Lawyers Open Meet as Foreign Statesmen Attend
President of Society Elihu Root leads a session with Italian Fiore and Everett P Wheeler of New York at the Pan American Building. The gathering, focused on international law, included remarks on maritime regulation and new treaty prospects with Britain and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Root
Pasquale Fiore
Italy
Everett P Wheeler
New York
Amona
Corte Tant
Langs
Norway
Marquis de Orvart
Sian
Alejandro Alvares
Henry White
Ambesaader
France
George H Davin
Judge Advocate Genere
Army
Wheeler
Renata Achian
Brglantren
Henry Ismay
Eriteh Ford
Traie
Vermont Banquet and Dance At Armory Event
A Vermont banquet and dance is planned at the National Rifles Armory in Geoate. Doors open at 6 with tickets priced to cover a modest sum for the evening of dining and dancing. Local officials and organizers from the Vermont community, including press attendance, anticipate a lively gathering with formalities led by W. Wot ard and Dulligham and state court figures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Mathaa
Vermuert
Otnal Rifles
Dulligham
Wernhall P Roum
Ae Co Supreme
Mrs Jane McDougal Recalls Cure With Cuticura Remedies
Letter from Mrs Jane McDougal dated November 22 1911 describes years of eczema suffering before using Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Wash three times daily with hot water bathes. After eighteen months of treatment she reports significant improvement and says the condition has not returned for nearly a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haklehurgie
Rome
Jane McDougal
How to Treat Pimples with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
The advertisement outlines using Cuticura Ointment on the affected skin with a finger, rinsing after five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water, then bathing. It recommends frequent use of Cuticura Soap to prevent inflammation and clogged pores and notes free samples with a 32-page book from Cuticura Dept Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutix Cure Dept
Boston
New Car Tested Here by Washington Railway Officials
Washington Railway and Electric officials test a new car with 58 seating capacity, warm in winter and open in summer, featuring a large entry door and advanced air brakes. They plan a trial run during rush hours on the G street line and seek public opinion before expanding the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wearere
W F Hem
Washingston Railway and Electric Company
W A Wenner
Ift
Ktandara
G Street
Aviator Walsh Sets City Flight Record With Curtiss Plane
Charles F Walsh, veteran aviator, flies over Washington in a Curtiss aeroplane with Col Winder of the Ohio National Guard as passenger. He completes city flights and tests for an Aero Club license, performing spirals and five figure eights while meeting Army aviation trials at College Park and Washington landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col Winder
Ohio National Guard
College Park
Army
Washington
Curtiss
Charles F Walsh
Aero Club of America
Walsh
Augusta
Signal Corps
Aero Club
Washington Monument
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Army Aviation Field
Aero Tcmp of America
Paul Beck
Graham Walsh
Frederick Md
Wash
Heroge
Persian Priest Attracts Society Women To Bahaism
Abdul Baha, leader of the Bahai faith, addressed Washington society women and men at the home of Mrs. Arthur J Parsons in an event that drew many prominent figures including Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. He spoke on the unification of religions and the need for beliefs to conform to reason, while visitors pressed near to greet him. A public meeting was set for Memorial Continental Hall with Samuel Gompers and others in attendance.
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Abdul Baha
Washington
Arthur J. Parsons
Nicholas Longworth
Ja Holamne
Mastinfa
Arthur Jease Parsons
Jesus Christ
College Park
Are Longworth
Abdul Raha
Memorial Continental Hall
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Wiley Attacks Osteopaths Before House Panel
Dr Harvey W Wiley told the House Interstate Commerce Committee that osteopathy has no school no scientific basis and is a fraud. He fought a bill to strengthen the Pure Food and Drug Act as twenty chemists and others listened while some challenged his remark about vertebrae displacement.
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Harvey W Wiley
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Richardson
Alabama
Hamilton
Michigan
Wiley
Sabath
Illinois
Saving and pleasure in modest means in a small town
A long discussion on frugal living shows a couple raising three children on ten dollars a week, saving wisely, and valuing home, food, and clothing while maintaining regular work. It argues many should save regularly, invest in self improvement, and still enjoy reasonable pleasures to strengthen health and long term well being.
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Bia
Puccini Triumph At National In Tosca Review
Praiseworthy performance of Puccini with Sciarretti star turns. La Boheme praised as his greatest, Tosca praised for dramatic intensity and demanding score. Sciarretti’s voice and dramatic force hailed, Kinnes and Stevens cited for limitations in their roles. Orchestra solid, stage settings praised. Tosca repeated tomorrow with Frery and Sinagra in Sopranos and Tenor roles.
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Puccini
Pucelnl
Salvelaro Sciarretti
Elene Kinnes
Mimi
Tosey
James Stevens
Barytone
William Schuster
Seiott
Robert Corruccini
Boy Scouts To Give Play At Arcade
The Council Fire a dramatic reenactment of Ernest Thompson Seton's Silver Bay and Con Cobb camp will be staged at the Arcade on Fourteenth Street tomorrow afternoon and evening. Mr Seton and local scouts will appear in costume with Indian play and music. Proceeds aid the YMCA boys department. featuring the public premiere of the national scout song by Frances Densmore. Prominent patrons include Maj Leon ard Wood Admiral George Dewey Rear Admiral Thomas Selfridge George Sig Smith and many officials and educators.
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Ernest Thompson Seton
Silver Bay
Arcade
Fourteenth Street
Park Road
Mr Seton
American Boy Scouts
Boys
Young Mens Christian Association
Frances Densmore
Don Leonard Wood
George Dewey
Thomas Selfridge Lee McClung
United States
George Sig Smith
United States Geological Survey
Richmond P Hobson
John J Each Cuno
Rudolph
Charles Lynch
American Red Cross
William Mo Davidson
Richard Sylvester
Henry B . Macfarland
Charles Wood
Church of the Covenant
A C Moses
William Knowles Cooper
Colin H. Livingston
Thomas Whidwell
Friends Select School
James
West
Boy Scouts
B.S Martin
Fez Jews Driven From Homes as Mob Loots Palace Gardens
Fez Jewish residents suffer wholesale homelessness after fires and pillage by mutinous Moorish troops and a violent mob. French officers are missing or badly harmed. several executions and arrests follow as Fez faces martial court proceedings.
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Fez
Monneco
Sultans Palace
Sultana
Col Lory
Crtizel
Columba Club a Host for First Ladies Night at Chevy Chase
Five hundred guests attended the Columba Country Club event in Chevy Chase for the first ladies night in the new club home. Senator Catron spoke on experiences as a new senator, Willis L Moore described weather service troubles, and the Ogwil Carell Male quartet performed. Punch was served by committee members and dancing closed the evening.
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Columba
Chevy Chase
Senator Catron
Willis L Moore
Weather Bureau
Weather Man
Ogwil-Carell
Edwin Callow
Kenneth Ogden
Clifford A Wilkins
G F D Rollins
Callow
Arthur Pierce
Raymond Morgan
Misses Sallie Willams
Anne Seymour Jones
Ethel Lloyd
Clara E Carrington
Helen Chandlee
Helen Zea
Mary Madison Jones
Ethel Foster
Lola Howard
Russian Ambassador’s Wife Named Red Cross Delegate
Mme Bakhmeteff wife of the Russian Ambassador to the United States, is appointed by the Czarina to represent the Russian empire at the international Red Cross conference to be held in the United States beginning May 7. She also represents Bulgaria by letter from the Bulgarian king and parliament, enhancing her influence at the meeting.
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Russias
Bulgara
Red Cross
Mme Bakhmeteff
United States
Czarina
Russia
Mme Bakhmeteif
Bulgaria
Ithig
School Teachers to Sell Flowers at Downtown Stores
Public school teachers plan a flower sale tomorrow with booths in downtown shops to raise funds for the school playground. Proceeds will benefit Southwest Washington, with space donated by W B Moses & Sons, Woodward & Lothrop, Palais Royal, Kann Sons & Co, Lansburgh, Duhan & Martin, and the New Willard Hotel. Carnations donated by Washington florists.
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Cannat
Washington
Moses & Sons
Woodward & Lothrop Palais
Hoyal
Kann Sons & Co
Lansburgh Duhn & Martin
New Willard Hotel
Washington Floriets
Diet And Health Hints From Dr Allen For Children
Children should not hear harsh critiques of meals and should be told the chosen foods are best. Emphasize that eating slowly from good foods builds strength, health, learning, growth, happiness, kindness, and success in study and work. Do not dwell on negatives or poisons.
Prizes for Shad Bake At River View Event
The shad bake committee of the Board of Trade reports prizes valued over a hundred dollars already donated by local merchants. Winners in athletic events at the annual River View gathering on Saturday May 5 will share these real prizes.
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Board of Trade
River View
Merchants of
Washington
Funeral for Emory F Best Former Interior Dept Attorney Dead at 72
Funeral services for Emory F Best retired attorney for the Interior Department and former judge who died at Emergency Hospital will be held tomorrow afternoon from 2700 Wisconsin avenue NW. The Rev. Charles T Warner of St David's Episcopal Mission will conduct the services. Northwest Democrats met at Lewis' Hall as Floyd King urged road improvements in the District and John Boyd spoke on Jeffersonian Democracy. Eight new members were welcomed into the Northwest Democratic Club.
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Emory F. Best
Emory F Best
Interior Department
Wisconsin Avenue
Charles T Warner
St David's Episcopal Mission
Northwest Democratic Club
Lewis’ Hall
Fourteenth Street
Floyd King
John Boyd
Hamilton seeks U S payment of West Virginia debt
Representative Hamilton of West Virginia told the House judiciary committee that a bill should require the federal government to pay West Virginia’s share of Virginia’s old war debt. He argued WV’s creation during the Civil War was a war measure and cited absorbed property cases in Texas California the Philippines and Puerto Rico to justify federal payment.
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Hamilton
West Virginia
House
Judiciary Committee
Virginia
Haemden
United States
Texas
California
Philippines
Porta Rico
Odds in Hifton nonsupport case leave jury divided
In Criminal Court No 1 William Hifton faced a nonsupport charge. After four hours, the jury remained hopelessly at odds over whether he properly withheld support from his wife. The case awaits further action by Justice Anderson. A Neighborhood House festival runs May 2–4 at 470 N Street NW featuring displays, a minstrel show, a Jamestown landing tableau, and dances. St Mary’s Catholic Church receives a $500 bequest to benefit masses and orphans with trustees named in the will.
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William Hifton
Hilton
Anderson
N Street
Jamestown
St. Mary's Church
Geta
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Marco Laurensi
John & Ruppert
Felix Cristofan
Origins and role of the poet laureate in English tradition
The piece traces poet laureate origins to Greece and Rome with later royal endowments in England. It notes Geoffrey Chaucer as a founder figure, an annuity and wine allotment shaping the role, and Elizabethan masques requiring libretti as the driving need for a laureate.
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Greece
Rome
Frederick I
Germany
Guntherkram
Petrarch
Rone
Gome
Continent
England
Panza
Tider
Tare
Haucer
Milton
Spenser
Elizabeth
Revival of the sash and kitchen garden lore
The article promotes directoire sash fashion using black velvet or satin with a three yard ribbon belt and fringe ends, plus how to finish with embroidered touches. It also includes home growing tips for savory herbs, mint, sage, parsley, tarragon, and lavender for year round seasoning and garnish.
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Directoire
Suimer
How To Bake A Cake From Early Text Fragments
A fragmentary guide notes cake baking basics with emphasis on careful measurement and patient rising. It stresses light handling once batter is set, oven regulation learned by experience, greased pans with flour dusting, and the use of pastry flour for best results.
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Etar
Sidelights on the Smart Set Continue PR
Local notices detail summer plans and visiting guests in New York and Boston. Residents including Mr and Mrs Filas J W Herrich and Mr and Mrs Philips of New York occupy villas on Hill Street while others arrive in early spring.
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Henry Jads Metropale
Hestry
New York
Boston
Filas
Herrich New Kork
Dlay Street
Ani
Philips
Fleathea
Aden
Ambassador Bryce Departs for Kar Branciaco to Study New Zealand
Ambassador Bryce and Mrs Bruce left Washington yesterday bound for Kar Branciaco to study first hand the polar ard. The envoy aims to observe Bot jfah empire actions while Mr Bruce awaits guidance at the bases.
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Brice
Bruce
Washington
Kar Branciaco
New Zealand
Jfah
Alfred Mitel el Innes
Reginald Rutherford Weds Miss Catherine Alvord in New York
Reginald Rutherford marries Catherine Alvord, a Washingtonian, in New York. The ceremony draws Fenmam, Alvord family relatives, and notable attendees. The bride's sister and the groom's father attend, with Allen Rutherford listed among the family. The report emphasizes the social union and the Washington connection.
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Catherine Alvord
Washingtonian
New York
Washington
Fenmam
Alvord
Reginald Ruterford
Allen Rutherford
Bill Start
Asuten
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