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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
16
Greater Washington Boomers call for a formal probe by Jobbers and Shippers Association into a loss suffered due to freight transit delays. Local firm seeks investigation while Car Service Association notes the case implicates commercial agencies.
The Baltimore and Washington Cart Service Association warns local jobbers that railroads cannot refund delays from unreasonably long transit. It notes that if the consignee is slow to receive freight, a delay charge may be imposed. The Jobbery and Shippers' Association may seek relief by appealing.
J T Walker Sons charged with demurrage after a Virginia car sat ten days en route to Washington. The Jobbers and Shippers Association and the Baltimore and Washington Car Service Association discussed remedies, noting railroads set rules and delays may warrant compensation. A special committee will investigate freight denial issues and the Washington Southern line operations.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway seeks permits for two 450 foot half circle roundhouses in Washington D C yards north of New York Avenue between Fifth and Fifteenth streets northeast. Each will hold 25 tracks with tool rooms machine and repair shops and other motive power facilities to serve the Capital City as an industrial hub.
Secretary of War Taft will travel from Murray Bay Canada to Maine to stump for Charles E. Littlefield in the Second District. The move signals administration support against the American Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers, who seeks Littlefield's defeat over eight hour work and injunction bills. Cannon will also speak for Littlefield to shore up labor-strong voters. The outcome tests the federation’s political clout in a key Republican district.
Weather delays Washington militia drill at Camp Roosevelt Mount Gretna as rain floods the bivouac. Umpires praise militia and regulars for performance during a march and feigned retreat, while Lebanon duties and fines loom for wandering guards.
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau notes heavy rains across the Middle Atlantic and New England with thunderstorms from Missouri Valley to the Great Lakes. Reports rain in Rocky Mountains and along the Gulf coast. temperatures not overly high with a drop in northern Rocky Mountain area. Friday and Saturday forecast show possible local rains east of the Mississippi and in New England regions. Downtown readings and recent thermometer records are listed with various times and humidity figures.
Funeral services for Prof. Almon H. Thompson were held at his home and he was buried at Arlington Cemetery. Mrs. Bertha Schott and George F. Stevens also had funerals noted with burial at Arlington or Oak Hill. A District Police Court case charged Samuel A. Kimberly with violation of the smoke law, resulting in a $5 fine for the corporation. The District Commissioners proposed a street improvement on Newnan between Fourteenth Street and Piney Branch Road costing about 36,500, to be charged to road repairs.
A promotional notice urges use of O Sullivan Rubber Heels for boots claiming they benefit all wearers. Substitutes reduce dealer profit, so readers are advised to order by name. Price is 50 cents, from National Shoe Mfg. and Repair Co. at 442 6th St. N. W. Washington D. C.
An unknown man entered Stevens drug store on Ninth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue through a rear transom and stole several 1 and 2 cent stamps and some loose change. Police pursue the acrobatic thief who seemed driven by a stamp collection impulse and possibly to send a letter to a lady friend or to prepare for a bond issue.
Mr Iddisikata head of Kawa gaki Dockyard Co and Yale graduate presented a handsome silver football trophy to the Asiatic Heel to be played for annually with the Wenning ship name engraved. A dispatch from Rear Admiral Train said Matsukata also gave the Oregon crew a similar smaller cup to be sent to the Navy Department.
Miss Douglas Wise, debutante in Washington society, was driving with Lycurgus Winchester, a Baltimore banker, when a street car struck their carriage in Baltimore. Winchester died at once, Wise suffered a leg fracture and injuries but was reported improving. Lieut Richard Hooker and wife had been with them earlier.
The Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress faced sharp clashes in Galbraith Church Galbraith Street as Rev Bishop R S Williams of Chicago accused Corresponding Secretary I Garland Penn of overstepping his authority by including names on the programme. The board ordered Penn to apologize, with no clear outcome yet. The session drew about 6000 attendees, featuring multiple sermons on race and social issues and warnings about finances and organizational duties.
The congress agenda includes religion for the young, religious literature, educational progress of the race, and measures addressing desecration. Key speakers include Rev. J. Gooper of New York, Prof. John W. Wilson, and Rev. R. B. Bruce of Charlotte. A press meeting and Sunday appeal by Amanda Smith are announced.
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