Court suspends $25 fine on promise of support
David Mendelson was arraigned in police court on failing to support his seven year old son. He agreed to pay $12.50 monthly, with a $25 fine suspended so long as the payments continue. Attorney Plumley argued against mandatory payments if the boy were moved, but Judge Mills dismissed the point and left such questions for another court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mendelson
Washington
New York
Mills
Mendelson
Plumley
Death of a Former Policeman P J Lally
P J Lally a retired Metropolitan police officer died at his Brooklyn New York home on Wednesday. He served in the regular army at Fort Randall Fort Lally and West Point later joined the police in Washington where he worked at the First Precinct and after retirement returned to Brooklyn and was elected to the board of aldermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J Lally
Metropolitan Police Force
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Randall
Eleventh Infantry
Fort Lally
Weat Point
Ufe
Washington
Lally
Board of Aldermen
Train Crosses New Potomac Bridge In Opening Ride
The first passenger train ran over the new Potomac railroad bridge, southbound express on the Southern line, with northbound traffic to follow after completion on Sunday. Delays from the old bridge end, as the Long Bridge will be retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Southern Road
Long Bridge
Typhoid Epidemic Up River From Mount Savage Md
Health Officer warns Potomac water may be polluted by Mount Savage typhoid outbreak. Mount Savage near Cumberland reports 120 typhoid cases in a town of 2,445 with no sewerage and surface drainage. Officials note potential cross river spread and urge drinking only boiled Potomac water.
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Mount Savage
Potomac
Mount Sevage
Woodward
Cumberland
Maryland State Board of Health
Macfarland
Jennings Run
Wills Creek
Potomac River
Wis Creek
Fulton
Maryland Board of Health
Br. Woodward
Japanese stamps sale aids wartime relief effort
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church sent five dollars to Commissioner Macfarland for stamps received from Japanese schoolboys in Kii Japan. The youths asked for only a few stamps, aiming to support widows and children of soldiers and sailors killed in the war. Macfarland noted inquiries from collectors and said he hopes the stamps bring more than market value in sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
Macfarland
Vermont Avenue
Vermont Avenue Church
Life on Canal Strip Returns from Isthmus Visit
Col John Biddle returns to Washington after a month at the Panama Canal Commission. He visited the isthmus as a guest of the commission and reports conditions satisfactory with some sickness and temperature concerns noted. The canal commissioners expect to return in about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Biddle
Commiestoner
Washington
Panama
Isthmus trip notes low heat and scant fever
A visitor described travel conditions at the isthmus with temperatures from 4 to 90 degrees and mild heat compared with his home climate. He noted little sickness, only one yellow fever case recently, and that most illnesses affected workers who overindulged. Strict shore quarantine and rapid hospital care were in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ture
Marine Band to Play on District Day in St Louis
President Roosevelt orders the United States Marine Band to attend District of Columbia Day October 19 at the St Louis World's Fair. The band will remain ten days afterward under the government board, to perform officially at the Government Building and Missouri State Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Macfarland
United States Marine Band
United States Government Board
Government
Government Board
St. Louis
Exposition Management
District of Columbia
Missouri State Building
Extension of Eighth Street Court Notice
Justice Stafford ordered all interested parties to appear by September 20 to condemn ground for extending Eighth Street northwest to Irving Street through lot 4 in Todd Brown's subdivision. Proceedings stem from an act of Congress. damages will be assessed as benefits against neighboring properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Stafford
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Corporation Counsel
Hughth Street
Wright's Road
District Commissioners
Irving Street
Todd & Brown
Congress
Encampment of Department of Spanish War Veterans Set
The District of Columbia United Spanish War Veterans announce an annual encampment to be held August 31 and September 1. August 31 will cover officer and committee reports. September 1 will focus on election and installation of officers. Appointments to the Council of Administration include C. Weeks and H. J. Zimmerman of McKinley Camp, Joseph Murray of Richard R. Harden Camp, and Cherise J. Grimsley of Generaluge Dewey Naval Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the District of Columbia
United Spanish War Veterans
Council of Administration
C. C. Weeks
H. J. Zimmerman
McKinley Camp
Joseph Murray
Hichard
Cherise J
Grimsley
Eralorge
Dewey Naval Camp
Widow Julia Merwin Clifford Follows Husband to Grave
While in Chicago for Major WH Clifford’s funeral, widow Julia Merwin Clifford died suddenly. She had lived at 1324 Yale Street with her husband, cashier of the Government Printing Office. Survived by two brothers and two sisters, one sister Mrs L L Williams of this city. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery beside her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Julia Merwin Clifford
WH. Clifford
Government Printing Office
Clifford
Yale Street
Ll. D Williams
Rosehill Cemetery
Ban on Exposer of Fakes Receives Post Office Fraud Order
The United States Investors' Guardian and Bureau of Publicity, based at 1421 Street NW, faced a Post Office Department fraud order after complaints that its circulars labeled legitimate concerns as fakes and swindles. Other items note new incorporations, a heat accident injuring Richard Coleman, a theft plea by Nathan Truatt, a court fine, and Burrell's Vanilla Extract advertised as the best value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Investors’ Guardian and Bureau of Publicity
Street
Northwest
Post Office Department
Reform movement to aid Italians aims at farms and homes
The article discusses a Washington initiated plan by Ignatius Geraci and Scipio Buonini to counteract Italian life in U S cities by founding an Italian settlement network. They propose farm homesteads in the South and Southwest, an Italian association with branches, a nominal member tax, funded housing aid, and a weekly newspaper to move families from crowded urban colonies toward farm life under Italian ambassadorial approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lfe
Mayor Des Plancaes
Ignatius Geraci
Scipio Buonini
Washington
United States
Geraci
Society
Unionee Fratellanza Italiana
Mayor Des Planches
Black Hand
Mr Geraci
Mr. Geraci
Hfe
Proctor Promoted to Assistant U S Attorney in Police Court
James M. Proctor, long serving as Justice Gould’s private secretary, is named an assistant United States attorney effective September 1 and will work in the Police Court. The move reallocates duties and funds from a former salary plan, with Mullowney shifting to U S attorney duties and Ralph Given stepping in. Proctor, a Columbian University law graduate, has practiced about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Proctor
Gould
United States Attorney’s Office
Mr. Proctor
United States Attorney's Office
United States Attorney
Hugh T. Taggart
Proctor
Given
Mullowney
Justice Gould
Law Department
Columbian University
Sequel to Robbery Mystery Arraigns Two Men
Addison J Briggs alias Mathison alias J J Riggs and James Holden a government employee were arraigned in Police Court on robbery charges tied to a recent case. Victim identified as James Brooks a wholesale salesman was later revealed as the real loser. Preliminary hearing delayed. money involved about 200 dollars and an unidentified poker player. Justice Stafford issued a temporary injunction to halt sale of disputed Union Court property amid an accounting suit. Pigeon thief inquiry ends with a matching wound rumor and empty hospital report.
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James Brooks
Addison J. Briggs
Mathison
J. J. Riggs
James ‘Holden
J. J Barry
Fourteenth
V Streets
Stafford
Union Court
James Saunders
Milo C. Summers
Andrew Wilson
Noel W. Barksdale
Lambert and
Baker
Mr. Summers
George Beverly
Mattle Hicks
Marshal Colbert Exonerated Statement Clears Charges
Special Assistant Attorney General Charles W Hassell announced that the Department of Justice investigated charges against Marshal Colbert of the Southern district of Indian Territory and found they were not established. Go to Montgomery Co Fair today. Racing on half mile track. Tickets, Treasury receipts and disbursements listed. National bank notes redeemed 914 government receipts from internal revenue 679703 customs 815146 miscellaneous 204 expenditures 1720000. Moses August Floor Covering clearance sale featuring carpets rugs mats Lingleums and oriental rugs.
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Charles W. Hassell
Department of Justice
Marshal Colbert
District
Indian Territory
Go Tao Montgomery Co
Tickets, Co
Treasury
National Bank
Internal Revenue
Fought for Supposed Spoils on East Capitol Street
Armstead Bailey and Daniel Dangerfield, both Negroes, chased a supposed pocketbook on East Capitol Street at 1 am. Bailey reached it first. the item was a cardboard fragment. Dangerfield, claiming a share, attacked Bailey with bricks and fired a shot while fleeing. He was arrested and held on $300 bond for using a dangerous weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Capitol Street
Armstead Bailey
Daniel Dangerfield
Bailey
Dangerfield
Mills
Secret Service denial on divorce case assertion in Chicago
Acting Chief Moran of the United States Secret Service denied a Chicago dispatch claiming government agents aided Mrs Lawrence C Phipps in gathering divorce evidence. He said the service is never used for private people and no exception was made. In a separate case William Sullivan was convicted in Police Court for assault and disorderly conduct after throwing water and pulling his wife's hair. fined 15 or 45 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Conroy
Eleventh Street
Secret Service
Chief Moran
United States Secret Service
Chicago
Lawrence C. Phippss
Government Secret Service
Moran
Government
William Sullivan
Fourteenth Street Northwest
Receiver Appointed For Kluckhulin Brothers Electrical Firm
Justice Stafford signed an order in the Charles P. Kluckhu lin v Frederick G. Kluckhulin case appointing Frederick as receiver of the two brothers electrical business and dissolving their partnership. Local notices list varied merchandise and ads, a bankruptcy petition for Ebenezer N. Middaugh, and various business items and names including J. T D. Pyles stores and Purisima Whisky promotion. A stabbing case in Police Court featured George Beverly, with bonds set at 500 dollars, plus other civic notices and advertisements from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Stafford
Charles P. Kluckhulin
Frederick G. Kluckhulin
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Mayer & CO
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Tige Bose Resort Information Bureau
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P. J. Lally
New Bridge
District Hibernian Convention
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D. J Stafford
P. T. Moran
J.F. O’meare
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J H. Myers
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Light Street Wharf
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Love Point
Maryland
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Life ON Canal Strip
Marine Band
Eighth Street
Husband
Electric Volt Soap Company
George EB
Gerry
G. J Dittman
Edmund ‘Brand
Royal Portland Cement Company
P di. Kennedy
M. ‘Grogan
William
Clinton
P. H. Kennedy
M. Grogan
O Streets
Richard Coleman
Georgetown University Hospital
Brukes
Nathan Truatt
Washington, Gdowanglia
Mount Vernon
Jpdgs Mills
Burrell
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
America
Walter Uulligan
Woodley Lane
Connecticut Avenue
Tiss
Moses
It &2
Ceres
Rollet
Wm. M. Galt & Co
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Ind. Ave
Deniel Story
City Bulletin
J. T D. Pyles
Tanner's Shorthand and Business College
Ebenezer N. Middaugh
Cole &Donaldson
Wm. Cannon
George W. Driver
House of Representatives
Ogram's
Rufus H. Darby
Hickory Hill
Hayworth Publishing Houe
A. Muddiman & Co
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Forest City
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Yale Laundry
10Th St
New York Ave
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10Th St. N. W
Ieee
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F Street
N. W
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Maneure
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