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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1910
Page
2
The city hosts a four day dog show with 370 entries already on benches at Arcade. Judges will award prizes each morning, afternoon, and evening, with space to accommodate about 5,000 people and many visitors coming from out of town.
A four day dog show held at the Arcade on Fourteenth Street and Park Road under the Washington Kennel Club with 370 entries. Licensed by the American Kennel Club. Edward Gonray or Cecil French chairing. John Evans Holden of New York superintendent. Judges include Rudolph Von Hewlett N G YV Glove Bryn Athyn Pa James Mortimer Hemstead Lo 1 Andrew J Gum mags Chevy Chase Md Howe Totten Springman Va. Admission salon 0 cents.
The event at the Arcade Fourteenth on West Ewk Road NW features top foxhounds and aristo dogs from Hempstead Hewlett and beyond. Judges, prizes, cups and ribbons await in a tail wagging day with entries from out of town including Kansas City Chicago New York and Philadelphia.
Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce form a joint committee to push a Washington expo and Panama Canal celebration, aiming for a big event in Washington. Meetings held behind closed doors with no public details until plans advance. A separate late note reports Mrs Sarah Bell, 50, died en route to Casualty Hospital after a collapse near Firc and B streets Northwest.
Denver and Los Angeles entries arrive by morning with officials including Dr Sherman Cleaves supervising. About 100 local dogs and many from Baltimore and Philadelphia are in town for the exhibit. The New York entries arrive tomorrow as a large crowd gathers for a top show praised by officials for size, location, and quality.
With the arrival of the last visiting delegates, 35000 Shriners gather in New Orleans for the 36th Imperial Council conclave. Imperial Potentate George L Street reports a net membership gain of 11021 over the year and a treasury balance of 107 AlG 31 as 5540 delegates attend the meeting.
Washington horseman P Burch, veteran trainer and owner of famed thoroughbreds, is recovering at Providence Hospital after an appendectomy on Monday. Dr Robert Sullivan reports a speedy recovery following acute attacks that followed his winter in Florida.
The Chamber of Commerce in the District votes to not join a proposed central organization of civic and commercial groups. Members debate leadership and the chamber's role while critics warn the move could sideline local interests. The chamber decides against sending a delegate to Saturday's meeting amid heated remarks from William E Shannon and Daniel. The outcome leaves supporters optimistic that a citizens association will still form, with or without chamber backing.
Mrs Maron Bruce of Cumberland writes that Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best blood medicine. After years of poor health, weakness, and loss of appetite, taking Hood's restored strength and energy. She reports renewed appetite and ability to do housework, with no lingering fatigue. She mentions a chocolate tablet form called Sarsaparilla.
Mediation under the Erdman act shifts to Chairman Knapp and Dr Charles P Neill as they seek to resolve unsettled issues between telegrahers on the Southern Railway. Arbitration appears likely for matters not resolved, though officials will not forecast outcomes.
Detective Charles A Evans of the central office will bring back Mat hew Doss from Chicago where he claimed to have killed his wife Lillian by carbolic acid in a beer. Chicago police say the confession was made while intoxicated and recanted later. Doss faces vagrancy charges on return. Veterans event honors Daughters of the Confederacy at Confederate Home featured Dixie melodies and Southern reminiscences. A wagon wheel detached at Piney Branch Road caused glass damage to a rag store near Fourteenth and Irving Streets yesterday afternoon.
Dr Ernsto Espinosa a Fortis Rican medical student at Georgetown University Hospital was knocked down by an automobile on Pennsylvania Avenue between Third and Fourth Streets Northwest while aiding another victim. He was tossed, suffered head and body injuries, and was rushed to Emergency Hospital where he died.
Weather conditions report shows clearing in northern areas with showers in central and southern districts. Cooler air moves from the Ohio Valley eastward, with notable unsettled conditions in the southwest. Winds shift from northwest to northerly along Atlantic coasts, and temperatures vary across states with rising trends in eastern areas.
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