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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1911
Page
8
A shopper notice urges making purchases today while promising quality under the label P B. The message asserts that P B on a garment guarantees quality regardless of price, emphasizing value over cost.
In the 1911 Eastern Yacht Club cruise concluding at Ber Harbor Maine the Elena Taormina Vagrant Emerald and Adventuress won top trophies for best overall times across schooners auxilaries and sloops. Prizes honored Vice Commodores and Captains, with a special award to Sea Fox owner Dallas B Pratt.
The Sons of St George Cricket Club defeated the Washington Cricket Club 60 to 19 in Baltimore. Washington lacked practice and fell to strong local form led by Tom Irvine and Jimmy Guthrie. Walt Jones starred in fielding with three catches, while Will Warren saved runs with sharp keeping. The clubs will meet again in Washington on Sunday for an afternoon match.
Canada cricket flowers invade the United States for a ten day campaign. New York and New Jersey clubs the New York veteran cricketers and the Staten Island Cricket Club appear this week in city and Philadelphia contests with Americana. A two day match with the Philadelphia Cricket Club is planned for next week. Among visitors is the Farmed Toronto Cricket Club eleven.
Marblehead hosted the Yerit Classic by the Motorboat Club of America with Yerit winning from Huntington Long Island to Marblehead on ice time. Elapsed time 31 minutes 21 seconds. Frank Gheens Ritsix finished second and The Thistle of Yonkers Yacht Club placed third. The Inevitable did not finish.
Racing entries read like a ledger with numerous horses named for Windsor meets. Entries include Tao sear ott maltens Lind Queen Turin Lady Ray Amaghone Dead Sand Huck Sprigs Mod River Sherlock Matnes Aldebaran Reine Margot and others. Multiple races list entries, couplings, and stakes, with Canadian breds and Dominion foaling noted. the card features steeplechase and flat races across several ages and distances.
Readable fragments mention Aldebaran Burks Turhire and Watervale Real Weem in a brief local note. Cites places like Langdan and Alvescot with unclear roles. No clear event or outcome. summary preserves names and places as indexed in the fragment.
The marine hospital service reports a serious cholera outbreak in Mediterranean-bordering nations, led by Italy with cases in Naples and Palermo since June 8. Naples totals 216 cases 68 deaths. Palermo 282 cases 73 fatalities. Messina free. Sicily other towns 27 cases 11 deaths. Italy cooperates with inspections. strict quarantine on ships from infected ports remains in effect.
Passengers must prove whereabouts for five days before embarkation and may be detained if needed. All steerage and cabin baggage are disinfected and fumigated when required. Foodstuffs aren’t allowed onboard. Cholera cases appear in Port Said Constantinople Smyrna Laurium near Athens Gratz Austria Hungary with a patient linked to Trieste and Venice in Italy.
Special Cable reports Venice Naples and Palermo contaminated by cholera with the government silent and international law violations noted. Naples sees anticholera measures as crowds debate. Foreign ships avoid Naples and a general strike is threatened as the outbreak accelerates toward Austria.
American suffrage leader Dr Anna Howard Shaw, returning from Stockholm, became a political issue in Norway after seeking to preach in Christiania's state church. Church authorities refused, bishops opposing women in holy orders. Shaw noted Norwegians discussed her and St Paul amid ongoing debate ahead of the next campaign.
Newport July 16 Miss Con stance Warren daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Warren of New York beat her earlier record by twenty minutes in a Newport cliff swim from Baileys Beach to the Forty Steps. Swimming Master Joseph Boyer and a life guard accompanied her. She started at 2 45 and finished at 4 20 amid a fog bank and rough water while using the side stroke and accepting a small stimulant from the boat.
Col Albert Clarke longtime Home Market Club of Boston secretary died of paralysis in High Gate at age 71 He served in the Civil War became a newspaper editor and owner legislator and publicist and held posts as judge advocate general of the Grand Army of the Republic and as a U S industrial commissioner. Sagamore Mass July 16 Noble P D Swift brother of a prominent packer family died at Sagamore aged years Swift reputedly a millionaire and lived alone until months ago.
A Belgian magnate Ho nore Vermeersch vanished from his Le Vesinet villa near Versailles last year. Hidden still were rope-bound clues and a skeleton found in the kitchen garden, showing strangulation. Police, spurred by anonymous letters, unearthed a murder solved after years, with Vermeersch killed and disposed in a planned act at the estate.
Independent ice dealers charged the Knickerbocker and American Ice companies with restricting sales during a hot spell and raising prices by 100 percent or more. Police and district attorney officials attended as statements were sworn to.
Volney E. Davis, captain of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club, won the transcontinental race from San Francisco to New York, covering 3 745 miles in 20 days 9 hours and 1 minute. He shaved over eleven days off the prior record, rode about ten hours daily, and lost 11 pounds while sustaining a bruised leg and sprained shoulder after several falls. Beaman and Kottiowsky started ahead and were passed near Buffalo.
In Niagara Falls twelve teams played two pair match for the American Whist League. Chicago players Ww. A. D. Montgomery L. F. Montgomery M. M. Cobden and R. R. Hichams tied high in tricks and match scores. New York’s C. W. Cadley Paul G. Brown Baltimore’s A. H. McCoy Albany’s D. E. Mulfelder tied for second. Prizes went to eight players. Milwaukee pair Miss Bessie H. Alen and F. C. Thwaits won the Manhattan trophy. Mrs. George H. Pearson of Pittsburg and G. S. Long of New York were second.
Australian cyclist Jackie Clarke won the 5 mile event at the Velodrome, narrowing Frank Kramer’s season lead to seven points as Alfred Goullet placed second and Kramer finished third after delaying his final sprint. Clarke, 31, trails Kramer by 7 points for the season.
Monday features Bove Driscoll versus Joe Mandot in an eight round bout set in Memphia. Leo Mahor faces Herman Smith in a ten round match in Buffalo. Joe Eaganye Young Miller to box twelve rounds at Manville BR. Wednesday showcases Young Sailor 3s against Knockout Brown in New York City. Thursday presents Matt Wells versus Fighting Dick Hyland in a ten round fight in Albany NY. Saturday pairs Frinkie White with Angelo Izzo in a ten round bout in Nashilia Taon.
Postmaster General Hitchcock designated the main post offices in New York Chicago Boston and St Louis as postal savings depositories with deposits starting August 1. The move extends to major offices following success in over 1,000 smaller banks. Major subtreasuries will aid heavy banking activity and aid foreign-born residents sending money abroad.
Steel companies push to raise output with rail and bridge orders driving activity. Major takings last week include Soo Line 3,600 tons and Chicago and Alton 4,000 tons, while New York Central and others placed smaller deals. June unfilled orders rose 247,871 tons with half from new demand and half from slower shipments. pig iron contracts surged to 106,000 tons amid central West gains.
A sleepy burglar in the fashionable West End avenue basement of John R. McMullen woke only at daylight and, after being shot at by a policeman, ended up in custody. The failed plot caused excitement across the neighborhood.
New York July 16 report notes factors shaping security prices include news and finance. It asserts high crop yields and favorable prices will support farms, with wheat likely above 703 million bushels per government July 1 estimate. It describes Wall Street as subdued but optimistic due to crop prospects, improving building and iron sectors, and potential early Congress adjournment.
Frank Duderville aged 41 drowned today with son Thomas 3 and daughter Mary 13 after a skiff capsized on the Mississippi River bank crowd restrained the wife who tried to jump in. The father leaped to rescue both children but could not swim and all three perished. Post Want Ads Are Free in The Post classified columns.
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