Justice McCoy Dismisses Petition Over Arlington Hotel Debts
Justice Walter J. McCoy of the District Supreme Court dismisses the petition of Aulick Palmer and Peyton Gordon as receivers of the Arlington Hotel Company to compel stockholders to pay unpaid subscriptions. The opinion cites Delaware law and prior Supreme Court rulings, holding that liability and adjudication must occur in Delaware courts. Debts are reported around $446,568.19 with unpaid stock and subscriptions at $544,771.65. capitalized at $4.5 million with $2.6 million authorized as preferred stock and $2 million as common. Nonresident subscribers include Tafts, du Ponts, Andrews, Webster, Wetherill, J. Pierpont Morgan estate, Bank of Nevada, and others.
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Courts of
Delaware
Supreme
Walter J. McCoy
District Supreme Court
Aulick Palmer
Peyton Gordon
Arlington Hotel Company
Delon Ware
McCoy
Supreme Court
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcadium
Green
White
Tiune
Equita
Delaare
Charles W. Clagett
Charlea P Taft
Walbridge 8
W. F. Robertson
Denton Stevens
Labor leaders urge U S to bar ships carrying munition cargoes
A petition presented to Secretary Lansing by Representative Buchanan and former Representative Fowler of Illinois and Frank Monnett former Ohio attorney general, acting for the National Labor Peace Council, calls for refusing clearances to ships carrying munitions as neutrality violations. Lansing declined to discuss the conference for publication, and said data would be filed later.
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United States
Lansing
Buchanan
Fowler
Oflinois
Frank Monnett
Ohio
National Labor Peace Council
Department
Postmaster Salaries Adjusted Across Several States
The Postmaster General announced raises for 2,225 postmasters and cuts for 1,228 based on a year of receipts. Maryland postings include Forest Glen 1400 to 1500, La Plata 1200 to 1400, College Park 1500 to 1600, with Annapolis and Kensington reductions. Virginia changes list Rosslyn 1100 to 1190, Vienna 1000 to 1100, Warrenton 2300 to 2400, and Leesburg down to 2200.
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Maryland
Forest Glen
la Plata
College Park
Annapolis
Kensington
Virginia
Rosslyn
Vienna
Warrenton
Leesburg
Births Reported For Many Families In Area
A list of births is reported including John L and Agnes Walker with a girl, Tamea and Florence Warrener with a boy, Albert J and Julia B Waskom with a girl, William A and Amanda A Stokley with a girl, Filbert L and Maymith with a boy, J W and Etta F Hensel with a boy, Frank and Easter M Padnaught with a girl, Reginald B and Virginia G Fennell with a boy, William Tana Verien M Dresnabas with a boy, Nachman and Lena Burdett with a girl, Ernest and Helen S Bower with a girl, Cramene and Matilds H Tyler with a girl, Laurence and Nettle W Woolford with a boy, Orpheus and Viola Williams with a boy, Alphonzo and Katie Savage with a boy, George H and Annie Lee with a girl, Henry Landbery F Grant with a girl, Daniel and Ella Freeman with a boy, Ralph J and Rebecca Davie with a girl, Isaac and Margaret Clark with a boy, Lewis and Mattie Cary with a girl, Champ and Annie Burroughs with a boy.
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John L
Agnes Walker
Tamea
Florence Warrener
Albert J
Julia B Waskom
William A
Amanda A. Stokley
Filbert L and
Maymith
J W
Etta F Hensel
Frank
Easter M Padnaught
Reginald B
Virginia G Fennell
William Tana Verien
Dresnabas
Nachman
Lena Burdett
Ernest
Helen S Bower
Cramene
Matilds H ‘Tyler
Laurence
Nettle W Woolford
Orpheus
Viola Williams
Alphonzo
Katie Savage
George H
Annie Lee
Henry Landbery
F Grant
Daniel
Ella Freeman
Ralph J
Rebecca Davie
Isaac
Margaret Clark
Lewis
Mattie Cary
Champ
Annie Burroughs
Licensed to Marry and Other Notices Mixed
A jumble of marriage banns and obituaries lists names and ages across several Virginia and nearby locales. Entries include Bernard J McGlivery and Josephine M O'Meara, LeRoy Duyn and Maude Sirles, plus many other couples with ministers named, ages ranging from teens to senior adults, and numerous hospital and address lines. The fragment ends with a Flowers for Sick Friends notice and an advertisement.
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Bernard J. McGlivery
Alerandeia
Josephine M. O'Meara
T. J. Bervick
LeRoy Duyn
Bowling Green
Maude G. Sirles
Kidds Fork
William Harris
Dallas C Jennings
Broadway
Pearl EB Barksdale
Charlottesville
L Morgan Chamber
Howard M. Kay
Margaret 0. McKinney
Charles J. Wingate
Henry A. Woody
Elizabeth Reid
Veth
Richmond
C J. Penn
Clasance D. Tisdale
Norfolk
Carle G. Fick
Petersburg
Willam I. McKenney
Charles M Bolek
Baltimore
Lilien BM. Fritz
Stephen T.’Morris
William H. Wetsel
Banta Fe
N. Mex
Helen H. Clokey
C. Wise
Georgia State Society of Washington Meeting Preview
The Georgia State Society of Washington will host a get-together at the Raleigh tomorrow evening with Senator Hoke Smith speaking on What Georgia Produces and ornithologist Jesse E. Mercer also slated to speak. William J. Harris, former census director, presides. all Georgians in Washington are invited. W H Fisher, expert dyer, advertises Main 1152.
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Georgia State Society of Washington
Raleigh
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Jesse E. Mercer
Washington
William J. Harria
Census Bureau
W. H Fisher
Chas Chaplin
Virginia
District approves five new municipal buildings and key projects
The District will begin work on five new municipal buildings including a $125000 fish market at the southwest fish wharves and a $66,000 addition to Powell School in Mount Pleasant. Other sites include a Fire Truck No 1 station $55000, Engine Company No 25 station $40400, and a $6000 convenience station at Fifteenth and H Streets.
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Eleventh Street
Powell
Mount Pleasant
New Jersey Avenue
B Street
Connecticut Avenue
Ordway Street
Fifteenth
H Streets
Baldwin Memory Honored With Brass Lamp at Epiphany
In memory of William D. Baldwin a long time church member and vestryman a brass lectern lamp was presented by Mrs Baldwin. Baldwin who died March 8 at age 80 had served as senior warden and Sunday school superintendent born in Knoxville and lived in Washington for 80 years as a noted patent attorney.
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W. D. Baldwin
William D. Baldwin
Church of the Epiphany
Baldwin
Knoxville
Tenn
Washington
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Evana Eddiixeriston
Oxfords
Edmonston & Co
Arlington
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The
Chesapeake and Potomac
D. J. O'Connell
Pa. Ave. Phono Main
Rene
Parker
Carte Milley
Creelman
Andrew B. Graham Co
E. Washington
Asia
Hee Street
F Andrews
BRARD
National
Tower
M Postal
Typewriter Distributing CO
Riggs Bidg
Wash
D.C
Madgee
el Blank Book
Ster
Labor Peace Council
State Department
Edward Tanning
Lanter Pl
Ruby
Ridgeley
Ma Ave
Edwin J Sweet
Vona I. Moore
17Th St. Ow
John G. Seldel
Government Hospital
Ingane
Virginia Hansford
Sibley Hospital
James Ho Anderson
Beaning Rd Ue
Anantha
George Washington
20Th St Mw
Eien Jackson
Linden
Georgina Scott
Sth St Nw
Margaret Coleman
Tuberculosis Hospital
Tee Gaskins
Georgetown University Hospital
Bernadine Dorsett
Togan Pl Nw
Gude
City Bulletins
Conger’sa
D. G
WEW Fish Market
No. 1
No. 28
New Central High School
Thirteenth
Clifton Streets
MM Street
O Streets
Western High School
Thirty
Fourteenth
Upshur Streets
Park View
Warder
Otis
Georgetown
Rosedale
Howard
Colored “High School
First Street
Congress
P. F Gormley Company
Riggs Distler and Stringer Company
Standard Engineering Company
Heine
Chicago
Judd &‘Detweiler
Ince
W.C. Alexander
Hall, Price
Palm Beach
Panamas
Bangkoks
Henry Heath
C. & K. Heath and
Perkins
Madras
Rockinchair
Corby Baking Company
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