Neighborhood fund drive nears hundred thousand total
The city wide Emergency Hospital fund drive reports near $97,902.25 with government employes contributing heavily. Team C led with $1,998.75 while Team G earned the "We’re It" cup for best effort. Executive secretary Edgar T. Honey urged broad participation, noting even small pledges add up.
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Capt. Hind
C. B. Wood
C. Glover
Mosee
Citizens’ Committee
Team C
Harry King
Emalier
Feam
A. C. Moves
Edgar T. Honey
Mr. Honey
Honey
Charles
Grover
Charles Boughton Wood
Mary. EB. Pinchot
Charles Munn, Jr
Frances FP. Shiras
Nurses Graduate at Sibley Training School
A class of 28 nurses received diplomas last night for completing studies at the Lucy Webb Hayes Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries in connection with Sibley Hospital. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Johnson presented the graduates to Dr. Henry S France who awarded the diplomas. William H. Wider, president of the hospital board, addressed the graduates.
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Lucy Webb Hayes Training School
Sibley Hospital
Elizabeth M. Johnson
Hocal Board of Directors
Henry S Ifrance
William H. Wider
Hill Sees Intensive Agriculture Expanding Northwest
In a Washington interview, Mr. Hill contends railroad earnings favor the Worthwest and Southwest, noting immense trade growth. He argues for reduced grain acreage and higher yields, citing experiments that raised wheat per acre and potential price declines. He warns immigration laws burden the Northwest and cites labor shortages in the Great Northern Railroad and expanding settlement from Canada into Montana. Mr Hill departs Washington for New York.
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Worthwest
Southwest
Hill
Northwest
Missouri
Germany
Hingland
Belgium
France
Argentina
Mississippi Valley
Europe
Great Northern Railroad
Canada
Montana
Dominion
Mr. Hill
Washington
New York
Driver and Mules Injured in D.C. Auto Crash
A Columbia line car rammed a two mile wagon at Massachusetts avenue and Sixth street northwest injuring driver William Matthews and both mules. Matthews was taken to Emergency Hospital. A 14 year old, Garnet Mencel, escaped with bicycle injuries at Fourteenth and U streets. No others hurt in related crashes. a skater suffered a dislocated hip at Twentieth and G streets.
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Columbia Line
Massachusetts Avenue
Sixth Street
J. W. Bean
Fourth Street
William Matthews
Garnet Mencel
Streat Northwest
Fourteenth
U Streets
Newman
Fourteenth Street
C. C. Murray
Eighteenth Street
R. C. Donald
H Street
Donald
Wiliam Johnson
Fairmont Heights
Twentieth
G Streets
Fire damages Miller Clagett & Co grocery in early morning blaze
A $3,500 fire damaged the Miller Clagett & Co wholesale grocery at 617 street NW, starting in the cellar from spontaneous combustion and spreading up the elevator shaft to the roof. Deputy Fire Chief Sellivan and local companies contained it before it could spread to adjacent buildings, prompting a quick evacuation by Central Union Mission occupants.
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Miller, Clagett & Co
Street
Sellivan
National Publishing
Compu
Tnion Mission
Two More Bitten by Dogs in Northeast Washington
A seven year old Ernest Wolta of Sixteenth Street northeast was brought to Emergency Hospital by his mother after being bitten Tuesday by a dog. A second victim, a boy aged eight, was bitten in the leg by a fox terrier on Fourteenth Street northeast as a result of a disturbance. a man named Wade was also attacked during a Wade home disturbance, and was taken to Emergency by auto.
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Washington
Ernest Wolta
Hs 4
Wade
Plunge From 17th Floor Kills One Man in Broadway Accident
In New York on May 14 a girded girder failed on a building at 1 Broad Way, sending two workmen to the roof of a five story structure at 6 Broadway. Daniel Sullivan, 41, of 47 Carmine Street died instantly. his fellow worker Joan King, 40, of 129 Fark Avenue, was mortally injured and later died at Hudson Street Hospital. A bystander fainted after witnessing the 150 foot fall. The incident drew noonday crowds and the crash was heard across the street as debris struck the lower roof.
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New York
Broadway
Financial District
Broad Way
Hudson Street Hospital
Daniel Sullivan
Carmine Street
Joan King
Fark Avenue
French Schoolgirls Stage Two Plays At Playhouse
Two French comedies were presented by pupils of Eastman School at the Playhouse. The program featured La Derniere Fae for younger girls aged 10 to 12 and Ma Tante et Mon Cure for the older students. Several named performers delivered piano and musical numbers, with Nan Smith and Nan Randolph White among the participants.
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Playhouse
Lucia J. Johnson
Misa Elizabeth Ruimbough
Ruth Dillingham
Nan Smith
Misa
Betty G. Beck
Alice B. Sawtelle
Gladys W. Kaime
Mary M. S. Carter
Margaret Ceary
Nan Randolph White
Munsey Trust Co Opens With $2 Million Capital
The Mingey Trust Company begins business this morning with full subscription of $2,000,000 in stock. President Munsey says the new institution will employ modern methods and guarantee 3 to 4 percent interest to depositors. He notes Baltimore’s Munsey Trust success as a model for the local company, aiming to deliver high returns through a liberal yet sound policy. The district trust house starts with the largest capital of any local firm and pledges strong experiences for all classes of depositors.
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Mingey ‘Trust Company
Munsey
Munsey Trust Company
Baltimore
Guest Excites Hotel Over Queer Notes Incident
John W. Bennett registered at the National Hotel in San Francisco and, after shoving notes under other guests doors and claiming agents of the National Cash Register Company hunted him coast to coast, was removed by police. He, 56, was taken to the Washington Asylum Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bennett
National Hotel
San Francisco
National Cash Register Company
Maloney
Pracinct
Bennett
Washington Asylum Hospital
New Apartment House Planned at Fourteenth and Fairmont
Harry Wardman has acquired title to a southwest corner lot at Fourteenth and Fairmont streets, to build a five story apartment house fronting 213 feet on Fourteenth and Th feet on Fairmont. Excavation has leveled the site to Fairmont street and construction is expected to start immediately.
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Fourteenth and
Fairmont Streets
Harry Wardman
Fourteenth Street
Fairmont Street
Navy plans theft sparks tighter security and delayed orders
Secretaries and detectives scrutinize missing naval plans for war vessels amid claims no foreign link found. Navy officials say papers contained no military secrets and emphasize public publication of details, while tightening access to key rooms and issuing stricter key controls for officers.
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United States
Forip
Daniela
Navy
Department
United States Navy
Nature's Food for Infants Bulletin Warns of Summer Death Rise
The District health department warns that hot weather will raise infant mortality due to improper feeding. It urges mothers to avoid artificial feeding substitutes and to understand their full duty to the child. It notes infants cry from thirst and require frequent water in summer.
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Health Department of the
May bar intermarriage lesson from Johnson case
Chicago May 14 The Johnson trial and the Mann act conviction are cited as a catalyst for federal action to ban interracial marriage. Representative Roddenberg Georgia announces plans to use the case to argue that race relations are impossible and seeks trial testimony transcripts. Johnson laments potential prison time and financial strain after spending about 66000 on his defense. His attorney says a new trial denial could push the case to the Supreme Court.
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Jack Johnson
Congress
Chicago
Roddenberg
Georgia
Johnson
Carpenter
Supreme Court
Law Alumni Election at Columbian George Washington School
The second annual meeting of the Columbian George Washington Law School alumni group gathered in the University Chair alumni room with 50 to 60 attendees. Charles Cowles Tucker presided as president and new officers were elected for the year including vice presidents, secretary, treasurer, and executive committee members. Speeches followed by Aldis Browne, Judge Catlan, John Earnest, Latimer, Cooke, and Baer.
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Columbian-George Washington Law School Association
Charles Cowles Tucker
Jason Waterman
Irvin
Pepperef Tawa
J. Witmer
William C. van Wieck
George WW. Dalzell
Alan
Lephane
Edward F. Calladay
Levi Cooke
Aldis B. Browne
Judge Thomas &. Catlan
John Paul Earnest
J. W. Latimer
David A. Baer
Naval plans stolen reveal danger to dreadnought Pennsylvania
Rear Admiral Twining, head of the Navy Bureau of Ordnance, reported missing plans for wiring the new dreadnought Pennsylvania. The list names numerous officials and officers including Clare, Clauss, Clement, Clothier, Cole, Collins, Compton, Conradis, Cooney, Laughtin, Courts, and many others. The incident suggests a significant security breach and potential risk to naval technology.
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Twining
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Pennsylvania
H. J. Meyering
G. R. Meyercord
C. E. Oehle
Gustav Monagh
A. H. Motley
Arthur R. Morgan
Frank Murray
Sinclair B. Nace
A. Neubauer
Thomas A. Brien
John Ommake
William Ottman
P. D. Oviath
Eewin A. Parker
William K. Payné
H. Pletzsch
W. J. Pond
H. van Clief
Peter Volant
We Wakeman
A. Walker i
Oscar W. Walker
Mr. Walter Theodore BE. Wiedergelm
1. Eis
Frank BD. Wickham
Hugo “Wil Mans
W. E.wroe
William Young
Morals Claims At Indian College Bring Senate Hearing
Laura Kellogg and Antonio Denomie testified before the Senate Indian Affairs committee alleging immoral conditions at Carlisle Indian College. Denomie said his daughter reported many girls were sent home for moral shortcomings and a male student lingered in the girls dormitory. Kellogg urged investigation noting lax discipline and looseness at the school. Commissioner Abbott confirmed a few girls were sent home.
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Carisie Indian College
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Mre
Laura C. Kellogg
Licilans
Antonio Denomle
Bad River Reservation
Wisconsin
Denomle
Senator Robinson
Denomie
Kellogg
F. H. Abbott
Indian Affairs
Session of Master Masons Largest Attendance in DC History
The second stated communication of the Grand Lodge of Masons in the District of Columbia met at the Masonic Temple with Grand Master Charles E. Baldwin presiding. Notable actions included granting Temple Lodge No. 22 permission to rename Temple-Nayes Lodge in memory of Thomas C. Noyes, and adjourning a memoriam to Past Grand Master Henry B. Merrills. The gathering marked the largest attendance of past grand masters in memory.
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Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of Masons
District of Columbia
Masonic Temple
Charles EB. Baldwin
Temple Lodge
Temple-Nayes Lodge
Thomas C. Noyes
Henry 8. Merrills
Coolidge, Wetmore
Keiper
T. John Newton
R&nd Lodge
James A. Sample
Cabell Williamson
George W. Baird
Matthew Trimble
W. G. Henderson
James A. Wetmore
Lartin A. Ginn
Walter A. Brown
Francis J. Woodman
Augustus B. Coolfage
Henry K. Simpson
George C. Ober
J. Claude Keiper
Ben W. Murch
Charles EB. Balawin
T. Joan Newton
Alexander Grant
William W. Jermaine
Arving W. Johnston
Thomas H. Young
J. Henning Nelms
Hugh T. Stevenson
James W. Witten
Lem Towers, Jr
Joseph H. Milans
J. Harry Cunningham
Carlos J. O'Neill
Charles C. Coombs
Mark F. Finley
Warren C. Bickford
Albert F. Fox
Samuel R. Bond
Urge Vocational School Backed by Local Association
Connecticut Avenue Citizens Association endorsed a Washington Vocational School led by Dr. William M. Davidson with speakers A. Bryant and Dr. Swaverly. J. P. Crawford instructed to press the matter at the Federation meeting. Chevy Chase association cooperation sought on postal delivery and substation. A Playgrounds Bureau representative to be elected. Maj. George A. Armes to lead a petition for District and Congress committees. Lawn contest judges named and new membership chair appointed.
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Connecticut Avenue
A. C. Moses
Washington Playgrounds Association
Playgrounds Association
George A. Armes
UU. S. A
Maj. Armes
D. H. Rosen
H.C. Dickingon
G. Nye
EB. 0. Turner
W. A. Coles
B.A. Graham
Howard D. Fulmar
W. B. Fullmer
Lodging house resident Dennis Coughlin dies of heart disease
Mrs Mary Wooley of 913 Street Northwest found 69 year old Dennis Coughlin dead in his third floor room after taking a pitcher of water upstairs. Coroner Nevitt ruled heart disease as the cause. body removed to the morgue.
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Dennis Coughlin
Mary Wooley
Mary J. Wooley
Street
Coughlin
Nevitt
Deadlock in Cincinnati streetcar strike continues
The Cincinnati Traction Company and striking workers remain at a standstill as cars run on a line with police escort but carry no passengers. President Kesley Schoept asked Chief Copelan for police protection if more lines operate. Copelan would not permit officers on cars but vowed to prevent disorder.
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Cincinnati Company
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Traction Company
Dia
Kesley Schoept
The
Traction Company
Copelan
Customs Inquiry Ends McReynolds to Decide Wanamaker Case
Attorney General McReynolds nears completion of the Wanamaker customs investigation and will decide in days whether there is evidence justifying presenting to a federal grand jury. Wanamaker paid 100000 to settle civil duty irregularities covering about fifteen years, and a Philadelphia customs house clerk resigned citing carelessness. Treasury officials claim the payment may exceed civil action recovery. Secretary McAdoo urged the inquiry to determine any intent to defraud the government.
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McReynolds
Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
Taft
Treasury
Philadelphia Customs House
China yields autonomy to Outer Mongolia in secret Russia pact
A Daily Telegraph report from London cites a Peking correspondent that Russia and China signed a secret agreement granting Outer Mongolia full autonomy. The accord delimits the frontier and extends to Kohdo Uliassutai and Kirghiz areas, creating a vast autonomous region larger than half a million square miles and marking a notable treaty-era shift.
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London
Russia
China
Peking
Daily Telegraph
Outer Mongolia
Kohdo
Uliassutai
Kirghiz
Mongolia
Autonomous Mongolia
Port Arthur
Alaochau
American University Opens June 4 After Vicissitudes
NEW METHODIST COLLEGE will open June 4 near the city outskirts. Planned by Methodist Episcopal educators, the American University will offer graduate study in fine buildings with grounds. Trustees met yesterday to finalize the opening after years of delay due to funding shortages aided by a bequest from late board president Dr. David H. Carroll of Baltimore.
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American University
Levege
David H. Carroll
Baltimore
Woman Dies by Own Action in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls N Y May 14 two suicides occurred within four hours. A woman jumped into the river from above Prospect Point and was carried over the brink. She left papers identifying her as Mrs Charles M Schmidt of Buffalo a saloonkeeper's wife. Earlier a man named Charles P Lieber 35 of Buffalo identified with JH health died by own action.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Charles M. Schmidt
Buffalo
Federal Government May Prosecute Gypsy Lover
Dinah Stevens the gypsy girl who ran away with Louis Morgan from her parents camp in Madres park northeast was found in Philadelphia with her lover and brought back to Washington by Detective Forteney and two brothers. She admitted returning to her parents. Morgan was not brought back due to a defect in requisition papers and may face Federal prosecution.
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Federal
Dinah Stevens
Louis Morgan
Madres Park
Philadelphia
Washington
Forteney
Detective Bureau
Morgan
Garrison Reorganizes Army and Navy Union Chapter
Gen William F Barry Garrison No 26 Army and Navy Union met at 133% Fourteenth Street NW to reorganize. Capt Thomas A Green presided with B C Goss as acting adjutant. National Commander George Russeill Downs of Erie Pa sent a note of gratification and announced Capt J Walter Mitchell as a national deputy. Next meeting set for next Wednesday at the same location with officers to be elected. Capt Jobin Daley department commander and staff were invited.
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William F. Barry Garrison
Army and Navy Union
Fourteenth Street
Thomas A. Green
B.C. Goss
George Russeill Downs
Erie
J. Walter Mitchell
Capt
Jobin
Daley
Catholics to Honor Father Doyle at Brookland Tablet
Sunday at 2 pm the Catholic Convert League of Washington DC will erect a tablet at the Apostolic Mission House Brookland in memory of the late Father Dhaxis rector of the Mission Trause and spiritual director of the Convert League Rev Lex J o Hern of the Panis Fathers chosen as speaker for the occasion
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Catholic Convert League of
Allen's Foot-Base Antiseptic Powder Advertisement
An old ad touts Allen's Foot Base powder for foot discomfort and germ protection. It promises instant relief from stings and tenderness and claims to prevent corns and athlete’s foot. The copy urges purchase everywhere, offers one price and a domestic address, with no substitutes accepted.
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Alieg
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