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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1912
Page
9
Secretary Meyer's reforms in naval administration yield excellent results. Paymaster General T. J. Cowle lauds cost accounting gains, reduced waste, and prompt contractor payments. Storekeeping extended to cruising ships increases supply efficiency, cuts stock value, and lowers bids through stronger competition.
Two dusty performers turned a wooden box and broomstick into a makeshift concert aboard a Mount Pleasant streetcar. A mouth organ and improvised fiddle drew cheers from officers and passengers as coins clinked into their hat, ending with a lively rendition of Fiddle Up.
With most delegates gone and inventions for wartime relief moved out, the 196 exhibited devices on Monument grounds are being removed. Nations contributed counts: United States 67, Germany 7, England 2, France 18, others few. The building will be torn down soon as rapid printing of addresses continued in multiple languages. Stenographers and translators from several countries worked to render proceedings in French.
District churches plan sermons and public observances after the Hague peace conference anniversary passed without local observance. Schools closed Friday for the holiday and ministers aim to make peace the sermon text today. In another item, Mrs. Elizabeth Welmer accuses a German man of swindling via a worthless check for room rent at a northwest Catreet boarding house.
Brady war photographs captured by Mathew Brady will be distributed tomorrow morning. The images were taken at the front in the war and come with brief histories. These original pictures form a valuable addition to household literature and will be announced in full on the Post page today.
A Rome court enforces judicial separation of Prince Francipe Iadovien Rosigliosi and his wife Mildred Hazel tine amid alleged affair with a French naval officer. Guardianship of their two children granted to a prince relative. The princess, born 1879 in Rome, wed Ludovice in 1904. their sons are Guardine (b.1906) and Guglielmo (b.1908). Prince Giuseppe seeks Vatican annulment of her prior marriage to Frederick Parkhurst.
Members of the Georgia delegation signed a telegram to Detroit baseball star Ty Cobb praising his response to a New York insult. Representative William Howard led efforts with signatures from Senator Hoke Smith and Representative William Adamson. Senator Bacon was not found. Howard signed in his place.
Miss Swen Tyree Ryan an 11 year old Shakespeare actress drew a large audience at Mrs Wayne s home for a recital of scenes from Twelfth Night and other plays to aid the Confederate soldiers monument fund overseen by the Daughters of the Confederacy Beauregard Chapter The event opened with a piano solo by Mrs Lessie Elliott Thompson and featured Miss Bran in the stage role. A report of a robbery occurred when William Bowman a Black street vendor said a rooted man grabbed a bag containing money at Fourth and East streets early yesterday morning.
An old advertisement touts Poslam as a concentrated healing treatment for eczema acne tetter salt rheum psoriasis scabies barbers itch pimples inflamed spots fever blisters red nose dandruff burns stings rashes and other skin issues. It urges keeping a box on the shelf and notes Poslam and Poslam Soap are sold by O'Donnell and druggists for 88 cents with a free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories New York.
A dramatic protest at Bibe Park sees Detroit players strike over Cobb. Ban Johnson orders Cobb barred from play while Jennings leads a makeshift Detroit team backed by amateurs as Connie Mack’s Athletics win 9 to 6 amid crowd unrest and possible contract disputes.
Special to The Washington Post Cincinnati May 18 Johnson says Cobb will remain on the ground until the case is fully investigated and all sides heard He says he wired Hughie Jennings from Cleveland that Cobb must stay out until review He will stand by his position and that is final in the matter. Herrmann signals sympathy with Johnson while Lynch declines comment on league decisions
Detroit reporters note a city in turmoil over the Ty Cobb matter as judges and a minister defend Cobb and the team against opponents. Threats of a baseball boycott surface, with labor unions possibly urging wider action against a perceived player tyranny by the trust.
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