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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
8
Hearings open before the Senate Civil Service Committee on pension and retirement for aged federal workers. Widespread discussion includes Keating bill and replacing superannuated staff with younger workers to boost wartime efficiency. Women’s protest rails against Hoover food rules urging thrift and “calico apron” life while tobacco and cans shortages prompt calls for reuse and reform.
The estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Crown who died last July in this city includes a fifty dollar Liberty Bond bequeathed to granddaughter Cora May Wescott of Detroit. The bond ties to property at 922 Street Southwest and shares of Maryland avenue Southwest with son Thornton Crown and daughter May Hedian, while executor Wharles Lancaster of Liberty handles the residuary estate.
Philadelphia business leaders protest a Commerce Department plan to assign export embargo approvals to New York agents, bypassing Philadelphia ports. They warn of delays as manifests must be approved by a distant agent, with disputes routed to Washington then New York before Philadelphia, threatening the port’s export role as a major U S port after New York.
A junk dealer attempted to peddle an old House Journal to Jerry South clerk of the House. The journal contains the long hand record of the House proceedings from the Jackson era. Clerk South seized it, asserting the Journal was government property and had been stolen years ago.
The National Automobile Dealers' Association, formed at a convention opening here yesterday, elected officers: President George W. Browne of Milwaukee. vice presidents John MacAlman of Boston and F. W Vesper of St. Louis. secretary Bart Z. Ruddle of Milwaukee. treasurer Thomas J Has of Chicago. The association includes 149 state member-general organizations with a combined membership of 16,009.
Sperial in the Washingion Port reports a passenger on an American steamship disappeared after dinner while many miles at sea. Charles A Williams, aged father, was traveling with his sixteen year old daughter Helen, who insists he is joking. A search found nothing and the mystery deepens. The daughter was later taken by two unnamed ladies claiming to be king's messengers, then transported by C B Westrope in a limousine with undisclosed plans for the child.
William Furst a Baltimore born composer and orchestra leader died at his Freeport home from cere bro emboliam after injuring his foot in his garden weeks earlier. He wrote incidental music for dramas and one grand opera Theodora. He worked with David Belasco and Charles Frohman and helped open the Umpire Theater in 1893. He is survived by his wife Lotti Furst and daughter Mrs Dalian Martin of Baltimore.
Entertainers are needed to boost morale for soldiers. Mrs Elizabeth Howry daughter of Justice Howry coordinates high class acts with Mrs William M Black treasurer and brigadier general. Programs tonight at engineers camp and American University with Newton Baker and Miss Ethelyn Clark among performers. About four thousand visitors expected if rain holds. call Main 8335 to offer cars for artist transport.
Baltimore July 21 Government tax on about 1590 barrels of whisky paid yesterday spreading through the city. By afternoon $100000 had been paid at the customs counter with more expected tomorrow. Dealers rushed for stamps as whisky moved to new hiding places and prices surged. An agent warns there is enough whisky to supply consumers for two to three years.
At Fort Myer the officer candidates near completion of training as company commanders report individual progress and best fit placements to Lieut. Col. Charles W. Fenton. Gen Vignal, military attaché of the French embassy, visited Col. Fenton after a drill with 2,500 men marching past the reviewing stand with fixed bayonets.
Washington retailers joined a national conference of the National Retail Dry Goods Association to back a plan for a single daily delivery in cities and towns. The move aims to offset manpower shortages expected from the draft and reduce package deliveries to one a day where feasible.
William J. Jacobi of War College receives absolute divorce from Jeannette M. Jacobi on cross-bill. He must pay $55 monthly alimony for twelve months and cover dower rights, plus $350 lawyer’s fee and case costs. Trial included private detectives testing Mrs Jacobi’s conduct in a hospital ward. Newmyer represented Jacobi.
Henry B F Macfarland, chair of the District Red Cross finance committee, departs for Canada for rest and treatment after a two week illness. Corcoran Thom will direct the committee in his absence. Donations pour in including $2424 from Levi P Morton and $9.62 from Winthrop Marines plus $12 from the Chinese Sunday School. Other gifts total above $5 from several local contributors.
Col. L W Littell in charge of cantonment building for the War Department denounces charges of immense profits as ridiculous and pernicious. He says contracts fix standard wages and require government consent for any changes, with materials prices also needing government approval.
A heated steel conference reveals sharp rifts between government aims and steel magnates over profits and prices. Grounded arguments contrast President Wilson’s fair profit with industry demands. A suggestion floated is government takeover of production with postwar surplus for the public, prompting tense reactions in the War Department.
The War Department orders recruiting stations to accept bantam men not taller than five feet one inch and weighing 110 pounds, reversing prior minimums. Surg. Gen. Gorgas recommended the change to allow good applicants who previously failed the five feet four inches and 120 pounds standard.
The Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Fleetme Railway Company bought 54 passenger cars for cantonment service near Admiral President Hishon. Doxie and officials in New York expect delivery within a week. The line will invest about 55 000 in extensions, laying two miles of double track from Odenton to Admiral cantonment, plus a new station and an electric transformer to provide lights and power for the military encampment.
Attorney General notified U S Attorney that male convicts from the District Supreme Court with sentences five years or less will go to the new reformatory at Occoquan Virginia. Those with sentences over five years will go to the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Women convicts from the local criminal courts go to Maryland penitentiary in Baltimore.
The final board meeting at the Willard closed the undertaking one month after the Confederate reunion. Chairman Robert N. Harper reported record attendance, meals increasing from 86,000 to 49,000, and expenses around $35,000 funded by contributions. Other reunions in Richmond, Birmingham and Chattanooga ran near $50,000 with smaller crowds. Messages praised the event as the best yet and the committee was commended.
At the National Education Association convention in Portland Oregon on July 11 teachers debated whether male teachers should be exempted from the selective draft. Katherine Devereaux Blake urged a resolution for exemption arguing male teachers’ absence would cripple schools, but the resolutions committee led by J W Crabtree plans to reject it, claiming women can replace men. A petition circulated to bring the question to a vote by convention members on Friday with a proposal that only women vote.
More than 4,000 spectators at Piedmont park watched Walter J. Carr an exhibition flyer from Humboldt Tennessee crash his airplane into a tree as he began a flight during the biennial Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World convention Carr escaped injury by leaping to the ground The delegates then held a parade and attended the official ball of the convention
Boston July 11 A fund of 1 000 000 for war relief work was appropriated by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. John J Tener president of the National Baseball League presented the report of the war relief commission, adopted unanimously. A new ritual was submitted, and the big brother movement report urged aid to delinquent youths, stressing national war efforts and patriotic duty to care for boys of soldiers.
Last rites for William Albert Smoot, Confederate veteran and Columbia Fire Engine Company president, to be held today at his Colross home. Miss Mary Audrey Murphy of Alexandria and Martin Edward Lynch of Manassas wed at St Mary's Church in the morning, with plans to reside in this city. A special grand jury is set for Monday morning to hear multiple cases, including prohibition infractions. Phillip Barbour Peyton Jr. has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Fiftieth Infantry.
A sheriff's jury in New York City found Mrs Francis Duer Tilton incompetent to manage her estate, valued at 400000 dollars. The case notes her Chevy Chase residence, a first husband named Key, a later marriage to John Tilton, a disputed wager during separation, a 60000 dollar gift to buy a stock exchange seat, and claims of an income over a million dollars a year with a will leaving bequests widely.
Harry Opitz saved Ida May Groves from the river near the Highway bridge after she threatened to end her life. Opitz, a Potomac park gardener, was praised for the act as Ida Groves, a former patient of Government M Hospital for the Insane, was moved to Emergency Hospital.
Elks at the Elks Club urged 2500 volunteers for a Home Defense League to guard the nation’s capital against invasion. They proposed 260 members form a company immediately, noting only 34 volunteered so far, with hoped recruitment reaching 200 by week’s end. Speakers included Col. William P. Eno Lieut. Col. M. A. Winter Col. E. P. Hazelton Judge A. B. Hayes Capt. A. Winter and Odell S. Smith.
The weather bureau records a record cold July 11 in New York with a 58 degree reading. Residents wore heavy wraps and overcoats as the chill persisted through the day.
The Men’s Federated Council on Employment met in the District building board room, presenting names of men dealing with employment and listing firms with vacancies. Two new committees were created a membership and publicity committee. J E Giles named sergeant-at-arms. New members enrolled included A Harding George Degenhardt and J N Yeabower. Further steps planned for closer cooperation with the Department of Labor. President Allan Davta presided.
The Skinner and Eddy Shipbuilding Corporation has sold two partially completed eight thousand ton steel steamers to Japanese interests operating on the Pacific. One vessel will launch later this month and the other in August. The price paid by the Japanese concern is not disclosed.
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