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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
5
Delegations from Morning Star No. 40 and Columbia Lodge No. 85 traveled to Atlantic City for the annual grand lodge convention. Mayor Backarack welcomes them this morning, followed by a boardwalk parade and a ball and dance at the million-dollar pier to conclude the event.
Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Washington Sunday evening forecast shows showers and storms in District of Columbia and Maryland with cooler temperatures Monday and Tuesday. Virginia and nearby areas expect showers and storms Monday then fair skies, winds steady. Pressure drops in upper Ohio valley and middle Atlantic. cooler than normal to start the week east of the Mississippi. Regional temperatures ranged 73 to 92 with humidity around 60 percent. precipitation deficits noted since August.
Birth notices list individuals including ee Bridgens aged 36 in Georgetown and a 58 year old associated with Valco Root, with references to Zeman and Mata as pieces of the report.
Representative Ben Johnson of Kentucky will introduce a bill to confiscate all rents above 19 percent of prewar levels and tax excess rents in the District of Columbia. The plan includes penalties and a provision allowing renters to recover overpayments with costs. Johnson cites multiple cases of rising rents and asserts Congress will pass the measure.
Six candidates for the head of the local Hibernians have been chosen. The election will take place next month. Announced contenders include J. Frank O'Meara, John D. O'Connor, P. F. Carr, Joseph A. Daly, Thomas O'Dea and Thomas McGrath.
Community notices announce fundraisers for street repairs and lighting by the Ladies' Cooperative Improvement Society of Silver Spring Maryland with a festival on September 1 and 2 featuring a band concert and outdoor dancing. Other items invite Alabama voters to Rock Creek Park outings and describe transport arrangements from Mount Pleasant, while Maryland and Pennsylvania societies plan events for Old Defenders Day and retirements discussions. A public hearing on Capital Traction valuation is set for Thursday at the District Building.
Senator Sterling predicts passage within two weeks as the 406000 federal employees face new pension rules. The Sterling Lehrbach plan would create a contributory system with a 2 percent income tax, allowing up to 720 dollars annually for long serving clerks and others, as hearings continue and support groups press to speed approval.
A list of births and deaths records reports multiple infant fatalities including Williamson Non Leshy Gunther Wright Stevens and Jacksco. The brief item lists parents James A Ade B and Jacob Fannie Richard Delia Delia A Leshy, Paul Edith Gunther, Jesse Blanche Wright and John Florence Stevens. The report notes several newborns as boys and one girl among these families.
Paull Hopkins chief of the editorial division of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce married Ysabelle Mott a clerk in the same division in Baltimore on Saturday after four years of courtship. The couple will honeymoon in Pennsylvania and then reside in Washington.
Nearly eight Washington institutions will send orphaned or foster children to Polis Theater this afternoon to view Mack Sennett’s Mickey starring Mabel Normand courtesy of Sidney B. Lust. Represented homes include St Joseph’s, St Vincent’s, Washington Home for Foundlings, Industrial School for White and Colored Children, Children’s Temporary Home, German Orphan Asylum, and Jewish Foster Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza C. Lawton were held last night. interment will be at West Point.
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