Court Tackles Corn Whisky Hootch Spike After Christmas
More than 70 people faced Judge McMahon on drunkenness charges after Christmas night, many citing corn whisky as the cause. Several were jailed for failing to post bail, while sentences ranged from fines to short jail terms. A jailhouse pardon vibe and colorful anecdotes from police framed the holiday liquor scene.
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McMahon
Heotch
Virginian Hills
Maryland
Poe
Washington Asylum Hospital
Woman Faints As Auto Rams Car With Infant Beside
At Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Ave NW last night an automobile roamed across a crowd near the street car platform. A mother with a baby fainted as the car struck danger, then the driver, Joseph Harrison, 38, of 782 Twenty third Street NW, was restrained by Patrolman T J Garner and charged with operating under liquor and reckless driving. He was jailed on $500 bond pending a court hearing today.
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Seventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
T. J. Garner
First Precinct
Joseph Harrison
Twenty-third Street
Miners Leader resigns as district president in Colorado
John P. McLennan resigns as president of District No 18 United Mine Workers of America after an annual election. Felix Pogliano says resignation accepted with no explanation. A. J. McGuire elected president. Mike Livada to fill unexpired term. Sedalia and Trinidad workers to return to Missouri Pacific and KM&TT shops on January 3.
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Pueblo
Colo
John P. McLennan
United Mine Workers of America
Felix Pogliano
McLennan
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Colorado
District Board
Mike Livada
Trinidad
Ali McLennan
A. J. McGuire
Aguilar
Bread Price Rise Hits Washington Wholesalers
Washington bakers raised wholesale bread by 1 cent a loaf effective immediately. Current rates stand at 7 cents per pound leaf and 10 1/4 cents per pound and a half leaf. Wholesalers expect retail prices to rise. The move follows a November price-cut campaign that reduced wholesales by over 25 percent across several reductions.
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Washington
Held as Joyrider in Auto Theft Case
Frank Allen aged 18 of Boston was held for the grand jury under bond of 500 dollars by Police Judge Hardison. Detectives say Allen was arrested in Baltimore while in possession of an automobile stolen from Michael L. Blasey of Hyattsville on December 23 at Eleventh and streets northwest.
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Frank Allen
Boston
M. L. Bissey
Mass
Hardison
Banda
Alligood
Allen
Baltimore
Michael L. Blasey
Hyattsville
Scientists of Capital Depart for Toronto
A party of 27 Washington scientists led by Dr. L. O. Howard left for Toronto to attend the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual convention. The group includes Dr. E. D. Ball, Dr. Brown, Dr. K. S. Ekellerman, Dr. J. M. Aldrich, Dr. H. E. Ewing, Dr. Jones, Dr. Foote, Dr. A. C. Baker, and many others from the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Standards, National Museum, and other agencies.
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Washington
Toronto
Canada
American Association For the Advancement of Science
L. O. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
Association
United States
Howard
John C. Merriam
Carnegie Institute of Washington
E. D. Ball
Brown
Bureau of Standards
K.S. Ekellerman
Bureau of Plant Industry
J. M. Aldrich
H. E. Ewing
Insect Divi
B. N. Mcindoo
KE. F. Phillips
E. 4. Back
Richey
Leighty
Barnett
G. N. Collins
C. H. Richardson
C. IL. Meisinger
W. R. Walton
Robbed in Near Beer Place on Second and F Streets
James Dillon of 66 Massachusetts Avenue NW reported to Sixth precinct yesterday that a Black man snatched $2 from his hand as he entered a near beer establishment at Second and F Streets NW. Also reported, Lt. Col. James Franklin, Civil War veteran and Confederate cavalry officer, died at his Los Angeles home on December 26.
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James Dillon
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Dillon
Los Angeles
Calif
James Franklin
Gen. Forrest
Accused Mine Leaders Shifted to Logan Jail
Logan West Virginia December 26 Associated Press C Frank Keeney Fred Mooney and William Blizzard leaders of United Mine Workers district 17 were placed in jail after surrendering at Huntington preparatory to pleading to indictments tied to last summer armed march in Logan county All three posted bail of 10000 to secure temporary release from Mingo jail earlier in the Tug river district industrial troubles Charleston officials said Keeney Mooney and Blizzard were released from jail at midnight Saturday after giving 10000 bail each
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Logan
W. Va
Associated Press
C. Frank Keeney
Fred Mooney
District 17
United Mine Workers of America
William Blizzard
Huntington
Chafin
Logan County
Charleston
Keeney
Mooney
Mingo County
Tug River
C. F. Keeney
Janed
Sur
Rites Held For Mrs Craigie Widow Of Gen Craigie
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Mortimer Craigie widow of Gen David J. Craigie were held at St John s Episcopal Church with burial at Arlington cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included Maj Gen Charles S Farnsworth Maj Gen John L Clem Col M A Delaney Paul S Halloran Charles E Hilbourne Lieut Comar Mark L Hersey Maj Charles G Mortimer and Ralph H Thompson of Brooklyn. Mrs Craigie descended from Capt Miles Standish and the French Hugenot de Martiviere family. Survived by son Col Wallace M Craigie and daughter Mrs G D Arrowsmith.
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Florence Mortimer Craigie
David J. Craigie
Rochambeau
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Arlington Cemetery
Charles S. Farnsworth
John L. Clem
M. A. DeLaney
Paul S. Halloran
Charles E Hilbourne
Onsville C Coffin Dead In Bayside New York
Onsville C Coffin who built Colorado’s first toll road between Boulder and Blackhawk is dead at his Bayside home He served in Indian campaigns with the First Colorado cavalry and was noted for pioneering transportation routes and local infrastructure projects.
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Bayside
N. Y
Onsville C. Coffin
Colorado
Boulder
Blackhawk
First
Colorado Cavalry
Commissioners consider widening fire hydrant clearance rules
Fire Chief George S Watson recommends amending parking rules to keep eight feet clear around each hydrant instead of the current five feet. Officials note multiple complaints of engine delays over months due to cars parked too near hydrants, prompting action to improve access.
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George S. Watson
Watson
William P. Daniels Buried in Sedalia? not specified
William Preston Daniels, former grand secretary of the Order of Railway Conductors from 1878 to 1895, died in Denver, Colorado, on December 22 and was buried here in Sedalia, Iowa, today.
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Sedar Rapids
Iowa
William Preston Daniels
the Order of Railway Conductors
Denver
Colo
Foley Kidney Pills End Back Aches Claims Tulsa Testimony
Mrs Josie Reed of 217 N Exter St Tulsa says she was in bed three days with a back ailment and after taking Foley Kidney Pills recovered in two days. She credits the medicine with stopping bladders irregularities and strengthening the kidneys while reducing poisons causing back ache and rheumatic pains.
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Josie Reed
N. Exter St
Tulsa
Okla
Foley
Adv
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