Fire at Benning track costs horses and property
A blaze at the Benning track caused by a dog overturning a lamp killed one man and seriously injured two others. About 125 horses were released and many suffered exposure, with total losses estimated at 80 000 dollars including stables, equipment, and several valuable animals. Some lessees may rebuild, others will not. the park’s owner Samuel Ross said rebuilding would curtail stable capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jockey Club
Ross
Benning Race Track
Samuel Ross
Washington Jockey Club
Fftean
Rrca
August Belmont
New York
W. A. Anderson
Washington and
St. Loui
Belmont
Bladensburg
Harry
W.A. Anderson
Baltimore in line for A C B A tournament
Baltimore chapter of the Atlantic Coast Bowling Association organized under national officers. William F. Gude outlined the goal as 1,000 bowlers to the national tournament beginning in Washington on April 3. Ten Washington bowlers attended led by Harvey T. Rodgers. E A Strauss was elected president with Ditl Ammor Smardon in key posts. 92 charter members started the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Bowling Association
William F. Gude
Washington
Harvey T. Rodgers
Baltimoreanas
W. W. Thompson
J. O. Miller
New York
E. A. Strauss
Harry Dit
George Armour
George Smardon
Turftman W Johnsgon Dies in Illinois Near Assumption
M W Johns gon harness horse owner died today at his home near Assumption Illinois He owned Colonel Cochran a famous sire and a large string of horses Miller Leads Tome Soccer Team Raymond Miller of Williamaport Pa brother of Albert G Miller coach of Tome eleven was elected captain for the coming year All Americans beat Nationala in Seattle score listed as 3 to 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee
Samuel Foss
Washington
Mr. Ross
Hamburg
Honorton
Colonel Cochran
Illinois
Decatur
M. W. Johns ‘Gon
Assumption
Miller
Tome
Port Deposit
Raymond Miller
Williamaport
Albert G. Miler
Police News Notes of a Day
Police reports list a series of robberies and losses including rugs and jewelry at various addresses such as 1368 Twenty second Street Northwest and 1920 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Other items seized include bicycles, a motorcycle, clothing, and dental gold. Several injuries and incidents follow, including a man struck by a car on Sixth and Q Streets, a rooming house gas incident at 1222 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, and a crane accident injuring John Lorey at a Munsey building site. An elderly woman, Mrs. Jennie Phillips, dies at 48 H Street Northeast, and a 42 year old rider is knocked from a bicycle by an auto on East Capitol Street. Fire incidents occur at 828 Liberty Street Southwest and a pair of fires at Somerset Waters’ wholesale grocery and coffee house caused by spontaneous combustion or electrical sparks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Hows
Twenty-second Street
Fred Reckereg
South Carolina Avenue
Benning
H R. Adams
P Street
Charles Phimiaey
Dresden
John M. McElroy
L Street
John Sinclair
Nineteenth Street
Douglas West
Pennsylvania Avenue
Twining City
Capitol Street
New Jersey Avenue
R. Shrub
M. Iseman Bros
Florence Dunmore
Gray Court
Henry Shorter
Vermont
Jessie Fitzgerald
Decatur Street
Dental School
George Washington University
MD! Smith
Fourth Street
Raleigh
Jennie Phillips
H Street
John Lorey
Munsey
William C. Hammond
Second
John EB. Brasfield
Twentieth Street
Liberty Street
Sarah Smith
Somerset R. Waters
Battleship Kentucky at Progreso links not to Zealandia search
Naval officials deny any connection between the Kentucky’s arrival at Progreso and the forcible search of the American steamer Zealandia by a British cruiser men. An investigation into whether Zealandia violated the three mile limit is ongoing. British officials say she did not.
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Arival
Kentucky
Zealandia
Progreso
Ohio mayor on ticket Baker of Cleveland as Wilson running mate
Cincinnati dispatch reports Cleveland mayor Newton D. Baker emerging as the more probable running mate for President Wilson per Le Democrata. Democrats cite Baker's speaking ability and party prominence at national conventions, contrasting him with Whitlock whose oratory is deemed weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Cleveland
Wilson
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Whit
Baltimore
Aviation Practice at Sea Involves Navy Destroyers at Pensacola
Navy aviators gain practical scouting experience with destroyers Perkins Sterett Flusser and Lamson. Perkins and Sterett head to Pensacola while Flusser and Lamson depart Charleston around December 1. Also a minstrel show at Church of the Ascension features Arthur Pierce Cap Morsel and a cast led by Newton Hammer Young with Ashby Moose Jaw Manitoba presenting birds and animal feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perking
Sterett
Flusser
Lamson
Navy Aviation
Pensacola
Perkins
Lemson
Charleston
Church of the Ascension
Eleventh Street
Massachusetts‘avenue
The
Ascension Choir
Arthur Pierce
Cap” Morsel
Messrs
Newton, Hammer
James K. Young
Roland, Roderick
F. J. Duggan
George B. Ashby
Moose Jaw
Manitoba
Britain to Recognize Carranza Regime Return Home
Great Britain authorizes Charge Hohler of the British legation in Mexico City to extend recognition to the de facto government upon his return from the United States. He is in Washington and will confer with Eliseo Arredondo, Carranza’s representative, on assurances of safeguarding British interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Charge Hohler
Mexico City
United States
Hohler
Washington
Mexico
Eliseo Arredondo
Carranza
Peru Statesman Dead Ex-Premier and War Minister Dies
Lima November 16 Gen Pedro Muniz former premier and minister of war died today at Lima. The death of the longtime Peruvian statesman marks the end of an era in Peruvian politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muniz
Lima
Peru
Pedro Munis
Strikes Spares and Splits in Duckpin Leagues
Local duckpin leagues across Washington and Southeast ducepin circuits report scores, player names, and team totals. Notable performances include Eaton Swaggart and Carrigan among top scorers, with totals for several leagues such as Capital Duckpin and Georgetown Commercial noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Ducepin League
Washington Tenpin League
Model Zunch
Southeast Stars
Plongers
Commatealonere
Whalley
Relchani
Carrigan
Miller
Hofman
Shipley
Eaton
Swaggart
Bacas
Bankers' Duckpin League
Nat. Bank
Wanb
Met. Bank
Royal Arcanum
Robinson
Jacobson
Capital
National
Joboxon
St Grodd
Bennett
Manning
Farenhar
Eckloft
Jenkins
Tee & Ba
Achats
BRU Northfrast Duchpin Lhague
Bee
Wash
Printers
Bacear Club
Arcadh Duckpin
Einertet
Popham
Hopkins
Thornburg
Boyd
Georgetown Commercial League
Georgetown A
O. W
W. BR
Tshminal
Roy Mc
AL Duckpin Flaher
Benson
McCauley
Lene
Pritte
Seckie Evening Star
Duckpin League
McClelland
Pica
Prine
Chesalaine
Burgess
Brinkerhot
Beck Cone
Carter Brevier
Wiley Righenstein
White Stewart
Edmonston
Wiliams
Dorans
Gate
Meagham
Knights OF Columbus
PO Kates
Rosendall
Patincia
ALMAS
Mecca
Medinas
Redtons
Garainer
Walker
Ribel
Harricon
Ginaman
Honey
Washington Post
Wrens Pan Capital
Devinne, Scrivener
Betiteet
Keeler
Mueller
Caxton
Franklin, Star, Judd & Detweller
F. Brandt
McCenyi
Wallace
Walaeich
Breudé
McGudy
Batte
Liz
Capital City
Duckpin
Norris Peters
Charles
Harville
Kennedy
Bmnithaon
Smallwood
Guard for U S ships hinges on battleship convoy policy
Oregon Senator Chamberlain argues American merchant vessels should be protected on the high seas if convoyed by battleships. He backs cautious registry practices and supports some subsidy but seeks parity with foreign subsidized fleets. Senator Fletcher and others discuss governance and funding for a U S merchant marine bill.
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Oregon
Vesasla
Senator Chamberlain
Hocking
Senate Committee On Commerce
Fletcher
Florida
Congress
Weeks
Massachusetts
Chamberlain
Orders Advance On Villa In Sonora Campaign
Obregon in active command orders the advance on Villa's forces near Cananea and Magdalena. Villa is said to have looted Cananea and Magdalena. Gen Calles at Agua Prieta announced Obregon's order to begin the attack tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obregon
Nogales
Ariz
Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
Villa
Sonora
Cananea
Magdalena
Douglas
Calles
Agua Prieta
Four Girls Burned in Fire at Picatinny Arsenal
A spark from a broken sewing machine needle ignited powder at the Picatinny Arsenal five miles from Dover New Jersey causing a panic among female workers. Four girls were seriously burned Elizabeth Davenport and Theodora Spreckel were in critical condition Mabel Tavers and Bridget Ryan also suffered serious burns. Fire brigades extinguished the flames.
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Dover
N. J
United States
Picat Inny
Elizabeth Davenport
Theodora Spreckel
Mabel Tavers
Bridget Ryan
Pembrokeshire Steamship Ashore Near Canary Islands
The Royal Mail steamer Pembrokeshire of 4968 tons is ashore south of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Other steamers have gone to assist. The Pembrokeshire sailed from Barry on September 16 for Rio de Janeiro, arriving October 4, and later proceeded toward the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Mail
Pembrokeshire
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Barry
Rio Janeiro
Porta
United States
Chilean Envoy Dead in Kyoto Hotel
Tokyo reports the death of Senor Herboso Chilean Minister to Japan who collapsed at his Kioto hotel after attending the coronation concert. Envoys to the coronation are saddened by the sudden loss as details spread of his passing after returning to the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Herboso
Kioto
Tokyo
Senor Merboso
Senor Herboso
Bulgars Push Back French Near Greece
From the Babuna Pass to Mitrovitza and Monastir the Serbians face pressure as Bulgarian forces advance toward Tetovo. King Peter of Serbia fights in the trenches amid famine and hardship while Bulgarian lines tighten. Russian actions on Galicia contrast with quiet fronts elsewhere as Dardanelles bombardment continues.
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Babuna
Mitrovitza
Tetovo
Monastir
Legation
Peter
Star Forts
Daar
Toryak
Koval-Sarny
Paris
Dardanelles
Card party for church funds and civic meetings in brief
The St Thomas the Apostle church held a card party and dance at Rauscher's to aid the church building fund with 200+ attendees. Local leaders urged working women to join the Consumers League for a living wage, while YWCA hosted a talk on the topic. A Georgetown Hospital tea and donation event was announced, and other notices covered dress up week, a Sunday School Institute meeting, Italy's war impact discussion, a Florida Society meeting, and hygiene focused food group formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
Woodsey Road
Twenty-seventh Street
Thomas A. Walsh
Rauscher
Charles W. Carr
John W. Cotter
James J. Fitzgerald
R. A. Doyle
Washington
Consumers’ League
G. C. Fall
League
Fourteenth
G . Streets
Miss Falk
Board of Education
The
Sunday School Institute
Diocese of Washington
Epiphany
R. H. McKim
J. W Berry
Christ Church
Washington Parish
Wallace EB. Rollins
Virginia Theological Seminary
Signora L. Angelini
Rome
Forano
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Italy
Florida Society of Washington
Hotel Logan
Iowa Circle
D.,.a. Filsicher
D A R Loses Suit On Memorial Hall Fees In Circuit Court
District Court news reports the National Society of the D A R freed from paying $264.50 to J W Lewis for extra work after a circuit court verdict in its favor. The trial drew prominent D A R members as witnesses and revealed factional tensions within the organization. Additional items note a $50,000 suit against the Capital Traction Company for car injuries, a murder conviction in Criminal Division 1, and several wills, incorporations, guardianships, and indictments in a sprawling docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Yaterday
J. W. Lewis
Memorial Continental Hall
Municipal Cour
Circuit Court No. 2
Justice Stafford
Lewis
Scott
Story
Charles ]W. Richardson
Hertha M. Robbins
Lucy Galt Hanger
Helen M. Boynton
John Paul Ernest
Amarylis Gillette
Sait
District Supreme Court
John H. Boarman
Capital Traction Company
M Street Northwest
Daniel Thaw Wright
T. Morris Wampler
Plaintff
Bieleski to Meet Goricar Over Neutrality Disclosures
A.Bruce Bieleski, chief of the Bureau of Investigation, left for New York to meet Joseph Goricar the former Austro Hungarian consul whose statements challenge U S neutrality policy. The DOJ expects to review remarks linked to James F Archibald the American who acted as messenger between Dr Dumba the recalled Austrian ambassador and the Vienna foreign office. No grounds found yet to prosecute Archibald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.bruce Bieleski
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
New York
Joseph Goricar
Garciar
James F. J. Archibald
Dr. Dumba
Vienna
Archiald
Illness Strikes Guests From Universities At NYC Museum Luncheon
Ptomaine poisoning reported after a luncheon at the American Museum of Natural History. John A. Kingsbury and his wife and Dr Ire S Wile fell ill, among guests from Princeton Harvard Chicago and California. Health board analyzes chicken sandwiches. three cases only known to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Health
American Museum of Natural History
John A. Kingsbury
Charities
Ire
Wile
Board of Education of
Princeton
Harvard
University of Chicago
University of California
New Uniforms for Washington Firemen Adopted by City's Fire Officials
Philadelphia firm delivers new uniforms to Washington firemen with plans for strict upkeep. A new sergeant rank replaces high private, with distinct insignia for chiefs and officers. Uniforms feature military collars and silver bullion insignia, plus rigid rules on wear and neatness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Washington
Promotion Meant Death in French Trench Warfare
Lieut John W Barnett UC Berkeley graduate and athletics figure is reported dead in French trenches. John Stroud, UC Berkeley graduate manager, confirms Barnett was killed shortly after noting in a letter that range finders average 30 days on the job. he had been on the post 17 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
John W. Barnett
University of California
John Stroud
joMeer
Lfe
Barnett
Banks summoned to report condition on Nov ten
The comptroller of the currency issued a call to all national banks to report their condition at the close of business on Wednesday November 10. From Santiago Chile November 16 delegates from Argentina to the Pan American scientific congress reach here en route to the United States. The Chilean delegates depart shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comptroller of the Currency
Pan-American Congress
Santiago
Chile
Argentina
Pan- American Scientific Congress
Washington
United States
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Dapler
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Capitol Heights
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V Street
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Homeopathic Hospital
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Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
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Pembrokeshire Grounds
Greece
City News
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Eugene A. Byrnes
A Street Northwest
Albert L. Mills
Charles W. Richardson
William Cline Borden
Ladies' Board of
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Anton Stephan
Hygienic Pure Food and Drug Association
Willard
Harvey W. Wiley
Takoma Park
D. C
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Louis Speiglar
George Helford
al Shefferman
Max Agronson
Harry B. Bachrach
Maurice Grozaman
Ladies’ Board
Public Utilities Commission
Central Avenue
Brentwood Road
Rhode Island Avenué
C. P Hunt
Melvin Hazen
District Court News
Treasury Force
National Training School For Boys
Force
Treasury
George William Marshall
Covington
Marshall
Edward Wiliams
United States District
Samuel McComas Hawker
Charles Fahey
G. William Sultzer
Gardner Johnson Advertisers
Buragu, Incorporated
Recorder of Deeds of
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Gardner Johnson
Margaret Hutchinson
G. Percy McGlue
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Hattie Leisch
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Justice McCoy
Albert A. Leisch
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Hattie Lelach
Wilton J. Lambert
George H. MacDonald
Mrs. Childs
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Elizabeth Violet Childs
William BH. Taylor
Core M. Nagle
James Patterson
Roberta Abbott Patterson
Charles Linking
Vernon A. Nokes
William A. Lunby
Bryan C. Hardesty
Charles R Brown
Oscar A. Taylor
Anacostia
Ralph Curtis
Virginia
Edward Swan
Herry A. Beach
Jessa Coleman
George J. French
Elizabeth Hunt
Clifton King
Bessie Stock
William Thomas
William Finch
Elize Mathews
Eliza Jones
Clarence Brown
Clarence Lee
Richard Patterson
Howard Felds
Michael Jones
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Lillian Schaefer
Mary
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Jack Pollard
Frank Pollard
Albert Underwood
Leo Bates
Edward Canter
Max C. Kreps
Lewis OC. Bowie
Charles E. Dougherty
Robert 8. Mecheldin
Battle Martin
Alias B. R. Harris
John EB. Hagan
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Gus Winston
Willie Pie
Goricar
University
Museum of Natural History
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