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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1914
Page
14
In Philadelphia and Paris alike, a wave of exchanges turns old items into bigger buys. A prominent merchant reflects on war driven demand and consumer adaptation, while a Philadelphia man chronicles a chain of swaps from a box camera to a 30 foot motorboat and beyond, each trade lifting value and satisfaction.
The Masonic Veterans Association of Aquimbia elected officers for the new year at its annual meeting held at the Masonic Temple. James Lagible retires from active presidency. 33 members died in the past year, the highest rate yet.
Mrs. Tosa Cohen of Mutchville contributes to a memorial fund for model dwellings honoring the President’s wife. Philanthropists including Miss Anna Pendleton Schenck and Miss Marcia Mealtein of New York plan and approve the design by noted women architects. Contributions of 190 dollars or more may receive 5 percent certificates. plans call for a memorial to be approved by Congress.
The interstate justic e commission is meeting today at the commission offices to discuss waterways problems and penalties. The session will address the Great Lakes and underwater lanes with joint interest from Pea onary and Vanada.
Society news notes a Christmas dinner debut at the new Country Club on Yoakum Street and planned New Year celebrations. Guests include Mr and Mrs George Winthrop Folsom, Mr and Mrs Newbold Morring, and others. Arthur J. Gammack wrote a play and a Christmas Ship arrival with music by Allen B. Pemann will be staged in the town hall for a Belgian relief fundraiser.
A Panama jungle monkey named Jack arrived in New York aboard the United Fruit Line steamship Tena from Colon and Kingston. The monkey, held in the ship’s apothecary shop, escaped during the voyage prompting a chase by crew and passengers. Dr R van Renkenstam, the ship’s surgeon, recaptured Jack after a struggle in which the doctor was bitten. The animal faces confinement in a zoo while the surgeon awaits treatment for his injured hand.
On a Boston to Springfield express Helen, a married woman with a lively daughter, comforts a fellow passenger in black whose father has died. The two strangers bond over loss and family, each finding perspective as they share stories and find solace during a long journey.
Chicago officials report Prof. A A Michelson, Nobel laureate, unveiled a bar of a new steel with tensile strength far beyond current metals. He demonstrated increasing torsion resistance, claiming fortifications could become indestructible and warfare could be deterred. The National Academy of Sciences discussed the material’s implications for peaceful and revolutionary construction.
Mrs John W Weeks unanimously elected president of the District of Columbia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage at its annual meeting held at 1442 H Street NW. Officers named include Mrs Arthur W Dunne as corresponding secretary and Miss Elizabeth Davis as recording secretary.
The Colorado strike commission, appointed by the President, organized Saturday at the Department of Labor with Secretary Wilson present. Seth Low of New York named chairman. other members are Patrick Gilday and Co. W Mills. The panel sees no present need to go to Colorado and the President plans to await further developments before recalling troops.
The Kronprinzessin Cecelle owners say the ship’s return with 2,000,400 dollars in Cherbourg and 1,000.40 in Plymouth would have aided Germany’s enemies and was a duty to passengers crew and cargo owners. Boston reports that National City Bank seeks 436,000 dollars in damages for breach of contract and the ship’s voyage was halted to avoid enemy warships.
Massachusetts delegation to National Rivers and Harbors Congress stayed at the Ebbitt House for a dinner hosted by Representative John Roeg er, Augustus Gardner, and M F Phelan. The group pressed for federal appropriations to improve the Merrimac River and included officials from many Massachusetts boards of trade and chambers of commerce along with numerous local leaders.
Lubeck reports fortune tellers banned throughout the German empire as the war blurs lines between rumor and reality. Relatives of soldiers seek updates from seers, often in nervy states, while the feld post system faces sharp criticism from newspapers.
King Albert of Belgium replies to the American relief commission, praising their efforts to feed Belgium and urging continued aid as famine grows. Antwerp bakers report flour shortages. U S consul warns of grim bread supplies this winter. Nephes sails with 6,000 tons of Rockefeller funded food, including flour, beans, peas, coffee, and salted meats. The relief commission announces a post office donation option with parcel post refunds.
Two Virginia tax plans the segregation plan and the commission plan will be aired before the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce tonight. Capt. R. Donohoe, former state auditor and now tax commission member, heads the lineup with State Senator Ewell Thornton and J. Fred Birrell as additional speakers. Also noted: obituaries for Mrs. Susan Sullivan and Mrs. Anne Newman, a grand jury session in corporation court focusing on a bigamy case, weather-related church attendance drop, and Hazel Reeder singing at First Baptist Church.
State highway commissioners and engineers from seven states attended the Raleigh meeting as the American Association of State Highway Officials was formed. Officers elected include President Henry G. Shirley of Maryland and Vice President Austin B. Fletcher of California, with Joseph Hyde Pratt of North Carolina as secretary and F. F. Rodgers of Michigan as treasurer. Seventeen states were represented at the session, ten by proxy, with voting limited to state highway officials.
The cornerstone laying for Central High School on Florida avenue between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets NW is postponed. Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent of schools, cited contractor delays and set a probable January 15 date, while withholding comment on a congressional investigation of the Washington school system.
On December 14 1799 George Washington died at Mount Vernon aged 64 after a 24 hour illness. He spoke of his wills and said he would not fear death requesting quiet final hours as physicians tended him. His burial followed on December 18 1789 with family and servants recalling his final words.
Chicago December 14 poster Russell preached at Chicago Temple on Revelation symbolik. He argued the church as Babylon has drunk from the Golden Cup of false doctrine, blending heavenly truth with earthly power, and urged believers to Come out and seek the true Bride of Christ while warning of a coming New Order under Messiah.
A promotion for Pastor Russell's 370 page volume titled The Man of Sin, answering who the Antichrist is and when he comes. The notice invites readers to send postage paid requests via the Congress International Bible Students Association in Brooklyn.
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