Will of Columbus Mc Thorn Settles Estate Dispute
Chief Justice Clabaugh, away on vacation, forwards a will construction to the District Supreme Court clerk. The 2200 estate, mainly realty, centers on a petition by Sarah R horn against Joseph W Thorn and others. The ruling grants Sarah a life interest for one third, with vested remainder to defendants upon Joseph Thorn’s death, and directs the trustee to account for income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Columbus Mc Thorn
Sarah R Horn
Joseph W .Thorn
Charles K. Thorn
Helen Thorn
Mec-Laughlin
Eiferd G Davis Traustee
Sarah R ‘Horn
Joseph Thorn
DREDGING NEARLY FINISHED IN TIDAL BASIN
The Potomac pump dredge has completed a year and a half of work in the tidal basin and will be replaced by the Maryland scoop dredge to tackle rock and other material the first dredge could not. Completion is expected within two weeks with seven feet of water in all areas. Maryland will then work on bridges after Cape Charles deliveries.
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Potomac
Maryland
Cape Charles
Maryland Dredging Company
Seek Prophet's Funds Say Church Bought Lands
A District Supreme Court petition seeks an injunction and a receiver to control assets of the Church of God and Saints of Christ following the death of Prophet William S Crowdy. The suit names Crowdy’s sons Levey, August, Isaac, and the National Metropolitan Bank, alleging church funds bought land and a hotel parsonage and store in Washington DC in his name. The presbytery claims Crowdy held church funds in trust and seeks administration and restraint on disposition of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam S. Crowdy
Church of God and Saints of Christ
Church
District Supreme Court
Wiliam
Crowdy
Newark
N. J
National Metropolitan Bank
Crowday
Presbytery
Joseph W Crowdy
Pennsylvania
Calvin Skinner
Beltsville, Va
Wiliam H Plummer
Boston
William T. Howard
Richmond
Henry H Anderson
New Jersey
Napoleon Butler
Ebenezer Williams
John W Dickerson
Levey J Crowdy
August M
Isaac S Crowdy
Nansimond County
Joseph Crowd
Lts
U Street Northwest
The
Church of God
Eighth
WN Streets
NW Street
Tabernacle
Fourth Street
New York Avenue
Levey Crowdy
California
Hallie Crowd
Register of Wills
Lovey Crowd
Audrey Perry Frisby
Worked Way to Europe by Six High School and College Boys
News from New York reports six young travelers who worked their way to Europe on a cattle ship. Among them were William E Dick and Calvert Chaney, Central High School graduates, plus Frank Anderson Frank Southam Lee Ordeman and William M Storm. They rode the Minneapolis Atlantic Transport Line with a free return passage, visited Paris and other cities, and attended the Olympic games as part of a grand continental trip. Dick captained Central High School track last year and Chaney plans to visit New York briefly before returning home.
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New York
Hngh
Europe
William E Dick
1114
I Street
Calvert Chaney
Jee Chaney
Central High School
Frank Anderson
Navasota
Tex
Richmond Colege
Frank Southam
Berryville
Richmond
Lee Ordeman
Workman Killed by Fall in Washington
Meredith P. Henderson a Washington Iron Works employee fell from the fire escape at the Fred A Schmidt building 518 Ninth Street yesterday at 9 30 a m and died at Emergency Hospital 400 minutes later. The 19 year old was working with a partner on a new fire escape when he lost balance reaching for a chisel and plunged about 80 feet, sustaining severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith P. Henderson
Washington Iron Works Company
Fred A Schmidt
Ninth Street
Henderson
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Emma Luckett
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Luckett widow of Dr William F Luckett were held yesterday at the family home 1419 Rhode Island avenue with Rev John M Schick rector of Grace Reformed Church officiating Interment followed at Frederick Maryland beside her husband. A navy yard employee Harry F Ward was fined 325 in police court for an assault on fellow worker Carey De Laum in a preexisting dispute.
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Emma Luckett
William F Luckett
Rhode Island Avenue
John M Schick
Grace Reformed Church
Frederick, Md
Navy Yard
Harry F. Ward
Rarry de Laum
Search for Chambers' Body Off Chesapeake Bay
Hobart Walter and James Chambers brothers of Powell Chambers who drowned August 4 began a systematic search for the body with power launches. The bay shores near Faint No Point will be explored as the Mandalay yacht crew seeks the missing man and any shoreline burial by locals. Wil Look After Young Indians. Sherman G. Brink and Charles J Hunt were appointed district agent and assistant district agent to the Indians in Oklahoma. They will track after Indian children.
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Hobart
Walter
James Chambers
Powell Chambers
Chesapeake Bay
Faint No Point
Yach Mandalay
Sherman G. Brink
Charles J Hunt
Oklahoma
Hatch
Will
Room for 1500 More Pupils With New Portable Buildings
District plans add thirteen portable structures and expand Langdon Emery and Gage schools along with McKinley Manual Training. Van Ness School rises in southeast Washington to ease overcrowding for 1,500 extra pupils when sessions begin September 2. Portable alts will house about 65 pupils each and place adjacently to overcrowded schools including Petworth Benning Chevy Chase Morgan Rosa Jefferson Ivy City Garnet Garrison Cardoza sites.
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Langdon, Emery
Gage
McKinley Manual Training School
van Ness
Washington
Johns
Mich
Petworth School
Ong
Benning
Chevy Chase
Morgan
Rosa
Jefferson
Ivy City
Garnet
Garrison
Bone
Cardoza
Fewer Lots Surveyed in District Annual Report
Melvin C Hazen asks appointment of another engineer for the Surveyor's Office as work declines. WPF Richards reports lower surveying activity last year with 1 461 lots surveyed and 391 subdivisions recorded, while fees paid rose to 18 040. Hazen proposes a $30 000 item for next year and small salary increases for several staff.
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Melvin C. Hazen
Surveyor’s Office
Wpf Richards
Richard
Richards
Melvin C Hazen
Mr Richards
Mr Hazen
Congress
Flo
Bowerman Calls for Protection of Rock Creek Park Flora
George F Bowerman librarian of the Public Library writes to commissioners protesting wanton destruction in Rock Creek Park. He cites mutilated flowers and trees, sightings of long branches in a car, pedestrians with May apple blossoms, and scarce police presence. He urges measures to prevent damage to the district’s beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F Bowerman
Public Library
Rock Creek Park
Mr Bowerman
Permit Clerk Seeks Salary Increase To 1800
H M Woodward, permit clerk, asks commissioners to raise his pay from 1500 to 1800 a year to align with other clerks. He cites responsibility and two clerks under him and seeks raises for his assistants H E Brooks and M K Smith with Brooks slated for 1000 to 1000 plus and Smith for 200 to 1100, reflecting current salaries of 900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M Woodward
Dstrict
Mr Woodward
M K Smith
Knife Wound Incident Sparks City Court Action
Emergency physicians said James Chastian, badly cut by John Dandridge at First and G streets southwest, may recover. Dandridge, arrested intoxicated, claimed no memory of a knife attack. George Harris, an old offender, was sentenced in police court to 11 months and 29 days for assault and faces three more months for larceny unless he pays a $25 fine after grabbing a ring from Dominick Paningo and striking him with a rock.
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James Chastian
John Dandridge
Dandridge
Christian
George Harris
Harris
Dominick Paningo
Paningo
Hariig
Receiver appointed for Thomas B Le Cuyer estate
Assistant United States Attorney Harvey Given was named yesterday as receiver of the estate of Thomas B Le Cuyer who filed bankruptcy. Le Cuyer once ran the Columbia Hotel in Pennsylvania Avenue NW and said loss of his liquor license led to his failure. Justice Stafford set the receiver's bond at 500 dollars. Four hours sail on the cool Chesapeake Bay four days a week costs 100 dollars for a round trip via The Electric Line ticket agent at 14th and New York avenues.
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T. B. le Cuyer
United States
Harvey Given
Thomas B le Cuyer
Ego le Cuyer
Columbia Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Justice Stafford
Chesapeake Bay
14Th and
New York Avenue
Musical program notes from March Cincinnati Daily News
Excerpts listed include The Merry Widow by Lehar and Cavalleria Rusticana, with performers Thomas, Mascagot, Walte, Jally Girle. The entry mentions Rubinstein Grand Selection and Reminiscences of the Plantation, plus the star spangled banner, indicating a concert schedule and performers.
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Cincinnati Daquirer
Migmom
Lehar
Rubinstein Grand
Wee - Chambers
Ban on bad eggs urged by commission men
Commission merchants on Louisiana avenue seek a Department of Agriculture ban on shipping spoiled eggs from Southern states. They report one third of crates from North Carolina and elsewhere fail candling tests, forcing extra inspectors, drayage, and losses to shippers and local dealers. They urge action to deter knowingly shipping spoiled eggs.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Commission
Louisiana Avenue
Department
North Carolina
Agricultural Department
Real Estate Firms Report Five Dwellings Sold
Moore & Hill sold five houses yesterday to individual buyers. The list includes a Charles F Carusi residence at 1 88 eighteenth street northwest for 3500, a two story at 3659 Tenth street northwest price undisclosed, a 16 £ street northwest brick home for 3500, a Cleveland Park house near Matomb street west of Connecticut avenue for 800, and a 733 Girard street two story for 3250. One tract of land on Bladensburg road near the reform school sold for about 00 an acre, with plans for a new subdivision. Stone & Fairfax sold 1503 Q street northwest for 3200 as an investment by John H entrich.
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Moore & Hill
Eighteenth Street
Charles F Carusi
Tenth Street
Harry Wardman
Street
John Sherman
Cleveland Park
Matomb Street
Connecticut Avenue
Girard Street
Nelle Hill
Bladensburg Road
Reform School
Stone & Fairfax
John Hentrich
Q Street
Marines Reach Safe Discharge After Rabies Treatment
Maj John H Russell and eleven Marines from the Panama expeditionary regiment were discharged from the Marine Hospital after 21 days of treatment for potential rabies exposure. All twelve had been bitten or scratched by a rabid dog at Camp Elliott near Ancon in the Canal Zone, were transported to Washington for care, and showed no rabies symptoms. Names include Russell Pennington Hobbal Bugby Clark Baxter Yaple McFarlane Cooper Anderson Moore Hawking.
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John H Russell
Marine Corps
Marine Hospital
Panama, Expeditionary Regiment of Marines
Camp Elliott
Ancon
Canal Zone
Washington
Sergi C B Pennington
A B Hobbal
RD Bugby
F Clark
G Baxter
Charles Yaple
W H McFarlane
WE Cooper
Oscar Anderson
L. Moore
W. H Hawking
John L Curtis Buried at Gawler's Chapel
Funeral services for John L Curtis were held at Gawler's Chapel with Rev Dr Donald C MacLeod officiating. Curtis, a Garfield Hospital typhoid patient for three weeks, died Monday. He was born in Troy Missouri and lived in Washington most of his life, a 26 year Patent Office employee and later property clerk, with Masonic and Shrine memberships. He leaves a wife, his mother Margaret B Curtis, and sister Mrs William Henry White.
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Gawler’s Chapel
MacLeod
John Lafayette Curtis
Gawlers Chapel
Donald C MacLeod
Glenwood Cemetery
Harry G Kimball
Homer S Medford
William A. Hipkins
Joseph W. Cox
Curtis
Garfield Hospital
Troy
Washington
Patent Office
Margaret _B Curtis
William Henry White
Admits Passing Bad Checks in Police Court
Charles A Carpentier admitted passing a number of bad checks on Washington merchants but could name only four victims. He was arraigned in police court yesterday and his case continued indefinitely. Victims include John D Schmeals, H. L. Slater, Chery Moran & Co., and A Bradley. Also, Christopher C. West fined $10 for health regulation violations at a Hastern Market stand, with goods not properly protected from flies. Washington shake victims Rodney Rose and William D. Thompson recovering and out of danger after hospital care.
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Washington
Charles A Carpentier
John D Schmeals
First Street
H. L. Slater
Christopher C. West
Hastern
Mulloway
Treaith
Hoover
West
Rodney Rose
William D. Thompson
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Fealy’s Hedbug Killer
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City Bulletins
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Schneider
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Heurich
Pees Ags
Brothers of Drowned Man
George F. Bowerman
H. M. Woodward
Marine Band
Marine Barracks
William H. Santelmann
Anargyros
Fifth Ave
POST
Randle Highlands
Capitol OF
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Randie Highlands
Capitol
Dupont Circle
Geon
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Realty Company
Central Nations Bank
Capital National Bank
Tth St
Panya Ov
John L. Curtis
Baltimore
Lipsey
Beedine
Odd Berry
Friedlander Bros. Ltd
E Sts
Prince Albert
Ater
Rewa
Ana
Rews Paper Co
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Schlitz Brewing Company
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Duffy
Ochestes
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Sunyon
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