Georgetown Paroled Worker Reoffended. Parole Voided
James Harris a 41 year old Georgetown worker with six children faced a five year Leavenworth term for housebreaking after probation failed and parole was revoked. He was found to have stolen silver from his sister and had been arrested 42 times, with prior probation helping little, as Justice Wright ordered confinement to penitentiary.
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Georgetown
James Harris
Leavenworth
Justles Wright
Harris
T. D. Porter
Wright
Porter
House That Jack Built Opera Promises Young Talent
Young Washington audience hears the first production of Mother Goose opera The House That Jack Built at Columbia Theater this afternoon. Music by Mrs Jessie L Gaynor and libretto by Mrs Alice C D Riley. Cast features Mrs Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler as Mother Goose and Earl Carbault as King Cole. Proceeds benefit the Confederate Memorial Home.
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Columbia Theater
Jessie L. Gaynor
Alice C. D. Riley
Indiana
Washington
East
Mother Goose
Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler
King Cole
Earl Carbault
Barxtone
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Taft Enjoys Long Walk Through Washington
President Taft spent an afternoon stroll with Secretary Norton, Capt. Butt, and two secret service agents, touring Georgetown and Potomac Park. He admired the Pan American Union building and its fusion of modern office efficiency with Spanish design.
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Taft
Washington
Norton
A. W. Butt
Secret Service
Georgetown
White House
Potomac Park
Pan-American Union
Barrett
Bas ton Trial Starts With Jury Pick in Murder Case
Boston family witnesses as former policeman Charles G. Baston faces first degree murder charges for the October 1 killing of his wife Catherine. The day focused on securing a jury. a new venire of 100 was ordered to select twelve jurors. The defense plans to argue self defense and seeks to allow a verdict with a stated penalty if murder in the first degree is found. Baston, with counsel D. W. Baker Wilton Lambert and H. Q. Alward, faces District Attorney Clarence R. Wilson and Charles H. Turner for the state.
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Catherine
Criminal Court No. 1
Samuel McC. Hawken
Justice Wright
D. W. Baker
Boston
Wright
Baston
Mistriet
DP. W. Baker
Wilton J. Lambert
H. Q. Alward
Clarence R. Wilson
Charles H. Turner
Chamber backs sick leave bill for district workers
The Chamber of Commerce appointed George Gertman, A. D. V. Burr, and Byron Graham yesterday to advocate a Senate bill granting sick leave to district government employees. The group plans to press for government ownership of Great Falls for electric power, and will push a separate Senate bill on acquiring Anacostia flats and other riverside lands before a sub-committee.
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Chamber of Commerce
George Gertman
A. D. V. Burr
Byron Graham
Senate
Scott
Anacostia Flats
Rock Creek
Wig resolution clears path for Mrs Chrismond burial
In District Supreme Court Justice Wendell H Stafford heard a local attorney press for Mrs Lillian Chrismonds burial as she wished. A wig used during her life was found missing from the O street home delaying funeral plans until letters of administration were issued and the wig retrieved for proper placement.
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District Supreme Court
Wendell H. Stafford
Lillian Chrismond
Hindle
Jesuits Take Solemn Vows At St Aloysius
The Jesuit Fathers Gale and Gear pronounced vows in a dimly solemn ceremony at St Aloysius Church. Officiating was Very Rev Eugene de Donnell. Gale’s family and Gear’s kin attended. Gear’s relatives reside in Europe. A note of context mentions Gonzaga College role for Father Gale.
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Gear
St. Aloysius
Ilace
St. Aloysius’ Church
John J. J. J
Joof Gear. S J
Eugene de VE Donnell
Father Gale
New Willard
New York
Liother Gear
Will Plan New Courthouse in Hardy County West Virginia
Hardy county commissioners select Architects Millburn Heister Co of Washington to draft plans for a new courthouse. work to start immediately to allow bidding in early spring. Local ads note healthy Senante beer and Eckstein's Business Men's Lunch as part of town promotions.
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Hardy County
W. Va
Millburn, Heister & Co
Washington
Court House
Arlington Bottling Co
West
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