Good Handed at Luray Confession and Hanging
Special to The Washington Post reports Peter Good alias Charlies Schafer was hanged at 6 35 in Luray Va for the murder of his sweetheart Fannie Stroop on the previous November 80. He confessed to jealousy fueled shooting and attempted suicide but failed to kill himself. Witnesses included Deputy Sheriff Wood and local officials.
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Washington Post
Luray
Peter Good
Charlies Schafer
Fannie Stroop
Wood
Sharif
Pete
Sharif Sedgwick
Peta
Mr. Strickler
Good
Seffin
Sherif Smallwood
Clarke County
Edy
Opsner
Odd Fellows Celebrate Sixty-Eighth Anniversary in Alexandria
The Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows marked its 68th anniversary with a ceremony at Odd Fellows Hall attended by prominent members from Baltimore Washington and other cities. Sovereign Grand Secretary John B Goodwin delivered the principal address, with Rev Edgar Carpenter and D R Stansbury among speakers. a drill by the degree team directed by Capt WL was presented and a banquet for 150 followed. Goodwin, a Georgia native and former Atlanta mayor, also met with callers at Hotel Rammel.
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Potomac Lodge
Shington Post Bureau
Bal King Street
Alexandria
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
Baltimore
Washington
Carlton Padgett
D. R Stansbury
Sovereign
John B. Goodwin
Edgar Carpenter
Grace Episcopal Church
H. W. Bradford
John I. Brown
J. H. Crewe
Graha
BR. Ford
I. A. Eastling
W. H. Vermillion
D. R. Stansbury
J. R. Manafield
Fred Kaus
George H. Hinken
W. L. Martin
Wr. Goodwin
Rammel
Mr. Goodwin
Georgia
Atlanta
Runaway Alaskan Wolf Dog Team Chased Through Rockville
Eli Smith the Alaskan male carrier arrived in Rockville with seven wolf dogs. The dogs bolted from his train hookup and sped down the road pursued by excited boys and Col. William Dorsey in a fast roadster. After about a half mile the dogs stopped when they recognized their master and he was brought back to town.
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Appelal
Washington Post
Rockville
Eli Smith
Globe Trotter
Smith
Col
Willam Dorsey
Lown
Andrews on Trial for Fe for Life in Virginia Case
George C Andrews a 21 year old former Virginia Passenger and Power employee sits trial before Judge F R Carter Scott in Henrico County Circuit Court charged with assaulting Ira Bane age 11. Key witness Mrs Carrie Gentry testifies as defense alleges Bane girl admitted false story to spite Andrews wife over a prior quarrel. Also notes travel ads and tours with low fares from Chicago to the Pacific coast and San Francisco with touring information.
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Washington
Richmond
George C. Andrews
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
Carter Scott
Henrico County
Ira Bane
Carrie Gentry
Bane
Andrews
Twin Brothers Sanity Case Due In Baltimore Court
Special to The Washington Fest Baltimore March 22 remarkable case concerns the sanity of twins Matthew F Dillon and James P Dillon of the city. Tomorrow Matthew will seek habeas corpus to secure release from Bayview. James, released from city jail a week ago after an assault term, denies relatives and doctors’ claims of mental derangement and hopes to restore his work prospects. Gerald Hill, attorney for the wives of the Dillons, cannot say if Mrs Dillon will pursue further restraints, but no action will occur until after Matthew’s case is decided. The Dillon matter now rests with the state, though Mrs Dillon’s family doubts liberty is safe at this time.
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Washington
Baltimore
Matthew F
James P. Dixon
Matthew FR. Dillon
Bayview
James P. Dillon
Gerald Hii
Messrs
Matthew
James Dillon
Matthew Dillon
Hill
Burton Visits President To Discuss Inland Waterways
Representative Burton of Ohio met the President to review the inland waterways commission created by the President with Burton as chairman. They noted funding shortages and lack of congressional authority will limit early work until an appropriation is approved. Burton plans a May 1 meeting after returning from Panama with Secretary Taft and discussed Ohio politics and Taft’s presidential prospects.
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Burton
Ohio
Inland Waterways Commission
Commission
Congress
Panama
Taft
Waterways Commission
Girl Set Afire in Street Attack Near Clinton Street
Jennie Cook, ten, of 680 Clinton Street, is in Long Island College Hospital in critical condition after being set ablaze by a group of half grown youths on Clinton Street and Hamilton Avenue. Police, including Officers Fagan and Tucker, pursued the attackers but they fled. Witnesses say the assailants appeared unfamiliar to the neighborhood residents.
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New York
Jennie Cook
Clinton Street
Long Island College Hospital
Hamilton Avenue
Fagan and
Tucker
Doyle
Deaths of Mrs. Belasco and M. L. Mayer in San Francisco
Mrs. Belasco Juliet Crosby, wife of Alcazar Theater partner Fred Belasco, died suddenly in San Francisco. An hour later M. L. Mayer, Belasco's partner and Mayer’s brother in law to Belasco’s sister, died from the shock. Mayer had recently fallen ill, and his death followed Mrs. Belasco’s on the same day. Mrs. Belasco celebrated her thirtieth birthday last Saturday and earlier debuted at the old Alcazar Theater, where Fred Belasco became involved with her, and they wed nine years ago.
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San Francisco
Fred Beineco
Alcazar Theater
Juliet Crosby
M. L. Mayer
Mayer
John P. Kelly Dies After Fall At Brooklyn Bridge
John P. Kelly a former member of the New York board of education and noted figure in John C. Sheehan anti-Tammany circles was found unconscious at the Brooklyn Bridge entrance by two policemen. He was taken to Hudson Street Hospital in critical condition with a base of skull fracture. Doctors think the injury resulted from a fall, location is middle entrance.
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Washington Post
New York
John P. Kelly
Board of Education
John CG. Sheehan
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Brooklyn Bridge
Bar- Toughs
Hudson Street Hospital
Frederick Halterman Dies Former Congressman in Philadelphia
Frederick Halterman, former Congressman from the Third district, died at his home 338 North Fifth Street Philadelphia after a stroke ten weeks earlier. Born in Germany he was seventy five years old and had served one term in Congress before retiring from politics.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Halterman
North Fifth Street
Halterman
Germany
Man fined for manslaughter in Missouri murder case
Charles Simon of St. Louis was fined $90 and jailed five months after being found guilty of fourth degree manslaughter in the killings of Otto Buddemeyer and Walter Robeson at Washington. The feud stemmed from romantic rivalry over Ida Stetz. Arrivals and shipping notices follow, including ships from New York to Europe and Atlantic crossings, with various passenger movements and cargo listings.
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Union
Charles Simon
St. Louis
Otto Buddemeyer
Walter Robertson
Washington
Simon
Buddemeyer
Robeson
Ida Stetz
Fighting for her son accuses his present wife of unfitness
Mrs Keffla Robinson Emmert, sister of New York railroad magnate Bird M. Robinson, answers William S. Emmert in his crossbill seeking custody of son Paul. She accuses Emmert and his wife Myrtle Johnson of neglect and improper conduct, says their daughter Ada Une was pushed toward the stage, and pleads the court to grant her care of Paul, asserting the couple harmed her home. The case recalls a prior decree awarding joint custody, with mother’s months and father’s fourth month, before Emmert remarried.
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Emmert
Chila
Washington
Bristol
Keffla Robinson Emmert
Bird M. Robinson
New York
Mobile, Jackson and Kangar City Railway
Wiliam
Southwest Virgins
Paut
Myrtle Johnson
Virginia
Emmett
Paul
Chantellor Haynes
Mgr. Emmett
Miss Johnson
Chancery Court
Washville
Tenn
Morgan Sees Big Race in Liverpool Grand National
J Pierpont Morgan stops in Liverpool after Baltic voyage from New York. He remains to watch the Grand National Steeplechase rather than proceed to London. He denies rumors of European travel tied to North Atlantic passenger business talks.
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Liverpool
Marc
J. Pierpont’ Morgan
White Star Line
New York
Mr. Morgan
London
Europe
Choates Host to Bryce Dinner in New York
Former American Ambassador Joseph H Choate and Mrs Choate hosted a dinner in honor of British Ambassador James Bryce and Mrs Bryce at their home in New York. Bryce is set to speak tomorrow at a Pilgrim Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
Britain
Joseph H. Choate
Choate
James Bryce
Thebault Ends Life With Self Inflicted Be**h?
Despondent over illness, George Thebault proprietor of the United States Hotel at Sheepshead Bay shot himself four times in the head. He was forty nine and long known in sporting circles, suffering from dropsy.
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New ‘York
George Thebault
United States
Sheepshead Bay
Thebault
Roosevelt Jr Named Harvard Crew Assistant Manager
Cambridge Mass March 22 Theodore Roosevelt Jr was appointed second assistant manager of the Harvard University crew by the university athletic committee tonight from a field of a dozen candidates active in subscriptions and crew work The committee also confirmed Joshua Crane of Boston as head coach of the university football team and announced he will succeed Coach Reid on the intercollegiate football rules committee.
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Cambridge
Mass
Theodore, Roosevelt, Jr
Harvard University
University Athletic Committee
Roosevelt
Athletic Cominittes
Joshua ‘Crane
Boston
Crane
Reid
Harvard
Allen's Foot-Ease Gives Quick Relief for Tight Shoes
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease powder. Shake into shoes for instant relief from corns and bunions, swelling, blisters, calluses, and sore spots. A sure cure for sweaty, tired feet sold by druggists and stores. trial package available by mail from Allen.
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Allen
Allen 8
Ofm' Stéd
le Roy
N. T
Pay-raised, he confessed New York bookkeeper arraigned
William Hayden, a bookkeeper at Weber's Theater, was arraigned in Jefferson Market Court charged with robbing Joe Weber of $1.00. He confessed to wrongdoing and claimed a salary dispute led to the act. Haydens counsel pleaded not guilty and waived examination. bail set at 915,000 for trial.
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
William. A. Hayden
Lider
The
Lambs
Jayden
Anld Weber
Abraham Barnard
Weber
Den
Hayden
Hayden - Washela
Babe Found At Door Prompt Police Help
A baby was found near the front door after a violent disturbance. Police took the infant into custody and placed her with a nurse on Rvatreet Northwest while authorities sought the mother.
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Babe
N.B
A. Ace
Colored Man Appointed to Civil Service Post
A special Washington report notes an appointment of a colored man to a civil service position in Toledo. The selection, tied to Congressman Sherwood's recent Port Stelene campaign speech, was announced at a salary of 1200 dollars. Leading Democrats defend the decision amid Roosevelt era politics.
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Washington
Fost
Toledo
Mar
Sherwood
Port Stelene
Roosevelt
Fortune Teller Theresa Arrested After Fraud Trial
A Harlem fortune teller named Theresa, living at 229 Past, faces arraignment after a theft scheme exposed by palm readings and metal tokens. Detectives trace letters and warn of further arrests as court action looms.
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Ork
Theresa
Harlem
Bunco
Corcoran
Little Girls Run Away From Home in Regina Incident
Two young girls left their home in Regina late at night prompting a search by their mother Ruth Owens. Police traced them to the Regina apartment house at 114 Northwest Retreat where they were located before being returned home. A fund raiser for the Masons and a city post Great Contest were mentioned as local events, with notices of upcoming Jamestown Exposition coupons.
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Ruth
Aurini
Oime
Wen
Owens
Henry "B. Graves
Regina
Ton Partment Sige
Matreet
Worthwest
Waite
Insurance Men Stand Pat Over Mutual Board Split
Insurance executives from Washington weigh next moves after a break with local underwriters over rate reductions. Henry K. Simpson of Peoples Fire Insurance cites no definite action while Washington reps meet informally. Bergmann of German American says plans are forming and a decision will come within a week as a consolidation push surfaces amid rumors of stock control bids. Funeral services for Charles R. Monroe, brick maker, will be held today at 2:30 p.m. at his home with Osiris chapter Masons in charge. burial at Congressional Cemetery.
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Henry K. Simpson
People’s Fire Insurance Company
Cadetwriters’ Association
Simpson
Washington
SDI
Washington Companies
Hefe
Bergmann
Geiman-American Fire Insurance Company
Yeaterday
John T. Adams
Potomac Fire Insuram Company
C. R. Monroe
Charles R. Moroe
Ufe
Atlanta
North Carolina Avenue
Osiris Socet No
FA A. M
Congressional Cemetery
Grape-Nuts Promises Digestive Ease and Satisfying Fuel
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a natural, satisfying food that aligns appetite with bodily needs. It argues modern diets cause indigestion and food insanity while praising the product’s nutty granules, wholesome flavor, and balance of albumens carbohydrates and phosphate of potash from whole wheat and barley. There’s a claimed benefit to digestion and overall energy.
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Sheepshead’ Bay Hotel
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