Clerks as Witnesses in Crawford-Machen Case
Day two of the Crawford Machen Lorenz satchels and contracts fraud trial focused on appointment records and the Post Office Department. Witnesses identified signatures, contracts, and payments linking Crawford to Lorenz with orders for satchels and deliveries to the Post Office. Court adjourned with examination to resume next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willand Crawford
August W Machen
George & Lorenz
Post Office Department
Puewlay
Machen
Andi Ng
Chauter
Beach
Beach Hia
Kelgwin
Maj Holmes Conrad Chiited
Ciecomt
Worthington
John G Carlisle
Chiles & Fraley
Crawford
Crasford
Measea Worthington
Caelisle
Fonrad Svav
Fortin
Cass
Syme Tuk
Nichol
Drst
Wachen
Machen Thomas E
George Thompson
Port Offer Department
New York
Pribun
New York Sune
Crown Va
James No Fitzpatrick
Treas
M McButh
Sixth Auditor's Office
Postal Device and Lock Company
Adams Express Office
Lorens
W E. Colt
Wford
Adams' Express Company
Lorenz
Satchele
George E. Lorenz
Chicago Folly and Striking City Tales Charm and Scorn
Special correspondence from Chicago recalls a carnival of police, drivers, and striking workers. The piece paints a bustling, rough city scene with cops, sprinkling carts, and street clashes, mixing humor and danger in a vivid urban panorama. It notes violence near hotels, trolley strains, and a quick read on mayoral-era mischief, ending with a ceremonial corner stone for Harriet Lane Johnson Choral School to be laid June 1 at Wisconsin and Massachusetts avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Cope Jaterin
Michigan Avenue
Herges
Cregfer
City Hall
Washington Street
Cregler
Harriet Lane Johnson
Wisconsin
Massachusetts Avenues
Bishop Paref
Maryland
Lieut
Santelmann
Printing Pressmen's Delegate Elected for San Francisco Convention
At the April meeting Printing Pressmen's Union No. of this city elected James L Ward of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing as delegate to the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union convention in San Francisco Cal during the week of Janet Ward will visit the Portland Exhibition before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Printing Pressmen's Union No
James L Ward
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union
San Francisco
Cal
Jane T Me Ward
Portland Exposition
NE Street Narrowing Upheld by District Commissioners
Justice Stafford sustains District Commissioners plan to narrow northeast city roadways from Fourth to Fourteenth streets to thirty feet, dismissing a petition by Dr Leroy D Walter and the Northeast Citizens Association. Col Biddle defends trees and shade, citing Washington's need for street greenery and municipal discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
District Supreme Court
District Commissioners
Stamford
Leroy D.walter
Northeast
Washington Citizene’ Association
Consteaa
Congress
Street Width Policy for Residential Areas Discussed
Col Biddle advocates wider streets where possible to ease traffic and space. He notes 30 feet may be ample on a 90 foot wide street, but wider avenues like Pennsylvania require extra width for parades. other avenues should not be widened due to cost and urban form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Biddle
Pouleardy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Maryland
South Caroline Avenues
Mennsylvania Avenue
la Ampie
Loeb Enticed by Rabbit Hunt Invitations Across Plains
Senator Hansbrough invites Secretary Loeb to North Dakota prairie rabbit hunts. The offers promise easy relief from office duties as rabbits are described as plentiful and gamy. Loeb weighs the possibility, noting Colorado rabbits’ reputed boldness, and considers summer plans.
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Hansbrough
Dakota Prairies
Loeb
Colorado
North Dakota
North
Postmasters Appointed by the President Yesterday
The President appointed several fourth and fourth class postmasters nationwide. Names include Alabama Bridgeport Stephan Ceitch and California Jackson F H Baden among others, with Maryland Japland Edward Mullendare and Pennsylvania Bexter Samuel M Mills listed, plus Virginia Bloomfield Henry P Held and Stony Creek Benjamin F Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eist
Alabama
Bridgeport
Stephan Ceitch
California
Jackson F. H Baden
Uinota
Athdos
Willam M. Swingle
Downers Grove
Elbert
C. Stanley New
International Deep Waterways Commission Members Meet
Waterways commission figures from Canada and Britain called on the president amid plans for joint talks on the Great Lakes waterway. The pending meeting was postponed after Gen Ernst received no reply from the American side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IP Maybe
Toronto
Louly Coste
Ottawa
Deep-Waterways Commission
United States
Canada
Charles B Warren
Joint Commission
Ernst
O'Beirne
George Clinton
Buffalo
Professor Williams
Ann Arbor
Great Lakes
Niagara
City of Toronto
International Deep Waterways Commission
Oswald H Ernst
Coips
Engineers
U.S A
Shelter for Homeless Dogs Opens in Washington
The Washington humane society opens a shelter for wandering dogs this afternoon at the Morgan house on Tennallytown road Cedar Lane. The voluntary group of 160 members lists Mrs W B Chandler as president with three vice presidents and a treasurer Mrs Fred McKean. Kennels and runways span an acre, with separate spaces for pets whose owners travel. For more info contact Mrs Fred McKean at 122% New Hampshire avenue or Mrs Sarah Beckley. stray dogs may be left at the shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. B. Chandler
H . . Macfarland
Wallace Neff
A. P Thomas
Fred Mckean
Mr. Totten
New Hampshire Avenue
Sarah Beckley
Braddock Rock Preservation Fight Near Naval Observatory
Historic Braddock rock near the old Naval Observatory sits on land after Potomac reclamation and river shifts. District lack of funds blocks proper marking, while Colonial Dames urge preservation. Engineer Grabill confirms rock within reservation boundaries and proposes seeking Congressional backing for an appropriation.
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Naval Observatory
Braddock
Josephine T Swann
HE. Woodbury
The
Colonial Dames
Potomac Flats
Col Biddle
Hinginseer Grabil
Mr. Grabill
Thaddock
Reservation No 4
Naval Museum of Hygiene
Engineer Grabill
Wales
Congress
Ie Colonial Dames
Bird Lovers Last Outing Plans Trip to Great Falls
The A Society TM invites members to a spring outing on Saturday May 27 by car to Cabin John then by steam launch to Great Falls. Launch departs Cabin John promptly at 1 5. Tickets from Miss Ella Given 1761 U Street NW. Limit sixty persons.
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A Society
Cabin John
Great Falls
Ella Given
U Street Northwest
The Bear and His Housekeeping Mate
A visitor chronicles a curious bear den scene with a male bear returning to a female engaged in a soot smeared housecleaning ritual. The female sonically signals the mate while he growls and the pair perform domestic asserts and rough decor tasks amid a beleaguered winter portrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Grizzly-Bear
Bear
Grizzly
Jim
James
Jameshenryjones
Ius
Sligo
Interesting Conversation Between Hedde and Kidder Recalls Wit
In a vivid exchange Selle Hedde notes one of the most interesting conversations she ever heard with Kidder. Swelle Hedde recalls making timely clever remarks though she does not remember his exact words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selle Hedde
Kidder
Swelle Hedde
The Romance of a Settlement Worker Estyling Moneybags Affair
Bridget O Flynn speaks of marrying a rich man to fund settlement work in slums. She says service is grand and vows to civilize the rich by living with them and quitting a chef’s dish for a homey kitchen. Her marriage is seen as advancing charitable influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget O'Flynn
Moneybags
Smilie
Mise O'Flynn
How the Muddle Starts and Bold Fame Eludes Some
A fragment explores fame and history. It imagines history blotting names with red ink and molasses, while a man rich from head to mouth risks love as a bulldog's jaws interrupt his marriage proposal, highlighting social peril and irony.
Patent Office Sustened in Interference Appeal Ruling
The District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Mr Justice Duell, reversed the District Supreme Court and dismissed the mandamus petition of George A. Lowry and the Planters' Congress against the Commissioner of Patents. The case involved an appeal from a primary examiner’s refusal to resolve an interference over the round base cotton press inventions. The appellate court held the issue interlocutory and not appealable under existing statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of ‘Appeals
Justice Duell
Esterday
District Supreme Court
George A. Lowry
Planters’ Congress Company
Commissioner of Patents
Lowry
Congress Company
Board of Examiners In Chief
Patent Office
District Supreme Court For
Court of Appeals
Reciprocal Mail Pact Expands Transatlantic Shipping
The Post-office Department extends the sea port mail service for all American British and German steamship lines to expedite delivery. A reciprocal agreement with Britain adds about twenty five cities in each country for direct bagged mail, easing postal clerks on sea routes and building on years of successful trans Atlantic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Post-office Department
Shallenberger
United States
Mrs Dane's Defence in Washington Stage Returns
Washington theatergoers will see Mrs Dane's Unto e presented by the Dublin organization at the Columba next week. Miss Chan Intig Walker makes her debut with the company as Mrs Dane, with Gay Standing as leading man, and Dorothy Hammack joining the cast. The company promises a complete production of the English drama with new talent and strong climactic moments.
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Columba
Dubliant Organisation
Court Street
Ptalon
Washington
Blaswrieht
Henry Arthur Jones
Susan
Columbia Company
Newa
Chan Intig Walker
Mrs Dane
Margaret Anglin
Walker
Mr Gay
Mr Stenting
Dares Defene
Dorothy Hammack
New York
Wiss Cory B
Shreve
New
National Chester
Academy of Maine
National Theater
Academy
Ghrevr
Bull &I
Dozen Army Bands In Parade Of Knights Templars
Boston May 24 centennial celebration of Grand Commandery Knights Templars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island featured a parade with forty five commanderies and about a dozen U S Army bands. Union musicians refused to play when a nonunion Fort Adams Newport band was contracted by Fall River’s Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery, leading to army bands filling in the musical portion of the procession.
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Gmon
Knights Templars
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Union
Fort Adame
Newport
Godfrey de Bouillion
Fall River
United States Army
Ifne
G A R Names Judge Moore as Judge Advocate General
In Parsons Kansas on May 4 Commander in Chief W W Blackmar appointed Judge C L Moore of Abilene Kansas as judge advocate general of the Grand Army of the Republic to fill the vacancy from the death of Judge Amon Thayer of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at St Louis Moore previously served with Gen Custer and was Blackmar and Moore comrades in arms Bond case: John A Bengon’s $10000 bond for appearance here May % was received by the District Supreme Court with Frank H Platt as surety
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Blackmar
C. L. Moore
Thayer
Parsons
Kans
C. Li (Moore
Abilene
Grand Army of the Republic
W. W. Blackmar
Blackomar
Judge Moore
Arma Tu
Custer
Moore
Amon Thayer
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Bensons
John A. Bengon
New York
District Supreme Court
Frank H. Platt
Thief shoots woman in Williamsburg home while gems elude thieves
Mrs Jennie Meisel, 30, wife of a contracting shirt manufacturer, was shot twice during a kitchen robbery at 200 Hopkins Street Williamsburg. Two men fled after failed diamond theft. she is mortally wounded and police report little crew to pursue. Neighbors witnessed the escape as doctors treat her at Eastern District Hospital.
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Chicago
State and Munroe
Palmer House
Palmer
Biffer
Williamsburg
N. Y
Ther
New York
Hopkins Street
Jennie Meisel
Meisel
Eastern District Hospital
Mate Ther
Kaimer
Hopking Street
Throop Avenue
Myrtle Avenue
Flushug Avenue
Mrs Meisel
Object to Rockefeller Gifts Sparks Baptist Protests
Fottsfield May 2 A Boston pastor Rev Herbert Johnson says an organized revolt forms among Baptist ministers nationwide against John D Rockefeller gifts to churches He asserts ministers from Maine to California plan a united public protest not a one time uprising but a sustained movement to raise ethical standards in United States churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Fottsfield
Mass
Rey Herbert Johnson
Warren Avenue
United Stats
Maine
Calwon
United States
Alleged Get-rich-quick Manager Arrested in Chicago
Chicago police arrest William T McKee charged as manager of a nationwide get-rich-quick scheme. Subscribers paid 1.25 for eighty four weeks with a promised diamond valued at eight dollars. The operation, last active as the Keystone Company in Houston, Texas, was arraigned before Justice Caverly with case continued to June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wiliam T McKee
Keystone
McKee
Justice Caverly
Sune 1
New Bishop of Superior Named for Milwaukee Region
The Very Rev Augustine F Schinner, vicar general of the Milwaukee archdiocese, is appointed bishop of the newly formed Superior diocese by Pope Pius through Rome. He is forty two, and a Milwaukee native returning to lead the northern see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustine FR Schinner
Milwaukee
Pope
Wis
Augustine F Schinner
Pope Pius
Congregation of the Propaganda
Rome
Missing bank clerk Parker tied to ten thousand short
Hot Springs Arkansas May Wesley G Parker longtime exchange teller for Arkansas National Bank is missing with reports of a ten thousand four hundred dollar shortage from his accounts. Bank President C M Rix says the bank is fully secured by bond. Parker, a former Arkansas regiment officer in the Spanish American War and secretary of the local Elks lodge, is believed vanished last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Wesley G Parker
Arkansas National Bank
C. M Rix
Bond Parker
Arkansas
Lodge of Elks
Conferred Degree on Cortelyou at Wesleyan College
Special to The Washington Post Winchester Kentucky May 2 commencement exercises at Kentucky Wesleyan College conferred the honorary degree of LLD on Bishop A Coke South of Norfolk Virginia and Postmaster General George B Cortelyou in President Roosevelts Cabinet. New Germ Destroyer Dr Kings New Discovery cures coughs colds and lung troubles or no pay one hundred dollars all druggists.
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Cortelyou
Werahingon
Winchester
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Bishop A Coke
Norfolk
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Dr King
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Atlante
Southern Railway
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Weary Willie
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Court of Appeale
Cotton Press
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Rico Sisters
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