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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1919
Page
4
Grimy Confessions and a Sleuths’ Delirious Suspect
Hester Bell Smith a local prisoner with a string of alleged cons promises to help police locate gang members by guiding them to vacant lots and empty houses. Detectives Beckley and Jackson pursue equally false pretenses and petty larceny charges as they try to corral the confessions of a talkative, cigar smoking laundress with a checkered past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester Bell Smith
Hester
Beckley
Jackson
Mme. de Sevigne
Parker Street
United States
Far South
Headquarters
Women Won By Work In War In London Talk
Washington women workers affiliated with organized labor will hear Miss Margaret Bondfield speak at the National Museum auditorium on the role of women in industry and politics. Bondfield, the sole British parliamentary committee member on trade unions, represents 700000 English women in union occupations and argues for recognition as workers and political equals. She notes collective bargaining is not disputed by European employers and cites misunderstanding between employers as a menace to industry here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Museum
England
Margaret G. Bondfield
Bondfield
Miss Bondfield
Eurepe
Girls Air Grievances Before House Rules Panel
Unions dormitory residents at Union Station Plaza prepare to voice complaints to the House rules committee in hearings likely soon. Representative Frank Clarke seeks accounting of a 100 million dollar housing bureau appropriation while Representative Campbell chairs the probe. Some workers report bedbug issues and very dark meals described as darkening life in the dormitories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam's Fair
Union Station Plaza
House Rules Committee
Housing Bureau
Frank Clarke
Florida
Campbell
Kansas
Prohibition Code Eyed Soft Drinks by Ambiguity Aid
Wayne B Wheeler, counsel for the Anti Saloon League, explains that the proposed prohibition code does not target recognized soft drinks. He notes the law defines intoxicants by alcohol content and by named beverages, aiming to prevent evasion while banning beverages with half a percent or more alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astigaloon League
Exterce Bains
Aattaaloon League of America
Wayne B. Wheeler
House Judiciary Committee
Autoist nearly crushed and cyclist near death in two Rock Creek incidents
An autoist James Duke rolled from a capsized car that plunged into Rock Creek near the lower ford at Rock Creek Park and escaped with minor injuries. A bicyclist James Johnson rode toward a fire at Third and H streets NE when he skidded into a patrol machine but avoided harm with an agile maneuver. The bicycle was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
James
Duke
Eighth Street
Rock Creek Park
James Johnson
Third Street
Third
H Streets
Ninth Precinct
Jewelry Heist Nets $566 From Klingle Road Home
Police report a theft yesterday at A. J. Sens ner’s residence 3204 Klingle road stealing jewelry and clothing valued at $566. A recently hired colored maid is suspected, believed to have fled the city with loot in two suit cases, including a sapphire ring set with eighteen diamonds worth $300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Sensner
Klingle Road
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Summary for DC Maryland Virginia
Weather notes for the mid-Atlantic region from the U.S. Weather Bureau dated Sunday June 22 forecast fair conditions across District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia with warmer interior and northeast to southeast breezes. Temperatures rise through Tuesday with cooler spells in the inner lake region and New England. local thundershowers possible in the Southern States and lower Ohio valley. a detailed hourly temperature and humidity record is included along with last year comparisons and precipitation deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Missouri
Mississippi
Gulf
South Atlantic
Inner Lake Region
Midde Atlantic States
New England
Northwest
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Atlantic States
Interior
Births Reported With Multiple Twin and Single Arrivals
Birth announcements list numerous couples and their newborns including several sets of twins and individual babies. Names include Scott, Spyder, Riffey, Ladsen, Luddy, Freeman, Davis, Daly, Bollong, Tolson, Clark, Christian, Carter and spouses Harry Scott Clara, Whibur Spyder Anna, Perry Riffey Irya, Herman Elizabeth, John Ruth, Joseph Catherine Freeman, James Ida, Charles Beatrice, Richard Eleanor, Frederick Amy, Tunac Margaret, Thomas Lillie, James Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Clara M. Scott
Whibur McK
Anna M. Spyder
Perry F
Irya
Riffey
Herman H
Elizabeth Ladsen
John A
Ruth B. Luddy
Joseph B
Catherine
Freeman
James J
Ida D. Davis
Charles P
Beatrice M. Daly
Richard W
Eleanor H. Bollong
Frederick
Amy Tolson
Tunac
Margaret Clark
Thomas
Lillie Christian
James and
Anthony Carter
Death notices from city hospital and addresses
Multiple deaths reported with ages and institutions including George King 62 Emergency Hospitals and Mary Lorence 45 Providence Hospitals. Others include Clarence Robinson 39 at 437 Delaware Ave sw John Carter 26 1BiD Lincoln Id ae Daniel Jackson 56 Freedmen's Hospital and Edmonia Smiler 75 at 924 Bryant st aw. Alice A. Genus 48 Bill st aw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George King
Mary Lorence
Providence
Clarence Robinson
Delaware Ave
John Carter
Lincoln
Daniel Jackson
Bryant
Three Stabbings Reported in City Afternoons Af frays
Three stabbing incidents left two Black men and a White man hospitalized. Robert Brown was seriously wounded by Elsie Hamilton on Marion street. she was arrested. Charles Sheppert and William Wiggins fought in Wiggins home with Sheppert injuring Wiggins. both were detained. Greek immigrant Steves Coussios was stabbed on Fourteenth street. his condition was not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brown
Elsie Hamilton
Marion Street
Charles Sheppert
H Street
William Wiggins
Twenty-ninth Street
Sheppert
Wiggins
Seventh Precinct
Georgettown University Hospital
Steves Coussios
Fourteenth Street
Praise for Community Nurses in War Health Drive
The Public Health Service issued a war service report urging public health nursing expansion to fight disease nationwide. Nurses worked in 36 extra cantonment zones aiding malaria control, water and milk protection, sanitary housing, and quarantine measures while inspecting eating places industries and school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
War Service
United States Public Health Service
Funeral of Mrs Mary F Smith
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary F Smith wife of C B Smith will be held this afternoon at 3 oclock at the Whitney avenue Christian Church on Park road. She was in the 87th year of age and a longtime District resident active in church work and as a founder and architect of the Park road Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F Smith
C. B. Smith
Newton Street
Whitney Avenue Christian Church
Park Road
Christian Church
Safety-First Crusade Taught In Washington Schools
A safety first program will be taught in 140 Washington schools this week under Maj. Pullman to teach children precautions against accidents. An instructional lecture is set for 10 oclock, with about 1,990 learners expected to attend across the district. Earlier, Lieut WS Shelby of the traffic squad spoke to students urging street caution during play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maj. Pullman
Papila
Lieut
WS Shelby
Awakening Giant of the East Sermon Declares China Reforming
The Rev Dr Henry Allen Tupper at First Baptist Church described China as the awakening giant of the East. He said China regards the United States as its best unfailing friend and noted that indemnity money used to educate Chinese students in America left a lasting positive impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Allen Tupper
First Baptist Church
China
United States
America
Funeral for Capt Hatch Held in Washington
Funeral services were held at 3 oclock this afternoon for Capt John Sackett Hatch 78 a longtime Treasury Department employee at 3900 Kansas Avenue He served with Michigan volunteers in the Civil War lost his left arm and later was commissioned in the reserves He is survived by his wife a daughter Miss Harriett Hatch of Washington and a son F W Hatch of Bakersfield In a separate note John B Nevinser was elected president of the Herz Club Zionists in Washington and officers were named with installation set for July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orelock
John Sackett Hatch
Treasury Department
Kansas
Michigan Volunteers
Hatch
Harriett Hatch
Washington
F. W. Hatch
Bakersfield
John B. Nevinser
Herz Club
Organization of Zionists
Aaronson
Milton Rogenberg
Davi Laidman
Leon A. Katz
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