Old Firemen In Town Wear The Ancient Uniform
More than fifty members of Charlestown Massachusetts Veterans Volunteer Firemen Association visited the National Capital on their annual trip. They wore red shirts and old gear, plan to visit Mount Vernon and Baltimore, and recounted fires from the 1800s in Charlestown. George H. Webber, 80, recalled a 24 hour Gettysburg blaze. others spoke of fires in Lawrence Islip and earlier times. The group, with wives, stayed at the Metropolitan Hotel and traveled by train, bus, and streetcar, cherishing memories of Bolton days and the early fire service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Baltimore
Charlestown
Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association
Mass
Cfty
Boston
National Capital
Phernia
Metropolitan Howl
Hattimeorr
George H. Webber
Gettysburg
Isi
Charlestown Association
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Providence
New York
Baltimor
Sarah Driscoll
Elizabeth Churchill
F Y Hossason
Webber
Franklin
J. O. Webber
Revere
John
Central Labor Union Holds Meeting and Benning Outing Profit
The Central Labor Union met at the Typographical Temple largely attended. Mulford Spohn read the Labor Day outing report showing net proceeds of 1,400 after expenses. Plans for winter meetings include speeches by prominent labor figures. Delegates urged redress for local unions, eight hour work progress continued, and Hod Canuels' Tyeal Triiton resolved a contractor dispute on the Agriculture building project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benning
Central Labor Union
Mulford Spohn
Hod Canuels
Tyeal Triito
Department of Aguculture
Mission to Open Branch of Homeward Board Christian Mission
The Homeward Board Christian Mission, incorporated by James H Haslam Jennie Haslam and Samuel Johnson at 99 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, operates four city homes plus an industrial home in Baltimore. It plans to open a Wilmington Delaware branch next Monday under Maj and Mrs Reindale, with the group serving Washington for years and aiding 2822 men women and boys. The Chesapeake Beach Railway will run a daily fishermen express from District House to the Beach, leaving at 5 50 p m and returning at 6 p m, summer fare five cents round trip. This will give anglers nearly a full day of fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homeward Board Christian Mission
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
James H. Haslam
Jennie Haslam
Samuel Johnson
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Maj
Reindale
Washington
Chesapeake Beach
Chesapeake Beach Railway Company
District Hue
Washington Typos Aroused
Richmond printers strike halts local work and sends jobs to Washington DC. Washington jobbers resist handling jobs for rival unions amid reports some work was returned. Masters ponder next steps as city faces printing delay and labor tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
Typographical Union
Washington
BD. C
Poison at Her Lips Ends in Burns After quarrel
Mrs Maggie Hott, 37, tried to kill herself with carbolic acid at 1329 L Street SE during a dispute with husband Edward Filslatt. He wrested the poison away as it neared her lips, leaving her badly burned on face, neck, and hands when it spilled. She refused hospital transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Hott
L Street
Edward Filslatt
Fifth Precinct
Casualty Hospital
Eliott
Creditors to Share Alike in Local Firm Court Battle
Bankruptcy filed yesterday against C. C. Bryan Company grocers at 1413 New York Avenue by Pabst Brewing Semmes Kelly William M. Galt James I. Oyster through Brandenburg firm to block out of town creditors. Receiver Walter Braddenburg appointed to run the business pending trustee appointment as many creditors favor continued operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Bryan Company
Grocers
New York Avenas
Pabst Brewing Company
Semmes- Kelly Company
Wiliam M. Galt & Co
James I. Oyster
Brandenburg & Brandenburg
Washington
Charles C Bryan
New York
Bryan
Clabaugh
Walter Braddenburg
Cemetery Superintendents Meet in Raleigh This Morning
The nineteenth annual convention of the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents opens in Raleigh with headquarters at the Raleigh hotel. W R Smith curator of Botanic Gardens will deliver an address and several papers will be read. An afternoon tour includes the White House Treasury State War Navy and Corcoran Gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents
Raleigh
W. R. Smith
Botanic Gardena
White House
Departments of Treasury
State, War, and Navy
Corcoran Art Gallery
Glenwood Cemetery
Rev. C. Easton
Alexander McKerichar
J Corridon Jones Dies After Illness at 62 in Washington
J Corridon Jones aged sixty two died last night after an illness of over two months at Emergency Hospital. Funeral from brother in law Nor gal W King 911 New York Ave with Catholic rites. He leaves a daughter Annie and son E T Jones, wife deceased. brothers Isaac E Edwin Orlando A and the late Milton Jones. He made a fortune in various speculations. Funeral for Hugh Hurney will be at 8:30 am tomorrow from 980 Twenty-Third Street. born in Ireland 1876, tardy health, restaurant business on M Street, survived by wife Mary daughter Mary and siblings Michael Mrs D Burke and Mrs M Philippa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Corrigan Jones
Norgal W. King
New York Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. Corridon Jones
Isaac E
Edwin
Orlando A
Muton Jones
Annie Jones
E.T. Jones
Hugh Hurney
Twenty-Hirth Street
Mr. Hurney
Ireland
Georgetown
Hurney
M Street
Mary Hurney
Mary
Michael
D. Burke
M. Phillipa
Europe
Boyd
Leamington
Fourteenth Street
Westchester County
N. Y
Washington
Gacht
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital
W.B .Thompson Coal Company
Coalora
N. Mex
sub-Treasury
New York City
Thompson
Campaign to name successor for Police Court judge
The vacant Police Court judgeship after Charles Beott sparks a lively campaign with many contenders. Names include James B. McLaughlin Anson S. Taylor Anson S Taylor Francis Carroll Mattingly H B Moulton and others. Roosevelt expected to appoint a young lawyer. Public support from business leaders and bar members fuels multiple rival candidacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justices Mills and
O’neal
James B. McLaughlin
Anson S. Taylor
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Francis C. Mattingly
H. B. Moulton
Charles F. Beott
Roosevelt
Judge Mills
O'Neal
McLaughlin
United States
Taylor
Washington
Quartermaster’s Department
A.heftwich Sinclair
Francis Carroll Mattingly
Mattingly
Sinclair
Police Trial Board
Moulton
William Henry White
Jana
Robert H. Terrell
Calvin Chase
Man Falls on Knife After Altercation in D Street Home
William Anderson of Lewistonville and William Chamberlin clashed at 3316 M Street NW last night. Anderson cut Chamberlin with a pocket knife, then fell on the blade in his own chest. Lieutenant Schneider responded, both men were hospitalized, Chamberlin in serious condition, Anderson charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Anderson
Lewisonville
William Chamberlin
Anderson
Lieut. Schneider
Seventh Precinct
Chamberlin
Georgetown University Hospital
Police raid nets thirty-nine in front of Coliseum
Ninth precinct under Lieut. Daly raided crowds of hundreds of African American men and women outside the Coliseum on Fifteenth and B streets northeast last night. Thirty-nine were arrested for disorderly assembly amid ongoing complaints about gatherings during events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
Daly
Coliseum
Ninth Precinct
Lieut. Daly
Fifteenth
Fete Profits and Veterans Encampment Leave Georgetown
At a fete profits reached 1260.23 with final total expected around 1260.00 after full reports. Table tallies show Yaney 436.08, Confectionery 387.28, Paddle Stand 156.70, Punch 416, Popper 73.10. gate receipts 16.65 and an excursion train carried about 1800 passengers. A large party of Old Guard and Sons of Veterans left for Gettysburg aboard a 10:05 train led by Lieut. C L Patten and Division Commander F H Grose. Thirty-nine traveled, with more expected.
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Gearsdown University
Georsetown Hospital
Georgetown
Sons of Veterans
Old Guard and
Baltimore and
Ohio
Maryland
Gettysburg
Old Guard
Lieut
C.L. Patten
Capt
Edgar
F. H. Grose
Daniel O Keefe Declared Sane After Jury Trial
Daniel O Keefe who spent two and a half years at St Elizabeth's Hospital due to alleged weak mental state from sunstroke in the Philippines navy was declared sane yesterday by a jury and discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel O'Keefe
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Naval Services
Philppines
Doctored government vouchers tied to Navy office scam
A Washington case details forged and altered government vouchers traced to Boyd. He admitted erasing original writings with acid and cashing checks made payable to firms such as W B Thompson Coal Co and I W Talley. He forged endorsements and deposited funds, with his family abroad and a history in the Marine Hospital system.
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Wilkie
Boyd
Secret Service Office
W. B. Worcester
The
Marine Hospital
United States
Taylor
Fourteenth and
F Streets Northwest
G. L. Baker
Douglass & Douglass
W. B. Thompson
Coalore
N. Mex
I. W. Talley
New Mexico
Fort Stanton
W.W. W. Puckett
Benjamin
National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
Three Divorce Suits Filed in District Court
Three divorce petitions were filed in the District Supreme Court. Nora Reinberg alleges cruelty and unfaithfulness by Louis A. Reinberg and accuses him of seeking custody and alimony after she fled with their three children. Mary Palmer sues Wallace T. Palmer for unfaithfulness. John H. Robinson sues Ella Robinson for divorce on grounds of unfaithfulness.
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Nora Reinberg
District Supreme Court
Louis A. Reinberg
Msune
Morse Marriage Reunited In Luxurious Paris Apartments
New York reports Charles W Morse and his wife, once Mrs Clementine Dodge, reconciled and living together in the Elysee Palace Paris. Counsel Samuel Untermyer deemed a new ceremony unnecessary, confirming their status as husband and wife amid prior notoriety and legal entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Charles W. Morse
Ice Trust
Clementine Cowles Dodge
Elysee Palace
Paris
Gamuel Untermyer
Morse
F. Dodge
Ameriogna
Morses
the Elysee
Samuel Untermyer
Tatermyer
Mrs. Morse
Odd Fellows In Session at Philadelphia Meeting
The annual communication of the Sovereign Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows opened in Philadelphia with large attendance despite bad weather. Mayor Weaver greeted delegates at Lu Lu Temple as reports showed a prosperous year. The day included prize drills and degree work exemplifications. membership totaled over 1.2 million in subordinate lodges and encampments, with significant finances and resources reported. A proposed change would let the Grand Council of Patriarchs Militant legislate in its own interests with the sovereign Grand Lodge. Further talks on liquor dealer admissions and Manchester Unity matters are expected Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sovereign Lodge
Independent Order of Old Fellows
Lu Lu
Weaver
Prise Drailn
Grand Sire Wright
Rebekah
Claude Buckley
Kentucky
Grand Council of Patriarchs Militant
Grand Lodge
John G. Goodwin
Patriarchs Militant
Hquor
Manchester Unity
England
Canada
Broderick Arrested in Pittsburg for Abducting His Children
James H. Broderick, accused of abducting his two children from his separated wife, was captured in Pittsburg, Pa. Detective Hartigan took charge of the prisoner. Helen and Herbert, ages four and seven, were placed with their mother and the court ordered shared custody of one day per week for the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
James H. Broderick
Hartigan
Helen
Herbert
Odell Hearst Men At Sea In Search Of Mayor Candidate
Special to The Washington Pest details the Odell Hearst coalition in New York still lacking a mayoral candidate. A conference committee adjourned to Wednesday night as Tusce Gaynor may decline. If so John Ford would be chosen, a radical municipal ownership advocate aligned with Hearst Odell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Odell-Hearst Combine
Ayor
Odell-Hearst
Tusce Gaynor
John Ford
Hearst- Odell
Ford
Vaughn Class Election At Calvary Baptist Church
The Vaughn Class held a reunion and election at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. J. H. Greene and W. Vaught addressing members. Officers named include F. W. Vaughn as teacher, Mitchell Carroll as co-instructor, J. W. Belt as president, J. Hebbard as first vice president, Dr. Whittington as second vice president, C. Rica as secretary, J. St. Clair Hambly as assistant secretary, H. OF. Farmer as treasurer, G. H. Judd as historian, and George Canton as librarian, among numerous committee posts and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn
Calvary Baptist Church
H. Greene
W. Vaught
Mitchell Carroll
St ©. Hambly
F. W. Vaughn
J. W. Belt
Vaughn Clase Club
J. Hebbard
Vaughn Claze Club
T A. Whittington
Vaughn Clace Club
Vistor 1
G. L. Shirley
E. W. Kines
A. L. Swartwout
George G. Seibold
Rice
Frof
Carroll
State Council Reports Gains and Backs Immigration Curbs
Substantial gains were reported at the State Council annual meeting held in secret at 206 Pennsylvania Avenue. Delegates from sixteen councils, totaling 1,400 members, discussed immigration restrictions and resolved to petition Congress to limit immigration deemed inimical to American interests. Officers nominated include Marion Scaggs as councilor and Schwenk, Van Sciver, Frye as vice councilors, with other posts filled by Haltie Merritt, C. Q. Buhrer, Lizzie Thompson, Anna Manuel, and Ella Herbert. The election and final session are set for tonight at McCauley Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of America
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Elizabeth Sewell
Boston
Congress
Marion Scaggs
Schwenk
van Sciver
Frye
Haltie Merritt
C. Q O. Buhrer
Lizzie Thompson
Tresenter
Annia Manuel
Ella Herbert
McCauley Hall
Child hurled by car in street near home
A two year old boy, Paul Rochelli, crawled onto a street car track on 418 First Street Northwest and was struck by a vehicle, being hurled into the air. His mother, Mrs Rochelli, rushed to him and they went to Dr. Battle at 306 GH Street Northwest where the boy was found only slightly cut and bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Street
Paul Rochelli
Weather Summary From The Weather Bureau Report
The Weather Bureau notes a moving disturbance across Minnesota and cooler conditions over the Northeast. Rain fell in several states, with showers expected along the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and Atlantic coast regions. Temperatures vary by city, with river bulletins and a local report on Senator Platt’s health following recent illness.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Colorado
Minnesota
Middle Atlantic
Pissoure Co
Iowa
Nebraska
Kenyan
Wisconsin
Michigan
New England
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Coost
Freeh
South Atlantic
Coaat
Nght
Sarabio
Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Letes
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OLD Firemen
Denvir
Oll
Bottie
Maggie Elliott
Hostetter
Scott
Negro
Hospital
Sane
Arthur Crow
George Langheney
A. G. Morrow
Morrow
Philadelphia Union
William Umhaul
Daniel Clancy
Hubert Joncher Et
Emer
Ross Pharmacy
Fla. Ave
Dey
Milionaire
Mr. Morse
London
Brussels
Abraham Hummel
James T. Morse
Dodge
ODD Fellows IN Session
J. H. Broderick
Odell-Hearst Men AT Sea
Lansburgh & Bro
Nottingham
Seventh Street
State Council
Congrest
Duanes
Missouri River
Kansas City
Mississippi River
Alton
Chester
St. Louis
Tauuimam
Asheville
N.C
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Biamarck
Buffalo
Chicago
Electuiat
Opto
Cheyenne
Davenport
Fawn. Ie Ag
Tenver, Corp
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Mont
Indianapolia
Jacksonville
Fla
Kaunas City
Little Rock
Vicksburg
Mina
RIVHR
Harperd Berry
W Va
Potomac
Shenendorh
Platt
San Francisco
Senator Platt
SALE
Howard Razor
Gillett
James S. Topham
Neale
Marie Robert
Major Robert Stiles
America
W. Gordon McCabe
Lee
New Orleans
Stephen D. Lee
the Neale Publishing Co
Eleventh St
Broadway
Fifth Ave
Schwartz & Pelzman
Schwartz & Pellman
Schwartz Se Pelzman
1Th Street
Peter Grogan
Credit For
All
7Th St
Gabler
Muthasbek & Sons
Huntington
Crown
Baileys
Steinway
I. Geraci
G Street
Ereseteescopes
Tharp
Berkeley
N.W
Jo Maury Dove Company, Inc
Dosis Uw
Wositon DC
Igeclack
Primdat
J Maury Dove Covrn
Ny, Inc
Pad WM M Dove
Shoomaker CO
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
White
H. Trumbull
Mme Hester
Brenton House
Munyon
Munyoqn CO
Phila
Hrchiye
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