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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
34
Thousands of relatives and friends greet district militiamen as they disembark from transports at sea and march to the armory. The parade, speeches, and cheers mark a warm homecoming after a long voyage, with pay and duties detailed for late September.
War Department officers indicate Brig Gen Aleshire will fix when Mrs Sutton may exume the body of her son James Sutton from the national cemetery after a technical protest delayed the permit. Mrs Sutton demands consideration and awaits Gen Aleshire's return to Washington for a final decision.
An old ad promises extensive rebuilding and new fall goods arriving soon. To secure early orders, Schwartz & Peltman Reeliable Tailors offer made to order suits at summer reduction prices.
Reports say Col Charles A Doyen, commandant of the marine school at Annapolis, was in Washington seeking a personal investigation into his conduct. Navy and marine headquarters deny any link to a formal probe.
Nathan and Amhonto Holmes, both Black brothers, drowned when their overturned rowboat left them clinging to its side. Nelson Brown survived. Chatica Purcell and others aided in rescue attempts. Police and an acting coroner investigated, with certificates of accident issued for both deaths.
Mrs Rebecca J Moses widow of W B Moses founder of W B Moses & Sons, died yesterday morning at 5 octoule in South Bristol Me. Born Rebecca J McKeight in Cleveland Ohio, she was a noted member of Metropolitan ME Church and active in charitable causes. Survived by three sons W H Moses, Harry Moses, Arthur C Moses of the firm, and daughter Mrs Adolph Gosling of St Davids Pa. Funeral plans not yet made.
At the New York avenue and First street playground in Washington a new program led by James West Mian Olivia Baker Mise Minerva Stern Caroline Stinometz and Charles T Jennings drew about 500 attendees. Roughly 100 younger children joined in social games while another 100 competed in croquet tetherball indoor baseball playground ball volleyball high and broad jumps and running. The boys form a military company signaling a new era in organized playground activity and the event underscored the role of playground work in child development.
The Gen Will iam F Barry Garrison Army and Navy Union endorsed the Sons of Veterans plan to build a soldiers memorial hall in Washington. Col Benjamin Chase, president of the administration council, gave a brief address at last night’s meeting.
The Rev Dr John Clark Hill of Springfield Ohio delivered a blackboard style lecture at the New York Presbyterian Church last evening on the missionary journeys and letters of St Paul. He traced the apostle from his birth in 4 B C to his conversion, travels, imprisonment, and death in A D 66, and will preach again Sunday morning before returning to his Iowa pastorate in Ohio.
Local canoe clubs finalized start procedures and water rules for the Washington Fest regatta to be held September 18. The course is one third of a mile, starting near the sea wall and finishing 160 feet above the Highway Bridge, with safety measures and water rules outlined by representatives.
The Central Labor Union dropped local electrical workers last Monday and hope to regain them at the Third District Council convention of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The meeting will be at Costello Hall Sixth and Streets Northwest tomorrow morning. The district covers southern New Jersey eastern Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland and the District of Columbus. Officials Mos 126 and 148 expect the issue to be raised in the first session to restore Washington electricians to the Central Labor Union. President WG Gillen of Philadelphia will preside with J DB Simpson of this city as assistant and alternate.
Dr Tewksbury, a District boy and graduate of Eastern Bligh School and George Washington University School of Medicine, was appointed superintendent of the Virginia State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Catawba. He previously served as resident physician at the District Tuberculosis Hospital near Brightwood and held posts at Soldiers' Home and Children's Hospitals.
Detective Cox arrested Jauce Bale after Thomas Davis of Yale Laundry accused him of keeping money from bundled laundry. Bale allegedly attached bills to bundles and created fake packages with worn clothes and rags, then claimed the owners were away.
A distraught young man named Albert Sampson, also calling himself Tam Kite, visits Hartley at police headquarters confessing thefts. He admits stealing a horse and buggy, then a bicycle sold in Maryland, and seeks to make amends. Officers prepare an investigation as he is held for further questioning.
Funeral services for Henry B Waggaman, formerly of this city, who died Tuesday afternoon at his mother’s home in Annapolis, Md., will be held this afternoon at 4 o’clock at St Paul’s Episcopal Church. Rev Her bert Scott Smith of St Margaret Episcopal Church will conduct. The body was transported from Annapolis to Washington via Washington Baltimore and Annepolla Electric Line and taken from the White House station to the church. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Nannie Tay lor Langhorne widow of John D Langhorne were held at St Johns Episcopal Church with burial in Rock Creek Cemetery She survived by her husband five children including Capt George Tayloe Langhorne Lt Cary D Langhorne and Mrs Powell Clayton Jr among others The family name links to Langhorne Feakgate Layton and Washburns in Washington and Minneapolis.
Funeral services for Nellie Fett Wilhenny, wife of James McKinenny, were held this afternoon from their home with burial at Rock Creek Cemetery. Rev C W C Austin of St Thomas' Church conducted the rites as pallbearers WF Aart LG MacAlister TJ Fisher Fouw Whigwell Thomas Fy Holden and C C Barly assisted.
Dr Benedict and two assistants opened fourteen of twenty casks containing Roosevelt African hunting skins yesterday. Skins were noted as in excellent condition, the best lot yet received, with remaining casks to be opened. Additional space in the museum will be required. skins will be stored in a department building until tanning and preparation for exhibition.
A wireless message from the steamship Camano reports a hurricane in the Yucatan Chan nal Wednesday night. The disturbance is moving northwest over the central Gulf, with the storm system shown across the Gulf of Mexico and into the Atlantic States. Local rains expected in eastern Florida southern Texas and the Lake region. cooler weather to spread over the Northeast Friday and Saturday. Gusty winds, moderate westerlies for Atlantic crossings, and a prevailing cool trend in the northern states forecast.
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