Gold Key to Open Fair Doors at White House Event
President Roosevelt will press a gold key at the White House tomorrow night to open the Masonic Fair in Convention Hall. The hall will display four giant flags, octagonal booths, and extensive lighting. Police and hospital arrangements are in place, with forty officers on duty and a staffed hospital, as the fair prepares for crowds and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
At & O
St. Louis
Portland
Roosevelt
Munte
Haley
Charles G Hettinger
Wes Steured
P. W. DeGraw
Gener
St Loui
Porilard
Sylvester
Convention Hall
Macfarland
Sheim
Phiyatclane
John E. Walsh
Bia
Committee On Public
Ebbitt House
Burch
Fair Committee
New York Avenue
Diplomats To Attend Opening Of Jamestown Exposition
The Ter Centenary Commission has arranged for 130 diplomatic guests to participate in the Jamestown Exposition opening. Huntington Wilson will host, with Assistant Secretary Edwards chartering the steamer Newport News to accommodate ambassadors ministers and their families. The voyage departs Washington April 6 and returns April 7 with the party sleeping aboard before resuming homeward.
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Huntington Wilson
Edwards
Treasury Department
Newport News
Diplomatic Corpa
Wilson
Washington
Hampton Roads
Capital
Changes in post office staff at Washington Post
The Washington post-office announces clerical promotions and salary reductions. Leonard A. White becomes registry clerk at 60 per year, Emma Yease rises from 70 to 2600, and many others receive raises or cutbacks. Several names show new roles, including foreman, with various salary adjustments. reductions include Forster and Wiehe, among others. Readers are urged to visit the Post with a coupon for details.
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Washingston
Leonard A. White
Lubcirk Guy
Wines
Stamper
Emma Yease
Fhe Ghilling
Peg Stewart
ER Braddock
Peters
Sewell T. Fort
J. W. Murphy
Wilfred Omulc
AG. V Turner
B Mathtot
F R Roberts
George Sadie
D Riggles
Foreman
Albert Forster
Todard
Williem H. Fenn
Jpatten
Napoleon L. Wiehe
Fay
RT. Patterson
George Dean
Treasury bids to replace sandstone columns with granite
Nine bids were filed by firms including James L Parsons and Henry Smith & Sons for removing sandstone columns and balustrades on the east front of the Treasury building and replacing them with granite. The board of awards will evaluate proposals, with an official announcement expected early next week.
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Supervising Architect of
The
Treasury
Colummson
Frank
Board of Awards
James L.parsone
Henry Smith & Sons
Baltimore
New York City
Congress
Bullring
Taylor
Charles HE
Kemper
James P. Low
Cortelydo
Edwin Gilbert & Co
New York
Charles I. Parsons
James L. Parsons
Washington
Henry' Smith & Sone’ Co
Battmer
Thomas Dwyer
Booth Bros & Hurriane
Isce Granite Co
John Prince Co
George A. Fuller Co
Hear Protests of Shippers Hearings Set Across Cities
The Interstate Commerce Commission declares hearings on unjust discrimination and rate disputes involving multiple railroads and coal transport. Dates span April through May with sessions in Columbus Memphis Washington and other locations to consider distribution, rotation of car assignments, and corridor rate issues. Several cases name Ohio Hacking Yesley Beliway Company and others addressing cotton goods rates and competition rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Columbus Ohio
Railroad Commission of Ohio
Hacking Yesley Beliway Company
Witesling and Lake Erie Railroad Company
Anme
Memphis
Louleyia
Washington
Warton Manufacturing Company
Warrenville
Southern
South Carolina
Georgia
New York City
Aelon Springs
Alabama
Coontrol of
Raiway Company
Seton
Montvite Creauvie
St Louie
Méshville
Union
Ben Greet Company to Perform Morality Play in Washington
Announcement says Ben Greet and his company will appear in Washington on Monday April 29 at Convention Hall to present the morality play Hiveryman for the benefit of the Prisoners Aid Society and city missionary work led by agent C. A. Massie. Charities hope to draw many locals. Also note Jamestown Exposition Contest offering 111 prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Greet
Pplistic Players
Washington
Convention Hall
Pisoners’ Aid Society
C. A Massie
City Missionary Work
Detained Japanese Immigrants Face Ambiguity in Transit
San Francisco April 13 295 Japanese laborers arrived aboard the Korez steamship and were detained pending immigration officials advice on allowing onward passage to British Columbia. Officials say Japanese passports to Honolulu do not stop entry to the United States, with no bonds or photos required for transit and no enforcement to prevent.
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Washington
British Columbia
United States
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Korez Sre
Honolulu
North
Korea
Rodgers
Philadelphia
Dmath
Nesbit
Department of Commitrce and Labor
Bay
Lst
British Carlombia
Mexico
Hawaiian Islands
Camere
Gariyeaa
Steamshin Company
Sargent
Bureau, of Immigration
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
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Edna May
Masons
Hte
Belle
America
Colt
Liem
Wm.Hahn & Co
Orikes
Alexandria
Prince Street
Patrick Streets
Braddock Heights
Potomac River
Laey
Potomac Yards
Episcopal Theological Seminary
del Ray
St. Elmo
John D. Normoyle
Alexandria National Bank Building
Alexandria, Va
Mae
G St. N.W
John B. Espey
Uate
MAX Needle & Co., Tailors
4Th ST
D. Raggles
Jamestoun
the Post
Ben
Everyman
M. S. M. Topcoats
D. J. Kaufman
Pennsylvania Ave
Oxfords
Oxford
Russia
Hooper Bros
Penna. Ave
Crocker's
Ion
I. Haas & CO
Potomac Electric Power Co
Fourteenth Street N. W
Het
Geo. E. Hebbard
Baverton
Ninth Street
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