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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
6
Grogan’s urges savings as fall stock arrives quickly and floors fill. Summer goods must move including refrigerators water coolers matting rugs light portieres lawn chairs and benches. Prices slashed during July sale with open account terms and flexible payments.
The Mounted Service School team from Fort Riley defeated a Washington and vicinity officer team 24 to 4 on Narragansett Pier grounds to clinch the finals and will represent the army in the open tournament. Capt Mitchell of Washington escaped a fall after a long slide as Capt Churchill refereed and Capt De Armand scored. The final match is set for Saturday afternoon between the two surviving teams.
Judge Aukam ruled in police court that feeding a horse twice daily is not cruelty if the animal receives enough nourishment to compensate for the omitted third feeding. The case of John I. Newbold, president of Merchants' Transfer Co., followed by testimony from veterinarians and statements by Ralph Given and John Lasky.
The government introduces banking by mail for postal savings. Deposits and withdrawals may be made by mail. A prior restriction barred non patrons from using post offices, which has been lifted by Postmaster General Burleson to ease hardship for certain depositors. Postmasters nationwide are being advised of the change.
Cenfer, as special prosecutor in the Cammetti-Diggs white slave cases in San Francisco, conferred with Senator Ashurst who had protested to Attorney General McReynolds against Hayden’s retention. Ashurst’s only objection was Hayden’s lack of experience as a prosecutor. Hayden cited a criminal case he had handled.
Louiza Fischer filed suit in District Supreme Court seeking 5000 damages for injuries from a collision near Benning road on November 1 1912 against Washington Railway and Electric Company Carl Fischer her father sues for 1000 damages for loss of his daughter's services Attorneys Andrew Wilson and P Schick represent both sides
Acting Secretary of War Breckinridge allows the Mary Clap Wooster Chapter D A R to erect a memorial on a US military reservation at Lighthouse Point near New Haven to mark a notable Revolutionary War scene. The monument will feature a large cannon on a mount with an inscription.
President Wilson commuted the four year sentence of James A. Perrin, a postal clerk convicted in Cleveland on February 24 for embezzling letters, allowing his death sentence to expire. The move aims to save Perrin from a tuberculosis fatality and could prolong his life by days or months. Also noted is John J. Heap named a delegate to the Conservation Congress, representing American Humane Association local societies. Linc. 1258 and Tyree's pharmacy listings appear in the same item.
District commissioners gave the Arlington Hotel Company ten days to remove temporary offices sheds and fences from the Vermont avenue corner to within one foot of the curb. If not completed District forces will finish and charge the deposit. The delay stems from promoters failing to raise 1490 dollars before Equitable Life loan of 3000 dollars can proceed.
Marion YT Clinkscales, a lawyer, was indicted by a grand jury on embezzlement charges involving 363 entrusted by Matilda A. Butler to pay an indebtedness. The alleged theft occurred between May 9 and June with Clinkscales allegedly converting the money to his own use. Witnesses included LW Hilton Frank Johnson Rebecca Williams and Lawrence ODea with others listed in the report. Additional indictments cover felonies including grand larceny and forgery involving several individuals and property valued at 15 dollars.
The body of Mrs. Clinton B. Smith, lost with her husband during a Mount St Helens expedition, is reported found under a cliff with Mr. Smith's neck broken. The couple, July 2 adventurers, were accompanied by B. S. Carroll and Bertie Moore. Carroll and Moore reached a village days later in exhaustion. Mr. Smith, 32, an electrical engineer for the Pacific Electric Company.
Corps of young women under Mrs. J. W. Harring collected 650.02 at department store entrances and other venues for summer outings of mothers and babies. A large placard reading Help Save the Children and a Stars and Stripes banner guided shoppers as collectors staffed posts for hours.
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