White Slave Charge Tied to Philadelphia Probe
Minnie Smith, resident of Alexandria, was arrested on suspicion of white slave traffic, released, then reheld at DOJ request after investigation of alleged operations in Philadelphia. She is paroled to attorney Lewis H. Machen for appearance before U S Commissioner KR P W Garnett amid expected Philadelphia witnesses.
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Ashington Post Bureau
Tea King Street
Alexandria
Minnie Smith
Department of Justice
Philadelphia
Lewis H. Machen
United States
KR. P. W. Garnett
Explosion in Kitchen Damages Emma Huntley Home
A lamp explosion in the kitchen at 639 EZ street SE caused a fire that damaged the house to about 100 dollars. No 7 Truck Company extinguished the blaze after a telephone summons.
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Emma Huntley
EZ Street
No 7 Truck Company
Public Health Committee Pushes Recreation Bureau and New Playgrounds
The Public Health Committee and eight others will urge reforms at the Board of Trade meeting at the New Willard on Tuesday night. Proposals include creating a recreation bureau, establishing playgrounds, advancing Central High School and municipal hospital projects, new fire houses and armory, and playgrounds on Willow Tree alley site.
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Board of Trade
New Willard
D. Percy Hickling
Committee On Public Health
Bureau of Recreation
Central High School
National Guard
Willow Tree Alley
Road Plan Clash Over Highway Growth At Good Roads Meet
About 300 delegates at the second Federal good roads convention at the Raleigh Hotel debated highway growth methods. D W Shackleford led a farm-terminal to country districts plan, while W B Francis backed trunkline interstate highways. A French mission engineer outlined international practice and convicts in road work drew strong remarks from Warden Tynan.
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Raleigh Hotel
Roads Committee of American Automobile Association
D.W. Shackleford
Missouri
C. §. Stetson
Greene
The
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W. B. Francis
Ohio
Charles T. Terry
New York
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
M. Jean de Pulligny
Paris
France
George C. Diehl
White House
Wilson
Thomas Tynan
Colorado
Terry
C. &. Stetson
Greene, Me
Europe
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Colorado Penitentiary
Resolutions Committee
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Harry Train
Missouri Automobile Association
A. Searles
Omaha
Nebr
Shackleford
Rube
Good Roads Association
Automobilists
Agen
William 8. Francis
American Automobile Association
French Mission of Engineers
Philip T. Cosgrove
Michigan State Good Roads Association
Diehl
Alabama
J. H. Cook
Arizona
T. G. Norris
Arkansas
John G. Lonsdale
California
John 8. Mitchel
Connecticut
W. L. Hughson
Thomas J. Tynan
Delaware
Joseph Bancroft
Florida
C. T. Flynn
Georgia
F. C. Beatty
Idano
James Y. Hawkins
Towa
Roy A. Stacy
Ilinois
R. J. Finnigan
Indiana
I. K. Merwinski
Kansas
William H. Thompson
Kentucky
Pendleton Beckley
Louisiana
A. HE. Herbert
Maine
F. A. Nickerson
Maryland
H. M. Rawe
Massachusetts
L. R. Speare
Michigan
W. BH. Metsger
Minnesota
G. A. Wills
Mississippi
Percy E. Quinn
Montana
EB. M. Ferris
Nebraska
S. A. Searle
H. D. Francis
Nevada
P. V. Jones
New Hampshire
E. J. Watson
South Dakota
Samuel Lea
Tennessee
C. C. Gilbert
Texas
B. J. Fielding
Utah
Joseph Howell
Vermont
Ballard
Virginia
Preston Belvin
Washington
Stanton Warburton
West Virginia
Elmer Hough
Wisconsin
E. Browne
Wyoming
Frank W. Mondell
A Perfect Sight With Tetter in Rierrike Virginia
Miss Mary Clatembuck dated May 14, 1912 reports cure from tetter using Cuticura Soap and Oinement after years of suffering. She describes sores and itching, saying relief came in about three weeks with no recurrence. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap priced 25c and Ointment 50c available everywhere.
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Mary Clatembuck
Sailor Pete Plans Talk at District Jail Today
A resilient seafarer with artificial legs, Sailor Pete, remains in the city to address District jail prisoners. Having lost both feet in a Klondike blizzard after long voyages, he traveled 225000 miles over fifteen years and now promotes a fund for homeless boys in New York while aiming to inspire youths at the San Francisco exposition.
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Sailor Pete
Klondike
Pete
Nome
Tig
New York
Campaign to raise 500000 for Notre Dame chapel in Brookland
Washington hosts a national Catholic women’s society meeting to plan erecting a Chapel in the United States with a goal of over 500000. Within thirty minutes 3500 was pledged as Rev Sigourney Fay urged Washington women to build a church equal to Notre Dame in Paris.
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Sigourney Fay
Notre Dame
Paris
United States
Catholic University
Brookland
Robert Hinckley
Sixteenth Street
Burral Hoffman
New York
Mgr
Thomas J. Shahan
University
Church of Notre Dame
T. F. Ryan
Founders Banquet Tonight by Washington City Fire Charter
The annual founders day banquet of the Washington City Fire Charter Sienna Alpha Epsiion, held at the University Club at 8:30 PM, will feature toastmaster John G. Capers and speakers Senator Kavanaugh, Senator Pittman, and Judge Charles B. Howry. Visiting alumni are expected to attend, making it the largest banquet for the local chapter.
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Washington City Fire Charter
Sienna Alpha Epsiion
University Club
John G. Capers
Kavanaugh
Pittman
Charles B. Howry
West and colleagues approve new public utilities commission
The District electric railway commission met for the last time as John H. Marble Henry L. West and Thomas W W Smith voted unanimously for creating a new public utilities commission. It will take over functions previously handled by the railway commission, with data given to the new body and power to carry out its duties. The change ends years of advisory role and aligns with a long standing push for stronger public utility oversight.
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West
Marble
Smith
Utilities Commission
District Electric Railway Commission
John H. Marble
Henry L. West
Thomas W.W. Smith
Public Utilities Commission
Railway Commission
New Utilities Organization
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Horse Bolts Owner Held In Violation Case
Thomas Alex a huckster was jailed on a charge of violating a new traffic rule requiring horses to be tethered. His horse bolted from Seventh and C, ran to Eighth and H, wrecking a lamp post and a trash can.
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Thomas Alex
Alex
Seventh
Eighth
New York
Thomas P. Morgan, Jr
Mutual Life Insurance Company, of
Southern Building
Trust firm seeks dismissal in gaslight stock suit
American Security and Trust Company filed in District Supreme Court an answer in the Georgetown Gaslight Company versus Washington Gaslight Company case. It asserts title to 3,500 shares of Georgetown stock held as security for a bond issue and asks dismissal with costs. Washington Gaslight Company has not yet answered.
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Gonzales
Justice Stafford
Criminal Court No. 1
Andrew Gonzales
District Court of Appeals
Georgetown Gaslight Company
Washington Gaslight Company
District Supreme Court
American Security and Trust Company
Georgetown C Gas-light Company
Trust
Georgetown Company
Washington Company
Trust Company
Georgetown
Disposition of Two Estates by 1912 Probate Filing
Catherine Richter directs sale of her properties at 3562 Eleventh Street Northwest and 439 Fourteenth Street Southeast with a $2000 legacy to daughter Jeanette Louise Richter. Remainder divided equally among daughters Bertha Heller, Pauline Fish, and Florence Berlin. Heller and Richter named executrices. Emeline C Upham's will dated August 5 1912 leaves $5 legacies to several clergy and workers, charity expenditure by Augusta Holt Kelly, remainder to executor William E Cowan.
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Catherine Richter
Fer
Eleventh Street
Fourteenth Street
Jeanette Louise Richter
Bertha Teresa Heller
Pauline Agnes Fish
Florence Mary Berlin
William E. Cowan
Travel guidance and excursions offered in Philadelphia
White today for information and let me help you choose a route of maximum comfort. Personally conducted excursions several times each week, H. M. Brown, Dist. Pass. Agt, 1019 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, Pa.
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White
H. M. Brown
Dist. Pass. Agt
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Director Ralph on Way to Recovery
Joseph Ralph, head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was removed to Providence Hospital after an abscess on the abdomen. Physicians said last night his condition, once critical, had greatly improved with encouraging prospects for an early recovery.
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Ralph
Joseph Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Providence Hospital
Hock and Are Bottle Tie City Bulletin
Crowley's Hock and Are ties bottle while advertising remedies for colds. Bottled beers offered at usual prices. Telephone M. 2644. "Dr. Gar Hi-Hama" billed as sensational. Virginia today. Yale Laundry promotes fountain pen shop with largest stock in city at 1421 Pa. aya
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Dr. Gar
Hi-Hama
Virginia
Yale Laundry
Aya
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