Urge New Bank Plan To Make Washington A Par City
Washington bankers debate William H Burgwyn’s call for reform to win par city status within the New York clearing system. They argue concerted effort could boost Washington as a regional financial hub, benefiting Southern banks, government offices and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. & Burgwyn
Washington
Col Burgwyn
National
Wash- Ington
New York
New York Clearing House
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Albany
Troy
Providence
Jersey City
Washington Exchange
Pyaretty
New York House
South
Burgwyn
American Bankers’ Association
Takoma Park Citizens Protest Water Rate Increase
Takoma Park Citizens Association at a special meeting condemned the District Commissioners’ water rate hike as unfair and undemocratic. They adopted protests and resolutions urging reconsideration, while noting the action lacked resident hearings and could burden the poor. The group also endorsed a universal transfer fight and praised a chartered transfer exchange in court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takoma Park
James W. Dyre
Water Department
L. Z. Thompson
Angus Lamond
P. V. Keating
Rhode Island Avenue Association
Citizens’ Association of
Baltimore and Washington Transit Company
Capital Traction Company
Yourteenth and
Kennedy Streets
Liberte Victims Buried in Toulon Obsequies
In Toulon on October 2 a naval attache laid a black ribboned wreath on the Liberte dead's caskets in the arsenal. Funeral rites for those lost when the battleship exploded and burned on September 2 drew President Fallieres, cabinet members, parliamentary leaders, municipal delegations, and foreign naval attaches. The crowd overwhelmed troops in front of the municipal theater as the cortege passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
France
Henry Hough
Falkeres
Paris
Fallieres
Business Leaders Back “Half and Half” Plan for Capital Development
Local business men and officials advocate a mixed approach to capital development, arguing a "half and half" plan best serves growth. They anticipate opposition to any move to abrogate the 1876 act and push for practical steps to advance progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effett
Opposition to Abolishing Half And Half for Capital Fund
Washington business leaders and civic groups vow to oppose any move by Congress to end the joint federal and District payments for the National Capital. The plan would cap annual District expenses and sharply cut federal support, risking hefty local taxes and stalled development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Outa
Ada
Roland M
Ap Jonés
Afan
James F. Oyster
Board of Education
Chamber of Commerce
George H. Harries
Board of Trade
Canon Rudolph
Board of Commissioners
Robert N Harper
Chamber of Commercine
Capt. Oyster
District of Columbia
National Capital
Moe
Woman leaps from speeding car as it crashes into streetcar
In Pennsylvania avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets a speeding auto veered into a streetcar crowd. A rear-seat passenger, a young unidentified woman, leapt out as the car struck. Real estate agent Roland M. Jones was arrested on motor vehicle charges after the incident and jailed on two counts, with $55 collateral posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Fourteenth Street
Roland M. Jones
Adams
First Precinct
Fifteenth Street
Jones
Woman shoots husband then self in street tragedy
New York on October 3 Mrs Frank J Nico demus shot her husband twice when they met on a city street, then killed herself with a single shot to the heart. Both are in serious condition as a divorce suit had recently been served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank J. Nicodemus
Funeral Bill Cut to Two Hundred by Utica Surrogate
In Utica New York Surrogate M H Sexton trimmed a $1 024 funeral bill for Mrs Sylvia Alwaise to 200 Assessing the remainder of a 1 000 trust fund he held that the funeral costs should be paid from the trust only to the extent of 200 The decision notes the aim of avoiding extravagance and maintaining fairness among beneficiaries while praising restrained tribute and criticizing lavish expense by the deceased's husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Utica
M. H. Sexton
John T. Alwaise
New York City
Sylvia Alwaise
Antony
Theopompus
Sexton
Navigator Named for Akron Dirigible Crew
Sea Captain Thomas Bottscher, commander of the yacht Spalpeen, accepted the navigator post on the Akron dirigible. The Seiberling Vaniman expedition aims to cross the Atlantic. Bottscher arrived to acclimate, with two foremen still to be chosen. current crew includes Louis Loud as chief engineer and Jack Irwin as wireless operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaniman
Atlantic City
N. J
Thomas Bottscher
Spalpeen
Oliver G. Rickstson
Andrew Carnegie
Akron
Seiberling-Vaniman
Atlantic
Melvin Vaniman
Louis Loud
Jack Irwin
Socialists oppose organic act campaign against half and half provisions
The Socialists of the District launched a campaign against the organic act of 1878 that funds half the district's expenses. At Typographical Temple chaired by Louis Kopelin they planned to mobilize congressmen and residents and seek a party delegate at the national convention. Kopelin said the General Labor Union will align against the act. Chilean Admiral visits Naval Academy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kopelin
Kopelin
General Labor Union
A Silken Luster To the Dullest Hair
Proper care of hair and scalp does not require expensive trips to the hair dresser. Use a simple dry shampoo mix of 4 ounces corn meal and 4 ounces therex or similar root powder, brushed through the hair once or twice weekly. After a few shampoons dull hair becomes soft, silky, and lustrous. Continued use promotes luxuriant growth.
The Three Romeos Hit at National Theater Debut
The Dreyfux and Fellner firm presents The Three Romeos a musical comedy at the National Theater. Georgia Caine leads as Gussie Gibson with strong support from Shirley Kellogg Ethel Cadman Fred Walton Fred Lennox and Fred Danforth producing stylish songs and spirited farce in a three act comedic setting with elaborate costumes and a chorus that was praised for its freshness and musicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreyfux & Fellner
Natone! Theater
Three Rgme
Georgia Caine
KR. H.burnelde
Raymond Hubbell
Herbert quaHty
Peter Poppleton
Minerva Poppleton
Washington
Minerva
Poppleton
Gussie Gibson
Gussie
Jack Willoughby
Jack
Titun Bellamy
Gussie Gibaon
Bellamy
Miss Caine
Shirley Kellogg
Romeo
Ethel Cadman
Miss Cadman
Humpty Dumpty
Fred Walton
William Danforth
Titus Bellamy
Fred Lennox
Timothy Stubbe
Walton
Frank Daniel
Sam. Bernard
Mr. Danforth
de Wolf Hopper
Wing
Mary Ann
Annabelle Jerome
Hilda Proctor Otis
Alfred Kappeler
Sydney Barraclough
Mr. Barraclough
Vivian Rushmore
Frank Saddler
Anton Helnl
Unigen
Sunday Law Crusade Begins In Baltimore County
Baltimore county grand jury presents five keepers of resorts and roadhouses near Baltimore for selling liquor on Sundays. The so called Sunday law crusade targets Werner's Park Westport owned by Charles Werner Loreng Herbert Canton saloonkeeper August Hennecheun Thompson's Seagirt House Charles Seward Rosedale Philadelphia road and Frank Holzner Philadelphia road. The action follows residents of Baltimore city seeking Sunday amusement outside city limits. It is noted the popularity of such places may wane as the investigation proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Werner's Park
Westport
Loreng Herbert
Canton
August H. Hennecheun
Thompson
Seagirt House
Charles Seward
Rosedale
Philadelphia Road
Frank Holtzner
Five Miners Die in Lehigh Valley Drift Disaster
Special to The Washington Post Freeland Pa October accident at the Lehigh Valley Coal Company drift and colliery. A gang of seven men repairing a drag line on a tall calm bank caused the ground to give way sending five into an old air shaft buried beneath slate and coal dirt. Death was instantaneous and after three hours the surface received notice all are dead.
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Washington Post
Freeland
Drift An & Colliery
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
War blocks sessions as Italian conferences postponed
War between Italy and Turkey and cholera outbreaks force postponement of ten international conventions in Rome. Delegates from the United States had prepared to depart. dates shifted six months to a year, with major meetings like the geographical and hygienic conferences rescheduled for next spring and fall. National Geographic Society leaders regret the delay, noting the aim to advance science and unity among nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rotpe
Italy
Turkey
Rome
State Department
J. H. Gore
George Washington University
Gen. Greely
R. & Tarr
Cornell University
National Geographic Society
International Geographic Congress
Henry Gannett
Two Divorces Sought in District Supreme Court
Mrs Theodosiasi Robinson sues John H Robinson for a limited divorce on cruelty grounds in Baltimore. Married April 6 1907, they separated after a months alleged shoe assault. Attorney John M George represents Mrs Robinson. Ida May Barrett sues Mogez Barrett for divorce, married March 16 1980s. Attorney John C Foster for Barrett.
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Theodosiasi. Robinson
John H. Robinson
District Supreme Court
Baltimore
Robinson
John M. George
Ida May Barrett
Mogegz Barrett
Midshipmen Face Inquiry Over Friday Night Clash
A Naval Academy board of inquiry is named to investigate the reported trouble between Washington police and midshipmen after the second class banquet. Commander C B McVay leads the panel with Lieut Fred H Po teat as recorder as they review crews from Washington. Nicholson to Succeed Murdock as commander of the Asiatic fleet is announced by Rear Admiral Reginald F Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Annapolis
Naval Academy
C. B. McVay
Fred H. Poteat
Washington Omeraia
Army Orders Leaves and assignments for officers
Leaves of absence granted for Capt William Hart medical corps for two months. Maj William Rochester paymaster to New York City for duty. Board of officers to examine volunteers in the Canal Zone. Deputy quartermaster general Stanley S. Stanley to Amite to carry out orders. Sergeant William Kesshler hospital corps to Fort Sam Houston Texas. Lt John J Burleigh recruiting duties in Albany. Maj Kenneth Morton to visit Worcester cartridge belt works October to December. Officers released from Army Bureau Schools Fort Leavenworth. Coast artillery officer Stanley S Ros to Philippines Manila. Capt Douglas Potts to Fort Leavenworth for duty.
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William B. Hart
William B. Rochester
New York City
Charles F. Mason
Ford
Charles Gerhardt
Tenth Infantry
Ethelbert L. Breckinridge
James J Mayes
Faname Canal Zone
Suc
David
Stanley
Guartermaster
Amétin
United States
Fort Sam Houstop
Tex
Fort Bayard
N. Mex
John J. Burleigh
Twenty-second Infantry
Albany
N. Y
Kenneth Morton
Ordnazice
Tha Mile Woven Cartridge Belt Company
Worcester
Mase
Army Bernice
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Harry A. Smigh
Infantry
LE Roy Eltinge
Fifteenth Cavalry
Flrat
Walter Krueger
Infanttry
Lient
ROS
Coast Artillery Corps
Ban Francisco
Cel
Philippine Islands
Manila
Philippines
Douglas Potts
Sixteenth Infantry
Naval Orders and Vessel Movements Update
Navy dispatch lists officers reassigned to duty in Washington Michigan and San Francisco with revoked orders for Vogelgesang. Senior engineer officer Chaplain Kevans sent to Naval Training Station San Francisco. Warship movements include arrivals Potomac at Norfolk Sterling at Pensacola Hector at Boston and sailings Georgia Chester and Wilmington between major ports and stations.
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N. R. Usher
Navy Department
Washington
D. C
H. E. Capehart
Michigan
W. W. Gilmer
Hannibal
D. W. Blamer
Paducak
CT. Vogelgesang
Lieut. C. Bean
Kevans
Naval Training Station
San Francisco
Cal
Potomac
Norfolk
Sterling
Pensacola
Hector
Boston
Georgia
Navy Yard
New York
Chester
Gibraltar
Melta
Wilmingsom
Olongapo
Hongkong
Memorials for Dr. Stearns by Washington homeopaths
The Washington Homeopathic Medical Society held memorials for Dr Solomon Sergeant Stearns, longtime practitioner and former president. Eulogies by several doctors were followed by unanimous formal resolutions. Society officers Dr William R. King and Dr J B Custis reported on recent conventions and congresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Homeopathic Medical Society
Solomon Sergeant Stearns
L B. Gwormstedt
Richard Kin
R. Munson
T. L. Macda
Wiliam R. King
D. H. Riggs
F. A Swartout
J. H.brenson
Z. B. Babbitt
L. A. Withon
William R. King
American Institute of Homeopathy
J. B. Custis
International Homeopathic Congress
London
J. B. Birdsall
H. ©. King
Will of Mrs. Maria Harbaugh Directs Masses and Provisions
In her will filed in Baltimore estate about 26000 dollars Mrs. Maria W Harbaugh directs 30 masses for her and departed relatives with most of the rest going to Catholic institutions and priests She specifies burial in Baltimore Protestant cemetery and names many Washington and Baltimore charities individuals and pastors receiving bequests including 1000 to St Josephs Male Orphan Asylum and 2000 to Dorothy Boucher among others Five hundred masses are provided for the souls of her kin and the deceased family members.
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Maria W. Harbaugh
Frank K. Boucher
Baltimore
Margaret M. Boucher
Washington
St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum
St. Ann's Infant Asylum
St. Vincent de Paul's Society
St. Vincent de Paul’s Society
Tabernacle Society
St. James’ Home
Ladies of Charity
Christ Child ,Society
Home of the Good Shepherd
Little, Sisters of the Poor
John M. Barry
Shrine of the Sacred Heart
Dorothy Boucher
Alce W. Vansant
Julia Wooldridge
Ada Miller Brooka
Laura V. Harbaugh
George Wheelridge, Jr
Paul Griffith
Joseph’ “McGee
J. Hekerirode
MissAnna Clark
Anna Upperman
Susie Walker
Margaret A.boucher
Steel Trust Decree Talks Move Toward Court Orders
New York Oct 3 The Globe reports Attorney General Wickersham will stay another week to finalize agreed decrees on reorganization of the electrical trust the powder trust the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association and the Harvester trust. It notes possible decree covering United States Steel Corporation though clashes with steel leaders persist. Trusts softened after learning he would not be bluffed and chose to proceed by court decree if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Globe
Wickersham
Department of Justice
Electrical Trust
Powder Trust
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Harvester Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Washington
Combinations
Southerm Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Banks Plan Money Orders Nationwide Plan
Twenty six thousand bankers of the American Bankers Association will enter the money order business soon and bid for the 750 million dollars of annual government business. Twenty six thousand letters advising bankers of the new plan will be mailed from New York tomorrow detailing the plan.
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Minneapolis
Minn
United States
American Bankers' Association
New York
Man kills bull in fatal Dover arena clash
Dover, Oct 3 A farmer from Salisbury Frederick Harding saved his life during a deadly fight with a Guernsey bull at the stock yard of former Judge Daniel Hastings in Dover. After a hard struggle Harding speared the animal with a pitchfork driving a tine into the bull’s brain, narrowly avoiding a fatal goring as the beast charged.
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Dover
Del
Daniel
Hastings
Frederick Harding
Salisbury
Lfe
Harding
Arrested in murder of Jacob Jacoby’s nephew in New York
Eyewitnesses identified Garvey, a 33 year old porter, as the man who smashed a Sixth Avenue jewelry store window on July 22, stole fifteen diamond rings and fatally shot Adolph Stern as he tried to flee. Greenwhich Village police arrested him after a three hour interrogation.
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Washington Post
New York
Greenwich Village
Jacob Jacoby
Sixth Avenue
Sixty-third Street
Adolph Stern
Dougherty
Garvey
Worth Street
Young Stern
Methodists to Confer in Toronto Ecumenical Session
Delegates from the Methodist family arrive in Toronto for the fourth Ecumenical conference opening tomorrow. The assembly gathers official delegates from the eastern and Western sections, totaling about 504, to discuss common questions, not legislate, with sessions running until October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ontario
Ecumenical Methodist Conference
Ocean
Pardons Recommended for Pittsburgh Officials in Upheaval Case
The State board of pardons recommended pardons for Capt. John F Klein and H H M Bolger of Pittsburgh, jailed for complicity in the Pittsburgh municipal upheaval. Klein, who provided information to authorities, received a 3 1/2 year sentence and fines. Gov Tener is expected to approve the pardons. In other news, William Speed, former Evening World business manager, died at 59 in Mercy Hospital after a career with Cleveland Press Detroit News and Indianapolis Sun.
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Harriaburg
State Board of Pardons
John F. Kiein
HH. M. Bolger
Pittsburgh
Klein
Speed
Washington Post
Baltimore
William Speed
Evening World
Mercy Hospital
Cleveland Press
Detroit News
Indianapolis Sun
Gettysburg Express Derails Near State Line Injuring Many
A Baltimore to Gettysburg Western Maryland Railroad express derailed near the Maryland Pennsylvania line at about 9 AM, sending the smoker car down an embankment. Sixteen or 80n8 were injured, conductor G W Maurath among the most seriously hurt with a broken shoulder. Relief trains and medical staff aided the injured. the track was not cleared by night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
G W. Maurath
Lee Bitzer
Thames Avenue
Co. Taylor
Carrollton
Roy Wagner
Lineboro
Harry Gottlelb
Main Street
Gettysburg
Morris Salter
Waynesboro
Samuel Krug
John Connelly
Gibson Street
Dublin
East Chase Street
L. Mead
P. Gibbs
Hanover
Freight wreck near Old Chapel kills conductor in Clarke County
Winchester Virginia October 3 An N and W freight wreck near Old Chapel Clarke County VA left conductor Webb Benner of Hagerstown MD dead from scalding injuries. Engineer L R Bumgardner seriously burned and several other trainmen injured all from Hagerstown were treated and moved to Shenandoah City for relief. Crews cleared the track tonight as wreckage included four loaded box cars and a burst boiler.
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Winchester
Webb Benner
Hagerstown
L. R. Bumegardner
Norfolk and Western Railway
Old Chapel
Clarke County
Bender
Bumgardner
Shenandogh City
Poe OO
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Navy Yard Bridge
Romeos
Three Romeos
Steinway
Dean Minarva
Diana Mallory
Gussie Gideon
Dick Daweon
Jack Wiloughby
Mrs Bellamy
Mita Proctor Otle
Timothy Stubbs
Fred Lennox Bertie Montague
Douglas Robinson
Jonathan Jellicoe
John G. Sparks
Sunday Law Crusade
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da Barrett
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NAVAL
DR. Stearns
Homeopathic Medical Society
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Steel Trust
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Farmer
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Moses
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