Defies District Board Over License Revocation
Chevy Chase Sanitarium officials deny commissioners can revoke the license. New man says steps will be taken to enforce the February 1 closing order if needed after a court decision. The trustees claim the institution is not an insane asylum and contest the commission’s findings while pledging to resist action that would imprison patients or impede treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman
Chevy Chase Sanitarium
Thirty-second
Tennyson Streets
Tinehurst Crtisens' Association
Chevy Chase
Stephens
Board of Trustees
Tucker, Kenyon & Macfarland
Auad & Pithy
Commissionera
Itta
Sanitarium
Morning bath pledge for health and rosy complexion
An old advertisement extols an interior health routine for men and women. It promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach and bowels, claiming it improves skin, energy, and vitality while reducing headaches, biliousness, and other ailments. It urges readers to buy smeastone phosphate to demonstrate quick, remarkable health changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Russians Grubbing for Refuse in War Prison Tales
An anecdotal piece recounts a French prisoner describing Russians in a German camp. He notes hunger and harsh treatment yet sees gentleness and humor among the detainees. He recalls battles Morhange and Grand Couronne and his capture while tending the wounded. They long for home and endure severe deprivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre
Morhauge
Grand Couronne
de Nancy
France
Bhim
Paris
Plan to defend Atlantic and Pacific coasts by two power navy and federal army
Army War College and Navy General Board urge a two power navy and a large federal army to deter foreign incursions. Secret deliberations note potential costs, with Wilson proposing a six year billion dollar program: navy six battle cruisers and ten dreadnoughts, two cruisers in 1916 17, yearly 100 million thereafter, and army expansion to one million effectives with reserves and heavy munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Army War College
Navy General Board
Strateists
United States
General Board
Army
the War College
Scnar Artillery
Daniely
Garrison
Wilson
War College and Board of Review
Experia
Hawaii Chapter Joins Navy League Million Membership Drive
Hawaii forms a Navy League Woman's Section with 300 members in Honolulu on December 9. The nationwide campaign aims to reach 1 million members by March. Notable new members include wives of state governors and other prominent figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Ballou
Navy League
Hawaii
William F. Dillingham
Territory
Honolulu
Charles R. Miller
Delaware
Luther BR. Hall
Louisiana
Emmet D
Washington Woman's Section to Meet at Willard
Mrs B Livingston Pell and Mrs George Davey announce an organization meeting for the Washington branch of the Woman's Section to be held in the Willard hotel small ballroom at 11 a m January 15. Permanent committees will be chosen and plans for the section's work in Washington will be set. Washington membership exceeds 2000 and the branch is expected to be one of the largest in the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Livingston Pell
New York
George Davey
Washington
Willard
United German Societies names 1914 executive committee
President Martin Wiegand of the United German Societies of the District of Columbia appoints 1914 executive members, listing Carl Acht erkirchen John Alt Ernst Amelung G A Beauverd Gustav Bender George J Bossier Karl C Braun Philip Dittes Michael Dietz Stephen Frank Karl Hammel George W Hornung Hermann Lechner George Miller Jr George P Plitt Wolfgang Ruckhasschel August Schwarz Fritz Theune FLA Wetho Martin Wiegand and Joseph Wondrack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiegand
United Societies of District
Martin Wiegand
United German Societies of
District of Columbia
Carl Achterkirchen
John Alt
Ernst Amelung
G. A. Beauverd
Gustav Bender
George J. Bossier
Karl C. Braun
Philip Dittes
Michael Dietz
Stephen Frank
Karl Hammel
George W. Hornung
Hermann Lechner
George Miller, Jr
George P. Plitt
Wolfgang Ruckhasschel
August Schwarz
Fritz Theune
Fla, Wetho
Joseph Wondrack
Consular Aid to Trade Seeks Expansion of Service
A Chamber of Commerce referendum shows near unanimous support for expanding the foreign commercial service. The plan calls for more staff at Washington, new field directors, dedicated budgets for samples and literature, higher travel funds, five new attachés for Europe and Asia, and creation of a foreign trade commissioner with multiple regional commissioners, plus broader Americanization of the consular service and more consulates abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Bureau
Consular Service
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Chamber
Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Italy
Scandinavia
Spain
Austria
Japan
Turkey
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
British India
Greece
Balkan States
East Indies
Central America
Latin America
Court reverses Mrs. Ida McNabb damages ruling
The Court of Appeals of the District reversed a District Supreme Court verdict awarding Mrs. Ida M. McNabb $9,000 against John Kinney. The case, arising from a failed contract to marry, was remanded for further proceedings after judges ruled the lower court erred in not directing a verdict for Kinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. McNabb
John 8
Frank J.hogan
Mr. Hinney
D. W. Baker
Harriet Free
Charles Poe
Oaths in Court Taken Flippantly at Omaha Trial
Judge A C Troup urged the Nebraska State Bar Association in Omaha that oaths are often administered with flippancy. He cited witnesses mumbling words and quick, careless acknowledgments and called for stricter emphasis on the sacred obligation to deter perjury and corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Washington Post
Neb
A. C. Troup
Nebraska State Bar Association
Fontenelle Hotel
Committee On Judiciary
Man Officially Dead for 51 Years Becomes Court Announcer
Denver January 3 A man long declared dead by War Department records has been made an officer of the Department of Justice. W A Jamieson of Denver, a Civil War corporal, became a United States district court announcer after his name was confused with a fellow prisoner who died. His tombstone record shows death on August 2 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Cole
War Department
Department of Justice
W. A. Jemieson
United States
Jamieson
Pennsylvania Infantry
Andersonville
National
Sugar suit to be dropped in federal case
Negotiations began at the Department of Justice to drop the federal government’s suit against the American Sugar Refining Company over alleged underweighing of sugar at New Orleans. The government seeks $115,000 in lost duties and officials provided no comment on proposed settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
American Sugar Refining Company
New Orleans
Bagis
Board of Trade Pushes Referendum on DC Liquor Law
Directors call Congress to let DC residents vote on liquor policy. Resolution urges absolute prohibition or stringent licensing with seasonal bans, to be sent to Congress and President Wilson. New committee chairs named and numerous board members listed for industrial interests, law, membership, parks, education, and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
District of Columbia
Full Board of Trade
Washington Board of Trade
Congress
Wilson
Henry C. Morris
Levi Cooke
Edward P. Abbe
Harry A. Swagart
P. M. Becker
Isaac Gans
B. C. Brandenburg
R. P. Andrews
Thomas Armstrong
Joseph €. Arneth
W. C. Balderson
William A. Bennett
Path to altar smoothed by Pennsylvania license mix up
Henry I. Greenblatt and Ruth Katzen, both in their mid twenties from Pennsylvania, faced a convoluted chase for marriage papers. After misusing licenses in Brookville and Baltimore then Washington, Marriage License Clerk Kroll issued a local license. They wed last evening with Rev. Louis Stern, having paid $4 for two licenses and travel. Greenblatt noted the District license cost $1, remarking Pennsylvania questions resembled a civil service exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry I. Greenblatt
du Bois
Ruth Katzen
Sykesville
Baltimore
Washington
Pennsylvania
Kroll
Louis Stern
Greenblatt
Miss Katzen
Brookville
Influenza Toll Shrinks Nation Faces Grave Epidemic
Influenza spreads coast to coast in a grave epidemic as public health officers report widespread sickness in major cities including New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston San Francisco Seattle Cleveland Detroit with estimates reaching about 100000 cases in Cleveland and Detroit. Local authorities are urged to act as disease reporting remains inconsistent across cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Public Health Service
Surg
Gen Blue
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
San Francisco
Seattle
Cleveland
Detroit
Mrs Adelaide Liebert Dies at 76 in Washington
Mrs Adelaide Liebert aged 76 died yesterday morning in her Falkstone Courts apartment in northwest Washington from the infirmities of age. She lived in Washington for years with her daughter Miss Gertrude Liebert a noted department store buyer. The body was sent to Milwaukee for interment where the family home is. Survived by two sons W R Liebert and H T Liebert both of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Liebert
Falkstone Courts
Fourteenth
Fairmont Streets
Liebert
Gertrude Liebert
Washington
Misa Liebert
Milwaukee
Mayo Weds Miss Waterbury In Quiet New York Ceremony
Virginian Mayo, a wealthy New Haven manufacturer, secretly married Lois Waterbury, his former stenographer. The union follows the death by his own hand last March of Lillian May Cook, Mayo’s prior stenographer, which exposed his dual life between Brooklyn and New Haven. Mayo’s divorce from Lois earlier in June is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Virginian
Mayo
New Haven
Brooklyn
Lillian May Cook
Lois Waterbury
Endeavorers Gather for DC Christian Union Meeting
Representatives from nearly all DC Christian Endeavor branches attended the annual meeting at Vermont Avenue Church. President Homer Edzon introduced Howard Banks, private secretary to Secretary Daniels, who spoke on The Quiet Hour. Frank A. Middleton discussed The Tenth Legion and generous giving. Rev Stockbrand spoke on Peace Among Nations and Denominations. William Knowles Cooper urged youth to engage in Christian work in Safe Work Recruits. James Cunningham Rogers was elected treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
Homer Edzon
Howard Banks
Daniels
Frank A. Middleton
M. Co. A
James Cunningham Rogers
Marines to Quit Haiti
United States Navy plans a gradual withdrawal of marines from Haiti as patrols resume under a provisional framework. The transport Prairie sailed from Philadelphia for Hampton Roads carrying supplies and reinforcements destined for Haiti, with a stop at Port Royal to pick up hundreds of recruits due to expire terms.
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Navy
Haiti
Republic
Philadelphia
United States
Prairie
Hampton Roads
Hattis
Port. Royal
Banks Use Sandwich Men to Promote Thrift
Sandwich men with signs urging saving began on Washington streets as part of a thrift campaign by the American Institute of Banking. One sign asks Why do I carry this sign, with the other side answering If I had a savings account I would not be carrying this sign. The campaign includes planned talks on thrift in public schools and at citizens' associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Institute of Banking
Citizens’ Association
Diphtheria Closes School At Industrial Home School
Eleven carrier cases of diphtheria forced suspension of classes at the Industrial Home School on Wisconsin Avenue NW. Cultures were taken and fumigation done last night. With 140 pupils at the institution, officials expect danger to pass by day’s end and classes to resume tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Home School
Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
Providence Hospital
Valuable papers found in steamer bag linked to Ohio man
A black bag with a bank book a $50 000 trust certificate and shares of Allah Oil Company stock was found in room 64 of the steamer Providence on arrival at Fall River. The bag marked W R W Griffin East Liverpool Ohio held the key inside the room remained unlocked. Passes issued to W R B W Griffin and Griffin's signature as Allah Oil president were among the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Providence
Fall River
W. R. W. Griffin
East Liverpool
Ohio
Allah Oil Company
W. R Griffin
W R B. W. Griffin
Steubenville, Wellsburg and Weirton
Haat Liverpool
Uneeda Biscuit Promotes Popular Soda Crackers
An ad praise extols Uneeda Biscuit as the best known and most popular food article. It argues soda crackers are the most nourishing flour products and highlights their baking quality and healthful nature.
Ohio floods receding as rivers fall in central region
Columbus reports clearer weather and receding flood waters across central and northern Ohio. The Scioto River in Columbus fell from near five feet above the danger line, after flooding the west side. Interurban lines, shut since the high water, prepare to resume traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Scioto
Grand Jury Indicts in Dozens as Officers Face Charges
The grand jury, after three months of service, returned 75 indictments before Chief Justice Covington. Among cases are larceny after trust against former probation officer Isaac D Porter, manslaughter in the Cordova district death, forgery, embezzlement, and conspiracy charges against numerous individuals. The panel also honored the clerk and secretary with feather coaches and fountain pens, while Chief Covington and court staff received carnations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Charles Stogt
L E_ Bruenninger
Elphonzo Youngs
James J Caylor
Justice Covington
Peter Garden
Isaac D .Porter
District Supreme Court
Samuel H Cunningham
Louise Roberts
Cordova Apartments
Twentieth Street
Florida Avenue
Cunningham
John Thomas
Joseph N Chase
Joseph Jennings
Mack Dennin
Joseph Bent
William C. Johnson
Wiliam E. Dixon
John H. Backing
Lee Yuen
Lee Jing Quong
William P Harrison
William FP Harrison
John P Martan
Emerson M P Oldman
Thomas J Higgins
Eugene Driver
Arthur Long
Frank Cuary
Eugene Spanier
Harry A Betzler
John H Edwards
David H. Moore
Henry Butler
Eugene Tilghman
Myer Edlavitch
Martin Bolster
Benjamin C. Milstead
Preston Lynn
Tampa Man Detained After Statement At Headquarters
Samuel Bond Gibson a 60 year old Tampa fruit dealer was detained at the Central Office Detective Headquarters after claiming he came to see the President on a mission. He reported being robbed of 35 dollars in a fimfam game near Union Station while en route from New York to Florida.
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Samuel Bond Gibson
Tampa
Fla
Washington Asylume Hospital
Central Office
O’brien
Mullen
New York
Florida
Union Station
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Aru
Mesi
pan-American Congress
Committee
Horlick
National Chamber of Commerce
M’nabb
Supreme Bench
Palais Royal
A.lisner
Board of Trade Directors
Pennsyyvania One
Waterbury
Annual Meeting of
Christian Union
Marines
BANKS
Industrial Home Institution
Uneeda Biscuit
Grand Jury
Arcade Theater
Park Rd
Lord Joh
Billy Garwood
Mimigonose
Aes
Alhambra Theater
7Th & F
Amusements National Struments
A. H. Woods
Willard Mack
Mate
Thueaday
Fisk
Susan
Burton Holmes
Grand Canyon of Arizona
San Diego
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Harl Uucck
National Theater
Ernest Schelling
Droop's
13Th and
Mational Theater
Droops
Mischaelman
Iday
Williams
Olive Kline Tieces
T. Arthur Smith
Mme
Vickers
Bel
Mat Gul
Omar
the Spect
Rich
Nex
Bates
Ard Walto
Tully
Farrar
Nevill Monroe Hopkins
Frederic L. Huldekoper
George Sarton
Frederick A. Coudert
Sue
Ruth
A. H. van Buren
I Poli
Tanuary
Melba
Frank A. Burt
Roseland
Lena Hivers
14Th Street
Park Road
Fren
F . Keith
Sol Herzog & Co. Inc
9Th St
National Biscuit Company
Buoy Theatre
Std
Penn
Ave. N. W
Follies
Feople
Hap Jones
Phil Collins
AI Kukle
Pretty Girls
LOEW
Columbia Ae
Pauline
Frederick
Lydia Gilmore
Thurs
Geraldine Farrar
Temptation
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