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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1915

Page

6

Blair Reelected President as Board Reorganizes

Franklin School hosts a brief session where reorganization proceeds unanimous Blair re elected president and Daniel as vice president. Moten case deferred to September to preserve employment, nurses gain one month vacation, Rhodes Kern and Peyton sworn in, Peyton named to succeed Mareghall.

Rhodes Kern Fountain Peyton Board of Education Franklin Lucy B. Moten Miner Normal School Bruce Thurston Henry P. Blair Blair Dr. Moten Ernest H. Daniel Moten Daniel Susie Root Rhodes Edith Kingman Kern Peyton Supreme Court of the District Charles W Mareghall R. O. Wilmerth John B. Larner Marshall Aia

District Court News Divorces and Navy Suit Filed

Virginia Dot Gregory gains absolute divorce from Matthew Gregory with resumption of maiden name Virginia Dot Balder son. May Holmes Cooley sues Edward Cooley for absolute divorce alleging misconduct. Washington marriage 1910, one daughter. Sadaske Fujita, wardroom steward on US Dolphin, seeks absolute divorce from Zelda Fujita with corespondent named. Navy service 24 years. wife deserted with their son. War Department offers $50 rewards for desertion arrests of Fred Foster and Douglas M. Thomas.

Virginia Dot Gregory Matthew David Gregory Justice Stafford Virginia Dot Balderson EL L. Gles Wits May Holmes Cooley District Supreme Court Edward I. Cooley Alvin L. Newmyer Washington Sadaske Fujita U. S. Dolphin Zelda Fujita Navy R. F. Downing G. A. Berry War Department Fred Foster Fort Myer Douglas M. Thomas Descarter Fort Hunt

City News in Brief Highlights Tour and Local Notices

Dr W Robert Perkins begins a West and Hawaii tour including Grand Canyon San Diego and Panama Pacific exposion then Honolulu returning to Washington around August 13. Public Library closes July 4 6 with additional Sunday closings near holidays. National Negro Business League meeting 8pm at colored Y M C A hearing Charles H Moore on commercial opportunities. Pocahontas Society notes debt for Jamestown statue at 2300 and display of letters by John Rolfe. Church of the Advent rector honored with California trip gift. Bishop Harding and Maj. Gen. Wood letters read. Mott thanked for twenty years service. Washington Emergency Home for Children July meeting at Octavis hosted by Marian Murphy. Iowa Avenue M E Church street carnival on Delafield Place. Parker resigns from geological survey to join coal interests. McCaskey to succeed. Post Office cuts in force likely after July 15. Seventh Street Northwest street light installation to begin in about 10 days. Internal Revenue collecting district reports 67000 tax payment the largest individual tax in Maryland Delaware DC and part of Virginia. corporations paid 100000.

W. Robert Perkins City West Hawaiian Islands Grand Canyon Honolulu Washington Church of the Advent Edw. M. Mott California Mott Harding Union of Churches In Bloomingdale

Army and Navy Changes of the Day at Forts and Stations

Army officers receive leaves from duty and new assignments. Col Joseph P O Neill and Captains Henry C Smither Thomas C Musgrave Charles A Eaton move on leaves or reassignment. Officers detailed to enter Army Staff College at Fort Leavenworth include Maj William A Mitchell Capt Ralph T Ward and others. Several captains relocate for construction, inspection, or aviation duties while some transfers and retirements are recorded.

Joseph P. O'Neil Thirtieth Infantry Henry C .Smither General Staff Thomas C. Musgrave Seventeenth Infantry Charles A. Eaton Coast Artillery Corps Fort Leavenworth Kans Army Staff College William A. Mitchell Corps of Engineers Ralph T. Ward Tupes First Infantry Louis M. Nottman Fourth Infantry Roscoe H. Hearn Ninth Infantry George A. Herbst Fourteenth Infantry Robert J. Maxey Eighteenth Infantry Joseph W. Albachman, Jr Twenty-ninth Infantry Henry G. Clement, Jr Lewis E. Goodier, Jr Signal Corps William FE. Hunt Quartermaster Corps Quartermaster General of Army Fort Biss Tex William Elliott Morgan J. Brett Ordnance Thin City Watervilet Avacual Ordnance Department Robert E Wood Twelfth Cavalry William J. Lutz Twenty-eighth Infantry Fort Spelling Miam Harry FB. Jordan Fort Sill Oklo Aelq Fifth Artillery Douglas Aris Sixth Field Artillery George PF. Gill United States John F. Curry Fifth Infantry Fort Slocum N. Y Frank W. Snow Medical Reserve Corps Army Medical School Harry D. Offot

Naval Orders Inform Detachments and Ship Movements

Navy orders detail detachments to Newport Pensacola Pensacola and Mahias for various officers and stations. Several lieutenants and ensigns reassigned to naval aeronautic stations Prairie Kaneas San Francisco Pensacola. Multiple ships sail for Newport Boston Norfolk and other ports. Some officers moved to retired list and drills, with provisions for trips to Philippines postponed.

Naval Aeronautic Station Pensacola Fla R. P. Myers Minnesota Winslow W. M. Corry, Jr Kansas Naval Aero Station Pensacula H. W. Schofield Jupiter Naval Aeronautication J. P. Norfleet New Hampshire R. P. Schlabach Western District Munhall Navy Yard Fortymouth N. H Hubert Henry

United States of the World Advocated by Peace Proponents

George H Bribley outlined a plan for a world peace via a United States of the World with an international arbitration board elected by the people. Washington Peace Committee members elected Henry D Gordon as president and formed a new branch of the Peace League of the World. Speakers urged a federal style world government with recallable representatives and mass publicity to educate the public on foreign policy changes. Shibley predicted the United States would lead the move toward this system.

International Arbitration Board H. D. Gordon Washington Peace League of the World Organization United States George H. Bribley Washington Peace Committee Henry D. Gordon W. S. Maloney Mr. Hannan Sess W. W. Baker League Shibley Germany Austria Er. Shibley

Militia Officers Banquet Marks District Guard Farewell

The Second Regiment Officers Association of the District National Guard held a farewell dinner at the Ebbit last evening honoring retiring officers. Brig. Gen. William E Harvey spoke on the regiment’s work since the Spanish American War and on District militia reorganization. Col. Anton Stephan acted as toastmaster with Majors Summers Walker and Sayer also speaking. numerous captains and lieutenants attended.

Officers’ Association District National Guard Ebbitt William E Harvay Col Anton Stephan Alex Summers T. V. Walker Maj. V Sayer E H. Brian T P Heap R Alderman John E Brooks John C Rooney Clarence N. Walker Lucien N. Ernest Claude Burlingame F. E Sharpless H E Klotz Wiliam H. Beckstein C L Adams H C. Harnshaw R. W. Hannedmann F. B .Chlosser J. E Eldridge F. C. Hall J. C Sweeney Cc. D. Sniffen W. H. Dent P E. Shomette J. C. Oliff P. L. Baldwin H. H. Gallet J. R. McKey F. C Martin C. M. Reich J. Mainhall W B. White Cc. B Hamilton

Births Reported In Local Families

Louis and Mary Rosenberg welcome a girl. Barton and Alice Ewers announce a daughter. Wolf and Vera Sieger have a boy William A. and Anna A. Mills record a boy. Emilio and Ceodelinda Palumbe greet a boy. Robert and Maet Crawford announce a boy. Sherman and Ella Barber reveal a boy. Edward and Carrie Jackson report a girl. Dame and Me Frazier welcome a boy. John and Viola Coleman report a girl Charlee D. and Lora Minor a girl. Roy and Jane Cave announce a boy.

Louis Mary Rosenberg Barton Alice Ewers Wolf Vera Sieger William A Anna A. Mills Emilio Ceodelinda Palumbe Robert Maet Crawford Sherman Ella Barber Edward Carrie Jackson Dame Me Frazier John Viola Coleman Charlee D Lora Minor Roy Jane Cave

Licensed to Wed in Virginia and New Jersey

The notice lists marriages including Daniel W. Johnson 28 of Charlottesville Va and Collier M Bennett Qt of Manassas Va with Rev Hugh T Stevenson Ezra Morgan 28 of Bridgeton N J and Edith E Haag 22 of Camden N J. Also Rev Hugh T Stevenson joined with Jac le Calviree 38 and Sylvia Gentile 36 with Rev Howard II Downs assisting.

Daniel W. Johnson Charlottesville Collier M. Bennett Manassas Hugh T. Stevenson Esra Morgan Bridgeton N. J Edith E. Haag Camden

Deaths Reported In City Hospitals And Homes

A list of deceased individuals with ages and last known addresses or institutions appears, including Kesta Baker 86 at 1246 Walden and Emma Harder 66 at 59 BR Ave NW, with others aged from 22 to 101 at facilities such as Gallinger Hospital Freedman’s Hospital Washington Asylum Hospital and Tuberculosis Hospital. Names include Henry Rafferty 40, Laura Whitley 40, Polly Posker 101, James Wightman 77, Erwin Brinco 25, Floyd Thomas 28, and Robert Banke 86, among others, reflecting a city-wide roll of deaths and associated institutions.

Kesta Df Baker Elena Walden Columbia Road Henry Rafferty Gort Hospital Insane Emma CG. Harder BR. I Ave James W Wightman Willard St Khatie Weitzel Washington Asylum Arthur McCauley Laura V. Whitley Govt Hospital Tulane Polly Posker 18Th St Morria Road Erwin Brinco Freedman's Hospital Barab Keith Madison Court Floyd Thomas Gallinger Hospital Robert Banke Polly Calloway William Jones Tuberculosis Hospital May Jackson Addie Woodland Tuberculosis

City Bulletin Shop Listings and Cleaning Services

A muted local listing shows discounted groceries with varied prices for lemons potatoes rice peaches beans and canned goods. It also advertises carpet cleaning and storage by Conger’s Cleaning Plant with a contact number, plus dry cleaning and wearables service heritage dating to 1888 and Chaplin street mention in Virginia.

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