Immigration Rise and Conflicts in 1908 Fleet
The annual report of Commissioner General Frank P. Sargent shows 1,165,253 admissions in the 1908 fiscal year ending June 3, with 1,100,735 immigrant aliens and 66,618 nonimmigrant aliens. It notes shifts toward Southern Europe, major gains for Italy Russia Greece and Turkey, and investigation into labor schemes, Hawaii coastwise trafficking, and Japanese laborers. It calls for expanded Ellis Island facilities and new anti smuggling measures, plus stricter penalties for steamship lines and continued Chinese exclusion enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Sargent
United States
Europe
Ireland
England
Sweden
Germany
Denmark
Scotland
Italy
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Asia
Austria-Hungary
Sicily
Sardinia
Russian Empire
Finland
China
Japan
West Indies
Ellis Island
Eliza Island
Inr
Mexico
Boston Experiences a Genuine Blue Sabbath in Sunday Quiet
Special to The Washington Fest from Boston on Sunday January 6 reports unusually strict enforcement of Sunday laws led by District Attorney Moran. Police monitored work deemed nonessential including ice cream delivery, bread baking, boot polishing after dawn, cleaning, photography, and hotel music, with arrests sought for violations. Lyon also reports police actions to curb nonessential work. The event signals potential legislative overhauls to Sunday laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston
Moran
Lyon
Rairoad
O'Meara
Jubilee of American Institute of Architects Opens
The golden jubilee session begins this morning at 16 00 in the New Willard assembly room with 550 delegates and many guests from art science and archaeology societies. Sir Aston Webb will attend and read no papers are to be read. Banquet at the Willard closes the events on Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Architects
New Willard
Astor Webb
Royal Institute of British Architects
Octagon House
Macfarland
Corcoran Art Gallery
Institute
Frank Miles Day
Philadelphia
Aston Webb
Auld House
Charles F. McKim
Columbia University
H Langford Warren
Harvard University
Edward L. Tilton
Architects’ Institute of America
Alside Chausse
Quebec Association of Architects
W. H. Holmes
National Academy of Science
Sir Aston Webb
Glenn Brown
Architects Societe Francais
Edwin H. Blashfield
National Society of Mural Painters
New York
United States
Regulations Require Stand at Attention for National Anthem
The Star Spangled Banner is now officially the national anthem with military honors. Army regulations mandate standing at attention and a salute on formal military occasions. Salutes are to be held until the last note, and similar respect applies to foreign anthems played as official compliments. The anthem will be played once without repeats, avoiding ragtime variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States
Journeyman Plumbers Rebut Evi dence At Arbitration Hearing
The Georgetown Law School hall hosted a board of arbitration as journeyman plumbers prepare testimony and rebuttal on disputes with master plumbers. Over three hours were spent Saturday night hearing master plumbers and experts. officials expect completion tonight and a likely decision. Also reported, Japanese company Jaya Shoshi of Nagasaki seeks 500 tons monthly whale meat in Victoria for food, with flesh previously used for fertilizer. A Somerville Journal item notes a girl’s age joke about being seventeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Law School
Board of Arbitration
J. 8. Easby-Smith
Victoria
British Columbia
Jaya Shoksi
Nagasaki
Postal Service Needs More High Grade Men
First Assistant Postmaster General Frank H Hitchcock in his annual report calls for higher salaries for post office clerks and an upgrade of the uniform efficiency system. He urges more high grade staff and field agents, closer post office oversight, and the elimination of back stamps on letters. He notes expanding facilities near railroad stations to speed delivery and plans to standardize post office box rents. Automobile collection service is praised and planned for other cities to speed mail handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Pony City
New York City
Baltimore
Dyckman Odell Dead Head of Westchester Family
Dyckman Odell aged eighty two and cousin of former Gov Odell died at his Ardsley home the house where he was born famous as Rochambeau headquarters during the Revolutionary war. He inherited it from his grandfather Col John Odell a captain in the Westchester Cavalry. Odell was known for his Revolutionary tales and a large family survives him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardsley
Dyckman Odell
Odell
Westchester County
Mr. Odell
Rochambeau
Dobbs Ferry
Washington
Col
John Odell
Westchester Cavalry
Emancipation Day Remarks At Lyceum Society
The Lyceum Society of the Second Baptist Church held Emancipation Day exercises on Third Street Northwest. Prof. Richard T. Greener urged colored people to imitate Lincoln’s noble life. short addresses by R. H. Toomey Shelby J. Davidson and others followed. The emancipation proclamation was read and a musical program directed by Mrs. Eva Height. The meeting was presided by Prof. Jessa Lawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum Society
Second Baptist Church
Third Street
Richard T. Greener
Lincoln
R. H. Toomey
Shelby J. Davidson
Eva Height
Jessa Lawson
Goods Seized From Royal Mail Liner Tagua At New York
Treasury agents seized goods valued around 32000 aboard the Royal Mail liner Tagua while docked in the North River. The barber shop run by G Canapa sold Panama hats and other items to passengers, none declared on the manifest. The seizure followed suspicions of smuggling as agents noted no landing of the goods. Lloyd S Banderson said the barber had a right to sell these items aboard, as he pays for space and operates as barber and shopkeeper. The Tagua had arrived from West Indian ports Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Royal Mail
Treasury Department
Ker Pier
North River
G. Canapa
Treasury
Stranger
Lloyd
Banderson
Goody
Sanderson
Panama
Mothers Take Charge In Jap Army Youths Court Case
Seven youths faced Magistrate Breen in Yorkville Police Court as seven mothers appeared with slippers under their aprons promising swift action. The scene followed a stone throwing clash near a public school as damage reached 9600 dollars. Freddie Dwyer led the “Japanese forces” with allied youths nearby. Willie Koval was the lone American captured. The magistrate ordered custody to the mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baceful
Washington Post
New York
Breen
Yorkville
Freddie Dwyer
East Eighty-flrat Street
East Side
Japan
Nippon
Seventieth Street
Second
Third Avenues
Willie Koval
East Saventy-fifth Street
United States Ranks Third in World Commerce Exports
A Commerce Department statement reports the U S now stands third in the value of manufactured goods entering world trade. Exports for the past year exceed $700 million, a record high, with American trade abroad now twice the level of eight years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Wage Conference Near End at Southern Railway
The annual meeting between Southern Railway officials and trainmen nears a wage decision for the year. General Manager C H Ackert said there will be no trouble over wages, as talks wind down following days of discussion on the pay scale and living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Southern Railway
Road
C. H. Ackert
Doctors Admit They Can Do Nothing More For Your Stomach
Doctors concede no remedy beyond Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. The ad asserts ongoing relief from stomach issues through the medicine, noting its daily use by many and urging readers to try it for indigestion and related discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claim rapid relief for stomach ills
Expertly backed claim from government authorities in the United States and Great Britain asserts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets digest food naturally. A free trial offer invites readers to test a 50 cent package with no risk, promising relief after meals and restoration of normal digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Stuart
Nature
F. A Stuart Co
Stocks Remain High On Prospects Of Market Recovery
New York January 7 The New Year delivers a steady hardening of stock prices as confidence grows that liquidation has ended and money conditions are improving Bank of England may cut its high 6 discount rate within a fortnight and English money rates ease Wall Street favors industrials over railways Amalgamated Copper and Union Pacific see buying interest while United States Steel shows earnings growth not matched by stock gains. DANIEL F. KELLOGG Swift & Company notes weekly meat prices in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprofst
Washington Post
New York
Union Pacifi
Union Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Amalgamated
Wall Street
Publi Business Service
Aygreei R Te
Orly
England
Bank of England
London
Tess
United States Steel Corporation
Daniel F. Kellogg
Leaf Tobacco Prices Firm Across Markets
Leaf tobacco prices remain firm as the market reopens in South Boston with steady demand for all grades. December sales total 1,600,002 pounds at 9.22 per hundredweight, 7,873,000 pounds sold locally, about 65 percent of the crop. Petersburg and Lynchburg reports note holiday slowdown and preparations to resume sales with favorable prospects and strong buyer interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston
Petersburg
Lynchburg
Lacey Prepares Bills to Curb Coal Monopoly in West
Representative Lacey introduces three measures to regulate coal lands following the President’s withdrawal of coal lands from entry. One plan withdraws about 1,000,000 acres for government leases to operators, another uses an alternating checkerboard of townships, and the third forms coal lands into reserves like forest lands under executive regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Representative Lacey
House Committee On Public Lands
Public Lands Committee
Roosevelt
Government Printing Office Veterans Elect Officers
The Government Printing Office Veteran Club held its annual meeting on Saturday night. Officers elected for the ensuing year include W. R. Ramsey as president W. R. Harlow as vice president C. M. Robinson as treasurer J. C. Morgan as secretary and George C. Harris as door keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Printing Office
Government Printing Office Veteran Club
W. R. ‘Ramsey
W. R. Harlow
C. M. Robinson
J.C. Morgan
George C. Harris
Doar
Real Estate and Financial Services Ad Listing
An old style ad outlines loans in any amount with approved risk terms and reasonable rates. It notes deposits interest monthly balances and mentions roles like executor administrator and registrar. Also highlights burglar fireproof vaults for safe deposits and estate management services by John Joy Bdson and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nota 2S
Treamliner
John Joy Bdson
Batate Omear Trust
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sargent
North Atlantic
North Central States
South
New York State
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Northwest
Hawaii
Hawaiian 1
San Francisco
Honolulu
Canalien
Willard
Somerville Journal
Postal Service
Wat
Bing
Operus
Steel Combine
Swift & Company
Congress
CLUB
Washington Loan & Trust Co
Offich Cor
Anl
Merican Express Co
Traders National Bank, Ye.s
Washington Exchange _ BANK
Liberal
Banking
Napoleon
Arthur Cowsill
Colorado Building
14Th and & Sts
Continental (Fire) Insurance Co
San Francia
Loasea
Barphis
A. Marvin & Co
E.R. Chapman & CO
N. ¥. Stock Exchange
Broadway
N.W
G. B. Chipman
Washington Stock Exchange
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Warner Building
Street
Northw
Gold Divide Mining, Milling and Tunnel Company
Summit
Park Counties
Colorado
St Ja
Upham
Denver
Cala
H Street
F. H. Smith Co
Srolth
Lathner
New York Ave
N. W
Quincy Smith
Alvin M. Lothrop
John B. Steman, Jr
Watson
Treasuier
Jackson H. Ralston
G. Kimbent
Savings Acco Union Savings Bank
Fourteenth St
Perpetual Building
11Th St. N. W
Campbell-Hudson Co
Hat
Harrison Realty Company
Ou Real
District of Columbia
Évlaye emiarEt & McLeran
Equitable Co-Operative Building Association
STH Aceiption SD
Ohn Joy Bison
EN Spear
Geo. W. Castlewr
Frank P. Reside
Jobo
Edeon, Jr
Fred’ B Pyle
Geo. W Fisher
Job Barnard
P. B. Turpin
Ino A. Hemilten
AM Lothrop
Geo. H. Harrie
F. ¥. Coville
Jon
B Larner
Riggs Panx
Pa. Ave
Opp
U.S. Treasury
R. WM. Weaver
Cleveland
Toledo
Dayton
Detroit
Mich
Phila
Atlantic City
N. J
Wheeling
W.va
Reading, Ps
America
Pittsburg
R. M. Weaver
Diamond St
Jenkins & CO
F Street
Cella Commission Co
Missouri Corporation
Lewis & CO
Iss F St
Chesley & Spence
Francis R. Dooley & Co
le Droit
Plano
Metropolitan Loan & Trust Co
Pisnas
Fureniture
Fife Insurance
Citizens Loan & Trust CO
Commercial Bank Building
Gate
Reed
Latafe Wethods
Ia Bon Twelfth Street
Czarra
Etewart
Shade
Hierro
Fisk Elgin
Nie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!