Obituary notices from December 1915 include many DC deaths
Sudden deaths and funeral notices fill the December 1915 DC page. Agnes D Adams William J Brosnan George W Brown Mary E Cady Margaret A Cooke Joseph J Enderle John J Forsyth Mary Agnes Gatti William Goodlove Clara K Emry Theophilus Johnson Catherine Lane Mann Edwards John H Nichols Patrick J Raftery Janher Ratcliffe Emily Judson Arthur W Rudy Richard Sinclair Josephine Varney J E Wagner Fanny E Worden and others receive notices of death, funeral arrangements, church services and interments across DC, Maryland and Virginia. Relatives and friends are invited to attended services at residences churches and cemeteries including Glenwood Mount Olivet Arlington and Oak Hill. Funeral times range December 27 to December 28 with services in various faiths.
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Margaret Roache Brosnan
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Dominic
Maggig Reed
Mary E
Michael Cady
Cooke
K Street
Margaret A Cooke
St Stephen's Church
Mount Olivet
Enderle
Winston
Joseph J. Enderle
Forsyth
John J. Forsyth
Wright’s Chapel
Tenth Street Northwest
Rock Creak
M. Gatti
Mary Agnes
Stephen
Angela Gatti
New York Avenue
Holy Rosary Church
Third and I Streets
Beaton and
Cleveland
Goodlove
Will
McKinnon
Mary Louisa’ Goodlove
Seaton Street
Sidney
Ohio
Henkle
Clara K. Emhry
S. S. Henkle
Matthew Gault
Juliet Weston Emery
I Street
Johnson
Theophilus
Edith F. Johnson
Newton Street
Glenwood
Lane
Q Street
Catherine
Aeneas W
Mary R Lane
Mann
James L Mann
Randolph Place
Edwards
Bessis Mann
Backenheimer
St Martin's Church
Ratcliffe
Woodmont
Janher Ratcliffh
Nes Newman
John L. Ratcliffe
Louis A. Ratcliffe
St Peter's Church
Second
Oak Hill Cemetery
St. Marys County
Rothwell
Emily Judson
Andrew and
Ann Rothwell
Illinois Avenue
Rudy
Arthur W
Oren J
Edith M. Rudy
Seventh Street
Congressional Cemetery
Sinclair
Corcoran Street
Richard E Sinclair
Varney
Westmoreland
Josephine
Col . L. Varney
Boston
Portland
Wagner
Thirtyfirst Street
Northwest
J. E
Lilian Menges
Masonic Hall
Wisconsin Avenues
Philadelphia
Worden
Third Street Northwest
Fanny E
C H Worden
Milholland Boissevain quits Ford peace expedition
Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain of New York explains at a Stockholm delegates meeting her withdrawal from the Ford peace expedition. She condemns the undemocratic methods, delays, and private discussions, saying the project is doomed and resigns as Mr Ford’s sickness departure is a serious handicap.
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Ford A
Hague
Stockholm
London
Inez Milholland Boissevain
New York
Ford
Lloyd George urges unions to boost munitions output in Glasgow
In Glasgow 2,000 unionists heard David Lloyd George demand stricter enforcement of labor rules to speed war production. He warned that delaying measures risks lives and victory, citing French and Russian efforts and urging workers to rise above distrust for a crucial wartime push.
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Lloyd George
Glasgow
David Lloyd George
Atleas
France
Flanders
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Rumor of Ford Death Sparks Detroit Inquiry
A Detroit rumor claims Henry Ford died at sea while returning from Norway. Authorities and media scramble to verify or deny the report as cables buzz and residents discuss the unsettling claim amidst unexplained origins and conflicting dispatches.
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Detroit
Ford
Washington Post
London
Stockholm
Daily Express
For Peace
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Aked
Jones
Rosika Schwimmer
Louis Lochner
Reciprocity as Democratic Principle Urged by Hearst for New Tariff
Hearst argues reciprocity is a century old Democratic doctrine. He accuses Taft and Congress of abandoning it, warning that unilateral tariff cuts harm industry, reduce incomes and taxes, and threaten national prosperity. He urges a revenue and protection tariff paired with broad reciprocity to boost domestic production and foreign markets. William Randolph Hearst.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Party
Taft
Congress
William Randolph Hearst
Canadian Loan Proposed After War Financing
Ottawa December 26 Sir George Foster minister of trade and commerce said in a People's Forum address that Canada may issue a domestic loan of 300 million dollars after the recent 100 million issue. He stated Canadians will bear a greater share in war financing and that reliance on foreign loans will end, urging strict economy to contribute their part.
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George
Belgium
Great Britain
Pakistan
Ottawa
Ontario
Sir George Foster
Trade and Commerce
People's Forum
Thief Takes $30,000 In Gems From Newlyweds Home
Footprints in snow led to a Christmas burglary at the Hast Orange New Jersey residence of Mr and Mrs Clifford H Eagle newly married. Police call the thief a cheap sneak thief. Jewelry valued at least 30000 was stolen including a diamond lavalier worth 25000.
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The
Washington Post
New York
Clifford H. Eagle
Hast Orange
N. J
O'Neill
Eagle
Relief for Belgians needs winter clothing aid
New York December 26 shipments of foodstuffs into Belgium in December set an unparalleled history of philanthropy by the American Commission for Relief in Belgium. Thirteen steamers have left U.S. ports and by month end a shipload per day will have entered Belgium or be en route. In October the commission reported 4 328 175 dollars spent on benevolent work, with funds from profits, Belgian institutions abroad and general gifts, distributed to Belgian and French destitute.
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American Commission
New York
Belgium
American Commission For Relief
Alexander J. Hemphill
Commission
France
America
Consul McCunn Marries Lily Pohlman in Glasgow
John McCunn American consul in Scotland for eight years wed Mrs. Lily Pohlman widow of Prof. Julius Pohlman of Buffalo University. Both natives of Scotland with McCunn having moved to the United States at age twelve and later founding Green Bay Business College before serving as consul at Dunfermline and then Glasgow.
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Pecal Cable
Washington Post
Glasgow
Scotland
John 4Jiven McCunn
Lily Pohlman
Julius Pohlman
Buffalo University
Braehead
Pollock Shields
Glas Gow
McCunn
United States
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Hunted Gold of Incas In Peru Allegedly Worth Billions
Harry A Barber, a U S post office inspector, pursued a supposed $500 million placer gold vein in Peru tied to the McCune Delaware case. He reports natives deny knowledge of any gold and plans an exhaustive Washington report after returning from Colon. Barber earlier searched the Maranon headwaters near Cerro de Paseo, but details remain undisclosed.
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Harry A. Barber
Colon
South America
Delaware
Panama
Dee
United States Post Office
Peru
Washington
Barber
Wilmington
Del
McCune
du Ponts
Post Office Department
Liberty
Maranon River
Cerro de Paseo
Amazon
Barker
Postoffice Department
Department
Interior
Large guns move for Suez attack across Dardanelles
Athens telegraph reports storms swept away Turkish booms at the Dardanelles as allied submarines entered the Sea of Marmara. Heavy guns for the Egypt expedition keep arriving at Constantinople, with German plans to mount them behind dunes to bombard the Suez Canal defenses. Italian troops land at Avlona and reach Greek frontier posts in southern Albania.
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Canal
London
Athens
Daily Telegraph Aays
Dardanelles
Sea of
Marmara
Egypt
Constantinople
Suez Canal
Avlona
Posta
Albania
Alarming rumors on Emperor William’s health
A Zurich correspondent reports in London that rumors circulating in Switzerland claim Emperor William II is seriously ill and causing profound anxiety in Berlin, though the correspondent notes the reports may be exaggerated.
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Switzerland
Berlin
London
William
Zurich
Exchange Telegraph Company
Persian Cabinet Falls And Premier Nominated
Teheran dispatch reports the Persian cabinet fell as Prince Firman Firma was named premier by the shah. The appointment marks a diplomatic victory for the entente allies. Firma had been a Farian cabinet member since November and was viewed as Russophile.
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London
Teheran
Reuter
Prince Firman Firma
Firman Firma
Peralan
British hero a German by birth served nineteen years in British army
A German named Seibold enlisted as Baker and rose to squadron sergeant major in the Eleventh Hussars, dying heroically in France. The home office granted naturalization to his widow Mrs Joan Mowatt Breadalbane Baker of Godalming, who learned only after his death of her husband’s German nationality. Her pension and status were restored after earlier aliens registration issues.
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Seibold
Baker
Surprise
Washington Pont
London
France
Home Office
Joan Mowatt
Maj. Baker
Urge Cable to Holland for German War-use Prevention
Berlin reports the American Association of Commerce and Trade has urged U S censorship to prevent cable use for German military purposes. Messages to Congress and the U S Chamber of Commerce request action to reestablish cable links under U S control, proposing either repairing the German American cable or laying a new American operated line to neutral Holland. Dispatches would be censored to block military misuse.
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Berlin
London
United States
Holland
Officers kill 8 brothers in Freemans Spur fracas near Berrin
John McDougal a policeman and John Kimbro a deputy, both serving as deputies, shot and killed eight Wilkus brothers in Freemans Spur mining settlement after an alleged disturbance. McDougal and Kimbro claim the brothers attacked them with pokers. The officers are held pending coroner's jury verdict.
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Berrin
John
Mike
William Wilkus
John McDougal
John Kimbro
Freemans Spur
Here
McDougal
Kimbro
St John Wilkus
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