Ice Trust Inquiry Opens as Grand Jury Probes Alleged Violations
The district attorney prepares to investigate alleged anti trust violations amid a county grand jury session. Ice dealers and the American Ice Company face scrutiny over weights and business practices as the Kennebec schooner Alice Holbrook delivers 988 tons from Maine.
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Grand Jury
United States
West
Corporation
Councel
Nga
Coorporation
American Ice Company
Alice Holbrook
Kennebec
Maine
Ag Its
B A. van Brunt
Kennabec
Holbrook
Yeo Company
Ice Company Row Sparks Public Critique In District
A Washington issue probes ice companies and foremen amid accusations of exploiting patrons for summer charity. The Inquirer notes irritation at high charges and urges investigations, while district health chief Dr Woodward warns hot weather and milk shortages endanger seven thousand infants under two. He urges favorable distribution to dairies and children over saloons and drug stores.
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Washington
Orphans Sea
Inquirer
C. Woodward
Iee Deelers
Irs
Woman Killed by Garfield Street Car in Hayes Crossing
Mrs Omma Crumbaugh aged thirty four was struck by a Cabin Johr Bridge Line car near Hayes Crossing last night at 9 30. She was hurled twenty feet and her neck broken. the body taken to the morgue for an inquest set for today. Motorman BC Bell and conductor H Ewing detained for questioning.
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Omma Crumbaugh
Cabin Johr
Washington Railway and Electrig Company
Hayes Crossing
Hayes’ Crossing
Georgetown
Crumbaugh
BC Bell
H Cwing
Coronar Glazebrook
Bel
Ewing
Secretary Wilson Seeks Ruling on Child Care Contracts
Secretary George S Wilson asked the Comptroller of the Treasury to decide how the new rule barring placing any child under seventeen in publicly funded institutions until their status is Juvenile Court declared affects district funding for child care facilities. He cited beneficiaries including the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, Washington Hospital for Foundlings, and Ann's Infant Asylum, with various appropriations, and questioned whether payments require court dependency determinations for all admissions even when funds come from the $500 maintenance allocation for Working Boys' Home and Children's Aid Association.
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George S Wilson
Board of Charities
Comptroller of the Treasury
National Association For the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children
Washington Hospital
Ann's
Florence Crittenton Hope
Milaton
Wilson
Comptroller
Working Boys’ Home and Children's Aid Association
Electricians Burned At City Power Plant Wire Work
Three electricians were badly burned while repairing wire components in the workshop at the city power plant near Fourteenth and B streets northwest. A short circuit caused by crossed wires sent flames over their faces and hands, they were treated at Emergency Hospital and later sent home. Injured are Robert Sheer of 338 Thirteenth Street NW William J Morrow of 611 Eleventh Street NW and Joseph Lamb of 1 Grant Place NW.
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Fourteenth
B Strees
Robert Sheer
Thirteenth Street
William J Morrow
Dleventh Street
Joseph Lamb
Grant Place
Stuart Steps QUT Committee to Recide Upon Applicants
The Washington school board read a resignation letter from A. T. Stuart and appointed commissioners Evermann Cox and Cook to a committee to consider successors. Possible candidates include Dr Van Sickle Baltimore Dr West Western High Baltimore and Dr Hoyt Indianapolis. The board expects the committee to pick a successor and likely confirm the choice.
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A. T . Stuart
Baird
J B. N
Evermann
Cox
Cook
Stuart
van Sickle
Baltimore
Washington
West
Western High School
Hoyt
Indianapolis
Stuart Withdraws as Superintendent Aims for Director Rank
The letter from Mr Stuart to the Board of Education announces his withdrawal after thirty five years in Washington public schools. He seeks a supervisory role in intermediate instruction and urges succession by a younger man while praising the support of colleagues and superiors. The board appoints committees to various tasks and considers school-site sale options.
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Stuart
Board of Education
Schoors
Washington
Remana
Department of Intermediate Instruction
Entirs
Ayefem
Paopis
Yna
Baird
Everman
Atwood
Terrell
Hul
Vere
Capt Oyster
Cox
Rulta Anf Hy Jaye
Me Oystar
Cook
Evermann
Mra ‘Tarrell
Jankoyo
Barrd
Oyster
President Barn
Cash
Brewer
Walsh & Donohue
Macfarland
Todd
Henry
Curtis
Misa [Alle Young
Mulford
Turtle
Whitzell
Dullie
Miss Price
May Lewla
Misa Hipkins
Erskine
Min
Holmen Sire
Malcolm
Talulah Baker
Miss
Retiring Washington school head recalls progress over decades
Retiring superintendent A. T. Stuart reflects on 35 years of public schools in the District. He cites early conditions in 1870, pioneer schoolhouses, and the shift to modern, well ventilated buildings. He praises the graded system, teacher training, curriculum reforms, and salary battles, urging support for loyal teachers as he plans to remain nearby.
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Free Common School
Wallach
Franklin
Mayo
Richard Wallach
J Ciyaond Wilson
Aime
Deventh
Teday
Aschools
Nerthal School
Ang
Speling
Grammer
Salanes
Tuneful Toot Banned For Autos In New Noise Rule
Commissioners approve a new city regulation banning loud and discordant auto horns and sirens. Automobiles may use a bell or horn to warn pedestrians, but excessive noise is prohibited. Maj Sylvester advised West that many horns frighten horses and disturb public peace, urging minimal warning noise.
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Corporation Counsel
Maj Sylvester
Commissioner West
Celebrate Fifteenth Anniversary of Fifth Baptist Sunday School
The Fifth Baptist Church marks its Sunday school fifteenth anniversary with 9:30 a.m. exercises in the classroom, choruses, and an address by Dr J Mc Trost of Nashville. Evening program at 8 features Dr Frost music and reception to parents, with events continuing Monday. Also noted is a small house fire at 659 E Street Southwest started by matches, causing about 25 dollars damage. firemen extinguished the blaze.
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Fifth Baptist Church
Mayr
J. Mc Trost
Nashville
Wenn
Frost
A. R-Ross
E Street
Shippers Association of Washington Organizes for Trade Boom
The Shippers Association of Washington invites roughly 250 local shippers and jobbers to join as charter members as a commercial boom begins. The group seeks to boost trade, freight facilities, and wholesale distribution without aiming to turn Washington into a manufacturing hub.
Washington as a growing trade and manufacturing center
A 19th century perspective argues Washington is catching up with Baltimore and Norfolk as a Southern trade hub. It stresses Washington's location, rising shipping, expanding electric power for light manufacturing, and the need for railroad parity and local employment opportunities. It envisions Washington becoming a major jobbing and manufacturing center as demand grows.
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Washington
Baltimore
Wes
Wassingtod
Ume
Beaver Lines
Affaiya
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Norfolk
Weather Outlook and Temperature Readings Report
Weather conditions from the Weather Bureau show high pressure and cool conditions across the Rockies with opposite trends elsewhere. Showers are forecast Saturday from Virginia southward to Easter Florida and into Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado with generally light but persistent rainfall in parts of the eastern South Atlantic state region. Winds along the coasts will be northeast and easterly with varying speeds. river conditions indicate muddy waters at Harpers Ferry.
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Rept
Weather Bureau
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Ohi
Atelantic
Staten
Teras
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Florida
Texas
New England
Middle Atlantic
Gulf
Grand Hawke
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Cabin John Bridge
Mary A. Ulvermare
Tomorrow's
Connor
A. T Stuart
Hood
Bood
Fifth Baptist
Lansburgh & Bro
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India
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Shippers’ Association of Washington
Berg
Shippers’ Association
New Shippers’ Association
Post
Charles J Bell
Shippere’Association of Washington
Potomac Terra Colta Company
Maurice Jotee Engraving Company
J B Xendatl
Golden & Co
Georgy J Mueller
J E Dyer
Littlefield
Alvord & Co
Richard & Co
Frank J. Finler & Son
Rundlett Shade Pactory
Haley & Son
C Heurich
Bedell Banufacturing Company
ZO Whitford
CL J Bell
H. P Andrews Paper Company
Hubbard Hosting ‘Company
Wallerstein Bros
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Topham the Shippers’ Association
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Charles J. Bell
American Security and Trust Company
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Estey
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