywaters
Strother Brothers
Bywaters
Virginia
Clark
Strothers Cousin Weds During Culpeper Court Affair
Botts Strother, cousin of James and Philip Strother, fled the Culpeper court during the William F Bywaters trial to wed Helen Johnson of Culpeper. Rev J A Ware officiated the bedside Episcopal ceremony at Viola Strother Bywaters's home. reception followed before Botts and Helen departed for Washington. Botts is Welch West Virginia-born, son of L Johnson, a Culpeper merchant. Philip Strother’s kinship links to Rappahannock County referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Culpeper
Mar
Dan Cupid
James
Philin Strother
William F Bywaters
Strother
Botis Strother
Philip Strother
Helen Johnson
Culneper
Toolal
Mr Strother
Culeper
Welch
Wva
Bils
J A Ware
Viola Strother
William F. Bywaters
Episcopal Church
Fribes
Tames
Biratheer
Rappahannock
Campbell-Bannerman Defends Arms Limitation At Hague
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman replying to opposition to armament reductions. He notes no events since 1898 justify delays and argues the long trend favors disarmament as prudent and beneficial rather than useless military buildup.
Hotels and Cities Visit List of Social Guests
A long OCR compiled roster lists guests at hotels in Baltimore Boston New York Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond San Francisco and other cities. Names, spouses and organizations appear with hotels such as Willard Ebbitt Metropolitan and Shoreham and include guests from Raleigh Washington Norfolk and Cleveland among many others. The fragment notes travels across multiple states and nations with numerous individuals associated to prominent hotels.
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Baltimore
W H West
Raleigh
R Bearden
H B White
Metropolitan
Louis M Reack
Shoreham
Helen J. Thomas
Nellie M
Wilmot
New Willard
Boston
Hayward
National Thomas
R. Harrison Riggs
Stadtwill
L. M. Stadtwill
Ebbitt
Richard FE Traster
Rujah George
Chicago
Norton
Biocomb
Releigh
M Silverman
MM Markwell
M. J
Splexel
Yew
York City
R H Bell
WD Shattuck
H de Bovier
H Bofexheim
John B
Ott
L. Conterns
Peter Fletschian
N B
Wade
James H Hyslop
National
B. Dieni
B P. Bharp
John 'W Cooner
Clark
George F Moore
God Wits
JG Murray
Rae A. Hemingway
St James
Nida Hewitt
Philip Menton
D Russell
Russell
Mia
YH Thurman
George EL Sherman
California
Meyer
San Francisco
H. G Cerpental
Victorvills
St. Jame
J. Connor
M & Mower
San Fransisco Shoreham
Connecticut
Charlea E Gross
Charles Sloan
Hartford
Merion
Higgins
Terre Haute
Harry F. Selmper
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Joseph L Rhincek
Covington
Wallace Wood Elkton Riggs
Massachusetts
George W Wall
Rocklacd
A. C Haven Brorshton
Metropolita
Marke
Lynn
John W .Wheeler
Orange
F Lennx
Lennox Tyan Shoreham
Charles Biles
Robert C Biss
Bliss Worcester
Hitchcock
New Bedford Epbit
Michigan
HM Armstrong Grand Rapis
Marileske
Detroit Ebbett
Gorham
Marybat
New Witard
Minnesota
Simon Nicelet
White Earth
Raleigh CA
Lirdburgh
Litue Falls
James J Tul
Misa Hui
R Brown
St Paul
Arlington
J @ Bal'ard
Minneapolis
New
OWKIO
T Owen
Norwalk
Reieigh
M Thompson
Cincinnati
Javes
Sampson
Youngstown
Gabriel and
Wite
Cleveland
Wood
Wits
John A Penton Cleve
Einsylvania
HK Keeley
Franklin
Nelson
Newport-News St James
Bitchner
Danville
West Virginia
Dennam
New Books Received from Publishers in Ohio and New York
A rundown of new titles arriving from major publishers including Norroy Diplomatic Agent by Georges Bronson Howard from Sanford Publishing Akron Ohio, and The Psychic Riddle by Imea HK. Fuck, D D LLD from Funk & Wagnalls New York. Also announced are Birds Every Child Should Know by Nellie Blaochan from Little, Lab our Capital by Goldwin Smith from Macmillan, Building Business by GN Crowdson from Appleton, The Cage by Charlotte Feller from Appleton, Break 1m Training by Arthur Ruhl from Outing, Running Water by A. E. W. Meson from Century, She Labyrinthine Life by George A. Fisher from B W Dodge, American Legislatures and Legislative Methods by Paul S Rensch from Century, Emerson biography by George Fidward Woodbery from Macmillan, Success in Life by Emil Belen from Dumeld, and The Spirit of Labor by Hutchine Hapgood from D Platt. The items cover fiction, biographical works, and business and labor topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norroy
Yorke Norroy
Sanford Publishing Company
Akron
Ohio
Norray
Georges Bronson Howard
Doubledly Page & CO
Nellie Blaochan
Mife
Mecmilien Company
Goldwin Smith
Outing Publishing
Arthur Ruhl
Sot
the Four Feathers
A. E . Meson
Century Company
Pelee
Arizoux
George A. Fisher
B W Dodge & Co
American Legislatures and Legisla
Snkarunee
Paul S Rensch
United States
Ralph Waldo Emerson
George Fidward Woodbery
Macmillan Company
Aq Exmerson
Emerson
Dumeld & Co
Emil Belen
Hutchine Hapgood
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. D. Wise III
Willam H Stewart
Grand Camp of
Confederate Veterans of Virginia
Jamestown
R D. Douglass
Lotte
Pearson
Mint
Page
Apedal
Thomas Nelson Page
Oakland
Hanover County
Beaver Dam
Orloe
Hachive
No. 2
Bate
North Carolina
Advange
Lash
Wife Beater
MR. Rasin
Wim. McArthur Green
Alexandria Hospital
Sir Francis Plunkett
Chrstiania
Norway
H. C Strang
Christiansand
Watertown
N Y
George A. Fuller
New York State Grange
Fuller
Macon
Seaborn Reese
Sparta
Georgia Bar Association
Sella
Allegheny
Fifth Ward
Belleville
N. J
Hardmen Rubber Company
Gov. Warfield
Greanaboro
Wife
Rhode Island
P.B.R
Shaw
Carnegie Company
Zelaya
Commonwealth Attorney
Capt Wood
Walton Moore
John See
Moore
Strothers
London
Henry Campbell-Bannermann
the Nation
United States Army
W A Covington
Carwell Power
Lieut
RH Jordan
Ebbitt Foreign
J Donaldson
London Arlington N
Tohaykovsky
Alex Aladin
Petersburg
Whlard
Imea HK
Funk & Wagnills Company
Charlotte Feller
D Appleton & Co
Cinett, Peabody & Co
Troy
Cloett
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