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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1915
Page
4
Emergency Hospital surgeons weigh amputation for Lieut. Catts after being beaten and shot. Carter, the shooter, may survive as Johnson, proprietor at 203 Twelfth Street NW, undergoes abdominal surgery with poor prospects. Rev. Hughes exonerated after ministerial inquiry.
Mrs Henrietta Fletcher 57 wife of Rev Dr Joseph Fletcher injured in two vehicle collision incidents in Northwest Washington. She was knocked down beside Ballatone Court apartments while alighting from a Capital Traction streetcar at Florida avenue and Seventh street. She and Dr Fletcher were taken to Garfield Hospital with non serious injuries.
A Raleigh committee led by John C. McLaughlin met to perfect plans for Electrical Prosperity Week from November 29 to December 4. They aim to unite electrical appliance dealers and merchants to demonstrate electricity benefits, with emphasis on store and window illumination. Washington merchants will join a dress-up fix-up event to decorate and light Christmas stocks nightly.
A lecture titled the Story of the Telephone will be given Friday at 8 o clock in Emanuel Baptist Church at Slateenth street and Columbia road under the Mount Pleasant Citizens Association. J C Martin will present the illustrated talk and no admission ticket is required.
A Lyle man cried for help after an automobile struck him while crossing a street. Passersby aided him and carried him to a nearby store. A red stain appeared on his shirt, but examination showed the bottle of wine in his coat pocket had broken, and the man was unhurt.
The Federal Reserve Board paused action on appeals to realign reserve districts as it weighs Attorney General Gregory's forthcoming opinion on whether the board can reduce the number of districts. Banks seek moves designating Baltimore over Richmond Pittsburgh over Cleveland Wisconsin shifts Chicago district New York shifts from Boston Louisiana to Dallas over Atlanta.
A pastor at a church bar contends he felt missed by the congregation during a service. The report notes tension over worship practices and community response amid local discussions.
The West End Citizens Association, meeting at the Powhatan Hotel, votes against prohibition in the District while reaffirming opposition to class legislation. New officers and several new members join as chairmen list details and names.
The joint congressional committee of inquiry on the half and half principle likely will not meet today and may be postponed until Monday. Chair Chilton and Senator Saulsbury cited absences and illness among members. preliminary efforts aim to begin deliberations soon while lawmakers attend to other duties in Washington.
The Midelty Citizens Association met at 1009 Seventh Street NW to urge its delegate to the Federation of Citizens Associations on how to vote the prohibition issue. Speakers argued regulation over prohibition, citing studies that more liquor sells where licenses are scarce, while Corporation Counsel Syme pressed utility valuation and universal transfers for lower gas and electric rates.
Interstate Commerce Commission officials said they have no authority over railroad operations in New York and cannot intervene directly in freight congestion. They suggested advising interior shippers to halt shipments bound for steamers until space on ships is assured.
President Wilson, an avid golfer, is asked by the National Golf Association to have the Department of Agriculture investigate grades best suited for golf courses. A committee led by Frank L. Woodward of Denver will discuss the issue with the President later.
Polio Commissioner Woods announced a ban on proposed gink hotels for vagrants in New York. Hoboes drifting into the city this winter will be required to work or leave town, with plenty of work available, he said.
Senator Gallinger a Republican Senate leader has accepted President Wilsons invitation to confer on the administration national defense plans. Representative Mann the Republican House leader has not replied.
Philadelphia artist Joseph Pennell recalls a globe trotting run of arrests as possible espionage. He recounts France where a lockkeeper accused him of spying while sketching a canal lock, London permits and bureaucratic mix ups, and a Bethlem Hospital joke, all amid his claim of never serving jail time.
Dr Joaquin Bernardo Calvo former Costa Rican Minister to the United States died suddenly at his home 1602 Seventeenth Street NW He was 58 and survived by his wife eight children and a sister His death certificate cited heart disease Funeral plans await arrival of his son from New York and Cleveland Calvo served as minister from 1896 to 1908 and was a long time dean of the pan American diplomatic corps in Washington DC died early yesterday morning due to heart disease.
At yesterday’s Board of Trade meeting in the Star building, H. C. Brandenburgh was unanimously reelected president. Officers elected without opposition included First Vice President W. T. Galliher, Second Vice President W. D. West, Secretary J. Harry Cuningham, Treasurer Walter H. Klopfer, and General Counsel John B. Larner. Cuningham succeeds C. J. Gockeler who asked to be excused.
In San Francisco on November 22 the American Federation of Labor rejected by a tight vote a proposal to endorse state and federal eight hour day legislation after a four hour floor contest. President Samuel Gompers closed the debate with an impassioned speech accusing the socialist party of backing the drive. Resolutions backing U.S. neutrality policy were adopted.
Special to The Washington Post reports Paris interest in the feud between fashion house Kurzman and a leading French couture syndicate. Rumors of pro German sympathy are denied by syndicate rep Phillippe Ortiz who says other issues caused the break. Mrs Norman Galt has not replied to a telegram offering to provide gowns. Kurzman firm members declined comment in Paris with Charles Kurzman absent.
Annapolis Md Nov 22 Navy practice under Head Coach Ingram remains secret with final selection of backfield starters still unsettled after Ursinus scrimmage. Linemen Ward Gilman Kercher likely to start. E R Smith Holtman contend for guard. James Goodstein at center. Johnson favored over Jackson. backfield Craig Westphal Davis Martin to open, with Val as likely substitute for back positions except quarterback.
Dwight F Mallory a leading Baltimore sportsman left the Magothy River in an open motorboat Friday noon to hunt near Havre de Grace and has not been seen since Friends fear the boat failed and the craft drifted to a remote Chesapeake Bay spot A search by the tug Sentinel is ongoing under Arthur D Foster son in law of Senator John Walter Smith Heavy bay weather and high winds may have overwhelmed the boat.
Mexican postage stamps with a face value of seventy thousand dollars were seized by Treasury agents at the home of Mrs Aliva P De Garcia in El Paso Texas Also seized were jewelry and drawnwork Mrs Garcia said her husband a Villa general formerly postmaster at Durango Mexico was transporting stamps to Nogales for the Villa government Federal officers seek Garcia on a charge of smuggling Collector of the Port Cobb wired Washington for permission to return the stamps to the Carranza government.
Lincoln Nebraska November 32 Secretary of State Pool announced he would grant the request of Associate Justice Hughes to withdraw his name from the Nebraska primary ballot as a Republican presidential candidate. The decision was communicated to petition signers and follows Hughes petitioning for withdrawal with official action recorded today.
In Rome on November 21 Pope Benedict received members of the Roman Association for the Preservation of the Faith. The Pope contributed 25 900 lire about 5000 dollars to the fund to support the association's work.
The British government released a report by American Ambassador Gerard on alleged cruel wartime treatment of British prisoners in German camps. The State Department opposes publishing such an American-drafted report, arguing it could embarrass the United States and should be withheld from publication.
The body of Joseph Hilstrom, executed in Salt Lake City last week, will be interred near the graves of the anarchists executed in 1888 in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago. The body arrives tomorrow night and the funeral is set for Thursday.
The gunboat Marietta dragged anchors in a heavy norther and ran on a reef at Porto Cortez Honduras Sunday. Her crew worked in full force to plac e sheet anchors and she got off safely undamaged. The commander paid high tribute to his men in a report to the Navy Department.
Joseph Race, a Belgianborn American resident at 214 B Street Southeast, has attracted Rear Admiral Taylor, Senator Chamberlain and other lawmakers with plans for a 1000foot collapsible wireless tower. The steeltubing tower would mount on a concrete base and could be disassembled for transport. A smaller version could be mounted on motor trucks for use nationwide.
Mrs Annié Koogle, 45, was struck by a big unidentified colored man at Sixth Street and Virginia Avenue Southwest Sunday night. She could not describe her attacker, who approached from behind as she walked to a car. The assault occurred in a lonely area. no robbery attempt was made and the assailant fled after the scream.
J P Morgan returns to his city residence after recuperating at Glen Cove L I from an appendectomy. He is said to be fully recovered and plans to resume work at his desk later in the week.
The report shows resources including loans and discounts, bonds, and a banking house value with a total assets of 468,578.78. Liabilities list capital stock, surplus, undivided profits, and deposits including demand, time, and certificates, with a noted total equity and liability balance. The Treasurer John D. Howard attests to the statement's accuracy, sworn November 20, 1915, before Notary Ernest G. Thompson.
Easton, November 22. George V. M. Jones of Dover Delaware a Lafayette College student was instantly killed when the automobile in which he rode with classmate Alvan Smith Hutchinson of Oyster Bay New York overturned on a curve near Reigelsville about 12 miles from Easton. Jones was pinned under the car and his neck fractured. Hutchinson was painfully injured.
A clerk attests a sworn statement by BAGHY as Treasurer with a notary public seal dated 17 ember 1915. The verso lists signatures including TANES D. F. SCHNEIDER and others as directors or officials.
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