Pilot of car that killed two in crash near Baltimore
A Maryland coroner's jury held Ersilin Bona of Northwest Washington on charges of manslaughter after a Balti more morning crash that killed two men and injured five. Witnesses described Bona’s car sideswiping another vehicle driven by Inner Tanner of Arkansas Avenue before crashing into a telegraph pole. Several relatives and witnesses testified at the inquest, with restrictions on questionnaires and drinking evidence.
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Ersilin Bona
Ohio Avenue
Northwest
Maryland
Baltimore
Inner Tanner
Arkansas
Bona
William Bryant
Washington
Bryant
Georges Thierv
Woxdh
Emil Torre Res
Lawrence Regis
David Tartno
Paul Gonatto
Tenth Street
Louis Cervetti
Street
St Agnes’ Hospital
Baltimore Viry Limits
Caton Avenue
Dr K B Jones to Head New District Home
Dr Kenneth B Jones was named superintendent of the new District home for feeble minded near Camp Meade Maryland. A former superintendent of Relay Sanitarium, he is 39, Maryland graduate of 1911, trained at Baltimore City Hospital and the State Training School for Feeble Minded. He served in the army medical corps and led Letchworth Village as assistant superintendent. Salary listed as 3 Bon.
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de Kenneth B Jones
Camp Meade
Jones
Relay Sanitarium
Relay
University of Maryland
Baltimore City Hospital
Ingane
Sernool
Qwing Mills
Army Medical Corps
Letchworth Village
Thiella
Six Bids For Health School In Northwest Washington
Six bids for a health school at 14th and Upshur streets northwest were opened by the district. Miller Engineering Corp of Norfolk, Va. bid $150,300, the lowest. Hafferberth Construction Co of Washington submitted the highest at $19,354? and Schneider-Spliedt Co of Washington offered $175,300. Award to be made in a few days.
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Fourteigth
Upshur Streets
Miller Engineering Corporator
Norfolk
Hafferberth Construction Company
Washington
Inwest
Schneider-Spliedt Company
First Boy Declines Title From President’s Son
Calvin Coolidge Jr. 16 year old son of the President, who died last month, rejected the idea of being “The First Boy of the Land.” In a letter dated August 16 1923 from Northampton Massachusetts he wrote he had done nothing to earn the title and that such honor should go to a boy who distinguished himself by his own actions.
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Calvin Coolidge, Jr
Mr. Coolidge
James Harold MacArt
East Orange
N. J
White House
Northampton
Masa
Young Coolidge
Coolidges To Watch Press Ball Contest
President and Mrs. Coolidge will attend a White House press ball game between White House correspondents and photographers on the Ellipse at 4 30 pm tomorrow. The indoor baseball title match may be played on diamond No 3 with a coin toss to decide which team they root for as Mrs Coolidge supports the opposite side.
Purcell Trial Ends In Disagreement
The Paresli murder case jury failed to reach a verdict after 24 hours and was discharged by Chief Justice McCoy. Defendants Ernest A. Brown William Ludley Joseph Slaughter and Lloyd Monroe all colored were remanded to jail with a possible retrial next fall. Bond release may be considered though first degree murder generally bars it.
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Paresli
McCoy
Ernest A. Brown
William Ludley
Joseph Slaughter
Lloyd Monroe
John W. Purcell
District Guardsmen Prepare for Camp at Fort Humphreys
The 121st engineers and the 29th military police, part of the National Guard’s 29th Division, gather at 472 L Street NW for field training at Fort Humphreys Virginia from August 10 to 22. Maj. Gen Anton Stephan announces a new insurance policy covering illness or disability for all District guardsmen with 2000 to 5000 dollar limits, and a special program is planned for drill, instruction and recreation during the encampment.
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121St Engineers
29Th Military Police Company
L Street
Fort Humphreys
29Th National Guard Division
Maryland
Virginia
Anton Stephan
Stephan
National Guard
Church to Conduct Men's Beauty Contest at Fete
St Gabriel s parish plans a lawn fete on Varnum Street and Grant Circle with a men s beauty contest featuring entries from McNamara and others. Dates August 16 to 23. prizes include Bermuda trip and World Series games. Funds aimed at 19000.
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St. Gabriels Parish
Varnum Street
Grant Circle
T. A. McNamara
Walter Keller
James O Newl
William Seller
Bo Clyde Powderly
Joe Fallon
T. J. Kennedy
William S. Greany
R. J. Carbo
Bermuda
District Boy Drowned at Colonial Beach
Stanforth Wakefield nine year old of 1650 Monroe Street Northwest drowned yesterday at Colonial Beach during a vacation with his mother. He swam beyond his depth and drowned. Dr. OQ Caruthers assisted by Webster Fry and No 20 engine company used a pulmotor in the attempt to resuscitate him. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J H Monroe. The body will be brought to Washington.
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Stanforth Wakefield
Monroe Street
Colonial Beach
OQ Caruthers
Webster Fry
No. 20 Engine Company
District Fire Department
J. H. Monroe
Washington
Transfer of Lieut Collings within reserve corps
The War Department announced yesterday the transfer of First Lieutenant Charles H. Collings from the engineer section to the signal section of the officers reserve corps. Trent Colling is an attorney and resides at 12 Randolph Place Northwest.
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Charles H. Collings
Engineer
Officers Reserve Corps
War Department
Trent Colling
Randolph Place
Protests Halt Plan for Franklin Square Parking Space
Protests block a scheme to convert Franklin Square into a public auto storage area while hearings are set on widening K Street and narrowing sidewalks. District officials defend keeping park spaces, insisting trees along Center Market will not be removed, with opposition from library head Dr Bowerman and local citizens groups.
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Bell
Franklin Square Park
K Street
Fourteenth
McPherson Square Park
Daniel E. Garges
Board of Commissioners
Hell
Center Market
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh and
Ninth Streets
Albert J. Headley
Pennsylvania Avenue Park
Rudolph
W. H. Holcombe
Clifford Lanham
George F. Bowerman
Headley
H. K. Willard
Kellogg
Maj. Bell
Liquor Found in Room With New Born Baby
Samuel Madison, colored, 26, 519 Florida avenues northwest, arrested on illegal possession of liquor. Police raid at early morning found 31 gallons in the room where a wife and newborn infant were staying. Lieut. Jerry Sullivan led the raid with Precinct Detectives Trammel and Smith and Prohibition Agent Rose.
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Samuel Madison
Florida Avenues
Madison
Jerry Sullivan
Trammel and Smith
Rose
Pythians May Open Headquarters Here
Washington delegates Perry P. Patrick and H. M. Vandervort will push for establishing an international headquarters of the Knights of Pythians at the Toronto convention, with a decision to be taken by the supreme lodge. The outcome hinges on the convention’s vote starting Tuesday in Toronto.
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Washington
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythians
Toronto
Canada
Washington Jurisdicion
Perry P. Patrick
H. M. Vandervort
Thousand Lee Klan Initiation in Patuxent Field
Ku Klux Klan members gathered in a Patuxent field near M4 between Bowle and Odenton to initiate 30 individuals. About 300 robed figures attended without hoods as a fiery cross was displayed while roughly 1,000 spectators stood by.
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Ku Klux Klan
Patuxent Station
Bowle
Odenton
Robea
Pershing to review capital's national defence marchers
General John J. Pershing accepted an invitation to review and address the local National Defense day demonstrators in Washington. District Commissioner J Franklin Be B F Colladay and R F Andrews extended the invitation as part of a civic display plan with meetings to mobilize participation from large city employment groups. Enrollment will be voluntary and records kept only as aggregate numbers for a two hour event at Sylvan Theater on Monument grounds.
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John J. Pershing
J. Franklin Be
B. F. Colladay
R. F. Andrews
Andrews
President Coolidge
Sylvan Theater
Calladay
Rabbi Refuses to Join Antidefense Committee
Rabbi Morris Lazaron of the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation declines an invitation to join a citizens committee protesting Mobilization Day and seeking repeal of the National Defense Act. He states that Jews must defend themselves and uphold a strong American character and leadership.
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Morris
Laxaron
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Central Conference of American Rabbis
America
Peter Ainslie
Christian Temple
Baltimore
The
Christian Century
Citizens’ Committee
Rabbi Lazaron
American Legion to Aid Defense Day Exercises
Indianapolis August 6 The American Legion will cooperate in observance of national defense day and favors the test of the nation s military power without reservations declared John R Quinn national commander He is a major in the reserve corps and lieutenant colonel in the California National Guard He will report by telegraph on defense day Anything that can be done by the American Legion will be done The veterans of the world war know what war means yet seek peace and believe adequate preparedness is a key guarantee Defense test day is an inspection not a militaristic gesture.
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Peraders
Calladay
Arthur Deertn Call
American Peace Society
Advocate of Peace
Indianapolis
American Legion
John R. Quinn
Legion
Quinn
Reserve Corps
National Guard of
California
Burglar Alarm Causes Flurry in the Treasury
A Treasury building scare arose when a burglar alarm rang and bells sounded briefly. Officials and guards rushed to the cash vault area before learning an employee accidentally stepped on the alarm in the electrically guarded vaults.
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Treasury
United States Treasury
Georgetown Business Men's League Forms in Potomac Savings Bank
Permanent organization completed at a meeting in the Potomac Savings Bank board room. Officers elected: Moe A. Baer president, Ford E. Young vice president, Lester N. Inskeep secretary, H L Selby treasurer. A by-laws committee was named and will report at the September 3 meeting in Potomac Bank hall.
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Georgetown Business Men's League
Potomac Savings Bank
Moe A. Baer
Ford E. Young
Lester N. Inskeep
H. L. Selby
Isaac B. NordiMnger
Herbert W. Poole
B. E. Trennin
J. A. Oliver
Max Taueman
F. H. Henck
Morris B. Sinsheimer
William Brodotsky
J. Kelly
Edward McCandlish
J. Sherman
Roy S. Smith
Edwin Kohn
M. Levy
F. Anderson
R. W. Morgan
George W. Wise
Jacob Sneijder
Earl Gichenstein
W. R. Freeman
C. W. Shoemaker
William R. Weaver
John R. Hopkins
Morris Brewton
Paul D. Demond
Maurice Davis
John R. Pendleton
C. R. Capstan
League
Potomac Bank Hall
Committee On By-Laws
Pershing to Write Memoirs After Retirement
Gen John J Pershing will retire September 12 and devote his time to memoirs of the world war or other private enterprises. Secretary Weeks said there is no plan to recall him to active duty. A movement to place him on permanent active list was once supported but faced opposition. Pershing preferred to retire at 64, the legal age limit.
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John J. Pershing
Weeks
Gen. Pershing
Congress
Admiral Dewey
War Department
Man Hit by Bullet Sought Assailant
An unidentified shooter struck Raymond Frye aged 81 on Fifth Street NE yesterday. Frye was walking between K and L NE when the revolver bullet lodged in his hand. he was rushed to Casualty hospital where doctors said only a flesh injury occurred.
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Raymond Frye
Fifth Street
Frye
Casualty Hospital
Girl Hurt Running Into Auto In Northwest Washington
Three year old Elizabeth Thompson of 3113 M Street NW ran into a car fender driven by William Frye of Alexandria County VA at 31st and M Streets NW. She was taken to Georgetown Hospital in an ambulance attended by Dr Greenlew.
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Elizabeth Thompson
William Frye
Alexandria County
Georgetown Hospital
Greenlew
New York Police to March in Holy Name Parade
About 560 uniformed New York police with an 80 piece band will form a marching unit for the Holy Name Society convention parade to be held September 18 to 21 in New York City. Brooklyn may send a firemen delegation. Officials plan receptions and dinners for visiting police and firemen with local parishes naming committees and arrangements.
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New York
Holy Name
Metropolitan Police Roerea
The
Holy Name Society of the
United States
Enright
New York City
Greater
Holy Name Society
St Patrick's Cathedral
M. J. Ripple
Father Ripple
Brooklyn
Patrick J. Hartigan
Theft of 840 Charged In Larceny Case At Atlantic Sign
Guy Adelovett, a Baltimore arrestee cited by detectives, faces larceny charges after allegedly stealing $40 from the Atlantic Sign Company where he worked as a salesman. The case centers on the theft of 840.
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Larceny
Atlantic Sign Company
Guy Adelovett
Baltimore
Foliee
Sign Company
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K. B. Jones
Purcell
Franklin Square
Anato Olle
Pythians
Patuxent
Pershing
Coolidge
Call
ePeace Advocate
Washington Post
Wallis
12Th and & St. N.W
Georgetown League
M. A. Baer
Ghee Ae
Gresner
House of Kuppenheimer Clothes
Mr. Hartigan
Matthew Noone
Frank P. Gunning
John T. Guilfoyle
John J. Curtin
Harry A. Walsh
Anthony J. Barrett
Harry 3. O'Neill
Thomas M. Harvey
Joseph T. Fitz- Serald
Cornelius Ford
Jmusic
Edward F. McCarthy
Union Station
Frank J. Bresnahan
Thomas K. Gallaher
Henry Ruth
Mr. Guilfoyle
George E. Potter
Martin J. Duffiey
Automobile
Frank P. Hannan
Red Cross
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Preei
Perry
West
William G Carrico
Wisconsin Avenue
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