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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1913

Page

6

Gold Lace Under Ban Turbulty To Be Companion

Maj Rhoads in a White House reorganization plan would reduce the gold lace aids from twelve to six and move to a chief aid. The proposal also suggests dropping uniformed accompany duties on travel and assigning them to Joseph F. Tummuckty. Rhoads likely returns to Walter Reed Hospital for further duties. he is noted as a skilled surgeon who once operated on Taft in Manila.

Maj. Rhoads Walter Reed Amy Hospital White House Wilson Army Navy Marine Corps Maj Thomas L. Rhoads Taft Fhnnds Joseph F. Tunmuikty Roosevelt Archibald W. Butt Lfe Titania

Setback for Suffragists in Massachusetts and Maine

Massachusetts legislative committee voted to report leave to withdraw on a referendum bill to remove the word male from voter qualifications. Maine legislature killed a similar measure 53 to 50 after Senate passage, delivering a setback to women’s suffrage efforts.

Massachusetts Maine Boston Kingland Senate

Ammann and Company Mourns as Deaths Are Reported

Notices announce multiple deaths on March 4 and 5 1913 including Henry E Ammann Barbara E Ammann Frances Cameron Rose Regina Nesaler Mary Elizabeth Sutherlin Lena Slack and Fred N Weber details include funeral dates times and burial sites in Washington DC areas and Ohio interments and private gravesides listed with residence addresses and church or cemetery locations

Rockreek Cemetery Intervent Highlands N. C Roberta Wiens William Ker Melrose Street Chevy Chase Notree Slack Lena John Slack Thomas M. Hindle Wirth Glenwood Cemetery Herlin Mary Elizabeth James Sutherlin Frank Peter Glenwood Piompson New York City Howard N Thompson Columbus Ohio Green Lawn Cemetery Webbem Fred N. Webber Third Street Louisville

New Women Tell Of Insults In Suffrage Parade

New York suffragists returning from Washington recount insults and police violence during the parade. Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw cites police chief Sylvester and Fort Myer volunteers aiding crowd control while Foy Scouts and four women held back mobs. Inez Milholland Patricia Street Lucy Burns Alice Paul Cecila Gaffney Esther Frost share similar accounts amid spit, invective, and near-trampling incidents. Mass protest meetings planned across New York by suffrage groups.

New York Mar Washington James Lees Laidlaw Manhattan Woman Suffrage Party Mast Thirty-fourth Street Mas. Sylvester Fort Myer Foy Mrs. Laidlaw Inez Milholland Patricia Street Emsland Australia Pennerlvanita Avenue Lucy Burns Alice Paul Cecila Gaffney Fifteenth Assembly District Esther Ralph A. Frost China London Mrs. Frost Miss Gaffney

British Woman Praises U S Parade in Inaugural Pageant

A British visitor Mabel Graham Nairne writes from March 5, 1913, praising the United States inaugural procession. She compares it favorably to British displays, noting the physique and human simplicity of the American troops and crowd.

FF. J. Archibald United States London British Isles United States of America Mabel Graham Nairne

Jacob H. Roberts Dies At 45 In Cumberland theater figure

Jacob Hum bird Roberts of Cumberland Maryland aged 45 died this morning after a rapid decline following an accidental self-inflicted gunshot injury months earlier. He was prominent in amateur theatricals and had stage work in the past, being the son of William Milner Roberts, Sr.

Jacob H. Roberts Cumberland Jacob Humbird Roberts William Milner Roberts Mr Roberts

Boy Bitten by Mad Dog in Christiansburg Virginia

Christiansburg Va March 6 Aubrey Weaver 16 son of Harvey Weaver Cambria Va merchant was bitten by a mad dog today. Several dogs suspected of rabies have been killed here recently and their heads sent to the State chemist in Richmond for examination.

Christiansburg Aubrey Weaver Harvey Weaver Cambria Richmond

Licensed to Marry Multiple Couples in Virginia and Maryland

A fragmented marriage notice lists multiple couples with ages and counties across Virginia Maryland and Washington area. Names include William B. Clements and Eda Collins Pate Mamie M Brady and James L McGuinn Charlotte G Carson and Charles Creswell Os Dyer Ora L Dyer and James Snyder plus others with reverends named.

William B. Clements Savannah Eda Collins Pate George W. Smith James L. McGuinn Upperville Mamie M. Brady Markham James S. Montgomery Charles E. Creswell Charlotte G. Carson Baltimore John Weldley George E. Williams Ora L. Dyer Meno Chesterfield County J. « Jetle

Harding May Head New DC Public Utilities Commission

District lawmakers moved to dissolve the old District electric railway board as the appropriation act shifted duties to the new Public Utilities Commission. Maj Chester Harding expected as chairman. Corporation Counsel Thomas to serve as legal adviser with extra pay. The panel will value public service properties and regulate utilities except certain railways and steamboats.

Electric Railway Board Thomas District Electric Railway Commission District of Columbia Public Utilities Commission Taft Harding Chester Harding Public Utilities Ter Main

Mrs Belmont urges policewomen to curb vice in city

New York on March 5 Mrs O H P Belmont told a legislative committee that policewomen could aid in stamping out vice and aiding delinquent girls. She urged women officers to patrol congested night districts and provide motherly protection on streets, arguing men alone cannot handle the issue.

New York O. H

Bit Off His Tongue, May Die In West Virginia

Oran Henry an oil and gas well contractor from Williamstown West Virginia is not expected to live after a fainting spell caused him to bite off his tongue. The injury occurred as his chin struck the sidewalk and the remaining portion of his tongue has swollen obstructing his breathing.

Washington Post Williamstown W. Va Oran Henry

Schooner Laura Thompkins Sinks Off Hog Island

The schooner Laura Thompkins of Chincoteague Virginia sank ten miles southeast of Hog Island life-saving station with one missing. The captain was rescued from the masthead by a motorboat after the vessel, a ten ton ship built in Bergen New Jersey in 1949, foundered.

Laura Thompkins Chincoteague Hog Island Life-Saving Service of & Tens Bergen N. J

Ambassador Herrick Resigns as U S Ambassador to France

Paris March 5 Myron T Herrick United States Ambassador to France has sent his resignation to President Wilson following the change of administration The French foreign office has not received any inquiry about a successor and no definite name has been mentioned for the post

Paris Myron T. Herrick United States France Woodrow Wilson

Fifty Years in Office as Washington County Wills Registrar

Thomas E. Hillard completes fifty years as Washington county register of wills. He began as a deputy clerk fifty years ago on this date, later elected by Democrats and has served continuously since. In recent years Republicans have not nominated against him.

Washington Post Hagerstown Thomas E. Hillard Washington County Register of Willis

Pankhurst Suffrage Debate Ends in Snuff Incident

London march 5 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst leader of the suffragettes has canceled engagements and gone to Paris for rest. At Frampstead meeting Mrs Flora Drummond spoke as students showered snuff causing sneezing and a scuffle among attendants. John Burns criticized press slander of public figures as British papers imitate American newspapers.

London Emmeline Pankhurst Paris Frampstead Pankhurst Flora Drummond John Burns Islington Burns America Ellen Stevenson Ethel Stade Old Bailey

Trackman Killed by Train Near Cumberland

Cumberland Maryland March 4 Special to The Star H A Brooke aged 34 trackman for Baltimore and Ohio was run down and killed today at Sir Johns Run miles east of Cumberland by an engine backing over him. His body was cut in half.

Washington Rose Cumberland Ernest F. Henry Baltimore and Ohio Allegany Hospital Ambrose Sir Johns Run

Killed by Coal Bucket In Maryland Town

A Cobaugh family tragedy in Rockwood Cumberland Maryland reports Lewis Daniel Cobaugh crushed when a coal bucket weighing a ton fell. Father Charles P Cobaugh, a veteran engineer, was blown up in a locomotive explosion. Son William killed while coupling. Lagman crushed and scalded beside a demolished engine. Charles Cobaugh dies recently of typhoid fever.

Washington Cumberland Cobaugh Lewis Daniel Cobaugh Rockwood Charles P. Cobaugh William Lagman Charles

Allens Granted Respite Amid Virginia Execution Case

Richmond March 6 Gov Mann tonight granted a respite until March 3 to Floyd Allen and his son Claude Swanson Allen for their roles in the Hutville court case. He said a formal action on a commutation petition would be issued tomorrow while indicating no final action yet. Heathsville marriage Miss Lammie Barrack and James Alford wed at the Barrack home this morning with plans to reside near White Stone Church.

Richmond Mann Floyd Allen Claude Swanson Allen State Penitentiary Miss Barrack James Alford Washington Post Heathsville Lammie Barrack Robert Barrack Nuttsville Ramsay Bunker Hill White Stone Church

New Principal Named for Rockville High School

Theodora Bailey of Washington is appointed principal of the commercial department at Rockville High School in Rockville Maryland, succeeding resigned Robert L. Warfield.

Rockville High School Washington Post Rockville Theodora Bailey Washington Robert L. Warfield

Virginia Obituary Notices From Heathaville and Nearby Towns

In Heathaville on March 6 an infant son of Mr and Mrs Erasmus Lewis of Lower Northumberland county died after a brief illness of acute pneumonia. George A Carter, a former Confederate soldier, died yesterday at WelCome in King George county. he is survived by a wife and six children. In Christiansburg on March 8 Charlie 4 year old son of Mr and Mrs S M Petty of Wassum Valley Va died this morning after an operation for appendicitis. burial at Marion tomorrow. In Fredericksburg Roy Gouldmen, formerly of the city, died yesterday at his sister Mrs Nellie Welch’s residence in Newport News. born 1866, never married, body to be brought back for interment in City Cemetery. four brothers and two sisters survive. Ashley Grismond, 11, daughter of Clerk Arthur H Grismond of Spotsylvania, died yesterday after ailing diabetes at home.

Heathaville Mar Erasmus Lewis Northumberland County George A. Carter Welcome King George County Christiansburg Charlie Marion Fredericksburg Roy Gouldmen Nellie Welch Newport News H. R. Gouldman Ashley Grismond Arthur H. Grismond Spotsylvania Aingering Diness

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