Retail trade halting spring business amid weather woes
Bradstreet's notes crosscurrents in the national market with weak spring activity due to unseasonable weather. There are increased orders for some cotton goods and shoes, while structural shapes and cast iron pipe rise in demand. Western buying improves. car shortages and fuel sparseness hamper shipments. leather and dry goods stay active. floods of data show bank clearings and exports mixed, with failures up modestly week over week.
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New York
Bradstreet
Mers Thants
Helvenes
Hanweather
Rairoads
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Oklahoma
Southwest
Reinade
New York City
United States
Canada
Fsea
Kentucky Man Nominated for Santo Domingo Post
Kentuckian We Pulliam has been nominated by the government to head Santo Domingo customs, succeeding George Colton. President enceras has accepted. Patnam, a former Treasury special agent who helped improve Philippine los and now deputy collector, is mentioned in the dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WE Pulliam
Kentucky
Government of
Santo Domingo
George Colton
Enceras
Patnam
Treasury Department
Philippines
Money for Chinese relief via Shanghai Red Cross
Consul General Rodgers in Shanghai cable to the State Department reporting the Shanghai rebel committee has raised about 160 Mexican dollars for famine sufferers and notes famine conditions remain unchanged. He represents the American National Red Cross in aid efforts.
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Rodgers
Shanghai
American National Red Cross
State Department
World cotton visible supply report from Secretary Hester
New Orleans report shows total visible supply at 6,874,127 bales with weekly and yearly comparisons. American cotton totals 71,268,127 with Egypt, Brazil, India and Europe holdings detailed. afloat and held in Britain and Europe reach 2,639,600, with regional figures for Egypt, India, and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hester
Egypt
Brazil
Indix, &c. Lice CO
United States
War Pageant Approved for Jamestown Exposition
President Tucker of the Jamestown Exposition board reports broad support from advisory committee members and letters from most correspondents opposing the protest against prioritizing military and naval features. Efforts continue with the War and Navy departments to finalize encampment and naval displays as key attractions. The Treasury and House committees moved to advance plans for a special commissioner to invite Britain for an early exploration and colonization exhibit.
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Tucker
Jamestown
War and Navy Departments
Government Board
Negro Development Exposition Company
Treasury Department
Giles Jackson
T. L. Calloway
Curtis
Washington
House Committee On Industrial Arts and Expositions
Jamestown Exposition Company
Great Britain
Defect in Federal Law Sparks Court Martial Debate
Attorney General Bona parte criticizes a federal law gap cited after the planned court martial of Corporal Knowles for an assault at Fort Reno Oklahoma. He points to Sections 5389 and 542 which punish murder or attempted murder but exclude assaults with deadly weapons, leaving no federal charge for assaults in federal jurisdiction outside maritime areas.
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Corporal Knowles
Macklin
Fort Reno
Oklo
Bonaparte
Department of Justice
Culberson
Texas
United States
Will Shield Diplomats From Harsh Landing Inquiries
A Commerce and Labor order directs immigration and customs officers to stop asking diplomats and consular officers certain probing questions upon arrival. The detailed manifest information will not be required for these officials and their suites, though their names and titles must appear grouped on the ship manifest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Senor Nabuco
Ue Immigration and Naturalization
United States
Secretary Shaw Plans Three Speeches This Month
Secretary Shaw will speak three times this month and be away from Washington several days. He opens Monday in Cambridge Massachusetts addressing Harvard undergraduates, then travels to Concord New Hampshire for a Board of Trade event, and attends the Missouri Society of New York annual dinner with an address.
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Shaw
Washington
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
New York
Concord
N. H
Board of Trade
Missouri Society of New York
How Rum Is Made Hearing on labeling under pure food act
Secretary Wilson and Dr H W Wiley and Solicitor McCabe of the Department of Agriculture heard F J Felton a Boston distiller and Dr Sawyer chemist on rum manufacture. They explained the production process so Wilson could draft proper labeling regulation under the pure food and drugs act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Wiley
H. W. Wiley
McCabe
Department of Agriculture
F. J. Felton
Boston
Sawyer
Felton Distillery
Cardozo Trial Date Set Amid Board Dispute
Charges against Francie L. Cardozo, a dismissed supervising principal of colored schools, were filed with the board of education yesterday and January 19 tentatively set for trial. The board met privately, guiding counsel refused to discuss the charges, and colored attorney Henry E. Davis faced implied reproach as Capt. Oyster pressed for an early date.
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Francie L. Cardozo
Board of Education
Cardozo
Stuart McNamara
Henry E. Davis
James A. Cobb
Admiral Baird
F. L. Cardozo
Henry E. Davia
Capt. Oyster
McNamara
New Police Trial Board Established for Rule Violations
Inspector J A Swindells Captain H B Elliott and Lieutenant W F Flavey will form the police trial board to hear cases of rule violations. The District will be represented by the assistant to the corporation counsel when defense counsel is used. The board begins after official documents reach Maj Sylvester. The change follows Commissioner Wests investigation into 45 pending cases and a plan to speed disposition by a three-official panel. Previously two boards handled these matters, one with counsel and one for minor cases.
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Police Trip Board
J. A. Swindells
H. B. Elliott
W. F. Flavey
Maj. Sylvester
West
Est
Police Department
Swindells
Capt. Elliott
Belt Seeks Car for Fire Chief to Speed Alarms
Chief Belt of the fire department presses for an automobile citing delays with horse and buggy and arguing the force needs modern transport to reach fires swiftly. Treasury Comptroller Tracewell has ruled the current appropriation bans steam and electric vehicles for this use, prompting Belt to propose an amendment with Commissioner Macfarland’s support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Belt
Fire Department
Campiroller
Treasury Tracewell
Macfarland
Thirty-eighth Chat Laundry Offer Promises Superior Service
A promotional note urges readers to try a laundry service claiming top quality work that pleases both housewives and men. It argues their prices match competitors while delivering markedly better results and invites postal requests to send for a laundry bundle.
Whisky Causes Trouble District Employee Dismissed
Health Officer Woodward recommended the dismissal of Rudolph Murphy, a District employee, after Murphy took whisky from a house undergoing disinfection on Massachusetts Avenue NW. Murphy admitted taking the liquor, saying he is sorry, and Commissioner Test approved the dismissal.
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Woodward
Rudolph Murphy
Test
Murphy
Massachusetts Avenue
Beecroft Seeks Roosevelt Help For Eskimo Orphan
New York financier Roswell C. Beecroft urged Secretary Loeb at the White House to educate Mena Wallace, the 16 year old survivor from the Hakimas expedition, adopted into Supt Wallace’s family, as the boy was born in Smiths Sound and is viewed as the nation’s ward. Loeb suggested Carlisle Indian School and promised to present the case to President Roosevelt.
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Roswell C. Beecroft
New
New York
Wallace
Arctic
Beecroft
Smith's Sound
Loeb
Carlisle Indian School
Roosevelt
Godoy Named Counselor for Mexican Embassy in Washington
Senor Don Jose Godoy, Mexico's minister to Cuba for a year, will arrive in Washington in about two weeks to assume the post of counselor of the Mexican embassy. His family will accompany him, including Mme Godoy and Senorita Godoy, a debutante last season. The ambassador Creel and wife will depart Mexico for Washington on Tuesday.
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Senor
Don Jose Godoy
Mexico
Cuba
Agpiroz
Casasus
Senor Godoy
Mme. Godoy
Senorita Godoy
Senora Creel
Washington
Gas poisoning at harness shop injures Brown
Leonard T. Brown, a harnessmaker of 1229 Columbia Road, was found in his Fourteenth Street NW workshop early yesterday in gas poisoning from a faulty gas engine line. W T Lowe heard his groans and helped summon an ambulance. Brown was hospitalized at Garfield Hospital with non serious injuries.
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Leonard T. Brown
Columbia Road
Hig Place
Fourteenth Street
Brown
W. T. Lowe
Mgr. Lowe
Garfield Hospital
Guilty Verdict in Illegal Operation Case Led to Death
Mrs Kate Maxey and Paul Meagher were found guilty by a jury in Criminal Court No 2 for an illegal operation performed on Claudia Parrish last June, resulting in her death. They were remanded for sentence with bail denied. Justice Stafford set Mrs Maxey at 1000 dollars and Meagher at 3000. The district attorney welcomed the verdict and indicated a trial for Dr Edward Leon Thompson in a separate case is planned soon.
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Kate Maxey
Paul Meagher
Claudia Parrish
Justice Stafford
Lossfort
Maxey
Meagher
W. W. Stewart
Harvey Given
Edward Leon Thompson
Habeas Corpus Dropped in Terra Cotta Train Case
Justice Barnard of Criminal Court No 2 dismissed the habeas corpus proceedings against Harry J. Hildebrand and Frank F. Hoffmier, engineers on the derailed Terra Cotta wreck train. They are released to await District grand jury action. Bonds reduced from 10000 to 5000 for Hildebrand and from 7000 to 5000 for Hoffmier. Hildebrand’s surety was Patrick J. Collins. Hoffmier’s was Dr. W. W. Stewart.
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Justice Barnard
Criminal Court No. 2
Harry J. Hildebrand
Frank F. Hoffmier
Hall
Barnard
Hildebrand
Hoftmier
Hildabrand
Patrick J. Collins
W.W. Stewart
Prison Sentences handed down in Criminal Court No 1
Justice Stafford yesterday imposed sentences on several defendants. John Montgomery and Robert Brown received one year and one day for housebreaking in the penitentiary. Wesley Osborne drew one year and six months for housebreaking. James Walker and Edgar Fisk faced one year and six months for larceny and housebreaking respectively. William Bridges was sentenced to two years for arson, and William Davis to two years for grand larceny.
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Justice Stafford
John Montgomery
Robert Brown
Wesley Osborne
James Walker
Edgar Fisk
Willam Bridges
Wiliam Davis
Father seeks letters of administration after son's drowning
William G. Cleveland, father of Melvin L. Cleveland who drowned from the steamer Oneida near Blackistone Island, Chesapeake Bay on November 26, 1906, applied for letters of administration to pursue damages claims against Gen. George Harries, William E. Blee, and F. S. Durston, alleging negligence. The petition seeks authority to sue for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Cleveland
Melvin L. Cleveland
United States
Oneida
Blackistone Island
Chedaneake Bay
Supreme Court and District of Columbia court actions listed
The record lists multiple Supreme Court of the United States cases with parties in error and counsel, adjournments, and Monday assignments, plus Court of Appeals items, equity and circuit court entries, criminal cases, probate matters, and notices from January sessions. It names parties such as Jay Delamater, Abel P. Borden, Northern Pacific Railway, Doyle et al, and London Guarantee, with dates, docket numbers, and attorney references. It also notes adjournments to Monday and specific calendar items for various courts.
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United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Justin Brewer
Justice White
Justice Peckham
Justice Makons
Justice Tolmes
Suntice Day
Justice Moody
MM. EL Driscotl
Syracuse
John 8. Willing
Erie
Thome Raeburn
White
Philadelphia
Ceyton H. Lewin
N. Y
Coungel
Abel P. Borden
Doyle Et al
London Guarantee and Accident Company, Limited
E. Clinton Rhoads
Boyle Et al
Thomas Reeburn White
London Guarantee and Ancigent Company
E. Glinton Rheeds
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Fresent
Seth Shepard
Justica
Louis E. McComba
Charles H. Rabb
Walter J. Wickera
F. Bayaré
Commissioner of Patents
J. HK. Griffin
Feinberg
RB. B. Wilson
Appelite
Munster Va
Ashworth
Mr. J. Kent
Appellee
J. &. Edson
Mar Arns
H. P. Doolittle
Appellant
Mr. Bayard
Real estate transfers list with numerous property moves
Real estate transfers show Adele M. Bingham and Ailee Bennett selling to Adolph Loehr for 9000, and many other parcels including Martin Davis to Roy Yaste, Samuel Drury to Terry Nicholas, and Katharine Howard to Albert Wilson. Transactions involve blocks, lots, trusts, and varying prices. several entries cite national companies and trustees in Meridian Hills and Randle Highlands.
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Adele M. Bingham
Ailee B Bennett
Adolph Loehr
Martin T. Davis
Roy T. Yaste
Kapa Sid Parl
Mount Pleasant
Pleasant Plains
Samuel A. Drury
Terry Nicholas
Flixabeth
J. Gulnani
Della Arcndes
Meridian Hies
Isabel J Gordon Ulvir
Henry D
Caroline Ashmore
Katharine Howard
Alpert A Wilson
John B. Larner
Benjamin F. Jefferson
Charles B. Tribby
Heckman
Harry H Nichols
John D Coughtan
Wiliam Buckingham
Fe Jota
National Capital Investment Company
Clarence F. Norment
Robert H. Simpson
Riggs
Solomon Newmier
John A
Samuel H Bogles
Koschuszko
Charles P. Purdy
Charles T. Torrey
Randle Park
Arthur E Randle
Albert C. Hayden
Block & Square
William ‘Schmidt
Baltes Birkle
Schmidt
Ali
Subilvialon
Theo F. Sargent
Helen D Whittlesey
Xublot
Square
Andrew’ Stewart
William F. Holtzman
Drury
Randle Highlands
United States Realty Company
Nivex F. Ladd
Kosciuszko Place
Charles F. Purdy
Georgetown Law Seniors Host Smokers Debate Night
The Georgetown University School of Law senior class plans a smoker at Rauscher's this evening with faculty guests. A Gaston Hall debate is set for February 2 on whether the United States should own interstate railroads, featuring teams from senior and junior societies and a cash prize of 100 for the top debater.
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Georgetown Law
Rauscher's
School of Law
Georgetown University
Rauscher’s
Thomas TF
McDowell
N. H. Cobb
L . Cuttle
Crawford
Frank van Zant
Gaston ‘Hall
At & O'Clock
United States
Charles M. Mattingly
Paul E. Lesh
Law School
Henry C. McKeaner
McHenry ,Allaher
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E. Pulliam
Red Cross
Capt. Macklin
Oyster
NEW Police Trial Board
Department
Belt
Automobile
Tal, Woo
Yale
Undry
New Yorker
Mena Wallace
Godoy
Son
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Washington Post
Daily and Sunday Post
Clever Post
DAILY
Sijnday Post
Post-office
Washington, D. C
Legal Record
Supreme Court
Equity Court No
Clabdugt
William Watson
Piagkwmopwe
Lockwood
Zamual Molloyva
O'Relen
Army and Navy Union
Hegalst Army and Navy Union
Vonderhelds
Vonderheide
Edwards Ve. “Kellogg
Devine
McNelty Vz. McNelly
Reldy Ve. Gavin
Justice Gould
Circuit Court NO
Justice Wright
Brennan Const. Co
Dodge
Rush
Zasterling
Horning
Magruder
Juttrel
Louis Va. Bristow
Jones
Sowers
Bread van Galt
Mills Ve Crags
Strickler
Southern Halfway Company
Wright
Baum
Omcuit Court
R. Justice Anderson
John Wesley Church
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephona
Davia Va
Owens
Platatit Ter Costa
Falmer
Palmer
Riley
Simpson
Onorato
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Cave
Russell Va
Washington Post Company
Riston
Carter
Scott
Ransom Va
Capital ‘Traction Company
Allan Kate Elle
Foul Meagher
Batnerd
Blankenship
Cowling
Brielle
Rowland
Cheries R
J ‘Asaigniments
Charles K. Morgan
Clébaugh
Joseph J. McCammon
American Security and ‘Trust Company
Ormsby
Bette
William Haywood
Anna W. Heyng
Patrick J. Coffey
John W. Leary
Burnstine's
Pennetlvania Ave
Coltonbia
Geo. W. Linksins
REED
Corcoran
Trane T. Rawlings
PA Ave
Arlington Fire Insersnes Company
Tyler & Rutheef &Ro, Incorporated
F St. Uw
D. C
WM. H. Sacmers & CO
Building Association
BAKER
Metzeratt
Pharle
Walter H. Acker
Stone & Fairfax
HONEY
D.C
F. H Smith CO
N.Y. Ave
THOS. J. FISHER _& CO., Incorporated
St Nw
Barrison Realty Company
G St. Mw
Riberlatt's
West End Storage Company
Omice
St. Aw
Littlefield, Alvord & Co
Colorado Building
Newepannr
ABC Hlye
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