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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
12
National Association weighs prohibition trends and temperance debate at Hester speech. The United States Brewers’ Association met to discuss regulation of liquor amid calls to restore the Army canteen and questions over constitutional prohibition.
Captain Markham selects the mode and New York sculptor A Phimister Proctor will supply four Bengal tiger statues for the Sixteenth street bridge. The $10,000 contract requires completion and placement by October 1. The bridge, designed by W J Douglas, spans Piney Branch and features granite concrete work with electric arc lamps and bronze statues.
The inaugural commencement at the National Cathedral School for Boys was held at St Albans Church. Diplomas were awarded to Lyte Clarke Richard Fuss Morton Wisen Ernest Cringe Lewis Morton and Raltolman with honors to Lyman Williams Brest Crone Alfred Harding and others. Special awards included a home baseball medal to Priest Crane best athlete Theodore Ward best conductor and the Bishop Satterlee trophy for top scholarship average.
Americans dominated the Olympia horse show with two top prizes in the qualified hunters class. Walter Winans' St. Olaf won first prize and Wh. H. Weatherbee's Taconite took second, Weatherbee's first-year exhibitor. English horses claimed third and fourth, with harness classes led by Judge Moore and horses His Robin Hood and Marie. In the ladies driven pairs, Judge Moore's Lord Seaton and Lady Seaton won fifth.
Government calls twenty witnesses in building association case as Justice Stafford admits two checks as evidence against John Burton Miller former secretary treasurer of the Georgetown Fist Cooperative Building Association. Checks for 976 dollars and 629.75 dollars were drawn by Charles A Cragin to Jesse H Wyson. Government seeks to prove Miller received funds for the association and diverted them. Attorney Davis contests link to Miller but is overruled.
The Aloysius Club held its sixth annual minstrel show last night in Gonzaga Hall to benefit a fund. Director Thomas J Trodden guided the program with performances by many participants including A Auldudge B Burns and J Chester Riad. The show repeats tonight with a listed cast of dozens of club members and contributors.
President Taft may replace Pauline Wayne the prize Holstein given by Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin after news that Pauline Wayne has not arrived in Washington. The White House has relied on ordinary milk during the interim while awaiting confirmation of the famed cow’s fate.
Wis Minna Sacks and her child William sue Capital Traction Company in the District Supreme Court for 15000 alleging negligence by a motorman. They claim a vehicle collision at Twentieth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue on April 4 caused them to fall and suffer injuries. Attorneys Lester & Price listed. The piece also notes Attorney General Wickersham’s guidance to Samuel Gompers about DOJ lack of jurisdiction over certain AFL charges and actions against United States Steel Corp.
Edna Egan of Cincinnati and Oreste Vesselli a bandmaster separated in court today. Vesselli is son of Gen Thomas Plan a millionaire manufacturer and prominent social figure. The husband’s cross petition was dismissed and Mrs Vesselli’s petition claimed cruelty dating from their honeymoon era with alleged shocks and beatings.
Immigrant writer William Peterson, a 50 year old bachelor known for sermons to Scandinavians in New York, was ordered deported after returning from Denmark with $24 and relying on his pen as his sole support. Authorities ruled writing cannot be a livelihood and noted he had not secured naturalization papers. He had wed in the United States twelve years prior.
United States Attorney General Wickersham was the honored guest at a Nazareth Hall Military Academy reception in Nazareth Pennsylvania tonight held in the gymnasium. Residents judges and local lawyers attended the event as the school prepares for its 125th annual commencement tomorrow where diplomas will be awarded by the Attorney General. Wickersham graduated from the school in 1873.
A Washington Post organized October run will redo the route Richmond to Washington with eight cars eligible, all-scored cleanly in May. The plan adds a second sweepstakes trophy and requires pre and post run technical examinations by the AA.
Pittsburg, June 8. A deed of reconveyance was filed returning to Alice Thaw sister of Harry Thaw and former Countess of Yarmouth the marriage dower from the 1909 marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth. Trustees held the Pittsburg realty in trust. after divorce and an annulment the trust settles the properties to her. The estate yields about half a million dollars annually.
Paris reports vital statistics showing lower births in 1909 with 776 000 births versus 792 000 in 1908. Since 1851 France’s population rose by about 3 million while Germany added roughly 20 million.
In London on June 8 at Dorchester House Whitelaw Reid hosted a reception for Pilgrims and American societies in honor of Mr and Mrs Roosevelt followed by a farewell dinner attended by prominent figures including the Archbishop of Canterbury Sir Edward Grey the Duke of Portland Lord Curzon Bishop Brent and Lord Alverstone The former president will rest before sailing and is to be greeted by Secretary Meyer and Secretary Wilson upon arrival in New York The event included a luncheon with Lord Selborne and David Lloyd George and other notable guests
Cup winners listed with entrants Maxwell A D Rea and Maxwell Briscoe Wash Co in Class A No 20, Buick No 21 Stanley Mortimer Buick Motor Co in Class B, Harry Walls Maxwell Briscoe Wash Co in Class C, WOD Arrison Carter Motor Car Corp Class D No 7 Washington, Columba Bert Robinson Manwell Briscoe Wash Co in Class H No 17, plus fobs awarded to Class C Moline and Class D Washington and Class E Oldsmobile EH Wine Frank Carter J. A Monhbes Wine Benson Carter Motor Car Corp Taylos Pollock.
A secretive test of a new 150 horsepower airship engine near Watchung Mountains New Jersey is praised by backer David M Neuberger of Broadway New York as vastly better than earlier planes. He recounts four tests including a 200 foot flight and a 35 to 50 foot altitude glide before a final landing. Plans to file patent papers and reveal full details follow.
Albany June 8 Gov Hughes vetoed the Meade Phillips organization primary reform measure in a memorandum calling it not a giant but a denial of needed reform He repeats reasons from his May special message to the legislature and laments the Cobb compromise bill failure in the assembly.
Trustees will sell at public auction on June 21 1910 at 5 pm in front of the premises 1146 Bladensburg Road NE Washington DC lot 195 in Swarmeted's Subdivision of Long Meadows with improvements a frame dwelling terms one third cash balance in two installments with 6 percent interest semiannually. A $2100 deposit required at sale. Also listed are five building lots at East Arlington Alexandria County near Potomac River with terms of $1 down and $1 per week no interest. 10 percent down for large parcels and additional acres offered. James B ClEVenTS agent.
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