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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1914
Page
6
Fashion notes emphasize breathable fabrics and simple lines for staying cool while maintaining presentable standards. Consumers seek versatile pieces that blend comfort and polish for everyday wear in hot weather.
The Washington Railway and Electric Company and Potomac Electric Power Company file suit in District Supreme Court arguing the Public Utilities Commission has no right to order separation or to pursue an $8,800 fine. They contend the 1900 consolidation act permits joint operation and that a letter from the commission is not a formal order. They seek to protect securities holders and contest the commission’s actions amid pending congressional bills.
Franklin H. Smith, statistician in forest products, has been appointed a commercial agent in the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce with approval from Secretary Redfield. The Forest Service recommends him for his knowledge of the lumber industry and market to conduct lumber market investigations in China, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific islands, and the Hast adles.
Surgeon General Blue of the public health service will send another officer to New Orleans to bolster the plague response under Assistant Surgeon General Rucker Synting. The specific officer had not yet been chosen.
Legal marriage license notices show pairs including Gros of Herndon and Rose Davidson of Vienna plus Charles Wrings and Masbelith Grix well, with Almafondonon and others from Vienna and Farmville. Names appear with ages and officiants listed as Rev Lane and Rev Schrøger, among others.
A long death notice list includes Witla Robbins 63 at 146 V st nw Julia Arnett 32 at Olympic Apartments uth and Wuelldate nw George Reynolds 24 at Government Hospital for Tasai Siwon P Jebuson 11 at United States Soldier Home Hospital Annin Sachey 2 at Providence Hospital Alice R Lambert 83 at 009 Fitne Charles E Hemmer 29 at Emergency Hloa ltat John Cooney 16 at United States Soldiers Home Tames A Sykes 85 at Gibby Kompha Patrick Burnw 60 at 1600 East Capitol Frank Holden 6 at Government Hospital Horontune Mary P Laurie 5 months 0687 Gales ot Charles Sayer 41 at Providence Hospital Althea Togker 1 at Preadmen's Hospital Horace Butler 35 at 144 Goat clan Walwr Dose years at Tuborcosia Hospital Gaoces WF Greene 40 at 2199 Green's clam Joseph Timer 17 at 591 Fla ave uy Sule Adama 27 at G2 Dinkwa Mary A Wynn 10 months Steunteard D O Marvin Colston 10 months JQ Bat st Raymond Haywood 3 cars Broximeg's Hospital Mason 65 days Washington asstum Bos
Birth notices list multiple families with newly born daughters and sons. Names include Hand, Swaim, Severn, Latshasi, Xchler, Kramer, Kilcox, Sohnson, Carded, Diener, Groveley, and others, with varying spellings and partial initials suggesting a crowded society page notice.
W H Huske treasurer and sale committee chair confirms plan to sell St Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church site at fourteenth and Corcoran NW and buy a new 12000 foot tract. He insists ground alone could be worth 65000, with church edifice added value. He notes insurance and past premiums, cites past sale offers from 6000 to 8000 for different uses, while parish remains with about 500 members.
Spopes, the Indian pardoned by the President on July 7 after 34 years in the Government Hospital for the Insane for murder, has been adopted by the Blackfeet tribe. Indian Commissioner Sells reported the action. Spopes, a Plegan Indian, had ties to the Blackfeet before 1873. The office sought formal adoption to share tribal rights, and Browning council approved. He will receive his 820 acres of land.
One hundred and eighty four amateur sailors from the District returned home after a seventeen day cruise aboard the battleship Rhode Island. They praised the experience as the best in the organization’s history and commended target practice and overall naval duties performed during the voyage.
Frank Kenner reported his home at 1533 Marlon Street NW entered through a side window with items stolen. Numerous incidents include Luther Riley injured after bicycle collision at Ninth and K NW, Reginald Wilkes injured by a tire blowout, and others felled by accidents or assaults around Fourth to Rhode Island avenues and Capitol grounds. A savings bank beside 1611 Corcoran Street NW was stolen from.
At 9 15 a m a fire at 1005 New Hampshire avenue NW damaged a rug after a match was thrown through a window. A second blaze at Connecticut avenue and Calvert Street NW damaged a maker’s home with unknown cause. At 7 p m the basement of 1518 B Street NW, home to Standard Auto Top Co, caught fire from spontaneous combustion. Total damages estimated in the dollars. Rear Admiral Doyle ordered back from Mexico to take command of the Pacific reserve fleet with headquarters aboard Colorados in Puget Sound.
District Supreme Court rulings allow all stock and proxies to be voted at the meeting to reduce capitalization. Opponents retain right to return to court if not satisfied with results, and the receiver option was dismissed without prejudice. The dispute centers on meeting validity, by law regulations, and potential court intervention.
Attorney Dougina announced that by laws were unnecessary and the meeting would only vote on the stack. Secretary of the Navy Daniels said the transfer or disposition of American war vessels in Mexican waters is not yet decided. Rear Admiral Badger will be relieved by Rear Admiral Fletcher around September, contingent on developments in the Mexican situation.
On September 1 a hearing date was set for Jesse L Heiskell leading an association of business men to seek an injunction against Potomac Telephone Company. The suit objects to replacing a 1st rate contract with a measured service, claiming discrimination. The hearing moved from Friday to September 21 by consent. Justice Wright presided with H Thomas for Heiskell and KB Maeferland for the telephone company.
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