Greeting to Envoys Fight New Justice Hall Pageant on Capitol Steps
Delegates from the Woman Voters Conference arrive in Washington after a 388 day propaganda pilgrimage. Enfranchisement supporters plan a procession from Union Station to the Capitol steps with flowers, ribbons, and a reception for envoys and delegates before a noon luncheon. Speakers include notable lawmakers and party figures as a pageant unfolds on the Capitol steps. Opposition surfaces in the Senate to a 2 million dollar Department of Justice building on Pennsylvania Avenue amid broader defense spending debates.
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Woman Voters' Conference
Ieatt
Womans Party
Chicago
Land
Mise Bucs Burny
New York
John Hogera
W DD As- Cough
Connecticut
Florence Bay
Ad Tiltlea
Delaware
Townsendentr
Mary
Agurs Mores
Massachusetts
Gartrude
New' V
Massechusetta
Julia Hurlbut
En Tersey
Percy Read
Virginia
Massane Goode
District of Columbia
Fdith Goode
Helen Todd
Ena Eeel
Pennsylvania
Robert Baker Unstrict
Columbia
Woman Voters’ Conference
Pho
Pace Mastard
Salt Lake
Uty
Mra
Fhoaba
California
Plizabeth
Frederick Alsdorf
Ar ¢Ona
Union Station
Senate
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania Avenue Alto
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Swanson
John Sharp Williams
Vardaman
Stone
Interclub Prize Shoot at Winthrop Announces Teams
The interclub prize shoot at Winthrop on Saturday invites clubs to enter one or more four man teams with a captain optional. Prizes allocate 40 percent to the top team, 2 percent to the second, 10 percent to the third, and the rest to a trophy fund for DC Rifle Association contests.
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Winthrop
District of Columbia Rifle Association
Washington
Wakefield
T Johns
Ulud
National Rifle Association
Harllee
District Court News Highlights Licenses and Probate Actions
District Commissioners Newman Brownlow and Kuts defend a man damus petition filed in District Supreme Court by Charles J Walker to compel city officials to issue building permits for 12 to 14 foot wide dwellings facing FP street near Rock Creek It alleges permit refusals aim to block a parkway linking Potomac and Zoological parks and calls the 14 foot width objection a subterfuge Attorney J Barrett Carter represents the petitioner Florence Huntley Chandler leaves most estate to sister Annette Huntley executrix in a will of May 27 1903 with a December 19 1914 codicil leaving 200 to Goshen Presbyterian Church The petition is filed in District Supreme Court by Almira E B Thompson against Simon Openheimer Real estate valued around 190000 is part of Mrs Mary Velati candy maker estate as probate petition seeks administration Jellars of administration filed by Pauline V Beyer Marie Cheney seeks 6000 damages from Washington Railway and Electric Company for injuries from a crowded car door slam on April 16 Mother and next friend Frank Cheney alleges crushed fingers and permanent disfigurement Porters dissolution suit filed as Pullman Porters' Relief Association dwindles from 50 to 12 members Defendant Abe Jacoby answers wife Carrie Jacoby s petition for divorce and files cross bill alleging cruelty Wife deserted him April 19 Will of John Louis Freund dated October 18 1915 leaves entire estate to Rose C Freund executrix Probate filing notes accounting actions and real estate matters
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Newman, Brownlow and Kuts
Yeaterday
Damus
District Supreme Court
Charles J Walker
Rock Creek
Potomac
Zoological Parks
J Barrett Carter
Florence Huntley Chandler
Annette Huntley
Presbyterian Church of
Goshen
Executrix
Frank Cheney
Marie Cheney
Washington Railway and Electria Company
Chesapeake Junction
Walter P. Plumiey
Abe Jacoby
Carrie Jacoby
Hla
Mark Stearman
John Louis Freund
Rose C. Freund
Prominent Washington Businessman Paralyzed Outside Friend’s Home
Brainard H. Warner III, longtime Washington figure, collapsed with paralysis Sunday morning in front of Justice Stanton J. Pestle’s home at Connecticut Avenue and Irving Street NW. Warner, waiting to pick up Pestle for a ride, fell unconscious as the car was prepared. Chauffeur rushed him to his East Kirk Street residence in Chevy Chase, where physicians said he remained in a comatose state.
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Brainard H. Warner
Washington
Stanton J Pestle
Court of Claims
Connecticut Avenues
Irving Street
Warner
Justice Peelle
Justice Pealle
Mr. Warner
East Kirk Street
Chevy Chase
Mr.Warner
Injunction Issued In GAR Strike Over Arbitration Breach
Washington and Old Dominion Railway seeks a district court injunction against 155 former employees affiliated with Local 699 of the Amalgamated Association to prevent interference with operations and mail trains. The order bars hindering or coercing workers, with a hearing set for May 25 to renew the injunction. charter actions and suspensions ripple through the union as operations remain at a standstill.
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International Union
Cara
Washington and Old Dominion Railway
District Supreme Court
Wilton J Lambert
R H‘yeatman
Ttia
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
District of Columbia
Virginia
Alexandria
Loudoun
Fairfax
United States
Thornton
Roosters Back Home on Boosting Trip to Washington
Retail Merchants Association boosters return aboard the Three Rivers after a Chesapeake Bay and Potomac excursion. They promoted Washington as a shopping center with the slogan Buy at and Boost for Washington, distributing souvenirs and entertaining crowds at many stops from Baltimore to Leonardtown and beyond.
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Washington
Potomac
Retail Merchants Association
Three Rivers
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Miller's Wharf
Smith’s Creek
Bromes Porto Bello
Grason
Bretons Bay
Cobrams
Bay Side
St Clements Bay
Bushwood Wharf
Rock Point
Wicomico River
Morgantown
Riverside
Glymont
William S Knox Dies, Noted Washington Businessman
William S Knox 63, longtime head of Knox Express Company and prominent in District affairs, died suddenly in Atlantic City. He built a varied civic résumé as founder and first president of the Businessmen Association, director of Metropolitan Citizens Bank, and member of many fraternal orders. Funeral services today at 2:30 p.m. at his home, with burial in Glenwood Cemetery.
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Knox Express Company
Washington
Atlantic City
Maine
Knox
Vermont
Swarthmore College
Dean Caldwell
Woodward
Business Men's Association
Metropolitan Citizens Bank
Board of Trade
Federal Lodge
No.1
FFA A.M. Columbia
Washington Commandery
Almas Temple
Mystic Shrine
Society of Colonial Wars
University Club of Washington
Sons of the American Revolution
Cora Hamilton
Mra Barry
Tennessee
William S Knox. Jr
Cernent Smith
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Masonic Orders
Knights Templar
H Randolph
George W White
D H P Johnson
J H Ralston
Barry Bulkley Bayard H Smith
Dean Caldwell S
Charles Semmes
Boy Scout Tag Day Seeks Funds Across District of Columbia
The Boy Scouts of the District of Columbia plan a Saturday tag day to raise money for the next three years. Scouts will be assigned to sections, selling orange, lavender tags and pennants at 10, 25, and 50 cents. Each boy must show a headquarters issued letter and persuade at least six neighbors. Over 10,000 residents are expected to be reached. Scouts selling $10 in tags receive $1 toward equipment or Camp Archibald Butt expenses. Troops averaging $10 daily sales qualify for an $8 registration prize, with inactive members counted differently for the prize but credited for tag sales.
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Boy Scouts of
District of Columbia
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Headquarters
Archibald Butt
College teams vie in NRA shooting championship
George Washington leads 16 other colleges as competition opens for the NRA national championship. Six men per team shoot ten shots at 200 yards rapid fire and 300 and 50 yards slow fire. The winning team claims the championship trophy for one year, with silver medals for its 12 members and bronze medals for the runner-up team members.
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George Washington
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