Open Shop Policy Criticized by DC Builders Group
A 1908 circular from the Improvers' Association of the Building Trades of DC accuses the Washington Gas Light Company of bias against open shop contractors. It describes bids for a gasometer and notes officials allegedly blocked bids from open shop firms, urging stockholders to demand fair, non discriminatory contracting. The open shop stance is contrasted with union labor and closed shop practices, urging support for open market competition and independent contractor selection. The letter is signed by Joseph Richardson, S. Shedd, Samuel Ross, John B. Galloway, and W.E. Speir as the executive committee.
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Washington Gas Light Company
District of Columbia
G Street
Washington, D. C
Gasometer
Washington Gas
Employers' Association of
City
Tiart
Gags Company
Hart
Contrelor
S Aid
Washington Gas Iight Company
Employers’ Association of the Building Trades of the
District At Columbia
Washington
J. Washington Gal Company
Joseph Richardson
3S Shedd
Samuel Ross
John Bo Galloway
Wee Speir
Employer's Association of the Building Trades of the
Attest
E K Hall
Child workers wear badges under new law
Hundreds of badges were worn for the first time yesterday by street workers aged under the new child labor law who must be registered and display badges. About 270 children have permits, though not all have received their badges. Mr Walmarth reported a rush and need to duplicate the badge order. Capt James F Oyster criticized Congress for not funding enforcement, noting extra work and costs to schools. The badges, costing about 2.5 cents each, bear the boy’s name, signature, and witness, with a paper insert protected by a tin frame.
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Walmarth
Jas. F Oyster
Congress
Board of Education
School of the Blanks
Police Guard Negress in Hospital Charged With Theft
A hospital security officer is charged with theft and held under guard after an incident in the city hospital. Police report the suspect is in custody and under investigation while authorities pursue warrants in Philadelphia.
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Negress
Philadelphia Diamond Theft Suspect Traced to Local City
Central Office Detectives recovered a suitcase with diamonds silverware and other valuables believed stolen in Philadelphia. They located Annie Banks alias Brown a colored woman wanted there for theft and learned she had canvassed stores in the northeast city. She has been hospitalized and will be guarded awaiting Philadelphia authorities.
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Fhia
Philadelphia
Evans
O'Dea
Annie Banks
Garfield
D. C
Providence Hospital
E. P. Langley
Sherborne W.dougherty
Point Pleasant Golf Club
Philadelphia Directory
Sherborne W Dougherty
South Sixteenth Street
E P Langley
Equitable Life Assurance Company of America
Cleut
Peck
Brown
Brown & Baum Buy 927 929 Pennsylvania Ave Theater Site
Brown & Baum Amusement Company purchases the property at 927 and 929 Pennsylvania Avenue northwest through Thomas J. Fisher & Co for 20 dollars a square foot total 2413 dollars. The heirs of the Travers estate deed signed by trustees. Jewelry store and confectionery occupy the ground. Planned theater conversion with 25000 to 40000 dollars in improvements.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Brown & Baum Amusement Company
Thomas J. Fisher & Co
Jos Travers
George FE. Hamilton
H. Gordon
Charles H. Stanley
Edward H. Newman
Baltimore
Mr. Brown
Mr. Baum
Pennsylvania Avenue
Wright & Hopking
Tennessee Avenue
Virginia L. Simpson
Saille W. Simpson
Wright & Hopkins
Charles W. Boli
Eleventh Street
Stage Money Law Test Proposed by Chief Wilke
Chief Wilke says a type of stage money, sold as a roll of pills, may violate the law. A case involving a $0 bill passed as lawful money reached the Secret Service, and a test case against a manufacturer is planned to determine legality.
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Wil Ke
Secret Service
Wilke
Poor Taken On Outing To Annapolis By Charity
About 60 Washington mothers and children enjoyed an outing to Annapolis and Chesapeake Bay yesterday as guests of the Associated Charities. The trip used Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway transport and Tolchester Steamship Company sailing. The group left around 10 a.m. and returned about 4 p.m. Hubert Jones led the party with Dr Clarence Weaver on hand for medical needs. The children enjoyed the ride and excursion with their own lunches and ice cream provided by the railway.
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Washington
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bar
Associated Charities
Baltimore
Clarence Weaver
Electric Railway Company
Fears Age Tries Death by Gas at D Street Home
Parker H Sweet, 60, attempted suicide by turning on gas in his bedroom at 213 D Street NW. His son Parker Sweet Jr, a patent attorney, detected the odor, entered the room unconscious, summoned aid, and accompanied him to Emergency Hospital until doctors declared him out of danger. The elder Sweet feared paralysis and a stroke, recalling family losses to similar afflictions.
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Parker H Sweet
D Street
Parker Sweet, Jr
Mr. Sweet
Georgetown
Arm found on roof near GWU medical school sparks murder scare
Police investigated after boys found a human arm on a vacant house roof near Mig I street by George Washington University medical school. Investigators later believed the arm and bones were detached from a medical subject and discarded by medical students, with the scene tied to a former boarding house housing students.
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Mig I
George Washington University
Mertz
District panel approves Union Station grade damage appraisals
Justice Barnard signed an order ratifying the appraisement to several property lots along North Capitol Street after a commission found owners were not entitled to damages due to grade changes. The terminal project raised surrounding property values, with owners including J A Healy Robert A Dore William McGrath and Minnie Kensington cited. In related crime news Frank H Beach 17 of 489 M Street SW was arrested on charges of stealing a watch and chain from Wells BE Kathlee of Buffalo. Maj M Elizabeth Barter of the Salvation Army relocates headquarters from Baltimore to the city, serving as the only division officer in the district.
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O. A. L. Sinclair
District of Columbia
Justice Barnard
Union Station
J. A Healy
Robert A Dore
Wiliam McGrath
Minnie Kensington
North Capitol Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Wells BE
Kathlee
Buffalo
Frank H. Beach
M Street
Central Offce
Vermillion and
Barbee
Beach
Belasco
Maj. Barter
M. Elizabeth Barter
Salvation Army
Baltimore
Cty
Eee
Burglar reward shocks Castle Shannon residents
Pittsburg suburb Castle Shannon votes to pay 500 dollars for each burglar, dead or alive, after a wave of five to six months of break-ins. Town officials authorize the reward and residents rush to buy shotguns as fear rises.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Castle Shannon
Dinner to Roosevelts in Manchester Essex Club
In Manchester Massachusetts on August 7 a social dinner honored Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his sister Miss Ethel at the Essex County Club hosted by Mrs Charles A Munn of Washington Fifty invited guests included prominent North Shore cottagers and students. Charles A Munn a Harvard classmate of Roosevelt attended.
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Theodore, Jr
Ethel
Munn
Manchester
Mass
North Shore
Charles A. Munn
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Essex Country Club
Bids for Carrying Coal to Magdalena Bay 1905
The Navy Department invites proposals to transport 15 000 tons of semibituminous coal to Magdalena Bay Mexico with bids due by noon Wednesday August 12 1905 at the bureau of equipment. Proposals should state if vessels carrying the coal may be diverted to Bremerton Washington for discharge if needed.
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Navy Department
Magdalena Bay
Mexico
Bureau of Equipment
Pacific Heal
Bremerton
Wash
Naphtha Lighter Explosion Damages Koh-Chang Harbor
In Koh-Chang harbor the British bark Lyndhurst while discharging naphtha into lighters yesterday, experienced an explosion in a lighter carrying 3,000 packages. No information on the resulting damage or injuries is available.
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Lyndhurst
Asian Harbor
Bangkok
Siam
Powel
New York
Siamese
Hongkong
Jnaphtha
Koh-8i-Chang Harbor
Bonaparte denies resignation plans amid cabinet talks
A Lenox telegram quotes Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte denying plans to resign before the end of the current administration and saying he has no intention to leave after the November election. The message also notes a separate divorce filing by Annie E. Maloney against Martin Maloney in Baltimore, alleging cruelty and failure to provide.
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Baltimore
Bonaparte
Wade H. Ellia
Ohio
Lenox
Mase
Charles J. Bonaparte
Annie E. Maloney
Martin Maloney
Jefferson Flats
Fourth
Alien Women Ordered Deported to Face Grand Jury
The grand jury will investigate the white slave trade in September. Two proprietors of alleged disreputable houses face scrutiny as the case unfolds. Police arrested Anna Gorelick of Cherbourg France and Georgia Coner Gan of Canada for harboring aliens awaiting deportation. Deportation warrants from Secretary Sitauz were delivered to Assistant U S Attorney Harvay Given. The women were taken to Baltimore and detained, with deportation held until after the grand jury ends its inquiry.
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Bend
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Harvay
George EK. Baldwin
United States Secret Service
Baltimore
Government House of Detention
Grand Jury
Leopard Kills Kit in Zoo Cage as Mother Attacks
A domestic tabby mother defends her stray kitten inside a leopard cage at the zoo. The male leopard lunged through bars and fatally attacked the tiny kit, while the mother leaped in to strike at the predator. Despite her efforts, the kitten died. the mother mourned beside the body as keepers removed it.
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Zoo Park
Puss
Hatten
Hte
Weather conditions and forecasts from the Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau reports showers across the Atlantic and gulf states and the central regions with cooler Arkansas and Oklahoma and warmer Northwest. Expect Saturday showers in the South and Northwest with lower night temperatures elsewhere. Winds will be light to fresh in various coasts and lakes, with some west to northwest along the Atlantic and Grand Banks forecast. Tide tables list high tides at 4 m and 4:30 pm.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf States
Lower Lake Region
Ohio
Missouri
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain
Arkansas Valley
Oklahoma
South Atlantic
Texas
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Upper Lakes
Grand Banks
Boar Attack Injures Farmer and Dog in Greekville District
A month-old boar attacked George Entide, a farmer in the Greekville district, after he and his dog went to drive the animal away from a stacked feed. The boar caused injuries described as ugly and violent in the incident report.
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Braunign
Ves
Enteide
Greekvills
Shielaz
Lex
Turkish Foreign Minister Sees Sultan at Friday Mosque
Constantinople Aug 7 diplomats from major powers attended the regular Friday semalik near the Yidig Kiosk. The sultan pledged to uphold the new constitution and the Union of Progress praised the new ministry. Arrests were made of palace officials including former War Minister Riza Pasha and court chamberlain Raghib Fashe after barricades and gunfire.
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Union of Progress
Constantinople
Turkey
Cvisier
Tewhkr Pasha
Camarila
Riza Paehe
Raghtb! Fashe
Raghib
Zeppelin to Build Air Ships Two, Fund Grows
Crown Prince Frederick William accepts presidency of the fundraising committee for Count Zeppelin. After talks with his chief engineer, Zeppelin orders two air ships being built, with changes from recent accidents. Private donors total about 76,000 dollars, with 40,000 in subscriptions and a 20,000 donation from the Krupp family.
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Crown Prince Frederick William
Friedrich Shafen
Aug
Herr Duerr
Count Zeppelin
British Balloon Corps
Farnborough
Crown Prince
Frederick Wiliam
Imperial
Krupp
Bonds for Tunnel Repairs In Scranton and Belt Line
In Scranton on August 7 Judge Archbald authorized the receiver of the Wabash Railroad to issue first lien bonds of 700000 dollars for tunnel repairs. An application for 900000 was reduced after review. Also noted, Nicholas Veloz Goiticoa is appointed charge d affaires at Berlin from Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Row
Archbald
United States
Wabash Railroad
West Side Belt Line
Pittsburg
Wabash
Belt Line
Veloz-Goiticoa
Berlin
Nicholas Veloz-Goiticoa
Washington
Venezueles
Half and half 3 cent fare proposed for Cleveland streetcars
A caucus of Cleveland city council members and Mayor Johnson considered a five cent cash fare with three cent tickets to address a street car deficit since Municipal Traction Company took over operations. Officials favor the plan until prepaid fares are used, aiming to collect fares completely. Reforms target the free transfer policy and conductor collections. Barber fined in police court. Constantine P. Rold, barber at 21 Ninth Street NW, fined $5 by Judge Kimball for unclean practices and tools.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Municipal Traction Company
Johnson
Municipal
Sintelpad
Constantine P. Rold
Ninth Street Northwest
Kimball
Anne
Tasley Fair Races Summary at Washington Post Tagley
Clear skies and good track on the last day of Tasley fair with three unfinished races carried over. Mageie H won the 8:20 trot final heat, Belton G won the 2:17 trot final heat with Mias Rosedale second and lecta third. Brooklet Chimes scored three straight heat wins with best time 2:17 1/4. King Pin second, Skiddo third, Margarite fourth. Free-for-all trot purse $300 Chaney Boo won. McKeed Mae second. Time details and other placings noted for multiple heats and purses.
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Washington Post
Tagley
Mageie H
Belton G
Mias Rosedale
Lecta
Frank Ht
Brooklet Chimes
Earing
King Pin
Skiddo
Margarite
Maxte Biases
Rives
Hobb Bird
Graring
Claire Paine iEsron
Blanche FR
Bai Chimney
Billy Penrice
Bull
Bchard
Powell
Bougheits
Chaney Boo
Tian
Birty
McKeed Mae
Longbothain
Old Grudge Fuels Fatal Knife Attack in Holgecombe
In Tarboro a violent feud between Tarboro residents ends with the death of B. O'Neal, 38, after a barroom dispute. W. Sparks, 32, is jailed on murder charges after stabbing O'Neal five times, including hits to both lungs. O'Neal leaves a wife and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarboro
Holgecombe County
Lawrence
B. O'Neal
W. Sparks
Sparks
O'Neal
Escaped Tar and Feathers Incident in Bristol Hotel
H G Gerst a Chicago traveling man was roughly handled by about a dozen men at the Hamilton Hotel in Bristol. He allegedly insulted Mrs M Peebie of Morrie town. A hotel porter knocked him down several times and he was ordered to leave the city on the next train.
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City
Washington Post
Bristol
Tenn
H. G. Gerst
Chicago
Hamilton Hotel
Gerat
Watsons daughter hurt in train accident at Afton Virginia
Special to The Washington Post Mrs Oscar Lee daughter of Georgia figure Thomas E Watson fell with her baby while alighting from a Chesapeake and Ohio train at Afton Virginia both mother and child bruised though not seriously injured on their way to the summer home of her father Lightning Killa Entire Family Sparta Virginia Aug 7 an entire family was killed by lightning at Wamonds near Sparta Frank Murphy his wife and young son struck in a rye field while seeking shelter Neighbors found the bodies Clansman Gerald Higgins brother in law of the US consul at Messina Italy in Richmond Virginia Aug 7 dangerous at home during vacation Fredericksburg L Eillett of Carroll county died at his Bowling Green home after brief illness aged 49 survived by wife and all children Warrenton Aug 7 George G Butler principal of Fauquier Female Normal died in his eighty sixth year after long illness first wife was Miss Kemper second wife Miss Addie Inge died three years ago Mrs Fanny Shores wife of J H Dickerson died this morning at her West Clay Street home in her thirty third year surviving husband two daughters one sister and two brothers.
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Washington
Sparta
Wamonds
Frank Murphy
Farmer
Strick
Fredericksburg
L. Eillett
Caroling County
Bowling Green
Warrenton
G. Butler
Mr. Butler
Miss Kemper
Addie Inge
R. Richmond
Fanny Shores
J. H. Dickerson
West Clay Street
Virginia Weddings Highlight Local Couple
Salisbury, Aug s Kiutte and Luia Bio 7.-Georg Op of Aar en county surprised many by driving to wed at a ceremony officiated by the Rev.
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Salisbury
Augs Kiutte
Luia Bio 7
Georg Op
Aren County
Relief for Miners Widows Special 10
The Washington Post reports that the general relief committee apportioned funds for Monongah disaster widows and orphans. Each widow received 200 dollars and each child under 16, including those born after the explosion, 160 dollars. Delays were due to locating widows and orphans abroad with consular aid. Contributions total 148,585.07 dollars after expenses as of August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
General Relief Committee
Monongah
Fairmont
Woman Dies at 108 Widow of Dr Perry Ties to Commodore Perry
Cumberland Md Aug 74 Mrs Mary Ann Perry died this afternoon at Alleghany Hospital Cumberland aged well over 100. She was wife of Dr George C Perry who died twenty years ago and she was related to Commodore Oliver Perry of Lake Erie fame and to Commander Roger Verry of the US Navy.
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Dr. Perry
Com
Iodore
Lake Erie
Washington Post
Cumberland
Mary
Ann Perry
Alleghany Hospital
George C. Perry
Perry
Commodore Oliver Perry
Roger Verry
United States Navy
Police Accuse Sailors in South Norfolk Riot Testimony
Three Norfolk policemen White Hollman and Davin testified for over five hours before a naval board led by Capt. Dil Ingham into the clash between U S sailors and negroes in South Norfolk last Sunday night They said sailors fired a pistol and introduced sworn testimonies from the negroes involved. little of the testimony has been revealed
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Specter
Washington
Norfolk
White
Hollman
Davin
United States
South Norfolk
Naval Board
Dil Ingham
Mud Holes at the Union Depot Park Delay
A reader notes months of dirt dumpping by mule teams at Massa chusetts avenue and North Capitol street leaving Union Station grounds muddy and unsightly. The author asks who is responsible for the delay and urges completion to attract hotels and business ventures to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Béltor
Union Depot Park
Massachusetts Avenue
North Capitol Street
Union Station
Capitol
Washington
Union Depot
Newall
Mother Stewart Dies At 92 In Hicksville Home
Springfield Ohio reports the death of temperance advocate Elim D Stewart known as Mother Stewart. She died at her home in Hicksville and her body will be shipped to Springfield for burial. A longtime leader of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union she founded Ohio’s WCTU in Osborn in 1873 and helped establish the first WCTU in England during a 1876 visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio
Elim D. Stewart
America
Breas
Stewart
Mutineers to be tried on Kosmo steamer case
Three mutineers from the Kosmo steamer Anubis, taken after a clash on San Miguel Island, arrived in San Francisco aboard the revenue cutter Manning and were turned over to U S Marshal Pillott for trial. An earlier mutiny aboard the Ambis was quelled on July 11 by a large police detachment after a fierce fight on the wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Miguel Island
Fiana
Pillctt
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Washington, D.C
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