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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1913
Page
8
A vivid portrait of an iron tradesman known as the most envied man, laboring before a massive steam hammer amid blazing furnaces. The piece contrasts past prosperity with current downturns in Britain's iron industry, detailing the dangerous daily routine from puddler to shingler and the transition from metal helve to steam hammer.
A marriage is reported as E J Mudd and Aldine Dent tying the knot in the Emanuel Episcopal Church chapel, Baltimore, on Monday June 16 1913, officiated by Rev John Oldham.
Obituary items list multiple June 1913 deaths including Allen H Barnes ten, Ellen T Downs widow, Louisa Eller, George Elcan Hunt, Edwin Tracy Jones, Homer Nichols Lockwood, William J Lyons, Annie McDonald, Maria Noone, James Augustus Wright. Funeral details given with dates June 16 17 18, locations Rock Creek Cemetery Congressional Cemetery Prospect Hill Fort Plan and various residences. Relatives and friends invited to attend.
Thos M Hindle undertaker and embalmer lists location Fifth Avenue with telephone. William Sardo & Co funeral directors and embalmers offer Modern Chapel on Host Street. W R Pumphrey & Son on premises chapel in Rockville Maryland.
A dramatic portrait of the shingler at a furnace, clad in iron and leather, toiling amid molten iron and sparks. The piece extols his prodigious strength, endurance, and perilous work, noting frequent rests, meals, and the awe inspired by his rugged, knightly appearance.
Princess Olga Golitzine arrived in New York practically penniless and refused to say if she will sail back to Europe next Wednesday. Baron Korff, acting consul general, said she applied of her own accord to be sent home by steamer, with no basis for claims of pressure. The Russian government washed its hands of the case, noting she is an actress from a family with czar conferred title and that transport arrangements existed but she did not board the ship.
Della Fox veteran musical comedy star dies in a New York sanitarium at age 63 from acute indigestion. Born in St Louis on October 12, 1872 she began on stage at seven as a midshipman in Pinafore and rose to Broadway stardom in Editha's Burglar and The Little Trooper.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, the militant suffragette leader, was released from Holloway jail on license today due to ill health after another hunger strike. She had been sent back to the jail Saturday and was taken to a nursing home by ambulance, with doctors noting she was extremely exhausted despite a brief fast.
Manila reports a night operation against Moros on Mount Bagsag by American troops resulting in six killed and seven wounded. The campaign, led by Brig. Gen. John, advances with words of praise for the US forces and notes Moros at large remains elusive.
A fragmented licensing notice lists numerous couples with ages and home towns such as Syracuse Cold Spring Washington D C Richmond Va Chicago Philadelphia and Alexandria Va each pair accompanied by a officiating clergyman. The text shows many names and ages with inconsistent OCR.
Mrs Laura Cramer state department clerk denies possessing forty thousand dollars from the late Fenton J Hurd claiming no spook letters and saying the money was a reward for kindness to a man during illness. Supreme Court refused review of appeals court ruling requiring repayment. case centers on disputed funds reportedly held by a local trust company.
Huntington, June 1 United States Supreme Court sustains West Virginia 2 cent passenger fare law of 1911 and awards Chesapeake and Ohio agent John J Conway about 5000 dollars from unused coupons collected over years. Oregon rate cases and related suits against railroads also noted with rates challenged as unconstitutional interference in interstate commerce.
Supreme Court adjourned yesterday delaying about 25 undecided cases including Gompers Mitchell and Morrison seeking review of Buck's Stove contempt ruling. Execution of sentences paused until fall with several key rate and shipping cases, New York harbor sugar lighterage, and California oil land suits among others pending.
Elizabeth Seaman known as Nellie Bly lost her suit seeking Judge Chatfield to proceed in New York Federal courts to address her financial entanglements. The court nullified a Kansas 1906 oil transport rate cap as unconstitutional, ruling it prevented railroads from challenging confiscatory rates.
The Supreme Court ruled the federal government not financially liable for flood damage to over two plantations along the Mississippi from levee work. Claims totaling about 7 million dollars were blocked. The decision also upheld a lower court order barring Owens City from ousting the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph from its streets, Justice Day dissented.
Frederick Brenner, 24, captain of canal boat No. 27, attempted to walk the towpath to Miss Charlotte More on boat No. 1 and fell overboard. He was drowned after surfacing three times before help arrived. Miss More, his fiancée, waited as his body was recovered. Brenner’s home was in Sharpsburg, Maryland.
Berlin observed the twenty fifth anniversary of Emperor William II's accession with a festive yet divided mood. Andrew Carnegie and J S Schmidlapp presented a peace address from American societies, prompting the emperor to vow continued peace. Massed bands, 7000 schoolchildren and delegations filled the day as the public eye on royal pomp contrasted with calls for closer unity between ruler and people.
Col Theodore Roosevelt led a crowd at the Charlestown outing club as Bunker Hill Day began. A flare of flashlights and startled screams followed a misfire moment, then Roosevelt urged calm and delivered a patriotic address at the monument base after midnight.
John Goglik, 16, faced four hours in West River as a tide gate trapped his leg while swimming in New Haven Connecticut. Fire and police battled the rising water with a rubber tube for breath. A trolley wrecker freed the gate, water rushed over meadows, and Goglik was rescued and saved from drowning.
Mrs. George R. Sheldon wife of the Republican National Committee treasurer died in New York after an operation performed seven days earlier for intestinal trouble.
The University of George Washington faces a funding dispute as patrons reportedly withdraw support for the College of Political Science. Dean Charles F. Munroe says the college will not be abolished and will operate next year under merged status with Columbian College, with eight professors continuing their courses.
Arrived from York New York and New Cherbourg. Vessels bound for Bremen, Havre, Chicago, and New York. Trade routes include Akreonor York, Roulogse Rotterdam, Siemens Main and Havre to New York.
The second week of this sale of Grimes' piano stock, bought by W. F. Frederick Company, opens with many bargains. Brand-new 88-note player pianos with regular prices of 700 are tagged as low as 450, some used as low as 350, and a few at 250. Uprights from Haines Brothers, Lester, Steger, Jewett and others cut to nearly half value. used uprights as low as 60 and 50. This Washington sale offers rare savings. act now before instruments sell out. Location 708 13th street, west side, above G street at Grimes' old stand.
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