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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1918
Page
8
President proclaims cancellation of war time restrictions for enemy aliens. Interned individuals must remain in camps until peace is signed or law discharged them. Reading of orders addresses penalties and release timing amid wartime measures and enforcement actions.
Department of Justice announced that after Christmas day the Attorney General will stop enforcing most restrictions on male and female German alien enemies. About 5,000 are believed interned, with six sent to Fort Oglethorpe yesterday. Internment power remains to detain dangerous aliens, and changes do not affect existing interned individuals or ongoing obligations.
A community notice describes a Christmas tree event with entertainment for all ages at the Washington YMCA. Soldiers and women volunteers contributed to the program and a reception is planned at the hospital area with donations and activities for youth.
A jumble of obituaries dated December and January lists names such as TRIS, MONCRIEF, MURRAY, REED, PUMPHREY, and WIL PALM. It notes deaths at hospitals and residences, with scattered details on survivors, dates, and burial information across multiple locations, including Manat, Freer Westington, and New York.
Christmas carol concert announced for 7 pm at Washington and Queen Streets with candle customs urged. Marriages reported for Miss Ethel Marie Atkinson and Claude M Ward, and Miss Mary I Wilkins with Lieut Edwin L Anderson. Governor designates Judge Brent to preside over Oehlert trial set January 13 in corporation court. Private Albert B L Goods wounded. Julian Ballenger mustered out after overseas service.
Fragmented report from New York and New Orleans markets notes middling and interior movement. Mentions towns, ship movements, parities, and several price figures with unclear dates or units.
The item lists Hart etiere bags Bh BITTE Cleaners and Western separator details plus prices for poultry and grain. It mentions poultry lots including chickens and turkeys, and grain prices for wheat and corn with mixed OCR damage and scattered place names across Maryland West Virginia and Virginia.
Newport News Virginia December 23 After being wounded in the hip while fighting in the Argonne sector Lieutenant R W Barnes of Minneapolis Minnesota leaped from the deck of the transport Zeelandia which arrived Saturday night to reach Private Birch of the Fortieth engineers who had fallen overboard suffering from shell shock Barnes saved the man proving himself a hero
Virginia and Maryland obituaries record R T Lowman aged 84 and others dying from heart trouble influenza pneumonia and stroke. Individuals include Clinton D Crist Everett Manor Amanda Hoover Robert Brown EB Wood W G Steels John W Giles J S Baker Merbert N Baker and Washington B Chichester plus civil cases and a marriage license in Rockville Maryland and Ridgeley West Virginia Junction events.
Ferlin E. Kirk aged 30, part owner of the Barnhart Overall Company with plants in Hagerstown and Williamsport, died suddenly today in Hagerstown from influenza. He was known as the Velvet King and featured in local advertisements.
About 50 000 Washington residents enrolled in the 1919 Red Cross Christmas roll call with further reports pending from federal departments. Coupons for $1 dues are printed in daily papers, to be mailed to Frank J. Hogan at headquarters. Enrollment continues by mail and at booths, with banks and institutions supporting the drive despite 60 percent of chapters reporting 14,000,000 enrolled nationwide.
Jews and Gentiles will unite to raise $60,000 for the American Jewish relief committee over four days starting December 26. A mass meeting opens the campaign at Eighth Street Temple on December 26 with anticipated speeches by nationally known figures. Teams are organized to begin work Thursday amid a wave of posters distributed downtown.
In Rochester, N Y on December 8 19 year old Ciladys Cannon Webster was found not guilty of murdering her father in law Edwin Webster. Justice Robert K Thompson ordered dismissal of the indictment after the district attorney cited insufficient evidence and expert testimony on poisons. Rochester pathologist Dr Herbert Strown and Dr Albert J Sytoxatowist supported the move.
Special to the Washington Tort Rockville Maryland December 2 officers of the Grange were elected. Jasah W Saesane was chosen master, Clarence L Gaipin lecturer, Alpe Bach steward, James W Barnsley assistant steward, with other posts listed.
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