National Library for the Blind organized at Arlington Hotel
Taft expresses support via letter to Thomas Nelson Page head of new group. A preliminary meeting at the Arlington Hotel formed the National Library for the Blind with officers President Page director Miss Etta Gillin recording secretary Miss Na Loram Dosey and chaplain Rev Dr Henry Noble Couden. Traveling libraries were proposed to reach all states with no assessments and annual dues set at two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Nelson Page
Arlington Hotel
National Library For the Blind
Etta Tovelyn Gillin
Na Loram Dosey
Henry Noble Couden
Page
Taft
White House
Washington
Mr Page
National Library For
WM. W. Taft Thomas Nelson Page
Esa
The
Arlington
Mr. Page
Ella Loraine Dorsey
Dorsey
Hfe
Couden
Henry N. Couden
Michigan
James L. Slayden
Texas
Ernest Roberts
Massachusetts
Champ Clark
H. Randall Webb
Ty Couden
House of Representatives
Roberts
Lond
Webb
Will leaves estate to widow but narrows if remarries
Samuel F Emmons a Washington geologist filed a last will for probate directing his widow Susanne Earle Emmons to share estate with nieces and nephews if she remarries. The estate includes stocks notes contracts land at 1721 H Street NW a Brookland property and a life policy. Executors Benjamin Breuster and George F Becker are named with allowances for Emilie Markoe Ammius and other needy relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Franklin Emmons
Washington
Susanne Earle Emmons
H Street
Brookland
Emilie Markoe Ammius
Mmmons
Benjamin BE. Breuster
George F Becker
Alleged firebug indicted in district grand jury charges
Thomas J Collins, a self confessed fire bug, was indicted on twelve arson counts after admitting daytime and nighttime fires to sheds and outbuildings to delight seeing fire engines and crowds. Also named were John A Harrison William A Marshall Carlin W Ross Downing Logan Charlen Orton Gibson Johnston Frank Jefferson Harold Webster for related crimes. A federal taxicab story noting a chauffeur earning three dollars per hour is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J Collins
Collins
Jnx
John A. Harrison
Wiliam A Marshall
Carlin W. Ross
Father Wo Downing
William Logan
Charlen Orton
Gibson Johnston
Frank Jefferson
Harold Webster
Safe and Sane Fourth in Peril Over Fund Shortage
Washington faces a threatened cutback of the Safe and Sane Fourth of July celebration as the joint Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade panel warns funds are insufficient. Commissioner Rudolph laments civic apathy, urging 1,000 donors to contribute 1 each rather than few large gifts. Messages seek early gifts to George W. White, treasurer, at the National Metropolitan Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade
Rudolph
George W. White
Safe and Sane
National , Metropolitan Bank
Court Delays Bank Suits In Virginia Safe Deposit Case
Alexandria court delays suits against directors of the defunct Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corp. Judge L C Bailey suspends actions in the state until the Kemper petition is amended and ruled upon. Petitioners include S B Whitehead and G Brent. respondents Col Francis Le Smith and Gardner Ly Boothe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
L. C. Bailey
Alexandria Corporation Court
Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
Focal Court
C. M. Kemper
Nelson County
Kemper
S. B. Whitehead
Lovingston
Commonwealth
G Brent
Col
Francis le Smith
Gardner Ly, Boothe
Adopt New License Law In Alexandria Board Session
The Alexandria board of aldermen, in special session, adopted a license law for the next fiscal year. If approved by a majority of the common council, the measure will raise city revenues. It increases taxes on wholesale liquor dealers from 12 to 225 a year and on retail dealers from 125 to 150. Malt liquor wholesale licenses rise from 30 to 150 and hotel liquor licenses from 150 to 175. Agents for beer outside the city see licenses go from 50 to 150. A common council action and June 1 publication are required, with a called tower board meeting anticipated soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Common Council
Tower Board
WIFE SLAYER HELD BY JURY HEAVY BOND FOR OR
Edward J. MacDonald shot and killed his wife Gertrude MacDonald. A coroner's jury in the Morgue found him held without bail for trial, likely not before October. Eight witnesses testified about the shooting and its aftermath, with the killer remaining silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OR. Morse
Edward J. MacDonald
Gertrude MacDonald
Colorado
MacDonald
Turner
Kelly
Montague
Walter Price
Billopp
Residuary estate given to Watson sister’s brother and heirs
Residuary interest in the estate of Mrs Mary BE Watson is filed, naming Charles L. Carey as residuary beneficiary and executor. Henry C. Watson receives income from Washington real estate. A $300 legacy goes to North Capital Methodist Episcopal Church, with cash legacies of $250 to $500 to several nieces and a nephew. Frederick Knoop’s will transfers his entire estate to his son, Frederick Knoop Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary BE. Watson
Charles L. Carey
Henry C. Watson
Washington
North Capitol
Frederick Knoop, Jr
Rush to Pay Taxes Draws Women Line at Collector Window
A May tax collection shows a predominantly female crowd at the tax office with many paying by check or requesting receipts. With five days left before the 1 percent penalty, daily receipts average over 250000 dollars and are expected to rise. Collector Charles C. Rogers notes high clearance checks. cashier C. M. Towers and assistant W. D. Clark handle bundled cash behind a wall of greenbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Rogers
Rogers
C. M. Towers
W. D. Clark
Railroad Sued for 25000 in District Supreme Court
Henry Thomas, a printer, sues the Anacostia and Potomac Rover Railroad Company for 325000 damages in the District Supreme Court, claiming injuries from a collision between two cars will disable him for life. Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and R H. Yeatman represent the plaintiff.
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Lic
Foreign Exchange
Washington Loan and Trust Co
Jotin Joy Edson
N. W
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Madison Avenue
Forty-Sixth Street
New York
Grand Central Station
Pennsylvania Station
Ritz-Carlton
Carlton
Ritz and Hyde Park
London
RITZ
Paris
Madrid
Esplanade
Berlin
Hamburg
National
Lucerne
Excelsior
Rome
Naples
Splendid
Montreal
Washington Gas Light CO
Tenth Street N. W
Post
John F. Ellis & Co
Ave
Ask Potomac Electric Power Co
Randall's
Anange
Orchase
Prince Albert
Columbia Grafonoa
Columbia Phonograph Co
F Street N. W
Ben Schwartz
House & Herrmann
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
HIG Print Shop
UTA
Society of the National Library
Christendom
Brussels
Cairo
S. F. Emmons
Thomas J. Collins
Virginia
Bailey
Rene Wy Wang Servuantes
Mount Vernon Avenue
Winnor Ps.smoot
Mount Vernon Avenue Association
W. B. Smoot
Thomas Melson Page
John R McLean
M. B. Harlow
Joseph E. Willard
A. J. Wedderburn
Robert §. Barrett
Hubert Snowden
John R. McLean
Frank A. Munsey
T. C. Noyes
Henry I. West
James E. Clements
James R. Caton
R. Walton Moore
Robert E. Lee
J. K. M. Norton
Charles Bendheim
Lawrence Washington
James R Caton
Gardner L. Boothe
A. D. Brockett
J. Tabor Johnson
J. Norman Gibbs
Civic Improvement League
W. P. Berry
Dr. Vivian
Berry
Samuel H. Lunt
Washington Street
King and
Prince Streets
Corporation Court
Packard
Ot Terminal Taxicab Co
Phone North
Zell Motor Car Company
Peerless
Hupmobile
Peerless, Chalmers
Arthur Stanley Zell
James
J. Flynn
Peelle
Old Dominion
Clabaugh
Frank B. Morse
Baltimore
United States
Morse
Baltimore Court
Metropolitan Detective
District Supreme Court
Pratt
District
Mary E. Watson
Husband
United States Soldiers
Brooke
Seltz Rossini
Capua
Bizet
Aletter Herbert
Lincke
Chapt
Naval Gun Factory Band
Navy Yard
Jacob G. Moody
Waltx
Clara
Harry Anders
Sunny
South
Honore
Eta
W. T. Pierson
Keller
Bela Strauss
Beyer
J. B. Lampe, Jr
P. Hane Flath
City Bulletins
Arlington Betting Co
West
Maryland
Pa Ave
Conger
2D &Nyave
U. of V
University of Virginnia Alumni Association
University Club
Sixteenth Street Northwest
Helen Dodge
Reliable Drillers
Civil Service
J.T. Crowley
Ted
Remington Typewriter Company (Incorporated
New York Ave
W. L. Douglas
WW. L. Douglas
America
Spark St
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Pennsylvania Ave
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
F St. Nw
Dr. Kendall
Boston Sample Shoe Parlors, Inc
Jenifer
Harris
Keeley Gore
Keeley Institute
North Capitol Street
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Sour Grocers
Boston
Baxing CO
Fealy
Andrews
C. A. Muddiman & Co
12Th St
G St
R.P. Andrews Paper Co
Chevy Chase For
Thomas J. Fisher & Co, Inc
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