Love at first sight fuels Capitol Grounds caper and arrest
A government hospital convict known as Captain Edward Frank married Miss Virginis Strouse after a brief courtship described as love at first sight. He posed as an army officer, distributed counterfeit checks, and entertained elaborate honeymoon plans before leaving Philadelphia. his wife will seek an annulment.
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St. Elisabeth's
Capitol Grounds
City
Edward Frank
Frank
St Elizabeth’s Asylum
Virginis
New Willard
Philadelphia
Enliison
Miss Strouse
Strouse
Runaways Caught in Washington Trip Arrests Made
Walter Smith aged 16 of 319 Horton and Leo Dillingdorf aged 17 of 3 Master Street Philadelphia were detained at the house of detention on custodial terms. Samuel Smith, Walter’s father, will arrange transport. Dillingdorf will be sent home by the board of charities as parents cannot pay. The pair traveled with a tramp from Philadelphia in an empty box car to Washington to see the city. Dillingdorf was arrested by Patrolman Gellette, while Walter eluded police until picked up by Patrolman Garvey.
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Frank
Philadelphia
Franks
Willard
Clirks &T
Old Point Comfort
Fort McPherson
Walter Smith
Horton
Cet
Leo Dillingdorf
Master Street
Samuel Smith
Walter
Dillingdore
Board of Charities
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Anacostia Yards
Ottlingdarf
Politeman Gellette
Smith Boy
Garvey
Gall Not Out of Danger Says Hospital Officials
Doctors at Casualty Hospital improved the condition of David W Gall deputy supreme commander of the Knights of the Maccabees. He was seriously injured Thursday night at Seventh and Water streets when struck by a Capital Traction Company car sustaining skull, arm, leg, and hand fractures.
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Maccabees
Casualty Hospital
David W Gall
The
Knights of the Maccabees
Playground Opening Delayed by Weather in Northwest
The new First Street and New York Avenue Northwest playground did not open Thursday as planned due to bad weather. A definite opening date has not been set. the likely celebration will occur on Labor Day.
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First Street
New York Avenue
Lally to be trained for five years for forged checks
Willie Lally sixteen years old admitted to passing forged checks to fund a European trip. He traveled from New York to Europe, visited London and Paris, and was later captured after returning to the United States. He is under juvenile court parole and sentenced to the National Training School for Boys for five years.
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Atlantic Ocean
London
Paris
Willie Lally
Europe
National Training School For Boys
Judge DeLacy
Lally
Sally
New York
Washington
Washington Asylum
Atlantic
Man pleads not guilty in double shooting case
Ben Johnson, a Black man, demanded a jury trial after a preliminary hearing in police court. He faced a $2000 bond awaiting a grand jury action for shooting his former sweetheart Louise Gardner and her escort Harry Ross at Eighth and B streets NW. Both victims were reported out of danger by Emergency Hospital physicians.
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Ben Johnson
Louise Gardner
Harry Ross
Eighth
Srand
Campbell Carrington
Canadian bonds eligible under Treasury ruling to reinsure US risks
Treasury plans to allow Canadian bonding firms barred from government work to reinsure that class of risks written by American firms. Surveyor Smith noted the move would aid US concerns operating in Canada. Also reported are charges against F M Couden and Senator Dick's defense, plus funeral notices for Prof Patrick Chamberlin with services set at Sardo's and burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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United States
Treasury
Treasury Department
Canada
Surveyor Smith
Amorith
Cincinnati
F M. Couden
Couden
MacVeagh
Dublin
N. H
Andrew
Washington
Chamberlin
Patrick Chamberlin
Chicago
Sardo
Church of the Holy Name
Mount Olivet
Poisoned by Hypodermic in New York Street Attack
Fort Wayne man Mr. Underwood narrowly escaped serious consequences after a physician in a Washington hospital gave him a hypodermic injection of strychnine for heart disease on the street. The needle infected his arm and blood poisoning developed. he recovered after hospital care and discharge. A separate incident reports John Randolph fleeing an Emergency Hospital after a scalp incision, frightened by surgeons and escaping to Willow Tree alley.
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Underwood
Fort Wayne
Ind
Washigton
New York
John Randolph
Willow Tree Alley
Man in Cedar Grove Aims at Self in Orchard
Harry Miles 32 of Cedar Grove Maryland attempted suicide by shooting behind the left ear in an orchard yesterday afternoon. He was found unconscious, revived at Emergency Hospital Germantown and then brought to the hospital where doctors say he has a good chance to recover if no complications arise. His family reports no motive and he had been in a happy mood earlier. Samuel Gompers left Washington for labor talks in Kansas City and St Louis to attend a conference on September 7 with Bucks Store and Ranges Company officials under a new agreement.
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Lally
App
Trust Company
New York
Boardman
Glasgow
Scotland Yard
London
Paris
Sally
America
Harry Miles
Cedar Grove
Rockville
Miles
Herbert Miles
Germantown
Samuel Wumpou
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Kansas City
St Louis
Gompers
Bucks Store and Ranges Company
Weather Conditions Reported By U S Department Weather Bureau
Weather conditions show showers in southern central areas with disturbances from Lake Superior to Texas and west of the Rockies. Temperatures remain nearly stationary with scattered showers in the South and central valleys, mostly fair west of the Mississippi. Cloudiness to increase Sunday and winds mainly moderate varying by region.
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US Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Middle States
Lake Superior
Texeé
Rockies
Mississippi River
Lower Lake Region
North Atlantic States
South Atlantic Coast
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Public Hearing Set on 437 Street Lights Discontinued
Maj Judson and city officials schedule a Friday morning public hearing in the Municipal Building to consider restoring lights withdrawn from 437 suburban streets. W W Price leads suburban associations in urging reillumination while noting greater need in crowded areas and ongoing protests from residents of Congress Heights Anacostia and nearby suburbs.
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Maj. Judson
W. W Price
Capt. Markham
Congress Hélights
Twining City
Anacostia
Randle Highjands
Books Clear of Contention Over Washington Library Sale
A reader disputes an accusation tying ownership of George Washington books to a borrowed status. Evidence of erased Washington signatures suggests concealment rather than ownership loss. Col Philip Maratelter, linked to the Alexandria Maratelter family, befriended Washington and served as pallbearer, later acquiring Mount Vernon volumes. the family retains receipts.
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George Washington
Marstelier
Alexandria
Washington
Col
Philip Maratelter
Thomson- Pitt Company
New York
Mount Vernon
Treasury Hopes to Halt Gold Coinage to Save Money
Treasurer McClung backs suspending gold coinage for an indefinite period. Plan would replace coining with gold certs and accept foreign coin at the mint. The move aims to cut mint expenses by 300000 to 500000 dollars yearly and reduce U S gold output for foreign market convenience.
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McClung
United States
Treasury Department
Piatt Andrew
the Treasury
Mint
Rare bones may lie along Panama Canal route
Dr. Alexander Hrdlicka of the United States National Museum urges the Isthmian Canal Commission to observe for buried burial grounds of African descent along the Pandina Canal route. He says skulls would hold scientific value and asks crania found be gathered for the museum.
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Hrdlicka
Panama Commission
Alexander Hrdlicka
Division of Anthropology
United States National Museum
Sne
Pandina Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Distillery allowed to reopen on bond in district court
Justice Gould granted Capital Supply Company permission to reopen its distillery on a bond of 6833.40. A raid by revenue officials two weeks earlier led to the closure, with a barrel of mash lacking a government stamp seized from a suspect. The ruling also notes estate terms for Laura V. Johnson and her husband Robert W. Johnson.
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Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
McNeil
Laura V. Johnson
Aho
Robert W. Johnson
Johnson
Insure Against Bath New Policy Covers Wet Holidays
Consul Gen John L Griffiths reports underwriters will insure holidays against rain. A ten day policy costs 182 dollars and pays 248 dollars per day for each wet day beyond the first two, with higher premiums for greater coverage. The plan aims to compensate holidaymakers when rainy weather spoils England events and pageants.
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England
Two Men Buried Alive In River Collapse
Philadelphia reports two men buried under tons of sand after a warehouse at the Tygert Allen fertilizer works collapsed into the Delaware River at Greenwich Point. The structure sank, piling sand and workers into the water. identities of the two men are not known.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Greenwich Point
Tygert- Allen Fertilizer Works
Speeds Above Boston Bay Opens Harvard-Boston Aero Meet
The Harvard Boston aero meet opens with Claude Grahame White in the Bleriot monoplane and Cromwell Dixon in a dirigible. White flies six minutes, averaging near a mile a minute, circling over harbor before landing. A battleship model is set for the bomb dropping contest as officials prepare for nine days of aviation events.
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Boston
Claude Grahame- White
England
Cromwell Dixon
Kansas City
Atlantic
Dixon
Draper
Fitzgerald
Grahame-White
White
Dorchester
Difford B. Harmon
New York
Grahame White
William H. Hil- Hard
Woman's New Aero Record In Belgium Flight
Ostend and Bruges in Belgium witness Miss Helene Dutrieu set a new record for women pilots by flying with a passenger from Ostend to Bruges and back, totaling about 20 miles, circling Bruges Belfry at 1,900 feet. A parallel report from Douai notes Louis Breget and Capt Madiet achieving a new speed record with a passenger on a military airplane from Douai to Arras and return at 56 miles per hour.
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Ostend
Belgium
Heleng' Dutrieu
Aviatress
Miss Dutries
Bruges
Les Halles
Douai
France
Louis Breget
Madiet
Arras
Aerial Stunt Narrowly Reaches Building in Ohio
Cincinnati Ohio Sept 2 Special to The Washington Pass Frank Goodale a flyer at the Ohio Valley Exposition had a narrow escape today. His plane rose well but a gust of wind sent it toward a canal and a building on Tim street. He swung the machine onto a window ledge then resumed flight and continued.
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Washington Pass
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frank Goodale
Goodale
Tim Street
Canal
Father cannot be charged with kidnapping son says Yonkers judge
Special to The Washington Pest Yonkers New York Sept 2 City Judge Joseph Beali ruled a father cannot be held on kidnapping charges for taking his own four year old son Gerald Banner from New York where he was arrested after finding the child in the street. He warned the husband not to attempt further custody by unlawful means.
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Washington Pest
New York
Joseph Beali
Yonkers
Howard Banner
Gerald Banner
Banner
Helen Banner
Bealt
Maniac Attacks Two Girls in Glen Falls
Police hunt a maniac described as a New York detective after he assaulted two girls, Lilian Sherman 14 and Loyolla Fitzgerald 20, in a field near Glen Falls. One girl was knocked unconscious with a revolver butt, the other pistol muzzle pressed to her chest before he fled. Sherman is in critical condition.
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Glens Falls
New York
Lilian Sherman
Loyolla Fitzgerald
Sherman
Call for Bank Statement From National Banks
The comptroller of the currency yesterday called on national banks for a statement of their condition at the close of business September 1.
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Currenecy Yesteradaly
Birthday Excuse Gets Mocked in Police Court
Judge Mullowny scolds Sousokoumonosky for choosing a birthday defense in a drunkenness case. The Frenchman, who admitted drinking Burgundy with Irish American friends, was released on a personal bond previously, but faced a sharper rebuke for relapsing into wine versus whisky.
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Mullowny
Sousokoumonosky
Prénch
Burgundy
Mulloway
Allow Compromise in Suit for 4000 After Death on Street
In district supreme court yesterday Justice Gould allowed Mrs Anda A Kluepfel to compromise a 4000 claim against the Anacostia and Potomac River Railway Company. The suit grows from the death of her son who was a Central High School teacher struck down on Eleventh street and died after being taken to Garfield Hospital.
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District Supreme Court
Feats Held on Forgery Charge in Police Court
Luke Feats claiming to lead the National Independent Knights of the Maccabees of the World was held in 500 bail after waiving examination on forgery charges. An inspector's probe cited careless handling of the fraternal group's accounts. He was arrested at his 47 New York Avenue offices on a misapplication charge and faces a grand jury action with a September hearing set.
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Luke Feats
National Independent Knights of the Maccabees of the World
Grand Jury
Insuranes
New York
Young Woman Burns in Clothing Fire on Street Ride
Police learned the companion on the ride was L. A. Knight, a telephone collector, not H. Cost. Mise Woodson remains hospitalized in Casualty Hospital with recovery days ahead.
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Mise Woodson
H. Cost
L. A. Knight
Fourth Street
Pennsylvania Avenuée Southéket
Miss Woodson
Misa Woodson
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