Downey’s campaign against departmental graft in Washington
Tales circulate of graft within a government department tied to George E. Downey’s move to head the Court of Claims. A inside source blames Congress laxity for abuse in Army and Navy housing leases and fuel allowances, with cases using inflated rents, fictitious rooms, and misused freight payments, all tied to interlinked officer marriages and committee hospitality.
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Washington
George E. Downey
Comptroller of the Treasury
Court of Claims
Congress
Army
Navy
Comptroller's Office
House Committees
House of Representatives
Tropics
Comptroller’s Office
Downey
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Joneski
State Conventions Set for Next Week in Baltimore
Both major parties announce late September gatherings in Baltimore. Democratic and Republican state conventions will frame platforms and select leaders with key offices to be formally nominated. Delegates from counties and Baltimore city districts vote per primary instructions.
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Murray Vandiver
Democratic State Central Committee
Baltimore
Galen L. Tait
Republican State Central Committee
Academy of Music
Baltimore City
Motor Truck Knocks Down Boy in Street
A six year old named Harry Bell was struck by a motor truck driven by George F. Schultz on Maryland Avenue. He suffered a broken rib a broken thumb and a deep scalp wound and was treated at home by Dr. Thomas W. Koon. Schultz said the boy darted into the path of the front wheels and that the accident was avoidable.
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Harry Bell
W. L. Bell
Maryland Avenue
George F. Schultz
North Centre Street
Thomas W. Koon
Koon
Schultz
Tne
John Overton Dies After Illness at Luke Home
John Overton a 45 year old colored man died yesterday morning at his Luke residence after a year long illness of dropsy. He worked for West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. at Luke for many years and was highly regarded by both white and colored residents. He leaves a wife and two daughters at home. Carnival in Westernport. The Loyal Order of Moose plans a two week carnival in Potomac Park next week. Parcels Post Sale. The Daughters of Rebekah will conduct a parcels post sale late Monday at Luke. Natal Notes. Mrs John Metz and Mrs Frank Macintosh welcomed a girl born Saturday September 11 in Westernport Hill.
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John Overton
Luke
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Lake Hill
Westernport
Loyal Order of Moose
Potomac Park
Rebekah
John Metz
Westernport Hill
Frank MecIntosh
Forty Hour Devotion Planned at Lonaconing
Father Marcellus assistant pastor of St Peter and Paul's in this city will travel to Lonaconing tomorrow to open a Forty Hours devotion at St Mary's Church beginning Sunday morning He will hear confessions tomorrow evening and preach the sermon on Sunday then return that evening
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Marcellus
Sts. Peter and Paul’s Church
Lonaconing
St. Mary’s Church
Women suffrage push links votes to poverty battle
Mrs Mary Ware Dennett leads the Women’s Henry George League in a plan to use suffrage to promote single tax as a solution to poverty. The group argues political action can address root causes, not symptoms, with support from figures like Mrs Joseph Fels and Lincoln Steffens. Four states vote on suffrage this year, potentially enfranchising 6.7 million women.
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Mary Ware Dennett
Mrs. Dennett
Amy Mali Hicks
New Jersey
Secetary
Mary Boies Ely
Hicks
Free Acres
Miss Ely
Ely School For Girls
Greenwich
Conn
Fels
Gorgas
Lincoln Steffens
Charles D. Williams
Frederick C. Howe
Warren Worth Bailey
New York
Massa
Chusetts
Pennsylvania
League
Miss Hicks
Earth
Morgantown to Host West Virginia J O U A M Council Meet
Elkins September report from Elkins W Va details Morgantown chosen as next meeting site for the West Virginia State Council Junior Order United American Mechanics. Officers elected include state councilor J A G Bedford Parsons and treasurer D C Lutes Moundsville. The treasurer noted 1652 initiations, total membership 8950, treasury balance 8533.03. Relief payments totaled 16822.03 from 121 councils. Daughters of America session closed with 200 reps from 45 counties. net membership gain 30. Names of officers and representatives listed. Lost keys notice on Paca Street near Walnut alley.
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Elkins
W. Va
Morgantown
West Virginia State Council
United American Mechanics
J. A. G. Bedford
Parsons
H. L. Tutwiler
Roderfield
R. F. Lambert
Huntington
D. C. Lutes
Moundsville
J. A. McDowell
Rockeave
C. H. Thomas
Martinsburg
Elmer Deadows
Inside Sentinel
C. N. King
Outside Sentinel
W. R. Rickey
Guyandotte
D. L. Irwin
Milton
State Council
Daughters of America
Maggie Lowe
Wheeling
Jessie Toothman
West Huntington
Ella ,Rightmire
Nina Cyrus
Edna Schaffer
Germania
Anna Williams
Buckhannon
Georgia Tabor
West Hamlin
Martha Hattfield
Minerva
Open House at 69 Averitt Avenue Flat Street
Come inspect the model house at No 69 Averitt avenue giving readers a chance to own a home now. Open hours are 10 am to 12 pm and 3 pm to 5 pm with Thanksgiving Day sentiment and a note of Trovor.
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Averitt Avenue
Flat Street
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George Garner
Washington House
Sam
William Jennings Bryan
Fasr
Tri-Towns
Bureau of the Cumberland Press
R. A. Hoffmeister
Repres
Natal Notes
THE
Cumberland Brewing Co
Woman’s League
Miess Amy Mali Hicks
Mary Fels
Miess
Parsons Man Heads
C. AM
Tional
Lizzie Martin
Lula Chapman
Ceredo
Jennie Henry
Mayme
Paca Street
Walnut Alley
Allegany Street
Alfred Ritter
Aca Street
Frederic Foster
Snow
Daily News
Baltimore Street
Cumberland Laundry
N. Mechanic St
BRE .Co
ROSEN@AUM
P. m. Ad
Eager
Lily
Maybelle
Defiance
Ibsy
Kean
Makaroth
N. Centre Street
Wiesel
Baltimore St. Cumberland
Agency For Panama-Pacific and
Trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines
J. H. Holzshu & CO
Edward L. Williams
Footer
Ideal Victrola
Frederick
W.f.frederick Piano Co
Baltimore ST
Cumberland, MD
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