Vivisection inquiry targets dogs used in federal labs
Washington Humane Society investigators accuse the Bureau of Animal Industry the Hygienic Laboratory and the Naval Hospital of buying dogs at the District pound for experiments including vivisection They note many dogs remain in pens at the Hygienic Laboratory while denials are issued by officials about vivisection practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
Hygienic Laboratory
Naval Hospitale
Washington Humane Society
Naval Hospital
Humane Society
A. D. Melvin
Bureau
John F Anderson
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Walter Wyman
Pena
Samuel Einstein
Hays
Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
Army Nurse Tribute to Florence Nightingale of England
A former army nurse salutes Florence Nightingale noting her Crimean War work and influence. Ella Newsom Trader sends a personal tribute from Washington, recalling Civil War hospital service and dedication to suffering soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Nightingale
England
Ella KH Newsom
Thirteenth St. Nw
Northeast Residence Sold on Fourth Street Northeast
The three story brick house at 16 Fourth Street Northeast was sold by Willige Gibbs Daniel for Mrs Annie V Anderson to Mrs Caroline Morgan. The lot in square 786 measures 21 by 96 feet with a 30 foot rear alley and 2064 square feet. The dwelling has ten rooms two baths and hot water heat. About 21 500 paid. This marks the second sale of the property by the brokers within three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Street
Willige, Gibbs & Daniel
Annie V. Anderson
Caroline Morgan
Asiatic Immigrants Sail From Calcutta for San Francisco
Four hundred Punjabis and Hindus sailed from Calcutta bound for San Francisco, with two hundred more leaving a week earlier. Pacific coast Asiatic exclusion leagues protest. If immigrants pass tests and pay the head tax of four dollars, they cannot be barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
San Francisco
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department
Pacific Coast
A Hig Time Saver and Canoe Club Outing
A Hig Time Saver. Time is money Save it by using a Federal Taxicab. Canoe Club to Hold Outing. The Interclub Canoe Association announces an open air smoker and ladies night Thursday evening on the river bank above the Three Sisters. A musical program has been prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interclub Canoe Association
Three Sisters Taland
CITY BULLETINS AND LOCAL AD PROMOTIONS
A collage of small ads and notices appears, promoting TTCO taxicabs at 3 per hour, Grogan's credit service, Criterion Rye from Allington Bottling, Grocers and home goods, gas ranges, used tires, sock-darning service, and local printing. The snippets resemble a busy urban advertisement page with various businesses and contact hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Boc
Grocers
Allington Bottling Co
West
John T. Crowley
C L Bowers Co
Hib
St. Nw
Typhoid Crusade Begins With Eighty Three Cases
Health officers warn households to guard against the fever as eighty three cases are reported over two weeks. Officials urge screening, boiling drinking water, avoiding raw foods, and strict sanitation around typhoid patients. Milk supply not blamed. cases rise compared to prior years though not uniquely high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
W. ©. Fowler
Health Department
B.L Lemerle
Hatpin Attack Becomes 20 Day Workhouse Sentence
Mary Jones a Black woman was sentenced by Judge Pugh to 20 days in the workhouse for stabbing guard Charles Beall with a hatpin. Beall, driver of the House of Detention van, suffered punctures and scratches on the back of his neck during the return trip after Mary produced the weapon. Policeman Strohma arrested her on suspicion of larceny after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jones
Pugh
Charles Beall
Strohma
House of Detention
Beall
Mary
Fetes for Delegates in Washington Chamber Plans
The Washington Chamber of Commerce outlined a campaign to entertain two conventions meeting in Washington next month and urged larger gatherings to choose the city for future annual meetings. An appropriation funded a delegate to Saratoga for inviting the National Association of Postoffice Clerks in 1914. A reception will honor delegates to the Union Printers Baseball League tournament on Sept 17. Delegates to the Chief Joint Car Inspectors and Car Foremen's Association convention will tour the city by auto at chamber expense. A Walsh pardon petition will be filed Sept 1 due to Attorney General Wickersham's absence. Walsh, a former Chicago banker, is serving five years in Leavenworth for banking-law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Saratoga
National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Chamber
Union Printers’ Baseball League
Department of Justice
John R Walsh
Chicago
Wickershamn
Walsh
Leavenworth
Kang
New York Customs Appointee Wilhelm Lutz
Wilhelm Lutz former chief of the Insular police of Porto Rico has been appointed deputy surveyor of customs at the port of New York with a salary of 3000 dollars a year He has served in New York customs in the Inspection division for two years and his appointment was announced at the Treasury yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Customs
Wilhelm Lutz
Insular Police
Porto Rico
Port of
New York
Lutz
Customs Service
The
Treasury
Milk wagon drivers urged to carry union cards
Delegates of the Central Labor Union and their wives were told to demand that milk wagon drivers hold union credentials and avoid affiliating with new labor groups. If drivers fail, wives and members may boycott or rely on condensed milk. Labor Day events at Benning Race Track near completion feature horse racing ostrich race and motorcycle racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Organized Labor
Sam Dé Nedrey
Benning Race Track
John B Colpoys
Florida
Forest Settlement Plans for Homestead Claims in National Forests
Delegation from Interior and Agriculture will travel from Washington to the West to coordinate claims settlement in national forests. James M Sheridan, D D Bronson, and R W Williams Jr. lead the task to interpret new hearings and appeals rules. Coal lands in North and South Dakota opened to homestead entry. Prof George L Clothier studies Arkansas woodlands to identify lands available for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Land Office
Forest Service
National Forests
Interior and Agricultural Departments
Washington
West
James M Sheridan
General Land Offee
D D Bronson
R W Williams, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Ballinger and Wilson
North
South Dakota
Taft
Arkansas
George L Clothier
University of Mississippi
Hangs Self in Room After Despair Over Finances
Benjamin Caldwell a 50 year old stonemason helper, despondent over unemployment, hanged himself yesterday in his room on the second floor of a boarding house at 508 EK Street Northwest. The rope broke when Frank MacCaskey woke to the sound and the coroner issued a death certificate. Caldwell had previously told George Loftus he planned to take his life and the body was turned over to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Caldwell
EK Street
Frank MacCaskey
Caldwell
MacCaskey
George Loftus
Gettysburg Maneuvers Produce Record Low Illness
War Department reports at Gettysburg joint maneuvers show illness among regulars and militiamen was only twenty six one thousandth of a percent. Medical officers submitted data to Brig Gen W W Wotherspoon, noting the record low sickness in a camp of instruction and confirming expected low illness levels among regular soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
War Department
W W Wotherspoon
War College
Retail Merchants Association Plans Hinted By Leaders
Joseph Strasburger temporary president announces that the Retail Merchants Association of the District formed as an auxiliary to the Chamber of Commerce will decide its working plans at an early week meeting. He says Washington merchants back the movement and the governing board is ready to convene on short notice. The association’s relation to the chamber has already been settled.
Negro Voters Converge Here for National Convention
The Administration Republican Club calls a national convention of Negro voters to organize with the Republican national congressional and state committees. The meeting is set for September 19 in this city with eight states and the District of Columbia joining the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican National Congressional
Administraion Republican Club
District of Columbia
March Metropolis Concert Program Review
A fragmented program list presents works including Goronation March George Overture Morning Noon and Night In Vienna ae Japanese Love Song Potpourri Night In Berlin Selection Bartered Bride Suite Ky Iai Waltz Murmuring Waters Georgetown University March. The readable items indicate a concert or recital sequence with multiple composers and titles referenced in a quartered OCR snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goronation
Wee E
T. George
Vienna
Berlin
Georgetown University
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Humane
Florence Wnightingale
Munsey Historic Tour
D. W. F. Hess-Bright
Washington Flying Squadron
H. P. Washington
Carter Motor Car Corporation
Munsey Building
Washington, D. C
the Man In Black
House& Herrmann
Sts
N. W
R.P. Andrews Paper CO
New York City
le. Ave
Star Laundry
Tharp
Berkeley
John F. Ellis & CO
Penn. Ave
Becker
Brown
Avery
Henry Evans (Inc
Driggist
F St
Chette Denby
Gor Teer
Troy, N.Y
Mr. Merchant
Potomac Electric
14Th St. N. W
Keeley Gore
Keeley Instituts
North Capitol Street
District Columbia
Marsland
Mall Peat
People's Drug Store
America
TTCO
City Bulletins
Grogan’s S
I, Glasser & Co
7Th St. Nw
Star Laundry Co
Beneth St. Es
Darling
Health ‘Department
Chamber of Commerce
IC. L. A
Friedlander & Bro
Twin Cities
North Western Limited
St. Paul
Minneapolis
North Western Mail
Chicago &North Western Railway
Orno M. Brown
N. W. Ry
Chennnut St
Philadelphia
Pavo
New Merchants’ Association
Alwase
United States Cavalry Band
Fort Myer
Berens
E. Z
O’donnell’s
Rexall Drug Store
DR. White Tir
7Th St. N. W
the. Lansburgh Furniture Co
Ninth St
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