Convention of the League of American Sportsmen Opens
Fifty delegates from nearly every State attend the League of American Sportsmen convention chaired by George Shields in New York. Reports from states focus on protecting game fish and birds as sessions continue at the exposition. Former Congressman Shiras will advocate a federal migratory birds law tomorrow. Delegates to be entertained aboard the battle ship Commodore Maury and at the Westmoreland Club in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of American Sportsmen
George Shields
New York
National Organization
Shiras
Pennsylvania
Admiral Bons
Westmoreland Club
Richmond
Jamestown Exposition Funding Nears Final Step
Jamestown Exposition Company faces a $40000 mortgage and bond plans as directors press forward to complete the tercentennial grounds. Tucker reports progress on exhibits, Landing Day arrangements, and permanent grounds use while Ryan and New York financiers weigh flotation of a 2340000 bond issue to finish construction and preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exposition
Harry St Gerge Tucker
Jamestown Exposition Company
Roosevelt
Tucker
Thomas F Ryan
Virginia
Feizures
Harpton Roads
Plana
Washington
Jamestown
Metcalf
Norfolk
Barton
Ways and Means
Exposition Company
New York
York Mayo
Ryan
Ryans
Lottery scam suspect arrested after ticket haul
Police uncover a network linked to a German actor Ruhari Berger accused as distributing agent for European lottery schemes. A complainant Arrokd Gartzen alleges he bought a Finland lottery ticket and Feuer tickets were found on Berger. Authorities seized numerous lottery tickets believed tied to drawings in Saint Petersburg Berlin Dresden and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chile
Ciinnau
Ruhari Berger
Gertieavente
Coxnplaint
Arrokd Gartzen
Clay Street
Berger
Gartzen
Finland
St Petersburg
Russia
Germany
Upper Central Avenue
Leteculves
Buaiger
Berlin
Dresden
Accused of Killing Nine in Ackerman Family Tragedy
Pensacola trio Stanley and McC Smith were arrested charged with the murder of the Ackerman family near Saint Ross Counts a year after the seven member clan was found dead in their burned home Father, mother and eldest son had head blows and crushed skulls An investigation linked older family members to the killings and large rewards were offered for arrests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Jne Stanley
McC Smith
Ackerman
Saint Ross
Che
Girl Struck by Record Hail Damage in Cassville
A Cassville Missouri girl, Beeson sixteen, was knocked unconscious by hail believed the largest in Barry County history. The storm shattered windows, stripped trees, and severely damaged crops as hailstones near the size of eggs rained down. The victim remained unconscious at nightfall, with risk of death noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassville
Funeral of J D Burns Follows Elks Service
Jeremiah D Burns of J D Burns & Co dies Sunday at his home 55 Street Northwest. Funeral from family residence tomorrow morning with burial at Glenwood Cemetery under Elks direction. He was born in St Marys Canada and aged 46. Survived by his widow and three sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge of Elks
Jermiah D Burns
J D Burns & Co
Street Northwest
Famly
Glenwood Cemetery
The
Elks
Burns
St Marys Canada
Caabington Lodge
F.O
New Trade Body Born Harper Elected President
The Washington Chamber of Commerce emerged from a merger of the Business Mens Association and the Jobbers and Shippers Association at a large Arlington Hotel meeting with over 300 business leaders. Robert N Harper was elected president, James F Oyster and Charles J Bell as first and second vice presidents, and dues debated up to 20 dollars annually to fund active efforts for Washington’s business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men’s Association
Jobbers and Shippers’ Association
James F. Oyster
Charles J. Bell
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
National Capital
Chambers of Commerce
Roosevelt
Allen D Albert Jr
Harper
Bell
Business Mens Association
Shippers and Jobbers Association
Jackson H Ralston
Charles J Bell
James F Orster
Willam F Gude
Ralston
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
District of Columbia
Chamber
Board of Diirectors
Board of Directore Officers and Management
Shah
Board of Directors
Conrad Syme
Col O G
Staples Harry King
C W _ Claggett
Wiliam Hahn
Percival Brown
A. C Moses
F L. Siddons
W Clum
Norman Galt
RG. Donaldson
R W M Herderson
R Henderson
Hahn
W Claggett
Oyster
F K Raymond
James F Oyster
Wilton N Lambert
Robert N Harper
Lambert
Mr Harper
Congress
Witl
Allen D. Albert
James i Oyster
Syme
Boar
Robert A Chester
William Loeb
Ninth
Abduction Charge Hinted in Hempstead Rector Case
Hempstead Long Island May 6 A deposed rector Jere Cooke and fioretta Whaley a seventeen year old heiress eloped last Wednesday with little funds and many reports claim they may be hiding in New York City area The district attorney questions whether to charge abandonment instead of abduction while Cooke’s wife Matilda Cooke declines to seek a warrant and awaits further information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Hempstead
Long Island
Jere Knode Cooke
St George’s Episcopal Church
Floretta Whaley
Cooke
New York City
Elopers
Long Island City
Jersey City
Coles
Nassau County
Franklin A Coles
Matilda Cooke
Mineola
Fioretta Whaley
German Officers Squeezed Trial Opens in Munich
A Munich trial opened today charging several officers with usury fraud and forgery in a network that squeezed cavalry officers. Victims include Prince Henry of Hanau and Barons Von Thungen, Von Langpuchof, and Von Horn. Usurers allegedly took large sums, with Baron Von Thungen losing 150000 dollars and Baron Von Langpuchof 100000. Lieutenant Boeck, a victim turned accused, allegedly helped run a disorderly house in Mannheim while seeking to recover losses. Seven hundred and twenty witnesses have been subpoenaed.
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Washington
Res
Berling
Munich
South Germany
Prince Henry of
Hanau
Coiunt Poort
van Thungen
von Langpuchof
von Horn
Baron von Thungen
Baron von Langpuchof
Boeck
Mannheim
Nurse saves life as killer fatally wounds orderly then self destructive
William Parks a discharged hospital orderly at the National Soldiers' Home in Washington fatally shoots James Leslie who sacrifices himself to shield Sister Paula the nurse. Parks then shoots himself in the stomach and dies at the morgue after a chaotic noon in Ward E. Leslie, 36, from Chicago, had joined the home in 1906. Parks 47, a Zanesville native.
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William Parke
Paula
James Leslie
Parks
Wiliam Parks
Parky
Leslie
Parke
Leslies
Say
Anth Say
Grant
Edward
National Soldiers’ Home
Company D Fifth Artillery
Zanesville
Ohio
Jessie
118Th Coast Artillery
Chicago
Lessies
New York
William Parks
National Soldiers Home
Washington
Brother to Claim Body of Jockey Leslie Dunlap
A telegram to Washington Asylum Hospital announced jockey Leslie H Dunlap had died Saturday. His brother H J Dunlap, a Chicago businessman, is expected in the city today or tomorrow to claim the body. Interment may occur in Belle Prairie, Iowa, or Potter’s Field. Mrs Grace Lucas Dunlap, the deceased’s wife, remains prostrated at friends’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Asylum Hospital
Leslie H Dunlap
H J Dunlap
Chicago
Belle Pisins
Iowa
Potter's Field
Grace Lucas Dunlap
Friends
Missouri Avenue Northwest
Aim to Benefit Children through School Medical Inspection
The School Hygiene Association of America was formed by educators and doctors to secure the physical well being of American children via strict medical inspection of public school pupils. The first annual congress met at the Shoreham with leaders like Dr John J Cronin and Dr Arthur T Cabot presenting reports on organization and physiology influencing school progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Hygiene Association of America
United States
Association
Shoreham
John J Cronin
New York City
Arthur T Cabot
Boston
C Ward Crampton
George Martin
Massachusetts Board of Education
Massachusetts
New York Cay
Thomas Darlington
Alexander C. Abbott
Bureau of Public Health
Philadelphia
Robert W Lovett
Harvard Medical School
Inither H Gullick
Adolph Meyer
New York
William E Chancellor
Willard Small
Eastern High School
Weather Conditions and Temperature Report May 8
Unsettled weather with general showers across most regions, heavy rains in Arkansas Western Tennessee and lower Ohio Valley. Frosts occurred in Michigan Wisconsin and the Dakotas while temperatures varied. next day showers likely in eastern half. light to variable winds for ships sailing to Europe.
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Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington
Northwestern States
Arkansas
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
North Dakota
Alabama
Oregon
Nevada
Michigan Peninsula
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Montana
Upper Inks
Northwest
Steamera
Grand Banks
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Commodore Maury
Virginia Oyster Navy
Iwo
Florida
J. D. Burns
Robert W. Harper
Jamenstown
Exposition Department
Rector
Aska Mra. Cooke
Hood
Leslie H. Dunlap
Forster
Old Home
J A. Barrister
USA
Ebbitt House
Berman and
Fourteenth Street
Florida Avenue
Edward Swan
Thomas J. Mutchler
Eet
Esac Tharp
Berkeley Rye
St. x W
Soom. Privat’ ‘Polivery
Lansburgh& Bro
Seventh St
Educators Form
School Hygiene Association
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic Ciy NY
Mars
Buffalo NY
Chicago Ill Ag
Denver
Colo
Peter Grogan
Sloan’s Art Galleries
G St
Washington, D. C
Boyajian Sale
Messrs
Boyajian Bros
Fifth Ave
Messrs Boyajian
C. G. Sloan & Co
Geo. E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
Alessandro Bonci
Columnia
Columbia Phonograph Co
Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Flakansas City
Little Rock
Ark Marquette
Midh
Memphis Tenn
New Orleans
NY North Platte
Omaha
Pittsburg
St Louis
St Paul Minn
Springfield, Til
Vickaburg
Sun Table
River Bulletin
Harpers Ferry
W Va
E Washington
Express
Messenger
Wilson & Mayers
Sheridan Circle
Maryland Casualty Company
Security Storage Company
Fifteenth Street
Burchell
Christian Xander
Ouse
7Th St
Wray
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