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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1914
Page
10
The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on proposed freight-rate increases concludes with Clifford Thorne presenting for shippers and Western railways, urging fairness and public interest. He argues the carriers seek unjust rises while shippers face shared burdens and notes dividends and stock issues as context.
Captain R L Ford a veteran of the Civil War and longtime pension examiner for the United States Pension Bureau died at his residence on Massachusetts Avenue Northeast Thursday night aged 58 He served in New York and Philadelphia and was connected with the Infantry and Engineers He was a member of Ira Field Post Ro and of Envamp men He leaves a wife and four children and will be buried Tuesday with services in Leesport
A tablet to the late Rev Frederik Power will be unveiled at a special service this aft ernoon at Malok. Peter Armste and Rev Farle Wolfley will accept the tablet on behalf of the church. The bas relief depicts Power beside his pulpit with inscription noting his years as pastor and his birth and death dates.
The war revenue bill passed by Congress and signed by the President went into effect yesterday with several major stamp and special taxes delayed to November 1 or December 1. The levy targets bonds, stock sales, promissory notes, deeds, beer, wines, liquors, tobacco, and various professional fees, with exemptions for some banks and certain public exhibitions. The government moved quickly to begin collection, directing collectors to record sales and begin tax accrual on wines, liquors, and other taxable items from today.
Speculation swirls at the District building over who will chair the public utilities commission after Cal Harding’s retirement. Louis Brownlon is widely seen as the likely successor to Sidons, with Brownlon praised as well schooled in municipal affairs. A luncheon is planned honoring retiring commissioners, with October 13 tentatively set for the event.
Special to The Washington Post reports the Treasury's 1914 income tax returns show 44 earners of a million dollars or more, 91 over 100000, and 988 taxpayers between 75000 and 100000. The largest group, 114,484, earned 3333.33 to 4350.00, with 356,000 to 150000 and 350,000 to 75000 ranges also detailed. Married and single women, and single men, filed returns, with the first year under the new tax law covering ten months in 1913.
Mrs Arvilia McDonough of 1014 Vermont Avenue NW must pay 40 damages to Julms Mannheimer, a German embassy messenger, for striking him with her car during the suffrage parade the day before the inauguration. Mannheimer sought 10,000 and testified he was riding a bicycle with no fault of his own. McDonough claimed he had opportunity to move. The case, tried before Justice Stafford, may seek a new trial motion.
Taeut Col Henry C Newcomer of the engineers United States army takes charge of the District water supply system and harbor improvements in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers, succeeding Maj Charles W Katz who becomes engineer commissioner. Newcomer, born in Pennsylvania, attended West Point in 1882, became second lieutenant in 1886, and lieutenant colonel on February 2 1916.
Herman Ridder argues that Britain blocks American neutrality and censors German dispatches to influence world opinion. He contends the United States should stand firmer, likening current policy to past British overreach and urging moral backbone against “un-American” pressure from London.
New York dispatched summary from the Courrier des Etats-Unis asserts colonial loyalty in Algeria Tunisia and Morocco under French rule. It disputes German claims of native revolt and highlights volunteer efforts mosques prayers and donations to France.
Chief Justice Covington of the District Supreme Court declared Washington a dangerous place for wrongdoers. He sentenced Clarence Washington to six years in the penitentiary for robbery and warned that similar offenders will face full penalties. Attorney T. Taylor defended Washington.
Idaho State treasurer O Ve Allen pleaded guilty to embezzling state funds in Boise court. He received a five to ten year penitentiary term. Auditors estimate the shortage at about ninety thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. The Republican central committee rejected his candidacy for re election and urged Republicans not to vote for him. removing his name from the ballot is not possible.
The army signal corps abandoned its San Diego aeroplane contest to buy the best three machines for 12000 10000 and 8000 dollars as only one entrant met the conditions. Officials said American builders were busy for Europe. Lieutenant Colonel Reber notified Brigadier General Scriven of the decision yesterday.
John B. Laskey will take over as United States attorney for the District of Columbia within days, with formal Senate confirmation received by the Department of Justice. He is expected to assume duties no later than November 1, likely administered by Chief Justice Covington. The transfer followed a delay due to the retiring attorney’s schedule. The Dallas News notes a fashion column aside urging old clothes to be made fashionable this fall.
After four years as confidential clerk in the Department of Justice Leroy E Reed resigned to be private secretary to Associate Justice McReynolds of the U S Supreme Court, a former Attorney General. Reed entered government service under Attorney General Wickersham and when that official left, he followed as private secretary. Four months later he returned to the Department of Justice.
Portrait of Daniel Webster after a long public life, died October 24, 1932 at Marshfield in the seventieth year of his age while serving as Secretary of State under Millard Fillmore. He kept his flag flying in illness and is praised as a master defender of the Constitution, a towering lawyer and statesman with a gift for compassionate speech.
The committee on charities and corrections of the Board of Trade yesterday recommended erecting a new Eastern Casualty Hospital on Capitol JIT to replace the inadequate current facility not able to handle emergency cases. Walter Cleophane chaired the meeting.
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