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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1916

Page

10

District House panel weighs school board control plan

The House District subcommittee debated elective versus appointed boards with Commissioner Newman and Syme for a transfer of appointive power from the District Supreme Court to the commissioners while Blair and Buttf opposed. The hearing drew many teachers and a promise to reconvene at 10 30 to hear more witnesses and consider delaying effect until after current terms.

Subcommittee On Education House District Committee Board of Education District Supreme Court Newman Syme Henry P Blair Board of Educent Marion Butt North Carolina United States Boards of Education Lloyd

Hot Water and Limestone Phosphate Cure Advised

A health blurb touts drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims benefits for digestion appetite and overall wellness, urging readers to obtain the powder from drug stores at low cost.

District Urgent Deficiency Bill Sets District Funding at 24823

Appropriations committee reports an urgent deficiency bill carrying 24823 dollars for the District. Education subcommittee hearings begin on transferring public school control from the board to the commissioners. A subcommittee session is at 10:30 this forenoon. Representative Lobeck of Nebraska introduces a gas price bill setting District cost at 70 cents per cubic yard.

Ragsdale South Carolina Blair Lloyd HOUSE Appropriations Committee Board of Education Lobeck Nebraska

Congress Briefs on Interests and Labor Safety Bureau

Lawmakers discussed a resolution naming groups seeking influence on waterways legislation including the National Rivers and Harbors Congress and Alabama Power. The Mann bill to create a Bureau of Labor Safety passed the House. it would appoint a commissioner earning 5 000 annually to study labor safety and disease prevention. Hawaiian public utilities would come under the Islands Public Utilities Commission. Rainey renewed a tax removal bid on mixed flour, raising debate on school appointments and merit systems under education reform proposals.

Frear Wisconsin National Rivers and Harbors Congress Alabama Power Company Atanticast Dredge Owners’ Association Bureau of Labor Safety House Island Public Utilities Commission Congress Henry T. Rainey Miracie Ways and Means Committee Rainey Senate

Alfred Noyes Lectures on Optimism in Poetry at Society

Alfred Noyes English poet addressed the Society of Fine Arts at the National Museum on Optimism in the Poetry of the Future. The throng filled the room, with 46 illuminated interpretations of his works, as Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford presided and introduced the speaker.

Society of Fine Arts Alfred Noyes Glaucou National Museum Mr. Neyes Society Wendell Phillips Stafford District Supréme Court

Plaza awards near in land seizure role for rail line

President may issue executive order to seize Baltimore and Ohio holdings for Union Station plaza extension after the plaza awards commission reported private property compensations and projected savings vs but faced four unsettled titles. The panel’s findings show awards around 1.4 million dollars, with railroad offers declined and a treasury balance remaining.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Tte Union Station Plaza Commission On Plaza Awards Wilson United States Plaza Commission W. W. Spalding Guy Mason J A. Coulter Wells Baltimore and Ohio United States Treasury

District Supreme Court Admits 83 to Practice Law

Eighty three new lawyers were admitted yesterday by the District Supreme Court Justices in term at the courthouse. Five of the group are young women graduates of the Washington School of Law with notable positions in federal and district offices.

District Supreme Court Adigola of Law William Henry Ennis District Bar Association Washington School of Law Ann E. O'Neill Eunice Wright Lexington Edna J. Sheehy James A. Sheehy Company Lulu Lee Hekman Children’s Bureau Department of Labor Mary Annis Sinclair Patent Office John W. Addison Virginia Francia D. Alexander District of Columbia Ishmast Burton West Virginia Harrison M. Brooks William J. Butler Ilinois Henry MM. Babcock J. Harry Byrne Massachusetts Columbia Ross H Johnson Istrict of Thomas H. Johnston Ralph John Kelley New York Hunter B. Linton Thomas A. Lavery New Yorkky Law Murphy Mullen E. Lester Man Pennsylvania Morris Murray Brendan J. McCann Harold 8. Miner Massachusetta Celvert C. Merriken Maryland Charles Ll. McClaskey Kentucky Anja Morgan Stuart G. McAllister Fred M. Nestler Lorin C. Nelson North Dakota Moses Offenberg Charles T. Pack, Jr Robert A. Proctor George BE. Phimmer Lester EB. Palmer Idaho Walter C Rathbone Mark Roman G. B. Rausch Albert E. Raitzel North Carolina Lynn A. Rowell John B. Steven Wisconsin Wintemute W. Sloan Abraham J. Schram Michigan Ruloff V. L. Stratton Donald Springer Lansdale , Bas

Prestons Off for Key West Cruise with Commodore Benedict

Prof and Mrs Thomas J Preston Jr of Princeton left Hot Springs Virginia today to join Commodore Benedict aboard the Oneida yacht for a cruise in Southern waters through the rest of January.

Washington Post Hot Springs Thomas J. Preston, Jr Princeton Key West E. &. Benedict

Live Stock Markets Report from Chicago and New York

HOGS receipts 51,000 weak with prices 5.75 to 7.70. CATTLE receipts 18,600 unsettled with steers 6.60 to 9.85 and calves 7.50 to 16.76. SHEEP receipts 18,000 strong with ewes 5.25 to 7.78 and lambs 8.40 to 10.30. New York bids show BEAVES receipts 2,028 strong. calves firm. sheep and lambs 3,020 firm with lambs 9.50 to 11.26. Hog receipts at Tib 77.85 roughs 6.50.

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Honor Late Gen Sternberg Memorialized by DC Groups

A joint meeting of the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the District of Columbia and the Medical Society of Washington at George Washington Medical School honored Surgeon General George M. Sternberg with resolutions and addresses. Speakers included Harvey W. Wiley N C Quinn George M Kober and H C McAtee who urged Congress to express national gratitude and called for broader public education on tuberculosis.

George M. Sternberg Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis of District of Columbia Medical Society of Washington George Washington Medical School H Street Harvey W. Wiley N. C. Quinn George M. Kober H. C. McAtee Congress Gen. Sternberg Wiley Quinnenoke Kober

Gas fumigation on coast guard ship overcomes six crewmen

In New York on January 18 six crew members of the U S coast guard cutter Seneca were overcome by hydrocyanic gas fumes used to fumigate the vessel. Among the affected was Dr R B Sayres assistant surgeon. The event marks one of the first uses of the acid for fumigation at the New York navy yard.

New York United States Coast Board Seneca New York Navy Yard R. B. Sayres

Noted Guests at Pan American Reception in Formal Attire

The Pan American reception showcased diplomats and dignitaries from Latin American powers, neutral states, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. Mrs Wilson wore black velvet with silver, while President Wilson's presence drew courtly attention as a grand ball followed a formal procession and supper. Numerous ambassadors, ministers, and their spouses appeared in elaborate gowns and decorations, creating a vivid display of 1910s diplomatic gala fashion.

Washington Austria-Hungary Turkey Wilsons Col. Harts Mrs. Lansing Mrs. Wilson Mr. Lansing Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo Mme, da Gama Lansing Gregory Mrs. Lane Secretary of Agriculture Mme. de Pena Swjea Mme. Ritter Senora Dona Las Mendez Panama Mme. Morales Mr. Lefevre Miss Léfevre Mme. Chamorro Haiti Venezuela Costa Rica Dominican Republic Koo Legation Yung Kwai Yung Kiwai Greece Mme Hussein Bey Nelson A. Miles William Henry Bolling Gertha Bolling Charles Linthicum Henry Cooper James R. Mann Mann Ten Byck Wendell Rosalia Spang Perry Belmont Belmont Marguerite Barbett John H. Bankhead Robinson Downey

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