Fire damages Galt & Bro flour warehouse. arson suspected
Fire damaged the flour and feed warehouse of William M. Galt & Bro on First Street and Indiana Avenue Northwest with about 500 in stock loss. Engine No 3 and 4 responded. oil spread and burned matches found. A negro man and boy were reported seen fleeing as the engine approached. no arrests yet. Detective Armatrong and Sixth precinct police investigate origin and suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Precinct
William M. Galt & Bro
First Street
Indiana Avenue
Engine Company No. 4
Armatrong
D Street
Bytes
Engzine Company No. 3
Thomas W. Smith
Man Freed After Judicial Record Error In Triple Sentence
William Thomas, once jailed for carrying a concealed weapon, faced a mental-aptitude hearing after a police court mix up doubled his term. Judges found the error, ordered his discharge, and freed him from confinement that should have ended a month earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas
District Dail
Noice
Thomas
Anager
Schuldt
Mulloway
Uberty
Fire damages fourteenth street businesses and home
A morning fire on Fourteenth Street Northwest caused about 1 950 dollars in losses across three business houses and a residence. John Hil, a dyeing and cleaning operator at 2118 Fourteenth, lost 150 dollars. James Lewis Florist at 2118 1 2 Fourteenth lost 300 dollars. W W Benton’s showroom at 2120 Fourteenth was lightly damaged. James Erwin’s home at 2116 Fourteenth, owned by D J Buckingham Jr, sustained 1 500 dollars in damage. Streetcar service was halted and public agitation persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth Street
John Hil
James Lewis
W. W Benton
James Erwin
D. Ju. Buckingham, Jr
Tobacco Packages Shrink to Offset New Taxes
Packages of all American made cigarettes and tobaccos are being reduced in size by manufacturers to compensate for higher revenue taxes in the tariff.
Citizens rally to suppress Johnson Jeffries fight films
Pastor of Fifth Baptist Church appeals to Governor Crothers to curb screenings in Maryland near Washington, arguing ticket sales by exhibitors violate public space rules. Maryland officials debate enforcement as authorities address ticket distribution and public access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reysumo Orggs
Fifth Baptist Church
Crothers
Maryland
Johnson- Jeffries
Lme
Marland
Briggs
Enterprise
Washington
Maj
Sylvester
Chief Wagner Tests New Auto at 60 MPH
Chief Wagner and Commissioner Rudolph tested the Washington motor, replacing the horse Dixies, as speed records were reportedly shattered along Georgia Avenue. The ride lasted hours with the engine company ready to move in 25 seconds after the alarm, and Moxley warning with horn and bell. Wagner praised the machine afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Washington
Georgia Avenue
No. 2 Engine Company
Georgia Avenae
Mmen
C. R. Moxley
Man Arrested at White House Seeks Government Aid
Benjamin Snyder, 56, of Philadelphia, was arrested at the White House door after several failed attempts to enter. He was taken to the Third police precinct and awaits Philadelphia authorities, who will likely send him home. Snyder said he came to Washington to obtain four million dollars he claims the government owes him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Snyder
Philadelphia
White House
Snyder
Washington
Favors New Insurance Law Urges District Reform
Daniel Curry, acting superintendent of Insurance, condemns the District’s insurance laws as unsatisfactory and ambiguous in a vigorous annual report to the commissioners. He calls for remedial legislation to set essential requirements for insurance companies and says the assessment company law is faulty, urging a bill to amend it be drafted promptly for Congress. Premiums paid in 1909 totaled 3,191,974 59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Curry
Insurance Department
Congress
New Navy Yard Tracks Planned by Secretary Meyer and Rail Line
Secretary Meyer and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company arrange a new track connection to the Washington naval yard. Existing tracks from Virginia avenue near New Jersey avenue via K and Sixth streets east to the yard will be removed under a recent Congress act. The new line runs along the Anacostia River entering the yard from the east, with the railroad building it at its own expense on government provided right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company
Washington Navy Yard
Virginia Avenue
New Jersey Avenue
Sixth Streets
Navy Yard
Anabostiay
Death of Hugh Downey noted with Civil War veteran status
Coroner certifies death from natural causes for Hugh Downey found in his home at 28 Eighteenth Street Southeast. Funeral services set for Holy Comforter Church Saturday at 3 with Rev Father Wheeler officiating, interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery under G. A. R. auspices. Downey, Irish native, lived with Thomas Hagan and served in the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Downey
Eighteenth Street
Holy Comforter Church
Father Wheeler
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Nevitt
Downey
Thomas Hagan
Ireland
Suit for Maintenance in District Supreme Court
Mrs Hattie Altman filed on claim for maintenance against husband Henry Altman in a 21 year marriage. She accuses cruelty and states she has received only $16 during the marriage. Chief Justice Clabaugh set a show cause date of September 2 for alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
Hattie Altman
Henry & Altman
James A Toomey
Miss Edna B. Does Funeral Near Pittsburg
Miss Edna B Doe killed in an automobile crash near Pittsburg will be mourned at a 2 pm service tonight at her home 1842 M Street Northwest Washington Interment at Arlington Rev Herbert Scott Smith of St Margaret s Episcopal Church to officiate Attending pallbearer Samuel Wilson brother of Walter Wilson who was injured in the crash arrived with the body yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isdn Doe
Pittsburg
M Street
Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church
Arlington
Miss Doe
Washington
Samuel Wilson
Walter Wilson
Pauley Will Filed for Probate in Berry Household
The will of Mary Hi Pauley was filed yesterday for probate. Pauley, longtime servant in attorney W V Berry's home, leaves her entire estate valued at about 1.00 to lifelong friend Matthew Healey, a coachman in Berry's household, with Berry named executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hi. Pauley
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Edmonston & Co
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
North Western Line
North Western Limited
Chicago
Twin Cities
Chicago & North Western Railway
Gates, &c
Orno M Brown
Agt
C &N W Ry
Chestnut St
Phila
Lepage
Cow
Washington Gas Light CO
Tenth Street N. W
Post
Randle Highlands
Capitol
Dupont Circle Lota Ang
U. S. Realty Company
7Th and
Po. Ave. N. WW
Pettit & Co
N. W
AMITE
Henry Evans, Inc
Seales
No. 3 Company
W. M. Galt & Bro
William Thomas Freed
City Bulletins
Arlington Bottling Co
West
Customs Court
United States Court of Customs Appeals
Oyster & Chop House
the Drillery
11Th
N. Y
Ave
M. W
Pitman
Kelly Geta
Marian H Kelly
Commissioner Rudolph
Rudolph
Supt. Curry
P., B. & W. Railroad
Edna B. Doe
Aub Furniture
S. E. Corner
Woman's Home Companion
Ison Square, New York
Friedlander & Bro
Andrews
R. P. Andrews Paper CO
New York
Louisiana Ave
C. Lansburgh Furniture Co
Ninth St
Columbia
Potomac
14Th St. N. W
Burchell
Herrmann
Sts. N. W
Tharp
N. W. Burchell
Berkeley Rye
St.nw
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