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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1915
Page
6
A promotional notice advocates Dr Cald wells Syrup Pepsin as a gentle effective laxative for constipation. It claims older remedies are unnecessary and harmful and offers a free bottle by writing to WB Cabinet at 452 Washington Street Wayneville, IL.
Board of police commissioners will ask city council to add four patrolmen and a patrol wagon to the force to cover annexed Alexandria territory and meet a Virginia court decree. Proceeds from a tableaux vivant fundraiser at Westminster Hall benefit the Alexandria Anti tuberculosis Society.
Interstate Commerce Commission divides commuters along the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in a decision to regulate ticket prices. The commission allows withdrawal of 24 50 and 180 trip tickets, denies permission to raise 6 trip tickets, and permits increasing 10 trip tickets up to not more than five times the round trip fare. Effective May 1. Majority and two minor reports note cost and method disputes with divergent views from Commissioners Clements and Harlan.
N D Lowell of the geological survey spoke to the Washington Engineers Society at the Cosmos Club on Mississippi valley engineering problems. An April 1 reading room program for the blind at the Library of Congress will feature the Mutacute Sextet Orchestra. Commissioner Louis Brownlow and Maj. Raymond W. Pullman will address a Howard Park Citizens Association mass meeting at Church of Our Redeemer, marking the association’s seventh anniversary. A Chilean painting exhibit by Al Chilean artist visit to the Hall of Americas, Pan-American building, drew large crowds.
Tomorrow at 4:30 Alma Gluck soprano Efrem Zimbalist violinist headline a Washington recital at the National. Also on stage Miss Dressler in A Mix Up at the Belasco next week. Upcoming productions include The Red Mill with Herbert score and Ballinger cast, and other vaudeville acts at Keith’s and nearby venues.
A daily motor car test tracks fuel use and mileage while noting puncture and oil status. The narrator details a 554.1 mile week with 21 1/2 gallons of gasoline, claiming 207 miles per gallon, and reports route through Olney Laytonsville Damascus Ridgeville Frederick to Harpers Ferry with newspaper colleagues Howard Fisk and Harry Duckstein observing.
A column lists multiple marriage licenses granted across several states. Individuals include Dr Hugh Morrow 38 Williamsburg Pennsylvania and Marjorie 3 Sidhers 25 Washington D C. Henry Campbell 21 Fort Myer Virginia and Elizabeth White 26 Washington D C. and other couples with varied ages and hometowns in Virginia Washington D C and Missouri among the listed names. The Rev counterparts noted.
A sequence of birth notices lists parents and newborns with genders. Names include Joseph and Fillo Tucker with a boy, Joseph O Turner with a girl, and multiple pairs of parents and infants, among others such as Margaret Simmons Kor and Marie Sftupaon with a boy, and Ashen Shew with a boy, with varied spellings and initials throughout.
Dead include Doress VY Hicks and Edward M Jones among others aged 31 to 73. Hospitals named include Sibley, Freedigen’s, and Emergency Hospital. Locations cover nw and se districts with addresses such as 1330 11th et mw and 2102 tet st nw.
A draft constitution for an employee association was presented and tentatively adopted to pursue tangible form and membership viability. The Public Utilities Commission staff saw changes: W Terry Fistd named assistant engineer and Mary A Gilis added as clerk. resignations by J T Shadwell and William A Bobb from the valuation bureau. Colonel W W Harts ordered restrictions on elevator use by messengers and laborers in the State War and Navy Building during peak hours to ease congestion.
In the District Supreme Court case against Capital Traction Company, Associate Justice Robb holds that a street car passenger who tendered a transfer rejected for expiry cannot avoid ejectment by paying fare later. The ruling ordered a new trial allowing the railway to present car counts at the transfer point and its fare presentation records.
Mre Mamie Metz 41 of 174 Eleventh street NW was knocked down by a bicycle rider Emilio Mercurio 144 Schotts Alley NE injuring her left hip and she was taken to Emergency Hospital. Mercurio was arrested. A man driving an ash wagon at Twentythird street NW suffered leg injuries and was taken to Casualty Hospital. A breakin attempt at Grand Hotel room 2 o'clock led to escape after alarm. Walter Po Napper drug store on Fifth Street and Florida Avenue was entered. a small safe containing 63 dollars was taken. Mrs Fitz a Dean of New York was knocked down at Tigth Street and Tennessee Avenue NW, injuring leg. F C Smith aged 65 was hospitalized after an accident at Delaware Avenue and Tenth Street NE. Sheriff Barber and deputies arrested 25 colored men over an assault on Deputy Langley at Johnstown. Holmes accused in ax attack on Langley identified. Mrs George Dunlap reported house theft of a diamond ring and bracelet valued 72 dollars. Fire at 226 Annew Court NW caused damage. Fire at 1833 M Short NW caused 1.9 damage. Charles Varhan reported rooms robbed of tarecloths bedspreads and bureau scarfs. Mrs Irene Bake reported loss of 5 dollars from a purse. A box of hardware was stolen from premises by a refuse wagon. Rats and a valuable wire harp were noted as missing.
Dan S Tehor a private detective appealed to the Supreme Court from his conviction for violation of Atlante Ga ordinances requiring private detectives to be licensed The defendant contends the enforcement deprived him of constitutional rights He was arrested during the investigation of the murder of Mary Phagan by Leo Frank in Atlanta.
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