Walk Out at Arsenal Over Open Shop Policy
Twenty eight bricklayers struck the Washington Bar racks after a non union colored man named Taylor was placed on a Civil Service list and assigned to work. Union leaders backed the strike, claiming it will continue until Taylor is removed. Captain Sewell defended the Constitution and open shop principles, saying government work should not discriminate and that the union rules must adapt or work proceed with Taylor replaced.
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Capt. Sewell
Washington Barracks
Taylor
Washington
Les
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Hst
John Sg. Sewell
Corps of Engineers
United States
Constitution Vn. Union
Capt Sewell
Cant Sewell
Sixth and
E& Streets
Blamed Wrong Roosters In Police Court Dispute
Complaint of crowing fowls not sustained in police court. Nelson R Wend of 221 Eighth Street SW faced charges of keeping a loud rooster. Neighbors testified the birds disturbed their family during moulting season. Nelson denied the accuser’s claims and said his two jungle fowls from India were for experiments. Judge Scott dismissed the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson R Wend
Eighth Street Southwest
J J Georges
M Nelson
Nelson
Behal
India
George
Scott
Lawyers' Democratic Club Organized in DC
The Lawyers' Democratic Club of the District of Columbia formed yesterday at Charlies W Darr's office. Darr elected president, Richard A Ford vice president, Charles E Roach secretary, Charles J Murphy treasurer. The group plans stump speeches to support the Democratic cause locally and in neighboring states and sent a congratulatory telegram to Judge Barker. The executive committee includes the officers and B D Mackall Jrindat Mackey Charles W Balderson Tey David and William Henry White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawyers’ Democratic Club
Lawyers' Democratic Club
District of Columbia
Charlies W. Darr
Darr
Richard A Ford
Charles E. Roach
Charles J Murphy
Judge Barker
Lawyers
Miles Camp Elects Officers at Spanish War Veterans gathering
The Spanish War Veterans group met last night to elect officers. G E Rausch was elected commander replacing resigned L Dyer. J P Rup Tle became senior vice commander, W H Lowder junior vice commander. O Terry chosen sergeant of the guard. Delegates to the department convention in August: J L Smith H A Hawks Jerry Costello. Alternates: J P Rap ple Roso Peirson L F Halmuth. Washington man David Johnson killed in Chester Pa. Coroner Fry reports accidental death and plans to have body returned home.
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Washington
Chester
Fry
Chester Pa
David Johnson
Johnson
Purdy’s Court
Southwest
Paradelphia
Youths Charged With Riding Lame Horses In Pasture
Three teens Joseph A Woodworth aged sixteen Robert Swingle aged seventeen and Wallace Randolph sixteen were arrested after riding lame horses turned out to pasture to recover. Complaint came from Ree of the Tanth precinct and Charles Iingham of Thirteenth Street and Florida Avenue where the animals were grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A Woodworth
Robert Swingle
Wallace Randolph
H Ree
Tanth
Charles Iingham
Thirteenth Street
Florida Avenue
Consul Ayme Warns Potential Colonists Away From Amazon Venture
In a State Department report, American consul Laula H. Ayme in Para Brazil describes harsh living conditions along the Amazon. He notes scarce grazing land and severe poverty for single men, stating only a rare chance for proper fortune and that agriculture is risky for newcomers. He mentions valuable woods and resources but warns colonists may struggle to prosper.
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State Department
Laula H. Ayme
Para
Brazil
Amazon
Mr. Ayme
Ayme
Manaoa
Hottest Day of Year Hits Washington with Prostrations
Washington sweltered under a heat wave as downtown thermometers hit 98 degrees, the hottest day of the year. Officials warned of relief today with expected showers and cooler air. Police officer T B Lapscomb collapsed from the heat, as Griffith Jones and Bowie Carr also suffered near heat illness but recovered with treatment. Other cities reached 94 to 98 degrees while Washington anticipated relief from the high temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sol
Weather Bureau
Albany
N. W
Atlantic City
Washington
T. B., Lapscomb
Fourth
Providence
Griffith Jones
First Street Northwest
Hea
Garfield Hospital
Tenth Precinct
Bowie Carr
D Street Northwest
Silent Prisoners Face Trial Over Board Bill Debt
Police Court set to dispose of cases of Mrs Marcia Marlatt-Ott Wilson and Marie Cincotte Burroughs arrested a week ago on failing to pay a board bill. Prosecutor Given says two more similar charges may be pressed when brought to trial. The women, jailed since commitment, remain mute and alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Martha Marlatt-Ott Wilson
Marie Cincotte Burroughs
Given
Heat Strains City as Four Die from Heat Wave
July 19 reports show a severe city heat wave with four infant deaths and one elderly man in Brooklyn between noon yesterday and today. Manhattan logged ten prostrations with no fatalities as temperatures hit 100 degrees in the afternoon and humidity reached 43 percent. Parks filled with families seeking escape from crowded tenements amid oven like noon heat.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
New York
Waitig
Cleveland
Ohio
Strike Ordered Over Beer Price Fight at Heurich Plant
President Healy of the Firemen's International Union says strike action is set for noon Thursday if Christian Heurich refuses to meet a Brewers' Association demand to raise beer prices by two dollars per barrel. Local unions accuse collusion while Heurich refuses to meet with the Brewers' Association.
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Healey
Firemen’s International Union
Washington
Heurich
Christan Heurich
Brewers’ Association
Timothy Healy
New York
International Stationary
Firemen’s Union
No. 63
Retail Liquor Dealstn’ Association
Central Labor Union
Brewers’ Associaton
Mr. Heurich
Healy
Firemen's Union
Fremen
Heatly
Heurich Brewery
Brewers” Association
International Union
Dfremen’s Union
Dia Se
Haurich
Engineers’ Union
Ships and destroyers in wartime patrol plans
Fragmentary report notes eleven vessels making thirteen knots and a plan to outfit twelve destroyers. The item mentions the home of a recently purchased trans Atlantic liner and a six week old dispatch indicating the Admiralty’s intent to outfit 48 commerce destroyers.
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Admiralty
Cossacks Drive Japanese From Peak in Taiishilino Action
Ta-tche-kino July 19 Capt Dashkin leads a Cossack company to Taiishilino on July 16 seizing a peak above the Japanese camp and driving them off with plunging fire. One officer fallen, many wounded, retreating Japanese reinforced but repulsed as Russians occupy the village.
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Ta-tche-kino
Dashkin
Taiishilino
Associated Press
Gaolin
Hinyan
Simouchen
Slatziatun
Gaitziatun
Kaimahe
Tundhemain
Nodzu
Yinkow
Lost at Port Arthur Japanese Fort Sunk by Mines
A July report from Chefoo states Japanese forces at a Port Arthur fort were overrun by 4,000 troops, then isolated and mined. every Japanese soldier died. A Russian torpedo boat reportedly sank a merchant ship near Port Arthur as darkness fell, with some Chinese passengers drowning and others rescued by Russians. The Hipsang, overdue since Ntuchwang, is suspected to be the sunken vessel.
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Port Arthur
Chefoo
Hipsang
Indo- China Navigation Company
Ntuchwang
Niuehwang
Tientsin
Stroutsh
MUCER MILITARY ACTIVITY REPORTS EASTERN FRONT
News from Liaoyang and Mukden on July 8 9 details a general engagement east of the lines between Lieut Gen Count Keller and Gen Kuroki. Reports say Ta tche-klao near six miles away has seen days of Japanese activity as centers shift north. Red Cross hospitals move to Mukden amid calls for aid. Japanese dysentery plagues camps. Chinese accuse bandits. Hung polo yu villagers report orderly Japanese presence. Port Arthur siege pressurized amid rumors of casualties on both sides. No foreign correspondent has witnessed action though Ta tchekino access is allowed. Predictions for the rainy season prompt mathematical military considerations.
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Liaoyang
Mukden
Count Keller
Kuroki
Ta-tche-klao
Associated Press
Weng-wang-cheng
Red Cross
Ta-tche-kiao
A. Cossack
Hungpolo-yu
Port Arthur
Tatchekino
Baltic squadron preps as ships guard harbor at Cronstadt
Reports say three cruisers built at Chi Chuan works were rejected by Germany and may have joined Russia. A cruiser and torpedo boat allegedly hit mines but unconfirmed. Rear Admiral Parenage oversees Baltic squadron prep as guard boats encircle ships from sunset to sunrise. Ro j ESTVensk y未 hoisted flag. Departure believed imminent.
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Germany
Russia
St. Petersburg
Ichichau Works
Vladivostok
Admiralty
Parenage
Cronstadt
Parenago
Borodino
Voelkersam
Alexander III
Oshabia
Navarin
Sisgrof Veliky
Nakahimoff
Enquist
Aurora
Dmitri Donskoy
Svietland
Almaz
Rojestvensky
Baltic
Navy Attache Refuses Safe Conduct at Port Arthur
Lieut Newton A McCully American naval attache who reached Port Arthur from Mukden has declined a safe conduct offer from the Japanese admiral and will remain in the besieged city until it falls. The French attache and ident McCully are the only foreign attaches left as shells fall and fighting resumes. His stay will aid the Navy Department in gathering information about the Russian squadron and recent sorties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Newton A. McCully
Port Arthur
Mukden
McCully
Bowles Confesses to Long Term Dairy Embezzlement
Charles V Bowles a trusted A T Scanland dairy employee admits pilfering over many months. Bowles aged about thirty was arrested on a warrant by Detectives Parham and O Brien after funds missing from milk route northwest of the city. He planned to skim 3 to 4 dollars daily, with total losses exceeding 200 dollars. His brother posted a 1000 dollar bond for his release before court.
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Charles V. Bowles
A. T. Scanland
Eleventh and
FE Streets
Parham and O'Brien
Bowles
Scanlana
Scanland
J J. Bowles
Joseph ¥. Potts
Charles Bowles
Three Men Searched In Virginia Embezzlement Case
Detective Weedon traveled to Harrisonburg Virginia to pursue three men held as suspicious in connection with a Walter H Lydick embezzlement case. A rings clue surfaced as the search continued. Three bridge accidents crushed toes send victims to Emergency Hospital. A duplicate key opened a trunk at Charles Hughes boarding house for theft of a pocketbook.
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Weedon
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Walter H. Lydick
New Long Bridge
Rufus Excarpus
Andrew Smith
George Hammonds
Charles & Hughes
Ste. Eleventh Street Northwest
Hix
Hottest Places on Map Amid Heat Wave Reports
Special to The Washington Fest Richmond reports 98 degrees with no fatalities as Baltimore records 96 at 2 pm. Weather Bureau promises relief tomorrow. Chicago theater amendments pass to allow most venues to open September 1.
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Washington
Richmond
Mercury
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Have Faith in Stoessel Troops Confident to Hold Port Arthur
A Port Arthur letter declares Lieut Gen Stoessel and Gen Fock inspire troop and civilian confidence to hold out against Japanese pressure. Fortifications are strengthened by Kondratieff with new batteries and intrenchments, making the fortress increasingly inaccessible as the siege drags on.
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Port Arthur
Mukden
Stoessel
Fock
Kondratieff
Experts for Lee Inquest Fixes Responsibility
Coroner Nevile has completed all arrangements for the Lee inquest into the yachtsman Edward G Lee’s death after a collision with the steamer Harry Randall on the Potomac River Sunday night. A steamboat inspector from Baltimore will testify. Captain Barker of the Harry Randall will return home for the inquiry. The body is to be interred at Congressional Cemetery after a 2 PM funeral from 608 Seventh Street SW.
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Nevile
Edward G Lee
Harry Randall
Potomac River
Department of Commerce and Labor
Wright
Baltimore
James T. Barker
Hmne
Lee
Seventh Street
Congressional Cemetery
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Long Lasting Health
An economy angle highlights Hood's Sarsaparilla as a strong point with longer lasting bottles that do more good than any other. The copy claims it is the only medicine truly offering 100 doses for one dollar.
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Hood
In Jails And Asylums Census Of Inmates Report
The Census Bureau released figures showing 44 582 inmates in penal reformatories and charitable institutions in the United States excluding Hawaii and Porto Rico. Of these 22 233 are male and 16 643 female. State institutions hold 23 64 percent, county 14 973, private 5 268 and federal 7. Life convicts total 24 717, those over two years 16 212, and under two years 5 753. Confinement causes include grave offenses 3 965 minor offenses 6 686 insane 20 27 charitable-
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Census Bureau
United States
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Oldest City Adab Found With Babylonian Links
Chicago reports the University of Chicago excavation in Babylonia uncovers Adab, possibly the world’s oldest city. Prof. Harper and field director Prof. J Hanks announce finds at Babylonia site including bricks bearing Ud-nun-ki, four temple ruins at Bismya, and assorted marble statues onyx lamps and bronze artifacts. The discovery links to Hammurabi’s code and marks a major archaeological achievement.
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Chicago
Udnunki
University of Chicago
Babylonia
Elamya
Adab
Banks
Prof
Harper
Adabith
Bismya
Guardsmen Called Out Over Murder Case in Dawson
Dawson Georgia July 1 Guards were called out by order of the governor to protect Will Nix a black suspect held on murder charges in Graves. Reported mob lynching aimed at Nix was denied. Sheriff Crist and wary citizens helped prevent death Sunday. Nix fled to Cuthbert but was captured then escaped and is pursued by authorities.
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St Petersburg
The
Shet
Androlff
Elisabethnol
Dawson
Will Nix
Ww. O. Chambless
Graves
Nix
Crist
Gene Nix
Cuthbert
Otto F Smith Succeeds Lomax as Grand Patriarch
At the annual Grand Encampment meeting Otto F P Smith was elected grand patriarch, succeeding E E Lomax. Officers elected included R E Wines grand high priest John I Brown grand senior warden Joseph Burroughs grand scribe D A W Keck grand treasurer Dr Thomas J Gates grand junior warden D W Keck representative to the I Co EF Home Association for three years. The rest of the evening covered reports and by law amendments. Lomax praised the encampment’s good condition in his final report.
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Otto F. Smith
E. E. Lomax
Seventh Street Hall
Otto FP. Smith
BE. E. Lomax
R. E. Wines
John I. Brown
Joseph Burroughs
D. A W. Keck
Thomas J. Gates
Weather and city temperatures across regions on July day
Weather conditions report from the Weather Bureau covers pressure patterns and warm conditions across the Northeast Rocky Mountains and Upper Missouri Valley. It notes cooler spells in the Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys and predicts showers in the Ohio Valley and Gulf States, with moderate to fresh winds and varied sunshine across cities. The report also lists hourly downtown temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and tide data, followed by a brief note on Charles Stimell's death sentence in Ohio.
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Dent of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Northwest
Rocky Mountain Slope
Missouri Valley
Ohio
Eest
Mississippi
New York
Georgia
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Middle
Lower
Guilt Coast
Upper
Obis Valley
Lake Region
Lower Lake Region
Qhin Valley
Tennessee
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Atlantic
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Great Lakes
European
Grand Banke
Affleck
Asheville
Atlanta
da Tees
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Ciinnati
Oka
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davenport
Iowa
Denver
Colo
Ties Moines
Galveston
Texas
de Helena
Indianapolis
Ind
Jacksonville
Fle
Kansas City
St Paul
Springtteta
Vicksburg
Mix
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Ballantine’s Ale
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