Montgomery to sue over illegal immunity in tax case
Montgomery County commissioners authorize State Senator Blair Lee to lead litigation to protect taxpayers from deductions linked to Baltimore City stock held by county corporations. Lee’s report argues exemptions are unlawful. the county may pursue action to counter double taxation and recover taxes believed due.
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Baltimore City
Blair Lee
Washington Post
Rockville
Montgomery County
Board of Commissioners
Maryland
Lee
Senator Lee
Buchanan Schley
Tax Commissioner's
Povnty
Semes
No Trace Of Missing Men From Millera Island
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore January 3 Five men who left Millera Island in a small rowboat Sunday evening to reach Bay Shore Park have not been seen since A Canton police report says Lee Folk a local boy saw the men in the boat fighting the wind and waves as darkness fell and the craft drifted far out on the Chesapeake A systematic search is ongoing into the fate of the five men.
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Washington
Baltimore
Millera Island
Bay Shore Park
Lee Folk
M Ners Island
Canton
Roanoke Jail Condemned by Review Committee
A Roanoke jail committee reports severe overcrowding and inhumane conditions deeming the jail inadequate for prisoners. The panel cites cells housing up to eight inmates and criticizes “human by Inga penned In” conditions as criminal.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
H. E. Jones
R. W. Wimborne
C. W. Saunders
John W. Woods
Mustings
Inga
W. B. A. Line Inspecting Rapid Track Progress
The Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway plans to speed up work between Baltimore and Washington this week. Two more steam shovels arrive, more teams and about 10 additional workers join 130 laborers and 3 shovels already in use. President Bishop notes weather delays but progress continues, with fourteen miles of track laid and construction activity concentrated in Baltimore. He and superintendent George A. Craig inspect sections and anticipate a contract for car bodies soon and ready electrical equipment for larger new cars resembling the Pillman coach.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway Company
Washington
George
Bishop
George A. Craig
Toledo
Ohio
United Railways and Electric Company
Pilliman
Control on corporations limits dividends and fixes salaries
Special to The Washington Post Raleigh reports a bill to curb public service corporations by restricting interest and dividends to a set percentage, with the state to claim excess earnings. The corporation commissioner would set officials' salaries and prohibit dividends from non net earnings. The House tabled a bill to value state stock in railways. The joint session announced Simmons elected senator 116 votes to 24 and 2 for Britt. Other measures include indictments not quashed for tax nonpayment, testimony under oath, railway investigations, Virginia North Carolina border survey, and a ten year separation clause for divorce with no issue. Mrs Stonewall Jackson of Charlotte was awarded a monthly pension as a memorial.
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Washington Post
Raleigh
N. C
House
North Carolina
Atlantic
Senate
United States
Winston
Justice
Simmons
Adams
Britt
Committee On Public Service Corporations
Degins
Virginia
North ‘Carolina
Stonewall Jackson
Charlotte
Husband Shoots Himself Near Lovetteville Lends to Death
Leesburg Va Jan 24 Harry Fry 21 son of Butter Fry living near Lovetteville Loudoun County attempted suicide yesterday at Alongta Snoots home by shooting left breast with a .2 caliber pistol. He was found unconscious in the yard and cannot recover. He had recently married Bessie Futts and followed her after she left their home. in the Snoots residence he shot himself amid family presence and threatens another attempt if the first fails.
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Washington Post
Leesburg
Harry Fry
Butter Fry
Lovetteville
Loudoun County
Alongta Snoots
Snonts
Murder charge brought in West Virginia and Virginia cases
Parkersburg farmer D H Leesuome was arrested in Elizabeth County Jail on first degree murder as an accessory in the Kirkendall killing of January 3. The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals proceeding lists cases to be called, including Webb’s, Lychburg Shoe, and others on the argument docket.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
D. H. Leesuome
Wirt County
Elizabeth
Murtler
James Kirkendall
George Syedsame
Innis
Spedal
Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Webb's
Trasteca
Lychburg Shoe Company
Lewis Ve. Palmer
Armiden’ Ve. Kirby Et
Davenport Va
Davenport
Virgins-Carolina Chemical “Company
Gatewood Va Garrett
Death of Sylvester Jones in Rockville MD
Special to The Washington roar Rockville Maryland January 23 Sylvester Jones longtime county resident died about 1 30 o clock this afternoon five miles from Rockville aged seventy four He had suffered from a long list of troubles but death was wholly unexpected He is survived by his wife Mrs Caroline Jones and four children
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Washington Roar
Rockville
Sylvester Jones
County
Caroline Jones
Martha Miles
Burfén
Girl averted after quarrel ends in tragedy
In Charlotte North Carolina this morning Mrs Nan Stevenson of High Point and her twenty year old daughter quarreled and parted in anger. The daughter was later found semi conscious and died before aid could arrive. The death was caused by drinking carbolic acid.
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Charilotte
N. C
Nan Stevenson
High Point
Richmond Fire Ravages Buildings in $353000 Loss
Jan 23 Richmond endures the worst urban fire since evacuation. Three simultaneous blazes cripple the Blues armory and several factories, with $353,000 in losses and heavy injuries to Assistant Fire Chief Shaw and Captain Haake. Weapons storage in flames endangers crews amid chilling northeast winds.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
B. F. Johnson Publishing Company
Surburg ‘Topacco Company
Southern Paper Company
Southern’ Zixpress Company
Chamber of Commerce
Mutual
Mercury
Blues’ Armory
Surburg Tobacco Company
Southern Express Company
Iperea
Adama
Southern Express “econpanieeLais
Lina
Blues Battalion
Williamd State Company
Joss
Blues
Whitelmrat
Saen
Divid
United States
Lozs
Johnson Publishing Company
Lovs
Southern Fapar Company
Loms
Bedford Paper and Pulp Company
Johnson Publinking Company
Redford Paper and Pulp Company
Virginia Piro and Marine Insuranes Company
Love
Cars and Barn Burned in Camden Interstate Railway Fire
Early morning fire destroyed the Camden Interstate Railway car barn in Huntington West Virginia along with thirteen 60 foot cars. Loss estimated at 160000 dollars as backwater hindered firefighting and crippled electric lines. Service to Kentucky towns disrupted. company plans to borrow old cars from Pittsburgh until new rolling stock arrives. Pennsylvania capital shows interest in the road.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Tree Defender Free
Philip Dienstbach released from jail after Governor Warfield signs order amid dispute with Consolidated Gas company over two trees felled in front of his home. He refused to pay a $5 fine, was sentenced to 30 days, and John B. Semmes urged remittance. Maryland adjutant general sets February 14–15 for Maryland National Guard Officers Association meetings at Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Philip Dienstbach
Warfeld
Consolidated Gas, Electric Light, and Power Company
Grannan
Central Station
Dienstbach
John B. Semmes
Gov. Warfield
Washington
Annapolis
Adjutant General
Officers’ Association of the
Maryland National Guard
Fifth Regiment Armory
Obituary notices from Virginia including Gallahan and Beauley
Fredericksburg reports the death of John W. Gallahan at 72 after a long illness. Oliver Beauley, 72, dies at his Caroline County home. Other notices include Mrs. Charles B. Foote of Staclaytown, Mrs. Marthe Bradford near Kerestown, and George C. Conrad of Harrisonburg, Civil War veteran and former mayor, survived by families and noted for local ties and service.
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Fredericksburg
John W. Gallahan
Bratford County
Stator’ Court House
Oliver Beauley
Caroline County
Guinea
Wi Luray
Charles B. Foote
Staclaytown
Kerestown
McCausland
Front, Royal
Fort McHenry
Point Lookout
Clore
Adam Milles
Virginia
Harrisonburg
Baltimore Man Shoots Self in Charles Street Apartment
R Lloyd Nichols thirty a selestian employed by John Turnbull Jr Co was found dead in the bathroom of his North Charles Street apartment. A 22 caliber revolver lay at his feet and a back of head wound showed the gun went into his mouth. Liquor bottles cluttered the room and closet. Coroner suspects self inflicted death in a nervous state due to alcoholism. Nichols was a native of Chester Town Kent County.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
North
Charles Street
Lloyd Nichols
Selestian
John Turnbull, Jr. & Co
Howerd
Franklin Streets
Richmond Counterfeit Bank Notes Baffle Secret Service
In Richmond Virginia on January 23 authorities report counterfeit bank notes valued in the thousands that circulated over the past month. Captain George Foster of the United States Secret Service says these are the most dangerous for years and that stacks of bills were found in local banks and businesses after being detected. Agents here are believed to have shipped and unloaded quantities of the notes before fleeing.
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Washington Post
Richmond
George Foster
United States Secret Service
Secret Service
Foster
Cadets Reinstated at Virginia Military Institute After Breach
The Virginia Military Institute board of visitors reinstated seventy four cadets, third class, dismissed for January 3 fireworks on the academic building. Superintendent Shipp will publish the exact reinstatement conditions in general orders tomorrow. A three story library building contract was awarded today to W. J. Snead & Co of Lynchburg, to occupy the old gymnasium site.
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Washington Post
Lexington
Board of Visitors
Virginia Military Institute
Seasion
Supt
Shipp
W. J. Snead & Co
Lynchburg
Recommitment of Tax Bill and Elkins Senate Victory
Special to The Washington Post from Charleston W Va reports the tax levy bill and other measures facing re committee action. Stephen Benton Elkins is re elected to the United States Senate with joint session confirmation. Brookes discharged from custody after failure to indict in Winchester Virginia.
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Washington Posts
Charleston
Pet House
Judiciary Committee
House
McCram
Roach
Stephen Benton Elkins
United States Senate
Senate
McDec Mott
Elkins
Johnson
Bennett
Fa ‘Eyette
Pennsylvania
Bride Paid Husband's Fine and Other Local Weddings
Special to The Washington Just reports Fredericksburg bride paid her husband’s fine after his arrest, plus several marriage notices from Danville Lynchburg and Winchester. William Baldwin wed Blanche Willett Wierman at a Methodist parsonage in Winchester. Miss Marx Wright married Rucker Parker in Danville. Olie Virginine Johnnon wed Jesse Worsham in Danville. Linda White became Mrs William Smith in Chatham. Grace Schenck Gilliam wed E I Younger in Lynchburg. Louis Nowlin and Walker DeGrand married at Court Street Methodist in Lynchburg.
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Winchester
William M. Baldwin
Mies Blanche Willett ‘Wieeman
Wier
Southern Methodist Church
Danville
Olie Virginie Johnnon
Jesse Green Worsham
Mra
F .W. Townes
Mr. Worsham
Lynchburg
Chatham Tovbey
Linda White
N. J. White
William Smith
Airs
Frank Marshall
J. E. Hicks
First Baptist Church
Misa Grace Schenck Gilliam
Thomas W. Gilliam
E. I. Younger
Brooknest
W. K. Pickard
Jan
Court Street
Matheatet Church
Louis P. Nowlin
Walker EeGrand
G. C. Kelly
Long lived Maryland woman Louisa Este dies at 103
Special to The Washington Post Mrs Louisa M Este widow of Judge D K Este of Cincinnati died at 3 30 AM in Baltimore at her daughter Mrs William A Fisher’s home and granddaughter Mrs W Cabell Bruce West Mount Vernon Place aged in her 104th year She was born October 15 1803 in Louisiana on a Bayou Rapides plantation Her life spanned the early republic and Civil War she recalled meeting many actors in history Her father served as France’s agent in the Louisiana Purchase and her family connected with Henry Clay
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Baltimore
Louisa M. Este
William A. Fisher
Cabell Bruce
West Mount
Vernon Place
Tiste
Normany
France
Este
Maryland
Sue
New Pastor Installed in Alexandria as Sevier Leads Church
Rev Joseph R Sevier was installed as pastor of Second Presbyterian Church Alexandria in a ceremony led by a Presbytery commission. Attendees included Rev H W Pratt Rev William Chinn Rev James H Taylor and Rev James Vance with benediction by Rev A W Pitzer. The event followed Sevier’s transfer from Lynchburg to the Presbytery of Montgomery and Washington’s Rev D W Wille offered invocation. The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce announced committees led by William A Smoot including arbitration river navigation finance transportation publicity and many others. The appointment lists show several chairs and members across dozens of subcommittees. A separate court filing noted a demurrer in Power v WMV Railway, with a $5,000 damage claim and case continued to April. A solar chemical company charter was granted in Alexandria with capital between five and nine thousand dollars. An event at Christ Episcopal in Alexandria featured Henrietta Erving Bolton witnessing. A three-year-old boy, Louis Power, died at 602 Cameron Street, following a prior death in the family of Lee Power. A youth reading room officers were elected at the Methodist church south. Norfolk’s Jamestown Exposition committee invited a large American Methodist exhibit.
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Washington Port Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Joseph R. Sevier
Second Presbyterian Church
Chesapeake
Washington
Mr. Sevier
Lynchburg
Montgomery
H. W. Pratt
William Chinn
Warrenton
James H. Taylor
Central Presbyterian Church
James". Vance
D. D
Second Presbyteria Church
Newark
N. J
D. W. Wille
A. W. Pitzer
Ashington
William A. Smoot
Characher of ‘Commerce
John’ Leadbeater
Henry Baader
M ‘Whips
RB. L. Garrett
E. 4. Thompson
F. G. French
W. A. Smoot
H. K. Field
W. M. Rosridon
W. Wattles
W.B. Smoot
J.P. Robinson
Worth Hulfish
Herbert Bryant
O. ‘la Booth
Transportation and Express
A. D. Bedckett
Shatrman
M. I. King
B. E. Lawler
Crashar
W. Pitts
Urineee Enterprise
Harper
Jones
KL. Cockrell
R. E. Kolent
Zorg Hmi
Bay
Milter
D. W. Schonets
L. Hulfish
J. . Man
M. P. Greene
G. Hf. Sch Reardon, Jr
Harry Bader
H. Kirk, Jr
Grill
FF. Cartin
Willem Bryent
Corporation
Bailey
W. M. Power
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company
Power
Electrle Railway
Wilkes Street
Herderson
Henderson Wee
S. J. Meyer
J. R. Caton
Henrietta Erving
Bolton
Aioséaan
Girls’ Friendly Society
National Organization
Christ Epizconal
Benet
Louis
Frank Power
Cameron Street
Lee
Perlman Still Tops At Ormond Daytona Tourney In Touring Car Race
Hutton defeats Payne as L N Perlman’s Welch car wins a twenty mile touring car race at Ormond Beach Florida part of the International Touring Car Championship program. The event featured a standing start and a record pace despite a head wind with four starters including Payne Kull Rose and Blakeley. Marriott’s crash early altered lead and the day saw two cars blown heads with the Marriott machine failing to finish.
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Washingtonast
Ormond
Fla
Perlman
United States
Welch
L. H. Perlman
New York
Payne
Eail
Rose
Marriott
E. B. Blakely
Hutton
Hutton Wins Easy Race in Rolls Royce at Track Meet
Competitor Capt Hutton led England’s 20 horsepower Rolls Royce to victory as Welch’s car delayed by sand could not start on time. Perlman challenged Hutton to a 20 mile race tomorrow with the Rolls Royce facing Welch. George Curtis won the 1 mile motorcycle race in 46.25 seconds. Tomorrow Stanley enters two Vanderbilt cars and Blakely brings the American Mercedes. Capt Hutton fields the Rolls Royce and A L Kull the Wayne for the 190 mile event.
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Hutton
England
Rolls Royce
Sand
Welch
Payne
Perlman
George Curtis
William Wray
Curtis
Stanley
Vanderbilt
Blakely
Mercedes
Capt. Hutton
Rolls
Royce
A. L. Kull
Wayne
Passed Century Mark Died in Baltimore at 100
Augustus W Miles aged 100 years and months died today at his daughter's home Mrs Battle Burton in Baltimore Maryland He was active until a few months ago and was related to Gen Nelson A Miles His proudest memory was shaking hands with Gen Lafayette as a boy Born August 13 1846 in Bucks County Pennsylvania He was the son of farmer William Miles who died about forty five years ago
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Augustus W Miles
Battle Burton
Bucks County
William Miles
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Eugene ‘Sloan
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Canton Railroad Company
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Baltimore Briar Pipa Company
Va. George
Eluenhaus
Superior Court of
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Farmer
Virginia Supreme Court
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Shaw
Haake
Surburg
Camden Company
Huntington
Maryland Guard
West Virginia
F Elkins
Jamestown Exposition
Brookes
A. Powell Brookes
Alexander M. Baker
Corporation Court
C. J. Martens
Falk
Virginia Weddings
Chamber of Commercie
Virginia Corporation | Commission
Solar Chemical Company
G. Hamilton
Charlottesville
L. P. Armentrout
Millhoro
John B. Porter
Staunton
John Bell Clayton
Marble Valley
Methodist- Episcopal
Church South
Thomas Clark
Harvey Crump
Ernest Riston
Met Histon
Roland ‘Dane Beth
Norfolk
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Episcopal Church
Southern Church
Nelson A. Miles
Father John
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