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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1914
Page
6
Excise board issues instructions for applicants from September 1 to 15, detailing hotel and extra entrance classifications, special club certificates, and corporate filing requirements. Only 300 barrooms licensed per year. 452 exist. Wholesale licenses rise from 500 to 600. barroom renewal fees leap from 1000 to 1500. Applications due September 1 with fee checks. processing in order of receipt.
District commissioners faced criticism for alleged blind enthusiasm toward a Crosser bill for municipal ownership of street railways. The minority report alleged inefficient service and biased conclusions in Congress, while Commissioner Newman refused further comment and urged readers to review the commissioners’ April report on public transportation versus private ownership.
A citizens committee prepares for an alley elimination survey once the bill passes. Roy Haynes leads data collection on insanitary alleys to remove the worst areas first with fall completion targeted. Veterans of multiple wars to attend Gen McIntyre Post meeting to discuss next national convention in the city. Retail Merchants Association names ten for the joint conventions committee.
Police notes report Irving A. Lehman of Rockville Maryland says $20 vanished from his locker at the city post office. Guards at the embassy were withdrawn as tensions with Mexico eased. Detectives on duty included McNamune Mullen Embrey and Messer. Wilhelm Sirowatsky of 1477 Twenty second street Twining City was severely bitten by a dog owned by Lewis Gray on Nelor road. He was taken to Casualty Hospital. A Capitol Traction northbound car on Connecticut avenue hit an automobile owned by White Eggleston of Chevy Chase DC, causing minor damage with no injuries.
Will iam A Schwerdtfeger, one of five firemen injured in the American Five and Ten Cert Store fire on Seventh Street in December, will appear before a pension board this afternoon to show cause why he should not be retired without pension. Doctors report illness before he joined the department, and Schwerdtfeger claims the illness arose from hard service and that he has contributed to the pension fund. The board meets at 2 o'clock in the half of No 3 Truck Company on Fourteenth Street and Ohio Avenue Northwest.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor headlined in the young people's building to push for statewide liquor prohibition with a Sept 22 election looming. Delegates for the A O H convention and a three-fire company outdoor carnival in Alexandria were also announced, with plans for entertainment and visits to Mount Vernon and Arlington. Malcolm N. Collis, 13, died after brief illness. his body to Lincolnia for burial.
Horton Harris private secretary to Louisiana Representative Dupre was found dead with a bullet wound in his head Tuesday night in Dupre's New Orleans office. Officials cite financial difficulties as the motive. Harris had left Washington two weeks earlier to spend the summer with relatives. He was widely known in the city and 3 years old.
A list of intended marriages includes Harry Joshua Hetaures 85 and Miriam How ard Evans 31 of Frederick Maryland with Rev W T Mcionney officiating. Other couples span Washington DC Alexandria VA Brentwood MD Good Hope DC Hicks Store VA and other locales with various ages and officiants noted among partial OCR fragments.
The funeral for Thomas H. Brinkley son of William H. Brinkley 2113 Nichols avenue Anacostia drowned at Virginia Beach was held at St Theresa’s Catholic Church Anacostia at 9 o clock yesterday morning Rev Father Martin P J Egan preached the sermon about 200 relatives and friends including a Carroll Council Knights of Columbus delegation attended Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery
Charles R Walker and Ellenora E Walker have a boy. Ralph R Wayland and Kethering V Wayland have a boy. Belden and Hattie A Smithwick have a girl. Robert B Swope and Lydia SM Swope have a boy. Waller J Lockwood and Ruth Lockwood have a boy. Willard B Hickey and Mable E Hickey have a boy. Robert J Green and Anna B Green have a boy. Andrew J Dermond and Rosa A Dermond have a boy. Wilton W Drownan and Balbena Drownan have a girl. Charles H Valban and Mary Valban have a boy. John Spriges and Marthe Spriges have a girl. Samuel Robinson and Emma Robinson have a boy. Edward A Ridgsley and Frances M Ridgsley have a boy. Raward Mitchell and Laura Mitchell have a boy. award and Gertrude Dant have a boy.
Deaths reported include John L Erickson of 1738 Church aw and others at addresses such as 2031 N Cap st Emma Crump 504 M st aw and Farman Cray at Govi Hosp Insane aged 78 Emma Turner 23 N H ave o 2 years Infant of B Peyton and Edith Whalen at Georgetown University Hospital 4 days Mary Murphy 64 Georgetown University Hospital and many others from Freedman's Hospital incl Walter Blend 48 years and James Brooks 2 years plus ages and locations for numerous residents in the area
District militiamen at Camp near Virginia Beach, led by Lt Wagner, were placed on guard duty to deter picket dodging after nights at the casino. Gov. Stuart to visit. a life-saving drill and court martial proceedings for Private R. B. Payne are on the schedule as rain alters plans for parades and galas.
Lieut George W. Polhemus of Washington and Western High School fame, captain of the 1907 champion baseball and the 1906 basketball teams, serves with Company E of the Twenty-ninth Infantry. He and his fellow soldiers prep for maneuvers, with Capt Raymond Clark as disbursing officer. The unit, praised for a prior baseball win, will move to Cordite Camp, then join the regiment at Plattsburg.
The United Biatns Soldiers' Home Hand led by John S. Zimmagtmann performs at the home bandstand from 6 pm featuring Solos and marches The United States Marine Band under leader William H Suntelmann performs at the Capitol with a program including Georgetown University overture Rianzzi bal costumi polonaise Toreador and arias from La Boheme and a finale The Star Spangled Banner is scheduled as part of the program.
Inspection by Commissioner Newman and Acting Engineer Commissioner Brooke led to orders for resurfacing sections in the northwest including Church street Twenty first Street Kingman Place and Rhode Island Avenue. Assessments average about two dollars per foot with total resurfacing costs near two hundred sixty thousand dollars. Protests from property owners have been received but changes to the schedule are unlikely.
Erickson a former Jenetor Sterling employee from South Dakota was found unconscious in a bathtub at 1728 Church Street Northwest. Coroner Nevitt ruled death from a cerebral hemorrhage, not gas poisoning, with only a few inches of water in the tub. The Norweigan native had lived in South Dakota where his wife resides and once worked as a Capitol clerk.
Washington Florists Association discussed plans at a meeting for attending the American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists annual convention in Boston on August 17. About 75 percent of members have signed to go. A winter show is set for the Masonic Temple in November. Fred Kremer chairs the exhibition committee. John Lewis Childs of Flowerfield showcased a Gladiolus Snow King variety, drawing favorable comments.
The Socialist Party schedules two meetings and a picnic in Washington to discuss the European crisis. J. W. Richman leads the events with speakers HB Rogers, Miss Jeanette Gershanick, and Rev. Martin O'Donoghue as principal speaker at Lidby Park from 4:39 PM to midnight, plus a Friday northwest section gathering at 811 E Street NW.
Two falls from buildings were reported yesterday. Samuel Dewlar, 35, carpenter of 452 F street NW, fell from a ladder at 52 F street NW, suffering minor head and wrist injuries and was taken to Emergency Hospital. James Hurd, 12, of 315 H Street NW, fell from a scaffold at 33rd Street and Went Place NW, knocking off a board that hit J. Mills, 45, of 401 Seventh Street NW. Mills escaped serious injury.
Jeremiah Donavan of Connecticut struck 17 year old Howard Keys on a bicycle at the intersection of First and Massachusetts avenues northeast in Washington. Keys sustained injuries to the left shoulder knees and head and was taken to Casualty Hospital by Donavan. Injuries described as not serious.
William Snow 11, an eager investigator, blasted a cartridge with an ax in his Southwest Street backyard. A fragment struck playmate William Hefel-Sager in the thigh, sending him to Emergency Hospital for treatment. Snow escaped injury as the shell exploded. Later, printers plan an outing despite overtime from the European war crisis, chaired by Daly.
City bulletins announce an event on August 7 hosted by the Street Safety Association with free prizes for attendees. The notice also promotes Parker Jack Knife Fountain Pen safety at Fountain Pen Shop and Shaffer’s New Flower Store. Additional ads urge carpet cleaning by Conger’s and cleaning services by KF V. Luneh while noting a Va Theater ticket promotion.
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