Wilson redraws District commissioner search after talks
President Wilson reopened the contest for civilian vacancies on the District Board of Commissioners after consultations with aides. No clear reason was given for the restart, and one candidate reportedly withdrew. The White House aims for a nonpartisan, right man outcome and plans to hold nominations until Congress acts on funding. Local Democrats fear loss of party backing as the process resets.
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Wilson
Board of District Commissionners
Agai
Rudolph and
Johnston
Senate
Excise Board
Congress
White House
Mate Farty
Washington
Ben Johnson
House District Committee
Representative Bremmer
Outing for Poor Children at Cottage City Carnival
The Cottage City Citizens' Association with Associated Charities arranged a July 19 outing for many children from poorer districts. Special cars will transport them to the carnival where a feast awaits. The afternoon features games, athletics, and amusements, culminating in comic costumes, music, and fireworks in the evening for a joyful day.
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Cottage City
Upholds Orinoco injunction in U S treasury case
Justice Anderson in District Supreme Court refused a petition to dissolve an injunction restraining Secretary McAdoo from paying 885000 to the Orinoco Corporation of Venezuela. The case stemmed from an attempted stock transfer related to concessions Uruguay Venezuela had abrogated, leading to a U S compelled payment of 385000 to concessionaires. W M Safford, a stockholder, had earlier been granted an injunction in June 1911.
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McAdoo
United States Treasury
Orinoco Corporation of
Venezuela
Justice Anderson
District Supreme Court
Ori Noco Company, Limited
Orinoco Corporation
United States
Hiegal
W M Safford
Brooklyn Hero Earns Medal for Sea Rescue
Charles Zeller of Brooklyn NY was awarded a Medal of Honor by Treasury Secretary McAdoo for boat rescue of his drowning mother in Jamaica Bay five years ago. He plunged in despite being wrapped in a planter cover to save her life.
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Charles Zeller
Brooklyn
Lfe
Jamaica Bay
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Zeller
Mrs Lena Carter Lowry Dead in Southeast Home
Mrs Lena Carter Lowry died at her residence 1212 Pennsylvania avenue southeast yesterday morning after a five year illness with pneumonia. She was the sole survivor of the Richard W and Sarah Ann Carter family. her father served as a dry goods merchant and ed board of education president and church elder. She attended Georgetown Convent and was active in social and religious circles. Survived by husband Milton B Lowry and children Edith L Lowry, George Carter Lowry, Florence E Gill, and William Buck Lowry of Elkton Md.
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Wena Varter Uuwis
Ul Weorgs
R Lowry
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lowry
Richard W
Sarah Ann Carter
Board of Education
First Presbyterian Church
Sunderland
Georgetown
Milton B. Lowry
Fdith L. Lowry
George Carter Lowry
Florence E Gill
This City
Wiliam Buck Lowry
Elkton Md
Leaves Estate to Foreign Missions
The estate of Adam Lapp of this city left by his will to the board of foreign missions of the German Evangelical Synod of North America. The will, executed December 9, 1910, was offered yesterday for probate. Moses helm, Paul A Menzel pastor, executor without bond.
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Foreign Missions
Adam Lapp
Board of Foreign Missions
German Evangelical Synod of North America
Msheatha Rey Paul
Menzel
German Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Church
City Bulletins Snowed In At Virginia Theater
Local listings report heavy snowfall yesterday blocking streets near the Virginia Theater. The scene slowed traffic and closed several small shops while utilities worked to restore power and clear ways for the following day.
Letter Carriers Day Off Excursion At Chesapeake Beach
A large crowd of letter carriers their families and friends enjoyed a day at Chesapeake Beach from early morning until night. A special car of President Jones of the Chesapeake Beach Railway carried invited post office guests including D C Roper Charles Grandfield and other officials to events and a banquet while mail delivery continued in regular service.
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Chesapeake Beach
Post Office
Jones
Chesapeake Beach Railway
S L Heacock
G E Kinkelman
B. Woodfield
National Letter Carriers Association
D C Roper
Charles Grandfield
Merritt O Chance
N . Merritt
Lo J Robinson
Trotter
Foat
WR Spiman
John Koons
Division of Salares and Allowances
Department
Woof Lavcoek
B Mitthews
City Post Office
Edward J Cantwell
National Association of Letter Carters
Mal
Labor Leaders Win Appeal Delay in Contempt Case
Chief Justice White granted a writ of error and appeal for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison in the Bucks Store and Ranger Company contempt case. The appeal will be heard after October as to whether the cases are law or equity. Gompers remains seriously ill.
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White
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Bucks
Supreme Court of the District of Cebanthia
Ranger Company
Gompérs
Mitchell
Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
District Supreme Court
Court of Appeals of
District
Gompers
Wusuee Wee
Willing to pay alimony in divorce case
Holman C Sparks a Southern Railway Company employee sued by Jean C Sparks filed in District Supreme Court his answer to her bill. He says he is willing to pay temporary alimony as needed but notes he must pay rent for an apartment he asked her to share. He adds his wife works in a Fourteenth Street store and their 11 year old son is with her mother on Belmont Street. Counsel for Sparks are B Hutchinson and Henry A Baker.
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Holman C. Sparks
Southern Railway Company
Jean C Sparks
District Supreme Court
Sparks
Fourteenth Street
Belmont Street
B Hutchinson
Henry A. Baker
Johns Hopkins Seeks President. Wilson Consulted
President Wilson was consulted as an alumnus about a Johns Hopkins University presidency. Dr William H Wetch and B Howell Goong Jr of the board of trustees and Charles H Grasty of the Baltimore Sun discussed suggested names. No conclusions were reached. Prof Henry B Wine of Princeton was among the names proposed.
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Wilson
Johns Hopkins University
William H Wetch
Howell Goong, Jr
Charles H Grasty
Baltimore Sun
Henry B Wine
Princeton University
Fine
Germany
Indictment Names Honorary Forgers and Larceny Suspects
Grand jury charges Furst alias Henry M Thornton and others with false pretenses and forgery after waves of alleged cons. Wallace, tied to forged checks and forged letters of recommendation, faces arraignment. Other indictments include manslaughter amid Washington Market altercation, grand larceny by Pearl M Thomas, and housebreaking cases across the District with multiple defendants named.
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Flenrs M. Wallace
Henry M . Thornton
Aude
Tneain
Justice Stafford
Criminal
Wallace
E J Aronoff
Martine
New Jersey
Senate
Jetter
Sone
Howard
Georgia
Atlanta
Charles R. Pierce
Pacific
Elwood H Satier
John L. Burroughs
Washington Market
Pearl M. Thomas
Mia Mina Robey
Fifteenth Street
Alliance Holds Election for Housekeepers Alliance Leaders
The annual meeting elected officers and committee chairs for the Housekeepers Alliance. President is Mrs Alice E Whitaker with multiple vice presidents, secretary treasurer Mrs Paul Dunbar, and auditor Mrs Theodore L Cole. Committees cover ways and means membership home economics investigations reference climate civics and sanitation. The group plans to invite prominent speakers next winter.
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Mirs
Alice Whitaker
Allance
Alice E. Whitaker
H. B .F. Macfarland
Harvey W Wiley
Whitman Cross
John van Schatck, Jr
Wendell P. Stafford
Richard Wainwright
Paul Dunbar
Theodore L. Cole
District of Columbia Federation of Women's
Ellen A. Vinton
Georgia Robertson
Association
Wages Boost for Long Serving Washington Railway Staff
Depot clerks starters conductors and motormen with ten years in service will receive a pay raise effective July 1. Ten year trainmen will move from 23 12 to 25 cents an hour and other staff will also gain substantial increases. National traffic magnates visit Washington to discuss adopting the companys policies for first class transportation management.
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Washington Railway and Electric Company
Wed Night Wedding in City Hall Law Library
A Norfolk man and a Barrysville, Va. woman wed in the City Hall law library just before 9 PM, witnessed by four people. The groom, 23, and bride, 18, sought a license with a city clerk who arrived with his wife to witness the ceremony as the minister from Temple Baptist officiated.
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Washington
Shelton
Woodward
Norfolk
Maude E Perkins
Barryssille
Mr Woodward
Ume
J J Muir
Temple Baptist Church
Ontario
Law Library
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Southern Pacific Co
Tinecoim
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Philadelphia
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W.ldouglas
W. L. Douglas Storey
W. L. Douglas Arge
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
Bitton
Wow
Douglas
Flint
Brecklin, Mac
W.l.douglas Shoe Co
Pennsylvania Ave
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REF City
A. Cilt
D. J. O'Connell
Pa. Ave
Burchell
N. W
Albert
Iut
Cottage City Citizens’ Association
Mother
Lena Carter Lowry
Virginia Theater
Qopem
Tyrees
H Sta. Ae
American Federation of Labor
Weebinn
Johns Hopkins
Furst
Spomser
Clarence Bailey
Bailey
Justice Gould
R C Hines
New Jersey Avenue
Wonaupport
Edward F Farley
Sough
John Williams
Clarence W. Buhnert
Ernest R.schaeffer
Walter Roe
Rufus B Fennell
Alliance
The
Washington Railway and Electric Co
Virginia
Anheuser-Busch Branch Distributors
Washington, D.C
Anheuser -Busch’s
ST. Louis
Grogan
Peter Grogan & Sons Co
Seventh St
Baltimore & Ohio Express
Baltimore
Munday
Judd & Detweler, Inc
Imperial
Washington Brewery Co
Lincoln
Byron S. Adams
Biz Wik St
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District of Columbia
Home Insurance Company of
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Wamer
Missea
Union
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George Washington University
Childres Manchester Hall
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Emerson Institute
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