Steptoe A JURY TRYING TO PROVE AN ALIBI
Special to The Washington Post from Danville Virginia March 6 The trial of Herbert Steptoe colored for criminal assault on Miss Gladys Shelton eighteen continues In court a sister testified he was in Lynchburg on the day of the crime A witness placed Steptoe walking from Lynchburg at about 11 o clock in the morning and the assault occurred at 3 p m The defense argues two men were involved and that Steptoe was elsewhere when the crime happened
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Lynchburg
Washington Peat
Danville
Corporation
Herbert Steptoe
Gladys Shelton
B R. Shelton
Amberat County
Besun
Steptoe
Miss Shelton
Court House
Mids Stonne
Depice
She
Peter Hutson
Tepics
Hutson
Abduction Charged in Norfolk Teens Case
Special to The Washington Post Newport News March 6 two Norfolk men Tom Mor den and Hanson Woodhouse were arrested by Police Chief Reynolds on warrants charging abduction They are accused of abducting Ada Satherthite and Davy Farrar both fifteen of Norfolk The pair came here yesterday and stayed at a hotel Today after the girls were sent to a boarding house Ada’s father William Satherthite and her uncle arrived with his son The elder Satherthite allegedly planned shooting but James Curtis a contractor and local residents intervened Mor den and Woodhouse were jailed at the station and the girls were returned home.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Tom Morden
Hanson Woodhouse
Norfolk
Reynolds
Ada Satherthite
Davy Farrar
Shoo Gis
Pary
William Satherthite
Ada
Farrar,kirt
Chesapeake and Ohio
Satherthite
James Curtis
Murden
Woodhouse
Gills
Brumback
Brent
Miness
Muder
Smith
Mrs Hartwig Wins Suit Against Former Husband
In Hagerstown on March 6 a jury awarded Mrs Ida Mo Hartwig of Baltimore twelve hundred twenty nine dollars she sought to recover for the support of her two children Richard H Alvey and Mary Virginia Alvey. The plaintiff’s witnesses included Mrs Hartwig and her mother Mrs Mary A Startzman. The defendant William Alvey could not attend. He had recently inherited a substantial estate from his father the late Justice Richard H Alvey and had separated from his wife about ten years ago. Mrs Alvey won custody in Washington and later married Dr Charles Hartwig of Baltimore.
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William Alvey Specter
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Ida Mo Hartwig
Baltimore
William Alvey
Beaumont
Tex
Hartwig
Richard H Alvey
Mary Virginia Alvey
Mary A
Tug Philadelphia Caught in Ice Floe in Delaware River
The steel tug Philadelphia, in service of the U S engineering department, ran into a large ice floe near Fort Mott New Jersey and was disabled with its propeller lost. The crew sent word ashore and Maj Flagler ordered the tug Taurus to assist. The Philadelphia was pulled to Wilmington for repairs with no injuries reported.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
United States Engineering Department
Delaware River
Tore Mott
Greasel
Maj Flagler
Taurus
Sumner Congressional Party at Hampton Roads for target practice
Members of a congressional party arrived at Old Point and spent time at target practice with a 10 inch disappearing gun before inspecting a site for an artificial fort near the capes Sumner sailed for Washington and arrives tomorrow morning. A fugitive was captured later in Petersburg. Charles Earle, jailed for short changing merchants in Farmville, Va., will be held by Prince Edward County authorities. Educators to meet at Pinehurst for a South education conference opening April 9. W C Fox, American Minister to Ecuador, arrived in New York aboard a steamer.
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Sumner
Hampton Roads
Washington Post
Newport News
Congressional
Old Point
Capes
Washington
Petersburg
Charles Farle
Farmville
Prince Howard County
Earle
Pinehurst
Richmond
Dr . Mitchell
Richmond College
Conference For Education In the
South
Pinehurst NC
Stikeleather to Testify in Merrill Mill Divorce Case
The Washington Post Asheville bureau reports that Gilliand Stikeleather, named as co respondent by Mr Mitts, will be ordered to testify before Commissioner Britt after refusing three subpoenas. Judge Cook ordered the stand. Stikeleather plans to appear, disputing affidavits obtained while allegedly drinking.
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Asheville
Mar
United States
Britt
Gilliand Stikeleather
Mitts
Mills
Smithsonian Secretary and Rabbi to Guard Dresses at GWU Event
Dr Charles D Walcott and Rabbi Abram Simon consent to guard dresses at the next joint meeting aiding funds for George Washington University. The Shoreham event next Monday evening invites friends, with a buffet supper. Special invitation boards were sent for Thomas F Alderson and Edward C Brandenburg.
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Charles D Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Abram Simon
Washington Hebrew Congregation
George Washington University
Shoreham
Thomas F Alderson
Citizens Committee
Edward C Brandenburg
Hundreds Seek Baby Boy After Vanishing Near Dover Farm
Dover Delaware March 6 Hundreds of men and boys search Kent County near Kitts Hammock for Horace W Marvin Jr two days after he disappeared from a farm. Dr Horace W Marvin asserts kidnapping is more likely than accidental loss as state detectives and Deputy sheriffs pursue leads including a farmer report of two gunmen asking about the family.
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Washington Post
Dover del Mar
Kitts
Delaware Bay
Horace W Marvin, Jr
Horace W Marvin
Thse
Marvin Farm
Robert H Richards
Wilmington
Marvin Place
Little Horace
Horace
Washington merchant joins Orthodox Judaism to wed
T A Harris of Washington NC, once a prominent Metho dist figure, converted to Judaism at B Nay Israel synagogue in Norfolk to marry Mrs J Wahrhaft of Washington NC. Harris, 33, and his bride elect, 27, plan to reside in Portsmouth after marriage. he formerly clerked in the Wahrhaft family store.
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Washington
Norfolk
Harris
Washington NC
Methodist Church
B'Nai Israel
J . Wehrhaft
Washington, N C
Wahrhaft
Portsmouth
Mra Wahrhafty
HOUNDS TRAIL A WOMAN IN BLOODY CHASE
Bloodhounds track a woman from a Bristol home to the physician Dr Oscar Hawk after a fire incident. The young wife, said to be demented from drug use, is guarded in Bristol. she is from a prominent family and faces confinement. Abbie Augusta Beavers marries Russell Omohundro in Charlestown with a notable guest list and plans for Lakeland, Virginia, after a lengthy courtship. The Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line must present union station plans for Wilmington within sixty days as ordered by the corporation commission.
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Washington
Blount
Bristol
W F Beath
Oscar Hawk
Washington Post
Raleigh & Ward
Corporation Commission
Seaboard Airline
Atlantic Cast Line
Wilmington
Plains
Commission
Trust Measur e Debated In Rail Road Conference
Senate considers anti trust bill with amendment to include news associations and public service corporations selling to a single newspaper. House passes freight rate bill on third reading with penalties restored. Buxton bill to create state board of equalization advances real estate taxation reform. House tables repeal of newspaper libel law amid editor opposition. Subpoenas issued to investigate conference committee on railway rate bill. Pension bill passes unanimously for 3400000 annually.
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Washington Post
Raleigh
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
Justice
Buxton
State Board of Equaltation
Asaees
Glenn
Raleigh Times
Billad
Page
Aberdeen and
Asheboro
Special House Commission
County Court House
Cadets Missing From Lingley Institute In Wheeling
Two sixteen year old cadets Walter Neuman and Loyd Hooch from Lingley Military Institute vanished today after telling fellow cadets they would travel to Norfolk and remain until the Jamestown Exposition opens. Two Martins Ferry girls reportedly joined them. Neuman is said to be the son of a Bellaire lawyer and Enoch the son of a Wheeling businessman. Authorities and police are seeking the missing youths and their companions.
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Specter
Washington Post
Wheeling
W VI
Walter Neuman
Loyd Hooch
Lingley Military Institute
Norfolk
Martins Ferry
Neuman
Bellaire Ohio
Enoch
Barley for Circuit Judge in Alexandria Debate
Rumors in Alexandria claim Gov Swanson may appoint Judge Louis Charley to act as judge of the Sixteenth circuit until the legislature elects a successor to Judge Nicol who resigned to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress. The move aims to avoid embarrassment with multiple candidates while awaiting legislative selection.
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Waskington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Gov Swanson
Louis Charley
Corporation Court
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
Fairfax
Prince William
C E Nicol
Congress
Eighth Virgina District
Rockefeller's Incognito Visit Ties Carnegie Gift to Shurtleff College
In Upper Alton a secret visit by John D Rockefeller to Shurtleff College was exposed as Andrew Carnegie pledged 15000 dollars conditionally. The report notes Rockefeller previously donated 12500 dollars annually and later denied support, possibly linked to prior experiences at the Baptist institution. Rockefeller registered at Madison Hotel under the alias John Davidson, revealed by a letter addressed to him.
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Washington
St Louis
Andrew Carnegie
Shurtleff College
Upper Alton
John D Rockefeller
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Shurtleff
Alton
Madison Hotel
John Davidson
Bellevue Doctors Stricken With Diphtheria Symptoms
Special to The Washington Post New York March 6. Dr Frederick T Wurtel a Bellevue Hospital physician was moved to Willard Parker Hospital for Contagious Diseases after board of health officials confirmed diphtheria. Dr Linde ordered the removal and isolation of Dr Fisher and Dr Ross in their Bellevue homes. They show symptoms that may indicate diphtheria and will be monitored for confirmation in a few days.
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Washington Post
New York
Frederick T Wurtele
Bellevue Hospital
Willard Packer Hospital
East Sixteenth Street
Linde
Board of Health
Wurtel
Wurtels
Fisher
Ross
Masons Prepare for Fair Big Festival Five Weeks Off
Five weeks remain until the Masonite fair as board committees push plans forward. Advisory, music, tables, and protection of buildings and equipment groups outline roles with Munsonio Temple links. Members include J Henry Small, John H Olcott, William C Long, Dr Grafton Bailey, James L Marshall, and fire department leadership overseeing safety and booth compliance.
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Board of Control
Munsonio Temple Association
J Henry Small
John H Olcott
Mattthew Trimble
James A. Sample
R Bond
Geojamin S Graves
Alexander McKenzie
Frank H Thomas
Thomas P Morgen
George W Evans
William C Long
Grafton D P Bailey
Charles & Wood
Thomas B Walker
Dd Gardiner
William Whitson
Edward E Long
Eugene Cochran
Clarence Weaver
John Hinger
J M Vora
E LY King
John Wright
Charles Dismer
Charles Loeffter
James L Marshall
William F Gude Aro
Mra C Loester
Elizebeth B McAteer
Elizabeth
P W Nicholson
Fie
L W Leib
B Smith
Virts
W Buhler
Sings While Under Knife As Fingers Are Amputated
Special to The Workington Lost New York March Ether in halation causes Samuel Warrock of Kearny New Jersey to sing during surgery to amputate his fingers at Harrison factory. Surgeons Dolphin and Squier perform multiple amputations while Warrock’s baritone rendering moves four women in adjacent room to tears. Warrock loses voice after emerging from ether uttering expletives.
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Workington
New York
Mar
Samuel Warrock
Warrock
Kearny
Harrison
T de Dolphin
Dr Squier
Warrock Gang
Dr Dolphin
Washington party enjoys Virginia fox chase and hunt breakfast
A Washington party including Frank Hallman Robert R Pietach J E Eversole and others rode from Ram's Horn Inn at 10 am. The fox chase circled through Bladensburg to Riverdale covering about ten miles. Frank Hallman on his horse Word chased the fox to earth near Hindenskuts.
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Washington
Virginnia
Adams Case Goes to Jury in Idaho Murder Trial
Jurors hear that Adams is charged with the murder of Fred Tyler, a claim jumper, as Judge Richardson objects to parts of Judge Wood’s instructions. The court stresses that issues about Governor Steunenberg’s death are outside the case, noting coercion questions around Adams’s confession regarding Tyler. The judge emphasizes the law forbids self help and limits the jury to the murder charge and related felonies.
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Wallace
Idaho
Steve W. Adams
Fred Tyler
Richardson
Wood
Western Federation of Miners
Tyler
Adams
Guv Steunenbere
Woods
Fred Tyter
Guv Steunenberg
Steunenberg
Soule
Juniper
St Jon
Gentry Acquitted In Richmond Police Court
Former Richmond policeman W J Gentry was acquitted of assaulting Josie Robertson of Buckingham County after evidence showed the girl, aged nineteen, accompanied him voluntarily. She was fined for disorderly conduct and sent toward relatives, with potential assignment to Baltimore's house of correction.
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Richmond
Washington Post
Richmond Va
W J Gentry
Josie Robertson
Buckingham County
Gentry
House of Correction
Baltimore
Three Years For Promoter in False Pretenses Case
Special to The Washington Pass Baltimore Md Mark-After pleading guilty before Judge Dobler fi the Criminal Court today of securing more than $20 by false pretenses from Raleigh T Lilley, Bierra L. Richards, a former newspaper man and promoter of this city, Was sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. Trembling in every limb when he was brought into court, Richards had little to say before sentence was passed. He offered as an excuse that he had no intention to defraud Mr Lilley and declared that he had been victimized on the outside. Mr Lilley, in his statement to JudgeDodler, said that his acquaintance with Richards dated back to October 31 1905, when the promoter went to him, saying that he had a contract with a man named Berry, of Washington, who has patented a process for making mortar, and who assigned him one half interest in the patent. Alley testified that he had advanced Richards $2,000 upon false representations relative to the business.
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Washington Pass
Baltimore
Mark
Dobler Fi
Criminal Court Today
Raleigh T Lilley
Bierra L. Richards
Richards
Lilley
Liley
Dodler
Berry
Washington
Powder Ship Adrift Near Holyhead
The ketch Esmeralda carrying a large quantity of gunpowder was towed into Holyhead after being found drifting in the Irish Channel. No one was aboard and an empty boat from the vessel was recovered half a mile away, suggesting a hurried departure by the crew.
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Holyhead
Weuws
Mar
Seven Hurt In Collision On Toledo Rail Line
Seven people were injured this afternoon, four seriously, when an eastbound passenger train collided with a freight train on the Toledo St Louis and Western Railway. Serious injuries included Edward Kennedy, engineer of the freight train, Mrs Cora Welton of Greentown Indiana, Allen Gaskell of Neoga Illinois, and Mrs E B Word of Delphos Ohio.
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Neoga Ti Mar
Toledo, St Louis and Western Railroad
Aye Edward Kennedy
Mra
Cora Welton
Greentown
Ind
Alen Gaskell
Neoga
Delphos
Ohio
Quarrel Ends With Knife Wound in City Street
A man identified as Benjamin Quill of 32 Pleasant Court was stabbed in a near four and a half street and Maryland avenue altercation. He suffered a serious knife wound from the head to the chin and was taken to Emergency Hospital in serious condition. The assailant fled and had not been apprehended.
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Maryland Avenue
Benjamin Quill
Pleasant Court
Detroit man seeks arm reset after Honduras crash
Jess of Detroit arrived on the Panama Over from Honduras where he worked seven years for an American mining company to have his broken right arm set properly in U S. surgeons. A 24 horsepower car plunged 300 feet over a cliff in Tegucigalpa. He, his employer, and a young negro boy survived, rescued by locals who hauled them up a cliff using hammocks.
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New York
Jess
Detroit
Panama
Honduras
United States
Teguelgalva
DAVIS TRIAL HALTS OVER CHICAGO THEATER FIRE ORDINANCE
Danville Illinois March 6 The trial of Win J Davis charged with manslaughter in the Iroquois Theater disaster near Chicago December 30 1903 stalls as defense objects to the evidence and the validity of the Chicago ordinance cited as the basis for the fatal fire Attorneys predict days of argument to decide if the ordinance is valid and if Davis can be found guilty or not based on it
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Danville
Win J Davis
Chicago
Davis
Irish varsity bill held up in Westminster
London reports the government will postpone the Irish national university bill. James Bryce had promoted the measure before leaving England to serve in Washington. The extended legislative program prompted the delay, though the bill had support from about 20 barons.
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London
Merc
National University For
Ireland
James Bryce
England
Bis
Washington
French Judge Fines Ursuline Nuns in Convent Eviction
In Nantes a police court fined twenty seven Ursuline nuns 820 dollars each and the mother superior a separate fine for refusing to quit their convent under a law dispersing religious communities. The nuns argued the buildings and grounds belonged to the order authorized to educate. Demonstrators cheered as the nuns left with the court’s ruling and warning of possible further ejectment.
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Nantes
France
Suffragettes as Martyrs in British Prison Release
London reports say woman suffragists freed from confinement plan to return to protests. Mrs Despard and fellow agitators were released after a term in prison for participation in agitation at the House of Commons. James Kier Hardie presided at a breakfast honoring them as they vow to provoke breaches of the peace until suffrage legislation passes. The issue returns to the House of Commons next Friday amid renewed preparations.
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London
Despard
Geveral
House of Commons
James Kier Hardie
Hmelish
Kaiser's Peace Plan Aims Troop Withdrawals in Africa
Berlin reports Colonial Director Dernburg opened the Reichstag debate on the colonial budget proposing a 7.3 million dollar supplementary military fund for German South West Africa and 222,500 for the Kabut to Kelmens hoop railway. He stated peace was established March 11 and that many troops would be withdrawn before July 1 with universal conscription to compel male colonists to serve.
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German Southwest Africa
Berlin
Mar
Dernburg
Reichstag
Kabut
Kelmenshoop
Herr Dernburg
Bomb Wounds General At Farewell Banquet
In Sebastopol a bomb exploded under General Nepluaff's carriage as he left a palace farewell banquet in his honor. The general was wounded in the feet, his coachman injured, a bystander woman severely hurt, and the horses were killed. The attacker fled, marking a second serious attempt on the general's life this year.
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Sebastopol Mar
Nepluaff
Skrydiof
Oldest Inhabitants Name New Members and Honor Eichhorn
At a regular monthly meeting of the Oldest Inhabitants Association in the Corcoran Building new members were admitted: Gilbert B. Fowles Patrick Cleary Louis Schmidt W A H Church and Charles M Robinson. A resolution praised Rudolph Eichhorn longtime treasurer who died last Sunday. The minutes note plans to send a copy to his family.
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Rudolph Hichhorn
John B McCarthy
Rudolph Eichhorn
R Smith
Botanical Gardens
Washington
Hindens
Berlin
Beriin
Office Robbed of Stamps at National Guard Quarter
The District National Guard office was entered Tuesday night with desks forced and 14000 stamps of 1 and 2 cent denominations stolen. Police arrested Charles W Brown of 1677 Rosendale Street for knowledge of the crime after four sheets of 1 cent stamps and postal cards were found in his possession. George W Thomas, alleged by Brown to have assisted, was taken into custody. Thomas denies involvement.
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District National Guard
Charles W Brown
Rosedale Street
Brown
George W Thomas
Thomas
Dembrobsky Wins Prize at Franklin Night School Essay
Russian immigrant seventeen year old William Dembrobsky read his essay The Making of an American and won the $5 gold prize from the District Daughters of the American Revolution. The event closed the school year as funds were exhausted for the night schools.
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Mirine
Franklin
William Dembrobsky
I Street
Southwest
Daughters of the American Revolution
Dembrovsky
Furrier
Russia
Marcus Goldenberg
Walter Markof
Hke Dembrobsky
Smallwood
H L Hodgkins
Simons
Emia
Noyes English
Central
Twice Arrest Chauffeur In Case Of Alleged Overspeeding
Police seek conviction in a case involving chauffeur John Tracy employed by Gaston Phillips. Tracy was arrested on an attachment issued by Judge Kimball and will face court for alleged speech law violation ordered by his employer. Collateral was posted, later forfeited after nonappearance.
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John Tracy
Gaston Phillips
Kimball
Tracy
Phillips
Lee
First Precinct
Alleged Mutineer Arrested in Virginia Case
James Kelson was indicted in the United States court for the Eastern District of Virginia for complicity in the mutiny aboard the steamer St Johns last summer. He was arrested yesterday and presented before United States Commissioner Anson Failor. Kelson was committed for removal to Virginia to stand trial.
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Mutneer
James Kelson
United States
Virginia
St Johns
Anson Failor “Kelson
Virgina
Trai
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Frank W Hackett
Geological Survey
Frank W Clark
Pickering Dodge
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