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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1907
Page
3
The Times financial supplement argues there is no foreign competition in bullion and calls for ready money, stronger gold reserves, and recuperation. It warns foreign credits must be met with firm refusal to protect domestic trade and prepare for autumn demand amid UK monetary pressure.
Forty hours devotion began in St Pauls Church with solemn high mass led by Rev W H Ketcham yesterday and continues until tomorrow. A procession of children and a special musical program followed the mass. The devotion, an expiation and reparation to the blessed sacrament, is observed in dioceses throughout the year with masses held at a central altar and side altars for other rites. Funerals and ceremonies drawing attention from the sacrament are forbidden during this period.
President extends invitation to Union Army officers and Civil War veterans to attend the McClellan statue unveiling in Washington on May 2. The 37th reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac plans ceremonies May 1–3 at Belasco Theater, the White House East Room reception May 13, and related banquets with leaders including Major General Joseph P. Sanger and other U.S. Army, Navy, and diplomatic figures.
The funeral of Benjamin Franklin Gilbert, prominent real estate man and Takoma Park founder, was held at Hines Chapel on Fourteenth Street NW. Rev Thomas Culbertson Clar led a private service attended by over a hundred friends. interment at Forest Lake Cemetery. Pallbearers included Mayor W Plath and several councilmen. Gilbert, a past life member of Columbia Commandery No. 2, died after a brief illness.
The Washington Opera Club will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pinafore at the Belasco on Wednesday night to raise funds for the Pocahontas Memorial Association. The aim is to finance a Pocahontas statue with the support of the city’s premier musical group. The performance is organized by the Pocahontas Association music and art committees.
Two persons are reported missing including Henjarain I Pettis a 32 year old man from 312 Reservoir Street NW who has been gone since April 15. The Kaplin family seeks help locating 13 year old Nathan Kaplin of 42 Street NW. Three youths aged 13 to 15 Daniel Mahoney Clarence Warden and James Folner were detained by Baltimore police as fugitives amid bicycle riding incidents.
The U S Supreme Court heard four Kentucky local option cases on interstate commerce. A Cincinnati firm sold whisky by express to Kentucky drinkers, charging fees and using demijohns to ship alcohol. Kentucky fined violators, while express firms argued their role as carriers and warehouses. The court's ruling will affect twenty eight related Kentucky cases pending.
Although most delegates to the sixteenth D A R congress have left Washington Mrs Me Lean and many national officers stay to visit Jamestown with government officials and the diplomatic corps. Rail stations were crowded yesterday with farewells as Donald McLean returned to New York and Miss Bessie McLean remained with her mother.
Washington date desk reports a muted but firm stock market last week led by Amalgamated Copper United States Steel Union Pacific and Reading with oversold signals and a strong undertone. Copper metal price fixing on the New York Metal Exchange drew scrutiny amid vague speculation of crop scares and broader money conditions improving worldwide.
Members fined and expelled for nonpayment of dues will not be reinstated. At yesterday's meeting nominations were set for the term’s officers with J. Mon Ton Kreiter and T. C. Parsons as presidential contenders. Officers include W. F. O'Brien for vice president and George Salbold for secretary. Three international convention delegates will be chosen from Government Printing Office staff observers.
The Supreme Court considers whether a railroad can be forced to produce its books in an interstate commerce act suit for damages over alleged discrimination. Pennsylvania Railroad faces nearly 9.2 million in claims by Webster and Pennsylvania coal and coke firms for coal jar supply and rival-company allowances. The case traces orders to reveal daily coal distribution in Cambria Indiana Blair districts and tiered official roles, with executives Cassatt Thayer and ten others appealing to review lower court rulings.
Crammond Kennedt writes that a report wrongly implied he supported Drago Doctrine and accused Germany of intent. He clarifies he spoke to correct misapprehensions about debt, arbitration, and blockade in Venezuela, stressing no nation sought territorial occupation and no firm stance by the society was adopted.
John F. Stevens former Panama Canal chief engineer sails for New York to meet a large East railroad about valuing physical properties. He declines to discuss his appointment, hinting it is tied to Pennsylvania System. Also update on W. H. Manson in District Smallpox Hospital, improving as expected with no serious developments feared.
A spring snowstorm hit Colorado and surrounding regions, with heavy on low lands and light west of the Continental Divide. Damages to fruit may reach millions, but moisture benefits grain and other crops. traffic mostly unimpeded. Reports from Denver Pueblo Grang Junction and other stations note sharp temperature drops and mixed outcomes for crops.
Aged woman Mrs. Margaret Nicol, placed in the House of Detention by police Saturday, is to be cared for by her sister Mrs. Mary Halahan who lives at 638 A Street Northeast. contact John Nicol in Owen Sound, Canada, for information.
Munyon's line of home remedies claims to cure chronic rheumatism and other ailments without drugs. The ad touts a 3 X Rheumatism Cure priced at $1.00, with refunds for unsatisfied customers and separate treatments for distinct diseases. It also promotes additional products for cold, kidney, digestion, constipation, headaches, piles, vitality, and free medical advice from Munyon's doctors in Philadelphia.
Unfurnished and furnished houses and apartments offered for rent in Washington DC area. listings include many addresses and prices, multiple neighborhoods such as Dupont Circle, Brightwood, Chevy Chase, and Georgetown vicinity. Also solicitations for summer rentals and owner direct inquiries with contact by box numbers.
Advertisement for a brick dwelling on T Street NW offered to colored citizens with terms or rent to colored person only. Features include a room, bay window, hot water heat, cellar, nearby alley, porcelain tub, and curb appeal. Includes contact for Joseph B. Atkinson and Atkinson Ballard Co. in Chicago.
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