Prominent Toledo Citizen Linked to Postal Scandal Trial
Grand jury weighing a new case against August W. Machen former free delivery chief now serving at Moundsville with Toledo connections. Lorenz may testify. Bristow calls the strap and buckle fraud one of government’s most remarkable schemes. Treasury may absorb 70 000 in letter box purchases.
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Toledo
Federal Grand Jury
August W. Machen
Free Delivery
Moundsville
W. V
George A. Lorenz
Ohio
Machen
Diller B. Groff
Samuel Groff
Lorenz
Groffs
Washington
Bristow
Carrier investigation into mail carrier stock peddling
Postmaster General Cortei is expected to direct investigations into charges that letter carriers in major cities aided a mining and development company by peddling its stock within their circles while delivering mail. W G Tucker of Toledo reported the issue, leading to suspensions and removals there. Similar accusations have surfaced in Philadelphia Chicago Milwaukee Detroit and Cincinnati with inquiries to be conducted by Chief Inspector Vickery.
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Corteiyou
William G. Tucker
Toledo
Philadelphia
Chicago
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cincinnati
Vickery
Jeremiah Donovan in Jail Feigns Melancholia Amid Murder Charge
Jeremiah Donovan, jailed for allegedly murdering his wife Elizabeth Donovan, is reported by prison authorities to be gravely ill and possibly insane. Dr. Schultz notes a dazed, tearful state, refusing food, with mental deterioration linked to prior treatment at Providence Hospital and earlier alcohol-related issues. A thorough examination is planned.
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Jeremiah Donovan
Elizabeth Donovan
Gole
Schults
Schultz
Ponovan
Providence Hospital
Dr. Schultz
Gas Light Superintendent Fined in Smoke Law Case
James L. McKihenny, superintendent of the Washington Gas Light Plant at Twenty-sixth and 6 Streets NW, was fined 20 after pleading guilty in Police Court to violating the smoke law on March 14. A separate plea of guilty by Miss Felle N. Tanner, manager of the Chapin Apartment House, to a March 15 violation was entered with sentence deferred pending the Rochambeau Apartment House appeal.
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Rochambeau
Court of Appeals
Death by own action clause upheld in Ohio case
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the validity of a death by own action clause in an assessment insurance policy. In Perry P Tisch of Ashtabula County versus Protected Home Circle the court ruled the clause voided a $1,000 wife life policy when Tisch died by his wife’s hand. Mrs Bertha Beaman was arraigned on two larceny charges and fined $60 each.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Perry P. Tisch
Ashtapula
Home Circle
Fisch
Bertha Beaman
Court appoints receivers to oversee draft ownership dispute
The Supreme Court yesterday appointed Chirien Tucker and Herman W. Van Senden as receivers to take charge of a draft valued at $7.44, with ownership contested and tied to a suit by George Jesse against John Pappas of Atlanta as executor of Michael Kerles will. Jesse seeks recovery in a civil action against the United States for tobacco seized by federal troops during the Civil War, aiming to establish a claim to a fund set aside by Congress. Attorneys Tucker and Kenyon represent Jesse.
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Preme Court
Chirien
Tucker
Herman W. “van Senden
Charke
Maptte
George Jesse
John Pappa
Atlanta
Gare
Michael Kerlés
Jesse
Pappato
Kyies
United States
Congress
Tucker and Enyon
Italians Arrested Labor Riot to Be Arraigned
Titus Bonomasen and Dipetro Tago, two Italian laborers on the railroad tunnel, will be arraigned in Police Court tomorrow on inciting a riot charge altered to disorderly conduct. About fifty workers advocated a strike last Saturday, rioting briefly before police dispersed them. They were released after posting $20 collateral each. their cases were called yesterday and continued.
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Titus Bonomasen
Dipetro Tago
Millionaire Warner Miller to build finest office block south of New York
Former U S Senator Warner Miller of New York plans a $1,000,000 modern office building in Washington with corner site near the Colorado Building. Slater Brothers & Co. negotiate sites at Fourteenth and G streets NW. Miller aims to begin work early summer after ground acquisition. Miller, a leading paper magnate and billionaire, will own the building outright. Nearby real estate deals include Willige Gibbs & Daniel selling two four story brick houses at Nos 631 and 685 1 Street NW for about 928,000 and Col Henry May selling 633 Street for 9,600 to J C Blakelock. investments intended.
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United States
Warner Miller
New York
New York City
Miller
Colorado
Fourteenth
Slater Brothers & Co
Washington
Willige
Henry May
J. C. Blakelock
Fugitive Molesworth Arrested by Washington Detectives
Dr. Molesworth, sought by Newark police for robbery, was arrested on Pennsylvania Avenue by Detectives Pratt and Peck. A noted burglar and burglar’s tools inventor, he allegedly stole machinery from L. G. Wright’s machine shop in Newark. He was captured after a pursuit and will be taken to Newark.
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Dr. Molesworth
Washington
C. Eldridge Molesworth
Newark
N. J
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pratt and Peck
Molesworth
L. G. Wright
Alleged Broken Agreement In Mining Stock Trade
Felix von Briesen through attorney Clarence Wilson filed suit against Congressional and Mexican Mining Co seeking 310,500 plus interest on 7,500 from March 2 1905 and 3,000 from March 9 1906. He says on November 1 1904 the company agreed to sell 6,000 shares for 2,500 with a promised redemption at 1.50 per share, yet the company refuses to buy back at that price after delivering the stock.
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Felix von Briesen
Clarence KR. Wilson
Congressional and Mexican Mining Company
Shooting Case Continued In Georgetown Trial
Milton Hopfenmaier’s case for shooting Walter A. Trought in Georgetown was adjourned awaiting the victim’s condition. A $32,000 bond remains in effect as Trought, treated at Georgetown University Hospital, shows slight improvement after the bullet wound to the abdomen. The shooting occurred in the backyard of Trought’s father’s business at 3200 K Street Northwest.
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Milton Hopfenmaier
Walter A. Trought
Georgetown
Trought
Georgetown University Ospital
Hoptenmeier
Constitutional ruling upholds railroad station funding acts
The Court of Appeals on the February 1908 union station and February 1912 crossings acts held they do not constitute unconstitutional private use of public funds. It affirmed the District Supreme Court demurrer, rejecting Millard’s claims that revenue measures originated in the Senate and that funding violated constitutional origin rules.
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United States
Union Station
Congress
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company
Millerd
House of Representatives
Senate
Millard
Court of Appeals
Trust Release Ruling in Whelpley v Ross Court of Appeals decision
Justice Morris delivered the Court of Appeals opinion modifying the District Supreme Court decree in James R. Whelpley et al v Samuel Ross. The stockholder linked to Ross is granted release of property from a building association trust, with the lower court’s money overpayment and release orders partially altered. The court does not resolve usury questions from the sparse record. An Inscrict Court opinion granted Ida Dotey a new trial against the District of Columbia for injuries from a sidewalk defect, finding error in the contributory negligence instruction. Also, a Court of Appeals affirmed the Patent Commissioner in Edwin L. Seelinger v. Robinson on an eye tip improvement. Kit Carson Post No. 2 marks its 38th anniversary with a Grand Army hall program tonight featuring speeches by leaders and musical acts.
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Justice Morris
Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
James R. Whelpley
Samuel Ross
Ross
Inscrict Court of Appeals
Justice Morr
Ida Dotey
District of Columbia
Morris
Kit Carson Post
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic Hall
Pennsylvania Avenue
Douglass King
George Battey
Thomas H. McKee
A. P. Tasker
Railroads Seek Action Against Ticket Scalpers
Ambiguous court notes show Justice Anderson dealing with a petition by Me Beeile and the receiver Peelle to sell certain personal property of the late Edward G. Nites estate. The Barker case involving five railroads and alleged ticket scalpers was continued, with references to Rampsoh P Bayly and others.
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AM Orugi
Wugucu
Justice. Anderson
Stanton GC. Peelle
Edward G. Nites
Rampsoh P . Bayly
Mary Mr. Wiltes
Me Beeile
Washington
Tustice Anderson Watt
Fragmentary court note on disputed ownership and funds
The fragment describes a dispute over a playbill or share of something belonging to him while another party denies touching any money in a store at night. The name Mr. Berger appears and a referee is referenced, but details are unreadable and actions remain unclear.
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Sitor
Berger
Barber Barbershop Owner Found Dead From Overdose
Matthew H Stafford forty seven year old barber of 1219 Seventh Street Northwest was found dead on his shop floor yesterday morning by assistant Leroy Hoch. Police believe overdose morphine caused death. coroner issued death certificate. Staffords back room served as living quarters and he previously run a shop at Soldiers Home. A daughter Maude Stafford, from Fair Play Missouri, was notified. a second wife is mentioned. Stafford likely to be buried at Arlington unless contact with daughter is made.
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Matthew H. ‘Stafford
Matthew H. Stafford
Orea
Leroy Hoch
Hoche
Stafford
Ivana
Boyce
Seventh Street
Maude Stafford
Fair Play
West
Arlington
Purim hop at Rifles Armory for Adas Israel building fund
Ladies Auxiliary of Adas Israel hosted a Purim entertainment and dance at Rifles Armory drawing nearly 400 attendees. A concert opened with Leon Cohen at the piano and an orchestra performing Martha, followed by solos by Mrs. Amy Law Ormsby and Prof. Anton Kaspar. A comedietta titled Mrs Tubb's Telegram was performed by congregation members. The evening closed with dancing under floor committee chair Robert Aaron.
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Adas Israel
Rifles’ Armory
Leon Cohen
Flotow
Martha
Frank Byram
Anton Kaspar
Amy Law Ormsby
Ernest Gichner
Lilian Goldstein
Bd Goldstein
Sam Korman
Sadie Atlas
Sophia Korman
Robert Aaron
Funeral of Moy Len For Chinese Man Buried with Christian Rites
Moy Len For, a Chinese man, was buried with Christian rites after conversion to Christianity. Rev. Dr. S M Newman led the services at First Congregational Church and in Rock Creek Cemetery, with widow Mrs May and several of nine children present and Chinatown friends paying tribute.
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Chinaman
First Congregational Church
Lee's Undertaking Establishment
May
Chinatown
Hineae
Ben gla Will Case Opens With Mental Capacity Question
Justice Gould and a jury opened the Ekengla contested will hearing in probate court. The case, about $200 000, may take six weeks. Attorneys R Golden Donaldson for the caveators and Joseph D Wright for the caveatees led opening statements as witnesses, many relatives of the deceased, testified on the testator's mental capacity when the will was made.
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Justice Gould
Ekengla
R. Golden Donaldson
Joseph D. Wright
Embezzlement Case to Two Year Term for Hotel Keeper
Samuel Gassenheimer formerly proprietor of the Lawrence Hotel was sentenced by Justice Wright to two years in prison for receiving embezzled railroad tickets. The case followed a motion for a new trial and an arrest of judgment, with an appeal noted. A juror-influence matter and a contempt ruling against a friend of the defendant were part of the proceedings. Justice Wright denounced the defendant's habitual fraudulent conduct and the attempted perversion of justice, calling it a menace to government. Also, Joseph Burkhard received one year and one day for assault with a deadly weapon after a jury recommended mercy.
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Samuel Gaksenheiimer
Lawrence
Wright
Gassenheimer
Henry E. Davis
Court of Appeals
Gassen‘heimer
United States
Bushy- Smith
Keigwin
Benjamin F. MecCaully
Justice Wright
Burkhard
Joseph Burkhard
Seventh Street
Gobel
Wilton J. Lamibért
Hgh Sanwa Lass
Free Rheumatic Cure Promise by German Chemical Remedy
A persuasive medical offer claims Dr Shoop’s Rheumatic Cure removes poison from the blood to end rheumatism. The speaker cites years of study, a costly German chemical, and a money back free trial for any rheumatic sufferer who writes for the remedy.
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Germany
Dr. Shoop
Bhoop
Dallas
Eight Years in Prison for Brooks and Other Court Actions
The report notes sentences and appeals in multiple cases. Eugene Brooks received four years in the penitentiary on each of two counts for assault with a dangerous weapon, with an appeal noted. Burkhard faced a one year and one day sentence given his dependents and intoxication context. Posey was sentenced to one year and one day for arson with an appeal allowed. Ryan alias Riley received three years for trunk larceny, with an appeal filed. Weather and river conditions, forecasts, and local weather readings follow, detailing river stages and storm impacts across regions with temperatures and precipitation data.
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Burkhard
Wright
Brooks
Justice Wright
Eugene Brooks
Charles FP. Fosey
Brightwood Avenue
Court of Appeals
D. W. Baker
Posey’s
John Ryan
John Riley
FF. J. Hogan
BP. A. Gray
Ryan
U. 3
Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Middle Atlantic
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Gul Brater
Rocky Mountains
Lake Region
Nowbero Plateau
North Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Guilt
Lake Michigan
North Winde
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Cortelyou
Department
Carrier Investigation
New Jersey
Hopfenmaier
District Court of ‘Appeals
Washington Terminal Company
Ross Building Association
Bee Te
Pe Delaof
Moy
Len
Bengla
Ang
Attendan
Cristia
Lansburgh & Bro
Leo
Élése
Plains
Creerers
Sanders & Stayman
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Trinity River
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Min
Asheville
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Cheyenne
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Iowa
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Cols
Des Moines
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Nebr. Te A. Ital
Eityandig
Binks
St Louis
Fata
Peter Grogan
Ste
Forbenol
Home Savings Bank
Mass. Ave
Steinway
Penn. Ave
N. W
American Security and Crust Company
Patna
Saime
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
St. N.W
Manhattan Laundry
Florida Ave. N. W
North
William C. Woodward
Nyt
Cereta
Board of Medical Supervisore
Louisiana Avenue Northwest
Anne McKesver
Mary A. Walling
WM. T. Walling
Dr. Hiernitarium
Kingston-on-Hudson
Francis Timblety
J. Kemp Bartlett
Batimore
Macdonnall
Phrenology
St. Nw
Mme. L. Macdonnall
B. B. Earnshaw & &Ro
Alexandria
Hu Kk Electric Power Arry Bkgy
14Th St
M. Ivan
Clara A. Westlake
Brunswick
Bet
M. Patterson
Wilbur L. Smith
D. Oo
T. Blig
Seer Rick
Bond Building
14Th
New York Age
Charles HH
Home Life
Stearns
Pope Bidz
Schmid
Hird
12Th St
Gi Hat
Skinhealth
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