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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1910
Page
10
Amid a heated Chevy Chase dispute a petition seeks a charter plan allowing Montgomery County to levy up to 50 cents per 100 dollars of unseatable real estate for village improvements. Legislation, hearings at Annapolis, and local tensions over administration and service funding mark a tense fight as residents weigh governance options.
The Washington Kennel Club invites all dog fanciers to join ahead of the big show next month. A special Chamber of Commerce meeting was held to finalize details, with Treasurer Johnson distributing membership blanks. Prizes donated by sponsors will be displayed at local stores before the event.
The Humane Society warns against displaying and selling chicks to children in show windows and promises prosecution for cruelty. Officials condemn careless handling by children and urge restraint, noting recent cases where birds were given as gifts to minors.
A fragmentary OCR exposes a jumble of hospital names and ages linked to patients and staff. Entries reference Providence and Stanford era facilities, various wards, incurring illnesses, and decades of care while naming individuals like Roberta Theana Ort Capttad and Michael Carr.
Washington lawmakers and Montgomery county officials clash over a proposed 32 mile electric railway from Ellcott City to Laurel. Protesters claim the project risks state confiscation of funds and higher fare costs, while backers push a Maryland Washington Traction Company line with authority to build branches and operate express services. Democrats debate disfranchisement amendments versus submitting a separate measure amid a tense capitol caucus.
The Warrenton course saw a brisk finish with many jumps as horses contested the week’s second run. Ground was firm and clear, weather calm, and riders including F Smith and Walt Wilbur guided hounds with Portman and others among the field.
Officials and engineers hold conferences on wage and conditions with Bilmore and the railroad. No figures given yet. Expected to resume discussions tomorrow. a satisfactory settlement is anticipated.
Richmond reports the Virginia legislature adjourned sine die after a stormy session with a final motion to adjourn this forenoon. Separate items note Edna Dinky Drake’s marriage in Hagerstown and two marriages in Martinsburg performed by Rev Drs at local parishes. Alexander Wondsard, a veteran bricklayer who helped build the Treasury wing in Washington, dies at about 88 in Chicago after returning from work in 1876. Edward E Mahone, jailed for bigamy, marries Beatrice Farker while Mrs Mahoney No 1 obtains a divorce.
A list of marriage entries with ages and partners including Vincomt J Moore 28 and Floresca G Court ney 2. Mey TJ Kerwick John Andersoy 21 and Mary Corcoran 18. Rev FB Howden with Mary Nixon 3a. George I Pridd 14 and Viola Bo Mangum WW. Rev A J Carey. Harry Tatton 97 and Hedtha Wright 2. William J Howard Larroice Pryor 22 and Alberte M Grant 21. Rebort Minor 3 of Charlottesville Va and Katie Mites 2e of Somerset County 81. Samust 3M Pumphrey 1 and Josephine Mnowilen 2%. Rev HW Smith.
J C Mubray and associates face trial over alleged fraudulent use of the mails. The government rested as defense offered few witnesses. King County merchant Sizer testified he traveled 300 miles to Los Angeles to bet eight thousand five hundred dollars on two horses with Willard Powell as jockey. Sizer claimed Powell took him to the cleaners, a tragic setback that left him facing a long walk home to Virginia.
A statement from Drs C Behannan and E A Waugh reports Senator John W Daniels has slight nourishment intake and better swallowing but remains unrecognized by anyone. His left side remains paralyzed and officials warn the improvement may be temporary amid ongoing concern.
A bull named Jag rampaged at a Fruitland farm injuring farmer Philip Joney Yaimer and a hired man after being fed a pint of whiskey to stop a pneumonia attack. The animal charged and knocked both men down before neighbors intervened and restrained it. The bull then damaged property and endangered its own calves before being corralled.
The marriage yesterday in Prince William County faced denial as Austin Ro kep t and Delkin Nixon could not obtain a valid license. The clerk explained parental consent was required and the presented paper was not in money form. A deputy clerk of Stafford County since resigned is noted.
Condemnation awards totaling about 1,154 acres in Fairfax County Virginia were finalized for a proposed District of Columbia workhouse. The $28,618.84 purchase includes a rock crusher on site and nine months of interest. Judge Edmund Waddill presided, with Listnet representing the government and C E Nicol for property owners.
Special to The Washington notes Maryland lawmakers started circulating petitions for the pardon of ex banker C W Morse. Charles E Key collected about ten signatures among legislators, with roughly 6 000 total signatures reported. Local Good Templars were urged to cooperate in petition circulation.
President Finley announces large investments to upgrade the Southern system. The program includes 75 new locomotives for Atlanta and Mobile and Ohio service, 3000 all steel coal cars, 540 all steel coke cars, 130 steel underframe stock cars, and 16 steel underframe combination passenger and baggage cars. Additional steel passenger cars, underframe ventilated box cars, and more orders for the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway are planned, with rail, wheels, and new freighthouses to be built in Atlanta Spencer NC and Mobile.
North Carolina plans to use the electric chair at Raleigh as the first execution in state history. Yalen Fox, famed for a daring escape, is expected to be returned today. The chair’s readiness faced delays after tests in Connecticut and a New York expert’s arrival. Walter Morrison, a Black man, was slated to die. proceedings included mandamus attempts by Charles R. Thomas to renew a license, while the State Board of Pharmacy cancelled a druggist license for selling narcotics.
Rev William E Lampe of rede, a longtime missionary to Japan on furlough, was elected secretary of the Laymen Missionary Movement for the Reformed Church. The Maryland Lumber Company, a corporation to develop a large timber tract in West Virginia, formed at Stagerstown with 5000 capital stock. At Hagerstown, Mrs Annie Walker filed for absolute divorce from Henry Walker, now in Pennsylvania, the couple married in Buffalo eight years ago. Abandonment alleged.
Special to The Washington Pret reports Monty Smith, a Black man, is to be executed in Alexandria for the March 1909 murder of Walter Kulty, a Chicago artist. Govan refuses to interfere. Smith and three others face the death penalty. his attorney has exhausted every effort to save him.
In Wheeling the Mondville conference of the Oni tarian Church will be held March 39 and 39. John C Barlow of Charleston won a certificate from the State board of embalmers. The Wheeling Playground Association seeks support for a national capital playground appropriation. Mrs Stella Ash McGuffney was arrested at her home in Tunberport awaiting hearing on arson charges. A five year old girl, daughter of Van Buren Osborne, of Ellamore, died after her clothes caught fire near a grate. Rush and others fixed by a Charleston jury. Donle Moore administratrix filed suit against the Honawha and Michigan Railway for 310,000 damages. verdict awarded 2,000. A former chief dispatcher at Bluefield became general superintendent of the Southern Railway with headquarters at Birmingham. A J Westman resigned. David Cook, 2, an employee of Blair Limestone, was killed at Martins due to fall from a truck. A native of Warren county, Va, now resident for eight years, is survived by wife and one child. Mrs Schilling is dead at Harpers Ferry. The Wawklmetom Pout, Harper Werry, WooVa Madra 17 tirar, Joseph Schilling of this place died after long illness. Survived by one daughter and three sons.
George W Walker aged about sixty five died of tuberculosis at his residence in Gaithersburg. Survives his widow one son M W Walker merchant of Washington Grove and one daughter Mrs HC Mosiansan of Burnt Wile, plus four brothers and three sisters. Carlton A MIs aged 2 died at the city hospital after an operation. James W Wagner aged 61 died of tuberculosis at his daughter's home in Spangler after surgery in a Washington hospital. Miss Bertie D Toms aged 20 died suddenly at her Wingerton home of acute indigestion. Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Rodgers aged 55 died of stomach cancer at her Rouzerville home.
Fredericksburg region obituary notes the death of Roberta Zallett aged about her county home with dropsy. she leaves a sister and brother. Roanoke memorial for Barnard Harvest age 61, formerly Hancock Maryland, who died at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. He farmed at Hap cock for 40 years, then 25 years in Roanoke as lumber inspector for Norfolk and Western Railway. a native of Chambersburg.
Miss Beastie Lupton married Leslie Neill Woods of Baltimore and Miss Bessie S. Lupton at the brides parents' Chambersville home. Rev Henry M White officiated with Rev Dr William H Woods assisting. The couple will reside in Baltimore.
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