Taxicab Firms Seek Private Business Exemption in District
Federal Taxicab Company and Terminal Taxicab Company filed injunctions in District Supreme Court arguing their operations are private and not under the public utilities commission. They contend the commission lacks jurisdiction and seek to block an order requiring tolls and schedules with penalties of 200 dollars per violation. Justice Stafford ordered the utilities commission to show cause by January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
Federal
Terminal Taxicab
Public Utilities Commission
Washington Terminal Company
Virginia
G. T. Dunlop
G. V. Hayden
Justice Stafford
Utilities Commission
Christine Nilsson and the Suwanee River fame
The article recalls Christine Nilsson’s rise from a Swedish farmer’s daughter near Wexio to international fame famed for Suwanee River and La Traviata. It notes her three octave range, concert tours in the United States, and farewell in London. The Post offers Heart Songs featuring her songs with coupon details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suwanee River
Christine Nilsson
Wexio
Sweden
Faoster
Stockholm
United States
London
America
Nilsson
Nileson
The
Post
Eagles Hosis to Throng at Oyster Roast
Over 500 members and guests of Washington Aerie No 125 F O E attended an oyster roast at the Eagles home on Sixth and EH streets NW. Marine Band members provided music and a varied program featured William Bussy Joseph Stranley Augustus Brill Arthur Morgan Augustus Brahler John Campbell J T Penn and Burt Rose with the Gayety Theater Quartet. The entertainment committee listed many names and officers in charge included W E B Cowen Luther B Hayes and Arthur S Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Aerue
Eagles
Sixth
Marine Band
William Bussy
Joseph Stranley
Augustus Brill
Arthur Morgan
Augustus Brahler
John Campbell
J. T. Penn
Burt Rose
Gayety Theater Quartet
PB. White
David Wolf
R. R. Young
E. G. Callan
William Bayle
W. Reynolds
Edward Coghlin
A. D. Marco
George Budd
J. Oppenheimer
George Gaver
G. Denhan
J. Brosnahan
D. Edwards
Fred Booth
W. Godwin
George Taylor
O. A. Williams
M. M. Fieles
Fred Kneess
Birth Reports List of Diverse Newborns and Admissions
Birth notices enumerate multiple families with newborns and admissions across various hospitals and cities. Names include Waters, Ghares, Fawcett, Donovan, Clem, Bradley, Wood, Young, Thomas, Jones, Johnson, Brown, Ridenour, Ash, Shipley, Carrico, Carroll, Pry, Thacklett, Johnston, Peterson, McNamera, Akers, Dickson, West, Talbert, Wagner, Guenther, King, Swift, Hartman, Arnold, Savoy, Brandon, Mason, Russell, Lee, Robinson, Johnson, Moses, Rankin, with ages, home towns, hospitals, and addresses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B
Mila M. Waters
Ghares M
Margaret Soulaatt
Walter 8
Elien Fawcett
Dennia J
Emma Donovan
Guy BE
Nellie M. Clem
Ernest H
Carrie M. Bradley
Louis
Lucile Wood
Ed W
Jennie M. Young
Hammond
Louisa Thomas
Richard M
Mabel Mann
Willam H
Mignon Jackson
Ernest
Bessie Jones
John B
Mary I. Johnson
Attilio Brown
Homer D. Kepler
Hazel
Ridenour
Frederick
C F. Iiteck
John Irving Ash
Grace Davis Turner
Edwards Claude F. Shipley
Agnes B. Carrico
F. W Johnson
Walter F. Smith
Purcellville
Eudora V. Carroll
Biuemont
Janes McNamera
Providence Hospital
Albert Akers
John Dickson
Catherine West
Sixth Street
James A. Talbert
Eleventh Street
Hattie Wagner
Georgetown Hospital
A. Guenther
Fe Etrest
Augustus J. King
Sixteenth Street
Veronica Thomas
HK Street
Jacque Swift
Theodore
Beatrice Hartman
Margaret A. Arnold
Sibley Hospital
Milter
Catherine Yates
Columbia Hospital
Kent Savoy
Murdock Mill Road
Frederick Brandon
100Th Street Northwest
Author Mason
Seventeenth Street
James Russell
Garfield Hospital
Joseph Lee
Fenton Place Northwest
Ven Robinson
Government Hospital
Auto Bandits of New York at Virginia Theater
City bulletins list canned goods and staples from J. T. D. Pyles Stores with prices. Also notes one day showing Auto Bandits of New York at Virginia Theater and upcoming Selig's Kathlyn at 6 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Bandits of
New York
Virginia Theater
Selig
Kathlyn
Reports on New Tax Laws and Corporate Taxation
Joseph H B Davies, commissioner of corporations, presented a comprehensive review of U S tax legislation in 1914 to the President. The report condemns New Yorks secured debt law for unequal taxation and notes Wisconsin's 1908 income tax as a major recent measure. It lists District Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania and Delaware as having special tax commissions for reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Joseph H B. Davies
New York
Maryland
New
Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Crosser seeks hearings on city street car ownership
Representative Robert Crosser of Cleveland proposes hearings before a House District subcommittee to examine municipal ownership and operation of Washington street car lines. He authored a bill to take over the system and issue 80 year bonds at four percent to pay for the property with testimony from experts including Cleveland street railway commissioner Peter Witt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Crosser
Cleveland
Ohio
Nouse District, Committee
Ciites
Peter Witt
Ma Crosser
Washington
Public Hearing Sought for Deputy Chief Sullivan Case
Charles W. Carr filed for a public hearing by the city commissioners on Deputy Chief Andrew J. Sullivan's Seventh street store fire case. Carr said Sullivan consented, the hearing would not be a trial, no charges exist, and friends want a full, orderly presentation of his 35 years of service before any action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Sullivan
Seventh Street
Siddong
Charles W. Carr
Sullivan
Carr
Brief Court Items on Wills and Divorce
Elizabeth E Wheeler’s will dated April 7 1912 was offered for probate. Daughter Alice Foreman Wheeler a Mary Immaculate sister, and sons William D Wheeler and Charles De Sales Wheeler inherit the estate with Alice as executor. Mary Barrett’s will dated December 4 1919 filed in Probate Court leaves entire estate to daughter Isabel C Barrett who is executrix. Mary A Miller’s 1912 will devises all property to her friend and benefactor Dr Creed W Childs, sole executor. Robert L Garrison a First Precinct policeman was divorced yesterday by Mrs Rosale Garrison in District Supreme Court with alimony of 25 dollars a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Esther Wheeler
Register of Wills
Alice Foreman Wheeler
Order of the Visitation of the Bleased Virgin Mary
Mary de Sales
William D. Wheeler
Charles de Sales Wheeler
Wheeler
Mary Barrett
Isabel C. Barrett
Barrett
Mary A. Miller
Creed W. Childs
Robert L. Garrison
Rosale Garrison
District Supreme Court
Gould
Garrison
C. R. Colvin
Police News Notes From City Streets
Police reports detail injuries from a brick fall at Eighteenth Street and New York Avenue sending Charles Jones to the Emergency Hospital with a fractured right shoulder. A dog shot after biting George Christi days earlier. A shed fire behind Rev. McLain’s home caused $60 damage. Mrs. Virginia Case fractured shoulder after a fall at John Marshall Place. 16 year old Doris Kaldenbach could not identify a suspect in an assault case. detectives continue. Commander Jackson reports theft of a leather bag from a car at Seventeenth and H Streets. Albert Jonas, 6, hospitalized with head and facial cuts after being knocked down at Ninth and G Streets Northwestern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jones
New York Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Virginia Case
Eleventh Street
John Marshall Place
C Street
Doris Kaldenbach
Richard H. Jackson
Seventeenth and
H Streets
Albert Jonas
Etts
Ninth
Not Guilty Verdict in Horning Loan Case at Ninth Street Office
A District police court jury acquitted George D. Horning, collateral loan banker, of violating the loan law. The trial examined whether jewelry presented at the Ninth street office was appraised there by a clerk to secure a loan at the Virginia office. Detectives testified no appraisal occurred at the Ninth street office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Court
Mulloway
George D. Horning
Ninth and
D Streets Northwest
C. Tucker
H. E. Davis
E. 8
Ninth Street
Horning
Virginia
Washington
India Automobiles
Samuel Marks
Whdward Cosby
George Wech
Edward Weedon
James Springmann
Henry Pratt
Guy Burlingame
Frank Bauer
New Law
Warren
Varnell and
Whitford
City lodging house plan eyed for 100000 dollars
City officials reviewed a proposed 100000 dollar municipal lodging house to be built near the police station on Twelfth Street Northwest. A new site may be sought if Congress condemns land between Pennsylvania Avenue and the Mall. The plan aims to keep costs within the 100000 dollar limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman
A. H. Tyson
Twelfth Street
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mall
Tyson
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Mausoleum Construction Company of America
District National Bank Bldg
B. Rich’s
Rich
Russia
Eeurich Brewing Co
Thorp
Berkeley Rye
F Street N. Ww
Agatha Ann
Georgie Tilama Snead
John C. Winston Co
Oregonian
Hrentango’s
Niewepaper
Bkee
Byron S. Adams
Fire Service
Sis Lith
St. N. W
Abner-Drury Brewing Company
Browmester
Sunday Post
Mastin
Ask
Fetomac Bilectric Power Co
14Th
C Sts. N. Ww
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
City Bulletins
J. T. D. Pyles
D. C
Crosser
Sawyer
Police
Horton
Fourth Precinct
George Christi
Aikencourt
R. J. McLain
Wilson M. E. Church
G. D. Horning
Witnensey
City News
Board of Education
Woodridge
Eighteenth
Newton and
Monroe Streets
BE. H. Daniel
Joseph P. Bader
Joseph Ritt
Wisconsin Avenue
Washington Railway and Electric Company
O Street
Lincoln Park
Park
Thirteenth Street
East Capitol Street
Public Order Committee
the Board of Trade
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington Academy of Sciencea
Cosmos Club
David White
George K. Burgess
W. J. Humphreys
E. W. Parker
A. H. Brooks
L. O. Howard
O. H. Tittmann
Retail Merchants’ Association
Opticians, Automobile Dealers
Sadies’ Tailors
Claude E. Miller
M. A. Leese
Optical
Ladies’ Tailor Section
F. C. Chorley
Robert Pluymin Ara
Chapin
Sixth Street Northwest
Mra. S. C
Shelton
Charles P. Grandfield
Theo. Moore
E. S. Henry
Rachel Tongate Beck
Anna Anandale
Marie Bonham
Eunice Lower
Ruth Ayler
Augusta Nicholas
Davis
Misa Budd Song
Wilson
Parker
Hecht & CO
Hechts
Columbia
Henry Burr
Columbia Records
Victor
Columbia Graphophone Co
G Street
N. W
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Suodar
H. N. D. Parker
N.W
Wash
Arehi
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