George Washington Opens New Term at 85th Year Celebration
George Washington University held opening exercises in university hall at Fifteenth and H Street marking the eighty fifth year of the institution. Prof Needham delivered welcome remarks as deans announced new term plans, with college spirit seen in class yells and student banners. An admonitory address urged cleanliness and discipline in athletics and campus decorum as sophomores issued defiance to freshmen, and posters and programs highlighted the academic year ahead.
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George Washington University
University Hall
Fifteenth
Charles W Needham
University College
George Wweashinton
George Washington
Gion Washington
Afro American Congress to Preside at January Meeting
Bishop Alexander Walters will preside at the Afro American Christian Congress meeting on January 25 1906 under the Afro American Congress Association. Rev R B Robinson will deliver an address on the aims and objects of the congress. The event has broad endorsements and aims to raise funds for educating men and women to send as Christian missionaries and to promote morality cleanliness sobriety and proper conduct among 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 Broad Career Emphasis
The Catholic University of America opens the scholastic year with few faculty additions and modest building improvements. An undergraduate school will begin next Tuesday, broadening the institute from a purely graduate focus. Pro. David A McCabe is elected to succeed Prof Charles McNetl in economics, a Harvard graduate and former lecturer at Trinity College Dublin.
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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 On I Street At First and E
Repairs halted Owl streetcars on I Street near First and E Streets Northeast due to a sunk roadbed. Several supporting track yokes were broken from the sinking caused by a railroad tunnel under the street. Eastbound track on the curve is sinking fast and repairs will take a few days to restore traffic. Afterward, several spots on Tarst Street will be raised to proper level.
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First
E Streets
Tarst Street
Right Foot Amputated After Train Collision
An Italian laborer TDowibeig Viscico, twenty one, working on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks at First and M Streets Northeast, was struck by an incoming passenger train yesterday. 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
An engraved souvenir prepared under William W Cox with no advertisements, containing articles on national finance, Washington’s growth, and banking. It features thirty full page illustrations, head pieces, and a panoramic White House view, plus contributions from Shaw and other Treasury officials.
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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
American Bankers Association banquet at New Willard
Fifty one officers and council members invited to attend the opening night banquet at the New Willard. The list includes Lyman J Gage president United States Trust Company and Gov Myron T Herrick of Ohio. The event centers on a Washington and national finance text book project by International Banking and J Selwin Tait as manager.
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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 St Matthew's Parish
The first fall meeting of the Society of the Apostleship of Prayer of St Matthew's Parish is set for tonight at 8 o'clock in the church on Rhode Island Avenue near Connecticut Avenue. Rev Edward J Buckey directs the meeting with a mixed-voice choir under Miss Jennie Glenn, organist, singing hymns and chanting parts of the service. The society meets regularly through the season on the last Thursday of each month.
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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
President O Connell backs referendum for officers election
James O Connell president of the International Association of Machinists returns from Boston where the eleventh annual convention approved radical by law changes and a referendum method for national officer elections. Dues were raised from 50 cents to 1 dollar and support was pledged for ongoing strikes on the Santa Fe and Grand Trunk lines.
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James O'Connell
International Asociation of Machinists
Washington
Boston
Organization
Santa Fe
Grand Trunk
German Day at Benning Track Set With Final Arrangements
Chairman Carl E Gundlach announced final plans for German Day on October 2 at Benning track. The event promises to surpass prior celebrations with Frank Raymond in charge of athletic games and a slate of judges including Maj Richard Sylvester, C E Wood, M L Schaefer, Dr FY Brooks, David Moore, and George Wainwright as alternates. Bert Thomas will serve as 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 Indictment
Michael Hill, wanted in Maryland on an indictment for gambling, agreed to extradition after suing out a writ of habea s corpus against the marshal holding him. He was taken to Marlboro. Attorneys were George F. Houer and Robert W. Wells. Alice Boylan reported a theft of a diamond solitaire ring worth 90 dollars from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing washroom yesterday afternoon.
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Alice Boylan
Vob
Florida Avenue Northwest
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Subpoenas Issued in Beef Trust Case Against Packings
United States District Attorney Morrison wins point on grand jury procedure. Max Sulzberger and Fish subpoenaed as witnesses in beef trust cases, tied to alleged secret meeting of packing officials. Prosecutors seek exposure of meeting details while defendants protest.
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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 Restraining Avoidance
Mary Dillon sues Patrick Dillon for support for herself and child and seeks a restraining order to prevent him from leaving the district to avoid payment. James 5. Easby-Smith is her attorney.
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Mary Dillon
Patrick Dillon
Couc James 5
Easby-Smith
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