Fire at Geological Survey Building Prompts Fire Sale
Sixth blaze in ten years threatens the Geological Survey building with 160000 square feet of wood partitions and unprotected iron beams. Two firefighters, Private J A Smith and Private William Ashe, remain under medical care after being dragged from the basement. A fire sale will dispose of 156000 geologic folios damaged or saved, as Director George Otis Smith condemns the quarters and credits the Washington Fire Department for saving the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Survey
J. A. Smith
No 1 Engine Company
William Ashe
Smith
Ashe
Survey
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Otis Smith
Atlantic City
Washington Fire Department
Interior
Tane
Wagner
Precaution Against Gases In Fire Safety Measures Compared
Assistant to the director of the bureau of mines notes Washington firemen narrowly escaped asphyxiation at a Geological Survey building fire. He compares local equipment with other cities heavy on pulmatora devices and oxygen helmets to enable entry into gas filled areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van H. Manning
Bureau of Mines
Geological Survey
Washington Fire Department
United States
Heads Monday Club Stir Over Loan Laws
Frederick L. Siddons elected president of the Monday Evening Club over Dr. William C. Woodward. Officers include Nesbit, West, Merriam, Bushee. Siddons urges model citizenship. Baldwin reports flagrant violations of Taft loan laws with details promised at next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Taft
Frederick L. Siddons
Monday Evening Club
William C. Woodward
Siddons
Charles F. Nesbit
Ela Henderson West
Lewis Merriam
Edna Keene Bushee
George ¥. Bowerman
Uhraian
Adolph Kahn
Jewish Women's Alliance
George 5. Wilken
Board of Charities
Julia C. Lathrop
Child’s Bureau
Charles K. Stefani
Sidjonas
Washington
John van Schaick
William H. Baldwin
Board Names Galliher to Fill Education Vacancy
Justice of the District Supreme Court selected William Galliher to fill the board of education vacancy created by Capt James Oyster’s resignation. Dr C W Childs, a negro physician, was appointed to succeed R R Horner. Henry P Blair and Mrs Edith Kingman Kern were reappointed as president and member. Galliher is a prominent banker and civic leader from Port Deposit Maryland who moved to Washington at 18 and has long served in local business and charitable roles. His term expires July 1 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
William Thompson Galliher
Board of Education
James F. Oyster
C W.childs
R. RB. Horner
Henry P. Blair
Edith Kingman Kern
Galliher
American National Bank
Port Deposit
Washington
Galliber
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Fumber Exchange
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
Scottish Rite
Eastern Dispensary and Casualty
Unt Jatter
Blair
Opposition to Siddons Narrows in District Race
Bryan and Costello factions rally against Frederick W. Siddons as President Wilson may nominate two District commissioners before week’s end. Siddons’ supporters expect Senate referral while opponents note his factional fights and past stance against seating the Costello delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Costello
Wilson
Frederick WL. Siddons
Senate
Siddons
Baltimore
Newman
Credendals Committee
Drill Amid Cheers Showdown Between Four Company Teams
Captains Hoover Jones Blakelock and Johnson command Companies A B IT G in a 30 minute drill exercise judged for a trophy. School officials including Blair Davidson and Thurston observe from a boxed seating area. Brig Gen George Andrews, adjutant general, will present the trophy to the winning company. Cabinet members invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Hoover
Lawrence McC. Jones
David H. Blakelock
Eewin H. Johnson
Boxen
Henry P. Blair
Board of Education
William M. Davidson
EB. L. Thurston
James F. Oyster
George Andrews
United States Army
Longstreet Falls From Postmistress Post in Georgia Row
Mrs. Helen Longstreet testifies before the Senate post office committee alleging a power trust aimed to seize Tallulah Falls. She questions Wilson administration’s removal as Gainesville postmistress to please the Georgia Railway and Power Company. She says rivals whispered against her and says she has spent her fortune to preserve the falls.
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Helen
Longstreet
Wilson
Gainesville
Senate Post Office
Bryan
Florida
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Bristow
Vardaman
Tumutty Mo
Gongstrest
Tallulah Falls
Washington
Georma
Public Officials Forum Draws Wide Attendance
A gathering of Senate and House district committees and numerous public officials convened, with President Wilson invited but unable to attend. The event focused on policy matters and local governance, drawing interest from residents and media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Wilson
Separate Battalion Drill At American League Park
The annual competitive drill of the separate battalion formed from colored high schools will be held Thursday afternoon at American League park between six companies from M Street High School Armstrong Manual Training School and Phelps Business School. It is the twenty first drill, first held in 1893. Cadet John E Green of Wilberford College Ohio will chair the judges with two officers to be named. The drill mirrors the white cadet companies event now underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American League Park
M Street High School
Armstrong Manual Training School
Phelps Business School
Hero
John E. Green
U. 3S. A
Wilberford College
Ohio
Dancing craze revives Londoners' elegant dress code
London May 19 Tailors cheer the return of debonair youth as dancing drives fashion. Oxford and Cambridge styles influence the university set with matinee idols and Pall Mall clubmen adopting new coats, slim morning coats, tight overcoats, and peg top trousers. Spats fade, low shoes return, and bold waistcoats pair with vivid ties. Court officials enforce proper dress, tolerating both old and new styles but forbidding mixing, while a tale of a man denied entry over a nonstandard issue breeches ends the note.
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London
Parliament
University ‘S Wells
Oxford
Cambridge
Tondon
Pall Mall
Church Parade
Hyde Park
MPVS
Beau Brummel
Whitmer
Labor Day Souvenir Ads Banned by Central Union
Central Labor Union meeting last night decided no Labor Day souvenir program will print advertisements this year. A design meeting is set for tonight at the National Rifles Armory. The city will also host a large missionary convention with Booker T. Washington among speakers at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church from June 11 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
National Rifles Armoac
Sirginia
Crueries
Congress
Iether Tone
New Market Plan Aims to Replace Municipal Wharf Stalls
On their next estimate to Congress the commissioners seek authority to replace the old Water Street municipal fish wharf with a real line of stalls for marine products produce game and fruit from Maryland and Virginia farms. Plans are drawn by Colin Yaskell Snowden Ashford and Ralph Is Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Water Street
Maryland
Virginia
Colin Yaskell
Snowden Ashford
Ralph Is. Pratt
Aged Couple Tramp From Harrisburg Seeks Aid
Albert Price 17 and his wife Sadie 59 walked from Harrisburg Pa to the eleventh precinct police station hungry footsore and poorly clad. They said they lived in Steubenville Ohio until a flood destroyed their home and planned to go to a Richmond Va brothel. Police sent them to Washington Asylum Hospital while authorities seek funds via Associated Charities to help them continue their journey to Richmond.
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Albert Price
Sadie
Eleventh Precinct
Harrisburg
Steubenville
Ohio
Richmond
Washington Asylum
Associated Charities
Wilson May Sign Sundry Civil Bill With Memorandum
President Wilson, at a conference with House Chairman Fitzgerald and Senate Chairman Martin, considered removing the clause barring prosecutions of farmers and workers under the Sherman law from the sundry civil appropriation bill. The lawmakers outlined the difficulty of deleting the provision after both Houses passed the bill. Wilson plans a memorandum on the disputed clause and will address a budget plan in a future message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Fitzgerald
Martin
House
Senate Appropriations
Decapitated Audience Mention by Senator Works Eloquence
A street car ride to the Capitol ends with Vice President Marshall agreeing to a future church address after a well dressed colored man urges him to speak. Senator Works delivers a strong speech last night, decapitating the audience with its force. In Middle City, the Citizens Association welcomed 22 new members, bringing total to 550, praising Mrs. Wilson for slum improvement efforts and planning a committee to aid in further reform as M Street drive is deemed inadequate. President H. A. Driscoll presided.
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Marshall
Senator Works
Capitol
Middle City
Madde City Citizens’ Association
Hell In
Carroll Institute
Wilson
M Street
H. A. Driscoll
Moonlight Ride in Potomac Park Delights Capital Society
Maj Rhodes leads Fort Myer riders and society guests on a moonlit canter through Potomac Park, with Fort Myer officers in uniform and many guests on their own mounts. The event ends with a dance and buffet, plans made for additional rides each full moon with growing participation.
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Maj. Rhodes
Fort Myer
Equestrienne
Capital Society
Riding and Hunt Club
Peltomac Park
Charles Rhodes
LeRoy Eltinge
Warren Dean
George S. Patten
Department of State
Club
Washington Monument
Potomac Park
Substantial Contributions Boost Emergency Hospital Drive
Washington readers push for a 300000 goal as donations near 174000 with 125000 more expected from Scout teams and Federal departments. Team C captain Harry King wins largest subscriptions cup while Team G captain A C Moyes earns the smaller cup. Corcoran Building offers new headquarters and officials praise volunteers for aiding the planned emergency hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C Moses
Moyes
Harry King
Delay in merger case prompts plan for dissolution
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific officials arrive to draft a dissolution plan in a mutually satisfactory settlement, per Attorney General McReynolds. California railroad commission opposes transferring Central Pacific to Union Pacific, an action McReynolds concurs with. McReynolds also appoints Thom as W. Gregory of Austin, Texas, as special assistant to pursue a broad federal railroad investigation in New England.
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Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
McReynolds
New York
California Railroad Commission
Central Pacific
Thomas W. Gregory
Austin
Tex
New England
Prince de Bearn Appeals Case at Supreme Court
Prince de Bearn, who rose to fame by marrying a Baltimore heiress, appealed to the Supreme Court over years of legal battles concerning money left to his children by his late wife. He won the appeal on his claim to the funds, while also challenging Maryland court decisions upholding assets attached by Bernard Carter for services to the children. He sought relief from attachments on railroad bonds held in Baltimore and from similar actions by his brothers and a Paris jeweler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince de Bearn
Ross R. Winans
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Dactaton
Maryland
Bernard Carter
Baltiimore
Tumulty to Testify in Wilson Letter Case
Joseph F B Tumulty secretary to the President left for New York where he will testify in the trial of Jacob Dunn and Seeley Davenport charged with sending threatening letters to President Wilson after his election They allegedly demanded 540 left in a deserted cabin in the mountains The letters were opened by Tumulty and he plans to return to Washington late this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph FB. Tumulty
Newark
Jacob Dunn
Seeley Davenport
Wilson
Tumulty
Washington
Col Denny in Real Estate Trust Vice President
Col Frank In Denny retired Marine officer was elected vice president of the Real Estate Trust Company and will assume duties this morning. He previously led the Potomac Realty Company for seven years before transferring to San Francisco.
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Real Estate Trust Company
Col
Frank In. Denny
United States Marine Corps
Col Denny
The
Potomac Realty Company
San Francisco
It Cares While You Walk Han Boa
A garbled OCR fragment mentions address elements and fragmented names, noting a walk and ages amid unclear phrases. It references a location on Avenue and a role chat, with disrupted words and stray numbers, offering little coherent event detail.
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Han Boa
Bose
Zoe
Alan
Amaller
Erry Lao
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William T. Galliher
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H. P. Blair
C. W. Childs
R. R. Horner
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Potomac Electric Power Co
14Th Street N. W
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Corcoran
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Fifteenth and
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Boy Scouts
William F. Gude
Arthur T. Brice
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
War Department
D N Walford
California
U. P
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Will
Col. Denny
C. B. Gilmore
Chesapeake Beach
Muss Martin
John H. Magruder
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B. 8. Motor CO
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Mt Ite
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Shoemaker Co
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U. S
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Nicaragua
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