Open shop policy criticized in Washington gas contract bids
A circular from the Improvers' Association of the Building Trades of DC accuses the Washington Gas Light Company of bias against open shop contractors. It cites bid refusals for a gasometer project and argues the policy harms competition, presses for fair field terms, and urges stockholders to support open shop principles and nonunion employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Badges Issued For Young Workers Under New Law
Hundreds of badges were worn for the first time yesterday by street workers under the child labor act. About 270 children have permits, though not all have received them. Registration chief Mr Walmarth said the initial badge supply ran out and duplication will be needed. Capt James F Oyster criticized Congress for not funding enforcement, noting overtime for school clerks and insufficient money for supplies. The badges cost about 2 1/2 cents each and bear the boy’s name signature and witness, with a celled card inside a tin frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walmarth
Jas. F Oyster
Congress
Board of Education
Police Guard Negress in Hospital Charged With Theft
A hospital police guard is charged with theft in Philadelphia. The accused, a Black woman, remained under guard in a local hospital as investigators pursued further evidence and possible connections to related cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negress
Suitcase of Diamonds Recovered in Washington D C Theft Case
Central Office Detectives recovered a suitcase containing jewelry and silverware valued around 70 dollars in Washington D C. The items were linked to Annie Banks alias Brown, wanted in Philadelphia for theft. she was confined in Providence Hospital after falling ill. Detectives traced the suspect to Northeast Washington and to several jewelry shops before locating the suitcase at a Garfield home. The case includes nine scarf pins set with diamonds, a diamond ring valued about 250 dollars, a silver loving cup, and an old open-face watch dated 1866. Philadelphia officials plan to send a detective to examine the goods once she is released from hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 For Theater
Brown and Baum Amusement Company purchase the property at 927 and 929 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest for 20 dollars per square foot totaling 2413 dollars. The deed is signed by heir trustees and the site now houses a jewelry store and confectionery. Improvements worth 25000 to 40000 dollars are planned to convert the ground into a theater.
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Brown & Baum
Pennsylvania Avenue
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
Wright & Hopking
Tennessee Avenue
Virginia L. Simpson
Saille W. Simpson
Wright & Hopkins
Charles W. Boli
Eleventh Street
Stage Money Unlawful Says Chief Belke Test Proposed
Chief Wil ke contends the form of stage money sold as pills is banned by law. A case reports a $0 bill passed as lawful money, prompting the secret service to consider testing the legality. If pursued, a test case against a manufacturer may adjudge such stage money unlawful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Ke
Secret Service
Wilke
Outing for Washington Mothers and Children to Annapolis
About 60 mothers and children joined an Associated Charities outing yesterday to Annapolis and Chesapeake Bay. The trip was hosted by the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis electric railway, plus a four hour sail courtesy of Tolchester Steamship Company. Hubert Jones led the group with Dr Clarence Weaver aboard for medical aid.
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Washington
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bar
Associated Charities
Baltimore
Clarence Weaver
Electric Railway Company
Fears Age Despair Prompt Parker Sweet Suicide Attempt
Parker H Sweet 60 attempted to end his life by turning on gas in his 213 D Street NW bedroom. His son Parker Sweet Jr a patent attorney discovered the odor and found his father unconscious, aided him to Emergency Hospital, and stayed until doctors declared him out of danger. The elder Sweet, a former ministerial son and relative, feared paralysis after strokes, and his family has faced multiple losses to paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker H Sweet
D Street
Parker Sweet, Jr
Mr. Sweet
Georgetown
Arm Found On Roof At GWU Medical Street
Police investigate a human arm discovered on a roof near Mig I Street by youths from a nearby grocery. Initially feared a murder, officials suspect medical students cast it from a hospital site. several fingers are missing and bones from another arm noted. The case centers on alleged transfer by students living at a former boarding house near the medical school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mig I
George Washington University
Mertz
Terminal Damages And Theft Headlines In District News
Justice Barnard signed an order ratifying the Union Station area appraisements for multiple lots with owners named including J A Healy Robert A Dore William McGrath and Minnie Kensington. The commission found no damages for grade changes but said some lots increased in value from terminal improvements. A youth, Frank H Beach, 17, was arrested for theft of a watch at the Belasco Theater. Maj M Elizabeth Barter of the Salvation Army relocated its headquarters from Baltimore to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Village
In Castle Shannon near Pittsburg, the town council set a $500 reward for each burglar dead or alive. The move, driven by a six month surge of burglaries, prompted the treasurer to authorize payment. Within hours eleven shotguns were purchased by residents seeking protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Castle Shannon
Dinner to Roosevelts in Manchester at Essex County Club
Mrs Charles A Munn of Washington hosted a dinner this evening for Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his sister Miss Ethel at the Essex County Club Manchester Mass Aug 7. Sixty invitations went to North Shore cottagers and prominent young people. Charles A Munn, Mrs Munn's son, was a Harvard classmate of Roosevelt.
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Manchester
Mass
North Shore
Charles A. Munn
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel
Essex Country Club
Bids for Carrying Coal to Magdalena Bay Mexico
The Navy Department announces proposals to transport 15,000 tons of semibituminous coal for the Pacific Fleet. Bids are due at the Bureau of Equipment by noon Wednesday August 12 1905. Bidders must state if vessels carrying the coal may be diverted from Magdalena Bay to Bremerton Washington if cargo discharge requires it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Magdalena Bay
Mexico
Bureau of Equipment
Pacific Heal
Bremerton
Wash
Naphtha Lighter Explodes in Siam Harbor Incident
In Koh Chang harbor Bangkok on Aug 7 a lighter loaded with 3,000 packages of naphtha exploded while discharging from the British bark Lyndhurst capt Powel bound for Siamese ports and Hongkong. No details on damage were available.
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Bangkok
Siam
Lyndhurst
Powel
New York
Siamese
Hongkong
Jnaphtha
Koh-8i-Chang Harbor
Bonaparte Won’t Resign As Attorney General
In Lenox Massachusetts Charles J. Bonaparte denies reports he will resign before the end of the current administration and says he has no intention of leaving office. He states he will not be replaced by Wade H. Ellia of Ohio after the November election.
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Baltimore
Bonaparte
Wade H. Ellia
Ohio
Lenox
Mase
Charles J. Bonaparte
Alien Women Ordered Deported Face Grand Jury Review
Government officers arrest two alleged white slave trade suspects Anna Gorelick of Cherbourg France and Georgia coner gan of Canada for harboring them Deportation warrants issued by Secretary Sitauz were presented to Assistant U S Attorney Harvay Given The women were relocated to Baltimore awaiting grand jury action in September before any deportation occurs
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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 Attacks Kitten in Zoo Cage Rescue Ends Tragedy
A domestic mother cat at the zoo leaps through cage bars to defend her coal black kitten from an old male leopard. The leopard fatally mauls the kitten, then the mother retreats, mourning over the body as keepers remove the carcass.
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Zoo Park
Puss
Hatten
Hte
Weather Forecast and Tide Table From Washington Post
The Weather Bureau reports showers along the Atlantic coast and gulf states with cooler conditions in the Arkansas valley and Oklahoma, warmer in the Northwest. Expect more showers Saturday in the South and Northwest with gradual temperature changes by night. Winds vary by coast and region. Tide times listed.
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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
Gashed by Boar Attacks Farmer and Dog in Greekvill s
A farmer from the Greekvills district and his dog confronted a month-old boar feuding near a Twhtedt stack. The boar attacked, inflicting injuries described as ugly, with surrounding details unclear due to damaged text. Local authorities may note accidental wildlife encounter.
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Braunign
Ves
Enteide
Greekvills
Shielaz
Lex
Turkish Diplomats Hear Sultan Reassure on Constitution
In Constantinople on Friday palace ceremony diplomats from major powers attended the semalik near the Yidig Kiosk. Sultan Abdul Hamid II assured foreign representatives of good intentions and his resolve to uphold the new constitution. The Union of Progress praised the new ministry as satisfactory and urged patience as changes among officials unfold. Former palace officials, including War Minister Riza Paşa and court chamberlain Raghib Pasha, were arrested after resisting police and barricading a street window.
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Union of Progress
Constantinople
Turkey
Cvisier
Tewhkr Pasha
Camarila
Riza Paehe
Raghtb! Fashe
Raghib
Zeppelin to Build Again for Air Ship Fund
Crown Prince Frederick William accepts presidency of the imperial committee raising funds for Count Zeppelin. Zeppelin orders two air ships in parallel with design changes from recent accidents. Private subscribers have provided about 76,000 dollars, with 40,000 dollars estimated as raised and Krupp family contributing 20,000 dollars. Farnborough British Balloon Corps sends supportive message.
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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 approved in Scranton court
In Scranton on August 7 Judge Archbald authorized the Wabash Railroad receiver to issue first lien bonds totaling 700000 to fund tunnel repairs. A related bid by West Side Belt Line of Pittsburgh was held in advisement. The original requests were higher but were trimmed to 700000. Also noted is Nicolas Veloz Goiticoa’s appointment as charge d affaires in Berlin for Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Row
Archbald
United States
Wabash Railroad
West Side Belt Line
Pittsburg
Wabash
Belt Line
Half and Half Five-Cent Fare Considered in Cleveland
Cleveland officials after a city council caucus with Mayor Johnson consider a five cent cash fare with three cent tickets for the Municipal Traction Company. The move follows deficits after the streetcar system was taken over by the holding company and controversy over a free transfer policy and conductor collections. Barber Fined for Unclean Tools in Police Court. Constantine P. Rold, barber at 21 Ninth Street Northwest, fined five dollars by Judge Kimball for violating health regulations by not keeping scissors and tools clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Municipal Traction Company
Johnson
Municipal
Sintelpad
Constantine P. Rold
Ninth Street Northwest
Kimball
Anne
Tasley Fair Races End With Fast Finishes On Dry Track
Clear skies and a revived track capped the Tasley fair finale with three unfinished races added to the card. Mageie H won the 8:20 trot and Belton G took the 2:17 heat with Mias Rosedale second. Brooklet Chimes swept the next three heats as King Pin and Skiddo placed. Other events featured 250 trot winners and a $300 free-for-all won by Chaney Boo with McKeed Mae second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Ends In Murder At Lawrence
Tarboro North Carolina records a deadly feud flare when B O Neal aged 38 0 dies after being stabbed five times by S Sparks aged 32 in a saloon quarrel that began from an old grudge. Sparks is jailed on murder charges as physicians note severe injuries including multiple stab wounds. O Neals wife and five children mourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarboro
Holgecombe County
Lawrence
B. O'Neal
W. Sparks
Sparks
O'Neal
Escaped tar and feathers: drummers ousted for insult
At the Hamilton Hotel in Bristol on August 7 a Chicago traveling man H. G. Gerst was mobbed by about a dozen men after allegedly harassing Mrs. M. Peebie from Morrie town. A hotel porter knocked him down several times and he was ordered to leave on the next train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Washington Post
Bristol
Tenn
H. G. Gerst
Chicago
Hamilton Hotel
Gerat
Watsons Daughter Hurt in Train Accident at Afton
Mrs Oscar Lee daughter of Thomas E Watson of Georgia fell from a Chesapeake and Ohio train at Afton Virginia injuring both mother and baby though not seriously. She was en route to her father's summer home Lightning Killa Entire Family near Sparta. In Virginia an entire family died when lightning struck while stacking rye near Wamonds. The man and his wife with their young son were found in the field. Also notes report Gerald F Higgins, kin to the U S consul at Messina, dangerously ill in Richmond. Fredericksburg man L Eillett died after brief illness. Warrenton reports the death of George G Butler former Fauquier Female Seminary principal after months of illness. Richmond records the death of Mrs Fanny Shores Dickerson at West Clay Street aged 32.
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Washington
Sparta
Wamonds
Frank Murphy
Farmer
Strick
Clanaman
Richmond
Gerald F. Higgins
United States
Messina
Italy
Thig City
Fredericksburg
L. Eillett
Caroling County
Bowling Green
Warrenton
G. Butler
Mr. Butler
Miss Kemper
Addie Inge
Fanny Shores
J. H. Dickerson
West Clay Street
Virginia Weddings: Kiutte and Op Tie News in August
Virginia wedding notice reports the union of Salisbury and Kiutte, a Belgian bride Luia Bio, with Georg Op of Arens County, celebrated by the Reverend in a ceremony that surprised many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Augs Kiutte
Luia Bio 7
Georg Op
Aren County
Relief for Miners Widows Special 10 Washington Post
The Monongah mine disaster relief fund has apportioned aid after delays. Each widow receives 200 dollars and each child under 16 160 dollars, with many families abroad. Total contributions to August 1, 148,585.07 dollars after expenses.
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 Wh years. She was widow of Dr George C Perry who died twenty years ago. Dr Perry was related to Commodore Oliver Perry of Lake Erie fame and a brother of Commander Roger Verry 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
Norfolk police officers White Hollman and Davin testified for over five hours before a naval board investigating the Sunday night clash between U S sailors and negroes in South Norfolk. They spoke of firing by sailors and a petty officer drawing a pistol, while the sworn statements of the involved negroes were also presented. Little of the testimony was disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specter
Washington
Norfolk
White
Hollman
Davin
United States
South Norfolk
Naval Board
Dil Ingham
Mud Holes At Union Depot Park Delays Prompt Protest
Newall calls for accountability as Union Depot park work drags on. Mud holes foul the grounds around Union Station near the Capitol, with mule teams dumping dirt for months. He questions who is responsible for the delay and warns costly nearby buildings await completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Béltor
Union Depot Park
Massachusetts Avenue
North Capitol Street
Union Station
Capitol
Washington
Union Depot
Newall
Mother Stewart Dies in Hicksville at 92
Springfield Ohio reports the death of temperance advocate Mrs Elim D Stewart known as Mother Stewart at her Hickville home aged 92 She founded the Ohio W C T U at Osborn in 1873 and helped establish the first W C T U in England during a 1876 visit Her life drew widespread praise from clergy and readers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio
Elim D. Stewart
America
Breas
Stewart
Mutineers From Kosmo Steamer Bound for Trial
Three mutineers from the Kosmo steamer Anubis were transported to San Francisco by the revenue cutter Manning and handed to U S Marshal Pillott to await trial. A separate mutiny on the Ambis occurred July 11, quelled after a clash on the wharf by a large police detachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Miguel Island
Fiana
Pillctt
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Fhia
Willie
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Son
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Theodore, Jr
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Asian Harbor
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Martin Maloney
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Poiomeao
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Max Win
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Atlantic City
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Boston
Buttala
Noy
Kansas City
Bait Lake Guy
Utah
Lous
St Paul
Minn
Sane Borlagaard
Eheburg, Miss
Zeppelin
Veloz-Goiticoa
Berlin
Nicholas Veloz-Goiticoa
Venezueles
Cleveland Municipal Street Car Company
Seleteth
Tasley Fair Races
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Watson
Oscar Lee
Baby
Virginia
Virginia Weddings
Naval
Tars
England
POST
American Security and Trust Company
Code of Laws
Supreme Court of the
Columbia Fire ‘Insurance Company
Columbia Fire Insurance Company
Rngelver
Américan Security and Trust Company
M. A. le Kenney
Fifteenth Street
Washington, D.C
CG Street
Patrick Reddington
Michael Dreidy
Enright & Reidy
DR White
McGill & Wallace
Street N. W
Frank P. Milburn & CO
NEW Lyceum
Kentucky Belles
HO Woots
Kelly
Williams
Walker Eay Queen
Bandanna Land Academy of
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