Washington Riots Escalate As Troops Patrol Streets
Washington faces three nights of race violence with seven dead and scores wounded. Authorities deployed 1500 troops including marines from Quantico and regulars from Camp Meade to guard black districts near Eighth and M streets while police and provost guards struggled to contain mobs amid calls for martial law.
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Eighth and
M Streets
Black District
Quantico
William G. Haan
Camp Meade
Isaac Halbfinger
Halbfinger
Wilson
Baker
White House
Willam G. Ghan
Daniels
Washington
Causes of trouble in Washington riots linked to police inaction
In Washington the riots stem from police failure to identify and arrest Negro attackers blamed for assaults on white women in the suburbs. Police say eight to ten women were attacked. armed citizens have hunted for suspects and lynching fears rose as soldiers’ wives were attacked.
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Washington, D. C
Brewers Question Right To Make 234 Percent Beer
Washington July 22 The Supreme Court heard appeals from Baltimore Federal Court decrees in indictments against the Standard Brewing Company under the 1917 food control act The case centers on the right to manufacture beer containing two and a quarter hundredths percent alcohol with wartime prohibition implications The government aims to speed the case due to possible constitutional amendment and prohibition timing
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Washington
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Standard Brewing Company
Riots and clashes flood Washington as racial tensions surge
White soldiers and armed Negro groups clash across the capital after curfews fall, with multiple injuries and reports of gunfire in McPherson Square and nearby districts. Police, Marines, and National Guardsmen move to contain crowds while warnings spread about Negro ministers urging order.
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McPherson Square
Washington
University Club
Arlington Hotel
Maryland
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Capitol
Seventh
Ninth Streets
Prince George County
District of Columbia
Hyattsville
Prohibition Law Details Enforced by Revenue, Justice
The act bans liquor sales and home manufacture and prohibits use on public conveyances. Officers may seize liquor and implements and seize transport craft. Violations carry fines up to 1000 dollars or six months, with higher penalties for repeat offenses. Enforcement rests with the Internal Revenue Bureau and the Department of Justice.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Department of Justice
Dramatic Prohibition Enforcement Bill Passes House
The House voted nearly three to one to enforce prohibition with drastic provisions and penalties. Exactly 100 members refused support while prohibitionists backed the measure with 287 votes, prompting applause from the gallery as a young spectator waved an American flag.
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Washington
House
Prohibition Bill Battle Reaches Senate After House Vote
In the House a more liberal substitute failed 255 to 235 as 86 members who backed it later joined the stricter enforcement bill. Key votes showed Husted opposing despite judiciary committee support, and Pou criticizing a law forbidding a farmer’s wife to make blackberry wine. The total 52 Democrats and 48 Republicans opposed the bill, while the prohibition enforcement bill, as passed, sets post January 26 1920 restrictions for those permitted under the law.
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Igoe
Missouri
Representative Husted
New York
Judiciary Committee
Babka
Bee
Blackmon
Puchanan
Carew
Casey
Cleary
Coady
Cullen
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Eagan
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Lea
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Martin
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Mooney
O'Connell
O'Connor
Pell
Phelan
John W. Rainey
Hill
Riordan
Rowan
Sabath
Sherwood
Small
Smith
Steele and
Sullivan
Bacharach
Britten
Burdick
Burke
Curry
Dyer
Edmonds
Freeman
Garland
Glynn
Haskell
Hull
Husted
Jeffries
Juul
Kahn
Kennedy
Kleczka
Laguardia
Lampert
Lehrbach
Longworth
McArthur
Macerate
Madden
Mann
Merritt
Moore
Morin
Mudd
Newton
Nolan
Ogden
Porter
Radcliffe
Ramsey
Reber
Rodenberg
Sanford
Siegel
Snyder
Stephens
Tinkham
Ware
Voigt
Walsh
Ward
Watson
Retreat for Married Women at Convent Brighton
At the Convent of the Cenacle Brighton a morning retreat for married women of the Association of St. Ann will begin at 9 oclock in honor of St. Ann. Rev Edward Fox Oblate missionary father will conduct the exercises. The retreat closes Saturday at 10 am.
Auto accident victim sent to Danvers Insane Asylum
An automobile crash in Lynnfield left a female victim on the danger list at Lynn Hospital. Edward T. Larkin, a Boston broker of 11 Netherlands road Brookline, drove the car which struck telegraph poles and tore down 50 feet of fence before the wreck. The victim was moved to Danvers Insane Asylum yesterday morning for observation.
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Lynn Hospital
Lynnfield
Edward T. Larkin
Boston
Netherlands Road
Brookline
Danvers Insane Asylum
Hospital says patient discharged after lack of need for treatment
Hospital authorities stated the accident patient was discharged because her condition no longer required care after she had been reported unconscious and semi conscious earlier in the day while suffering from a condition described as serious.
Mystery Westfield Woman Tied to Boston Area Jobs
The so called mystery woman in a Lynn hospital case was identified by her parents as Mrs. Bartlett of Westfield. She was born in Westfield, educated there, and had worked as a milliner and later in Brookline and Brookline Village cafes. She had lived in Hartford and Springfield, was married there, divorced, and used her maiden name again while living with a married sister in Boston area.
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Danvers
Lynn
John W. Bartlett
Smith Avenue
Westfield
Springfield
Hartford
Conn
Roy
Sythe
Boston
Jennie S. Ward
West Rutland Square
Cora Hyde
Main Street
Bartlett
Special Meeting Call for Irving W. Adams Post 386
Tomorrow evening in the Roslindale Municipal building a special meeting of the Irving W. Adams Post 386 American Legion will be held. The remaining members of the executive committee will be elected.
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Roslindale
Irving W. Adams
American Legion
Publicity committee forms for district recruitment and documents
A publicity committee will canvass the district for new members. Application blanks for the State bonus will be available at the meeting with a notary present. Blanks for the testimonial issued by the State to all service members can be procured there. Parents of deceased service men are urged to attend and complete their bonus forms.
Memorial services for Lieutenant Blanchard
Memorial services will be held for Lieutenant Hugh C. Blanchard of Brookline formerly of the 104th Infantry killed in action at Chateau Thierry on July 18 last year. He was a well known Boston lawyer and a brother of Major William Blanchard M C now back from overseas. Both brothers had long military interests and were connected with the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry before the war.
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Hugh C. Blanchard
Brookline
104Th Infantry
Chateau Thierry
Church of St. Mary of the Assumption
Blanchard
William Blanchard
M. C
Eighth Massachusetts Infantry
John Blanchard
Boston
Deafness Healed by Osmo-Chemic Doctors Claim
Rasmus Johnson of 71 Hancock St Boston recounts sunstroke 25 years ago that left him deaf. After three years of deep right ear loss and weaker left ear noises like gale winds troubled him. He says Osmo-Chemic Physicians treated him, noises stopped, and hearing returned. They tout X ray treatments for many ailments and offer consultation and trial.
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Rasmus Johnson
Hancock St
Boston
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