Land-Grab Plans Revealed in Hyde Case in Oregon
Testimony in Criminal Court No. 1 shows Hyde bought forest reserve and school rights for small sums. Portland notary Don Alexander admitted sealing many land grants without verifying grantees, while witnesses described letters and claims tied to the alleged schemes in California Oregon and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clatiformia
Oregon
lyde-Benson Dimond- Schineider
Justice Stafford
Belle A. Cur
Hyde
San Francisco
Benson
Sir
Wiich
Land Office
Washington
Thomas McCusker
Portland
Oreg
McCusker
Schneider
Don Alexander
Frank
Alexander
Campbell
De Lacey Favors Curfew and Reforms in Speech
Judge DeLacy of the Juvenile Court urged a District curfew requiring children to be off streets after 8 p.m. unless with an adult. He called for stricter liquor regulation and a probation law for old offenders. Mrs. Massey and three young performers contributed to the Continental Chapter event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Spencer Massey
Frances Bethune
May Levers
Jarrall
Physicians Elect Officers At Georgetown Alumni Meeting
Annual Georgetown University Medical Alumni meeting at the medical college on 9230 H street NW covered scientific topics and officer elections. Officers named for the coming year include Honorary President Warwick Evans and President John F. Moran, with Behrend Lowe Eliot and others on vice president, secretary, treasurer, and committee posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Society of
Georgetown University
Medical College
H Street
Warwick Evans
John F. Moran
Dra
Edwin B. Behrend
Thomas F. Lowe
Loren B. T. Johnson
Llewellyn Eliot
G. W. Wood
Roy D. Adams
R. A. Hamilton
Prenties Willson
Wilfred M. Barton
John J. Repetti
Paul B. Johnson
Samuel S. Adame
George Barrie
A. E. Craig
E. F P. Cummiskey
John Convtas
L. Ewat
Johnson Eliot
J. A. Flynn
C. I. Griffith
W. M. Hemler
J. M. Heller
Thorns TF. Lowe
James Dudley Morgan
John ¥. Moran
Murrin
J. J. Mundell
L. Owens
Alfred Richards
J. J. Repetts
W. E. Rogers
F. W. Romaine
F. A. St. Clair
George Tully Vaughan
Walter A. Wells
Prentiss Willron
J. A. Watson
Navy Yard Employee Granted Absolute Divorce
Pierce E. Harbin, a navy yard employee, was granted an absolute divorce from Ethel R. Harbin by Chief Justice Clabaugh of the District Supreme Court. The couple wed in Alexandria, Virginia, in 191?, and after six years of marriage, Mrs. Harbin allegedly became enamored of another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce E. Harbin
Navy Yard
Ethel. R. Harbin
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Alexandria
Prizes Awarded to Foreign Students at Franklin Night School
Franklin Night School closed after eighty nights with prizes for top foreign student essays on The Advantages Offered by American Citizenship. First prize of 35 in gold went to Joseph Troll, with second and third prize silk flags awarded to Isador Rosner and Annie Rubin. A musical program and addresses by officials followed.
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Franklin Night School
Senate
House
George T. Smallwood
Constitution
District of Columbia
Joseph Troll
Isador Rosner
Annie Rubin
Congress Heights Public Improvement Assoc Hails Sewer Funds
Congress Heights citizens express gratitude as the executive committee thanks District Commissioners for a $7,000 congressional appropriation to build a sewer in Congress Heights. A street-name change proposal sparked extensive debate and was referred to the streets committee for further review, with Edward J. Newcomb presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Heights
Two Men Hurt In City Street Collision
J Dorman of 1528 Seventh Street NW and J I Riordan of 1454 Fairmount Street NW were badly bruised in a collision on Fifteenth Street NW yesterday afternoon. Dorman rode with Trueman Lanham, a District Building clerk, in an open buggy when their carriage hit Riordan’s survey vehicle near 730 Fifteenth Street NW. Riordan had just entered his vehicle and was about to turn when Lanham’s team struck it, flipping the survey and tossing both men to the ground. They were taken to Emergency Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Dorman
Seventh Street
J. J. Riordan
Fairmont Street
Fifteenth Street
Mr. Dorman
Trueman Lanham
District
Riordan
Ends Long Alaskan Trip by Army Officer
Capt. Hanson B. Black of the U. S. Army Signal Corps reports a 1171 mile sled trek through Alaska to Valdez. Commissioned to inspect posts, he traveled with another officer using dog drawn sleds, facing hardships but returning safely. The journey is described as the longest Alaska officer expedition to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Z. Black
la Normandie
Hanson B. Black
Signal
Wilds
Alaska
Black
Valdez
War Department
Plans for Next Election by Secretary of State
The Secretary of State prepares for duties in the presidential induction. The Secretary of Treasury forwarded a State Department request for 1500 dollars to cover printing expenses. In line with the act of February 3, 1897 certified electors' final ascertainment copies are transmitted to the Secretary of State by state executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
House
State Department
United States
Civil Service Reform for Canal Appointments
The Isthmian Canal Commission announces no special appointments will be requested except in special cases approved by the chairman. All U S appointments will be made by the Washington office under approved practice to apply civil service principles to commission employees. The Washington office already holds applications from competent American citizens in most trades used on the isthmus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isthmian Canal Commission
Commission
United States
Washington
Brigade Camp for Militia Planned at Bolivar Heights
War Department cannot assign regular troops to summer militia maneuvers in the District. Militia will hold brigade camp at Bolivar Heights West Virginia. Separate plans consider joint exercises with West Virginia National Guard. District troops may camp at Pine Plains New York or Bolivar Heights if logistics permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Bolivar Heights
W. Va
Harries
National Guard
West Virginia
Washington
Hunt
Pine Plains
N. Y
Trans
Marsland
West Virginia Authority
Justriet Militione
Bedvar Heig
Plague Rumors Reported at La Guaira Port
A disputed dispatch claims a disease is raging at La Guaira causing fear among officials. The State Department and doctors are described as withholding information while deaths increase and medical details remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Guaira
la Guaicording
State Department
Moffatt
America
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The
Shoreham
Washington, D. C
Executive Mansion
Treasury, State, War, and Navy Departments
Joan T. Devine
Oriental Rug Importing Company
H St
Berger R Brothers Durers
Hengel
Paris
Julius Arnstein
St. N. W
Washington, D.C
Sherratt’s China Art Store
Fred. J. White
Maine Ave
M. C. Huddleston & CO
Phone West
Ie Ae
Rete Maud Sae
Th Arte
Peete Keley Institute Saul Eee Ec Tae
Madam Ash
de Ray, St. Elmo
Braddock Heights
Sats
John D. Normoyle
Alexandria, Va
the ‘‘Mercantile”’ Ray Building and Loan Association
Stewart Building
Cor
Std
D Sts
N. W
Arlington
Peter Taylor, Jr
L. H. Landwehr
Ebbitt
Army and Navy
H. C. Hurcgh
N.W
Buckingham
McPherson Park
Lailes
F. KX
Wetmore, Mar
National Hotel
6Th and Pa. Ave
G. F. Schutt
St. James
Normandie Hotel
Bretherson Square
Cnr
Driscoll
Northwest
Otto L. Veerhoff
Veerhoff
St. A.W
Highland Brick Company
13Th St
Ohio Ave
Bladensburg Road
District Line
Hyatts 13
Thos. R. Riley
Chas, J. Dietz
Thorp
Berkeley Rye
Ograwm
Pa. Ave
R. A. Collins
D. Bronson
J. E. Hurley
Roiler Works
C St. N. W
Pump and Elevator Works
G. W. Forsberg
Permerly Forsberg , Murray
Ofice
St.core
Washington Gas Light CO
10Th St. N. W
Georgetown Gas Light Co
Udlee
28Th St. N. W
M.W
W. Danenhower
Hiydraulic Press Brick Co
Colorado
Capital Paper Box Co
Hanover Place
Norik
Milo B. Stevens
Stumph & Lyford
Mass
A.G. Luber & Co., Inc
National Theater
J. B. Kendall
Missouri Avenue
James H. Parsons
William Jl. Ernest
28Th and
M Sts. N
Realty Banking & Trust Go
New York Ave
Geo. C. Hazelton
Henry M. Baker
C. C. Leavens
Fincal
Sauter
North
Secor
Connecticut Ave
L St
Earnshaw & Bro. “A of
Iteliable Groceries. Proprietors of
Miller
Sta. S. BE
RAD
DE Lacey
Medical Alumni of
Georgetown
J. Dorman
J. I. Riordan
Capt. Black
Civil Service For Canal
August W. Noack, Jr
George A. Williamson
Pennsylvania Ve. N. WY
TARD
Natioral Metropolitan Bank OF Washington
Sesident
Ashier
Parker Laest
Chevy Chase
Alex. St. John & Son
Wisconsin Ave
Phone North
Rock Greek Auto and Wagon Works
Pa. Ave. and
Rock Creek
Wanshlatton
S.S.S
SHE Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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