Coal Waste in Public Schools Sparks $15000 Yearly Savings Report
Investigators allege coal waste across multiple public schools costs the district money. Tests suggest average annual savings of about $228 per building, with total potential savings around $15,000 yearly by tighter fuel management and audit. Janitors claim high consumption and open windows despite cold weather.
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Board of Ade
Abbott
Costtm
Cardozo
Dent
Fillmore School
Robber Loots Hotel Rooms During Dinner Visit
A sneak thief entered five rooms at a lower Pennsylvania avenue hotel while guests dined last night. He ransacked baggage value in the hundreds with diamonds around $500 missing. several hundred more worth was left untouched. Central office detectives have no trace of the culprit. police deem it an amateur job.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Central Office
Turnverein Concert at Clubhouse on M Street
The Columbia turnverein hosted a musical evening for members and friends at its clubhouse 928 M Street Northwest. Performers included Miss Adele May Robey Miss Fillda Mayer Professor Raimonde Immerman and George Plitt. Plans are underway for a masquerade ball at the old Masonic Temple on February 1.
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Columbia ‘Turnverein
M Street
Adele May Robey
Fillda Mayer
Raimonde “Immer‘man
George Plitt
Turnverein
Lincoln Road Pushed Glidden Announces Plans
Lincoln Memorial Road Association formed by Charles J. Glidden to build a Washington to Gettysburg highway tracing Lincoln’s route to the cemetery dedication. James T. McCleary named president, Glidden secretary, Robert A. C. Smith treasurer, Leslie T. McCleary executive secretary. The group backs the Lafean bill to fund the road, endorsed by civic bodies in the District.
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Washington
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Charles J. Glidden
Globe Trotter
Lincoln Memorial Road Association
James T. McCleary
Minnesota
Robert A. C. Smith
New York
Leslie T. McCleary
Lafean Bill
Lafeun
Lincoln
Citizens’ Association
Trailed by bad checks probe of mysterious South journeyman
Washington Post report from Alexandria notes Oscar R Moore an alleged attorney moving northward with blank checks to Canada. In Henderson Ky a letter to Howard W Smith asks for Moore’s financial and moral standing, while local records show no law office here. Police suspect Moore copied prominent attorney names after spending days in Alexandria, with a few $5 checks and one possibly larger being passed elsewhere. Also in Alexandria, a missionary rally by three Episcopal churches featured Rev R K Massie and students marching to Christ Church with songs and prayers. Robbery attempt at George Ayres Sporting Goods, 324 King Street, saw a smashed front window and possible break in at Mrs A M Grimes, 22 King Street, but nothing reported missing.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Oscar R. Moore
Fairfax
Canada
Oscar
Fom Henderson
Howard W. Smith
Moore
Mn Smith
Bar Ier
Sith
Henderson
Gadsden
Ala
Tennessee
Episcopal Churches
Christ Church
R. K. Massie
Episcopal Theological Seminary
St. Paul's
Grace
Christ!rch
Greenland
Jesus
Edgar Carpenter
P. P. Philips
W. J. Morton
George Ayres
A. M. Grimes
Pan American Conference To Meet February Week
The Pan American commercial conference will convene at the Pan American Union view building during February 13 to 18 with over 200 major US firms expected. Worcester plans a 100 member business delegation while Chicago Pittsburg Detroit and others send large groups. Formal opening is Monday February 13 at 3 15 pm and top experts will lead the program discussions.
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Pan-American Union Ithe
United States
Board of Trade of
Worcester
Mass
fromPittsburg
Detroit
Chicago
New Orleans
Baltimore
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Weather Conditions From The Weather Bureau Report
A Sunday Weather Bureau bulletin describes a slight interior disturbance bringing snow and rain from southern New England to North Carolina and into the Ohio valley and Tennessee. Elsewhere, conditions are fair with a colder snap in the middle Atlantic and New England, and a general rise in temperatures across the Northwest and upper Mississippi valley. Winds vary by coast and region, and far offshore vessels face shifting winds. Local readings list temperatures from midnight to evening, with highs around 95 and lows near 27, comparing to last year’s values.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
South Atlantic
New England
North Carolina
Ohio Valley
Ten-nessee
Middle Atlantic
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Virginia
Florida
Rocky Mountains
East Gulf
Lake Michigan
European Porta Wll
Grand Banks
Subway Tragedy Kills Girl Leaning Over Tracks
A New York subway diverging onto the southbound edge at the Twenty third Street station struck and instantly killed Misa Violet d Arcy a stenographer as she leaned over to view an approaching northbound train. Her body collapsed into the crowd on the platform bowling over several people including her escort John Kewieh a mining broker.
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New York
Misa Violet d’Arcy
Twenty-third
John Kewieh
Lassoing Mountain Lions Attracts Film Inquiry
Special to The Washington Post from Kalispell Montana on January 22 reports negotiations between a New York motion picture house and Charlie Ordish of the Flathead valley to produce a film showing Ordish capturing mountain lions with dogs and lasso. Ordish has killed or captured many lions this winter, totaling 74 shot and lassoed in prior winters. He hunts with two Airedale bear dogs and climbs trees to lassos the lions when they escape the hounds.
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Washington Post
Kalispell
Mont
Motion Picture Houses
New York
Charlie Ordish
Ordish
Girl 15 Escapes Florence Crittenton Home By Rope
Rene Hall, a 15 year old girl brought from New York to Washington for a climate change, escaped early yesterday by sliding down two improvised bed sheet ropes. Police are asked to locate her as she wanders snowy streets with few belongings, seeking to return to her widowed mother amid poverty and health decline.
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New York
Rene Hall
Florence Crittenton
Third Street
Washington
Crittenton
Sid
New York City
Westinghouse Patent Lets Ships Backward In Fog
The Wannington Post reports George Westinghouse has completed an invention to greatly reduce danger to ships in fog or darkness. An officer can reverse turbine engines at full speed with a wrist turn using a small lever, providing backward propulsion in emergencies. College graduates are advancing in electrical construction and turbine engine work, earning about two cents an hour.
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Wannington Post
Pittsburg
George Westinghouse
Washington Curfew Club Warns of Girls Drinking in City
The Washington Curfew Club reports hundreds of underage girls under 16 drink highballs cocktails and other intoxicants at night. Leaders including Rev Zed Copp and Warden McKee push a curfew law, while Judge DeLacy blames parents and calls for quiet action and enforcement. A club meeting and executive session are planned.
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Zed Copp
Washington
Mr. Copp
Hotela, &c
Robert &. McKee
McKee
William H. Delacy
Juvenile Court
Judge DeLacy
Rich Woman Seeks Parents in Baltimore Records
A richly dressed woman, wife of a New York businessman, spent two weeks in Baltimore seeking family history. She learned from orphanage records that she was once in an asylum as a child and later adopted by a wealthy family. A Baltimore asylum record cited "Mary Rudger" with the note that the mother never returned, and the visitor, who would not disclose her married name, was told her adopted name was Richter.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
New York
Mary Rudger
Will Pey
Richter
Bogus bill passers caught near Scranton
Two men Dartell Geulio and Detri Pietra, suspected of running a counterfeit ring, were nabbed late last night in Taylor near Scranton after making small purchases with fake $10 bills. Police found $80 in counterfeit notes and $378 in genuine money on them. authorities believe they were targeting Taylor to pass about $800 in bad bills from a New York national bank bearing the McKinley head and series Y-1BS.
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Scranton
Government Secret Service
Taylor
Here
Dartell Geulio
Detri Pietra
Main Street
Geulio
Pietra
National Bank
New York
McKinley
Plan to Defeat on Pont Senator du Pont Reelection
Wilmington Jan. 22 A plan to defeat Senator Henry I du Pont in his bid for reelection emerged as Addicks leads a drive to persuade Republican legislators in Dover to oppose du Pont ahead of Tuesday’s vote. The group includes Hiram St Burton Caleb Layton and John Abbott. It is unclear whether the effort will succeed.
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Wilmington
Del
Henry I. du Pont
J. Edward Addicks
Dover
du Pont
Addicks
Bryan Takes a Hand His Plans Given in Letter
The article reports William J. Bryan's renewed activity in party affairs aimed at uniting pro gressive Democrats for the 1912 nomination while suggesting he will not seek the presidency again. It notes letters from Charles W. Bryan urging cooperation to block a reactionary Democrat, likely targeting Judson Harmon, Woodrow Wilson, or Champ Clark, and mentions cautious support from party leaders and possible early Bryan follower conferences.
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William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Bryan
Baltimore
Charles W. Bryan
Comproner
Mr. Bryan
Jetter
Judson Harmon
Woodrow Wilson
John A. Dix
Champ Clark
Lincoln
Harmon
Denver
Congress
Taft
Clark
Wright Expected To Stay Out Of Senate Race
Nashville reports from Memphis indicate General Luke E. Wright former Secretary of War will not enter the United States Senate race. With Benton McMillin and B A Enloe in the field a Republican deadlock may persist as insurgents Davis and Brown hold pivotal votes. If Wright is out tomorrow Col L D Tyson of Knoxville may enter but only from McMillin. If Enloe retires fusionists would unite on Lake Lea.
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Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
Luke E. Wright
United States
Benton McMillin
B. A. Enloe
Hou Davis
Brown
Wright
Col. L. D. Tyson
Knoxville
McMillin
Enlue
Lake Lea
Farewell Services for Berriman Before Move to Indianapolis
Maj. and Mrs. J. X. Berriman of the Salvation Army, ordered to Indianapolis, will hold farewell services at 980 Pennsylvania Avenue tonight. Maj. William Escott will succeed Maj. Berriman in Washington.
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J. X. Berriman
Salvation Army
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Avenue
William Escott
Maj
Berriman
Washington
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Pease Pianos
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Washington Gaslight Company
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Washington Post Company
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17Th St
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Ballentine
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Saunders & CO
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Probey Carriage CO
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