Native race in peril and the decline of birth rate
Special to The Washington Post from New York on February 7 reports Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick retired U S N warning that native born Americans face replacement by foreign born by birth rates. He also criticizes mostly female public school teachers for effeminizing youth and calls for national safety and efficiency, urging navy expansion and universal military service.
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New England
Washington Post
New York
French E. Chadwick
United States
Charlwick
Lawyers Club
Fie
Admiral Chadwicks
Navy
Elihu Root
Joseph Choate
Secon
Indians Form Organization Under Grand Council Chief
Tohn Woorl was elected president of the Grand Council of Tadiany at a meeting held last night at the National Hotel. The organization, composed of Native Americans from across the United States, aims for mutual benefit and plans an annual council meeting in this city. Other officers named include Dr Charles Nastman as vice president, George F. Tinker as secretary, Alfred Smith as assistant secretary, and Frank Bodineau as treasurer.
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Tohn Woorl
Grand Council
Tadiany
Whch
National Hotel
Organizatoria
United States
Charles Nastman
George F. Tinker
Alfred Smith
Frank Bodineau
Land law reform cuts heirs from homestead rights
Interior Department says a new law on soldiers homestead rights excludes heirs and administrators of Civil War veterans other than widows or guardians from public land acquisitions. Secretary Lane calls the appropriation of the public domain by such means a scandal and orders further investigation into alleged land frauds via dummy entrymen for large corporations under the stock raising homestead law.
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Lane
Interior Department
Coates Fails as Tailor in Bankruptcy Petition
Thomas H O Coates a tailor at 1423 H Street NW filed a solvency petition in the Lastmeet Supreme Court. He lists debts around 0414 and assets of 1378 44. W H Hutchinson is his attorney. A creditors petition was pushed against the Clifton Springs Manufacturing Company Two, 208 Massachusetts Avenue. Attorney E Hilton Jackson represents the creditors. Justice Hills set the case for a hearing March 1.
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Thomas HO Coates
H Street
Lastmeet Supreme Court
Tle
H Hutchinson
MT Lynch
Clifon Springs Manufacturing Company
Massachusetts Avenue
E Hilton Jackson
Justice Hills
Pimply Skin Blemish Cure Promoted by Olive Tablets
Advertisement extols Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel and liver cleanse, a vegetable remedy replacing calomel. Claims clearer skin after a few nights, no sickness, and removal of dark tongue taste and bad breath. Priced 25 cents per box, available at all druggists.
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Dr. Edwards
Bakers Raise Pie Prices Citing Sugar Shortage
Bakers in the district announce higher prices for pies effective tomorrow due to a widespread rise in ingredient costs. Principal ingredients flour sugar and shortening have surged over 100 percent, boosting pie prices from 12 and 20 cents to 15 and 25 cents. Small pies stay at 5 cents but lighter in weight. Grocers and sugar brokers seek to reassure the public of adequate sugar by tomorrow as shipments arrive from New York and Philadelphia amid varied local pricing and purchase limits.
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New York
Philadelphia
Life and Threats In Kilby Divorce Case In 1916 To 1917
John James Kilby a carpenter living at 14259 Monroe Street NW alleges in a District Court bill for a limited divorce from Norma Pearl Kilby that his wife hurled hot soup rolled pins a butcher knife and threatened him with violence. He says the abuse began December 20 1916 and continued until February 15 last forcing him to leave their home where he lived apart but under the same roof. He cites fear of Mrs Kilby deterring employers and says police and juvenile court interference followed when money was tight. The couple married in Louisville Kentucky on September 16 1896 and have four children the eldest aged twenty.
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John James Kilby
Monroe Street
Norma Pearl Kilby
Isaac Reynolds Hitt
R. P. Evans
Kilby
den Slack
Loutaville
Odd and Ends Theft Baffles Police on City Outskirts
Police hunt for an exotic collection of odds and ends stolen from B D Crane at the John Dickson Home for the Aged on Fourteenth Street and Georgia Avenue. Items include a fancy cowbell a four prong deer horn a bayonet a browadax a spade a rake two plow chains an 18 foot iron pipe and a telephone torn from a booth. Semaphore lamp also vanished from a pole at Pennsylvania Avenue and Ninth Street. Crane values the lot at 15 dollars. Capt Flather of the First precinct station filed the report. John Repetti reported a stolen telephone from his property at Seward apartments Fourth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE.
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B. D Crane
John Dickson
Fourteenth Street
Georgia Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ninth Street
Capt
Flather
First Precinct
John Repetti
Seward
Fourth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
St Aloysius Fund Reaches 80000 Milestone For Girls School
Cheers at St Aloysius headquarters greet progress toward an $100,000 drive to build a parochial and high school for girls. With $40,000 raised, the campaign aims to raise $29,000 in the final two days as Cardinal Gibbons praises the effort and lists large contributors including M and Mrs A B Coppes and the Ham meth Fireproofing Company.
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St Aloysius
Pnuul R
Stuilotsius
Cardinal Hibbons
A B Coppes
P C. Sweeney
M Brooks
Hammeth Fireproofing Company
Rockville Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Events
Miss Susie Owings visits from Howard County as Mrs John Alingland hosts a luncheon for the Tuesday Hychre Club in Rockville. Laura Higgins returns from Richmond. Misses Fields visit Emmitsburg. Dr Thomas B McDonald and family stay with George G Bradley Jr in Bethesda. A Montgomery Country Club dance is led by Laura Higgins. Abs William T Brown visits from Frederick County. Luncheon in Rockville for Mrs Wallace J Mark. reception for Mrs Woham O Clark with many guests. Katherine Dorsey hosts a grandparent dance near Rockville. Frank Higgins heads to Florida. Mrs M J Wagner and Lavinia Waener also in Florida. Mrs Rebecca Watkins visits Washington relatives.
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Rockville
Susie Owings
Howard County
John Alingland
Alice Boyle
Harry H Buck
Laura Higgins
Richmond
Robert B Higgins
Margaret
Lillian Fields
Emmittsburg
Thomas B McDonald
Cumberland
McDonald
George G Bradley Jr
Bethesda
Montgomery Country Club
Abs Wiliam T Brown
Feent County
Judson C. Welliver
Snure
Goode
McNeil
Miss Turner
Washingtons
Wilson S Ward
Otis M. Linthicum
Rebecca Lamar
Roanoke
Val
Wallace J. Mark
Woham O' Clark
Wallace J. Clark
William D Clark
William T. Brown
Howard G England
John A. England
Harrison L
England
Alice Trundle
W Valentine Wilson
Helen Gasnaway
Helen Brunett
Maude England
Elizabeth Dawson
Katherine Dorsey
Col
Williiam Dorsey
Frank Higgins
Florida
Topographic Corps Fifty-Year Service Dinner Highlighted
Twenty year service men of the topographic corps of the United States Geological Survey held their semiannual dinner last night at the Shoreham. Forty men with twenty or more years of hazardous field duty attended, still active in their call.
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Topographic Corps
United States Geological Survey
Shoreham
Dutch Market Buys Abattoir From Frederick City Firm
The Old Dutch Market purchased the Frederick City Abattoir Company plant at Frederick Maryland built in 1911 for about 250000 dollars. The packing plant serves Washington and nearby stock producing counties. The facility is being overhauled and will receive government inspection early in March with inspectors assigned as needed.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Carroll
Franklin and
Adams
Berkeley
Jefferson
West Virginia
Loudoun County
Department of Agriculture
Hurt at Play Asks $11 000 in Suit Over Jaw Injury
A nine year old girl, Mary Frances Gallington, daughter of Lugene A Gallington of 219 Hirst Street NW, sues Chicago Vacuum Tool Co for 16 000 after a backer backed into boxes on Indiant Avenue and First Streets NW, injuring her jaw. Her father sues for 1 000 for medical services. Also notes a Lynchburg Virginia couple, Russell L Cheatham and Coral Christine Turner, married quietly at Hotel Raleigh, will honeymoon in New York.
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Mary Frances Garlington
Lugene A Gallington
Hirst Street
Northwest
Indiant Avenue
First
Streets
Chicago Vacumati Tool Company
Ditrict Supreme Court
D W. Baker
James J. Oleary
Howard F Burns
Tool Company
Washington
Russell L. Cheatham
Coral Christine Turner
Lynchburg
Raleigh
L. Morgan Chambers
McKendree M E
Washington Athletic Club Membership List and Plans
Washington Athletic Club members review new applicant names after a Friday meeting in the Union Savings Bank building. The committee discusses speeding up approvals, adding 150 more files, and plans for a new club building with Milburn’s report. An upcoming general meeting will vote on the final building plans.
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Washington Athletic Club
Union Savings Bank
Committee
Frank P. Milburn
Clark at Knights Rally for Washington's Birthday
Arrangements are made for a Washington's birthday celebration by the Washington General Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus at D A Ho Hall next Wednesday at 8 15 pm. Public is invited with no admission fee. Champ Clark Speaker presides, Judge Morgan O Bree n of New York to be orator. A large orchestra will provide music. Similar celebrations are planned in 32 cities nationwide.
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Washington
General Assembly
City Briefs Highlight Local Club and Alumni Events
Rev Frank W Collier of American University will address Y M C A members this afternoon at 4 o clock. Gonzaga College Alumni plan their annual dinner with reservations already pouring in for a large turnout. Also today Albert H Zimmermann founder of the National Bible Scouts lectures at First Congregational Church. Washington Saengerband hosts masquerade ball and a dance on Washington's Birthday week. District Federation of Women’s Clubs hosts two members at Ebbitt with an art music and folklore program. Postoffice clerks and letter carriers affiliated with the National Federation meet at Masonic Temple. Louis Ottenberg speaks on The Life of Washington at Grover Cleveland School. Order of Washington holds banquet at Rauscher’s Thursday. Salesmanship Club meets at Hotel Raleigh with T C Rice-Way lecturing. Board of Trade notices set times for law streets and public health committees. Harari Syria lecture at Calvary Baptist incorrectly tied to Galludet College Alumni. Federal fisheries bureau reports New England ports January catch of 12 482 073 pounds valued at 506 033.
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Federal Fisheries Bureau
New England Porta
Freezone corn remover promises quick relief
An advertisement from a Cincinnati man touts Freezone as a cheap, simple remedy for corns. A quarter ounce can relieve soreness instantly with a few drops, shrinking the corn and enabling its removal without pain. The copy warns against attempting to cut corns and urges readers to try the product to prevent infection or worse.
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Cincinnati
Father
Keokuk Dam Protest Stirs Mississippi River Debate
A delegation of Mississippi River steamboat men with Rep Rainey of Illinois pressed the House rivers and harbors committee alleging the Keokuk power dam blocks navigation by raising water levels beyond legal limits. They claimed impounding causes variable depths and vessel groundings. dam owner reps led by Hugh J. Cooper denied the charges. The committee took no action.
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Representative Rainey
Ilinois
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Keokuk
Mississippi
Army
Hugh J. Cooper
New York
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N. J. McNally
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C. P. Grandfield
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Louis Ottenberg
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Detroit
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Charles N. Gould
R. BH. Seamans
Chas, N. Gould
Geological Survey of
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