Sims Seeks Rider to Deficiency Bill on Commerce Court
In a heated session the House Appropriations Committee chairman vows funds for court maintenance while opposing abolition. Sims favors striking the Commerce Court via a rider to the urgent deficiency bill but faces party caucus resistance. Judiciary continues Broussard bill discussions as Interstate Commerce chief Edgar Clark testifies tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Appropriations “Committee
Sima
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Commerce Court
Sims
Judiciary Committee
Broussard
Edgar ©. Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Holy Trinity School Play Honors at Georgetown Ceremony
Holy Trinity School Georgetown held two act drama Tom Playfair with senior and junior students. Rev E M Corbett conferred class honors and Rev B J Magrath presided. Georgetown University President Donion attended. Certificates for stam mar school graduates went to Joseph Dominic Kelly John Paul Lavezzo William Frances Cash Edwin Matthew OBrien William Joseph Beckett Harry Spellman Leo McCann Daniel Power Elder Mink Leo Haller Joseph Kinley and William Keane. Premiums awarded for best primer work and regular attendance plus Georgetown scholarships to Kelly Cash OBrien Beckett Spellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Playfair
Holy Trinity School
Georgetown
Tor Playfair
William Cash
Harry Spellman
Edwin O'Brien
Joseph Kelly
Leo McCann
William Keane
Russell Welty
Francis Connors
John Lavezzzo
James J. Cook
James Power
Martin I. Cook
William Beckett
Daniel Walters
Joseph
Stammar
Joseph Dominic Kelly
John Paul Lavezzo
William Francia Cash
Edwin Matthew O'Brien
William Joseph Beckett
Harry Aloysius Spellman
Leo Francie McCann
Daniel Joseph Power
Louis Mink
Leo Aloysius Haller
Joseph Anthony McKinley
William Francis Keane
Daniel Sullivan
Stephen Miller
Morris Lammond
Hector Macdonald
Robert Shaw
Francis Husston
Wiliam Ricciardi
Russell Kelly
John Lavesto
Lea McCann
Elder Mink
Willam Keane
Oscar Mink
Paul Kinnahan
William Ricciardi
John Reilly
John Sweeney
Frederick Humm
James E. Cook
Luke Mattare
James Reilly
John Nokes
William Wright
Martin Ignatius Cook
Robert Chaconas
Richard Shew
Paul Cook
James Sullivan
Walter Walter
George “.Reynolds
John Redman
William Newheiser
George Queen
George Coszens
Harold Robinson
Raymond Sullivan
James Armstrong
Paul
Extra holiday for clerks movement to grant full day
President Andrews of the Retail Merchants Association named a seven member committee to work with boards of trade and chambers of commerce to secure an extra day holiday for federal and district department employes. The panel, led by Julius Garfinkle, will meet at noon Monday at 102 F Street Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Retail Merchants’ Association
Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce
Julius Garfinkle
J. Philip Herrmann
A. Lisner
M. A. Leese
E. C. Graham
Isaac Gans
F Street
Borland Proposes Extended Benefit Tax for Alley Improvement
Missouri Representative William P. Borland introduces a plan to widen the benefit assessment to cover any lot or parcel that may receive gains from alley improvements. The measure would allow assessments on properties distant from the condemned alley, aiming to speed alley elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borland
Wiliam P. Borland
Missouri
Two Physicians Ousted From Government Hospital Board
At a Government Hospital for the Insane meeting the resignations of two physicians were requested after an investigation by a board committee. Gen. George M. Sternberg declined to discuss the case as public, while Dr. William A. White cited administrative clashes. July 2 examination is planned to fill vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Hospital For the Insane
George M. Sternberg
William A. White
George H. Torne
Charles J. Stokes
Joan W. Yerkes
White
Mrs Wilson Indisposed In Washington Society Note
Washington society shows concern as Mrs Woodrow Wilson wife of the President is said lightly indisposed from heat. She received callers at the White House at 5 p m with daughters Miss Jessie and Miss Eleanor Wilson. She plans rest before joining President Wilson and daughters to Cornish New Hampshire around June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Cornish, N. H
Reward Offered After Woman Attacked in Woods Near Home
Mrs Sophia Christ, about 40, was assaulted by a youth in a wooded patch half a mile from her Wi9 Kearney street northeast home. She screamed when grabbed by the wrists. the man fled. Maj Sylvester offered a 25 reward for information leading to arrest after a patrol search of the northeast precinct. The assailant was described as about 19 or 20, 5 feet 7 inches, blue serge suit and dark cap, seen following a girl with a child prior to the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Precinct
Maj. Sylvester
Sophia Christ
Wi9
Kearney Street
Teachers Visit Washington D C From Pacific Northwest
A group of women school teachers from Washington Oregon and Idaho arrived in the capital city for a tour to view sights and seek the Liberty Bell for the Panama exposition in 1915. The party includes Marvel Ramey Laura Dawson Ethel Hutchcroft Nett Drew Belle Crawford Nelson Mabel Morrison May Springer Sara Moseley and chaperon Mrs G L Barkley. Plans include calls on the President visits to public buildings and a Potomac trip to Mount Vernon. They depart Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Marvel Ramey
Nez
Perce
Lewis County
Laura M. Dawson
Voltage
Harney County
Oreg
Ethel M. Hutchcroft
Yamhill
Yamhill County
Ellensberg County
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kittitas County
Wash
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Decree Granted Julia Rauscher to Resume Maiden Name
Mrs Julia Marie Rauscher obtained an absolute divorce from Rene C Rauscher in Alexandria circuit court on a cross bill charging desertion. Judge Thornton allowed her to resume her maiden name Julia Marie Miller with a cash alimony settlement. the couple had been married a little over five years and faced disputes over wedding presents valued around four dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Marie Rauscher
District Supreme Court
Rene C. Rauscher
Thornton
Circuit Court of
Alexandria
Rauscher
Julia Marie Miller
Connecticut Avenue
Virginia
Bausechnal
Mickey
Bausehero
Wouet
Towittekeowier
Jude Nivel
Muel
Tirent
Ructschers
Frances
Washington
Sugar lobby details spill from sugar campaign
Senate hearing reveals the free sugar campaign tied to the Federal Sugar Refining Company. Frank C. Lowry testifies on campaign data and pamphlets aimed at aiding a sugar duty repeal, while Melville B. Stone of the Associated Press discusses publicity and press independence. Warren, Hamlin, and Michigan Sugar Company figures appear as witnesses. A separate Pennsylvania inquiry into lobby activity is authorized in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Melville E. Stone
Senate
Frank C. Lowry
Committee of Wholesale Grocers
Cumming
Nelson
Walsh
Overman
Lowry
Resolutions Committee
Baltimore
Federal Refinery
EPS Tate Hss
Federal Refining Company
Trust
Cummins
West Tubbs
American Society of Equity
Madison
Wis
Tubbs
Republican. National
Melville B. Stone
Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
General Assembly of Pennsylvania
George A. Baldwin
Beaver County
Washington Party
House
Bumboat Kate Royall Seeks Hospital Care After Fifty Years
Veteran figure known as Bumboat Kate at Washington Navy Yard for decades is sent to the Government Hospital for the Insane. She is believed to be at least 80, once selling provisions and fruit to sailors and workers. Roosevelt once allowed her to march with troops and carry a flag, with an exception when fruit sales were banned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Hospital
Navy Yard
Kate Royall
Rhs
Washington Navy Yard
Kate
Roosevelt
United States
Haiti Accepts Principle of Bryan Peace Plan Details Sought
Haiti through Minister Menas accepted the idea of Secretary Bryan's peace plan and asked for its details. Bryan withholds the pact text but stated the United States would give one year to examine the merits of any international misunderstanding before resorting to war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Haiti
Menas
Torday
United States
Sunshades for the Police Protect Crosswalk Officers
Police at the Fifteenth Street and New York Avenue intersection stood under a huge canopy to shield them from extreme heat. Superintendent Sylvester ordered sunshades raised on pedestals about five feet high to shelter crossing officers and serve as traffic direction signposts during peak sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. Holmes
Fifteenth Street
New York
Trafic
Sylvester
Supt
Admissions Extend Brotherhood Membership to All Electric Enginemen
The annual convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen approved a constitutional amendment making all employees operating electric locomotives eligible for membership. Previously only enginemen and firemen on larger locomotives qualified. The convention also endorsed several Illinois legislative measures aimed at protecting railroad workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of ‘Locomotive
The
Brotherhood
Illinois
Body of Edna Turnhurke Found by Potomac Canoeists
Edna L. Turnhurke, a schoolteacher, died by suicide after leaping from Chain Bridge. Her body was found at 10 o'clock by two Potomac Boat Club canoeists near the Virginia shore, towed to the Potomac Boat Club, and then turned over to her parents. Police note melancholia as the likely motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Potomac Boathouse
G. W. Turnhurke
Edna L. Turnhurke
Chain Bridge
William C. Greenley
W. N. Wood
Potomac Boat Club
Greenley
Three Sisters Islands
Thirty-sixth Street
William Bromley
Miss .Turnburke
George W. Turnburke
P Street
Nevitt
Boat Club
Italian auto racer killed in French grand prix test
Italian driver Zuccarelli was killed at Mareilly near Evreux during a July Grand Prix practice. Mechanician Fanelli was mortally injured after a horse and cart blocked a sunken road as Zuccarelli, speeding at 100 mph, overturned and pinned them. Zuccarelli had won the Le Mans night race and recently saved the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evreux
France
Ruccarell
Fanelli
Mareilly
Zuccarelli
Nght Automobiles
le Mans
Wiz
United States
Veterans Sons Meet Cushing Camp Hosts Washington Encampment
Maryland division Sons of Veterans opening their twenty seventh annual encampment in Grand Army Halls Washington with routine business. Division Commander Silas E Robb presiding and Commissioner Rudolph delivering welcome. Banquet at Hotel Sterling included speeches by Stone Northcutt and Munson. Guests of Cushing Camp and visiting auxiliaries were entertained. Ohio Representative Willis spoke on Civil War soldiers and flag desecration. Sessions continue at G A R Hall today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Sons of Veterans
District of Columbia
Delaware
New Jersey
Grand Army Halls
Silas E. Robb
Cano H. Rudolph
Washington
Hotel Sterling
Stone
Department of the Potomac
J B. Northcutt
B. S. Munson
Sons of Veterans, Aux- Wary
George W. Sellers
W. &. Garlich
George Duffy
George R. Fyrrel
W. Stone
R. H. Freer
J. B. Allgate
Cushing Camp
Ohio
Con @resa
B. Albert Land
Glen C. Dorsey
Arthur B. Barringer
Rogere I. Oatley
Philip Addison
Ladies’Auxiliary
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lin G. A. R. Halk
Printers Union Protests Furlough Plan At Pythian Temple
More than nine members of the Plate Printers and allied unions gathered at the Pythian Temple to oppose Joseph B. Ralph of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. They protested notices that workers may be dismissed after June 30 without prejudice due to insufficient work. William D. Clark presided as speakers urged appealing to the Treasury Secretary to alter Ralphs plans, with a push to adopt the furlough system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plate Printers’ Union
Organized Labor
Pythian Temple
Joseph B. Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Iin
Jin
William D. Clark
Plate Printers? Council
J. Edward Beach
George J. Cleary
P. J. Ryan
Charles T. Smith
Ed Moore
E. L. Adams
John H. Ferguson
John R. O'Niel
John A. McDonald
Secretary of the Treasury
Ralph
Travel the Hot Sands at Almada Temple Ceremony
At the Almada Temple ceremonial session in the National Rifles Armory a large class of novices traversed the hot sands of the desert marking the last meeting until fall. Named were Victor Evans 8 Vickling William J. Kirtland R G Fletcher C A Hammett Nathan Simon Sidney Hachingen L H T Schuknicht Max Fisher and T B Hampton guided by James T Gibbs potentate. A report by Harrison Dingman and Gibbs covered the Imperial Council meeting in Daas Tex with Augusta Ga slated for May 13 and 14 1914. On Saturday June 28 about 50 members will take the annual sleepless tour leaving from Fifteenth and New York avenue by electric train to Baltimore returning by water route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almada Temple
A. A
N. M. Sy
National Rifles Armory
Victor Evans
8. V. Fickling
Wiliam J. Kirtland
R. G. Fletcher
C. A. Hammett
Nathan Simon
Sidney Hachingen
L. H. T. Schuknicht
Max Fisher
T. B. Hampton
James T.gibbs
Harrison Ding~man
Mr. Gibbs
Imperial Council
Daas
Tex
Augusta
Fifteenth
New York Avenue
Baltimore
Washington
Convicted Embezzlers Named Masters and Kinnear
Samuel J. Masters and John Kinnear, former officials of the Modern Workmen of the World, were found guilty by a jury in Criminal Court No 1 of embezzling 1700 dollars from the organization in acts between May 1909 and December 1910. The defense challenges to the court charge, and possible appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Masters
John BH. iKinnear
Justice Stafford
Todilow
Tambert, Norton & Yeatmer
Lambert
Tnen
Supreme Court of the United States
Ashley M. Gould
Tambert
Tambert. Justice Gould
Kinnear
Takoma Park
Robert N. Harner
District National Bank
William F. Gude
L. FB. Shoemaker
Charles Corby
WN. L. Lansbury
R. P. Andrews
Ben G. Davis
W. W. Warrick
W. G. Platt
Senator Jones joins Boy Scouts liquor war fund fete
Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington opened the Ingram Memorial Church lawn fete for Troop No. 14 summer camp fund. He praised the boys for their campaign against alcohol and urged them to return from world travels as men. Frank H. Poston gave an eloquent lecture on California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Jones
Washington
Wesley L. Jones
Ingram Memorial Church
Frank H. Poston
California
Washingtons Ole Swimmin Hole Opens 1913 Season
More than 1,200 boys and men flooded Washingtons municipal bathing beach for the maiden dip of 1913. Dr W B Hudson and S C Cousing directed the day from 10am to 6pm with no accidents. Lifeguards 8 B Taylor FM Nolan Rudolph Schoenfeid provided safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. B. Hudson
S. C. Cousing
8. B. Taylor
FM. Nolan
Rudolph Schoenfeid
Hudgen
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Commerce Tribunal
Woods
Man Hada
San Francisco Exposition
Mrs. Rauscher
Daniels
Net & Dobby
Wittless
S. New York
Mr. Stone
Bumbgat
Locomotive Brotherhood
Girl
Cart
Veterans’ Sons
Willis
Almas
Federal National Bank
BOY Scouts
Lear
Miri
Oboo Ag
Nineteenth Street
Moore & Hill (Inc
H Street
Seventh St
Scribner’s Magasine
Fifth Avenue
sByat
Panama Canal
Welch’s Grape
Christian Xander
Wwitom Iv
Eureka
Aid- Corporation
D. C
A. D
Rudolph Kaufpmann
Francis C. Wallace
MO. M. Ranesn
F. Forsyth
Peck
Jacob
Lee
Gettysburg
Philadelphia Avenue
Irerly
Herdie Cab Tw
Washington, D.C
Uity
Herdie
Sam
G. Erberly
Burlington Apt
Vi Avenue
Board OF Medic
Burvisors
D.C
Efking
Efter
JIEY
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Geo. C.ober
M. D
Mt. Pleasant
Irving
Columbia
GHEEN
Balentine
Shoemaker Co
the Sunday Post
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