Packers Indictment Demurrer Upheld by Judge Humphrey
Chicago September 23 Judge J Otis Humphrey sustained the government demurrer to the plea in abatement by beef trust partners seeking void indictments for restraint of trade He ruled on broad grounds not technicalities The trial jury may be drawn in mid October Defendants attempted to amend the plea by inserting the word for prompting further pleadings and exceptions were noted by all sides The case centers on al leged secrecy in grand jury proceedings and disputed returns of indictments involving Judge Bethea and district officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. Otis Humphrey
United States
Morrison
Humphreys
Lkely
Frumphrey
Taimphrey
Bethea
Ponte i
S H Bethea
Rthern
Titinow
Kern
Tilinals
Roonesait
Whch
C. C Kohlsaat
Liquor Dealers Seek Interstate Freight Relief Hearing
The National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for relief from high freight rates. A hearing is set in this city for October 20 on a case against the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and about thirty railroads. The dispute covers charges on alcohol and spirits with whisky costs higher than other beverages by 60 cents per 100 pounds for small shipments and 40 pounds per 1. in larger carloads, with April 1944 rate increases cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association of America
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
United States
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Decision Against Addicks Schedules Property Sale
In Delaware United States Circuit Court Judge Gray denied J Edward Addicks stay of proceedings in a $4,000 Hinchman judgment. Marshal Flinn set a sale of Addicks personal property on four farms for October 11 and 12 to satisfy the judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wamington
Del
United States Circuit Court
Gray
J. Edward Addicks
Charles S Hinchman
Camden
N. J
Addicks
United States
Flinn
Floral Gift to Ricketts From Spanish War Veterans
Public Printer Oscar J. Ricketts received a handsome floral gift from Spanish War Veterans in the Government Printing Office. The device, created by A C Oshmier, features Mortelles and cut flowers forming the veterans badge with American Beauty rose wreaths and a streamer reading To Our Public Printer. Dr Scott presided as speaker and Ricketts thanked the group, noting the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Ricketts
Ricketts
A.C. Oshmier
Scott
Church Nearing Completion of Immaculate Conception Edifice
The Washington church nearing completion adds a 70 foot steeple extension, granolite roof finials, and new steps. The project cost about 15,000 dollars, preserving German Gothic style. Father J D Marr, a Washington native, leads the parish, with history tracing back to 1964 founding and 1875 dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Father Marr
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Walter Marr
A. Walters
St Patrick’s Church
P. F. McCarthy
James Roosevelt Bailey
Baltimorr
Father McCarthy
B. F. Ryan
Father Ryan
Annie Smith
Monseigneur McManus
St. John’s Church
Baltimore
St. Howard’s Calverton Church
Church of Our Lady of Good Council
Locust Point
City
Not A Wine-Supper Wedding In Chicago Report
Chicago dispatch disputes marriage of Lawrence Browne of Batavia Illinois and comic opera singer Miss Hargraves. Sister Miss Brooks denies wine at Guthrie Oklahoma meeting, says no wine or late supper, opposition to late hours. Browne’s brother-in-law resigns amid dispute over his marriage.
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Chicago
Lawrence Browne
Batavia
Indian Service
Interior Department
Hargraves
Bessie M. Brooks
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mr Browne
Roosevelt
Mr. Browne
J. Joseph Wright
Lawrence
Trustees Advertise Sale of Real Estate
The Washington Post publishes a morning notice advertising a real estate sale. The advertisement is timed to be read before the sale begins and not after it closes, emphasizing the event’s scheduled start.
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The
Washington Post
Public Health Association to press on mosquito theory
At the American Public Health Association annual meeting in Boston the committee rejected a proposed Roosevelt visit warning it could spread fever. Resolutions affirm yellow fever is mosquito transmitted and urge early defense based on this doctrine. Officers were elected with Prof Robinson as president and the next reunion planned for Mexico City.
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American Public Health Association
Boston
The
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Committee On
Henry D. Holden
Franklin D Robinson
Brunswick
Marine Hospital Service
Robinson
Joseph J Kinyoun
Glenolden
Domingy Orvananos
Mexico
Richard W Lewis
North Carolina
Frank W. Wright
Connecticut
Juan Guiteras
Guba
H S. Ruseei
Wisconsin
Wiliam C. Woodward
Washington
D. C
City of
Indian Territory praise for Roosevelt from D.A. Johnson
W E B Johnson district attorney for the Southern district of Indian Territory visits Ardmore on Department of Justice business. He notes Ardmore as a major cotton market and predicts Indian Territory will become a national garden of agriculture with industry and rail rate controls drawing capitalists and settlers. He recalls Republican roots in Texas and praises Roosevelt as aligning with territorial residents.
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Johnson
Indian Territory
W. EB. Johnson
Department of Justice
Kentucky
Republican Party
Texas
Ardmore
Roosevelt
United States
Flames To Envelope City Prediction Of Great Fires
A Hoboken astrologer named Gustave Meyer warned Chicago New York and most New Jersey towns of a major fire in October or November. Chief Belt of the city fire department was formally advised to prepare water and crew readiness. Officials dismissed the letter as another year's discarded disaster forecast.
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Capital
Meyer
Hoboken
Belt
Fire Department
Gustave Meyer
N. J
Chicago
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Chief Belt
Woman Doctor for Insane to Head Female Patients at Government Hospital
Dr. Mary O Malley, Buffalo NY native, is the first woman on the medical staff of the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington. Appointed September 1 after Civil Service exams, she oversees all women patients, handles surgeries, and has earned early praise as a skilled surgeon and women’s diseases specialist.
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Mary O'Malley
Washington
Government Hospital For
O'Malley
Buffalo
NM Y
Buffalo Medical College
Hospital For the
Binghamton, N
Government Hospital
Civil Service Commission
White
Sunday-School Rally at W C T U Headquarters
Primary Sunday schools of the city gathered last evening at 622 Sixth Street NW under the Primary Sunday-school Teachers Union. Exercises were reproduced by the same class of children, with leaders from several churches, followed by Mrs. Wilbur Crafts addressing on Organizing a Library League. The union meets Fridays at 4 15 PM. Accidental Shooting Near Four Mile Run VA. William Burke, 21, treated for forearm wound at Emergency Hospital.
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Sixth Street
Hollyday
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Coleman
Rhode Island Avenue
Four Mile Run
William 8. Burke
Maine Avenue
Refused Aid to Castro Alleged in $11 Million Suit
Testimony opened in Philadelphia and Reading Pa in the Venezuelan government suit against Bermudez Company over alleged participation in the revolution. Frank B. Stevens denied arming rebels stating he stayed neutral while aiding troops with food. J L Drake testified he followed strict neutrality under orders from Mack and Greene and discharged a suspected plotter.
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Castro
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Bermudez Company
Joseph Mellors
Edity
Rufus B. Coning, Jr
New York
Venezuela
John D. Lindsay
Frank B. Stevens
South Orange
N. J
Guanoco
Stevens
Reading
J. L. Drake
Asphalt
Caracas
J. . Drake
J Bertolez
Mr. Drake
John M Mack
Francis V. Greene
Greene
Mr. Lindsay
Manuel Clemente Urbeneja
Detroit Father Kills Boarder With Baseball Bat
William R Harrington of 386 Michigan Avenue Detroit beat Charles Martin a laborer who boarded at his home to death with a baseball bat while protecting his sixteen year old invalid daughter from an alleged early morning assault Martin died two hours after at a hospital Ernst Bloom another boarder was badly bruised Harrington said Martin had attacked the girl after she stepped into the yard and Harrington and Bloom intervened.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Avenue
William R. Harrington
Charles Martin
Martin
Ernst Bloom
Harrington
Bloom
Indiana Synod Accepts Gift for University Name
The Indiana Cumberland Presbyterian Synod announced a $900000 gift plan from James Milliken of Decatur. A $200000 contribution would complete the funding, and Milliken offered an additional $1000000 if $30000 more is raised by 1908, with money expected to be secured. Burglars Loot Cairo Bank in Illinois. 8000 to 10000 dollars stolen. exchange of shots with citizens, bloodhounds on trail. Small fire at Cook Bernheim Paper Co building caused about 75 dollars damage.
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Indiana Cumberland Presbyterian Synod
Martingville
Ind
Indiana Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
James Milliiken
Decatur
Cairo
I. Bank
Ill
C. B. Burnett & Sons
Hiderado
Cook & Bernheim Paper Company
South Capital Street
Major Clements Named Head of Interior Indian Division
Maj Joseph Clements, a 32-year Interior Department veteran, is appointed chief of the Indian Division succeeding the late J T Fender. Born Dayton Ohio January 23 1826 he served as captain and brevet major in the Civil War. He has spent decades in Washington and the Indian Office.
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J. F. Bender
Interior Department
Joseph
Clements
Saucetad
J.T. Fender
Mr. Clements
Dayton
Ohio
Quartermaster's Department
Augusta
Washington
Treasury D Thement
Rally for Building Fund at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
A three week rally starts tomorrow at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church 708 O Street NW to raise 8000 dollars for a new building. Notable race educators join Rev John Gordon Howard University president Rev W L Taylor Richmond Va and ex Senator Samuel G Newsome among others with Rev Simon P Drew delivering the opening sermon and several more during the event.
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Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
O Street Northwest
John Gordon
Howard University
W. L. Taylor
Richmond
Samuel G. Newsome
North Carolina
Simon P. Drew
Turret Test Satisfactory in Fire Hose Handling
Chief Belt of the District fire department praised the Hart wagon turret after tests at fifteenth and H streets last Monday. He detailed stream sizes and reach, arguing the turret surpasses manual hose handling and calling it one of the department's best apparatus pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Belt
District Fire Department
Fifteenth
H Streets
Liquor license refused after residents protest Pen and Pencil Club
Excise Board denied a liquor license for the Pen and Pencil Club at Ninth and West Capitol streets after residents of Fast Washington urged opposition. The board said the residential area objections were strong enough to reject the license in the interest of wise administration. High School Boy Enters Harvard. George A. Wood of this city, Central High School graduate, passed the entrance exam and joins the freshman class at Harvard University. He is the son of William C. Wood, formerly with the Post-office Department, and helped manage Central High School’s Review. He will reside in Craigie Hall. Washington's favorite newspaper, Sunday issue, features fine statuary and more from Rcniascow.
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Excise Board
Pen and Pencil Club
Fast Washington
Ninth
West Capitol Streets
Wise
Harvard
George A. Wood
Central High School
Irl
J. Harvard Univers
William C. Wood
Howard, Kans
Review
Washington Post
Craigie Hall
Washington D C Retail Ads and Local Notices Flash Across Streets
A crowded page details shops on Seventh Street NW and nearby avenues offering men and boys fall clothing suits at 10 and 13 dollars, jewelry repairs, tailoring and wholesale dress goods. Also listed are visitors stopping at addresses on Sixth and Seventh streets, a schooner cargo update, updates on painters supplies, a new secondhand store opening, and various residents returning from trips or on vacation with local business notes and notices.
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Patent Office
Hiseman & Sutton
Hiseman & Sulton
7Th St
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Pagkers
Will
Beef Trust
Humphrey
Godman
Agid
Atormey
Grand Jury
Ree Quesia
Seid
Structural Iron Workers Qnat
Structural Iron
Structural Iron Workers' Union
Niewepaper
Immaculate Conception
J. D. Marr
Miss Brooks
Mary O’malley
St. Elizabeth’s
RAO Sunday-Schools
Matos
Bermudez
Sunday Post
Weahington
Maryland
Matthews
J. Frank Wright
New Hampshire
Santernton
Myrtle A. Hill
Mendon
Carolyn J. Barn
Maj. Clements
Rally For Building Fund
Washion
Rcniascow
14Th Street
N. W
Side Yard
Mass.ave
Bonton
Washington Heights
Mass. Ave
Thomas Circle
POST
Hiva Streshley
Fredericksburg, Va
C. C. Holland
Hillyard
Korman
KR. E. Baker
C Street
Adams Keys
Goldstein
7Th St. Nn
B. M. Gruehl
1814 7Th St
Misses Byrne
Maryland Avenue
State of
Excelsior Market
Flitt
Harry Sprucebank
Virginia
Wiliam Cannon
Sonnoisseurs
James B. Anderson
Lerch & Littleton
Woman's Club
Kensington
J. Harry Cunningham
Geo. E. Croswell
Trist.an
Julia Langitle
Ilinois
Ontlo
Waldman
Charles Shaffer
Nomin
Lower Machodoe
Mghtsper Elgen
Edward A. Weise
Randall Line
Chesapeake Beach
T. N. Mohler & Co
Tih St
Grant
Seventh Street
W H. Michael
Anna Bell
James River
Abler & Co
Cor. 7Th
Kste
G F Snyder
Atlantic City
Jean Swart
Elizabeth
E. M. Skinner
Stecena
Floyd EK. Davis
7Th St. Sw
Philp McQueen
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pa
Muihnery
H. Abram
J. B. Homes
Olive Street
Bohn B “Uilder
A. C. Corlins
Emma
Georgetown
Morris Parker
Harry Randall
Westmoreland County
Wae
Kinsman
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