Scrutiny on Alaska Trip Sparks Departmental Review
A year and a half ago Jasper Wilson son of the Secretary of Agriculture traveled to Alaska on official business lasting two months at an expense of about 350 to 700 dollars. Reports say he visited an Alaskan gold mine, showed nuggets, and prompted questions about travel costs and departmental practices. Southern Cotton Association officials demand reform and a separate Cotton Bureau to tighten reports on cotton crops.
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Jasper Witeon
Alaska
Stoneleigh Court
Jasper Wilson
Fatners
Laok
Congress
Department
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Southern Cotton Association
Agricultural Department
Reform the department and purge its faults for cotton profit
Harvie Jordan and Richard Cheatham urge a top to bottom reform of the department. They criticize leaks and mismanagement in the statistical bureau and call for accountability, personnel changes, and new methods to protect cotton trade and good government in a Rooseveltian reform stance.
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Department of
Hare
Indictments Possible in Cotton Crop Scandal Session
After a two and a half hour grand jury meet, leaders expect indictments in the cotton crop report scandal in the Agricultural Department. Haas and Peckham testified or were questioned, while Hyde’s sudden departure and Bertha Burch’s potential testimony draw focus to the case.
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Grand Jury
Tse
Agricultural Department
St Ig
Beach
Moses Haas
Frederick A. Peckham
Department of Justice
Haas
Feckham
Washington
Justice Wight
Haag
Bertha Burch
John Hyde
Mr Beach
Hyde
Holmes
Statistical Bureau
Wilson
Anounes
Cheatham
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
K. Peters
Cotton Associaton
Wilsom
Harvie Jordan
Association
Peters
Fetera
Cheatham Said
Jordan
Meat label contract denial sparks inquiry
Vice President Howard Saya denies government official involvement in a meat label patent case. Secretary Wilson orders investigation after printed articles allege irregularities in the Bureau of Animal Industry. Company officials say no official financed or held stock, offer to submit books for inspection. plant located in Washington, stockholders described as largely Washingtonians.
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Howard Saya
Bureau of Animal Iordustry
Wilaon
Bureau of Animal Indus
George Wi. Howard
Intoward
Label Against Counterfeit Terrain Classic Bid History
A man details his pursuit to perfect a tamper resistant label. He describes raising efficiency and cutting costs from 1 per thousand to 6 cents per thousand as machinery improved. He supplied government labels under bids to the Department of Agriculture, while a company later formed with Washington businessmen held the contract.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Furnishes Bend
Department
Roosevelt Moody conference at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt and Attorney General Moody spent the day at Sagamore Hill discussing topics from the Agriculture Department transfers to crop report scandals. Moody, aboard Dolphin, plans to leave for New York and Washington after a day of riding and quiet talks.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Moody
Sagamore Hill
New York
Washington
Department of Justice
Agricultural Department
George T. Moore
North Atlantic
Dolphin
New York Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
President Roosevelt
William 8. Harvey
The
Commercial Museum
Philadelphia
National Board of Trade
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Secretary Wilsons Return Hopes Jordan Will Seek Resignation
Secretary Wilson returns to Washington from Oyster Bay after talks with the President on the cotton report leakage and efforts to purge the Agriculture Department of scandal He says he approves Jordan’s plan to press the issue with President Roosevelt and has reported his course to the President Riser denies making the reported statement in The Post context
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New York
Oyster Bay
National Board of Trade
United States
Department
Wilson
Triqn
Williams Harvey
Jordan
Washington
Agricultural Department
Southern Cotton Association
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Stone Cutters Join the Structural Building Trades Alliance
The soft stone cutters union joined the Structural Building Trades Alliance at Costello's Hall on Sixth Street northwest, leaving only the iron workers and plasterers outside the alliance. New auditing committee members were named, while Hugh Digny resigned as painters delegate. A theft case of $23 involved Slater Bryan, who was arrested and due in Police Court. Japanese naval officers led by Commander Osaki Kamimura visited Washington to inspect buildings before sailing to England to command the battleship Batori.
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Soft Stone Cutters’ Union
Structural Building Trades Alliance
Costello's Hall
Corner Sixth
Alliance
Iron Workers
McDonald
George A. Moore
RH. C. Kellogg
Carpenters’ Joint District Council
Joseph A. Daly
Hugh Digny
Painters’ Union
Slater Bryat
Bryant
H Street
Dennis Bailey
Pate
Washington
Osaki Kamimura
Jan
England
Batori
Armstrong Works
Government Printing Office Inquiry Report Goes to President
The Keep commission completed its review of the Lanston contract and related issues at the Government Printing Office. Secrecy surrounds the conclusions while 107 questions were sent to department heads for August responses, aiming to shed light on organization, personnel, procurement, and cost controls.
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Government Printing Office
Keep
Commission of Five
Oyster Bay
Hamia
Gifford Finchet
Keep Ana
Garfield
Corporations
Hitchcock
Commerce and Labor
Murray
Lanston
Commission
Lanston Company
Roosevelt
Ank
Treasury
Police department shuffles move several officers
Major Sylvester announces changes across precincts. Lieut Shilling becomes night inspector at the Seventh precinct with Lieut Schhelder replacing him. Fortenew leaves bicycle duty for street work at Second precinct. Bicycle officers Shelby and McCarthy swap Sixth precinct posts. Hoagland aids prisoners at Police Court as W Fletcher assumes wheel duty. Montgomery to Second precinct on wheel. Nebb shifts from Tenth to Ninth. Vanderwalker and Brandenburg reassigned to Second and Fourth precincts respectively.
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Shilling
Schneider
Sylvester
Lieut
Schhelder
Jordan
Fortenew
W. S. Shelby
Jeremiah McCarthy
Policeman Hoagland
George W Morgan
E. L. Wletcher
Hoagland
L & Vanderwalker
G & Brandenburg
Window thief linked to Walker home crime case
Jafas May faces grand larceny charges after arraignment in Police Court. Judge O Nea l held him for grand jury action with an $800 bond breach. Police traced the suspect after a jeweler flagged a suspicious sale and identified the stolen gold watch from Charles Walker at his 1 1 2 Ninth Street Northwest residence. Dowling funeral held at 1160 Eighth Street Northeast with Grand Army of the Republic escort and Rock Creek Cemetery burial
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jJafas May
Charles Walkers
Jafas May
May
Walker
Chattanooga
Bis Doms
E. J. Dowling
B J. Dowling
Eighth Street
G A. IR
Mr. Dowling
G W Honey
J. D. Brou Od
Grand Army
John 8. Walker
Oldroyd
WW. Melderry
W. 8. Seymour
Epburn
Hazard Ler
Rock Creek Cemetery
Death follows a fall from fourth story window
John Nolan, a 25 year old window cleaner for National Window Cleaning Co., fell from the Portland Hotel’s fourth floor yesterday afternoon and died hours later at Emergency Hospital. He lived with his parents at 2 K Street NW. Coroner Nevitt to investigate. cause undetermined, possibilities include sudden dizziness or illness.
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Torkmazn
John Nolan
Portland
Turner
N Street Northwest
K Street Northwest
Nevitt
National Window Cleaning Company
Summer Annex and Science at Mount Weather Observatory
The Mount Weather observatory near Bluemont, established by the government with a $60,000 complex, hosts a summer annex for pure scientific observation. Prof Willis Moore explains it is not for social use but a dedicated research site with seven buildings and a daily mess fund.
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Willis Moore
Weather Bureau
Bluemont
Washington
Moore
the Mount
Weather Service
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Moors
United States
Eich
Congress
Mount Weather Research Laboratory
Death ruled accidental in Hazel Hall coroner inquest
The eight year old Hazel Hall died from injuries after being struck by a street car at Hast Capitol and Fourth streets northeast. The coroner and jury found the death accidental with no one held responsible. Conductor A B Frank and Motorman H Co Brown testified the child darted from behind another car and did not see their approach. The accident, meningitis, autopsy findings, and subsequent burial plans are noted along with separate obituary of Philip McHenry killed in Arizona.
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Hazel Hall
Hast Capitol
Fourth Streets
A. B. Frank
H.co. Brown
Mayfield
Glazebrook
Glen, N
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted For Scrofula Cures
Advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures scrofula glandular eruptions inflamed eyelids sore ears catarrh and wasting diseases with permanent results. The copy presents the tonic as a remedy for multiple chronic conditions.
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Hood
Smith is elected commander of DC Spanish War Veterans
John Lewis Smith is unanimously chosen as commander of the District of Columbia Department of the United Spanish War Veterans at the annual encampment held at Spanien War Veterans Hall. Officers installed include Fred W. Alexander, Willis Wise, Cogan, Dr. Cox, Pear son, and Rev. Pierce. Delegates and alternates selected for national encampment. meeting featured a sword presentation to Capt. J. Walter Mitchell on his birthday.
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John Lewis Smith
Department of the
Department Council of Administration
C W. Gwynne
J. J Knibbs
Robert H. Wood
W. M Melloch
L A. Williams
George W. Hrooke
Albert J. Hawkins
Carl l L. Dintler
G. E. Rausch
Jeremiah A. Costello
J. Walter Mitchell
J Ruppel
C. S. Domer
Edward J. Dimmick
C. Porter
F. W. Alexander
Louis W VY de Betoise
Daniel G Mberly
William R. Stone
Carl I. Dintler
Smith
Ig & Lawyer
Samuel R. Young
Fort Myer
Mt Inal
Virginia
John Ambler Smith
Congress
Company Co
First District of Columbia Volunteers
Nelson A. Milea
Cox
Scheutzen
Brightwood Road
Missouri Avenue
Milea Camp
Aster Camp
Mitchell
J. Btine
Dr. Cox
Fred W. Alexander
Stine
Roosevelt
Great August Sale Sparks Bargain Frenzy Across Washington
Yesterday marked the Great August Sale, touted as the year’s most eventful shopping bonanza with huge price cuts on furniture and home goods. Highlights include $25.00 Hall Rocks, $32.00 China Clos, $30.00 Sideboards, $15.00 Couches, $4.00 Rockers, and 35¢ Linoleum, among hundreds of marked-down items across the store.
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Washington
Weather and river outlook across regions plus city readings
Weather Bureau bulletin reports showers in New England, Florida, and the East Gulf. scattered thundershowers in the Lower Lake region and Great Plains with fair tolerances in the Central Valley. Temperatures rise in the east, fall in the west. showers expected in eastern Florida and East Gulf States Wednesday, with light to fresh northerly winds on steamers to Europe. Special river forecast warns of flood risk on White River Arkansas, Port News. Local readings show midnight to evening temperatures ranging from the mid 60s to mid 70s with varied rainfall.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
New England
Florida
East Gulf State
Lower Lake Region
Middle
West Guilt
Rocky Mountain
Upper Lake Region
Gulf States
Missouri Valley
Grand Banks
White River
Arkanga
Newsport
Ark
Lok
Afleck
Ralam
Asheville
N. C
Atiagua
Atlantic City
Biemarck
Boston
Maza
North Platte
Nebras
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Arizona
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Republican National Committee
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District of
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Inter-Ocean Building
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