Inauguration Preparations Under Way For Roosevelt Era
Committees finalized reports for the Roosevelt inauguration with focus on parade line, ball, and souvenir. Plans include elaborate river craft display on Pennsylvania Avenue, extensive street decorations, and police preparations with 500 special officers for march crowd control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick D. Owen
Pennsylvania Avenue
Owen
Qwen
Republican Glee Club
Cofimuus
Ohio
Young Men's
Republicaniu
Wilmington
Del
Roosevelt Republican Club
Neary Minn
Carr
New Willard
R L. H. Patterson
Langdon
D. C
John B. Larner
Committee On
Harry Bingham
W. 8. Bryan
S. W. Curriden
Louis A. Dent
H. L. Hougkine
D. J. McCarthy
Thomas F. Morgan
Lyman L. Pierce
A. M. Poynton
Francis B. Wheaton
Alexandria
Potomac
Richard Sylvester
Maj. Sylvester
Congress
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Maj
Sylvester
Woman injured as gas stove explodes sparking house fire
Fire damaged frame houses at 31 1/ and 43 G street northeast causing about 1000 in loss. Mrs Louise Brown, 54, jumped from a second story window to escape flames and suffered a sprained ankle. She was treated at the Logan School and then the Casualty Hospital. The blaze also spread to the adjoining home of William Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Brown
Brown
William Coleman
Logan
Woman Nearly Asphyxiated In Sage-Fueled Incident
Mrs Emma Goldrey aged fifty four of 226 G street northwest narrowly escaped suffocation last night after leaving a sage turned on in her room. Dr Battle attended and she was soon restored to consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Goldrey
G Street Northwest
Dr. Battle
Diplomat Faces Third Complaint Over Traffic Violation
French Embassy counselor M. des Portes de la Fosse is the subject of a new report to Mercy by Ballce superintendent Richard Sylvester. Sergeant Bode says the diplomat’s car sped past a bicycle officer at DuPont Circle and refused to identify himself. Police traced the vehicle to Des Portes and note prior immunity complaints. the matter may be referred to the Commissioners, with possible State Department involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Des Portes
Sergt. Bode
Diplomatic Corps
State Department
Man of Many Aliases Arrested in Iowa
George A Powers alias James B Prescott alias J E Preston alias George E Prindle alias William A Clark has been arrested in Iowa after alleged bogus checks. The case centers on a December 18 check for 75 drawn on El Paso National Bank, with similar counterfeit signatures. Authorities note he used hotel bills and a collaborating accomplice, with reports of a wife-like companion in Washington. Police in various states have circulated circulars and seek his surrender to Washington authorities. A separate false fire alarm was set in the Blizzard period, sending firefighters on a useless call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Powers
James B. Prescott
J. E. Preston
George E. Prindle
William A. Clark
Washington
Raleigh
First National Bank
el Paso
Tex
Iowa
St. Augustine
Fla
Mobile
Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
Waterloo
el Paso National Bank
Joseph Williams
Williams
Powers, &c
Powers
Sylvester
Pes Hee
Oskaloosa
Jows
Hem
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Liver and Kidney Benefits
Advertising text touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a great alterative and tonic for liver and kidney function. It describes symptoms of poor organ performance such as yellowness of the skin, constipation, bad taste, headaches, pimples, and loss of courage, implying the product can remedy them.
Catholic University Transfers Eighth Street Property
Catholic University sells the Eighth and G streets property to Thomas F Walsh for 23000 dollars. Wickersham represents Walsh and Hamilton Colbert represents the university. Walsh plans an office building for patent attorneys once permitted by city rules. Also sold was the Benning abattoir plant to Washington Cold Storage Company for 37500 dollars with no change in operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic University
Eighth Street
Thomas F. Walsh
Eighth
G Streets
Hamilton & Colbert
University
T.A. Wickersham
Walsh
Wickersham
Benning
Thomas Kean
Nicholas Ruth
Andrew Loffier
Washington Cold Storage Company
Bailed Man Accused of Theft Sheds Tears Over Release
In Washington police headquarters last night a family quarrel ended with Jacob W. Baumgarten, 24, jailed on a complaint by uncle Hermann Baumgarten that he stole letters and catalogues from local factories. An attempted bond tally failed as relatives pooled $39 cash, with Jacob securing release only after a loan of $15 from another uncle. The case heads to Police Court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob W. Baumgarten
Baltimore
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tenth Street
Hermann Baumgarten
Baltimore Baumgartens
Jacob
McNamee
Mather
Young Baumgarten
Hermann
J. Baumgarten
Quealion
Hospital Nurse Accused of Theft
Mary B. Stewart, nineteen, pupil nurse at Washington Anglom Hospital, was arrested by Detectives Horne and Warren on larceny charges. Allegedly she stole $90 in cash and $36 later found in the superintendent's office safe. the incident involved a patient and the hospital's records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Stewart
Washington ‘Anglom Hospital
Horne
Warren
J. F. Zirkham
Kone
Mies Stewart
Embezzlement Trial Focuses on Auditor Petty Witness
James M A Watson defense argues auditor Petty lacked authority over checks and that Watson as auditor's messenger could not be liable for embezzling district funds. Testimony began with James T Petty detailing Watson duties, bank deposits, and the handling of seven district checks amid a cloud of alleged peculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petty
James M. A. Watson
Auditor Petty
Watson
Justice Wright
James T. Petty
A. S.S. Worthington
Utah
Smoot
D. W. Baker
Stuart McNamara
Auditors Messengers and Funds Misuse Case Heard
Prosecuting Attorney Beach questioned Watson and other auditor staff about duties and authority over funds and checks. Defense argues the district had no authority for certain checks, and the practice of transferring funds between accounts was customary. Court adjourned until morning as witnesses were to be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNamara
Reach
Tweedale
Chase
Treasury Department
Beach
Wright
Watson
United States
Central National Bank
Traders National Bank
District of Columbia
Mr. Petty
Petty
National Capital
Ncame
Baker
Mr. Beach
Ness
Mount Pleasant Residents Push Transit and Mail Reforms
Columbia Heights Citizens Association met at St Stephen s Parish Hall to urge Gen Harries for more frequent Eleventh Street streetcar service and morning and afternoon trips. They also addressed late postal delivery and asked the city postmaster to install letter boxes on Mount Pleasant s Eleventh Street corridor. The group debated teacher salaries and juvenile court proposals while requesting sidewalk paving and cross-street improvements on Kenesaw Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Heights
Eleventh Street
Mount Pleasant
F Street
Fae J. L. Thompson
Committee On Education
Louis H. Stabler
W.W. Bowie
A. E. Dowell
W. B. Todd
Senate
House
Ste
Colorado
Kenesaw Avenue
Congress Heights Association Elects Officers for Year
Congress Heights Citizens Association elected O A Emmons as president and Frank E B Butterfield Victor Beyer W M Serich Theodore Dieterich as officers for the ensuing year. The group backs a double-track streetcar line from the transfer station in Anacostia to the heights and reports a new post office substation will open at the end of the street car line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Heights
Post Office Department
Fruits in Alcoholics Retailers May Face Test
Mount Pleasant citizen complains about sale of fruits preserved in alcohol to household trade. Officer Metcalf obtained two sample bottles and turned them to District Chemist Hird after consulting Assistant Prosecutor James Pugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Metcalf
Hird
James Pugh
Death of Miss Lavinia Chase Shocks Palmyra Post Office
Lavinia H Chase of this city and Palmyra NM died yesterday. She worked in the Post Office Department in the foreign division and was known in local circles for her service and character. Her death leaves a vacancy and mournful loss in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uw. We
Sue Lavinia H. Chase
Palmyra
Forelen
Weather Forecast and Temperatures Across Cities
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau issue from Washington D C reports a winter storm affecting the Middle States and Virginia coast then moving northward with snow along the Atlantic seaboard. Temperatures are below normal from the East, with warmer readings in the Central valleys and cooler conditions in the Northwest. Special forecast notes warn of a storm area from Eastport to Jacksonville and cold wave advisories for parts of the South Atlantic States. Local readings show midnight through afternoon temperatures across many cities with scattered rainfall amounts and notable high to low ranges.
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U. S
Sast
Quit
South Atlantic
Rocky Mountain
British Northwest
Rocky Mountains
North Pacific
New England
Middle Atlantic
Great Laxes
Atlantic States
Lake Region
Atlantis
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Atlantic
Eastport
Jackoonville
Logal Whather
Asheville
N. C
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Bismarck
N D
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Tit
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davenport
Iowa
Denver
Colo
Des Maines
Galveston
Tex
Heléna
Mont
Lanapolis
Ind
Jacksonville
Pla
Kausge City
Little Rock
Ark
Marquette, Mich
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
New York
N. Y
North Platte
Omaha
Nebr
Pittsburg
East Lake City
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Springfield
Vicksburg
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Roosevelt
Gen. Wilton
B. H. Warner
McGuire
Bontagz
Wilson
Mr. Sontag
Niew
Man
Real Estate Transactions
Baumgarten
JeeGtung
McNamart
Tradera’ National Bank
McNamarre
Munyon
Philadelphia
oiGe
Citizens of
Columbia
Association
Lavinia Chace
Lansburgh & Bro
Fron SD A.m
Gale
Grinch
von Gulpen
Viano
Peter
Grogan
Peter Grogan
7Th St
Bet. H and I
Tolman Laundry
Brash
E Bt
Weather Conditio
C. G Sloan
Yale Laundry
10Th St
New York Ave
Hubbard Heating Co
Johnson Brothers
F St
Main
St. N. W
Ang DB
Steinway
Avenue N. W
Washington Brewery Co
Meedoy
Duffy
Rocheser, NW
Berkeley
Mala
Samond Dyes
Damond DyBs
Burlington, Vt
Cafe Calvert
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Board of Managers
Pierch Boteler
Capital Traction Company
Union
T. Dunlop
Co. M. Koones
Macdonnall School OF
Phrenology
Q St
Mme. L. Masdonnall
Citizens National Bank OF
Washington City
MO. H. Moorhd
Nolz
Alexandria Snd
Mt. Vermon
Tennessee
B. Earnshaw & Bro
11Th
Mats
Corcoran Building
15Th St. N. W
Yishora
Rome
M. I. Weller
Gill & Wallace
Bond Building
N. Ee. Cn
A Stearns
Pope Bidg
Alice M. Paterson
D. D
Wilbur L. Smith
W. L
Gow
Clara
the Branewick
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