Policeman Cleared In Kane Shooting Case And Eastern Star Officers Elected
A Washington Post report details Policeman John W. Kerns being cleared by the board of police commissioners after an arraignment over the Thanksgiving night shooting of John Stephen Kane. Testimony showed Kane and four companions were boisterous on King Street and Kane broke from arrest attempt. Kerns testified he aimed to frighten Kane with three shots. The piece also notes the Martha Washington Chapter Eastern Star elected officers and a deckhand was fined, with several witnesses and names listed.
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Kane
Martha Washington Chapter
Eastern Star
Deckhand
Washington Post
King Street
Alexandria
John Stephen Kane
George
John W. Kerns
Freeman
Leo P. Harallorney
H. Noel Garner
hWerns
Fouri Pancous
Washington
Horns
Race
Proumilran
Kearns
Ors Pate
Isomis
Kennel Club Names Judges for Washington Show
The bench show committee of the Washington Kennel Club announced judges for the April 23 and 24 event at the Arcade rink. The list includes prominent U S judges with specialties across hounds terriers toy breeds spaniels bulldogs collies and many more ensuring a large entry likely.
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Washington Kennel Club
Arcade
United States
H. K. Bloodgood
New York
Hakima
J. E. de Mund
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bedlington
Manchester
George W. Fisher
Baltimore
John Sinnott
Philadelphia
George Murdock
Collies
Annie Tracy
Highlands Falls
Edward J. Devlin
Andrew McCrean
William H. Mulford
Wyncote
Frederick I. Hamm
Jamaica
Long Island
William A. Connell
Providence
Messrs. Bloodgood and
de Mund
COB KARR DEAD AT 81 IN GERMANY WATCHMAKER AND FREEMASON
COB KARR a German born watchmaker and longtime federal and naval services contributor died in Germany at 81. He pioneered clockmaking improvements and held positions in state and military organizations. He was a Mason with Bowese Lodge and a member of the Fairfax or similar commandery. survived by relatives and associates including Julia Rauwey and Amy Besner.
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Germany
Kaos
Ses
Sas No Ceharler
Resurrbund
Te Federal Lage
Potanila
Rite Mason
Bowese
Julia Rauwey
Bowesous
Hears
Charles
Julia Wary
Mra
Frank K. Hanvey
Amy KK
Besner
Omeerris
One Killed in Tong War in Chinese Street Section
March 21 report from the Chinese section notes a deadly tong war clash between rival clans in Lee Won street. Shots were fired and Lee Won ed his revolver before turning away. A bystander Bing ranon was hurt as police moved in and arrested a suspect. Several other injuries reported.
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Star
Che Head
Will le
Ami Lee
Bing
Ana
Lee
Yew Fight on 8 Hour Law Comes to Supreme Court
York March 2 The Adamson law case will be brought before the Supreme Court of the United States again on test suit. The action challenges the constitutionality of the eight hour workday law as it affects railroad employees and other workers nationwide. The case centers on states and federal authority over labor regulations and interstate commerce.
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York
Adamson
Ipreme Heart of
United S
Agai Om
Posate
Mrs Anna E Stump Dies at 85 in Mason City
Mrs Anna E Stump aged 85 wife of Rev Stump pastor of Trinity Methodist Church Mason City Iowa died after sudden heart trouble at home. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
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Isto
Anna Uiaip
Stump
Trinity Methi
Sudheart Traubin
Morgenthau seeks ten million to save Jews nationwide
Henry Morgenthau of the American Jewish relief committee announced that ten million dollars must be raised in the United States by June to save 3,000,000 Jews in the eastern war zone from starvation. Mass meetings will be held in major cities nationwide with prominent Jews and leaders traveling coast to coast. Associates include Jacob H. Schut Louis Brandeis Daniel Guggenheim Nathan Straus and Herbert H. Lehman.
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New York
Henry Morisenthau
American Jewish Relief Committee
United States
Mr. Morgenthau
Jacob H. Schut
United States Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis
Daniel Guggenheim
Nathan Straus
Herbert If.luemahan
British Copyright Tangle and American Books
London March 21 Representations will be made at the foreign office by Walter Ilines Page the American ambassador regarding copyright on American books. The issue stems from an import restriction order allowing only a single copy of a publication to be sent to England hindering compliance with English copyright law requiring several volumes and a reasonable number for public sale in the United Kingdom.
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London
Foreign Office
Walter Ilines Page
England
United Kingdom
Toll Gate Raid In Kentucky Sparks Dampened Fire
A band of masked men dynamited the toll house at Sher burne Kentucky injuring none. Bloodhounds tracked raiders as toll collectors fled after a wave of toll gate raids that once led to police battles and disappearances of toll collectors in the state.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Sherburne
Death of Mrs Cashel in Rockville Md at 77
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Maryland March 21 Mrs BL Cashell widow of George T ell died this morning at her home near Winey aged 77 after a long illness She leaves two daughters Mrs Albert Nicholson of Highland Md and Mrs Eugene Sarria Miss Lillie Cashell and Frank and Wallace Cashell of this county Funeral will be at 11 oclock Friday morning from the family residence with burial at Olney
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Washington Post
Rockville
BL. Cashell
George Tell
Winey
Albert Nicholson
Highland
Eugene Sarria
Lillie Cashell
Frank and Wallace Shell
Burtal
Olney
Death of Mrs Virginia Baer 82 in Baltimore Maryland
Virginia M Baer wife of the late RE Ridgely Baer of Baltimore dies at age 82 in the home of her daughter Mrs William Hurat 3 West Mount Vernon place Funeral to be held at the home Friday afternoon in Baltimore. In Hagerstown boatmen on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal strike over coal haul rates 60 cents a ton from Cumberland to Georgetown all boatmen move from boats to homes along Sharpsburg Williamsport and Hancock
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Baltimore
Virginia M. Baer
RE. Ridgely Baer
William @. Hurat
West Mount Vernon Place
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Cumberland
Georgetown
Sharpsburg
Williamsport
Hancock
Ohio Senate Passes Eugenic Marriage Bill in Columbus
In Columbus on March 21 the Ohio senate approved a eugenic marriage bill. It mandates male applicants for marriage licenses to undergo a physical exam and show a certificate of good health, and bars divorced individuals from remarrying within six months of divorce.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Boy Dies of Wounds in Maryland Hospital
The Washington Port Cumberland Md March 21 Thomas E Wilson 14 son of D W Wilson Williams W Va died at Allegany Hospital from bullets to neck and abdomen suffered last Friday when he tried to separate Payne Culp and John Cooper who were fighting.
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Washington Port
Cumberland
Thomas E. Wilson
D. W. Wilson
Williams
W. Va
Payne Culp
John Cooper
Alegany Hospital
Andrews and Miss Old Married in Petersburg Home
Clarence Co. Andrews and Miss Neyvette Leigh Old of Ettrick Chesterfield county were married by Rev. F. W. Moors in the minister's Petersburg home last night. Special to The Washington Post. Hagerstown transit workers seek wage raise from 15–20 cents to 25 cents an hour.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Clarence Co. Andrews
Neyvette Leigh Old
Ettrick
Chesterfield County
F. W. Moors
Wahington
Hagerstown
Hargerstown
Frederick
Gompers Critics Supreme Court In Adamson Law
President Gompers and AFL Secretary Morrison presented to Attorney General Gregory a protest against the Supreme Court opinion on the Adamson law. They denounced the court for inserting foreign arguments and denying workers the right to quit work, calling the opinion reactionary and out of harmony with free institutions.
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Gompers
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Gregory
Supreme Court
Federation
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
United States Supreme Court
Mexico
Mauasia
Russia
Republic
Red Squirrel Tribe of Lone Scouts Formed in Chicago
The Red Squirrel Tribe of Lone Scouts organized on March 10, led by captain Eliot Pyles with six members including Fred Swindell Jr and Bertram Segaloff. Mr Boyce of Chicago designated chief totem Big Cloud, with Eliot Pyles editing a tribe paper at 4238 Thirteenth Street NW. Headquarters are at 560 North Dearborn Street, Chicago.
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Red Squirrel Tribe
Lone Scouts
Mr. Boyce
Chicago
Red Men
Big Cloud
Red Squirrel
Eliot Pyles
Fred Swindell, Jr
Secretar Bertram Segaloff
Arthur
Simonton
Jeffery Morgan
Charles Morgan
Thirteenth Street
Dearborn Street
Signs Gibson Divorce Today in District Supreme Court
A decree granting Mrs Grace Mc Millan Gibson an absolute divorce from William Preston Gibson will be signed today by Justice Hitz in the District Supreme Court. Custody of the children James McMillan Gibson seven and Mary Preston Gibson four is anticipated. The hearing occurred yesterday afternoon in open court with Mrs Gibson accompanied by her uncle Philip McMillan and counsel H Prescott Gatley and Benjamin Minor. The Gibsons wed February 3 1805 in this city and separated in 1915. Mrs Gibson is a granddaughter of former Senator McMillan of Michigan. Arlington burial for Arthur Hendricks held at his Kensington home with ministers Rev Charles Weede and Rev Titus Davis. interment Arlington National Cemetery. Hendricks leaves Mrs Alice Exley Ralph Hendricks and Leland Hendricks.
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William Preston Johnson Gibson
Justice Hitz
District Supreme Court
Gibson
Senator McMillan
Michigan
Wabington Post
Kensington
Arthur Hendricks
Oelock
Charles Weede
Titus Davis
Arlington National Cemetery
Miss Watkins Weds Marion Howes in Cedar Grove Home
In Rockville Maryland on March 21 Miss Bessie Kemp Watkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Lee Watkins of Cedar Grove and Marion Howes of the Cedar Grove neighborhood married with only immediate family present. The ceremony was at the Watkins home with Rev L A Thomas pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist Church officiating.
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Washington
Rockville
Bessie Kemp Watkins
Charles Lee Watkins
Cedar Grove
This County
Marion Howes
L. A. Thomas
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Colored Boys Conference Prominent General to Lead
General Henry Forest, veteran porter of the Congressional Limited, will head the colored boys conference at the colored branch of the YMCA. George Batley of Jersey City will speak on behalf of colored boys in his state. Forest provides conference badges at his own expense.
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Congressional Limited
Henry Forest
Colored Boys’ Conference
George Batley
Tersey City
New Members of Trade Commission Join FTC
John Franklin Fort former governor of New Jersey and William B Colver of Minneapolis were sworn in yesterday as members of the Federal Trade Commission replacing Edward N Hurley who resigned and George N Rublee whose nomination was never confirmed by the Senate.
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John Franklin Fort
New Jersey
William B. Colver
Minneapolis
Federal Trade Commission
Edward N. Hurley
George N. Rublee
Senate
J B L Cascade Promises Health Through Internal Bathing
A 1915 Washington area testimonial extols an internal cleansing product J B L Cascade. The letter from Joseph A Weis claims dramatic personal health boosts after using the cascade for a month, claiming improved mood and claimed vitality. Readers are urged to request a free booklet arguing modern man is only 60 percent efficient.
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Joseph A. Weis
Washington, D. C
J. B. L. Cascade
O'donnell’s
Afmfeck
Washington
Ahdy
M. E. Cummings Near Death in Georgetown Hospital
Michael G. Cummings brother of Andrew J. Cummings a leading District sportsman lies at the point of death at Georgetown University Hospital after over a year with a cancerous growth. He starred for Columbia Athletic Club and Columbian University football and was a famed clay pigeon shooter and hunter. He managed the Cummings estate near Chevy Chase before illness incapacitated him.
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Portsman
Michael G. Cummings
Andrew J
Cy) Cummings
Georgetown University Hospital
Mike” Cummings
Old Columbia Athletic Club
Columbian University
Cummings
Chevy Chase
Labor Temple Aid Highlighted by Day Address
Rev. Dr. Jonathan C. Day head of the Labor Temple in New York spoke to the Southern Industrial Education Association at its eleventh annual meeting in Willard, detailing aid to education, experiences, and challenges. President Justice Seth Shepard presented the annual report, accepted by the group. The association aims to boost industrial education for mountain children in the South.
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Dr. Day
Southern Industrial Education Association
Jonathan C.day
Labor Temple
New York City
Willard
Pledge by Bible Scouts Draws Five Thousand Signers
The Alpha Circle of the National Bible Scouts adopted a new pledge at 1772 Willard Street led by Rev. A. H. Zimmermann. The five thousand children are expected to sign the covenant emphasizing national honor American ideals of justice liberty and humanity.
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Alpha Circle
National Bible Scouts
National
Idle Scouts
Willard Street
A. H. Zimmermann
Guilty Pleas In Indiana Election Case Affects 67 Defendants
In Indianapolis United States district court 67 of 153 men charged with election law violations pleaded guilty as others entered not guilty pleas. Four bonds were forfeited for missing court appearances. Most defendants are African American. many from Evansville and others from Lake County Frankfort and Indianapolis. Some earlier not guilty pleas were converted to guilty.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States District Court
Indiana
A. BK. Anderson
Evansville
Lake County
Frankfort
G A R Escort for Confederate Host to Washington
Contributions to entertain Confederate veterans for the Washington reunion on June 4 flow to the finance committee daily. Organizers plan a guard of honor by the Grand Army of the Republic to escort their enemies from station to hotels, signaling a final gesture of postwar reconciliation.
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Washington
Finance Committee
South
Committee On Entertainment
Grand Army of the Republic
Backyard gardening urged at Jefferson Center meeting
Citizens urged to till soil and learn canning as Jeferson Amiden Community Center Association explained the value of backyard vegetables. J O H Benton of the Department of Agriculture spoke on using vacant spaces for produce and F A Farrel discussed proper canning. Mrs Millard Thompson was elected president with C N Thompson as vice president.
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Jefferson Amiden Community Center Association
Jefferson School
D Streets
J .O. H. Benton
Department of Agriculture
F. A. Farrel
Mra. Millard Thompson
C. N. Thompson
Georgetown Law seniors win third prize debate on Adamson ruling
J. Milan and Edward T. Hogan led the senior team in Georgetown University Law School’s third prize debate on the Adamson decision held in the auditorium. Hogan earned individual honors while the junior team included Bernard E. Schlesinger and John A. Enos. Robert M. McGauley presided and T. Henry Healy chaired arrangements.
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Georgetown University Law School
Law School
EB Streets
Supreme Court
Adamson
J. Milan
Edward T. Hogan
Mr. Hogan
Bernard E. Schlesinger
John A. Enos
Robert M. McGauley
T. Henry Healy
Tourist drugged and robbed by chauffeur in New Jersey
Leon Custer of Port Jervis says his chauffeur chloroformed him while he slept in the same room and fled with his $85 cash, a $20 revolver, two cameras worth $50, a $50 watch, and wearing apparel as he traveled from Port Jervis to Miami. An audience heard Morris Bien speak on Desert awakening at Home Club.
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Leon Custer
Port Jervis
N. J
Miami
Fla
Morris Bien
Reclamation Service
Mgr. Bien
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