Raids Target Roof Garden Bars As Prohibition Drive Proceeds
A raid on Le Paradis, a roof garden opposite Thomas Enel, arrests five patrons for possessing liquor and drinking in public as part of a citywide effort to wipe out illicit establishments. Prohibition agents, aided by an orchestra, began cleanup actions amid warnings to shut down similar venues and curb public intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Enele
Rowdad
Fie
White Ene
Thas
Harry Fa Wo Oiams
Ate
Connecticut
Aste
Henderson
Charles “Mo “McDonald
Hapmat
Convection Avenue
James Lexallvan
Fifteen Arrested In First Mah Jong Raid
Fifteen arrests reported in a first mah jong raid. The incident occurred on a northern Washington street with police detaining sixteen Chinese men found playing mah jong for stakes. Authorities described the event as illegal gambling activity and confiscated money and props.
Penniless Hunting Daughter Description Sparks Local Alert
A missing girl described with gray eyes and dark dress has prompted a village search. Witnesses say she was last seen walking in the town area near River LMP and is believed to have recently left school. Detectives seek information from the public to help locate her.
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Dave
Pete
Trantocd
Dream of Love Nest Ends in Drowning Tragedy
A fragmentary obituary notes a couple once planning a shared home after two years of marriage faced a tragedy as a drowning ended their dream. Survived by the husband Thornton Froreporoy and a sister Mrs. Thornton Foorepoy, with a brother William L. Froopley. funeral arrangements were being discussed at a 2988 Pennsylvania Avenue location.
Indian Python at Zoo Glitters in New Dress
The big Malay peninsula python at the Zoological Gardens shed its old skin and appeared renewed, glittering like a silver dollar under visitors gaze. Head keeper William H. Blackburn noted the 25 foot long snake weighs 135 pounds and enjoyed winding and unwinding before enraptured spectators.
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Zoological Gardens
William H. Blackburn
Zoo
Malay Peninsula
Riot at National Training School for Girls Ends in Police Quell
About fifty trainees at the National Training School for Girls on Conduit Road staged a violent riot, armed with pipes knives and utensils. Police from Seventh Precinct contained the disturbance after fights at dinner left Officer Sager injured and Superintendent Richardson briefly endangered by masked inmates. The clash began when Odessa Farwell argued with a fellow inmate and attendants attempted to remove her.
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National Training School For Girls
Conduit Road
Willam Sager
Lottie Richardson
Jessie Lofty
Richardson
Odessa Farwell
Wuckle Ford
Odessa
Lucille
Tige the President’s Pet Cat Leaves for Good
President Coolidge’s cat Tige, missing for months, wandered away again after being found and collared. A tourist removed the bell, and Tige resumed nocturnal roaming, prompting a renewed radio search before the animal finally departed for good.
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Tige
Coolidge
Kiceap
Conlidge
Tige Plainily
White House
Right to Wed Denied Youth of 19 Years
Claude Allen of Alexandria visited Rockville seeking a marriage license for Clara Rush, also of Alexandria. He was denied because he is under nineteen and lacked parental consent. He said the parents had no objection and promised to return with consent to wed.
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Claude Allen
Alexandria
Rockville
Clara St Rush
Girl Denies Name On Rockville Marriage License
Edith Marceron 22 denies the license listing Virgilio Velasquez as groom at Rockville Md. A Washington Post call finds her saying the report confused her. Her mother and Edith later confirm there is no objection, with a hint there may yet be “something to it.”
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Edith Marceron
Virgilio Velasquez
Rockville
Washington Post
Miss Marceron
Hines Assailant Case Settled Today
Thomas J. Beaver a World War veteran who attacked Brig Gen Frank T Hines director of the veterans bureau in his office will reenter a government hospital for further treatment and observation Doctors say Deavers tuberculosis remains active and the case is before Director Hines who is expected to decide today Beaver from Texas brings affidavits from two local physicians asserting ongoing disability The central board of appeal previously handled the case and now its findings with recommendations are under review Deaver agrees to a hospital reexamination and continued observation
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Thomas J. Beaver
Frank T Hines
Veterans Bureau
Latters
Hines
Deaver
Texas
Edwin Behrend
Millard F Thompson
Central Board of Appeal
Federal workers may skip ratings under comptroller ruling
Acting Comptroller General Lartin R Ginn says federal employees may be advanced from minimum to maximum salary ratings in a single step if the proper average is kept and appropriations exist. The ruling covers appeals and says salary increases must be paid, with deficits avoided by later adjustments or supplemental appropriations. July 31 pay day slated for increases.
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Lartin R Ginn
Secretary of the Treasury
Ginn
James Lusby
Lusby
Congress
Death ends fright fire alarm frightens widow during stroke
Mrs Annie B Warren Eshbach 69 died at 1209 North Capitol Street after a paralytic attack followed by a scare from a fire alarm at the Sara Nac apartment house. Widow of Willie Eshbach native of Philadelphia resident of Washington 15 years. Survived by three nieces. Funeral at her residence tomorrow at 2 pm officiated by Rev Raymond Lee Wolven. Interment Cedar Hill cemetery.
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Annie B Warren Eshbnach
North Capitol Street
Sara- Nac
Warren-Eshbach
Warren Eshbach
Willie Eshbach
Philadelphia
Mra Bernies
Williamanna Maltus
Emma Neal
Washington
Raymond Lee Wolven
Church of the Epiphany
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Transfers in Jesuit Priests Announced at Gonzaga College
Jesuit communities nationwide announce annual faculty and priest transfers. Rev E F Gallagher moves from St Aloysius to St Francis Xavier's in New York. Rev F J Grewen to Canisius College Buffalo. Rev L Halliwell to St Ignatius New York. Rev Robert E Holland to Canisius Buffalo. Rev M Kelly to Boston College. Rev J S Knight to Jamaica West Indies. Rev F S Murphy to Loyola College. Rev Js Ryan to St Francis Xavier's New York. J Wieckmann to Georgetown Preparatory School. Andrew Hoffman moves from Loyola Baltimore to Gonzaga as prefect of discipline. Owen Murphy becomes procurator. Maurice Mudd joins Gonzaga as teacher. Alphonsus Weis moves to Gonzaga as assistant pastor. Francis J Coynsa to Gonzaga as first-year class teacher. Frederick A Gallagher to join Gonzaga faculty.
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Gonzaga College
St Aloysius’ Church
St Aloysius Church
E F Gallagher
St Loysius
St Prancis Kaviers
New York City
F J Grewen
Canisius College
Buffalo
L Halliwell
St Igmatius
Robert E Holland
M ‘Kelly
Boston
J S Knight
Jamaica
West Indiea
F S Murphy
Loyola College
R Js Ryan
St Francis Xavier's
J © Wieckmann
iGeorgetown Preparatory School
Andrew Hoffman
Baltimore
National Research Plan for Veterans Hospital Care
The Veterans Bureau council approved a nationwide investigation and research program in government and contract hospitals. It creates five permanent divisions and a sixth for investigation, to study hospital care, discharge follow up, post graduate training, and centralized diagnosis beds. The plan aims to publish findings in bureau bulletins and link with outside agencies to improve patient care and medical knowledge.
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Veterana Bureau
Council of Medical and Hospital Affairs
Coats and Statistics
Council
Ita
Ito
Bureau
Col R . Patterson
Col Patterson
Veterans Bureau
List of Doctors Named in Historical Medical Directory
A long roster of physicians is presented, listing numerous doctors by initials and surnames such as Winthron Adama, P 3 Rawls, H W Tebiga, O D Wescott, K Scheffie, J E Barry, B W Carr and many others including Albert Smith, H T Gusz, M F Woodward, L W McKenzie, D Hester, J Kidd, A G Coumbe, M H Allen, J B MeDtt, A D Peck, B H E Chandler, Carleton Bates, T S Troy, B S Stephenson, A G Ilea, Fred H Clark, E B T OConnor, C S Cowis, A N Baggs, P Nair, H W Rollings, J P Wheeler, W T Merrill, E R Fales, E B M Fisher, W L Chamberlain, H C Stokes, H B Kauffmann, A W Evans, J W Hodges, J E Cashin, W B Watkins, J J L Hall, R K C Foater, T B Cracroft, W E B Parker, B M Parker and N W Stephenson.
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Winthron Adama
P. 3. Rawls
H. W. Tebiga
O. D. Wescott
K. Scheffie
J. E. Barry
B. W. Carr
Albert Smith
H. T. Gusz
M. F. Woodward
L W McKenzie
D. Hester
J . Kidd
A G Coumbe
M H Allen
Ulysses 6 Smith Dies on Vacation in Cumberland
Ulysses Grant Smith 69, longtime veterans bureau expert, died of nephritis at his daughter’s Cumberland Maryland home while on a ten day vacation. He will be brought to his home at 3405 Lowell Street Northwest for funeral services at 2 PM tomorrow. interment at Cypress Hill Cemetery Brooklyn. Survivors include wife two sons Clifton F and Walter E and two daughters Thelma and Mrs Heston. He was once active in Brooklyn Republican politics and served as secretary to Representatives Dunwell and Redfield before joining the Veterans Bureau. The stomach infection blamed on throat cancer treatment last week is noted as the cause of death.
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Ulysses Grant Smith
Veterans Bureau
Newton Heston
Cumberland
Lowell Street
Cypress Hill
Brooklyn
Smith
Charles T Dunwell
William Redfield
Redfield
Commerce
Wilson
Baraca Clase
The
Metropolitan
Clifton F
Walter E
Cleveland
Thelma Smith
Heston
Elder Ostrander Rites Held at Takoma Park Church
Funeral services for Elder William Ostrander pioneer Seventh day Adventist minister were held Tuesday in the Takoma Park Adventist church. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. Ostrander long served as pastor at the M Street church and was linked with the Potomac Conference. Various church leaders recalled his life and service and medical remarks were offered at the sanitarium. A scripture reading preceded prayers.
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William Ostrander
Takoma Park
Greenwood Cemetery
Ostrander
M Street
Washington Sanitarium
L. Shaw
G B Thompson
R E Harter
Potomac Conference
Memorial Church
Mrs Lulu Belle Kiefer Dies After Operation in Washington
Mrs Lulu Belle Kiefer 49 wife of Dr John P F Kiefer of 28630 Twelfth Street Northeast died yesterday at Sibley Memorial Hospital after an operation. She lived in Washington most of life, born in Virginia. Survived by husband six children and brother Clifford Gaskine, all of Washington. Funeral Saturday at 8 20 am at family residence withMass at St Anthony's Brookland. Interment St Marys Cemetery Turin Italy.
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Lulu Belle Kiefer
John PF Kiefer
Twelfth Street
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Washington
Virginia
Clifford Gaskine
Masa
St Anthony's Church
Brookland
St. Mary's Cemetery
U S Charges Twine Trust Hurts Farms
Attorney General Stone sues in Federal court in New York charging a conspiracy and monopoly in sisal fiber used for binder twine. The suit names banks, corporations, and individuals in New York and Mexico alleging restraint of trade.
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Stone
Federal Court of
New York
Binder Twine Trust
United States District
William Wayward
Bill In Equity
Mexico
Equitable Trust Co
Royal Bank of Canada
Interstate Trust and Banking Co
New Orleans
Sisal Sales Corporation
Erie Corporation
Hanson & Orth
Comision Exportadore da Yucatan Yucatan
Mextico
Charles D. Orth
Names of Society Folk Traps Drug Addict Case
Prominent Washington doctors’ patients’ names appeared on prescription blanks used to obtain narcotics. Harry Feldman, former lab assistant, pleaded guilty to violating the Harrison antinarcotic law after forging doctors Wilfred Barton and William Perey’s names. He allegedly stole blanks, filled multiple prescriptions, and kept the drugs for himself. Feldman, an admitted addict, faced grand jury action after pleading guilty and receiving treatment at a hospital.
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Washington
John W McDonald
Harry Feldman
Feldman
Loudoun
East Capitol Street
Wilfred M. Barton
William Perey
Connecticut Avenue
Barton
Arg
United States
George H Macdonald
Gal- Hnger Hospital
Drops Fire, Boy Burned Near Home
A 10 year old named Charles West dropped a match in a gas can near his 932 Twenty sixth street northwest home yesterday afternoon. An explosion burned his face and head. He was rushed by ambulance to Emergency Hospital for treatment by Dr Dell.
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Charles West
Twenty Sixth Street
Charles
Dell
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Wrian
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Pennsylvania
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National Research For Assistance OF Veterans
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New Haven
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Horace Pollock
Albany
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W L Dunn
Asheville
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Saranac Lake
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Dublin
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Brown
Veterans’ Bureau
Frank T. Hines
Kennon Dunham
Louis J Dublin
G M. Kline
Roy Adams
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W.F. Lorenz
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