Compulsory military training urged for all youths
The central theme of the dedication night at Central High School urged two years of military training for every high school or college student as part of the curriculum. E. Brandenburg, president of the Board of Trade, warned against a large standing army but supported school based training as the right move, praising the new building and its educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandenburg
Board of Trade
Central High
National
Rkoard
Drill Corps Opens New Headquarters in Kallipolis Grotto
The drill corps of Kallipolis Grotto unveiled a new headquarters at 1308 New York Avenue Northwest last night. Visitors toured the rooms and viewed drill corps pictures while honorary members received cards and keys, including Deputy Grand Monarch Edward Schmidt, Prophet Chief High Justice Allen St Rogers, Prophet Henry Landsburg, and Frederick H Kramer. The grotto announced plans to host the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm supreme council session in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kallipolis Grotto
New York Avenue
Edward §. Schmidt
Allen St Rogers
Henry Landsburg
Frederick H Kramer
Grotto
Order of Veiled Prophets of the
Supreme Council
Trio Wanted in Baltimore and Arrested Here
William Wison twenty one Bert Wiliams twenty one Emu R Thiefes seventeen alleged pest boys from New York were arrested at Ninth and D streets NW by Detective Sergeants Evans and Warren for Baltimore authorities. They are charged with stealing wearing apparel valued at two hundred dollars in Baltimore last Thursday and were returned to Baltimore for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wison
Bert Wiliams
Emu R. Thiefes
New York
Ninth and
D Streets
Evans and
Warren
Baltimore
Health rules urged for schoolchildren by Dr Murphy
Dr Joseph Murphy chief medical inspector of the schools told the Emery and Eckington Home and School Association at the Emery School last night to keep clean by washing hands before meals not putting pencils in the mouth using a handkerchief when sneezing or coughing and keeping teeth clean as cardinal health laws for pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Murphy
Emery and Eckington Home and School Association
Emery School
Sioux Belle Demands Lands Withheld by Great White Father
Miss Mabel Stricker Prettybull of Yankton Sioux seeks a writ of mandamus to obtain title to lands allotted in Charles Mix County South Dakota, alleging government officials withheld her patent after an 1916 investigation found her capable. Philip Onewing also sues for fee simple title to lands in the same reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Stricker Prettybull
Yankton
South Dakota
Miss Prettybull
District Supreme Court
Philip Onewing
Greenwood
Wilson
Misa Prettybull
George M. Caster
Samuel H. Herick
Secretary of the Interior
iMAY ALTER HUNT RULES Favors lower weights for hunts
The National Steeplechase and Hunt Association hunts committee urged lowering minimum weights to 140 pounds for hunters and open steeplechases and called for at least one three mile steeplechase per meet. The move aims to better balance endurance and fairness between jumper types and promote stiffer jumps. Sanctioned meetings and recognitions for 1917 were announced in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Washington Post
New York
Hunts Committee
National
Steeplechase and Hunt Association
Association
Hunts Commission
Injured Man Rescues Wheelbarrow Nine Stories High
John Mathews a laborer from Southeast Washington was part of a wheelbarrow gang at the Powhatan Hotel construction. His barrow toppled and jammed between scaffolding and the wall, hanging nine stories above the street until coworkers pulled him free. He sues George A Fuller Construction for 3000 dollars claiming permanent injuries to leg ankle muscles and tendons, leaving him unable to work to support his wife and three children. suit filed in District Supreme Court with no prepayment of costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mathews
Washington
Powhatan Hotel
Mathews
District Supreme Court
Edward Mascolo
George A. Fuller
Justice Siddons
Nation's Biggest Rifle Club Reorganized Under Lake
The Army and Navy Union Rifle Club, the nation's largest, reorganized at 1320 New York Avenue NW with Gen. H. Gden Lake as president and Col. Julian Albrecht as vice president. Officers include W. W. Langsdale secretary, Charles F. Rougeau treasurer, F. C. Finucane executive officer, and J. Steadman quartermaster. Arrangements for rifles, ammunition, and transport to Winthorp range Md. were announced. A drum corps of 150 players will be formed under Randolph Albrecht Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Union Rifle Club
New York Avenue Northwest
H. Gden Lake
Julian Be, Albrecht
W. W. Langsdale
Charles F. Rougeau
F. C. Finucane
J. Steadman
Lake
Winthorp
Range
Maj
C. O. Howard
Army and Navy Union
Randolph 4. Albrecht, Jr
Y, Mlo. A
Navy recruiting opens in Washington at Ninth Street station
Secretary Daniels announced a new navy recruiting office in Washington offering examinations and enlistment for sailors. Rear Admiral J H Giennan commands the station with Lieut J W Bunkley in charge aboard the U S S Sylph. Petty officers O'Brien Manning Free lich and Cozens will assist recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Ninth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Daniels
United States
J. H. Giennan
Washington Navy Yard
J. W. Bunkley
U. S. S. Sylph
John J. O'Brien
Edward F. Manning
Fred Freelich
Frank E. Cozens
Navy
Navy Yard
Washington
Drop Banquet Fears War Cancel League Dinner
Amid US Germany tensions the League of Republican State Clubs canceled its annual dinner set for next Wednesday at the University Club. John G. Capers, chairman of arrangements, said international complications make it impossible to know when lawmakers and citizens might be called to act in unison to defend the nation's honor and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
League of Republican State Clubs
John G. Capers
Senate
House
Turks to Bar Christianity In Asia Minor War Speech
A Syrian student T D Harari lectured at Calvary Baptist Church near Alexandria Va before Gallaudet alumni. He warned that unless the Allied powers win the war and expel the Turks from Asia Minor, Christianity there will be barred forever. Harari, son of a Beirut preacher, recounted wartime experiences. Speech was translated into Sign Language by Prof. Charles R Ely. Sleight of hand by H Newton Lowry followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia Minor
T. D. Harari
Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Gallaudet College
Calvary Baptist Church
Harari
Beirut
American College
Syria
Charles R. Ely
Gallaudet
H. Newton Lowry
Car for Roanoke delegates at Virginia Sunday School convention
The Virginia Sunday School Association will hold its twenty sixth annual state convention at Roanoke in First Baptist Church on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. A special railcar on the Southern Railway will depart Washington Tuesday morning carrying state officers and 50 or more delegates from Loudoun Fairfax and Alexandria counties. Delegates leave Alexandria at 9 17 arriving Roanoke 4 25 p m with opening session at 7 36 p m Tuesday. Reduced rail rates apply with convention certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Sunday School Association
Roanoke
First Baptist Church
Southern Railway
Washington
Northern Virginia
Katherine Groh
Frank T Israel
William Campbell
William Campbell, Superintendent Home Department
Loudoun
Fairfax
Alexandria
Girl's Suit Delays Rector's Wedding
The Rev. Charles Chase Wilson of Roslindale Massachusetts and Miss Mary de Forest Clark married in Grace Protestant Episcopal Church after a year of postponement caused by Laura J Johnson's breach of promise suit. Johnson claimed Wilson promised marriage in 1912 1913. verdict awarded $3 625.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Chase Wilson
Church of Our Saviour
Roslindale
Mass
Mary de Forest Clark
West Forty-seventh Street
Clarke
Louis Crawford Clark
Burlington
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Miss Johnson
Wilson
University of Vermont
Siberia seen by sea routes described to Geographical Society
Jo nas Lied of the Siberian Steamship and Trading Company lectured before the National Geographic Society, showing motion pictures of the first successful expedition and colored slides of northern industries. Lied, Norwegian consul for Siberia, plans New York to Iceland then Arctic routes to Yenisei and Obi mouths, with yearly voyages exploiting river trade and fur skins, grains, and hides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Arctic Ocean
Kara Sea
Yenisei
Jonas Lied
Siberian Steamship and Trading Company
National Geographic Society
New Masonic Auditorium
Lied
Petrograd
New York
Iceland
Arctic
Obi
Connectivu
Houdini Escapes Wet Bandages at Keith’s Theater
Houdini wowed the Keith’s Theater audience by escaping from wet bandages used on cots in under three minutes. The crowd’ s suspense grew as the wizard fought through the wet pack, earning sustained applause during his gradual emergence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keeith
Houdini
Samoan Radio Plant Connects Islands With World
Construction of a government wireless facility at Tutuila is completed linking the Samoan Islands directly to the United States and other territories for the first time since acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tutuila
Samoan Islands
City Attorney Defends Segregation Laws Before Court
H. R. Pollard of Richmond Virginia defended race segregation ordinances in a brief to the Supreme Court. The test case from Louisville Kentucky covers municipal laws in Richmond Baltimore and other cities and will be reargued orally next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
H. R. Pollard
Richmond
Louisville
Baltimore
West Virginians to Meet with Gov elect Cornwell
Washington's West Virginia Society hosts Gov elect John B Cornwell at a banquet in his honor at the Ebbitt tonight at o'clock. The event brings together state dignitaries and society members for a formal reception and remarks outlining future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
John B Cornwell
D C Trooper Found Shot in San Antonio
George W. Garner a 30 year old mess sergeant of Company H District of Columbia National Guard was found shot in the breast at his home in San Antonio on February 16 He had just wed Mary Sodich the day before Garner had been absent without leave and was sought by Sergis Dove and A V Brown who arrived from Washington D C to locate him He was taken to Fort Sam Houston base hospital and Sodich refused to disclose her hometown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
George W. Garner
Sergis
S. H. Dove
District of Columbia National Guard
Washington, D. C
Garner
Mary S0dich
Fort Sam Houston
Sodich
Young Violinist Eddy Brown Shines in National Theater Recital
Eddy Brown, a young American violinist, impressed Washington concertgoers with a virtuosic Mendelssohn concerto and vivid tone. Helen Stanley, a soprano, joined him with Grunberg’s accompaniment, while critics hailed Brown as a rising great alongside Damrosch’s praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Brown
National Theater
Helen Stanley
Onna Soprange
Walter Damrosch
Kreisler
Washington
Miss Stanley
L. T. Grunberg
Mendelssohn
Louise
Charpentier
Handel
Beethoven
Paganini
Fight for Finley seat in Fifth South Carolina
Columbia, Feb. 16. W F Stevenson of Cheraw leads for the Fifth District Democratic nomination to succeed the late P D Finley. The general election is Feb 21. If no majority, Stevenson faces Butler or Sapp in the general. McCorkie appears to have won the unexpired term ending March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
W. F. Stevenson
Cheraw
T. B. Butler
Gaffney
Claud N. Sapp
Lancaster
South Carolina
PD. H. Finley
Paul G. McCorkie
Chester
Stevenson
Butler
Sapp
School Children Stage Pineg at Business High School
Forty five pupils from Elizabeth Brown School and Chevy Chase Dramatic Society performed Pineg at Business High School. Miss M E Alton and Miss Marion Taylor starred with Misshall T Rose as Veronika. Proceeds fund stage equipment for the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth ¥. Brown
Chevy Chase Dramatic Society
Business High School
M. E. Alton
Marion Taylor
Chevy Chase
Misshall T. Rose
Endres Receives Bar License for 1015 Itreet Northwest
The excise board granted Bernard Endres yesterday a barroom license for 1015 Itreet northwest, the former Park Hotel site where a restaurant license once operated. The license excludes restaurant privileges and prohibits serving women in dining rooms. The board also refused a bar room license transfer from John J. Donnellan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excise Board
Bernard Endres
Itreet
Endres
Park Hotel
John J. Donnellan
Datreet
New Jersey Avenue
Prize Presentations At Temperance Rally In McKendree M E Church
Miss Anna Gordon presided as prizes were awarded to juvenile winners in a postcard contest conducted by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The program featured marking, music, and speeches as part of a prohibition rally. The contest began in January and honored the best answers to why the liquor traffic should be abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
McKendree M. FB
Anna Gordon
of Women Temperance Workers
Church Choral Society to Offer First Service at St Pauls
The Church Choral Society of Alexandria will present its first service at St Pauls Episcopal Church at 8 o clock next Monday night. Colin Clarke White and Sherman Bruce Fowler lead the program with city soloists. The ensemble aims to improve and develop church music in the city through occasional services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Church Choral Society of Alexandria
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Colin Clarke White
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Choral Society
Sherman Bruce Fowler
St. Paul's Choir
Washington Drama League Players Tonight at Opera House
The Drama League Players of Washington perform three one act plays for Alexandria free kindergarten fund. Cathleen in Houlihan James and John Suppressed Desires. Also noted, Benedict Coal Corporation receives charter in Richmond with capital up to 300000 and minimum 50000, officers listed. Paul Hamilton 13, arraigned in police court for alleged involvement in Kemp Lambeth home robbery and sent to State reform school at Laurel Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drama League Players of
Washington
Alexandria
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
Benedict Coal Corporation
Charles H. Sehnder
New York
Paul Dulaney
Paul Hamilton
Spertanbore
8. C
Kemp Lambeth
Columbus Street
State Reform School
Laurel
Street Sale to Fund Summer Work by Committee
A committee plans a street sale of artificial cherries to raise funds for its ongoing work this coming summer. The proceeds are intended to help purchase additional play space for the organization.
Kid McCoy's Sixth Wife Wins Divorce Decree
Edna Valentine Selby, sixth wife of Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy, obtained a divorce in New York Supreme Court. She testified he visited a hotel with a blonde on December 4, and she did not seek alimony. The article lists McCoy’s marriage history from 1894 to 1917, including multiple divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McCoy
Kid McCoy
Edna Valentine Selby
Washington S. Valentine
Norman Selby
Julia Woodruff Crasselman
Charlotte Smith
Indianola Arnold
Istelle Harle Eilis
Mdna Valantine Hein
Cardinal Gibbons To Address St Alosius Campaign Tonight
Campaigners for St Alosius Roman Catholic Church seek to raise 100000 for a new parochial and high school. Tonight Cardinal Gibbons will speak as teams push to surpass 80000 in total. latest reports show 71695 with women leading and men contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Gibbons
St. Alolsius
Cardinal Gibbong
Father Conniff
Washington's Birthday Holiday Extends School Break
Students cheer as Washington's birthday falls on Thursday this year ensuring Friday off too under board rules. Observance will include Wednesday afternoon exercises with addresses and patriotic music in air grammar and high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of Education
Air Grammar
Alexandria Fraternal Council Holds Membership Drive
At a Thursday meeting of Alexandria Council No 6 Order of Fraternal Americans a six month campaign to boost membership was launched with remarks by C B Webb George Brown J B Mansfeld J H Trimyer. Also announced was the marriage of Blanche Elizabeth Bittle to Arthur Richard Reeve at Elkton Md last Sunday. The Rev George A Miller will preach tomorrow at 3 30 pm. Spot the canine mascot at the Relief hook and ladder house died yesterday morning. The Alexandria Playground Association marks Washingtons birthday as Cherry Day with girls participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Order of Fraternal Americans
C. B. Webb
Statekville
N. C
George Brown
Washington
J. B. Mansefild
J. H. Trimyer
Blanche Elizabeth Bittle
Jacob Bittle
Arthur Richard Reeve
Elkton, Md
Will Quiz Murder Witness in Montreal Visit
William Callahan head of Philadelphia's murder squad travels to Montreal to question Frederick J. Farrell who confessed to witnessing Bernard Lewis kill Grace Roberts Mazie Colbert in Philadelphia. Montreal police suspect Farrell aims to dodge military duty and uses the tale as cover. Detective Tate says Callahan has two or three questions to test Farrell's eyewitness claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Callahan
Detective Bureau
Montreal
Frederick J. Farrell
Bernard Lewis
Grace Roberts
Mazie Colbert
Farrell
Jis
Tate
Callahan
Women Gossip Pats Monopoly on Phones And Hinders Business
Denver Reb 16. The State public utilities commission was asked to prevent women in southern Colorado from monopolizing rural telephone lines with neighborhood gossip. A. Strong of Mead testified before the commission in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company rates and service investigation, saying farmers could not transact business over the phone and requested a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
State Public Utilities Commission
Colorado
BD. A. Strong
Mead, Colo
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Thieves Take $373 in Loot From Northwest Store
An inventory after a Thursday night robbery at Gus Erlebacher’s store, 1210 F Street NW, shows goods valued at 373.58 stolen, including 26 waists, bloomers, and combination suits. Other thefts include a woman’s coat from Carolina Berry, an auto tire and rim from Charles Fowler, a watch from Aldridge White, and a gold watch from Charles Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Erlebacher
F Street
Carolina Berry
Turner Street
Charles Fowler
Pennsylvania Avenue
Aldridge White
Sixteenth Street
Charles Burgess
South Capitol Street
School System Criticised At Cleveland Park Meeting
At John Eaton School the Cleveland Park Home and Community Association debated an overcrowded curriculum. Dr John Von Schaick Jr president of the board of education promised an investigation and suggested more time for elementary subjects. Conrad Syme district counsel participated and advised simplification if needed. President George R Wales presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Park Home and Community Association
John Eaton School
John von Schaick, Jr
Board of Education
Conrad Syme
van Schaick
Cleveland Parke
George R. Wales
Takes Charge at Hospital as New Superintendent
Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald yesterday assumed the duties of superintendent of Casualty Hospital. A native Washingtonian and Georgetown Medical School graduate, class of 1915, he previously served on Emergency Hospital’s house staff as ambulance and operating surgeon. He has placed in charge of the nurses, Miss G. H. Ragland, a Paterson General Hospital graduate, who has served at Columbia Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Magruder MacDonald
Casualty
MacDonald
Georgetown Medical School
Emergency Hospital
G. H. Ragland
Paterson
N. J.) General Hospital
Columbia Hospital
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Congress
Friends of Central
Emory Wilson
Alan
Ernest Ti Daniel
VM Israndenbure
Charles & Shreve
Dresden
Federatum
Citizens' Assrcatian
Charles W Clagett
Checimant
Chamber of Commerce
Gideon Alacn
Central Wial Alumni Association
Percy Bwuahes
Syracuse New York
Fred I. Fishbach
Central Alumni Assumption
SN Tittlart
Samuel Wood
A W Flarned
Drill Corps
New Home
Kallipolis
Imay Alter Hunt
National Committee
A. J. A. Devereaux
Penn
Sylvania
J. Watson Webb
New England
G. Bernard Fenwick
Maryland
James W. Graves
Virginia
A. Fillmore Hyde
New Jersey
H. 8. Page
National Steeplechase and Hunt Association
Rockaway Hunt Club
Hewletts Park
L. L
United Hunts Racing Association
Belmont I Park Terminal
Queens
L. I
Piping Rock Racing Association
Locust Valley
the Country Club
Brookline
Albermarle County Hunt
Charlottesville
Casanova Hunt
Casanova
Elk Ridge Hunt
Woodbrook
Green Spring Valley Hunt
Garrison
Hartford Hunt
Monkton
Montpelier
Montpelier Station
Mr. Winston’s
Midlothian
Orange County Hunt Club
Orange Va
Piedmont Foxhounds
Upperville
Remlck
Remlik
Old Dominion Hunt Club
Orange
Middleburg Hunt Club
Middleburg
Man
R. D. Harari
Geographic Society
Islands
VGC
PTL
Leese Mela Star Con
American Wine Co
St. Louis
U.S. A
D. C
George Garner
Finley
Evenson
Chevy Chase Teacher
Veronika
Piper
Bar
Cc. T. U
Prohibition
Colin C. White
Sherman B. Fowler
St. Paul’s
Drama League
Playground
Masons
Timberman
Alexandria High School
Caroline Yates
John Curtin
Catherine Henderson
Willard Blewett
Emily Fred Barnes
Julia Duncan
Mary E. Bontz
Alfred Pinkney
Jesse Ward
Pinkney
Benedict
Ward
Drama League Players
Coal Company Chartered
Reform School
Fifth Avenue
Glan Street
H St. N. W
Shoreham
Biowres Aillinery
M’coy
Weaee Bayuluo Areulut
ST. Aloysius Fund
Fraternal
Dr. Miller
George A. Miller
Spot
Washington’s
Ottawa
Model
Cleveland Park Association
Dr. MacDonald
Statehouse
Massachusetts
Boston
Swift
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