Machinists Seek Saturday Half Holiday With President View
Columbia Lodge No. 14 of the International Association of Machinists held a large meeting at Naval Lodge Hall to press for a Saturday half holiday for Washington Navy Yard workers. A two-man committee was named to seek an audience with the President at Oyster Bay, with Samuel Gompers and James O Connell invited to attend the conference if possible. The union plans to pursue legal advice and hopes the President will grant the holiday, noting last year’s success.
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Columbia Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Naval Lodge Hall
Washington Navy Yard
Oyster Bay
Navy Department
Yard
Washington
Vislt
District Code
Tedresa
William F. Brown
A. B. Holder
Tammett L. Adams
Awiair
Consieta
Wham O'Donnell
H F. le Clair
Eimmett L. Adams
Bonaparte
Negro Accused of Assault and Robbery in Southeast
Percy Chapman alias Proctor, colored, 38, of 1159 Seventeenth Street Southeast, was arrested at Fifth Precinct for assaulting and robbing William Thomas a barber. Thomas, found near Eighteenth and B Streets Southeast with a fractured skull, remained serious, with little chance of recovery. Chapman and Olmstead Bailey, found nearby, were arrested as detectives recovered a razor, razor straps, and torn razor parts from Chapman’s pocket. Oil from a lamp started a fire at a Cana and H Streets Southwest shack, destroying two cords of wood. watchman George Carter, 50, burned, hospitalized. In separate theft cases, Lewis Tractenberg, 746 Sixth Street Northwest, was charged with petit larceny for stealing $9. companion James Sinsbee reported missing nine $1 bills, aiding the arrest. Benjamin Walker, fireman on Norfolk and Washington boats, was stabbed by William Goff at 712 Ninth Street Southwest. Walker treated and jailed for disorderly conduct. Goff fled. Belle Blair, a young colored woman, burned while attempting to light an oil stove.
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William Thomas
Seventeenth Atreet
Washington Asylum Hospital
Percy Chapman
Proctor
Fifth Precinct
Thawigs
Eighteenth
Fifteenth and
Haat Capitol Street
Thomas
Cullinane
Totten
Chapman
Seventeenth Street
Olmstead Bailey
D Street
Olmstead
Cana
H Streets
Wiliam Blanchard
George Carter
Lewis Tractenberg
Boston
Sixth Street
Lacey
James H Sinsbee
Trectenberg
Tradenberg
Benjamin Walker
Norfolk and Washington
Ninth Street
William Goff
Goff
Waller
Lee Hospital
No 4
Belle Blair
Hosal
Two Drowned at the Basin Beach Tragedy
In a crowded bath at the Beach yesterday an overturned rowboat left six young men in danger. Four swam to shore and were exhausted. two could not swim and disappeared, later recovered by lifeguards and taken to the morgue. The victims were laborers from local northwest streets.
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Lewis Tilburn
Valley Street
Arthur Hurd
Liberty Street
Samuel Fletcher
New Jersey Avenue
Herbert Carter
Fourth Street
Lewis York
Franklin Street
George Toy
Reeves Street
Mfe
Randall Denies Guilt In Crowley Drowning Case
The Wakefield captain Randall claims he did not know of Crowley’s death and says Crowley struck him first after a chase on board. Witnesses Dorsey and Jefferson dispute this, offering a different account of Crowley’s presence and fate aboard the vessel. The handling of the death proceeds to the morgue as authorities weigh rival stories.
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Wiliam Crowley
Stene Randall
Eighth Street
Harry Randall
Wakeflold
Fourth Precinct
William Crowley
Crowley
Né (Randall
Alexandria
Randall
Wakefield
Randell
Estella Randell
Ramdall
Rarmdall
Thomas Dorsey
William Jefferson
Esytelle Randall
Witneseas
Radall
Nia
Moueee
Celebration planned for Santiago Day by Company C DC Volunteers
Final arrangements are made for Santiago Day celebrations by Company C First District of Columbia Volunteers. Invitations were sent to prominent military figures for tonight at the Spanish War Veterans hall. Speeches will honor participants in the Santiago de Cuba surrender of July 17, 1898, marking the first local commemoration by a veteran involved. A permanent Company C organization is planned to promote July 17 as a national holiday.
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Santiago
First
District of Columbia
The
Company C
Local youth held on petty larceny charge in case at house of detention
Elmer Burgess a thirteen year old colored boy employed by Mrs Cornelia Ag Cleeborne of 1901 Ptree northwest was locked up at the House of Detention last night charged with petty larceny. He led police to a savings bank containing 4 dollars in bills and two checks 17 50 and 8 recovered in the cellar. Falls to notes of forgery case in Norfolk and a Richmond coroner’s inquiry into Harrison Fields death with a pistol found near the body.
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Elmer Burgess
Cornelia Ag Cleyborne
Ptreet
Hughlett
Collier
Printers' Two Camps Split Loyal Friends Over Machines
Public Printer Palmer splits with foreman L C Hay and ally Oscar J Ricketts over Lanston and Mergenthaler typesetting machines. The dispute, fueled by politics and contracts, has polarized the Government Printing Office, risking personnel changes and office morale as the Roosevelts era investigations proceed.
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Frank W. Palmer
L. C. Hay
Hay
Government Printing Office
Harrison
Palmer
New Yorker
Dianapolia
Hays
Loo
Cleveland
Syracuse
The
Post
Post-Standard
Mr. Hay
Foreman Hay
Repupicans
Meade
Forman
Lanston
Mergenthal
Jis
Lanston Company
Oscar J. Rickett
Ricketts
Mr. Ricketts
Mr. Palmer
Henry T. Brian
Capt
Brian Kea
Leutenants
Congress
Mergenthaler Company
Printing Office
Keep Commission
Roosevelt
Dinca
Printers Take No Action On GPO Investigation
The regular meeting of the Columbia Typographical Union yesterday at Typographical Temple, G Street, passed a resolution directing delegates to the Allied Trades Council to cooperate with the GPO investigation. No direct action was taken at this time, and the matter was referred to delegates for state council coordination.
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Thi Efty
Toronto
Telegraph Maeawas
Jie jJagt
E. F. G. Hasle
Starchera
Troy
Teamaters
Chicago
Garment Workers
States Council
Columbia Typographical Union
Typographical Temple
G Street
Allied Trades Council
Second Cotton Report May Announce New Acreage Study
President Roosevelt’s letter to Attorney General Moody pushes for a thorough probe of the Agriculture Department’s Division of Statistics amid funding doubts. Officials consider assigning a qualified investigator to secure indictable evidence, with Bristow and Hyde’s roles debated as funds may block a new cotton acreage report.
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Wilson
Roosevelt
Moody
Holmes
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Department
Division of Statistics
Morgan H. Besch
United States
District of Columbia
Geach
Josaph L. Bristow
Panama Canal Commission
Bristow
Hyde
Southern Cotton Association
Bureau of Statistics
Weather Outlook and Local Temperature Report
The Weather Bureau notes a week of heavy rain across New England and the Mid Atlantic with dry interior days. Expect scattered thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley and Florida Monday and Tuesday, with high temperatures continuing in the northeast. Local readouts show midnight temperature 71, low 60s, highs around mid 80s to 90s, and sunshine about 14 hours.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
New England
Middle
South Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Indlans
Myinois
Misouri
Rocky Mountain
Great
Interior
Gulf States
Upper Michigan
Alabama
New York
Mindo Atlantic
South Atlantic
Eoutheast
East Gulf Coast
Weat Gulf Canat
Laken
Upper Lakes
Asteamers
European Porta Wit
Grand Banke
Amecia
Yeglstered
Aphovilla
N.C
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Ailemarck
Boston
Buffalo
N. W
Chicago
Til
Ohi
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davenport
Helang
Mont
Indianapolis
Ind
Bo Jackennvile
Kanes City
Lhd Rock
Ark
Marquette
Kch
Memphis
Tena
New Orleans
Extreme Go-Cart Price Cuts Across All Styles
Local retailer announces dramatic markdowns on go carts with prices ranging from 5 50 to 25 00 and a final tag of 17 0. Assortment includes all styles. Customers urged to visit for the best deals and selection.
Four Injured in Runaway on Bladensburg Road
A runabout collision on Bladensburg road left Miss Edna Beers sixteen severely injured with possible internal damage and unconsciousness. Miss Geneva Wolf eighteen suffered a head wound. Mike Wolf sustained scalp injuries. Albert Nally nineteen and Charles Welamilmer twenty had minor facial and head bruises. All were taken to Casualty Hospital by ambulance.
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Edna Beers
G Street
Geneva Wolf
Albert Nally
Bladensburg Road
Charles Welsmiller
Levy Street
Bladensburg
Ninth Precinct
Miss Beers
Mike Wolf
Nally
Welamilier
Reform School
Thoapital
Jarboe
Pardons
Mrs Wilson in hospital after bridgeport escape attempt
Mrs Janet Wilson escaped from Hudson River Hospital for the Insane and attempted suicide in the Riverview Hotel. In Milford she rests comfortably at Bridgeport Hospital with Walter Langdon by her side and a planned con sultation. Langdon, warned by his father to flee CT, left with info to avoid arrest as ex visits and funds remain short. physicians found the bullet in her lung cavity after earlier reports of removal proved incorrect.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Janet Wilson
Hudson River Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Riverview
Milford
Bridgeport Hospital
Walter Langdon
Charles Langdon
Wilson
Philli P. Low
New York
Mrs. Wilson
Walter Judson
Stratford
Washington
Langdon
Connecticut
Hudson River State Insane Hospital
Ason
Bigelow debts mount in Milwaukee bankruptcy case
Nearly 850000 in additional claims were added to the Bigelow estate list, bringing total claims to about 2200000 with only 302000 secured. The First National Bank of Milwaukee suffered the heaviest loss at 1549185.68, along with 70000 tied to the Brodhead estate. The remaining claims stem from defalcation and misrepresentation.
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Wasusugiye
Milwaukee
Wis
Bigelow
Trustes
Wisconsin Trust Company
Maxwell
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Brodhead
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H. M. Hurlbert
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Mr. Broughton
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Richmond
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Casualty Hospital
Lansburgh & Bro
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Priva
Sanders & Stayman Co
NEW Publications
Keyser
Apedal
Cumberland
F. B. Banmister
Ohio
Joseph B. McDermott
Morgantown
Davis Elkins
Elkins
Allegany Grove
W. W. Barnes
Center Methodist Episcopal Church
L. T. Wilderman
D. D
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B. C. Gallagher
Arthur WN. Thompson
Frostburg
Union Glass Blowers
Gorge Weeman
Stanley Bradley
House of Correction
Falla
Ella Deale
Eighth
B Streets
Cagnalty Hospital
John, Smith
North River
Norman Filaminer
Oscar Carlson
Alfred Henry Lewis
Columbia Commandery
River View
Hebbard's
Gentner's
Minard U
Williams
6Th
F Sts
Swett's
F St
Cragen -Ghneter
SREAT
Atlantic & Pacific Zere
7Th & E
Frelivinte
U.S. Realty CO
London
Spain
Magus
City Bulletin
Peter Grogan
Credit For
All
7Th St
Steinway
Droop .5. Co
Pa. Ave
Pianos Players Music
St.nww
Cal
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DRG MN Laer
New York Avenues
H Street
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Shoomaker CO
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Farragut
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Craig Commercial National Bank
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