Former D A Pleads for Manslaughter Verdict in Fatal Stabbing
Former District Attorney D W Baker defending James Anderson asked the jury to return a verdict of manslaughter in the July stabbing death of Virginia Johnson in TDingmans alley. The defense opposed the death penalty despite the district attorney's push for first degree murder.
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Virginia Johnson
D. W. Baker
James Anderson
Wilson
Charles H. Tarmer
Anderson
Tdingmans Alley
Potomac
Virginia
Washington
Baker
James A. O'Shea
K F R Dinner Marks Fortieth Anniversary Since Founding
The Society of the K F R held its annual dinner seen as the fortieth since its 1871 founding with twenty of the 46 surviving members in attendance. Henry E Tavis presided as toastmaster and Rev Charles Morris Addison delivered remarks while Maj Stevens and T S A performed songs. Attendees included Blair Lee Albion K Parris and Dr William Borden among others. communications from absent members such as Charles Page Ryan and Col James Walker Benet were read.
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Society of the
White House
Grant
Henry E. Tavis
Charles Morris Addison
Stamford
Rock Island Arsenal
Thomas N Woot
Boston
John F. Paret
Sweetwater
Tex
James Walker Benet
Bewicia Arsenal
Cal
Fist Blair
Wiliam
Borden
U. S A
Edward W. Cady
Walter Hill Chew
Wiliam B. Chilton
Frank B. Crosthwaite
Middleton
Betrothal Ring Dispute Ends With Woman Keeping Diamond
Wade H. Davis demanded the engagement ring back after four years of courtship with Mary M. Callahan. Judge Pugh ruled the ring a gift and Miss Callahan was acquitted when she refused to return it. Davis, a solicitor, and Callahan planned marriage, but the dispute led to a police court case and civil remedy discussion.
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Wade H. Davis
Mary M. Callahan
Judge Pugh
Sixth Street
Seventh Street
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Davia
Davis
Miss Callahan
Pugh
DeLacy
Dolly Marks
George Marks
Marks
Judge DeLacy
Big Residence Sales Reach Over Two Hundred Thousand
Real estate brokers E C Brainerd and Story Cobb announced two large residential deals in the new year, totaling more than $200,000. A corner residence at 2234 Massachusetts Avenue sold for $85,000 to an unnamed buyer, and the Wendell mansion at 2839 Massachusetts Avenue, once owned by Mrs Jenness Miller, sold for $136,000. The four story fireproof building features ten to twelve rooms per floor and rents for $12,000 annually. The sale highlights the upscale district and substantial property values.
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E. C. Brainerd
Story & Cobb
Massachusetts Avenue
Halliday
Wendell
Sheridan Circle
Jenness Miller
Pen Pictures of Live Men by Col Stealey
Col O O Stealey of the Louisville Courier Journal Washington bureau releases 130 Pen Pictures of Live Men a volume of biographical sketches of the greatest living men with most subjects since deceased. He notes modern sales rely on direct correspondence rather than bookstore placement and reflects on his bookselling experiences.
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Col
O. O. Stealey
Louisville Courier-Journal
Washington
Ares
Col. Stealey
Viking
Stealey
Bank Inquiry Starts Third Receiver Denied in Virginia Case
Alexandria court under Judge Louis C. Barley considers appointing a coreceiver for Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corp. while Barbour is removed due to nonresidence. Howard W. Smith appointed. jury probes bank affairs. Francis Coates Jr outlines assets and liabilities to receivers.
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John S. Barbour
Virginia Trust
Howard W. Smith
Coates
Washington Post Bureau
King Streat
Alexandria
Alexandria Corporation Court
Louis C. Barley
Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
Bailey
Moncure, Wampler
Gloth
Alexandria County
James Bayne
John W. May
EH. E. Lawler
Capt
W. H. Sweeney
C. J.W. Summers
D. R. Stansbury
Barley
Capt. Sweeney
Joseph Button
C. ©. Barksdale
State Bank
R. T. Wilson
State Corporation Commission
Thomas W. Robinson
J. K. M. Norton
John 8. Bahbour
Francis Coates
John P. Robinson
Henry Hander
C. C. Leadbeater
Henry K. Field
George 8. Peach
T. J. Fannon
George H. Robinson
H. D. Kirk
Samuel L. Monroe
Douglas Smith
Henry Robartson
William J. Boothe
Hanka
Kral
J. Risey
Monument proposal at Lee birthday dinner in Alexandria
United States Senator Joseph M Terrell of Georgia urged a national monument to Lee and Grant in Washington resembling Canada s Abraham Plains tribute to English and French heroes. The speech at a Lee Camp Confederate Veterans dinner honored Gen Robert E Lee with other tributes and reminiscences.
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National Capital
Lee
Grant
Canada
Plains of Abraham
Quebec
Wolf
Moatcalm
R. H E. Lee
Alexandria
United States
Joseph M. Terrell
Georgia
Terrell
Robert, B. Lee
John Randolph Thornton
Louisiana
W. A. Smoot
Lee Camp
Toagtmaster
M. C. Castleman
Gen. Lee
Edgar Warfield, Jr
Les Camp
Capital Supply Company pays $10,000 penalty to end illegal distilling case
The Capital Supply Company and officers agreed to a $10,000 penalty to settle revenue abuses after the government seized the distillery on August 23 1910 and later a rectifying plant. Five defendants faced charges, bonds were posted, and the Treasury recovered costs. The firm claims the defense rested on employee ignorance and plans to resume business.
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Querani
Internal Revenue
Capital Supply Company
Higgins, McNeil & Evans
Royall E. Cabell
Revenue Board
District of Columbia
BH. Whitaker
Whitaker
James A. Cole
Charles C. Hall
Samuel Gormillion
Gormillion
William Green
United States
Anson Taylor
Cole
Hall
Revenue Mien
James Pierce
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ths
Clarence Wilson
Treasury Department
Women Missionary Jubilee Plans Outlined in Washington
Representatives from seventeen denominations met in Washington to discuss the proposed Women's National Foreign Missionary Jubilee. The fiftieth jubilee will be held February 2 and 3 with conferences for workers prayer meetings drawing room meetings young women meetings church rallies and a final Friday evening gathering. The programs are not yet finished.
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Washington
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Lacarte
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Dre
House & Herrmann
N.W
Se Agenta
People’s Drug Store
Keeley Institute
North Capitel Street
Washington, D. GC
Gotham
New York
Rot Zoo
Wetherbee’ & Wood
Fifth Ave
Fifty-fifth St
New York City
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L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
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Washington Store
Pennsylvania
TUF Sunday Post
NOOSE
Slayer
K. F
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North
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The
Alexandria Court
Shaft
Kate Gates
Kate Shirley Gates
Joseph C. Gates
North St. Asaph Street
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda
Bieber-Kaufman
Bricks
Birger
Bieber-Kaufman Co
Navy Yard
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Ogdensburg
West 3
Arlington
MacLennan
George F. Bowerman
Public Library
McMahon Hall
Catholic University
J. T. Crowley
Eckstein
N. Y
J. Maury Dove Company
Coal All Coal
Prince Albert
Berberich
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Ami
U. S
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Tyree & Co
Mazda
James F. Oyster
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