New Playground Fight Ends With Board Approval at Petworth
Education board ruled unanimously to open grounds for a new Petworth playground despite protests from residents near Fillmore High. Proposals include Libby Park and Libby park location and a push for rapid opening of a recreation center for young children. Resignations and many staff promotions were announced alongside school personnel changes and scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore
Western High
Yaa
Sunday Ball Upheld as Appeal to Be Heard in Fall
Justice Gould upheld Sunday baseball at old Union Jokesuite park confirming a license right for Samuel Edmonston. The district cannot prohibit games if licensed. case to be heard next fall after appellate suspension. Edmonston and the corporation counsel agreed to trial on bill of complaint and answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Edmonston
Corporation
Justice Gould
District Supremeurt
Old Union Jkesuite Park
Fifteenth Street
Bladensburg Road
W. Baker
Wiliam C. Leahy
Samuel 8. Edmonston
Inessee
Hdmonston
Congress
Edmonston
William P. Richards
Mrensa
Lesson From Gut in Force Reductions Next Year Says Saltzgaber
Commissioner Gaylord M Saltzgaber announced that 160 more office employees will be dropped and salaries reduced effective June 30. He argues for a federal system of civil service pensions or similar schemes to protect aging workers, and warns of broader sweeping cuts planned for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Saltzgaber
Gaylord M. Saltzgaber
Zain
Obituary for Mrs Virginia M Davis widow of Madison Davis
Funeral services for Mrs Virginia M Davis widow of Madison Davis retired Post Office Department official who died Tuesday were held yesterday at 3 pm at 16 A street southeast. Interment was in Congressional Cemetery. She is survived by daughter Miriam Hillyer sister J Henry Smal brother A G Ruff and three grandchildren all of the city. Leper Early Writing a Book in Anacostia camp John R Karly a leper writes What is Truth while in quarantine at Port Townsend. He plans to complete the book but does not know when.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia M. Davis
Virginia, M. Davis
Madison Davis
Post Office Department
Congressional Cemetery
Davia
Miriam Hillyer
J. Henry Smal
A. G. Ruff
Anacostia River
John R. Karly
Karly
Port Townsend
Supply Bills Tied in Fiscal Year End Delay
Congress abandons hope to pass all appropriation bills before July 1. A ten day extension may be used to prevent a shutdown of government. Debate centers on who bears blame for the delay with Democrats divided and Republicans accused of filibusters. The Army bill advanced due to the Mexican crisis. others remain stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Congress
Coner
Senate
District of Columbia
TNE Licessee
Oscar W. Underwood
John J. Fitzgerald
Flouse Committee On Appropriations
Bank Account in Court Linked to Ambrose Receivership
An official suit in the District Supreme Court concerns the bank account of Attorney William E. Ambrose tied to his role as receiver for the defunct First Cooperative Building Association of Georgetown. Barton Miller serves a 20 year penitentiary term for the wrecking, while funds of 33 869.39 are reported on deposit at the National Metropolitan Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Ambrose
District Supreme Court
First Cooperative Building Association
Georgetown
Barton Miller
United States
Ambrose
Gould
George C. Watson
National Metropolitan Bank
Wampler
India
House
Cooner
Justice Wright
Milk Dealer Indicted for Pure Food Violations
A. T. Tanner, a milk dealer, was indicted by the grand jury for selling milk containing excessive bacteria in violation of the Pure Food and Drug Act. He faces trial in criminal court, surprising local milk dealers who had halted police court trials by appealing to the District Court of Appeal. Additional indictments listed include larceny, housebreaking, arson, bigamy, robbery, and assault with a dangerous weapon among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Tanner
Ashley I. Tanner
Uil
Tanner
Ihia
District Court of Appeal
Charles Thomas
Baward Stewart
William Thomas
Clarence Cooper
Arthur Neving
Ernest 3. Jax
Edward Kaiser
Willeam Brooks
Daniel Gills
Edward Green
Joseph Jones
Amande Conk
Mahale E. Neal
Louise Burton
Hattie Wilson
Charles Weston
Samuel ‘i’. Fowell
Nathaniel Magruder
John Gaines
Frank Smith
Lucretia Tolliver
Joseph Jennings
Benjamin L. Camplel
Irene Lewis
Harry Blackburn
Robert Loving
Names proposed to fill vacancies on District Charities Board
District Commissioner Newman recommended three men to the President for vacancies on the District Board of Charities. The board, consisting of five presidential appointees, has a three year term with no salary and oversees public charities and penal institutions. Existing terms include George W. Cook, Myer Cohen, and George E. Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Charities of
Newman
Board of Charities
Senate
George W. Cook
Myer Cohen
George E. Hamilton
Interurban Railway Receivers Appointed in Baltimore Case
Guy T. Scott and T. Howard Duckett were named ancillary receivers for the Washington Interurban Railway Company with a $6000 bond. The order, signed in the District Supreme Court on petition by Railway Storage Battery Car Company, follows a Baltimore court order placing the company into receivership. Attorneys Leckie Cox Kratz and Douglas Ruffin Gbear represented the parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Scott
T. H. Duckett
Guy T. Scott
T. Howard Duckett
Washington Interurban Railway Company
District Supreme Court
Railway Storage Battery Car Company
Baltimore Corporation
Douglas, Ruffin & Gbear
Defend Car Fare Increase in Maryland Railway Brief
The Washington and Rockville and the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway companies filed a brief with the Interstate Commerce Commission defending a proposed 50 cent fare increase to Somerset Heights. They contest local claims of injustice, note a small Somerset population of about 25 houses, and cite year end surpluses and deficits for the two roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Somerset Heights
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington and
Rockville
Georgetown and
Tennallytown
Washington
Washington Railway and Eectric Company
Washington and Rockville
Somerset 18
Row Over House Seat Deny Tainted Ballots in 1912 Missouri Contest
In Missouri's Twelfth district race, Democratic opponents challenge Republican L C Dyer's 1912 victory over Michael J. Gill. House committees debate ousting Dyer amid calls that tainted or scratched ballots influenced the result. Gill seeks recounts and testimony from seven contested wards in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Dyer
Majority Committee
G. O. P. Man
House
Michael J. Gill
Missouri
St Louis
Gill
Dyer
Elections Committee
St. Louis
Gil
Tom" Kinney
Mr. Kinney
Congress
Free Baths Open For Boys In Washington Parks
Despite delay in the discrete appropriation bill, the municipal bathing pools near the Washington Monument will open tomorrow. Funds saved from last season enable operation until July 1, with hours similar to last year and reduced salaries for staff. Ladies and men have specified days and times, and water will come from the White House fountain after two improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joys of
Washington
Mal
Washington Monument
Congress
W. B. Wadson
White Houses
Veteran detective hurt in crash near Clifton Streets
Seventy year old District detective Joel Carter, longtime head of the police property room, was struck by an automobile at Fourteenth and Clifton streets Northwest about 11 pm. He was taken to Garfield Hospital with a deep scalp wound and a fractured skull. doctors fear a fatal outcome given his age. The driver was Robert A. Cumberland of 607 Twenty second Street Northwest. Carter, a famed veteran, has served over three decades in the department. Lawyers admitted to D C courts include Charles Melville Clark Burt W Andrews Robert H Brown Chauncey P Holcomb Nathan B Williams Alfred G Hagerty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Office
Joel Carter
District Police Department
Fourteenth
Clifton Streets
Carter
University Place
Robert A. Cumberland
Twenty-second Street
Garfield Hospital
D. C
District Supreme Court
Anderson
Eix
Charles Melville Clark
Burt W. Andrews
Robert H. Brown
Chauncey P. Holcomb
Nathan B. Williams
Alfred G. Hagerty
Clark
Supreme Court of
Balltimore
Hagarty
Supreme Court of California
Vance
Sam
A. R. Shands
Washington, D. C
R. J.noble
Association
W. H. Armstrong
Joel Crawford
Brien Adkerson
M. J. O'vanle
R. J. Noble
Selman
N. C
J. J. Weathers
New Athans
Ind
New Willard
Sir Johns
Seventh Street Wharf
Ponomac
Doctors Throng City Sessions Through the Week
Railway surgeons gather for annual conventions on health of traveling public and railroad workers. Dr Frantz urges franked health notices and unity among state health boards. Sessions cover synovitis to cranial injuries with papers from Yale, Memphis, Jefferson City and more. Delegates from Baltimore to Hawaii discuss transport of the injured and public health cooperation. Mount Vernon trip and Raleigh events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Baiti- Toro
Ohio
Public Health Service
States
Southern Railway
Association of Surgeons of the Southern Railway
New Willard
Society
Joel Crawford
Yale
Vas
A. W. Rudisill
Memphis
Tenn
B. M
Tittsworth
Jefferson City
T. J. Brothers
Anniston
T. F. Robinson
Bessemer
Ala
W. K. Vanes
Bristol
Samuel Lile
Lynchburg
Vasl
W. H. Taylor
New Market
Baltimore and Ohio
Raletzh
Washington
Olver Newman
Bernard Braskamp
Gurtey Memorial Church
James A. Murray
John Talmer
Association
E .R. Seavill
V. D. Lespinasse
Chicago
Robert Conrad
Joseph C. Lloodgood
Baltimore
Mount Vernon
Raleigh
Palmer
Page Edmunds
J.* B. Tearney
Francis &. Loring
Surg. Wen. Mupertive
B Street
A. E. Frantz
State Board of Health of
Delaware
Opera Review Verges On Cavalleria in Aborn Finale
The Aborn English Grand Opera Company closed at the New National Theater with a double bill. Cavalleria Rusticana impressed Santuzza and Santuzza’s romance as Giuseppe Agostini's tenor and Edith Helena’s voice shone. Hansel and Gretel offered charm with Gladys Chandler and Mary Carson, while Jerome Uhl and Philip Fein added vivid color. The season ends leaving patrons regretful for the memory of Cavalleria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New National Theater
Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Mascagni
Santunza
Giuseppe Agostin
Miss Helena
Agostini
Santuzza
Gaynor
Lola
Alfie
Wilmnot
Goodwin
Gladys Chandler
Hansel
Mary Carson
Gretel
Jeroma Uhl
Philip Fein
Aherns
Washington mail carriers hold Chesapeake Beach outing
Washington Branch No. 14 of the National Letter Carriers Association filled the day with athletic events at Chesapeake Beach yesterday. Events included a three legged race a 10 yard race for young ladies and a 100 yard race for boys with prizes awarded. Special guests included Postmaster Otto Praeter Assistant Postmaster Robinson and Maj George B Tait among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Letter Carriers’ Association
Chesapeake Beach
Otto Praeter
Traster Robinson
Chance
Department
E. 8. Smith
Postmaster General's
Carter B. Keane
W. H. Haycock
City Postoffic
Granville Hunt
C. B. Matthew
Maj
George B. Tait
Fostoffice Clerks’ Association
George WU. Winkiemann
M. K. Eppley
A. E. Hamacker
J. B. Woodfield
W. J. Samacker
Julius Maher
A. R. Blesley
President praises Rep Sims for Panama tolls repeal support
The President wrote to Representative Sims of Tennessee praising his conspicuous support for the Panama tolls exemption repeal bill when it passed the House. He said it has been a long time coming and expressed sincere admiration for Sims role and aid in the repeal contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sims
Tennessee
House
Diving tragedy at Chesapeake Beach leaves man paralyzed
Joan F. Hanley 23 of 125 Yates street northeast plunged head first from a pier into shallow water at Chesapeake Beach. He struck bottom breaking his neck and is paralyzed from the waist down though briefly conscious. doctors in Washington say recovery is impossible. His father Michael J. Tranley and siblings watched as medics rushed him to shore and then to Casualty Hospital. Hanley believed the depth was 15 to 20 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Beach
Joan F. Hanley
Yates Street
Hanley
Washington
Michael J. Tranley
Manley
Neach
Canal Views at Press Club Exhibition Tonight
National Press Club members get an 8:30 event showcasing a remarkable Panama Canal progress series. H S Fur long of Pittsburgh presents photographs and lantern slides never before shown in this country. Fur long stayed in Washington to share the collection with newspapermen and associate members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Press Club
Panama Canal
H. 5. Furlong
Pittsburgh
Furlong
Washington
Gas Company Sues District Over Excess Taxes
Georgetown Gaslight Company filed suit in the District Supreme Court seeking $4,241 the amount paid under protest. The total tax paid under protest was $8,047, while the company says $4,489.98 was proper. The dispute centers on taxing gross profits versus gross income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Gaslight Company
District Supreme Court
Railway Men's Outing Features Baseball at Chesapeake Beach
Washington Railway Beliefs association outing next Thursday will feature baseball games and other athletics at Chesapeake Beach to raise funds for the organization relief fund. President Clarence King and Director Charles J. Bell will umpire the ball games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Railway Beliefs Association
Chesapeake Beach
Clarence. King
Charles J. Bell
Hospital Vote Calls for Dispensary Closure in Bitter Meeting
A minority-Proposed plan to keep the dispensary intact failed as Northern Trepensary and Emergency Hospital stockholders voted 130% to close the institution and redirect assets to pay debts. The meeting at 141 Fourteenth Street NW was behind closed doors and marked by sharp exchanges over future status and possible new formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation of Fourteenth Street Institution
C. C. Lancaster
Trepensary
Fourteenth Street
Fred
Lincoln
Board
Woard of Charities
Masons Promote Benefit Baseball Game at Local Park
Harmony Lodge teams meet a masters group selection in a charity ball game at American League Park. Cy McDonald directs the Harmony squad. Billy Betts may coach the Masters Association team. Proceeds fund the Masonic and Eastern Star Home endowment. Gates open for a 3 PM start with 50 cent admission and no reserved seats. Grotto Band of Richmond to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Fraternity
Eague Park
Harmony Lodge Bell
Ccan
Billy Betts
Cy! McDonald
Harmony Lodge
Mr. Betts
Assention
Rooters” Association
Roe Fulkerson
Ham Smith
McCarthy
Bel Monte
Bert Nye
Marghail
Masonry
Ladies of the Eastern Star
Masonic and Eastern Star
Grotto Band
Richmond
Rufus B. Pearson
Robert Young
Calvin T. Milans
Wolfe Tressurer
Hike Through Park at Night by Wanderlusters
Thirty to forty hikers led by Patrick Joyce traversed Rock Creek park paths for about five miles in a Sunday night trek. The second of the evening jaunts drew many recruits from the first walk, with more than half the participants women. Due to a light shower the route was shortened and the group exited near Brightwood reservoir before 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
Moonight
Rock Creek Park
Patrick Joyce
Quarry Road
Mount Pleasant
Military Road
Brightwood Reservoir
O'Clor. J
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Petworth
Susie Root Rhodes
Henry P. Blair
Beard
Board of Miliation
Suvin
Gerlers
Trosdeor Hur
Wwvans
W. J. Gutellus
Tr Parse
Cigigeon
Giis
Lie Viu Telms
Libby Park
Phiy Grein
Adams
Ftoansealdutul
Elbby Park
William It
Saunders Greioe
Arzlon
Blair
Flfl Cleverger
Margaret Ruehle
A. R. Jackson
Georgia Hummer
M. Johnston
Mitl
Bussard
Mmond Wilson
Misa J. Po Want
J. Siges
B. A. Martinars
Z. R. Booth
Woodell
Nts Uslucos
Nurina School No
Paternpa School
PB. Piles
Kinderste As Glant
Brigge
L. E. Keene
Bertha Egli
F. W. Yortman
D. L. Clark
8. Lewis
H. B. Irving
M. B. Fughun
Burrvilla
K. FP. Eebley
Loveley School
H.G. Stewart
Deawood School
Hutchins
H. D. Myers
Seaton School
Normal School
R. L. Davison
Tenley School
Fillmore School
M. G. Dantals
N. M. Lewis
M. L. de Vaal
W. L. Browne
Lovejoy
Ambush School
R. H. Ashton
Banneker School
Deanwood School
E. W. Tancil
Burrville School
Banneker
H. B. Jones
Deanwood
Philip Gaines
Sumner
Norman School
We Crump
Syphax
Payne School
M. H. Jenking
Galt & Bro. Jewellers
Pennsylvania Ave
Biederman
Urged For Charities Board
Say
M. J. Gill
Me. Kinney
Tim Sullivan
Gul
Mr. Gil
Joseph Carter
Doctors
Throng City
Frantz
Vraws
Boards of Health
Gardiner T. Schwartz
Rhode Island
J. ¥. Porter
Florida
J. A. Hayne
South Carolina
J. R. Kelly
W. C. Woodward
J. R. Fulton
Maryland
I. H. 8. Pratt
Hawaii
A. Ghesley
Minnesota
M. W. Richardson
Massachusetts
W. T. Perkins
Louisiana
Japan
California
Hansel and Grete
Cavalleria Rueticana
Washington Association
John F. Hanley
CANAL
Mr. Furlong
GAS Company
Georgetown Corporation
Choice
Lancaster
Columbia Heights
Masons
IMA
Potomac
Elvetrle Power Mypany
Munieiial Court of the District of Co. i
Pariel
Company. Ag
Judement
Comeca
Xander
7Th St
Potomac Electric Power Company, Cor
N. W. Phore Main
McCray
McCray Refrigerator Co
Hearth Brewing Co
Macy
Wis
W. T. Kerroot
Seventh Street
Gotden
Carri
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