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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1913

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Oelrichs Agent in Car Crash Held on Felonious Assault

New York reports Hermann Oelrichs a Columbia law student and son of the late shipping magnate was arrested on felonious assault charges. He is tied to a Bryn Mawr student Lucille Singleton who said she was stabbed during a car incident and to a cover plan offering money. Detective Trayer, who investigated the crash, was suspended amid conflicting statements.

Miss Singleton New York Hermann Oelrichs Columbia Law Hermann Oelirichs Poliice Dougherty Lucille Singleton Bryn Mawr Texas Theodore Trayer Young Oelrichs Broadway Trayer Singleton Beng Price Delichs Oelrichs Oeirichs Oecelrichs Mag Delta Psi Lab Riverside Drive D. M. Claghorn Tacoma Columbia University Claghorn Mr. Oellichs J. I. Claghorn Columbia D. M. Claghamn Mr. Oelrichs Ciaghorn Kergan Miss Sherwood West Chester

Refused Engagement Ends in Violent Stabbing Outside Bar

A man resisted a request to keep an engagement, forcing a confrontation in a Broadway bar. They argued for blocks, the assailant stabbed the victim ten times, and the car veered into a gutter striking a tree. The Delta Psi house notes two Claghorn brothers were once residents but had left over a month ago.

Delta Psi Claghorn Brothers Gelrichs

Tokyo Hints At New Trade Pact Amid Land Law Clash

Tokyo reports indicate Japan and the United States may pursue a new general commercial treaty. A note on California anti alien land laws, previously unanswered, suggests Tokyo may seek recognition of Japanese land ownership rights in the United States on par with other nations. The State Department stance on such an arrangement is unclear.

Tokyo California Japan United States Washington John Bassett Moore Moore State Department

Widow saved from suicide by pet fox terrier in St Louis

Special to The Washington Post. Hertha McAllister, stranded after her Chicago lawyer husband Jesse McAllister’s death, nearly leaped from the Eads bridge. A fox terrier she kept helped deter the attempt and she now works as a waitress while studying law and plans to seek admission to the bar.

St. Louis Washington Post Hertha McAllister Eads Bridge Jesse McAllister Chicago University of Michigan

Lunatic Beaten to Death at State Hospital

In Kankakee Illinois Carl G Holst a patient at the Kankakee State Hospital died after allegedly being beaten by guard L Blows and restrained to bed. William Wolfe a former attendant confessed to the murder and named hospital employee John Mahan who was also arrested. An additional former employee is still at large.

Kankakee Gct Carl G. Holst Paxton Ill Kankakee State Hospital William Wolfe Wolfe John Mahan

Captain A B Davis Dead in Chicago

Captain A B Davis of the United States Revenue Cutter Service, retired, died in Chicago today. Adv mentions service on a pension and an offer to assist in the Underwood-Summenstart bill case with John S Wise, attorney, 20 Broad Street, New York.

A. B. Davis Chicago A B Davis United States Revenue Cutter Service John S Wise Broad Street New York

End of Tariff Fight Clouds Senate Vote

Senate Democrats back conferees on the tariff bill by 33 to 6 with no cotton futures taxation. Debate centers on House substitute and Clarke amendment. House recedes likely, avoiding further conference. Several senators to speak. leadership hopes resolution within days.

Cheinman Simmons Senate House White House Reed Missouri Simmons Conference Committee McCurgher Gronna Penrose Kényon Cummina la Follette Alzaa Pomerene Marcus Smith Vardaman Committee On Finance Hughes Telephone and Telegraph Company Hollis Senator Clarke Arkansas Laurel Baltimore Kiemman

Senate caucus closes on cotton futures dispute move

The Senate yielded on cast iron pine and restored it to the dutiable list after a clash over free status. Chairman Simmons and Senator Williams pressed for water to calm the waters while Senator Pomerene and Reed moved to refer the report back to conference. Simmons offered a substitute and the measure prevailed by 33 to 6 as Clarke and Smith argued for the amendment, ending with a caucus adjournment.

Senate Simmons John Sharp Williams Pomerene Reed Underwood Clarke Smith South Carolina

Broker Found Hanged in Missouri Murder Case

Special to The Washington Post reports Rob ert L. Tisdale a wealthy Cape Girardeau real estate broker was found hanged east of Chaffee Missouri. Authorities believe robbery motivated the death. rope marks on an ankle and nearby rope fragments suggest he was drugged and dragged. Coroner’s jury verdict: death at hands of unknown persons.

Washington Post Chaffee Robert L. Tisdale Cape Girardeau Tisdale Walter Neun Fred Neun Mr. Tisdale

SAY PASTOR HUGGED GIRL Four Witnesses to Appear at Trustees Inquiry

New York reports four church members say they saw Rev. Halléck F. Schanek of Manasquan N J with Miss Sarah Foreman 16 on a deserted railroad car after boarding a train to Asbury Park last Friday evening. The witnesses followed the pastor and girl to Seagirt. The board of trustees will hear Schanek tomorrow night to answer the charges.

Aon Trustees’ Inqui New York Halléck F. Schanek First Methodist Church Manasquan Tieien Érifiteds Peta Mis Laguin Sarah Foreman John F. Foreman Thomas Rankin Austin Newbury Harry Mount Joel Parker Asbury Park Schanck Seagirt

English Actress Detained Over Claim of Marriage

Marie Lloyd, prominent English actress, and jockey Bernard Dillon were detained in New York after arriving on the Olympic. Immigration authorities opened an inquiry into their claim of being man and wife. They registered as Mr. and Mrs. Dillon, though not legally married. Lloyd said they had lived together for five years.

New York Marie Lloyd Olympic Bernard Dillion

Inquest Reopened On Death Of Rear Admiral Eaton

The inquest into Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton’s death in Hingham Massachusetts is to reopen tomorrow under District Attorney Barker. Mrs. Eaton widow and indicted for murder awaits trial. The inquiry has been paused and restarted multiple times amid gaps in the case.

Hingham Mass Joseph Giles Eaton Barker Brockton Admiral Eaton Eaton

Militants' office raid leads to arrests in London

In London on October 1 police clashed with suffragettes Harriet Roberts Kerr and Beatrice Saunders at their Women's Social and Political Union offices. Kerr faces twelve months and Saunders fifteen years for conspiracy. They had just resumed duties after June hunger strike release, and staff clashed with officers with a policeman assaulted and four clerks jailed.

London Suffra Kettes Harriet Roberts Kerr Beatrice Saunders Women's Social and Poltical Union

John D. Heads Tax List

John D Rockefeller tops New York personal property listings in the 1913 tax assessment, with $5 000 000 declared. Other high values include Mrs Russell Sage at $465 000 and Herbert L Satterlee at $500 000. Real estate stocks and bonds are not counted.

New York John D. Rockefeller Ciety Rockefeller William Rockefeller Thomas F Ryan

Rush to save miner in Pennsylvania mine blast

Thomas Toshesky, trapped 100 feet underground since last Friday at Continental Colliery, spoke to his wife through a tube as rescuers widened a 50 foot coal breach amid heavy rain. Doctors warned against exertion while Toshesky described his loneliness and asked about his baby. Rescue teams continued digging, aided by a 50 foot tube and safety measures, with fears of pneumonia if he grows cold.

Centralia Thomas Toshesky Continental Heffner Toshesky Heffier Toshenku Toskesky

Pearl in Oyster Brings $5000 Guess for Russian

Philadelphia Oct 1 George Rogovoy a Russian tourist dining with his wife in Chestnut street restaurant bit into two oysters finding hard objects He and his wife took the items to a Chestnut jeweler where a pearl shaped stone about twice a large pea was valued at 5000 This odd find follows a claim that Rogovoy may have wasted the fortune in the meal. Also Olympic to stop calls at Queenstown and schedule updates for Saturday trips from Baltimore to Ono Berkeley Springs and Cumberland with round trips posted.

Washington Post Philadelphia George Rogovoy Chestnut Street Rogevey

Canal Zone Earthquake Stuns Isthmus Amid Canal Fears

A powerful October quake struck from Panama City to Colon, causing panic as buildings shook and church bells rang. Inspectors including Col Sibert surveyed Gatun and Culebra locks for damage while flooding was planned at Culebra Cut, with hopes to breach the Curaracha slide to clear the path.

Culebra Sibert Washington Panama Colon Panama Canal Col Sihbert Gatun Kingston Oct

Lodge Out of Danger After Ulcer Operation

Nahant Mass October 1 United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge overcame feared complications from last Friday’s gastric ulcer operation. Dr Francis Harrington announced the danger period has passed and Lodge can sit up in bed. Mrs Lodge reported his condition remains good with normal pulse and temperature and he enjoyed a little more nourishment.

Nahant Mass United States Henry Cabot Lodge Francis Harrington Lodge Senator Lodge

Dean Henson pushes divorce stance at Church Congress

Southampton Oct 1 Very Rev Herbert Hensley Henson dean of Durham sparked a sensation at the Church of England Congress with a speech openly endorsing divorce. He argued the divorce movement reflects a Christian factor of self-respect that rejects a situation he called depraving, though the audience showed unease and relief at the end.

Southampton Herbert Hensley Henson Durham Church of England Congress Dean Henson

Oelrichs Held After Girl Is Stabbed

A stabbing incident in Oelrichs leads to the detention of a suspect as investigators pursue leads. Details remain sparse as authorities assess motive and connection to the victim, a local girl.

Motion Picture His Alibi In Extradition Case

San Francisco police displayed motion pictures to counter an extradition bid for Larred Brokaw awaiting transfer on a Pittsburgh assault to commit robbery charge. He claimed a prominent crowd role in films shot here in September, with the alleged crime occurring in Pittsburgh. The films were shown to police to identify Brokaw or his double, and attorneys plan to use the evidence to resist extradition.

San Francisco Larred Brokaw Pittsburgh

Storm ties up city as torrential rain floods New York

A record rainfall of 3.32 inches in two hours drenched New York, halting subway and surface traffic, with 1,500 girls marooned in two factories and two men killed. Bridges and streets flooded, a drugstore roof collapsed causing $15,000 damage, and fires sparked by lightning were extinguished as transit workers struggled to restore service.

New York City End Avhurta Canyona Brooklyn Bridge New Jersey Passaic Newark Jersey Meadows Weather Bureau Thomas H. Walsh Hugh Clarke Jersey City Broadway Fiftieth Street Brooklyn Rapid Trans Brighton Beach Beach Prospect Park Brooklyn Williamsboro Lake Charies Lake Charlies Calcasieu EneHsh Bayou Southern Pacific Tremere Ott Sina Gulf

Piedras Negras Defends City Amid Border Tension

Piedras Negras will not be destroyed during anticipated hostilities between constitutionalists and federal army. A neutral government was formed to protect foreign property as US officials warned against invasion, with martial law and guards deployed. Reports say bridges burned and trains disrupted while residents await crossers to the American side.

Washington Piedras Negras Mexico Constitutioneliste Federal Jesus Carranza State Department United States Blocker Constitutionalits Here Care Tanza Consul Blocker Maj Caldwell Fourteenth United States Infantry Eagle Pass Peroles International Bridge Eagle Pags

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