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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1914
Page
6
Wimborne earns praise from former critics as England's performance in polo stirs betting odds favoring Britons. Reactions split between approval and disappointment as the lineup shifts spark renewed interest and national support for the team's showing.
British polo team was miscast as favorites in betting for the polo series as odds swung and American side changes at the challenge match stirred controversy. England’s win sparked jubilation while critics questioned Milburn’s move and captain Wimborne’s leadership amid postmatch reflections.
Obituary notices list deaths of Nancy Areli, Jofer Glowos, Dorsey, Heinll, Centon Neal, John Omaley, Annie Blopis, and G. Ald Wilkinson. Funeral arrangements vary private or at home or specific churches with interment in Lewiston Me or Congressional areas. Readers urged to copy local papers for service details and times.
Special to The Washington Post reports Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier Journal bleaker view of the President and Secretary of State. He says the premier has lost strength and will never again be a political leader. He assigns the President responsibility for discrediting him by allowing him rope to hang himself.
At Odd Fellows Hall on Seventh Street a solemn memorial for dying lodge members was held. Marine Band played a dirge as candles were extinguished for each death since June 1913. Relatives wept while grand warden William J. Hope read names and initiations. Wreaths and a memorial monument were laid as elegiac addresses, solos, and prayers concluded the ceremony. Names of the deceased from various lodges were read, with two Rebekah Lodge members in white robes assisting.
Hundreds of Virginians travel from Norfolk Richmond Baltimore Washington and other areas to attend University of Virginia exercises in Charlottesville marking the end of the school year. More than 1 000 alumni are expected to attend finals amid plans for the general alumni association meeting led by Representative Oscar W Underwood.
A compact directory of funeral directors and embalmers with firm names and addresses. Includes Zarhorst, Frank Geier's Sons, WM. Lee, Kindle, M. W. A. Speare, Frank A. Speare, Thos. S. Sergeant, Saredo & Co., and related chapels and crematoriums. Contact lines show telephone numbers and locations in multiple districts.
Campaign notes show President Roosevelt to avoid long tours, relying on press to reach voters. Republicans and Democrats plan parallel strategies in New York and nationwide with emphasis on rallying dissident Progressives and farmers.
A foreign Vienna account describes American execution by electric chair. Judge Goff directs the four Rosenthal murderers to the chair amid mixed reactions from about 300 spectators. The Am erican process includes initial failure then two successful applications, with Becker's instigation denial and Seldenshner confessing. The piece notes admissions, penalties, and a wartime distant observer tone.
The Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly was won by Sardanapala the favorite. Diderot Le Corsaire and Durbar followed as the top four, with Durbar II the English Derby winner finishing fourth amid a strong American turnout including Vanderbilt and Duryea parties. American color horses also won the Prix des Hrangs and the Prix du Chemin de Fer Nord, Francisco and Dramatiste among others. Notables present included Mrs Vanderbilt, Mr Belmont, and Mr Duryea.
Large Georgetown delegation from New York attends eve of class day at Hilltop. Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. M. Prendergast and plans to erect a new Georgetown preparatory school emerge from regents meeting. Athletic contests and class day program follow with a reception for alumni attended by judges and state delegates.
A Paris savant claims hypodermic chloroform blends can render labor painless, sparking debate among New York physicians who caution that safety, patient variability, and require continuous supervision limit adoption. German methods using scopolamine and morphium are similar but impose memory loss and strict observation.
Vineland New Jersey June 14 A water stimulated owl attack wounds Mrs Frank Flood as she recalls a memory lapse about the bird The talon is removed by a doctor After the incident the owl dies and the owner notes water provokes the bird. Special to The Washington.
The President with Secretary and Mrs McAdoo arrived in Washington before 7 am after a Princeton day. He attended church, then rode with Mrs Wilson and Prof Axson of Princeton. He kept souvenirs from alumni events a bronze tiger miniature a pipe and a memorandum book. His party may win Princeton’s attendance cup for alumni events.
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