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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1910
Page
3
A Victorian-era exposé describes burglars evolving from crowbars and skeleton keys to chemistries and blowpipes. It details oxy hydro flame tactics, thermit heat, and the dangers of improved safes, plus a Brondesbury arrest where a burglar explains his glass-melting method.
Special to The Washington Post Princeton New Jersey coach Roper held a light scrimmage with the varsity, letting the reserves carry the load on a rain slick field. Ed Hart absent on officials matter, Ballou and Pendleton hinted in key roles for Carlisle game. no definite Yale game plans.
A Kansas City Journal item reports a spouse’s purchase of a Senate seat as a surprise, leading to an indictment for bribery. The note hints at marital distress and political intrigue involving a wife and the related bribery charges.
An editorial contrasts the London Standard stance on preserving the English tongue with fears that vulgar slang and careless speech contaminate literature. It laments degraded prose and the loss of precise, classical wording, urging respect for language heritage and education to safeguard liberty and dignity in expression.
George Mastriano, 13, a pupil at Our Lady of Pity in the Bronx, drew a revolver in a classroom threatening priest Father Merighi and warding off ten pupils. The weapon, claimed to be given by another boy, was found inoperative. After surrender, Mastriano was taken to Morrisania police and then to the Children's Society.
Miss Hannah George farms near Mount Vernon where a calf and a goose formed an unlikely pair. When the goose pecked at flies on the calf, the calf chased a dog harassing the goose. The goose later fell ill and the calf, unable to bear loss, was found nearly strangled by his own halter until Miss George freed him.
Voyage notes list arrivals from Hamburg Havre Southampton Genoa Trieste Plymouth and Boulogne to New York with onward legs and reported docks for Cape Race Saint Louis Cincinneti California Baltic and others. ships include President Grant Majestic Cerolina Noordam and more with destinations Bremen Naples Genoa Rotterdam Cherbourg and New York timing estimates.
Biography of Prof Pepper recounts his swift work on cases like Hilldrop Crescent and Dougal, detailing his role as a crime analyst and adviser to London hospitals, the Home Office, and the Treasury. It highlights his method in dismemberment and Druce, Maud Marsh, Chapman, and Cream cases, noting exhumations and executions.
The fifth annual banquet of the Washington Alumni Association and local Sigma Delta chapters was at the Arlington Hotel Wednesday night. Jonsta presided as toastmaster with a long list of attendees including R. H. Alleman and many others from AL, B, and AJ affiliations.
Marvin Hughitt, 73, resigns as president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway after nearly 24 years. William A. Gardner is elected to succeed him as president of the C and NW route and also as president of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha road. Hughitt becomes chairman of the board and plans to remain active in advisory management.
The Gaelic Society of Oxwaanington held its first meeting of the season in the New Willard Hotel cabinet room. Rev Mer Shahan of Catholic University presided and spoke on Celtic Love of Education. Norman Espute Daly performed ancient melodies, and Philip Les Scantling with Mrs Emile Dougal-Marcon supplied vocal selections. The group will meet monthly through winter.
The Chicago story centers on Steve Greene, a Black man arrested in August by Chicago police on an Arkansas murder warrant. Greene's habeas corpus case and subsequent transfer back and forth between Illinois and Arkansas unfold amid older Underground Railroad parallels and debates over state authority. Greene describes a life of struggle, evading capture across Arkansas Missouri and Illinois, a later arrest in Chicago, and threats of mob action and lynching surrounding his case.
In Philadelphia on October 20 the Penn freshmen football team defeated the varsity 12 to 5 in a regularly scheduled game. Freshmen backs dominated the line and Ed Thayer shifted to a kicking game, drawing praise from observers as producing one of the best first year squads in years.
Roanoke Va Oct 20 Conductor M M Shance was murdered in an open area near a busy road at noon. Desperate struggle left knife wounds and torn shirt. A missing diamond ring suggests robbery. bloodhounds could not follow the trail. no motive or suspect identified.
Coach Magoffin leads Buff and Blue in a long signal practice preparing for tomorrow’s game with St Johns College of Annapolis. The St John team claims to be the best in the school’s history and seeks victory after a Navy showing. Crafts Farmer backfield stars aim to return, Moore adds speed at fullback. Kickoff is 3 30 at American League Park.
Miss Margaret Curtis of the Home Club captured the main cup for the Women’s Golf Association event at the Country Club Brookline. She defeated her sister Hartnett 7 up and 7 to play in the finals and set a course record by completing the 6085 yard championship in 86 strokes.
The second game of the inter high school football series invites Business to face Technical at American League parks this afternoon. The Manual Trainers have lost most top players to graduation, while Business is said to be unusually strong this season. Weights are close, with a slight edge to Technical. Kickoff is at 4 o'clock. Jack Gass referees and Tom Kirby umpires.
Norfolk Virginia October 20 Rain prevented today's big parade for the Confederate Veterans reunion in Virginia. Veterans instead took a water trip to Old Point Comfort and later attended a ball at the Ghent Club. Jefferson Shields, Stonewall Jackson’s cook, gave an address praising Jackson. The grand camp set Newport News as next year’s reunion site.A loving cup was awarded to Mrs J Griff Edwards of Portsmouth, and W McDonald Les of Irvington was elected grand commander of the Virginia division.
A man registering at a Bridgeport hotel under the name 8 8 Spence, real name Mc Laughlin, was arrested on Oct 3 as a fugitive from justice. He allegedly abducted his child after divorcing his first wife in Upper Marlboro Maryland and had a New York attorney trace him. He reportedly remarried, has a second child, and aimed to return to Maryland without requisition. He once was a millionaire, with $100,000 alimony plus a $60,000 settlement, but stock losses later left him unable to pay.
Harry B. Noland, who confessed to killing 17 year old Alice B. Litten, faces an insanity defense. Witnesses testified he choked the girl and then cut her throat, with one saying Noland spoke of the crime after 19 minutes. The defense argues mental illness in the family and offers expert testimony as to Noland's sanity.
Special to The Washington Post reports Oscar Daniel was jailed after allegedly sending a bottle of laudanum to his brother Elmer Daniel who, charged with a burglary, drank poison but was saved. Police say a note with the bottle suggested a death by own action pact between the brothers.
George Wey Dwyer aged 43 chief stenographer in Captain Tiltons office at Fort Monroe was arrested by Camden N J detective Carroll who arrived with a warrant for deserting his wife and children at Camden. He was taken to Camden to answer the charge. Dwyer had been in the area about a year seeming to be single.
Norfolk observers testified to alleged election fraud in the recent Democratic congressional primary. The grand jury questioned witnesses including James B Heath and E A Bilizoty, with poll-book data requested from Democratic City Chairman Schenck. In Bristol Tenn the Charlton family murder trial proceeded with impeachment evidence. Winchester Va reports a 15 year old child died after touching a live wire. Gov Mann to address farmers in Buffelo Virginia. Rockville Md fines for chopping a conduit road tree.
The Alexandria court, led by Judge Louis C. Barley, disposed of criminal and civil matters. Guilty pleas for malicious mule cutting and grand larceny sent several men to penitentiary with road work duties. Bail set for cocaine sale matter. various civil and corporate actions noted. New land company chartered with 9k to 50k capital by Virgina authorities.
Ambassador Juseerand of France will headline the opening session of the American Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality at McCoy Hall Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday night November 9. Surgeon General Walter Wyman has appointed Dr J W Schereschewsky to oversee an exhibition at the venue in coordination with the Maryland State Board of Health. The meeting runs through November with the exhibition open an extra week, drawing physicians surgeons and social workers from across the United States.
The Montgomery County Agricultural Society in Rockville Maryland cannot pay full premiums from the recent fair. Directors will borrow on their personal notes to cover $1,875, half of the total premiums. Bad weather reduced attendance, though all other fair expenses are paid.
The body of Robert Barton Pharr, 22, Baltimore, leading man in the Thomas Dixon theatrical company, was found washed ashore Wrightsville Beach amid the Carolina hurricane. He drowned Sunday while bathing with company members. fishermen recovered the body and it was shipped to Baltimore tonight.
A four story brick Peagut Warehouse at Bolingbroke and Second streets owned by W. W. Donnan and used by Levy Peanut Company burned this forenoon. Valuable machinery and a large stock of peanuts were destroyed. Insurance listed at 10 000 for the building and 15 000 for the stock. Special dispatches from Petersburg and Washington also report a Lutheran Synod opening sermon in Maryrant Synod at Smithsburg Maryland with about 200 delegates attending.
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