George Washington Opens 85th Academic Year With Exercises
George Washington University began its eighty fifth year with formal exercises in university hall at Fifteenth and H streets. Dr Charles W Needham delivered an informal welcome as deans announced plans for the term, while sophomores issued a lively defiance to freshmen and students cheered campus spirit with class yells and prayers led by Dr Greene.
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George Washington University
University Hall
Fifteenth
Charles W Needham
University College
George Wweashinton
George Washington
Gion Washington
Afro American Congress Meeting Presided by Bishop Walters
Bishop Alexander Walters of the AME Zion Church accepts invitation to preside at the Afro American Christian Congress on January 25 1906. Rev R B Robinson will deliver an address on aims and objects. Endorsed by numerous bishops and ministers, the congress will elect a general committee to raise funds to educate and send missionaries to uplift the race.
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Alexander Walters
Alexander Walters DD
Ame Zion Church
Afro-American Council
Afro- American Christan Congress
Afro-American Christian Congress
R 3B Robinson
R S Willams
E Cottrell
Maggie Walker
Richmond
Giles B Jackson
L Bouly
L H Halsey
Atlanta
F A Barkhalten
Front Royal
H J Williams
Pennsylvania
H C Coleman
Philadelphia
Z Johnson
Harrisburg Pa
J H Lewis
New Jersey
C B Walters
Staten Island
Congress
Catholic University of America Opens With Largely Unchanged Faculty
The Catholic University of America opens the scholastic year Tuesday with few faculty additions and minor campus improvements. The undergraduate school, announced to begin next Tuesday, broadens the university’s scope from exclusive advanced study. Pro. David A McCabe is elected to succeed Prof Charles McNelly in the school of economics, bringing credentials from Harvard and Dublin’s Royal University.
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Catholic University of America
Isttution
Board of Bishops
David A McCabe
Charles 2 MclNet
Scrool of Economics
McCabe
Fiarvard
Royial University of Dublin
Repairs Stop Owl Cars After Track Sinking on I Street
Repairs halted all owl cars on I street near First and E northeast as track supports broke from sinking caused by a railroad tunnel under the street. Eastbound rail on the curve sinks rapidly. work to raise the line to restore traffic in a few days with further raises planned on Tarst street after completion.
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First
E Streets
Tarst Street
Right Foot Cut Off by Cars on Railroad Tracks
An Italian laborer named TDowibeig Viscico, twenty one, was struck by a passenger train while working on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks at First and M Streets Northeast. His right foot was severed and he was taken to Casualty Hospital.
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Tdowibeig Viscico
Wwe
Baltimore and Ohio
First
M Streets
Sertie
Points for Bankers Souvenir of the Convention
A detailed preview of an engraved souvenir volume for the American Bankers Association meeting in Washington October 10-123. Under William W Cox, the project features 30 full page illustrations, no ads, three parts on national finance and Washington topics, and contributions from Shaw, Taylor and others.
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William W Cox
Second National Bank
Washington
American Bankers’ Association
National Finance
Shaw
Treasury
Macfarland and West
White House
Leslie M Shaw
the Treasury
Treasury Department
Horace A Taylor
Charles H Keep
James B Reynolds
John W. Yerkes
Franklin W Lantz
National Bank Depositories
Eugene B Dasham
Secret Service
John & Wilkie
Henry B . Macfarland
National Capital
Anticles
Henr Litchfield Wast
Gaillard Hunt
John B Larner ‘Weshington
Marcus Benjamin
Glenn Brown
Walter C Clephane
Wiliam E Chandle
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Bankers to Hear Washington Relations Textbook Banquet
Fifty one officers and members of the American Bankers Association council invited to a New Willard banquet as the opening night event. Attendees include Lyman J. Gage president United States Trust Company Gis Yok and Gov Myron T Herrick of Ohio among others.
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Ernational Banking
J Selwin Tait
International Banking Corporation
Washington
National Finance
Treasury Department
Council of the
American Bawkers’ Association
New Willard
Lyman J Gage
United States Trust_Company
Gis Yok
Myron T. Herrick
Fall Prayer Service Begins at StMatthew's Parish
The first fall meeting of the Society of the Apostleship of Prayer at St Matthew's will be tonight at 8 o'clock in the church on Rhode Island Avenue near Connecticut Avenue. Rev Edward J Buckey leads with a mixed-voice choir directed by Miss Jennie Glenn. the organist will accompany hymns and chants. Meetings occur monthly on the last Thursday.
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Society of Apostleship of Prayer
St. Matthew's
Society of the Apostleship of Prayer
St Matthew's
Rhode Island Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
Edward J Buckey
Fu the Buckey
Jennie Glenn
O Connell Heads Machinists Toward Referendum Rule
President James O Connell of the International Association of Machinists returns from Boston where the eleventh annual convention approved referendum elections for national officers. Dues rise from 50 to 1.0 dollar monthly and the union pledges support for strikes on the Santa Fe and Grand Trunk railways.
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James O'Connell
International Asociation of Machinists
Washington
Boston
Organization
Santa Fe
Grand Trunk
German Day Set With Final Arrangements at Benning Track
Chairman Carl E Gundlach announces final German Day plans for Benning track on October 2. The celebration promises to surpass prior events with Frank Raymond in charge of athletic games and a panel of judges including Maj Richard Sylvester, C E Wood, M L Schaefer, Dr FY Brooks, David Moore, and George Wainwright as alternates. Bert Thomas named clerk of the course.
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Gundlach
Carl E Gundlach
Benning’ Track
Frank Raymond
Téferiee
Richard Sylvester
C E Wood
M L Schaefer
FY Brooks
David Moore
George Wainwright
Bert Thomas
Hill Agrees to Extradition in Maryland Gambling Case
Michael Hill, wanted in Maryland on an indictment for gambling, dismissed a habeas corpus challenge against the local marshal and consented to extradition. He was taken to Marlboro, Md. Attorneys George F. Hooer and Robert W. Wells represented him, while Mrs. Alice Boylan reported a theft of a diamond solitaire ring valued at $90 from a washroom at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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Alice Boylan
Vob
Florida Avenue Northwest
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Subpoenas Issued in Beef Trust Case as Pack Pr osecution Advances
Chicago Sept 27 United States Attorney Morrison scored a victory in the beef trust case challenging the packers conspiracy charge. Max Sulzberger and Fish subpoenaed as witnesses. secret meeting alleged with S and S officials. Judge Humphrey rejected the defense demand to block grand jury jurors. Subpoenas served weeks ago but kept secret. George L Yoffly of Hammond & Co subpoenaed after weeks away.
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Max Sulzberger
Fish
Packers
Foffin
Chicago
United States
C B Morrison
Morrison
J Otis Humphrey
Humphreys
Maxi Snulzberger
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing Company
DBB Fish
Beef Trust
Armour & Co
Schwarzschild & Sulsberger Company
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
E B Fish
Joseph Weissenbach
Canada
Secret Service
Sulzberger
Weissenbach
Schwarzschid & Sulzberger Co
George L Yoffly
Hammond & Co
Dillon Sues Husband for Support and Restraint Order
Mary Dillon sues her husband Patrick Dillon seeking support for herself and their child. She also requests a restraining order to prevent him from leaving the District to evade court-ordered payments. James T. Easby-Smith is listed as her attorney.
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Mary Dillon
Patrick Dillon
Couc James 5
Easby-Smith
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