Gun expert arrested in theft of government gun plans
Mo n schoff Gottlelb, a chief ordnance division gun expert and native of Russia, was arrested at 3905 Thirteenth Street NW on larceny charges for stealing heavy gun plans and steel manufacture formulas. Detectives found two portfolios with indexed U S army ordnance data and other documents. bail was set at 30 000. witnesses from army officers to testify at a preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Monschoff Gottlelb
Army
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Phillips and
Sweeney
John E Laskey
Gottleib
District Supreme Court
Vance McCormick
Gottleb
Ordnance Department
Death notices and funeral announcements from 1918 district papers
A collage of December 1918 obituaries and funeral notices for Adams, Balz, Beverly, Bilson, Carpenter, Davis, De Vries, Dickson, Fugitt, Howson, Kingman, Mahoney, Murphy, Putnam, Reynolds, and Woodpounds, listing family relations, residences, and planned services across Northwest and Southeast Washington and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwowl
Beverly
Rebecca
Fiwart
Jaimer Beverly
Janos Thomas
Virginia A
Thelma F. Beverly
Mattie Walker
Willian Weite
Eighth Street
Sampet
Ronald Bilson Eral
Tenwond Cemetery
Baltimore
Richmond
Carpenter
Kenyor Street
Marie E Carpenter
Taesday
Islennooul
Davis
James
Thoratee
Canon Tepes
Weedler Road
Mary
William Ri
Bethlehem Chapel
Wastingto Cathedral
Jock
Mont Lemeury Baltymore
Dickson
Rt West
Margared Dickson
Sintay Mornung
Muvera
Atemie
Santhea
Anv
Hig
Massachusetts
Ncids Witliaw
Hus
Sarsh Howson
Wisconsi
Chattaye Ga
Pease Aps Mahoney
Latinia
Rarden
Calera
Nancy
Edward Ad
Mary Menn
North
Birch Norfolk Va
Murphy
Lamont Street
Ira
Warner
Albany
Washington
Dutnam
Saratoga Springs
Funeer
St Akbana
Mionday
SY Reynolds
Siulas
Ines Dawson
Lavetow
Coniamin
Mia Marcaret Starper
Thirteenth Street
Otica
Local Funeral Directors and Chapels Listing
A garbled OCR listing multiple funeral houses and chapels with addresses on Pa Avenue, Seventh Street, and nearby venues. Firms include Thos M Hindle and Buikmaier Ltd, Frank Geijer’s Sons Co, Sardo & Co, Zurhorst Sons, Schippert, and William Lee Sons, with various contact numbers and references to modern chapels and ambulatory services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THOS
M. Hindle
Ndestaker and
Buiwaimer Ltd
Sergeon
R Speare
Frank Geijer’s Sons CO
Dern Chapel
Explains Crash of Empires at Polis Theater
Carlyle B Haynes Southern author and minister spoke on The Crash of Empires yesterday afternoon at Polis Theater. He credited divine providence for Allied victory and recounted historic failed attempts to unite European kingdoms, citing Charlemagne Charles V Philip II Louis XIV and Napoleon Bonaparte. The theater was crowded to capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle B Haynes
Polis Theater
Haynes
Charlemagne
Charles V
Philip I
Louis IV
Napoleon Bonaparte
New Year's Dance by Fifth Infantry Neatly Planned
The National Guard Armory at 472 L Street NW hosts a New Year’s dance and entertainment by Company A, Fifth Infantry, N G D Co on January 1. A souvenir program with a uniform personnel photo will be issued, with Seret William F Mitchell as chair on both general and program committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Infantry
National Guard
L Street
William F Mitchell
B Riley
Nourie
Buechler
J Guillani
Warlick
Richardson and others remembered in December death notices
A cluster of December 1918 obituary notices from Washington area papers honors residents and family members. Entries include Edmund Williams Richardson Jr and Marjorie Royce. Katherine Smith aged fourteen. Swann Sinclair. George Terry. Warrick family. Mary Beatrice Williams. Speer, Lairy Weaver. Worden. Charlis Worden. and Xanten, with interment and service details.
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Richardson
Wis
St Josephs Hospital
Edifh Williams
Taent John William Moore Richardson
LSA
Ma J
Eddie
New York City
Royce
Chicago
Marjorie
Morgan Royce
John Edwin
Alice Keefe
Smith
Katherine . Smith
Sinclair
CA Swann Sinclair
P A Tultavull
Speer
Bailston Lairy
William T Meaver
Irven
Fthel Weaver
Worden
Philp Tippett
Baltimore
Charlis H
Fanny E Worden
Pennsylvania
Arlington Cemetery
New Jersey Avenue
Hades B
Lillie
Calotabs Promoted For Cols And Grip By Doctors
Doctors urge rapid treatment of colds with Calotabs calomel tablets at bedtime, repeating once if needed. One tablet usually suffices in early stages, with no dietary disruption or nausea. Calotabs sold in sealed packages for 35 cents, guaranteed by druggists.
Germans Orphan Fund Book Read by Senate Panel
A large signed volume titled Golden Book of German War Orphans gathered hundredsof American donors in 1916 17 expressing fervent pro German patriotism. Capt George B Lester presented the book to the Senate committee probing German propaganda. The volume held inscriptions praising Kaiser Wilhelm and the Fatherland from churches individuals and groups. The book was seized and placed in the committee files with a portion of names read into the public record as hearings resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Germany
George B. Lester
Army Intelligence Service
United States
Leopold Zimmer
New York
Wilhelm
Brooklyn
J Dietz
Prospect Avenue
J George Sylvester Viereck
Viereck
Kaiser
German Evangelical Reformed Church
Kaiser Bell Church
Julius Jaeger
East Sixty-eighth Street
Geramn-American Committee
Elmhurst
de Kampmann
Fort Douglas
Utah
Keuchder
Memenl
Rhine
H Urkschwerdt
Washington Forum to Hear War Price Fixing Talk
Dr. Leo Welman of the war industries board, formerly Johns Hopkins, will address the Washington Forum at Young Men's Hebrew Association headquarters on Eleventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue next Tuesday at 8 15 p.m. on Price Fixing During the War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Welman
War Industries Board
Johns Hopkins University
Washington Forum
Young Mens Hebrew Aassociation
Eleventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Maryland and the Virginias Scott Fertiliser Plant Destroyed
Special to The Washington Fest Elkton Maryland December 15 Scott Fertiliser Companys works on Bridge Street were destroyed by fire about 4 oclock this morning with manufactured products. The Radnor pulp works adjoining the Besti plant were also on fire but confined to the reef. Three Pennsylvania railroad box cars loaded with sulphur were burned along with the high treatie work and the wharf property. Loss is estimated at 256000 partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radnor
Washington
Elkton
Scott Fertilizer
Bridge Street
Newark
Del
Chesa—peake City
Radnor Pulp Works
Besti
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alexandria Red Cross Drives for 6000 Members Begin
News from Alexandria Washington LOBT Bureau reports men and women plan a citywide Red Cross canvass to reach 6000 members. Districts were assigned last week and early rounds began Friday as officials push for a successful war effort.
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Washington
Kingstewar
Alexandria
Red Cross
Laat
Baltimore Robber Caught in Northwest Baltimore
Special to The Washington Post reports John Givens a Baltimore cook at the Naval Academy was arrested after admitting he held up northwest Baltimore jewelers. He fought with officers, a ring valued at 395 was stolen and disappeared during the scuffle. Police identified him by five storekeepers.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
John 8
Givens
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Samuel Cohen
Deaths of U S service members in France reported from several towns
The notice wires list Sergt Wilbur Payne and Corp Frank W Woods among those who died in France from meningitis and pneumonia after wounds or service. Others include Lieut W P Sammons and Private Samuel Robert Crist who perished overseas, with families in Cumberland, Parkersburg, Wheeling, Fredericksburg, and Martins towns notified.
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Washington Post
Charlotteaville
Sergt Wilbur Payne
France
Daisy L Woods
Corp Frank W Woods
317Th Infantry
Cumberland
Simon W Werner
Myeradale
Cal- Vin
Norman Werner
Simon P Werner
Wheeling
Mary Sammons
W P Sammons
Sammons
Clarksburg
Missa
Lucinda Rose
Red Cross
Parkersburg
John McGuinness
Lubeck
Fredericksburg
Mercer W Franklin
J W. Franklin
Mannington
Mwr
Benjamin Ice
John Wilford Gray
Camp Lee
Marshall County
Samuel Robert Crist
Forty-first Engineers
Beilington
W Va
Ee Ice
Virginia Obituary and Local News Highlights
Fredericksburg obituary notes Howard C Nathan age 26 pneumonia after influenza survived by father wife and one child, Robert B Wright an elderly Caroline county resident died at 53 with four children, Davis Griffith died in Westmoreland county leaving wife and five children, Mrs Burr Richards Glascock of Warrenton funeral held with daughter Z Marshall near Eastham, Eastham farmer died age 29 with wife and four children. Nathan B Scott donated 210 shares Continental Trust Company to West Virginia Grand Lodge of Masons for a new Masonic home building fund needing 7.5 million. Rev G I Wilson named pastor of First Presbyterian Church Parkersburg after YMCA work at Camp Meade.
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Fredericksburg
Howard
Nathan
Robert B Wright
Caroline County
Davis
Griffith
Weatmoreland County
Charlottesville
Mra Burr Richards Glascock
Warrenton
Parkersburg
United States
Nathan B Scott
Continental Trust Company
Washington
West Virginia Grand Lodge of Masons
Wilson
First Presbyterian Church
Camp Meade
Navy yard clerks move to Norfolk base
Norfolk navy yard transfers most clerks to the naval operating base on January first to create a major Atlantic coast supply station. Building plans include new offices and depots, signaling a significant expansion and reorganization at the Norfolk facility reported by The Washington Post. In Cumberland Maryland, Thomas Bracken age 30 was found dead in a watchbox at a railroad crossover due to heart trouble leaving a wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Naval Operating Base
Atlantic
Washington Post
Cumberland, Md
Thomas Bracken
Baltimore and Ohio
Maryland
Reworked Washington streetcar lines take effect yesterday
The Washington Railway and Electric Company introduced a complete rerouting of the Ninth and Eleventh Street lines with new schedules aimed at greater frequency and regularity. Cars now terminate at the bureau of engraving and printing and run to additional streets, with Georgetown and Brightwood routes adjusted. The real rush hour test and further Georgetown changes are expected in coming weeks.
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Ninth
Eleventh Street
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Georgetown
Anacostia
Congress Heights
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Missouri Avenue
Brightwood
Takoma Park
Ninth Street
Congress 'Heights
Bureau
North Capitol
W Streets
Eleventh
Fourteenth
Maj Manning to Receive Distinguished Service Cross
Governor Richard J. Manning was informed by Maj Gen Joseph B. Kuhn in France that Maj William Sinkler Manning, son of Gov Manning, is recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary gallantry in action. Manning was killed in action November 6, with Kuhn praising his courage and sacrifice as an inspiration to the command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Richard J. Manning
Joseph KB Kuhn
France
William Sinkler Manning
Gov Manning
Manning
Kuhn
Feathery ham omelet delights Sunday breakfast
Jim has time only on Sunday for a breakfast treat. A feathery ham omelet with stale bread milk butter salt and pepper, yolks and beaten egg whites folded in, a dash of Al Sauce elevates a simple omelet into a kingly dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Seys
Military Tribunal at Vienna Re ponsible for Many Deaths
Amsterdam dispatch reports the supreme military tribunal says Austrian wartime tribunals sentenced 11 400 people to death and executed them. The figure comes via a Berlin dispatch to Handelsblad with Lieut Col Harding on the way. Panama notes Lieut Col Cheater Harding, governor of the Canal Zone, sailed to New York to testify before congressional committees on canal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Supreme Military Tribunal
Berlin
Handelsblad
Panama
Col Cheater Harding
Canal Zone
New York
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. B. Gottleib
Ordnance
United States Marshal
Majk A K White
Joseph Gawler
Pa Avenue
H. Small & Sons
Hoste Washin Cffort
Astoria
OS Mudieun
Mos
Divine Providence
C. B. Haynes
D. C. Guard
Co. A
U. S
University of Illinois
Law School of
Georgetown University
Georgetown Citizens’ “Association
Potomac Savings Bank Hall
Columbia Hospital For Women
Belasco Theater
Guy Bates Post
Barrett Learned
Hospital Board of Managers
Jessica BE. Peixetto
M. Co. A
Alice Hutchins Drake
Marine Corps
Walter Reed Hospital
Mra Dyer's
Sergi W F Hardell
Archdeaconry of
Epiphany
Capitol
Wilson Normal School
Nebraska
George W Norris
Rosa Place
Cleveland Park
College Women's Club
Chamberlain
Joshua Evans
Graik Patten
Bertha Remick
Florence Flaming Noyes School
At & O'Clock
Kate Waller Barrett
Florence Crittenton Mission
W.C
Rhode Island Citizene’ Association
Sherwood Methodist Episcopal Church
Virginias
Scott
News OF Alexandria
G. T. Sinclair
George Terry Sinclair
C. A Swan Sinclair
Walnut Street
Rosemont
W J Morton
Pohick Cemetery
Lodge of Sorrow Meeting
Alexandria Lodge of Elks
Peter von de Westelaken
Buffalo
Heads Baptist Bible Class
C E. Nicol
First Baptist Church
Robert H Cox
C A. Connell
G. P. Travis
Georgie Pearl Travis
A O Travis
del Ray
Alexandria County
Cook
Annapolis Academy
Virginia
Becott
Ninth and
Pia
Victor
Cohen & Hughes, Inc
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
Arthur Jordan Piano Co
N. E. Cor
N. W
Woodward & Lothrop, Inc
Cor
11Th
F Sts
Hugo Worch
G St
Vicinity
Anacostia, D. C
Nichols Ave
Laurel, Md
Laurel Furniture Co
Fairfax, Va
Ernest L. Robey
Herndon, Va
Ralph V. Chamblin
J. M. Reed
King St
Victrola
Victor Records
Victor Recorda
Maj. Manning
South Carolina
Etrola
Austria
Vienna
Vietreta MVI
Hegany Weal
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