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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
6
Saka & Company markets all wool Indigo serge fabrics at $10 to $30 with guaranteed colorfastness under sun rain and salt air. They emphasize workmanship and thorough tailoring to ensure shape retention and durable service.
A guaranteed treatment for piles offers Dr Cunningham's Anti-Pile-Tox with night cones and a morning ointment. Marketed by Affleck's Drug Store, the ad touts a renowned specialist's backing, claims hundreds of cured patients, and promises full refund if unsatisfied.
Adelie Winifred Wade admitted obtaining thousands from citizens by high interest promises and was found guilty on one forgery count and uttering a forged note for 3200 naming Morgue Master William Schoneberger. A new trial motion was signaled as she remains out on 1000 bail. Mrs. W C Harris testified, claiming Wade urged forging the morgue master’s name.
The motion by John Hays Hammond special ambassador to the coronation of King George V to postpone the Sully suit for 1.5 million dollars was argued yesterday and will be renewed tomorrow before Justice Barnard. Hammond, in Ottawa preparing to depart for London, faced an Equity Court ruling overruling his demurrer and requiring him to answer the bill.
Rear Admiral Thomas C Selfridge and about a dozen Washington Heights Citizens Association members urged commissioners to set aside Col George Truesdell property bounded by Columbia Kalorama Nineteenth and Twentieth streets for a park. They argued the area is a congested district with 8000 to 10000 residents. The commissioners took the request under advisement.
William W. Chambers 74 a liveryman died at his home 1324 Euclid nw yesterday afternoon at 6 30 of locomotor ataxia. He was born in Baltimore in 1837 and served in the Potomac Army during the Civil War. Survived by three daughters Mrs George Van Fleet Mrs Mabel Beherens Miss Florence Chambers and three sons Ernest P W H and H M Chambers. He belonged to Lafayette Post No 1 G A R and was a thirty second degree Mason.
Dr. William A Edwards, brother in law to President Taft and guest at the White House, says 60 heroes were stolen from a ranch owned by him and C P Taft in Lower California likely by insurrectos. Taft also owns a ranch near Corpus Christi Texas.
Mother Grays Smeet Powders are promoted for teething disorders and bowel regulation, claiming to destroy worms and provide quick relief. The ad touts pleasant taste, wide use by mothers for 22 years, and availability at druggists with free samples from Allen & Allen.
More than 100 Chamber of Commerce members and some spouses plan a three day trip from Washington to Old Point Virginia and to New York starting tomorrow night. Partial stays at Old Point over Sunday with return Monday morning. Reservations list many names for both Old Point and New York segments.
Residents of M Street North West protest a license renewal for the Bruen Home for Children. Dr William T Gill Campbell Williamson and others spoke at a board of commissioners hearing. Attorneys trimmed personalities as hearings continued with a decision to be issued later.
Funeral services for Jacob Mueller were held at his home on 28 Twelfth Street Southwest at 2 p m yesterday. Rev Patrick Murphy of Epiphany Chapel officiated. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery. He was 71, a Burgdorf Switzerland native, survived by wife ten children and a sister. He was long a member and former financial secretary of Gruetl Verein. Pallbearers named.
Patrick Cannon longtime Center Market dealer and Washington resident for 50 years died Tuesday night at 723 Fourth Street Northeast after a weeklong illness. Funeral services at his residence followed by a requiem mass at St. Aloysius Church. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery. He was 84 and survived by his wife, five children John J Thomas A Arthur Annie Cannon and Mrs Joseph F Davis, eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
At a Franklin School board meeting yesterday two changes in the teaching staff were approved. Miss A. C. Rothven was appointed in the second grade at Fillmore School after Miss F. H. Donovan resigned. Miss E. B. Fones was promoted from third to fourth grade at Van Ness School.
President Taft likely to announce his stance on pardons for Charles W. Morse of New York and John R. Walsh of Chicago after reviewing extensive reports and arguments from Attorney General Wickersham this week. An exhausted carrier pigeon found atop the Capitol dome belonged to Charles P. Green of Baltimore, an unrelated investigation.
Suburban ride offered at five dollars per hour from Terminal Taxicab Co with contact North 1212. A penny returns program notes money advanced by the Board of Charities. Francis J Hayes of Sayre PA returned two dollars paid to cover his transport to Sayre where work awaited. Make Up a Party for a Ride via Federal Taxicab this afternoon through the park. Call M 6570.
The Board of Trade committee on public schools yesterday approved the general method of conducting the District’s school affairs by the board of education after an afternoon meeting. An earlier charge that desks in District public schools were inferior and failed to meet specifications was disproved by a thorough investigation. The committee conducting the inquiry included Prof. Arthur T Ramsay, Judge Charles Bundy, and John Doyle Carmody.
Dr and Mrs Edwards brother in law and sister of President Taft, guests at the White House, with Beekman Winthrop Maj Butt and Lt Bristowe, toured Mount Vernon yesterday. They attended a business session of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, viewed the mansion and grounds, and were served a buffet lunch. The association plans to meet again today to consider offers to sell Washington relics.
A Washington Board of Trade delegation visited River View to organize the annual excursion set for Saturday June 3. The group, led by Dr. Frank H. Gibson and including Townley A. McKee and Charles Beveridge, met with River View Company president Charles St. John. Secretary William John Eynon said at least 700 members and friends will participate.
City bulletins note the twenty fourth annual high school cadet drill begins this afternoon at 330 o clock on the ellipse south of the White House, with continuation tomorrow at 3 o clock. Also promoting Schneider's Famous Crab Feants for society crowds tonight with a chilled Perfection sarsaparilla option and local grocers Arlington Bottling Co. advertise port and sherry wine at 50e quart or 7 50 gallon from Eugene Schwab.
Verdi and Dvorak are referenced amid a list including Strauss and Pryor, suggesting a musical or composer related note with unclear context and fragmented wording. No clear event or outcome is identifiable from the readable text.
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