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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
20
Fourth Vice President Thayer testifies to the Interstate Commerce Commission arguing railroads should confine to transportation. Chief Accountant Hoff explains why coal stock was returned as part of the probe into stock practices.
Frank Hoff of the Pennsylvania Railroad admitted receiving stock from a car company doing business on the lines but said he returned it after a rearrest inquiry. He also reported cigar gifts and owns a 7000 share in oil lands along the railroad. John B Thayer urged railroad firms to abandon coal stock and land ownership, aligning with the Tillman Gillespie resolution to keep transportation companies focused on transportation.
In hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission, five top railroad presidents failed to appear while testimonies exposed ties between Frank Hoff of the Pennsylvania Railroad and ex-clerk Boyer, plus stock links and coal car purchases. Other testimony questioned car ownership by railroads and urged pure food legislation as Representative Mann demonstrated vivid adulteration examples to lawmakers.
A railroad official testifies the Pennsylvania Railroad prefers operators with contracts to avoid upheaval in coal shipments during a famine. He notes 15,000 private cars on the system and defends plan to relieve consumers, while acknowledging mistakes amid wartime pressures and fears of large damages under law.
The McKay Company files in District Supreme Court a 5000 dollar damages suit against James Buchanan and Thomas H. Hall. It alleges a conspiracy to oust the jewelry firm from half the store at 1115 F Street NW and accuses Buchanan of rent default on June 1 for the leased portion. Hall held the lease, Buchanan sued for possession and won before a justice, and the company says it was dispossessed despite fulfilling its agreement terms.
Willie Brown a white red haired 11 year old boy escaped from Industrial Home School on June 2. He wore a blue serge suit and dark blue hat, and was last seen three weeks after entering the institution. His grandmother Mrs Mary L Brown of 2210 I street and his father Mason Brown, of Philadelphia, seek police assistance to locate him, with searches planned in Maryland or Philadelphia.
Two thousand persons attended the annual pilgrimage of Orient Commandery Knights Templars at Marshall Hall yesterday. Steamers were required to convey picnickers to the resort. Field sports began about 4 o clock, followed by a knightly baseball contest between Olent Commandery and Columbia Commandery. The Knights danced in the evening.
Maj William Lewie of the McKinley Manual Training School is to receive a Lehigh University scholarship next fall for an engineering course. It marks an early instance of a Washington school student obtaining a scholarship from a technical college, a scarce honor that pleased local educators.
Members of the Assembly's Presbyterian Church at Fifth and I streets NW asked to be released from the agreement to consolidate with New York Avenue Church after presbytery changes. The Hebrew Chevr Shalom tract has already paid $600 toward the sale of the Assembly's edifice, with a $26,000 deal to close.
Langdon G Major of Lakota Culpeper County Virginia died at George Washington University Hospital on Wednesday at age eighty four. He was admitted June 16 upon doctor Coddingham’s advice for surgery. The body was taken to his home yesterday and will be interred today.
The Bakery Wagon Drivers Union No 83 elected Joseph B Toone as a delegate to the fourth annual International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention to be held in Chicago on August 6. Carl Hering was chosen as alternate.
In Absence of Dr Nevitt s family painter Isaac Roginski aged forty took his life by gas asphyxiation in a third floor room of Dr Nevitt s home at 1820 Cincinnati street northwest. He was found five days later by coachman Joseph Clay and an inquest is scheduled for 11 this morning. Roginski lived at 008 Petty street northeast and was painting interiors during the family s absence in Virginia.
A strong windstorm swept Washington yesterday, the third in a month, uprooting a tree at Fourteenth Street and U Street, breaking a flag pole at Engine House No. 9, damaging slate roofs, shattering a plate glass window at 103 Fifteenth Street, and tearing a sign from G Street. Thunder and brilliant lightning illuminated tall buildings and churches while fire crews responded to alarms. Roosevelt and Birs were away when the storm began and returned to the White House soaked and wind battered.
Edwin Higgins former Territorial governor of Utah died Monday night. Funeral services were from his residence at 12 Fourteenth Street Northwest with Masons and Grand Army honors. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military rites, bugler and soldiers provided by the War Department. Pallbearers included F G Wheeler, W W Marche, Dr A B Stine, Dexter Hussey, George Newton, and William Crimerson.
Mrs Lydia E Becket was found overdosed on morphine in the kitchen of the drug store home in Georgetown Washington. Her husband Charles A Becker who ran the shop was arrested after being found unconscious from morphine and held for investigation. Neighbors differ on intent with the wife some saying she acted knowingly others suggesting cumulative doses. The body was moved to the morgue and the case referred to the coroner.
Delegates from Washington building trades met in the Corcoran Building last night and sent a communication to master plumbers demanding a conference on behalf of journeymen plumbers who have been locked out for three months. The group, including carpenters, plasterers, bricklayers, tile setters, and others, warned the building industry is nearly at a standstill and that progress hinges on plumbing and related trades. The reply to the communication will be read at a Saturday night meeting led by Jacob Nussbaum, president of the Carpenters Union.
The closing exercises of St Josephs Male Orphan Asylum under St Patrick Church were held yesterday morning at Carroll Hall on G Street. The boys presented a program of recitations songs and drills. Certificates of promotion were awarded and Dr Stafford commended the children for their year of work and the well rendered programme.
Weather bulletin notes light rain and brisk westerly winds in western Lake Superior region with fair elsewhere. Local rains in North Pacific Coast States and Montana. Friday and Saturday warm with scattered showers in Lake region Middle Atlantic States Virginia mountains Carolinas Tennessee. Showers northern Rocky Mountains and upper Missouri Valley Dakotas Kansas Nebraska. Winds: fresh southerly along New England and Atlantic coasts. variable along other coasts and lakes. Temperatures mid 60s to low 80s. rainfall and sunshine details provided. tide and astronomy data included.
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