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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
6
Saks & Company on Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street stresses fashion and fit in tailoring. It touts masterful workmanship, English models with innovative designs, and a wide range of fabrics from blue serges to worsteds to create distinctive, long-wearing suits.
Twelve thoroughbred cavalry horses from Fort Myer depart for New York en route to London for the Olympic exhibition. Roustabout is a crowd favorite, with high hopes for a jump record, while Everettt guides training under Captains Henry Folts Vidmer and Lieutenants Johnston, Graham, and Chaffee.
Dr Charles F Stokes praised Navy nurses for improving care at a Garfield Memorial Hospital School for Nurses commencement. Seventeen graduates received diplomas from Gen George M Sternberg with Rev Abram Simon- led prayer and remarks. Names span Maryland to Nova Scotia, DC to England. Packard 20 Livery Service ad follows.
Five graduates received high school diplomas at Martha Washington Seminary on Nineteenth Street and Connecticut Avenue last night. Rev Dr C Ernest Smith of St Thomas Church delivered the address. President Baward W Thompson presided and awarded diplomas to Mayte Harder of Minnesota, Doris Knoerle of Missouri, Elizabeth Pritts of Pennsylvania, Mildred Snyder of Iowa, and Sallie Wright of South Carolina. Ten additional students earned domestic science certificates.
Representative Sabath of Illinois introduces a bill to build and operate a municipal baths and ice plant in Washington DC. It provides two free public paths and allocates 60000 dollars to purchase slea, with a commission of district and military officials supervising. Ice sold at a price yielding 10 percent net profit funds bathhouse maintenance, and baths are segregated into four sections by race and gender.
District grand jury refused to indict Richard Conhaim, the self described cigarette trust promoter, on false pretenses. He was jailed after a mental observation at St Elizabeths. Indictments were returned against Melvin Matthews for murder, Samuel Taylor for embezzlement, James Lewis for larceny, Louise Reynolds for assault with a weapon, Clarence Curtis, Robert Walker, and William Williams for housebreaking.
Nick Miller known as a roving figure with no fixed funds attacked Patrolman Grimes of the Fourth precinct yesterday afternoon as Grimes turned from the patrol box to summon the wagon. Miller, jailed at the station, claimed he was asleep while the officer opened the box. Witnesses testified Miller struck the officer, grabbed him by the throat, and was carried to the patrol box where he later allegedly awoke and struck again.
John Stack a Spanish War veteran and former government employee was given three months in jail by Judge DeLacy in the juvenile court for operating apartments uptown where boys and girls were served liquor. The judge noted his army record but ruled he remained a community menace. Stack was dismissed from the Department of Agriculture following the conviction.
Dr. F. Allen in Annals of Pediatrics notes buttermilk, though seemingly irrational for infant feeding, yields good results for non infectious intestinal indigestion and when heat worsens digestion. Cow milk often harms digestion. adding a little milk sugar and using fresh whole milk buttermilk is advised, especially in extreme heat to combat contamination and weak digestion.
A brief note promotes using the Federal Taxicab Service to save time and energy on business calls, citing an hourly rate of 6670 dollars per hour.
A motor propelled combination pumping engine and hose carrier will be tested at 9 oclock this morning in the presence of the Commissioners and Fire Chief Wagner. The engine can deliver 400 gallons of water per minute and travel up to 2 miles per hour.
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