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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
4
Grogan's presents seasonable price cuts on refrigerators water coolers matting rugs summer portieres rattan furniture porch rockers lawn benches and QGo Carts. Open accounts available with flexible payments. Store closes at 5 p m on weekdays and Saturdays at 1 p m during July and August.
A 22 day personally conducted tour highlights six and one half days among Yellowstone Park geysers lakes and canyons plus visits to Portland Victoria Vancouver and a daylight ride through the Canadian Rockies with side trips to Great Glacier Selkirks Lake Louise and Banff National Park. Round trip from Washington costs 270 including necessary expenses. See ticket agents for booklet or write T L Lipsett District Passenger Solicitor 15th and G Sts Washington.
Washington business groups plan two large receptions October 4 to introduce new city commissioners to trade leaders. Only members of the Board of Trade Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Association may attend. A joint five each committee will run arrangements at a major downtown hotel.
Commissioner Newman visited the White House and conferred with Secretary Tumulty about an engagement with the chief executive. With engineer commissioner Chester A. Harding leaving tomorrow for a month’s vacation, a conference with the President on District affairs is expected shortly. The new administration’s District policies likely will be announced after the meeting.
Captains and inspectors of police and employes of the fire department yesterday called upon Commissioner Siddons who now directs fire police and health departments. Since the new commissioners were sworn in last Saturday heads of all city departments with their assistants have met the men who are to direct them for four years.
The International Institute of Agriculture cables USDA with country production figures for wheat rye barley and oats. Totals for listed nations reach about 1.96 billion bushels of wheat and 1.05 billion of rye and 1.54 billion of barley and 1.41 billion of oats, all versus last year’s levels. Nations named include Bulgaria Spain England Italy Luxembourg Switzerland Denmark Belgium and others.
At a weekly Minute Men meeting, letters from German cities described preparations for entertaining the unit when it travels next month to participate in the Napoleon defeat celebration in Leipzig. MA Winter, commander in chief, received a life size etching of the German emperor to be hung at headquarters.
Big doings headline excursions from Washington to Colonial Beach on the steamer St John with daily departures from Seventh street wharf and special nightly trips. Midseason at Chevy Chase Lake draws larger crowds as Marine Band performances and free dancing in the pavilion lure visitors each evening.
City bulletin notes a July and August ice cream promotion by Retsinger's in Ocly galion with 25 G at aw Phone M 27a. A four day window precedes a Randie Highlands music and dancing night, featuring tickets of leave wan and a Virginia Gine sensation. Open all night at Tyree's 1257loth and H sts with druggists. Band concert and free moving pictures at Randle Highlands Sunday night.
Coroner's jury clears driver William I Wells in the death of Rev Dr John M Schick pastor of Grace Reformed Church. Schick, injured July 12 after stepping into Fourteenth Street from behind a wagon, died later at Emergency Hospital from hip dislocation and shock. Inquest heard witnesses describe blocked view and Wells' efforts to avoid impact. Body to lie in state at Grace Reformed Church with funeral at 4 p.m. Interment in Rack Creek Cemetery.
In Washington society circles rumors swirl as George W. Vanderbilt builds a cedar hedge and winter garden along the wall at 1612 K Street Northwest. Neighbors say servants from Mrs. Elkins peered into Vanderbilt and Elkins homes, prompting the hedge to shield private rooms as winter comes. The walls will separate the houses when residents return to social life.
Thirteen suspects arrested in a Warren street near Lincoln park raid were dismissed in police court by Judge Fudge Pugh. The case tested the new excise law as prosecutors failed to prove purchase of liquor. Officers testified to visible drinking near a keg, but the ruling requires proof of purchase for conviction.
Chairman Ben Johnson pushes a $20000 appropriation for the House District committee to probe financial relations between the District and federal government. The Rules Committee supports reporting the measure, likely passage without opposition. Johnson cites $1003257 owed to the U S and about $700000 overdue rent from the Washington Market Company, noting past rental fixes and statutory limits on changes. The issue, recurring for years, is urged for final settlement under statute.
Dr Thomas C Smith 71 a longtime physician and one of the District of Columbia Medical Society’s oldest members died at 3 pm yesterday at his home 1133 Twelfth Street NW from an acute digestive disorder He will be honored by pallbearers from medical societies at his funeral tomorrow at 2 pm at McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church Massachusetts Avenue near Ninth Street He served in the army medical corps at Antietam and Fredericksburg and held senior roles in several medical and charitable organizations including president of the Obstetrical and Gynecological Society and trustee roles at Emergency Hospital Dickinson College and the Methodist Home for the Aged He leaves a son Dr Hugh M Smith a fisheries commissioner and a daughter Miss Alice C Smith his wife having died four years ago
In a whimsical mock dialogue Louis and Plutus debate marital money woes from a revolutionary era lens. Louis recalls Marie Antoinette's extravagance and the danger of letting a spouse know earnings. Plutus warns slow funding, secret budgets, and the strain of lavish habits on a husband.
Columbia presents Prince Otto a romantic drama starring Carl Anthony with music and court scenes. Poll Players offer Arizona a Western drama reviving Lieut Denton with Robert Caine and Mark Kent returning for Canby and Bonita. Glen Echo Park hosts Johnson night moving pictures and Soldiers' Home Band concerts with fireworks and weekly events.
The Baraca and Philathia classes of the Fifth Baptist Church will sponsor their annual excursion to Marshall Hall tomorrow. The trip will be by the steamer Macalester, offering members a day trip outing.
July forecasts warn brokers and real estate dealers to be cautious as Jupiter and Mars clash. Seers foresee disputes across law, clergy, and scholars with a chance of sudden fame for some. The era hints at dramatic changes in theater and public reforms, urging prudent finances and restraint in speculation. Celebrities are noted under Leo with a sun-centered influence.
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