Washington relics and Queen Alexandra letter at Mount Vernon meeting
Mount Vernon Ladies Association held its second day at Mount Vernon Virginia with a reading of a personal letter from Queen Alexandra thanking the group for a wreath after King Edward’s death. Washington Irving’s original letter and a wine bottle case once owned by Washington were presented. The group elected three new vice regents and reported broad national interest in preserving the estate. They plan to attend Christ Church in Alexandria for services.
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Washington
Mansion On
Potomac
Irving
Old Christ Church
Queen Alexandra
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
Mount Vernon
Harriet Clayton Comegys
Dover
Del
Mount Vernon Association
King Edward
Elizabeth B
Rathbone
Detroit
Mich
Washington Irving
Sunnyside
Miss Hamilton
Mount Vernon Fund Association
Hamiton
Alexander Hamilton
Christine Blair Graham
Missouri
Jared Sparks
James Gore King Richards
Maine
Mary Evarts
Vermont
Victorine E. Foster
Delaware
Susan E. Hutson
Connecticut
Charles Custis Harrison
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth B. A. Rathbone
Michigan
Rebecca B. Fiandran
Minnesota
3. J Wilder
Georgia
Christie Blair Graham
Frances S Conover
New Jersey
Thomas Maxey
Texas
Robert D. Johnston
Alabama
Eugene van Renagelear
West Virginia
John Julian Pringle
South Carolina
Wiliam F .Barret
Kentucky
Henry W. Rogers
Maryland
Frances J Ricks
Mississippi
Mary F. Falligg
Oregon
Etm F F. Leary
State of Washington
J. Carter Brown
Alexandria
Christ Church
Tablet unveiled at site of Stuart death in Richmond
Special to The Washington Past Richmond May 12 the Confederate Memorial Literary Society unveiled a granite tablet at 210 West Grace street marking the site where cavalry leader Gen J E B Stuart died Mrs J E B Stuart and her Newport News son with grandchildren attended A Stuart grandson drawn the veil Branch B Morgan of R E Lee Camp presided The Rev Hullihen a staff member offered prayer Judge Garnett gave the unveiling address Many veterans present Tablet bears Gen Stuart words I will save the women of Richmond and notes the house on this site stood where Maj Gen J E B Stuart died May 12 1864
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Washington
Richmond
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
West Grace Street
J. E. B. Stuart
Newport Newa
Stuart
Branch B. Morgan
R. E. Lee
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Hullihen
Gen. Stuart
Judge Garnett
Gen Stuart
J. EB. B. Stuart
Burial of Miss Marian Moss in Virginia
Miss Marian T Moss a former prominent newspaperwoman in this city was buried Wednesday in Middleburg Virginia. She died Monday at Sibley Hospital and had worked in Washington for about fifteen years. She is survived by her mother Mrs Blanche K Moss and two brothers George Moss of Corabana Tex and Carlton E Moss chief clerk of the electrical department of the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Moss
Marian T. Moss
Middleburg
Woodward Is Sentenced To Five Years
Robert Graham Woodward of New York was yesterday sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by Justice Wright in Criminal Court No L for obtaining by false pretenses $5,040 from the A. P. Ordway Chemical Company of New York while general manager. An appeal to the District Court of Appeals was filed through Henry E Davis Testi- Tony. The defense argued the money was for counsel fees to prevent a special tax and that Woodward returned the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Graham Woodward
New York
Justice Wright
A. P. Ordway Chemical Company
District Court of Appeals
Henry E Davis Testi- Tony
Woodward
A. P. Ordway
Salvation Army work for the poor discussed at church lecture
Col Alex M Damon spoke at Luther Place Memorial Church during the Mission Workers convention detailing the Salvation Army efforts among city poor. He cited millions spent in New York and other cities for uplifting the poor and the drunkard while other speakers attended and memorial services were held for Samuel H Hardely. Delegates also visited President Taft, with a closing slum tour planned.
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Salvation Army
Luther Place Memorial Church
Alex M. Damon
Mission Workers of the United States
New York
Sarah Wray
Charles Wood
George Sandison
Oliver C. Eliot
E. M Whitte
Samuel H. Hardely
Taft
Morse Indicted Over Disinfectant Rights SellOff
Dr. Frank B. Morse alias Franklin B. Morse was indicted by the district grand jury after arrest on false pretenses in Baltimore as he prepared to marry Miss Alice O’Neil. Government alleges Morse previously sold territorial rights to his disinfectant and then entered a contract granting exclusive DC and Maryland rights. Bail set at 1000 dollars. Morse released for DC trial.
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Frank B. Morse
Franklin B. Morse
Alice O’neil
Baltimore
Central Office
Pratt and Howlett
Morse
Bis City
United States
District of Columbia
Wulfiam N. Moore
Frederick A. Read
Maryland
Dr. Morse
Mozart Club Musicale at Arlington Hotel in Washington
The Mozart Club, after singing for President Taft in the White House garden, held a musicale in the Arlington Hotel ballroom. Spross accompanied on piano as the sextet from Lucia and various solo numbers were performed by Elizabeth London Funk Staiger Hitchcock Riefflin and others. Lectures by Dr. Adelaide la Wallerstein and Arthur Classen followed. The group will tour Mount Vernon today before returning to New York this afternoon at 2 30.
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Mozart Club
Washington
New York
Elizabeth
Tannhauser
Gertrude London
Schumann
Eleanor Funk
Micaela
Carmen
Hizet
Elsie Staiger
Elsa
Meht
Ironworker Held After Wife's Death In Columbia Hospital
Clinton Wells of 229 I Street NW is held at the Fourth precinct pending an inquest into the death of his wife Mamie Wells at Columbian Hospital Thursday night. An autopsy exonerated Wells of blame, with cause listed as blood poisoning from an operation. Coroner Nevitt will hold an inquest at the morgue at 4 this afternoon. Wells admitted frequent quarrels but denied striking her or knowledge of any operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Wells
I Street
Fourth Precinct
Columbian Hospital
Mamie Wells
Wells
Poeliceman Roberts
Fourth
White
500 Will Attend Shadbake At River View
Dr Frank E Gibson chairman of the Washington Board of Trade announces that more than 50 members and their friends will attend the annual outing and shadbake to be held at River View on Saturday June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E Gibson
General Committee
Shadbake
Washington Board of Trade
River View
Hat of Six Months Reveals Cash Borrowing Scheme Arrest
William Chapman, long sought for bilking livery stable owners, was captured after Lieut. Carl Flathers recognized him from a battered white hat on a moving street car. Chapman had used oral contracts to borrow money, claiming horses had arrived at Union Station to cover freight charges. Charles J. Walters, owner of a Washington stable, testified as the alleged victim.
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William Chapman
Lieut. Flathers
Chapeau
Carl Flathers
Chapman
Lieut
Fisthers
Seventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Flathers
Leutenant
Fathers
Union Station
Pai
Charles 3. Walters
Btablasi
New Jersey Avenue
K. ‘Street
St John’s College Elocution Medal Awarded to John Emmett Collins
The St John’s College elocution contest for the gold medal, open to all students of the academic department, was won by John Emmett Collins. Twenty contestants and a panel of judges recognized Collins with special commendations for Jeremiah Aloysius O’Leary and Paul Eugene Clements. The Maryland day essay prize went to Bernard Ignatius Boudren, a Baltimore area sophomore.
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St. John’s College
John Emmett Collins
Vermont Avenue
St John's
Lawrence Coleman Milstead
Howard Duttonsworrie
Leo Bernard Bogan
Bernard Joseph Sheehan
Victor Henry Schulz
Herbert Noyes Harvey
Joseph Pemberton Ragland
Paul Eugene Clements
Benedict Maria McNeil
William McGrath Harlow
James Joseph Walsh
Willem Joseph Mack
Leo Edwin Madigan
Eugene Aloysius Barry
Willam P. C. Hepburn
Joseph John Crowley
Jeremiah Aloysius O'Leary
Leo Kearney Drury
William Clark de Lacy
Mr Shea
Baltimore
Washington
Maryland
Bernard Ignatius Boudren
Seventh Street Southeast
Boudrey
St. John's
Maryland Day contest prizes awarded to Washington students
Prizes in the Maryland Day historical essay contest for parochial schools were announced by Rev. C. F. Thomas Rev. John T. Whelan and Rev. Dr. William T Russell. Washington entrants Elizabeth Winand Bernardine Case Bernard I Borden John D Barrett Martin Stohlman and Lawrence Shehan won top honors or second prizes with essays on Margaret Brent religious toleration in Maryland and Catholic missionaries among Maryland Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. F. Thomas
John T. Whelan
William T Russell
St. Patrick's
St. Patrick's School
Elizabeth Winand
Visitation Academy
Bernardine Case
St. John’s Academy
Bernard I. Bondren
St John’s College
City
John D. Barrett
Christian Brothers’ Institute
Cumberlain
Martin Stohlman
Holy Trinity Parish
Lawrence Shehan
St. Ann's School
Baltimore
Margaret Brent
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Palmer Proposal Seeks Restore House Employee Jobs
A Palmer resolution in the House proposes restoring about fifteen thousand dollars in pay for positions cut by Democrats. The measure would reinstate several janitors clerks and other House staffers, drawing Republican opposition who warn many more positions may be restored before the session ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
House
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Hhe
Housa
Vassar Alumnae Banquet Advocates Coeducation At Virginia Univ
At the Washington chapter Vassar alumnae banquet held at the Shoreham Hotel last night Mrs Albert H Tuttle urged converting the University of Virginia into a semicoeducational institution so young women in Virginia could be educated there Also present were numerous alumnae including Miss Ida Howgate Miss Catharine Custis and Miss Elizabeth N Wilson and letters from President James Taylor and Louis Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vassar
Shoreham Hotel
Albert H. Tuttle
Prot Tuttle
University of Virginia
Virginia
Thomas Sidwell
Lucy Madeira
Elizabeth Leech
James Taylor
Louis Howe
Buffalo
W. A. de Caubry
Ida Howgate
Harret Richardson
Charlotte C. Barnum
Fanny B. Manning
D. L. Wing
Catherine Custis
Elizabeth N. Wilson
Charles W. Ray
Willamb. Rice
Virginia Alexander
H. S Graves
David G. Adee
Frances T. Towers
F. A. McKinley
George M. Wilson
O. L. Veerhoff
T. W. Aldrich
George ¥. Baich
A. H. Holgate
Faith Breaks Up Home in Suit Over Christian Science
Thomas A. Rhodes denounces his wife Sarah A. Rhodes for practicing Christian Science and rebuffs reconciliation on that condition. He seeks alimony and contends she squandered money, while Mrs Rhodes pushes to maintain support as their case continues in Equity Court No 1 before Justice Stafford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Rhodes
Sarah A. Rhodes
District Supreme Court
Justice Stafford
Equity Court No. 1
Rhodes
Desperate Hanging Attempt Foiled by Desk Sergeant Garvey
In the Eleventh precinct early this morning Herbert Crutchley, 21, of 1238 V Street SE, tried to hang himself in his cell. Desk Sergeant Garvey stopped him by severing his suspenders, Crutchley injured but alive, taken to Casualty Hospital with shock. He faced charges of disorderly conduct and striking a whisky bottle on the street. His father, Charles Crutchley of Anacostia, visited him at the hospital. Crutchley had previously suffered a skull fracture months earlier while boarding a train near the New Jersey Avenue yards, which may have influenced his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleventh Precinct
Herbert Crutchiey
V Street
Garvey
Cratchley
Casualty Hospital
Crutchley
New Jersey Avenue
Charles Crutchley
Anacostia
Philadelphia Girls See Washington in Taft Era Tour
A party of 40 Philadelphia high school girls visited Washington for a day of sightseeing. They toured the Capitol, Mount Vernon by boat, Alexandria and Arlington Cemetery, and planned stops at the National Museum and White House. Prof. J Eugene Baker led the group, staying at the Hotel Gordon before returning home tonight.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Gena
Gordon
Capitol
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Arlington
National Museum, Bureau, of Engraving and Printing
White House
Taft
J Eugene Baker
Folk Dances Demonstrated by School Children at Convention
Delegates at the Play ground and Recreation Association of America convention at the New Willard saw folk dancing led by Mrs. James J. Starrow and Miss Lulu Donovan with children from public schools joining. Dances included Spanish Russian Swedish and Italian in vivid foreign costumes. A dramatic work demonstration by Miss Edna V. Wisher used about twenty Washington school children on stage. Key speakers discussed child hygiene and playground programs as the convention plans a tea at Neighborhood House and visits to Washington playgrounds before possible future sites in Columbus or Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playground and Recreation Association of America
New Willard
James J. Starrow
Boston
Lulu Donovan
Joseph Lee
Association
Edna V. Wisher
Pittsburg
C. A. Perry
Edward Stitt
Washington
Preston G. Orwig
Boy Scouts of America
Columbus
Ohio
Chicago
Knotts brothers and accomplice receive prison terms
Benjamin H Knotts, backer of the badger plot that aimed to blackmail merchant Charles Rosenthal out of 5000 dollars in December at Cairo, is sentenced to four years. James Bailey Knotts Alton C Armstrong and Flossie Bennett also receive terms for their parts in the scheme. Justice Wright notes Knotts’s claimed innocence did not spare him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin H. Knotts
Charles Rosenthal
Cairo
Justice Wright
Criminal Court No. 1
James Bailey Knotts
Alton C. Armstrong
Flossie Bennett
Benjamin Knotts
Wright
Benjamin
Government Sues For Land Against Southern Pacific
Francis J Heney of San Francisco retained as government counsel in land dispute with Southern Pacific Railroad Co over lands allegedly omitted from Congress grants. Attorney General Wickersham named B D Townsend as special assistant to aid in contest. Proceedings mirror California cases ruled for railroad. on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J.heney
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Congress
Wickersham
B. D. Townsend
United States
California
Railroad Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Cifcult
Heney
Townsend
Rival shoots rival for Mary Holmes in Southeast District
Leonard Dickerson shot John Carroll three times at Mary Holmes' home in Quander court southeast. Carroll was treated at a hospital and released. Police detained Mary Holmes, her mother, Dickerson, and others for police court this morning.
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Mary Holmes
Leonard Dickerson
John Carroll
Carroll
Fifth Precinct
Helmes
Quander Court
Mary
Dickerson
Mme Ambrozovitch Receives Clark Photograph
Mme Ambrozovitch a niece of Louis Kossuth was presented to Speaker Clark by Rep Burleson of Texas. The Speaker autographed his photograph and spoke of his admiration for Kossuth and his study of his achievements. Mme Ambrosovitch recalls incidents of the Hungarian revolution and says she and her mother and uncle were prisoners until British pressure led to their release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Ambrozovitch
Louis Kossuth
Champ Clark
Burleson
Texas
Mme. Ambrosovitch
No Clues to Incendiary Fire Suspect Sought
Police keep a suspect under surveillance after a Washington Highlands blaze at J W McCloskey home. Neighbors helped extinguish the fire and linked the incident to a prior threat at Peter Gulgan’s Barnaby road home. Residents suspect a single arsonist, with authorities seeking evidence for arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guigan
Eleventh Precinct
Central Office
Peter Gulgan
Barnaby Road
McCloskey
Weather conditions report from U S Weather Bureau
Warm weather persisted in the Atlantic States with readings above 90 in several spots from DC to Georgia and above 80 as far north as interior Maine. A cold front from the Great Lakes area will bring cooler conditions Saturday with scattered showers along the north Pacific and northern Rocky Mountain regions.
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U. B. Dept. of Agriculture
Weethir Bureau
Washington
Mey L
Atlantic States
District of Columbia
Georgia
Maine
Great Lakes
Lake
Plains
Rocky Mountain Region
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
New England
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
North Pacific
Raine
Ara
Atlantic and
Gulf States
Upper
Western Plateau
North Pacific States
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Mis |Etsatopt
Lower
Tike
Upper Lake Region
Jim
Mississippi Valley
South Atlantic
Gast Gulf
West Gulf
European
Grand Banks
May Merger Agenda at Washington Board of Trade Meeting
The Washington Board of Trade voted to call a special meeting of its entire membership for May 25 at the New Willard Hotel to consider merging with the Chamber of Commerce. An executive session heard a canvass report by John B. Sloman Jr. and colleagues, with committees proposed to discuss amalgamation before the full vote.
Arguments for a Children's Bureau in Labor Department
Hearings before the House Labor Committee advocated creating a children s bureau within the Department of Commerce and Labor. Representative Peters of Massachusetts led, citing neglected child life. Speeches highlighted child labor distress in the Piedmont Appalachians and calls from Florence Kelsey Glenn Ward and others for national action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
House
Department of Commerce and Labor
Houses Committee On Labor
Representative Peters
Massachusetts
Peters
Miles M. Dawson
American Bureau of Labor Legisration
United States
Thomas Nelson Page
Piedmont
Appalachians
Florence Kelsey
W National Consumers’ League
John W. Glenn
Russell Sage Foundation
Lillian BD. Ward
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Alexandra
Regents
Mt. Vernon Estate
Washington Post
Daily Post
Post
Ormiy
Wpa Post
Wagh. A
Col. Damon
DR. F. 8. Morse
Respondent
Mozart Club's Musicale
New York Singers
Firestone
Niecons
Vassar Alumnae
Mrs. Tuttle
Faith
T. A. Rhodes
Herbert Crutchley
Serzt. Garvey
Casualty — Hospital
B. H. Knotts
Badger
Francis J. Heney
Clark
Funyadi
Janos
Quickly
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Bain- Max
Asherilie
Atlante
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N. TY
Cincinnati
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Portland
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W Va
Want Children's Bureau
Ninth Street
Columbia
Poe
Nunnally’s
18Th St
Steinway
DROOP
Christian Xander
7Th St
Lang Supply Co
Ins
Seventh St. N. W
Arlington Fire Insurance Company
Pempaylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C
At & O
James M. Johnston
W Bladen Jackson
Thomas Brown
William King
Charles R Edmonston
Alexander B Dagare
Burr N Edwards
Samuel L Phillips
Herbert A Gill
Isaze BE. Shoemeker
Robert C. Howard
Trusters
Washington Railway and Electric Company
F. J. Whitehead
P. J Marshall
Maryland Ave
Hardy
Vermont Ave
L St
John E Ruebsem
John Eruebsam
Rufus H. Darby Printing Co
St. Niw
Ballentine
Newark
Shoemaker Co
HLF
Shoemaker
Potato Cel Mee Oh Insurance
14Th Street
N.w
Milburn, Heister & GO
Architects
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Goodyear
F Street
N. W
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