Semifinals Reached in Middle Atlantic Tennis Meet
The Middle Atlantic States tournament at the Bachelors Lawn Tennis Club narrowed to four men in singles after round three. Wallace Johnson of Philadelphia defeated J. Paret of New York to reach the semis, while H. Desami faces Wallace Johnson in one half and Lincoln meets Ballinger in the other. Ballinger beat Davidson 6-1 6-4, and Paret dropped straight sets to Johnson 6-4 6-3. Doubles saw Deis and Hills advance as opponents struggled with lobs and returns.
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Marrows
Deis
Hills
Davidson
Paret
Wallace Johnson
Middle Atlantic States
Bachelors’ Lawn
Unis
Wallace Joonsen
Philadelphia
H. Desami
Lincoln
J. Ballinger
Ballinger
Yeogman
Biclinger
Gavitsur
J. Puret
New York
Esterdac
Froedelphia
Juingon
Es Vio
Jehnson
Passel Paret
W. Fits
Bineesn
Michen
Stichmond
Ngvr
Loldee Aisin
Mason Tir
Vic
Teonn T
Parkes
London
Queen's Club
Eustice H. Miles
W. H. Penneil
Jay Gould
Charles F. Sands
Golf Tournament At Chevy Chase To Day
The golf tourney will open at Chevy Chase Club with top entrants from Baltimore Wilmington and area clubs. Qualifying rounds start this morning with many matchups listed including Davidson versus Scerrett and Thompson versus Ellicott among Chevy Chase and Baltimore Country Club players.
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Chevy Chase
Baltimore
Wilmington
Bannockburn
Columbia
H.B. Davidson
M. Brown
G. A. Weaver
Tumbla
Baltimory Country Club
G. F. Downey
AMC
Gray
Wilington
Sandford
M. ‘&. Danforth
Ve. Frank
A. McGeorge
J. Dallett
TJ. A. Fuller
D. K. Jackson
W. A. Speakman
Britmore
W. Beovill
Benjamin J Nielar
F.dec. Faust
OM. Bannard
Hamilton Wright
J. W. Brawner
Bandockhorn
HH. Allen
Calumbia
E. Wageaman
Bannockhurn
CC. van Leer
F. Ta Day
G. W. Whitwell
Bannockharn
Primaries in Allegany County Delegate Selections
Special to the Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland May 27 delegates were chosen to the county convention. Westernport Vale Summit and Midland Gilmore backed Bryan with little opposition. In Cumberland three districts instructed for Bryan and three chose delegates without instructions. A harmony agreement split the State convention with half Bryan nominated and half free to act as they see fit.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Allegany County
Convenon
Westernport
Vale Summit
Bryan Witout
Bryan
Midland
Gilmore
Ends Life by Hanging in Baltimore Home
Special to The Washington Port. Charles Seldenzant a 45 year old man died after a suicide by hanging in a second story front room. Police found him dead when cutting him down in the morning. Mrs Seldenzahl said drink and his struggles led to the tragedy.
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Washington
Baltimore
Charles Seldenzant
Setfienzah
Winchester Protest Movement Targets Rail Order
May 21 Winchester Virginia Special to The Washington Post Mayor Baker leads a mass meeting urging citizens to protest a State commission order requiring the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to run two daily trains from Lexington to Alexandria over Southern tracks. The action aims to shield Winchester and nearby valley towns from reduced service and travel disruption. organizers seek revocation or modification of the order.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Baker
State
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lexington
Alexandria
Southern Railway
Pythians Elect Officers in Grand Lodge
Staunton May 27 Knights of Pythias grand lodge elected Rev John H Bickenson Richmond grand chancellor FL M Lewis Staunton grand vice chancellor B A Roffin Richmond grand master of exchequer H M Darnell Roanoke grand K of R & J H Boone Fredericksburg grand master at arms J C Saville Richmond grand inner guard J C Carrington Lynchburg grand outer guard Officers installed tonight Also Bristol May 27 Prof James A Hurt Wytheville VA and Miss Dora Sutherland eloped from Carrell County to Bristol where Miss Sutherland was visiting. Shared notes on Abingdon.
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Washington Post
Staunton
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
John H. Bickenson
Richmond
FL M. Lewis
B.A. Roffin
H. M. Darnell
Roanoke
R. and
J. H Boone
Brederickeburg
J. C D. Saville
J. C. Carrington
Eynchburg
Phe
Bristol
James A
Hurt
Wytheville
Dora Sutherland
Carrell County
Carhasens
Virginia Obituary Notices From Warsaw and Loudoun County
Warsaw and Leesburg report obituaries for Simon D Edwards a 71 year old merchant farmer of Nominge strugceland County and Thornton Nichols a Loudoun County landowner age 65. Edwards survived by a large family including two sons and two daughters and was a Confederate veteran. Nichols, a prominent financial figure and organizer of a local Prohibition Evangelical Association, left two sons and many relatives in Loudoun County.
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Warsaw
Simon D. Edwards
Nominge
Strugceland County
Warrenton
Robert W. Fisher
Tis Lome
Ier Guards
Forsyth
Virginia
Leesburg
Loudoun County
Lincoln
Prohibition and Evangelical Association
Hale trial and mother collapse in Bristol homicide case
In Bristol Virginia May 27 Ack Hale faces a second murder trial for Lilie Davin's death. Prosecution presents new witnesses claiming Hale threatened to kill Lilie Davis to silence her as a key witness against his brother Roy Hale. Lilie Davis’s mother fainted on the stand amid testimony. Hale reiterates Lilie killed herself after threats. defense to continue cross examination.
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Spedial
Washington Post
Bristol
Ack Hale
Lilie Davin
Hale
Lilie Davis
Roy Hale
Irby Davis
Liliie Davis
Ham Treadway
Joe Dulaney
Johnson City
Lillie Davis
Hate
PLEADING HIS OWN CASE IN MURDER AND ROBBERY
James Baker alias R C Neal, held for robbing over thirty post offices in a dozen states and the Clarington murder, refuses an attorney and will plead his own case. He was brought from Clarksburg to Philippi and is aided by Martin F alias Fozzy Ragan of Pittsburgh who is said to confess the murder to a railroad police detective in New York. Baker asked for time to prepare his defense.
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Philippi
W. Va
James Baker
R. C. Neal
New York
Edward ¥. Hutchinson
Clarington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Clarksburg
Baker
Martin F
ELOPERS WED IN RICHMOND IN MYSTERY MARRIAGE
Washington Post report from Richmond details Lewis H Griffin a Washington saloonkeeper and Estella Acton from Prince George County who wed after a marriage license was issued amid abduction accusations. Police sought Griffin. clerk Walter Christian issued the license after Jung WIL approved. Griffin claimed to be from Martin County North Carolina and said he cared for Acton. The minister who performed the ceremony remained unfound.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Maryland
Warner
Lewis H. Griffin
Washington
Estella Acton
Prince George County
Walter Christian
Hastings Court
Christian
Griffin
Martin County
N. C
Cath
Junge Wil
Alexandria
Broadstreet
Confesses Theft of Gems in Waco Robbery
Norfolk, May 27. Otto Schrader a naval recruit was arrested at the Norfolk Navy Yard and confessed to stealing diamonds valued at 12,000 dollars from the home of Radsey Smith in Waco Texas. He enlisted in the navy after the burglary and wore a 500 dollar stud when arrested. Authorities found a dozen large stones on his person and he said he would have killed Smith if detected.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Waco
Tex
Otto Schrader
Norfolk Navy Yard
Schrader
Navy
Radsey Smith
Smith
Baltimore police suspend five officers in cocaine scandal
The board of police commissioners announced suspensions in Baltimore after a lengthy session. Patrolman John Acker of the Central district was added to the list. Sergeants George J. Hayle and William M. Jenkins and Patrolmen Robert T. Porter and Cornelius F. Reche were suspended from active duty pending charges of misconduct. The officers face official misconduct allegations for failing to arrest cocaine ring agents and for allowing the traffic to flourish in the Chestnut street belts.
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Timbre
Baltimore Police Department
Board of Palice Commissioners
Patralman John Acker
Central District
Veter
George J. Hayle
William M. Jenkins
Robert T. Porter
Cornelius F. Reche
Wil
Chestnut Street
Decoration Day Observances And Military News In Alexandria
Decoration Day ceremonies will be held at the national cemetery beginning at 6 pm with prayers by Rev. Joseph R. Sevier and Rector Rev. Edgar Carpenter delivering the address. Willard P. Graves to read Gettysburg Address. Choir led by Miss Blanche Rotchford to sing patriotic songs. Also notes on military examinations postponed and court appointments in Alexandria and surrounding counties. May 27 items from Washington Post Bureau with regional updates on local marriages and deaths.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
National Cemetery
Joseph R. Sevier
Second Presbyterian Church
Edgar Carpenter
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Willard P. Graves
Lincoln
Blanche Rotchford
Witl
Alexandria Light Infantry
Science to Fight Bats at Patrick Henry House
Dr Fisher of the Department of Agriculture investigates methods to destroy vast bat colonies that have made the old Patrick Henry house in King William County uninhabitable. Philp Aylett, Patrick Henry’s grandson and part owner of the house, assists in the study.
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Department of Agriculture
Patrick Henry House
Washington Post
Richmond
A. KE
Fisher
King William County
Philp Aylett
Patrick Henry
Maryland Weddings In Rockville and Silver Spring May 27
Miss Tillie Loveless of West End Virginia and Harry Weils of Great Falls Virginia married in Rockville this afternoon by Rev Ernest L Woolfe. Also Miss Katherine Dave Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs John Thomas Silver Spring wed Malcolm Farquhar of Montgomery County Maryland in a Friends lawn ceremony at Difton.
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Leesburg
Henderson Welch
H.W. Welch
la Plata
Bessie Crouch
T.B. Crouch
Middleburg
Loudoun County
Tessburg
F. P. Berkley
The
Baptist Church
Washington
D.C
Suffolk
Tale of Wight County
Gate City
Cornelia Carter
B. T. Carter
Rockville
Tillie Loveless
West End
Harry Weils
Great Falls
Ernest L. Woolfe
Southern Methodist Oguren
Ruth Margaret Hollenbeck
Portland
Oreg
Augustus Oberg
Trenton
N. Jr
Silver Spring
Katherine
Dave 'Thomas
John Thomas
Malcolm Farquhar
Farquhars
Montgomery County
Friends
Difton
Newport social season fuels talk of Mrs Vanderbilt marriage
The article notes prominent guests and rising society trends at Hampton House and Newport cottage set circles. It highlights Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt’s pending divorce, rumored marriage prospects, and reactions of family friends among figures like William Spencer and Maurice Roche. It also covers a fashionable Wissahickon horse show and summer outfits, plus a Dutch farewell for Dr. David Jayne Hill and Queen Wilhelmina’s decoration.
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Rere Philanthropic
Ott Ite
Fough
Warren
Mra Almert¢ Paget
Arthur Paget
Cavendish
Mr. Martin
Napoleon
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbut
Newport
Mament
David Jayne Hill
Berlin
Jonkheer de Marres van Swinderen
Netherlands
Washington
Wilhelmina
Hill
Orange Nassau
The
Hague
Mrs. Hill
Wissahickon
John White Geary
Biddie Twins
Julia Rush Biddin
Misg Jandel Biddie
van Rensselaer Box
Alexander Williams Biddle
Reginald Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Milan
John C. Groome
Lane
Agnes Roberts Groome
George Dallas Dixon, Jr
Groome
Wainwright
Clement Reeves Wainwright
Francis King Wainwright
Adele Biddle Dixon
Toulse Foraker
Ohio
Deborah Norris Brock
Robert E. Strawbridge
Foot Size and Feet in Athletic American Women Debate
The article recalls opinions of shoe dealers chiropodists and instructors about whether athletic activity has changed women's feet. Experts note no consistent growth and even link smaller feet to intelligence while noting Americans prefer comfortable walking shoes despite athletic trends.
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Geller
Othera
Venus
Minerva
Otto Schmidt
Turnverein
Max Pincus
Thratl
Lightning Kills Rancher on River Road Trip
Joseph Grant, a Black Hills rancher, was struck dead by lightning while returning home with his wife in a buggy near Omaha, Nebraska. The team dragged the buggy to a stop and Mrs. Grant found him seated upright, still holding the lines, in death.
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Omaha
Nehr
Joseph Grant
Black Hills
Dak
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J. P. Paret
Johnson
Danville
Richmond Lawmakers
Moe Sested
Wien
Bean Fisher
Doyle Fristesa
Abadah Chena
Bao Scherr
Bog Bo Peman
Steiger
Sien Mar Lynchburg
Pernenieath
Orkpet Cickelinger
Suezelt
Val
Norfelk
Aoke
Deseok Feeshater
Reriam
Hessex
Claxton
Saar
Petersburg
San
Washington Post Lyck
Var
Atkinsen
Yesterda
Armstrong
Rhe Peveran
Piroatcick
Chuca
Atkinson
Kid Schultz
Tommy Ryan
Spocial
Danville Ve
Kid" Schultz
Tommy Ryae
Academy
Alegany
Baltimore Man
Pythians
John H. Dickenson
Virginia Elopers
Yale
Elopers
Frank L. Slaymaker
R. H. C. Beverley
Darrell H. May
Thomas B. Cochran
Seventieth Regiment
Swanson
Titchmond
Maj. King
Alexandria County
Fort Myer Heights
Democratic Committee
Curtis B. Graham
Corporation Court
Louis C. Bailey
Rhesuit
J. H. Kendall
United States Sanitary Company
W. &. Portner
Templars
Old Dominion Commandery
Knights Templar
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
W. J. Morton
Circuit Court of Appeals
Bhegial
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fuller
Stetrict
Wadalll and Boyd
W. J. Murray
Jobe, McSween
Avery Pratfoo
Appeliants
Vx. Wilson Distilling Company Et Pl
Flelichmann Company
Appellees
Circuit Court
Charleston
Esterday
M. Mordecai
Simeon Hyde
Virginia Weddings
Smail
Florence
Regine Agra Asbeston Lind Grena In
Europe
America
Chicago
Gieles
Munich
Muropa
América
Gieler
Ning Spires
F. H. Geyer
Lh St. N. W
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S. Anargyros
Fifth Ave
Washburn
Crosby S
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