Mrs May on Trial for Shooting Conen Insanity Defense
Assistant District Attorney Turner closes the case against Mrs. Jennie L. May charged with assault with intent to kill Conen, who died months later. Seventy seven letters to Conen are read showing meetings in parks and at a friend’s house as defense claims insanity. The verdict hinges on whether the accused was sane at the time of the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie L. May
Lawien
Conen
May
Turner
Jennie May
Young Conen
Beatrice
Tappeal
Wenty
Histeria
Janey
Notices and Testimony on a Courthouse Case
The document records fragmented notes about meetings and signals called white rag used to arrange encounters. Dr Edward N Brush testifies as an alienist expert calling Mrs May’s attacks hysteria not epilepsy and notes she is bright and intelligent, arguing epilepsy lacks mental deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elleventh Street
Edward N. Brush
Pratt-Sheppard Hospital
Baltimore
Brush
Baker
May
Machinists Board Sends Adams to Settle Norfolk Dispute
The executive board of the International Association of Machinists dispatched B. L. Adams to Norfolk to mediate a dispute with local contractors. While in session, a telegram announced Savannah Locomotive Works granted the machinists a minimum wage of 350 dollars, and the board approved the Savannah demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association of Machinists
B. L. Adams
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Savannah Locomotive Works
Savannah
Catholic University Dance Marks First Annual Athletic Function
The Catholic University Athletic Association hosts its first annual reception and dance at Rauscher's this evening from 8 to 8 45 with over 600 invitations issued. Ballrooms will feature flags from leading universities. patronesses and chaperons listed. committee members oversee arrangements as the event aims to become a yearly tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Calderon
Mme. de Quesada
Bonaparte
Carter
White
Huff
Claybaugh
Anderson
Boardman
Byrnes
Cammack
Sarr
Colbert
Bila Loraine Dorsey
Downey
Hamilton
Hillyer
Kerby
Georgetown Alumni Banquet Arrangements Finalized
Final arrangements are set for Georgetown University Alumni Society’s midwinter banquet tomorrow evening at Rauscher's. Mr Justice White will preside as toast master with responses from Rev David H. Buel Senator Stephen R. Mallory John G. Agar Dr Ernest Laplace and Rev John D Whitney. Over 250 acceptances received. attendance open to all graduates. Committee: Daniel W. O’Donoghue chairman Dr Samuel Adams Charles H. Walsh Joseph J. Weller J. S. Easby-Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Society
Georgetown University
Rauscher’s
Justice White
United States Supreme Court
David H. Buel
Stephen R. Mallory
United States
Florida
John G. Agar
New York
Ernest Laplace
Samuel Adams
Charles H. Walsh Joseph J. Weller
J. S. Easby-Smith
Grandmother Wins Absolute Divorce and Name Return
Mrs. Margaret E. Mercer was granted an absolute divorce from William C. Mercer by Justice Gould and may resume her maiden name Margaret E. Linkner. The case dates back to a marriage in 1875, a split in 1898, and a filing in 1905. Also noted are probate actions for Dr. Edward Belt's widow and an update on the Columbia Theatrical Protective Union officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Mercer
Justice Gould
William C. Mercer
Wisconsin Association Meets at Pythian Temple
The Wisconsin Association of the District of Columbia held an entertainment reception and dance at Pythian Temple Wednesday with about 200 members. A dance will be given there on Saturday evening February 16. Louis Goldman funeral held from his home at 1522 Sixth Street NW with Rev. Stern and Rev. Simon officiating. Burial in Washington Hebrew Congregation cemetery. Board of Trade meeting postponed for lack of majority to receive reports on subscriptions for a commercial secretary. next week rescheduled by Chairman Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Association
Wisconsin Association of the District of Columbia
Pythian Temple
Louia Goldman
Louis Goldman
Sixth Street
Stern
Simon
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Board of Trade
Committee of Commerce and Manufacture
The
Harper
Stevens May Resign If Award Is Made
White House says Oliver bid satisfactory in form and will hear more before final decision in two weeks. Stevens, once favoring contract, now threatens resignation if contract awarded. Rival push to block bid prompts hearings. Taft and Isthmian Commission to scrutinize Oliver bid and sureties before a potential presidential ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Oliver
Stevens
Cromwell to Leave Panama Railroad Director Post
William Nelson Cromwell, director and counsel of the Panama Railroad Company, will sever his connection with the enterprise between now and April 1. The resignation is said to be conveyed from Europe to a friend in the city and will be tendered when the Panama Railroad board meets in April. Shonts, Isthmian Canal Commission chairman, said he has no knowledge of Cromwell’s intentions. Also noted is the retirement of Hugene J. Tighe, longtime Evening Times correspondent, who received a silver loving cup and $275 in gold from friends and associates after Ill health forced him to retire.
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Washington
Isthmus
Stevens
Wiliam J. Oliver
Knoxville
Law
Taft
Mr. Oliver
White House
Oliver
Paul Cravath
McArthur-Gillespie Company
Oliver-mcvonaia-Peirce
Paul B. Cravath
McArthur-Gillespie
Secretary of War
Isthmian Cause Commission
O'Brien
Olver
Cravain
Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal Commission
Cravath
Panama Company
William Nelson Cromwell
Panama Railroad Company
Cromwell
Europe
The
Panama Railroad
Shonts
Hugene J. Tighe
Evening Times
Wilton J. Lambert
Tighe
Charity Rescues Family in Snowstorm
The Associated Charities found shelter and later permanent quarters for a working woman, her baby, and other children left on the street during a snowstorm. Donations poured in from numerous individuals and groups as part of a February drive to raise 7000 dollars, with listed contributions totaling hundreds and a separate fund aiding fuel and clothing for distressed families.
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Associated Charities
Folder
John Joy Edson
Mia
H. Auld
J.E. L
V. Crittenden
Flora Ik. Harding
Charles H. Ackert
Ebm
George Robinson
C. Wert
Alive V. Winehip
Laura BR. Wells
M. W. Baldwin
B. T. Janney
J. G. Watera
Oscar S. Straus
Jutta H. Chadwick
Royal
Kelloge
Charles J. Hedrick
Citizens’ Relief Association
Corcoran Thom
Charles E. West
B. Crittenden
Mr. Baldwin
Wamphray
B. Hibbs
Julia H. Chadwick
Mary V. Clarke
Grenfell to Speak on Labrador Coast Mission Work
Dr Wilfred T Grenfell arrives as guest of Senator Proctor at the Cochran Hotel to discuss fourteen years of Labrador and Newfoundland relief work. He will attend luncheons and dinners, be honored by John W Foster, and give lectures at First Baptist Church New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Congregational Church, with stereopticon views.
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Wilfred T. Grenfell
Labrador
Senator Proctor
Cochran Hotel
King Edward
Order of St
Gardiner Hubbard
Twin Oaks
E. B. Hale
John W. Foster
Grenfell
First Baptist Church
Sixteenth and
O Streets
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lectures on Alaska by Dr Hamilton at Epiphany Church
Dr William Hamilton of the Bureau of Education gave an illustrated lecture on Alaska at the Epiphany Church Sunday school. He discussed Alaskan progress, education by mission schools, regional industries, and his summers spent in Alaska. The series continues March 7 with a talk on Jamestown and Colonial Virginia.
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Alaska
William Hamilton
Bureau of Education
Church of the Epiphany
King’s Sons and Daughters
Epiphany
Hamilton
United States
R. H. McKim
Jamestown
Virginia
South Demands Schools Lecture At Carroll Institute
Mrs L J Y Withee will give an illustrated lecture at Carroll Institute Hall 916 Tenth Street NW on Saturday evening February 9 for the Industrial Educational League of the South. The league seeks to uplift the Anglo Saxon race by promoting elementary education and manual training for indigent white children in the Southern States. Patronesses listed include Mrs Nathan B Scott Mrs AT Latimer Mrs Henry T Rainy Mrs Champ Clark Mrs Edwin C Burleigh Mrs S G W Benjamin Mrs Magnus Thompson Mrs John Milton Gitterman Mrs Ellen S Cromwell Mrs Virginia King Frye Mrs La Salle Corbell Pickett Mrs Susie Root Rhodes Mrs Christine Waiton Dunlap Mrs Ber a Murdock Robbins Mrs Billy Logan Mrs Henry P Holden and Mrs Dabney C Harrison.
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L. J. Y. Withee
Carroll Institute
L. J. Young Withee
Carroll Institute Hall
Tenth Street Northwest
Industrial’ Educational League of the South
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Alt. Latimer
South Carolina
Henry T. Rainy
Ilinois
Champ Clark
Missouri
Edwin C. Burleigh
Maine
G.W. Benjamin
Persia
Magnus Thompson
United Daughters Confederacy
John Milton Gitterman
Public Education Association
Ellen S. Cromwell
Women’s National Press Association
Virginia King Frye
League of American Pen Women
la Salle Corbell Pickett
Susie Root Rhodes
Christine Waiton Dunlap
Appomattoxurrender House Association
Bera Murdo
Funeral Escort for Capt Joshua Young at Fairfax Cemetery
One hundred firemen escorted the body of Capt Joshua Young from his home at 3139 F Street NW to St Andrew's Chapel Cemetery in Fairfax County Virginia for burial. Acting Chief Frank J Wagner led the fire department detail. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Captain Young's residence.
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Joshua Young
F Street
St. Andrew's Chapel
Fairfax County
Frank J. Wagner
Capt. Young
Funeral for Mrs Ollie Langwell Jenner in Washington
The funeral for Mrs Ollie Langwell Jenner wife of Dr Norman R Jenner will be held at 11 o clock today from the family residence 1110 Rhode Island avenue northwest Mrs Jenner died suddenly Tuesday alight shortly after returning home from visiting friends She came to Washington twenty years ago with her husband from Indiana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Langwell Jenner
Norman R. Jenner
Rhode Island Avenue
Jenner
Washington
Indiana
Funeral of George Warren This Afternoon
The funeral for George Warren who died Wednesday at his home 1118 Twentyfifth Street NW will be held this afternoon at 2 30 from the residence. Warren aged seventy seven was a longtime Washington resident and is survived by three children Herbert H. Warren George A. Warren and Miss Margaret Warren.
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George Warren
Twenty-fifth Street
Mr. Warren
Washington
Herbert H. Warren
George A. Warren
Margaret Warren
Master Plumbers Elect Officers At Meeting
At a meeting of the Master Plumbers Association in the Small Building on Wednesday evening, officers were elected including President Peter Schafer, first vice president Joseph Herbert, second vice president Harry Suit, secretary William Shord, treasurer Hd 3 Hasanana, and sergeant at arms Charles E. so.
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Strict of Columbia Theatrical Protective Union
Warren E. Talbert
John T. Hurley
E. H. McMichael
Leonard Rubel
Harry Sellers
J. L. Divine
Les Gormley
Peter Schafer
Joseph Herbert
Harry
Suit
William Shord
Treaxater
Hasanana
Charles E. So
Gertrude Elliott Stars in Mice and Men at National
Review lauds Gertrude Elliott as Peggy the foundling who resists Embury’s plans in Madeleine Lucette Ryley’s play. Forbes Robertson dwarfed by co star, but delivers a versatile turn. Peggy’s growth from girl to woman and the lovers Lovell and Peggy provide the play’s bright points as Hamlet looms next.
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Mark Embury
Forbes Robertson
Gertrude Elliott
Natonal Theater
Embury
Washington
Mr. Robertson
Miss Elliott
Annie Russell
John Mason
Caesar
Shaw
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Peggy
Mark Em‘bury
Foundling Hospital
Pegey
Eve
Mark Empbury
Capt
George Lovel
Joanna Goodlake
Mrs. Goodlake
Lovell
Miss Elliot
Third Kneisel Concert Delights New Willard Audience
The Kneisel quartet gave a flawless program at the New Willard Hotel before a crowded banquet hall audience. Beethoven E flat quartet opus 74 Adagio and Presto impressed with stateliness and humor, Dvorak opus 34 alla polka sparkled, and Tschaikowsky in F major satisfied all. The final concert is moved to March 15 to accommodate Mr Schroeder’s engagement with the Russian Symphony Orchestra on March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Willard
Kneisel
Dvorak
Tschaikowsky
Schroeder
Russian Symphony Orchestra
New York
Fashionable gowns and social court at a Chicago event
The society page details box guests in rose satin gowns and lace gowns at the Merritt and Parsons circles, plus a vivid account of M. Anatole Le Braz quipping about American tastes in French literature. It also notes Miss Vanderhoef wedding attire, bridal finery, and social scenes around New York and Chicago, including a grand ball led by Gen Greely.
Princess Leads March While Greely Debates Dance Role
A Chicago recounts Gen. Greely as ranking army officer in Chicago being chosen to lead a grand march after the princess overcomes his reluctance. The piece shifts to Leon Rennay a famed singer connected with London Paris and New York salons, detailing his career arc and notable patrons and engagements in Chicago, Paris, and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Greely
United States Army
Chicago
Leon Renny
New York
Paris
London
Maud Powell
Hugh T. Birch
Ronalds
Princess Christian
Duchess of Westminster
Carnarvon
Lady de Grey
Baroness de Meyer
Parisian
Hershey Eddy
Mme
Robert de Machy
Baroness von Steege
Thayer
Mr. Rennay
Reynaldo Hahn
Lfe
Bechs
Pleasure Trip to Mediterranean Sails from New York
A group led by Rev Wiltam HK Turner and Mrs Turner along with Mr B H Warner Miss R P Warner and Miss A P Warner of Washington sailed yesterday from New York on the steamer Arable for Mediterranean ports and Oriental lands. The 16000 ton vessel will be used as a yacht with ample room for all. Passengers come from forty four states Honolulu and Canada, spending the rest of winter on the “summer sea” of Europe. The trips are guided by Frank Clark and have long been popular, with the boat allotment filled by Thanksgiving Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiltam
HK. ‘Turner
Turner
B. H. Warner
R. P. Warner
A.‘P. Warner
Washington
New York
Mediterranean
Oriental
Trin
States
Honolulu
Canada
Europe
Frank Clark
Mail Driver Convicted of Theft
desse E Burden a city mail cart driver was found guilty by Criminal Court No 12 before Justice Barnard and a jury of robbing the mails by stealing a registered letter. The letter served as a decoy. He was remanded for sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desse E. Burden
City Post-Office
Old Soldier Praises Ariola Coffee In Improbable Ad Cue
An aging veteran extols Ariola Coffee claiming it is the richest brew since leaving the service. He praises its flavor and notes a supposed protective coating on beans, while a garbled passage hints at freshness and quick settling but ends incomplete with a stray warning.
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Ariola
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