Building Trade Board Forms Governing Body of Industry Leaders
Washington creates a board of governors elected by the Employers Association of the Building Trades District of Columbia to settle disputes between employers and employees. The group, including millwork, lumber, steel, paints, hardware, plumbers, brick, and tile trades, wields authority to maintain harmony and prevent industrial disruption in the city’s building trades. The board represents major suppliers and contractors, with potential losses estimated in the millions if conflicts arise.
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Employers’ Association of Building Trades
Orose
Washington
Employers Association of the
District of Columbia
Board of Governors
Employers Association of
District of Columba
W Smith
Galliher Tumber
Sam Ross Steel and
Hugh Reilly
Rudolph Hardware
John Michell
Ar Plumbers Supplies
Holtrack Brick
SM Sharky Masong
J Beall
Ement
Thomas Eagan
Nolan
R Galloway
Wariva
Kennedy
Hutchinson
CC. Murray
Marriott
Forsburg
Charles Rose
EH Rupprecht
Noubkt
Viehmeyer
Joseph Richardson
Sociition
Graham
Nate
Fnsuilet
Columbia
Indus
Goirnors
Cathedral Consecrated in Awe Inspires City Observance
The Cathedral of St John the Apostist and St Finbar was consecrated today with ceremony and music. Cardinal James Gibbons and ten archbishops bishops and clergy attended, led by apostolic delegate. Bishop Henry P Northrop of Charleston celebrated the pontifical mass marking his silver jubilee and the cathedral’s completion in brown stone and modern style.
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Thanest
St John Theafist
St John and
St Finbar
James Cardinal Gibbons
Catholic Church In
America
Masy
Henry P Northrop
Charleston
Tamense
Dermon
Rey Jolur
Jeane PD
Dubuue
Iowa
Patrick James Donahue
Tishop
Bus
Northrop
Joseph West Dies at 68 in Washington
Joseph West, a longtime employee of the United States Supreme Court clerk’s office, died yesterday at 8 10 AM at his brother Dr Charles J West’s home in Northwest Washington after an acute illness. Born in Washington, he was the son of a noted builder and is survived by brothers Dr Charles J, Leo, and Hovey West, and sister Mrs Eleanor Hassell. Funeral mass will be held at St Augustine Roman Catholic Church with interment at Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Joseph West Colored
Lnited States Supreme Court
Charles
West
M Street
Hfmas
Washington
Sinty Ovaetra
Olere
Wshmpton
St Marks Hotel Coypor
Stventh Street
Pennsylvania
Marcellus
Bowen Ome
Palmy
Shine
Leo
Hovey West
Eleanor
Hassell
St Augustine
Rey Faul Grifith
Mount Guvet Cemetery
Woman Delegates Win at Sons of Benjamin Convention
New York April The seventh annual convention of the United States Lodge of the Independent Order of Sons of Benjamin opened with a victory for women delegates over their seating. Grand Master Abraham OXenberg notes the order since birth has paid 24 death benefits and a banquet occurred. A Navy clerk George T Gurr recovering from belladonna poisoning near Toome, with sister Miss Sarah L Gurr notified, conditions improving.
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Sons of Benjamin
New York
An Wii
United States
Independent Order of the Sons of Benjamin
Wom
Abraham | Oxenberg
Morris brothers deny ownership in Honduras Lottery Company
New York April 14 A Hennen Morris and Dave H Morris of this city who were among the men indicted by the federal grand jury at Mobile yesterday on conspiracy and violation of the anti lottery laws declared today they have no interest in any lottery prize A public statement from the Messrs Morris says they are owners of the company but deny any direct or indirect ownership or interest in the Honduras Lottery Company or any other lottery enterprise or description.
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New York
Hennen Morris
Dave H. Morris
Federal Grand Jury
Moplie
Messrs Morris
Mobile
United States
Honduras
Honduras Lottery Company
Dave H Morris
No Offer Made Germany Admiral von Diedrich Ignorance Claim Refuted
An inquiry found denials of a claim that Germany suggested transferring the Philippines after Dewey's Manila Bay victory. Officials say the story is new, unproven, and would have been disclosed if true. The piece notes Admiral von Diedrich's reported unfriendly Manila stance and Emperor William's role in Portsmouth peace efforts.
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Philippines
Germany
Manila Bay
Berlin
United States
State Department
Department
Wiliam HR. Day
United States Supreme Court
Andrew D White
Berli
Spain
Emperor Williams
Japan
Rungsia
Washington
Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Arizona Irrigation Case
The Supreme Court released a written opinion denying a petition for rehearing in the long running Gila Bend irrigation dispute in Maricopa County Arizona The case involves 120000 acres of land dams canals and water rights with the Gila Bend Reservoir and Irrigation Company opposing the Peoria Canal Company The court’s action follows a prior decision upholding the arena assets and reframing the record after scrutiny of personal letters to the bench and requests for consolidation of related proceedings.
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Supreme Court
Marleepa County
Ariz
Gila Bend
Arizona Construction Company
Gila River
Wolfky
United States Supreme Court
Construction Company
Canal Company
Arisona
Ga Water Company
Reorganized Corporation
Gila Bend Company
Gey Wolfley
Doma
Devyn
Ppeweet Url Geo Wadan Ainy
Wolfiey's Corporation
Dull Paris Bourse Amid Berlin Anxiety Moves on Rates
Across London and Berlin the markets show anxiety and cautious optimism as the Bank rate is expected to drop to four percent while outside rates drift. American securities slump by about two billion dollars, railroads seek funds, and fears of renewed lending pressure linger despite improved money conditions abroad.
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Washington Post
London
The
Times
New York Exchange
United States
Woman Denies Gambling Charge In Poker Bust
Jeanne Davie, 59, arrested with three women and a man for poker at a Seventh Avenue boarding house. Bail set at 1000 by Magistrate Moss. examination scheduled for Tuesday. Three co-defendants discharged. Davie admits playing but denies gambling. detectives found 5,000 poker chips.
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Sneela
Washington Post
New York
Jeanne Davie
Seventh Avenue
Moss
West Side Court
Minnie Martine
Marie Clark
Mra Jane Wilson
Mme Tavre
Break Up Poker Game In Northwest Washington
Police interrupted a poker round at Solomon Webber s home 315 Pennsylvania Ave NW and arrested Webber on permitting gaming. Sixth precinct officers found five men summoned as witnesses and seized seven dollars from the scene. Bail posted, case expected in Police Court today.
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McGarth
Boswell
Trice
Sixth Precinct
Solomon Webber
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Webber
Raid Net Two Arrests For Sunday Liquor Law Violation
A Third precinct raiding party arrested George Beck and Robert Green on Sunday liquor law charges after marked money was used to buy drinks and traceable to the suspects. Police removed a large quantity of whisky beer and gin bottles as evidence from the houses at 421 Ridge Street Northwest and Twenty First Street and Virginia Avenue Northwest.
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Sergi. Evans
George Beck
Ridge Street
Robert Green
Twenty-first Street
Virginia Avenue
Juvenile Court Advocate Delivers Richmond Address
Rev wed Hetzel Copp, probation officer of the District, went to Richmond Virginia at the mayoral invitation to address the chamber of commerce on The Juvenile Court and Probation. Mayor McCarthy supports a two juvenile court experiment to be submitted to the legislature next session. Swift and Company's Washington sales of fresh meat for the week ending April 13 averaged 75.9 cents per pound.
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Hetzel Copp
Richmond
Chamber of Commerce
Copp
McCarthy
Swift & Company
Fresh Bet
Washington
Garfield puts lid on Interior Department policy
Secretary Garfield tightens control at the Interior Department ordering confidential handling of all government business. He prohibits division heads from discussing official matters with lawyers or reporters and requires passes for access, saying he is not responsible for the innovation.
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Garfield
Interior Department
Garfeld
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Mike
Lawsyers
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Laws Among Nations Society Meets Here FAME Tonight
Proceedings cover the American Society of International Law first annual meeting with leaders like Root, Olney, and Foster among attendees. Sessions address neutral trade, prize law, Drago doctrine, and international courts, concluding with a White House reception and banquet. Members and officers listed include Angell, Moore, Olney, and Root, with schedules across Friday and Saturday events.
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American Society of International Law
Charles Henry Butler
United States Supreme Court
Root
High Seas
Admiral Stockton
C C Hyde
Chicago
Everett P Wheeler
New York
Davis
Mitott
St. Paul
Hershey Hannis Taylor
George G. Wilton
Wheeler
J Parker Kirlin
Drago
Hershey
Latano
Drammond Kennedy
Penslead
United States
Richard Olney
Willoughby
Johns Hopkins University
William Draper Lewis
University of Pennsylvania
Charles Noble Gregory
Iowa University Law School
John W Foster
John Bassett Moore
C M Rose
Representative Bartholdt
Missouri
White House
Commerce and Labor Strais
Mr Bryce
Horace Porter
Spooner
Wisconsin
Elihu Root
Fuller
David J Brewer
William R. Day
William H Taft
Anddrew Carnegie
Joseph H Choate
George Gray
John W Griggs
Wn Lorrow
and Seegetty
Commerce and Labor
Oscar
Realize on Holdings on Wall Street Market Outlook
A Washington Post telegraph analyzes last week's Wall Street activity with a professional drift and a mild decline as gains fade. It notes a cautious money market, mixed reactions to England’s rate cut, and doubts about sustained liquidity. Bank of England actions, European trends, and railroad financing influence investor sentiment and the pace of short-term borrowing.
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Washington Post New York
Jan
Wall Street
General Financial District
Bank of England
Banc
England
South Africa
Bank of France
Reichsbank
Englsh Bank
London
Bondon County
Yeading
Erie Railroad Company
Thue
Asidy Wome
Wall Street Commission
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
National Banka
Customs
Market Talk Sparks Talk of Contraction in Trade
The piece notes widespread discussion of a potential moderate contraction in U S business for the coming months. Banking leaders believe a slower pace would reduce feverish market activity and benefit the economy overall despite fears of slower growth.
Peary Plans New York Start For Pole Quest
Explorer Robert E Peary and his wife spent two days at their Maine summer home on Eagle Island Casco Bay before leaving for New York tonight to begin a new voyage toward the Arctic and the pole. Mrs Peary accompanied him as they prepared for the July 1 departure from New York.
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Explorer
Maine
Portland
Robert E Peary
New York
Far North
Eagle Island
Casco Bay
Mrs Peary
Lincoln Laud Jefferson in 1859 Letter on Party Principles
A garbled excerpt shows Abraham Lincoln praising Thomas Jefferson and critiquing then contemporary party ideas. It recalls Jefferson's ideals, contrasts man before dollar, and notes Lincoln’s emphasis on liberty and property, urging study by fair-minded Americans.
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Jefferson Andi Adeime
Jefferson
Lincoln
Alexander
Hamilton
Hotels and residents listed from Baltimore to Philadelphia notices
A long OCR style roster lists names and spouses tied to hotels and streets across Baltimore New York City and Philadelphia. The fragment includes Adams Rowan Wilson Tucker Smith Blagus Flanigan Kirtland Wells Thayer Amis Patterson Reed Wolf Lewis May Solomon Ivory Bonwell Clark Beydel Wardell Jacobs Harvey Murdock Whitney Rothe Mott Wright Town Murdock Segel Wood Milen Gould and others with spouses and affiliations in Shoreham New Winlara Winter Bry Arlington and other locales.
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Baltimore
G Adams
AL. Rowan
Jamen
Wilson
Carl Tucker
Shoreham
Granville Smith
Winlara Woston
Thomas
Blagus
Rejeigh Reinhot Faleton
Theodore
Enel Shoreham
Flanigan
Ralph M Kirtland
Riggs
Wells Theo Adore
Chigagg
JB Walsh
F J Powers
Jurdy Herma
Beydel
Charles Thygen
Wardell
Jacobs
Harvey National
N Murdock
H Victor Sictte
E. G Holland
St. James
Whiteon
Richarda
Fd Rothe Zeocg
HS Whitney
A. & Jemok James W Mott
Wite Shoreham
J Wright
B. Maryhall
Rovetta
Winter Bry
Lewis Arilngton
Gustave Frouman
A. Mitertarger
C Town
M ‘Roberta
C Roberts
G R Carrot Mies
A. Durland
A. Totes
EM Plumer
Onden Mim
L. G.kierated
J . Andrews
Andrea
Samuel Greyson
New Witkrd Ee
Priladegphia
A. Segel
Ase. Wood
SW Wood
T F Milen
James BR Gould
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Building Trade Board
Cardinal Gibbons
Joseph West
Clerk’s Office
George T Gurr
Navy Department
Ha Toome
HV Stonestreet
Pennsyvine Avenue
Sarah L. Gurr
Best Street
Buffalo
A. Hennen Mors
Dave H. Moris
Kaiser
von Diedrich
Deway
Mamla
Arizona Irrigation Case
Paris Bourse
Rauhos de Wall
Parla
Rio Tintos
Madrid
de Beerg
Boerse
Juvenile Court For
LAWS
Famay
Executive Council
James B Angell
Michigan
Augustus 0
Bacon
Georgia
Frank C Partridge
Vermont
William L Penfield
Waanington
Leb
Rowe
Richard Bartholdat
P C Knox
John , Spooner
Charles B Wardren
Theodore Woosley
Connecticut
Chandler P Anderson
Jack M . Dickinson
Illinois
George W Karchwey
Robert Lansing
James B Scott Washington
George G Wilson
Rhode Island
Euhu Root
John W. Foster
George W Ikirehwey
Oscar Straus
James B Scott
Jamestowns
the Post
U. S
Browning & Baines Inc
Pa. Ave
General National Bank
Peary
Lingoln
John Tempie Gravessys
Bryan
Han Ru
Abraham Lincolln
H L. Pierce
Springfield
Boston
Thomas Jefferson
Washington Loan and Trust
John Joy Edson
Edmund and
Charles Randolph
Barkers & Brokers
Broadway, N. Y
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Washington, D.C
G Street
N. W. Felephome Main
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. Warner
F Street
Napoleon
Arthur Cowsill
Colorado Building
Sts
Weewewewwwwee Fire Insurance
TN Best American
Enghar
COMPA
Ralph W. Lee
Raleigh
Futrow
Deitr
Cornel
BE A. Judge
Pittsburg
Stevens Henson E
Brown Rafelch
Clement R Janes
A. Schade
George A Willager
National
Diebold
St James
Alim
Biges
L Monre
George C Buell
Carrie Corbett
New Wilard
Polk Miller
Kelly St James
Alabama
L. Little
Anfaton
St James Califorenia
Saker
Los Angeles
Baker
New Willard
Joseph Stormington
Shorehen
McClellan
Mary “McClelen Darwin
Halstat
Hartford
Asher Willimantle
Frederick B. Street
W Rodman
Messenger
New Heven
Milliard
Mira Florence
Colt
Munson Winstead
J. Wright
Atlanta
James
L. Pue
Atlante
Arlington
Lovell Sanford Mixx
Emily Woodrett
Lockford
Smith Aurora
Willard Massachusitts
Adams
Mira
Pittsfield
Rateb
Saunders Lowall Shoreham
Stewart
Louis
Vo Lansing
Greenwich New Wil
North Carolina
H L Milner
Morgantown
Nebraska
J Ryan
OHIG
Sion
Cleveland Haleigh
Bon Feey
Cincinnati
Loveless
Warren
Fenweylyania
Hersinne
York DC
Foote Kans
Johnston Tetobe St. James
George Stegmater
Stegmeier
Innast Carolinas
McGregor
Henderson Miss Ripley
Atkes Shorehas Tennersee
Sidney
Andres Mrx James
Kirkland Neshville
Toot and Wits
Misa Grace Toot
Memphis Riggs
Virginia
R. E Gruth
Lynchburg
MeIntyre
Warrenton
Jamestovs
Prestly
E. Q. Smith
Lee
Latimer Chas
F. Nesbit
F. H. Smith Co
G. Smith
D Latimer
F Newbuy
N. Y. Ave
First 60 Operative Building Association
Wisconsin Avt
Riges National Bank
U.S Treasury
E.R. Chapman & CO
Broadway
G. B. Chipman
Manzeger
Washington Stock Exchange
Burplus
Raveler
Europe
International Banking Corporation
Uptown
Connave
Downtown
Center Market
Traders National Bank, Cor
10Th St
J. H. Crane & CO
Public Stock and Grain Co
South Fourth Street
Philadelphia
Washington Branch
Simpson
W.W. Casterlin & Co. Cor
Pondent Brokers
Sauer
Tsiephone
Chesley & Spence
Celorato
Tech
Francis
Dooley & Go
le Droit
Frank K Kane & CO
Fé St
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