Wilson’s busy day includes Canal Zone talks and hearings
President Wilson had a long winter day with calls and meetings. He discussed Canal Zone government and Col George W Gosthals as surgeon general, plus antitrust, immigration, and post office issues. He planned public hearings and reading of proposed bills to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Canal Zone
Wilson
Representative Stanley
Garrison
Col
W. C Gorgas
United States Army
George W. Gosthals
Bryan
Burleson
Civil Service
Clayton
Floyd and
Carlin
House Judiciary Committee
Mcldoo
West
Congress
Cleveland
Taft
Kay
White House
Floyd
Purse Snatching Report Near Lamont Street
Mrs Stella Mary of 3822 Thirteenth Street NW told police last night a colored man snatched her purse on Eleventh Street near Lamont Street. Charles BE Alsop of 440 Lamont Street saw the theft and chased the thief, who escaped with the purse containing change and papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Mary
Thirteenth Street
Eleventh Street
Lamont Street
Charles BE
Alsop
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices Dated January 1914
Death notices from January 1914 list several individuals buried or to be buried in Washington Alexandria and nearby areas. Entries include ANNS REBECCA BUCHANAN widow of James W Buchanan mother of Dr William R Buchanan at 4821 Iowa savernae. SARAH J FITZ HUGH widow of Peregrine A Fitz Hugh. JOHN GOETZ husband of Catherine at 607 BE Street NW. ANN MURTAUGH of Alexandria VA. VIRGINIA SEYMOUR daughter of William F and Mary C Seymour. TIPTON THOMAS Co. R P TORBERT Mrs. WALTZING VINCE at Mount Olivet with services at St Marys and Holy Trinity churches and various parish chapels. Funeral times and locations are listed with residences and cemeteries.
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W H Wanamaker
Lucien W Powell
BE Street
John
Catherine Goetz
Frank Geter’s
Seventh Street
St Mary's Church
St. Mary’s
Murtaugh
Duke Street
Alexandria
Ann Murtaugh
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Seymour
Alejandra
R. Park Torbert Mee Power
St Mary’s Church
St Mary's Cemetery
Holgewaa S .Ister
Vince
Asylum
Mount Olivet
Domestic Infelicities Recited by Husband in Separation Suit
Walter Ashford Reiss, an Anacostia dentist, tells the District Supreme Court his wife Grece charged him with indolence and drink, recounting hatpin, bowl, and mirror injuries to himself and claiming he ruined his practice by rumors. He says he endured abuse and left to seek luck, hoping to reunite and support her and their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ashford Reiss
Anacostia
District Supreme Court
Grece
Mabel Reiss
Reiss
Albert Siflers
Monroe Street
Atlanta
Irving Street
Colonial Beach
Dourt
Laura J. Farmer
Bureau of Fisheries
Henry T. Farmer
Justice Gould
District Supremes Court
Farmer
Mr. Farmer, Jr
Divorce mill grind as Dan Cupid looks on
A bill filed yesterday in District Supreme Court by Howard K Higbee requests divorce from Margaret M Higbee of Brooklyn. He alleges misconduct and seeks custody of their child Ruby V Higbee. The Higbees were married in September.
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Frank M. Finley
District Supreme Court
Mary A. Finley
Baltimore
G. A. Macdonald
Finley
Richard
Howard
Marie C. Howard
Annapolis, Md
W. E Ambrose
Margaret M. Higbee
Brooklyn
N. Y
P. J Ryan
Howard K. Higbée
Ruby
Higbee
Higbees
Bremner Pushes Federal Safety Bureau Amid Cancer Battle
Rep Bremner of New Jersey, stricken with cancer in Baltimore, pleads for a proposed federal safety bureau under the Labor Department. The bill, favorably reported by the House labor committee, cites vast industrial losses from accidents and illness and urges nationwide adoption of compensation laws, forecasting multi million dollar costs.
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U. S. Bureau of Safety
House
Cudd
Federal Bureau of Safety
Department of Labor
House Committee Oni Labor
Bremhner
New Jersey
Baltimore
Bremmner
Bremner
United States
Miss Quayle Seeks Radium Cure for Cancer
Miss Margaret Quayle daughter of Bishop William A Quayle of the Methodist Episcopal Church is undergoing radium treatment for cancer in Baltimore Maryland on January 16. She has endured cancer for about thirteen years and her condition is now advanced.
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Miss Quayle
Baltimore
Margaret Quayle
William A. Quayle
Methodist Hepistopal Church
Bank Hearings End in Other Cities for Reserve Bank
Hearings on regional bank locations concluded with Philadelphia urged for a district including southern New Jersey and parts of Maryland. Nine cities were proposed overall Boston New York Chicago Atlanta New Orleans Minneapolis St Louis Denver and San Francisco with Pittsburgh and Cleveland also represented.
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Philadelphian
Reserve Bank
Boston
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
New Orleans
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Denver
San Francisco
Federal Reserve Organization Board
McAdoo
Houston
Chicago Clearing House Association
Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
Iowa Bankers’ Association
St Paul
Detroit
John Skelton Williams
Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Ex Officao
Philadelphia
Ita
Pittsburgh
Burke
Cleveland
Cincinnati
I In Rue
Philadelphia Clearing House
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
St .Louis
Rue
New York Bank
Charles H. Harding
Joseph Wayne
Joseph Moora, Jr
J. R. McAllister
Charles R Miller
Charles McKnight
Pittsburgh Clearing House
William H. Stevenson
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
James R. Burke
Charlotte
N. C
Federal Reserve Bank
Lanabury Warns of Class Fury at Single Tax Meet
Hon George Lansbury told Joseph Feln Fund delegates at the Raleigh Hotel that class enmity threatens democratic government amid copper and coal strikes. Notable speakers included Mayor Baker, Samuel Gompers and Doris Stevens, with talks on single tax, women’s suffrage, and press interests.
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George Lanabury
Telly Fela Fund
George Lansbury
Joseph Feln Fund of
America
Raleigh
United States
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Ohio
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Grace Isabel Colbron
New York
Charlies O'Cannell Hennessy
New Jersey
Alica Thatcher Post
Washington
George J.knapp
Pueblo Cole
Bolton Hall
H. Warren
Detroit
Doris Stevens
Arden, del
House Rules Committee
Moring Seasion
Frank Parker Stockbridge
Popular Mechanics
Henry George, Jr
Biltmore Street
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Gorgas
Frank Geter
Modern Chapel
North
J. WM. Lee
Frase A Speare
Pley
Geo P Zarhorst
East Capitol Street
Zurhorst
Mgr
Thoss. Sergeon
R. & Cain
Seventh St
WM H Sardo & GO
J. H. Small & Sons
Gomer 16Th and
H Sts
Washington Waldorf-Astoria
Broadway
F Street
Trades Hall
South Africa
Hain
Federation of Trades
Sli
Court
Halifax
MN. C
Justice Stafford
Grace Violet Watkins
Harvey C. Watkins
Georgia Avenue
Watkins
Andrew
Dan Cupid
South
R. Harris & CO
Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
AGONY
Bill
Manhattan
Tokalon O.O., Inc
F St
Big Danger
Mt Alvert Company
Calvert
Calvert Shop
William Marion Reedy
Henry George
Herbert 8. Bigelow
Amos L. Pinchot
George L. Record
Prof
L. J. Johnson
Laula F. Post
Joseph
Fels
Owen
Clapp
Ashurst
Kent
Buchanan
Gailey
Crosser
Lewis
Nolan
Lansbury
Bohemia
Royal Pilsen
Abner-Drury Brewing Co
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