Walsh Plans No Coup Welcomed by Family
John R. Walsh, ex banker and former head of railroad and quarry interests, was paroled from Fort Leavenworth and returned to Chicago. He rejected rumors of a coal king comeback, said he would straighten his tangled affairs, rest at home, and pursue opportunities after settling debts and notes. His family welcomed him and friends visited at his residence.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Fort Leavenworth
Alreas
Middle West
Walsh
The
West
Kansas City
Choates Celebrate Golden Wedding in Berkshire
Joseph H Choate and Caroline Sterling marked 56 years since their 1861 New York wedding. Family hosts kept Lenox and Stockbridge villas open for guests as Ambassadors Bryce and White attended. A private dinner was held tonight, with public reception tomorrow from 3 to 6 pm.
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Washington Post
Stockbridge
Mass
Joseph H. Choate
Fields
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Choate
Choates
St. Paul's
Joseph Hodges Choate
Carolne PD. Sterling
Cleveland
Ohio
All Saints’ Unitarian Church
New York
Lenox and
James Bryce
Henry White
Berkshires
Mrs. Choate
Bolden
Miss Shattuck Seriously Ill In Johns Hopkins Hospital
Miss Truly Shat tuck star of Alma Where Do You Live in Philadelphia and Baltimore is in serious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Doctors Harvey Cushing and Thomas Futcher report blood congestion affecting multiple regions with leg paralysis and severe head pain, developing after infection surfaced two weeks ago.
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Perial
Washington
Baltimore
Truly Shattuck
Alma
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dra
Harvey Cushing
Thomas F. Futcher
Miss Shattuck
Philadelphia
Academy
Train Severs Man's Head In WV Fatal Accident
Martinsburg mourns Harry Linneberg a former Baltimore and Ohio engineer killed by a fast freight near his mother's home as he attempted to free his foot from a switch. The headless body was found moments after the collision leaving a wife and three children.
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Washington Post
Martinsburg
W. Va
Harry Linneberg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Linneberg
Five Men Die in Gas Asphyxiation at Occidental Hotel
Five men were found dead at the Occidental Hotel in Toronto today from gas asphyxiation. Names listed include Samuel Read, George Knowles, George Williams, William Owns, and William Allen as investigators reported gas escaping from a jet and a small heater.
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Occidental
Toronto
Samuel Read
George Knowles
George Williams
William Owns
William Allen
Montgomery arson indictee arrested in New York
Matthew Griffin, indicted in Montgomery County on three arson counts, was arrested in New York and is held for Montgomery authorities. The 1908 fires included the Hoffman barn near Bethesda and the Connor residence, with testimony from Frank Wells linking Griffin to the arsons and noting a enmity with Hoffman and Martha Newman. Sheriff Viett will proceed on requisition papers.
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Montgomery County
New York
Washington Post
Rockville
Bowie F. Waters
Matthew Griffin
Viett
John W. Hoffman
Bethesda
Jeremiah P. Warrington
WW. Connor
Martha Newman
Griffin
Hoffman
Wells
Connor
Crothers to Call Baltimore Special Session for City Reform
Gov. Crothers plans a post election special legislature to secure an improved Baltimore government. He will not call an immediate extra session, fearing partisan mistakes, but wants business leaders to determine the needed reforms before his term ends. He notes public alarm over possible spoils system return.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Crothers
Baltimore City
Waterways Convention Set with National Leaders in Richmond
Fourteenth hundred delegates expected for the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association fourth annual convention opening Tuesday with an informal reception. Gov Mann and staff will meet delegates at Old Point Comfort before a day of sessions led by notable figures including Rear Admiral Peary, mayors Reyburn Gaynor and others, discussing Richmond port and inland canal links.
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Washington Jow
Richmond
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
William Hodges Mann
Wil
Old Point Comfort
Robert E
John C. Freeman
Old Dominion
Railroad must pay him for eye injury case
In Cumberland Maryland on October 15 a jury awarded James Rudy of Romney West Virginia 4250 dollars against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Rudy, a traveling IH representative, was injured when a beer bottle thrown from a train window struck him in the eye, rebounded and caused permanent damage. Attorney George A. Pearce indicated plans to appeal.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
James Rudy
Romney
W. Va
International Harvester Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Rudy
Connellsville
George A. Pearce
Court of Appeals
Minister killed by locomotive collision in Frederick
The Reverend William Anthony, 60 years old and pastor of four Frederick County Methodist congregations, was struck by a backward locomotive while walking the Baltimore and Ohio line from Doubs to Point of Rocks. He stepped onto an adjacent track as a train approached and died. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Washington Post
Frederick
Willam Anthony
Methodist .Episcopal Church
Frederick County
Baltimore and Ohio
Doubs
Point of Rocks
Mule Slashed With Knife Arrests Rockville Officer
Roy Johnson a young Black man, a driver for a Washington firm, was arrested in Rockville on a charge of mercifully beating and maltreating a mule owned by Harrer & Voigt. He was jailed and to face a police court hearing before Justice Reading.
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Washington
Washington Post
Rockville
Harorr & Voight
Roy Johnson
Wise
Johnson
Hold Cotton For Higher Prices Says Marion Butler
Former North Carolina senator Marion Butler urged Southern cotton growers to withhold cotton to push prices above 15 cents per pound. He linked low prices to a Democratic House and tariff policies, called for reform of the Sherman anti trust law, and argued for state and federal regulation of natural monopolies as public functions.
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Marion Butler
North Carolina
South
United States
Congress
Reverend C. E. Fultz Assigned to Washington Church
At the Pennsylvania conference of the United Brethren Church in Baltimore the bishop assigned Reverend C. E. Fultz to the church in Washington D. C. for the Washington church posting. Bishop Matthews of Chicago presided at the closing session.
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Washington
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
United Brethren Church
Matthews
Chicago
C. E. Fultz
D. G
Sugar War This Winter Between Beet and Cane Makers
Clarence Hamlin, head of the United States beet sugar industry, says cane sugar refiners plan a tariff strike to crush beet sugar. He notes the beet sector recently kept prices from dropping, while urging Congress to back protection as a fight for free sugar looms this winter. John Arbuckle plans to press Congress for free sugar, marking a pivotal clash between beet and cane interests in Colorado Springs.
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Colorado Springs
Cols
John Arbuckle
New York
Congress
Clarence Hamlin
United States
Hamlin
America
Bristow
Rich coronation gown found after street mishap
Mrs. John Hays Hammond’s cloth of gold gown from the coronation was left in a Boston area street for hours. It was found by a passerby in Revere Massachusetts after a chauffeur misplaced it for alterations. Police later located the finder and Mrs. Hammond awarded a $50 reward for the return of the gown. The Berlin-made gown features a tunic effect of peacock blue over gold and a long train, noted for its costly design.
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Boston
Revere
Alexandria hosts ninth anniversary of Lady Maccabees hive
The Alexandria lodge of the Lady Maccabees marks its ninth anniversary with ceremonies. State Commander Etta England of Norfolk and Deputy Anna Connor of Brambleton lead visiting officials. A Norfolk degree team arrives for ritual work and a banquet is held at the Methodist Church South. Plans also cover the UAM convention and local development. Funeral services are set for Charles Dewey at Sharon Chapel in Fairfax.
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Washington Post- Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Lady Maccabees
Etta M. England
Norfolk
Anna M. Connor
Brambleton
Mount Vernon
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Virginia, State Council
United American Mechanics
McBurney's
C. C. Carlin
F. J. Patt
Albert“D. Brockett
Charles Dewey
Sharon Chapel
Fairfax County
8. A. Wallis
Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia
Residences Change Hands in Boss & Phelps Deals
Boss and Phelps report multiple real estate sales including Bates Warren’s large semi detached home at 1841 Ontario Place northwest to Frank N. Bauskett for about 8000 dollars. Other transactions list seven to eight room houses on various northwest addresses and Pattison Street properties totaling around 15000 dollars in several cases. Maj. F. E. Russell’s residence at 1928 Bilimore Street northwest changed hands through Ross and Phelps for about 10000 dollars.
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Bates Warren
Ontario Place
Frank N. Bauskett
Boss & Phelps
W. Reed Macgill
French Street
Mr. Gaines
Meridian Street
Charles W. Brett
Twenty-ffth Street
E. Daniel
New Hampshire Avenue
Flagler Street
N Street
S Street
H. M. Chasey
Webster
Charles E. Wire
Mary E. Moran
Alfred H. Churchwell
Charles ©. Robbins
Ross & Phelps
Maj
F. E. Russell
Bilimore
Stock Prices Firmer General Trend Shows Upward Lean
The Washington Post reports last week on steadier price movement in the stock market with overall firmness and a slight upward bias. Investors expect money to flow into investment channels as idle balances rejoin financial centers, while iron and steel industry dynamics and overproduction shape later moves.
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Washington Post
New York
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Behde
Reading Common
Fsyers
Supreme’ Court
Eircuit
Europe
Morocco
Walt
Moonshiners rounded up in Luray Virginia crackdown
Roundup in Luray Virginia targets moonshine operators. Four offenders jailed, warrants out for seven more. Officials promise more revelations as investigators close in on men long suspected of running the illicit liquor trade.
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Washington Post
Luray
Dream May Lead to Riches for British Captain
Capt James J Ormonde of the British freighter Reigate docked in Brooklyn after a two month voyage from Toile. He plans to go to Chicago to claim a possible $500,000 inheritance from his aunt Mrs Bridget Clark widow of a merchant who died childless seven years ago. He survived a typhoon near Luzon and dreamt his father beckoning him to America.
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Washington Post
New York
James J. Ormonde
Reigate
Brooklyn
Toile
Chicago
Bridget Clark
Luzon
Davy Jones
Locker
Capt. Ormonde
America
Court approves transfer adding land to Myer and Gale properties
The District Supreme Court approved purchases by George H. Myer and Thomas M. Gale that extend their abutting grounds on the north side of Decatur street west of Twenty second street. The Gate house property fronts 143 feet on Decatur street, and Myer’s frontage will be 125 feet. Plans include a residence for Myer and a home for the French Ambassador on the east parcels. Poe Hill real estate brokers arranged the deal with Gillatt and the French government holdings involved.
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George H. Myer
Thomas M. Gale
District
Supreme Court
Cage
Britton
Myron M. Parker
Decatur Street
Twenty-second Street
S. Street
Gate House
Purc Chase
Nto
Hera
Poe & Hill
Myer
Five sales reported by N I Sansbury Co last week
The agency lists five urban property transfers including 8218 Nineteenth Street NW a three story nine room home with two baths heated by hot water and electric light built by Lewis Breuninger to Helen L Holmes for 7700. 2220 Nineteenth Street NW another Breuninger three story residence sold to George B Laycock for 7700. 4102 New Hampshire Avenue NW a six room two story home with bath heated by hot water sold to J S Gruver for 4500. 66 Taylor Street NW a six room two story residence sold to J S Grover for 4500. 317 C Street NE a small residence sold to Howe Totten for 1000.
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N. Il. Sansbury Company
Helen’ L. Holmes
Nineteenth Street
Lewis BE. Breuninger
Purchhaser
George B. Laycock
Nineteenth ‘Street
Lewis’ EH. Breuninger
Gasth. & Birge
J. S. Gruver
New Hampshire
Price
Grover
Taylor Street
Howe
Totten
Street
Hendrick Company Sells Five Northwest D.C. Homes
The Hendrick Company sold five Washington area houses in the past week including a $15,000 colonial at 2316 Connecticut Ave NW to Mrs. Nora M. Hill. Other sales include 282 Nineteenth St NW for $8,900 to G. E. Vickers, 215 Twenty-seventh St NW for $7,000 to A. B. Fahnestock, and 7th and Taylor Sts NW to George Breitenbach for an undisclosed price. A sixth property at 417 Hobart St NW went for $4,500 to R. A. Martin. The firm also leased to Representative R. J. Bulkley the 1815 24th St NW residence.
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W. Hendrick . Company, Inc
Connecticut
Avenue Northwest
Nora’m. Hill
Harry Wardman
Hill
Seventh and
Taylor Streets
Hobart Street
Zedp Brothers
Hendrick, Company
R. J. Bulkley
Cleveland
Ohio
Steel market activity shows demand rising for spring delivery
New York reports strong interest in steel products with larger contracts likely for spring. Current output runs at about 76 percent capacity, causing price competition and uneven values for bars, plates, and shapes. Major shipments include 4,500 tons for the Cleveland Leader building and 4,700 tons for the Washington post office, with 22,000 tons bids for Madison Square Paling.
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New York
Cleveland Leader
Washington Post Office
Madison Square
Field Museum
Chicago
Ato Tong
Eastern Pipe-Works
Simi
St. Louis
Steel Corporation
Perry Street House Sold for Frederick Knoep
The two story brick dwelling at 1366 Perry Street Northwest was sold through Shannon and Luchs to Frederick Knoep for Harry Wardman. The price was 5000 dollars. The sale places the house among a row of seventeen houses in the block.
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Perry Street
Shannon’ & Luchs
Harry Wardman
Frederick ‘Knoop
New Municipal Lodging House Aimed At Replacing Antiquated Quarters
In A H Tyson’s annual report to the commissioners recommendations are made for erecting a new bed and breakfast lodging house. The current building is described as antiquated and too small to house transients, prompting urged replacement with modern quarters.
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B&b
A. H. Tyson
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