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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1917
Page
7
District defense officials organize a noon to 7 pm registration at 27 schools with teachers and women volunteers collecting pledges to aid Hoover era food conservation. Speakers to follow at 7:30 pm outline aims. about 16000 extra pledge cards issued. 11 cents buys a registration button.
Representatives of every Washington women’s organization filled the District building to hear Charles F Nesbit outline food administration measures for conservation. Brief talks by Mrs Aleve Allen Mrs Archibald Hopkins and Mrs Annie c Ransome followed. Lectures on food conservation will run through August with a final meeting at Central High School. The Dunbar School lecture by Miss Nannie Burroughs was postponed.
A preliminary conference to mobilize churches nationwide for food saving opens at 10 this morning. Herbert Hoover, food administrator, Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur of the conservation section, and George A Cullen lead the effort in the old Justice Department building to seek church counsel for broader future meetings.
An advertise style piece claims brains and willpower determine worth, praising grit and iron-based Acid Iron Mineral from Ferrodine Chemical Corp. It extols it as a powerful tonic to boost appetite, restore kidneys and bladder, and improve run-down systems, with a $2 prepaid bottle offer via Ferredine in Roanoke Virginia.
A fatal accident occurred as eight year old Wille Rout was crushed by a car near the bureau of engraving and printing. Police held chauffeur Henry Grossman and three companions for an inquest as the child reportedly ran from a stationary vehicle into the rear wheels.
A Roumanian patriotic mission led by Basil Lucaciu and others visited the State Department to discuss forming a Roumanian legion to serve with American troops in France. Officials met with Mr Long and Mr Phillips and expected about 10,000 volunteers.
A resolution by the Congress Helenie Citizens Association at Loeffler's Hotel calls for improved car service on the Congress Heights line. It urges officials to secure a better schedule and more cars and asks District commissioners to install sidewalks on Nicholas Avenue from end to end and through the Washington Asylum Hospital property. The plan to vote on the District commissioner if Oliver P Newman receives a military commission was deferred to a later meeting.
The committee reports extraordinary demand for Federal reserve notes currency and stamps and that private firms handled orders due to overtime strain. It recommends operating the plant on an eight hour day for six days a week with two days of adjustment, while other issues like Saturday half holidays and civil service leave await supplemental inquiry. Representative Jeannette Rankin pressed for a congressional inquiry, but its prospects appear slim. evidence includes tables showing workers, both men and women, exceeding twelve hours daily for months.
Fred M. Bock longtime examiner of stations in the Washington postoffice is dismissed after inspectors conclude he sang a Kaiser Wilhelm praise parody at a post office picnic. The song on Tipperary referenced defeat for the Kaiser. Dorsey R. Beane replaces him as allot ed. A pension office letter triggering the inquiry was withdrawn and returned.
Federal Judge Grubb dismissed indictments against three coal companies Ashland Coal and Coke, Pemberton Coal and Coke, and Dry Fork Colliery in a restraint of trade case involving over one hundred firms. Six other companies interim dismissed last Friday were reinstated.
Senator Swanson on the public buildings committee reported in favor of a bill to appropriate 1,250,000 for a Treasury annex on the site opposite the Treasury, adjacent to the Belasco Theater. It includes a subway link and 190,000 square feet of space. site bought in 1882 for 250,000, assessed at 576,875. modern space would cost 150,000 annually. rent may rise to 1.50 per square foot.
Joseph Sturgess aged 29 of Yves Farm Prince Georges county Maryland died after a motorcycle accident on Good Hope road near Seventeenth Street southeast He was riding as a passenger on a machine operated by Joseph Hartley of Garfield DC Hartley escaped with minor injuries The tire burst causing the skid and fall last Wednesday at Casualty Hospital confirmed today.
A advertising notice extols Glacier National Park in America with government support and inviting readers to visit. It highlights mountain scenery, camps, inns, and Swisa chalets near Mammoth Mountain, offering board and lodging from one to five dollars per day for this summer. It promises an illustrated folder on request.
The July crop report shows production of 6,093,000,000 bushels in principal food crops, led by a record corn harvest of 3,124,000,000 bushels and a 14 percent larger acreage. Wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, rice, tobacco and sweet potatoes all set or near records, signaling major food output for the war effort. The Red Cross finance committee reiterates that all officers and members serve as volunteers with no salaries, funding the war service fund from dues and gifts.
John Barleycorn disrupted a quiet Pastors Federation gathering at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in protest of a resolution urging Congress to include beer and wines in the prohibition section of the food bill. Dr Walace Radcliffe opposed the resolution and both motions were defeated as the meeting broke up while mainly discussing war service work.
More than 300 women registered at Carroll Hall on G Street near Tenth for the Catholic War Relief Committee. The group plans to equip 116 chaplains with vestments and kits and aid the Knights of Columbus in providing comforts for soldiers in France. Rev Louis J O Hern and Dr Edward A Pace of the Catholic University spoke briefly.
A flood of license plate records lists numerous individuals and addresses across Washington and Maryland. Names include W. Siuther Bennings D C Jeffrey and B. Thompson of Lowell, with entries for Maxwell, Oakst NW, Overland, and Maryland locales. Agencies and car brands appear, noting Ford and Cadillac among others, with dozens of street addresses and registration codes in a dense ledger style.
Titan J. Spiker dies Sunday at home 917 Thirteenth Street NW services to be held at 2 30 PM burial at Glenwood Cemetery survivors include wife Lucy A Spiker and two sons Clarence J Spiker vice consul at Shanghai China and Carlisle Spiker of this city The article notes his employment at a local printing office and his family ties but ends abruptly with incomplete details
Rockville Maryland July obituary for Josephine Penn 75 widow of Higerson B Penn a longtime Redland merchant. Survived by two children Maynard Penn and Miss Sadie Penn. Funeral planned for tomorrow morning.
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