DRY CAMPAIGN SESSION IN ATLANTIC CITY
Antisaloon League delegates gathered in Atlantic City for the sixteenth convention to form a national push for prohibition. A committee of business leaders will raise funds and promote the Hobson Sheppard amendment with headquarters in Washington, targeting adoption before the next congressional apportionment.
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Antisaloon League
National Prohibition Amendment
Atlanta City
Antinatoan League of America
Hobson Sheppard
Fossa
Wrre
Goa
Massachusetts
Gov
Cartscum
Colorado
Riv DP Baker
Thentisaloon League
Wane BK Wheeler
Ohionusaloon League
Antisatout League of America
Washington
Calvary Baptist Church
Tog
Burned Playing With Match Seeks Recovery for Boy
James Bennett, five, son of Mr and Mrs Peter J Bennett of 112 Eighteenth Street Northwest, lies in critical condition at the children's hospital after his clothing caught fire yesterday while he played with matches in a neighbor's yard. Attendants extinguished the flames as they spread, and an Emergency Hospital ambulance brought a physician for first aid before transferring him to Childress Hospital, which has special facilities for pediatric care.
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James Bennett
Peter J. Bennett
Eighteenth Street
Children’s Hospital
Wmelcbors
Sermon on the Mount Inspires Drama and Moral Debate
Noted novelist John Galsworthy explores social justice in a London Times letter and in his new play A Bit o Love. The critic discusses the clash between ideal Christian ethics and everyday life, portraying Michael Strangway’s attempt to love his neighbor despite personal cost and social pressure.
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John Galaworthy
London Times
St. Feanels
Assist
Beach Doughnuts craze for Auto Tire Tubes at Atlantic City
In Atlantic City on July 6 readers report a new beach fad. Learners and experts use inflated automobile inner tubes as buoyant doughnuts. Beginners float and practice strokes while enjoying sun, and experts lounge in deep water for long, relaxed floats.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
Fourteen Etchings Donated to Bar Harbor Library
Bar Harbor Me July 6 Albert Eugene Gallatin of New York with his mother donated a collection of fourteen original etchings to the Morris K Jessup Memorial Library. Artists include Rembrandt Durer Whistler and other masters. Mrs J Witmer Biddle and Misa ive ranne Biddle of Philadelphia arrived to join Mr Biddle. Christine Biddle of New York will arrive early August. William Lawrence Green hosted tea at the swimming club with Constantin Brun the Danish Minister among guests. James A C Palmer has returned to Washington with his mother Mrs Aulick Palmer to join him soon.
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Washington Post
Bar Harbor
Morris K. Jessup
Albert Eugene Gallatin
New York
Albert H. Gallatin
Talleyrand Cottage
Rembrandt
Durer
Whistler
J. Witmer Biddle
Misa
Iveranne Biddle
Philadelphia
Constantin Brun
Cal Gee
James A.C.’ Palmer
Washington
Aulick Palmer
Husband's sacrifice futile in laborer blast death
Philadelphia report reveals Mrs. Margaret Winans died from injuries after a improvised cannon exploded from a tea pipe. Her husband William Winans gave up four quarts of blood in a bid to save her life by a delicate transfusion but was arrested and held for coroner's inquest.
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Philadelphia
Margaret Winans
William Winans
Duchess secret trip denouement linked to Zimmerman estate
Cincinnati July 4. Developments in the estate of Eugene Zimmerman, Detroit clubman and Michigan railroad magnate, hinge on the Duchess of Manchester Helena Zimmermann visiting Cincinnati incognito. Col John T Bruce, her attorney, cites changes in creditors and coal lands but provides no specifics. The husband’s whereabouts are noted as of little moment. he is a nonresident and not an heir.
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Bruce
Washington Pont
Cincinnati
Ohio
Eugene Zimmerman
Detroit
New York
Cincinnuti
John T. Bruce
Zimmerman
United States
Vanderbilts at Newport For Rest of the Summer
Mr and Mrs William K Vanderbilt arrived by steam yacht Nirvana and will stay through the season after the horse show, renting Castle Hill for the summer. Mrs Harry Payne Whitney and Miss Barbara C Rutherford accompany them. Notable arrivals include Prince Paul Troubetskey and Mrs Henry Clews at the Casino events as Newport's villa colony nears completion.
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Washington Post
Newport
R 1
William K. Vanderbilt
Nirvana
Harry Payne Whitney
Barbara C. Rutherford
Vanderbilt
Castle Hill
Agassiz
Boston
George Henry Warren
Seafield
Henry A C. Taylor
Prince Paul Troubetskey
Greenwich
Henry Clews
Casino
John A. Logan, Jr
Dilworth
Frederick Neilson
Former Governor Slaton Guests At Saratoga Springs
Former Georgia governor John M. Slaton and Mrs. Slaton were guests at Saratoga Springs with earlier reports noting they arrived from Albany by automobile to dine at the Casino. A dinner party followed hosted by Harry C. Has king with attendees including Mrs. Tom L. Johnson Mrs. Stanley P. Gifford and Ernest F. Ayrault and Mr. and Mrs. Addison B. Colvin. Franklin K. Lane and Mrs. Lane were at the United States Hotel with Mr. and Mrs. James S. Harlan. they also arrived by car.
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Washington Post
Saratoga Springs
Goy
Charles
Whitman
Albany
T. Coleman du Pont
John M. Slaton
Georgia
Slaton
Harry C. Hasking
New York
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Stanley P. Gifford
Ernest F
Soldiers Fire on Starving Mobs In City of Mexico
In Mexico City the past four days bring insecurity and fierce street fighting. Zapata and Villato forces drew back after moving archives to Cuernavaca. Civilians, mostly women, gathered for relief as Red Cross aid arrived. dozens killed in the panic. Executions of officers for extortion and harsh measures against Carranza supporters punctuate the turmoil.
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City of Mexico
Mexico City
Zapata
Villato
Cuernavaca
Mons
International Relief Commission
Red Cross
Carranza
Francisco Martinez Mollejo
Julian Figueroa
Francisco Aguirre
National Palace
Fourth of July Toll Rises in Chicago Figures
Chicago figures show 19 dead and 908 injured from the two day Fourth of July celebration. Fireworks caused nine deaths, cannons four, firearms four, and gunpowder two. Fire losses reached 259 825 dollars, up from 99 545 dollars last year.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
General M C Wentworth Dead In New Hampshire
Special to The Washington. Gen M C Wentworth promoter of White Mountain resorts and hotel interests dies at his Jackson New Hampshire summer home from age related disease. Born August 16 1844 in Mount Washington area he served in the Civil War with the Fifth Maine and First New Jersey Cavalry, was a New Hampshire presidential elector in 1884 and long associated with Thorn Mountain House and Wentworth Hall. Survived by wife Georgia A Tricksay and brother Sewell Wentworth. Funeral plans not announced.
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Washmingdon
Boston
Mass
Marshall Clark Wentworth
Twentieth Street
Washington, D. C
White Mountain
Jackson
N. H
California
Gen. Wentworth
Mount Washington
William H. H
Mary
Clark) Wentworth
Fifth Maine
New Jersey Cavalry
New Hampshire
Thorn Mountain House
Wentworth Hall
Wentworth
Chesterfield of the Mountains
Georgia A. Tricksay
Sewell Wentworth
Sioux City
Town
Narragansett Pier Cornerstone Laid for Post Office
The cornerstone of Narragansett Pier’s $69,000 post office was laid with Gov. Beech in attendance and nearly 1,000 Rhode Island residents. Speakers included George Peabody Wetmore and J. H. Hanan, praising local citizens whose efforts funded the building. An orchestra played as the mortar was set and the event closed with a reception at the Hanan home.
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Washington Post
Narragansett Pier
R. L
R. Livingstone Beechman
Rhode Island
Beeckman
Charles Hitchcock
John H. Hanna
Henry B. Kane
George Peabody Wetmore
United States
Walter Sitness
Hanan
John
Tax schedules distributed citywide for personal property filings
Under an agreement between the police superintendent and the District assessor blanks for personal tax schedules will be distributed by police and assessor staff across the city. Schedules must be filed by August 1 to avoid a 20 percent penalty. Exemptions include library and charitable property, private gain libraries, school books, wearing apparel, family portraits, household goods up to 1000 dollars, and goods of public service workers temporarily residing in the District taxed where applicable.
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Police Wii
North
Capitol Street
First Street
Third Street
Seventh Street
Fourteenth Street
Sixteenth Street
Connecticut
Massachusetts
United States
Woman hobo confesses sex to police after arrest at dump
Special to The Washington Post from St. Louis on July 6 reports Edna Christensen, claiming a male disguise for three years, was arrested with four men near a dump. She admits being a woman, says she has a 9 year old son, once supported by Illinois kin, and describes hoboe life including beer and cigars.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Edna Christensen
Harry Smith
Edna Christy
Illinois
Funeral of Former Mexican President Diez Held in Paris
In Paris on July funeral services for Gen Porfirio Diez former President of Mexico were conducted at 10:30 in the Catholic church of St Honore d Eyta. The ceremony drew government and city officials of France and Paris with the Ecuadorian minister to France and the Japanese military attaché present. Diez’s body was placed in the church vault awaiting shipment to America in a few days.
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Paris
Porfirio Diez
Mexico
St. Honore d'Eyta
France
Amerita
Longworth bed debt sparks Connecticut dispute
A Hartford dispatch reports a legal row over a 72065 bill tied to Nick Longworth's bed at the Alvin House last January. The bill covers lodging and entertainment of Cal Roosevelt's son in law, a speaker at the Connectic McKinley Association banquet, with further payments disputed if Longworth and other guests do not settle. Charges include five bottles of champagne, four bottles of liqueur, cigarettes, and cigars.
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Washington Post
New York
Hartford
Longworth
Rites for William Braund veteran to be private
Wunera services will be held this afternoon at 2 oclock in the chapel at 1012 Massachusetts avenue northwest Intermont Glenwood Cemetery for William Braund a longtime Washington resident and Civil War veteran who died Sunday at his daughter Mrs Walter Charltons home in Hyattsville Md He was a member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants the Grand Army of the Republic and the District Volunteers Born in England he came to the District early in life He is survived by two daughters Mrs Susie Hall and Mrs Annie T Olinger and two sons George Braund of Washington and James Braund of Atlantic City.
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Washington
Walter Charlton
Hyattsville
Massachusetts Avenue
Intermont
Glenwood Cemetery
Braund
Association of
Grand Army of the Republic
District Volunteers
England
Charlton
Susie Hall
Annie T Olinger
George Braund
James Braund
Atlantic City
JADETS OFF TO SAN FRANCISCO
Wisconsin sails from Annapolis for San Francisco on a Naval Academy practice cruise via the Panama Canal. The Missouri and Ohio will depart today with cadets not facing misconduct charges barred from the trip. Two naval courts have concluded their examination of cadet witnesses in the hazing case.
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Wisconsin
Naval Academy
Annapolis
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Missouri
Fullam
Ohio
Nauries
Naval
Funeral of Prof Allan Say at Kendall Green
Funeral services were held yesterday for Prof Allan B K Say at the family home on Kendall Green. Say, 43, a longtime Latin professor at Gallaudet College, died Monday after an appendicitis operation at George Washington University Hospital. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born in Brooklyn and educated at Harvard, later teaching there briefly before joining Gallaudet. He is survived by his wife, two children, two sisters, and three brothers.
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Allan BK. Say
Gallaudet College
George Washinton University Hospital
Kendall Green
Oak Hill Cemetery
Say
Edward Allan Say
Brooklyn
Harvard University
Harvard
Washington
Gallaudet
Harvard Club
Federal Schoolman's Club
Helen Say
Northampton
Atlanta
Percival
Rooms for G A R Visitors at Chamber of Commerce
Accommodations committee for the fiftieth encampment of the G A R met at the Chamber of Commerce. Presiding chairman A Leftwich Sinclair reported that about 4 200 visitors have rooming houses pledged but demand will outstrip supply. An appeal to proprietors to register rooms continued. An inspector will visit registered houses to assess suitability for visitors.
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Chamber of Commerce
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Darken Gray Hair Look Young With Q Ban Restorer
Advertised hair color product claims to darken gray hair quickly with Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer. Portable bottle sold for 50 cents at James O'Donnell's Drug Store Washington DC with mail order option.
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James O'Donnell
Washington, D. C
Percel Post
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