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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1912
Page
7
Magnificent prizes and seven events headline the Washington Hunt Club meeting. Vicar Skies is expected to draw a large society crowd with Fine Horses and significant purses, features, and a 14 mile course divided into four segments across flat and obstacle trials.
Steptoe Colorado Gibraltar Rex Fico Mov Lae Macriposs The Pink Un Mas terpiece Razzle Dazzle 1 Dan Yellow site Regent Mexico Dan Cole sy Angelo 180 each.
Peter J Brush and his wife clash over alleged street begging by their child in Ju venile court. Judge Debary refuses to release the man from Occoquan workhouse and orders a week to rehearse clemency while noting continued neglect and abuse.
Huyler's candy store at Twelfth and F streets northwest reported a safe theft between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. yesterday. Cash totaling 304 dollars and two checks were taken from an unlocked safe where receipts were stored in a drawer. Employees and cashier Miss Taura G Bartlett could not determine the culprit or method. The later receipts were found in a separate safe compartment, intact.
May 17 A local freight handlers union president P J Planners announces a countrywide general strike to start tomorrow. Three neutral mediators Fred Sterting Harry M Powell and R Wright visit railroad managers to press arbitration but railroad leaders deny there is a strike and most freight houses run normally.
The engagement of Miss Amy Cramp to John H Mulford 24 was announced by her grandparents Mrs Courtland D Cramp and Mr Cramp. Miss Cramp is a granddaughter of shipbuilder Charles H Cramp. Mulford is the son of Mr and Mrs Spender K Mulford of Wyncote Pa. No wedding date is set.
Florence Norris longtime county farmer died last night at his home near Beane after a heart ailment and other troubles. Survived by Mrs Atwood Emma Norris George Norris and John Norris. Funeral set for Sunday at the Beane Baptist Church. Rockville Md May 17 Reverend John Henderson slated to become Rockville Presbyterian pastor, brother of former Judge James B Henderson. Also report from Raleigh about Brad Bagley electrocuted for murder of W R White police chief in Williams ton. confession given as current switched on.
Special to The Washington Post New York May 17 reports Vincent Astor plans to buy a fast foreign racer as part of his early fortune investments. Guardians Gildersleeve Marvin and Oaberne appeared in surrogate's court and indicated they have not read the will of John Jacob Astor and will decide on objections before probate decree.
A terra cotta block fell from a hotel upper story near Broadway and Thirty-fourth Street, slamming into a passing streetcar. One woman aboard was struck and likely to die, others were splintered but not seriously hurt. The foreman on the upper floors was arrested for criminal negligence.
Clarence F. Darrow lawyer and author faces his own defense in a jury bribery case in Los Angeles. Seven jurors were accepted by both sides as opening actions. Darrow questioned candidates and adjournment left five more jurors tentatively in play with further challenges postponed until tomorrow.
Norfolk Va May 17 Captain H Gardiner of Providence Rhode Island aboard the barge Shenandoah drowned when the dory capsized in Hampton Roads Wednesday night Gardiner and companion E O Lambert clung to the overturned boat for five hours Lambert abandoned Gardiner and swam ashore exhausted Earbert reached shore in a serious condition Gardiner's body had not been recovered He leaves a wife and three children
Miss Mary Mann and Miss Hilda Fancher of Washington appear among Powhatan College graduates. The May 17 ceremony included piano and expression recitals, with a Dramatic Club play, a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Carlton Harris, and a series of Monday through Tuesday events leading to the Tuesday night graduation in the auditorium. Names listed include Amy Egeborn, Arlene Fray, Addie Sites, Harriet Storm, Mary Franch, Charlotte Stump, Marguerite Arnab, Hilda Fascher, Ethel Wolf, and many others from Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and nearby states.
Atlantic City May 17 The Itasca and Lebanon sent to aid a stranded submarine Tuna lie close awaiting high tide to pull it off. Crew aboard remains aboard while repairs completed. Captain Dannenhauer reports engine repair and intact hull. Dawn efforts planned to free the Tuna as a calm sea aids the attempt.
Police report no evidence that Mrs. Dillon murdered in a vacant Los Angeles house on May 9 lived in Washington. Inspector Boardsman said LA chief sent a dispatch to learn from Mr and Mrs Charles Thompson at 53 6 Street NW about Mrs Dillon. The Thompsons, hosting the couple two weeks, could aid. Dillon born in Grand Rapids and raised in Sault Ste Marie, Mich., but they know nothing further.
Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, told the American Institute of Steel that while competition is necessary, it should not be destructive or secretive. He urged biannual meetings to strengthen relations and protect fair business methods, noting labor leaders had long opposed the industry yet workers were well treated. He also defended progressives as not inherently dangerous and highlighted other speakers and political remarks at the banquet.
Samuel C. Vandersiter aged 16 fled Suffolk Virginia last Tuesday to enlist in the navy at Washington and was held as a fugitive from his parents at the house of detention. He returned to his home yesterday with his grandfather R. W. Baker a prominent Suffolk furniture dealer.
The National Museum will display relics of George Washington loaned by R M T Ball and his four sisters Mary Randolph Ball Mrs W Hill Mrs GC Laing and Mrs J S Baughman. Items include a crepe hatchment from Mount Vernon funeral and epaulets from Washington’s Braddock campaign. Ned Holister will sail from New York to represent the Smithsonian on a zoological expedition to Central Asia with Conrad Kain as field assistant.
Distinguished Virginians hosted by Gov Mann and family at Mount Vernon praised the Ladies' Board for property care. A wreath from Washington's tomb, presented by Mrs Rathbone's Mount Vernon Society, was laid there. Gov Mann and staff toured the estate and departed by special train after a day that closed the council session.
Ethel Chapple 27 was rushed from 206 Tenth Street Southwest to Urgency Hospital after ingesting creosote. Initially claiming intent, she later admitted taking the remedy purchased days earlier from Frazee Potomac Laundry employee. Her condition described as serious but recoverable. brother John J. Chapple accompanied her to the hospital.
The Friends' School graduation, at 1971 Street Northwest, saw twelve pupils receive diplomas from Principal Prof. Thomas W. Sidwell. The program opened with a march, featured music by Harry Patterson Hopkins, and included a speech by Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Woodrow on Idealizing the Real followed by musical numbers.
Attorney General Wickersham instructed United States Attorney Clarence R Wilson that future DC prisoners sentenced to more than two years will be confined at Leavenworth Penitentiary Kansas. Previously DC male prisoners were sent to Atlanta Georgia. Prisoners with two years or less remain sent to Atlanta.
About 85 members of the Chamber of Commerce and friends left Washington last night on the Nordland for their annual outing. They will breakfast at the Chamberlin Old Point Comfort then travel by train to Richmond to meet a Richmond Chamber delegation and tour the city. The party plans a James River steamer trip to Norfolk and returns on the Southland arriving Monday morning.
Envoys from twenty one republics will attend a May 27 dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York hosted by the Pan American Union. Secretary Knox and ambassadors including Th. da Gama of Brazil will be guests of honor with Henry White presiding and speakers such as Sulzer and Butler on the program.
Orville Wright arrives from Dayton to oversee assembly of the new Wright aeroplane set for government testing at College Park this afternoon. Two more airplanes will come from Dayton next week for trials by Aviator Welch. Orville denies Wilbur is seriously ill, saying typhoid fever is not dangerous and he would not travel if it were.
Special to The Washington cost Dayton Ohio May. Wilbur Wright is gravely ill at home with typhoid fever. Dr D R Conklin called a physician consultation as Wright’s temperature fluctuates between 102 and 104 with delirium at times. Recovery chances exist but prognosis is extremely critical. Orville Wright will not be summoned from Washington unless the condition worsens significantly.
Baltimore May 17 William Jennings owner breeder and racer of horses died today of heart failure. Born in Kildare Ireland he moved to Canada then trained on Woodburn farm Kentucky owned by R A Alexander. He started racing in 1868 and trained winners including Glenmore Bal Makeel Glenmound Dutch Roller Tun boyne Roller Dutch Skater Hazlehatch Rolling Beer Bailor King and Malabar. His son William Jennings Jr later took over the business. Several Jennings horses were at Pimlico recently.
Members of the Washington Grand Opera Company who performed Faust at the Columbia under Herr de Cortez Wolffungen will meet this afternoon at 5 o'clock in Mrs Susanne Olabets studio at the Beianco Theater to discuss plans for a permanent opera organization in Washington.
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