New Murder Theory Emerges In Through Death Near Fort Myer
Fort Myer area researchers and Alexandria county authorities reexamine the case of William H. Through a Baltimore electrician found dead last Tuesday morning near the fort. Crandal Mackey, Alexandria's commonwealth attorney, now favors homicide by robbery or an unknown motive after reviewing evidence including a wagon seen near the woods earlier, suggesting the body was moved from a possible murder site to the fort vicinity. Through's brother Earl identified the body, and authorities question the coroner's initial murder verdict while noting the peculiar wagon incident and the neck ligature.
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Alexandria County
Baltimore
Fort
Through
Earl Through
Crandal Mackey
Commonwealth
Woods
Serat. Smith
Fsnal Corps
Young Through
Mackey
Mr. Mackey
Washington
Monument to honor Confederate dead at Fort Lookout Md
Under Gen Yates guidance the War Department awarded a $20 000 contract to build a monument in the Confederate Cemetery at Fort Lookout Maryland. 3 336 Confederates lie buried there without individual headstones due to lack of identification. Director Ralph Shows notes Treasury economy in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing with 11 percent more work for about 172 000 less than the prior year, and a saving of over 8 000 by trimming internal revenue stamp sizes for cigars.
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Gen Yates
War Department
Fort Lookout
Ralph
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
J E Ralph
Internal Revenue
Divorce suit filed by Maurice OBrien in District Supreme Court
Maurice OBrien through attorneys F D Bilackistone and E S Bailey filed for divorce from Mary OBrien in District Supreme Court. The couple wed in the city in June 1895. The item also lists local ads and notices including beer, seafood, shorthand classes, and a Beverly postoffice project with a Treasury award of $81,000 for a new structure.
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Maurice O'Brien
Maurice O’brien
D_ Bilackistone
E S§ Bailey
District Supreme Court
Mary O’brien
O’b Briens
Maud Madison Fights a Can Can Plea at Police Court
Maud Madison leading lady of The Watermelon Trust faced a police court judge after admitting she performed a cancan in Temperance Hall alley with few clothes. She argued the room was too small and recalled past stage glory while promising to rehearse properly on tour under judge Aukam’s warning to respect public morals.
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Watermelon Trust
Temperance Hall Alley
Maud Madison
Temperance Hal Alley
Maud
Aukam
Rites Held for Sidney T. Thomas Washington Lawyer
Funeral services for Sidney Taylor Thomas oldest Washington lawyer and former corporation counsel were held at his home on Twentieth Street. Interment followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Baltimore. Pallbearers included Andrew B Duval Jr and George M Calvert Jr as City Justice Gould adjourned court in tribute to the deceased. Survived by wife, son Thomas Taylor Thomas, and daughter Miss Rosalie Rogers Thomas.
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Sidney Taylor Thomas
Washington
Thomas
Twentieth Street Northwest
C Ernest Smith
St Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Baltimore
Andrew B Duval, Jr
Thomas W. Smith
George M Calvert, Jr
Robert T. Nfume
Oliver T Mine
Edward P. Mertz
Gould
District Supreme Court
Michael J Colbert
Bar Association
Frederick A
Fenning
Fairfax County
Taylor Thomas
Rosalie Rogers Thomas
Outlook for conventions in Washington for 1912
Granville M Hunt chair of Washington chamber conventions committee says the capital has good prospects to land the seventh annual rivers and harbors congress next year. For weeks Chicago and Toledo led, but Washington has gained quickly in recent days. Thomas Grant secretary reports Des Moines efforts to lure the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners to Washington in 1912 and notes a December gathering of Eastern members of the American Life Assurance Association to be held in the city through the month.
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Washington
the Rivers and Harbors Congress
Granville M. Hunt
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Toledo
Hunt
Thomas Grant
Des Moines
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Wshington
Chamber
American Life Assurance Association
Grant
Retail Merchants Associations to be Discussed in D C
W H Clarke Jr secretary of the Richmond and Virginia Retail Merchants Associations will address a District Retail Merchants Association meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms next Monday. Joseph Strasburger president invites all local retailers to attend. Addresses will be given by Commissioner Rudolph and Mayor Paff of Alexandria. Take Your Family for a Ride In a Federal Taxicab. It’s a great treat $3 hour M 6670.
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Merchants of
Virginia
W H Clarke, Jr
Richmond
Retail Merchants’ Association
Virginia Retail Merchants’ Association
Retail Merchants’ Association of
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Strasburger
Cune H Rudolph
Paff
Alexandria
Contradicts Milk Dealers in DC Milk Market
Health Officer Woodward defended the district milk regulations against dealer claims of unfair enforcement. He pledged prompt action if any specific charges arise and asserted no facts support claims of bias or inefficiency. Dealers reported prices largely unchanged with rotators selling to consumers at 9 cents a quart and wholesalers seeking 24 cents per gallon. District Attorney Clarence R Wilson said his office had nothing to offer for publication.
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District of Columbia
Clarence R Wilson
Trade Board Plans Work After Vacation
Board of Trade committees map a busy year with reports due November 14 at the annual meeting. Gen George H Harries presides as chairmen prepare reports and hold committee meetings to ready recommendations for early fall legislation. A universities meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 in the board offices with W H Singleton leading committees.
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Board of Trade
George H Harries
Congress
W H. Singleton
Smith seeks injunction against Ballinger Dennett over Clovis land grant
Emerson B Smith filed in the District Supreme Court for an injunction to stop Secretary Ballinger and General Land Office Dennett from reopening litigation over land near Clovis New Mexico that Smith says was awarded to him. Up-To-Date Weddings and UTCO Taxicabs are advertised as stylish prompt inexpensive transportation options.
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Ballinger
Emerson B Smith
District Supreme Court
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Dennett
Clovis, N
Mex
Smith
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Outlook For Conventions
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