Failure to Elect Mayor Tarnished by Dispute in Glen Echo
Glen Echo town council fails to select a new mayor as Lars Witkowski declines the post amid a council split. Foremost figures Garrett and Weaver press the struggle, while Witkowski faces fines tied to Maryland Sunpiwa violations. Residents debate legal steps as Witkowski vows to stay engaged via local property interests and a planned fundraiser for fines.
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Witkowski S, Place
Glenhaerewn Council
Cba
Lars Witkowski
Af Vasen
Treasurrett
Attendlow Rauces
Daniel Coll
Rh Garrett
Thomas Weaver
Tne
Gien Echo Town Council
Luis Wilkowsk
UEP
Wyatt Lon
Tax Experts Confer Ends With Calls for Tax Reform
The fifth inter nations conference on state and local taxation met in Fuerhmond Virginia with Gov Mann and Mayor Rich attending. Delegates from the South and North discussed unjust taxation on manufacturers and business, urging repeal of certain tax laws to improve economic conditions. Canada’s position and cross border tax harmony were debated, while leaders from South Carolina and West Virginia attended a reception.
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Fuehrmond
Canale
Allen BR. Fonte
Mann
Richarflaon
Gov
Neal
Goang
Busin
New York
New
Hapean
Canade
Canada
Rutorber Verpers
Porter
South Carolina
West Mann
R Ing
Miansbart
Building Work Less In Year Reports Show Decline
A fragmented report notes a year end decline in building activity and naval year contrasts. It mentions reduced business holdings and repairs eligibility for property, plus personnel questions and local examinations. References to Van Buren descendants and the Washington Fatehors Rez Association appear amid scattered local items. Keene’s condition after surgery for stomach trouble improves, while Toigho Septoo records unclear status.
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Pistriet Buikiiimes
Specter
Morris Hacker
Pinecker
Beato
AMD S.r Pew
Aerial Display Delights At College Park Flight Show
Army aviators showcased skill with a 1700 foot glide and engine shutoff. Lieut Milling placed second to top national aviators in Boston, winning 37 prize dollars. Capt Beck and Lieut Arnold demonstrated cross country flights and in-air maneuvers, while a board meeting follows with superintendent recommendations and possible principal appointments at McKinley and Business High prep for new term.
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Arnold
Capt
Beck
Benning
Milling
Facut Arnold
T School
College Park
Wright
Mullane
Army
Boston
Army Aviation
W. B. Myers
McKinley Manual Training School
Board of Education
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Ways and Means Committee
the Boar
Charles Wart
Business High School
McKinley School
Davidson
W. A. Hendrick
Frank Daniel
O McKinley School
Hendrick
Tem
Tem, Because Dr. Davidson
Tr. Davidson
Grahame White Wins at 1 Mile Boston Flight
English aviator Claude Grahame-White soared 13 12 miles out to Boston Light and back in 1 minute 94-5 seconds in a windless condition to win the event at the fair. Tom Sopwith, his British rival, placed second in a D Blanc monoplane, with White Marle L. Gutnar ton third in a Verlet. Ovington could not complete his planned Worcester flight. A Boston lad led prize money early in the day.
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Ovington
Fair Grounds
Worcester
Boston
Earlevington
Navy man's wife dies in suicide on ship
A Navy man's wife aboard the California shot herself in the heart with a pistol hidden under her pillow. She left a note asserting her husband bears no responsibility and urging accountability for others. The McEvoys wed in New York on March 27 last. the husband awaits further inquiry.
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Meive
Checkteer
California
Tragic drowning of Martin child in Maryland yard
In Hagerstown Maryland on September 3 a young Martins child fell headfirst into a large crook filled with water and drowned while the mother was briefly away. Mrs. Ada Martin had been hanging clothes in the yard and returned to find the child unresponsive. The incident underscores household dangers near water in the household setting.
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Girt
Crock
Hiserstown
Owl
Peter
Ada Martin
Mrs Emory Dia Bals Underwood Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Emory Dia Bals Underwood wife of Capt R O Underwood United States Marine Corps will be held Thursday afternoon. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. She was born in Washington and met her husband aboard the battleship Pennsylvania in Seattle. They married a year and a half ago on the ship. Captain Underwood was ordered to the Washington navy yard last December.
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R. O. Underwood
United States Marine Corps
R. C. du Bois
Sixteenth Street Northwest
Rock Creek Cemetery
Kaiser Reviews Ships Sail for Secret Drills
Kaiser reviews 99 German fighting ships in Kiel as Emperor William sails with the Hohenzollern to observe maneuvers. Three Ostfriesland class dreadnoughts miss the event while trials continue. fleet includes Nassau Westfalen Rheinland Posen and Deutschland class vessels. Archduke Franz Ferdinand aboard, ships fly Austrian and German colors in tribute.
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Germany
William
Hohenzolers
Hohenzollern
Emperor William
Deutschland
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
England
France
Portsmouth
Toulon
von der Tann
Bluecher
United States
Nassau
Westfalen
Rheinland
Posen
Braunschweig
Wittelsbach
Paris Offers Treaty Frontier Mobilization In Belgium Crisis
Brussels reports Belgian government safeguards to preserve neutrality amid France Germany tensions. Namur receives 30 fieldpieces from Antwerp arsenal, plus recent trains with guns and ammunition. Front line garrisons rebalanced as 40,000 peace troops prepared for mobilization, with 135,000 men ready including reserves. All political parties back government.
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Frontier
Brussels
France
Germany
Namur
Antwerp
Belgium
Unsettled Moroccan Crisis Hampers European Politics
State Department officials express unease over protracted Franco German talks on Morocco. Officials hoped for a quick resolution, but failure to reach a definite agreement leaves a troubling, unsettled situation in European diplomacy with potential indirect effects at home.
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State Department
Moroccan Is Like A Bad Cold. In Itself It Is By This Plications Ures
Heirs to Draw Lots for Sydenham Dietz Estate Paintings
The children of Sydenham F. B. Dietz, per the father's will, must draw lots to divide oil paintings if they fail to reach an agreement. The principal beneficiaries include two daughters and a son.
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Sydenham FB
Alsosterday
Martha Williams
Hutchins Son Opposes Wife in Millionaire’s Estate Case
Walter Stilson Hutchings seeks to block Mrs. Rose Hutchins from increasing her allowances from the estate of ill millionaire Stilson Hutchins. Auditor had recommended $2600 monthly for all expenses. she currently receives $1000. Court hearing postponed. objection filed by Corporation Counsel E H Thomas. Process servers reportedly did not notify Hutchins. no insanity ruling issued.
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Rose Keeling Hutchins
District Court
Narragansett Pier
Hutchins
Automotives guests toured Studebaker plants in Detroit visit
Delegates from Washington Virginia Maryland and North Carolina toured the E M F and Flanders plants in Detroit during a Studebaker convention visit. They toured the casting room to the shipping platform and viewed a 40 mile car ride before a banquet and theater party. Tomorrow includes a visit to the E M F plant and a Lake St Clair boat ride. The special departs for Washington at midnight, arriving Thursday night.
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Washington Post
Detroit
Studebaker
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
Studebaker Corporaton
E-M-F
Fellowcraft Club
Flanders
Morgan and Wright Tire
Studebaker Corporation
E-M/Fonlant
Lake St. Clair
Clergyman McKay Flees Town After Accusations
Special to The Washington Post reports Charles F. McKay, five year pastor of the Baptist Church in Bar Harbor, fled town with a handbag after being confronted by County Attorney Graham and Deputy Sheriff Pfef fer over an accusation by a neighbor’s young daughter. Threats of violence followed his departure as public sentiment shifted against him. McKay, a Colby College and Bangor Theological Seminary graduate, left amid a wave of revulsion.
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Washington Post
New York
Bar Harbor
Frey
Charles F. McKay
Baptist Church
Graham
Pfeffer
McKay
Colby College
Bangor Theological Seminary
Bloodhounds chase 3 escapees from Occoquan quarry
In Fairfax county Virginia three prisoners from the Occoquan workhouse broke from a quarry gang near Chain Bridge around 2 PM. A lone guard watched over about fifteen workers. three men fled, pursued by bloodhounds and guards. Authorities in Alexandria and Washington were alerted as manhunt continued overnight.
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Occoquan
Chain Bridge
Virginia
Liberty
William Broach
James Peamus
Elijah Kennedy
Alexandria
Washington
Jealousy Motive Eyed in Quogue Tragedy of Catherine Van Wyck
New York dispatch details William Childs Jr. shooting Catherine Van Wyck at Quogue Long Island and then killing himself. Family and friends dispute engagement claims while Dr Gilliilan says jealousy drove the act. Miss Van Wyck denied to be engaged. neighbors recall his three-year crush ending in rejection.
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Washington Post
New York
Catherine van Wyck
Willam Childs, Jr
Quogue
Long Island
G. R. Gilliilan
West Fiftieth Street
Childs
Albert D. Childs
William
Miss van Wyck
Will
van Wyck
Clarence Fraissinet
Paul Deaguilar
Deaguilar
Young Childs
Familly
Gilliilan
Miss van W
Siar
Mr. Childs
Catherine
Crawford for La Follette. South Dakota Senator backs La Follette
Senator I Crawford of South Dakota tells the Sioux Falls Press he will support La Follette for the Republican presidential nomination. He says La Follette more nearly represents the people and admires his courage and ability. He declares Barn for La Follette.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. Dak
United States
I. Crawford
la Follette
Thieves Steal Clothes Off Man in Chicago Alley
In Chicago on September 5 thieves lured Charles Meyers into a downtown alley knocked him unconscious and stripped his coat vest trousers and shoes. Meyers woke an hour later in a crowded street and found overalls given by a night watchman before reporting the robbery to police.
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Chicago
Charles Meyers
Meyers
Ailey
Fourth Auto Robbery Rivals City Theft Epidemic
Washington police report an ongoing auto theft wave with four cars stolen this month. Howard B. Leary’s 1200 dollar electric runabout vanished from a locked garage on Lamont Street NW between 8 am and 7 am. Earlier thefts include a 30 horsepower car stolen from H Street NW August 15 and found damaged near Conduit Road. the Bond car left unattended at the Southern Building August 28 and later found wrecked in a gutter. Police have arrested several suspects, including George Johnson, who confessed to involvement and the joy ride that damaged Bond’s car.
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Lamont Street
Leary
David Hendrick
H Street
Broadstreet
Philadelphia
Washington
Stephen 4
D. Ginslinger
3. H. Bond
First Street
Mr. Bond
R. B. Parrott
Caira Apartments
Union Station
Baltimore
George Johnson
Seventh Precinct
Alee
Secretay Fisher completes Alaska tour to Seattle
Secretary of the Interior Fisher wrapped up his Alaska tour at Skagway on Sept 5 and traveled to Seattle aboard the Ta h oma. He and party returned via White Pass and Yukon Railroad after a banquet with Mayor Tanner Gov Clark and others. He praised progress on transportation and noted coal handling issues would be manageable. A special Arctic Brotherhood gathering followed, with tours along the trail for guests.
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Skagway
Alaska
Fisher
Seattle
Tahoma
White Pass
Yukon
White Horse
Tanner
Clark
Bering River
Arctic Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Movements of Ocean Steamers and Dock Times
Ocean liner movements include ships from New York to Bremen Glasgow and Rotterdam with arrivals expected late Friday. Weather reports show temperatures from 61 to 73 degrees and mixed humidity and rainfall. Tide tables note high tides at 6 18 am and 6 30 pm with low tides around 12 0 am and 1 pm. River bulletin reports muddy Potomac and Shenandoah rivers at Harpers Ferry.
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New York
United States
Copenhagen
Sable Island
London
York
Amerika
Hamburg
Carmania
Iulverport
Weather conditions and storm activity across the United States
The Weather Bureau reports a low and falling barometer in the West Indies and a developing disturbance in the Caribbean Sea. A broad low pressure area covers the Midwest and western regions, bringing showers from the south Atlantic to the northern plains. Cooler changes move across the middle plains and lake regions by midweek, with fair weather on the western plateau and variable winds along coasts and lakes.
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S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
West Indies
Caribbean Sea
Halts
United States
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Mississippi
Ohio Valleys
Northen Plains States
Rocky Mountain Region
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Western Plateau
Rocky Mountains
Middle Plains States
Ohio Valley
Southern Plains
New England
Middle Atlantic
East Gulf Coasts
West Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Upper Lakes
Edward Dingley Injured In Runaway Horse Incident
Edward N. Dingley, manager of the Kalamazoo Evening Telegraph Press and son of late Congressman Neilson Dingley of Maine, was seriously injured tonight when a runaway team dashed into his automobile. A hoof cut a gash in his left side and he suffered head injuries and possible internal trauma while remaining unconscious.
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Kalamazoo
Mid
Edward N. Dingley
Builders offer loan for secure lot in Northwest section
Builders propose financing to secure a lot with a discount from list price. The offer targets buyers in the Northwest section and is delivered through a local box 43 address at The Washington Post.
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Washington Fost
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