Theatrical Manager Vigil Against Building Chief Charge
The article reports a Baltimore style clash as theatrical manager Oscar Hammerstein visits the district attorney in Washington to press charges of criminal libel against Building Department Superintendent Hopper. Jerome refuses to file, citing lack of grounds, amid heated exchanges and threats. Hammerstein vows further action. Also notes Goodyear rain coats sale and Senator Gorman buying a residence on Vermont Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Washington Post
New York
Jerome
Erty Second Street
Oscar Hammerstein
Hammerstein
Frammerstein
District Attorney
Mertz
Ir Hamner
Torres
Ratim Hummel
Flarmerston
Laur Dng
Hummel
Hammarstiina
Perkins
Fogrud
Fimmel
Rom
District Attorney 3
Hummeb
Jirome
Oscar
Mio Jerome
Bulding Department
Cee Brynec Willer
Somrone
Mi Jerome
Oserr
Parsons
Mr Jerome
Saia
Lam Koooquet
Maniger
Hinomerster
Binks
Ma Jerome
Dr Curtis Named Playground Supervisor for Washington
Commissioner Vacfarland received a citizen committee recommendation to appoint Dr Henri S Curtis as supervisor of Washington public playgrounds at 3200 monthly for the season. Curtis of Philadelphia has broad experience, and Macfarland promptly supported the appointment.
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Dr Curtis
Vacfarland
Committee of Citizens On
Henri S Curtis
Washingtons
Syrians Reopen Stores Under Haitian Authority
Port au Prince Haiti April 4 The United States cruiser Brooklyn has arrived here and a large number of Syrian stores have been opened under government protection The majority of the population who believed the expulsion of the Syrians on April 1 was certain are disappointed at the delay but there have been no disorders
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
United States
Brooklyn
Nitroglycerin Blast Destroys Three Workers at Plant
A nitroglycerin storage tank exploded at H Hi Thomas dynamite plant six miles northwest of Ba City. Three men Moses Island Indian forty, George Godfrey twenty six of Kawkawlin, and George Uhlbacht twenty four of Auburn were in a building covering the tank and blown to pieces. Cause unknown. monetary loss under $150.
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City
H Hi Thomas
Moses Island
George Godfrey
Kawkawlin
George Uhlbacht
Auburn
Daughters Map Out Work for Continental Congress Delegates
Upward of 1000 DAR representatives in the United States will be eligible as delegates when the Continental Congress convenes in Washington for a week starting April 17. Mrs Fairbanks absent. board meeting at Washington Loan and Trust Building discussed preparations and expenses for temporary hall, with 1046 eligible delegates announced. New York attendees support Mrs Donald McLean’s presidential candidacy.
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Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
National Board of Management
Washington
John N Carey
Indianapolis
Ind
A . Wenenberger
Harrisonburg
Witam E Fuller
Augusta D Geer
Jonathan P Dollar
Henry L Mann
S Davis
Mary S Lockwood
Edward Bennett Rosa
John Campbell Denver
Charlotta Emerson Main
J Pembroke Thom
Baltimore
Charles H Terry
Brooklyn
John H C .Walbern
Charleston
S C
Henry Pennypacker
Phoenixville
Eleanor Washington Howard
Alexandria Va
Althea Randolph Bedle
New Jersy
A ED Henenberger
Virginia
Miranda Barney
Ulloch
United States
Howard
House Committee of
Seventeenth Street
Board of Management
Continental Congress
Donald McLean
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary H Wads-worth
Vass Wadsworth
A J Robinson Hiss Mal Robinson
Frank Mc Watters
Books for Police Census Forms of Questions to Be Asked
Forms of questions for the May census of District inhabitants have been printed and placed in the hands of May Sylvester. Each enumerator will receive a one line per inhabitant entry with separate white and colored columns and age groups. The census includes questions on school attendance for ages seven to fifteen to gauge compulsory education compliance. A petition was filed in District Supreme Court to allow American Butterine Company to change its name to Standard Dairy and Ice Company due to its shifted focus to dairy and ice products. Arthur Michael, seventeen, was taken to Brooklyn to answer grand larceny charges after a cash loss and a bad check incident. Insurance inspectors from the National Board of Underwriters will open an office in Washington for several weeks to study fire conditions.
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Sylvester
Miarfarland
District Supreme Court
American Butterins Company
American Butterine Company
Rgb Behrend
Arthur Michaelis
Brooklyn
Arthur Michael
A D Nickerson
Washington
National Board of the Underwriters
Macfarland
Methodist Episcopal Church
McKim
Me Ixim
South
Kayserring
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Columbus
Abraham Zaccato
Jacobs
Angevin
England
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Heals Sores and Aches Fast
Slogan looking ad claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve drives away pains and heals sores pimples boils corns and piles with a guarantee. Promotes available through all druggists.
Personal reply to Dr McKim on public school religion
Abram Simon defends Americanism and condemns Dr McKim for inflammatory anti Jewish rhetoric. He argues for practical education and railes against bigotry, praising Jewish contributions and warning against Judaizers in the church and schools.
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Beaconsfield
Goa
Zangwill
Warship for Azpiroz body to depart April 15
Acting Secretary of State Mr J comis discussed with Mexican charge d affaires Mr Gam boa and Commander McA Winslow about transporting the late Mexican Ambassador Don Manuel de Azpiroz to Annapolis for placement aboard the cruiser Columbia and voyage to Mexico for interment. A marine escort will accompany the body from Washington to Annapolis and appropriate military honors will be paid.
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J.comis
Gamboa
Cameron McA Winslow
Bureau of Navigation
Don Manuel de Azpiroz
Annapolis
Columbia
Mexico
Washington
Annapoha
Hilprecht resigns as curator amid inquiry results
Dr Herman Hilprecht has handed in his resignation as curator of the Babylonian section at the Free Museum of Science and Art and as Clark professor of Assyology. The university will officially announce the move after the Peters-Hilprecht library dispute is resolved in Hilprecht's favor.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Herman Hilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Free Museum of Science and Art
Clark
Peters-Hilprecht
Nippur
Hilprecht
Oil inquiry advances under Garfield plans
Commissioner James R Garfield of the Bureau of Corporations travels to Topeka and Kansas for a thorough oil production and marketing probe. The beef report remains incomplete with four chapters to finish, to be released after the Chicago grand jury concludes its inquiry into packing houses.
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James R Garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Gui
Mexico
Washington
Kansas
Topeka
Oil Trust
The Lighter Side Of Life And Oddities
A quirky reflection on human quirks and social habits. It contrasts harshness with fragility and jokes about everyday woes. A brief pun about a grocer’s apples leads to a humorous mispronunciation by Johnny.
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Johnny
Half remembered verses and travel hints in odd pairs
A garbled collage of proverbs and jokes mixes home life notes with travel lines. It shifts from housekeeping quips to a stray letter exchange about a voyage to Liverpool, then to wartime imagery and scattered dialect rhymes.
Hinge to the Helpless and Letters to the Editor
Readers share social frictions in a humorous exchange. A caller requests stopping a talkative guest, suggesting humor and walks in Rosslyn. A complainant vents about a dining misadventure in Oak Park, accusing a restaurant of theft and urging correction while others defend waiter routines.
Panama Canal Commission finalizes organization and succession
The Panama Canal Commission completed its organization by deciding to keep the clerical staff for now and by adopting presidential and War Department orders as resolutions. A cable to General Davis asks him to continue as governor of the canal zone until Judge Magoon can take over, with no fixed departure date. Paul Chariton of Omaha is considered for Porto RicoAttorney General, while A G Stewart may become law officer of the Insular Bureau succeeding Charles E Migeon as Panama governor. Stewart recently resigned from a short-tenure post.
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Panama Canal Commission
Davis
Canal Zone
Magoon
Paul Chariton
Omaha
Porto Rico
A G Stewart
Iowa
Insular Bureau
Charles E Migeon
Panam
Stewart
Chief Moore Creates New Bureau of Manufactures
Chief Moore announces four of the six congressionally provided places for the Bureau of Manufactures have been filled by transfers from other bureaus. Alterations to the Census Office building in Washington are under way under Secretary Metcalf. The bureau aims to promote and develop manufacturers, consulting with 600,000 U.S. manufacturers to align with Congress intent.
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Moore
Congress
Census
Bureau of Manufactures
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mr Moore
Bureau
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Robert R. Bennett
Indiana
Census Bureau
William Matteson
Michigan
James B MacMillan
Pennsylvania
Congressional Library
W Stephen Fuller
District of Columbia
Florence Crittenton Home practical demonstrations at commencement
The Florence Crittenton Home at 48 Third Street NW held continuation of commencement demonstrations led by superintendent Miss F M Gordon. Students showcased the model home sections from laundry to dining and bedrooms while nurses explained child care and hospital ward methods, highlighting a year with thirty-five children and low sickness, and praise for the program.
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Florence Crittenton Home
Third Street Northwest
F M Gordon
Miss Gordon
Miss Proudfoot
Hufford
Berry
Miss Sheuer
Page
White
Butler Sues Wife for Absolute Divorce in District Court
Henson Butler, a Post Office Department employee, filed for an absolute divorce in the District Supreme Court. Infidelity is alleged with a named correspondent MM. Butler seeks exclusive custody of three children and an injunction barring his wife from visiting or approaching his home. Attorney Francis corre represents the plaintiff.
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District Supreme Court
Henson Butler
Post-office Department
Aginst Mary
Utler
Mr Butler
Francis Corre Atlingly
Southern industrial parliament gathers in Washington May 23 to 26
Governors from Southern states plan a regional industrial parliament in the National Capitol to promote investment and maternal resource development. Delegates from health and medical boards will attend, with reduced railroad and hotel rates, social events, and tours of the Corcoran Gallery and Library of Congress. Leaders from Virginia to Florida back the move.
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Boards of Health and
Medical Societies
Boards of Trade
Boards of Health
Washington
Stone Bacon Latimer Simmons Overman
Tien Vieter H. Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Robert B Glenn
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Walter Wiman
Marine Hospital Service
Hilary Allerbert
Navy
Potomac
Ohio
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Riggs
B. C
Corcoran Art
Library of Congress
Winte
Organ Recital by Mr George W Andrews at Metropolitan Church
Mr George W Andrews, professor at Oberlin College, gave an organ recital assisted by Dr and Mrs J W Bischoff at Metropolitan Methodist Church under the Washington Conservatory of Music. The audience was large and engaged. Andrews displayed strong technique, pedaling, and registrations, with two of his own works and an encore. Mrs Bischoff sang two numbers, with Dr Bischoff accompanying. her aria from Perle duBreuil and Henschel’s Spring showcased her clear tones and virtuosic vocalization. The audience urged another piece, leading to Good-night, Sweet Dreams, with refined interpretation.
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George W Andrews
Oberlin College
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Washington Conservatory of Music
J W Bischoff
Andrews
Guilmant
Chicago
St Louis Exposition
Toon
Perle
Dr Bischoffs
Presentation of Prizes at Father Church Sunday School
The Sunday school at Father Church held a prize ceremony last Sunday with Mass Olive Alsopnd and Master Elmer Pierce receiving Oxford Bibles for their efforts in fundraising during the past conference year. Superintendent James Pierce lauded the scholars and prize winners while Rev OT Es Buckler spoke briefly on the presentation. Several who did not win received honorable mention, including Masters Reginald Pierce Angus Allen John McCormick Frank Smith and Miss Callie McKim.
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McKim
Post
Kishenef
People’s Church
James ‘ Smith
Epworth League
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Father Church
Mass Olive
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K Street
Indian Irrigation Service
Secretary of the Interior
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National Board
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Department of Justice
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Panama
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