Negro Robbery and Capper Bill Debate in District News
A bold armed robbery in Washington ends with the suspect fleeing on Connecticut Avenue after forcing Albert Musher to lead to his father Nathan Musher. District officials report on the Capper bill offering teacher pay raises and compare them with salaries for other municipal workers. Justice McCoy imposes a 14 year sentence on Agnes King in a separate housebreaking case amid a rise in similar offenses.
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Pistol
Albert Oye
Musher
Congress
Donovan
Munher
Immedi Ately
Miles Camp to Host Spanish War Nurses Convention Night
Gen Nelson A Miles camp of United Spanish War Veterans approves inviting Spanish war nurses to April camp meeting. Dr Anita Magee, head of the Spanish war nurses, is coordinating from Washington, inviting Gen Nelson A Miles if he is in the city. Sheridan, Warden and Cain admitted to membership. Plans outlined for a celebration on Santiago Day July 17.
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Elson A. Miles
Xo J
United
Anita X ‘Magee
Spanish War Horses
Washington
Nelson A Mules
Joseph W Sheridan
Frank Warden
J W Cain
Santiago
Lincoln in Capital at Columbia Historical Society Talk
Columbia Historical Society held its 200th meeting at the Cosmos Club with a summary of past activities. Frederick Lb Tishbach delivered an illustrated talk on Lincoln in Washington and martyrs relics near the Capital, with Cleo Seamand as soloist and poems read by Jane Clark, who presided.
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Columbia Historical Society
Cosmos Club
Sones Vrederith Lb Tishbach
Lincoln
Washington
Cleo
Seamand
Tne
John Clagett Procter
Iane Clark
Car cuts off boy's foot in street accident
Lugene Pullman a 10 year old colored boy riding with Josephine Scott at 3719 Sherman Avenue NW slipped beneath a passing car at Georgia Avenue and Girard Street yesterday. His right foot was severed and he was taken to Freedman’s Hospital in serious condition. Police cannot learn the car number or crew names. Barn witnesses denied knowledge while bystanders assisted and one spectator noted the vehicle’s number.
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Lugene Pullman
Josephine Scott
Sherman Avenue
Georgia Avenue
Girard
Upshur Street Site for Tubercular School Faces Vote
Commission remains with its stance on placing the tubercular children school at fourteenth and Upshur streets. A Piney Branch Citizens association delegation opposed the Upshur site during yesterday’s hearing. Officials signaled a favorable report on the Phipps bill to authorize construction on the Upshur tract.
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Fourteenth
Upshur Streets
Piney Branch Citizens Association
Phipps
Gta
Upshur Street
School Committee to Launch Campaign for Teacher Salaries
The 4A School Committee meeting at Franklin School begins plans to push teacher salary legislation before Congress. Members include James T Ltoyd chair Dr J Hayden Johnagn Allan Davis Miss G M Jannay Dr Frant W Ballou Stephen Kramer Garnet C Wilkinson. The group will gather data on salaries in other cities and prepare arguments.
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Board of Education
Franklin School
James T Ltoyd
J Hayden
Johnagn
Allan Davis
G. M. Jannay
Teachers’ Council
Frant W Ballou
Stephen @. Kramer
Garnet C Wilkinson
Citizens Seek Commission On School Construction
Kalorama Citizens Association at Highlands endorses creating a school building commission with the engineer commissioner the municipal architect and superintendent of schools. Snowden Ashford spoke on school building problems and taxation of nonresident pupils. Association considers Ashford charges about the community center department and votes to favor certain reforms.
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Schoole
Kalorama
Highlands
Snowden Ashford
Ashford
Congress of Mothers Told of Library Order
The District of Columbia congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher associations heard that the board of education rescinded its February 4 decision on joint library use by white and colored students, effective March 15 after a mothers' congress protest. Col Edward Fr Munson criticized the adage about sparing the red and the child, and a questionnaire on school drinking fountain conditions circulated among members. A luncheon for presidents of Washington women clubs is planned for April 4 at the Arts Club.
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District of Columbia
Congress of Mothers and
Parent- Teacher Associations
Ebbitt Hotel
Board of Education
Congress of Mothers
Edward Fr. Munson
YJ. Sanders
Presidenta of Women Clubs
Washington
Arts Club
New Parking Rules Add Two Hour Stops Across District
Commissioners disclosed new traffic regulations enabling two hour parking in extended southern boundary areas of the congested district. Two hour parking also applies on New York Avenue between Ninth and Thirteenth Streets NW and on Vermont Avenue between H and I Streets, with center parking in effect. A 30 day lead time applies before enforcement. The amendments retain half hour limits in the congested district and tighten a 30 foot middle block zone near intersections.
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Eres
New York Avenue
Thirteenth
Vermont Avenus
Tk ‘Streat
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh
Seventeenth Streets
Twelfth Street
D Street
Fifteenth
Southern Railway
Commission
Police Seek 3 Girls 3 Boys and Aged Man Missing
Police from the Tenth precinct seek Odell Whipye 11 from Harlington apartments Northwest and Howard Miler 18 from Thirtieth Street Southeast missing since school. Eleventh precinct searches for Franklin Noble 84 in Massachusetts Avenue Northwest. Also missing are Margaret Cook 15, Austin Jarboe 14, Marie Dominick 23, and Jennie McDonald 16 with last known addresses and dates in multiple city sectors.
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Tenth Precinct
Odell Whipyie
Harlington Apartments
Sixteenth
Columbia Road
Howard Miler
Thirtieth Street
Eleventh Precinct
Franklin Noble
Massachusetts
Arenus
Margaret Cook
Austin Jarboe
Thirteenth Street
Marie Dominick
H Street
Jennie McDonald
Sixth Street
Bicycle and Auto Collide Injures Youth in D C Street Collision
Leslie Parry a 16 year old colored resident of 2323 H Street NW was in a collision with a car on Pennsylvania Avenue near 19th Street NW. Albert Burley of 2119 Georgia Avenue NW operated the automobile. Parry was treated at Emergency Hospital by Dr Bowen for head lacerations torso bruises and shock. Condition not serious.
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Leslie Parry
H Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Albert Burley
Georgia Avenue
Perry Boy
Bowen
Envoy Seeks Lost Brooch From Wardman Park Dinner
The Netherlands Minister requested police assistance to recover a brooch lost by Mrs Everwin Monday night after dinner at Wardman Park hotel. The piece features a diamond and emerald setting mounted on a platform and valued at $1,000.
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Ace Everwin
Netherlands
Miss Frances Root Perishes In Fire At 1418 Q Street
Miss Frances Root a 70 year old resident of 1418 Q Street Northwest died yesterday when her clothing ignited from a gas heater in her room. Firemen saved the building after flames threatened the home. Mrs. Mallon Boyce, who sheltered the woman, tried to help but was driven back by heat. Root’s body was found on the floor burned head to foot. The fire caused about $500 in damage.
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Frances Root
Q Street
George Washington Hospital
Miss Root
Misa Root
Mystery looting of checkerboard at police HQ
Police press room board game went missing after an order by Inspector Clifford Grant banning checkers. Detectives O'Brien and Livingston were assigned to the case as reporters noted the incident at headquarters. The large safe failed to reveal the prized board.
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Clifford Grant
Yénu
O’brien and Livingston
Judge sentences Louis Rounds for asbestos fraud
Louis Rounds alias James Carter was sentenced to 180 days in jail by Judge McMahon after a false pretenses charge. He allegedly obtained a quantity of asbestos covering from Standard Engineering Company on an illicit order.
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Louis Rounds
James Carter
McMahon
Standard Engineering Company
Lord Bacon Cold Storage Experiment Described
Lord Bacon conducted an early cold storage trial by packing a fowl in snow to test preservation. He left his coach on a snowy day about 296 years ago to observe cold effects on flesh. His last letter claimed the experiment had succeeded excellently.
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Lord Bacon
Citizens urged to press Congress for Washington improvements
At the Willard hotel last night Representative Benjamin Eli Focht urged District residents and local groups to show more activity in presenting requests for improvements to Congress. He cited the school building program, Calvert Street bridge repairs, street railway consolidation, and the beautification plan, noting a $5,000,000 proposal and that the community has not asked for more than $2,000,000. Focht praised the insurance bill as constructive, while Edmonds described its national impact. The gathering, led by the Board of Trade, elected Judge Bundy an honorary member and elected officers for the coming year.
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Senate District Committee
Capper
Maj
Dantel J. Donovan
Rudolph
Senate
Washington
Congress
Donovan
Petworth Citizens Association
Petworth School
Utilities Commission
Georgia Avennue
Board of Trade
Willard Hotel
Benjamin Eli. Focht
House District Committee
Stnasta
Calvert Street
Fine Arts Commission
Focht
Ballou
Foeht
George W. Edmonds
Fecht
Hdmonds
David M. Lea
Board of Trade Committee On Insurance
Archibald Fries
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Fred G Coldren
Wiliam W. Everett
BEC Brandenburg
Charles H Bundy
Thomas Bradley
Trio Held in 40 Burglaries in Baltimore
Baltimore detectives identified George Progel 24 Albert Kase 25 and John Graff 26 as suspects in 40 housebreakings and two February robberies. Jewelry valued over 10000 dollars traced to them. Authorities plan to press ten charges. In a separate case Albert Gibson 15 colored was charged with an attempted assault on Miss Mary Clough 21 as she walked to her boarding farm. Miss Clough fought off the assailant and identified Gibson to sheriff and authorities.
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Baltimore
George Progel
Albert Kase
Bss
John Graff
Fowler and
Flaherty
Central Office
Mra
Frederick Jones
G Street
Daniel Boone
Twentyfourth Street
Clifford Grant
Fowler
Calk
Robert Valliance
Kirkham
Albert Gibson
Mary Clough
Charles Walsh
Gibson
Miss Clough
Earl Clough
Marysville
Reappointment to Wage Board Names Miss Ethel M Smith
Miss Ethel M Smith was reappointed by the commissioners to three year membership on the minimum wage board. The board now includes Jesse C Atkins as chairman representing the public, John L Newbold representing employers, and Miss Smith.
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Ethel M Smith
Jesse C Atkins
John L. Newbold
Miss Smith
Weeping thief robs woman burying son
A man posing as a friend lingered at Mrs. J Hart's house after the funeral for Martin Hart. On the return from the service the widow found a diamond brooch with 57 pearls and $95 missing from her daughter Katherine Hart. Detectives O'Brien and Livingston investigated the theft.
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J. Hart
Martin S. Hart
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Katherine Hart
James Smith
Sardo’s Undertaking Establishment
O'Brien and Livingston
Petition for war prisoners urged by 60 House members
A petition signed by 60 members of the House of Representatives urged the release of all wartime prisoners jailed for expressing opinions. The American Civil Liberties Union said twenty children, whose fathers are in jail, would visit President Harding each month to appeal. Representatives Flair and Bourke Cochran of New York were among signers.
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House of Representatives
Harding
American Civil Liberties Union
Flair
New York
Bourke Cochran
104 Cadets to Receive Commissions Today at Central High
Plans for presenting 104 commissions to high school cadet corps officers were finalized by Lieut Col Wallace M Craigis. The ceremony at Central High School stadium begins at 3:30 PM with Maj Gen James Harbord attending. Cadet review includes three squads from five high schools and Columbia Junior High, and the brigade band of 61 pieces will perform.
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Wallace M Craigis
Centraligh School
James Harbord
Army
Ing
Columbia Junior High School
Ear
City Commission Orders Four Street Resurfacing Plan
Commissioners approve four street resurfacing projects at a total of 50,700 dollars. Ninth street from E to F northwest costs 4,300, Dupont circle east side 21,000, PF street between eighteenth and Dupont circle 6,209, R street between fourteenth and sixteenth 20,300. Thirteenth street between U and V northwest recommended but rejected.
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Ninth Street
Dupont Circle
PF Street
Eighteenth Street
R Street
Fourteenth
Sixteenth Street
Thirteenth Street
Wells College Opens Drive for Million Dollar Endowment
Wells College launched a $1,000,000 endowment campaign at a Washington dinner at Rawcher's. A $10,000 pledge was announced by Senator and Mrs. Phipps. Speeches featured Prof. Robert McBilray trustee Dr. Harvey Weisy the Rev. Wallace Radcliffe and others. Toastmaster Prof. Mitchell Carroll presided with music by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bleyden Miss Harper and Col. Charles Frailey.
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Phippies
Wells College
Washington
Rawacher
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