Half-and-Half Allies Readied for Congressional Inquiry
An executive committee meeting in the Evans building announced a plan to defend the District of Columbia half and half fiscal arrangement before a joint Senate-House committee. It urges civic groups to cooperate and present facts, documents, and census data to support the current funding system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Committee of Congress
Executive Committee
Henry B.F. Macfarland
Evans Building
District of Columbia
Senate
House
Congress
United States Supreme Court
United States Census
Washington
United States
Henry B. F. Macfarland
Thomas W. Sidwell
A. Lisner
Harvey W. Wiley
George Truesdell
M. A Leese
Wallace Radcliffe
Janet B E. Richards
Richard B. Watrous
Clarence J. Owens
Charles W. Richardson
B. H. Warner
Charles 5. Bunday
WW. Woodward
Silent excise board on Senate report findings
The excise board refused to comment on a Senate committee report investigating the board. Gen. Robert G. Smith, chairman, said the board has no official information on the findings and indicated no statement will be issued even after receipt. Three hearings on liquor license transfers were held, with A F E Shoemaker for the Antisaloon League not opposing the transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Excise Board
Robert G. Smith
Gen Smith
Smith
A. F E. Shoemaker
Antisaloon League
District of Columbia Chess Championship Round One
The first round of the DC chess championship will be held tonight at the Capital City Chess Club rooms on the ninth floor of the Washington Loan and Trust building at Ninth and F streets. Entrants include Walker vs Stacy, Zapoleon vs Lovell, Willenchick vs Tharp, Knappy vs Pazeh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Capital City Chess Club
Washington Loan and Trust Building
Ninth
F Streets
Walker
Stacy
Zapoleon Va. Lovell
Willenchick
Tharp
Knappy
Pazeh
Washington Real Estate Investment Advice
Real estate in Washington is described as the best buy for someone with substantial funds. The piece urges readers to consider property as a profitable security for investment or a home, promoting daily and Sunday real estate pages in The Washington Post for profitable opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Real Estate
Washington Post
Washington
Births Reported For Multiple Families In Local News
Birth announcements list eight families welcoming newborns a girl for Thomas M and Katherine Taylor Henry 8 and Anntle N Norris Anton and Edna L Kamperwolle a girl John G and Anna C Wacrer a boy Harry W and Mary B Benson a girl Peter M and Mary A Dorach a girl William H and Mary A Brown a boy Daniel and Amnetta Baker a boy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M
Katherine Taylor
Henry
Anntle N. Norris
Anton
Edna L. Kamperwolle
John G
Anna C. Wacrer
Harry W
Mary B. Benson
Peter M
Mary A. Dorach
William H
Mary A. Brown
Daniel and
Amnetta Baker
Licensed to Marry In Uncertain Listings
A set of marriage notices lists Ellery F Retti 26 and Charlotte E Colll tower 20s with Rev J J Ringer. Howard F Bertine 29 and Helene Johnston 22 of New York City with Rev H F Downs. Samuel H W Book 28 and Sarah Manekin 22 of Baltimore with Rev B L Gross man. Ternard S French 83 and Cornelia A Jacque 21 of New York City with Rev Chambers. The fragmentary record omits complete ages and some surnames.
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Ellery _F. Retti
Charlotte E. Collltower
J. J. Ringer
Howard F. Bertine
Helene Johnston
New York City
H. F. Downs
Samuel HW. Book
Sarah Manekin
Baltimore
B. L. Grossman Ternard S. French
Cornelia
A. Jacque
Chambers
Deaths Reported in City Hospitals
A list reports multiple deaths with ages and hospital affiliations including Garfield Hospital Providence Hospital and Children's Hospital. Named individuals include James T. Osborn 15 Martha A Jett 5 Jane Duvall 79 Milton Bobrer 38 James Luxon 84 Chase Harrington 2 months Peter Williams 53 Alice H Young 57 Marcellas Dyson 74 Vernon White yes and John Bradshaw 11 days among others with last known addresses or wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Osborn
Garfield Hospital
Idyllian Oliver
Providence Hospital
Albert A. Wreeno
Martha A. Jett
Too 12Th St
Jane
Duvall
Wis
Milton Bobrer
Geo
James Luxon
Wash
Chase Harrington
Peter Williams
Alice H Young
Marcellas Dyson
Blue Plaina
Apnie Snow
Vernon White
Freedmen's Hospital
John Bradshaw
Linwood Heights
D.C
City Bulletins and Local Advertisements Blurb
City bulletins advertise lunch options at Eckstein's New York Avenue and Shaffer's 14th Street. Keystone Daily Virginia lists 608. Miller Heating Stone features A Muddiman & Co at Dth and Gats. The item highlights shops and promotions in a condensed city notices page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Cafe
Eckstein'’s
New York Avenue
Keystone Daily
Virginia
Th. Miller
A. Muddiman & Co
Indicted again Sullivan faces embezzlement charge
Attorney Michael W. Sullivan, acquitted yesterday, is indicted again in the same case charging embezzling 91.52 dollars from the Post Higbie Company. A grand jury returned 24 other indictments before Chief Justice Covington, including assault with dangerous weapon and grand larceny, with several counts ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael W. Sullivan
District Supreme Court
Alfred Higbie
Post-Higbie Company
Delaware
Covington
John Slye
Willam Queenan
Charles Pumphrey
William Johnson
Petlt
Charles Mowbray
Clarence Brown
Elton Garner
Jules Burke
Walter Dyson
Edward Gaither
John Hurd
Gustave Marshall
Lawrence Thoman
Francis Holly
Edward Hatcher
Harry Lewis
Fred Boston
Edward Pannoyer
Jane EK
Firming
Lewis Weinstein
Joseph c. Miller
Martin F. Kapiloff
Horace A. Bell
Clarence 3. Welgman
Frank Weat
Ernest E. Wood
John R. Sneeden
Courtney BE. Stuss
John P. Thomas
John Burgess
Fosia Feutch
Exhibition in Oils Opens at Corcoran Gallery
Ben Foster's oil paintings are on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art through March 2. A total of thirty works, including two owned by the Corcoran, reveal forest, valley, and brook scenes from Foster's northwestern Connecticut wooded estate. He works from a desire to bring the simplicity of woods life to city dwellers, living six months in the woods before returning to a New York studio each winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Foster
Corcoran Art Gallery
Ucorcoran
iArt
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Mr. Foster
Connecticut
House Probers Scarce Take 117 Into Arcanum
Senator Saulsbury after White House talks says a committee meeting may not happen before September. The district inquiry accountants led by Mayes will continue work with $4,500 unspent and debts totaling $4,129,847. The Royal Arcanum initiation added 117 new members across nine councils, with ceremonial rites and a banquet at the Ebbitt to honor rulers and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
New House
Chilton
Saulsbury
Saulebury
White House
Senate
T. Scott Mayes
J. R. Mayes
House District Committee
Johnson
House
Congress
Royal Arcanum
Mesonic
Arcanum
M. D. Mercer
Frank B. Wickersham
Ebbitt
Claude A. Zappone
District Council
Besselievre
Capitol Council
BH. P. Goodwin
Analosian Council
Benjamin White
L. R. Geisenberger
Lancaster
Peace Society dinner honors Burton and Bartholdt
The Executive Committee of the American Peace Society will hold a dinner at the University Club tonight at 7 o'clock to honor Senator Theodore E. Burton president of the society and Representative Richard Bartholdt a committee member. Representative James L. Slayden will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Society
The
American Peace Society
University Club
Theodore E.burton
Richard Bartholdt
James L. Slayden
District Court Awards 2000 to Pennsylvania Sprayer Victim
Wiliam W. Plummer, manager of a Pennsylvania avenue restaurant, was awarded 2000 damages by a circuit division 2 jury against West Disinfecting Company, after a sprayer explosion he used to exterminate pests burned his face and caused conjunc tivitis. The case was argued by D. W. Baker and J. W. Staggers for Plummer and McLanahan & Burton and W. Culbertson for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam WW
Plummer
Pennsylvania Avenue
West
Circuit Division
District Supreme Court
Justice Gould
Plhmmer
D. W. Baker
J. W. Staggers
McLanahan & Burton
W. Culbertson
The
West Disinfecting Company
Maud A. Dubant
Patent Office
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Circuit Division 2
Justice Stafford
Miss Dubant
Ninth and
G Streets
George F. Hoover
W. W. Millan
Joseph R. Fague
Pathescope voting fuel for Dent School effort
The Sunday paper will publish results of the district Pathescope moving picture effort aimed at educational improvement. Dent School Pathescope Club formed at Mrs J A Redier home with two branches for coupons and subscriptions. Captain of coupons Miss Jessie Ryan and subscriptions Glen Newman. Claude Bailey praised for persuasive vote gathering. Jewell Rodier, 7, rapidly collecting subscriptions and coupon votes. Fourteen youths attended. weather did not deter participation. Master Wilam Anderson of Tyler School active in keeping his school in the race. A veteran editor calls for more plans to secure Pathescope for schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathescope
Dent School
J. A. Redier
Dent School Parents’ Association
Jessie Ryan
Glen Newman
Claude Bailey
Jewell Buford Rodier
Wilam Anderson
The
Tyler
Jin
Mott School Clarifies Picture Machine Purchase
W A Hamilton of Lucretia Mott School corrects a prior note stating the board of education bought a moving picture machine. He explains the machine was funded by school entertainments and urges publication of the correction for justice to the school community. March 3, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mott School
Board of Education
Lucretia Mott School
W. A. Hamilton
Army probes militia officers serving with Canadian forces
Secretary Garrison ordered Brig. Gen. Tasker Bliss to investigate reports that American militia officers are serving with Canadian forces in the European war. War Department officials doubt any federal law bars such service, but none will be allowed to serve with belligerents if preventable. The department says it has no jurisdiction over resigned officers.
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Garrison
Tasker H.bliss
Army
War Department
Department
Police News Notes Include Injuries From Accidents And Thefts
Police report Samuel H. Reeder 77 of 1238 Thirteenth St NW injured by an automobile owned by Dr. Charles W. Brown at Fileventh St and Massachusetts Ave NW. Reeder suffered concussion and facial wounds and was taken to Emergency Hospital. Others report thefts at 406 Ninth St NW, a gold watch valued at 50 dollars, and $35 stolen from Fr A Eades at the same address. William Warthen, 2320 Caroline Pl Potomac Heights, fell at 12th and D NW, injuring his head and taken to Emergency. Mary Mills of 8007 Seventh St SW sustained a compound fracture of the right hip when dragged by a rope behind a wagon. wagon and driver still missing. Fire damages include 200 dollars at 1220 Duncan St NE and unknown origin blaze at Emmanuel Mendleson’s 320 Eleventh St NW. Coal gas incident at 48 H St NW left three women fatigued but revived. they declined hospital.
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Samuel H. Reeder
Thirteenth Street
Fileventh Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Charles W. Brown
K Street
Brown
J. D. Babcock
Fifth Street
Ninth Street
Fr. A. Eades
G Street
Mary Mills
Seventh Street
Seventh
O Street
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Saks
Saks & Company
Velvet
Chapin-Sacks Mfg. Co
Jardin DE Danse
N. W
V. Souper Danse
Mito T A.M
Telephone Wain Zugn
Byron S. Adams
11Th St. N. W
Relee
Sth
D Sta. N
Committee of 100
City Bulletins
Shaffer
Sullivan
Delaware Corporation
Glark
D. C
Old Masonic Temple
Saulabury
Burton and Bartholdt
District Court News
Wiliam F. Shannon
W. M. Geilinger
Conrad H. Syme
Ufe
Thomas Smallwood
Syme
Herbert Hi. Marshall
Frank Hiehols
Marshall
Mehola
R. I. Miller
William W. Armstrong
A. A. Birney
Winifred R. Redway
Troscoe E. Redway
Mary R. A. Boyd. Hoscoe
Redway
Eugene A. Carr
United States Army
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Mary P. M. Carr
Clark M. Carr
Eugene M. Carr
Clark M. Carr, Jr
Clarence B. Dowell
Washington Barracks
Wilton J. Lambert
Frederick 2. Whippler
Cornelia T. Limeburner
Eva A. Marvin
Charles F. Marvin
Cornelia T. Marvin
Helen Marvin
Testatrix
Stilson Hutchins
Justice Anderson
Walter Stizon Hutchings
Lee Hutchins
Hutchins
Sgain
R.rogs Perry
Frank J. Hogan
ICAN
Police
Wiliam Warthen
Caroline Place
Potomac Heights
Twelfth
D Streets
Duncan Street
John Rhoades
Amelia A. Corklesser
Josephine Morton
Mary Hoerl
H Street
Casualty Hospital
Frank Gibson
Emmanuel Mendleson
Eleventh Street
Mer
Washington Horse & Mule Exchange
West Virginia
Montgomery County
Krafft
Krefft
Isaac H. White
Fenens
John T. Crowley
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Ith ST
MR. Man
Pa. Ave. N. W
Avenue
Home Ice Co
NORTH
V Streets
Sunday Post
Tyarrier Mail
Sustley
Wational Electrical Supply Co
Ave
Od Farrer
B. Curtis Miller
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