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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
8
City council heard Andrew Sanser and others discuss a two platoon fire department plan. Macfarland urged adoption to improve hours pay and efficiency, proposing adding two men to the force and adjusting the budget for a workable split shift system.
Report describes Belgian exercises at a military camp with references to American aid and Herbert Hoover's role in coordinating relief efforts for Belgium during a period of food distribution and administration. The article notes Allied support and the involvement of various officials in sustaining food supplies.
A slate of new stage productions and film attractions fills the coming week. Driftwood, a new comedy by Lawrence Eyre, premiering at the Belasco Theater, features Fry Bainter in a standout immigrant heroine role. Joseph Howard will debut as composer and star at the National Theater with What Is Love and The Tims the Place and the Girl, supported by a strong company. Nora Bayes headlines Keith next week, with Leona LaMar and The Walking Music Store among acts, while Potash and Perlmutter and other revues fill Keith and related venues. The Garden of Mirth revival, The Earl and the Girl, and a four-day vaudeville program headline the varied schedule across theaters, parks, and outdoor venues including Glen Echo and Chevy Chase Lake with concerts, dancing, and motion pictures offered for next Sunday through Thursday.
Chesapeake Beach will launch its summer season next Monday afternoon June 29 with free attractions twice daily at 3 pm and 8 pm. The headline act, the Helleyists, will perform sensational acrobatics including an 80 foot dive into a shallow tank. Evening divers plan to saturate clothes with gasoline and set themselves on fire before the dive.
A historical notice argues that deadly tuberculosis concentrates in children of drinking fathers more than abstainers. It warns moderate alcohol use harms health and promotes Acid Iron Mineral as a tonic to restore energy and nerves, claiming broad family use.
Yale University awarded one million dollars in gifts and conferred 17 honorary degrees at its 217th commencement. Notable honorees included Andre Tarnes, Sir Ariest Rutherford, and John Paderewski. Also noted were graduates from Pennsylvania and a United States ambassador appointment in Hungary.
Comptroller of the Treasury W W Warwick rules that plumbers, painters, and other Capitol workers paid under $1300 yearly do not receive the government pay increase for low salaried staff. Warwick says these workers are paid according to labor schedules set by the agreement at the time of engagement.
In New York June 2, a Federal court heard a case involving a defendant and Wes Sorminta alleging conspiracy to restrain coal trade. The plaintiff claimed collusion to fix coal prices with a proposed structure of a $1.35 purchase price and an $8.40 sales price per ton, amid testimony about market manipulation and related agreements.
The first meeting of the Hive Defense League of the Third precinct met last night at the station on RK street between Twentieth and Purr streets northwest. George M Fisher was named chair and Alfred Bbatrav elected secretary. About 40 members attended as Cant Sullivan pledged support and duties of the mounted unit were outlined. The group will meet every Monday for instructions.
Efforts aim to recover 15 million tons of ships sunk by German submarines after the war. Huntington Clark and F A Eustis possess duplicate machinery drawings said to originate with the Germans. The plan involves water-filled tanks or cisterns on both sides of a sunken steamer to pump air and lift the vessel, or using a deep-water submarine to attach chains and raise it.
The report outlines a 1916 wrongful death case over a deceased husband’s estate. It mentions Mrs Gertrude Woosho, Shafer, and a Pine road location with injuries from a near-fatal incident near Washington.
An 18th century trial reports McGy and Phipps accused of treason and levy of war against the United States. The docket notes the court proceedings, evidence, and alleged acts involving possession of property and disloyal conduct.
A nurse named Anna Higgins aged 34 from Massachusetts was arraigned in court and pleaded not guilty to a charge connected with a ruse involving a seven year old. Bail set. judge Pugh presided. After arrest she was detained at a house but later moved to a hospital and appeared in court again yesterday.
A meeting called by Mrs Ageh ihld H pho chaired by the women committees of the National Defense and the Post ut aimed to unite varied women organizations. The session discussed cooperation and forming a national effort to support child welfare and broad social reform through organized women’s groups.
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