Auto Club Grows at Its First Fall Meeting Tomorrow
The Washington Automobile Club, now a month old with seventy five members, hosts its first fall gathering tomorrow at the Villa Flora Club. Invited guests include Commissioner West Maj Sylvester Henry E Davis and E H Thomas. The social event aims to promote self propelled travel, road safety, and fair laws with plans for pilgrimages to Frederick and a future golf course option.
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Villa Flora Club
Commissioner West
Maj. Sylvester
Automobilists of
Washington
New
Washington Automobile Club
Ray Sylvester
Henry E. Davis
E. H. Thomas
Automobile Club
Frederick
Robbed His Employer Conspiracy by Jewelers Clerk
Chicago October 1 1900 Human Tells an 18 year old employee of a wholesale jewelers firm and Fred Langwell 28 under arrest for larceny and conspiracy to rob Tells the employer. Langwell a peddler allegedly proposed theft two months ago delivering watches and trinkets valued around 3000 to Langwell who planned to open a retail store. Mrs Kite Williams informed police two weeks ago after Langwell made her confidant and after a quarrel she divulged the plans.
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Human Tells
Fred Langwell
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Langwell
Tella
Tells
Kite Wiliams
Notable visitors and locals roam through the Metropolitan
Congressman Slemp of Big Stone Gap appears at the Metropolitan while Judge Gordon Russell, a noted Texas jurist, stays for a few days. Senator Culberson of Texas departs for home but plans to return before Congress opens. B Chandler of Harriman, Tennessee, a pioneer in Tennessee industry and minerals, helped found Harriman, a boom town, now a prohibition colony established years earlier by Fisk, Funk and Wag Wis, Schumacher and others.
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Big Stone Gap
Gordon Russell
Texas
Culberson
Congress
B Chandler
Harriman
Tenn
Chandler
Tennessee
Harriman Issa
Gen Fisk
Messrs. Funk
New Automobile Club Aids Rescue of Girls in Shanghai
Miss Bonnell describes converting girls into domestic workers and arranging marriages to reputable men after rescuing them through an automobile club. The home plans a larger building funded by Shanghai officials, with ongoing support to expand in China. Bonnell intends to return to Shanghai next April.
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Shanghai
China
Bonnell
Rescue of Chinese Girls At Florence Crittenton Home
Miss Cornelia Bonnell of New York City returned from six years of missionary work in China to lecture in Washington on the Florence Crittenton Home. In Shanghai, the home rescued over 200 young girls from slavery and gained official support, though Bonnell noted about 26,000 girls were enslaved in the city, with courts often denying enforcement against owners.
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Florence Crittenton
Cina
Cornelia Bonnell
New York City
Washington
Crittenton
China
Bonnell
Shanghai
Hts
Miss Bonnell
Made Kaiser a Citizen Peculiar Naturalization Error
An aged German in Ohio County Virginia was mis naturalized at Ellis Island due to a clerk error. The certificate oddly stated that the Emperor of Germany is admitted as a United States citizen, and the man must obtain a corrected naturalization document.
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Germany
United States
Ells Island
Ohio County
Elis Island
Ellis Island
Death by own action of Wilkins Hohensack former secretary
Wilkins Hohensack aged thirty three, private secretary for Congressman J. P. Wanger of Norristown Pa, died by shooting himself in the head with a .32 caliber revolver. His body was found by his housekeeper. His wife had died six months earlier, and distress over her death is believed to have driven him to self destruction.
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Congressman Wanger
Norristown
Wilkins Hobensack
J. P. Wanger
Hohensack
Boys' Brigade Officers Elected at Pittsburgh Convention
At the Boys' Brigades of America convention in Pittsburgh on October 7 officers were chosen. Carthander-in-chief Liebt Gen H P Hope Pittsburg adjutant general John A Clark Pittsburg direct ors Gen P A Bridgan Boston Prof O Graver Chicago Theological Seminary Charles M Schwab New York Col A R Hunt H B Batty Pittsburg Prof Graver was named vice president. Morning reports from division commanders were read, showing a promising future for boys brigades. A street parade with about 2000 boys followed in the afternoon.
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Pittaburg
Boys’ Brigades of America
G A R Soldiers Alliance Plans December Gathering
At the Abbitt House the Soldiers Alliance of the Grand Army of the Republic held a briefing on officer elections and a December reunion to be one of the most brilliant events. Alva Taber was named committee chair, with nine members, to organize the annual meeting, banquet and related events. Louis F. Brown was elected president, with Cush ing, Johnston and Richardson as vice presidents. The group, founded February 12, 1878, remains a fraternal veterans’ society with a benevolent relief function for members in distress.
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Soldiers’ Alliance of the Grand Army of the Republic
Abbitt House
Ebbitt House
Alva
Taber
Alliance
Louis FR. Brown
Lyman F. W. Cushing
T. J. Johnston
A. H. G. Richardson
John L. Heupel
W. Howard Gibson
Alvion B. Jameson
Alva & Taher
Proctor
Trial Atttorney Holton collapses during Samuel Cade case
Third day of the Samuel Cade case in Greensboro collapses when District Attorney Holton fainted from exhaustion. He recovers and plans to continue Monday. Prosecution sought to prove collusion with informers and destroyed still reports, but key evidence was ruled inadmissible. Grand jury discharged after finding seventy true bills and one new indictment against Samuel and another officer.
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Washington Post
Greensboro
N. C
Samu
Holton
Boyd
Samuel
Reverus
James Combes
Combes
Aycock
Bynum
Watson
Wilkesboro
Money for candidates in state primary audit report
State Democratic committee chair Ellyson ordered a two person audit of his accounts. E L C Scott of Hanover and Robert Gilliam of Petersburg examined receipts and disbursements and found that disbursed funds totaled 421 5 percent of receipts, with candidates to receive 674 5 percent back. Checks to be sent Monday.
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Richmond
Ellyson
Democratic Committee
Messrs. E. L. C. Scott
Hanover
Robert Gilliam
Petersburg
Barber
Judge Fowler resigns in Maryland circuit to resume law
Baltimore and Harford counties Democratic nominating process failed to renominate Judge David Fowler of the Third Judicial circuit. Governor Warfield appointed Judge N Charles Burke to succeed him, with Frank I Duncan named associate judge to replace Burke. Duncan’s successor as insurance commissioner may be named next week. Tucker ill at a hotel in Richmond while en route to Hot Springs after accepting Jamestown Company post. Freight trains collide near Rockville causing damage and traffic disruption with no injuries.
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Harford Counties
Washington Post
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Third Judicial Circuit
Baltimore and
Maryland Court of Appeals
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Baltimore County
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Jecge
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Duncan
State Board of Public Works
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Democratic Judicial Convention
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Richmond
Harry St. George Tucker
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Jamestown Exposition Company
Tucker
Norfolk
Jamestown Company
Fitzhugh Lee
Hot Springs
Rockville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Virginia obituary notes deaths of Lydia Dyson and Clay Soares
Fredericksburg reports Mrs Lydia Dyson formerly of Stafford County died Thursday night in Washington. She is survived by her husband and one child. Petersburg item notes Clay Soares a neat merchant of Newville stricken with paralysis last Friday night while driving home in the buggy, found in the road, with no daughters living in Washington at the time of his death.
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Fredericksburg
Lydia Dyson
Stafford County
Robert Skidmore
That County
Washington
Petersburg
Clay
Newville
Soares County
Fatal stabbing in Suffolk sparks mob threats on busy Washington Square
In Suffolk Virginia on a Saturday afternoon a Black man, 38, was struck and fatally wounded after quarrel with David C. Lyon, 36. Lyon fired four rounds, police moved quickly, crowds gathered, fears of retaliation emerged, and guards were stationed at the jail to prevent violence. Lyon, a lumber mill operator from near Windsor, was detained as authorities prepared for possible night unrest.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
William Grehim
Washington Square
David C. Lyon
Lyon
Graham
Brinkley
Luyon
Clinch Lyon
Buffalo
N. Y
Virginia
Windsor
Copeland
Cor
Cheers For Athletics Return Of Champion Philadelphia Club
Immense throng greets champion Philadelphia American League baseball team on arrival tonight at 10 20 pm. train reaches Pennsylvania Railroad station packed with enthusiasts. Players appear, crowd cheers, most pass through luggage room, while Bender and Waddell are blocked by officers to reach street cars.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bender
Waddell
Legal to signal results at California tracks ruled
In San Francisco Judge Hunt held the California Jockey Club acted wrong to bar George W. Sanfason for exposing race results by flashing or signaling. The suit claimed expulsion from Emeryville track for immoral conduct and San Francisco ordinance violations tied to illegal poolrooms. The court affirmed reporters’ right to transmit race results for wagering purposes.
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San Francisco
New California Jockey Club
Hunt
George W. Sanfason
Emeryville
Mail Clerks Will Probe Charges In Cincinnati
Cincinnati Ohio October seventh. The convention of Railway Mail Clerks will stay in session here until the charges of extravagance raised by former Auditor J J Mulligan are thoroughly thrashed out.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
J. J. Mulligan
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