Child rescues sister as fire claims lace curtain blaze
Hilton King 14 and his sister Alice 6 escaped their home after a lace curtain ignited by a celluloid comb touched a gas jet. The family extinguished the fire. In another item, Arnold H F Holsten died at 80 at 1000 Florida Ave NE and was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery. survived by wife and two sons. Lantern slides of college views were shown at a University Club dinner for the Ions State College Alumni Association to recall campus days.
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Hilton King
William F. King
Seventeenth Street
Alice
King
Arnold H F. Holsten
Florida Avenue Northeast
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Mr. Holsten
George
John Holsten
Germany
Ions State College
University Club
Mrs Gronna Bride to Be as Guests Fill White House Row
White House social pages recount Mrs Wilson, Mrs Lansing and guests hosting lunches and teas. Sen Gronna's daughter Grace Gronna to wed Carl W Lewis tomorrow. Senate and diplomatic circle attends events at Shoreham and Willard with notable guests from Congress and foreign envoys.
Mrs Peters Hosts Lavish Luncheon For Notables
Mrs Peters wife of Representative John A Peters hosted a lavender and yellow luncheon at the Powhatan yesterday with auction bridge. Guests included Mrs Charles wife of Representative William S Charles and numerous others such as Mrs James B Martine Mrs Joseph J Russell Mrs Homer P Snyder and more. A small dinner followed on Sunday for Assistant Secretary of War William M Ingraham. Tomorrow after 330 p m Commodore William S Hogg’s wife will host a final reception of the season assisted by several ladies.
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Peters
John A. Peters
Powhstan
Charles
William
Mra Peters
James B. Martine
Joseph J. Russell
Homer P. Snyder
Wallace Dempsey
James W. Husted
Walter R. Stiness
Walter M. Chandler
George F. O’shaunesay
Walter W. Magee
Edwards
Kansas
Jewett Shouse
Wiliam M. Ingraham
Hogg
William S Hogg
USN
Wiliam C Worthington
Thomas Senn Mis Shaw
Micg
Constantinbert Mraz
Margaret Norton
Dorothy Trout
Social Doings From Washington Events At Vassar And Local Lieges
Mrs. Marie Mattingly Maloney delivered an address on Washingtons birthday at Vassar College. Miss Iris Hawley hosted tea for Grace Grenna soon to marry Carl W. Lewis. Mrs. Robert H.C. Kelton hosts guests tomorrow 4 to 6 with help from family and friends including Mrs. George B. Wills and Mrs. John C. Kelton. Mrs John Van Renasalear Hof and Mrs. Ulysses G. B Pierce preside at the tea table with several other hostesses. Mr. John Barrett lectures at Mason House on First-Hand Impressions of the European War. A Marine Band Orchestra concert at the Marine Barracks drew a large fashionable audience. Beethoven s fifth symphony featured, with soloist Fritz Mueller. The program closed with Wagner Lohengrin prelude, Weber Freischutz overture and Star Spangled Banner. Miss Mattis will be at home this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lambie stay at Lakeside Inn Mount Dora Florida.
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Marie Mattingly Maloney
Washington
Vassar College
Iris Hawley
Misa Grace Grenna
Carl W. Lewis
Robert H.C. Kelton
Charles Woodruff
Boston
George B. Wills
John C. Kelton
John van Renasalear Hof
Ulysses G. B Pierce
William 8. Kelton
Seattle
Edwin Kelton
Adelaide Ames
Arthur Sweetser
Mise Fay Pierce
Mias ~Johnston
John Barrett
Mason House
Twentieth Street
Marine Barracks
Marine Band Orchestra
Sreut. Santelmann
Beethoven
Fritz Mueller
Georg Edward Gottermann
Wagner
Weber
Call on fair sex to help jobless in District
Representatives from women organizations in the District and 29 national women’s societies are called to meet March 9 at the Public Library. The aim is to form a committee to cooperate with the government employment bureau in obtaining work for the unemployed, with duties including placement of returned guardsmen as a priority and a division for teachers and professionals.
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Moet
Government
Miss Building
T. W. Powderly
Division of Information
Citizens vote on banquet plans debated by West End group
West End Citizens Association discussed annual banquet with some objecting to higher ticket costs. Entertainment committee to run a postcard referendum to gauge member support based on solvency amid rising food prices. the outcome hinges on member finances.
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West End Citizens’ Association
Old Papers Tell Of Indian Crimes On Plains
Ernest Amelung, War College librarian since 1966, buried Sunday in Rock Creek Cemetery. Papers reveal he was captured by Apaches in August 1866 near Tucson, his parents and two brothers killed. Amelung died on Washington's birthday of heart disease. funeral held for many friends as Chief Clerk Mercer delivered address.
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American Plains
Ernest Amelung
War College
Rock Creek
Ernest Gichner
E Street
Amelung
Tucson
Ariz
Plains
Washington
Mercer
Gichner
Chi Phi Alumni Form Unified Fraternity Unit
A permanent Chi Phi Alumni organization was formed at the University Club meeting last night with Rev John Brittain Clark as guest of honor speaking on The Fraternity and What It Means Paymaster General McGowan also spoke Officers elected include President Dr W H Fox Vice President James T Newton and Secretary Treasurer J Preston Mayfield.
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Chi Phi
University Club
John Brittain Clark
McGowan
W. H. Fox
James T. Newton
J. Preston Mayfield
Demand Dry Referendum Backed by Central Labor Union
The Central Labor Union passed resolutions at Typographical Temple opposing the Sheppard Barkley prohibition bill and urging a District referendum. They endorsed Samuel Gomperse protest to Congress against passage without a referendum clause. The vote was 83 to 2, with four opposing voters being women delegates.
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Sheppard- Barkley
Central Labor Union
Samuel Gomperse
Congress
Thaw insanity petition filed in Philadelphia court
A petition for a lunacy commission to determine the sanity of Harry K. Thaw, held in a Philadelphia hospital after cell infections from an arrest attempt, was filed by his mother’s counsel. The move aims to place Thaw under Pennsylvania judicial control and challenges his New York indictment for assault on 19 year old Frederick Gump Jr. A lunacy commissioner and a six man sheriffs jury will assess his mental condition, with alienists to examine him tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Frederick Gump, Jr
Kansas City
Common Pleas Court
Thaw
Pennsylvania
Ellis Ames Ballard
Swann
Black
Today’s Beauty Talk Shampoo From Canthrax For Easy Care
A vintage advertisement promotes a low effort shampoo made by dissolving a teaspoon of canthrax in hot water to produce a perfumed liquid. It claims easy application across the scalp and hair, removes dandruff and dirt, and leaves hair soft and pleasantly scented after drying.
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Paris
F Street
South
Rocker
G Street
Rattania
Rajah
Domus
Rattania Hall
Frazee-Potomac Laundry
18Th & D Sts
N. W
E. F. Brooks Co
14Th St. N. W
Corcoran Bldg
Agement Paris & Kirby
THE
Arlington
Vermont Ave
ARPA
HIVE
Ma’am
Kafka
Ion
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Elton King
Arnold H. F. Holsten
Iowa State College
Horlick
Ioreram
Northwest
Mrs. Marshall
Miss Gronna
Wilson
White House
Lansing
Woodrow Wtlson
Mathew H. Maury
Roanoke
Maury
Marshall
Ssulebury
Delaware
John H. Bankhead
Thomas P. Gore
Albert B. Cummings
Duncan A. Fletcher
Gilbert M Hitchcock
Atles Pomerene
James A. Reed
John F. Shafroth
Ollie James
Harry Lane
James Hamilton Lewis
Mabel Stone
Mary Phelan
Misa Thomas
Charles C. Walcott
Helen Squire
Mma. da Gama
Mr. Volek
Shoreham
Mrs. Lansing
Mina Lancing
Misa Gronna
Charles Bennett Smith
Congress Hell
Grace Gronna
Gronna
Agnes Hart Wilson
Joseph A. Herbert
Amy Gronna
Kemper Cowing
Haugen
Lohengrin
Clarence B. Miller
Connecticut Avenue
Frederick A. Britten
Frederick Stevens
Daniel E. McCarthy
Charles B. Drake
George ©. Thorpe
Frederick W. Rowe
Willard
Congressional Friends of
Frank Latham McKee
Indianapolis
Richard J Bright
Senate
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Bright
Sprigz
McDonald
Webster
Lois Spriggs
Frank S. Bright
Schuyler Pulford
Johns Hopkins Medical College
Rosalie Spang
Nice
Lady Lester-Kaye
Lester Kaye
England
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Franklin, Pa
Bleakley
W W Sheakley
Franklin
Frank G. Carpenter
Frances Carpenter
Grace Grenna
North Dakota
Powhatan
Jesse F Dyer
E. S Brower
Henry B. Allan
Ruth E. Watkins
Herbert S. Fairbank
Baltimore
George T. Marye
William R. Wheeler
Coronado Beach
Eey Pittman
Charles ©. McChord
Wheeler
J. C. W. Beckham
Clarence D. Clark
James BR. Mann
Parker
James §. Parker
Gladys Christy
Annapolis
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Glenn Falls
N. Y
Margaret Lincoln
Margheritta Tillman
William P. Borland
B. H. Lord
Emilie College Club
Burlington
Prioleau—Bridgman
Col.l
Mra
Victor H. Bridgeman
Mia
Ruth Vincent
Philip Ford Pricleau
Mra. Pricleau
Asiatic
Louis Korn
Morton Richard Hmmona
Atlanta, Ga
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Marcus Benjamin
Edward H. Gheen
Goddard
Gordon Cumming
Julian James
Nicholaa Luquer
Samuel Spencer
Rose Gouveneur Hoes
E. F. Andrews
Sixteenth Street
Whits House
RS. Mayre
Miss Watkins
Mme
Louise Homer
National
Schumann-Heink
St. Louis
Bach
Serse
Haendel
Palatallo
Strauss
Grun
Brahms
Nadeshda
Thomas
Kew
Carl Dela
Harry Burleigh
John Carpenter
Horatio Parker
G. A. von Dauchenhateen
Bridges
Albert Tamm
Kansas City, Mo
George W
E. G. Howell
Howard Hinckley
Bretton Inn
Ormond Beach
Fla
Mrs. Peters
Hosteza
Zam
Ruan Trusns
Miss Mattis
Mrs. J. Lambie
Lakeside Inn
Mount Dora, Fa
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Penna Ayes
National Theater
Victor
Horner
Kann
West End
Fudge
Horace Deemer
Red Oak
Horace E Deemer
Serine
Severs
Cera
Supreme Court
Delawar
J. H. Small & Sons Inc
15Th
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W. HL. Fox
Central Labor Union Resolutio
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