Washington Women Press for Rand Kidnapping Case
The State Department acted swiftly for Lucille Rand daughter of former governor Henry T Gate of California, detained in Dublin on kidnapping charges. Senators and Washington women denounced the arrest as outrageous urging Bryan Page to pursue her release and protect her American rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Lucille Rand
Henry T Gate
California
Dubli
Ireland
Bryan
Ambassador Page
London
Rand
Read
Bryen
Washington
Cramp Clark
William A Cullop
Woman's National Democratic League
Rheta Child Dorr
Suffragist
England
Mrs. Dorr
Miss Rand
John B. Henderson
Duncan U. Fletcher
Senator Fletcher
Florida
Congressional Club
Lee S. Overman
North Carolina
Coast Artillery Corporal Drowned in New London
Corporal John Hicks of the 100th Company Coast Artillery Corps drowned near the sound entrance during maneuvers at New London Connecticut. He was dragged by a submerged mine recovery operation from the transport General Ayers after becoming entangled in a cable chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Artillery
New London
Conn
John Hicks
United States Coast Artillery Corps
Sound
Ayers
Rail way accounting group names in interstate commerce panel
A list of named individuals from multiple states and associations appears with the Interstate Commerce Commission representation. The names span Minnesota to Wisconsin plus national railway accounting bodies, led by E B Clark as chairman and including J M Jones, F W Sweney, and William Meyers among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Clark
Judson C. Clements
Charles A. Prouty
Charles C. McChord
Balthasar H. Meyer
John H. Markle
George EB. McGinty
A. Holmead
P. J. Farrell
J. M. Jones
Bureau of Tariffs
F. W. Sweney
Willian J. Meyers
Decision favors railroads over potato freight rate rise
The Interstate Commerce Commission upheld a proposed two cent per 100 pounds freight rate increase from Oklahoma to the Rocky Mountain region. It ruled that price declines in an oversupplied market do not control rail freight rates, affirming railroads’ right to a fair return for transportation services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spaniard arreste d for flirting with women near Fourteenth Street
Diego Vega a 40 year old Spanish lawyer was arrested near Fourteenth and F streets in Washington on a complaint by several young women who said he flirted with them. An interpreter says Vega claimed he was lost and seeking directions to his hotel the Ebbit across the street. He was released on $2 collateral. Vega had only recently arrived in the United States and registered at the Debrit hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diego Vegs
Fourteenth
F Streets
Vers
Haycock and
Odum
Firat
Ebpitt
Ebbitt
Vega
United States
Washington
Debrit
New York
Romeo and Juliet at Belasco Theater Leaves Poetic Imprint
Julia Marione as Juliet captivates in a veiled hoarse production, with Sothern's Romeo falling short of youthful romance. Frederick Lewis as Mercutio and Lark Reylor as Benvolio provide solid support, while Frank Bertrand’s Friar and Ina Goldsmith’s nurse add stronger comedy and sincerity to the Shakespeare tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cca
Belasco Theater
Julia Marione
Juliet
Misa Marlowe
Mr. Sothern
Romeo
Miss Marlowe
Mercutio
Frederick Lewis
Lark Reylor
Benvolce
Sidney Mather
Tybalt
Young Pharmacy Student Refuses to Explain Suicide Attempt
Joseph A. Furbershaw of George Washington University swallowed diluted carbolic acid in front of the Willard Hotel and is recovering at Emergency Hospital. He declines to state his motives, and his family cannot account for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Furbershaw
Joseph A. Furbershaw
George Washington University
Willard Hotel
Antipoison law urged after Padgett death in D.C.
Health officer Dr. W C Woodward called for immediate limits on poisons after Wilbur L Padgett, a 60 year old bookkeeper of 1386 U Street NW, died from bichloride of mercury at Sibley Hospital. He had ingested 60 grains following severe rheumatic pain. The coroner noted kidney paralysis and intense pain in the final days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur L. Padgett
U Street Northwest
Sibley Hospital
W. C. Woodward
Woodward
Mann
Illinois
Padgett
E. Ferguson
Dr. Ferguson
Sam
Miss Leishman Becomes Duchess in Geneva Church Ceremony
In Geneva on October 2, the Duke of Croy wed Miss Nancy Leishman in a Catholic rite at St. Joseph's Church conducted by Abbd Blanchard. A large crowd cheered as the couple arrived and left. A wedding breakfast followed at a hotel, with the couple later departing for a honeymoon in Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Duke of Croy
Nancy Leishman
Abbd Blanchard
St. Joseph's Church
Ugdar Anapy
Finke Howere
Sineprida
Spein
Suffragists Fire Damages Manor Linked to Brontë
A London Marconi wireless to the Times reports Shirely Manor near Bradford, tied to Charlotte Bronte writings, nearly destroyed by fire set by suffragettes. Five suffragettes attempting to disrupt a protest meeting at the hall were expelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Bronte
New York
London
Marconi
The
Times
Shirely Manor
Bradford
Hief
Police News Notes From District Fire and Accident Reports
Police notes recount injuries from a ladder fall at Union Station and a medical emergency for a 7 year old, plus a car fire on Military and forrow roads, a gasoline tank explosion, minor burns from a ganolene incident, a bicycle collision involving Dr. A F Fox, a street collision at Ninth and F, a burglary theft at 727 Eighth Street Southeast, and a gunplay arrest after a Norfolk pier incident.
Butterflies add to National Museum collection
The National Museum receives 25,000 Costa Rica specimens collected by William Schaus and F T Barnes, bringing total tropical American holdings to 200,000 with 50 species and 11,800 previously recorded species. About 1,260 are new to science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schaus
F T Barnes
National Museum
Costa Rica
Theuseum
Tropical America
Jewish charities urge centralized aid and Jewish probation officer
President Lee Baumgarten of the United Hebrew Charities urges federation to curb charity abuse and asks Judge Latimer to appoint a Jewish probation officer funded by the organization. He praises relief work, cites delinquency reasons, and calls for a modern detention house and supportive housing for needy Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United. Hebrew Charities
Washington
Lee Baum@arten
United Hebrew Charities
Eighth Street Temple
Baumgarten
Gira
Alliance of Jewish Women
H. J. Pack
Latimer
Pittsburgh
United States
William E. DeLacy
Soion J. Boughton
Patent Office
George
Il Health
Wilson
Newman
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Stafford
Mullowhy
Police Court
Simon Wolf
Hosts to Hotel Clerks Greeters Ramble entertains visitors
Local Washington Greeters of America the national association of hotel clerks met at Convention Halls last night. The program began with a vaudeville show then dancing and refreshments for several hundred guests. Edgar C. Spees president Washington Chapter No 31 welcomed the visitors and Charles A. Stokes of Philadelphia president of Greeters of America gave the response. The grand march closed the evening led by Mr and Mrs Spees. Proceeds will fund club room equipment for local hotel clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Edgar C. Spees
Charles A. Stokes
Philadelphia
Greeters of America
Spees
Fraud Auctions Must Go in District of Columbia
District officials announced action against auctioneers selling alleged fake jewelry under the 1829 Washington act. The act requires a $100 license and a $35,000 bond for honest performance of duties. Julius J. Peyser, attorney for the Jewelers Association of DC, led a Monday conference to push for ridding the city of questionable auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Corporation Counsel
Agneembly of
Washington
Julius J. Peyser
Jewelers’ Association of the
District of Columbia
Asuctioneera. Ee
Fight Upon Yacht Tax Goes Forward in Court
Millionaire yacht owners who challenged the Peyce Aldrich tariff on foreign built vessels are set for an early Supreme Court hearing. Requested by the government, arguments will begin the first Monday in January. Protests followed the Payne law's yacht tax, affecting ships often used from Europe and not brought to the United States. Plaintiffs include C. K. G. Dillings, H. Clay Pierce, James Gordon Hensett, Hey A. Rainey, and Mrs. Harriet Goeiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyce-Aldrich
Supreme Court
Europe
United States
C. K. G. Dillings
H. Clay Pierce
James Gordon Hensett
Hey A. Rainey
Harriet Goeiet
Hindu Menace Stirs California Rep Urges Exclusion Laws
California Congressman Denver B Church urges Congress to broaden Hindu laborer exclusions amid reports of large influx on the Pacific coast. He claims Hindus undercut wages, wear Indian turbans, and send earnings home, labeling them “General Nuisance” and calling for drastic action to prevent millions from arriving. He cites prior prosecutions in Fresno as part of his warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Congress
Paalac Coast
Denver
Church
Church Yéesterdly
India
Fresno County
Cattlemen Prohibited From Running At Large
Nashville Tenn Oct 2 An error in engrossing placed a law on Tennessee statute books prohibiting livestock owners in Lawrence county from running at large. The mistake was discovered today by lawmakers and state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
House
Senate
Hooper
Lawrence County
Hobson Pursues Broad Alcohol Ban Via Constitutional Amendment
Representative Hobson introduces a measure by mail to drive all alcohol from the United States and its territories. The plan relies on a constitutional amendment to ban manufacture and shipment of beverages or foods containing alcohol. The move appears linked to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which backed the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Richmond Pesreon Habdeen
Alabama
Washington
Clark
Hobson
Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Mrs. Rand
Jars
Champ Clark
W. P. Cullop
John B. Hendersson
Iustrationa
Galt
Bro. Ora
LC. C
Diego Vega
Julia Marlowe
Aristotle
William Winter
Swin- Durne
Miss Leishman
Police
Jessa Smith
Provdence Hospital
Mary Hughes
Twenty-eighth Street
S56
Tweenty-sixth Street
No. 2 Engine Company
Military
Forrow Roads
Rock Creek
Park
Edwin Voight
Harvard Street
Joseph Hagner
New Hampshire Avenue
Otis Place
A. F. Fox
Fiorence Court
Eighth Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Thomas M. Hendricks
Adama Street
Hendricks
Jesse Shoups
Roland Apartments
Ninth and
R Streets
Edward Lyons
Crittenden Street
D. G. Smith
Columbia Road Northwest
Ida Shines
Norfolk Pier
Harry McLean
Crisfield
City News
Department of Commerce
Arthur C. Baker
Walter A. Hardman
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau of the Census
John B. Hopkins
Margaret Pyne
Post Office Department
Bureau of Standards
Thomas R. Burch
Paul H. Cathcart
Marion K. Quigley
George Doige
Race Rock
Willam Becker, Jr
Eastern High School
Business High School
Franklin School
Charles W. Pimper
Security Storage Company
Business High School Bank
Misa Irene Payne
Georgia Avenue
McKinley Manual Training School
McKinley Manual Treaining School
Harry Newman
Paulina ,Jones
William Peake
D. D. Snyder
B. H. Moulton
William M. Davidson
Mother Jones
Virginia
Central Labor Union
Colorado
Representative Keating
George W. Evans
West End
Friends of
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson
Washington College of Music
Church of the Covenant
Eighteenth
N Atreets Northwest
Charles Wood
Henry B. F. Macfarland
W. R. Wadderapoon
Stanton J. Peelle
Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler
Beulah Lucila Harper
Mary Ischel
P. P. Netland
W. B. Dinamore
Roderick Terry
Newport
United War Veterans
Thomas H. McKee
Department of the Potomac
Frank Baker
Ordnance Department of the Army
John T. Thompson
Ulysses G. Ammen
Naval Hospital
Mare Island
Cal
Navy Department
Amen
Richard Wainwright
Georgia Robertson
Mary McLaughlin
Helen McLaughlin
Board of Trade
Droop
Harold 8. Miner
Washington College of Law
A. F. McCall
RK. L. Halpenny
J. E. Yenley
Edna James Shesby
Hugh A. Fisher
E. C. Gearhart
Ethelbert Stewart
Department of Labor
Indianapolis
Q Street
Engineer Department
Antisaioon League
Exch
Plcants
Police Department
W P. Sheehan
Owen Allen
Pennsylvania Avenue
James C Hartnett
Eleventh Street
Thomas F O'Keefe
M Street
Central Union Mission
Pauline Kern
Norwich
Russia
Oliver ¥. Cutts
Harvard
University Club
Southeast Citizens’ Association
William D. Cullen
Georgetown
Thirteenth Street
Potomac Avenue
Engineer Corps
War Department
Eastern
Western
Business
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Jane McAfee
Harrodsburg, Ky
Potomac Council
Kylshta
Columbus
Frank L. Hewitt
Montreal
William 8. Luckey
Cartier
Charles F. Sontag
Esther Memorial Episcopal Church
Willard G. Davenport
Emmanuel
United States Naval Ordnance Foundry
High Point
Frank Kintz
Taylor
Toby
Lee Baumgarten
Building Association Council
Oriental Building
Prof. Ward
Brown University
Ward
Capitol Nili Literary Society
Eighth 4
James H. McKenney
United States Supreme Court
Cleveland
Frederick T. Mc Kenney
New National Museum
Houston
Agricultural Department
Charles E. Fultz
Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Church
United Churches
Birmingdale and
Eckington
M. Ferguson
Eckington Presbyterian Church
Church of the Advent
Hhody Island Avenue Methodist Church
Glendie B. Young
Royal Arcanum
Oriental Council
Old Masonic Temple
M. Bartow Mercer
Deliv. Vend
Young
Claude R. Zappone
Sidney T. Besnelierre
Harry G. Lenz
J. Ed Swaine
W. W. Chase
B Bynon, JR. Gisborne
C. B. Matthews
A. K Selden
C. J. James
Mra. A. Kahn
James King
Charles Pickard
D. Fisher
Myer Stern
M. Marks
Charles Goldsmith
I. B. Schwartz
J. Eiseman
A. Sanders
Joseph Schiffman
Mark
A. D. Prince
Albert L. Adler
Eclal
H St
P. V
John H. Magré
Connecticut Ave
Roe Fulkerson
N.W
Witerd Hetd
Xander
Belle
Nelson
Leese
Schmid
Sers
Governmant Hospitals
Norrie
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Massachusetts
Representative Gardner
Hudson and
Marlboro
Mornday
Annie K. Wiesel
Capt Holman
Hentucky
Wang
Sid Aie
Bson
Long Range
Warry N. Coudrey
St. Loula
Gixtlers
Rws
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