Colored Ball in Washington Aids Belgium Relief
More than 5 000 colored men and women from Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia will gather at Convention Hall for a charity ball to benefit the Belgium relief fund. Mrs John A Logan chairs the event with Leon Wormley leading a dedicated committee ensuring black leadership, with special trains from Baltimore and Alexandria. Tickets listed at local pharmacies and shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and
Alexandria
Convention Hall
John A. Logan
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Belgium Relief Fund
Mra
Belgium
Mra. Logan
Baltimore
Washington
Pride's Pharmacy
Twenty-eighth
Peatreeta
Pape’s
H Street
Harris
Harland's
U Street
Napper
Seventh Street
Florida Avenue
Birth announcements fill columns with names and places
A long list of birth notices names parents and infant genders with ages and locations including Richmond Washington Camp Springs Petersburg Anacostia West Conshohocken Great Falls and other towns. Several entries mention reverends and brides or spouses as part of the couple identifiers.
Deaths Reported In Area Hospitals And Homes
A list of recent deaths includes Dorothea Waseman 63 at 613 Md ave NW, Phoebe A Caswell 77 at Government Hospital, Sarah Vidout 42 at Garfield Hospital, Charles Kendrick 57 at Government Hospital, Elizabeth Broades 50 at 1243 4% Pl NW, William Williams 98 at 54 St NW, Katherine Smith 75 at Washington Asylum Hospital, Ulysses Garnet 1 year at 417 Elin St NW, and Joseph Rawvey 42 at Garfield Hospital among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MD. Ave. Ne
Thomas Hanlon
Horse Khabuan Barsky
Vathic Hospital
Dorothea Waseman
Ave
Frei Barnett
Lucile KR
Dove
Gatorford
Phoebe A. Caswell
Government
Iwasas
Charles P. Kendrick
Government Hospital
Sarah Vidout
Garfield Hospital
Lucy Dawes
St. Aw
Ulysses
Garnet
Elin
Foueph Rawvey
Garflell Hospital
Labor Body Fixes Program for Unskilled and Migratory Workers
The American Federation of Labor executive council outlined plans to organize unskilled and migratory workers this year. They will push for a textbook bill providing free uniform school books, seek state laws on workers rights in contracts, and press Congress to ban stop watches and other tactics speeding up workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Pasmage
Begin on Alaska Line Soon for Government Railroad
Construction of the government railroad to link the Alaskan coal fields to the coast will start next spring. Secretary Lane, after talks with President Wilson, says the Alaska engineering commission led by Mears and Riggs will plan the route and consider buying existing railways as part of the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaskan
Congress
Lane
Interior Department
White Houses
Wilson
William C. Edes
Lisut
Frederick Mears
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Alaskan Eneineering Commission
Will Import His Tomb Edifice From Brompton Cemetery
James McDonald, organizer of the European branch of Standard Oil, died at 1701 Twenty-second Street NW and will be buried from his residence tomorrow at 3 PM. The Rev Dr Charles Wood will officiate at Rock Creek Cemetery where the body will lie in a receiving vault. A Brompton Cemetery mausoleum will be shipped to this country and erected at Rock Creek as a McDonald family monument. Standard Oil officials will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McDonald
Standard Oil Company
Twenty-second Street
Charles Wood
Church of the Covenant
Rock Creek Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery
London
Rock Creek
McDonald
Police Notes From Northwest and Southwest Areas
Police notes report a loss of 215 dollars in a street package at 21 W street northwest between the home and North Capitol. Minnie Shapiro, 40, of 324 W street southwest, fell on the fish wharf board walk injuring her legs and was taken to Emergency Hospital. A grocer at 100 street northwest sold groceries for 2.54 to a stranger who paid with a worthless 15 check, the delivery address at 204 1) Street northwest found vacant. Eugene F. Richards, 36, of 473 H Street, fell against a window injuring his hands and wrists and walked to Emergency Hospital. E M McCandlish, 20, of R415 street northwest, a Post Office messenger riding a bicycle near North Capitol and K streets, was struck by a car driven by L M McMahon of 94 Myrtle street northeast, breaking his arm and taken to Sibley Hospital. A fire of unknown origin in a rear stable at 204 H Street southwest owned by William Haney and occupied by Arthur Page caused 50 damage. Children playing with matches started a lace curtain fire at 1413 South Carolina avenue southeast, summoning engine company No. 8 on the second alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hines
W Street
North Capitol
Seaton Street
Minnie Shapiro
Water Streets
Jonah Berman
Eugene F. Richards
H Street
E. M. McCandlish
Street
Postoffice Department
K Streets
L. M. McMahon
Myrtle Street
Sibley Hospital
William Haney
Arthur Page
John Smith
South Carolina Avenue
Dennis Johnson Fends Off Posse In Larceny Arrest Shootout
Dennis Johnson, a colored man about years old, evaded a Duke Street posse after arrest for larceny, fled to Pulman Swamp, and exchanged gunfire until his ammunition ran out. He surrendered injured and was taken to Alexandria Hospital where doctors treated birdshot wounds and a shoulder wound. The incident followed his release from the Harry Stanton store on Seminary Hill where he had previously purchased goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Johnson
Pulman Swamp
Ashington Port Bureau
Hing Street
Alexandria
Alexandria Hospital
Duke Street
Dra. George S. Kipatein
Llewellyn Powel
Johnson
Harry Stanton
Seminary Hill
Pulman’s
Hunting Creek
O Jhnson
Obituary of Anna G Devendorf mother of Grace Devendorf
Anna G Devendorf widow of H De vendorf longtime secretary to Vice President Sherman died at 909 West Capitol Street after a lingering illness. Funeral services from the residence tomorrow at 8 with Rev Enoch Thompson of the Church of the Nativity officiating. Temporary interment in a local cemetery vault. burial later at Utica New York birthplace. She was 61 and had lived in Washington eighteen years. Survived by husband RE Devendorf a son and Grace Devendorf, both of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna G. Devendorf
Devendorf
Sherman
West Capitol Street
Wednearay
Enoch Thompson
Church of the Nativity
Utica
N. Y
Washington
RE. Devendorf
Grace Devendorf
Police Start a Campaign to Stop Theft of Posts by Three Arrests
Police rounded up three newsboys in the First Precinct amid a wave of post thefts from The Washington Post. Harry Silvermann confessed to three robberies, with two other youths, John Butler and Newell Davenport, implicating themselves. Distributors report missing bundles and a citywide effort to curb the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
First Precinct
Harry Silvermann
Heis
New York
Seventh and
EK Streets
Cale and
Simpson
No. 1
John Butler
Tenth Street
Newell Davenport
Third Street
Silvermann
Davenport
Philadelphia
Theron Thompson
Michais
City Bulletins of Low Prices and Local Stores
White Potatoes lees priced at 40c per 7 pounds and other groceries listed across Virginia Ave and 20th Street, including evaporated peaches, apricots, raisins, canned vegetables, milk brands, bread, nuts, cocoa nuts, and coffee. Ads advertise delivery, baskets of fruit, floral arrangements, and local shop names with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Pa. Ave
Tha
J.T. Doyles
Schametl
Columbia
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. Rich’s Sons
Rich
Russia
American Security & Trust Co
Northwest Corner
15Th St
Pen
Charles J. Bell
D. J. O'Cconnell
Perpetual Building Association
Byron
Adams
Biz
St. N. W
O’ Donnell
O'Donnell
Lindersella the Drug Trust
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Jardin DE Danse
N. W
Grace
Vincent Coleman
Church
Hector
Shanley
New York City
Wyndham Bros
Naval Lodge Hall
J. HE. Russell
H. N. D. Parker
B. 0. Miller
Heurich Brewing Co
Horning
Relee
Highwa Bridge
D Ste. N. W
Macainery, Rinne
National Electrical Supply
Cez
N. V. Ave
Leon
August F
Sophie M. Politig
Wade
Etta Lynn
Deha L
Mary M. Thomas
Willem W
Ada
Cross
Ray W
Norma Steele
Raymond J
Sarah E. Rows
Charles F
Ida McD
Lickliter
Frederick F
Mary “. Mason
J. Ernest
Martha D. Fentress
Herbert A
Clara M. ‘Trefethen
Willian
Allertia Contee
David and
Maggie Ford
Charles E and
Favole FB
Chase
Albert P
Anna K. Michels
Francis 4
Mary A. Bailey
Levi B
Genevieve Raymond
Wiliam J. Martin
Grace Bruce
Richmond
J. S. Montgomery
Joseph F. Fleming
Ella D. Enewtton
J. A. Smy
Edward G. Priddy
Mattie D. Schoots
J. B. Ryan
Washington, D
G. Molfe
E Fultz
George
Hibbert
Camp Springs
Jana Nellie Leney
Anacostia
M. Bart
Hebert H. Tucker
Brese Harwell
Petersburg
J. Penn
Henry Lambert
Washington, D. C
Claudie Gerhardt
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
R. R
Pullman
T. L. Lipsett
Fifteenth and 6 Sts
Berkeley Rye
F Street
California
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Garden of the Gods
Othe
Woodward
Peetive
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Legiela
Alaska
Police
Potomac
Strand
Union Street
Jacob Brill
King Street
The
Strikers and Brewers Center
Robert Portner Brewing Company
Association
Alexandria Building and Loan Association
E S Leadbeater
M.L. Dinwiddie
C. Page Waller,Jr
G. Washington Lewis
Worth Hulfish
Carroll Pierce
C. 3. T. Burke
W. E H. Sweeney
Peter van de Westelaken
H. A. Stewart
Samuel L. Monroe
Samuel Hunt
Claude M. Lennon
Thirteenth
Post
John Butter
Silvermanne
Butter
Thirteenth Street
New York Avenue
City Bulletins
Ickstein
New York Avenues
Robertson
James D. Donnelly
Eye St. Nw
Shaffer
Emil West
Seventh St. N. W
Carter Clothing Company
Geo. Strauss & Co., Inc
Pennylvania Ave. N.W
West
Union Savings Bank
14Th Street
Walter R. Tuckerman
Ashton G. Clapham
Victor J. Evans
Co. L. Bowman
W. Reginald Lewis
de Py
I Peucer Eae
Angelus
B. St. John
Gen
Chestnut
Thiledelpat
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