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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1907

Page

24

Masons Hold Council Amid Calls for Washington Meet

The biennial session of the Supreme Council convened with Sovereign Grand Commander J D Fachardson delivering the Brussels conference overview. He urged selecting Washington for the next gathering and highlighted harmony among Scottish Rite bodies, charitable aid for Earthquake victims, and plans for a 1907 Brussels to Washington Atlantic conference with twenty councils represented.

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Veteran hotel manager Helmus dies at 64 in city

John Helmus longtime Ebbitt House buffet manager died at his home in the city aged 64. He served patrons including Gen Sherman Grant and other notable military figures. a German-born Mason and father of a son, his passing ends a career tied to the hotel’s wartime era. General services planned for today.

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Thief Steals Coat From Dummy Outside Store

In front of S Young store on Seventh Street Northwest a man about twenty eight lifted a coat from a dummy on display. He pretended interest and swapped his own coat for the displayed one then walked off into a crowded street. A cler k later reported the theft to central detectives.

S @ Young AM Seventh Street Strees Central Office Waa le Man Stora

Chicken Thieves Active Seize Birds From Two Homes

Captives include Lazy and Sloony pullets and a rooster. Four chickens stolen from a shed behind Mrs William Robinson’s home on WM E street southwest yesterday morning. A rooster also disappeared from the yard behind Mr Joseph Stevenson’s home at 112 EE street southwest. Detectives Peckals sent to scene to obtain descriptions. Description notes a one spur broken rooster with red green yellow and white feathers, sore eyes blue beak crooked, three pullets and a small rooster describe a lazy shinny rooster in a capper crowing and wandering into neighbors yards.

William Robinson E Street Joseph Stevenson EE Street Peckals Central Office

Runaway Boy From Newark Arrested at Station

Masry Zulman, who says he ran away from Newark WJ, was arrested last night at Pennsylvania Station by Officer Washbaum of the Sixth precinct. He tearfully admitted running away, claiming he rode freight trains, and his parents were notified. A separate collision on Bladensburg road left a mule killed after a brick wagon struck it. the wagon suffered minor damage.

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Maid Under Fire After Marl Home Burglary Alarm

Mrs Benderson reported burglars in her Marl home prompting Eighth precinct officers to search from cellar to garret. A maid hiding behind heavy portieres was seized when she admitted no burglars were present and hinted at fear over recently removed silver. Police concluded burglars likely fled through chimney or foundation.

John H. Henderson Henderson Castle Sixteenth Street Florida Benderson

Attorney General Fined By Federal Judge Contempt Charge

Minnesota Attorney General Young was held in contempt by Judge Lochran in the U S District Court in St Paul. An appeal to the Supreme Court was noted as he is remanded to U S marshal custody. The case questions if a U S court can enjoin a state from enforcing its laws over commodity rate rules and rail commissions.

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Prisoner Attempts Suicide After Attack on Woman at Hotel

Glen Cove Long Island reports a prisoner named Ulech, who sought to abduct and killed attempts, attacked Annie Wander at a hotel. He shot himself in his cell after constable Lamb locked him up. Dr Burne said both bullets hit near the heart. Wander is said to be recovering. Ulech’s motive was rejected.

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Distant earthquake tremor recorded at Weather Bureau

Weather Bureau seismograph logged a distant quake starting about 11 pm October 20 lasting two hours or more. Records suggest an origin far from Washington, possibly near the antipodes west of Australia in the Southern Indian Ocean, with strong motion duration about one hour.

Weather Bureau Wills I. Moore United States Weather Bureau Washington Perdope Antipodes X Point Weat Australia Indian Ocean

Thieves Enter Cigar Store on Ninth Street

Central Office detectives Burlingame and Weedon pursue a thief who entered WA Henderson Co. at Ninth and Northwest Streets early Sunday. The culprit entered through the transom and stole about $21 from the cash register after Henderson closed the shop at midnight Saturday. investigators report the register was found open.

Burlingame and Weedon WA Henderson & Co Ninth Cash Register Henderson Midight

99 ships lost in August report from The Washington

Special to The Washington from New York dated October 21 describes August as unusually deadly for mariners with 99 ships lost or damaged. It notes 44 accidents across vessels, including 27 sailing ships and 13 steamships, due to fog, collisions, foundering, strandings, and other hazards.

Washington New York Mariner Monty Andy Accientre Colision Naual Totel

Noonday Talks Fight Consumption in Kensington

In Philadelphia’s northeastern manufacturing district Kensington, a noonday wagon campaign begins this week to educate workers on preventing and curing consumption. The Kensington Free Dispensary for Tuberculosis and the Kensington YMC A sponsor the effort with a traveling exhibit. Announcers will reveal that tuberculosis costs Philadelphia the equivalent of twenty thousand dollars daily.

Phiadelphia Mensigton America Kensington Free Kensington Young Mens Christian Association Anonkers Philadephia

Booths breach and message to aged Salvation Army General

Special to The Washington Poet New York Oct 2 Gen Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America sends a message of deep sympathy to Gen William Booth in Chicago. The two organizations remain independently constituted and reconciliation is unlikely. Booth expresses concern for his father’s health as he continues travel with precautions against pneumonia.

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Weather forecast shows broad dry spell with showers Florida

The weather report notes high pressure over the Western Uplands bringing a general temperature drop of up to twenty degrees. Showers expected in parts of the Southeast, with cooler NW conditions and a brisk southwest wind. Special river bulletin cites clear rivers to midweek.

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Size of Locks Under Study for Isthmian Canal

GolsYbert an army engineer officer with the Isthmian Canal Commission and Civil Engineer Rosseau a naval member of the commission, who recently visited Washington, will sail from New York Friday returning to the Isthmus. Exact dimensions are not fixed yet but current work aims at widening locks to about 135 feet to accommodate future maritime needs.

GolsYbert Isthmian Canal Rossesu Washington New York

Queen Cristina Strikes Rocks Off Crescent City Coast

The British freighter Queen Cristina ran aground on rocks twenty miles northwest of Crescent City. Sixteen crew members reached shore in boats while sixteen remained aboard. The vessel’s fate and nearby shore rescue efforts were still developing this morning.

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Insurance Firm Wins Opinion On Insurance License Rule

Justice Anderson of the District Supreme Court issued the writ mandamus compelling District Superintendent Drake to grant a license to Bates & Co to operate as insurance agents. The opinion holds that an insurance agent or broker is entitled to a license when compliant with the code, regardless of whether the company represented is licensed. The license accrues to the agent, not the company, and the superintendent’s duties are ministerial.

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Riot at B and O depot over union strikebreakers

About 200 striking union men clashed with Employers Association representatives at the Baltimore and Ohio Railway station. A carload of non-union bricklayers brought from Philadelphia and Camden was targeted as strikebreakers. The scene ended with several arrests, injuries, and the deportation of most strikebreakers to Philadelphia and home, as others remained temporarily in Washington.

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WANTS FEDERATION TO AID IN OPEN SHOP FIGHT

The Central Labor Union directs delegates to seek American Federation of Labor backing against the open shop. Local committees plan to press unions for funds and support, visiting eighty locals and collecting dues while urging strict federation action.

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