Prosecution Ordered in Schuylkill Arsenal Fraud Case
Secretary Oliver orders criminal proceedings against Morris Busch contractor and Robert Charlton inspector for conspiracy to defraud the United States by delivering goods inferior to contract standards. Civil suits to compel completion of contracts and replacement of inferior items follow, with an immediate depot survey and inspector general overhaul across multiple arsenals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuylkill Arsenal
Morris Busch
Robert Charlton
Oliver
Davis
Department of Justice
Busch
Quartermaster Department of the Army
Philadelphia
F. Strong
Artillery Corps
Charlton
Edwin H. Taggart
May Strong
Inspector ‘General's Department
New York
Boston
Jeffersonville
Ind
San Francisco
Seattle
Maj Strong
Maj F . Strong
Artilery Corps
Schuyl XII Arsenal
Novert Charlton
Esaminer
F . Quinlan
Judge Advocate General
Robert Chariton
United States
Mauay
Taggart
Bohusixial Arsenal
Quartermasters Department
Bach Party
Roget Shaw Oliver
Majupg
Humphrey
Quinlan
Civil Service
Civis Service
New Orleans
War Department
Chariton
Schuyl- Kil Arsenal
Inspector General's’ Department
Washington
Frederik Kamholz
Charles M. Gladding
Testimony on hush money claim in Burk bids case
Kambholz Charles A. Bowman, former secretary to the late Congressman Burk, testified that Busch offered him 3600 to obtain information about bids. Busch denied all the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busch
Charlton
Kambholz
Charles A. Bowman
Burk
Bankers Coming In Style Train For West Delegates
Chicago reports a highly luxuriously appointed bankers special train for October 7 over the Big Four. Fifty prominent Western financiers traveling to the American Bankers Association convention will ride ten top Pullman cars, multiple sleepers, dining cars, and extra services including saloon baths and market-report wireless. The route runs Cincinnati to Old Point Comfort, then to Washington by steamship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bankers
American Bankers’ Association
Washington, D. C
Cincinnati
Old Point Comfort
Washington
Reform needed in Agriculture Department probes intensify
The piece argues for a far more thorough investigation of the Department of Agriculture by President Roosevelt upon his return from Oyster Bay. It notes the President's wishes for deeper inquiry, cites suspected resignations and leaks, and warns that incomplete probes risk ongoing public and congressional pressure, given a hostile congressional stance and broad departmental irregularities.
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Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Department
Holmes
George T. Moore
Tn. D. H. Salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
McCabe
Wilson
Bureau
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Agricultural Department
Post-office Department
Congress
Executive Departments
Postal Service
Sequoyah Constitution Adopted by Indian Territory Convention
The Muscogee session ends with the constitutional convention approving the Sequoyah plan for a proposed state. An appeal to Congress requests tribal school support until state government forms. Sequoyah, named for the Cherokee alphabet creator, is highlighted with brief biographical notes on his work and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Muscogee
State of Sequoyah
Congress
Sequoyah
Mexico
Army Hospital Site Transfer to U S Government
The Seventh Street Road tract near the District line, chosen for the Army General Hospital, was formally transferred to the government. The 4327 acre parcel adjoins the late Alexander Shepherd’s former home and was conveyed for about 2 500 per acre, with a twenty foot right of way over the adjoining road.
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Seventh Street Road
Army General Hospital
Aled
Alexander Shepherd
Whch
George W. Madert
United States
Louis Beyer, Jr
M. M Parker
Scholarships Open in George Washington University Medical Dept
Three vacant scholarships in the George Washington University Department of Medicine will be awarded after a competitive examination at the medical building 1325 H street on September 26. Applications to enter the examination should be made to the dean of the medical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Medicine
George Washington University
H Street
As sembly Presbyterian Church to Consider Pastor Resignation
A meeting of the congregation will be held after the prayer meeting next Thursday evening to consider the resignation of Rev Georges B.P. Wilson D D pastor of the Assembly’s Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congregation of Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Georges BP
Annuities for Clerks Dr Jordan Defines Plan
Dr Llewellyn Jordan of the Treasury Department and about a dozen clerks organized the Treasury Branch of the United States Civil Service Retirement Association on June 28. Officers include James A Sample as president and R Stone Jackson as treasurer. The group aims to secure legislation for superannuated civil servants without cost to the government, detailing several retirement proposals and stressing self-sustaining methods. The project has grown to nearly 3000 members and seeks to present bills to Congress for the forthcoming session.
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Llewellyn Jordan
Treasury Department
Treasury Branch
United States Civil Service Retirement Association
James A. Sample
Treasurer
Dr. Jordan
R. Stone Jackson
Auditor of
Navy Department
B. M. Jacobs
Secretary
Try
Association
Jordan
Congress
Senate
J. A. Tawney
Minnesota
Tawney
Ton. Marriott Grosius
Pennsylvania
Treasur
Sbrostus
Washington
Executive
Roosevelt
Executive Civil Service
Legislative Committee
Phe
Public Service
Dr Francis B Bishop Attends International Physio Therapy Congress
Dr Francis B Bishop of This City returns from the First International Congress of Physio Therapy held in Belgium. Delegates from the American Electro-Therapeutic Association and the U S government formed an international body to unite societies for medical therapeutics. The next meeting will be in Switzerland in two years.
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Francis B. Bishop
I Street Northwest
Ejege
Belgium
American Electro-Therapeutic Association
United States
Files
Portland
Kassabian
Philadelphia
Gunzburg
Antwerp
Munter
Liege
Bishop
Switzerland
Henice
Dr. Bishop
American Association
American Therapeutic Associaton
International Association
Summer's End: A Poem on Broom-Flowers in Amber Light
A fragmented poem describes broom-flowers glowing yellow at heart and amber in light. The speaker, Lone Gale, contemplates life and death as sunlit petals, urging a sense of restless work and fragile beauty.
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Lone Gale
Everybody's Magazine
Penfield to Probe South American Trade Relations
President designates Judge William L. Penfield to investigate trade between South America and Europe to bolster American commerce. He will visit Brazil first, possibly extend to Europe, amid debates over export duties on coffee and flour and potential shift from patient waiting to retaliation.
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America
Oyster Bay
L. L
William L. Penfield
State Department
South America
Europe
United States
Judge Penfield
Brazil
Congress
College Trustees to Meet at Illinois University
A national conference of trustees of American colleges and universities will convene at the University of Illinois Urbana Oct 17. The sessions run the week of Dr Edmund J James inauguration as university president with invites to attend related ceremonies. The meeting aims to discuss governance relations among trustees presidents and faculties and other major administration questions.
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University of Ilinois
England
France
Germany
Funeral of F B Stevens Draws New York Elite
Funeral services for Francis Bowes Stevens Jr were held at Westbury Long Island with many Stevens family members and Horwitz relatives in attendance. Clergy from Hoboken and Chestnut Hill officiated. Cremation followed at Fresh Pond Cemetery and ashes sent to Roslyn Cemetery. The widow remains under medical care following a hysteria episode.
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Stevens
St. Paul's Church
Hoboken
J. Andrew Hirris
St. Pauls Q Episcopal Church
Chestnut Tn
Philadelphia
Fresh Pond
L. L
Roslyn
Dr. Munn
Cross Horwitz
Sugar Syndicate Near Cornering Mexican Market
Mexico City report says a sugar syndicate formed after the old monopoly fell has cornered about seven-eighths of the visible supply. The market impact is a 2 percent price rise. Also promotes paints and varnishes with a fall season delivery pitch.
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Mexico City
Unusual Five Year Paint Guarantee From Mohler Co
T M Mohler & Co at 1806 Seventh street northwest offers a five year written guarantee on durability and lasting quality of its paints. They supply paints varnishes glass oils and painters supplies and recently added a sixty gallon caselines tank. The firm handles painting contracts and provides estimates. Mr Mohler supervises the branch to ensure satisfied work.
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T. M. Mohler & Co
Seventh Street Northwest
Mohler
Benjamin Shaw
Third Street Southeast
Hdna
Harriet
Atlantic City
Excursions at Chevy Chase Lake End Season with Marine Band
The season at Chevy Chase Lake nears closure with a final Sunday concert by the Marine Band. The grounds will stay open until the 16th with nightly programs and a larger pavilion planned for next summer. Steamship service from Washington to Virginia remains popular, with the Charles Macalester offering a 80 mile round trip for a quiet river sail and river scenery.
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Chevy Chase Lake
Marine Band
Charles Macalester
Seventh Street Wharf
Potomac
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Schuyl-' Kil Arsenal
Civcuit
Treasury
International Therapeutic Association
Penfield
Tragil
Gresham
Department of State
F. B. Stevens
J. T. Walker Sons
Lith Street
N. W
POST
Elmer D. Cole
St. Sn
Mrs. Rice
Blue Ridge Mountains
Twelfth Street North
Ast
Callsan
7Th Sn
John Watson
Tagley Station
Sims
7Th St. Nw
Eugene Schwab
Eighth Street Southeast
Saratoga
Falls Church
Samuel L. Cohen
Hillyard
7Th St
Grant's
Frances Dawley
Brighton Beach
Cail
H. Abramson
Alexander Long
Hast
A. H. Burdine
7Th
Joseph A. Repetti
Helen
H.C. Corlins
Southwear
Thos D George
May Wells
C Street
Baltimore
Floyd
Irene
Marie Sanderson
Bluemont
William Cannon
Grant
Geo HE Croswell
Alma Gustin
Eleventh Street
Bessie Steinle
East Capitol Street
Blum & Fishman
Patent Office Cigar Store
Sweeney, Ir
Donaldson Sona
At. Sn
E T Gaddis
Capitol Street
Margaret Gaddis
Patent Millee
Fiseman & Sultan
Elseman & Sultan
Patent Office
Southwest Real Estate
Harrison Johnson & Son
Virginia Tidewater
Capital
Fort Monroe
Norfolk
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Virginia
Seventh Street
Sixth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Colorado Building
Knabe
Emerson
Mathushek
Heller
Lafargue
Smith & Barnes
Knabe Angelus
WM. Knabe &C
F Street
Puasa
Goodyear Rubber Co
Macalester
Mecunt Vernon
Newspaper
Sbr Hlye
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