Hamlin Picked to Lead U S Customs After Curtis
Charles Summer Hamlin of Boston chosen as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of the customs service to succeed James F. Curtis who retires August 1. Secretary McAdoo formally recommends to President Wilson, who will send the nomination to the Senate. Hamlin previously held the post under Cleveland and has represented the United States at international conferences including Japan in 1897 and fur seal dispute talks with Great Britain and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Summer Hamlin
Boston
the Treasury
Customs Service
James F. Curtis
McAdoo J
Wilson
Senate
Hamlin
Cleveland
McAdoo
Curtis
United States
Japan
Russia
Great Britain
Tumulty Denies Being President's Candidate for New Jersey Governor
Joyeon Tumulty secretary to the President denied being the compromise candidate for governor in New Jersey in the fall primary. He said he was surprised by Democratic politicians labeling him the President's candidate and that he would not seek or accept such a role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Joyeon Tumulty
Tumulty
BORN AND DIED NOTICE LISTING VARIOUS BIRTHS AND FUNERALS
A compilation of birth announcements and obituaries dated July 1913 to 1918. Includes a newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs Ww RK Nagel and multiple funeral notices across Washington DC and surrounding areas. Names include Eliza Beth Br Ashton and Grace Leimbach, with interments at local cemeteries and notices from military and church communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gel
RK. Nagel
Ashton
Elizabeth BR
G. C. Ashton
John T
Martha A Bisgs
New Jersey Avenue
Congressonal
Baltimore
New Jersey
Incinnati
Philadelphia
Patrick
Mary
Michael
Tad
Coley Military Order OF the Loyal Legion OF the United States
Columbia
Washington
Alford Tarriner Cooley
Topsfield
Massachusets
Massachusetts
Green Clay Goodloe
USS Marine Corps
Richmond
Fredericksburg
New Hampshie Avenue
Mary T. Foy
James and
Anna M. Foy
Tor St Stephen's Church
Twenty-fifth
George W Hall
Tanette Margrett
Janette D
Frank J. Landvoigt
Lansterman
Keifer Place
Northwest
Margaret
Samuel Janterman
Puneral Private
Clavwbach
Fifth Street
Grace
Adam and
Grace Leimbach
Quigley
Muneral
Glenwood Cemetery
Wrtow
Walter H. Marlow
Schick
John M Schick
D. D
Grace Reformed Church
Twelfth Street
Thomas C Smith
McKendree M. E
Massachusetts Avenue
Ninth Street
Thomas
M_ street
William Marvin
William
Virginia W. Thomas
Thompson
Georgetown Universit Ospital
Char’ SS Cochran
Amy G. Thompson
Richard K. Cochran
Denman Thompson
Richard W. Snow
7 Street
J. J. Dimon
St. Andrews’ Church
Corcoran
King Solomon
Fla
Arfield
Bagdad
Lykesville
Ella Lawrence Warfield
St. Barnabas’ Church
Wilson Names Another U S Minister Two Attorneys And Many Postmasters
The President announced nominations including Wintaster for the Dominican Republic James M Sullivan for Western Missouri United States attorney Francis M Wilson for District of South Dakota Robert P Stewart for South Dakota and a lengthy list of postmaster nominees across several states with named individuals in Virginia West Virginia North Carolina and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintaster
Dominican Republic
James M. Sullivan
New York
United States
Western District of Missouri
Francis M. Wilson
Missouri
District of South Dakota
Robert P. Stewart
South Dakotas
Virginia
James 5. Haile
Chatham
David W. Berger
Drakes Branch
D. F. Hawkins
Hounton
West Virginia
C. B. Riggle
Middlebourne
North Carolina
Bk. T. Sumner
Ahoskie
Daniel L. Windsey
Belhavens
A. C. Link
Hickory
D. Earl Best
Warsaw
John F. Saunders
Troy
Parcel post rate and size fight heats Congress
Railways and express companies pressed Congress to block Postmaster General Burleson from raising the parcel post size to 2 pounds and cutting rates on August 15. Senators and representatives debated repeal of the law and possible court action while stressing losses of $15 to $20 million yearly. The House banking panel signaled broader currency reform talks, including Glass and Wilson's plans, with interlocking directorate limits forced into the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express Companies
Burleson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Bryan
Florida
Senate Post Office Committee
Congress
Commission
Ashurst Defends Telegrams Pressing Senate On Public Use
Senator Ashurst told the Senate he did not misuse public funds for telegrams sent on private affairs. He read messages about a federal judges advisory election, Turner’s Mexico release, and a Washington irrigation conference, offering to pay if deemed not public business. Bristow and Owen weighed in as the debate ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Bristow
Ashurst
John Kenneth Turner
Mexico
Washington
Arizona
Owen
Brady III During Voyage Fortune Tied To 60 Corporations
Anthony N Brady, famed New York financier dubbed the Wall Street Mole, died in a London hotel from angina pectoris while en route home aboard the Olympic. He was reportedly worth about 25 million dollars or more and served as a director in nearly six large corporations. He had recently mourned a daughter and three relatives killed in a 1912 railroad wreck. Brady had made his fortune in tea, contracting, gas, and public utilities, and had retired to politics in New York. His body to be shipped to America tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londons
Anthony N. Brady
New York City
London
America
Brady
New York
Anthony XII
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Westport
Conn
Troy
Albany
Chicago
Wall Street
Freight Rate Fight Sparks Washington Baltimore Action
Washington and Baltimore merchants unite to challenge Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroad orders ending free freight delivery. They file petitions seeking suspension of tariffs and a hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission, arguing rate increases would harm trade and that delivery service is an essential transportation element.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
B. and
Retail Merchants’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
D. C
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
McGinty
New England
New York
Philadelphia
Merchants and Manufacturers of Baltimore
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association of Baltimore
Roosevelt Urges Caution With Big Guns At Indian Head
Acting Secretary of the Navy orders Lieut. Comdr. Holden to stop firing while naval vessels pass the Indian Head proving grounds. The directive follows a prior incident when the Mayflower carrying President Wilson was heard to hear a shell while passing the site near Chesapeake Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Indian Head
Navy
Jonas H. Holden
Ordnance
Naval Proving Grounds
Proving Grounds
Proving Ground
Pages clamor for pay from disbursing clerk office
Sixteen Senate pages eye the disbursing clerk’s office each morning, awaiting July pay with no provision in the last appropriation. They have had no money since July 1. Trae O'Toole, who directs the page boys, has been supplying car fare as efforts push a special emergency bill. The pages draw $2.50 a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Trae' O'Toole
Postoffice Clerks Outing At Chesapeake Beach Attended By 2000
The annual excursion of Branch 14 United National Association of Postoffice Clerks to Chesapeake Beach drew nearly two thousand attendees for bathing and athletic contests. A featured event was the baseball game between post office clerks and Clarendon, which attracted strong interest despite Washington losing. Key organizers included George Tate as president, E W Turner as executive chair, and E David Brown in charge of yesterday’s athletic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Beach
United National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Post Office
Clarendon
Washington
Cara B. Shreve
George Tate
E W. Turner
E. David Brown
No Arms to Huerta and Ailing Mexican Situation
Senators and representatives at the Capitol doubt mediation and fear delayed results after arms transport inhibition. They favor aggressive policy, possibly intervention or protectorate, amid reports Huerta arms rebels with U S aid. Carranza ally Escudaro claims munitions flow to Huerta. Wilson referenced. Admiral Beatty’s visit noted. Roosevelt discusses Mexican stance informally. Destitute Americans aid and border issues also described. Bryan cipher telegram disrupts El Paso visit with lengthy decipherment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Roosevelt
Frank E Beatty
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Admiral Beatty
Mexico
Department
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
American Red Cross
Galveston
Tex
Texas
Navy
Cowles
Gueymas
Thomas Hind
Southern Pacific Railroad
State Department
Representative Smith
War Department
el Paso
Madera
Smith
United States
Opposed School Construction Delays Cameron West Plan
Alexandria Aldermen vote 6 to 2 against building a new high school at Cameron and West streets on a partially county lot. Preference shown for selling the lot and relocating the school to the old Hallowell School site within city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Shington Fost Bureau
King Street
Board of Aldermen
Joint Committee On Finance and Schools
Cameron and
West Streets
Hallowell School
Washington and
Wolfe Streets
Common Council
Jesse Grant Seeks Divorce in Goldfield Suit
Jesse Root Grant, youngest son of former President Ulysses S. Grant, filed for divorce from Elizabeth Chapman Grant in Goldfield Nevada. Desertion is the sole allegation. the couple has two grown children. Grant has lived in Goldfield for six months. Shipping news notes arrivals and departures of several transatlantic liners in the same dateline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield
Nev
Jesse Root Grant
WG. S. Grant
Elizabeth Chapman Grant
Grant
Davis May Be Named Solicitor General Davis to Return for Conference on Offer
Reliable authorities report Representative John W. Davis of Clarksburg West Virginia may accept the post of solicitor general of the Department of Justice at a salary of ten thousand dollars. Davis is a leading House lawyer and member of the judiciary committee. His return to Washington for final discussions is anticipated after Attorney General McRenolds informs him of the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
John W. Davis
Clarksburg
W. Va
Davis
McRenolds
House
United States Supreme Court
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
House Board of Managers
Commerce Court
Jude Archbald
Cavalry War Game Begins at Winchester Battlefield
About 2,300 officers and troopers from the Tenth Elev enth and Fifteenth United States cavalry gather for the first maneuvers of a large war game marking a rehabilitation of the mounted arm. Cavalry board observers plan two months of testing mimicry of foreign armies, with Col. C. K. Murray predicting hard work and a serious, not a frolic, effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
United States
Cavalry Board of the Army
Here
Cavalry Board
Europe
England
France
Russia
Germany
Austria
C. K. Murray
Twelfth Cavalry
Cardinal Gibbons Celebrates 79th Birthday in Maryland
Baltimore July 23 Cardinal Gibbons marks his 79th birthday with a mass of thanksgiving at T Herbert Striver’s home chapel near Westminster. Only family attend the service as he rests for the afternoon. Messages of congratulations pour in from Sacred College members and European rulers, with the Pope sending a cablegram. Names listed include Les Luccis Ruth M Alger Robert Talbot Samuel Wright Florence Kurtz J B Briggs Robert Nally Stella Flowers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
T. Herbert Striver
Weatminster
Farge
Sacred College of Cardinals
Europe
Les Luccis
Ruth M. Alger
Stanley
Robert Talbot
Samuel Wright
Florence A. Kurtz
W. A. Wade
Charles C. Coakley
Besete Reynolds
J. B. Briggs
Robert H. Nally
Stella M. Flowers
M. J. Kennedy
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S. Customs
C. S. Hamlin
Secretary of Treasury
James T. Curtis
McCormick
John R. McCormick
Tod
Lovi Wiifh
F & Reet
Phage M
J. H. Small & Sons, Florists
Cerner
Niew Spapp
U. S
Railroads
Express
Cos
Snags
Senator Bryan
House Banking and Currency Committee
Representative Bulkley
Ohio
Bulkley
Federal Reserve Board
Glass
Federal Reserve
Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Senate Committee
Brady III
To-Kalon Co., Inc
J. WM. Lee
Pennsylvania Avenue
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Rockville
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Waren Ok
Embalmers
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh St
GEO. P
Sergeon
Cain
M. Hindle
Anged
Rhone M
Wile
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
Huerta
Francisco Escudaro
Mexican Congress
Carranza
Constitutionalists
Escudaro
Manuel Perez Romero
Constitutional Party
Isais
Department of State
Guadalajara University
Adel
Iowa
Machen
The
News
Lewis H. Machen
Portsmouth
Newport News
Old Point
Rosemont Citizens’ Association
Thomas A. Hulfish
George W. Keys
Mr. Hulfish
Mr. Keys
Braddock House
Fairfax Street
Alexandria Police Department
Marshall Hall
Uniform and Helmet Fund
Jesse Grant
Hamburg
Valwire
Rotterdam
Fishguard
Caronia
Solicitor General
M’reynolds
Archbald
Goff
Bennett
Davia
William Marshall Bullitt
Louisville
Circuit
Nathan Goff
United States Senate
Louis Sennett
Weston
Cavalry
Eleventh
Ville Siiuape
Holifay
Palais Royal
Shriver
Westminster, Md
Pope
Goodrich
Goodrich Goods
Goodrich Tires
B. F. Goodrich Co
14Th St. N. W
Akron
Anchr
Glen Echo
Hevy Chase Lake
U. 5S
Marine Band
Prince Otio
Colonial Beach
Atlantic City
ST. Johns
Frbiye
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