May Harness Rivers Confers With Gov Ohio on Waterways
President Wilson reviews flood peril in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and plans a comprehensive army engineer study for a nationwide waterway program. Governor Cox urges Ohio River improvements and proposes $25 million in reservoirs funding, shifting focus from lower Mississippi to interior states.
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Mississippi
Wilson
Mississippi River
Congress
Cox
James M. Cox
Washington
Ohio River
Garrison
McAdoo
Bryan
Indiana
Flood crest passes into Gulf after 1813 Mississippi flood
The crest of the 1813 flood has moved from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. Readings show falling stages along the river south of St Louis, with New Orleans gauge steady. Weather bureau warns no further rise expected.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
St Louis
Weather Bureau
Commission Rejects Friedmann License for Tuberculosis Serum
District commissioners report to Congress oppose Senator Hughes bill to grant a license for German physician Dr Friedmann to practice in Washington. They say serum efficiency not proven enough for licensing and fear precedent could undermine existing law.
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Washington
Congress
Senrator
Hughes
New Jersey
Friedmann
Rigid wage cut probe prompts Sherman act talk
The Department of Justice considers using the Sherman act to probe wage cutting schemes by manufacturers after the tariff. Senator Williams says it could also curb employer collusion to suppress wages. Representative Pepper introduces a bill banning signs threatening closures or wage cuts over elections, with penalties up to $1,000 or one year in prison.
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Department of Justice
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Pepper
Iowa
Five Killed by Lightning in Collinsville Oklahoma
Five Texas Pipe Line Company employees were killed instantly by lightning while en route to the oil field three miles from Collinsville. Two others were badly injured, and a wagon fire caused by the strike damaged oil tanks, with losses estimated at 100000 dollars. Names reported include Thomas Clark Barry Girard E E Bittner EB Stephens and EB S Linn. Three coworkers escaped unharmed as heavy rain washed away property in the area.
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Collinsville
Oklo
Texas Pipe Line Company
Thomas Clark
Barry Girard
E. E. Bittner
EB. Stephens
EB S. Linn
Movie Fire Hits Parlor Causes Panic At Theater
A fire erupted in the operating room of a moving picture parlor at 4 Firat avenue, injuring operator Joseph Helu and singeing his hair while burn victims from the crowd fled. The blaze started during a film rewinding mishap involving Henry Cookele, endangering over a hundred patrons including women and children who narrowly escaped trampling. Insurance covered the damage. the parlor had just opened the prior Saturday.
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Washington Post
Baltiimore
Tew Moving Picture Parlor
Firat Avenue
Joseph Helu
Moving Picture
Henry Cookele
PUPILS TO VISIT MOUNT VERNON SATURDAYS
Washington pupils will visit Mount Vernon on Saturdays as guests of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. The regents handled routine business, authorized 100 pupil groups, waived entrance. relics committee led by E A Rathbone investigated claims of valuable first President relics for sale, none purchased. The furniture committee head Frances S Conover aims to account for all original mansion furnishings. Farm committee chair Charles Custis Harrison and members evaluated the Mount Vernon farm and were satisfied with the assessment. The Sunday opening proposal, backed by Daughters of the American Revolution, was opposed and not formally brought to a vote, with board largely against it.
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Dodge
E . A. Rathbone
Michigan
Frances S. Conover
Charles Custis Harrison
Pennsylvania
S. Webb
Tennessee
Charles Manderson
Nebraska
William F Barrett
Kentucky
John J. Pringle
South Carolina
Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress
Parcel Post to Top A. R. Telegraphers Meeting
More than 700 delegates from the United States Canada and Mexico gather in Baltimore for the biennial convention of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers as parcel post issues and prize awards dominate the agenda. B F Perham seeks reelection and women’s auxiliary meetings alongside a Washington trip and Chesapeake Bay excursion are planned. Gov Goldsborough speaks at a reception. Watches are awarded as prizes to delegates who recruited the most members in the past year.
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Baltimore
The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
United States
Canada
Mexico
Women's Auxiliary
B. Smith
Atlanta
Capt Wood Detailed as Attache to Madrid Legation
Fort Riley Kansas May 14 Capt Norton E Wood on detached service with the field artillery has been detailed as attache to the American legation at Madrid Spain. He will depart for Spain next month.
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Fort Riley
Kans
Norton E. Wood
Sootth Field Artillery
Madrid
Spain
Debate on Church Name and Editorial Clarification
Editor admits confusion over church name and Protestant terminology while noting a general convention proposed dropping Protestant from the church title. The item hints at editorial pushback and potential future changes, with uncertainty about final naming. A second brief note reports a Clarkburg lumber plant fire in late May causing $0,0000 in damage and unknown cause.
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Arksburg
Wo Ya
Clarksburg Lumber and
Planmenii Cumpanis
Frerus
Favor Church Dances Temple 4s A Social Center
The Washington Hebrew Congregation Sisterhood meeting urged uniting social and religious life at the temple. Mrs Eugene Schwab and Mrs Abram Simon led calling for a fraternal center with dances, outreach to youth, and broader attendance. officers were elected and a constitution adopted.
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Union of
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Exaghth Street Temple
Eugene Schwab
Abram Simon
Eighth Street Southeast
J S. Kann
Irving Street
Z Strasburger
Belmont Street
A. C Mayer
I. Hexter
Warrington Apartments
Alfred Rosenthal
Airy View
A. Simons
8. Burnstein
D Sanger
H Karples
O. Beriiner
8. Heller
Berdile Stern
Rose Blondheimer
A. Heilburn
A Kuhns
S. Fisher
Palmotor Saves Life In Gas Leak At City Rooms
Mrs. Helen Panagopoulos, tenant at 211 John Marshall Place Northwest, detected a gas leak on the second floor and traced it to Mrs. Bridget Lyons’s room. She opened the door, vented windows, and summoned an ambulance and Dr. Newhous from Emergency Hospital. A palmotor arrived in time to save Mrs. Lyons, who had nappped unaware of the leak. doctors expect recovery.
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Helen Panagopoulos
John Marshall Plage
Bridget Lyons
Mrs. Lyons
Dr. Newhous
Knights Elect Officers Conclave Held in DC Alasonic Temple
The grand commandery of Knights Templar of the District of Columbia met at Alasonic Temple last night, reported and elected officers for the coming year. Elected: Henry K Simpson grand commander, Charles T Lindsey deputy grand commander, Edwin B Hesse grand generalissimo, Lem Towers jr grand captain general, William S Parks grand senior warden, William F Gude grand junior warden, the Rev Paul HR Hickok grand prelate, George Dibson grand treasurer reelected, Arvine W Johnston grant recorder reelected, Charles E Bald win grand standard bearer, Freddie Dawson grand sword bearer, Adolphus Gude grand warden, Joseph G Stelle grand captain of guard, John A Moyer inspector general.
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Knights
Templar of
District of Columbia
Alasonic Temple
Henry K Simpson
Charles T. Lindsey
Edwin B Hesse
Lem Towers, Jr
William S Parks
William F Gude
Paul HR. Hickok
George Dibson
Police Inspector Cross Trial Concludes Amid Allegations
Detective Messer testified that First precinct officers hampered handbook case work and that Inspector Cross was alleged to have shielded an accused accomplice. DOJ agents and records argued alibi alterations. trial board expected to publish findings within a fortnight.
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First Precinct
Department of Justice
Francis
Cross
Messer
United States
S. McComas Hawken
A. Bruce Bieleski
Bureau of Investigation
Ambrose, de Bell
Dotzert
Police Department
Trial Board
Referendum for Jury Bill Gains Passage in Assembly
The New Jersey assembly approved Wean’s jury reform bill by 39 to 15 with a statewide referendum. The measure, linked to Chancellor-Sheriff reforms, requires elected jurors and a referendum next fall, with senate approval needed. President Wilson praised the vote as a victory while Republicans are expected to oppose in the upper house.
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N. J
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Wean
Egan
Wilson
New Jersey
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wittpenn
Senate
New Jersey House
White House
Bank Sues on Three Bonds Over Forgery Case
The Commercial National Bank filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover 25000 on bonds insuring employee fidelity. Plaintiffs name National Surety Company Fidelity and Deposit Company and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company as defendants. Humphries shortage was 4688.75 and bank claims the sureties refused indemnification.
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John E Humphries
District Supreme Court
Commercial National Banrk
National Surety Company
Fidelity and Deposit Company
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Humphries
Ellis & Donaldson
Luther R Smith Funeral Today in New Jersey
Luther R Smith 76 former chief of the Indian Territory division of the general land office died Sunday morning in New Jersey. Funeral services are at Calvary Baptist Church at 2 PM with interment at Arlington. Burnside Post G A R and Loyal Legion members will assist. The Rev Samuel H Greene officiates. He is survived by his wife and a son, a St Louis lawyer.
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New Jersey
Indian Territory
General Land Office
Calvary Baptist Church
Arlington
Burnside Post
G. A
The
Loyal Legion
Samuel H. Greene
Smith
St. Louis
Budget reform urged for District of Columbia finances
Auditor Tweedale argues for a unified District budget with all expenses paid through the disbursing officer. He warns current structure scatters costs across twelve agencies and multiple bills, hindering total annual appropriations visibility. He also plans efficiency records to track costs per mile and monitor equipment use.
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Tweedale
District of Columbia
United States
Fight Over Collectorship for North Carolina District
Tarheel politicians square off over the pending collector of internal revenue post for the North Carolina district. Senators Simmons and Overman back A. D. Watts, clerk of the finance committee. Secretary Daniels backs Watts’ opposition and a progressive Democrat. Gov Locke Craig and George B. Newland led Watts supporters who met with President Wilson.
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Port of
New York
Simmons
Overman
A. D. Watts
Daniels
Lo Watts
Locke Craig
George B. Newland
Watts
Wilson
Clerks oppose longer day adds half hour work
Editor notes clerks reject proposed half hour increase to a year round schedule in exchange for a half holiday on Saturdays. They point to existing Saturday half days and calculate totals: 39 weeks of three hours plus 200 working days equal 150 extra hours, versus 150 extra hours for the proposed daily extension. Signed C. G. Bee. May 12.
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C. G. Bee
Southern Building Suit Dismissed After Compromise Reached
Alexandria Circuit Court dismissed the suit by Robert Jemison and others against Commercial Fire Insurance Company seeking to set aside the sale of the Southern Building and the appointment of a receiver for the Southern Building Corporation after attorneys announced a compromise. The docket also notes a pending case by Herbert Hansborough against Washington Southern Railway for $3,000 related to injuries while moving a plane. Cannons donated by the War Department arrived from Watervliet. their placement is undecided and they are stored at Lee Camp Hall. Obituary notices include Arthur Daymude, Milton Smoot, Thomas Buckley, and William Edgar Welch, with burial plans in Thoroughfare and services set at St Mary’s and other local churches. Funeral details for Mrs Entwistle and other brief death notices are listed.
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Alexandria
Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Robert Jemison
Commercial Fire Insurance Company
Southern
Washington
Southern Building Corporation
J. B. T. Thornton
Sale
Mann & Tyler
Petersburg
Herbert Hansborough
Washington Southern Railway
War Department
Congress
Free prescription for manly vigor advertised in Detroit
An advertisement promises a home remedy for nervous debility and weakened manhood. It claims a physician designed a powerful cure and offers to mail a free copy of the prescription to any man who writes to Dr A E Robinson at Luck Building, Detroit, without charge or obligation.
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A E_ Robinson
Luck
Detroit
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