Officials Probe Ten Real Estate Deals In DC Private Transactions
The House District committee questioned Assessor W P Richards and other city officials about private real estate deals over thirteen years. Samuel Kalbfus and Alexander Mackenzie testified and were told to produce all financial transactions with banks, real estate men, and liquor dealers. District Tax Collector Charl ies Rogers defended his limited property interests while acknowledging involvement in Kalorama land tied to Capitol grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House District Committee
W. P. Richards
Samuel T. Kalbfus
Alexander McKenzie
Richards
Mr. Richards
Johnson
Washington Heights
Frank Ny
Capitol
Mr. Johnson
Myrs
Rogers
Charles Rogers
Eighteenth Street
Kalorama Road
Frank Nye
Nye
Capital Grounds
Jane Smith
North Capitol
CG Streets
Smith
Appointment Delays for Revenue Collector and Postmaster
The Senate again blocked James Coffey nomination for collector of Internal Revenue for North and South Dakota due to opposition from Northwestern and South Dakota senators. Paul A. Jones’s appointment as postmaster at Coffeyville Kansas was rejected after sufficient opposition built to thwart confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coffey
North and
South Dakota
Senate
Northwestern
Coffey
Willis C. Cook
Paul A. Jones
Coffeyville
Kans
Journalist kills General in San Salvador square
In San Salvador Parque Duenas finally the prominent General Abraham Perdomo was shot dead today by journalist Arturo Gomez. Perdomo, known across Central America as a torutary leader, played a major role in last year’s Nicaraguan revolution.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Abraham Perdomo
Central America
Parque Duenas
Arturo Gomez
Ferdome
Nicaragua
Memorial for canal legend on Culebra face plan for lighthouse
The Commission of Fine Arts proposes a monumental inscription on the east wall of Culebra Cut at the continental divide to commemorate the canal’s building. It calls for a 106 foot tall plain concrete memorial with Roman V shaped letters, plus a monument on Geld Hill, while deeming the Pacific end untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canals
Commission of Fingarta
Canal
Senate
Wilson
Patante
Gheater Greneh
Weddericn Law Olmsted
Isthmus
Atlantic
Culebra Cut
Commission of Fine Arts
Geld Hill
Pacific
Mother and Son Drown at Virginia Beach Tragedy
Norfolk Va July 29 Mrs Rebecce Feldman and her son Morris Feldman drowned in water nearly over their heads at Virginia Beach as a rescuing attempt by another son failed. The third son barely survived after an hour and a half of resuscitation. The group of five relatives had gone swimming at dusk. none could swim well. A three year old wearing water rings drifted out of reach as the tide pulled him away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Rebecce Feldman
Morris Feldman
Virginia Beach
Morria
$75 000 Gem Theft at Rumsey Home on Ocean Avenue
A jewelry heist at C. C. Rumsey’s coastal Newport home is linked to a New York fence and a suspected local gang. Police guarded the scene after Mr. Rumsey consented to an investigation. the burglar entered through the front door while the couple slept, taking jewels from an unlocked bureau drawer.
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Narragensett Pier
R. 1
C. C. Rumsey
Cooperstown
Caswell
Rumsey
Mr. Rumsey
Chief Caswell
Newport
New York
Boston
Long Island
Washable Silk Bank Notes Invented Here
London reports the washable chart note arrival. Mrs. Ernest Hart presents a waterproofing system usable on silk and heavy canvas, rendering ropes and hawsers unwettable and buoyant. Egyptian banknotes printed on waterproof silk can be washed and disinfected, making forgery unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Peat
London
Ernest Hart
Mrs Young Urged To Stay In Chicago School Row
Chicago delegates from the woman's party urged Mayor Harrison to influence Ella Flag Young to withdraw her resignation as superintendent of schools. The mayor favored keeping Young and discussed appointing women to the seven member school board to be named the next day, with two or three women expected to join.
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Chicago
Woman’s Party
Harrison
Ella Flags Young
Mia. Young
Hamlin greeted clock winder with bows meant for dignitary
Charles Hamlin then assistant secretary of the Treasury recalled a humorous incident from the Cleveland era. A Canadian minister came to discuss customs, greeted with pomp, and Hamlin learned the engraved clock winder, deaf, was the real dignitary. The man produced a fork and joked at Hamlin’s expense, prompting a repeat performance for the actual minister.
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Hamlin
Clock Winder
Charles &. Hamlin
Boston
Treasury
Mr. Hamlin
Treasury Department
Hamlins
Wizard on Weather Indorsed by Scientists Se nates Expected to Confirm
Prof. Charles F. Marvin, a dentist with weather instrument innovations, is proposed to head the U S Weather Bureau, succeeding Willis I Moore. President Wilson sent Marvin's name to the Senate for rapid confirmation. Marvin emphasizes service to agriculture, commerce, and navigation and cites multiple instruments and prior government roles.
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Charles F. Marvin
Department of Agriculture
Willis I. Moore
Wilson
Marvin
Senate
Lt Ta
Emerson Street
Putnam County
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio State University
Schoos of Mechanical Engineering
Weather Service
Signal Service
Weather Bureau
Prof. Marvin
Atlanta
Paria
District of Columbia
151 Years Old, He Says, A Cherokee Claims Ancient Birth
John Black, a Cherokee half-breed living near Tulsa, asserts he was born in 1762 in an Indian camp on Tennessee plains. He would be nearly 164 years old, well before the Civil War and Napoleon Bonaparte, though the claim seems remarkable. Black maintains full faculties and appears over 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bredal
Washington Post
Tulsa
Okio
Plains
Tennessee
Daniel Boones
Kentucky
John Black
Tulis
Black
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Lightning Kills Gravedigger in Holy Cross Cemetery
Philadelphia July 23 lightning struck a grave digger Petrick Toney aged years or so while digging a grave in Holy Cross Cemetery. He fell into the open grave and died. A bolt hit an Atlantic Refining Company oil tank at Point Breeze causing 3500 in damages. The heat caused four deaths and the day’s high reached 91 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Petrick Toney
Holy Cross
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
Riots in Portugal Spark Revolutionary Fears
Dispatches from Portugal reports a vast planned movement in Lisbon and Oporto may erupt at any moment amid serious street fighting. Troops repelled a revolutionary attempt to free political prisoners at the Sixteenth Infantry barracks. Oliveira, a founder of the Portuguese republic, was arrested at Alcobaca for accusing Costa and others of bomb-throwing.
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Paris
Portugal
Lisbon
Oporto
Sixteenth Infantry
America
Oliveirs
Alcobaca
O Mundo
Oliveira
Costa
Gorman case ends as trustees face divisional dispute
Justice Gould heard final arguments in the Grace Gorman Johnson suit against American Security and Trust Company. The petition seeks about 60 000 in dividends from the American Tobacco Company for the children of Senator Arthur P. Gorman. The dispute centers on trusts, Supreme Court dissolution orders, and how a large surplus should be allocated to Gorman’s descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Gould
Grace Gorman Johnson
American Security and Trust Company
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
American Tobacco Company
Eupréeme Court
United States
Gorman
Supreme Court
Senator Gorman
Wilton J Lambert
J. J. Darlington
Stanton C. Peele
Trust Company
Lesue
Tragic drownings at Wall Mining reservoir prompt father collapse
Andrew Rouch died after swooning and falling from the Barnesville grandstand upon hearing his daughter Thelma Rouch age 13 and companion Stella Van Fossen age 13 had drowned in the Wall Mining Company reservoir. The girls tied ropes to a tree to dive, but the rope broke.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Vac
Andrew Rouch
Barnesville
Thelma Rouch
Stella van Fossen
Wall Mining Company
Houch
Eighteen Pass West Point Entrance Exam
At West Point on July 1 eighteen cadets passed the entrance examination out of 108 candidates. The new class will join the plebe in camp, bringing total corps to 615. West Point reports more vacancies remain and no further exams until next March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
United States Military Academy
Pleba
Girl says she killed man in Kentucky murder case
Bardwell July 2 Judge Hobbs sent May Copeland and Lucien Turk without bail for the murder of Hugh Atchison, a wealthy farmer. Copeland, Turk's fiancée, claims she shot him after he wronged her, while Copeland's sister testifies the act was physically impossible. Mrs Atchison places them in separate rooms when the shot rang out. A lighted cigarette matching Turk’s brand lay at the doorway.
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Bardwell
Hobbs
Field May Copeland
Lucien Turk
Hugh Atchisan
Miss Copeland
Turk
Paducah
Wickliffe County
Atchison
Postmaster General Suspends Bristol Post Office Closure
Bristol Virginians celebrate news from Washington that Postmaster General Bureaule son has halted the Bristol Va post office closure for 60 days and ordered a new inspection. Virginians charged the Inspectors report used to justify the planned shutdown was biased. The office, operating as a fourth class, would have closed Thursday and had receipts about 1200 dollars monthly above expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Va-Tenn
Virginiana
Washington
Bureleson
Mystic Shrine Outing Boosts Charity and Sport Event
Almas Temple Mystic Shrine outing at Marshall Hall raised funds for Christmas baskets for the needy. The trip featured an organ grinder stunt by F. H. Kramer and a monkey act, plus athletic events with prizes funded by Washington businessmen. Winners included Ralph Dickson, James Wilson, Marion Hungerford, Jesse Zea, and several others in dashes, races, and games. A Rube Minstrels show and juvenile dance entertained, with a large local turnout and an all-star judging and scoring crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almas Temple
Mystic Shrine
Marshall Hall
F. H. Kramer
Chester BR Samson
Washington
Ralph Dickson
Arthur Standiford
Jesse Stevens
Marion Hungerford
Dial Tillman
Emma Morgansesh
Sarah Morrison
Jesse Zea
James Wilson
A. Holmes
Clarence Hil
Tots
Charles Bloomer
Catharine Hessler
Carroll Fillmore Frye
Dorothy Tripp
Earth Shocks on Coast Tremor Felt Across Washington
Two sharp earthquake shocks rattled Tacoma and surrounding regions for about half a minute each, spanning over a hundred square miles. Strongest effects reported at Ashford and Le Grande, causing widespread alarm today.
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Tacoma
Wash
Ashford
le Grande
Woman Emulates Debs in Welcoming Belgian Murder Defendant
Special to The TeasWashington Post from Los Angeles July 2. Mrs Leah Delmont, a Belgian girl released from jail on a murder charge, is welcomed by society woman Mrs Charles Wallington Randa. The coroner’s duty absolves Delmont, while Randa laments women’s exclusivity and praises sympathy.
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Teashington
Los Angeles
Hugene
Debs
Charles Wallington Randa
Leah Delmont
George
Shield for Veterans Uses Inquiry on Changes by Austin
Representative Richard W. Austin of Tennessee seeks full details from the Interior Department on pension office reorganizations to protect veterans and widows from demotion without cause. Republicans express resignation as Democrats revise staff, with several demotions noted and more changes expected around August. officials defend prior Republican actions and contrast them with current cuts.
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Pension Office
Richard W. Austin
Tennessee
Interior Department
Austin
Asl
Civil Service Commission
Tieman
H. Clay Evans
Joseph McCoy
J. W. Kyneston
Thomas Featherstonhaugh
J G. Gray
F E J. Anderson
Law Division
Rob. du Puy
W. FP. Wooten
Army and Navy
E. G. Grabb
G. Ribble
Saltzgaber
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Kalbfus
McKensie
Internal Revenue
Salvador
E. H. Harriman
Narragansett Pier
Culebra
Commission of Fine Arta Qutlinies
Panama Zone
Atlantic Entrance
Gema
Fabrica
Mrs. Young
Wizard
Prof
Willis L. Moore
Bolt
Gravedigger
Horlick
NEW Weather Man
SRA
Tobado
Bristol P. C
James Graham
James Hall
Albert Hudson
Theodore Schondau
Jease Zea
I. Myrowitz
A. Hungerford
William Keely
C. Pake
J. Zea
Lester Elis
Ea. So Varg da
Elh Phillips
Isabelle Lapp
Mildren Reeves
Magial Tillman
Shrinera
B. F. Hanbey
M. Milstone
Herrick
R. G. Pletcher
George C. Shafer
Chester R. Samson
Louis Hartig
Schmid
James Lansbury
Edward Zea
James Albrecht
Harry B. Cramer
A. M. Bugden
Messrs
Shafer
Ernest
Castinett
Hease
Lincoln
Seaman
Lawrence
Schafer
Kramer
Charles Stevens
M. J. Fillius
Zea
Jones
Lapp
Mise H. Beach
Rube Minstrela
Frank E. Gibson
Charles A. Stevens
William Scantlebury
W. T. Lawrence
George L Isemann
Virgil M. Fookes
Webb Smallwood
Salvator Desio
Milton J. Fillius
Charlies F. Roberts
C. F. Waring
G. L. Smithson
Madelin Smithson
Hassey
Misa de Bree
Morgenweek
Lillie Smithson
Miss Halser
Barnard
Miss Byers
Cary 5. Frye
F. E. Gibson
George L. Smithson
Abram Frey
George W. Res
Freda W. Miller
Harry W. Bibel
Thomas E. Hampton
L. H. T. Schuknecht
Cheater R. Samson
F. Lawrence Walker
Warren W. Shearer
Virgil Mr. Fookes
Dr. C. A. Stewart
Stanley M. Richer
G. L. Isemaenn
J. Frank Campbell
Frank K. Raymond
Peter Latterner
Cary
Rye Fred H. Kramer
Charles G. Volk
A. Hammett
Harry F. Kennedy
Theodore Picard
Charies
Matthews
FE. M. Dodson
Charles Long
Edward 5
Behmid
Maurice Milstone
Cheater
R. Samson
D. Matthews
Fr. H. Kramer
B. Lawrence
Richard Fookes
Fred Yates
Frank EH. Gibaon
L. L. Friedrich
Ashford and
la Grande
Los Angeles Society
Shelters
Tiernan
Tnieman
Whitney
Helton
Aassisrant
Thomas Dalton
Board of Review
Dalton
Kneessi
Kneesai’s
Aji
Indeatructo
Kneessi’s
Seventh St
Phone Main
Xander
Christian Xander
7Th Street
Victrola IV
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
G Street
Igge
Riggs Turkish Baths
The
Maury Dove Co
Mary A. Davis
WMLW
Davis
18th_ st. nw
Balentine
Shoemaker Co
Street
the Security Savings and Commercial Bank
Ninth and
G Streets
N. W
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