Flood loss enormous as Potomac recedes after record flood
Cumberland Maryland reports the Potomac River and Wills Creek retreating with normal conditions returning. Rail service resumes on the Pittsburg division while the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern line remains disrupted. Oakland business district losses include flooded cellars and a downtown electric plant outage. Bridges along Indian Creek washed away and towns like Rockwood and Williamsport still under water. The lower Potomac at Great Falls remains steady as headwaters flood conditions ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cumberland
Potomac River
Wills Creek
Pittaburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Oakland
Fhe
Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pillsburg
Connellsville
Indian Creek
Somerset
Coxd
Rockwood
Hagerstown
Potomac Rilver
Williamsport
Hyon
Hotel Men to Meet for May National Convention
The Washington Hotel Men's Association finalizes plans for the national hotel men’s convention in May. Events include receptions at the White House and New Willard, a Raleigh banquet for the Mutual Benefit Association, Mount Vernon boat trip, and a Corcoran Art Gallery reception. The schedule features entertaining car rides, a plank shad dinner, and a Fort Myer cavalry drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Hotel Men's Association
Elisa
Finance Commitiee
Shareham
New Willard
Arlington
White House
Mount Vernon
Cabin
John Bridge
Haley
Wil
Maj
Sylvester
Fort Myer
Corcoran Art Gallery
Baltimore Hotel Men’s Association
Daring feats by Thirteenth Cavalry at Fort Myer show
The Thirteenth Cavalry E F G and H troops present horsemanship demonstrations Friday March 1 at Fort Myer in a program featuring upright riding with mounts tied and other stunts. Captains Preston Cochran and Philips command the troops while the Third Battalion of Field Artillery displays four horses to one gun. Music by the Cavalry Band accompanies the event with reserved seats available at local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myer
Thirteenth Cavalry
Guy Preston
Cochran
Philips
Fiela Artillery
Army
M.C
Charles A. P. Hatfield
War Department
Thirteenth Cavalry Band
T. Arthur Smith
F Street
G. Street
Adjutant’s
Pleads Not Guilty to Murder in High Profile Case
Otto Seelhorst, indicted Thursday for the murder of Frederick Von Sterson, an artist at the National Museum, yesterday pleaded not guilty in Criminal Court No. He will likely be tried in the latter part of this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Seelhorst
Frederick , von Sterson
National Museum
Floods Fall in Rivers and Factories Reopen Soon
Floods receded across western Pennsylvania and southern Ohio as rivers dropped, enabling repair work on damaged plants and return to service. Ten square miles flooded. losses estimated up to ten million dollars, with some forecasts predicting iron shortages as furnaces restart. Nighttime darkness lingered in Pittsburgh and Parkersburg, while Cincinnati and Marietta faced extensive damage and evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County
Nike
Union
Sixteenth Street
Belasco
Gayety
Pennsylvania
United States Steel Corporation
Allegheny Light Company
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Railways Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bassler
Parkersburg
W. Va
Marietta
Joss At
Oity
Turn Verein Expands as Membership Surges in DC
The Columbia Turnverein votes to lease the entire lower floor of its current building at Seventh and L streets NW to house a rapidly growing club. In weeks, membership rose about 500 percent, making current rooms inadequate for Grills and exercises. The entertainments committee announced plans for a jice ball next Monday, with the gym team staging a bail at the Masonic Temple on April 2. The drill team will travel to Wilmington, Delaware, in late June to compete with the Northeastern Association in the annual athletic contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Turnverein
Seventh
Committee On Entertainments
Wilmington
Del
Northeastern Association
Burrell Held on Larceny Charge Amid Murder Probe
Joseph Burrell questioned as a possible match for a Baltimore murder suspect on a Chesapeake Bay oyster boat case is cleared as not the man sought. Barrett remains jailed for stealing lead from the District. Burrell resides at 1113 Eighth Street Northwest. Mission opens Sunday with Catholic and non Catholic services led by Father of the Apostolic Mission House and Rev Dr A P Doyle D D at 1 pm. rosary 5 pm, sermon, benediction, palm distribution 11 am Palm Sunday, mission ends 7 45 pm Palm Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrell
Joseph Burrell
Reinhardt
Jim” Burrell
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Barrett
Eighth Street
Father of the Apostolic Mission House
A. P. Doyle
Oklahoma Convention Adopts Jim Crow Measure Enabling State
Guthrie Okla Mar 15 The constitutional convention for the proposed New State of Oklahoma adjourned sine die after 115 days with a constitution to be submitted for ratification at a special August 6 election. It enshrines a prohibition state with a two cent passenger fare and measures to restrict liquor, railways, taxation, and corporate landholdings while creating a state railway commission and a segregated lands plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Roosevelt
Tillman
Pettus
United States
Senate
Hotels and guests listed across U S cities in a hotel ledger
A long OCR list records hotel guests by city including names such as H N Combs Julius Lede Metropol itans in Boston William Cleary and others in Chicago New York City Philadelphia Richmond California Connecticut Indiana Kentucky Minnesota New Jersey New York state North Carolina Ohio Virginia and more The entry names numerous individuals and couples with their associated hotels and cities reflecting a hospitality ledger style document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
H. N. Combs
Julius Lede
Oston
William H. Cleary
W. E. Mumber
National
J. 1S Beauchain
A. W. Fierce
A. H. Carpenter
W. Manning
Charles RB. Hannon
Archibald ‘McMinen
William Pratt
New Willani
Chicago
A. C. Beckwith
Metropolitan
O.T. Coombs
R. D. Martin
St James
le A. Ownley
Shoreham
Lawrence
Pletoncroft
Mist
Rufus “Rogers
Miss Rogers
New ‘Willard
Sew
York City
James EB. Bayne
Frankin Brooks
Howan
Mica McGrew
M. G
Javel
D. F Hartman
George
Clarke
Raldigh
Wiliam Newkirk
W. Harrian
Charles 8. Newman
John van Zonneveld
H. van Zonnpveld
W. F. Evang
Eli Soloman
J. B. Crane
BW. Wright
William Nunno
Henry McMasur
Wi‘ Clifton
W. Clifton
W. H. Colby
Eugene J. Gregory
A. E. Gack
Horgee
Keen
B.blackburn
H. Galloway
Jesse G. Miller
F. B. McCaffrey
Milton Jones
Lewis
Gold
Hugo Jacobs
Wiliam J. Jacobe
Freedrowe
J. G. Peterman
John Lott
W. H. Parker
J. Lopale
B. Prat
St. James
Shertey Onderdonk
L. H. Snell
Kate Hurley
T. A. “Hurley
M. Fe McKiltreck
J. H
Early
A. K. Keyner
M. R. le Bontellier
California
William Olway
San Franciaco
J. W. Edmundson
R. G Wollenberg
San Jose
New Willard
Connecticut
William J. Canvitie
Hartford
Chavlez F. Dibber
New Haven
Quinine N. D. Messerie and Wife
Bbsikt
Indiana
W. J. Wood
Ivens
Trenton
Robert McDermott
Mary Norwood
Newark
Robert M. Schultz
Madison Arlington
Eile C. Zabruskee
Hackensack
F. A. Gardiner
Mise
Eleanor Gardiner
Ridgewood
H.W. Tunis
Wie
Dorothy
L. Tunis
Hilda XS. Tanis
Strong
Stenaildred
C. A.geehead
WW. M ‘Howard
Dayton
F. R. Phillips
Manafield
H. K. Week
Youngstown
Ennsylvanea
H. G. Shortidgs
Chester
Prank Cook
Erle
D. C
Milford
South Carolina
George Johnstone
Newberry
Raleigh
Charter E. Chambliss
Clameon
Tennessee
Richey
Knorvile
J. B.nooga
Virginia
S. E. Snyder
Glen K. Brown
Jemcetown
F. G. Walker
Coroural
R. W. Burks
Braunton
RC. Minor
Charlottesvile
H. XM
Luttrell
Delaplane
Metropolite
James W. Burgess
Charlottsville
Wational
Y. Seriesier
Front Royal
A Wattay Fleming
Ebbitt
W. A. Howard
Norfolk
Dr. C
BR. Meloy
Chartetterrie
C. M. Jennings
Pocahontes
Regent
West Virginia
H. C. Downing
Elkins
Sarie
Oliver Interests Bankers in Panama Canal Connection
William A. Oliver of Knoxville Tennessee, chosen as second vice president of United States Trust Company, completes its officer board. The new bank plans to begin operations within sixty to ninety days, with Morgan as president, Rixey as first vice president, and Oliver also leading Oliver Manufacturing and Oliver Construction firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
United States Trust Company
Oliver
Vist.ie
Daniel N. Morgan
The
United States
C. J. Rixey
Traders National Bank
Frst
William J.’ Oiiver
R. W. Besli
Richard E. Claughton
Commercial National Bank
ami-James
W.J. Oliver*Construction Company
Oliver & Russell, Failroad Contractors
Science for Young Minds and Elementary Education Role
Dr. R. B. Woodward of the Carnegie Institution spoke at Business High School on the role of science in elementary education. He urged prioritizing geography, astronomy, and geology to give students a perspective on the universe and time, stressing observation and experiment as gateways to knowledge and to humankind’s place in the cosmos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. 8. Woodward
Carnegie Instituton Im
Woodward
Polar Work a Science in Arctic History Talks
Herbert Bridgman of the Peary Arctic Club addressed the National Geographic Society on polar work as a science. He described Arctic and Antarctic explorations, noted science guided expeditions, and cited figures such as Adrian de Geratchi, Dr. A F Cook, Duc de Abruzzi, Robert N Scott, James Bruce, Otto Nordenholmd, Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, and Jean Charcot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bridgman
Peary Arctic’ Club
National Geographic Society
National Hifies’ Armory
Bridgman
Arctic
Antarctic
Brussels
Mr. Bridgman
Adrian de Gertachi
Belgium
A. F
Cook
Duc de Abruzzi
Italy
Robert N. Scott
Royal Navy
Williames. Bruce
Scotland
Otto Nordenby-_ old
Sweden
Nansen
Norway
Otto Sverdrup
Jean Charcot
France
Solomon Becomes Saul Kline Name Change Granted
Chief Justice Clabaugh of the District Supreme Court granted Solomon Kline's petition to change his name to Banj Kline. Kline said he is generally known as Saul Kline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Saul Kline
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Solomon Kline
Banj- Kline
Kine
Simple home remedy for backache and kidney woes
A noted authority links backache to a danger signal from Nature and promotes a home mixture. Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce, Compound Kargon one ounce, Compound Sarsaparilla three ounces. shake and take after meals and at bedtime. Local druggist validates vegetable extracts and low cost, advising trial for kidney trouble, lame back, or weak bladder with no known harm.
Bogus Expressman Frauds Trailed by New York Clerk
New York report details a swindle where a clerk signs for a shipment after a bogus Express Company sign lures a driver. Baldwin identified suspect Joseph Black from a rogues gallery photo as the man who allegedly delivered a fake shipment valued at $600, later not delivered. Bail set at $2,000 as magistrate Steinert handles larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mar
W. H. Baldwin
Jats
Adama 7
Express Company
Baldwina
Adama
Adama' Express
Adans Express’ Company
Baldwin
Express
William J. Boyle
Bu.eau
Joseph Black
Rogues’ Gallery
Steinert
Black
Bomb threat letters target Cambo near bombed block
A bomb scare followed a noise and glass crash on Washington avenue at 12:50 am. Angelo Cambo of 944 South Ninth street received black bordered skull letter threats demanding 2000 dollars, with his home near the bombing scene, while Italian residents on Washington avenue suffered shattered windows and frightened families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaethad' Donato
Cambo
Exma
Washington Avenue
Giuseppe Acconconesse
Boy Free of Murder Charge Shown Acquitted
Nine year old Fred Blankenship, charged with murdering playmate George Jenkins near Wiggins, was acquitted after a quick jury verdict. He had lived in Louisiana before returning to Gulfport to face the case, with an alibi showing he was apart from the shooting fhd four blocks away earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Mass
Fred Blankenship
Henry
Blankenship
George Jenkins
Wiggins
Jenkins
Louisians
Louisiana
Judes W. H. Hardy
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Potomac
Trutty
Great Falls
Washington
Garriot
Weather Bureau
Amy Y. M
Cleveland
Muskingum
Zanes~vlle
Springfield
Hamilton
Miami Valley
Turnverein
Psy
Five Civilized Tribes
William 4
Science
Carnegie
Bogus Expressman
New York Merchant
Kellan
Clew
Lothrop
York
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia and Atlas
Cosmopolitan’ Magazine
Century Co
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Br Mate
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