Policemen on Leave and District Strain
Police officials report about 100 officers, including five of ten lieutenants, on vacation or sick leave across precincts. Substitutes cover duties as Major Sylvester fights a poisoned arm from Harpers Ferry. Several members, from First to Eighth precincts and at the harbor, Atlantic City trips, and Colonial Beach, are noted as away or ill, with new fire engines Nos. 16 and 18 shipping from Seneca Falls for immediate service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. Sylvester
Harpers Ferry
Police Department
Leutenants
Donne
John Lovell
Market House
Vermiton
Clif Grant
Colonial Beach
Grant
Falla
Ben Klopfer
Crooks
Gamson
Shriners
Atlantic City
John Catts
Baker and
Lanahan
Cooper
Strange
Lieut
Sutton
Bayle
Montgomery County
Rockville Fair
Europe
McCarthy Louten
M M Stone
Pat Creagh
M J. Hinkle
Sergt. Dunnegan
Sergi Easley
G V, Johnson
John Maher
Armstrong
Buckley
Brady
Gibson
Goss
Johnson
White
White House
J 8
Boswell
F O Clifford
Joe D Newton
J H E Wison
4Bryan
Elliott
Metcalf
Curtis
Thomas Ordanna
Chariie Wise
Minth
J § Miller
J @ Peterson
William Hiley
BT Casey
Jayden
M. A Hay Dent
Bernt Ned Hottie
Auee Baie
Ebe Belt A
Cape Bee
Peity
Seneca Falls
District Building Notes At Reform School Girls Appointment
Mrs Elizabeth R Dawes appointed teacher at the Reform School for Girls replacing Miss May Harding per Supt Lanham after A W Barnes sought a tree planting on Seaton street NW. McNerhany’s souvenir stand permit denied. Street grading contract extended for Matthew Meyers. A tree behind Mrs J P Wilson’s home sits on private property beyond Commissioners’ jurisdiction. Water mains authorized: 142 ft 3 inch, alley 1087. 190 ft 4 inch on A street West from 14th. 350 ft 4 inch on Euclid between University Place and 15th. 510 ft 8 inch on Grant between 16th and Mount Pleasant. 160 ft 1/2 inch on Mount Pleasant east side south of Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth R Dawes
Reform School For Girls
May Harding
Lanham
A W Barnes
Seaton Street
J J McNerhany
Sixth Street
Fourteenth
B Streets
Matthew Meyers
Mo Brightwood Avenue
J P Wilson
Holmead Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Euclid Street
University Place
Fifteenth Street
Grant Street
Sixteenth
Mount Pleasant Streets
Mount Pleasant Street
Excursion to River View Ends in Pleasant Outing
Government Printing Office Council and National Union held an excursion to River View yesterday. Capt E S Randall led a complimentary trip at 10 30 am with return on any Randall line boat. The Capital Division No Greer of Railroad Telegraphers Marshall Hall held a second annual excursion yesterday a successful day with a bail game and evening dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Printing Office Council
National Union
River View
Randall
Capital Division
Greer
Marshall
Monument Elevator Stops for Repairs
The Monument elevator was halted yesterday afternoon for necessary repairs to the dynamo. Officials suspect a burned out call on the armature, but the exact fault will be known only after dismantling. The machine is expected to resume operation in a day or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monument
Not For the Comm They Cannot Act on School Trouble Says Macfarland
Commissioner Macfarland says the East Washington Citizens Association cannot remove Principal Swarteell. only the board of education has that authority under Congress. He notes the 1900 act created a district wide board and that members serve the entire District, not local divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarland
East Washington Citizens’ Association
Swarteell
Western High School
Congress
Board of Education
Columpis
Maccfarland
Business Men's Association
District of Columbia
Finnish Woman Adahl Placed Under Observation in Asylum
Mrs Wilhelme Adahl a Finnish national was confined at Washington Asylum Hospital after acting hysterically at her boarding house. She was moved to St Elizabeth's Asylum for the Insane for observation. Police and doctors, aided by an interpreter, learned she had no local relatives and referenced a New York contact Isadore Goldenburg. A pistol shot at the boarding house remains under investigation with competing claims about who fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elizabeth’s
Washington Asylum
Wilhelme Adahl
Finland
First Precinct
I Street
St Hilizabeth’s Asylum For
Marbury and Wahl
Adahl
Isadore Goldenburg
Battery Park
New York
Pokeman Lewis
Hot and heavy day expected. storms forecast
Washington marked a scorching day with official 97 degrees downtown and 98 humidity at 10 am. Dr Bratkenfeld of the Weather Bureau predicted a cooling trend tomorrow with humidity around 70 and temperatures near 74, while storms are likely as relief arrives. Northern Hansan saw storms today. hurricane signs remain unlikely but monitored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thera
Hansan
Aged Soldier Remanded to Asylum Over Habeas Corpus
William Watson, an elderly veteran, was ordered remanded to the Government Hospital for the Insane by Justice Stafford after a habeas corpus petition sought his release. Watson spoke irrationally on religion, claimed conspiracies in the Catholic Church, and referenced a Virginia spring scheme in a letter to President Roosevelt. Lawyers for Watson and relatives argued different fates, while officials urged care due to mental state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P Harlow
Watson
Dan C.donohue
Easley-Smith
Inmmons
O’donohue
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Virginia
Rat of extra trousers sale boosts summer suit wear
A readable ad promotes a sale offering extra trousers to extend the life of a summer suit at a small outlay. Prices listed include several decades of old barcode style quotations, with figures such as 2.65 to 3.90 and 4.90 to 3.00, suggesting budget options for seasonal wardrobe.
District tightens auto speed fines and collateral rule
The District will enforce tougher penalties for speeding with fixed collateral payments of 20 dollars for a first offence and 40 dollars for subsequent infractions. Automobilists without numbers or lights facing higher collateral will be detained at the station house. past leniency undercuts court penalties. Maj. Sylvester and Commissioner Macfarland discussed the plan after reviewing a case in Forest Glen involving two boys driving with Maryland plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarland
Maj. Sylvester
Ines
Sylvester
Forest Glen
Maryland
Roosevelt Garrison Prepares for Browne and Black Candidacy
An Army and Navy Union meeting at Commander Gordon’s home laid groundwork for delegates to attend the Newberg convention and back Col J E Brown for commander and Maj Siemund Black for inspector general. The group planned pre-convention headquarters and cooperation with other garrisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Browne
Ohio
National Corps
Regular Army and Navy Union
United States
Buffalo
Army and Navy Union
Regular Army
Uncle Sam
Wbel
Mass
Missing Walter Daniels May Be Alive Like Manning Case
Walter W Daniels, a young plumber who vanished from his northeast city home six weeks ago, was once believed dead after a body found near Laurel Maryland. His father received a letter from a man in St Louis claiming Walter is alive, a claim the family hopes proves true as they search major cities for his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Daniels
Manning
Walter W Daniels
Hig
Laurel
Capt. Boardman
At. Louis
Walter
Mrr
Daniela
War Department Cannot Abate Nuisance On Alexander Island
Col Hoxie reports pond from railroad embankment across Reach s Run creates nuisance but War Department cannot act. He notes remedy not practicable. railroad likely to remove cause soon, and district jurisdiction does not cover the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Alexander Island
Col Hoxie
Potomac River
Reach
Imprisonment of Albars Sparks Diplomatic Grievance
State Department asks Minister Merry for fuller information on the imprisonment of Albara, a Simon Fruit Company representative in Nicaragua. Acting Secretary Loomis cabled from Washington after Donaldson’s clash with Nicaragua’s president. Dispatches lack clarity on Albars status or actions taken. Postmasters Appointed in four states follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Merry
Loomis
Mianegua
Nicaragua
Albara
Simon Fruit Company
Albars
Conant Donaldson
Trask Farmer Dies After Dinkey Collision Near Kenilworth
Trask Farr, a 32 year old farmer from near Tuxedo, was fatally injured when his wagon was struck by a Maryland Railroad dinkey engine near Kenilworth. He died at Casualty Hospital a few hours later. Nevitt declined an inquest, noting injuries occurred beyond district jurisdiction. The body was turned to an undertaker and Maryland authorities notified. Farr, who ran a large produce farm, left a widow and two children. Mrs Farr reached his bedside after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trask
Dinkey Bachine
Kenilworth
Hank Tarr
Tuxedo
Maé
Intely & Pennsylvania Railroad
Dinkey
Paris
Araner Nevitt
Maryland
Farr
Two Boys Save a Negro Boy from Drowning at Woodbury
Washington teen Craig Sears and his friend Scott Smith, both fifteen, rescue ten-year-old George Anderson in Woodbury New Jersey. They reach the boy in distress, pull him aboard, administer first aid, and he begins to recover at home. Sears will return to Mercersburg Academy after summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Craig E. Sears
Scott Smith
Carnegie
George Anderson
Woodbury
N. J
Craig
Smith
Sears
Tealing Smith
Craig Sears
Mercersburg Academy
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Saterday
Russia
The
Sea‘son
Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Ave
Seventh St
Dominion Heights
Tess Lota
E. H. Taggart
Rath St. N.W
Semple
Herpieida Co
Detroit
Kehe
Hvat
Physiciana
Tarrant CO
Fordeon Street
Liebig
Seventil
Szelefs
MMC
Aashineton LE Falpumg Abgel
S, P. Andrews Paper Co
Ava
Roberts
John B. Espey
J. T. Walker Sons
Tenth Street
N. W
Carload
Lac Dantaen
Peete Voat
District Building Notes
Wee Nee
D. J. Kaufman
Connecticut
Comstock Brides
Anna G. Stow
Maine
Monron
Roy M. Hogcoeck
Greenwich
Wallace Wood
Harriston
Gussie F. Wongt
Munich
Bohemia
National Capital Brewing Co
Sts. S. E
A. Herats
A. Herman Sons Co
H Street
House & Herrmann
Sts
Milwaukee
Achtita Brewing
Ruch Seaton
Rush Gegton
Government Printing Office
W. J. Mannifig
Burnett
Home Savings Bank
7Th and Mass, Ave
City Bulletins
Fussell
N.y.ar
Bret Harte
Magus
la. Ave
Hartung
Chicago
C. A. Muddiman & Co
Kerraro
St. Nw
Joyce Eingraving Company
Star
Binet AA Keene
Fussell’s
N. Y. Ave
Jesus of
Nasareth
United States National Museum
Jesus
Washington Post
Thomas Jefferson Department
Post
Thomas Jnfferson
Dept
Cane
Washington, D. C
Piensa Sené
Heurich Brewing Co
Maerzen Beer
Phone West
Hubbard Heating C Co
F St. N. W
Johnson Bros
F Street
A. Eberly
Conjunte Teatent
Adler’s
Adler's
Victor E. Adler
Clothing House
Tth
H.W
Washington Gas Light
St. N. W
Keeley Institute
North Capitol Street
A, Kahn
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