Voters weigh in on Wilson choice for D C commissioner
A federation committee plans a preferred primary to determine who will replace Oliver P. Newman as D C commissioner. President Wilson may defer or approve the plan as the group meets at 10 today to learn his stance. If he approves, a date for the election could be set within three weeks. Newman may resign to accept a reserve army commission.
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A Wilson
District of Columbia
Oliver P. Newman
Federation of Citizens’ Associations
Charles S. Shreve
Association
Charles A Baker
Wilson
Shreve
Newman
J South Faces Assault Charge in House Journal Dispute
Jerry South a House journal clerk was charged in police court with assaulting James F Meegan a dratler in old books who said he was struck after asserting South libeled him by alleging he sought pay to return the missing Twenty fourth Congress House journal The case was continued until Thursday Meegan wrote a letter recounting events noting Miss Mary Hill brought the journal to his shop and offered to return it to authorities and that no money was discussed while South claimed the House would thank them for the return of the manuscript
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Jerry South
House
Yeaterday
James F Meegan
Dratler
South
House Journal
Meegan
Mary T. Hhil
House of Representatives
Miss Hill
Health Is Greatest Asset Promoted by Acid Iron Mineral
An advertisement extols health as the greatest asset and promotes Acid Iron Mineral as a pure natural iron supplement. It claims three forms of natural iron plus magnesium potassium calcium and sodium aid digestion relieve indigestion constipation and disordered stomach. The product is advertised as non alcoholic not a patent medicine and available at druggists in 50c and $1 sizes.
Theaters Show Bright Season With Big Bill At Keith’s Temple
A busy bill at Keith’s temple of art features Ida Brooks Hunt as headline, with a long sequence of acts including Dusty & Daisy and Nelson Waring. The second program spotlights Mary Pickford in The Little American, praised for casting and direction, plus Crandall’s showcases The Beloved Adventuress and The World Between with Wallace Reid. Additional vaudeville and newsreels fill out the heavy schedule at Crandall’s Savoy and Poliathia theaters.
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Tzh
Keith
Temple of Art
Ida Brooks Hunt
Alfred de Manby
Barytone
George Halperin
Dustty & Daisy
Trick
Nelson Waring
Melville Ellis
Sylvia Loyal
Pierrot
Percy Bronson
Winnie Baldwin
George White
Emma Haig
Ida Brooks Hunt & Co
Billie Montgomery
George Perry
Montgomery
Pang
News Pictorial
Ivan Bankoff
Lola Girtie
Court stern to joy riders in district supreme court
George Carroll and James Murray were arraigned in the District Supreme Court and remanded on $500 bail each for trial. Elizabeth B. Carrell and W. W. Stewart acted as sureties. Justice Siddons warned that the joy riders face the full penalties of the law.
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Joy Riders
District Supreme Court
George Carroll
James Murray
Elizabeth B. Brooks
Carrell
W. W. Stewart
Murray
Justice Siddons
Ghosts and fires of trench lore shadow Strand bill
Professor Charles EB Munroe of George Washington University discusses ghosts on European battlefields noting phosphorous offgassing from dying bodies can resemble apparitions. The Strand screens Banks o Blue Ridge with Bessie Barriscale, plus Wild and Woolly with Douglas Fairbanks and The Masked Heart with William Russell, supported by Broadway Rastus and other acts.
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Charles EB. Munroe
George Washington University
A Banks
Maw Becky
Banks
Bessie Barriscale
Douglas Fairbanks
Tenderfoot
William Russell
Marine Band concert at Smithsonian Grounds tonight
The United States Marine Band under Walter F. Smith performs at 7:30 p m at Smithsonian Grounds. The program features marches and overtures including The Siege of Rochelle, The Path Finder of Panama, Humoresque, Phryne, Phryne, and The Star Spangled Banner, with selections by Dvorak and Kuessner among others.
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United States Marine Band
Walter F. Smith
Smithsonian Grounds
Rochelle
Balfo Selection
Peter Hares
Dvorak
Paname
Phryne
Zalusta
Kuessner Grandmarch
Hamelin
Hessler
Army and Navy Club Closes Bar Due to Uniform Rules
The Army and Navy Club in Washington has shut down its bar after a board vote. Manager J L Jamison cites military prohibitions on officers in uniform and the cost of maintaining a bar unusable to most members as reasons. The closure reflects officers on duty in Washington always wearing uniform.
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Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Washington
Army and Navy Club
J. L. Jamison
Gen H W Closson to be buried today
Funeral services for Brig. Gen. Henry Whitney Closson will be held at his home on 1363 Columbia road with interment at Arlington. The 85 year old veteran died Sunday after a brief illness. He was born June 6, 1832 in Whitingham Vermont and entered the US Military Academy in 1850.
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Henry Whitney Closson
Columbia Road
Arlington
Henry B. Closson
New York City
Oliva
Closson
This City
W. L. Kenty
HW. H. Whitney
H. H. Whitney
Chamber of Commerce Outing to Chesapeake Beach
The Chamber of Commerce holds its annual outing today, expected to surpass all its prior picnics. Over 500 members and many Congress members will depart at 10:30 AM led by Sol Minster’s band, parade through Washington to Chesapeake Junction, where a special train awaits, with luncheon at 12:30, athletic contests, and a 5 PM veranda dinner at the Casino Hotel.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake Beach
Congress
Chamber
Sol Minsters
Washington
Chesapeake Junction
Casino Hotel
Death of Bo Sweeney Funeral Rites Await Son Arrival
Bo Sweeney Assistant Secretary of the Interior dies after a heart attack in his Highlands, Washington apartment. Survived by wife Lillian and son Bo Sweeney Jr aboard the Ansantowana off Provincetown, Massachusetts. The son has been notified via Navy radiograph and will join for the funeral. Born September 26, 1863 in Henry County Maryland, he practiced law in Colorado and Seattle before joining the Interior Department.
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Casino Theater
Washington
la Scala Opera House
Milan
Royal Ballet of
Bo Sweeney
Interior Department
Highlands
Sweeny
Cumberland University Law School
Lebanon, Tenn
Colorado
Trinidad
Sweeney
Seattle
Wash
Supreme Court of Washington
Jews Organize for War Service in Washington
The Federated Jewish Organization of Washington formed a war service committee at a meeting last night in the Highth Street Synagogue. Representatives from all city Jewish groups attended to cooperate with the District war service commission and to mobilize social resources for soldiers sailors and civilian employers. Speakers included Dr C F Stimson executive secretary of the District war service committee Rabbi Edward Davis and Judge Milton Strasburger.
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Federated Jewish Organization of Washington
War Service Committee
Highth Street
District War Service Commission
Cc. F. Stimson
District War Service Committee
Edward Davis
Milton Strasburger
Transfers Bring Father Barrett to St Patrick's Church
Restrooms are to be located at 1367 Pennsylvania avenue. An executive committee of 16 will direct federation work. News from Baltimore reports Rev. John J. Barrett of St Ann's Baltimore has been transferred to St Patrick's by Cardinal Gibbons and will serve as an assistant there.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Baltimore
John J. Barratt
St. Ann's Church
St. Patrick's Church
Cardinal Gibbons
St. Patrick's
Father Barrett
Brookland Red Cross Exhibit Shows Soldier Aid
The Brookland Chapter of Red Cross held its first night meeting at Lord Memorial Hall Brookland with members displaying jackets pajamas handkerchiefs and comfort bags made for soldiers in the trenches Mrs W Littell and Miss Anna J Greenlees spoke at the event.
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Brookland
Red Cross
Lord Memorial Hall
W. Littell
Anna J. Greenlees
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