Washington group forms Key Memorial Association to buy Key home
Washington citizens at the University Club organized the Francia Scott Key Memorial Association to purchase and maintain the Key residence of the composer of the Star Spangled Banner. Admiral Dewey and Admiral Schley spoke, outlining the national anthem’s history, as officials were named to lead the new entity.
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Washington
University Club
Francia Scott Key Memorial Association
George Dewey
W. S. Schley
Macfarland
F. 8
Key Smith
Key
Mr. Smith
Admiral Dewey
Navy
Admiral Schrey
Waap
Hornet
Baltimore
Dutch West Indies
Flaen
Job Barnanl
William Y. Dennis Else
Stuart McNamere
Wiliam H. Dennis
Association
Admiral Schley
W. P. Hoover
Justice Barnard
Stuart McNamara
Thomas H Anderson
Henry C. Nicholson
G. W. Phillips
Hugh Taggart
Samuel Bimith
America
Boston
Prizes Awarded in Needle Work Exhibit at S Kann Co
Cash prizes of 2 to 5 awarded last night in the two week long embroidery exhibit at S Kann Sons & Co. Winners include Mrs Robert Callum Mrs B Flonahine Mrs Harris and many more. Over 2000 visitors attended and more than 600 pieces were shown with the exhibition to run until Monday night.
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John Depou
Olof
Greatham Place Northwest
Mauslehon
Eleventh Atest
Sarch Stone
Charles White
Lucy Stark
Carl Read
J. W. Knowles
Vaughs
U_atredt northwest
Frank Biles
Alice Lewis
Viola Jasper
C. EB. Clifton
A. L. Clarke
Elizabeth Stuart
Temporary aid for sick and detention wards planned
The District appropriation bill provides 3000 for repairs to the almshouse adjoining the Washington Asylum Hospital to create temporary detention for chronic and convalescent patients and for insane and alcoholic cases under the Emergency Hospital contract system until better provisions emerge. The Board of Charities will push Congress for detention wards on the tuberculosis site. Heavy sentence pleases authorities as Thomas Williams is fined for automobile operation without owner consent and related offenses. Prof Bell shows improvement after weeks of illness at 1333 Connecticut Avenue. he remains confined but prognosis is favorable.
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Washington Asylum
Board of Charities
Kimball
Thomas Wiliams
Williams
Prof. Bell
Alexander Graham Hell
Connecticut Avenue
District Notes on Benning Road Widening and Tax-Sale Clerks
A favorable report to Congress urges widening Benning road with the grid change to 110 from 126. The old District pumping station at Seventeenth and U Streets NW will be sold at public auction after a new Bryant Street station near the reservoir opened. Many District workers take extra duties after hours for tax-sale certificate work at 75 cents per hour, with E G Davis endorsing several appointees including Waldo C Hilbs and Ralph B Pratt. Work begins mid March.
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Seventeenth
Bryant Street
E. G. Davis
Waldo C. Hilbs
Macfarland
Ralph B Pratt
West
Telegrams Forceful Counters to Railroad Labor Bill
Telegraphers used wires to thwart a plan against a labor hours amendment. A railway interests chair sought to disrupt the measure by sending requests to influence lawmakers, while the operators organized a counter campaign and paid telegram tolls. Messages flooded congressional desks, with representatives and senators receiving thousands of telegrams, crowding desks and shelves.
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Legislative Committee
Knights of the Key
Oiece
Senate
House
Letter to Captain Oyster About Cardozo Trial Remarks
Henry B. Davis writes from bed with grip to Post editor, disputing Capt. Oyster's claim of no communication. He states he sent a written notice yesterday to Capt. Oyster's business, delivered by the office boy to a clerk and then to Oyster. Davis notes no acknowledgment has been received and cites conflicting reports from an afternoon paper.
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Oyster
Cardozo
Cardozo Names Defense Witnesses for School Board Trial
Cardozo lists seventy two persons to testify in his defense including Dr Chancellor supervising principals and school officers. Trial before the board of education resumes Monday afternoon with Superintendent Chancellor expected to return from Chicago Monday morning as the first witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. Cardozo
Board of Education
Washington
Chicago
Urge Change in Smoke Law By Labor Delegation
A labor union delegation led by John Riggies of the Central Labor Union and including H F Syedk of the IAM, R M Kephart of the Maddishists Union, H G McComas and Charles A Oakley of the Brotherhoods, plus E J Humphrey of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, urged amending the smoke law to allow three minutes of dense smoke per hour. Commissioner Macfarland opposed any amendment permitting locomotive engines to enter the district under different conditions than the original law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Riggies
Central Labor Union
H. F. Syedkman
International Association of Machinists
R. M. Kephart
Maddishists' Union
H. G. McComas
Charles A. Oakley
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
E. J. Humphrey
Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen
Macfarland
Prisoners with Records Identified in Jail Inquiry
New York authorities identify two men held in the United States jail as Matthew McNeill alias Joseph Piggott and John Burny alias Al Palmer. Burns, arrested for robbing show cases, is linked to Worcester Whitey with four prison terms and is wanted by Auburn prison for parole violation. McNeill was nabbed for robbing George H Irv of jewelry and money in New York City.
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Police
New York State Prisons’ Board
Matthew McNeill
Joseph Piggott
John Burny
al* Palmer
United States
Grand
Burns
Grant
New York
Worcester Whitey
Auburn
McNeill
George H. Irv
New York City
Mooney
Woman Saved Friend From Gas Inhalation Rescue
Nellia Skivington of 218 C Street Northwest detected a strong gas odor in Miss Clanden Wynne's bedroom. She broke the door, found Wynne unconscious, and a physician plus hospital staff revived her. Wynne's condition was reported serious, with the gas thought to have been turned on accidentally during dressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellia Skivington
C Street
Mise Wynne Wate
Local City News Summary of Injuries and Incidents
James Martin of 1338 South Capitol street shows improvement after a stabbing like injury by a mob on Tuesday night near South Capitol and streets. Police Captain F F McCathran remains in poor condition from a cerebral hemorrhage. Bicycle officer A F Williams was injured by a broken head post on Twenty first street and taken to Emergency Hospital. Mary Reed, 34, of color, hospitalized for a fractured hip after a blow. her husband Henry Reed is in custody for assault. Ten year old Harvey Clark located by Baltimore police after missing from South Carolina avenue. Flora Adams Darling learns of the sudden death of her sister in law Mrs John Quincy Adams of New York. William A Haley set to perform with his band at Lane Park from June 9 to 12.
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James Martin
South Capitol Street
South Capitol
Providence Hospital
F. F. McCathran
Fifth Precinct
Edmund Barry
McCathran
Pennsylvanis Avenue
F Williams
Williams
Sourdman
Flora Adams Darling
John Quincy Adams
New York
Adams
Gutsis
Raleigh
William A. Haley Han
Lane Park
Education Association Panels on Servant Problem Seeks Better Conditions
Speakers at the Public Education Association meeting at the New Willard urged improved treatment for employed servants. Talks by Judge De Lacy and William F. Downey, with Mrs. Barrett and others, focused on enforcing the new District employment agency law and training for domestic workers. Commissioner West said thirteen agencies are under strict supervision as efforts to improve conditions continue.
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Sulzer
de Lacy
Juveale Court
William F. Downey
West
Milton Rosenau
J. M. Gutterman
Kate Waller Barrett
F. Leslie Ransome
Miriam Lee Harley
Sam@en
N. J
Commissioner West
Barrett
Stamp design approved for Jamestown Exposition issues
Postmaster General approves a one cent and a two cent stamp in the Jamestown Exposition series. The one cent shows Capt John Smith with birth and death dates, Pocahontas and Powhatan profiles appear on the corners. The two cent depicts the landing of the first settlers at Jamestown. Stamps produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and go on sale April 26 at U S post offices.
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Genera Cortelyou
Geveral
John Smith
Powhatan
Jamestown
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States
Mother Reclaims Daughter From Fugitive Case in Baltimore
Mrs. Dora Jefferson of 30 South Carey Street Baltimore arrived in Washington to assume charge of her daughter Emma Jefferson a fifteen year old girl arrested here Wednesday as a fugitive from home. She left for Baltimore yesterday afternoon with her mother. Nearby notes mention plumbing ads and local merchants as well as a missing boy alert for Richard L. Phelps near Chevy Chase. Restaurant keeper Thomas T Fleming died at 153 New Jersey Avenue Northwest after months of illness. funeral Monday at 9 from Immaculate Conception Church with burial at Mount Olivet.
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Dora Jefferson
South Carey Street
Baltimore
Washington
Emma Jefferson
Nome
Richard L. Phelps
Chevy Chase
A EL Phelps
Young Phelps
Thomas T Fleming
New Jersey Avenue Northwest
O'H
Immaculate Conception Church
Mount Olivet_Cemetery
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Saka & Company
Seventh Street
Bay of House & Herrmann
I. Grosner
Hallet & Davis
T. P. Culley
Eleventh St. N. W
White House
Rolla
Patna
Sts. S. W
Castelberg’s
Opticians
Penna
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Congressional Coffee
E Atlantic & Pacific
Wei
E, F, Droop & Sons CO
Edison and
Victor
Droop & Sons Co
Maerzen
Phoe West
Uneeda Biscuit
Pechels Pashele
Baehela
Wahels
Ee Gaslight Go
10Th St. N.W
Potomac Electric Power Co
St. N.W
Dewey and
Schley
Kann’s
Board
Congress
Benning Road
Henry E. Davis
Japt. Smith
Pocahontas
ITY Bulletins
F. Brooks Co
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J. J Kidd & Co
9Th St. Nw
Kentucky
Voigt's
7Th St
Hecht
E. F .Stagka Ges
Abics
Sor
Huntley & Palmers Biscuits
Donnell's
Ith and I Sts
Hall's
F Street
Washington Post
Safe
A. Muddiman & Co
Donnelly‘s
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bulletin
Business Centers OF the East
Philadelphia
Fea
Congressional Limited
National Capital
New England
Home Savings Bank
7Th and
Mass. Ave. N.W
H Sts
7Th St. SW
Slumphix Heid
Frank H. Edmonds
Opttelar
New York Ave
Randle Highlands
Capitol OF
U.S
Rendle Highlands
Wwe Capitol
Dugout Circle
Uo Realty Company
Realty Company
Ave. N. W
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Hudson's Hew Variety Store
Datty
C. A. Muddiman & Co
12Th St
Hubbard Heating CO
Phos Alain
Washington Brewery Co., Ltd
Sts. NE
Henry Evans Wholesale Druggist
F St. N. W
Duffy
Allarapeista and Grocers
Victor E.adler
Te Aa
Annapolis
Alexandra
Cumberland
Brederick
Ilagerstown
Rockville
Caurel
Lonaconing
Afd
Martinsburg
W Va
Piedmont
Marlboro
Cashler
C. OP Telephone Co
R. P. Andrews Pai
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Ceres
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Burchell
St. NW
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