Death on White Lot Kills John Barry Student Exonerates Friend
John Barry aged fifteen, son of J J Barry, died when his leg was caught in a runabout wheel on the White Lot near Fifteenth Street. Leo Hughes, driver of the car, and two other boys were detained then released, exonerated by coroner Nevitt. Barry was a St Johns College junior. funeral arrangements not yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barry
J. J. Barry
St. John’s College
J. Barry
Howard Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Lee Hughes
N Street
Poleeman Lipscomb
Nevitt
Hughes Boy
St. John's College
Monument Grounds
Leo Hughes
Gan
Jerome Crowley
Rudolph Brennan
White Lot
Harry Boy
Leo
Barry
James O'Toole
Lipscomb
Scere
Hughes
Crowley
Brennan
Wil
St John’s College
Thieves' Loot in Old Barn Reported by Detectives
Detectives Grant and Srumbo trailed a gang of bicycle thieves to an abandoned barn near Four Mile Run Va and recovered fifteen stolen cycles. Wagons ferried the wheels to police headquarters as owners were notified. over the past two months more than 120 bicycles were stolen with only about one third recovered.
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Grant
Srumbo
Yesteryday
Four Mile Run
Ambassador Meyer Visits New York and President for Rest
Anibinsiddar Meyer arrived in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II and paid respects at the State Department to Secretary Root and aides Loomis and Perce before calling on Secretary Taft at the War Department. He then dined with the President at the White House, plans to return to Massachusetts for rest before resuming duties in St Petersburg. Meyer has lately managed American affairs in Russia, represented Japan on prisoner welfare issues, and served as a liaison during the Cassini era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Anibinsiddar Meyer
New York
Trkscay
State Department
Loomis and
Perce
Taft
War Department
White House
Meyer
United States
Massachusetts
St Petersburg
Mr Meyer
Russia
Japan
Count Cassini
Mrs McKenney Burns in Oil Lamp Fire at Chapin Street Home
A blaze broke out on the second floor of J M McKenney’s residence at 147 Chapin Street Northwest last night after an oil lamp toppled. Mrs McKenney suffered severe burns to her left arm while attempting to extinguish the fire before firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. McKenney
Chapin Street
Memorial services for Hebrew Congregation at Congress Heights Cemetery
Hebrew Congregations of this city plan a Sunday memorial service at 10:30 am in the Hebrew Cemetery on Congress Heights. Dr. Simon will speak and Dr. Stern will conduct the service in the church ritual. Afterward, private devotions will be available at the graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebrew Cemetery
Congress Heights
Simon
Stern
Death by Own Action at Pennsylvania Avenue Rooming House
Charles B. Downs fifty five years old died by inhaling illuminating gas in a third floor room at 932 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. He was found in bed fully dressed with a rubber tube to the gas jet in his mouth. Coroner Nevitt issued a certificate of death by own action. Downs had been a whisky merchant in earlier years but fell into drink and neglect. He left a wife and two grown daughters at 2238 Twelfth street northwest. The landlady had warned him to leave and a servant detected the gas odor leading to the room where police forced the door open. The body was claimed for burial by his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Downs
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nevitt
Downs
Twelfth Street Northwest
Cadet Appointments Made Amid Principal Charge Probe
Board of Education held nightly sessions to pursue charges against Anna J. Cooper principal of M Street High School colored. The meeting approved cadet officer appointments and mixed resignations with new teaching and janitor appointments. Promotions and transfers were announced along with kindergarten admissions and exams for sewing and drawing teachers.
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Board of Education
Anna J. Cooper
M Street
Percy M Hughes
Charlotte M. White
M. S. Hart
Kate Bresnahan
Mabel C. Sands
Charles Anderson
George T. Bateman
H. H. Burroughs
L. S Welch
4. A. Brecht
M. M. Donovan
B. B. Mu
G. E B. Church
Department of Washington Normal School
M B. Weyman
A. B. Paret
MM Duvall
Rosalie Walker
M. A. Maydwell
Ick Capell
FP. A. Brown
Eana Shaw
Georgetown
Dramatic Umbrella Assault At Academy Of Music
A middle aged woman and her daughter attacked a man with an umbrella outside the Academy of Music after learning he had brought another woman to a theater show. The pair, both well dressed, fled with their accomplice as police arrived to question witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Wells
Young
Calderon to Stay as Chile Minister Succeeded by Pardo
Dr Calderon who long served as Peruvian Minister to Washington remains minister in Chile on a special mission. He will be succeeded in Washington by Senor Pardo. Calderon’s son, Mr Calderon, is currently charge d affaires here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Calderon
Washington
Chile
Senor Pardo
Calderon
Stabbed Woman in Breast in Colored Neighborhood Altercation
In Dinemore alley last night Lillie Wood a 31 year old Negro woman was stabbed in the breast with a carving knife by Ellsworth Delany a Negro. Wood was taken to Emergency Hospital with non serious injury. Delany was jailed at the Fourth precinct. Also reporting the first noon assembly at George Washington University where President Needham presided and delivered an address on Character with musical interludes by Joseph D McFall and chorus members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinemore“alley
Lillie Wood
Ellsworth Delany
University Moon
George Washington University
University Hall
Needham
Joseph D McFall
Dy Bendemeer
Father
Honor Dr Stafford Back in Washington as Parish Celebrates Return
Rev. D. J. Stafford D D pastor of St Patrick's Church returned from Europe to Washington last night. He was greeted by hundreds at Carroll Hall and later at the rectory with speeches by Commissioner West and Commissioner Harris. Maurice O'Connell spoke for the parish praising his citizenship and church leadership. Stafford expressed deep gratitude for the warm reception and pledged renewed energy for the church and country. The event featured a large audience, choral performances, and a display of flags and flowers.
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D. J. Stafford
D. D
St. Patrick’s Church
Washington
Carroll Hall
Commissioner West
Harris
Maurice O'Connell
the Treasury
Dr. Stafford
Pennsylvania
Philacclpnia
Thomas A. McGuigan
Willliam J. Carroll
James A. Smyth
Edward J. Hannan
A. A. Wilson
C. J. Colunrhus
J. D. Mankin
Tenth Street
New Carroll Hall
Pam iv
McKinley
William T. Harris
St. Patrick's
St. Patrick
St. Patrick’s
Lfe
America
West
J. D. Marr
Joseph McSorley
Charles Bart
Paul Grffith
John Ferlan
George Savange
J. Burns
BE. H. O'Donnell
Philadelphia
Francis Soller
Votive Mass at Georgetown Opens New Year for University
A solemn votive mass of the Holy Ghost will be chanted at Dahlgren Chapel for the opening of Georgetown University schools. The Mass begins at 1 o'clock next Sunday morning with Rev. David Hillhouse Buel as celebrant and Rev. Charles B. Macksey as dean. Rev. Alphonse J. Donlon serves as sub deacon, while Rev. John A. Conway delivers the sermon.
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Georgetown
Holy Ghost
Georgetown University
Dahlgren
Alphonse J. Donlon
John A. Conway
Experience at Portsmouth Peace Conference Described
Mr O Laughlin of the Chicago Tribune spoke to Hamline M E Church Men's Association about the Portsmouth peace conference. The event was held at the home of president Frederick Van Dyne assisted by the State Department and church members provided refreshments.
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O’laughlin
Hamline
Men's Association of
M. E. Church
Frederick van Dyne
State Department
John Callan O'Laughlin
The
Chicago Tribune
Portsmouth
Bankers Converge Here for Annual Convention
All ready for the Bankers last meeting of executive committee and a special committee appointed. 1700 guests will stay at six larger hotels and many will be entertained by local bankers and directors. John Joy Holson will headquarter at the New Willard and not dine at home during the meeting. A special committee to represent the executive committee for the convention is John Joy Edson, Charles J. Bell, J. H. Moore, Edward Jr. Stellwagen, B. F. Baul, J. L. Norris, and Scott C. Bone. The reception details are set and government welcome by Commissioner Macfarland is likely, with Cabinet members debated.
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American ‘Bankers’ Associaton
John Joy Holson
Washington Bankers’ Association
New Willard
John Joy Edson
Charles J. Bell
J. H. Moore
Edward Jr. Stellwagen
B. F. Baul
J. L. Norris
Scott C. Bone
Macfarland
Shaw
Weather Summary From Washington Post Era Report
Weather conditions show clear skies across most of the nation with unsettled West Indies, and light to fresh winds along coasts varying by region. Temperatures mostly above average except Northwest and extreme Upper Mississippi Valley, with hot spells in Gulf South and scattered showers possible in southern Gulf states. River bulletin notes Potomac and Shenandoah rivers clear.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Gulf Coast
Texas
North Pacific States
Upper Lake Region
West Indies
South Atlantic
Gulf State
Misalasippi
Upper
Lake Region
Bam
Sam
Asheville
N. C
Allanta
Atlantic City
Bismarck
N. D
Galveston
Helena
Indianapolis
Ind
Facksonville
Koneas City
Little Rock
Marquette
Mich
Memphis
Tenn
New Ortesna
New York
North Platte
Nebr
Omaha
Pittsburg
Salt Lake
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Springfield
Vicksburg
River Bulletin
Washington Post
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Potomac
Shai Oah
Insurance probes reveal New York Life funds and loans
Testimony centers on McCall and associates in the New York Life influence case. Questions focus on $111,129 paid to Judge Hamilton, loans from Metropolitan Life, and the role of executives and relatives in financing campaigns and defensive actions. McCall denies improper use of funds and asserts supervision of legislation, while noting deferred dividend policies and commission differences.
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Firet Pach
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mutual Life Insurance Co. Ng
Hamilton
McCall
W. P. Thummel
Equitable Society
Tex
Iowa
Hughes
William A. Morse
Morse
Massachusetts Senate
McCay
Mr. Hughes
W. T. Holden
Massachusetts
New York Life
Mr. McCall
Elgy
Metropolitan Life
Albert McQuade
J. C. Burrell
The
Republican National Campaign Committee
Insurance Companies
Republican National Committee
Gibbs
Bie
Theodore Ban
McKeen
New York
Lafe
Rufus W. Weeks
New York Idife
Mr. McKeen
Weeks
Equitable
Charcoal Health Remedy Promises Broad Benefits
A midwestern health column extols charcoal as a safe cleansing aid for the stomach and bowels, improving breath, complexion, and blood. It highlights Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as the best value, praising a Buffalo physician’s endorsement and noting cost at twenty five cents a box. The piece also references unrelated testimony about New York Life dividends and business costs from a separate investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Buffalo
Iroquois Club Debate Opposes Federal Insurance Control
Chicago October 4 Mayor Dunne and other Democrats opposed a motion for federal investigation and control of life insurance firms at a Democratic Iroquois Club luncheon. Speakers argued for and against federal power, with final action postponed to a later meeting.
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Dunne
Chicago
Iroquois Club
Democratic Organization
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Ambassador Meyer
Graves
Man
Academy
Liebig Company
Liebig
Honor DR. Stafford
Europe
Annee
Votive
University
Journeymen Horseshoers' Union
Journeyman’s Union
Central Labor Union
Wis
Gain
Corby Bros
Theta
Hamilton& Celbert
Edeon
International Marine
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Armstrong
M. A. Phillips, Jr
Colorado
J. H. Hilsman & Co
Atlanta
Lansburgh Gbro
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh Street
Gillette Balery
Jas. S. Topham
American Security and Crust Company
7Th St. N. W
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
Pennsylvania Ave
H. W
Yan. Shaw
Peter Grogan
Credit For
All
Sey
7Th St
Schwartz & Peltman
7Th Street
W.e
HUB Furniture CO
Allen Murray
Frederick Co. Butt
District of Columbia
New York Arena
City of Washington District of Columbia
Frederick C Butt
Fred. C Butt
G. A. White
Miller’s
B. B. Earnshaw’ & Bro
McGill & Wallace
Bond Building
Arlington
Patterson I Institute
M. Patterson
W. L. sMrre
Washington Loan and Trust Cal
Osteopathy
Trumbull Crass Commercial
Emma DE Vries
Farragut
Munyon
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
N.W
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