Readjusting Forces at Government Printing Office Hearing
Stillings testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee on conditions at the Government Printing Office. He cites rising output, underutilized staff, uneven division of labor, and high administrative costs. He recommends readjusting personnel, expanding use of machinery, consolidating branches, and appointing qualified inspectors to improve efficiency and curb overstaffing.
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Stillings
House Committee On Appropriations
Government Printing Office
Washington
Government Printing’ Office
Stringy
Dbt Sons
Labor bill to consolidate phon engraving division
The American Federation of Labor will present a bill to Congress creating a separate phon engraving and lithographing division in the Government Printing Office. Frank Morrison, secretary of the federation, prepared the measure which was referred yesterday to the legislation committee for transmission. The aim is to centralize all plates and materials used in the printery into one United States exclusive division to streamline work.
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Burlison
Stillings
Littauer
Mr. Stillinga
Livingston
Mr. Stillings
Himelf
Librarian of Congress
Liltauer
Suisage
Hlm
Chergen
Cawual
Government Printing Office
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrisom
Federation
United States
Fraters To Meet In Washington For First Phi Delta Theta Convention
The General Council of Phi Delta Theta, about 306 strong, will convene in Washington during Thanksgiving week. The Washington Alumni Club, with 125 members, will host a large reception. The fraternity claims 15,342 members, the largest roll among U S college fraternities. This marks the society's first Washington convention.
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Phi Delta Theta
Washington
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
United States
Death of Mrs Isabella Brager in Baltimore
Death notices report Mrs Isabella Brager died in Baltimore yesterday with funeral planned for tomorrow. Her husband died here in 1880 before she moved to Baltimore. She leaves one sister and three daughters and no sons.
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Washington
Baltimore
Isabella Brager
China trade grows despite boycott in seven months
Figures from the Department of Commerce and Labor show a $3,000,490 rise in China-bound American goods over the same period last year despite the July 2 boycott. Cloth shipments climbed to $19,?006,848, copper imports rose due to coin manufacture, while oil imports fell largely due to wartime Russia's elimination as a competitor.
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Summary of Commerce and Finance
Department of Commerce and Labor
China
United States
Cilia
Russia
Ethel Brown Identified as Missing American Girl
London couple Mr and Mrs Brown arrived Paris from England and identified the body found in the Tilver Beige as their daughter Ethel A Brown ending police inquiries into the wrongly presumed American victim.
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Paris
More Money Is Needed for Japan Relief Funds
The Foreign Relief Committee of the National Red Cross appeals for stronger aid after surveying famine struck districts in Japan. They report 9,000 yen distributed was insufficient and describe widespread misery. A second US appeal is launched to fund rapid relief for hundreds of thousands in dire distress.
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Foreign Relief Committee of National
Red Cross Society Appeals For Aid
Japan
Foreign Relief Committee
National Red Cross Society
United States
Auto Club Meeting to Oppose Sims Bill
Leroy Mark secretary of the Automobile Club of Washington calls a meeting of club members at the Colonial Hotel club rooms at 8 o clock tonight to discuss preventing passage of the Sims bill regulating automobile speed in the District. He says strong authority indicates no opposition to the bill.
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Leroy Mark
Automobile Club of Washington
Colonial Hotel
Mark
Dominicans Violate Truce Trigger Fresh Clash
Word reached the State Department as rebels in Santo Domingo surrendered then fired on government troops killing two officers and six men. Gen Cepin was among the dead. Rebels fled into the bushes and several members joined the ranks of the W V RL U. Mrs Bogla Roe national president attended with Mrs Belle Gibson presiding. H L Deam spoke to Ennion Veterans Union members on patriotic duty.
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State Department
Santo Domingo
Cepin
Bogla Roe
Belle Gibson
H. L. Deam
Ennion Veterans’ Union
Meeting Called by D A R For Mass Discussion
Mrs Ellen Spencer Massey called a DAR mass meeting for 7 30 this evening at the Ebpit House to discuss the coming congress on April 16 and related land fraud indictments. In Topeka Kansas March sludge Philips reports the United States District Court quashed indictments against State Senator Fred Dumont Smith Roscoe Wilson and BE Ryan charged with land frauds in Kansas.
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A. R
Ellen Spencer Massey
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ebpit House
Topeka
Kans
Sludge Phillips
United States District Court
Fred Dumont
Smith
Roscoe Wilson
BE. Ryan
Kangae
Civil Service Posts Names No Longer Public
The Civil Service Commission explained that posting of applicants for civil service exams on public bulletin boards is no longer practiced nationwide. Protests have cited risks to current employment and race-based objections in the South. Applicants can check status by visiting local offices, with disclosures limited to the individual.
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San Francisco
Hsts
San Francsco
Civil Service Commissioners
Onion foil for smuggling a tale of lurid immigration
A New York hospital case reveals smugglers using an onion to mask trachoma symptoms in a Syrian immigrant who entered nine days earlier. Branden burg of the National Institute of Immigration says a ship’s doctor helped traffic by applying the onion to his eyes, allowing passage with a $32 fee. Chinese women married to Americans are described among tariff and citizenship schemes.
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United States
Bureau of Immigration
Broughton Brandenburg
New York
National Institute of Immigration
Mr. Brandenburg
Newark
Basa
Ploma
Laok
Brandenburg
Mark Twain to Be Heard Before House Committee
Mark Twain is to appear before a House Committee on Patents regarding a proposed copyright law change. The bill, framed by librarians, would extend copyright from 42 years to the life of the author plus provisions for heirs. The witness faces a gala event, as Twain previously entertained a Commons committee all day.
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House Committee On Patents
Mark Twain
Edward Everett Hale
Senate
Currier
House of Commons
Quakers Visit Philadelphia YMCA Building Plan
A Philadelphia YMCA committee toured the new Washington Association building at Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. Members included William C. Stoever John W. Pepper William Longstreet Joseph M. Steele and Walter C. Douglas. Architect Upman and Educational Director Jones led the inspection and the committee was pleased with the structure.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association
Fifteenth and
Chestnut Streets
West Fidu
Washington Association
William C. Stoever
John W. Pepper
William Longstreet
Joseph M. Steele
Walter ¢. Douglas
Upman
Jones
Indigestion Treated By Nerve Strength, Not Laxatives
Doctors attribute indigestion to weakened stomach nerves rather than inactivity and mechanical digestion. Dr Miles Restorative Nervine is touted to restore nerve power and cure stubborn indigestion and dyspepsia. A Kansas woman credits rapid improvement after starting Nervine, claiming four bottles cured her condition. The ad promises money back if the first bottle does not help.
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Miles
Yellow fever preventive measures expand to the South
The Treasury designates six surgeons from New Orleans to assist parishes near the city and others to oversee fruit shipments from Central America. Surgeons from Mobile and New Orleans will inspect ports in Costa Rica Honduras Nicaragua Guatemala and Mexico. Inspection of fruit shipments is set to begin by the first of April.
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Treasury
New Orleans
Mine Public Health and
Marine Hospital
South
Central America
Lar. Robinson
Celha
Hondas
de. D. W. Goodman
Mobile
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Jor, Hltal Cooky
Alabama
Belize
Tahiti Consulate Ruined by Severe Cyclone
American Consul William F. Doty reports Tahiti’s consulate collapsed after a heavy rainstorm seeped under its foundations. The building, damaged records, and loss of personal property are noted. plans for a new consulate costing 35000 are proposed but unfunded. Mormon missionaries aided under danger. Doty seeks temporary quarters pending funds.
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State Department
William F. Doty
Tahiti
Socery Islands
San Pranisca
Conaci
Lfe
Consui
Gypsy moth again at work near Stonington Conn
The Gypsy moth, feared as a foliage destroyer, has appeared in Stonington Connecticut. Officials at the Bureau of Entomology report alarm as the caterpillar stage spreads by clothing and automobiles. The pest’s arrival recalls devastation near Boston years ago and prompts concern over potential widespread damage to trees.
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Bureau of Entomology
Stonington
Conn
Europe
Boston
Celestials Wanted After Seattle Landing Incident
United States officials seek four Orientals who escaped custody after a Chinese commission arrived at Seattle nine weeks ago en route to Europe. Commissioner General F P Sargent said the Chinese travelers had not been apprehended and he would not comment further pending official information.
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United States
Seattle
Wash
Europe
F. P. Sargent
Bureau of Immigration
Department of Commerce and Labor
Security for New Home at Metropolitan Club
A deed of trust recorded by the Metropolitan Club with American Security and Trust Company secures 875 200 in gold coupon bonds for building a new clubhouse on Sevenmouth and 34 streets northwest. The issue comprises 260 bonds, most of 10 and several at 32, payable Feb 15 with 12 percent semiannual interest. Redeemable after five years. A sinking fund of 500 is established annually from February 15 192.
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American Security and Trust Company
Metropolitan Club
Fevenmouth
Miss Porter to Lecture on Anne Royall Life
The eighty ninth regular meeting of the Columbia Historical Soviets will be held in the banquet hall of Ure Shoreham Monday evening at o'clock. Miss Sarah Harvey Porter will deliver an address titled The Life and Times of Anne Royall, followed by a member discussion.
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Columbia Historical Soviets
Ure Shoreham
Sarah Harvey Porter
Anne Royall
Society
Presbyterian Cathedral Plan Moves Forward in Washington
The New York Avenue and Assembly's churches plan to consolidate next Thursday, forming the core of a proposed Presbyterian cathedral near Thomas Circle. The vote could relocate the church to a larger building, with Adath Israel purchasing the Assembly's site and funds used for the new cathedral, aiming for a 1900s era Washington landmark.
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Washington
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Assembly
Fifth and I Streets
Adath Israel
Sixth and G Streets
New Church
George P. Wilson
Wallace Radcliffe
Presbyterian General Assembly of
United States
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General Assembly
Justice Harlan
F Street
Presbyterian
General Assembly of
John M. Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Cuthedral
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Y M C A Meeting Tomorrow At New G Street Building
The Young Men’s Christian Association resumes services at the new G street building tomorrow after closing its Belasco Theater events last Sunday. At 3:20 PM Representative George J. D. McCreary of Philadelphia will speak on Life its Possibilities Here and Certainties Here. Miss Ethel Holtzclaw will be soloist in the musical prelude with choral groups led by Foster.
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Cpitox
Belasco Theater
G Street
George JD. McCreary
Philadelphia
Ethel Holtzclaw
Ual Chorts
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