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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
13
A wartime pamphlet excerpt argues submarines threaten seas like past coercion, while air power could turn the tide. Prominent figures urge massive aero production, a separate aeroplane department, and international sea control to defeat Germany and preserve liberty.
Officials announce posting of names who registered for selective draft at voting precincts. Those absent will be asked to show registration cards or risk arrest. Committees collect Red Cross funds. over 33,000 raised locally with expected growth. Villagers plan Gypsy Smith event disrupted by war. Manassas train travel remains by government schedules.
Miss Louise Elizabeth Butts daughter of Mrs. Mary M. Butts and Stewart Kelvin Brown of Washington were married at Christ P E Church by Rev W J Morton. They left for a northern honeymoon. George Washington University granted Miss Mary Bontz bachelor degrees in start and education after years on Alexandria High School faculty. Levis Barley son of Judge Louis C. Barley, a Virginia Military Institute student, was named a corporal in the cadet corps.
An amateur circus under the auspices of patriotic women will be held on the high school campus tomorrow afternoon to benefit the Boy Scouts.
Marshall Schofield has enlisted in the United States ambulance corps and is at Allentown Pennsylvania for instruction. He joins the service as part of a wartime medical unit training program.
John William Henry moves to transfer his next trial from Justice McCoy claiming lack of fairness. He was convicted in May before McCoy on embezzlement. The motion, filed by counsel former Judge Daniel Thew Wright, targets another judge for all remaining indictments arising from Lewis Johnson & Co. failures. The court likely to hear the transfer motion tomorrow. a separate trial date is set for Monday. Henry claims McCoy harbors personal prejudice.
The health department’s week ended June 16 shows measles the largest rise with 160 new cases, totaling 549. Whooping cough tallies 238, diphtheria 26, chickenpox 68, scarlet fever 44, tuberculosis unspecified, typhoid 17, pellagra 16, cerebrospinal meningitis 3. There were 97 deaths, 61 white and 36 colored, with an overall rate of 14 per 30 population. Compared with 1916 figures, weeks show 13.3, 22.6, and 15.8 rates.
Exhaustive cross examination of Andrew Sangster, chief accountant for the valuation bureau of the Public Utilities Commission, slows progress in the Washington Railway and Electric Company valuation hearing. Critics fault Sangster for not producing items listed in his report while the commission questions the company about its cooperation and the Metropolitan Company’s property value.
Suel Hyatt sues Washington Railway and Electric Company for 60 000 damages after his four year old son Louis Hyatt was run over on Four and a half street near H southwest by a street car. Louis suffered a crushed leg requiring amputation above the knee and part of the right foot. nine weeks in hospital. Samuel Hyatt, Louis’s father, filed the suit in District Supreme Court for 40 000, with F A Baker and H A Grant as counsel for both sides.
Senator Hollis, in a conference with President Willson, urged that no labour legislation pass this session. He spoke for the four railroad brotherhood chiefs who could not attend the White House meeting. Hollis said employers and employees are negotiating an eight hour law with four men from each side and without an umpire.
City briefs list upcoming events with Representative M. Clyde Kelly and J. R. Geisenberger as principal speakers at the fortieth anniversary of the Royal Arcadium in old Masonic Temple. Also mentions Chamber of Commerce meeting, a tax assessor’s fund drive, Washington Board of Trade dinner plans, and various local notices and incidents across the district.
Assistant United States attorney Leahy prosecutes Edward Kiades in a high profile case with King Koa sworthead Indie Lacrey Theam. James Shea and John Sacks defend, preparing liscaer arguments for the perimintal division. The evidence concluded after testimony from Wiliam M. Farrow and other revolver experts.
A defense witness testified that Elsie Sacrer’s hand touched Grindera’s finger on a tin can related to a wire device, suggesting the trigger could have been accidentally discharged. Charles Umie stated the event might have been an accident, not intentional, amid testimony about the related rim of the apparatus.
Fragmentary OCR on M adoo confinement and Liberty Loan speaking tour includes garbled names and places. The readable bits indicate a political figure and an itinerary aimed at boosting Liberty Loan support, with reference to air routes and a Prime minister. Details are unclear and may be incomplete.
Maj Pullman will outline the scope of the Home Defense League's activities at a Seventh precinct league meeting to be held at the Potomac Savings Bank building on Wisconsin Avenue and Mostree Northwest Monday evening. Officers and men from SD units will attend.
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