STAFFORD ENDORSED FOR APPELLATE BENCH IN STORMY DC BAR MEETING
In a tense Washington Bar Association session at City Hall Justice Wendell P. Stafford won endorsement over Justice Ashley Gould in the race to replace Justice Charles H. Duell on the Court of Appeals. Vote totals showed Stafford ahead but attendance was limited, spurring calls for a second meeting to ensure full member participation. An early October appointment to the vacancy is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Bar Association
Wendell P. Stafford
Charles H. Duell
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Iaste
Ashley M. Gould
Justice Gould
Wayly
D. W. Baker
Justice Stafford
Justice Duell
Baker
Association
District Supreme Court
Bar Association
Gould
Slafford
Joan
W. Keola
Liv Simmons
W. Baker
Bar, Association
Stafford
Tuell
Aed
Hig Successgar
Frederick 1
Allens
Vargas
Wiliam PF
Mattingly
Assnciation
Naval Reserves Return From Yuost Cruise At Dawn
The naval battalion of the District National Guard aboard the U S monitor Puritan anchored at Seventh street wharf at 11 AM Sunday after a cruise post yuost success. They faced a storm raising steering gear issues. Lieut Commander McGrath steadied engines and the crew reached Old Point Comfort by Monday. The voyage featured foggy conditions, high coal records at Lama Vert’s Point, Rappahannock target practice, shore liberty at Piney Point, and onboard entertainment. Commanding officers included Ensigns and Lieuts with Capt Clarence Weaver supervising medical care.
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Naval
District National Guard
Seventh Street
Stratton
Potomac River
Cheaneake
Bay
McGranh
Point Comfort
Lamaverts Point
Virginia Capes
Rappahannock River
Piney Point
William G. Neumeyer
Wiliam B. Bloo
W. E. Burtt
Hirst Will Filed for Probate by Homer P Hirst
Eliza B Hirst’s will was submitted for probate by her son Homer P Hirst. The will directs all property be divided into three equal shares with two shares to her children and the remaining third to be shared among grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza B. Hirst
Homer P. Hirst
Fitza B. Hirst
Rec
Parrence Hirst
New York Firm Selected for Ten‑Story Office Building
W B Hibbs & Co selects George A Fuller Co to construct a ten story office building on Fifteenth Street Above New York Avenue. Carnegie Steel supplies steel. total cost may reach 400000 including ground as original 250000 estimate. Front will be pure white marble in French Renaissance style. operations start soon and bank completion targeted next year.
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W. B. Hibbs & Co
Fifteenth Street
New York Avenue
George A. Fuller Company
New York
Carnegie Steel Company
Storter
Hibbs
Judgment Set Aside in Inter State Live Stock Suit
Chief Justice Clabaugh in the District Supreme Court set aside a pro forma judgment entered August 16 against Orrin G. Staples son in the Linthicum vs Interstate Live Stock Insurance Co Washington Savings Bank and Staples case. Attorneys debated service of notice on Staples, president of Washington Savings Bank, and the judge granted time for Staples to answer Hartzell's intervening petition seeking judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Orrin G. Staples
Harry F. Hartzell
Herbert R Lin* tHicum
Interstate Live Stock Insurance Company
Washington Savings Bank
Staples
Charles ¥. Fralley
Hartzell
Charles D. Calvert
Stapier
Calvert
Str
Central Labor Union Debates Defense Fund Plan
The Central Labor Union discussed creating a defense fund for local organized labor, proposing a 50 cent per capita tax and 2 percent dues assessment. Some unions opposed the plan, and the decision was to present it to individual unions for consideration. The secretary was asked to list union men running for Congress to gain local labor support. Dr W Skellenger announced sermons supporting organized labor and child labor concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Building ‘Trades
Toney
Congress
Mag
W. Skellenger
Ibyterian Ministerial Association
Will of Amma Haas Probate in Burlington Vermont
The will of Amma Haas, proved in Burlington May 1903, leaves $1000 to her husband Dr Jando M Haas and the residue of the estate to her daughter Mary I Haas. The estate amounts to about $5,840 in real property and other personal assets. Letters testamentary sought by Mary I Haas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna B. Haas
Amma
B. Haas
Burlington
Yeaterday
Iwilla
Jando M. Haas
Mary I. Haas
Sixth
Street Hort Invest
Meeting of slaved lawyers in Galbraith AME Zion Church
In a note from the city, a meeting of the slaved lawyers of the District is to be held at Sixth street church between L and XI streets NW Friday evening. Bonaparte left Washington for Baltimore to deliver a political address a day before the Maryland Editors Association. Leroy Hawking, colored, was arraigned in Police Court on two larceny charges from the Raleigh Hotel. Judge Mills fined him $200 or four months in jail. At Galbraith M E Zion Sunday School annual meeting, officers for the year were elected. The Virginia Democratic Association of DC holds its 26th annual meeting at the Riggs House on Wednesday at 8 p.m. with prominent men invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galbraith
African’ Methodist Episcopal Zion
Galbraith 4
M. E. Zion Sunday School
F. Rebecca’ Norton
Home Department
H. Williams
Ralph Dines
Stanley Crawford
S. Davis
Virginia Democratic Association of
District of Columbia
Riggs House
At & P.m
Dyspepsia and Stomach Conditioning Advice
The piece argues that curing dyspepsia only via strengthening and toning the stomach is ineffective, claiming the organ is weak and unable to perform its functions due to repeated improper demands. It advises readers to take measures to strengthen the stomach.
Freight pact to end delays at Potomac yards
Local freight shippers hailed a new agreement with the Pennsylvania Railroad to carry Washington freight to its Southern destination without the prior rebilling delays at Alexandria. A subcommittee was appointed to press reductions in the Alexandria differential and to push for fairer rates versus Baltimore and Northern cities, with a meeting set for today at the American Security and Trust Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobbers and Shippers’ Association
American Security and Trust Building
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Potomac Yards
W. W. Bowie
Washington
Alexandria
Brunswick
Messrs
May
Adams
Andrews
Southern Railway
Baltimore
American Security and ‘Trust
Merchants Ovation for Greater Washington Train
The Greater Washington exposition special toured Danville and Winston-Salem delivering a warm reception from merchants and officials. Washington vendors reported strong interest, with many orders anticipated as the train continued to Greensboro and planned stops in High Point Lexington Salisbury Charlotte and Statesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Greater Washington
Washington Post
Danville
Washington
Winston-Salem
N. C
Greater
Greensboro
Marchants
Ead
Wington-Salem
High Point
Lexington
Salisbury
Charlotte
Statesville
Elderly Woman Accuses Man of Assault in D Street Incident
Mrs Ellen Dulin, an aged resident, testified that a colored man jumped from behind a tree and aimed for her throat on D Street NW between Second and Third. The stranger fled as several witnesses intervened. William Moore was arrested Saturday evening and charged in police court yesterday morning.
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Ellen. Dulin
William Moore
Mille
Moore
Armstrong
Vermilion
Sixth
D Street
Iby Mra
Dulin
Jamestown Exposition Pier Plans Approved for $400000
The army engineers plans for a $400,000 pier at the Tamestown Exposition on Hampton Roads near Norfolk Va received War Department approval. The two 1,500 foot arms will form a mammoth arch allowing vessel passage with two high towers housing lighthouses and wireless stations. The project aims to offer extensive promenades with incandescent lighting for visitors to view visiting warships. The south arm will be named Godspeed and the north Sarah Constant in honor of early Jamestown arrivals.
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Army Engineers
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Lighthouse Board
Cosby
Jamestown Board
Markenzie
Secretary of War
Godspeed
Sarah Constant
Jamestown
Island
Fall in Street Fatal In Washington near University Place
Benjamin Kine, 68, of 71 Decatur Street Northeast, collapsed after illness while walking along Fairmont Street near University Place yesterday afternoon at about 4 50. He died hours later at Garfield Hospital. A banquet for Italian naval officers is planned by local Italian groups at Freund's, 15 Tenen Street Northwest, tomorrow at 7 p.m. Weather bulletin and coastal storm advisories accompany this report.
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Fairmont Street
University Place
Benjamin Kine
Decatur Street
Garfield Hospital
Gali
Comitato
Dante Alteghieri
Waghington
Freund
Tenen Street
U. 8
Dept. ét'Agriculture
Uuneau
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan Channel
Gulf Coast
Florida
United States
Dakotad
Tennessee
South Atlantic
Missal Op
Lake Relun
Northesn
Didslels
Rocky Mountain
Dakotas
Kansan
Nebraska
New England
Middle Atlantic
West
Gulf
Lakes
Uwidpora Pota
Grand Banks
New Drug Poslum Claims Quick Eczema Relief
New reports from sufferers across the country praise Poslum, touted by Dr. C. T. Cox as a new recovery aid. The drug, sent free by Emergency Laboratory, is said to relieve itching immediately and cure chronic eczema in about two weeks. Over 1,400 favorable responses were received in September from users who requested the free distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. T. Cox
Aged Undertaker Dies After Refusing Embalming
John C. Calliflower, longtime undertaker and Frederick, Maryland native, dies at his daughter Mrs. G Hilton’s home in Northwest Washington. He had embalmed hundreds of people but wished his body not be embalmed. He is survived by four children in the city and grandsons served as pallbearers at Congressional Cemetery burial.
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John C. Calliflower
Congressional Cemetery
Tee
Frizzell
Europe
Freely
Willan G. Henderson Oi
R. Severn
Esso Sta Ition
New York Avenue
Eckington Place
Severn
Protest Over Stable Score The Commissioners Question
North Capitol Eckington Association denounces officials for permit abuse enabling a two story stable on Hanover place to expand into a three story facility with eighty horses. Construction misaligned with permit rules and yard clutter. calls for exhaustive legal action and further city beautification ideas.
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Hanover Place
North Capitol
First Streets
Eckington Citizens’ Association
E. D. Thompson
Wang
Street lighting, school plans, and local petitions in city news
Officials report delays on paving and street lamps on Rhode Island Avenue and First Street West. Blame lies in promised lamp replacements and funding, with over 1000 lamps to switch to incandescent within two months though installations may start later. Solwell backs property boundary petition, while Wy notes Emery School improvements and an elementary school addition. A card of thanks praises the newspaper committee for prize awards.
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My. Blair
Capitol
Waet
Rhode Telang “Avenué
U and
Blau
Selden
M. Wy
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Chesapeake Bay
Habhly
Banker Staples
Inter- State Live Stock Insurance Company
Hood
Boomers Cain
Brunswick, Md
South Pier
Id Peninsula
Lake Superior
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Mayers
Atlanta
Aubeville
N.C
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Jak
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Mars
Buffalo
N.Y
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Wyo
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Towa
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Coto
Des Moines
Galveston
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Inijandzons
Ind
Gacknonville
Fla
Um Kapmas City
New Orleans
New Yok
North Patte
Omaha
Pitesburn
Lake City
St Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Vichhust
Undertaker
North
Capitol and Eckington Association
Jesse B. Bohathirt
Los Angeles
Asdolation
Con Passioners
Lincoln W
Roe
Ty Street
Lincoln Avenue
North Capital
Morrow
Dienes
Inmutov
Nottingham
Aix
Lansburgh &Bro
the Street
A.Z
8Th Street
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VIA
Washington Homes CO
Gale
Washington Stock Exchange
Corporation of Moore & Hi, (Inc
St. N. W
Peter Grogan
Seventh St
Bet. H and I Streets
Steinway Grand
Sterling
Steinway. ‘Pianos
Ace
Ini
Huntington Pianos
Q Gamer
Will
E.F. Droop & Sons Co
Penn. Ave
Penn, Ava
Poe
Luna
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Luna Park
Atlantic & Pacific
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles J. Bell
Por
F. Mudd
M. Steinet Co
F St
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Sunday Post
Aiver Nelgien Senne
Carleton
Vaughan
F Street Nw
St. MN
Livermore
California
Christian Xander
7Th St
Galendar
Wilkens-Sherry Printing Co
Tharp
Berkeley
F St. N. Ww
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