IDR H W ACHESON AND BOY DROWNED
Death by drowning claimed two victims in Washington yesterday. Dr Harry W Acheson aged 50 disappeared from Georgetown University Hospital after a nervous breakdown and was found in the C and O Canal near Thirty eighth street NW. An inquest is set for this afternoon. A white boy about 15 drowned after falling from the flood gates at the tidal basin near Fourteenth street. Charles M Taylor saw the fall and dived to help but the boy died en route to Emergency Hospital. identity not yet established.
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Harry W. Acheson
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C. and O. Canal
Eighth Street
Acheson
Georgetown University Hospital
Canal
Washington Channel
Fourteenth Street
Charles M. Taylor
Seventh Street
Keough Sues Sister Over Estate Division
William J Keough filed in District Supreme Court seeking sale or equal division of their father Henry J Keoughs estate. The house and adjoining lots at First and D streets northeast are occupied by Jane E Rickenpleacher and her four children who allegedly refuse to pay half the rent. Keough says a $150 month rental offer exists and accuses the sister of refusing to vacate. Attorneys Mame Banby Smith and R Downing represent the plaintiff.
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William J. Keough
District Supreme Court
Jane E F.rickenpleacher
Henry J. Keough
Rickenbacker
Keough
Mame Banby-Smith
R. ¥. Downing
City Briefs From Washington and Camps Nearby
Eelisted residents in Gale and nearby Washington areas are urged to register at the United Service Club in a bid by the Ohio Society to connect with them. Stonewall Jackson Chapter UDC will host a picnic at Great Falls with departure from Thirty-sixth and M streets at 3 p.m. Benjamin L. Prince reports improving after an appendicitis operation at Garfield Hospital. E S Dudding, Prisoners Relief Society president, will speak at 599 E Street NW. Camp Meigs troops enjoyed a musical program by Walter S. Jackson and a later address by Capt. Lee A. Stone. The summer outings committee reports 1807.44 in proceeds for Camp Good Will, Camp Pleasant, and Baby Hospital Camp. Harold Hardette Jr. dies at eleven after injuries from a truck accident. coroner’s jury returns verdict of unavoidable.
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Washington
United Service Club
No. 1
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ohio Society
Stonewall! Jackson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Great Falls
Thirty-sixth
Loren B. T. Johnson
Camp Good Will
Camp Pleasant
Baby Hospital
Naval probes rents charges in Norfolk uncovering profiteering claims
Secretary Daniela and Admiral Ben son will visit Norfolk to investigate charges that property owners housing navy workers profit from rents. The inquiry targets profiteering amid a pattern of disputed rents with multiple individuals named across Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland. The secretary vows extreme measures to correct the situation as details emerge.
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Daniela
Admiral Benson
Bureau of Naval Operations
Norfolk
Navy
Food to Allies Exceeds Billion in Wartime Aid
Food Administrator Hoover told President Wilson in a public letter that U S wartime aid to allies exceeded one billion dollars in the year ended June 30. He cited heavy shipments of meats and fats totaling over 2.1 billion pounds in 1916–17 and more than 3.0 billion in 1917–18, plus cereal exports rising to 340.8 million bushels.
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Hoover
Wilson
Food Administration
Belgium
Red Cross
Ousted From Home Allegations Trigger Divorce Suit
Joshua A. Jones sues Henrietta Jones and Daniel Wolf in District Supreme Court claiming his mother in law forced him from their home after he asked her to move out. He says his wife screams Murder whenever he enters the house.
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District Supreme Court
Joshua A. Jones
Henrietta Jones
Daniel Wolf
Jones
Births Reported for Many Families in Local News
A list of birth announcements appears for numerous local couples including Varoutses, Mikules, Grant, Cooksey, Barrows, Babbitt, Robertson, O Brien, Sabine, Price, Sullivan, Greene, Griffith, Repetts, Parker, Middleton, Green, Corcoran, Cobbr, Jones, and Greenfield. The notices record newborn sons and daughters with dateless references.
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John A
Annie J Varoutses
Alexander L
Cordelia L. Mikules
Guy Bo
Helen A. Grant
Yorcest G
Mise C Cooksey
Ire L
Pearl EB. Barrows
Willam F
Hattie C. Babbitt
Leonard P
Marie K. Robertson
John W
Jane O'Brien
Willan
Kathryn Sabine
Charles
Neenah Price, Jr
Deaths Reported From City Hospitals and Streets
A list of deceased individuals with ages and last known locations across city hospitals and streets. Names include Isaac Chambertsin 78, Tank Plunkett 50, John Risdon 26, Jeremiah Desmond 67, Harold Burdette 22, Samuel Johnson 61, Virginia Houlein 5 months, Florence Conner 60, Catherine Dakin 88, Clarence Fischer 1, Joseph Storta 2, Fratis Brewer 21, Charles Lounds 7 months, Frances Atkin Amos, Jerry Wilson, Imogen Blake 41 months, Camp Burton A Wallace Sr 64, Peter Anerson 76, noted across Emergency, Casualty, Columbia, Children’s, Baby, and Tome for the Aged institutions.
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Nw Julia
Tank Plunkett
John Francis Risdon
Jeremiah Desmond
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Harold Winfield Burdette
Casualty
Samuel P. Johnson
Woods South Rot Tilden St
Esat
Connare
Virginia C. Houlein
Florence WL. Conner
Bates
Catherine
Dakin
Columbia
Clarence James Fischer
Chyldren
Joseph Storta
Fratris Brewer
Walter Reed
Charles Lounds
Kirby St
Frances Atkin
Amos
Wit Ath St
Jerry Wilson
Children’s Hospital
Imogen Blake
Baby
Burton A Wallace, Sr
Peter Anerson
Tome
Weather Forecast for District of Columbia and Nearby Areas
Unsettled Friday with Saturday fair and gentle winds. Showers likely in the south and east, with fair conditions in the middle Atlantic and New England by Friday and Saturday. Temperatures generally above average in most regions, cooler in the South and along the mid Atlantic. Potomac river clear and Shenandoah very muddy.
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