Citizens Demand One-Man Rule for District Government
A joint committee of citizens associations frames demands for a single elected executive in the District, seeks a congressional delegate and a council of ten, and plans a memorial to Congress. The meeting endorses Roosevelt’s call for reform and outlines a plan with five-person committee to present the memorial and push for a new government structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Committee of Associations
Congress
Council of Ten
Methot
Senate Aed
Louis le Shornac
Nitieens Assations
Meoy
Laree
Eprelas Messags
Roosevelt
Jon Aputecs
Road Will Tap Coal Fields With Virginia and Southwestern
Special to The Washington Port Bristol Va Dec 19 General Manager McCue of the Virginia and Southwestern says construction on the Holston River Railroad trunk line through east Tennessee into southwest Virginia coal fields will resume at once The grading for the line was 1 cent 7s per cent completed and work suspended after the panic Mr McCue added Wood Wefis engineer will award contracts and sufficient forces to finish in six months The line links the Southern to southwest Virginia coal fields and brings markets closer to the Carolinas and Georgia.
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Washington
Bristol
McCue
Virginia and Southwestern
Holston River
East Tennessee
Southwest Virginia
Henry A Tayloe Dead at 72 in Mount Aly Richmond Co
Henry A Tayloe of Mount Aly Richmond county died suddenly at age 72 after years of declining health. Survived by ten children including W H Taylor general passenger agent of the Southern Railway and several Tayloe relatives in Warsaw Washington Richmond Hattiesburg Uniontown and Mount Aly. Interment will be in the family burial ground at Mount Amy on Monday.
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Wasiting
Warsaw
Henry A Tayloe
Mount Aly
Richmond County
Tayloe
W. H Taylor
Washington
Southern Railway
H. G and
Edward Tayloe
B. T Crump
Richmond
T R Stansbury
Key Compton
Hattimere
William Munford
Uniontown
Alu
Estelle, Beagle
Louise Tayloe
Mount Amy
District rules taken up by chamber of commerce board
At a special meeting the Chamber of Commerce formed a five member committee to study conditions cited by the President in a message to Congress urging a change in district government. The panel includes Alan D. Albert Jr, A Lisner, John T. Weaver, Gina H. RuColpi, and Arthur C. Moses.
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Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Alan L. Albert, Jr
Hav Ng
al Jenange
Thls
Ifsue
Aid
Alan D. Albert
A Lisner
John T. Weaver
Gina H. Rucolpi
Arthur C. Moses
Pike to Chev y Chase Special to The Washington
Special report from Rockville Maryland states county commissioners advertise bids for a new pike from Kensington to Bradley Lane Chevy Chase covering about three miles with roughly 25000 dollars available. Kensington town council will widen Connecticut avenue to meet the proposed road creating a first class route from Washington to the county’s northeast. The pike will be 2 feet wide between Kensington and Chevy Chase Lake and 14 feet wide from the lake to Bradley Lane.
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Rockville
Kenngton
Bradley
Chevy Chase
Kensington Town Council
Connecticut Avenue
Kensington
Wheaton
Washington
Chevy Chase Lake
Bradtoy
Virginia Senator Parsons backs Taft cabinet plan
State Senator Parsons of Grayson county reports that the Fifth district Congress candidate is backing a Taft cabinet position for Gen John E. Reller of Harrisonburg. Parsons says the South deserves at least one cabinet member and many prominent Republicans in the state endorse the plan.
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Washington
Richmond
Parsons
Grayson County
Tandidate
Would-Be Middies Hire Plan Draws Naval Academy Test
Annapolis plans to include a walking test in the naval academy physical examination. authorities discuss the test with Navy Department medical experts as candidates prepare for entry. Meanwhile a Rockville suit seeks a divorce from Emanuel F Jeffers filed by Annie W Jeffers, claiming desertion since 1896. Charlestown appoints post office carriers for February 1 1909. Capon Bridge mourns William Lewis, Civil War veteran, who died at 72 after serving in the Thirty third Virginian Regiment and seeing 62 battles with seven wounds.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Academy
Navy Department
Spenal
Washington Post
Capon Bridge
Wva
William @ Lewis
Thirty-third Virginian
Will dispute centers on Holland case in Suffolk
One witness in the Zachary T. Holland will case testified that two years ago he heard Zachery Holland say he had received a will from Mrs Gertrude Vaughan Smith and had destroyed it The contestees summoned Sam Hardy Holland who testified to the same matter and to the alleged destruction of the will by Zachary Holland Mrs Smith filed to perpetuate evidence as preliminary to a suit to prove the will The contention centers on the alleged beneficiary in the will and the killing of Tiberius G Jones by Sam Hardy Holland
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Joseph F Holland
Zachary T. Holland
Tiberius G. Jones
Sam Hardy Holland
Zachery Holland
Gertrude Vaughan Smith
Mr. Smith
Judge Purnell Dies in Raleigh at 63
Confederate veteran Judge Thomas Richard Purnell of the U S court for the eastern district of North Carolina died in Raleigh after an illness aged 63. A grandson of Gov Dudley he served in the Confederate Army and later in the state legislature. He was appointed U S judge in 1897 by President McKinley. Other items note taft inauguration plans by Company G Petersburg Grays, a street stabbing in Norfolk, a Newport News jury discharge in a trial, and several local homicide and assault reports with details of victims and suspects.
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McKinley
Washington Eost
Raleigh
Thomas Richard Purnell
United States Court For
Eastern District of
North Carolina
Wilness
Judge Purnell
Gov | Dudley
United States
Newport News
Z T Jones
Esther Blick
Eigct
Jones
Police Rescuer Dies From Beating After Arrest
Special to The Washington Post Hagerstown Md Dec 1943 Policeman Robert Fienner of Waynesboro aged 4 was beaten with a club by Robert Williams colored after arrest for wife dating Williams later died in hospital from peritonitis believed caused by the beating Williams attempted suicide in lockup using a rope fashioned from a necktie and suspenders, and a guard fought to restrain him, as details of the assault emerge.
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Washington Parr Hagerstown
Robert Fienner
Waynesboro
Robert Wiliams
Williams
Fienne
Klenper
Ferpon Williams
Frank Gould in Virginia Special Inspects Dams and Real Estate
Frank J Gould of New York inspected property in Fredericksburg and visited historic local sites. He is principal owner of the Fredericksburg water power project and noted a new dam on the Tapahannock, with more dams planned upriver. He also inspected a real estate venture and a power house planned for the city before departing to New York. Special to The Washington Post. Rockville Md Dec 19. Under the will of the late Sarah A Bond of Brookeville, daughters Elizabeth S Bond and Margaret P Bond receive 3 0 each after legacies. Elizabeth S Bond named executrix. Dr Richard Gott of Foalesville’s will admitted to probate. estate about 1200 left to widow, siblings, executors John Gott and Richard B Gott. Woman Centenarian Dead. Harriett Armstrong died in Catawba valley Roanoke County aged 100. Survived by three sons including Dr Armstrong, Franklin Armstrong, and Jon Armstrong.
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Washington
Fredericksburg
Frank J Gould
New York
Tappahannock
Gould
Toras Waspinaton Ros
Rockville
Sarah A Bond
Brookeville
Elizabeth S
Margaret P Bond
Elizabeth 8
Richard Gott
Foalesvile
Spec'al
Washington Port
Roanoke Va
Harriet Armstrong
Hcme
Catawan Valley
Roanoke Counts
Placa
Sone
Dr. Armstrong
Roanoke
Franklin Armstrong
Catawba
Amd
Jon Armstrong
California
Fire Threatens Pocomoke as Lumber Yard Burns
A fire at James T Young & Son lumber yards in Pocomoke Maryland menaced the town before firefighters saved it. The blaze destroyed stables timber machinery and wagons worth about $5 000 but was insured. In other news a Knights of Columbus lecture series on Socialism opens tonight at 8 o clock in the Knights hall with Rev Dr Kerby of Catholic University delivering the first talk.
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Pocomoke
Washington
James T Young & Son
The
Knights of Columbus
Willfinta Joseph Kerby
Catholic University of America
Wil
Isabella Martin Dynamiter Sentenced In Oakland Case
Mrs Isabell a Martin convicted of dynamiting Judas Ogden home in Oakland received life imprisonment. After sentencing she attempted suicide by swallowing powdered glass in her cell and was revived by Dr Curtis. She spoke little except I want to die.
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Oakland
Cal
Isabella
Martin Wig
Judas Ogden
Ife
Aly ‘Med County
Dail
Curtis
Summerey J
Csi
Sinali
Marlin
Motorcyclist Injured In City Street Crash
William S Sammons, 25, a decorator at 706 Thirteenth Street NW, was in critical condition at George Washington University Hospital after a motorcycle crash at Fourteenth and J Streets NE. His bike hit a rut, veered into a tree, and Sammons was thrown ten feet, sustaining a fractured kneecap and several broken ribs with suspected internal injuries.
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William S Sammons
Fourteenth Street
Avinz
Thirteenth Street
U. George Washington University
Fourteenth
J Streets
Sammons
Asphal
Ts Cours
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Commisso 4
Columba
Brody
Vladhin
Thorgat
Patel
Atosfer
Farhy Shetdgeman
Actian
Slade
W MM Potter
Singereed
Potter
East Washington
Potteread
James B Reynolds
Shoemakers
Trule
Potters
Oyster
Petworth
Lancaster
Capt
Jan Avicent
Brightwood Park Association
Fairmont Heights
Shoemaker
Joseph Williams
Southwest Association
Brightword
Louis P Shoemaker
Rhode Island Avenue
BF Edwards
Bristow Adams
G W. Stose
Randie Wyblands
Ona Twining City
J Walter Mitchell
M Potter
Northwest
J. W [Retarid
MacGomas Hawken
Bouth- West
Josseph Williams
Otlera
House
Senate Bistrict
Wee
Oscar & Staples
Riggs House
Hawken
Mitchall
O. J. DeMoll & Co
Vose & Sons
Shoninger
Milton
Smith & Barnes
Schaffer
J.demoll & CO
Virginia
Southwestern
Henry A. Tayloe
Southern
Steinway
Sohmer
Hardman
Stieff
Knabe
Chickering
Harrington
Kingsbury
Decker Bros
Emerson
Jacob Bros
Pike
Kenington
Bradley Lane
South
Gen Roller
Naval
Annie W Jeffers
Emanuel F Jeffers
Rochsisie
T G Nevitt
Plantiff
Washington Fos
Charlestown
Perry W Bere
Harry J. Wallper
Charles J . Thomas
Says Holland Tore Will
Tella
Testator
Virginia Briefs
Petersburg Grays
Virginia Infantry Volunteers
Taft
Harrison
Norfolk Street
Co H. Chandler
Pattolman White
Sergi Marshall
Chandler
Turkey
Ed Hell
Falls Mills
Bluefield Hospital
George Criget
Bell
Clarence Parker
Dave Burton
Alan Colored
Teasley
Parker
Burton
Ove
Frank Gould
Rappahannock
Montgomery Villa
W. J. Kerby
Knights of Colombia
J. K Berton
John i. Barton
Jreau
Isabella Martin
Dynamiter
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