Potomac Flood Recedes Amid Broad Damage Across Valley
Cumberland Maryland reports show Potomac River and Wills Creek subsiding after days of deep flood. Oakland and Somerset suffer flooded cellars and washed bridges while rail lines shift to messenger trains. Williamsport notes falling waters yet lowlands remain flooded. canal banks damaged.
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 Prepare For Washington Convention
The Washington Hotel Men's Association has completed the programme for the national convention in May. Delegates will stay at Shareham, with events from May 14 to 17 including luncheons, receptions at the White House, banquets at the Raleigh and New Willard, a Mount Vernon boat trip, a planked shad dinner, a bicycle-police drill, a cavalry demonstration at Fort Myer, and a Corcoran Art Gallery reception before departure by special trains under the Baltimore Hotel Men's Association.
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 and H perform Friday March 1 at Fort Myer in a horsemanship display featuring riders upright with mounts tethered, object retrieval from the ground, bucking horse work and unshacing stunts. Captains lead Troops E F G H. artillery unit to drive four-teens horses to a gun. Music by the Cavalry Band. reserved seats sold at several local offices.
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 Indictment
Otto Seelhorst pleaded not guilty in Criminal Court No. to the murder of Frederick Von Sterson an artist in the National Museum. He was indicted Thursday and will likely be tried in the latter part of this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Seelhorst
Frederick , von Sterson
National Museum
Flood and fire cleanup as Ohio and Pennsylvania flood recedes
The region reels from a river flood and city fires as electricity returns and plants plan to resume. Ten square miles flood, dozens of furnaces idle, power restored to trolley lines, and gloom in Pittsburgh with darkness and widespread repairs. In Ohio, Cincinnati braces for higher levels while Parkersburg Marietta suffer heavy losses. Zanesville and the Miami Valley see improvement as Muskingum falls and towns report relief efforts.
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
Cleveland
Mar
Muskingum
Zanes~vlle
Springfield
Dayton
Hamilton
Miami Valley
Turnverein Expands to New Clubroom on Seventh Street
The Columbia Turnverein voted to lease the entire lower floor of its building at Seventh and L streets NW to accommodate rapid growth in membership. A winter ice ball is planned for next Monday night, with the gym team set to hold a dance at the Masonic Temple on April 2. The drill team will travel to Wilmington, Delaware, in late June to compete in the Northeastern Association athletic contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Turnverein
Seventh
Committee On Entertainments
Wilmington
Del
Northeastern Association
Burrell Not Murder Suspect Held on Larceny Charge
Joseph Burrell was detained by Detective Reinhardt as a murder suspect tied to a Chesapeake Bay oyster boat case but proved not to be the wanted Jim Burrell. Barrett remains in custody for stealing lead from the District. Burrell resides at 1113 Eighth Street Northwest. Mission opens Sunday for Catholics and Non Catholics led by Rev Dr A P Doyle with 1 PM mass and evening services including rosary, sermon, benediction and palm distribution. The mission ends Palm Sunday at 7:45 PM.
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
New State Oklahoma Constitution Sets Jim Crow Provisions
Guthrie Okla Mar 15 The constitutional convention for the proposed New State of Oklahoma adjourned sine die after 115 days It submits the constitution for ratification at a special election August 6 The plan enacts strict prohibition minimum two cent passenger fare and railroad segregation measures plus primaries for state officers and US senators It also tightens corporate land ownership and coal lands controls and divides the state into counties and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Roosevelt
Tillman
Pettus
United States
Senate
Five Civilized Tribes
Hotels and Rooms List of Prominent Guests
A long OCR readout lists numerous guests staying at hotels in cities including Baltimore Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond California Connecticut Indiana Kentucky Minnesota New Jersey New York State Ohio North Carolina Ohio and other locations. Names such as H N Combs Julius Lede William Cleary Archibald McMinen Mrs William Pratt James Bayne and many more appear alongside hotel names Metropolitan St James Willard Shoreham and others. The document reads like a guest registry with dozens of individuals plus spouses and titles, reflecting a broad cross section of travelers staying at major hotels across multiple states and cities.
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 Oliver Named Second VP At United States Trust
William A. Oliver of Knoxville Tennessee, the Panama Canal construction bidder, was chosen second vice president of United States Trust Company. The board includes Daniel N. Morgan, C J Rixey, William J Oliver, R W Besli, Richard E Claughton, and James Trimble. Oliver will remain president of his manufacturing and construction firms and partner in Oliver Russell railroad contracting. The bank aims to start banking within sixty to ninety days.
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
Role of Science in Elementary Education
Dr. R B Woodward of the Carnegie Institute spoke at Business High School on the importance of science in early education. He urged prioritizing geography, astronomy, and geology to give students a perspective of the universe and humanity’s place within it, stressing observation and experiment as gateways to knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. 8. Woodward
Carnegie Instituton Im
Woodward
Polar Work a Science And Arctic Explorations
Herbert Bridgman, secretary of the Peary Arctic Club, told the National Geographic Society that polar work has become a science. He discussed Arctic and Antarctic explorations, cited Brussels Arctic Explorers’ gathering, and described expeditions by de Gerlachi, Cook, and other notable figures including Duc de Abruzzi, Robert N. Scott, James Bruce, Nordenbyold, 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 yesterday granted Solomon Kline permission to change his name to Banji 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
Home remedy claimed to relieve backache and aid kidneys
A well known authority links backache to a danger signal and promotes a home made mixture. Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce Compound Kargon one ounce Compound Sirup Sarsaparilla three ounces shaken and taken after meals and at night. Local druggist notes ingredients are plant based and inexpensive. Those with kidney trouble or weak bladder urged to try the prescription, claiming no harm and possible wonders.
Fraudulent Express Shipment Swindle in New York Court
New York March 15. W H Baldwin furrier testified to a new scam at Jats 2rson Market Court. A clerk posted an Adama Express sign and a man cried Adama Express. A driver believed he handled a shipment valued at 600 dollars. Baldwin signed the release form but the package vanished and no record existed. William J Boyle of the detective bureau charged Joseph Black with larceny after Baldwin identified him from a rogues gallery photo. Black held on 2000 bail.
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 Threats and Breakage Shake Italian Neighbors
Newspaper reports show that Angelo Cambo of 944 South Ninth Street received several Black Hang Letters with skulls and bloody daggers demanding 2000. A bomb exploded near his home at 12:50 am, shattering glass on Washington Avenue. Thirty five Italians live nearby. 91 Washington Avenue saw windows blown as Giuseppe Acconconesse, his wife and five children faced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaethad' Donato
Cambo
Exma
Washington Avenue
Giuseppe Acconconesse
Boy Free of Murder Charge After Alibi Defense
Nine year old Fred Blankenship, charged with murdering playmate George Jenkins near Wiggins, was acquitted after an alibi showing he had left Jenkins four hours before the shot. The boy, who had been under charge for over a year, testified voluntarily and his bondsmen surrendered him to court. The jury deliberated five minutes and freed him.
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
Allegheny County
Turnverein
Psy
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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