$1,000 Fine and Jail for Bad Checks in DC
House action sets maximum $1,000 fine and one year in jail for issuing bad checks with intent to defraud in the District of Columbia. Senate-House bills also address Masonic Mutual relief, cemetery property, and the Whit Tabernacle issue. District appropriation hearings discuss next year’s plans, with salary increases largely opposed and a $240 war bonus likely to continue for both District and federal employees.
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District of Columbia
Senate
House
Congress
Harding
Masonic Mutual, Relief Association of
Prospect Hill
North Capitol Street
Whit Tabernacle
United Order of Sons and Daughters, Brethren and Sisters of Moses
Davis
Madden
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Taxi Monte Carlo Lose Shocked City Courts
Police Judge Wardison ruled gambling in an automobile does not fit gaming table regulations but disorders conduct punishable by a $25 fine. Luther Hummer, a taxi driver, faced charges after a Sunday arrest near the Treasury Department. Officers seized a spinning top and $2.40 as evidence.
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Wardison
Luther ¥. Hummer
Rescue Dive Saves Boy From Canal Fall
On the towpath of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at Wisconsin avenue a 5 year old boy fell into six feet of water and vanished before onlookers could reach him. Joseph E. Fry aged 23, a former sailor of Thirty-fourth street Northwest, dived 25 feet from the wall and brought the boy to the surface after several attempts. The child was taken to Georgetown University hospital in critical condition.
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Wisconsin Avenue
Charles
Charles Bernes
O Street
Joseph E. Fry
Thirty-fourth Street
Georgetown University Hospital
Convicted in fatal shooting case at District courthouse
A jury found Herman Young guilty yesterday before Justice Frederick Siddons in the shooting death of Leo Hill on December 26. Police say the revolver fell from Young's pocket and fired, though witnesses blamed careless handling. Young was remanded for sentencing Friday.
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Frederick Siddons
Herman’ S Young
F Street
Leo Hill
E . Young
Hill
Young
KUKLUX KLAN SUED FOR $1500 BY FORMER GOBLIN
Harry B. Terrell former goblin for the District of Columbia Knights of the Ku Klux Klan filed a suit in the District Supreme Court seeking $1500 claimed as sums advanced to promote the order in the city. Affidavits with the declaration support Terrells claim and indicate the invisible empire may vanish from the District and move paraphernalia elsewhere to hinder collection. Attorneys Dickey Adams represent Terrell with an indemnifying bond of $3000.
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Harry B. Terrell
District of Columbia
The
Knights of the Kuklux Klan
District Supreme Court
Invisible Empire
Yerrell
Terrell
Jesse B. Adams
K. W. Southall
Raymond B. Dickey
Police seek Davis kin in Washington after death in Elizabeth City
Police were asked yesterday to locate relatives of R. H. Davis of Washington who died at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Sunday. A dispatch to Inspector Grant said the deceased had papers showing he lived in the area, prompting the inquiry into his residence.
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R. H. Davis
Washington
Elizabeth City
N. C
Grant
Weather and tide table and outlook for the District
The listing notes morning tide times and daily sun data, followed by a forecast for the District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia. It reports unsettled conditions Tuesday with light rain or snow possible in the north, and generally fair weather midweek with shifting winds from southwest to northwest. It also provides last night disturbances across Newfoundland Massachusetts Wisconsin and Alberta, and regional temperature/depth data with rainfall totals and sunshine hours.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Newfoundland
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Sous
Alberta
Plateau
Pacific States
Ohio Valley
Auaatic
North Atlantic
Nowother Lake Region
Minnesota
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Mocsissippi River
Mississippi River
Atlantic States
Lake
Lake Huron
Rent Board Rejects Pleas In Eviction Case
Notices to quit 28 days after expiration not considered by rent commission after ruling on procedure. Hearing in the case of James and Blanch Anderson v Isabella White at 1614 H street NW. 30 day notice dated Sept 28 served to tenants. Commission found complaint filed too late. several cases dismissed. Rent reductions ordered for 1706 Twenty first street NW and 2044 Rhode Island Ave NE.
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Rent Commission
James and
Blanch Anderson
Isabella White
H Street
Andersons
Twenty-first Street
William H. Dodds, Jr
Rhode Island Avenue
C. W. Ferguson
WILLS PROBATE PETITIONS FILED FOR SEVERAL ESTATES
Mrs. Mary E. Witte leaves Horace H. E. Tanner of Los Angeles five thousand dollars and her traveling bag by will for probate. Mrs. M. M. Ingalls of Mays Landing bequeathed five hundred dollars. George F. Page’s estate valued about ten thousand dollars listed in India E. Page’s probate petition. John J. Nolan’s estate valued twelve thousand four hundred sixty dollars cited in a petition by his brother Walter D. Nolan.
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Mary E. Witte
Horace HE. Tanner
Los Angeles
Calif
M. M. Ingalls
Mays Landing
N. J
George F. Page
India E. Page
John J. Nolan
Walter D. Nolan
Women’s League asks release of 145 jailed under espionage acts
Resolutions adopted by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom urged President Harding to free about 145 men held in federal penitentiaries for violations of the espionage act and other war laws. Miss Jane Addams, international president, signed the resolutions but did not attend the presentation.
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Womens
International League For Peace and Freedom
Harding
Jane Addams
Second Colored World Democracy Congress Opens
The second Negroes in World Democracy Congress began a week long session in which William M. Trotter of Boston presided. The assembly aims to formulate and present to the arms conference a petition for recognition of racial equality as a core principle of any world peace policy.
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Colored World Democracy Congress
William M. Trotter
Boston
Trotter
City Briefs and Society Notices fill Washington pages
City briefs list events around Washington including Chinese delegates to an arms conference at the Princeton Alumni Association event at the University Club, society meetings at Ebbit and St. David's, a Catholic women’s service club event, and speeches at the Ma sonic temple and Harrington hotel. A courtroom note reports John H Robinson and Ernest H Lautter fined 100 dollars each for boot theft, with appeals and bonds noted.
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Princeton Alumini Association
University Club
John H. Robinson
Ernest H. Lautter
Hardison
Royal A. Hughes
Court of Appeals
Foley Kidney Pills Celebrate Back Pain Relief
Mrs Josie Reed of 217 N Exter St Tulsa Oklahoma says she was in bed three days with a backache and after taking Foley Kidney Pills for two days she returned to work. The ad claims the pills stop irregularities strengthen kidneys and cleanse poisons causing pain and swelling.
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Josie Reed
N. Exter St
Tulsa
Okla
Foley
Pope
Marmola Method Promoted For Safe Fat Loss
An advertisement extols the Marmola Method as a simple, steady way to reduce excess fat without harming health. Marmola Prescription Tablets, sold for one dollar a case, are claimed harmless and wrinkle free, with orders handled via Marmola Co. in Detroit, Michigan.
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Marmola Co
Woodward Ave
Detroit
Mich
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