Major Morrow Opposes Department Heads Attending Conventions
District commissioners debate paying salaries and travel for department heads to conventions. West and Macfarland favor, Morrow opposes citing limited gains. Health Officer Woodward, fire chief, auditors, and Drake of insurance seek attendance with aims to raise status and share insights, possibly boosting Washington officials' influence.
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Ericen
Tnainet
Macfarland
West
Morrow
Mar Mor Ton
Commissioner West
Maj Morrow
Woodward
Winnipeg
Canada
Belt
Fire Department
Columbus
Onio
Tweedale
Louisville
Thomas F Drake
Insurance
Detroit
John C Simpson
Electrical
Norfolk
Miss Eliza Wilkes Dead in Washington After 50 Years
Miss Eliza Wilkes longtime Washington resident dies in Winchester Virginia while staying there for the summer. Funeral at St Johns Episcopal Church today at 10 with Bishop Horner of Asheville officiating. Burial in Oak Hill with Wilkes family members interred there. The Wilkes sisters long engaged in charity and church work, with ties to High Shoals and the Episcopal Hospital and Throat, and a naval family.
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Dura Wilkes
Winchester Va
St Johns Episcopal Church
Janes M Horner
Asheville NC
ES Dunlop
St Johns Church
William T Snyder
Oak Hill Cemetery
Wilkes
Charles ‘Wilkes
John Wilkes
Navy
James W. Watmough
James Nourse
John 8 Tucker
Charles H. Woodhull
Thomas
Ridgeway
Percy Myers
Rasyana Peek
Wilson Miss Wilkes
New York City
Miss Wilkes
Bar, and Throat
Jane Wilkes
Cdwin Wilkes
Saltake City
Grace Wilkes
Renwick
City Bulletin: No Action On Bakery Smoke Complaint
L Watson of 134 H street northeast complains to the commissioners that a nearby bakery burns soft cecal and that the smoke annoys residents. District authorities say no action can be taken since the chimneys exceed four feet above the roof of the bullring. Also notes local ads and shop names such as Maddiman & Co and Anerton Bottling Company, with various prices and products.
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L. Watson
H Street
Spofford Will Filed In Probate For Ainsworth Spofford
The will of Ainsworth Spofford librarian of Congress who died August 11 was filed for probate. He leaves his house at 1621 Massachusetts Avenue NW to daughter Florence P Spofford with executors Florence and Charles A Spofford without bond. Life income from Mary C McCallum estate goes to her husband then daughter as executrix. Household effects to daughter. James J Barnes estate leaves to wife Sarah B Barnes with executrix named.
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Ainsworth BR. Spofford
Librarian of Congress
Massachusetts Avenue
Florence P Spofford
Florence
Charles A. Spofford
Mary C McCallum
James J Barnes
Sarah B. Barnes
Gars for Congress Cost Declared Too High
A plan to connect the Capitol office buildings with electric railways or subways was put aside for now due to high costs and practical concerns. The House commission favors simple, economical offices and notes potential later action if conditions justify a subway or through-car system.
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Senate
House
Capitol
Eddy
Fintanea Ee
Railway Commission
House- Building Commission
Cannon
Hepburn
Richardson
Congress
Criiciam
Commission
Elliott Woods
Stuyvesant Fish
Mlinois Central
Mr Fish
Secretary Wright Returns from Hot Springs Mission
Secretary of War Wright returned to Washington from Hot Springs Virginia where he spent the weekend He acknowledged politics were discussed with President Taft but would not say if he would speak for Taft Eight West Point cadets convicted of hazing will be settled after further investigation by Colonel Hugh I Scott The inquiry covers several hazing aspects and final action awaits results likely late this week at the War Department.
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Wight
Washington
Hot Springs
Wright
Taft
Tafts
West Point
Hugh I Scott
Miliary Academy
War Department
Washington Legal Aid Society outing to Marshall Hall
The Washington Legal Aid Society plans a fundraiser excursion to Marshall Hall next Tuesday selling 5 000 tickets. Many tickets are sold in departments with a standout 100 sold by a Treasury clerk as funds support court costs for poor clients and society activities. Contributions from various donors are listed with varied amounts.
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Washington Legal Aid Society
Marshall Hall
Treasury Department
Washington
B House & Herrmann
Dulin & Martin
John Joy Edson
Florence R. Colford
Eugene E Stevens
Charles P Neill
W B Moses & Sons
Nathaniel Wilson
Julius Garfinkle
William & Brown
DG Brown
Wiliam H
Walter Ae Crepeng
William
Wernshaw
Brosius
C. M Hendley
Martin
Flannery K. R R_ Bennett
Benson
Helen E Jamison
Dutton
George A & Wiliams King
S. Wortumeton
George ‘Corietyan
Ewe Baldwin
J Gley
March The Diplomat and Echoes from the Metropolitan Opera House
A fragmented record lists pieces including The Diplomat Overture Piccolo solo Through the AI By Corpleven and Echoes from the Metropolitan Opera House teees Tobant Waltz The Merry Widow Lebar Caprice Heroigue Awakening of the Lion The Tattooed Man The Star Spangled Banner and The Blue and the Gray.
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Corpleven
Metropolitan Opera House
di Komtkt Patrol
Dalbey Selection
Herbert
Dredging Ealt Channel Under Way After Virginia Channel Widened
Dredging of the east channel began yesterday under Gen Mackenzie who finished widening the Virginia channel from the valley bridge to near Twentieth street. The improved Virginia channel now supports 22 feet of water allowing ice and coal laden vessels access to Georgetown piers. The dredge equipment moved to the east branch to remove about 60,000 cubic yards of mud and finish before cold weather.
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Gen Mackenzie
Virginia Channel
Valley Bridge
Twentieth Street
Georgetown
East Branch
Ernest Burns Drowned at Celton Point
News arrives of 16 year old Ernest H Burns drowning near Celton Point MA on Sunday afternoon as a sailing accident sent a boom swinging into him. He could not swim and drowned though companions rescued his body afterward. He was a technical high school student living with parents at 105 Maryland Avenue NE.
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Celton
Maryland Avenue
Kentuckians Complaint Triggers Refund Rule For Sightseeing Cars
District commissioners approve a rule requiring sightseeing auto operators to refund fares upon request if cars fail to depart within ten minutes of the scheduled time or if the trip is not completed. A W Campbell of Phelps Ky filed a complaint after a party of four waited 45 minutes at the St James Hotel. company officials said refunds must go through the New York office.
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W Campbell
Phelps, Ky
St James Hotel
Campbell Alleges
F W Niles
Automobile Company
New York
Campbell
Miss Caspari the Woman of Mystery Held in Jail
Central Office Detective Baur reports Miss Frances A Caspari nicknamed the Woman of Mystery is in United States Jail awaiting trial on fraud charges against Washingtonians. Victims allegedly do not want to prosecute. Caspari remains aloof in her cell, a model prisoner.
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Peirce
Central Office
Baur
Frances A Caspari
United States
Caspirl
Stoo
Miss Caspari
Leishman Wins for School in Constantinople Transfer
Ambassador Leishman cabled the State Department that a long pending matter on transferring the site for the American College for Girls at Constantinople has been settled. Under the agreement the title will go to Secretary Barton of the American Board of Missions. The work for the American College for Boys remains, seeking authority for erection via Leishman.
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Leishman
State Department
American College For Girls
Constantinople
Barton
American Board of Missions
American College For Boys
Live Fowl Ban Proposed in District Regulations
Corporation Counsel Theman submits draft amendment to police regulations barring domestic fowl or pigeons within 100 feet of dwellings or in heavily improved blocks without health officer permit. Exemptions include cooped fowls in markets and short 24 hour periods for consumption. Violations incur fines and each day counts as a separate offense.
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Theman
Center
Mnlcasis
Gov Magoon Arrives for Cuba Conference in Washington
Provisional Cuban governor Charles E. Magoon will travel from Havana to Tampa then Washington for a Cuban affairs conference with Secretary Wright and President Roosevelt. Wright said no specific topic was set, but a general review of the Cuban situation was planned.
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Charles E. Magoon
Cuba
Washington
Wright
Havana
Tampa
Oyste Bay
Roosevelt
President congratulates Emperor Francis Joseph on birthday
The President sent a cablegram of congratulation to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary on his birthday expressing wishes for the emperor’s happiness and his country’s prosperity. Also, “Baggage Smasher” Daniel Jones was fined $10 in police court for pestering visitors near Union Station, deemed the worst in the baggage smashing group after warnings. Passenger fare news notes round trip to Baltimore and return via The Electric Line for $1.00 with weekend validity.
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Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Union Station
Danial Jones
Kimball
Jones
Baltimore
Earthquake Recorded Near Cheltenham Md
Observers from the coast and geodetic survey report an earthquake beginning around 6 68 am yesterday with tremors felt about 3 000 miles away near Washington The Post Want Ads are free in the classified columns of the newspaper.
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Post
Coast and Geodetic Survey Observators
Chelthenham
Washington
Wecuse
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