Tax Reform urged by District Collector Prince
District Collector Ben L Prince urged changes to tax laws for the District, calling for annual vehicle registrations and licensing of watercraft, exemptions for personal property under $1000, and prorating taxes. He criticized current laws on tax sales and noted large uncollected balances. total receipts for the year were $8998 14914 with $1,254.9579 unpaid.
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Waltercraft
Ben L Prince G
General Fund
SehUs Mae
Washington
Baltimore
Prince
Columba
United States
Revelation of a German escapee and party in wartime travel
A group led by Miss Timlow fled Germany as mobilization orders sounded. They traveled via Amsterdam and to England aboard a crowded ship, then aimed for Dresden from Munich, with troops near the area. Plans followed to leave the country by night and secure passage through England after delays in Amsterdam.
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Timlow
Washington
Germany
Amsterdam
England
Timion
Dresden
Munich
Misa Tinvow
Timluw
Opera Question Up To Public In New York
New York City faces a choice to donate fifty thousand dollars or lose the Century Opera feature. The Metropolitan Opera may risk suspension for the second half of the season if the public fails to respond. A circular letter from the Popular Opera of the Five Boroughs, led by Ewart Laird, urges support to continue the popular opera at the Century Theatre.
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New York City
New York
Musi Pysera
Sears
Ewart WY Laird
Hare Niatt
Thieves Take Two Cameras From Edwin Ho Store
Two young men entered Edwin Ho store on Gonge Street Northwest and stole a camera valued at 250. They selected a camera on approval for a fictitious Vermont Avenue East address, then fled. A similar theft occurred yesterday near 13 Fo Street Northwest using a fraudulent Vers mont Avenue address.
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Edwin Ho
Versmont Avenue
Charles B Williams Dead Funeral Notice
Charles B Williams dies yesterday. He was president of the Capital State? Teanch came pany. Funeral at Athest 1908 FO street. Burial in Rock Creek Cemetery vault. Survived by wife Bertha Falter Williams of Reedsboro and one child.
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Chares BK Williams
Tate Teanch
Pany
Rock Creek
Willaams
Bertha Falter Williame
Reedsboro
Gunboat Princeton Saved From Rock Near Pago Pago
The American gunboat Princeton was salvaged after striking an uncharted rock near Pago Pago harbor while the Fainceton returned from a surveying voyage. Divers covered hull breaches with canvas, pumps operated at full speed, and salvors cut off the rock pinnacle and cemented the wound to restore the vessel.
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Honolu
Kawaii
Princeton
Tullidla
Sonoma
Dreame Line
Fainceton
Pago Pago Harbor
American Samoa
Esses
Ami
Charlton in Bad Health as Guards Implicated in Smuggling Letters
Porter Charlton, the American wife slayer held in an Italian prison, has fallen under stricter confinement after two guards were arrested for tampering with prison procedures. Charlton’s privileges have been curtailed, his diet restricted, and his trial postponed to February as authorities investigate allegations he induced guards to smuggle letters to his father and lawyer. Charlton maintains that his planned testimony will reveal the cruelty of his wife and the effects of their marriage on his sanity.
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Inal
Boetal Cabe
Washington Post
Italy
Porter Chariton
Charlton
Servidio
Harlton
Palmiers
New York
Charltons
Hariton
Rumor Denied Hamburg America Vaterland Attachment
A Jersey City county court action seeks 1945.73 from Waring and Gillow insurance brokers. Rumors tied the Vaterland liner to Berwind-White Coal Mining Company were denied by a coal company member with no further details available.
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Jersey City
York
Waring
Slack Held in $3,000 Bonds After Court Appearance
Oscar Ro Slack of 1109 Sixth Northwest was held in bonds of 4000 in police court on burglary and housebreaking charges. Captured Thursday by Sergis Berman and Cornwall while attempting to redeem a coat at a second-hand clothing store, the coat matched a stolen item from B E Birchfield’s apartment. Detectives found more than 190 worth of valuables in rooms on Sixth Street related to recent apartment thefts.
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Oscar Ro Slack
Sixth Northwest
Slack
Sergis
Berman
Cornwall
Atolen
E_ Birchfield
Banne
Sixth Street
Marble tests asked for new building marble choice
The Red Cross building commission asked the fine arts commission and the Bureau of Standards to investigate marble samples for the new building. The two outfits will test artistial quality and chemical properties. A meeting at the Secretary of War's office set the plan for further review. Firemen from Phoenixville paid respects to the President, and an excursion to Old Point Comfort was arranged.
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Fine Arts Commission
S‘ureau
Red Crass Building Commission
Sesterfasyom
Cmarble
Building Commission
Secretary of War
Fine Arta Commission
Bureau of Standards
Iit
We of Chock
Atrong
White House
Warren Harmilton
Washington
Old Point Comfort
Inquisition delays probe on campaign financing in PA and IL
Senator Kern reports not enough committeemen available in Washington after adjournment to pursue an inquiry into campaign expenditures. Norris resolution postponed until after the November elections. Pennsylvanian figures show Penrose supporters spent about 50,000 while McCormick and Palmer McCormick totals ran about 66,354.12.
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Kern
Washington
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Senate Committee On Elections
Penrose
Oliver
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania Protective Union
Vance McCormick
Mitchell Palmer
Palmer- McCormick
League of Pennsylvania
J Borden Harriman Shows Improvement After Coma
Special to The Washington Post from Mount Vernon N Y Oct 9 reports J Borden Harriman critically ill at Uplands Mount Kisco has improved waking from coma after 36 hours and asking for food He recognizes relatives and is attended by Dr Charles Chapman at his bedside.
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Washington Post
Mount Vernon
J Borden Harriman
Uplands
Mount Kisco
Charles Chapman
Plan for a commission form of government in Mexico
Informal talks at Aguascalientes considered a commission form to replace factional rivalries and restore central authority, enabling direct US dealings. Reports also note distress on Mexico’s west coast from food shortages and lack of centralized power, with protests by Spain over the Mazatlan consul arrest and a Carranza-Herrera command update in Vera Cruz.
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Mexico
State Department
Aguascalientes
Carranza
Villa
United States
Howard
Solflera
American Red Cross
Mazatlan
Span
Constitutionalist
Aguilar
Vera Cruz
Maclovio Herrera
Herrera
Tarral
Chihuahua
Jiminez
Stolen Cars Reported From Northwest Washington Avenues
Two automobiles were stolen last night in northwest Washington. One vehicle owned by Frank C Stewart of 3150 Nineteenth Street NW disappeared from the northwest corner of Twelfth and F Streets NW bearing a Maryland tag 19198 and a District tag 17608. A second car stolen from in front of Young and Simon real estate at 24 New York Avenue NW carried District tag 16666 and Maryland 156%.
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Frank C Stewart
Nineteenth Street
Twelfth
F Streets
Maryland
Young & Simon
New York Avenue
Saloonmen Face Heavy Beer Tax Burden in Detroit
Detroit reports that saloonkeepers brace for higher beer taxes, arguing the burden cannot be shifted to customers. Century Club meeting debates breweries and retailers paying more of government revenue, with bottle prices rising seen as easier than altering bar glass sizes.
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Century Club
Liquor Dealers’ Association
John Griffin
Detroit
Griffin
Germans Mass 200 Cannons on Antwerp Fort Ring
Antwerp endures night bombardment as German siege guns, including 11 12 and 16 inch calibers, hammer the ring of forts. Fire and destruction spread through the southern city quarter, with vast exodus of refugees and reports of cathedral and museum damage. Crown Prince Albert directs troops amid heavy losses. Ostend and Ghent correspondents relay eye witness accounts of flames, incendiaries, and Zeppelin air activity.
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Antwerp
Palace of Justice
Avenue de l’Industrie
Ostend
Exchange Telegraph Company
England
Reuter
Holland
Evening Star
Amsterdam
Ghent
the Star
Tret
Reuter Telegram Company
Nethe
Taube
Scheldt
Albert
the Chronicle
What is a lady hop in beer science
The article explains that a lady hop, the portion of beer giving its kick, comes from female hops. Prof Charles Frederick Chandler of Columbia University states only female hops are used to obtain aroma and kicking qualities. Brewers at their annual convention voted not to protest the war tax on beer nor raise prices.
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New York
Charles Frederick Chandler
Columbia University
United States Brewers’ Association
Handler
President to Speak in Pittsburgh for YMCA Founding Celebration
Representative A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania induced the President to attend a YMCA founding celebration in Pittsburgh on October 24. The speech will be non political, but the President may signal his favorable stance toward Palmer if a chance arises.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvana
Pittsburgh
Palmer
Rixey to challenge Virginia insanity law in Supreme Court
C J Rixey bank president of Alexandria Va seeks to overturn Virginia insanity statutes as unconstitutional in a Supreme Court appeal set for next week. He was committed to Western State Hospital Staunton after being found unfit for trial for grand larceny tied to his bank’s financial trouble. His son acts as next friend opposing the Marion confinement order. Attorney General Pottare argues the confinement is for proper care and observation, not punishment.
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Hig
C. J. Rixey
Alexandria
Supreme Court
Rixey
Western State Hospital
Staunton
State Hospital
Marion
Pottaré
Virginia
Marion Hospital
Parents Aid to Teachers at Eastern High School
W C Ryan of the U S Bureau of Education told an Eastern High Home and School Association gathering that strong schools rely on active home and school involvement. Twenty five instructors attended including Dr W S Smail, principal. The association's executive committee listed officers and discussed annual reports from the boards on public buildings and charities and corrections with recommendations to address evils. Walter Clephane chaired the charities and corrections committee and A M Mclachlen chaired the public buildings committee at recent meetings.
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W. C Ryan
United States Bureau of Education
Home
Eastern High School
Ryan
W 8S Smail
Association
G. P. Tucker
W. B. Hardy
U .T. Mengert
H. A. Hesse
A. EH. Smith
Public Buildings Committee
Committee On Charities and Corrections
The
Board of Trade
Walter ©. Clephane
Committee On
Charities and Corrections
A M. Mclachlen
Income Tax Regulation Suspended By Acting Commissioner
Robert Williams Jr acting commissioner of internal revenue issued an order suspending the filing of income tax certificates for numbers of bonds or other obligations with detached interest coupons or where registered interest is paid This regulation issued May 78 was suspended until October 0
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Robert Wiliams, Jr
Internal Revenue
Treasury chief opposes cotton aid plan and warns against bias
Secretary McAdoo rebutted Representative Henry's plan to sell Panama Canal bonds to aid cotton growers. He argues no single commodity should receive special federal aid and cautions that broad government support would strain credit and violate Democratic equal-rights principles. The piece notes allied discussions on a $150 million cotton loan fund and Mississippi bankers backing a St Louis syndicate proposal.
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Secretary of Treasury
Henry
Texas
McAdoo
Congress
St Louis
Festus Jo Wale
Federal Reserve Board
Hlenry
Treasury
South
Mississippi
Jackson
Mias
St. Louis
Mississippi Bankers’ Association
Court lauds Col Archibald Hopkins as 41 years rise ends
Chief Justice Campbell lauds Col Archibald Hopkins chief clerk of the Court of Claims for four decades resigning during the winter session due to ill health. Hopkins, a 1862 Civil War veteran and Columbia Law graduate, also active in civic affairs, leaves with the court’s deep respect and best wishes.
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Archibald Hopking
Court of Claims
Campbell
Archibald Hopkins
Federal Judiciars
Government Service
Hopkins
Willama College
Massachusetts
Tol
Tiepkins
Adlai E. Stevenson Home Looted in Bloomington
The former vice president Adlai E Stevenson’s Bloomington home was burglarized last night, with jewelry heirlooms and mementos taken. The house has housed no residents since Stevenson’s death.
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Bloomington
Til
Adlair Stevenson
United States
Purse Snatcher At Work In Two Neighbourhoods
Two attempts at snatching pocketbooks occurred last night in separate areas. Police suspect the same man committed both. Mrs Adela Rovira was targeted on Eighteenth Street and Park Road as she passed. The second case involved Mrs J Wo Russell on Massachusetts Avenue between Twentieth and Twenty-first Streets Northwest. Russell held on but the strap broke and the thief fled after residents cried for help.
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Adela 1 Rovira
Chesterfield
Mount Pleasant
Eighteenth Street
Park Road
Massachusetts Avenue
Twentieth
Twenty-first
Y Young Counsel
Russell
War Tax on the News Would Take Valuable Time
Newspaper publishers push Senate to modify the House war revenue bill to avoid stamping bills of lading on newspaper shipments. They support a tax based on sworn circulation instead, arguing current requirements would cause delays, extra labor, and rail delays in delivery. Pittsburgh publishers propose taxing each newspaper on its sworn circulation statement issued semiannually, with flexible payment schedules.
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Senate
House
Pittsburgh
United States
Bailey Defends Johnson In Brightwood Association
Joseph W Bailey former Texas senator defended Representative Ben Johnson before the Brightwood Citizens Association. Bailey said Johnson is not as disagreeable as some in the District think and would not vote to repeal the Organic Act. He urged against driving the rich from Washington and praised Senator Ga llinger for district improvements as revolutions were adopted. The meeting occurred at the Brightwood Hotel.
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Ben Johnson
House
Brightwood
Gallinger
Recommendation to drop Wright charges submitted soon
A House judiciary committee subcommittee that handled the Wright case voted to recommend dropping the charges against Associate Justice Wright of the District Supreme Court. Wright has tendered his resignation effective November 15, and the subcommittee said no further hearings are needed.
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Wright
District Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
Will March and Sing 1500 Expected in Parade
Washington pageant plans a 1500 child parade and song festival with color coded schools and bands aiding the program. Rev L Harding to deliver the principal address from the reviewing stand at Cameron and Washington streets, under Capt Slaymaker and Percy Foster. Funeral services for Miss Parrott and Miss Smythe held at local residences, burial in St Pauls Cemetery. Alexandrias Peoples Hall granted a charter to build a public hall. Morton funeral set for this afternoon after a fatal fall from a freight car. Rally services for men and boys over 14 held at Westminster Building. Seventh Masonic district reunion attended by Virginia officers.
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Washington
Ashington Post Burf
King Street
Alexandria
Union
Alexandria Musical Association
American Indian Guard
Cameron
Washington Streets
Frank L Slaymaker
Alexandria Light Infantry
Fercy S Foster
Rev L. Harding
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church
Augusta Fleet Parrott
Cameron Street
Joan Lee Allison
Second Presbyterian Church
St Pauls Cemetery
William J Boothe
G Uhler
Gardner L Boothe WA Smoot
K J Sidney Douglas
Edward S Weadbeater
Florence Ft. Smythe
South St Asaph Street
W. JS Morton
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
St Paul's Cemetery
Westminster
Second Prestytorian
James H Taylor
Omoehundra
Joagea
Virginia
Brandy
FP SK Bauman
Frederickburg
Magons
Charles H Callahan
Alexandria-Washington
Collier to Carry Government Exhibit to Panama Exposition
The naval collier Caesar has been detailed to transport the government exhibit from Washington to San Francisco for the Panama Pacific Exposition. The collier will depart December 10.
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Collier
Caesar
Washington
San Francisco
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United States Cavalry
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Chile
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Recremry Lansing
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