Mitchell Sentenced in Labor Case for Buck's Boycott
John Mitchell the vice president of the American Federation of Labor, found guilty in a contempt of court case connected to an injunction against the Buck's Stove and Range boycott. He was sentenced to nine months in federal custody in Washington. An appeal was noted, with Mitchell absent and bail posted to ensure surrender if the higher court sustains the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Jempers
Frank Morrison
District Supreme Court
Dne
Sposion
Buck's Stove and Range Company
St Louia
Justion Weight
Washington
Frederick L Siddons
Mitchell
Jastchell
Alao
Hls
Siddons
J J Darlington
Committee of Prosecutors
Darlington
Trecamber
Mesers
Gompera
Mitchall
Morrisons
United States Supreme Court
Florists and Masons Outing to Chesapeake Beach Today
Members of Kallinotis Grotto and the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets, about 1,200, will join 800 Washington Florists Club members and friends at Chesapeake Beach for a large basket picnic outing. Chesapeake Beach Railway runs extra trains every half hour, with a baseball game between grotto and florist teams and a full schedule of athletic events with prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Beach
Kallinotis Grotto
Washington Florists’ Club
Chesapeake Beach Railway
Florista
Requisition for Eugene Fisher Facing Virginia Arson Charge
Governor Mann of Virginia asked for Eugene Fisher a stationary engineer to be returned to Alexandria County Virginia to face an arson charge. The District Supreme Court honored the requisition and he was moved to Fort Myer jail. Fisher’s home burned July 7 and his wife and three children were reported dead with Fisher's burns noted and a guard placed after statements from Mrs Fisher and the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Fisher
Mann
Virgina
Alexandria County
District Supreme Court
Fort Myer
Fisher
Commonwealth
Crandal Mackey
Michigan auto law tests constitutionality in Supreme Court
A suit filed yesterday challenges a state law making vehicle owners liable for damages caused by a machine regardless of driver. Metzgar Motor Car Co. was ordered to pay a former $1,800 for damages by a car operated without consent, arguing the statute exceeds state power. Also mentions fresh fragrant roses for 50c per dozen plus advertisements for varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Metzgar Motor Car Company
Mable
Stats
Former Roosevelt campaign clerk dies by own hand
Miles Renick aged 41, son of a former State Department chief clerk, died at George Washington Hospital after injuring himself with a glass shard from a clock he brought from home. He had been treated since Saturday for alcoholism and had recently suffered financial and professional setbacks. Renick had worked in Roosevelt Headquarters during the campaign and previously held posts with Senator Guggenheim and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Coroner Nevitt ruled death as self-inflicted. funeral plans pending with Oak Hill Cemetery as the interment site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Renick
Edward L Renick
State Department
George Washington Hospital
Renick
Mise. Elizabeth Queenberry
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Simon Guggenheim
Interstate Commerce Commission
H Street
Nevitt
Manufacturing Firms Consider Locating Plants Here
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting the manufacturers committee discussed several firms planning Washington plant locations. Lynchburg Virginia group seeks a wool spinning machine plant. Buckhill Manufacturing of Salamatica New Jersey, represented by George Lawrence, is incorporated for 75000 dollars and aims to move its plant here, proposing a 446000 dollar building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commencias
Washington
Lynchburg
Buckhill Manufacturing Company
Salamatica
George Lawrence
The Burlington Apartment Sells to W. B. Moses Firm
The Burlington at 12 Vermont Avenue Northwest sold yesterday to Arthur C. Moses of W. B. Moses & Sons. Attorney R. Golden Donaldson handled the transaction for Moses. Former owners were Francis H. Duehay, W. H. Moses, and H. C. Mages. The seven story, 102 apartment building spans 16 by 200 feet. Moses plans improvements and redecorations. sale price not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont Avenue Northwest
Arthur C. Moses
W. B. Moses & Sons
R. Golden Donaldson
Mr. Moses
Francis H. Duehay
W. H. Moses
H. C. Mages
The
Washington
Moses
Western High School Engine Controversy Prompts Board Meets
Western High School principal Miss Edith Wescott returned to Washington to press the district inquiry into the so called engine run away last winter. Superintendent Davidson Capt Oyster and board president met with her as a July 31 board meeting to elect officers and reorganize was announced. Officials refused to discuss the engine accusations pending a formal hearing with Representative Redfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wescott
Western School
Oyster
Davidson
Board of Education
Repaira Btorey
Western High School
Western
Washington
Redfield
House District Committee
Storey
Miss Wescott
Schoola Davidson
Capt. Oyster
Miss Woscott
Home Grounds Lecture At Sherwood Presbyterian Church
The Rhode Island Suburban Citizens' Association hosts its fourth annual garden contest open to members. Landscape gardener F L Mulford will give an illustrated lecture on Beautifying the Home Grounds at Sherwood Presbyterian Church this evening. Participants include Albert Grosakurth Miss Katherine Whitcomb and Woodridge Male Quartet with a committee led by H R Risemberg W G Thenallen Rev T Berthier Thompson H H Bredekamp W Torbert and T S Mallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island Suburban Citizens’ Association
Rhode Island Avenue
Sherwood
East Brookland
Woodridge
North Langdon
F. L. Mulford
Department of Agriculture
Sherwood Presbyterian Church
Albert Grosakurth
Misa Katherine Whitcomb
C. Risdon Allen
Paul D. Cook
Carl R. Engle
T. Berthier Thompson
H. R. Rieseberg
W. G. Thenallen
Cant Dry Clothes in Park Area Restricted by District
District commissioners ban hanging laundry on front street parking spaces near Massachusetts Avenue and Sixteenth Street NW. Assistant corporation counsel Gus A. Schudt presented the issue after a police court defendent was dismissed by Judge Pugh due to lack of relevant law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Gus A. Schudt
Pugh
Jail Term for Auto Driver Elects to Serve Thirty Days
Clyde F Withers was sentenced to three days in Occoquan after choosing jail over a $500 fine for negligent and careless operation of an automobile. He struck Clifton Hawes, a conductor, at Fourteenth and Decatur last spring, leaving Hawes with a fractured skull and months in hospital. Night Watchmen's Association plans their seventh annual Chesapeake Beach excursion on July 30 to fund the sick and death fund. committee includes B D Giddings and others. Sunday Post misprint correction: Dorothy Dodd shoes advertised at $1.95 and $4.25, not $3. Dorothy Dodd shoes at $2.45 now offered.
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Occoquan
Clyde F. Withers
Aukam
Withers
Clifton Hawes
Fourteenth
Decatur Streets
Hawes
Garfield Hospital
Night Watchmen’s Association
Chesapeake Beach
B. D. Giddings
W. H. Groves
A. J
City Bulletins and Cosmos Show Review
Excursions schedule includes Steamer Charles Macalester at Raventh street wharf and steamers from foot of Seventh street for Old Point Comfort Norfolk daily at 6 45 p m. Street car and railroad notices list frequent runs to Zoo Park Chevy Chase Chesapeake Beach and Colonial Beach. Cosmos adds two new acts Martini and Maximilian drawing big audiences and solid laughs. Bobby Pandner brothers perform an athletic posing routine. Also advertised are Five Bottles Catawba and imported Ginger Ale at Crowley 881 14th with Summer Rates in typewritten listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Macalester
Marshall Hall
Raventh Street
Horfole and
Washington Steamboat Company
Seventh Street
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Fifteenth Street
New York Avenue
Chesapeake Beach Railway
Lesve District Line
St. Johns
Colonial Beach
Senauth Street
Cosmos
Martini
Maximilian
Cosmoz
Bobby Pandner
Tel. M
Crowley
Webslery
U S Officials Laud Dairy Inspection Bulletin
The Department of Agriculture bulletin credits Dr. C Woodward District health officer for the score card dairy inspection system. Washington leads in protecting the public with high farm and plant cleanliness scores, 169 cities use the system, and 1907 farm scores averaged 4.5 from 10 possible points. The bulletin, written by Dr. George M. Whitaker, outlines methods to keep dairies clean and prevent milkborne disease. It notes the system originated January 1904 and is officially endorsed by the Official Dairy Inspectors’ Association. Also corrects a misstatement about Mrs. Thomas T. Gaff not being a sister of Frank Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Woodward
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
George M. Whitaker
Whitaker
Bulletin
Washington
Woodward
Dairy Inspectors’ Association
Portable schoolhouses decision to be settled soon
A school authority says a ruling on temporary portable classrooms at Park View will come in about a month. If the new Normal School opens early, current portable units can be moved to Park View or Petworth, with Park View likely the chosen site to avoid admission refusals this autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park View
Petworth
Board of Education
Orthodox Fast Day Observed by Hebrew Congregations
Black fast day in the Hebrew calendar marked in orthodox synagogues from sunset Monday to sunset Tuesday with prayers and laments for the destructions of the first and second Jerusalems. Reformers did not observe. services held at Talmud Torah Synagogue and Adas Israel among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Talmud Torah
E Atrest
Sholem Synagogue
Adas Israel
Hume Posts Bail In Embezzlement Case At $5,000
Thomas L. Hume former president of the Washington Stock Exchange appeared in Criminal Court No 1 and posted bail of 5000 to await trial on a grand jury indictment for embezzlement and larceny tied to a 1903 customer transaction. Logan Tribe s Red Men outing at Marshall Hall drew many members families and friends with running races and athletic events led by sachem William McKim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Hume
Washington Stock Exchange
Inocal Financial and Social Cirelea
Grand
Logan Tribe
Marshall Hall
William McKim
Sachem
Printing equipment and presses for high-volume shop
Judd Detweiler and partners promote Mergenthaler machines and high power presses for fast, quality printing at The Big Print Shop. Includes advertisement for Rha Dig Print Shop and Ithwy location mentioning turnkey setup and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mergenthaler
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Furniture Price Slashes in Golden Oak Tables Sale
Advertised items include Golden Oak Toilet Tables and chiffoniers with numerous price drops. Selections show varied units priced from under ten to around fifty dollars, indicating a clearance event with limited stock and marked down figures.
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Pennsylvania ‘Avenue
F of L
Oregon
Virginia
Michigan
Nuran
A. C. Moses
Rhode I Island
Suburban Citizens’ Association
Chicago
Philadelphia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Sunday Post
Dennis & Ellis
F Street
Dorothy Dodd
City Bulletins
Cretonnes
W. C. Woodward
U. S
Frank Ellia
Post
Thomas T. Gaff
Frank Ellis
Gaff
Frank Hillis
Hume
Broker
Cole Music
Nets
Eade
Fougera & Co., Inc
N.Y
Berkeley
Wernow
United States Trust Company
A. Muddiman & CO
12Th Street
G Street
Shefford
Chautauqua Dairy CO
Syracuse
Burchell
Prince Albert Amd
U.S
Washington Schools
Emersom Institute
P Street
Winston H. Randelph
West Point
Anna Olla
Patent Office
Army
Pennsylvania
Mercersburg Academy
America
Bend
Catalogm
Mann Cavine
Mercersburg
Maine
Mauliffe
Casco
Beyn
Brody
Begletrarex Limited
J. Wayliffe
Shermgo St
Passaic
M. J
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