Oust Kissing Pastor Prett y Soprano Is Accuser
Miss Maud Jacobus accuses Rev Lewis Evans of kissing her during a church visit in Cedar Grove and says she protested as his wife might hear. Trustees order Evans to resign at once after representation by her father and uncle. Evans contends it was a boyish prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Jacobus
Evans
Herbert H ‘Obun
W. Carroll
Vans
Elvana
Coar Trove
Washington No 1
Misa Jacobus
Newhon
Lyang
Jacobus
Hee
Abe
Vr Evans Jodiet
Distr
Police suspend two officers amid home intrusion case
Police Commissioner Brownlow ordered suspension of two officers Mason L Howes and J Feiott from the vice squad after warrants were issued for an alleged intrusion into Mrs Reonect of 128 Delaware Avenue. The action followed standard procedure during investigations and could be lifted upon completion of the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownlaw
Pullman
Mason L Howes
J . Feifiott
Anl
Lasatant District
Ralph Dervern
Delaware Avenue
Astoat
Pra Smiouer Ani
Brownlow
New Mark in Foreign Trade Surges in February
February foreign trade set records with exports and imports both higher than any February on record. Total exports reached over 294 million dollars last December, eight months into the local year show exports around 780 million. Imports exceeded exports by about 50 million, with detailed monthly figures for Santo and Chetehe regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer Oaa
Tasurea
Thahota
Bintem SP Department of
Commercal Meats
Roses Presented to Uhler by Steamboat Inspectors
Supervising Inspector Donnell of the Port of Commerce presented a handsome bouquet to Mr Uhler in New sitting city ceremony marking completion of thirteen years of service. The board of funeral steamboat inspectors and other officials attended as Uhler thanked the group and noted staff changes since taking office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everal Steamboat
Comterce
Bier
Police News In Brief From Yesterday’s Robberies
Police reported a series of robberies and incidents including a pocketbook of Mrs. D Young on Oakdale street, copper fittings from a shed behind Powler’s home on North Carolina Avenue, and a Miami bicycle owned by Allan Dorsey on K Street. Other items stolen or damaged involved a suit and razor of J P Raciy, a 47 year old man found unconscious from gas, a poisoning death of Mrs Blanche Taylor in El Nido Virginia, and several fires and accidents across the city with multiple injuries and fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Young
Oakdale Street
J. . W. Powler
North Carolina Avenue
R. M. Perry
H Street
Louis Rosenberg
Ninth Street
Merchants’ Parcel Delivery Company
Miami
Allan Dorsey
Thomson School
J. P. Raciay
Verdun Viewed by Visitor Center of 6000 Guns and 1,000,000 Soldiers
A reporter's tour near Verdun describes massive artillery scenes with about six thousand French and German guns in action, iodine smoke and constant shelling, while noting morale among French troops remains high and German encirclement efforts are ongoing. The account covers positions along the Meuse, Avecourt, Malancourt, and Bethincourt, plus prisoner observations from Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
Germany
France
America
Roumania
Donaumont
Cotes Lorraine
Woevre
Meuse
Avecourt
Avecourt Woods
Malancourt
Bethincourt
Marseille
Toulouse
Bordeaux
San Remo
Dismisses Sutton Suit Against Insurer and Realty Firm
Justice McCoy dismissed the equity bill brought by C. Sutton against First National Fire Insurance Company and Southern Realty Corporation and seven individuals. The court ruled the bill failed to show petitioners exhausted internal remedies, while noting demurrers by the two companies for bad faith. Sutton may amend within ten days. mandamus actions against the agencies had earlier been dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Fire Insurance Company
Southern Realty Corporation
Equity
C. ©. Sutton
Insurance Company
Realty Corporation
Justice McCoy
Equity Division
Sutton
Justice Stafford
Fifteenth
H Streets
James H. Archer
James 8. Easley-Smith
R H. Yeatman
Frank 8. Smith
Society Scene Highlights Guests From Across the Country
A string of society visits spans Pittsburgh to Newport with families from Cleveland Boston New Jersey and Maryland seen at Shoreham events and private entertainments. Notables include Mrs Lansing Mrs Davis and several Daniels Duffield Crane and Garland parties with dinners teas and box parties across Washington this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Jennings
Pittsburgh
Davidge
Short Hille
N. J
Charles M. Swift
Middle Bury
George A. Mathers
Cleveland
Hammond M. Whitney
Margaret Whitney
Boston
Elizabeth Sands
Newport R. 1
M. L. Mansinger
Bridgeport
Conn
Lansing
John W. Davis
Shoreham
Hickman
Francis R. Hagner
Washington
Old Point Comfort
Perine
New York
H D. S. Cruickshank
Montclair
Baward D. Duffield
Dickinson Co. Duffeld
Elizabeth Duffield
South Orange
Sarah Duffield
Providence
Charles R. Crane
John O. Crane
Woods Hole
Mass
F. R. Garland
Misa Garland
Open Cars Run Today Amid Ventilation Complaints
Utilities Commission allows open street cars today on both local traction lines to address overcrowding in the Ninth Street line. Open cars may replace closed cars per weather, with discretion left to the two companies. Business High School unit files complaint over poor ventilation, Florence Miller signing as secretary. Commission will investigate. open cars may partly offset issues for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission
Business High School
The
Cara
Ninth
Florence Miller
Utilities Commingsion
Car wheels avert tragedy as girl, rep. Hagan, rush to aid
In Washington on a Pennsylvania avenue street car near the Peace monument a seven year old girl was struck but only bruised. Representative John J. Hagan of New Jersey and Representative Daniel A. Deiscoll of New York helped lift and comfort her as bystanders looked on. The girl, of Italian parentage, clutched her school books and could not recall her name while the car 110 was halted. Police sought to identify the girl though officials had dismissed the incident earlier as not report worthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Hagan
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Avenue
Peace Monument
Daniel A. Driscoll
New York
Eagan
Capitol
Amato and Macbeth Triumph in National Theater Recital
Pasquale Amato, renowned Metropolitan Opera barytone, joined Florence Macbeth for a Washington recital at the National Theater. Amato’s rich, powerful voice impressed throughout including Scarlattti and Largo al Factotum. encores featured Toreador from Carmen and Barber of Seville. Macbeth displayed charm and a bell like voice though some notes carried a hint of reediness. her program included Qui la voce and French and English songs with well earned encores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquale Amato
Barytone
Florence Macbeth
National Theater
Attra
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Washington
Scarlatti
Amato
Rachmaninoff
Boris Godunoff
Treasury Department Rifle Club organized at G A R Hall
Nearly one hundred Treasury Department employees formed the Treasury Department Rifle Club at a meeting in the G A R Hall. Byron R. Newton was elected president with James C Wilmeth as vice president, R H Shepard secretary, 8 R Jacobs treasurer, and Lieut E H Wolf executive officer. Maj Fred H Philips Jr of the National Rifle Association spoke, the NRA constitution was adopted, and the club gains use of the indoor range at the Oxford Hotel each afternoon. Charter membership offered to employees who join by April 15. dues 50 cents annually and 50 cents initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Treasury Department Rife Club
G. A. R. Hall
Byron R. Newton
Newton
James C Wilmeth
R H. Shepard
R. Jacobs
E. H. Wolf
Fred H Philips, Jr
National Rifle Association
Wlinthrop
Oxford
Department
Army Short of Engineers in War Preparation
Maj. Woodruff U.S. Army addresses the Engineer Society at the Cosmos Club on the shortage of engineers for national defense. He cites needs for a 560,000 mobile army, estimating 1,200 engineer officers and 36,000 enlisted men, with 8,000 noncommissioned officers, currently only about 250 officers and 1,200 enlisted. He suggests calling on the national guard and civilian engineers in emergencies and urges study and practical training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. Woodruff
U 3
Engineer Society of the District
Cosmos Club
Engineer Corps
National Guard
Hig
Saks & Co Establishes Boys Library for Patrons
Saks & Co opens a boys library on its second floor offering adventures at sea and abroad from top authors. A purchase of wool hat or reefer grants a season library membership with exchanges allowed and permanent retention optional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saks & Co
Saka & Co
Saks
Sister Mary Frances Dead
Sister Mary Frances de Sales longtime Washington educator at St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum and Gonzaga School died Thursday at the Convent of Mercy Baltimore. Miss Mary Prendergast became Sister Mary Frances in 1897 native of West Virginia and leaves a sister in Kansas City. She served as a nurse in the Spanish War and had recent assignments in Washington and Baltimore with interment at the Sisters' Cemetery Mt. Washington Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances de Sales
Beaides
Washington
Slater Mary Frances
Baltimore
St. Peter's School
Spain
Columbian Debaters Dine At GWU Dinner
The Columbian Debating Society of George Washington University held its annual dinner at the Dewey Hotel. Guests included Dean Hiverett Fraser and Professors E Q Schreiber and J Parka. The society plans a debate with the Enosinian Society on April 20 with a GWU team of G V Weikert E D Willy and B M Stovall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che Columbian Debating Society
George Washington University
Dewey Hotel
Hiverett Fraser
Law Department
E. QO. Schreiber
J. Parka
Columbian Society
Enosinian Society
G V Weikert
E D Willy
B M Stovall
G Thaxter Smith
L E Pendell
B. M Stovall
Max Rhoade
G V Welkert
P. G Morehouse
D H Cannon
I E Pendell
H O Q Johnston
R D Murphy
D A. West
H L Brown
Oscar Johennesen
H W Connell
D Willy
Mr Hadman
Bert van Moss
F E. Taylor
O T Smith
H G Manning
G H Hall
G T Buchanan, Jr
H.S Miller
M. M Marcus
J. S. Gambs
Harold Robinson
E F. Haycraft
M H Francis
Charles Silver
Alma Smith
M. H Francis
Sunday Schools Confer at Lutheran Institute in Washington
Eleven Sunday schools attended the annual Lutheran Sunday School Institute in Washington DC at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev William A Wade presided and Rev Abdel Ross Wentz spoke on Our Text Book noting the Bible’s translation into 400 languages and ongoing reader access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Sunday School Institute
Washington
Spesker
St Paul's
Luther Memorial
Reformation
St Mark's
Helier Memorial
St John's
Zion
Georgetown
Epiphany
Our Redeemer
Columbia Heights
Institute
W A Wade
Paul D Leddin
Charles S Hauer
Charles F Stack
Presbyterians Urge Billy Sunday to Preach in Washington
A delegation of over 600 clergy from District of Columbia Presbyterians led by Rev James H Marshall of West Street Presbyterian travels to Baltimore to appeal for Billy Sunday to preach at a Washington mission. Leaders include Rev Dr T E Davis Westminster and Rev Dr Bernard Brashamp Gurney Memorial among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H Marshall
Weat Street Presbyterian Church
Presbyteriana
Baltimore
Billy Sunday
Washington
Presbyterian
District of Columbia
T BE
Davis
Westminster Presbyterian
Bernard G Brashamp
Gurney Memorial
Andrew R. Bird
Second Southern
Charles E. Wood
Church of the Covenant
J .K. Taylor
Central Southern
J. B. Clark
First Presbyterian
John Marshell Place
W H. Bates
Bethany Church
Hubert Rex Johnson
Chevy Chase
A. E Barrows
Eastern Presbyterian
Henry ©. Brundage
Eckington
Joseph T. Kelly
Fourth Presbyterian
George M. Cummings
Garden Memorial
Anacostia
C. Everest Granger
Gunton Temple
Paul 8. Hickok
Metropolitan
Samuel A Bowers
Northminster
Harry B. Angus
Peck Memorial
William I Campbell
Sherwood Memorial
Douglas Putnam Birnie
Sixth Presbyterian
Zed H Copp
Sunshine Temple
W. W. Logan
United Presbyterian
J. Alvin Campbell
Wallace Memorial
J. C Palmer
Washington Heights Presbyterian
J. K Dunham
Western Presbyterian
Nearing half a million English words in use
Prof Clarke Northup of Cornell editors The New Universities Dictionary says English vocabulary has expanded beyond old English thirty thousand and lists over four hundred thousand words, with major writers using predominantly English stems. He notes extensive borrowing from French, Spanish, and Italian through history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Northup
Cornell University
S. Kann Sons & Co
Milton
Addison
Tennyson
France
Death of Albert Brockman of Loudoun County Va
Albert Brockman of Loudoun County Virginia died Thursday at George Washington University Hospital after an appendectomy. He was 70, born in Orange County, son of Asa Brockman and Lucy Wilza Hath Quisenberry, and grandson of John Brockman a wealthy Orange County landowner. A Civil War artillery veteran, he joined as a boy. He was a Baptist Church member. Interment will be in Herndon Cemetery Sunday afternoon. Survived by four daughters and three sons with substantial Orange and Loudoun real estate holdings.
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Albert Brockman
Loudoun
George Washington University Hospital
Brockman
Orange County
Asa Brockman
Lucy Wilza
John Brockman
Baptist Church
Herndon
Orange
Worcester Alumni Gather at Cosmos Club Meeting
The Washington Alumni Association of Worcester Polytechnic Institute met at the Cosmos Club last night with Dr G C Spencer presiding. Dr N A Cobb and Prof W Coombs gave illustrated addresses. Officers elected included J K Schofield as president, Victor Cobb as vice president, and Syme Copeland as secretary and treasurer. A banquet luncheon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Alumni Association
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Cosmos Club
G C Spencer
N A Cobb
Department of Agriculture
W. Coombs
J K Schofield
Victor Cobb
Syme Copeland
Tom Pence Remembered As Beloved Southern Writer and Democratic Figure
Col R M Gates writes in the Memphis Commercial Appeal praising Tom Pence a renowned Southern newspaper writer in Washington. Pence is lauded for his influence on Democratic policy since Wilson's era, his generous character, and his role in easing sectional prejudices. Pence died in a state of wide affection, leaving a legacy recognized across the nation. Dr Wellington Koe reports China appoints Lee Higginson & Co. of Boston as its local fiscal agents to place bond issues in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col R M Gates
Memphis
Tom" Pence
Tom’ Pence
Washington
Tom
Union
Wellington Koe
Lee, Higginson & Co
Boston
United States
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J. L. Evans
Soprano
Fler
Arin Jarabuatt
Alisitte
Ehhil
Orlas Niosheen
Alros
Sears
Tsa
Eman Wader
Dowmeg
Billott
Rannett
UHLER
Elebrates Phinteen Lears
Steamboat Inspection Service
William F Webster
Blanche Taylor
el Nido
Falla Church
Georgetown University Hospital
J. P. Smallwood
Smallwood
Benjamin F. Harnish
Belvedere
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
Milford
Arsenal Grounds
Seventh Street
Tizzle Jones
Jones
James W. White
Twenty-eighth Street
Richmond
New Kesey
Massachusetts Avenue
Sixth Precinct
Giles F. White
Cabla John
William L. Mothershead
Newton Street
N Street
Nevitt
Carl Carter
Benning Road
C. B. Evans
Sixteenth Street
N Streets
F. W. Wilder
Ontario Apartments
Eighteenth Street
Arthur West
Third
E Streets
Richard F Barber
Kansas Avenue
Capital Traction Company
Nick Ruth
James Mosher
Engine Company No. 9
Prince
Berlin
Prince Zu Schammburg-Lippe
Sedan
Automobile Corps
Crown Prince
Fort de Belleville
Forest of Hesse
Paris
Bazaine
Metz
Vaux
Consenvoy
Arda
First National Fire and
Southern Realty
Arventh
Thomas Vickery
Myron M. Parker, Jr
Charles Curtis
Senator Curtin
National Library For the
Ruth
Sarah Daniel
Belasco
Agnes Messick
Mazie Gaines
Ardyth McCormick
Holland Fitts
Anne Ridgely
William F. Clark, Jr
New York Military Academy
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Col
William D. Beach
Elizabeth Teet
Kendall Green
Mary Carter Green
Hagan
Macbeth
National
Treasury Rifle Club
Army Short OF Engineers
Mary Frances
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum
James O'Donnell Bennett
Cyril Brown
Buenos Aires Nacion
B. Conger
Col. Mueller
Awisg
Preas Publishing Co
Dean Fraser
Profs
E. 0. Schreiber
J. L. Parks
Lutheran Institute of District
Zion Church
Billy
Barrington Halt
Barrington Hall
John H.wegruder and
Woodward & Lothrop
Aker Importing Co
Hudson Street
New York, N. Y
Munsey
Munsey Building
County
Worcester
Polytechnic Institute
J. K. Schofield
Tom” Pence
Says Col. Gates
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