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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1907
Page
21
Washington endures a record heat wave: 93 degrees by 3 pm shatters March marks. Street attire shifts to summer styles as soda and ice cream shops prosper. Weather experts debate causes, with sun spots cited by some and low pressure zones with south winds by others.
Health officials say ice cream soda could cost 10 cents this summer as the pure food law requires ice cream to contain at least 18 percent butterfat. Dr Woodward notes all druggists and manufacturers must follow the law, inspections planned, and the impact on price or quantity remains uncertain.
A man identified as Arthur Codling, about 54, jumped overboard March 14 from the Seminole between Puerto Platte and Motte Christ while near Santo Domingo. The vessel sank before rescue reached him. residence unknown. The incident was reported by Seminole officers today.
New York couple Mr and Mrs Douglas Robinson and their daughter will remain in Naples until March 27. Bishop O Gorman of Sioux Falls arranged for a papal audience and expected royal receptions in Rome with King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena.
E E Mason a long time Washington patent attorney died Friday night at his home 813 Twelfth Street NW after a three day illness from pneumonia and dropsy of the heart He was born in Troyes France in 1835 and came to America in 1857 settling in Philadelphia before moving to Washington in 1883 Funeral services are set for 2 20 PM tomorrow at his home and burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Answers to the Educational Contest WH de received ap ep ued including Apri l. Contestants can secure back numbers or catalogs at the office of publication. See.
Special to The Washington Post. Count Antonio Formello from Palermo, dubbed the ladies pet, kissed about two women per minute on Fulton street cars. He was discharged after Magistrate Tighe joked that he may be a philanthropist, with the sister promising to send him back to Palermo.
New York financier Thomas F. Ryan visited Washington briefly, denying plans to meet the President. He argued that railroads should be owned by the people, operated by practical railroad men under strict law, and not controlled by Wall Street. Ryan urged lenders to fund legitimate business and avoid speculative excess, predicting Roosevelt will influence party policy and warning against attacks on the President.
Names and ages listed for residents and infants in Washington area including Charles Elis 68, Joseph Havener 1 year, Nathan Harrington 60, Nalite Brown 36, Williamr Bacon McGrain 40 months, infant Danzenbaker 34 Wertminster NW, Frederick R Coxen 29, Elizabeth Rosa 78, Clarissa Parker 75, John Hawkins 75, Rebecca Frieby 32, Bettle Fangs Notable hospital entry Wash Assium, John Coolidge 68, Charlies Christian ? TD years, Jake Gatewood 3 months, infant of John and Rachel Smith 1 day.
George W Woodruff named Assistant Attorney General to join the Interior Department succeeding Frank L Campbell. Three divisions to be abolished lands and railroads Indian Affairs and Indian Territory with staff reassigned. Secretary Garfield declines full details while clerks express unease over the plan and potential salary effects.
Judge Campbell born 1848 rises from Interior Department clerk to assistant attorney general, later Assistant Secretary of the Interior, retiring in 1903 and slated for dismissal at age 64. Woodruff, 43, succeeds, linked to Chief Forrester Pinchot, Yale and Penn Law graduate, Forest Service attorney since 1903.
About forty government clerks in Washington meet at the Colorado Building to form The Government Clerks Co operative Guild a general department store run for and by government workers. The plan envisions profits shared among holders with shares at ten dollars each and capitalization potentially up to 250000, aided by Dr Patton and a broad board spanning Treasury War Agriculture and other agencies.
Magistrate Charles Whitman toured West Forty-seventh Street police station at 1 am and led raids on sixteen saloons for excise violations. He accused Capt Daly and police of fixing cases, said he would hold court and have officers present. Two bartenders arrested on his orders stayed jailed after hearings.
Mrs. C. K. Tyler of Burlington Vermont writes Hood's Sarsaparilla restored her health after a breakdown from farm duties. She details thin blood fatigue poor sleep loss of appetite and nerve strain improving with the spring medicine. She reports regained vigor and ability to work with the family.
Weather Bureau reports Saturday set new high temperatures across the Atlantic States from New York City to Jacksonville, with 93 degrees in the region, three degrees above Friday and ten above the prior March record. Cooling relief expected later with showers, while the Northwest faces unsettled conditions.
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