Tuesday Argument Tests Home Rule Suit Over DC Commissioner
The case tests Oliver P. Newman s eligibility as DC commissioner with W J Frizzell as petitioner taxpayer arguing the matter. Attorney Ralston seeks to block Frizzell s suit claiming no personal stake as he argues key legal points must be settled first. Justice Wright set next Tuesday for further hearing on the action s validity amid partisan dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Frizzell
Ralston
Bailey
Home Rule Committee
Oliver P. Newman
District of Columbia
Jackson H. Ralston
Newman
Justice Wright
Senator Haley
Texas
Arthur A. Birney
United States
William J. Neale
Thomas N. England
Frizzell and the
Frizzell
Flo
Mr Reynolds
Proctor
Fugitive Bride Embraces Marriage To Escape Arrest
Marie Barghauser, sought as a fugitive from her parents, produced a marriage certificate to lawmen. She was located at Arraunt Claggett’s Cape Isle area home in Maryland, later taken to the District, and showed the marriage papers proving she wed in Annapolis to a man of her choice. She departed to join her husband, a prosperous farmer fifteen years her senior, in Upper Marlboro.
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Cupid
Sergt. McCormick
George Rite Youns
Barghauffer
Marie.Mook
James
Tenth Street
Maryland
Virginia
Arraunt
Charles Claggett
Cape Ioor
E. W. Lansbury
Annapolis
Barghauser
Upper Marlboro
Wilson appoints trio to Panama Pacific Exposition commission
President Wilson approves James F. Statesman of Indiana John P. Dwyer of Pennsylvania and Oscar Fernbach of California as members of a Panama Pacific Exposition commission to Central America and the West Indies Statesman will be commissioner general The delegation will travel aboard the cruiser Des Moines from Hampton Roads in about three weeks with a parallel mission to South American nations.
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Wilson
James F. Statesman
Indiana
John P. Dwyer
Pennsylvania
Oscar Fernbach
California
Central America
West Indies
Statesman
Des Moines
Hampton Roads
South American
Signs in the heavens herald return of Jesus Christ
E F Albertsworth, president of the Washington Society of Seventh Day Adventists Young People, told Adventist Church members at Twelfth and M streets northwest that signs in the heavens indicate Jesus Christ will return soon. He said the last message of mercy is being given to the world during his lecture last night.
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Jesus Christ
Earth
E. F. Albertsworth
Washington Society of
Seventh Day Adventists
Adventist Church
Twelfth
M Streets
Northweat
March Music Repertoire Highlights for Military Band
The program features overtones of rifle regiment overture William Tell Nocturno Dreams of Love and La Boheme excerpts with Puccini Invitation to the Dance transcribed for military band by Santelmann. It includes Weingartner arrangements, Spring Jubilee in the Alps and a Hungarian Rhapsody No 9, ending with The Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rifle Regiment
Robert Clark
Weber-Weingartner
William H. Santelmann
Alps
Arlington Hotel Company Faces Crisis Over Funds
Arlington Hotel Company stockholders are called to an annual meeting in New York Tuesday as George Howard outlines plans to salvage the project. The firm halted work last June due to unpaid subscriptions, with Equitable Life as lead financier and Taft endorsement. options include new mortgages and larger loans, but success hinges on securing funds amid a tight money market and the death of J Pierpont Morgan, a stockholder and potential loan backer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Howard
Arlington Hotel
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Arlington Hotel Company
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Lorm
Equitable
Insurance Company
John Pierpont Morgan
Search Continues for White Attacker in Bethesda District
No trace found of the assailant who attacked 11 year old Anna Beall near her Bethesda home in Montgomery County Maryland. Chief Deputy Sheriff Whelan searched the Rockville fair for clues but found nothing. Belief grows that the assailant fled into the Virginia hills as the girl recovers from wounds and shock.
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Anna Beall
David Beall
Bethesda District
Montgomery County
Whelan
Rockville Fair
Virima Hills
Nina Matthews Charged After Hotel Rescue Ordeal
Nina C. Matthews, charged with assault after Helen Fisher, rescued in exhaustion from a Fritz Reuter Hotel room since Sunday, was sent to Washington Asylum Hospital for treatment. Matthews denies abusing her companion and claims Fisher injured herself during hysterical fits. Police took Matthews to the U S police court, with the hearing postponed to next Tuesday due to both women’s condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina C. Matthews
Helen Fisher
Fritz Reuter
Washington Asylum Hospital
Nina Matthews
United States
Police Court
Cornwell
New District Excise Board Members Confirmed
Senate confirmed Henry Baker Gen Robert Smith and Joseph Sheehy as District excise board members. They will begin duties soon after commissions and oath, likely Monday, as home rule committee plans to oppose Baker and Smith. Major General Wood’s wife, Mrs Leonard Wood, remains seriously ill with pneumonia at Fort Myer.
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Home Rule Committee
Messrs. Baker and Smith
Smith
Senate
Henry 8. Baker
Robert G. Smith
Joseph C. Sheehy
District Excise Board
Baker
Woods
Hinesg
Leonard Wood
Campaign Plan Set by Republican Congressional Committee
The Republican congressional committee adopted broad campaign plans and opened Washington headquarters. Frank P. Woods was elected chairman as the group pledged to provide voters with information rather than direct candidate aid. The panel plans to involve itself in Maryland senatorial contest and future general elections while avoiding friction with the national committee. John C. Eversman was chosen secretary, and Representatives Steenerson and Kinkaid joined the committee. Crampton urged a national convention to cut Southern representation, a proposal sent to the executive committee for handling.
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Washington
Maryland
Crampton
Republican Congressional Committee
Frank P. Woods
Iowa
Maine
New York
West Virgins
Jackson
United States
Republican National Committee
Sew
Steenerson
Minnesota
Kinkaid
Nebraska
John C. Eversman
McKinley
Congressional Committee
Taft Bureau
Michigan
Os Noone
Young couple wed in Rockville in four month courtship
Miss Ethel Beatrice Barron, 17, and William McConnell, 22, married Thursday in Rockville without the father’s knowledge. The ceremony was by Rev. Samuel R. White. The bride returns to her fiancé’s home at 935 Virginia Avenue Southwest where they will live. The couple met last April after Barron’s father moved.
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Ethel Beatrice Barron
Virginia Avenue Southwest
William
McConnell
Rockville
Samuel R. White
Post
Mr. McConnell
Miss Barron
Mr. Barron
Britten Seeks Government Armor Plate Plant Plan
Representative Britten introduces a bill to spend 7 million dollars for a Navy run armor plate plant costing 314 dollars per ton to 10 000 tons annually, aiming to force competition and curb the so-called armor plate trust. Representative Gregg calls for a five member committee to investigate the trust and site selection would be by a naval officers commission.
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Secretary of Navy
Britten
Committee On Naval Affairs
Navy Department
Armor Plate Trust
Gregg
Secretary of the Navy
Senators Clash Over Lobby Hearings and Roosevelt Tariff Plan
Illinois representative J T McDermott testified before the House lobby committee denying charges he tried to influence the dawn bill while admitting personal loans from a pawnbroker. Senate hearings featured clashes between Senator Reed and James A Somery as they examined the National Association of Manufacturers and Beveridge's letter praising a tariff commission.
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Reed
Emery Clash
Roosevelt
Beveridge
J. T. McDermott
Illinois
House Lobby Committee
M M. Mulhall
Ilunal Association of Manufacturers
I. It McMichael
House
Senate
James A. Somery
National Association of Manufacturers
Brewers’ Association
McDermott
George D. Horning
Mulehall
McMichael
assDermott
Mulhall
Brewers
Harold F. McCornick
Nny
Hugh F. Harvey
Retail Liquor Dealers' Association
Jones-Works
Frank
I. H. McMichael
Capitol
James A. Emery
F. C. Schwedtman
St. Louis
James W. van Cleave
Mulhail
Schwedtman
Overman
Har l to divide the jobs caucus dithers over patronage
The House Democratic caucus adjourned in despair after a two hour discussion of patronage. A committee reported 236 jobs worth 278000 dollars to be split among 236 members, but all but four had already received spoils and 114 members remained empty handed. They plan another attempt Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Democratic
House Readies Currency Bill After Deficiency Appropriation
Representative Oscar Underwood states the currency bill will be taken up in the House after the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. The appropriations panel will report it early next week, and debate may take five or six days. The Senate will wait for the tariff bill, delaying action for weeks. The measure, reintroduced by Glass, faces likely passage with bipartisan support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Oscar Underwood
Ender
Appropriations Committee
Underwood
Senate
Glass
Banking and Currency Committee
Club Leaders Take New Roles as License Applicants
Washington club leaders moved into new duties by filing barroom license applications at the District building this week. Nathaniel Wilson for the Metropolitan Club, John C Bates for the Army and Navy Club, Milton E Alles for the Commercial Club, and Fred H Newels for the Cosmos Club acted for their groups. When offices closed yesterday, 391 retail and 100 wholesale license applications had been filed.
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Washington
Nathaniel Wilson
Metropolitan Club
John C. Bates
Army and Navy Club
Milton E Alles
Commercial Club
Fred H. Newels
Cosmos Club
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