District Officials Weigh Police Uniform Contract Action
Investigating committee report given to District Commissioners prompts expected action on police uniform contracts. Open bidding to be required in future while corporation counsel Lyme’s absence delays key legal decisions. Tailors press for District-made uniforms with bids invited. meeting led by George B Bard Hebbard to present proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Investigating Committee
Lyme
R. G. Powell
Daniel J. Donovan
Roger J. Whiteford
Tailors of
Washington
Merchant Tailors
Retail Merchants’ Association
Washington Merchants
George B&b. Hebbard
Germany to pay all on board and ship papers in prize proceedings
The German prize court will examine legality of capture and destruction of the cargo and ship under the declaration of London. American owners may claim indemnity if wheat cargo is not contraband. treaty stipulations imply compensation, though prize court must decide eligibility and amount. Ambassador urged to inform his government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hambure
London
Germany
United States
Americcan
Tegs
É&C
JAGOW
Gaines Faces Court Over Alleged Assault
Former Tennessee representative John Wesley Gaines now a Canadian boundary commission secretary did not appear in police court for trial on an assault charge against merchant David Pressler. The $10 bond was forfeited as Gaines, aided by Senator Chilton, sought a new trial date. Pressler says Gaines struck him after a dispute over a vest purchase and delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Canadian Boundary Commission
State Department
David Preseler
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Tressler
Gaines
Chilton
West Virginia
United States Attorney
Fair Guests at Press Club All Star Program
At the National Press Club last night an all star ladies’ night program featured Mra Harriet Chalmers Adams, famed explorer, who gave an illustrated lecture on Travel and Adventure in South America. The program included soprano Mrs. Benjamin H. Smart, harpist Mrs. Edith Marmion Brosius, pianist Regina Elizabeth Winston, sopranos Helen Donohue De Vo, and the Nevin Quartet with four members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Press Club
Allstar
Mra
Harriet Chalmers Adams
America
South America
Benjamin H. Smart
First Congregational Church
Edith Marmion Brosius
Tedeschi
Schuechers
Regina Elizabeth Winston
Helen Donohue de Vo
Nevin
Myra McCalthran
Ruth Simpaga
R. L. Walters
J. J. Kerr
Adams
Andes
Muleback
Peru
Coffe
Brazil
Guianas
Panama Canal
Mrs. George T. Guernsey Aims To Head D A R
Mrs. George T. Guernsey of Kansas arrives in Washington for the D A R congress and says she will stay to the end. She denies reports she will withdraw and declares she is in the race to win no matter what.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Guernsey
Kansas
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Congress
Guernasy
German View of War From Staats-Zeitung in The Washington Post
The Norfolk stay of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich is praised as a fair exchange under international law. Neutral observers note the incident showed proper conduct by both Germany and the United States, while critics claim neutrality is inherently biased. Herman Ridder defends the American stance and commends Thierichens for abiding by maritime rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
The
M. S. Pring
Pring Witel
Germany
Prinz Rite
Newport News
New York Times
Times
Friedrich
Suit Over X Ray Machine Interpleader Filed
Wilton J. Lambert for Munsey Trust files a bill of interpleader alleging an X ray machine shipped with a bill of lading to Gordon Simmons was claimed by J. U Christ who offered the bill to Platini and took the machine in good faith. The plaintiff seeks court direction on delivery and release from further liability. London April 8 Great Eastern Railway announces bi weekly London Hook of Holland passenger service to resume next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton J. Lambert
Munsey Trust Company
Gordon Simmons
Bil
London
The
Great Eastern Railway
the Hook of Holland
Gregory Leads Attack in Harvester Antitrust Suit at Court
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on the International Harvester case as the government pressed to dissolve the giant firm for alleged illegal combination. Attorney General Gregory and Solicitor General Davin outlined government claims while Harvester’s Edger Bancroft and John Wilson defended the company, asserting no monopoly and challenging the reach of Sherman law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester Company
Supreme Court
Gregory
Davin
Edger A. Bancroft
John P. Wilson
New York
Federal Trade Commission
the Harvester Company
Harvester
Flegal
Da~vin
Frank B. Kelloggs
Bancroft
Harvester Company
Progress of War Told Officially Belgium
Belgium reports a telegraph from the minister of war stating Belgian troops freed the western side of the Yaer Canal near Drei Grachten and forced German forces to flee, leaving machine guns and ammunition behind. Paris and Berlin dispatches add ongoing fighting along the Meuse Moselle front with heavy French losses and Russian Carpathian progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Lendom
Yaer Canal
Drei Grachten
Germany
Berlin
Meuse
Moselle
Weevre
Verdun
Combres
Selouse
St. Mihiel
Lilly
Apremont
Flirey
le Pretre
Paria
Rethel
Champagne
Paris
Hertmans- Wellerkopf
Brule Foreat
Japan May Close the Open Door in China Talks
The Manchu government awarded a contract amid Japan’s push for concessions in Fukien and other provinces. Yuan Shi Kai bears the negotiations, resisting radical courses while seeking protection through continued talks. China faces demands on land, mines, railways, and police, with foreign press watching closely for outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Japan
Tokyo
Peking
Fukien
Republic
City News in Brief Highlights from District events and talks
Brief notices from Washington City include a bronze tablet and $20 per man reward for No 1 Engine Company volunteers after winning the Macfarland trophy, a waiving of gratuities rule for firemen and policemen, lectures at the National Museum and Raleigh venues, tax bill notices for 1915 May due, and delegates named for national charity conference in Baltimore. Other items cover Handicraft School exhibits, palm tree and sugar industry lectures, National Geographic Society talks, and several local civic meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarland
No. 1 Engine Company
Seventeenth
K Streets
Louis J. Battle
W. J. Kehoe
Washington Chamber of Commerce
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Baltimore
Committee On Public Health
The
Chamber of Commerce
W. C. T. U. Meeting Presses Parent-Teacher Alliance In DC
Mrs Rafter urged the advancement of parent teachers associations during the quarterly W C T U meeting at Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington. Reports by officers and trustees covered finances and the future home at Sixth Street NW. A mass meeting for youth branches was announced for April 3 at Mount Vernon Place Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafter
Parent-Teachers
Cc. T. U
J. W. Allson
Henry
Metropolitan Baptist Church
Bax
Itery
Board of Trustees
Pherese A. Williams
Mary B. Brown
Williams
Newl
Sixth Street Northwest
Benjamin Linesback
Alison
Washington Topham
Theresa A. Williams
Young People's Branch
Edna Proctor
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
Eleanor Walker
Flower Mission
Willams
Brown
William Stimson
Lucretia Hanson
Elsie Cheeseman
Young People's
White Ribbon
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church
Hebrew Sisterhood Elects Officers at Washington Congregation
A large gathering attended the Washington Hebrew Congregation sisterhood annual meeting in the temple on Wednesday. Greetings came from Mrs. I. S. Blout. Outgoing president Mrs. Alfred Selinger received roses. Officers and directors elected include President Mrs. Abram Simon and several vice presidents secretaries and treasurers with numerous committee chairmen named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisterhood
The
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Temple
I. S. Blout
Alfred Selinger
Eva Hexter
Alfred Rogenthal
A. C. Mayer
J. ©. Berliner
William Michaelis
Ernest Gichner
D. Sanger
M. Stern
Gus Louis
Ida Friedberger
Abram Simon
G. Friedlander
D. Kahn
A. Helibrun
R. Gans
Fincher
Strasburger
Alfred Rosenthal
Myer Fellheimer
Joseph Goldenberg
Clarence Grosner
Harry Hahn
J. Keoerpel
B. Stnnheimer
Otto Woerner
J. Elsenmann
Mark Blum
L. Sonneborn
Maxell Test Car Logs 696 Miles Over Virginia Roads
The Maxwell utility test car added 1422 miles yesterday during a tour through Old Dominion toll line wires from Alexandria to Warrenton and back via Middleburg and Aldie. Officials from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company rode with W E Ballard E J Taylor and William Wallace as the car endured some of Virginia’s worst roads. The voyage followed a total 696.3 miles on 38% gallons of gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Maxwell
W. E. Ballard
E. J. Taylor
William Wallace
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Old Dominion
Alexandria
Fairfax
Manassas
Warrenton
Middleburg
Aldie
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Secretary McAdoo Recovers After Appendicitis Operation
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo sat up yesterday for the first time since his appendicitis operation three weeks ago. He remains in seclusion at 1709 Massachusetts avenue northwest under his physicians orders to avoid excitement. He may not leave the house for ten days but hopes to attend the May 1 launch of two new coast guard cutters at Newport News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Heas
Weig
Masachusetts Avenue
Coast-Guard
Newport News
Business Brisk Across States as Banks Report Growth
Examiners note brisk activity in all states with banks holding abundant funds and reduced money demand. New York reports scarce borrowing with capital enough for needs, while departments stores see their best March in history. War materials and textiles show improvement. Western states report marked gains in mining and construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
Boston
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New England
Maine
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Middle Atlantic
Reading
Maryland
South
North Central States
Pacific Coast
Motor Car Upkeep Under the Microscope
Report of a Maxwell car owner mapping upkeep costs and mileage on a Virginia to Washington test tour. Describes route, a 142.2 mile day on seven gallons, 20.2 mpg, no major mechanical issues, and notes five days totaling 666.2 miles on 3334 gallons of gas. Mentions observers W E Ballard H J Taylor and William Wallace, and Maxwell agent H B Leary Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Leary, Jr
Maxwell
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Syme
Hrbhige
Mira, Adams
Explorer
Staats-Zeitung
Thiertchens
Virginia Capes
Thierichens
Herman Ridder
Munsey Trust
Holland
Harvester Trust
Davis
Lew Eparges
Russia
Petrograd
War Office
Carpathians
Ondawa
Volazats
Austria
Vienna
Meeti Wi
Insoedt
East Beskid
Hungary
Galicia
Laborean Valley
Praemysi
Lomson
Banater
Laboreza
Poland
Santuao
South Wanchuria
M. Hicks
Fukien Shill
City News
Academy of Sciences
National Museum Auditorium
W. P D. Hunter
Department of Agriculture
Commission
Woman's Relief Corps
Phil Sheridan
Grand Army of the Republic
Wilmot Goodwin
Barytone
Maurice Warner
Lee Cron~han
Raleigh
James Lee Best
District of Columbia National Life Underwriters’ Association
Judson C. Clark
George C. Jordan
Bost
Mountford
Jerusalem
B.C
H Street
Milas E
Shreeder
Coamos
H. D. Gibbs
Bureau of Chemistry
National Chemical Society
G. P. Austin
National Geographic Society
Society
New Masonic Temple
Alliance: Francaise
Cosmos Club
Andre le Breton
Universite of Bordeaux
Ofuelgues
Business High School Alumni Association
Marshall Hell
Richard D. Daniela
Columbia Theater
Thomas Oriant
Second Street
Public Utilities Commission
Oriani Éghat
Hotel Bellboys’ Association
Old Masonic Temple
Meyer Davis
Louis Burke
John Moore
J. A. Lautner
James McGary
T. P B. Jones
H. Dunn
W. Mullen
Joseph Craven
H. Hawking
H. Sullivan
Peter O'Conner
Gus Collings
Emmett Tydings
R. Berry
Graham
Curtis Guild, Jr
Bakameteff
Mrs. Guild
Washington Alumni Association
Hamilton Colege
Teacup Inn
Connecticut Avenue
Percy Foster Hall
Church of the Epiphany
Port Deposit
Naval Hospital
Twentyfourth Street
Solace
United States Hospital
T.U
Hebrew Sisterhood
Addad
Hampton Roads
Daniele
Navy
Daniels
Robert M. Kennedy
Washington College of Law
Pell
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Peells
Emma M. Gillett
Ellen Spencer Massey
George Guernsey
Julia Banks
Treasury Department
Jared D. Terrill
Comptroller of the Treasury
Maj. Terrill
Comptroller’s
Benjamin E. Smith
Woman's Alliance of All Souls’ Church
W. H. Whitmen
Margaret Wilson
Library of Congress
Billa
Benning
Irene Baker
Brent School Parent- Teachers’ Association
Duncan Richmond
Margaret Diggins
Viola Hamilton Barnard
Mothers’ Congress
F M Gidding & Co
ToRx
N. W. Depouite
Shoreham Hotel
Smart Tailleur
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
New Orleans
Dallas
Indianapolis
Chicago
Iowa
St. Louis
Jhapter V
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