Congress Restive as Democrats Near Legislative Finish
The report notes a restless Congress with Democrats aiming to complete most of their program within a month. The House hopes to revise the wool schedule in a week to ten days with a revenue tariff compromise on raw wool favored by some, while the Senate is expected to pass the reciprocity bill within a month. Hearings on Canada reciprocity continue as the election of a new president pro tempore looms.
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House
Senate
Congress
Washington
Taft
Finance
Auor
Frye
Gallinger
Accused Girl Is Cheerful In Detention
Seven year old Mabel A Granger faces possible jail time after alleged thefts of more than 200 dollars of spring clothing from local department stores using a false name Miss S L Radcliffe. She was cheerful in the detention house awaiting arraignment, while relatives expressed shock at the act.
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Mabel A. Granger
Miss Granger
Alwayes
Turkish Railway Concession Sought by Ottoman American Co
The Department of State received a cablegram from Minister Carter in Constantinople reporting that the Ottoman American Development Company’s request for a large railway concession in Asiatic Turkey has been approved by the grand vizier and the Ottoman council of ministers and sent to parliament for action. The company is an American corporation based in New York, and its efforts have backing from the State Department.
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Department of State
Carter
Constantinople
Ottoman American Developmentompany
Asiatic
Turkey
Grand Visier
Council of Ministers
Ottoman American Development Company
New York City
State Department
Deformed Man Arrested For Shoplifting
Robert Brown, nine others, a janitor at a Seventh Street department store, hobbling along New York Avenue, was stopped by Precinct Detective Forteney and Officer Howlatt. A raid revealed seven pairs of men’s hose ten pairs of women’s stockings and two shoes worth thirty dollars. After a search at Secopé precinct station he confessed and was locked up, with a store representative identifying the goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brown
Strees
New York Avenua
Forteney
Howlatt
Secopé
Elks Season a Success at H Street Clubhouse
The Elks season proved a success as the Bika tribe and many guests gathered at the H Street clubhouse. The winter events began with the Elk’s fall festival last November and featured a notable minstrel troupe directed by Fred T. Mersheimer with an “all-star” lineup including George Ackman Clarence Bright James Balderson Patrick Coffey A J Cummings Owen Davis William Dawson Carlton Engle John Gorman and more under musical director George Herbert Weiss.
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H Street
Hord Otal
Wika
Uniform patent laws work begins in Washington
Diplomats and officials from 37 nations gather at the New Willard Hotel to set a three week course for a global patent statute. The Conference of Washington of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property aims to uniform protections for inventors and trademark owners.
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Washington
Knox
Mr. Tower
Runaway Horse Dashes Through Rock Creek Park
A runaway horse hitched to a phaeton frightened motorists and pedestrians in Rock Creek Park yesterday. A. W. Chappel of Beltsville Maryland, driving the horse, was thrown and injured, then picked up dazed but soon recovered. Police pursued the horse until it halted on a park hill after several near collisions.
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Rock Creek Park
A. W. Chappel
Beltsville
Mr.Chappel
Mr. Chappel
Assailant Still At Large After Saloon Stabbing
John Brown alias John Roy, a negro waiter, is sought after a likely fatal stabbing of Andrew Wiegs at his Third and H streets northwest saloon Saturday night. Police believe he fled toward Virginia or Maryland after being last seen in the southwest city section. Viessman at Emergency Hospital shows a good recovery chance, with at least ten days needed to confirm safety.
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John Brown
John Roy
Andrew Wiegsman
Third
H. Streets
Virginia
Maryland
Viessman
Alumni to Go On Frolic at Marshall Mall
Central High School Alumni Association plans the first annual excursion on Saturday June 10 using the steamer Charles Macalester for three trips at 10 am and 630 pm. Activities include music dancing and the Vet baseball game between the regular school nine and a faculty alumni beam.
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Central High School Alumni Association
Marshall Mall
Charles Macalester
Marshall Hall
Auto Victim Better News May Cause Relapse
Baltimore society girl Miss Helen Griffith remains in Casualty Hospital after a severe shock from a Saturday night auto accident in Autoville, Md. R C Williams of Baltimore died in the crash. Doctors say no operation was necessary and plan moving Miss Griffith to Baltimore within a week. Her father Edward and brother Raymond Griffith visited, denying any operation. Williams’ funeral is slated for Baltimore this afternoon.
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Baltimore Society
Autoville
R. C. C. Wiliams
Baltimore
Helen Griffith
Casualty Hospital
Bilas Griffith
Willams
Oliver Reeder
Miss Griffith
Mias Griffith
Williams
Grifith
Washington
Pimlico
Adelaide Williams
St. Paul Street
Will Discuss American Art At National Arts Convention
The second annual convention of the American Federation of Arts opens Tuesday and runs through Thursday with specialists covering painting architecture sculpture landscape gardening and town planning. Speakers include John W. Alexander Irving K. Pond Edwin H. Blashfield Charles D. Walcott and Lorando Teft. Receptions for delegates will be hosted at the Thomas Nelson Page home in the Pan American building and at the Octagon building.
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American Federation of Arts
John W. Alexander
National Academy of Design
Irving K. Pond
American Institute of Architects
Edwin H. Blashfield
National Society of Mural Painters
Charles D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Lorando Te
Life in balance as Traught faces officer shooting trial
C E Traught, jailed at Second precinct, accused of firing on Policeman Daughton during a river fishing trip near Chain Bridge. Daughton lies unconscious with critical condition, awaiting bullet extraction and X ray to locate the projectile. Traught refuses to speak as investigation unfolds with officers noting a dramatic confrontation aboard a drifting scow near Virginia shore.
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C. E. Traught
Dixon M. Daughton
Chain Bridge
Georgetown University Hospital
Daughton
Charles W. Traught
Traught
Emanuel
Virginia
Ed Zillmen
George Gant
Frank Carter
Schneider
Alarmed search for missing 14 year old William King
William King, 14, is missing from 332 O Street NW since Friday. Relatives urged police to search as he is described as small for his age, last seen in a dark suit and dark hat. Hospitals, hotels, moving picture houses, and messenger offices were checked without success.
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William King
O Street
Six Sundays of Holy Communion Week at Jesuit Churches
Jesuit churches held six Sundays of Holy Communion to honor St. Aloysius before his feast. At St Aloysius Church more than forty children under years received their first holy communion. Rev Eugene De L McDonnell rector of Gonzaga College and Rev William F Gannon officiated.
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St. Aloysius
Eugene de L. McDonnell
Gonzaga College
Win
Jam F. Gannon
Regents Take A Rest Visit Washington's Church At Mount Vernon
The 22 Mount Vernon Ladies Association regents toured Pohick Church with Gen. Washington and his family in attendance. Dr. Evarard Mead preached at morning services. The group enjoyed Potomac views, gardens, and the estate's historic rooms. Business sessions resume at 10 o'clock.
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Mead
Mount Vernon
Washington
Love Romance of Italy Ends With Naples Couple's US Wedding
Maria Marrucci and Nicol Lauriola, both former Naples residents, wed at Costello's Hall in a ceremony led by Padre Giovanni Piralla. The couple, who began their romance in childhood, danced and celebrated with Italian folk dances, wine, and a dinner after the priest declared them married.
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Maria Marrucci
Nicol Lauriola
Naples
Costello's Hall
Padre Giovanni Piralla
Maria
Nicol
Marta
United States
Atlantic
New York
Washington
Italy
Francesco Bassa
Lucia Marrucci
Signor
Antonio Marrucci
Supreme Court Sits Today For Antitrust Opinions
The Supreme Court will hand down opinions today shortly after noon and then recess until May 2. Outside speculation suggests opinions in antitrust cases may be reserved until May 29, but this is uncertain and tied to market effects and holiday timing.
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Supreme Court
Israel Evangelist Delivers Illustrated Sermon at First Reform
Philip Sidersky, Baltimore Yiddish evangelist, spoke last night on Israel Among the Nations at First Reform Church with stereopticon views showing scenes from Europe and the U S. Tonight he begins a series of open air gospel meetings in front of Central Union M E Church on Louisiana Avenue near Seventh Street NW with Miss Grace Reelman assisting on cornet.
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First
Reform Church
Philip Sidersky
Baltimore
Europe
America
Sidersky
Central Union Miei
Louisiana Avenue
Seventh Street
Grace Reelman
Suit tires Hammond see ks courts permission
Mining engineer Daniel J. Sully sues John Hays Hammond in a $1.6 million breach case. Hammond asks a court to excuse further testimony until after his London coronation duties. He plans to sail May 27 for Britain and return after the ceremonies and credentialing, contending the delay tactics of counsel hinder his representation.
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Sully
England
John C. Gittings
Daniel J. Sully
New York
Mr. Sully
John Hays Hammond
United States
George V
Hammond
London
Washington
Canada
Mr. Gittings
Gittings
Philip Walker
Justice Barnard
District Supreme Court
Walker
Harper
Justce Barnard
Earl Grey
Dominion
Europe
Doremus
Dolph B. Atherton
Three Shots Trigger Chase Through Southwest Washington
In the Four-and-a-half and F streets area around 2:20 a.m., three revolver shots and glass breaking alerted residents. Special Policeman Phillips pursued three unidentified Black men after an attempted break-in at M. Kaufman’s saloon, firing during the chase. The fugitives escaped after a chase lasting over three blocks, leaving three empty bottles and a broken storefront front as evidence.
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Washington
Phillips
M. Kaufman
Kaufman Establishment
Exhibition of Evils to Warn World, Says Rev Copp
At Bethany Chapel Rev Zed H Copp urged a world exhibition of evils from war to divorce to show their harm. He warned such exposure could lead to extinction, arguing nations must confront these cancers rather than cover them up.
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Bethany Chapel
Zed H. Copp
Earth
Pauline Wayne to tour dairy show circuit
Pauline Wayne the White House cow will travel to Wisconsin for a dairy show in Milwaukee after President Taft consented. The idea originated in Iowa with Waterloo proposed as a venue but Waterloo is urged against. Milwaukee is favored for the International Dairy Show Association event. William H. Taft would become the first president since Jefferson to have a first entry in a presidentially linked show.
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Pauline Wayne
White House
State Department
Ives
Taft
Pauline
Iowa
Wisconsin
Waterloo
A. S. Cannon
International Dairy Show Association
Milwaukee
Napoleon
Mr. Cannon
William H. Taft
Jefferson
War on the Saloon Observances Rally Churches
Antisaloon League day observed in district churches with strong temperance sermons. Clergy from Pennsylvania and New York urged local option and abolition of saloons, citing the Aiken bill and other measures. Notables included Rev. J A Patterson and Rev. P A Baker, with crowding at several churches and donations given to fund field work.
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House
J. A. Patterson
New York State
Antisaloon League
Sixth Presbyterian Church
Ohio
P. A. Baker
Antisaloon League of America
Hamline M. E
Dr. Baker
McKendree M. B
A. M. Daly
G. R. Munroe
Newark
N. J
New Jersey Antisaloon League
Sherwood Presbyterian Cluch
Alford Kelly
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Antisaloon League
Marion M. E. Church
Washington
W. H. Gotwald
Philadelphia
N. M. Chalfant
Gotwald
Gurlay Memorial Church
Chalfant
Pennsylvania League Literature
Gorsuch M. E. Church
League
Weather Summary from May 14 Report
The Weather Bureau notes a further drop in temperature along the middle Atlantic and New England coasts with frosts in extreme northern Michigan New York Vermont New Hampshire and interior Maine. A general rise in interior temperatures east of the Rockies is expected while unsettled weather and showers move into the upper Great Lakes plains and Mississippi valley Monday into Tuesday. Winds vary by coast with storm warnings from Jacksonville to Cape Hatteras and variable conditions elsewhere.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Middle Atlantic
New England
Great Lakea
North Atlantic
Michigan
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain Region
Upper Lake Region
Upper
Mississippi Ulay
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
South Atlantic
Middle Gulf States
Plains
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Cape Hatteras
Florida
wUll
Guist
Superior
European
Grand Banks
Funeral Services for Frank P. May Held in Washington
Funeral services are set for tomorrow at the family home and the Church of the Immaculate Conception with interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Frank P. May, 74, president of F. P. May Hardware Co., longtime Washington merchant and financier, died yesterday at 435 M Street NW after a year of illness. He was born in Georgetown on August 15, 1852 and lived in the District his entire life. He leaves his wife Annie K. May, four daughters, and two sons Arthur J. May and Leon May, who are named in the firm’s leadership. He served as director of the National Bank of Washington and the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co., among other affiliations.
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Tomorow
Church of Immaculate Conception
Mt. Olivet
Georgetown
Frank P. May
F. P. May Hardware Company
Washington
M Street
May
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mount Olivet
E. J. Connelly
James EB. Brown
Edward J. Hannan
Clarence F. Norment
Joseph W. Offutt
B. F. Saul
N. H. Shea
Odell S. Smith
James F. Shea
National Bank of Washington
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Washington Motor Vehicle Company
Carroll Institute
Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Country Club
Columbia Historical Society
Commercial Club
Annie K. May
Louise May
A. Adele May
Helen B. May
Edna F. May
Boy Injured in Auto Collision near Fourteenth Street
Percy Lake a Postal Telegraph messenger was thrown from his bicycle when struck by a truck owned and operated by R C Tilgham at 2481 Eighteenth Street NW near Fourteenth and Euclid streets. He was taken to Garfield Hospital in unconscious condition and later reported recovering with contusions and possible brain concussion. Police exonerate Tilgham, stating the boy rode before the machine.
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R. c. Tilgham
Eighteenth Street
Fourteenth
Euclid Streets
Percy Lake
Mr. Tilgham
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P. J. Marstiall
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