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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1917
Page
10
Obituary note indicates Hoanes and Sons funeral services for a deceased person will be held at the Congregational Church in Manchester tomorrow afternoon. Details on the deceased and service time are limited in the fragment.
U S officials anticipate total internal revenue receipts exceed 700 million dollars this year, with income taxes alone reaching about 200 million. The Webb Kenyon act aims to eliminate some taxes on whisky and beer, while higher rates last year push overall revenue higher. The government notes substantial gains from munitions levies and miscellaneous items, aided by prosperity and new tax provisions.
Prices for food rose across the board by about 19 percent with January data showing increases in beef, butter, cheese, milk, flour, potatoes, onions, prunes, raisins, sugar and other staples. Officials announced a federal price investigation plan funded to 400000 dollars to empower the FTC to take charge of the probe, with further talks to proceed in coming days.
A chaotic OCR note reports a temporary stay of execution for a man named Wilson by April 19. It references a proceed involving Indian status, an appeal or approved respite, and actions by Treasury Department officials. The text links Spokane and capital punishment, implying a federal or state death sentence process in Washington.
A report from Durham cites French government plans to order seven billion cigarettes via British American Tobacco. Factories in Richmond and Petersburg will produce most, with seven billion cigarettes totaling about 210 miles of continuous track, enough to loop the Earth nearly eight times.
Oscar G Murray chairman of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad board has been very weak for weeks. He remains in his Stafford Hotel rooms after a minor operation last Friday and has not eaten for days. His physicians have not yet located the precise cause of his illness and his condition alarms friends.
Rotterdam March 12 The funeral of Count Zeppelin was held this afternoon at Stuttgart. The late inventor had his own tomb in the Prag Cemetery and Countess Zeppelin declined the king of Württemberg’s offer to place the body in the royal cemetery. King William II attended briefly due to the countess illness. The service included a bishop of Stuttgart sermon and prayers. Gen von Voepner, commander in chief of German air forces, attended by imperial order, and 1,000 Zeppelin plant workers from Friedrichshafen came by special train.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company reports a 1916 daily average of 3.42 million calls in the United States with subscribers’ stations up over 45 percent. Plans call for about 90 million dollars in 1917 construction, while last year’s capital expenditure totaled 366 million. Net earnings, excluding the Bell system, reach 4.474 billion dollars, up over 67 million. The firm lists more than 70,000 stockholders and 43,000 employees purchasing stock on installment.
Funeral services for Col John Boyd were held at Calvary Baptist Church yesterday afternoon. The Rev Samuel H E Greene spoke of Boyd role in national affairs since Lincoln and his loyalty to the church. Interment followed at Rock Creek Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included Levi Woodbury, George W Pearson, Daniel Callahan, Odell S Smith, Daniel Fraser, Nicholas Shea, Hylas Wheeler, Clarence F Norment, all directors of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, plus W A Smith, Dr Daniel Fos ite, Dr Samuel S Adams and Clarence W De Anight.
Col Robert M Thompson, president of the Navy League, offers six scholarships to the National Service School for women of the Navy League’s women section. Scholarships also funded for six YWCA members in Washington and nearby areas. The National Service School invites communications at 1606 Twentieth Street Northwest.
The superdreadnought New Mexico, under construction at the New York navy yard, will be launched late in April. Miss Margaret G De Baca, daughter of the late governor of New Mexico, has been designated as sponsor.
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland reports rapid thaw flooding the Potomac river area. Cumberland and Ridgely are submerged with homes and garages flooded. Rail lines on the Elk Garden West ern Maryland and Romney Baltimore and Ohio branches suffer washouts and landslides. Embankment washouts near Hendricks West Virginia and water covering tracks at Cedar Dam, Coonberry, Green, Queens Point and Poland disrupt service.
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