Flood Loss Enormous Potomac Recedes Across Region
Cumberland Maryland reports the Potomac River and Wills Creek falling back toward normal levels after two nights of darkness. Oakland suffers cellar flooding and loss of electric service as railroad yards once new face ruin. In Williamsport lowlands remain flooded while the canal stretch near 40 miles remains submerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Trutty
Washington Post
Cumberland
Potomac River
Wills Creek
Pittaburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Fhe
Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pillsburg
Connellsville
Indian Creek
Somerset
Coxd
Rockwood
Hagerstown
Potomac Rilver
Williamsport
Hyon
Hotel Men to Meet In May National Convention
The Washington Hotel Men's Association plans a four day May national convention with meetings at the New Willard Arlington Raleigh and White House reception. Prefixed entertainments include a Mount Vernon boat trip a planked shad dinner a Corcoran Gallery reception and a Fort Myer cavalry drill with fleet cars and sight saving autos for women attendees.
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 of horsemanship at Fort Myer drill
The Thirteenth Cavalry squads E F G H perform Friday March 1 at 220 in the riding hall Fort Myer. Features include upright riding with mounts, picking objects mid gallop, unshaking horses, and bucking horse riding. Units commanded by Capt. Guy Preston Capt. Cochran and Capt. Philips. Third Battalion Field Artillery also showcases driving fourteen horses to a single gun. Music by the Cavalry Band. Reserved seats at local outlets and Fort Myer adjutant.
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 Case At City Court
Otto Seelhorst, indicted Thursday for the murder of artist Frederick Von Sterson in the National Museum, pleaded not guilty in Criminal Court No yesterday. He will probably be tried in the latter part of this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Seelhorst
Frederick , von Sterson
National Museum
Flood slows as city plants restart amid damage
Flood conditions across Western Pennsylvania and Ohio ease slightly as rivers fall. Ten square miles flood area, sixteen bridges escape major damage, and Pittsburg hopes theaters reopen soon. Many furnaces remain shut, rail service resumes, and power is diverted to keep trolley lines running amid ongoing blackout risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Turnverein Expands Space In Washington HQ Lease
The Turnverein of Columbia votes to lease the entire lower floor of its current building at Seventh and L streets NW to accommodate a membership surge of about fivefold. Plans include a juice ball next Monday, a gymnasium bail in the Masonic Temple on April 2, and a drill team trip to Wilmington, Delaware, in late June to compete in the Northeastern Association athletic meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Turnverein
Seventh
Committee On Entertainments
Wilmington
Del
Northeastern Association
Burrell cleared of murder claim. Barrett charged in theft case
Joseph Burrell, detained as a suspect in a Baltimore murder on a Chesapeake Bay oyster boat, proved not to be the wanted man. Barrett remains jailed for stealing lead from the District. Burrell, resident of 1113 Eighth Street NW, is released. Barrett’s case continues. Mission begins Sunday with Catholic and non Catholic services led by Rev. Dr. A. P. Doyle. Palm Sunday palms distributed. mission closes Palm Sunday evening at 7:45.
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
Laws for new state kill Jim Crow measure in Oklahoma
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 on August 6. It includes a stringent prohibition on liquor, a two cent passenger fare, primaries for state officers, and a state railway commission. The act preserves Indian Territory in prohibition for 21 years and sets up 75 counties and multiple districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Roosevelt
Tillman
Pettus
United States
Senate
Hotel guest listings across major cities hint at postwar travel
A crowded roster of guests appears under hotel headings for cities from Boston to West Virginia. Names include Combs, Lede, Cleary, Mumber, Beauchain, Beckwith, Bayne, Van Zonneveld, Newkirk, Clifton, and many others, with multiple wives noted and establishments cited such as Metropolitan St James Shoreham New Willard and Regent. The compiled list reads like a regional guest ledger for high profile travelers staying at prominent hotels.
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
C. B. Meloy
CharlottesriMe
C. M. Jennings
Pocahontes
West Virginia
H. C. Downing
Elkins
Sarie
Oliver- Interests Bankers Pick Second Vice President
William A. Oliver of Knoxville Tennessee is named second vice president of the United States Trust Company, completing the officers slate for the new bank. He will continue as president of his manufacturing and construction firms while the bank plans to begin operations in sixty to ninety days, with Daniel N. Morgan and others holding top positions.
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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
Role of Science in Elementary Education Lessons
Dr. R. B. Woodward of the Carnegie Institution spoke at Business High School on the importance of science in early education. He urged prioritizing geography astronomy and geology to give students a sense of our place in the universe and the gateways of knowledge opened by observation and experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. 8. Woodward
Carnegie Instituton Im
Woodward
Polar work a science in polar exploration talk
Herbert Bridgman of the Peary Arctic Club told the National Geographic Society that polar work has become a science. He described Arctic and Antarctic expeditions and noted scientific methods guiding recent voyages and notable explorers including de Gerlachi Cook Nordenbyold and 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 myths
A well known authority says backache signals danger and offers a home mixture of Fluid Extract Dandelion one half ounce Compound Kargon one ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces to relieve backache and cleanse the kidneys. It claims ingredients are vegetable based and harmless, affordable at any good pharmacy, and may help those with kidney trouble or weak bladder.
Bogus Expressman Frauds Reported in New York Court
New York March 15 W H Baldwin furrier testified to a novel scam. A clerk posted a sign for Adams Express Company and a man in the hall shouted Adama Express causing Baldwin to entrust a package valued at $600 to a supposed driver. The package disappeared and no record exists. Detective Bureau charged Joseph Black with larceny after Baldwin identified him from a rogues gallery photo. Bail set at $2,000.
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 Home On Washington Ave
A bomb scare in a Philadelphia neighborhood followed letters threatening Angelo Cambo of 944 South Ninth Street with dynamite if he did not pay 2000. The blast at 12:50 a.m. shattered glass along Washington Avenue and damaged nearby shops and the Acconconesse residence. No injuries reported among residents or chickens injured by debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaethad' Donato
Cambo
Exma
Washington Avenue
Giuseppe Acconconesse
Boy Free of Murder Charge Acquitted at Nine
Gulfport Mass March 1 Fred Blankenship aged nine years was acquitted of murdering George Jenkins a year ago near Wiggins. The boy testified he left Jenkins several hours before the shot and was supported by alibi witnesses.
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
Great Falls
Washington
Garriot
Weather Bureau
Amy Y. M
Allegheny County
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
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