Urge Study of Crime Bill Favorably Reported
A proposed U S bill would establish in Washington a national laboratory to study crime and the abnormals among the public. It would collect pathological and sociological data to analyze criminal tendencies and propose reforms. Proponents say it could reduce crime and aid rehabilitation.
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Washington
Phy Laboratory
Sylvester
Lodo
Thia
Yanton
Circoratins Mi
Mus Richard
Iveseris
Given
United States
Tralph Vo Cayen
Li Peupostol
Gaid Lust Ag
Hat
Andy
Sven
Marsylvester
Bureau
Sylvester Suntess
Erie
Fairy Play Jah the Caunt Killer Presented at Delasco Theater
The fairy play Jah the Caunt Killer, directed by Miz Minnie Tawhe and featuring a large cast of children and youths, was a charity performance for the Children’s Country Home. The event, produced in Westchester Howard, drew strong interest with dancers including Mrs Olen Converse and Miss Mary Mirain, and promises strong attendance tomorrow at 3:30 PM at Columbia Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jah the
Caunt Killer
Hiv Wheston Howard
Miz
Minnie
Delasco
Columbia
Olen Converse
Mary Mirain
Boxe
Budeas
Assailant Beaten After Sultan Talk With French Officer
A chaotic scene unfolds as a street porter rushed forward during a sultan’s recent talk with a French military mission member. The porter, saying he sought to settle a Christian matter, was quickly restrained by guards and carried away unconscious as the sultan ordered restraint until the man regained consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mula Hafid
Taigier
Jan —Nathes
Fiz
Mula
Springfield Negroes Denounce Lincoln Committee Rally
Springfield January 11 The Springfield Law and Order League met and adopted resolutions condemning Lincoln celebration restrictions excluding Negroes. They declare such action violates the principles for which Lincoln stood and resolve to celebrate separately with their own observance.
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Springfield
Lincoln
Springfild Law and Order League
Tmroes
Reso
Abraham Lindola
HOPES FOR PUBLICITY BILL IN SENATE ACTION
Perry Belmont campaigns for an election publicity bill in the Senate before March 4 and has received letters from National Publicity Organisation members. Governors Waon of West Virginia and Chamberlain of Oregon urge support, while Prof Gregory at Iowa State appeals to oppose the Crumpacker amendment and Stanford Bland and Nebraska’s chancellor press for bills’ passage. Ex-Gov Blanchard of Louisiana has written to Senator McEnery.
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Paris
Perry Belmont
Parla Ap Activs
Cain
Paign
Senate
Washington
Waon
West Virginia
Biking
Scott
Gregory
Iowa State University
Mesars, Daines
Dolliver
la Follette
Seapier
Chamberlain
Oregon
Inter-State liquor bill aims to curb shipments to dry areas
Representative Langley of Kentucky introduces today the inter-State liquor shipment bill a product of the Anti-Baloon League to meet the Littlefield bill objections It seeks direct congressional control by prohibiting shipment or transport of liquor to any state territory or district where such shipment would be illegal locally The measure targets both prohibition states and dry areas within local option states to resolve constitutional concerns.
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Langley
Kentucky
United States
Praise Maine Statesman Rep eulogizes late Llewellyn Powers
The Maine House held a special session to eulogize Llewellyn Powers, late representative of the Fourth Maine district who died recently. Representative Allen served as speaker pro tempore as colleagues from multiple states delivered tributes including Guernsey, Burlegh, Gaines, Cole, Hamilton, Hayes, Stanley, Fowler, Swasey and Wald.
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Llewellyn Powers
House of Representatives
Calcatos
Maine
Powers
Allen
Guernsey
Burlegh
Gaines
Tennessee
Cole
Ohio
Hamilton
Michigon
Hayes
California
Stanley
Kentucky
Fowler
New Jersey
Lioya
Missouri
Swasey
Wald
New York
Writ Kept Rector Away at St John’s Church
Special to The Washington Post New York Jan 31 Rev Charles T Romphay of St John’s Church conducted services today. It would have been the last Sunday in the old chapel with Dr Manning rector of Trinity parish to preach farewell sermon. An injunction suit by parishioners’ committee sought to prevent closing the chapel, turning the day into a quiet service. Manning did not preach as the Trinity corporation stated the injunction allows continued services.
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Washington
New York
Charles Tromph Yiay
St John's Church
Dr Manning
Trinty Parish
Trinity Corporation
Manning
Trinit Corporation
St John’s
Bristol
Tenn
Hmory and Henry College
Emary
J. T. Frazier
BR. N. Pride
Holston Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
C. G. Hounafell
Korea
Banker's Offices Dynamited in Philadelphia
A dynamite cartridge exploded in the former offices of Parnerilli and Morelli, Italian bankers who had suspended payments months earlier. Police report one arrest made and say revenge is suspected as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartrdge
Italan Firm
Philadelphia
Parnerilli & Morelli
Weather conditions outline cold wave across the nation
The Weather Bureau reports ongoing cold weather east of the Rocky Mountains with a severe cold snap in the South and Florida. Most regions show fall or minimal change in temperatures except rising heat in the central valleys and Gulf States. Winds vary by coast and lake, with general fair weather ahead for European-bound steamers. Temperature readings for various stations are listed, including midnight and maximums, with humidity and sunshine hours.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Florida
Raina
Pacific States
Jeke
Atlantic States
New Fieland
Central Valley
Upperake
Gulf States
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Banke
In Memory of Heroes Maine Memorial Day Observance
An all day program honors the Maine sailors who died when the battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor. A requiem mass at St Patrick's Church launches the day, followed by a pilgrimage to Arlington and a wreath laid by Christian Walton Dunlap. Evening memorials feature the Marine Band and Admiral Sigsbee recounting the tragedy.
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St. Patrick's Church
Association
Maine
Havana
District of Columbia
Port
G. A. R. Army and Navy Union
Maine Memorial Association
Maude T. Smith
Charles A. Slamati
Ruth M. Griswold Pealer
Christian Walton Duniay
Mary B. Grundie
Isabella Nowell Ball
Calver
C. E. Pettys
St. Patricia Church
William T. Russell
Arlington
Arlington National Cemetny
Patriotic Societies
Veterans of
All Ware
Maine Monument
Bre
Chrletian Walton Dunlap
Roosevelt
Eugene A Hannan
Fort Myer
First Presbyterian Church
John Marshall Place
Dawson
Iowi
Charles N. Shinn
Andrew S. But
Thomas Cal~ver
Benjamin F Barnes
Isabella Worrell Ball
Walter Mitcael
United States
Lost Life Under Engine in Virginia Yard Tragedy
Special to The Washington Post reports that Walter Ivér Taylor a Southern Railway brakeman and Joan Fisher a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman were injured in a yard mishap in Harrisonburg Virginia. Taylor died after the engine backed into the train and knocked him from the caboose while Fisher was pulled under the wheels. both men lived in Strasburg. Fisher was hospitalized with a leg injury possibly requiring amputation. no inquest was held and Taylor will be buried in Strasburg tomorrow.
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Washington,post
Harrisonburg
Walter ‘Ivér Taylor
Southern Railway
Joan Fisher
Baltimore and Ohio
Taylor
Fisher
Whehester
Strasburg
Train thief Moran nabbed on southbound ride
Special to The Washington Post from Bristol Tennessee reports a stranger named Thomas Moran, 35, taken from a southbound train after Conductor Copenhaver telegrammed that Moran was caught in the act of robbing passengers in the Pullman car berths near Roanoke at 4 this morning. Moran says his parents live in Baltimore and he has spent twenty years in New York state. his ticket indicates Carlisle Arkansas as the destination.
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Washington Post
Bristol
Tenn
Thomas Morgan
Copenhaver
Moran
Roanoke
Baltimore
New York State
Carlisle
Ark
Alleged forger Cloer captured in Virginia arrest in Bristol
Special to The Washington Post Bristol Tennessee January 3 Robert Cloer a young married man sought in Iredell North Carolina forgeries was seized at Inman Virginia and brought to Bristol by Sheriff Deaton Statesville NC Cloer traveled with wife and infant His brother Jos Cloer faces bail in Newton NC on similar charges in Catawba County Post Want Ads are free in the classified columns of The Post.
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Washington
Bristol
Tenn
Robert Clwer
Iredell County
North Carolina
Inman
Gheriit Deaton
Statesville
N.C
Cloer
Gherif Deaton
Cidem
Jos Closer
Newton
N. C
Catawba
Aged Machinist Eats Railroad Ticket in New Orleans
James G. Cox, 50, a Baltimore machinist, on the way home after twenty years, became demented in New Orleans and ate his railroad ticket while waiting for a train. Police removed him to the station house for inquiry into his sanity after he also appeared ready to eat his hat. He had bought the ticket with most of a $75 gift from his sister, Mrs Taylor Ferguson.
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Baltimore
James G. Cox
New Orleans
Louisville and Nashville
House of Detention
Cox
Hin
Taylor Ferguson
Maryland Avenue
Founder's Day Address Highlights Racial Progress in South
Hampton Va January 1 Booker T Washington principal speaker at Founder's Day exercises praised Gen Armstrong and Hampton's legacy. He warned past tensions have peaked and predicted growing self control and liberal attitudes from white Southerners toward Black people while affirming the importance of Black labor and education.
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Hampton
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Booker T. Washington
Tuckegee Institute
Hampton Institute
Washington
Gen. Armstrons
Clark
South
Day War On In Maryland Big Meeting Weld to Elect Statewide Law Representatives
A Maryland Antisaloon League event at the Lyric Theater launched a campaign to elect legislators pledging support for statewide prohibition. Zeaborn Wright and William Anderson spoke as the group urged members to back local option measures. An incident was noted about a Baltimore firm selling gin with misleading labels mailed illegally, with an alleged attack linked to the labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Port
Baltimore
Boosotera
Antigaloon League
Maryland
Lyric Theater
Zeaborn Wright
George
Wilam Anderson
Maryland Antsatoon League
League
Je. Gelling
Wright
Orm
Norfolk to honor Rogers with banquet
Norfolk citizens plan a banquet on Saturday in honor of Henry H Rogers builder and owner of the Virginian Railway celebrating the completion and opening of the line from Deepwater West Virginia to Sewells Point near Norfolk. The Virginian Railway, successor to the Tidewater Railway, runs 449 miles and is among the most costly railways built with about 75000 dollars spent per mile. The line is praised for its strong construction with minimal grades and tunnels through mountains reducing grades.
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Norfolk
Henry H Rogers
Virginian Railway
Deepwater
W. Va
Sewells Point
Tidewater Railway
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Cinchfield
West Virginia
Spartanburg, & C
Railroad Men to Meet Here in Wage Conference
Special to The Washington Fest Spencer North Carolina January 3 Representives from every trades union on the Southern Railway system went to Washington to confer with Beuthven officials on wage scales and contracts for the coming year Spencer machinists boilermakers blacksmiths carmen and others from Columbia Knoxville Atlanta and other points join in the effort to secure an amicable adjustment of rates The conference with Southern officials is scheduled for Monday
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Southern
Washington
Spencer
N. C
Southren Railway Company
Beuthven
Perent
Baptized in Frozen Creek at Boonsboro Revival
The Washington Post reports that sixteen men and women were baptized yesterday in Littlestown Creek near Boonsboro after a revival at the Winebrewetan Church. Despite heavy clothing, the candidates endured icy water as temperatures stayed below freezing. Rev Samuel Kine officiated. Rev Dr Lynch Called to Durham
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The
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Did
Boonsboro
Littlestown
Samuel Kine
Pellagra Seen In the South A New Disease Alarming Doctors
The article reports a newly discovered Pellagra in the South, traced to spoiled maize or corn meal preparation. Dr. Lavinder of the Marine Hospital Service details the disease as an endemic and epidemic toxin affecting digestion skin and nervous systems, with risks of insanity and death. It notes spring onset, seasonal improvement, and annual recurrence, urging extensive investigation and caution for Southern populations.
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Marine Hospital Service
Ita
Burg
Wyman
Italy
Lavinder
Jong
United States
Last Inder
Tobacco markets show strong prices across regions
Reports from Richmond Danville and Pittsburg describe large leaf tobacco sales with prices holding firm or rising. Burley stock at Stonewall warehouse slated for 12,000 pounds. January sales across Danville boards reach 4.8 million pounds for $502,084.03, with increases over prior year. Local notes mention high wrapper prices up to $30 per 100, and wide activity in Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania markets. Separately a college hall dedication at Emory and Henry College is noted.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Stonewall Warehouse
Kentucky
Danville
American Tobacco Company
Danville Tobacco Board of Trade
Pittsburg
Paa
Jen
Boston
Custer Springs
Jane
Sulphur Fumes Restore Historic Henry Mansion in Virginia
Washington experts aid the Aylett estate in King William County Virginia reclaiming Patrick Henry's mansion from bats. Prof H K Fisher of the Agriculture Department reports sulfur fumes killed thousands of pests, ending years of decay and uninhabitable conditions after the house was left vacant and battering elements invited bat infestation.
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Washington
Norfolk
Aylett
King Willem County
Patrick Henry
Philip Aylett
H. K. Fisher
Department of Agriculture
Henry
Masonic Fair Opens With Address By Judge Duke
The Alexandria Washington Lodge No. 2 will open the Masonic fair at 3 PM with Judge R T W Duke of Charlottesville delivering the address. City officials and the board of aldermen are invited as the two week event aims to fund a new Masonic temple in Alexandria. Proceeds benefit George Washington memorial project.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Alexandria-Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
R. T. W. Duke
Charlottesville
Siayer
Eity Council
George Washington
Alexandria Light Infantry
Two Couples Wed at Once in Hagerstown Ceremony
A double wedding at St Mark's Lutheran parsonage in Hagerstown Md united Miss Clara Morrin of Grove Hill and Arthur Y Mowbry of Shenandoah with Miss Dora Lindlinger and Charles Atwood, both of Shenandoah, in the same ceremony officiated by Rev William Ott. The couples, close friends who traveled together, arrived in the city and departed together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Washington Post
St Mark’s Lutheran Parsonage
William Ott
Virginia
Clara Morrin
Grove Hill
Arthur Y. Mowbry
Shenandoah
Dora Lindlinger
Charles Atwood
Engagement announced for Miss Tunis and State Senator Sale
Norfolk Va Jan 1 Announcement made of the engagement of Miss Edith Dabney Tunis daughter of W W Tunis formerly of Easton Missouri and Cal William Wilson Sale a prominent young attorney and State senator from this city The wedding will be at Edgewater the home of the bride's parents near Norfolk.
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Edith Tunis
Cal. W. W. Sale
Norfolk
Edith Dabney Tunis
W. W. Tunis
Easton, MO
Cal William Wilson Sale
Atttorney
Edgewater
Perenta
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Maine Memorial
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St Patricks Church
Ivory G Krimhall
John Walker
Union Veteran Union
Col. Shannon
Union Veteran Legion
Richard P Williams
M. A. Winter
Minutemen
John 8. McElroy
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G. A. R. Alaxander McNeil
Robert Cloer
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Hampton Normal] and Agricultural Institute
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Durham
Gyecal
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J.W. Lynch
Wake Forest
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University of Virginia
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Masonic Fair
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Chassottesville, Vs
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Liguda Station
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J. D Ashford
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P. M Bradshaw
J T. Watkins
Independent Order of Odd Iellows
Judge Mann
William Hodges Mann
Nottoway
T A Hulfish
Will
Browning & Baines
Icduci
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John H. Magruder
Connecticut Avenue
K St
Schwartz & Peltman
Tsisis
7Th Street
Rhine
Moselle
Christian Xander
Si. N.W
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34Th Street
Price Co
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F Street
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Berlitz School
14Th Street
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Mary
Pelvote
Cisse
Leeson
Washington Bratch
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Chevailer de A
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Omcier
L. M. Huebert
School OF French Kellogg
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Mme
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Tetepone
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Porto Riso Brera
Cigars Teguieri
Ator Be
EAB
Box O'Donnell
Lucian Diamonda
Mr. Merchant
Potomac Electric Power No
4Th Street
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Barber & Ross
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Seven H & Bet
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Rochester
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Nomini Oyster Co
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