Memorial bridge plan across Potomac urged by national unity group
A committee formed to mark the national unity anniversary urges Congress to fund a Grant and Lee memorial bridge over the Potomac. Representative Cooper introduces a bill for 2 million dollars to span from the Lincoln Memorial area to Arlington National Cemetery, to be dedicated in May 1915. The project envisions federal backing with direction by the Grand Army of the Republic and United Confederate Veterans to symbolize reunion.
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Cooper
Grant
Lee
St Augustine
Fla
Congress
Potomac
Washington
Alderman
University of Virginia
Grand Army of the Republic
United Confederate Veterans
EE. Fisher
St Paul
S.C. Baker
Sumpter
D. C
Col. Benson Cameron
Raleigh
N C
John Parker
Ww. O. Hart
New Orleans
George P. Harrison
Army of the Tennessee
United Confederate
Grand Trunk Chairman Indicted. to Come to U S
Alfred W. Smithers, Grand Trunk Railway board chair, indicted for Sherman antitrust law violations alongside New York New Haven and Hartford President Mellen and Grand Trunk President Chamberlain. Smithers plans to travel to the United States willingly, per Attorney General Wickersham, to answer the charges in New York.
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Grand Trunk
England
Alfred W. Srhithers
Grand Trunk Railway Board of Directors
United States
Wickersham
Smithers
New York
Presdent Mellen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
President Chamberlain
City Bulletins and Local Advertisements
City bulletins promote comfort and support through trusses hosiery and orthopedic apparatuses. Lenz & Los Sau advertise at 37th street with a lady attendant, while Yale Laundry offers service by phone. A noon lunch is served at Harvey’s, and a note hints at a sensation titled The Smugglers Today Virginia in 1913.
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Lenz & Los- Sau
7Th St
Yale Laundry
Boc
Harvey's
Virginia
Ended Poultry Show in Takoma Hall Fights Break Out
The Capital Poultry and Pigeons Association show in Takoma Hall ended with two prize winning black cochin bantams fighting after a photo session. Attendants separated the birds, but the duo remained eager to clash again. Eggs broken during the event valued over $5000, including a $5 egg tied to the top breed. Next year’s show planned bigger, with rapid growth in membership and a broader scale. Also notes Daniel Webster Club elects new officers and debates single tax at Business High School.
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Capital Poultry and Pigeons Association
Takoma Hall
W. A. Kiefer
American Association
Daniel Webster Club
Business High School
G. Roland Reed
A. Pauline Smith
T. Presnell
L. Walters
Belmont Street Northwest
Walter S. Swanton
Single Tax League
Leopold Freudberg
Henry Vanderlip
G. Seland Reed
Dinner Honors Howard University Commercial Students
The sophomore class of the Commercial College at Howard University held its first annual dinner in Miner Hall on Friday evening. Attendees included George W. Cook, university secretary and dean of the commercial department, along with Professors Pleasants and Hines and numerous students and staff members.
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Commercial College
Howard University
Miner Hall
George W. Cook
University
Commercial Department
William H. Pleasants
George Hines
Anza Cecil
Lascille Stypes
Ethel 5. Marchant
Alma Z. Duncan
Kate Dickson
Irving Washington
Bessie Jones
Florence Phillips
M. Dobbins
Jesse Washington
Maude Gates
New Court Rules In Force Limiting Labor Injunctions
New equity rules promulgated by the United States Supreme Court take effect. they aim to reduce litigation costs and delays. The rules impose rigid restrictions on granting temporary injunctions in labor trouble cases, affecting federal courts nationwide.
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United States Supreme Court
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Cleanse for Ills
An old advert promotes Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for headaches biliousness and constipation. It touts a liver bowels cleanse with no nausea or griping and urges asking for the full name Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California Fig Syrup Company
Grosvenor to lead retrial of bathtub trust case
Edwin P. Grosvenor, special assistant to the Attorney General, left Washington for Detroit to supervise the government's prosecution under the Sherman law in the retrial of the bathtub trust case before Judge Sessions. Attorney General Wickersham pressed for retrial or guilty pleas after the first trial ended in a hung jury.
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Edwin P. Grosvenor
Washington
Detroit
Bathtub Trust
Judge Sessions
Wickersham
Large Delinquent Tax List Spurred by Rush to Pay
Delinquent taxpayers hurried to settle, paying about $100,000 on roughly 4,000 parcels before yesterday’s print run. Those who paid faced a 9 percent penalty plus 50 cents advertising assessment. Delinquents cannot stop publication of names, and the sale is scheduled for March.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Sued by Local Horse Dealer
Richard McHenry, a Martinsburg horse dealer, filed suit in the District Supreme Court seeking 1000 dollars. He claims a carload of horses shipped from Martinsburg arrived late with one death and others in poor condition. He also alleges the railroad violated a federal act mandating feeding resting and watering animals in transit at least every 28 hours.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
District Supreme Court
Richard McHenry
Plaintff
Martinsburg
W. Va
Railroad Company
Congress
Taft to Lay Cornerstone at Unitarian Church Rites
Arrangements are set for the cornerstone ceremony of the Unitarian All Souls Church and Edward Everett Hale memorial parish house on February 13 at 2 PM, near Sixteenth and L streets NW. President Taft will participate, with remarks by Dr. Samuel T Elliot. the shrine uses Washington’s trowel and a stone from the old Fourteenth and L church.
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Unitarian All Seulas
Edward Everett Hale
Taft
Masons
Grand Lodge of Masons of the Instrict of
Columbia
Fourteenth
L Streets
George Washington
Capitol
Potomac Masonic Lodge of
Georgetown
Samuel T Elliot
Boston
The
American Unitarian Association
Unitarian
Sixteenth Street
Sixteenth
S$ Streets
Auditorum
R Street
Squire
Funeral Held For Trancis W Vaughn At Calvai Baptist
Trancis W. Vaughn who died Thursday received a two hour state viewing before funeral services at Calvai Baptist Church. The Vaughn Class led by Gen ShalIenberger cont eacher and ClaytonEmig attended the services. The class presented a floral blanket, each flower honoring a member. The sermon was given by Rev S H Greene D D. Honorary pallbearers included Gen Shatenberger representing the Go Yale, Faucett for Calvary Baptist, Herbert L Davis for class members, and others. Active pallbearers were former Vaughn Class presidents. Ushers and guards of honor assisted at the church.
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Trancis W. Vaughn
Calvais Baptist Church
Vaughn
Bodt
WS Shal Ienberger
Clayton 37
Emig
Vaughn Cliss Cubo
Rey S H Greene
Gen. Shatenberger
Faucett
Calvary Bay St
Herbert L. Davis
Laur
GD Bliss
Tr Dasa EO Bueckinghan
Pierson HH Bristow
Mitchell Carroll
A. Owen Penney
David and Jonathan Brotherhood
Guard of Honor
Messrs
B.S. Garber
O. M. Styron
J Patterson
Dward Kines
Edward *. Wolson
Grant
Barnhart Im H. McNeil
Arthur Copeland
George I. Hebbard
George G
Help For Working Girls At Business Woman's Exchange
The Business Woman's Exchange, a cooperative organization, has opened offices at 133% Street NW to serve as a link between employers and workers. It aims to protect and educate working girls, supervise boarding houses, and match each member to suitable work, with typewriters for practice and a strict business approach under Miss Clara Field and advisory members Mrs J Boyd and Deaconess M Carroll.
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Business Woman’s Exchange
Business Woman's Exchange
Tms
Clara Field
Boyd
M Carroll
Deport Alleged Anarchist Salinas Ordered Deportation
Marcelo Salinas described as an alleged anarchist and associate of Manuel Pardinas the alleged assassin of Premier Canalejay of Spain was ordered deported by the Department of Commerce and Labor. Salinas is in Tampa Florida and will be sent to Key West for deportation to Cuba his native country. He arrived in the United States on March 18 1911.
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Marcelo Salinas
Manuel Pardinas
Canalejay
Spain
Department of Commerce and Labor
Salinas
Tampa
Fla
Key West
Cuba
United States
Wilson to keep Taft housekeeper at White House
Mrs Woodrow Wilson will retain Mrs L A Jaffray as White House housekeeper when she takes possession on March 4. Jaffray, who has served the Tafts, was asked to stay by Mrs Wilson and accepted despite hopes to take her to New Haven.
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Woodrow Wilson
Mrs. Taft
White House
L. A. Jaffray
Tafts
Wilson
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Pennsylvania Ave
Saks & Company
Seventh Street
Norfolk
Ast
Wright
PLAS
Shoe Department
ASK Memorial
Post
the Post
City Bulletins
Kind—Association
Lillie
Gude
Paul Lemonds
L. H. Davis
Samuel H Fowlkes
Walter D. Smith
Leroy D. Dunlop
Charles A. Gired
Thomas J Eberhart
John Shaffer
Walter B Gary
Thomas Walker
Roger T Gary
U. S
E. P. Grosvenor
All Souls’ Foundation
New Temple
S Streets
W. Vaughn
Deport
Premier
Slayer
Mrs. Jaffray
Mrs. Wilson
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