Patent Law Association Banquet Denounces Housing at Patent Office
Speakers at the University Club banquet condemn antiquated patent office housing hindering duties and oppose a district franchise. Commissioner Moore urges a new building and warns against political influence, calling for a fighting successor and no politics in Washington. Justice Van Orsdel and Rep. Morrison defend judiciary and legislative support, pledging effort for an appropriation and improved facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Law Association
Buikley
Congress
Patent ‘Office
Federal
University Club
District of Columbia
Patent Office
Association
Moore
Washington
Justice van Orsdel
District Court of Appeals
John A. Sleicher
New York
Martin A. Morrison
Patent Committee of the House
Died Ligges of January 1913 in Washington D C
Death notices for Margaret Forsythe and several family members list deaths in Washington D C during January 1913. Included are obituaries or funeral notices for Margaret Forsythe wife of D Carroughes. others named are Mary J Filbert, Grace T Dendcrstal, and Benjamin Van Keuren among relatives with service dates and interment details at Congressional Cemetery and Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mary WV
John A
Northwest
Sattoat
P.m
Twelfth Street
Kattss
Tdendcrostal Tatene
Hall
Karlay
Fr. Ffarmer
MW. Ki. Webb
A “A. Bender
J. J. Rodrick
N. E. Webb
East Capera Street
Philadelphia
Lee
Asheville
CE Fitzhugh
Samar
Tulia
A. Lee
Robert BE
Neth Street
Po. Imi
Fifth Baptist Church
Vankee
An. Emme T. van Keuren
A. A. van Keuren
Benjamin van Keuren
R. F. Harvey
Fourteenth Street
Arlington
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Woodard
William
Lucy A. Woodard
FX Marvard Street
Congressional Cemetery
In Memoriam Leetwood Sara Iredell Fleetwood
In loving remembrance of Sara Iredell Fleetwood who passed from earth on February 1, 1900s. This memorial note marks a life well lived and remembers her family and enduring influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leetwood
Sara Iredell Fleetwood
Earth Ave
List of names in the Browne family history roster
A long catalog of personal names includes Arthur S. Enstein Arthur S Browne Eugene C Brown F L Browne Arthur L Bryant Royal E Burnham Curtis B Camp Melville Church John M Coit Howard A Coombs C D Davis Delbert H Decker H A Dodge Wiliam W Dodge Vernon M Dorsey J C Dowell O H Dowell C E Dunn William E Dyre Robert J Fisher Max Georgis William G Henderson H Hodges Vernon E Hodges Nelson W Howard J K Hutchinson Benjamin R Johnson James I Kay Charles H Keel 5 Mastick J Granville Meyers Joseph H Milans A H Moore Langdon Moore James L Norris Jr Henry Orth Allen Pattison H E Peck George B Pitts Spencer B Prentiss George W Rea Thomas E Robertson Walter F Rogers W BE Schoenborn AE Smith Ellis Spear Alex S Steuart C L Sturtevant Charles Terry E H Tower Jr James W Watson Robert Watson John A Wiedersheim Ernest Wilkinson Harry P Williams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Henderson
H. ©. Hodges
Vernon E. Hodges
Nelson W. Howard
J. K. Hutchinson
Benjamin R. Johnson
James I. Kay
Charles H. Keel
C. Mastick
J. Granville Meyers
Joseph H. Milans
A. H. Moore
Langdon Moore
James L. Norris, Jr
Henry Orth
Allen
Pattison
H. E. Peck
George B
Banker’s Son A Death By Own Action In Winnipeg Hotel
Eugene Delano Jr a 25 year old Yale graduate and son of a Brown Brothers & Co banker was found dead in his Winnipeg Royal Alexandra Hotel room. He had cut his throat with a razor and left a note to his father Eugene Delano New York asking for forgiveness. The young man left New York for Winnipeg the previous Friday and was described as in good health and spirits with no motive evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Eugene Delano, Jr
New York
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Eugene Delano
Eugene
Yale
Brown Bros. & Co
Williams elected president of Georgia and Florida Railroad
Augusta Ga Jan 31 R Lancaster Williams of Baltimore was elected president of the Georgia and Florida Railroad at the annual board meeting. He succeeds his brother John Skelton Williams who has led the road for six years. New officers include B W Duer as vice president and T Earnest as secretary treasurer, both succeeding Baltimore figures.
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Augusta
R. Lancaster Willams
Baltimore
Georgia, and Florida Railroad
Williams
John Skelton Whiams
Camp J
B. W. Duer
Baltimore and Ohio
Rutherford Fleet
T. Earnest
T. Williams
Warrants in Tree Case Put Mrs Henderson in Spotlight
Warrants were sworn for Robert Suter and Edward Day after they chopped a tree on Florida avenue and Sixteenth street under Mrs John B Henderson who was herself issued a warrant. Corporation Counsel directed prosecution of the men while Mrs Henderson is expected to pay any fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willams
Tenth Precinct
Henderson
West Virginia Ratifies Income Tax Amendment
Charleston W Va January 31 by unanimous vote the West Virginia legislature ratified the income tax amendment to the Federal Constitution Gov Glasscock favors the measure one more state ratification needed to make it constitutional
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Glasscock
Two Fell and Rob Him Search His Pockets While He Lies on Ground in Semiconscious Condition
William F R Sands of 1614 Galen Street Southeast was knocked down and robbed of 75 dollars by two men who attacked him from behind near W Street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. Sands, a clerk in the quartermaster's department of the marine corps, was sent to a police station after the assault and says two similar attacks occurred nearby about three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William FR. Sands
Galen Street
Sands
The
Marine Corps
W Street
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Eleventh Precinct
Cuba to Pay Contractors In Havana Cash Flow Plan
Havana January thirty one the Cuban government reaches an agreement with contractors and a New York bank to issue six percent interest notes monthly for amounts due. The notes will be discounted by the bankers and cover monthly payments for sewerage and street work. This arrangement runs until next July with average monthly contractor costs about four hundred fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Boy Attacked by Dog on Sixteenth Street
Berkley Inge, 10, of 1614 V Street Southeast, was bitten on the hips and legs yesterday evening by a dog on Sixteenth Street near his home. Playmates chased away the animal, and he was taken to Dr R A Pyles where wounds were cauterized. Owner William Smith of 1914 Sixth Street Southeast said he would have the dog killed and its brain examined for evidence of rabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkley Inge
Sixteenth Street
R. A. Pyles
William Smith
Sixth Street
Harriman Research Laboratory Charter Granted
Gov Sulzer signed a bill incorporating the Harriman Research Laboratory founded by the widow of E H Harriman The lab aims to discover cures for cancer and consumption and to advance humane scientific work in preserving human life through dedicated funding and research in Albany January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Harriman Research Laboratory
E. H. Harriman
Miss Bowers Improves After Horse Ride Accident
Miss Martha Bowers, injured last Tuesday when thrown from a horse with Miss Helen Taft, shows no decline in Garfield Hospital. Doctors say her condition is better, with a possible setting of her broken right arm today though splintered bones complicate alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Bowers
Helen Taft
Garfield Hospital
Kansas House Votes for Recall with Court Recall Provision
Topeka Kansas January 31 The Kansas house of representatives passed a constitutional amendment for the recall of public officers with a provision extending its operation to district and supreme court judges. The house had rejected the measure last night but reconsidered it today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas House
Topeka
Kans
Kansas House of Representatives
House
O Conner Dead in Paris and New York
J C O Conner builder of the eastern and Texas CentralRailroad and designer of Galveston jetties is reported dead in Paris. Private advices note movements of ocean steamers with ships from New York to Hamburg Havre to Hamburg Plymouth President Grant to Hamburg and Queenstown Baltic bound for Liverpool. Stasconset Celtic from Liverpool to New York will dock Saturday morning.
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J. C. O'Conner
Paris
New York
Jan
H.J. C. O'Conner
Mammoth
Galveston
Tex
Eastern and Texas Central Railroad
Cherbourg
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Hamburg
Havre—La Lorraine
Plymouth
Precident Grant
Hemburg
Queenstown
Baltic
Liverpool
Stasconset—Celtic
Plea for Child Religion Draws Mass Meeting Set
A mass meeting is planned for Sunday at 3 PM in Mount Vernon Place M E Church South to boost Sunday school attendance. Speakers from Sunday school boards discuss engaging children, arguing religious instruction shapes better citizens. Clergy Ki Chappell Bulla Hamill to speak. W W Millan leads organizing committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon Place
M. E. Church South
Paul H. Linn
Theome
Ki. B. Chappell
Charles D. Bulla
H. M. Hamill
Mount Vernon Place Church
EB. B
McCabe Resigns as Solicitor of Agriculture Department
George P. McCabe, solicitor of the Department of Agriculture, resigned effective March 4 after the department fight that led to Dr. Harvey W. Wiley's resignation as chief of the bureau of chemistry. He will practice law in Portland, Oregon, with praise from President Taft and key officials. McCabe was appointed solicitor July 1, 1905, when the office was created by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Wilson
Portland
Oreg
Taft
Wickersham
the Treasury
MacVeagh
Commerce and Labor
Nagel
McCabe
Agricultural Department
Department
Congress
Weary of Armageddons Roosevelts Disarmament Plea
The speaker at the District meeting of the Women’s National Democratic League urged universal disarmament. She criticized The Rough Rider for claiming to fight Armageddon and argued the world is weary of war. She urged funds for humane construction instead of military expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Alexander Aaronsohn
Women’s National Democratic League
Democratic National Committee
Riggs
Reinforced Chest Despite Street Sprinkler Runover
Jo Barton a 24 year old Negro was examined at Emergency Hospital after a large loaded street sprinkler cart rolled over his chest near K street and Third street southwest. Doctors deemed his chest possibly reinforced with steel but he suffered only a slight bruise. Barton left the hospital an hour later and returned home to 320 Dixons court southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Barton
Barton
K Street
Third Street
Dixons Court Southwest
Carriage Crash Involving Quartermaster Officers Injures None
A carriage from the quartermaster department carrying Maj and Mrs W S Borden and Capt and Mrs F B Wilby was struck by an automobile driven by L W Strayer at I and Sixteenth streets NW at 1 AM. No one was hurt though the carriage wheel was demolished. Strayer tried to brake. Also noted is the death of Clarence Fitzhugh Lee at 18 in Asheville NC, a brother of Sgt James H Lee of the Metropolitan police, with funeral plans in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quartermaster’s Department
W. S. Borden
F. B. Wilby
Engineering Corps
Sixteenth Street
L. W. Strayer
I Street
Strayer
Clarence Fitzhugh Lee
Sergt
James H. Lee
Metropolitan Police
Asheville
N.C
Seret. Lee
Robert HE. Lee
Fourth Street
Julia A. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Mr. Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Business High School
Hearing on La Follette bill reveals low pay in retail
The Senate District committee heard testimony on an eight hour work day for women and children in Washington retail shops. Investigator M L Obenauer cited wages as low as 2 a week for cash and bundle girls, with saleswomen earning 34 to 10 weekly. Florence Kelley Maud Younger and other advocates urged a model law while Rep McCall urged passage or kill. Retail Merchants Association attended to learn impact. another hearing set for 9 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Follette
McCall
Senate
M. L. Obenauer
Department of Commerce and Labor
Florence Kelley
New York
National Consumerr League
Maud Younger
California
Waitress’ Union
San Francisco
House
Massachusetts
Congress
Bis
Retail Merchants’ Association
R. P. Andrews
Midyear Pupil Graduates Across District in Ceremony
Commencement exercises and certificate presentations occurred in all city school divisions. Miss Helen Taft assisted. board of education members and officials participated. Notables including Dr Van Schalek and Superintendent Davidson helped. Hazel Marble and Hada Gertrude Gloetzner graduated Normal School No 1, with five students finishing at Western High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Taft
Board of Education
Douglas Memorial Church
Ana
I Streets
Taft
van Schalek
Ernest L.” Thurston
William M. Davidson
George F
Manners Make the Man at Business High School Ceremony
William C. Redfield of New York urged 57 graduates to view job seeking as selling a necessary asset to employers. He warned against flashy attire and urged applying oneself to the employer’s interests to rise beyond the bottom rung. Mrs. Edith Kern presented diplomas as Dr. W. M. Davidson chaired, with several board members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Redfield
New York
Business High School
Ninth Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Arien
Edith Kingman Kern
William M. Davidson
James F. Oyster
Susie’ Root Rhodes
Ernest H. Daniel
Ernest L. Thurston
Osteopath bill favored by Senate committee
The La Follette bill to regulate osteopathy in the District was favorably reported by the Senate District committee. A similar bill passed the Senate in the Fifty-ninth Congress but failed in the House. With House approval this session and minor Senate amendments, a licensing board of five examiners is established and practitioners are licensed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Man Claims Angels Chased Him. Seeks Help at Frazier Home
G W Morsell, 63, a Curtis Bay carpenter, ran onto M I A Frazier’s lawn at 2910 Pennsylvania Ave SE yesterday evening, crying he was chased by angels. He ducked into a cellar when footsteps were heard. Police of the Eleventh precinct transported him to the Washington Asylum Hospital. Morsell gave his name and stated his age and occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Morsell
M. IA
Eleventh Precinct
Washington Asylum
George W. Morsell
Curtis Bay
Baltimore
Purse Snatchers Take From Beulah Blackistone on Eighth Street
Miss Beulah Blackistone reports two white youths about 17 snatched her purse at the intersection of Eighth and P streets northwest. She gave a vague description and police were notified. The bag held notes keys a manicure part and some change.
Robbers Steal 800 Pounds Meat From Fairfax Storehouse
A long string of Fairfax county robberies continues as 800 pounds of meat vanish from a storehouse near Alexandria on Wednesday night. J. T. Davis reported the loss. police warn nearby towns and suspect suspects residents of or near Fairfax county. A Baltimore man, John H. Groves, was killed by a northbound train near Cherry Hill in Prince William county. The National Fruit Products Company of Alexandria gains a Virginia charter with capital between 50000 and 200000, officers named. Howard Gaskins faces murder trial in Fairfax circuit court with Commonwealth's Attorney Ford prosecuting. An Agricultural Poultry and Stock Association meeting in Alexandria will discuss plans for a December poultry show.
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Fairfax County
Alexandria
Aslinuton
Post Bureau
King Street
J. T. Davis
Virginia
Washington
Baltimore
John H. Groves
Washington-Southern
Cherry
Organize Fruit Company
National Fruit Products Company
Corporation Commission of Virginia
Rupert NM. Koblegard
C. Cooper Dawson
Gardner L. Boothe
Howard Gaskins
J. B. T. Thornton
Commonwealth
C. Vernon Ford
Gasking
Lewis H. Machen
Agricultural Poultry and Stock Association of
Northern Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Amateur Players Stage Steeping Beauty At Trinity Hall
Amateurs under J R N Fisk presented The Steeping Beauty a two act operetta and Box of Monkeys a farce at Trinity Parish Hall Third and C streets northwest last night. Principal cast included Allen Cowles Mrs Edwin J Miller Miss Audrey Harvey Todd Ashby George Whitmore William Newhall Lewis Conway Miss Beth L McFare Miss Daphne Stebbina Miss Vera Bedell Miss Evelyn Penn Mrs Grace Denharst Sidney Wishert Wallace Oscar F Comstock Mrs Elizabeth Wal lbridge Miss Mary E Van Fosgen Miss Evelyn Mills and Miss Selina Hadden.
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Trinity
Parish Hall
Streeta Northwest
Allen Cowles
Edwin .J. Miller
Audrey Harvey
Todd Ashby
George Whitmore
William Newhall
Lewis Conway
Beth L. McFare
Daphne Stebbina
Vera Bedell
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Social Lions
Commissioner Moore
Fairfax Bayard
Billings
Ww. Bradford
R. J. Bulkley
H. W. Hodges
I. E. Laskey
C. C. Linthicum
Justice Turton
EB. B. Moore
Gen
Lis Spear
F. A. Tennant
Justice van Credel
W. OF. Woolard
Bacon
Emil Bonnelycke
J. H. Brick
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Wagern Chapel
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Maryland
Rockville
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST. NW
Modern Chapel
W. R. Speare
N. W
A. Speare
Geo
J. H. Small & Sons
Cerper
Tpwepa Pend Archives
Colombia
Restrepo
Dubois
Chocho River
James T. Dubois
Bogota
Mr. Dubois
President Restrepo
Chacho
Georgia
Florida
R. Lancaster Williams
Brother
K. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
I F.cook of
Detroit
Temple Congregation
New Masonic Temple
Ave
13Th St
W. R. Sands
U. S
Cuba
Berkley
Gov
Miss Bowers
Idaho
Nevada
PLEA
Dr. Linn
M’cabe
Wiley
Clarence F. Lee
Tokalon 0., Inc
St.n.w
Vas
D. C
Redfield
Leslie Rae Baggett
Ruth Haley Berryman
Altona Chartron
Lyla Mildred Coates
Katherine Elvin Evans
Marence Helen Faust
Edith May Gray
Annie Elizabeth Wells Guilford
Dora Kirby Guilford
Pearl Charlotte Killian
Florence Adelaide Long
Gertrude Hilizabeth Mann
Annie Blackburn Nelson
Edith Margaret Vaughan
Charles Joseph Bigham
Wiward Léroy McAleer, Jr
Paul’ Domer Miller
Leslie Raymond Nelson
Pierence
Arthur Tudge
Hermann Ludwig ‘Olker
Elaie Mildred Beck
Nannie Ida Bloom
Lara Jennettesworthell
Bessie Vivian Carrick
Honoria Louise Clark
Catherine Regis Connor
Myrtle Irene Crabbs
Rosa Beatrice Dowrick
Dorothy Cuthbert Exley
Natale Ferneyhough
Jessie Edna Ford
Mae Georgeann Frederick
Emma Mildred Galliher
Margaret Catherine Hanrahan
Helen Howison
Helen Levania Hunt
Neitie Josephine Lynch
Alma Moore
Sadie Notes
Jessie Rowan Parham
Marguerite Elizabeth Robbins
Mary Elizabeth Server
Bertha Lillian Shreve
Alma Beatrice Sweeney
Wileen Louise Mary Tennyson
Madeline Frances Thorne
Myrtle Stevens Woltz
Helen Louise Warch
Ralph John Cogswell
Paul Graham
Dar”eey
Matthew Edward Donahue
William Henry Grass
William Frederick August Errmann
Emory Beachley Long
James Carrington Maddox, Jr
Wiliam Eugene Payne
George William Sima
International Public Law
Hannis Taylor
Universities
Edinburgh
Dublin
United States
Spain
Supreme Court of the United States
Institute of France
Ludovic Grant
University of Edinburgh
Whesten
Kent
Halleck
Woolsey
Dudley Tield
W. H. Roberts
International Law
Drake University
Vion Martens
Taylor
Harvard Law Review
Wheaton
Law Quarterly Review
London
Fushing Brown
Supreme Court of the United
Callaghan & Company
Chicago
Burt & Packard Co’s
Blecher
Shoe Department of
John McCormack
Columbia Theater
Victor
Victrola
McCormack
Ietor
Shamrock
Eileen Aroon
EF. Droop & Sons Co
Steinway Pianos
G Street
G. G. Cornwell & Son, Inc
H .Street N.W
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