HAS NEW SCHOOL POST 77 Ships Sunk or Captured By Teuton Commerce Raider
Washington schools face change as Miss M F Marsden is promoted to director of penmanship at Franklin School. The board backs a yearlong expanse of teacher endorsements, considers student expulsions, and adds three playground sites near Madison Eckington and Armstrong schools. Several staff reassignments and permits follow as new personnel shifts are announced.
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NEW School
Teuton
Washington
Board of Education
Franklin School
M F Marsden
Claus 4
Eckington
Wiss Marsden
Willl
Conrad Syme
Madison
Armstrong
Felington
Pen‘manship
T G White
Maury
Edmonds
Tohamson
Powell
A ‘Nourse
EB Tall
M Helzberg
Virginia Bkirbs & Coleman
Cardozo Vocational
O Street
A A Shaw
Bell
Garfield
M E Smith
Johnson
Reuben Fink
T F Smith
McKinley
FE Wheetzell
Taylor Long
H. H
H .¢ Anderson
Taunton
Chase
Wrs
British Net Is Spread Out Raider's Capture Expected
New York Jan 1 1927 British naval attaché says the German raider in the Atlantic will soon end raiding or be captured. He notes a single raider, a converted merchantman with eight guns, likely operating from a German port via the North Sea patrol. The cordon around her grows, with several Allied cruisers reported near Sandy Hook to Cuba.
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New York
Atlantic
John Blackwood
North Atlantic
Vineta
North Sea Patrol
North Sea
Samland
Moldavia
Manamar
Munson Line
Dollar Value Talks Between US Officials and British Envoy
Conferences between Frank A Vanderlip and Paul M Warburg and Str Cecil Spring-Rice addressed restoring dollar exchange on a gold basis. US experts warned dollar premium in neutral Europe and confirmed importers faced 16 percent losses converting dollars. The British Ambassador planned to take the issue to London to seek remedial action.
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United States
Europe
Frank A Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Paul M Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Vanderlip
Cecil Spring-Rice
England
London
America First for Aliens Educational Conference Call
Dr P P Claxton commissioner of education issued a call for an America first educational conference to be held February 3 in this city. The gathering will follow the adjournment of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States annual meeting to unite educators and employers of labor. Bureau of education officials and the chambers immigration committee have been planning long to align immigration through industry and commerce groups.
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P P Claxton
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Bureau of Education
Chamber of Commerce
63 Americans on 2 Ships Reported Sunk by Raider
The British consul general reported that at least 63 Americans aboard the steamers Georgie and King George are sunk by a German raider. Sixty Americans sailed on the Georgia as horsemen foremen and assistants. many from New York. Among the aboard were Dr J E Davis of New York and Dr O B E McKim of Watertown N Y. Three Philadelphians were on the King George as firemen. Separate dispatches from Galveston say two steamers that left in November have not reached Havre, the Conaul Olsson and Consul Corfitzon.
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Ber
San Francisco
Colon
St. Lucia
Rad Aborshire
Royal Mail
Sunderland
Netherby Hall
Newcastle
Hall Line
London
India
Cuba
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Manchester
Glasgow
Mount Temple
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company of London
Asnieres
Havre
Bahia Blanca
Pauillac
Nantes
Rouen
Iquique
Chile
Liverpool
Norfolk
Savona
Italy
New York
Georgia
J. E. Davis
O. BE
McKim
Watertown
N. Y
Galveston
Tex
Conaul Olsson
Insurance Rates Jump After Raider News In South Atlantic
New York January 17. News of Allied shipping losses by a German raider sent marine insurance rates rising from 214 to 10 percent for West Indian and South American ports. Estimated losses from twelve vessels totaled about 10 million dollars with cargo losses potentially 5 to 10 million more. Rumors persist that the raider was sunk or captured as two ships remain at large. Underwriters expect rates to improve soon.
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Ea Rover
Vinta
Vinex
South Atlantic
Norfolk
Pernambuco
Georgie
Liverpool
New York
Glasgow
Liverpool, Brasil and River Plate Steam Navigation Company
Philadelphia
Georgic
Yarrowdale
St. Theodore
London
Dent Grant Memorial seeks to preserve Julia Grant home
In St Louis on January 17 the Dent Grant Memorial Association united with Confederate veterans to protect Mrs Julia Dent Grant's house at Fourth and Cerre streets where she wed Gen Ulysses Grant in 1847. The owner offered to deed the property to the association.
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St Louis
Union On
Dent Grant
Alexandria Welcomes Guard After Mexican Border Service
City hosts a grand parade and banquet for Company G First Virginia Regiment known as the Alexandria Light Infantry after six months on the Mexican border. Maj. William M. Smith presided as toastmaster. Capt. Conrad Johnson and local leaders praised the unit while warning of growing war sentiment.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
First Virginia Regiment
Alexandria Light Infantry
Waestminster
William M. Smith
C. Carlin
Light Infantry
Conrad Johnson
J. W. Duffey
Methodist Episcopal Church South
John W. May
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
J. William May
Joseph B. Schwarsmann
Retail Merchants’ Association
Edwin B. Hard
Alexandria Gazette
Cora L. Cochran
American Indian Guard Band
Albert Bryan
R. H Atkinson
W. M. King
Thomas B Cochran
F. L. Slaymaker
F. F. Marbury
S.L. Monroe
Julian Y Williams
W. W. Demaine
R. H C. Beverly
Carroll H. May
Arthur Herbert
H Noel
Royal Street
Armory
Wilhl
Petworth School Improvement Push Before Congress
District of Columbia commissioners urged Congress to add 15000 more to the school building fund. They testified during the District’s 1917 appropriation hearing, noting rising costs and their inability to erect a fireproof addition for 72000. Petworth Citizens Association also backed the request.
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Petworth
Congress
District of Columbia
Petworth Citizens’ Association
Traces History of Suffrage Highlighted by Mrs Harper
Mrs Ida Husted Harper of New York spoke at the Nations American Woman Suffrage Association recalling the November vote as a practical demonstration of the woman’s vote and its role in solidifying equal suffrage. Her next talk will consider the European war’s effect on suffrage.
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Ida Husted Harper
New York
the Nations
American Woman Suffrage Association
Rhode Island Avenue
Mrs. Harper
Archibald Clavering Gunter
Walter Anderson Fractures Skull in Scaffold Fall
Walter Anderson aged 26, painter, fell 20 feet from a scaffold at 1228 B street southwest and died an hour after admission to Emergency Hospital. Sailor Thomas Bell, 38, slipped at Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest and cut his forehead. Louis Hoover, 25, wagon driver, unloading beer at 21 Ninth street northwest, injured back and legs and taken to hospital.
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Walter Anderson
Cuufton Street
B Street
Thomas Bell
U. S
Dolphin
Ninth Street
Pennsylvania
Louis Hoover
Auto collision on New York avenue injures driver
Two autos collide with Washington Railway and Electric Company street cars in northwest Washington. J Edward Chapman suffers a slight injury after his car is struck on New York avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Chapman's car is damaged. Miss Alice Elkina of 229 Indiana avenue northwest, operating her own car, collides at Fourteenth and G streets with a Washington Railway and Electric Company car. her vehicle is damaged.
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J. Edward Chapman
New York Avenue
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Chapman
Alice Elkina
Indiana Avenue Northwest
Fourteenth and
G Streets
Islands Now American as Price Paid for Danish West Indies
The United States formally gains title to the Danish West Indies after Denmark ratified the treaty. Physical occupation will await the $25,000,000 payment. Secretary Lansing and Danish Minister Brun exchanged ratifications, with Congress to decide on the new government structure under U.S. sovereignty.
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Danish West Indies
United States
Denmark
Lansing
Dantah
Brun
Ise
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
State Department
Thief Takes Her Preserves and Other Local Thefts
Miss Lawrence Wood reports the theft of preserves valued at $2 after letting a colored man with a punchcart take them from 1762 Corcoran Street Northwest to her home. The Potomac Electric Power Company reports burglary of 1000 feet of insulated copper wire from a new building at 3301 Seventh Street Northeast. Mrs William F Noland reports a purse theft yesterday at Western Market containing $4. Miss M Kendrick reports robbery of $67 in cash and a check for $8 plus papers from a Southwest city precinct. E E Carmi reports a store room typewriter valued at $100 stolen from Southern Building. Miss F Goodman reports theft of a lady's coat valued at $35. Frank R Jelliff reports a stolen man's overcoat valued at $27.50.
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Lawrence Wood
Atreet
Corcoran Street
Potomac Electric Power Company
Seventh Street
Mra
William F. Noland
Prospect Avenue
Western Market
William H. Kendrick
B Street
Fourth Precinct
EE. D. Carmi
Southern
Misa F. Goodman
Seventh Street Northwest
Frank R. Jelliff
Mud Thwarts District Boys Headed to Leon Springs
San Antonio January 17 weather conditions forced a postponement of the Third Infantry departure to Leon Springs along with other regiments of the Second Brigade. Persistent drizzle left mud everywhere making movement in camp nearly impossible and a hike unlikely until conditions improve.
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San Antonio
Tex
Leon Springs
Seecond
Fire at Kirkman Borax Soap Co Causes $1,000 Loss
A basement fire at the Kirkman Borax Soap Company on Pennsylvania Avenue NW near Salvation Army HQ caused about $1,000 damage. Water and smoke did most of the harm, with the blaze confined to the cellar. Earlier a match dropped in a gasoline leak at 807 Fifteenth Street NW caused a small fire.
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Kirkman Borax Soap Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Salvation Army
W. H. Saunders
Fifteenth Street
South Washington group weighs Lewis telephone bill at meeting
The South Washington Citizens Association met at Jefferson School to discuss endorsing the Lewis telephone purchase bill before Congress. A resolution to indorse it was laid on the table until the next meeting, when a telephone company representative will present their side of the case.
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South Washington Citizens’ Association
Jefferson School
Lewis
Congress
District Court News Reflects Multiple Civil and Family Actions
District Court actions include Katherine Sebastian suing Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone for 10000 damages over uninstalled service since 1916, and Ruth N Fedden suing Washington Railway and Electric for 25000 damages after a car collision on East Capitol Street in 1916. Mamie Benedetto seeks divorce from Frank Benedetto, custody of a child, and alimony. Laura Holland sues for permanent maintenance, alleging desertion and coercion. Egbert Holland named as husband. Rosa Taylor seeks limited divorce from Andrew Taylor with alimony hearing set. Will probate cases include Charles Hoebert and Addie Hunton. executrices named. Bessie Dyke seeks limited divorce from James Dyke for cruelty and nonsupport. alimony hearing on January 26. Custody dispute between Sarah and Warren Sanford settled out of habeas corpus proceeding. Sanford decree not recognized by District Court. Harry Dodson fined $75 for carrying a razor, per Officer O’Neill.
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Mamie W Benedetto
Frank Beneditto
Annapolis
Justice Hitz
M. E. O'Brien
Laura Isobel Holland
Egbert Pearl Holland
Hitz
Hollands
EB. L. Giles
Bessie M Dyke
James B Dyke
Octave Bigoness
Duke
Sarah Eleanor Sanford
Warren Sanford
Ams
Justice McCourt
Sanford
Seattle
Wash
District Court
Internal Bathing Cascade Ad Sparks Health Debate
An advertisement argues for internal bathing as essential to health, claiming a Cascade device cleanses the lower intestine and treats many ailments. It cites Dr W. Southall and asserts bowel washing relieves constipation, urging readers to request a booklet and visit drug stores for demonstrations.
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W. Southall
M. D
Geneseo
O'Donnell
Birth of a Nation returns to National Theater for eight day run
The Birth of a Nation by David W. Griffith plays at the National Theater next week for eight days with Sunday matinees and evening shows on January 28. The program promises elaborate production values similar to prior engagements, alongside other features and acts including Ruth St. Denis with Denishawn dancers at Keith's and a film serial Patria with Mrs Vernon Castle.
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National Theater
Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
Denishawn
India
Greece
Egypt
Keith
Love
Lavine
Raymond
O'Connor
Simmons
Bradley
Mme Sumiko
Shizeiko
Pusako
Teruko
Hanako
Takaori
Imperial Theater of Tokyo
Cosmos Theater
Nipland Tueh
Andrew Kelly
Startley and
Pecan
Curry and
Graham
Arthur Devoy
Bresiuse and Brown
Besse Vulltard
Bluke Courtland
Yukon
Strand Theater
Ethel Barrymore
Alaska
Clara Williams
Red Cross
Mabel
Taliaferro
Willeam Farnum
Crandall
Frans X Bushman
Reverley Bayne
Gladys Coburn
Wilds
Tittle
Mane Iresster
Sporting Widows
Furry Cooper
Gayets Theater
Warcling the Globe
Los Angeles
Sultan of
Turkey
See Hayex
Abe Leavitt
Jack Gordon
Ruth
Helen Lockwood
Willian
Annette Mo- Tett
Honolulu
Omar Khayham
E. M Newman
Belasco Theater
China
Macao
Canton
Columbia Film Program Presents A Girl Like That
Irene Fenwick and Qwen Moore star in A Girl Like That at the Columbia cinema. The crime tale follows a female crook linked to a bank robbery scheme, her romance with the intended victim, and her perilous fate resolved by a young official.
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Irene Fenwick
Qwen Moore
Columbia
National Joint Recital at National Theater Friday
Louis Graveure Belgian barytone and Beatrice Harrison renowned woman cellist will perform in a joint recital on Friday afternoon January 26 as part of the Ten Star Series sixth concert at the National Theater.
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Louis Graveure
Barytone
Beatrice Harrison
National Theater
Prizes Announced for Poultry Show Awards
Judges of the National Poultry and Pigeon Association unveiled more prize awards for entries at the show. Winners include Buff Gipingtons, Leghorns, Silkies, Rhode Island Reds, Brown Leghorns, Dark Cornish, Black Minorcas, and Wyandottes with prizes credited to listed breeders and farms. The Washington peat cup went to Andrew F P O Connor of Baltimore. over 100 birds were exhibited. Crowds thronged the exhibition.
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National
Poultr and Pigeon Association
Buff Gipingtons
J C Forrest
Ashlex
Doney
William FE
Enoch G. Johnson
A S Riddle
J. Bo Waltera
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Blair-Hayes Parent-Teachers’ Association
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Rosemont
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Spire J. Chaconas
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Church of the Covenant
W. Spencer Armatrong
Western Presbyterian Church
Edgar V. Crittenden
Takoma Park
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Alice Elkins
Danish Indies
District Court News
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Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
BH. L. Gies
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H. W. Brimer
Rosa Taylor
Andrew Taylor
Taylors
Atlantic City
Bertrand Emerson, Jr
Charles Hoebert
Anna Hoebert
William A. Baden
Addie W. Hunton
William A. Hunton
Saranac Lake
Executrix
J Davidson
Harry Dodson
Mulloway
O'Neill
Dodson
A. Lisner
Belasco
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B. F. Keith’s
Polt
Thurston
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Cosmos
Mme
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Louise Huff
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Francis Bushman
Steverles Bayne
Alice Brady
Marie Doro
Oliver Twist
the Sporting Widows
National Association
Wood
T.w.wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
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