Bill to Link Parks Seeks Clean Rock Creek Stream and Botanic Site
Senate bill introduced by Mr. Wetmore authorizes a commission to acquire land along Rock Creek in the District of Columbia to prevent pollution, connect Potomac Park with the Zoological and Rock Creek parks, and provide a new site for the Botanic Gardens. Total cost not to exceed 2.2 million. partial repayment from District revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Wetmore
Rock Creek
Potomac Park
Zoological Park
Rock Creek Park
National Capital
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States Botanic Gardens
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
Secretary of Agriculture
District of Columbia
United States
United States Botanic Garden
Treasury
Mrs Annie Silsby Freed After Escape From Hospital
Mrs Annie Silsby, who escaped Tuesday from the Government Hospital for the Insane, was arrested yesterday by Baltimore police and freed after officials said neither local police nor hospital authorities would recapture her. She had been confined since April 2 and was aided by outsiders during the escape. S/he has long appeared in District courts. The ad then shifts to an unrelated Hood's Sarsaparilla endorsement note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Silsby
Government Hospital
Baltimore
Jolsby
Economy and Dress: Choosing Shoes for Longevity
The article warns that shoe quality hinges on stitching and real leather, not imitation. It compares leathers like gunmetal and tan calf, notes oil extraction weakens tan leather, praises natural sun metal, and emphasizes avoid enamel finishes. It advises buckskin and white buckskin for comfort and summer wear, plus white sea island duck as economical summer options, urging reliable stores and considering comfort alongside cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Frenen
Fartare Pope
Albany NM man defies Arbor Day speech in school case
C Carr of Watervliet kept his son from studying part of Gov Dix's conservation speech chosen for Arbor Day. He was charged with violating compulsory education law but court suspended sentence after he explained he had enrolled the boy at Green Island school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
NM. Y
Dix
Carr
Green Island
Organize to help children in Anacostia
The Child Welfare Association of Anacostia was formed yesterday at Ketcham School by teachers and mothers to improve mutual understanding. Miss G A Phillips, Principal H N Johnson, TE Kramer, and Mrs G B Rafter spoke, and officers named include Mrs R A Pyles president, William G Davenport Fort vice president, Mrs M B Cornish secretary, and Rev Samuel W Graf fin treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child Welfare Association of
Anacostia
Ketcham School
G. A. Phillips
H. N. Johnson
TE. Kramer
G. &. Rafter
R. A. Pyles
William G. Daven- Fort
M. B. Cornish
Samuel W. Graffin
Campaign for funds by Women’s League for Junior Republic
The Women’s League of the Junior Republic conducted an active citywide campaign for funds yesterday. Mary S. Lockwood, president, said returns were not announced and the effort will continue today. League officers in charge include Aline Solomons as vice president, G. M. Brumbaugh as recording secretary, Leslie Jackson as corresponding secretary, and John McMan as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's League of the
Junior Republic
Republic
Mary S. Lockwood
Women’s League
Aline Solomons
G. M. Brumbaugh
Leslie Jackson
John McMan
Bomb Explodes in Hotel District Near Broadway
New York May 17 a bomb exploded early today in the hotel district on West Forty fourth street near Broadway shattering windows and alarming hotel guests. Police reserves were called out after two men, driving a taxi, fled ten minutes earlier. Authorities link the blast to gambler rivalry, noting three prior explosions connected to jealousy between gambling factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Weat Forty-fourth Street
Broadway
Lunatic picked up at sea near Thatcher Island
Raymond Blackmore, a demented youth who escaped custody at Choate Island, Essex, was found yesterday seven miles off Thatcher Island in a small craft. The Mary Cooney towed him to port after a coastwide search by life-saving crews from Cape Ann to the Isles of Shoals, plus the ships Marietta and revenue cutter Gresham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Thatchers Island
Mary Cooney
Raymond Blackmore
Choate Island
Essex
Blackmore
Cape Ann
Isles of Shoals
U. S. S. Marietta
Gresham
Horse Runs Amok Battering Window on Ninth Street
A frightened horse pulling a wagon bolted on Ninth Street Northwest near H yesterday afternoon. It dashed into J Stanley's 806 Ninth Street storefront, smashing the plate glass, injuring the wagon animal with severe cuts to legs and body before it was extricated. M Holzbierlein of 1349 Seventh Street Northwest is named in connection with the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Holzbierlein
Seventh Street
Ninth Street
J. Stanley
Two Couples Wed at Rockville
Two marriages took place in Rockville Maryland as Miss Fannie Pearl Patton and Thomas L Watts of Berea Virginia wed in the afternoon officiated by Rev S R White. Later Miss Addie Wat king and Edgar A P Jones of Marksburg Maryland were married by Rev William D Keene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Fannie Pearl Patton
Thomas L. Watts
Berea
Stafford County
S$. R. White
Addie Watking
Edgar A. P. Jones
Marksburg
Wiliam D. Keene
Evidence by Animals and Opinions in Two Court Cases
The Alabama Supreme Court reversed a murder conviction in Wilson v State, noting common knowledge that mules shy after prior fright, and Nebraska’s high court questioned bloodhound trailing in Brett v State for its unreliability. The NY Sun summary highlights cautious limits on animal evidence in trials and favors objective proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Tribunal of Alabama
Highest Court of
Nebraska
New York Sun
Supreme Court of Alabama
Wilson
Killett
New York Law Journal
The
Law Journal
Admits Wireless Fraud in Plea of Guilty
Samuel S. Bogart vice president of United Wireless Telegraph Company pleaded guilty to misuse of the mails in a high profile indictment. The plea came on May 17 after a motion by his counsel former District Attorney Jerome was allowed. Sentencing will be deferred while co defendants stand trial. Tacoma recalls more officials after a May 17 election, recalling two city commissioners and the mayor while three of five earlier appointees were removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogart
United Company
New York
Samuel S. Bogart
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Concern
Jerome
Tacoma
Wash
AW Fawcett
W. W. Seymour
Circuit Court No
Justice Anderson
Kengla
Capital Traction Company
Gordon & Gordon
R. Ross Perry & Fon
G. T. Dunlop
Capital ‘Traction Company
Eauro
George F. Williams
R. Rosa Perry & Bon
G T. Suntop
United States
Krcckhoofer
M. A. Tappan
R. Wilson
Darlington, Johnson
Johnson Va
Barton
Lambert & Yeatman
H. H. Glascle
Pre
Rhodes
Forrest
Smith
Attorm Leighton
Williame
Hamilton
Colbert, Torken & Hamilton
Belasco to open with Peter Pan summer bill
The Vagabonds stock company at the Belasco opens its summer season Monday night with Peter Pan by J M Barrie. Mrs Hopkins will play Peter Pan. Also ahead are Aborn English grand opera Thais at the New National with Lois Ewell Mischa Ferenza and others in the cast. Columbia Players present A Woman's Way with Grace George. Casino features vaudeville acts inclusing the Silver Troupe Krimusalki and more. Ben Greet Woodland Players begin open air season at Bristol School with A Midsummer Night's Dream and follow with The Comedy of Errors and other Shakespeare plays. Tickets at T Arthur Smith's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belasco
Peter Pan
The
Vagabonds
J. M. Barrie
Band of
Lost Boys
Mrs. Hopkins
Violet Vivian
Ben Greet Company
Belasco Theater
Engliah Grand Opera Company
New National
Massenet
Emgnah
Messrs
Lois Ewell
Hirith Helena
Mischa Ferenza
Nicias
Louis Kreidler
Giuseppe Picco
Morton Horodas
Palemon
Columbia
Thompson Buchanan
Columbia Players
Grace Géorge
Silver
Mile
Krimusalki
Tippo
Frank Latimore
Dorothy Carlton
Mason and
Stuart
Tramp Blake
the Monologist
Chase
Sam Mann
Josie Heather
Comedienne
Homer Miles
Sylvan
Florence Flemming Noyes
Ben Greet Woodland Players
Bristol School For Girls
T. Arthur Smith
Follies of New York and Paris at Gayety and park openings
The Gayety announces Follies of New York and Paris with Jennie Austin Harry Woods Nell Capron Ada Ayers Henry P Nelson Harvey Green and others across two acts titled Night Life in Two Great Cities at the Gayety next week Cosmos will feature the O Connor sisters Selma Walters and Herbert Frank in A Womans Way opening week plans for Glen Echo park show a near complete reconstruction with free admission. Galatea the pantomime dancer appears at the Playhouse next Tuesday at 415 with Bertha Remick providing themed piano works and a program of Beethoven and Mendelssohn under Lucia Vale Barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmos
The
Brylawski
New York
Three O'Connor
Selma Walters
Herbert Frank
Glen Echo Park
the Playhouse
Galatea
Apollo
Bertha Remick
Boston
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Washington
Miss Lucia
Vale Barber
Complex United States Commerce Court session notes
Proceedings in the United States Commerce Court feature Presiding Judge Knapp with Archbald Huct Garland and Mack. Admitted attorneys include Dykmen Brownell Glasgow Pierce Closson and others. Cases range from interdict orders to railroad and sugar refin ing disputes with interveners and representatives named, adjournments and hearings continuing through May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Commerce Court
Knapp
Archbald
Huct
Garland
Mack
William N. Dykmen
Brooklyn
N. Y
George F. Brownell
New York City
Glasgow, Jr
Philadelphia
Pierce
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry B. Closson
R. Butler
Chicago
John F. Lacey
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Herbert A.taylor
Eugene C. Brockmeyer
Washington, D. C
Frederick R. Whippler
William A. Parker
Baltimore
Southern Pacific Company
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company
United States of America
Cass
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ariington Heights Fruit Company Et al
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Georgia Edwards
Delaware,Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Company
Rahway Valley Roailroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Rahway Valley Railroad
Summit
N. J
Rahway Valley
New York Harbor
Federal
Johan Arbuckle
William A. Jamiaou
Brooklyn Eastern District
United States
Henry B. ‘Closson
Tlervener
William N. Dykman
Arbuckle and
Jamison
Epter- Ine
B.A. Bigelow
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Real Estate Transfers in Washington District Headlines
A compilation of transfers across Randle Highlands Washington Heights Petworth and other DC neighborhoods lists numerous buyers and sellers. Transactions include Irene Brennan to Elizabeth Holmes and Fulton R. Gordon to Libbie H. Miller with varied sums, most at $10 and some notable larger amounts.
Deeds of Trust Read Across Numerous Squares and Lots
A lengthy notice lists deeds of trust across multiple city blocks and squares including 1262, 167, 168, 19, 2715, 1 0, 1750, 1748, 2922, 968, 555, 754, and 1063. It details lenders such as Washington Loan and Trust Company United States Trust Company and National Permanent Building Association and borrowers like George W Marsh Minnie B Newton Mason H Johnson Amelia B Parkinson Roberta Clark and Andrew J Cummings, with secured sums ranging from 1 400 to 7 000 and terms from 1 to 4 years at 5 to 6 percent. The notices reference properties by lot numbers in squares and blocks including Bloomingdale Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Moetcalf
Elias E. de Leshmutt
Squars
John H. Harvey
Bradford
Granville
Yale Rice
Mason H. Johnson
Same
Minnie B. Newton
United States ‘Trust Company
Lynchburg Investment Corporation
James Gibson
J. Lonia Willige
Ernest H. Daniel
Emma W- Carter
Little H. Miller
H. D. Gorton
A. E. Heater
Fulton R. Gordon
John W. Share R
Amelia EB. Parkinson
Norman Z. Lansbury
Joseph B. Bowling
Harry C. Holt
George M. Casper
James F. Shea
William P. Normoyle
Florence I. McAuliffe
William 5. Hopking Et Ax
John T. Arms
Samuel A. Drury
Lee Brown
Bloomingdale
George P. Killian
Chapin Brown
Henry H. Bergmann
Oriental Building Association
Isabel House
H. Howard
Wharton F. Lester
Michael J. Colbert
National Permanent Building Associaton
Andrew J. Cummings
Henry H. Hergmann
George M. Emmerich
Metropolly Building Association
Roberta Clark
Charles R
L. W. Richardson
Kigaine Terry
Harry C
Property liens and secured notes across multiple Washington squares
Several property transactions list mortgages and security interests including Francis A. Marthet to secure Baton Warren for $500 over 1 to 20 months at 6 percent on lot 27 block 13 in SQUARE 73. Burns to Clayton for $3,500 on SQUARE 28. Herman Favelson to secure various loans totaling $1,300 on lot 122. Brundage to secure $3,100 on lot 4 square 2% and others. Additional entries cover Daniel Davis to McLaughlin on lot 34 block A, Jarrell to Russell and Lake for $2,200 on lot 61 block 8, Rose McCann to Rust and Howle for $2,100 on lot 38, Kilian to Birge and Gasch for $500 on lot 168, Stoll to Brown for $2,600 on lot 15 block 1, Morris to Thompson for $850 on lot 117, Spelcer to Thompson for $1,250 on lot 116, Bray to Saul and Hilton for $1,750 on lot 3, and multiple other trusts and securities across SQUARE 280s to 2827 including 8,000 to 2000 sums, with varied terms and interest. Other entries include Wardman-related notes, and several blocks in Bloomingdale and Dobbins Additions with dates and percentages noted. Many entries reflect monthly or quarterly payments with 5 to 8 percent interest and terms from 54 days to 3 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Marthet Ax
Wiliam H. Sholes
John L. Warren
Baton Warren
John H
Margaret M. Burns
James Berry
William McK. Clayton
Eds Perpetual Building Association
Herman Favelson
Same
Dobbins
Charles S. Brundage
Ax. Forams
Herbert T. Shannon
A. Kenton Muhleman
L. Floyd
Columbia Heights
Dertha M. Davis Etvin
William W
Aaron E. McLaughlin
Marion L. Garrison
Margaret Burrows
Lrightwood Park
Thomas PB. Jarrell
Percy H. Russell
Frederick A Lake
Amelia A. Gardner
Rose J. McCann
Harry L. Rust
George Calvert Howle
Harold L
Cure Oriental Building Association
Bquard
Nancy F. Morris
S. Percy Thompson
Herbert Shannon
Harry Wardman
Thomas P. Bones
Eunice N. Spelcer
Square
Martin H. Bray
B. Francis Saul
Walter E. Hilton
Garnett A Smith
Norman L. Sansbury
Francis Saul
Walter #. Hilton
Garnett A. Smith
Lot & Same
B. Francis Caul
Norman L. Gapsbury
John A. Saul
Horace L. Washington Et
Edgar Speiden, Jr
SL. Bloomingdale
Arthur Bristoe
Et Ax
Frank P. Reewide
Fred A. Schmidt
James C. Sowers
LE Droit Park
John George Reisinger
William Montgomery
L Pierce Botc Ter
Masonic Mutual Life Association
Bessie F. Smith
William
Robert L Williams
Jessie L. Helskel
McNamara Case Suit Challenges Extradition Jurisdiction
Indianapolis May 17 Henry Seyfried attorney for J J McNamara secretary treasurer of the International Iron Workers Union filed suit in the circuit court asking to determine if Police Judge Colling had proper jurisdiction to turn McNamara over to California authorities on April 22 after his arrest and removal from the state. The suit claims the extradition proceedings were irregular and seeks dismissal of the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Henry Seyfried
J. J. McNamara
International Iron Workers’ Union
Circuit
Colling
McNamara
California
No Coal for Cruiser as Buffalo Drifts in Alaska
Cordova Alaska May 17 The United States cruiser Buffalo lies with empty bunkers near millions of tons of coal deposits inland and practically helpless for want of fuel The government will dispatch a collier from Puget Sound navy yard about 1600 miles away to supply coal Efforts to obtain fuel in Alaska failed The Bering River coal fields cannot be touched until private owners' title claims are settled
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Buffalo
Alaska
Cordova
United States
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bering River
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Potomac
Government Printing Office
United States Statutes At
Annie Silsby Freed
Nature
Hood
Nome
Ey Barbara
Boyd
Parents and Teachers of
Welfare Association
Lunatic
Dory
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Brett Vs. State
Deoth
National
Ben Greet Woodland
Gayety
Paris
Playhouse
California Fig Syrup Co
ENA TU
Romalee
Elixire
SENNA
Hockman
Criminal Court
Justice Wright
Wiliam A. Pibres
Worthington
Mattie E. Lomax
Ogren
Rained Carrington
John Ridowt
le Rulit
Percy A. Burton
ac B_ Collins
Arthur Johnson
T. M. Beker
Joseph Salomon
Cora Nelson
R. L. Waring
Frank Pillard
Criminal Court No
Clataugh
George F. Cavanaugh
Fred L. Coogan
J. F. Kelly
James Fenwick
National Training School
Adell Winifred Wade
Nichol
Foster
Truitt
United States Court of Customs Appeals
Montgomery
Smith, Barber
da Vries
Marin
F. W. Myers & Co
Austin, Baldwin & Co
Simpson
Vandegrift
D. Frank Lloyd
Appellees
Albert H. Washburn
Appellante
C. D. Lawrence
Walter E. Hampton
Appellants
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Appellant
Felts
Sidney G. DeKay
Appellee
United States, Appellant
Pranklin Sugar Renring Company
C. D. Baker
James W. Bayard
Dy. Baker
Supreme Court
Equity Court No. 1
Justice Stafford
Vermeuls
Vermeule
Plaintifs
Carter & Brooke
J. C. Foster
Barry Ve Cavanaugh
Charles ©. Robson
Clinton R. Colvin
C. Hi. Robson
G. R. Colvin
Cocokion Ys
Vlahos
Pro Confesso
Jeave
George Th. Thomalies
Vincent L. Toomer
Plaintif
G. Th. Thomaldes
C. E. Robson
J. A
W. L. Toomey
John D. Rhodes
Examiner
W. A. Goombe
Crandal Mackey
Roberts Va
Roberts
R. Newton Donaldson
W. A. Coombe
Leon Pretzfelder
Washington Cooperative Brig Company
H. G. Kimball
Jordan Vs
American Security and Trust Company
Grassis
Jones—Mattingly
Peerle
Thomas BE. Waggaman
Nisi
Louis N. Ridenour
Justice Gould
Leonora Joyner
Higgins, McNeill & Evans
Leah B. Kniffer
Lee Hatter
Bond
F. Ate
William H. Tavenner
Dora
BR. A. Ford
Rose EL Aeeiten
C. W
Albert D. Schmidt
W. E H. Ambrose
L Block
Charles R. Woods
American Secruity and Trust Company
F. A. Fenning
A. B. Lest
Joseph Curtin
W. H. Manague
Mary J. Fairbank
Bessie A. Hough
Charles Blackstone
Nancy H. Branson
George 5. Shinn
Ann E. de Neale
Will
A. H. Bell
Margaret A. Machon
F. J. Baker
P. H. Marshall
Edward Richard
Aled
Cumberland
G. Hernfion
Frank Stetson
Gilbert A. Clark
Frederick A. Piper
Plantiff
Blair, Drayton” & Hillyer
Joseph J. Darlington
Wilmer Latimer
Andrew Milck
Ralston, Siddons & Richardson
Equity Court No. 2
Jenkins
Charles H. Turner
T. H. Filham
Ly A. Block
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Vinson
Blair
Justice Barnard
First National Bank of Dexter
Fox and
Edwards
Fox
H. F. Woodard
Millan & Smith
J.ke Darlington
Durland
Washington Post Company
Tucker, Kenyon & Macfarland
W. J. Lambert
People’s National Bank
Winship
Attorness
McNeill & McNeill-Wilson
Barkesdale
Capital Traction
Gardiner
Perry & Son
Dunlop
Brownen
Golden
Jeffords
Downing
Berry
Johnston
Darlington
Nedo
Dixon
Great Falls and
Old Dominion Railroad Company
Marche
Lambert
Louis A. Dunan
Washington Gaslight Company
Higging, McNeill & Evans
Moors & Hil
Ellowden Dougherty
Municipal Court
John Wanamaker
Francisco de Zea Bermudez
Brandenburg & Brandenburg
Randle Highlands
United States Realty Company
Pauline L. Beckmann
Randle Highlands—National Savings and Trust Company
Tresree
Anna Mae Kirk
Patrick
Thomas ¥. Brown
Aquare
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
John C. Deichmann
Andrew J. Ag
Clara M. Cummings
Priendship
Wilbur Wn. Bilth
Horace Lyand
Washington Heights
Irene Brennan
Elizabeth Holmes
L Street
William H. Gibson
John E
New Hampshire Avenue
French
Elma
Moulton
Brookland
Eliza R. Gregory
Alvin T
James L. Sherwood
Belair Heights
Charles H. Wilson
Sarah W. Bradley
Belair Height
Holmead
Nancy ¥. Morris
Eunice N. Speiden
Saul
Fourteenth Street
Thomas F. Mallan Et al
Bessia F. Smith
G Streste
Apna EB
Larigey
Lizzla J. Hille
Twenty-Seventh Street
O and P Streste
Mattia R. Slater
George W. Maregh
George W. Marsh
John G. Slater
Kenilworth
Bernard G. Brown
Frank E. Edmunds
Seventeenth
Eighteenth
Harry G. Laycock
John Lynch
Cne
Tohu W
Laura W. Sharer
Amelia E. Parkinson
Tenth
Eleventh
Florence D. McAuliffe Et
George M
Mary E. Casper
Morgan Street
Second
Third
Harry A. Kite
Williams
Eleanora F. Hopkins
Schoen & CO
W. Lexington Street
Schoen & Coo
H Street
N. W
Thomas F. Mallan
Isabelle J. Ridgway
William E. Edmonston
Louis H. Peak
Corcoran Fire Insurance Company
Army and Navy Cub
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Ike
Sams
Anna M. A. Lee
M’namara
Danderine
Minnesota
Knowlton
Casderine
Knowlton Danderine CO
Ill
Buffenim
L. L. Perkins
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