Inaugural Ball Preparations Dominate Washington
Gen Wilson and James Rush Marshall inspected the Pension Office for ball decorations while parade plans expanded. Aides must meet strict uniform rules and suppliers will outfit military and civilian participants. hotels face price controls to prevent extortion ahead of the inauguration. requests include the Tippecanoe Marching Club from Cleveland.
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Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Pension Office
Gen Wilson
James Rush Marshall
Marshal
Wilson
Hitchcock
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
White House
Peace Monument
Chaffee
John A Johnson
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Allah Pasporas
Wiliam Po Duvall
M. Waller
Vercoran
Army of the
Bravat
Regular Army of the
Spain
Fandore Saks
Henry P. Cole
M. Weller
Suit Over Hotel Improvements Between Staples and National Hotel
Orren G Staples, through attorneys, filed suit in the District Supreme Court against the National Hotel Company claiming $390 and later $906 for electric wiring in conduits and other required improvements. Staples, the lessee, says he transferred rights to some equipment and the company promised to pay, but failed to complete the work mandated by district authorities to obtain a hotel license.
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Orren G Staples
Tracy L. Jeffords
Milton Strasburger
District Supreme Court
National Hotel Company
Staples
National Hotel
Oder
Shriners Ballot Today For Potentate Victory
Nobles of Almas Temple elect their potentate and officers for the year at National Rifle Armory on G street between Ninth and Tenth avenues NW. Voting will be all day with installation after results. Carter B. Hkaene and Edwin B. Hay lead a close contest as both sides claim likely victory.
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Almas
Mystic Shrine
National Rifle’ Armory
G Street
Atrveta Northwest
Ofaficera
Carter B. Hkaene
Edwin B. Hay
Commissioners of Pharmacy
National College of Pharmacy
Henry A. Johnston
Phar D
New Jersey Avenue
The
Atlantic Building Company
Sooth Royal Street
Alexandria
Myron M.aker
Lotta Beyer, Jr
H. Burns
Byrnes
Zoo Park
Stroat
Two Sides Clash In Shoreham Hotel Fight
Jasper Wilson son of Secretary Wilson and Rutherford Corbin son of Gen Corbin fought on the Shoreham sidewalk yesterday evening. Wilson left with a forehead bruise and torn overcoat while Corbin bore minor facial marks. Witness accounts vary on provocation and sequence as the men moved from the hotel to McPherson Square.
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Jasper Wilson
Wison
Rutherford Corbin
Henry C. Corbin
Shoreham Hotel
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Corbin
Corbin
Washington
New York
Shoreham
Wilson
Waa A& Guest
Young Corbin
Shersham
McPherson Square
Fifteenth and I
the Shoreham
H Street
Ada Pratt Again in Evidence and Held for Inquiry
Ada Pratt, missing from Commonwealth Community Kenesaw Avenue, is held at the House of Detention for mental condition inquiry. She arrived at Baltimore and Ohio station from Colesville, Md., claimed enemies seek her penitentiary, and pleaded against search of her belongings. Police Surgeons Wall and Burch to conduct examination.
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Ada Pratt
Commonwealth
Kenesaw Avenue
Baltimore and Ohio
Colesville
Hayes
Sixth Precinct
Tributes to Justice Alvey Honor Retirement Tomorrow
The District Court of Appeals schedules its final session under the current lineup at 3 PM tomorrow to honor Chief Justice Alvey who retires Saturday. A $500 silver service gift from the District bar will be presented by Attorney William F Mattingly, with remarks by the chief justice and responses to follow. The event draws many officials and retired justices, and preparations include clearing space in the court room for a large turnout.
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District Court of Appeals
Alvey
William F. Mattingly
J. Holdsworth Gordon
William FF. Mattingly
A. 5. Worthington
J. J. Darlington
Michael J. Cothert
Benjamin S Minor
A. A Hoehling, Jr
Melville Church
Library of the Bar Association
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Bingham
Wiley and Hagner
Court of Appeals
Brenry W. Horlgon
Court of
Injunction Sought Over World’s Fair Awards Ad Claim
In New York District Supreme Court American Graphophone Company and Columbia Phonograph Company seek an injunction and retraction against Mary A. Ellis trading as John F Elis & Co and Charles H Bayly. They allege an advertisement on December 22 claimed Victor Talking Machines won the first grand prize over all competitors at the St Louis World's Fair. The suit seeks profits accounting and compelled retraction.
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District Supreme Court
American Graphophone Company
Columbia Phonograph Company
Mary A. Ellis
John F. Elis & Co
Charles H. Bayly
Fulton Lewis
Philip Mauro
Victor 1Lalking Machines and Records
St. Louis
Victor Talking Machine Company
Uneasy About Husband Henry F Getz Missing Contractor
Mrs Henry F Getz reports her husband Henry a 39 year old contractor and builder has disappeared from 828 Maryland avenue northeast. He left home earlier this month with a note saying he did not know when he would return. His wife sought help from Baltimore and New York police amid reports he may be in New York with considerable money.
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Henry F. Getz
Maryland Avenue
Getz
Baltimore
August Getz
E Street Northwest
New York
Voice On Sunday Bill Rousing Public Sentiment
A Washington mass meeting at Pythian Temple on Ninth Street NW drew about 800 Seventh Day Adventists opposing Sunday observance laws. Speakers argued such measures threaten civil and religious rights, urging opposition to Sunday legislation as unconstitutional and unjust.
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Society of the Seventh-day Adventists
Pythian Temple
Nihth Street
Luther Warren
Association
K. ©. Russell
Washington
Storm Center
Congress
United States
District of Columbia
Washington Post
Nebuchadnezzar
W. W. Prescott
Breingon
Russell Colgrove Dead Former Canton Vice Consul General
Minister Conger in Peking cables the State Department that Russell Colgrove former vice consul general at Canton died December 26 in this city. He had steamboat work on the Potomac and later between Miami and Key West. His father James B. Colgrove and widow friends here extend sympathy.
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Conger
Peking
State Department
Russell Colgrove
Canton
Ohinda
James B. Colgrove
Potomac
Richmond
Washington
Colonial Beach
Miami
Key West
Fla
Russell Cosgrove
McWade
Manila
Colgrove
Club Joins Arlington Annex for Temporary Home
Metropolitan Club accepts offer to use Arlington Hotel Annex as its temporary quarters. The Payne House and Kennedy House ground floor at the hotel’s south end will house the club. The move, decided at Cosmos Club yesterday, aims for occupancy within the week. no public business beyond this was discussed.
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Metropolitan Board of Governors
Arlington Annex
Metropolitan Club
Arlington Hotel
Cosmos Club
Arlington
Smoke Warrants Filed Against Lighting Company Aides
Gen Harries reports Roosevelt’s involvement over a major District smoke nuisance action. Health inspectors filed eighteen warrants against thirteen defendants for chimneys emitting dense smoke. Police Court trials set for today, as Potomac Wilcotrie Light and Power Co faces potential prosecutions. Harries says violations were unintentional and the company will test a new low smoke coal and adopt devices to curb the nuisance. Roosevelt assured no intent to violate laws by company officials.
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Health Department
Fallce Court
Roosevelt
Potomac Wilcotrie Light and Power Company
Teenth and Batrosta
George F. Harries
Harries
JAP WEDS AMERICAN GIRL IN WASHINGTON WEDDING
Ellen Campbell of New York weds Kisoge Sato a Japanese Navy sailor at Wilson Memorial M E Church parsonage in a simple ceremony. Rev E Holmes Lemar officiated. the couple left immediately after. Bride 24, groom 36, with no attendants or guests. They plan to live in Washington after the ship assignment at Hampton Roads.
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Ellen Campbell
New York
Kisoge Sato
Uncle Sam's Navy
Misa Ellen Ray Campbell
Wilson Memorial M. E
Eleventh Street
G Street
Japan
E. Holmes Lemar
Wilson Memorial Church
Sato
New York City
Hampton Roads
Washington
City Hall
Hev
Lamar
Funeral services for Joseph W. Parish held yesterday
The funeral for Joseph W. Parish was conducted at his 217 A Street Southeast residence by Rev. J. C. Nicholson of Trinity M. H. Church. Interment followed at Glenwood Cemetery under Masonic auspices with pallbearers from Orient Commandery No. 6 and Naval Lodge members.
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Joseph W. Parish
J. C. Nicholson
Trinity M. H. Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Masonic Organization
Orient Commandery
No. 6
Ames HE. McPherson
John Stephenson
H. A. M. Henge
Cold snap arrives with 36 degree drop in city
The Weather Bureau predicted a severe storm but only a sharp cold spell hit the city. Morning thaw gave way to steady decline, with temperatures down 36 degrees by night. Forecasters say the cold snap will continue through Saturday before warmer weather returns with rain.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Weather Conditions and Storm Warnings Bulletin
The Weather Bureau reports a violent storm moved east from Lake Michigan, with hurricane winds along the Lower Lakes, clearing Atlantic districts but frigid overall. A second storm is north of the Dakotas, a third approaching the Pacific Coast. forecasts predict rising temperatures in the Missouri Valley and parts of the Mississippi Basin, with brisk westerly winds along coasts and warnings from Delaware Breakwater to Haatport. Downtown readings show varying temps through the day and night, with highs near 66 and lows around 40. A separate note records a burglary at Lucius Scientific Diamond Company, 1337 F Street NW, where dozens of jewels valued at a substantial sum were stolen.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lake Michigan
St. Lawrence
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
North Pacific Coast
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
Middle
Mississippi
Lake Region
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Mast Gulf Coast
Thurm
European
Grand Banka
Delaware
Haatport
Pacific
San Francisco
Amech
Revolver Drawn in Northwest Street House Fight
Charles F. Mitchell 24 quarreled with Mattie Moten and Belle Harp at 62 C Street Northwest. He drew a revolver, aimed at them, fled for shelter, and was arrested by Officer Boswell. A weapon was found on his person. Mitchell charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Also, Harvey Welle, 63, arrested by Detective Trumbo on suspicion of larceny from a street theft on Arena Lane.
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C Street
Charles F. Mitchell
Mattie Moten
Belle Harp
Mitchell
Mattia Moten
Polleaman Boswell
Mtchell
Amaan
Harvey Welle
Trumbo
Arena Larceny
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Sahders & Stayman Co
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John Miller & Co
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John Kennedy, Jr
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Union Passengertation
G. T. Dunlop
Co. M. Koones
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Washington Market Company
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Secrtary
Washington, D. C
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