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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1917

Page

8

Veterans Parade Plans Shrink Line for Inaugural Day

Veterans from District and nearby states will be represented as the inaugural parade line is shortened. Virginia will send a militia regiment. arrangements for about 900 observers during inaugural week are led by chair A Taftwich Sinclair with a census of housing options. fund-raising totals exceed 700 dollars with contributions from Wood Lapscamma Co, Andrews Duper Co, and others. A conference at national headquarters discussed parade details as governors were invited to attend.

Virginia Public Comfort Committee Taftwich Sinclair Arthur Peter Finance William CC Bo Dean Doldenberg J. M. Ford Fang & Rimander Witham Robert S Ifarper Herman FG Vet

Inaugural Committee Forms for Mrs Walsh Grand Marshal

The article lists numerous members of the inaugural committee for Mrs Walsh as Grand Marshal, naming chairs and members across finance publicity and costumes. It cites individuals from Montana Oklahoma District of Columbia Virginia Colorado New York and more, with headquarters at 15 Formnerinia Avenue North Pot.

Fleb Nerth Bryan District of Columbia Mareman Alfred Marsh Tivitman Montana Carris Cartes Oklahoma J "Oy Fensmore Chae Cehi Tali Co- Taia Ettank Leonard Colorado Nerstie Barksdale Virginia Pennsylvania Chaulingene Hoffman Rasmond Jones Powter Sirs Warren Taiper Seward Hansford Threlheld Wilmeth George W Itess George Downey Aiiss Joosen Howell Amanda Ro Coperot Lrs WilletmoTbin Xetas Ro Vp Portesh Pestrict Columbia Joseph Seal York Olwwe Rkautrienn Moominu M Brooks John ~Ingham Lean Brooks Stit Harry F Cary Juarhe James James Briscoe Hurrell Treales Lawrence Smoot Iseorge Omstock Fred Jo Wrecht Jack Higgies Wo Chadwick Jem Thielkeid Sam Bobh Aeter Sewird Williams Frank Cahill Wesley Morrs Henry Marsh Barry Viull Harry Fowler Elisha Meredith John 1 Mess Edward G Hess Joseph Mccowin Aloysius McCowan Smoor

Chairman of Inaugural Committee on Comfort

R Smclair heads the inaugural committee on public comfort and is among Washington's noted young attorneys. He has enhanced his career at the bar by promoting the interests of the National Capital and has been prominently involved with major civic movements of commercial and other organizations.

R. Smclair Public Comfort Washington

Governors' staffs to shine in military regalia

Secretary of War Baker announced that military aides to governors may wear decorative gold braid swords and ornamental attire without interference. The ruling aligns with the judge advocate general forbidding civilians to wear cutterine uniform, noting aides serve under a governor who commands the national guard.

Baker Department Army National Guard

Treasury auto hits tree in Northwest street crash

A Treasury Department car driven by George T. Henderson crashed into a tree on Fifteenth Street Northwest yesterday morning. Injuries to nearby pedestrians and other drivers are noted, including Matthew Boswell who was knocked down on Fourteenth Street Northwest and Carl Simpson who was treated after bicycle collision on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. An automobile truck owned by Cue Brothers collided with another car near Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. A resident, JFK Yvyowler, was found dead from accidental gas-related causes at 315 Second Street Northwest, per Coroner Nevitt.

Treasury Department George TL. Henderson Fourteenth Street Fifteenth Street Matthew Boswell Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington Railway and Electric Company B Street Carl Simpson Twelfth Street Pennsylvania Avenue Sixth Street M. M. Fields Cue Brothers F Street William A. Royal E. D Grandson New Hampshire Avenue Chester Watson Seventeenth Street JFK Yvyowler Second Street Northwest Nevitt

Templar Body Celebrates Fifty-Fourth Anniversary

Columbia Commanders No 2 and Knights Templar celebrated their fifty fourth anniversary in the Masonic Temple banquet hall. Grand Master Judge James W Witten Grand Commander Col Lem Towers jr and other dignitaries attended. Addresses music dancing and a buffet supper followed a drill display led by Charles D Shackelford.

Columbia Knights Charles D Shackelford Noor Br. Grant S Barnhart Hugh T. Stevenson Grand Lodge of Masons of District of Co Myron M Parker Masons Lem Towers Templars Benjamin F. Larcombe Columbia Commandery

School Officials Receive Honor At Chevy Chase Reception

District engineer Col. Charles W. Katz and Board of Education president John Van Schaick Jr led a guest list of officials including Superintendent Ernest Thurston and municipal architect Snowden Ashford at the Elizabeth V. Brown School reception. Speakers urged liberal budgeting for education as plans for the eight room assembly hall addition near completion. More than 250 attendees from Chevy Chase Pinehurst and Connecticut Avenue associations heard about the $80,000 appropriation and future vocational schools ideas as plans for the Brown School were showcased.

Charles W. Katz Board of Education John van Schaick, Jr Ernest M. Thurston Alonzo Tweedale Snowden Ashford Chevy Chase Home and School Association Citizens’ Association of Chevy Chase Connecticut Avenue Citizens’ Association Pinehurst Elizabeth V. Brown Connecticut Avenue Brown van Schaick Col. Katz Congress Ashford Thurston Col Katz Tweedale W. B. Westlake Conecticut Avenue Citizens’ Asociation Westlake Clyde TD. Garrett Snowden Ernest Elliott G. W. Stone D. Ryerson

Praise Gift to Employes at Seventh Street Store Banquet

The relief association of the M Goldenberg department store received a $1,000 donation announced at their annual banquet in the store dining hall at Seventh street and New York avenue northwest last night. Officers and directors praised Mr Goldenberg and outlined the association now totaling 250 employees with several thousand dollars distributed since formation. A resolutions committee was named to thank Goldenberg, while reports showed a prosperous organization led by Mark Dobrin and Arthur Baum with Curtis Levin as secretary.

M. Goldenberg Relief Association Seventh Street New York Avenue Mr. Gotenberg Mark Dobrin Millard Hobey Arthur H. Baum Curts L. Levin L. L. Reese Charles Finney Nathan Goodman M. Fuller R. Davis M. Horn Harry Sanger W. Cornwell Dobrin Curtis L Levin

Funeral for Dr Hamilton Wright Held at St John’s P E Church

The funeral of Dr Hamilton Wright the Washington opium crusader who died Tuesday at his home 1521 New Hampshire avenue northwest was held yesterday at St John s P E Church Sixteenth and H Streets Northwest with Rev Roland Cotten Smith officiating pallbearers included Dr Cary Langhorne Abbott F Baldwin Gaillard Hunt Admiral Charles H Stockton and Frederic Huidekoper. The remains were taken to Wright s summer home near Livermore Me for interment.

Hamilton Wright Washington New Hampshire Avenue St. John’s P. E Sixteenth H Streets Roland Cotten Smith Cary Langhorne Abbott F. Baldwin New York Gaillard Hunt Charles H. Stockton Frederic Huidekoper Wright Livermore

Capt. Hugh T Holmes Died In Norfolk Burial With Military Honors

The body of Capt Hugh T Holmes formerly on Gen Grants staff arrived from Norfolk Va where he died Wednesday at his daughters home Mrs H N Matthews He was buried with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery under Kit Carson Post GA R He is survived by his wife and four daughters Mrs Matthews Mrs George H Kelly Mrs C H Schirmer and Mrs Ada Grant Smith Also noted is the death of Capt A W Perry at his home in Washington in his fiftieth year He leaves his brother Capt John A Perry two sisters and his mother.

Hugh T. Holmes A. S. Grant Norfolk H. N. Matthews Arlington National Cemetery Kit Carson Post A. R Capt. Holmes Kentucky Matthews George H. Kelly Massachusetts Avenue Northwest This City C. H. Schirmer Las Vegas N. Mex Ada Grant Smith Los Angeles Cal A. W. Perry I Street Northwest John A. Perry Asherville N. C T. BF. , Osborn New York J. S. Morton Princeton N. J

Fifty One Legged Men Plan June Convention Here

Fifty one legged men will arrive in the city next June to attend a three day organization convention. They will be hosted by a one legged hotel man and aim to unite salesmen for artificial limb firms to expand trade with Europe. Gustav Gumpert, expected to be president, served as gunner's mate in a U S battleship and promises a strict, exclusive association with high standards for membership.

United States Gustav Gumpert Gumpert One- Legged

Georgetown Law selects debate team for Columbia showdown

Three Georgetown Law students Robert M. McGauley Rufus S. Lusk and William D. Callahan were chosen to form the team to debate Columbia University in Washington on March 32. Alternate P J Kelley. Judges included Hugh J Fegan Prof Robert A Maurer and Rev F A McQuade.

Georgetown Law School Columbia University New York Washington Robert M. McGauley Rufus S. Lusk William D. Callahan P. J. Kelley United States Georgetown Columbia B. A. Stewart Thomas A. Lane P. J. Gwan K. W. Pugh G. C. Elliott C. K. Atelo M. John Enos David L. Riordan George Helford John M. Dervin Francis D. Scully Danial C. Gotthold John J. Darby, Jr H. Bach

Castles Give Recitals For Confederate Memorial Fund

The Raleigh venue hosts the second Castles recital under Stonewall Jackson Chapter No 20 UDC to aid Confederate Memorial Home. Hileen Castles soprano, Signor Filippo Servesta harp, and Joe Cronican piano perform Chopin, Madame Butterfly, Will O the Wisp, You Dear and I, Moment Musicale No 3, Coeur Brise, Charmant Oiseau, and traditional pieces.

Stonewall Jackson United Daughters of the Confederacy Raleigh Confederate Memorial Home Vermont Avenue Northwest Hileen Caatles Signor Fillippo Servesta Joe Croniican Mr. Cronican Chopin Bacarolle Miss Castles Gilbert Spross Will O the Wisp Clarke Thomas Signor Sevasta Schubert Mother Macree Bach- Gounod Ava Maria

Uncle Sam finds girls jobs urged by immigration chief

Commissioner Caminetti told the Congressional Club the U S employment service aims to help women and girls over 16 with jobs, vocational guidance, and a labor information clearing house. He noted cooperation with 28 national women's groups and four federal departments, totaling over 7 million members. Mrs Atlee Pomerene presided as Mrs John F Shafroth introduced the speaker.

Ana United States Employment Office Department of Labor Commissioner of Immigration Caminetti Congressional Club New Hampshire Over U Street Northwest Women's and Girls Service Post Office Agriculture, Commerce and Interior Departments Boy Senate Atlee Pomerene Pomerene John F. Shafroth Colorado

Funeral of J P Morse Head Proof Reader Fades in Washington

Funeral services are held at 2 PM for John Parmelee Morse longtime head proof reader at the government printing office who died Thursday at his daughter Mrs Thomas W McGregor’s home in Adams Street NW. He was 87 the day before and came to Washington from New York in 1870 to join the printing office. Interment in Congressional Cemetery. Survived by three daughters Mrs McGregor Mrs Harry G Shaffer and Mrs H S Gunn.

John Parmelee Morse Government Printing Office Thomas W. McGregor Adams Street Northwest Congressional Cemetery Morse New York Washington Temple Baptist Church Association of Oldest Inhabitants Mra. McGregor Harry G. Shaffer Mra

Army Navy changes of day in detached officers list

Long roster of promotions detachments and assignments across Army and Navy. Officers shift to Chicago Central department duty. several lieutenants placed on detached lists, others retired or reassigned. Affected units include infantry cavalry artillery medical reserve corps and officers training corps with multiple ships and stations noted.

Kenneth T. Blood Coast Artillery Corps Hwenry Aurand Arthur W. Ford Byron RB. Coleman Cost Artillery Corps Robert J. West Infantry Irse Bogadier New York National Guard Sixth Field Artillers Melvin W. Rowell Eleventh Cavalry San Francisco Cal Western Department Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Enlisted Reserve Corps Citizens Joseph R. McAndrews Cavalry Fort Sam Houston Tex Southern Department Charles 4. P. Hateseld Fiiladelphia Philadelphia First Downey TL. Garris Medical Reserve Corps Jefferson Barracks Harry ¢. W. Schultz-Debron Medieal Reserve Corps Harry C. W. Schultz-De Brun Medical Rescue Corps Samuel van Leer Thirteenth Cavalry

Odd Fellows in Office Installations and Local News

Reports from Washington DC area note Potomac and Sarepta lodges of Odd Fellows installing officers with R E B Armentrout overseeing the ceremony and a banquet. Also covered are German Cooperative Building and Loan Association dividends, a Dominican retreat at St Marys Church, a new Harlan-Adams cement company charter, Second Presbyterian Church Sunday school officers, Reardon firm changes, a grade crossing death in Lorton VA, a Washington baseball alum studying divinity, Westminster Club banquet, Ft Myer drill visit by St Marys Academy pupils, and the death of Robert Palmer a local barber.

Washington Post Bureau King Street Alexandria Odd Fellows Potomac Sarepta Iodges R. E B. Armentrout Mount Pleasant Lodge Washington Order Wytheville Virginia I. E. Butts Falls Church Lodge W. Pitts Groning

Death of Mrs Sallie R M Anderson at Rockville

Mrs Sallie R M Anderson of Tockville wife of Capt James Anderson died after years of ill health with peritonitis emerging a week ago. Aged 73 she lived in Rockville nearly 50 years since marriage daughter of Dr George Thrift of Madison Courthouse Virginia and kin to Gen Jubal Early. Survived by husband two sons James and John in Shreveport and daughter Miss Mary Anderson.

Sallie R. M. Anderson Tockville James Anderson Anderson Rockville George Thrift Madison Courthouse

Thieves Plunder Junk Shop and Homes

A jumble of early yesterday thefts includes Eadward Ellison at 417 Third Street Southwest reporting the loss of lead gape worth 50 dollars from a junk shop. Alfred Holmes at 1116 Third Street Southwest reports a bicycle valued at 10 dollars stolen from in front of his home. Annie W. Shanklin at 812 Half Street Southwest reports a break in with a gold bracelet valued at 10 dollars. Max Pitcherps at 1233 Seventh Street Northwest reports a home entry with 5 dollars stolen. Arthur I. Reynolds at 111 Maple Avenue Takoma Park Maryland reports a rear window break in with an over coat valued at 39 dollars stolen.

Eadward Ellison Third Street Arthur I. Reynolds Maple Avenue Takoma Park Alfred Holmes Annie W. Shanklin Half Street Max Phitcerps Seventh Street

Triplets Born to Six Mothers in Paso Paso county case report

Austin Texas January 12 triplets were born to six mothers in Paso in December, a report from Dr W O Davis state registrar of vital statistics indicates.

Austin Tex Paso W Oa Davis State Registrar of Vital Statistics

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