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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
6
A heated Hastern High School meeting debated a Home and School Association report condemning high school fraternities and sororities. Principal Willard Scnall proposed delaying action to seek parental input, while students and teachers argued about social value versus clannishness and costly activities.
City bulletins note Shaffer arranges bridal bouquets of exceptional beauty for Virginia events. Advertisements mention nearby stores at 900 14th Street and 608 9th Avenue, with quick water heating and Ruud products advertised. A. Muddiman & Co at 12th and 6th Streets promotes reliable service.
The Women Alliance of All Soulse Church held a meeting with Rev Ulyseen G B Pierce delivering a talk on Unpopular iam The Southern Commercial Congress president Senator Fletcher left Washington for Muskogee Oklahoma to preside over its sixth annual convention A plaza awards payment raised to 719000 with a check for 319000 to Henry J Keough for city lots Justice official Norris to lecture on Immortality Trowel Club Masters Masons to meet at the Ebbitt District officials attend New York police parade banquet International Sunday school lesson led by Gov Folk for Fourth Presbyterian Church North Capitol Beekington Citizens Association set for late April Enosintan Literary Society to meet at George Washington University Bible class banquet at Anacostia Methodist Episcopal Church Young Women’s Christian Association Vesper services speaker Mrs Sukoda Banerjee April Town Society meeting at De Guerin School Music Committee to host Edward Leeds address also a social program Girl Scouts Bazaar at 1207 Clifton Street NW to fund summer camp Four Hours in Grottoland by Kallipolis Grotto No 15 entertain District Masons at Willard new board of trustees named First Church of Christ Scientist elects new leaders Labor Department lists Washington carriage job openings including painters blacksmiths body builders and trimmers Choate Chapter Bigmu Ng Phi fraternity smoker at Studio Hall Notre Dame president John Cavanaugh addresses Holy Cross Academy
The Flutchins will case reaches the jury in the District Supreme Court after testimony and prayers. Attorneys for Lee Hutchins and Walter Stilson Hutching submitted prayers as Justice Anderson prepares to instruct the jury. Separately, John W. Carter sues for 20000 damages over a fall on Tennessee Avenue and William Rosen dorf faces a 5000 claim after a March collision. A bankruptcy petition is filed by Lida M Howard. Coleman and Gray are convicted of seven counts of housebreaking and larceny.
Birth notices list Maynard F Walter and Florence M Walter with a girl, Frank T Stamler and Katherine Stamler with a boy, Pike and Payne households with a girl, and numerous other couples announcing daughters and sons. Clergy and judges appear in the record, including Rev H F Downs and Judge R O H Ferrell, with several couples paired in ceremonies across communities.
A list of recent deaths includes Martha M Windus 70 of 28 Est. se Peter R A Kelly 45 of 420 Tithat. sw. dames tix and multiple others across city hospitals and homes. Names include Patrick Mangarin 77 Loula Andrews 42 Jatin Sheehy 74 Martin Browne 68 Nettie M Rochester 70 Winrnest Jenkins 14 Nettle Calhoun 3 months infant of Edward Virginia Carlton 6 Gaye wer Hospital bert C Jonmem 1 the Poller 35 Florence Boyd 85 Moses Wood 50 Herward Short 42 Richard Washington 7 Rebecca Bell 2 months with various addresses and institutions mentioned.
The Washington College of Law alumni held their annual meeting to elect officers. Miss Nina Irene Thomas won the presidency after a close race with George H. Macdonald. Other officers include George H. Macdonald as vice president and Eunice K. Warner as recording secretary, with house reception planned for May 15 at Mrs Euth Kingman Kern’s home.
Ford Motor Company will build a six story structure at the northwest corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and John Marshall Place, northwest, with an estimated cost of about 250000. The hotel Fritz Reuter property and adjoining parcels were purchased, totaling frontage on Pennsylvania Avenue about 140 feet and on John Marshall Place 165 feet. Land cost about 150000 with work on removing existing buildings to start soon and deeds for adjoining property to be recorded shortly.
Capt George H. Logan J S N aged 47 commander of the battleship Nebraska died Thursday at Portsmouth Naval Hospital Virginia. Full military honors will mark his Arlington burial at 4 pm with funeral cortege from the Connecticut apartments, escorted by sailors gunners and Marines. Services at the grave to be led by Chaplain W G Cassard. Honorary pallbearers include Rear Admiral Victor Blue and captains G H Burage H J Jackson A H Seates Spencer Wood Thomas Washington. Logan was youngest Navy captain and served as commandant at Annapolis from 1901 to 1914.
Lt. Cmdr. Horace G. Macfarland died suddenly at Stoneleigh Court from valvular heart disease. He was 42, retired from the Navy five years ago, and left a wife, daughter of Mrs. F. B. Moran. Born in Washington, he entered Annapolis at 14, graduated at 18, later earned law degrees at George Washington University, practiced with Tucker, Kenson & Macfarland, and belonged to multiple clubs. Funeral arrangements will be announced today.
Police notes list several incidents across the city. A pickpocket stole a gold watch on Pennsylvania Avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth streets NW. William Harreld was injured by an elevator cage at Union Station and taken to Providence Hospital. Anthony Aten, inmate at Government Hospital for the Insane, escaped. Ralph Reilly was thrown from a horse at Hesia Inn, VA and raced to Georgetown University Hospital with injuries. Alfonzo Powell was bitten by a dog suspected of rabies and taken to Casualty Hospital. A child, John Arges, was struck by a car on R Street NW and hospitalized. Herbert Norris fell from a scaffold at Columbia Hospital, fracturing his arm. A horse pulling a wagon ran away, causing collisions near Florida Ave NE. A runaway team injured at Sixth and Virginia Ave SW. A man struck by a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. car on S Street NW, Ledling arrested for injuries. William Summers injured in same incident. Fire and other small incidents reported at various locations, including a fire in a residence due to matches and a watch box fire in Congress Heights. Minor damage reported. authorities responded to multiple alarms.
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