Commissioner Leupp Among the Indians on a Wandering Trip
Commissioner Francis E. Leupp returned after a three month survey of northern and southwestern schools and agencies. He recounts riding a hoodoo train, paddling 110 miles in an Indian canoe, and meeting Oraibi and Neah Bay communities, noting agencies in fine condition but some need clearer departmental guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Department
Francis E. Leupp
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indian Office
Leupp
Mr. Leupp
Pacific
Onen PadGe
MM Lemp
Neah Tay
Quinnsett
Ozette
Oraibi
Arizona
Michigan
Will Take Auto Trip With Adolph Loehr and Party
A party including Adolph Loehr Samuel Kimberly and Thomas Muller will be guests of T H Newmeyer for a ten day automobile trip to Atlantic City and return They plan to depart Friday morning stopping in Baltimore and Philadelphia to reach Atlantic City by Saturday noon Newmeyer has arranged stay at a top hotel and aims to host a memorable trip He regrets the car carries only four passengers hoping to invite more friends later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Loehr
Samuel Kimberly
Thomas Muller
T. H. Newmeyer
Barbers In Georgetown Stand Pat On Prices
Georgetown barbers, 98 strong, vow to keep the 1 cent shave tariff despite a looming September 1 price rise in Washington. Meanwhile the city post office mourns J Wayland Clarke, 28, a clerk in registry division, who died at home on Rhode Island avenue northwest. Funeral set for 11 at morning from his residence with burial at Glenwood. pallbearers to be chosen from fellow clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Washington
City Post-Office
J Wayland Clarke
Registry Division
Rhode Island Avenue
Mr Clarke
Post-Office
Burlal
Glenwood
Band Concert at Capitol Today by The Manne Band
The Manne Band gives a Capitol Grounds concert this afternoon at 635 o clock with Lieut Santelmann organizing a program. Selections include True to the Flag, Semramide, The New World Symphony excerpts, The Debutante, Hungarian Rhapsody No 2, and The Star Spangled Banner. Floral design by Gudea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Manne Band Wall
Lieut Santelmann
Marek
von Bion
Overtore
Rosstol
Laiga
Symphors
New World
Deorak
Tolka
Herzog
Wisiclans
Edward B Llewelyn
Witcomb Xeltz
Santelment
School site bought in Southeast Washington for $12000
The Commissioners purchased 20000 square feet for a school and campus after rejecting open bids they deemed overvalued. Joseph Weller, a real estate dealer, closed the deal for half of block 9 bounded by M Third and Fourth streets. Two more sites in Anacostia and Brightwood Park are sought near the city’s center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Weller
Anacostia
Brightwood Park
Pachase Price
Georgetown Pump Is Safe and Will Stay Put
A petition from residents along Wisconsin avenue and Thirty-second to Thirty-third streets led Commissioner West to preserve the pump at the corner of Thirty-second and T streets. Health analysis found the water clear, odorless, and uncontaminated, so the pump will be repaired and retained at its traditional site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-second
Wisconsin Avenue
Brown
Thirty-third Streets
West
T Streets
Brown Street
Health Department
Woodward
Biddle
Spier Recants Saengerbund Presidential Bid
George W Spier rejected the nomination for president of the Washington Saengerbund after initial acceptance. He cited business duties requiring his full attention, thanking the organization and its supporters for the honor and the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W Spier
Frank Claudy
Washington Saengerbund
Spier
The
Saengerbund
Knalty
False arrest charges filed in New York District Supreme Court
Frank B Slater sues Stevens M Taylor for 5000 damages claiming a malicious arrest on July 14 for blackmail. Slater alleged Taylor beat him on July 3 and that a sworn warrant led to four hours in a police station. Bailey also filed a separate suit seeking 450 against Taylor for money due to William M Slater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Slater
Stevens M Taylor
Slater
Taylor
District Supreme Court
L. A. Bailey
Tibet
Bailey
Stevens M .Taylor
William M. Slater
Young Slater
Change at the printery gains documents chief Will iam Post
The Public Printer has appointed William L Post as superintendent of documents, with Ferrell’s resignation dated several months prior. Post, 30, has spent his government printing career rising from initial appointment about fifteen years ago to head the index division and oversee the government publications checklist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L Post
Vier
Ferrell
Mr. Post
Post
Hfe
Government Printing Office
Cief
Freight discussion faces afternoon meeting in Alexandria area
The weight committee of the Jobbers and Shippers Association will meet at 2:30 PM at the American Security and Trust Building to hear a special report from a subcommittee on freight conditions in Alexandria. A special commissioner will also submit an independent report. Also noted is the secretary’s return from a Pennsylvania trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobbers and Shippers’ Association
American Security and Trust Company
Alexandria
Charles E. Howe
Pennsylvania
Garbage wagons face crackdown as nuisance complaints rise
Commissioner West vows close watch on garbage-wagon drivers to curb rattling lids and odors. He notes fines for full or unsecured loads and fines for empty-cart rattling. Proposes cans with attached lids to eliminate odors, but cites impractical cost and workload. The report cites August 6 odor observations near Second and I streets Southwest and railroad delays in dumping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Commissioner West
William C Woodward
William W. Ayers
Second
Ayres
Pension Granted to Firemans Wife in Anacostia
Lillie M Howard Baxter wife of William D Baxter, retired from the District fire department for mania, has been placed on the fire pension roll at 12 monthly. She cites debts from her husband and supports their seven year old son. Chief Belt approved after Dr. Edmund Barry’s certificate and Commissioner West endorsed. The Baxters married Sept 1, 187? at Emmeline Church Anacostia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie M. Baxter
William D. Baxter
District Fire Department
St. Wlizabeth’s Asylum
Bexter
Hagheer Belt
Edmund Barry
Fire Department
Baxter
Belt
West
Mrs. Baxter
Emmerue Church
Anacostia
Lillie M
Engineer Commissioner Explains Kentucky Avenue Address Revisions
Dissatisfaction over street numbering changes near Lincoln Park prompts a public response. Engineer Commissioner Biddle recounts past irregularities and the move to the hundred system, beginning from Lincoln Park streets. He notes residents faced multiple changes but argues the updates corrected a long standing, unsatisfactory division.
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Kentucky Avenue
Lincoln Park
C. Lewis
Foutheast
Ashford
Lewis
Biddle Sayed
Board of Commissioners
Ward
Building permits granted for repairs and brick dwellings
Inspector Ashford yesterday approved permits for Fowler and Buckler trustees to repair at 10 and 312 Seventh Street Northwest by George W. Corbett with an estimated cost of 31,800 dollars. Thomas J Fisher & Co received a permit for seven ten story brick dwellings at 205 to 213 Morgan Street Northwest with builders Burgess & Parsons and an estimated cost of 30,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashford
Fowler and
Nurses Quit At Washington Asylum Over Loneliness
Resignations by graduate nurses at Washington Asylum, located at Nineteenth and C streets SE, continue to flood the Board of Charities. Supt L F Zinkham and secretary George S Wilson note frequent resignations as young nurses tire of the lonely environment despite steady work. Miss Sara A Sheldon and Miss Ethel Chisam have left, while Miss Louise B Anderson was appointed as successor to Miss Chisam. Pay is reported at 865 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Asylum
C Streets
L F. Zinkham
George 8
Naval Militia Honored With Puritan Command
Naval battalion members react in disbelief as the Puritan cruise is postponed by Navy Department orders. Lieut Blea and Lt Blea lead the ship during its Oyster Bay tour as flagship of the monitor division in a naval review, turning the Puritan over to Capt Bartlett for the Federal government before returning to militia control in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Ligur
W. EH. Bleo
Puritan
Lieut Bleo
United States
Oyster Bay
Monitor
Naval Review
O. W. Bartlett
U. S
Lieut. Blea
Harrien
Naval Milite
Theater contract awarded for new Gayety on Ninth Street
The George A. Fuller Company wins the $150,000 steel and cement theater project on Ninth street near F. The Washington Theater Company linked to a national chain moves quickly to begin construction, with Weber & Rush securing the site through David Moore. Plans by J B McElfatrick & Son. Ice cream ad text follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street
George A. Fuller Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Washington Theater Company
Weber & Rush
New York
David Moore
J. B. McElfatrick & Son
The
Standard Dairy and Ice Company Declared Bankrupt
Justice Barnard signed the formal order in the bankruptcy court declaring Standard Dairy and Ice Company bankrupt. An appeal by creditor Julius J. Atchison’s attorney was noted and taken to the U S Supreme Court with bond set at $100. Washington girls rescued from a brook near Jordan White Sulphur Springs Va Miss Marie J Prince Mamie E Johnston pulled to safety by W Tracy Johnston and Lester E Prince Georgia South fainted and was carried to the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Dairy and Ice Company
Justice Barnard
John Ridout
Julius J. Atchison
United States Supreme Court
Choice Flower
S. Blackistone’s
Old St. Nw
Harper
Vatoldi Cafe
Ninth St. NW
Washington
Marie J. Prince
Mamie E. Johnston
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
W. Tracy Johnston
Lester E. Prince
Georgia Bouth
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Pstore
Cees
Saks & Company Penna. Avenue Seventh Street
Kuppenheimer
Grosner
Ats
GC & P Telephone CO
Sis
Horn
Ene
Gil Genker
A. Eberly’s Sons
7Th St. N. W
R. P. Andrews Paper Co.Inc
la. Ave
D St. Closs
Sewepa
Pep Arphy
IOUR
Jolly
Atlantic City
Barbers
Pat
MR. Spier
B. Slater
William L. Post
James E. Sanford
Postal Card Sui Station
Sanford
Mexico
Fifteenth St
D. J. Kaufmeé
Pa. Ave
Naval Militia
W. E. Blee
ITV
Magnolia Spa
Chicago
C. A
Thas
Mararee
Jno
R. Kelly
Wing
Reisinger
Siumsh
Fy Ford
Massachusetts Avenue
Ouse
Herrmannn BF & Eveci
PPC
Peruit
Chestnut Farms Sanitary Dairy
GEO. M. Oyster, Jr
Connecticut Avenue
Bowen
Progress
Fres Mayer& CO
7Th St
Qeer
America
National Capital Brewing CO
Washington Gaslight
Tenth ST. N. W
Hubbard Heating
F St. N. W
Jos. Schlitz Brewing
Heurich Brewing Co
Maerzen
Senate
Fhone West
Orth Capital Street
Washington, D. Oy
Iis
District of
Columba
Burchell’s
F Street
Adler
Victor E.adler
St.h.w
Imperial
Washington Brewery Co
Home Savings Bank
7Th and
Mass. Ave. N. W
H Sts. N. E
7Th St. S
Wedderburn
Hunter
Trimble
Sherwood
James E Pepper
Duffy's
Elk’s Hall
Monogram
Maryland
Triple Cross
Sunset
Enghispire
Moss Roz
Ruskin
Gitson
John Wedderburn
Regals
Regal Washington Stars
Penn. Ave. N. W
Duffy
Pag
Fotomac Electric Powers
Contract Dept
14Th Stn
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