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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1912
Page
5
A club secretary presented the educational department report noting lectures given in public venues. The document lists finances including a March expenditure, and mentions nursing education activities and a nursing instructor.
Wanamaker the Feiner figure connected with the Pomeade family reportedly married Milas Emma Silvia Cardiff of Brockton at a New York hotel. The groom kept the union quiet for personal reasons. The ceremony was performed by Rev Ft Everett at First Congregational Church. Wanamaker already has a married daughter.
Rev W A Cuddy, evangelist, is taken into custody after clashing with attendees at Pastor Russell's National Theater sermon. Cuddy shaved his white beard to avoid recognition while distributing literature, and was later released on collateral for court appearance. Police halted further disturbance as attendants escorted Cuddy from the venue.
Mrs. Virgie Taylor Norton in Washington seeks her sister Nannie Taylor last heard from in Philadelphia two years ago. Nannie, about 18, left Washington after parents died, lived in Baltimore with Joseph Smith, and later went to Philadelphia with an uncle. no recent letters or trace found. Norton asks police to locate her so she may return to Washington.
A New York Post summary reports lobster prices have fallen from 3 to 2 cents per pound as Nova Scotia fishermen resume shipments to U S markets. The drop makes lobster affordable again for moderate income households and appears on menus in New York lobster palaces, prompting positive public reaction.
From Puerto Cortes via New Orleans May 12, natives blame President Manuel Bonilla for a second famine era. They recall a famine and yellow fever in his first term, warn of uprising, and report heat, banana crop ruin, dying cattle, and wildfires across Tegucigalpa and other regions.
Conflicting police and family statements surround a wandering woman found near Philadelphia City Hall with her one year old son Nelson. Police identify her as Mrs. Brandon, daughter of Marcus Notes of 30 Fifth Street, while family members dispute details and say she may be suffering from an obsession amid efforts to locate her husband in Philadelphia.
Chicago May 22 A man named Patrick Calhoun enraged by a grandfather clock mis set its hour strikes and overturned furniture in his home then vandalized further items before walking to the police station seeking help The incident began when the clock was cleaned and the wheels put back wrong causing reversed hours and Calhoun’s mistaken belief he had more time before an 8 pm appointment He arrived at the police station at 7 pm reporting a problematic clock and chaos following the backward time spell.
A lightning strike ignited seven acres of storage sheds at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad wharf in Savannah, burning 7,596 bales of cotton including 800 bales from San Island. Firefighting tugs and Tybee worked the blaze as a drenching rain and hail failed to halt it. one fireman was severely injured. Insurance coverage is claimed. Nearby Morganton reports losses from a separate lightning strike on Vine Arden, destroying homes.
Representative John M. Nelson urged more rescue work by the Gospel Mission at Foundry M E Church sixth anniversary exercises. B H Warner argued that affluent churches cannot uplift the down and out and praised the Mission’s role in taking in wayward men and boys. The report showed property valued at 950,000 and more than 41,000 fed in the bread line since 1911, with over 47,000 attending services last year. The event featured speakers from the YMCA and local churches, with morning and afternoon sessions at Wesley M E and the Mission Hall.
Samuel Edleman, once a blacksmith's helper who lost his memory when a steel splinter struck his brain, regained identity after a paralytic stroke. For seven years he lived a second life, working as a shoe repairer and motorman, forming new ties yet disbelieving his former family. A return of memory came gradually when familiar faces appeared, but a prior funeral could not erase the lingering question of his true self. Doctors warned against attempting to restore his old identity through surgery.
Movements of several steamships are reported with routes and statuses. Plahguard-Maurstanis sails from New York to Liverpool, while Revie ehioaoaie departs New York for Lagow. Rev Yeth-Cadreain sails from Liverpool to Washington, Bremen serves for New York, and Brewheed-Les Tourains travels from New York to Maven.
Miss Josephine Gibson sister of Charles Dana Gibson informs friends that her engagement to Don Francisco Atinamo a Javaian nobleman has been broken The couple were to wed in New York over a year ago but postponements occurred The notice appears in The Washington Post Oakland California dated May 12.
At St. Ann Catholic Church Baltimore Madeline Hoftman six years old daughter of John Hoftman set fire to her communion veil with a lit candle her face was burned and most of her hair singed another child snevieve Judge years old in the group had singed hair four other children narrowly escaped a dangerous incident during a morning service
Mrs J H Loring of New York and London scattered flowers from the Carmania bridge to honor her Titanic casualty husband. Five hundred passengers watched as mourners bowed. search efforts had failed to locate Mr Loring, a member of Rows & Van Castan of London.
News reports say a large portion of Col John Jacob Astor's estate will fund public welfare work likely to establish a technical school for boys. Vincent Astor will gain majority next November, with guardians named Roosevelt, Avi Willing Astor, and William H. Force among others.
Philadelphia May 12 Reverend George Chalmers Richmond in a sermon at St Johns Episcopal Church assailed the memory of John Jacob Astor who died in the Titanic disaster. He charged Astor with restricting his wealth to family and called for laws to prevent fortunes from being tied up. The sermon came ahead of Col Astor and Miss Madeleine Talmage Force's upcoming wedding.
Icebergs in the Atlantic have moved farther south than usual with two incoming steamers reporting large bergs. The Cunard Ling steamer Carmaine Sant sighted eight huge bergs near 39.08 N 47.24 W while the French liner La Savoie logged bergs at 39.15 N 47.40 W. The Savoie crew spotted the ice about three-quarters of a mile away and altered course to avoid them.
Wireless reports from the Montmagny show four bodies recovered from the Titanic disaster area. Three identified include Harold Reynolds a steerage passenger Smith a steward and a teenage girl. One sailor body remained unidentified and was buried at sea.
In Louisville on May 12, 16 year old jockey Million Nathan fired a revolver he did not know was loaded, killing friend Mehlin McDonough 16, at Churchill Downs. McDonough died after hospital transport. Nathan surrendered to police. McDonough was son of Georges McDonough. A Philadelphia bettor and his wife attended the races. Nathan is son of Sedwick Nathan of New York City.
Mrs Morris Davis, wife of M Street theater proprietor, was found dead last night in a small butlers pantry at 131 N Street Northwest. Her niece Miss Julia Silver discovered the body after entering the home and noting a gas odor. Police and physicians said she died several hours earlier. the couple had been living apart for about six months.
Minneapolis May 12 The episcopacy committee of the general conference proposes grouping the church into four zones with resident bishops over each zone for four years. When a bishop presides at an annual conference the resident bishop oversees the session for a month before and after. A four-bishop commission with ministers and laymen may manage church funds, centralizing apportionment and distribution away from individual boards.
William Darr, the California youth jailed in Salem after a Stockton arrest for the murder of Lynn industrialist George E. Marsh, is collapsing and said to be starving himself. Detectives seek an electric chair verdict in June, aided by a diary of Darr’s Lynn movements and mail from Miss Orpha Marsh of Stockton.
Baltimore May 12 The executive council of the National Transporters' Federation says a general transport strike is possible if no arbitration is pursued. Coastwise workers on Atlantic vessels warned that cities along the coast may face a complete shipping standstill within days. In New York leaders suggested sympathy actions might occur, though local unions offered no immediate strike plans.
San Francisco light welterweight champion Ad Wolgast escaped serious harm after his bout with Willie Ritchie. Doctors said pains in the kidneys and groin were not severe and Wolgast plans a four round exhibition in St Joseph, Missouri, May 17 before returning to San Francisco.
The German ship Hansa struck an iceberg at latitude 62 in a freezing gale and sank. The crew boarded a leaking lifeboat and climbed the berg, where they built a shelter from debris and lived eight months on the drifting ice, moving 4 miles south before rescue in latitude 4. They endured hunger and frostbite but were otherwise unharmed.
Special to The Washington Post reports a Caesarian birth after the death of Mrs. Rabecca Lipschits of 94 Hast 78th Street. The mother died of apoplexy four hours after hospital admission. surgeons performed the operation and a live infant was delivered. The medical team will report to the medical society.
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