Washington Theaters Attract Week Highlights
Washington theaters present Ethel Barrymore in Silver Creek U S A with Brinthorpe Abbey England noted for her emotional range. Sunday, Lady Teazle at the Columbia features Leilan Russell and W T Carleton in a refined musical comedy revival. The Lafayette hosts The Seminary Girl with Melville B. Raymond, Edward Clark, Ruth Peeblen. Chase’s showcases Herbert Kelcey Effie Shannon in Journey's End in Lovers' Meeting. Burlesque and variety acts fill Kernan's Lyceum and Ker ner's Academy with a mix of vaudeville, acrobats, and magic.
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Columbia
Lélian Russell
W. T. Carleton
Lady Teazie
School For Scandal
Sheridan
Pleca
Teazle
Russell
Au— Higne
Pater Teazle
W. ‘T. Carleton
Carleton
van Renssélaer Wheeler
Charles Burface
Lafayette Theater
Melville B. Raymond
Raymond
Edward Clark
New York
Grannan
Lafayette
Ruth Peeblen
Mrr. Clark
Washington
Izzy
Raymond Hitchcock
Mr. Clark
Miss Peebles
Knute Erickson
J. Francis Dooley
Deffy Dan
Mr. Erickson
Mr. Dooley
Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
Chase's
Herbert Kelecey
Lady Carew
Mr. Kelcey
Philip Carew
David Proctor
Maj. Armatrong
Charles T. Aldrich
Bill Sykes
David Garrick
Aid Ching Ling Foo
Burton
Brooka
Mr. Burton
J. Armour Swift
Mr. Brooks
Lord Plantagenet Cholmondly
H Engishman
Jim
Kildare
Mocking Bird
Nightingale
Potter and Hartwell
Loney Haskell
Vitagraph
Kertan
Lyceum
Kernan
Seymour
Hun
Riley
Crolous
Morgan
O’rourke
Santer
Duffy
New York Comedy Four
Carl Iyte
Perry
Western Express and Prairie Belle Hotel Frame Melodrama
A New York City to the West Coast melodrama draws a large audience with scenic effects. The scenic elements include the Western Express in a buzzard and a New England cornfield. The cast delivers the melodrama smoothly and effectively, and the house was crowded with a numerous and appreciative audience.
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Tion
Dudttor
New York
Buzzard
Prairie Belle
New England
Copper sulfate water purifier debated by district officials
District health officials discussed a Department of Agriculture bulletin on using copper sulphate to prevent algal and bacterial contamination in drinking water. They said studies must prove safety before adoption, noting the method should wait until after the new treatment plant begins operation next September.
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Agriculture -“Department
Copimissionon
Health Department
Comes
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Bridge to Be Built Across Eastern Branch to Anacostia
The District will solicit bids soon for a new lift bridge across the Eastern Branch joining the city with Anacostia. The unsafe present structure will be replaced at an estimated cost of 375000 dollars with substructure funded from 80000 dollars. Engineer W J Douglas designed the plans under Col. John Biddle and Capt. Jay J Morrow. The six 130 foot plate arch spans and a 100 foot draw span form the 375000 dollar bridge with plans allowing various lift bridge patents. Bids will be invited in two classes for single or split contracts and the drawbridge floor will use heavy planking.
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Anacostia
W. J. Douglas
John Biddle
Jay J. Morrow
Washington
Hale
Cherokee Bill to Patrol Exposition Grounds at Lewis and Clark Fair
Legendary Indian fighter and cowboy Cherokee Bill Hilijah Kinkead has reported for duty as guard at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland. Once famed for San Juan Hill charges and bank robber captures, he now patrols the grounds for law infractions as the exposition opens June 1, facing a livelier, more colorful frontier in the fair’s amusement district.
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Portland
Roosevelt
Hilijah Kinkead
Texas
Rough Rivers
San Juan Hil
San Juan Hill
Witchita Falls
Tex
Bagby
Wichita Falls
New York
Teis
Mn Beach
Cavalry
Clark
Montana
Steet
Ontana Eet
Chicago
Ada
Becaus
Feora
Worgan
Choula
Eure
Argentine sugar bounty declared by treasury secretary
The Treasury Secretary proclaims the net bounty on Argentine sugar exports as one and a quarter centavos per peso, effectively setting a tariff-like levy. The note clarifies the duty and its relation to the customs rate amid the fiscal context.
Supreme Court rules against Harriman in Northern Securities case
The Supreme Court rejects Harriman and others claims to rescind a stock sale to Northern Securities and uphold ratable distribution of assets. It finds no equity to relax the rule against recovery, bars in pari delicto, and affirms that former owners must accept a proportionate share of remaining assets.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Harriman
Northern Securities Company
Securities ‘Company
Circuit
United States
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Union Pacific
Gona
Acquiesende and
Laches
Secur
Great Britain
France
Europe
Securities Company
Mutual Fire Insurance Suit Faces Jurisdiction Question
A U S court ruled against Goi y against Charles C Meyer, in a case alleging lack of jurisdiction of a Western District of New York court. The defense claimed service on a director in New York diluted company presence, but evidence showed officers solicited business in the state and accounted for a third of total premiums, establishing regular operations.
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Goi
Charles C. Meyer
Su Court of the
United States
Conte Insurance. Company
Thempany
United States Court For the Western District
York
Cas
New York
New York State
Navy Court Martial Authority Upheld in Pacific Waters
A United States Supreme Court decision sustains a naval commander's right to convene a general court martial in Philippine waters without explicit presidential authorization. The ruling clarifies the 1808 provision seen as applicable only to waters within the United States and its distant dominion, not foreign seas. The case involved John Smith and a 1999 York crewman appealing a confinement sentence and salary claim, with the Court of Claims ruling reversed by the Supreme Court.
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United States
Philippine
Shah -Equ
United Stats
Senate
Court of” Claims
White
Joshua Bishop
Navy
Congress
Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Philippine Customs Case
Justice Holmes delivers the opinion in Hengy UW Peabody Warner Co. v United States. The court reverses lower rulings, holding duties on goods shipped from New York to Manila between 1899 and 1901 were not tariffs on a foreign country after the treaty with Spain. The ruling hinges on wartime military contributions during the Philippine insurrection era.
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Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Hengy UW
Peabody& Co
Warner
Barogh “& Co
United States
New York
Mann
Spain
Jiethe Holmes
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Court of Elaine
District Court For
Southern District of
Liability of Stockholders Declined by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court negated a request from the Second Circuit in Middletown C N Y National Bank v Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan Railroad, ruling the Ohio constitutional self executing provision on stockholder liability must be pursued in Ohio courts, not outside the state. Justice Peckham wrote the opinion, noting enforcement in New York courts was improper.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
Middletown
Ohio
Supreme Court
New York
Smiler
Pdekham
Supreme Court limits shipowners duty for undesired immigrants
In Hackfield & Co. v United States the Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit, holding shipowners must exercise due diligence to return immigrants but are not automatically responsible for escapes. The decision, written by Justice Day, narrows strict liability for neglect to return rejected Japanese immigrants who escaped from a locked room aboard a ship.
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Supreme Court
Justice Day
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit
Hackfield & Co
United States
Circuit ‘Court of Appeals
Supreme’ Court
Supreme Court Interprets Preference Clauses in Bankruptcy Law
Justice White delivers the opinion in Guilford Repell v. Goetz Bank of Tiffin Ohio. The court holds a creditor who received a voidable preference in good faith may still prove the debt after a court judgment removes the preference. The ruling explains that current law covers preferences where the creditor acted without knowledge of wrongful intent.
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Supreme Court
Justice White
Supreme Court of the United States
Guilford Reppel
Charles A. Goetz
Tiffin
Ohio
Gavings Bank
Garrender
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sixth
Ee Ee
Dissenting Justices Question Expanded Debtor Preference Clauses
In a dissent, Justices Harlan Brewer Brown and Day argue the surrender clause in the act should not be read as a punitive measure. They contend Congress could not have intended harsher penalties on creditors under broadened preferences. The opinion warns against an unjust and unprecedented result from sweeping statutory interpretation.
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Congress
Harlan, Brewer, Brown
Day
Ticket Brokers Hearing in Railroad Injunction Suit
Justice Anderson heard arguments in a District Supreme Court injunction case filed by five railroad companies to restrain ticket brokers from handling special redeemable tickets. Brokers claim the tickets are property rights and that their sale is lawful, denying fraud or conspiracy.
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Justice Anderson
District Supreme Court
Washington
George E. Hamilton
J. Spaulding Flannery
Henry
EB. Davis
Acquits Judge Raymond Chief Justice of Indian Territory
The Department refrains from criticizing the conduct of Chief Justice Raymond. Attorney General Moody’s aide Russell says the department found nothing proven to remove him. They note territorial judges may be removed by the President but deserve independence from executive pressure. Judge Raymond’s honesty and impartiality are not questioned. he is praised for his work against liquor traffic.
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Raymond
Indian Territory
Moody
Russell
Department
States
Russian generals old do their advanced years explain defeats
A US Navy officer argues that extreme age among Russian generals helps explain failures in Manchuria. He cites Kaulbars at 76 Gripenberg near 80 Kuropatkin 57 and later Linievitch 65 Stoessel 60 Nogi 63 Oyama 63, noting long careers and early starts. The piece compares ages across eras and battles to suggest longevity can fortify or squander command.
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Manchuria
United States Navy
Kaulbars
Gripenberg
Kuropatkin
Haikoutal
Mudken
St. Petersburg
Linievitch
Russia
Oster
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Nogi
Oyama
Japan
Winfield
Anole
Wehlings
Napoleon
Waeterloo
Wisconsin Man Seeks Extraordinary Exposition Post
A Tomahawk man James McBride, aged sixty, writes from Wisconsin to the Portland Fair claiming he would sit in a chair for days, subsisting on prunes, to win an unusual position at the fair. Officials react with amusement and doubt his eligibility, while some ask for proof or further action.
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Oregon
Portland
Mare
James’ McBride
James McBride
Oda
McBride
Aly
Bette
Debate Over Rockefeller Gift Splits Congregational Ministers
Boston April 3 A debate among Congregational ministers over whether the American Board should accept John D. Rockefeller’s gift of 100000 reveals a split between younger Protestant clergy and older advocates of Prudential policy. Dr Evans argues the gift threatens morals and ethics. Dr Noble defends the board’s autonomy and practical aims. No vote was taken.
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Noble
American Board
Evans
Standard Oil
Washington Post
Boston
Amgerican Board
John D. Rockefeller
Congregational Ministers of
Pilgrim Hall
New England
Prudential Committee
Thomas Sims
Melrose
F. A. Noble
Chicago
Daniel Hivans
Cambridge
Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Helen Gould
Standard Ofl Company
Hvans
German built Taingtau Chinan Railway in China
An official of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions notes the Taingtau Chinan Railway, 250 miles long, costing 14 314,000, built with German capital and under German control. It links Tsingtau and Chinafu with key stations, aiding mission education plans amid regional religious activity. Mrs. Charles M Pepper discusses Brazil and Argentina travel experiences in a Scottish Rite temple recital with preconcert music.
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Aegistee
Washington Post
China
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Tsingtau
Wwet
Tts
Charles M. Pepper
Brazil
Argentina
Charles M. P . Eraay
Scottish Rite
Northwest
Woman's National Press Association
Pepper
South
Aufertéa
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