Inaugural Plans Advance Amidst Unsettled Weather Fears
The piece recalls a blizzard era with reports of heavy snow in Cumberland and the Ohio Valley, just as Washington prepares for Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. Forecasters caution about varied conditions, while civic committees outline preparations and parade arrangements led by Col Robert N Harper and Alvin G Belt.
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Col Harper
United States of America
Woodrow Wilson
Robert N Harper
Alvin G. Belt
Inaugural Party Instructions For Boy Scouts
Instructions issued to Bow scoutmasters for duties during the Inaugural period from Priddis to Monti inclusive. Committee discusses reliefs and assignment slips and emergency calls. Scoutmasters to manage 8 hour shifts, cooperate with police at crossings, and assist with crowd and street congestion. A. R. Brown emphasizes courtesy and cheerful bearing in duty.
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Woashirsyton
Hoy
Board of Trade
Arth Capitol
Twentyth Street
R Brown
Washington
Protest At Place In Parade Condemns Inaugural Committee
Resolutions condemn giving precedence to the Wilson and Marshall Club over the Young Mens Democratic Club in the inaugural parade at the Old Masonic Temple. The Young Mens club would be led by a junior band from St Marys Industrial School Baltimore ages 8 to 11. The Democratic Club will march Monday and thirteen electors expected to march for President Wid- Bon in the inaugural parade per the California Society at the New Ebbitt meeting.
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Wilson League
Philadelphia
Womans National Trade League of
Baltimore
George Bass
Chicago
National Democratic Womans Bureau
Washington
California
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Wesley Martin Stoner
George St Linkins
Committee On Civic Organizations
George KH Lankina
Marshal Melvin C Haven
Thomas Bones
John W Beale
W Bohannon
Indward
Brush Gus Buchholz
J L Burke
F S Carmody
James RO Collie
JH Colvin
Chimes
Columbus Thomas Claf
W J Latimer
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Tandvoigt
Yanac S Long
Col W C Txons
Joseph E Latimer
Joseph Mithy
J Moore
Thomas P Morgan
Jt Tames
R_ Mitchell
Raymond Norton Peter J Nee R S Robbins
Pantel Shehan DeWitt C Smith
Maj E E Snyder
Sheaffer Houston B
Teehee
George A von Dachenhaugen
Henry P Weat
Ralph Whittaker
Wilson and Marshall Club
Young Mens Democratic Club
Old Masonic Temple
Ninth and
F Street
St Marys Industrial School
Democratic Club
Wid- Bon
California Society
Ebbitt
Owners Check Autos for Inaugural Parade Downtown
Arrangements made to inspect and guard cars brought downtown Monday for the inaugural parade. Parking spaces at convenient locations with watchmen. Owners receive a duplicate check to attach to radiators. A small fee charged. Stations at Eighth between EB and F, Thirteenth between same streets, G and H, Vermont Ave between H and I, Sixteenth between H and I, Fifteenth between D and Ohio Ave, and Marketplace between Ninth and Tenth.
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Ohio Avenue
Marketplace
Inaugural Visitors Access Public Buildings Open
Public buildings will be open to inaugural visitors on Sunday and Monday despite a holiday. The Capitol, Washington Monument, Library of Congress, National Museum, and Corcoran Art Gallery will follow usual hours, with certain closures for Monday. Reading rooms at the Library of Congress will be closed Monday.
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Washington Monument
Library of Congress
National Museum
Corcoran Art Gallery
Veterans prep to march with Kit Carson Post in parade
Kit Carson Post No 2 met in Gark Hall and arranged for participation in the inaugural parade. The post will march behind the Third division, after school cadets and State troops. Commandant John McWhir ee said no friction would arise over the assignment and all members would participate.
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Kit Carson Post
Gark Hail
John McWhireey
Open House by Women at Wilson Union HQ
The Women’s Wilson Union will hold an open house at its headquarters in the Oxford Hotel on Fifteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. An information bureau, public comfort and first aid have been established. President James H Boggs asks members to help entertain visitors and has appointed a reception committee.
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Oxford Hotel
Fifteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
James H Boggs
Cook Strike At Raleigh Hotel Ends Amid Staffing Shuffle
Seventeen cooks walked out after the Raleigh hotel refused to recognize their union. Management quickly filled posts with a waiting crew, averting disruption. Rumors of wider action circulated but nothing materialized. Edward Stafford, 27, son of a district court justice, was named to succeed Gus Schuldt as commissioner and reports for duty today. Stafford is a George Washington University Law School graduate.
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Edward Stafford
District Supreme Court
Wendall Philips Stafford
Gus A Schuldt
George Washington University Law School
City Pharmacists Meet Washington Branch Gathering
A Washington Branch meeting of the Pharmaceutical Association was held at the National College of Pharmacy on UT street last night. Improvements in the Pharmacy Journal and their Book were discussed and members pledged to aid the progress of these publications through individual effort.
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America
District militia home won’t tie up cars for inauguration visits
Troops of the district militia arrive from the border and camp at Fort Myer and E Street stables. Troop A horses stay at the E Street stable while 94 horses from other units are quartered there. Maj Joseph Cantner says will be weeks before muster out. men urged to seek civilian work. Rumors of strikes quelled by union officials stating no work stoppage during inauguration.
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Mr King
Britain Seeks Citizenship at 72 Years Old
A Briton aged 72 applies for naturalisation, citing long residence and extensive papers filed to satisfy the requirements. The applicant hopes to complete the process so that citizenship is granted in the near term.
Concert Aids School Bands At Central High School
The Washington Community Symphony Orchestra debuted at Central High School last night in a benefit concert for a high school band. Mme Kaspar-Lawson soprano and Samuel Wood organist offered favorable performances alongside works by Schubert Rossini Grieg Humperdinck and Eckert with Mia Lawson delivering standout numbers. The event showcased local music education under Hamlin B Cogswell director of the school music department.
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New Central High School
Mme Kaspar-Lawson
Samuel Wood
Hamlin B. Cogswell
Communist
Schubert
Grieg
Humperdinck
Washington
Eckert
Henschel
Mia Lawson
Will Stage Historic Plays at Casino Theater Tonight
Dramatic division of the Department of the Interior presents The Continental Congress in five acts at the Casino Theater tonight tomorrow night and Saturday with a matinee Saturday The program includes Washingtons farewell address the Spirit of 74 and the Declaration of Independence drafting tableaux The Carlisle Indian School Band performs Sunday afternoon and night and Monday night Carlisle students present The Feast for the Red Corn an operetta in two acts
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Housel City Electrical Aid Named Assistant Engineer
Housel City elect rical inspector has been appointed yesterday as assistant electrical engineer to replace Warren Hadley who was promoted. The selection followed a 22 candidate competition. Housel will start today and holds a University of Illinois electrical engineering degree. The appointment pays $2,000. Also, Harry Bergman, 35, of 724 Fifth Street NW, was arrested at Ninth and G streets as a fugitive from justice on a Lorton, Virginia homebreaking warrant.
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Warren B Hadley
Housel
School of Electrical Engineering
Tts University of Illinois
Harry Bergman
Fifth Street
Ninth
Guy Walsh
Lorton
Gerard Sails for Habana From Corunna on Infanta Isabel
James W. Gerard, former American Ambassador at Berlin, departed Corunna aboard the steamship Infanta Isabel bound for Havana with an expected March 8 arrival. He was escorted by Corunna's mayor, replacing the ill governor, as the ship carried 760 steerage passengers. William H. Gale, ex American consul general at Munich, also reached Corunna and secured passage on the same ship.
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Martine Bids Farewell in Fiery Senate Address
Senator Martine of New Jersey retires March 4 after six years in the Senate. He defended his voting record against critics who called him a party renegade, declaring he voted his convictions. He denounced attacks as malicious and cowardly and urged direct election of senators.
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Million Dollar Mail Fraud Grand Jury Charge Hupp Officials
Grand jury in District Supreme Court filed charges of conspiracy to use the mails to defraud against Albert Hupp Irvin Hupp Francis E House and Otis J Rogera officers of Hupp Automatic Mail Exchange Company Justice Gould issued bench warrants for arrest Albert Hupp bailed 3600 and a warrant for Irvin Hupp was planned from Chicago The government says up to 1 000 000 in stock was mailed and the scheme continued since 1910 until last September The case follows months of investigation by United States Attorney Laskey and lists 24 witnesses in the presentment
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Francis E House
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Laskey
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Chicago
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Delaware
Discuss Affair of Spain At Washington Meeting
A varied entertainment program marked the monthly gathering of the Spanish-American Atheneum of Washington at Bauarhera Dr. Santos Kubianag, major of the Spanish army, presided. Members and guests, including Dorothy Pasch, Jennie Beriner, and Alfred Wer, participated as topics on Spanish affairs were discussed and diplomas were presented to new members.
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Santos Kubianag
Dorothy Pasch
Jennie G Beriiner
Alfred M Wer
2500 Police to Guard the Capital Inauguration
Public order during inauguration will be maintained by about 2509 officers from regular and special police, plainclothes men from big cities, secret service, and nearby jurisdictions. Baltimore detachment and other city officers will assist. First aid stations listed with locations and contact numbers. stations will operate from late evening until after fireworks.
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Union Station Officials Complete Arrangements to Handle Throngs
Union Station officials outline preparations to manage expected inaugural crowds. Pennsylvania Railroad adds 50 extra locomotives and 60 crews to Philadelphia and Baltimore, with rapid train fills planned Sunday and Monday. Officials express optimism for orderly arrivals and smooth through traffic barring accidents or severe weather.
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Woman Dies in Auto Plunge in Baltimore Harbor
A touring car plunged from Quay alley near the Chesapeake Steamship pier and sank in about 25 feet of water. Edna King, 34, an actress from New York, died. Three others were missing and three more injured are in Mercy Hospital including Anna Tyaree, 32, Farmington Maine, William Grimes of Pittsburgh, and Mary Woods of Baltimore. Police grappling boats search the harbor for bodies.
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Lannan
Bank of France Named Reserve Agent by Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve Board authorized the appointment of the Bank of France as correspondent of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Other reserve banks may join later, linking the U.S. and France in an official capacity to strengthen the financial system and aid American commerce after the war.
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Peace elects Wilson in wartime reelection claim
Senator La Follette argued that Woodrow Wilson narrowly won reelection by keeping the United States out of war. He claimed the West supported war opposition and that preparedness was not the issue, asserting Wilson was reelected by a margin of 118,000.
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la Follette
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Autos kill two men and a drowning case reported
Coroner records show two fatal auto accidents and a drowning considered accidental. William O Perry 23 of 627 Twenty-third street NW was struck by a War Department vehicle at Fourteenth between H and I streets and died at Emergency Hospital. Lewis F Sidney 65 of Germantown Md riding with William Hales was thrown from his car at Sixth and K Streets NW and died at Homeopathic Hospital. Andrew Davis 23 of 13216 Lb Street NE was found dead in the Potomac River near Fourteenth Street SW. investigators say he was an ironworker and may have fallen into the river.
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Schools as Munition Plants in War Effort
Washington training schools are to be turned into munition factories with double shifts. The McKinsey Manual Training School could produce 8000 to 59000 shrapnel shells daily. W Hecox, head of the school's machine shop, spoke to Rear Admiral Earl, Navy ordnance chief, about testing facilities. The Navy sent materials from the Washington Navy Yard to manufacture dummy wooden shells with brass trimmings for Atlantic fleet drills.
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McKinsey Manual
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Congress of Woman Suffrage Reaffirms Federal Amendment Stand
The District Branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage debated whether the group should back militarism or pacifism. Members reaffirmed the union’s commitment to the Federal amendment alone and stated individuals may work with other groups but the Union will not speak for them on those issues. The Federal amendment has been granted unity. The meeting was presided over by Mrs William Thompson Burch.
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Farm loan bonds to be issued for farmers loans
United States farm loan bonds will be issued in the first year through the Federal farm loan board. The rate is expected around 4 1 2 percent, with bankers in New York handling the placement. Officials estimate demand from farmers indicates bonds totaling about 700 thousand to 6 hundred thousand dollars must be issued in year one.
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Four Autos Collide on New York Avenue
Four automobiles damaged in a chain collision on New York avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. An unidentified backing out vehicle at 1219 New York avenue was struck by a Taton Transfer and Storage Co delivery truck going west, causing the truck to hit Dr Kane's car at 1625 I street NW and a second unidentified auto. No injuries reported.
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Representative Helm Weds Mary Bruce in Stanford Ceremony
Representative Harvey Helm of Kentucky’s congressional district surprised friends by returning to Washington with a bride. He wed Miss Mary Bruce, his former secretary, in Stanford on Tuesday. Bruce had been appointed Stanford postmaster after Helm won Congress and held the job until marriage.
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Move to Colorado for health urged in sworn statement
A Washington man recalls doctors advising him to quit government work, sell his home, and relocate to Colorado for health. He describes gastritis, headaches, nervousness, loss of appetite, insomnia, and bad breath, claiming Dreco medicine helped him and that a life policy followed after avoiding reassurances from insurers.
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