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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1915
Page
9
London season is described as "dead" with Europe’s armies battling, yet the Derby will be run as in Waterloo year. Lord Rosebery is praised for saving sport from a ban while wartime pressures test royal patience and betting on Cal’s horse amid court omissions and public strain.
London confirms latest news from the Foreign Office that Lady Paget is alive and well. The embassy notes no death, citing conflicting reports and a Uskub Serbia incident. officials stress the message is not a confirmation of death.
At Stanley Hall tonight at 7:15 PM the States Seidiers Home Band conducts under John S. M. Zimmerman. Program includes Sweethearts, Erminie, El Chocle Waltz Suite, Les Patineurs, German Potpourri, Aus Grosser Zeit, Crosby Finale, and The Star Spangled Banner.
Chicago dispatch reports two young girls, a slender blonde and a brunette, lured by a man in a Bray overcoat, entered a second floor apartment on Racine Avenue while the family was out. Upon return, the Bredrich residence showed a burglary with two rings, cash and other items missing. Police investigated amid broader thefts and a later naval assignment news item mentions the Alabama preparing for neutrality duty at Hampton Roads.
A Cairo dinner at the Adin pul-Tat marks the arrival of Lady Maxwell wife of Lieut. wren Sir John Maxwell. The British protectorate’s sultan hosts 78 guests with gold and silver tableware as Lady Maxwell, long in Egypt, lobbies for recruiting efforts and speaks boldly in Britain urging men to enlist for war service.
The Washington and Southern Bank announced major changes in its officers at a board meeting. J Selwin Tait, longtime president and international banking authority, was re elected chairman of the board. John Michell was elected president to succeed Tait, who will focus on expanding international business and visit the Orient for negotiations. Clarence J Owens remains as vice president.
Frank W. Wilkinson sues Erie Railroad in supreme court for 23000 after a Bloomfield collision that wrecked his milk wagon killed his mules and left him with broken hips and ribs. He claims the train did not warn. railroad counters that he struck and damaged the locomotive paint. Road seeks 100 damages.
Typhus claims many lives in Europe as 50 000 die amid unsanitary conditions threatening a broader plague. Reports to the American Red Cross praise heroic surgeons and nurses aiding Gevgelia and Prague afflicted districts while warning of ongoing danger and pending relief efforts.
Reports from Newport News say the German raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich faces potential internment as Allied and American ships guard neutrality off the Virginia capes. The battleship Alabama is en route to Hampton Roads for neutrality duty while subs and other vessels stand by.
Georgetown College’s Whitechusten Debating Society defeated Holy Cross in Gaston County. Judges included Senater Phemas 7 and U S Justice Ft Siddens. The topic was whether the Federal government should own and operate telephone and telegraph lines. Participants: Holy Cross W Clifford Klenk John F Tolan William A Foran. Georgetown James W Kea Joan J Darby Thomas see ap peared. Orchestra violin solo by Joseph M Gall and college orchestra conducted by Gall.
Former President Taft addressed the National Geographic Society in Washington and commented on a quoted statement about educating children with Catholic money. He denied the remark, saying he never made such a claim and had informed the clergyman who attributed it that the quotation was mistaken. He left for New Haven after three days in the capital, expressing pleasure with his Washington visit.
Miss Justine Johnstone of New York leads as representative American beauty winner with 45500 prize for her photograph by Philip Conklin of Troy. Second honor goes to Mrs. Charles Guild of Edmonton. Six months of entries reaching 20000, with five from Baltimore. Exhibition at Grand Central Palace hosts judges Harrison Fisher Minnie Maddern Fiske and Alfred Stieglitz as results await end of week.
In Rock Creek Park two riding parties were involved in accidents during the afternoon. One rider, Teni son of a well known attorney on O Street, sustained shoulder pain and bruises. Mrs Albert Smith was thrown from her horse but not seriously injured, accompanying Miss Biddone, Miss Conver, and Mas Coffin in the party.
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