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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1914
Page
6
President Wilson and officials rush income tax filings at Baltimore as McAdoo leads the effort while New York faces the largest contributions. Washington averts personal scrutiny. the policy aims to aid Latin America through investment, stability, and moral commerce.
Numerous death notices dated March 1 1914 list services and interments across Washington including Brown McLennan Lucy J Buckley Chase Connolly Dawson Dixon Ford Eliza Beth Annie Elizabeth etc. Town mourns with masses at Holy Comforter St Aloysius Mount Olivet and Arlington interments with relatives invited.
Miss Elizabeth V. Brown hosted an informal tea at 1357 Euclid Street NW in honor of Dr William M Davidson former DC public schools superintendent. Many school officials and teachers attended, with Capt James M Oyster and Henry P Blair among the notable guests. Dr Davidson left Washington for Pittsburgh late last night.
A mud and ice slick at Tepth and EB streets northwest yesterday afternoon caused Ju. B. Thigpen's car in the Alabama apartment to swerve into a curbstone. The front axle broke. Elsworth Groom drove the vehicle to a garage for repairs. No anti skid chains were on the car.
From Bremen to New York the steamer Peabee Witheln will dock in New York at 3 20 a m on Wednesday. The Olav from Copenhagen to New York will dock at 8 39 a m on Wednesday.
A historical debt report notes total U S debt at 419 million with floating debt near 10 million and ton dale debt at 460 million including 350 million in bonds. Per capita debt varied by state from fractions of a cent to several cents, Massachusetts accounting for 23.2 percent of all state debt, while New York held about 25 percent of the 48 state total.
Winds roar through Alexandria causing window glass damage and gasps of fear as two chimney fires spark alarms. Firemen kept standby readiness with volunteers at engine houses. Windtopples stacks at Belle-Pre Glass Works and damages Duke Street firms. Community meetings planned for Democratic primary. court term and local civic events noted.
A year into Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, policies and Congress shape the nation’s international stance. The review highlights tariff, currency, trust laws, and the escalating Mexico issue. Panama tolls dispute with Britain looms, while arbitration treaties and peace treaty efforts shape diplomacy. Philippine independence, Alaska railroads, and the income tax add domestic pressure.
The 17 year old Edna V Petty died Saturday at her parents home 164 Pendleton street. Funeral arrangements are set for Sharonhepel Fairfax County with services tomorrow. Mission services proceed with two weeks of activities conducted by Redemptorists Fathers. Masses will be at 5 and 7:30 daily with a 7:30 service in the evening. The mission this week targets women and next week men. Body to be taken to Winchester Virginia for burial.
B B Baumgardt delivered the first of five lectures at Belasco Theater on Norway. He has spent fifteen years studying European nations and shown 1100 colored views of the Land of the Midnight Sun. The talk covered fjord scenery inland Norway and the works of Ibsen Bjornson and Grieg. Next Sunday's lecture will feature Venice.
Price McKinney of Cleveland offers 36 million to Terrazas for the Chihuahua estate now held by Gen. Francisco Villa, with 250 thousand to the latter for the constitutional war. The unfinished palace spans marble and cut stone, nicknamed by locals as the Palace of Tears, where Terrazas family women endured exile and waiting amid the upheaval of Chihuahua.
Mrs Lavie Lavenia Claxton wife of Arthur B Claxton treasurer of the Munsey Trust Company killed herself yesterday afternoon at 315 A Street Northwest in a second floor ballroom used by her children as a sleeping room. She left no note and had been despondent for days due to ill health. Their six month old youngest child and five other children survived. The family recently moved from near Rockville Maryland.
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