Baltimore Society Girl learns fate of companion in fatal Auto ville crash
Miss Helen Griffith, a Baltimore society girl injured in the Auto ville Md accident that killed R. O. C. Williams, was told of the fatal outcome yesterday morning. Raymond Griffith, her brother, stays with her at Casualty Hospital to aid her recovery. Williams was buried at Greenmount Cemetery beside his mother after services at 1307 St. Paul Street conducted by Rev. Olver Hueckel.
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Baltimore Society
Autoville
R. 0. C. Williams
Baltimore
Helen Griffith
Baltimore Society Jrl
Casualty
Miss Griffith
Mr. Williams
Raymond Griffith
Williams
St. Paul Street
Olver Hueckel
Associate Congregational Church
Greenmount Cemetery
Dr Gray's Will Filed for Probate in 1908 Estate
Two Gray brothers are cut off by the will of Dr. Gray, whose headless body was recovered from the canal after his disappearance. The will, dated March 2, 1908, directs the Washington Loan and Trust Company as executor to divide about 20 000 in estate into seventeen equal parts for sisters and nephews. Property includes a corner lot at Fourth and H streets, a Prince George county farm near Berwyn, Md, cash about 8 346.83, and stocks around 6 000.
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Dr. Gray
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Frank W. Gray
Pendleton
B. Gray
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Fourth and
H Streets
Prince George County
Berwyn
Halt in Johnson Case Prepares Jury in Murder Trial
A new jury panel will report to Justice Wright in Criminal Court No. 1 to select a jury for Arthur Johnson charged with first degree murder in the December 5 fatal attack on John Orenstein. The old panel exhausted. Johnson allegedly struck the victim with an iron bar during a quarrel after a mule was taken to be shod. Attorneys Joseph Salomer and T M Baker represent the prisoner.
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Justice Wright
Arthur Johnson
John Orenstein
Johnson
Ofenstein
Joseph Salomer
T. M. Baker
Traught Case Postponed Over Police Shooting Charge
Charles Sg Traught of Clarendon Virginia was arraigned in the United States police court on a shooting charge against Policeman Dixon M Daughton near Chain Bridge. A preliminary hearing was postponed due to the officer’s serious condition at Georgetown University Hospital. Traught remains held without bail as police suspect the shooting was accidental.
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Charles Sg. Traught
Clarendon
Dixon M. Daughton
Chain Bridge
Highway Bill Extends New Hampshire Avenue to D C
A highway extension bill for New Hampshire avenue from Buchanan street to the District Line was forwarded to Congress. The plan includes condemnation proceedings with an estimated cost of 10000 dollars. Previous attempts in 1907 and 1908 failed due to lack of appropriation and failure to start condemnation within the specified limit.
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New Hampshire Avenue
Buchanan Street
Congress
Fire sparked by locomotive cruelly damages Lucas greenhouse
Samuel H Lucas a florist with green houses along the Alexandria branch of the railroad at Berry farm sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in district Supreme Court for 7255 alleging fire caused by sparks from a railway locomotive. he claims negligence of enginemen led to near total destruction of his greenhouses.
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District Supreme Court
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Samuel H Lucas
Alexandria
Berry Farm
New Fire Department Positions and Examinations Announced
Examinations for fire department posts set for June 1 by the United States civil service commission. District appropriation bill provisions create thirteen new positions to be filled upon approval by the District commissioners.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Firemen Decorate Graves In Fifth Memorial Day
The fifth annual memorial day observance of the district fire department honored fallen members buried in Washington Maryland and Virginia. Fire wagons from several stations carried floral tributes to Mount Oliver Oak Hill Holy Road Arlington Woodlawn and Alexandria graves with Capt. I T Rossiter Private C Bassford Private J Sullivan Driver J Oliver Assistant Driver B E Harrison Driver J W Holmes and Mrs M C Wiles among those coordinating the ceremony.
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Chief Belt
Washington
Maryland
Vaginia
I. T. Rossiter
Mount Oliver
C Bassford
Oak HN
J. Sullivan
Holy Road
J. Oliver
Andrew
Chapel
B. E. Harrison
Arlington
J . W. Holmes
Harmony
A. Savoy
Woodlawn
M. C. Wiles
Alexandria
Leroy J Emery Dies After Hospital Visit
Leroy J. Emery a bank auditor prominent in eastern financial circles died suddenly in Boston's Homeopathic Hospital after an operation for a recent injury. His brother Ernest W. Emery of the Associated Press was notified by telegram. He accompanied by Mrs. Emery left for Boston and will have the body moved to Seneca Falls N Y for funeral likely next Thursday.
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Leroy J. Emery
Boston
Emery
Ernest W. Emery
Associated Press
Mr. Emery
Wil
Seneca Falls
James F Jackson Dead at 8 Amid Washington Dwellers
James F Jackson, eight, died yesterday at his home 1412 Seventeenth Street Northwest. One of Washington’s oldest residents, he served as a steward in the Mexican War aboard Water Witch and in 1863 as steward on the James Adger during the Civil War. He is survived by two daughters.
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James F. Jackson
Seventeenth Street
Mr. Jackson
Washington
James Adger
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Diman & Co
Post
Pabst Blue
Lear
O'Donnell
Boston Sample Shoe Parlor, Inc
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Harris’ Jewelry Store
Apalwasa
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
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Traught
Daughton
Packard
City Bulletins
Schneider
Smiler
Sime Grocers
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Snery
California
Kerr
Boston Hospital
Waltham
Elgin
Castelberg
Pennsylvania Ave. N. W
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Horn
Civil Service
District of Columbia
Drillery
N. Y. Ave
Lincoln
Iso Charese
Andrews
R.P. Andrews Paper Co
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Keen Kotter Tools
Russel & Erwin Mfg, CO
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Isa Sears
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