Deported Mexican Laborers for Texas Railroad Work
Department of Commerce and Labor cites Justice Department ruling that Mexican workers hired for railroad construction are unskilled and cannot be admitted under contract. Cases from El Paso involve Deerteo Arellanes and others appeal the decisions. Acting Attorney General Robb explains the distinction between skilled and unskilled labor and the legal basis for deportations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce and Labor
Texas
Mexico
United States
Department of Justice
Charles H.robb
Bel
Dereteo Arellanes
Je] Paso
Tex
J.H. Hutt
Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Port Worthe
Denver City
Albuquerque
George H. Mosher
Atchison,Towtka and Santa Fe Railroad
Mbungerque
Pacific Coast
Sebastial Sotetor
Fl Paso
Rea Heney Company
Tucson
Ariz
Southern Pacific
el Paso
San Jose
Fresno
Robb
Congress
Murray
Commerce and Labor
Francis H. Smith Burial Service Held in City
The funeral for Francis H. Smith was held at 3 30 p m at the Church of the Covenant on Connections Avenue and Eighteenth Street Northwest. Rev Benjamin F Bittinger conducted a brief life sketch and noted his community esteem. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with pallbearers from his family and business colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia H. Smith
Connections Avenuet
Eighteenth Street
Benjamin F. Bittinger
Smith
Oak II Cemetery
Mr. Smith
Quincy Smith
Dyer Smith
Lee TD. Latimer
Charles F. Nesbit
William H. West
George C.walson
Post Office Announces Four Clerks and Salary Increases
Postmaster Barnes states four new clerks will join the city post office with annual salaries of $00 each. Names listed include Edgar L. Kenney John Horstkamp Robert R. Hogan and James R Kerr. Twelve clerks receive raised pay with several promotions across ranges from $60 to $1,209, reflecting a broad salary adjustment. The Marine Band will perform at the White House grounds this afternoon at 5 35 oclock under Lieut. William H. Santelmann with a varied program including marches overtures gavottes and arias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
City Post-Office
Edgar L. Kenney
John & Horstkamp
Robert R. Hogan
James R Kerr
M.G. Weaver
James W. Lurooking
Slarence
W. Jackson
F. Xx. Waltmeyer
I. B. Cohen
William
Freeman
End J.T. Scheepp
Ben. Jamin Te’ Koya
Jona H. Healy
Wuttem J. James
Masry
Klotz
Mercer
Sampron
White House
Wiliam H. Santelmann
Maireh
Capital
Santelmann
Gomes
Gavotte
Lucia
Smith
Mustefans Bloweltyn
Stone
Firtar
Will Reorganize Ice Company Creditors Meet
Creditors of the stancara wairy and Ice Company recently adjudged bankrupt by the District Supreme Court met yesterday and decided to reorganize the company. Dr G Lloyd Mhgrudér, president, submitted a brief statement explaining the condition of affairs and noting advantages of reorganization. Creditors surrender claims and receive stock in the new corporation. Court proceedings may be dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stancara Wairy and Ice Company
District Supreme Court
G.lloyd Mhgrudér
No Action On Schools Board Deliberates on District Building Plans
District Commissioner Biddle informs Dr. William E. Chancellor that no action has been taken on school building construction due to lack of a superintendent since July 1. He notes the board must review the situation but will delay until his return after a two to three week vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddle
William E. Chancellor
Jertar
Treasurn
Washington
Funeral rites for Judge George Hickenlooper held
The octogenarian Paymaster General of the War Department clerk, Judge George Hickenlooper, died recently. His funeral was held at 3 30 PM yesterday at his daughter Mrs Frank A Sebring's home 1208 Kenyon Street. Rev William Young Ballaton New Jersey presided with burial at Congressional Cemetery. Pallbearers drawn from the Paymaster General office and Garfield Post G A R attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hickenhooper
War Department
Joar
Bia
Frank A. Sebring
Kenyon Street
William Young
Ballaton
Congressional Cemetery
Garfield Post
Mr. Hickenlooper
Disputed Wills Threaten Toner Estate Probate
Heirs sue to revoke probate of a will dated August 30 1898 and challenge a prior Pennsylvania probate from January 6 1907. The case involves two wills for James I Toner, one probated in Westmoreland County and another in the district, seeking to set aside both and appoint James L Mooreheld and Justice Morris as personal representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmoreland County
James L. Mooreheld
Greensburg
Martin F. Morris
District Court of Appeals
James I. Toner
Washington
Morris
Andrew Y. Bradley
George B. Reynolds
Charles E Bradley
Tower
Pennsylvania
California
Morrie
Yoner
Toner
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Derry Station
America
Charles A Sherman Dead in Chevy Chase Area
Charley A Sherman thirty nine, an architect of this city, dropped dead Thursday night while walking from his Chevy Chase home to Chevy Chase Lake. Death attributed to neuralgia of the heart. Funeral from Samuel B Paschal home at Chevy Chase this morning, burial in Woodside cemetery Sandy Spring. Survived by mother Mrs H C Sherman and sisters Mrs Samuel Paschal and Mrs J W Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase Lake
Charley A. Sherman
Mr Sherman
Samuel 8. Paschal
Sandy Sping
Woodside Cemetery
H. C. Sherman
Samuel S$. @aschal
J. W. Jones
Olney
Ill Over Son S Conduct In 1923 Case At Thirty-Ninth Street
Mrs Martha Popkins sick at home thirty ninth street northwest as her son John faces an assault charge on his niece. Family and friends feel anxious though there is slight improvement and the daughter clings to hope for her son’s reform despite the distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Popkins
Nith Street
John
Get Rid of Scrofula and Related Ailments
The misspelled fragment describes scrofula and a range of conditions it allegedly causes such as eruptions eye and ear issues bone diseases rickets dyspepsia catarrh and wasting and claims it is an active evil ruining the whole system.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Eradicates It and Builds Up the System
Ad copy-style claim asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cures all ailments and strengthens the whole body. Marketing language emphasizes universal health benefits and urges consumers to accept no substitute.
Confederate veteran Toncray dies at St James Hotel
Alexander P Toncray sixty two a Pension Bureau clerk for over thirty years and former captain of the Tenth Tennessee Cavalry died of heart failure after collapsing entering the St James Hotel in Washington He was seen bowing to an acquaintance then falling Coroner Nevitt deemed no inquest needed His widow and two children survive He had lived in Elizabethtown Tennessee before moving to Washington and kept up Confederate veterans reunions hourly habit of meeting there
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pension Bureau
St. James
Elizabethtown
Alexander P. Toheray
Streat
Tenth Tennessee Cavalry
St. James Hotel
Nevitt
Toncray
Thomas A. Hudsow
Eleventh Street
Capt. Toneray
Toneray
Tomeray
Capt
Yoncray
Teno
Washington
Wallace Hatch
A. B. Gilfillan
The
Associated Charities
Watson Case Postponed Over Impersonation Claim
The Civil Service Commission case against Charles Elmer Watson, a Navy Department clerk arrested for impersonating his brother James Watson to secure a government job, was postponed by US Commissioner Taylor until next Monday. Evidence centered on examination papers. defense asked for more time. Watson remains at work in the Navy Department, with a warrant issued for James Watson, who has not been located in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Charles Elmer Watson
Navy Department
James Watson
Government” Service
United States
Taylor
Charles Hlmer Watson
Orother
St. Louis
Wife and child missing spark heartache in Hartman case
William A. Hartman of 1516 Monteiro avenue northeast told police that his wife Amelia Elizabeth Hartman left home with their three year old daughter. He wept as he described a joyous home life and said he only wants the child back, after receiving a letter from Philadelphia and learning of his wife’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Hartman
Monteiro Avenue
Boardman
Amelia Elizabeth Hartman
Hartman
Anélia
Chia
Hartman Caid
Philadelphia
Thei Hartman
Sisters Fight Over Will In Probate Case
Mrs Poetzman battles sister Mrs Margaret Ball over their brother John Kulian s alleged May 22 1906 will in probate court She claims undue influence and asks for an equal division of the estate while Ball seeks to uphold the will and exclude Poetzman from most assets Open bids for the Denver Mint property included Charles Boettener at 31000 and Moges Hallett trustee offering 30500 for the estate property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poetzman
John’ Kilao
Catharina Poetzman
Probsin Court
H. &. Davis
E. B. Kimball
Margaret M. Ball
John Kulian
Denver Mint
Treasury Department
Charles Boettener
Moges Hallett
George W. Clayton
Funeral plans for Thomas Ti. Martin G A R member
The body of Thomas Ti. Martin died marching in the G A R parade in Minneapolis will reach Baltimore and Ohio station at noon today. A department and post committee will meet him at the station. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 at Hamline Church with Pastor J Rev Carl G. Doney assisting. Kit Caraona Post No 2 will conduct at Rock Creek Cemetery. The Ladies Auxiliary will hold a service at the house before departure. A quartet and organist Hermon Amiss will perform until pallbearers are chosen when Mrs Martin arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ti. Martin
Minneapolis
Baltimore and Ohio
Foficers
Department of the
Potomac
Ahamié Church
Ninth and
P Streets
Elizabeth’ ‘Tyler
Charles 3. Myers
John H. Nolan
Mr. Martin
Hermaon Amiss
ELOPING DAUGHTER SILENT AWAITING NEWS AT HOME
Mrs. Sample waits for daughter Evelyn who ran away last Saturday to marry Harry C King at Rockville Maryland. The girl wrote once saying they live in Baltimore but gave no return plans. Mrs Sample insists she will not receive her daughter while hoping for her safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sample
Harry C. King
Evan H. Sample
Sixteenth Street
Evelyn
Rockville
Prison officer in shooting fight leaves Roach dying
William E. Roach Jr eighteen of Nawport place NW lies at Sibley Hospital with a bullet through the body. Martin J Hughes B and O Construction Co special officer was arraigned for assault with a dangerous weapon and jailed without bond as Roach’s condition remains doubtful. Hughes claims accident and says those boys deserve to be shot. Frank McCarthy and Alonzo Bresnahan say the shooting was deliberate and unprovoked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Road, Jr
Nawport
Place Northwest
Sibley Hospital
Martin J. Hughes
Baltimore and Ohio Construction Company
Mills
Hughes
Roach
Frank McCarthy
Alonzo Bresnahan
Terry's Injuries Fatal After Fort Washington Leap
James Terry a 33 year old coast artillery soldier of Fort Washington leaped from a Seventh Street street car and died at Emergency Hospital after being found unconscious. An inquest will be held by Coroner Nevitt with Corpl Balin and Private Aps trein as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Terry
Coast,’ Artillery
Fort Washington
Eimergency Hospital
Nevitt
Terry
Corp
Postmaster General Warns Railway Postal Officials
Second Assistant Postmaster General Shallenberger issued a general order cautioning railway postal service officials and employees to maintain respectful relations with railroads and carriers and with their superiors. Clerks who criticize railroad officials or discuss acts of these officials in a way that affects the postal service may face removal. Information or complaints must go through superior officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleris
Shallenberger
Railway Postal Service
Postal Service
Shortage in ice hits Washington as supply dwindles
Another ice shortage grips Washington this summer. The schooner Henry Barrett arrived from Maine with 2,000 tons for the American Ice Company but ice was rapidly carted away to customers. City households must rely on manufactured ice, expected to meet only about half the demand until more natural ice schooners arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry ©. Barrett
Maine
American Ice Company
Fairy Godfather Banker Hosts City Children Beach Day
More than a thousand poor children spent a joyous day at Chesapeake Beach hosted by banker Samuel J. Masters and family. Children rode the special train from Chesapeake Junction, enjoyed a free luncheon, and explored the resort with mothers cheering their relief from daily toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake’ Beach
Masters
Chesa_ Peake Beach
Associated Charities
Unm
Barbers Union Sets Pay Rule For Shaves
A colored Barbers’ Union meeting on Thursday discussed a proposed 10 cent shave charge and a policy to observe a single holiday when Saturdays fall on holidays. Masters would keep shops open until 11 o’clock on those evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbers’ Union
Counterfeits Seized Collected by St Louis Banker
Secret Service officers seized a 37 piece counterfeit national currency collection from the late W Mosen, cashier of Third National Bank of St Louis. The Missouri State Historical Society will receive the notes. national currency counterfeits must be destroyed by law. One bill had a long history of posing as genuine, linked to a twenty year period and the Moses collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seertary
Shaiy
State Historical Society
Moses Ton
W. Mosen
St. Louigibunker
Third National Bank of St. Louis
Dei
Moses
Thaw Case Consulted Lawyers Seek Witness Protections
Counsel for the defendant in the Thaw murder case, including Smythe and Johnstone, met to discuss potentially withdrawing a prior request for shielding witnesses. The conference with Justice McLean occurred amid efforts to limit testimony exposure and preserve trial integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istrict
Fie
Orash
Stanford White
Smythe
Johnstone
Wit ‘Il
McLean
Master Builders and Unions Face Open Shop Standstill
District building trades unions and master builders remain at an impasse over the open shop policy. Bricklayers demand arbitration and return to jobs only after plumbers and builders settle their dispute. Both sides threaten actions and secrecy shrouds recent meetings as tensions persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jahdrand
Yolon Sey
Woman Slain in Mineola Farmhouse Home Ransacked
Mary Manelski, 47, found murdered in her dining room on the Titus farm Westbury road Mineola. Son Andrew found body. valuables including $10 in change and a small cup missing. Sheriff Gildersleeve and ADA Bennett pursue suspect Peter Levy and Henry Robinson. a lynch search ensues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedtdl
Weekington
Mineolay
Long Island
Titus Farm
Westbury Road
Mary, Maneldki
Gudersleeva
Beverly ‘Robinson
Peter Levy
Mineola
Levy
Andrew
Robert
Willam Titus
Gildersleeve
Bennett
Foster
Manelski
Robinson
City Quiet After Trip as Injuries Reported Across District
Chief Inspector Brows left the city for a business trip, leaving Assistants and noted figures in charge. A bogey collision near 423-6th Street caused George Tyler to die. An Italian man, Astha Ja Thoratie, had his foot severed by a trolley near Fifth and T Street Northeast. William Allen stabbed Jeanie Brixfave at 948 North Pine Street. she is at Freedmen's Hospital in a serious condition. Allen is held at Drebth precinct awaiting commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brows
Governament Printing Office
Baa
B. Moores
Thea Knights
Mactabee
Luxtilury
George Tyler
Astha Ja Thoratie
Ti Treeta
A. Jocanidtiva
Baltimore i Ohio” Railroad
Partite
William
Third Street
Jeanie Brix
Sweterdas
Nirest-Northest
Oman
Freedmen's Hospital
Alen
Drebth
Ex-Slave Organization Plans Fall Campaign Meeting
Robert Gilchrist of Lynchburg Va will lead a mass meeting under three ex-slave clubs in Lynch-Yar this evening. He will travel to Richmond to confer with Virginia State officials on nominating members of ex-slave organizations for Congress in certain districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muarmene. Com
Pension” Association
Robert ¥. Gilchrist
Lynch- Yar
Richmond
Virginia
Congress
Weather and local crime note from Washington Post Aug reports
Weather bulletin from Washington with temperatures near seasonal averages across regions and notes of heavy rain in Gulf Coast and Ohio Valley areas. Also reports on Totten case at Bluefield jail with Dr Henderson Suter set to testify in resumed hearing of privates Hanley and Potter for gross neglect of duty in Totten's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.S. Dept. of Agriculre
Eutergy
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
Devils Lake
Gulfama
Lake
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi
Atlantic
New
Wasland
South Atlantic
Gulf
Gtat Lakes
Noutheast
Gaturday
Totten
Henderson Suter
H. Totten
Bluefield
Sixth Precinct
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Robbin
Francis H. Smith
Oak Hill
Marine Band
Ice Company
Board
Col. Biddle
James L. Toner
Charles A. Sherman
Scrofula
Hood
Coda
Alex. P. Téncray
Tennessee
Watson
Police
Grand Army
Thomas H. Martin
Roagh
Warns
Employes
Lansburgh & Bro
Ana Madras
Eni
Delat
Ib Justicy
Larni
Mastera
Peter Grogan
Seventh St
Massachusetts Avenue
Jannot
Histariat Society
CABOR
Sanders & Stayman Co
F St
Dresel
Christian Xander
Tharp
Berkeley Rye Specal
Sa. m
Affieck
Esterday
Crelze
Washington Post
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Both Rivers
Max Min
Asherille
Gissany
Avant
Atlante City
Bismarck
Dak
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ohl
Cheyenne
Davenport
Town
Denver
Cale
Motnes
Tawa
Galvescon
T Helens
Mont
Indianapolle
Tod
Jacksonylle
Fla
Beneas City
Little Heck
Ark
Marquette
Mich
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
New York
N.Y Ax
North
Piette
Omaha
Nebra
Pittsburg
Salt Lake City
St. Paul
Linn
Springfeld
Ose Vicksburg
Miss
Seth
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