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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
7
Thousands of relatives greet the district militia as transport ships Sumner and McClellan discharge soldiers at Arsenal wharves. Veterans parade to the armory amid bands and cheering crowds, receive pay and equipment checks, and plan late September duties. The voyage offered new military lessons and lively shore-side scenes as men secured furloughs and rides home.
War Department officers plan to fix a date for Mrs Sutton to exhume her son James N Sutton’s body from Arlington National Cemetery. Brig Gen James B Aleshire will decide the permit timing after Marine Corps experts review technical needs. Mrs Sutton demands consideration, cites prior postponement and her fragile health. Captain Humphrey indicates a protest caused the delay.
Dear Sir Offers to attract buyers with fall suits at summer prices. Extensive rebuilding delays proper display. To secure early orders, suits will be made to order at summer reduction prices. Schwartz and Peltman Reliable Tailors 505 507 Seventh St.
Col Charles A Doyen, commandant of the marine school at Annapolis, in question for conduct at the school, was said to be in Washington yesterday but did not visit the Navy Department. Papers for a personal investigation of his conduct were admitted at the office of Gen. Bullett, commandant of marines.
Nathan and Amhonto Holmes, two Black brothers, drowned when their rowboat capsized near the arsenal. Nelson Brown survived, rescued by Chatica Purcell of the naval reserve ship Purl tan. Harbor police and Acting Coroner Glaxbrook confirmed both deaths as accidents after a search recovered the bodies.
Rebecca Moses widow of W B Moses founder of W B Moses & Sons died in South Bristol Maine where she had a summer home. A social figure in Washington Philadelphia and New York, she was a Methodist leader and donor. Survived by sons W H Moses Harry Moses Arthur C Moses of the firm and daughter Mrs Adolph Gosling of St Davids Pa. Funeral plans pending.
At New York avenue and First street northwest a promising playground season opened with 500 attendees. About 100 smaller children joined in ring games while another 100 took part in croquet tetherball indoor baseball and volleyball. A boys military company signals a new era in organized playground activity and underscores the value of structured recreation for Washington’s youth.
The Gen William F Barry Garrison Army and Navy Union endorsed a Sons of Veterans, U.A. plan to build a soldiers memorial hall in Washington for conventions. Col Benjamin F Chase, president of the Animes of Administration, delivered brief remarks at last night's meeting in GA Ft. Ball.
The Rev Dr John Clark Hill of Springfield Otter presented a chalk talk on the missionary journeys and letters of St Paul at the New York Presbyterian Church. He traced the apostle's birth in 1st century 401, his conversion, journeys, and imprisonment, ending with his death in 66, and will preach Sunday morning before resuming his Iowa Ohio pastorate.
Representatives of local canoe clubs adopted rules for the Washington Fest races to be held on the Petumar River. Races start afterAre you ready and gun signals. Courses are one third of a mile with starts from the sea wall. Prominent canoeists praised the event as a premier spectacle with hopeful outcomes for a successful regatta and carnival.
Adjustment of the electrical workers in this city led to their dropping from Central Labor Union membership. The Third District council convention of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will be held at Costello Hall. Officials expect the issue to be raised to restore Washington electricians to Central Labor Union and good standing. President WG Gillen of Philadelphia will preside with JB Simpson of this city as assistant and alternate.
Dr Tewksbury, a District boy and Eastern Bligh School and George Washington University School of Medicine graduate, has been named superintendent of the Virginia State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Catawba. He previously served as resident physician at the District Tuberculosis Hospital near Brightwood and had medical posts at the Soldiers' Home and Children's Hospitals.
Detective Cox arrested Bale yesterday after Thomas Davis, Yale laundry manager, alleged he diverted cash from laundry bundles. Bale reportedly admitted keeping bills with bundles and creating fake packages with dirty clothes, claiming the owners were not at home.
Albert Sampson a 24 year old man from Mount Rainier Maryland tells Hartley of stealing a horse and buggy, then a bicycle, and selling it in Maryland. He seeks to right his wrongs and asks if there is a way to fix things as detectives prepare to investigate his tale.
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 Pauls Episcopal Church Rock Creek Cemetery The Rev Herbert Scott Smith rector of St Margaret Episcopal Church is to conduct the services Dr Smith is vacationing in Maine but will return for the ceremony The body will be brought to Washington today over the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Line and will be taken from the White House station to the church Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Nannie Tayloe Langhorne, 74, wife of John D Langhorne, will be held at St Johns Episcopal Church at 10 this morning. She died Wednesday at her Atlantic City summer home. Survivors include her husband and five children, among them Capt George Tayloe Langhorne and Mrs Stanley Washburn. Burial in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mrs Wilhenny will be buried this afternoon at Rock Creek Cemetery following funeral services at 1 o clock from her husband James MoKinenny's residence. Canop W C Austin of Bt Thomas Church will conduct the rites with ballbearers WF Aart LG A MacAlister TJ Fisher Fouw Whigwell Thomas FY Holden and C C Barly named.
Dr Benedict and assistants opened fourteen of twenty casks containing Theodore Roosevelt African hunter skins at the Watlonsl Museum taxidermy shop. The skins are praised as the best lot received, stored in brine, and require more room before tanning and display. The remainder will be opened today and stored in department buildings until ready.
A special weather bulletin from the US Weather Bureau reports a hurricane-like disturbance near the Yucatan Channel moving northwest toward the Gulf of Mexico. Expect above normal temperatures nationwide with local rains in the eastern Florida area and Texas. A cooler trend is forecast for the Northern states by Friday into Saturday, with winds generally moderate along coastlines and notable sunshine chances in parts of the Southeast.
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