Dubois Attacks Mormonism in Fight to Oust Smoot
Idaho Senator Fred T Dubois declares the Mormon hierarchy openly polygamous and politically powerful, urging the national Mothers Congress to back unseating Reed Smoot. He traces Mormon history, warns of influence in Utah Idaho Wyoming and beyond, and praises some members of the faith while condemning its leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia Gale Barker
Boston
National Congress of Mothers
M. E. Church
Fred T. Dubois
Idaho
Dubois
Mormon Church
Reed Smoot
Smoot
Mothers’ Congress
Vwcating
Utah
United States
Mindusl
Joseph Smith
Wyoming
Oregon
Nevada
Ceveland
Democratic Party
Gubois
Reed Smooth
Pocket Picked On Train Near Maryland Avenue
Charles F. Ehler and his wife narrowly escaped harm when a thief grabbed his pocketbook containing 83 dollars and papers of personal value after boarding a Pennsylvania Railroad train to Rapid City. Ehler chased the thief from the car onto the platform as the locomotive passed, but the suspect fled and police searched the area through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Ehler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rapid City
WN. D
Ehler
Mr. Ehler
Maryland Avenue
Reed Held in Tennessee for Nineteen Forty-Four Robbery
Detective bureau reports Calvin Reed, accused of robbing Charles W. Borne of 238 dollars in this city on August 22 1944, located at the Soldiers Home in Johnson City Tennessee. Captured there, Reed faces transfer back for prosecution as Detective Tyser heads to Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Reed
Johnson City
Boardman
Detective Bureau
Charles W. Borne
Tenn
Reed
Borne
K. J. Murray
M Street
Navy Yard
Tyser
Parade fund reports mark final inaugural committee meeting
At the final inaugural committee meeting the chairmen will present finance and auditing reports. Treasurer Ailes and Chairman Stellwagen will reveal final figures for expenses estimated at 8303,000 with proceeds near 897,000, a surplus earmarked for future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glover
Ailes
Stellwagen
New Willard
Edward J. Stellwagen
St. Louis
Mansfield as Beau Brummell Tops National Theater Bill
Richard Mansfield appeared as Beau Brummel at the National Theater to a large audience last night in a performance marked by a strong final act. The cast included Morton Selten as the Prince of Wales and Helen Glidden as the Duchess of Leamington, with mixed reviews for many roles amid overall warm audience approval for Mansfield’s distinctive monotone study and dramatic delirium scene. Tonight he repeats Ivan the Terrible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Richard Mansfield
Beau Brummel
National Theater
the Prince of Wales
Morton Selten
Sheridan
Ernest C. Warde
Mortimer
A. G. Andrews
Oliver Vincent
Mariana
Henry Wenman
Gertrude Gheen
Duchess of
Andrews
Wenman
Vincent
Miss Prahar
Kathleen
William Elliott
Reginald Courtney
Abraham
Edward Fitzgerald
Mr. Mansfield
Ivan the Terrible
Florence Jordan Escapes From St Elizabeths Insane Asylum
Florence Jordan, 23, escaped from St Elizabeths Hospital for the Insane Monday evening. Police and attendants have searched the grounds and city without success. She previously escaped and was later found in Philadelphia after a long hunt. She may have friends in the city who could supply funds. The woman is highly articulate and could feign insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Jordan
St. Elizabeth’s
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Philadelphia
Anacostia Bridge
Robbed Express Company Delivery Boys Face Larceny Charges
Charles H. Small seventeen and Helph Jones sixteen were arraigned in Juvenile Court on nine larceny counts from the United States Express Company. Jones was sent to reform school. Small to be tried in Police Court. Probation officer to investigate. case continued. Col James E Neal Stricken in Hamilton Ohio. former Liverpool consul general suffers serious stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Express Company
Charles H. Small
Helph Jones
Strider
Jones
Reform School
Cupp
James E. Neal
Hamilton
Ohio
James B. Neal
Liverpool
England
Sanity questioned as Dent held in custody at first precinct
John Dent a 39 year old negro janitor at the White House executive offices is locked up in the first precinct awaiting a sanity examination. He reportedly invited pedestrians to a rented Church street house he believed resembled the White House and planned a state dinner with champagne for guests. Dent arrived nine months ago from Atlantic City and his wife served in William Loebs home. He was arrested after disturbances at 1451 to 143 Church street and will undergo police surgeon evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dent
White House
Chirch Street
Dent
Washington
Atlantic City
William Loeb
Church Street
Buckingham
McGrath
Gompers to Make Inquiry Into Suburban Strike Plot
The NY subway and elevated line strike leads to charges against unnamed union leaders. Gompers says charges received and will be probed, with potential action in civil or criminal courts. He reports on disputes, finances, and charter denials, and plans for organizing work in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Gomrers
Executive Council
Beer Pump Workers’ Union
New York City
Metal Polishers and Buffers’ International Union
Gomners
Portland
Oreg
St. Louis Exposition
Silk Workers' Union
United Textile Workers of America
International Association of Steam and Hot Water
Women’s International Union Labor League
New Hampshire
Prison for pistol carriers demonstrated in New York case
In New York on March 14 the city ordinance allowing jail terms for carrying pistols was tested in Court of Special Sessions. Michael Viglillano, the first victim, was retried, convicted, and sent to the penitentiary for one month after previous sentences were overturned due to conflicts with the city charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Aldermen
Court of Special Sessions
Michael Viglillano
Turns Estate Into Trust by St Louis Millionaire
St Louis on March 14 reports H. Clay Pierce, a reputed multi millionaire, organized his estate into a five million dollar trust to safeguard heirs interests. Pierce retains 50 000 shares with five named relatives and a personal attorney holding four shares. Gas explosion at Breeds Hill Street, Pittsburg, kills Mrs Bittzer and injures Amelia Hopkins. two houses wrecked and firemen hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
H. Clay Pierce
Missouri
Pierce
Clay Arthur Pierce
Eben Richards
Stephen Johnson
John D. Johnson
Pittsburg
Jacob Bittzer
Breeds Hill Street
Threat of husband in New York divorce suit shocker
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports a sensational separation case involving Viola Sickles, niece of Gen. Sickles. Harry Green, husband of Viola, allegedly threatened Innes with murder and demanded money as Green hid in a church and a restaurant cellar, while Innes testified about money lent under duress and a dramatic confrontation with a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sickles
Washington Post
L. V. B. Ines
Harry Green
Viola Sickles
Gen. Sickles
Green
Innes
Inspector Byrnes
Harry
Eleventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Sexton
Wife Has Too Many Cats Court Orders Support
Hans Keiser of 343 East Forty-seventh street faced Yorkville Police Court on abandonment and nonsupport charges from wife Anna Keiser who said she kept twenty to thirty cats. Magistrate Ommen ordered Keiser to pay his wife $3 weekly as he accepted her claim of feline overpopulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Hans Keiser
East Forty-seventh Street
Yorkville
Anna
Keiser
Ommen
Six Die In Six Months From One Family Tragedy
March 14 report from Scranton notes six siblings in one family died in six months. Joseph Rukowsky died in a Bernice coal mine from a roof fall after moving from Duryea. Two brothers perished at Port Arthur as Russian troops, and one sister died in a runaway horse accident. The family remains buried in path of disasters and war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Washington Post
Scranton
Joseph Rukowsky
Duryea
Joseph
George
Mustay
Bernice
Sullivan County
Czark
Mule Excited Suspicion Forgery Trial of Landis
Lancaster farmer Landis, near Bainbridge, is held for trial on charges of forging about a dozen names to twenty notes totaling $10,000 at Elizabeth Town National Bank. Forgeries span eight years, uncovered after a mule purchase note led to the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eolal
Washington Post
Lancaster
Hzgra
Lan Gis
Bainbridge
Elizabethtown National Bank
Landis
Rare Jefferson Bible facsimile offered through club
A limited number of red leather bound exact reproductions of Thomas Jefferson's Bible, printed from the original plates and bound with gilt tooling, are available at half publisher's price. Copies can be examined at The Washington Post business office, with a coupon to receive details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
United States National Museum
Washington
Congress
Thomas Jefferson Club
Washington Post
Post Business Office
Holliday Ordered to Answer in Drug Trust Probe
Indianapolis March 14 Judge Anderson of the Federal Court ruled that Frank E Holliday must answer questions before Special Commissioner Butler in the investigation of the alleged drug trust. Holliday, vice chairman of the proprietary goods committee of the National Wholesale Druggists Association, was examined about his duties. The examination is expected to finish tomorrow and Joseph B Toms, secretary of the association, is next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ing
Anderson
Federal Court
Frank E. Holliday
Butler
Halliday
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
Joseph B. Toms
Association
Weather conditions and report of missing treasurer in Montana
Weather bulletin notes unsettled conditions across the west and central regions with rain snow and cooler temperatures. Separate dispatch from Butte Montana reports W Burdick, former Jefferson County treasurer, found dead in his room amid accounts irregularities totaling 2300 to 3000 dollars, suggesting suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Rocky Mountains
California
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
South Atlantic
Middle Atlantic States
Mississippi River
New England
Plateau
Pacific States
Middle Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European Porta
Grand Banks
Butte
Mont
W. Burdick
Boulder
Jefferson County
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Mrs. Schoff
Frank Sewall
Schoff
Republican Party
Senator Smoot
Senate
America
Dubsis
Lucretia Brandenburg
President Roosevelt
Mary E. James
Ellis
Margaret Dye Ellis
Legislative Committee
Senator Dubois
Heed Smoot
Senate of the
Mothers’ Clubs
Julius Cohen
Oswego
Mothers’ Club
W. A. Austin
Mothers' Club
Plymouth
Conn
George L. Clark
Motherhood Club
Hartford
Emanuel C. Grice
Alice Robinson
Baltimore
Committee On Purity of the Press
Herman W. Birney
Mary Hutchinson
Collurabus
Chicago
Leeds
Pennsylvania
Hall
Mary Pamela ,Rice
Clements
Greene
Hoffman
Kate Waller Barrett
Sarah M. Sheridan
Anna FF. Murray
Spanish America
Carolina Holman Huidobro
Chile
Porto Rico
Samuel McCune Lindsay
Eki Hioki
Legation
Japan
Pheodoare W. Birney
Great Britain
Henry Mortimer Durand
South
Robert W. Cotton
Germany
Speck von Sternburg
Tennessee
Hood
L Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Parade Fund
Gheges
Willard
Gen. Wilson
Corcoran Thom
Colorado
Thom
Owen
Parks
Robbed Express Company
Bales
Jemerson Uily
House
Folk
Addi
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh Street
Sanders & Staymad Co
F St
American Security and Crust Company
Fifteenth Street
Holliday
Asheville
N.C
Atlanta
Atlantic Ci
Blamarck
N. D
Mar
Buffalo
N. Y. Bay
Tit
Des Motes
Tawa
Galveston
Tex
Helenz, Mont
Ind
Jacksonville
Fiem
Kansas City
Little Rock
Arias
Marquette, Mich
Memphis
New Orleans
North Platte Nebr
Comaha
Nebra
Pittst
Bad Balt Lake Gay
Diab. OR
Bt. Louis
Et Paul
Minn.a
Springttea
In. Miss
Vicksburg
Peter Grogan
Credit Fee All
7Th St
Bet. H and I
ADLER
Mass. Ave.n. W
Vigtor E.adler
St. Nw
A Hub Furniture Co
S. E. Cor
Arneson
State, War, and Navy
National Museum
Interior Department
Commerce and Labor
Johnson Brothers
Main
7Th St. N
Ad and Kon
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
F St. N.W
TRE Sunday Post
Mali
Board OF Education
Celock
Shiloh Baptist Church
Lst
G. A. van Smith
Eastern High School
Pennsylvania Ave
C Se
Mediterranean
M. Landon Reed
D.C
Mount Vernon Square
Bhaksepeare
W. L. Davidson
Assessor
Ditrict of
Columbia
Washintor
District of Columbia
Huchetorn, Or Jrodice
H. Darnhille
Hot Springs
Hort Springs
Ark
Secretary of the Interior
Tlot Springs
Harry H Meyers
John E. Bush
E. A. Hitchcock
Louis Simon
Engar Baum
Homeopathic Mspensary Companys, Inc
Grugers
LF Try ‘Oh Manne’ Maple Syrup On Hot Canes, Parent and Moet Delicious
B. B. Earn, Haw & Bro
11Th and
M Ste
Harry Park
Coberth
Goberth
Alexandria
Mt Vernon
Shoomafer GO
Tonsie
Clara A. Westlake
Brunswick
Bet
T. Blig
Bond Building
4Th
Osteopthy Hee Ee Life Bidg
15Th
Gonn
L. Horg
C. H. Stearns
Iith St
Powe
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