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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1915
Page
6
Minnie Ef Brooke says a Baltimore meeting article misrepresented her as connected to the Children's Bureau. She protests the misquote about child labor numbers and requests a public correction to protect her business from inquiries and harm.
Roanoke Virginia couples Myri Gienn 24 and Clara Louise Jennings 20 plan marriage. Baltimore pair Rev Hurt Stevenson Manes Morochink 22 and Edith Franky 20 wed. Other names: Richard W Londes 24 Anha M Young 16 Rev G Silverstone. Rev J Balderston George Williams 87 Agnes V Bair 84. Costas Canzanos 32 Sophie Baragika 18 Rev Basilio Lambrides. Vincent Cusimano 24 Constance Akers 21 Rev N M DeCarlo.
Joseph A and Margaret M Dondero report a girl. Porter 1 and Canna 1 Gabarna have a girl. Edward V and Ella J Roche announce a boy. Lewis L and Clara Steiner welcome a girl. William T and Leonora M Bergmann have a boy. Giuseppe and Marcela DL Meglio greet a boy. Edvin B and Margaret L Jarboe announce a boy. James W and Margaret Kerr, a boy. William T and Didith A Lehr, a boy. Pietro and Pia Pizza welcome a boy. William Dyson and Ahee Dyson report a boy. James F and Geraldine Fontze announce a boy. William R and Fannie Ilascoe greet a boy. George and Astelle Jackson have a boy. Edwin I and Mary Kenney, a girl. Henry S and Mary Lawson report a boy. John A and Mary Taylor welcome a boy. Cain and Violet Robinson report a boy.
Death notices list Hannah Pollock 75 Georgetown University Hospital Benjamin Phelps 78 712 Jefferson Place NW Ralph E. B. Haynle 20 FAR WOT Uprhur NW Edde A. McGuire 81 524 12th Street NW Children's Hospital J Adams 18 days Children's Hospital Albert Scott 58 Washington Asylum Hospital Elizabeth Lewis 45 515 Sth Street SE James Simma 47 128 VA Ave NW Robert O. Henson 53 Alabama Ave Anacostia DC George Robinson 69 Washington Asylum Hospital.
Washington readers pore over The Post’s puzzle series with three problems to be published tomorrow. Winners gain a vacation fund, and share depends on solving the puzzles slightly better than rivals.
Commissioners accept special committee findings that police uniform contracts showed unbusinesslike handling and a culture suggestive of corruption. The Fechheimer contract is declared a nullity for binding the police department. A permanent joint board will prepare specifications and bid biennially with bids approved by the commissioners.
Twenty graduates connected with Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church will be honored at a Sunday night recognition service with Rev Lucius C Clark delivering The Bow of Promise. Morning services include Children’s Day. Graduates include Frank Blair Edward Brash eares James Francis Pierce Ralph Benton Florence Milliken Homer Claiborne Herbert Nichols Jonathan Donkin Jr Griffen Frazier Catherine Cowsill Edith Moller Isabella Parke Grace Winner Robert Hardell Helen Brinkman Lucile Alexander Mildred Nash Lena Miller Avelin Jackson and others from local schools and colleges.
Weekend low week end fares via Westinghouse railway on sale Saturdays and Sundays to Quantico and intermediate points with return by midnight Monday. City bulletins announce Perry Jones candle market in Street Market at 7th and 3 Star W. Saturday June 12 1916 from 7am to 11pm. Big advertising sales offer 1 000 samples. Also notices advertise carpet cleaning service for Conger at phone WWW 685 and a prompt reliable funeral service by Shaffer at 900 14th.
Solicit or General Davis filed an appeal to the Supreme Court seeking review of a customs discount ruling. The decision voided the five percent reduction on imports aboard American ships and required uniform discounts under favored nation treaties. If overturned, about 20 million dollars in duties already collected may be refunded.
The public utilities commission warned Washington Railway and Electric Company over failing to keep equipment up to standard. It warned of a formal hearing and possible fines if improvements are not evident within a reasonable time. Inspectors found cars repeatedly defective and not adequately maintained.
Police blotter details a theft at 68 Defrees Street NW where $72 and small checks vanished from a bureau drawer after a skylight entry. A hotel guest at Hoy's on Sixth Street NW was found unconscious from gas in a jet and revived. Reports include a lost canoe, a drowning at N Street SW, a small office fire, a man taken ill, a stray sorrel horse, a bottle explosion injuring a man, and other local incidents such as robberies, injuries, and a fraud warning about a fake Fire Department Relief collector.
Brig. Gen. William Harvey announces a reorganization of the District militia with officers willing to accept lower ranks. He praises business leaders in Washington for civic support and notes commissioners will be placed at the highest open rank if no position exists. Durand and Cook will be reassigned to new posts.
Col Ourand will retire as brigadier general effective July 138 and Maj Cook will retire as lieutenant colonel immediately. Both were mentioned for commander of the District militia, a post recently assigned to Brig Gen Harvey, formerly commander of the Second Infantry, KGD.C.
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