Potomac Floods Cumberland Area as Rivers Rise Sharply
Heavy rain and rapid snowmelt push the Potomac River higher than in years, flooding Beall and Johnson Streets and back streets in Cumberland Maryland. Wills Creek nears the railroad bridge, and trains detour as sections of tracks flood. The cement mall bridge collapses, injuring no one but causing major damage to the Horseheads Construction Company. Drowned at Mount Savage seven year old Wilbert Myers perishes after a fall into the torrent. Residents evacuate as water floods the Cumberland Baseball Park area and the lower coal wharfs. The National area reports similar rises over Lonaconing Mount Savage and Piedmont with anticipated further flooding. Local lines are interrupted by a freight wreck near Chaffee, and electrical storms cause damage in Winchester and Frederick County Maryland.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Potomac River
Beall
Paca
Johnson Streets
Ridgely
Wills Creek
Pennsylvania
Central Station
West Virginia Central
Georges Creek
Cement Mall
North Cumberland
Weat Side
Horseheads Construction Company
Horseheads
N. C
Mount Savage
Jennings Run
Wilbert
Norah Myers
Cumberland Baseball Park
Mosquito Flats
Fairmont Coal Company
Lonaconing
Midland
Piedmont
W. Va
Beck Street
Lake
Western Maryland
Baltimore
Flangerstown
Potomac
Williamsport
Antietam Creek
Saltersburg
Funkstown
Conocochesque
Winchester
Bar
Frederick County
Lemuel Clark
Omo
Mildnigh
Comberland
Smallwood Street
Ingher
Wits Creek
Sand Patch Mountain
Hering & Carpenter
Morth Mechanic Street
Will Remove Mrs Hoge From Blacksburg Postmastership
Information from Lynchburg indicates the Postmaster General plans to remove Mrs Hoge from the Blacksburg postmaster position she has held for a year. An inspector charged she turned the office over to an assistant. he recommended removal. The office salary is 1200 per year. Also reported: Woodmen of the World officers elected in Lynchburg with George Jackson named head counsel and multiple regional officers listed. A 10-year-old boy named Irwan Parham sought for forgery in Greensboro after cashing a fake $70 check. Joseph Conrey of Eckhart, Md, attempted suicide by swallowing laudanum, later pumped from his stomach by a physician.
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Yaphington Dse
Lynchburg
John Hampton Hoge
Blacksburg
Tac Washingson
Greensboro
N. C
Irwan Parham
A. Pesler
Greensboro National Bank
Qperial
Washton
Cumberland
Joseph Conrey
Eckhart
Panton
Portsmouth School Board Chief Attacks Council Over Funding
President Frank J. Briggs of the Portsmouth School Board assailed the City Council for neglecting schools and underpaying teachers. He urged a larger appropriation for a new school building and better teacher pay. Briggs warned he would push consolidation with Norfolk if finances fail to support facilities. The council, angered, demanded names of members lacking interest. Briggs is related to Congressman Harry L. Maynard and represents the congressman’s ward on the board.
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Portsmouth School Board
Washington
Portsmouth
Frank J. Briggs
Carriera
Briggs
Norfolk
Sir Briggs
Harry L. Maynard
Thieves killed on track in Perryville double tragedy
Special to The Washington Fest reports two young white men about twenty years old died after robbing a loaded freight car on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad at Perryville Maryland. One was identified as Charles Spencer formerly of Hartford Conn a former sailor in the U S Navy. They leaped from the car with silk umbrellas and were struck by a moving freight train, killed on the tracks. Their bodies were recovered by the freight train crew and taken to Perryville station.
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Hikton
Mar
United States Navy
Baltimore and Washington
Perryville
Charles Spencer
Hartford
Conn
Uncle Sam
Ironworker dies in fall at Baltimore warehouse site
Alfred Newman, 30, a structural iron worker, died after falling forty feet from a third story window sill during work at the Hanover and Barre street site for Willam Doakin & Co. Joseph Ettinger, 37, of Hoboken N J, was seriously hurt when Newman’s fall struck him. Ettinger, a window dresser, was in Baltimore on business and had no local contacts. The Structural Iron Workers will handle Newman’s arrangements.
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The
Washington Post
Balimore
Alfred Newman
Joseph Ettinger
Bloomfield Street
Hoboken
N. J
Willam Doakin & Co
Hanover
Barre Street
Newman
Ettinger
Hattimora
Hanover Street
Baltimore
Organization of Structural Iron Workers
Too Late to See Her Son in Virginia Almshouse
Special to The Washington Post Petersburg Virginia March 12 R D Ramsey a young man with Brights disease was sent to the almshouse last month Physicians said he had little time to live His mother in Nova Scotia was notified Ramsey died at 2 o clock this morning The undertaker was leaving with the body when the aged mother arrived and collapsed on hearing of her sons death
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Washington Post
Petersburg
R. D. Ramsey
Bright
Ramsey
Nova Beotia
Train Strikes Obstruction Near Meyersdale
Special to The Washington Post reports the Duquesne Limited, fastest on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, hit an obstruction near Meyersdale causing a frightening jolt. Brake rigging damaged, rails bent, and an air hose rupture leaked between two coaches. engine had struck a rock the night before between Vasta and Scott Haven.
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Washigton
Cumberland
Duquesne Limited
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
St Tuck
Meyersdale
Vasta
Scott Haven
United States Court of Appeals hands down opinions in multiple cases
Richmond Virginia March 13 The United States Circuit Court of Appeals reconvened with Judges Goff Pritchard and Waddill in attendance The court handed down opinions in cases including Commonwealth Bank of Baltimore v Willer and others United States v Yoo Jim and others J W Bishop Company v Dodson Mary A Bookman v Hathway Fidelity and Casualty Co v Bank of Timmonsville The Old Nick Witlam Co v United States and other matters were continued or decided with costs awarded where applicable
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Washington Post
Richmond
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Goff
Pritchard
Waddill
Commonwealth Dank
Baltimore
Ve Willer
D. McG, Jr
Hinkley
Tageart Steele
Edgar M Noel
Bank
Rupt
Appelites
District Court
United States
Yeo Geo Yuu
Yoo Jim
District Court of
Wheeling
W Va
Tedge Goff
J. W Bishop Company
Wiliam Dodson
Danville
Madge Morrie
Mary A Book
Nettts Bi
Exceptons
R Oh Wright
Gorman Wright Company
N Gorman
Richmont
Lynchburg Mil Companys
Teavolerst Insurance Company of Hartford
Coan
Smefor
Circuit Court
Byordburg
Willinburg and Armistead Wedding in Williamsburg
Mark Willinburg and Lovina Armistead, both of James City County, wed tonight at the Williamsburg Methodist Church with Rev DT Merritt presiding. The Armistead family resides near Williamsburg and the couple’s union follows a era of local social importance. The notice mentions routine remedies and caregiver names in a small, public record style.
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Willinburg
Mark
Aumettus Miner
Mies
Lovina Armistead
James City
DT. Merritt
Henry Armistead
Williamsburg
Railroads' Answer Filed in Car Allocation Dispute
Maryland and West Virginia coal and railroad interests file detailed defenses in a federal case over car distribution. The Pitcairn Coal Co of West Virginia accuses Baltimore and Ohio and other lines of discriminatory practices. Respondents argue car shortages stem from seasonal demand, WV business patterns, and limited capital, with trial expected Friday and interstate commerce implications.
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Washington Post
Baltimore, Md
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Fairmont Coal Company
Somerset Coal Company
Consolidation Company
Southern Coal and Transportation Company
Pittsburg and Fairmont Fuel Company
Baltimore and Onio Railroad Company
Pitcairn, Coal Company of
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
United States Circuit Court
Gang
Haman
Maryland
Ttma
Epidemic of Pneumonia Strikes Woodenavills Area
Winchester Virginia March 13 Six deaths from pneumonia mark a severe outbreak in Woodennavills Hampshire County with about ten nearby miles reporting ten additional illnesses. Local physicians toil through night and day while Winchester doctors assist as the situation grows graver. Pneumonia has been prevalent at Woodennavills for over a month, indicating a spreading health crisis.
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Woodensville
W. Va
Washington Post
Winchester
Woodenavills
Hampsnies County
Efck
Physicrave
Weedensville
Three Pardons Granted by Gov Warfield in Clemency Session
Gov Warfield granted clemency at the pardon court for three inmates. Dolert Jackson of Baltimore, colored, sentenced to three years for abducting a minor. Preston Watta, convicted of larceny in Franca George County Court, two years in the House of Correction. William H Harlean, colored, convicted of a rape in Montgomery County Circuit Court, commuted after local appeals.
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Warfield
Washington Post
Annapolis
Mar
Dolert Jackson
Baltimore
Preston Watta
George County
House of Correction
William H. Harlean
Montgomery County
Hallmante
Frederick County
Parton
Brethren IV Session Opens Virginia Conference
The annual Virginia Conference of the United Brethren Church convened in Holmburg Virginia with Rev J B Mills D D of Danville Pa presiding. George P Hott was elected secretary for his 24th year with A S Hammack and E Nett as assistant secretaries. Sessions continue Sunday with ordinations and ministerial appointments planned. The conference covers parts of Maryland West Virginia and the Valley of Virginia down to Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Holmburg
Virginia
The
United Brethren Church
J. 3. Mills
Danville
Pennsylvania
Bishop Mills
George P. Hott
Berkeley
W. Va
Lively Contest for Norfolk Assistant Postmaster Draws Power Players
Norfolk Virginia March 18 The race for Norfolk assistant postmaster heats beyond the postmaster contest drawing in supports and potential influence. Stephen B Carney soon to be postmaster faces aid from rival factions with several candidates named including Adolph Aronhaim son of the Republican city chairman and Armstead Borland among others. Separately El e Grove Roanoke married elopement and local obituaries note deaths of Mrs Fannie Arzell in Richmond Mrs Eloise Williamson Taylor of Norfolk aged ninety five and Jacob A Whitmore of Augusta County.
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Norfolk
Washington
Stephen B. Carney
Beng
Adolph Aronhaim
AC. Graner
Bay Shore Terminal Company
Armstead Borland
Maj. Tarrall
Richmond
Mar
Fannie W. Arsell
Augustus Arvell, Jr
W.T Booth
Arzell
Willam Wilkinson
New Kent County
Reel
Haven
Eloise Williamson Taylor
John Calvert Taylor
RK W Woldrop
Brehm Arraigned in Highlandtown Murder Case
In Baltimore Maryland on March 18, Charles Brehm, a resident of the eastern suburb, is charged with causing the death of an unidentified man on February 17. He admitted to Spann officers that accusers did the deed and named several others as implicated or held as witnesses.
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Washington Post
Beltimore
Highlandtown
Capa
Charles Brehm
Spann Brehm
Brehm
Charles Donnelly
Nick” Kellar
Jo Smith
John Smith
Allas
Ble LA
Rob bin
Revenue fraud case witnesses describe 1905 blockade raids
More than a dozen Wilkes County witnesses testified in a Federal court revenue fraud case before Judge Boyd. They described a raid by revenue officers on April 10, 1905, when several blockade distilleries were reported destroyed, noting some operators resumed work shortly after and equipment remained intact. Some witnesses claimed other blockade distilleries continued operating unmolested despite officer knowledge.
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Washington Post
Greensburg
N. C
Boyd
Wilkes County
Oficers
Johnson for Judge and Barley Gets Commission in Virginia
Nine of about twenty four members of the Alexandria Bar Association endorsed John M Johnson for circuit judge to fill the Nicol vacancy. Judge Louis C Barley has already been appointed by Gov Swanson pending a legislative election. Examiners visited Alexandria County schools as part of annual sessions and will stay for teachers institute events. An evening program at First Baptist Church and a Jamestown Exposition collection were announced. Real estate sales by John D Normoyle and new machinery for Alexandria Electric Company were noted along with KC Miz Gerald council activities and Virginia Supreme Court cases on March 13.
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Warhington Post Bureau
S21
Hing Street
Alexandria
Bar Association
Corporation Court
John M. Johnson
Circuit Courts
Charles E. Nicol
Swanson
Johnson
Louis C. Barley
State Legslature
James R
Harry B
J. Randall Caton
Gardner L. Boothe
Willam Fendall
Robinson Moncure
Leo P. Harlow
Douglas Stuart
Sannel P. Wisher
C. C. Carlin
Lewis H. Machen
Barley
Gov. Swanson
State Board of Examiners
Fleischmann
Alexandria County
James E. Clements
Teachers’ Institute
First Baptist Church
John D. Normoyle
Jennie Swatman
Burkes Station
Fairfax County
Jonathan Matthews
North Patrick Street
Matthews
Slo Wolfe Street
Normoyle
George P. Aitcheson
Wife Gave First Gleam Then Took Flight in Panama Case
New York dispatch reports the Panama arrest of Charles Henry Rogers, suspected of murdering Frederick R. Olney and Willis Olney of Middletown New York and their housekeeper’s nine year old daughter Alice Ingerick. Motive linked to wife’s jealousy and alleged theft of $5,000. Dozens questioned, many arrests made, Rogers traced across the country to Panama where a letter to a brother led to his capture. Wife and five children remain whereabouts unknown.
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New York
Panama
Charles Henry Rogers
Frederick R
Willis
Olney
Middeltown
Alice Ingerick
Martin Ingerick
Rogers
San Francisco
Oramsan County
Mre. Ingerick
Olney Brothers
Alice
Middletown
George Rogers
Mra. Ingerick
Bis
Olney Lomestead
Daniel Davis
Davis
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Fnally
Californi
Henry Rogers
WVU Board Imposes Tuition in Medical Law and Music
Special to The Washington Fone from Moreontown West Virginia dated March 13 reports the West Virginia University board of regents voting to charge tuition in the medical and law departments and in the music school. The move follows the governor’s veto of legislative appropriations causing the loss of funding. About $6,000 yearly is anticipated from the new charges.
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Washington Fone
Moreontown
W. Va
Board For Regents
West Virginia University
School of Music
West Virginia
Dick son Hardware assigns to trustee in bankruptcy
The Dick son Hardware Company of Fredericksburg assigns to D. UL. Russell, trustee, for creditors. Assets value unknown. Creditors include Northern and Western firms with claims across Richmond and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waenington
Fredericksburg
Dickson Hardware Company
D. UL. Russell
Richmond
Baltimore
Burns Fatal for Spartanburg Teen at Southern Shops
Spencer New Georgia Mar 18 Ted Drummond aged seventeen of Spartanburg South Carolina died yesterday afternoon in a Salisbury hospital after severe burns from clothing ignite while at work with clothing saturated in flammable liquids.
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Spencer, N. G
Ted Drummond
Spartanburg
S. C
Satisbury
Maryland Obituary Summary From Cambridge Area
Cambridge March 13 Thomas Kughlett long time deputy fish commissioner for Easthore Shore died at Bis Romsere after brief pneumonia with Bright's disease. Laprel March 16 funeral of Henry W Thies, who died from Bright's disease Monday, was held this afternoon with Rev G M Wartecdl officiating. He is survived by his wife two daughters and two sons. The funeral of Philip H Taree was held this morning from St Philip's Episcopal with Rev TA Volmtons officiating. he left a wife and two daughters.
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Cambridge
Thomas Kughlett
Eastora Shore
Cambbridge
Bis Romsere
Bright
Laprel
Mar
Henry W. Thies
Genatius Rentdones Bere
Uhia
Hig
Fev
G. M. Wartecdl
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
Philip H. Taree
St. Philip's
TA. Volmtons
Amrwived Br Bla
Southern Ice Exchange rejects Southern trade combine
Atlanta march 12 theSouthern Ice Exchange at its annual convention decided not to form a regional combination to fix prices or unify rates. officials cited strong legislation and public sentiment against combinations in the South and varied local manufacturing conditions that would make universal pricing impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Ice Exchange
Wilkie escapes hanging. Virginia governor commutes death to life
Wes Wilkie of Scott County, sentenced for murder, escaped jail days before execution and was later respited to March 2. Governor Swanson commutes the sentence to life imprisonment on jury and local officials’ urging, citing self-defense as a mitigating factor. He will be brought to the penitentiary immediately.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Wes Wilkie
Solered
Scott County
Swanson
School fund cut to pay books before June apportionment
Annapolis Md March 12 Attorney General Bryan advised the comptroller that 150000 dollars for school books must be drawn from the school fund prior to the June apportionment. The move is expected to force early school closings in several counties. The board of education had argued the money could be paid from funds accruing after the June apportionment but before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Bryan Haa
Board of Education
Southern Establishes School in Spencer Shop
The Southern Hallway Company opened a new educational institute at its Spencer shops, the first of its kind in the South. An instruction department will teach mathematics, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and mechanical drawing to apprentice workers free of charge, with paid study time. Prof. W E McEldowney will direct the program, and diplomas may be awarded after examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Spencer
N. C
Southern Hallway Company
South
W. EB. MecEldowney
Scranton
Southern
James town Grand March gains favorable notice in Lynchburg
Miss Nannie L. Dinwiddie of Lynchburg composed The James town Grand March which has drawn much favorable comment. The work features a Indian war song chorus and a finale with Indian witnesses. Jamestown Grand March shines in period style and is tied to Dinwiddie and Gov. Dinwiddie lineage.
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Jamestown
Dinwiddie
Lynchburg
Washington
Nannie L. Dinwiddie
Virginia
James Dinwiddie
Peace Institute
Raleigh
R Palmer Hunter
John Smith
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Mrs. Hoge
Spectato Ane Waanington Roa
Woodmen of the World
George Jackson
Wilmington
N.C
E. J Savage
Parkersburg
E. M Bunch
Lynehburg
D. W. Hargrove
J. W. Gentry
W. B. McCoy
Council
Virginia Weddings
Grove
Railroads
Edenburg
Elopers
Bristol
Roanoke
Hale Scott
Misa Luella Thomas
Vinton
Parson Burroughs
Ian Thomas
Hota
Wilkes
Wame Johnson
Kate Waller Barrett
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Alexandria Electric Company
Mizgerald Council
Knights of Columbus
B.A. Gorman
M. J. MacFarland
Petersburg Council
Virginia Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Fitterds
Va Southern Railway Company
Weryon Sa
N.Y
N. Y
Gir
Finn
Glenn
Gov. Glenn
Bickett
BE. F. Aydrett
Eliabeth City
W. A. Erwin
Durham
J. W. McNeill
Hope Min
J. H. Weddington
Charlotte
G. A. Webb
Asheville
WO Ige Trust
Wilkie
Blackstone
Daniel Beasley
Nottoway County
R. E. Traylor
Exposition
Mar. W
Hines
Twenty-third Infantry
U.S. A
Sembato
Pioneer Oil
Lewis Daniel Kraft
Pioneer
Dudley
Rio Janeiro
Irving B. Dudley
Peru
Brazil
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Munich
Diamond and
National Capital Brewing Co
Sts. S. E
Phane
Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
Ceres
Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific
Ascot Perk
Graheck
Benjamin Head
Medical
Ree
Ef Mnaar
Shade
Fisk Elgin
F Street
N. W
Mann Oee
Citizens’ Loan & Trust CO
Aera
Teata
Palisa Band
Mihai Loeb
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