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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1912
Page
5
Capital owners arrange for an international display as the plan to stage the 1912 horse show advances. Tentative dates May 1 2 and 4 are selected for a second monster exhibit in Potomac Park with a large organizing committee and notable attendees from New York and national horse circles.
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Officials urged public help to raise funds and maximize publicity for a forthcoming event. Edward T Mebean and Maj WW Butt were named to four press committees as planners push for a large crowd and strong financial success.
Picture Opera presented a capacity audience yesterday afternoon in a program on the disappearing tribes of the Ute and related groups. Edward Tig delivered an illustrated lecture with music by Henry Ibert and phonographic scenes recorded by Widarth, tracing tribal life from buffalo hunts to southern desert and mountain regions. A second show is announced for Thursday afternoon at 4.
Washington music lovers heard a distinguished Metropolitan Opera tenor, Slezak, in a mixed concert program. He offered Schumann and Martinu songs, arias from Aida and Rhadames, and Liszt and Pigalle arrangements. The audience rewarded him with warm encores and praise for his clarity and tone.
Mrs Rebecca Mesander 93, widow of Colum bis Alexander and sole beneficiary of a 700000 dollar estate, refutes granddaughter Liaft Bowe's accusations. In a sworn statement through attorneys J J Darlington and Jamen B Archer, Mesander asserts full possession of her faculties and ability to manage her person and property.
Dr Inazohitobe, exchange professor from Japan, speaks on international peace and understanding. The lecture is hosted under the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in the Lavration Building, Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
A large audience filled the Washington Methodist Episcopal Church for a sacred concert conducted by Sidney Lloyd Wrightson. The cantata The Word of God, with composer Gilbert Spross presiding at the organ, highlighted Miss Mary Isobel Hall’s soprano solos and praised performances by the choir and organists.
John R. Croggan, 75, dies of heart disease after a fall from a pew at Foundry Church. Coroner notified. several people assisted him. The incident occurred during an evening service. a fragment mentions a Word of God cantata. Officials report hospital and charity board discussions later in the evening.
A fragmentary historic discourse parallels a grand notion of a universal hobby guiding civilization. It asserts that war’s wealth should fund humane aims and envisions an era where scientific pursuit replaces weaponry, while stressing the press as a civic pillar linking diplomats and publics and shaping international opinions.
A Senate post offices panel hears American Poultry Association push to admit live chickens to mail. Postmaster General Hitchcach and aides weigh how to handle live eggs in transit and whether to require advance portage. Poultry leaders argue best to mail chicks as hatched, while experts warn of logistical and humane issues and seek a workable regulation.
Judge Pugh ordered inquiry into recent prisoner escapes from the Occoquan workhouse. United States Attorney Halph Uiver tasked to investigate the fugitives Murray Sears and Walmsley, both convicts in Capital crime cases. The case seeks to determine prison Vigilance, guard effectiveness, and potential reforms by the commissioners.
Arnold Krauckman of New York general secretary of the Aeronautic Society conferred in Washington with War Department officers on plans to teach aviation to the organized militia. He found strong support from those aiding the guard to begin the study, joined by Mio Bruckman Brig Get Rob Vanes chief of militia affairs and Maj McK Saltzman of the army signal corps laboratory.
The pure food decision delaying saccharine use in foods has been extended to March 1 after two postponements. The delay is attributed to the board of appeals in pure food cases not yet having time to fully consider the matter.
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