Washington Theaters Attract London Assurance Cast
A distinguished Washington audience including the German Ambassador enjoyed London Assurance at the National with Miss Ellis Jeffreys in Lady Gay Spanker and strong supporting turns from Eben Plympton W H Thompson Wheelock Cheatham and Webster. The opening Stock Company at the Columbia featured The Case of Rebellious Susan with Guy Standing Fuller Mellish George Gaston May Hennessey Jeffreys Lewis Ina Hammer and others earning praise. At the Lafayette the Fays offered mysticism and mind reading along with vaudeville highlights by the Rappo sisters and other acts.
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Nationa
London ‘Assurance
Mise Ellis Jeffreys
Washington
Gay Spanker
Eben Plympton
W. H.thompson
Sir Harcourt Courtney
Max Yarkaway
Joseph Wreelock
Dolly Spanker
Murray Carsey
Meuddle
James Nel
Dagzie
Kitty Cheathim
Grace Harkaway
Ein Webster
Charles Courney
Keer
Ike
Lugacens
Mestra, Livbir
Doraiy
Mess Folyompton
Thompson
Sir Harcourt
Max Hook
Fusay
Old Durgunds
Kitty Cheatham
Sherenada
Bouceault
Murray Carson
Pettifagger
Net
Webster
Herbert Steath
Wheelock
The
National
Felx Morris
Susan
Columbia
Henry Arthur Jones
Joseph Luckett
Columbia Theater
Playhouse
Luckett
Columbia Company
Guy Standing
Richard Kato
Q. C
Charles ‘Wyndham
Mr. Standing
Sir Richard
Mr Standing
Fuller Mellish
Mr. Mellish
George Gaston
Louise Galloway
Ahe
May Hennessey
Jeffreys Lewis
Lady Darby
Ina Hammer
Ideho W. Dean
Malcolm Duncan
Georgetown Boat Club
Beanting
Seantling
Just Pub
Grace Cameron Shines in Popular Comedy at Chase’s
Last week’s Chase’s season finale drew large crowds for matinee and evening shows. Grace Cameron, a musical comedy celebrity, delivered a piercing soprano and engaging stage presence with hits like My Pretty Little Kickapone and Since Dolly Dimple Made a It. Other acts included Wilt Crepay’s Ticks and Clicks with graceful dancing, Herbert Lloyd’s tramp specialty, Torri Almond’s clogs, and Mazuz and Mazett in Tramp and the Brakeman. The program also featured Hill and Whitaker with harp and banjo duets and Miss Whitaker’s appealing songs. A widow and her hushed hushed misadventures provided by the Vitagraph pictures. Maurice J. Fielding’s Wedded but No Wife at the Academy with Selma Herman in the lead.
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Chase's
Grace Cameron
O'Brien
Havel
Wilt Crepay
Herbert Lloyd
Lillian Lilyan
Torri Almond
UN Fee Bkaten
Juliet Wood
Fred Ray
Mazuz and
Mazett
Hill
Whitaker
Maurice J. Fielding
Academy
Selma Herman
Feared for His Liberty and The Lyceum Burlesque
A dramatic scene centers on Albert who fears Mrs Brown and a supposed plot against his liberty while Alicea questions his claims. The theater review praises Belma Herman as Winnie Winfield and Oscar O'Shea as Paul Winfield, with strong supporting performances. A separate note covers Fred Irwin's Burlesque at the Lyceum, describing a varied vaudeville bill with performances by Black and McCone, Miss Elisa Bohm, the Zeb and Zarrow troupe, and the Six Ratsenbenders. The Georgetown Orchestra's perseverance and upcoming concert under Josef Kaspar and E. W. Stone are highlighted, featuring Miss Kaspar and a program from Beethoven to modern composers.
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Belma Herman
Winnie Winfield
Parsons
Oscar O'Shea
Paul Winfield
James A. Heenan
Stephen Mansfield
Jack B. Magee
Howard Foley
Fritz Schiller
Fred Irwin
Lyceum
Ollo
Black and McCone
Connellys
Elisa Bohm
Barytone
Zeb
Zarrow
Marie
George Klein
Jolly Zeb
Frank Zarrow
Adam Sorg
Marie Revere
Buster Brown
May Connelly
Motion in Green Case and Utah Water Law Rulings
The Solicitor General asked yesterday in the Supreme Court to dismiss the Green case or affirm the district court judgment over a conspiracy to defraud the government in purchasing time recorders. The court upheld Utah irrigation water use for public purposes and sustained Virginia pilot laws in related decisions. A mass meeting of District D A R chapters was called by State Regent Mrs Ellen Spencer to address resignations and vacancies at 902 FP Street NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solicitor General
Supreme Court of the United States
Hoyt
George E. Green
United States
Marshal McDougall
District
New York
District Court
Green
George W. Beavers
Post Office Department
Anders
Daremus
Bundy
Utah
Clark, Bennett, and Carlisle
B. J. Nash
Supreme Court of the State
Inderit Nash
Virginia
Justice White
Supreme Court of the
Thompson Vs Darden
Vir
Lota
Darden
Supreme Court of
Ellen Spencer
National Board Room
Mra
Kate Kearney Henry
Mary Washington
Anna the Adventuress and the Parisian Mystery
Sir John Ferringhall seeks truth about his ally Lady Annabel and Anna Pellsner the sister who impersonates. Anna discovers Annabel’s jealousy and past entanglements with Nigel Hontson and Montague Hill. The pair clash over love, social duties, and a web of letters, marriages, and a startling revelation.
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John Ferringhall
Sir John
Annabel Meiltgaler
Abe
Anna
Annabel
Jobn
Anna Tosolvea
Sir John Hia
London
Deni
White
Avid Guartlan
Ehimirer
Paris
Sydney
Carlton
Nigel Eanison
Montague
Anna Pellsner
Par
Anné Calle
Banlson
Exodon
Hint
David Courtlaw
Hi Calla
Annabel Rirte
Bomiton
Ens
Nimoo
Anne
Hen
Allont
Knoleon
Tain Wory
Sunday Post
Mr. Bunsen
Paria
Niga Hontson
Supreme Court Rules Pennsylvania Coal Tax Invalid
The U S Supreme Court yesterday reversed a Pennsylvania tax on coal shipped out of state. Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Co challenged a five mill levy on coal mined in Pennsylvania and sold in Buffalo Chicago and other cities. Justice Peckham wrote the opinion, striking down the state tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Chicago
Supreme Court of
Tex
Justine Peckham
Supreme Court Sustains Savannah Street Tax
The U S Supreme Court yesterday upheld Savannah Georgia mayor and aldermen in the ordinance taxing street railway tracks at 100 dollars per mile. Separately a private marriage drama unfolds with a man seeking to uncover truth about a wife’s past and a request for an arranged interview.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Savannah
Tax on Vessels Upheld by Virginia Supreme Court
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals sustains a state tax on vessels operated by Old Dominion Steamship Co. The decision holds that vessels used in interstate commerce but operated wholly within a state's borders are taxable there, even if registered elsewhere. The ruling clarifies state taxation reach amid inland operations.
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Supreme Court
Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Appeals
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Justice Brewer
Court at Kenilworth Furnish Bond in $500 Each
Justice Behrend held Wall and Pumphrey for the Upper Marlboro court after denying motions to quash warrants for betting on races. Each defendant posted $500 bonds. hearing proceeded on the veranda of Allen Mallory's home, with State's Attorney Magruder urging witnesses and defense counsel opposing further examination.
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Wall
Pumphrey
Mallory
Upper Marlboro
Justice of the Peace
Eton Behrend
Kenilworth
Arthur Wall
Maryland Telegraph Company
Anderey T. Pumphrey
Telegraph Company
T. M. Mohler
Maryland
Allen W. Mallory
M. Hampton Magruder
Prince George County
Robert W. Wells
Wells & Wells
James C Rogers
George P. Hoover
Hartigan and Bauer
Washington Bureau
Rogers
Nuask
Hlon Behrend Fe
Bond
Magruder
Mohler
Belmont Park
New York
Richard Wnight
Het Ung
Czaraphine
Bauer
Messrs
Fustice Behre
Upper Matibora
California Supreme Court decision reversed in Harding divorce appeal
The U S Supreme Court ruled in favor of Adelaide M Harding, holding California courts failed to give full faith and credit to a Illinois divorce decree. Justice White stated the Cook County final decree established lawful separation and prevented remarriage, reversing the California court and remanding for further action. Hardy ng appeared pro se for himself and his son for the mother. neither spoke in argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parifhc Coast Court
Harding
Adelaide M. Harding
George F. Harding
Illinois
California
Supreme Court of the United States
Tax Challenge in City Street Railway Case
The court announced by Mr. I dunthe Holmes that the plaintiff's case fails on every ground. The plaintiff argued the tax violated a contract and amounted to taking property without due process, opposing the Constitution of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolt and Isle of Hope Railway Company
I Dunthe Holmes
United States
Indians Right to Fish Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court vacated a lower ruling and sided with Yakima Indian Nation members Simp son and White Swan, ruling a Washington license does not bar their Columbia River fishing rights under the 1858 treaty. Justice McKenna said the license permits use of a peruitar device, not exclusion of the Indians, with further rights to be judicially determined.
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Supreme Court
Washington
McKenna
Supreme Court Decides Damages Appeal vs New York and Harlem Railroad
The court ruled against Birrell and Kierns in their damage claims over elevated tracks, aligning with the Muhlker decision. Justice Day cited the Muhlker ruling, noting differences but no grounds to depart from the established principles. Chief Justice and Justices White, Peckham, and Holmes dissented. The petition for rehearing in Muhlker was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Birrell and Kierns
New York and Harler Railroad Company
Muntiker
Justice Day
Muniker
Bar
McCaully Denied Writ in Contempt Appeal
The Supreme Court refused McCaully's writ of certiorari seeking review of a District Court of Appeals ruling upholding a contempt sentence. McCaully, charged with attempting to influence a juror in Criminal Court No. 1 connected to a case involving embezzled railroad tickets. Burdened by habeas corpus actions, his lawyers Birney and Woodard pursue relief from a contempt sentence.
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Supreme Court
The
United Stated
B. F McCaully
District Court of Appeals
Justice Wright
District Supreme Court
McCaully
Criminal Court No. 1
Samuel Gassenheimer
Birney & Woodard
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Mr. KiNalea
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Mra. Pay
Bisters
Phil Staats
Reidy
Carrér
A. P. Rostow
Rt Chase
Albert
Miss Brown
Alicea
Georgetown Orchestra
Ufe
Josef Kaspar
E. W. Stone
Ealy
Kaspar
Michaela
Beethoven
Aale
T. Arthur Smith
Sanders & Stsyman'a
Anna the Adventuress
B. Phillips Oppenheim
Mittiner
Mr. Montaigue Hine
Montague Hill
Aicide
Earles
Soba
Mr. Ennivon
Mr. Ennison
Ferringhal
Slater
Savoy
Lady Ferringhall
Ennison
Yerringhall
Ferringhall
Thorpe
England
John
Sylvia Manner
Kange
Jonn Trownea
Justice Behrend
Hampstead
Anabel
Annna
Railroad Company
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