Weather and wire outage reports amid heavy early November snow
A November snowstorm disrupted Washington wires and communication last night leaving newsrooms silent while the weather bureau logged the heaviest early November snow since 1904. Trees fell in the southeast and southwest districts as rain washed away sleet and snow, with forecasts calling for fair weather and rising temperatures today.
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District Electrical Y
Washington
Lapatches
Ewingie
Pittsburg
New York
Wahington
Weather Bureau
Talay
Chrysanthemum Show Hit by Rain Short of Crowd
Bad weather kept visitors away from the chrysanthemum display at the Department of Agriculture. Despite the small turnout, the exhibit shows clear improvement over last year with many native varieties from local growers and several foreign imports. Notable blooms include the Mrs FB Wells with variegated petals and the Mary Donellan, the tallest blossom, while the Target specimen measures the bloom from root to tip.
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Department of Agriculture
FB. Wells
Mary Donellan
Gale Sinks Big Dredge At Harbor
In Eridgeport Connecticut a group of men aboard the Capitol City scow faced a sinking ship near Hark Frock Harbor. Capt James Meteo Robert Carlton Prema fine Carson William Bungden Sedney Trotth Steward William Allen and a New Haven crewman escaped by climbing to a scow and swimming through windows as water poured in. The tug Florence Wook arrived an hour after the disaster to assist survivors.
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Hark Frock
Capitol City
James Meteo
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William Bungden
Sedney Trotth
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Scowman
William Jo McPherson
New Haven
Andes
Sime
Florence
Tata
Destroyer Bests Big Gale in Severe Atlantic Storm
Despite a heavy sea and futile efforts, the torpedo boat completed its voyage from Washington to the port, maintaining high speed to overcome the gale. A North Atlantic storm watch affected Newport as forecasters warned of dangerous conditions.
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Roe
Washington
Atlantic
Newport
Sylvester to Push Private Lawyer Visits in Jail Case
A move to order police to permit private attorney consultations with prisoners is advanced after Sergt Lohman at the East precinct restricted a lawyer from private talks. The commission considers restoring privacy for counsel in jail visits, citing longstanding custom and a recent complaint by Worthington.
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Dawrer
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Corlay
Saget
Mar Sylvester
Sergt Lohman
Petinga cd
Stoon
Schoolmen Give Annual Dinner
Tor Bremm FF ard was the chief speaker last night at the annual dinner of the Feleral x bootven's Clit, at the Hebbitt JF sitar Cus studiest was leats of Mental Utheren to which he dealt with the problemas of the instructor in modern Schools. Those present were De So Peas Prof Wo off Nough H. M. Fennsen Mstan G dones, Prof G. I. Rita and Rieter, WOR Patterson, WOT Ramees in ff Sichenfeld, Prof. ap MW. sadwedi b . WooS Small, W. Spanhoveld Dr Wor Thitkield. and thof Wo Wallis
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Found Dead in Employer's Yard
Coroner Nevile reports the death of M Lederer a longtime employee at Loeffler Sausage and Provision Wer located at 380 Georgia Avenue NW found dead yesterday morning in the yard. Lederer aged, married, resided on Rock Creek Church Road. Cause listed as natural causes in initial assessment.
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Yesterary Gate
Folio M Lederer
Loeffler Sausage and Provision
Georgia Avenue
Lederer
Sh Rock Creek Church Road
Mass Meeting Aims to Raise Aviation Fund in San Francisco
San Francisco on November 4 reports a mass meeting of business men planned for tomorrow to raise the remaining $100,000 needed to cover expenses for the aviation meeting scheduled in the city at month’s end.
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San Francisco
Storm cripples East as wires fail and trains lag
A mid November coastal storm cripples telegraph and telephone lines from Baltimore to New York. Wires are down, rail service delayed, and ships report difficulty reaching port as snow blankets Pennsylvania and the coast.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Taft
Steaer
Sandy Lige
New Orleans
Dunikirk
Jiaore
Philadelphia
Courtroom a Tire Factory
The Supreme Court considered the Grant rubber-tired wheel patent issued to Arthur W. Grant of Springfield Ohio in 1896 and the alleged infringement by Diamond Rubber Company. Diamond denies patent validity, while Consolidated Rubber Tire Company claims exclusive license. Death Is Thought Accidental. A 17 year old, Robert Boyd, was found dead from gas inhalation at his home in Woodbridge DC, police say it's accidental.
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Grant
Arthur W. Grant
Springfield
Ohio
Consoldated
Rubber Tire Company
Diamond Rubber Company of
New York
Tnamond Company
Robert’ Boyd
South Dakota Avenue
Woodbridge
D. C
Women's Synodical Union of Virginia Ends Convention
The annual convention of the Women's Synodical Union of Virginia closed yesterday morning. Mrs. Calvin Stewart was reelected president for the sixth successive time.
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Women’s Synodical Union of Virginia
Calvin Stewart
Taft to Attend Unveiling of Von Steuben Statue
Auditor Alonzo Tweedale reports the District of Columbia budget overhaul plan to place all appropriations in the annual district appropriation bill. The 1910 cash balance stood at 391 978.94 with total debt at 13 768 378.98 and a 50 000 statue budget for Baron von Steuben to be unveiled December 7 in Lafayette Square with Secretary Dickinson presiding.
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Stony Creek
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New York
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Washington
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Pa. Ave
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McGill
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Rosa Jones
Perry Or
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Addison Cooper
Grace Carter Cartwright
FA Cannon
Fidelity Storage Company
Leon
Ballantine
Newark
Shoemaker Co
Residents Protest Dumping Ground At Vacant Lot
Neighborhood residents in Fifteenth and T streets northwest protest the use of a vacant lot as a dumping ground. They allege mortar and bricks from the Hotel Raleigh are dumped there and question legal remedies to protect adjoining property while plans to seek court action loom.
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Weather Summary From U S Department Forecast November Weather
Weather bureau bulletin reports a coast storm near Boston moving northward with diminishing energy. Rain in Maine to New Jersey, fair in Maryland and Virginia, widespread unsettled to settled conditions from Texas to Minnesota, and precipitation in the central Mississippi valley. Snow or rain in the western lake region and Upper Mississippi valley, heavy precipitation in the Rocky Mountains. Temperature drops in Colorado and Kansas, moderating in the Northwest. Storms to follow Atlantic states with rain spreading toward the Ohio valley, then fair and colder Sunday. Winds by coast vary. brisk winds to Grand Banks for Saturday sailings. Local report lists temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and tide tables. Harpers Ferry notes Potomac and Shenandoah rivers clear.
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New England
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Middle Atlantic
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Grand Banks
Scotland Yard Prints Prove Sir Frederick Grey Identity
Washington police claim to have captured Sir Frederick Grey at the Raleigh Hotel a man charged with defrauding a Washingtonian of 600 dollars. Scotland Yard forwarded thumb and finger prints and small scars to Maj. Sylvester which confirmed the prisoner’s identity as Frederick Francis Gray, with a long English criminal record for forgery and false pretenses.
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Washington
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Scotland Yard
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Sylvester
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Grey
Atlantic
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Manchester
Globe Trotter Seeks Taft Advice On Traveling
A famed tramp nicknamed No 1 visited the White House and spoke of traveling 27 years on 7.61 dollars. He praised Taft for his journeys while noting he hopes to meet the president and share tips. He claimed a 1883 onward mileage near 500000 with minimal spending and daring travel methods.
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Taft
Atyles
White House
Jack London
Helena
Mont
Seattle
Wash
Bell Plains
Iowa
Denver
Colo
New Orleans
Panama
Germans and Irish Guests at Householders Show Night
It was German Irish night at the householders show in Convention Hall. Ancient Order of Aiernians and German societies of Washington were represented. Invited guests included K Voelckner Gustav Bender Francis G Kilkenny P J Hartigan and J D Sullivan. The show closes tonight with the first 100 women entering receiving a bag of flour.
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Ancient Order of Aiernians
Washington
K. Voelckner
Gustav Bender
Francis G. Kilkenny
P. J. Hartigan
J. D. Sullivan
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