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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
2
Fourth Vice President Thayer advocates limiting railroad firms to transportation business. Chief Accountant Hoff explains why he returned coal stock, as the Tillman Gillespie inquiry produces results.
Frank Hoff, chief accountant at the Pennsylvania Railroad, admitted accepting stock from a car company doing business on the Pennsylvania line and returning it as a probe began, and said he received cigars. He also owns a $7,000 share of real estate along the railroad. John B Thayer, fourth vice president, urged end to railroad ownership of coal stock or land, saying transport firms should focus on transportation as the Tillman Gillespie resolution aimed to achieve.
Representative James R Mann led a House debate on adulteration in foods, beverages, and medicines for stronger pure food legislation. He demonstrated common frauds with examples like colored maraschino cherries, mislabeled coffee, and short weight canned goods, urging uniform national standards and disclosure of contents.
Witness Thayer argues the Pennsylvania Railroad could handle traffic in its own cars but warns forcing operations now could create vast contractual damages. He notes 15 000 private cars on the system and says coal famine shipments favored contract operators while some shippers sought speculative pricing. He asserts the railroad aimed to relief consumers, acknowledging possible honest mistakes amid wartime pressure.
The McKay Company seeks 5000 damages in District Supreme Court claiming Buchanan and Hall conspired to oust it from half of a store at 1115 F Street NW. It alleges Buchanan, who leased the space, defaulted on rent due June 1. Hall held the lease and Buchanan’s eviction judgment was awarded before a justice of the peace, with the company saying it was dispossessed despite fulfilling its agreement.
Willie Brown a red haired 11 year old white boy ran away from Industrial Home School on June 2. He wore a blue serge suit and dark blue hat and is believed to be in Maryland or Philadelphia with a market man. His grandmother Mrs Mary L Brown of 2210 I Street seeks police aid to locate him as authorities have been unable to trace him.
Two thousand persons attended the annual Orient Commandery Knights Templars pilgrimage at Marshall Hall yesterday. Steamers ferried picnickers to the resort while field sports began about 4 pm. Knights from Oulet and Columbia Commanderies played a knightly baseball contest and the knights danced in the evening.
Maj. William Lewie of McKinley Manual Training School will study engineering at Lehigh University next fall. The award is among the first technical school scholarships to Washington schools, and educators praised the grant as a rarity and significant achievement for local education.
Homeless Assembly’s Presbyterian Church votes to withdraw from consolidation with New York Avenue Church after presbytery changes. Edifice to be sold to Chevr Shalom Hebrew Congregation for 26 000 dollars as North Presbyterian Church may be next union option.
Langdon G Major of Lakota Culpeper County Virginia died at George Washington University Hospital on Wednesday aged eighty four after being admitted June sixteen for surgery. The body will be interred today.
The Bakery Wagon Drivers Union No. 83 elected Joseph B. Toone as a delegate to the fourth annual convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to be held in Chicago on August 6. Carl Hering was chosen as alternate.
In absence of Dr Nevitt’s family painter Isaac Roginski 40 committed suicide by gas in a third floor room of Nevitt’s residence at 1820 Cincinnati street northwest. His body found yesterday by coachman Joseph Clay who reported it to police. An inquest set for 11 am today. Roginski lived with his sister Mrs Minnie Goldberg and had been ill for months.
A third storm in a month swept Washington yesterday, bringing a brief hurricane like winds. Trees were uprooted near Fourteenth Street and F Street, and a flag pole at the engine house was broken by lightning. A plate glass window at 103 Fifteenth Street and a G Street cloth sign were damaged. fires and alarms followed the gusts. Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt were away when the storm began.
The funeral for Edwin Higgins former Territorial governor of Utah was held from his home at 12 Fourteenth Street Northwest yesterday afternoon. Masonic and Grand Army of the Republic rites were performed with full military honors and a U.S. bugler and soldiers provided by the War Department. Burial took place at Arlington National Cemetery.
Lydia E Becket 38 was found on a kitchen couch at 1432 1 Street SE suffering from morphine poisoning and died an hour later at Washington Asylum Hospital. Her husband Charles A Becker owner of a drug store was arrested at Cabin John Bridge after leaving the scene and held for investigation. Neighbors differ on whether the death was suicide or overdose from repeated doses.
Delegates from Washington building trades gathered in the Corcoran Building to send a communication to master plumbers requesting a conference for journeymen plumbers who have been locked out for three months. The industry groups said lack of progress in plumbing stalls broader work, and representatives from carpenters, plasterers, bricklayers, tile fitters, hoisting engineers, sheet metal workers, electrical workers, and structural iron workers attended. President Jacob Nussbaum of the Carpenters' Union presided, with a response to be read at Saturday night's meeting.
The closing exercises of St Josephs Male Orphan Asylum under St Patrick s Church were held yesterday morning at Carroll Hall on G Street. The boys performed recitations songs and drills in an engaging programme. Certificates of promotion were issued and Dr Stafford addressed the children praising their year s work and the fine programme.
Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports light rains and brisk winds in the Lake Superior region with fair elsewhere. Showers scattered in Middle Atlantic States and Carolinas, with warmer conditions in most districts. Temperatures listed, winds by coast and lakes, and tide data for Washington area.
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