Metcalf Urges Immediate Appropriation After California Disaster
Secretary Metcalf telegraphs the President from San Francisco detailing appalling industrial and commercial losses affecting 600,000 people. He notes destruction of telegraph and telephone systems, municipal buildings, and army facilities, with a tentative public cost for repairs and a call for Congress to fund new subtreasury and rebuilding efforts. The water situation is improving and relief efforts prevent public suffering.
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Signal Corps
Metcalf
Army
Fort Mason
Mint
Hall of Justice
Congress
Excursion on the St Johns to Colonial Beach and River View
Washington pleasure seekers may ride the St Johns steamer tomorrow for a three hour river excursion with no landings. Passages include Alexandria Forts and points like Bryans Point and Glymont while Prof Christopher Arth leads a summer orchestra. Supper will be served aboard. trips depart 2 15 pm and return by 8 0 pm with May 6 start for River View service.
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Washington
St. Johns
H S Randall
New York
Colonial Beach
River View
Alexandria
Old Fort Foote
ME Vernon
Fort Washington
Fort Hunt
United States Fish Compaission Station
Bryans Point Ma
Clarey Island
Potomac
Gunston Hall
Wall
Rhor View
Emergency Hospital Directors Elect New Board For Year
A meeting of the Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital board was held to elect new directors for the coming year. The roster includes Henry F Blount W J Boardman Dr C W Needham Hennen Jennings Mrs Richard T Magigan Thomas Nelson Page R Ras Perry Eugene Hale Arthur T Price Avilligen H Witmer Dr JT Morris Mur Brown Miler Dr James Dud Morgan Dr P C Smith Dr G Lloyd Magruder Dr George M Kober Deaber Johnson Stirling Ruffin Mrs R Hawles WoC Whittemore Thomas J Walsh WA Slater Dr Dk Shute Commander PA Miller Dr WP Carr Dr George Cully Vaughan Dr A Shands Dr F A King Mrs 87 Postlethwaite and ex officio Dr William C Woodward health officer of the District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital
Henry F. Blount
W J. Boardman
C W. Needham
Hennen Jennings
Richard T. Magigan
Thomas Nelson Page
R. Ras: Perry
Eugene Hale
Arthur T Price
Avilligen H_ Witmer
JT Morris Mur
Brown Miler
James Dud ‘Y Morgan
P C Smith
G Lloyd
Magruder
George M Kober
Aber Johnson
Stirling Ruffin
R Hawles
Woc
A” Shands
F A King
87. Postlethwaite
William C Woodward
Wife Sues for Maintenance in District Supreme Court
Mrs Helene Stern sues Sail Mandell Stern for maintenance in the District Supreme Court alleging failure to provide. She says they married in Strasburg Germany in 1880 and have lived in the country about twenty years. The complaint and partition are presented by attorney Wilton J. Lambert.
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Sail Mandell Stern
Helene Stern
District Supreme Court
Strasburg
Germany
Wilton J. Lambert
Mint saves the city as Berkeley men recount quake
Ambrose Bierce receives a Berkeley letter from Albert S. Bueres of the San Francisco mint describing how workers fought through the quake and flames to keep the mint standing. The note notes fires spreading from Market Street and the Paralones off the coast, with Berkeley losing only two chimneys. A. H. Powers later describes the San Francisco disaster in a letter to his daughter.
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Albert S. Bueres
Berkeley
Cal
San Francisco
Ambrose Bierce
Mr. Eneree
Market Street
A. H Powers
Jeter
C. EB. Grimsky
Mr. Powers
Pacific Heights
Sana Francisco
Earthquake and Fire Relief Fund Update From Frisco
Receipts total 8 913 12 with further large sums expected today as 116 district chairmen report returns. Edson notes difficulty estimating final total. mail and in person gifts dominate. Treasurer Parker reports 5 916 61 acknowledged yesterday, plus 27 139 01 previously, bringing total received to 33 055 75.
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Edson
Washington
Frisco
John Joy Edson
S Parker
California” Fund
Relief Concert by Census Bureau Employees Hits Crowd
Over one thousand tickets sold for a relief concert by Census Bureau employees for San Francisco fire and earthquake victims. D A R Memorial Hall reserved. next Wednesday night at 4 30 on Thirteenth Street West. Receipts audited show 502 30 raised. finance chair John Joy Edson notes generous patronage and cashiers refused change in many cases. United American Mechanics urges 1600 councils to contribute.
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Census Bureau
San Puencigca
D. A. R Memorial
J. Frank
W M Weber
Robert D. Schaum
Henry Lansburgh
John Joy ‘Edson
Huss
John Joy Edson
San Francisco
Mufferera
Cafs
J Frank Wiss
K. Raymond
Oscar J Ricketts
GW Gill Wwol
Gilcreast
National Councilor
Jonor
United American Mechanica
Artists Offer Benefit Concert in San Francisco Relief
A benefit concert for San Francisco sufferers is set for Wednesday May 2 at the New Willard. Noted Washington artists Emma Prall Knorr and Annie Prall will present Tennyson’s Enoch Arden with a Richard Strauss arrangement. Also featured are songs by Milo Hardeen-Hickey and Oscar Garelssen, acclaimed Washington artists.
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San Francisco
New Willard
Washington
Emma Prall Knorr
Richard Strauss
Milo Hardeen-Hickey
Oscar Garelssen
Public memorial for Susan B Anthony planned in DC
A high tribute to Susan B Anthony will be paid at a public memorial Tuesday May 1 at 8 p m at the Church of Our Father in NW Washington. The event is under the auspices of the Equal Suffrage Association of the District of Columbia and invites all friends of Miss Anthony and the suffrage cause to attend and support the tribute to America's most distinguished woman.
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Susan B Anthony
Church of Our Father
Ltreets
Equal Suffrate Association
District of Columbia
Miss Anthony
America
Calvary Church Gives $507 Urgent Earthquake Appeal
Washington readers respond to the San Francisco disaster with generous donations to The Post fund now near $4.24 million. Calvary Baptist Church pastor Rev Samuel H Greene led an urgent appeal to 800 members for a voluntary offering to aid the stricken coast. A $507.50 check arrived from W B Evans, church treasurer, and all contributions go to the Red Cross Society.
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San Francisco
Washington
Post Fund
Hich
Calvary Baptist Church
Eighth and
H Streets
Samuel H. Greene
Pacific Coast
W. B Evans
Red Cross Society
Falvary Baptist Church
Red Cross passes million in San Francisco relief funds
Secretary Magee explains funds are sent as needed and audited by the War Department while Dr Devine reports progress in San Francisco. Over 350000 received yesterday at national HQ and subscriptions continue. A thousand still in hospitals with smallpox and measles reported. federal authorities oversee sanitation and relief coordination.
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The
Red Cross
Magee
San Francisco
United States
War Department
Frisco
Devine
Bdnard T. Devine
Relief Committee
National Red Cross
James D Phelan
Adwad T. Devine
Real Cross
Washington
Thomas A Jones
District Ofolumbia
American National
Carnegie work hindered by California quake
The Carnegie Institution fears its California science enterprises have suffered damage from the earthquake. Luther Burbank’s Santa Rosa plant work and Mount Wilson Observatory astronomy may be affected while magnetic North Pacific survey proceeds. Officials have not heard from Burbank, Mount Wilson, or survey leaders and will decide on sending staff after President Woodward’s return.
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Carnegie Institution
California
Woodward
Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Mount Wilson
Pasadena
Burbank
Mount Wilson Observatory
Survey
Astor Heiress Receives Fortunes From Will
Philadelphia April 27 Mrs Jacob Astor inherits from her father Edward S Willing a 9.5 million addition to her fortune but does not receive the royal jewels. Willing died of heart disease on April 1 and Mrs Astor rushed to his bedside but could not reach him in time.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Astor
Edward S. Willing
Mrs. Astor
Mr. Witling
Mrs Astor
Cuticura Remedies Recalled For Skin Cure Testimony
D.E. Blankenship of Indianapolis testifies that Cuticura Ointment and Soap cured a severe skin condition after other baths and remedies failed. He describes relentless itching, hair loss, and scalp irritation improving after nightly treatments and four boxes of Cuticura. He says the scalp stays clean and plans to continue using the products.
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D.E. Blankenship
N. del St
Indianapolis
Willing estate leaves cash and art to daughters and son
John R. Willing distributes 295000 cash to each daughter Mrs. Astor and Susan Ridgway Willing Lawrence, widow of Francis Cooper Lawrence Jr. Balances go to his son. Daughters inherit art treasures valued around 200000, plus fifty volumes each from his library. Royal jewels and other items are listed among the bequests to Ava Lowie Willing Astor and others.
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Mr. Willing
John R. Willing
Christina de Bourbon
Ferdinand VII
Spain
Marguerite of Navarre
Ava Lowie Willing Astor
Louis Philinne
Sarah B. Cazenove
Baston
Ruth St Denis Performs Oriental Dances At Belasco Theater
Ruth St Denis presented a sequence of eastern inspired dances with soft incense and lighting at the Belasco Theater to aid the Blame for Incurables and the Barney Neighborhood Club. Harvey Worthington Loomis provided oriental music as the dancer portrayed the Spirit of Incense, Cobra, and Radha in stylized movements symbolic of renunciation.
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Orient
Belasco
Ruth St. Denis
East
Barney Newhborhood Club
Harvey Worthington Loomis
Miss St. Dente
Radha
Krishna
Miss &J. Denis
Ther
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Metcif
Marshall Hal
Marshall Hall
Charles Macalester
Seventh Street Wharf
Relief Fund
High Order
Calvary Church
Baptist Congregation
Mme. Quesada
Eleanor Ridgely
Marcia. Butler
Alice Miller
Richard Harlow
Misa Shelby Converse
Julian Ripdey
Miller
Chatard
Wayne Parker
Britton
Thomas Noyes
Goa
Miss Ridgely
Errol Cuthbert Brown
George Whittiela Brown
Bell
Boardman
Isabel May
Miss Huff
Fuss Miller
Miss Cot Th
Poe
Tuckerman
Stevens
Gordon
Misses Miller
Perkins
City
Atlantic City
Senator Dryden
Taft
Speck von Sternburg
Beverly Farms
Mass
Viscountess de Faramond
Paul Jones
Camry
Roy Stone
Gen
Ridgely
Norfolk
G. W. Offutt
Ethyl Gertrude
Robert Stanley MacKnight
Baltimore
Children’s Country Home
Donald McLean
Boston
London
Minneapolis
Atlantic Transport Line
PP. L Willis
Harry Wyckoff
France
Switzerland
Italy
Miss Jones
Morehead
Portland
Stanhope Henry
California Avenue
William Otway Owen
Lynchburg
Mrs Burrows
Carnegie
Sunday Post
F. A. Kennard
Stt
Paul Park
Mion
Fotter Drug & Chem. Corp
Miss. St. Denis
California Fig Syrup Co
B. H. Stinemetz & Son CO
Stinemetz
Knox
Statson
Heath
B.H. Stinemetz& Son Co. Hatters and Furriers
OLD Colony CO
al Street
Curios
Igozef St
D. C
Dulin & Martin CO
Motow & CO
F Street
Burchell
Hattie M. Shacklette
Womes
Cnildrun
Potomac Electric Power Co. Contract Dept
14Th St. N. W
Sorosis
Sorosis Shop
F St
10Th St
Manyon
Newark
Ben Franklin
Home Savings Bank
7Th and
Mass. Ave. N. W
7Th
H Sts. N. E
St. S. W
Kimball Piano
T. P. Culley
Eleventh St. N. W
V.D. Rosen
le Nard
le Nard Medical Co
Teotlasran’ D.C
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