War Spirit Aroused at Washington Board of Trade Meeting
At Central High School last night Washington Board of Trade members heard speeches urging enlistment in the local National Guard and Home Defense League and subscriptions to the Liberty Loan. Gen Harvey warned of sacrifice and duty while Louis Brownlow urged democratic resolve and national strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Home Defense League
Liberty Loan
Washington Board of Trade
Central High School
America
French War and Navy Departments
Edwin
Brandenburg
Gen
Harvey Sounds
William
Harvey
District National Guard
Louis Brownlow
France
England
Belgium
Board of Trade
Odell S. Smith
Public Order
Mr. Smith
Washington
Lewis B. Franklin
Investment Bankers’ Association of America
Liberty Bonds
National
M. Marcel Knecht
BE. Havenith
Class Night at Holy Cross Academy Wars and Readings
A patriotic martial program at Holy Cross Academy featured essays, poems, and music by students. Readings included Claus 1917 Doing Our Bit and Work in the War. Harp and song sections, plus a keynote patriots address by Bishop Warren turrier, Cuba. Graduates to receive diplomas Friday morning by Bishop Shahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clias
Holy Cross Academy
Claus 1917
Mary Cusack
Helen ‘Treu
Dang Sou
Charleys Warren Turrier
Cuba
Alplomas
Shahan
Catholic University
Schools Unite For Picnic At Marshall Hall
The McKinley and Eastern High schools join for an excursion and field day at Marshall Hall on Friday in honor of the 1917 graduates. The steamer Macalester makes trips at 10 am 2 30 pm and 6 30 pm. Fifty prizes await the winners of the joint track meet and a silver trophy will go to the top scorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Eastern
Marshall Hall
Macalester
Hoover Denies Sugar Shortage Predictions
Herbert C. Hoover, to be food administrator, rejected reports that sugar supplies would run out and prices soar. He said he never spoke for publication about sugar and warned against alarm from private talks. He noted action since then has secured ample sugar from Cuba and elsewhere and projected lower future prices with allied cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Congressional
Cuba
Mr. Hoover
Food Administration
Vaughn Class Club Sees Purge Theme At Meeting
The Vaughn Class Club of Calvary Baptist Sunday school held its last meeting of the season in the Sunday school house last night. Principal speaker Rep Courtney W Hamlin of Missouri urged that crises arise from humanity’s sinfulness and that purge may be necessary.
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Vaughn
Calvary Baptist Sunday School
Courtney W. Hamlin
Missouri
Banks Report Record Assets and Deposits
National banks show assets totaling 16.144 billion on May 1, up 165 million since March and 2 billion from a year ago. Reserves with reserve agents and banks total 1.427 billion, vault reserves 763 million, with excess reserves over legal requirements about 26.06 million. Deposits hit a record 13.075 billion, 118 million above March and 1.944 billion higher than last year.
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Williams
Federal Reserve Banks
Central Reserve
Solace Report Ready Today on Ship’s Conditions
A special board of inquiry led by Dra Simon Flexner William H Welch and Nathan Straus returned to Washington to brief Secretary Daniels on findings about disease breeding conditions aboard the hospital ship Solace. The Navy Department gave no comment but reports indicate substantial grounds for charges and recommended remedial steps likely to be made public today.
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Solace
Special Board of Inquiry
Dra. Simon Flexner
William H Welch
Nathan Straus
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Navy Department
Weather and tides in Washington area 1917 report
The Washington Post prints a June 4 1917 weather and river bulletin from the J B Weather Bureau. It notes sun and tide times for Bon, dawn to night, plus a forecast for Washington DC Maryland and Northern Virginia with overcast skies mild temps and light to moderate southerly winds. River conditions show the Potomac and Shenandoah very muddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Atlantic States
Pacific Coast
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Upper Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain Region
Western Plateau
Middle Atlantic
New England
South Atlantic
Rast Gulf States
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Secal
Washington Post
Harpers Fer
Wo Va
Fotomac River
Shenandoah
Prominent Men Appointed Majora
Adjutant General McCain announced Frederic Huidekoper named major in the adjutant general's department. Robert Bacon, ex envoy to France, commissioned major in the same corps. John McGregory Jr of the Army and Ware Induh also made major in the adjutant general's reserve corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCain
Frederic Huidekoper
Adjutant General's Department
Robert Bacon
France
Sarte
Masters’ Reserve Corps
John McGregory, Jr
Army
Ware
Adjutant General's Reserve Corps
G W U Seniors Attend Reception at Washington Club
More than 294 members from nine Georgia Washington University departments joined scores of officials and faculty at a reception hosted by Rear Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton and Mrs Stockton at the Washington Club on Seventeenth Street NW. President Stockton will host a Cosmos Club gathering to honor honorary degree recipients. The dental college freshmen banquet is tonight, alumni reunion runs 3 to 5 p.m., on campus behind the arts and sciences admin building, 2023 G Street NW. Commencement is tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Central High School assembly hall, with about 1288 degrees to be conferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georga Washington University
Washington Club
Seventeenth
H Streets
Charles Herbert Stockton
U. S. NM
Reatirad
Stockton
Cosmos Club
Dental College
Arts and Sciences Department
G Street
Central High School
Thirteenth
Clifton Streets
iChild Finds Foster Parents Louise Holmes Heir to 11 Year Old
James T. Holmes and Virginia Holmes of 918 French Street Northwest adopt Sarah Louise Payne, age 11, and name her Louise Wellington Holmes after a decree by Justice Stafford. The couple welcomed her in 1909 from the Board of Children's Guardians and claim her as heir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Holmes
French Street
Virginia Holmes
Sarah Louise Payne
Justice Stafford
Louise Wellington Holmes
Lutheran Union Indorsed in Church Alliance Merger
Resolutions favoring the union of the paneral synod general council and united synod of the South were adopted by the Alliance of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in the Church of the Epiphany. The fusion will form the United Lutheran Church of America with new committees and officers elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paneral Synod
General Council
United Synod of the South
Alliance of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
United Lutheran Church of America
Henry Anstadt
C. H. Butler
L. J. Hughes
C. 8
William F. McIlwee
I. M. Leis
The
Allance
Comose
Missionary and Church Extension Committee
Max Vollberg
T. Nicholas
Charles F. Steck
August Pflleger
L. BE. Kluge
Births Reported in Local Notices
Birth announcements list Joni W and Mary Teawalt with a girl. Hartwell and Mary Tucker with a girl. Charles I and Nellie M Sayre with a girl. Thomas HK and Mary L Ricker with a boy. Nathan and Guasie Perry with a boy. Walter L and Agnes EB Miller with a boy. Kemp and Nelle Main with a girl. Hamuel and Annia Taskin with a boy. William L and Goldie B Kolarik with a girl. Albert F and Mamie P Gorsuch with a girl. Jesse W and Florence D Gaither with a girl. George W and Mary B Free with a girl. Bhipley Jr and Annie R Brashears with a boy. Frank M and Mildred L Blake with a boy. John J and Florence Stevens with a girl. John and Ella Hall with a boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joni W
Mary Teawalt
Hartwell
Mary Tucker
Charles I
Nellie M. Sayre
Thomas HK
Mary L. Ricker
Nathan
Guasie Perry
Walter L
Agnes EB. Miller
Kemp
Nelle Main
Hamuel
Annia Taskin
William L
Goldie B. Kolarik
Albert F
Mamie P. Gorsuch
Jesse W
Florence D. Gaither
George W
Mary B. Free
Bhipley, Jr
Annie R. Brashears
Frank M
Mildred L. Blake
John J
Florence Stevens
John
Ella Hall
Licensed to Marry Across Many States in Roaring Tide
A list of individuals from Baltimore and nearby states planning marriages across multiple counties and churches. Names, ages, and home cities are given for numerous couples paired with the officiating Rev. ministers, reflecting a broad pattern of midcentury nuptials.
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Washington Loan and Trust Co
Uptown
Ninth Streets
John B. Larner
Rocky Mountain Limited
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Rock Island
Chicago
Colorado Rockies
Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes
Pikes Peak
St. Louis
Memphis
Rock Island Travel Bureau
Colorado Bldg
H. M. Brown
Safety and Service First
Lake School
Byron S. Adams
11Th St. Fhons M
Idlewilds
V.a
Ftarlboro
Lothian
Idlawilde
Idlewilde
Chesapeake Bay
Shady Side
Perry
B. L. Gershavick
P Sts
N. W
Riding & Hunt Club
Anderson Printery
Equity
N. Y. Ave
Uist
Oten
E. C. Brandenburg
Gen. Harvey
Havenith
Brownlow
Trade Board
Holy Cross
Eastern High
Sugar
Hamlin
National Banks
Board
P.M
Lowes
Asheville
N. C
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo
Cinemont
Deaver
Colo IZ
Des Moines, Town
Detroit Mich
Duluth Mion
el Paso, Tex
Galveston
Tex
Helena, Mont
Todianapolis
Tad
Jackson
Tila
Kansas City
Little Rock Ark
Los Angeles
Cal Ae
Salt Lake City
Utah
At, Louis
St Pan
Minns
San Antonio
San Francisco
Springfield
Tampa
Majora
Ichild
Little Sarah Payne
J. T. Holmes
Lutheran Union
Board of Directors
Local Alliance
George M. Biddison
Anna Fi. Barker
William Farris
Oliver Limrick
Betty Snellings
John H. Briggs
Frank P. Merello
Richmond
O. Breek Cersley
C.F. Thomas
Frank Supple
Mass
Anna N. Carrico
George I. Conlan
Archer W. Johnson
Minnie O. Milburn
Hichmond
John H. Jeffries Monroe
Phebus
Gaithersburg
Bessie V. Hobbs
Foot
Charles R. Hurley
Mapel B. Derrick
Edgar C. Powers
Elmer R. Moore
Elizabeth Cumberland
W. W. McMaster
Frank Mortimer
B. Francis Driscoll
Lynchburg
Howard F. Downs
John Williams Mace
Loutes EK. Raines
Joseph T. Kelly
Adolf Wollsieffar
Sarah V. Augie
Richmont
Barry D. Mitchel
Maurice V. Hart
Caroline
Virginia BP
Haines
Spotsylvan
H. Schroeder
Manfredo Checchia
Julia Roffo
N. M. de Carlo
Colesworth Pinckney
M. Lowise Cissel
Walter KE
Barnett
Guy BE
Brandt
Julia T. Byron
John T. Huddle
Harry J. Klein
Ella Mae Grierson
Qchesapeske
John H Jeffries
Jarther Goodhart
Winnie L. Franklin
Waxpool
Walter G. McNeil
Henry
Page
Bluemont
Mary W. Kennedy
Warrenton
Face Kennedy
Leroy S. Jarrett
Reedsville
Lilly F. Powell
Cornelius
Abbott, Jr
Aubrey O. Kerney
Blanche Gull
John E. Briggs, Jra
Harper
Katherine Regan
P C. Gavan
Louly Williams
Pittsburgh
Minnie Eichebbaum
G._Sulverstone
Fred W. Torrence
Alpha G. Rocke
Howard ¥. Downs
Joan Brown
Grace D. Hatcher
Bedford
Samuel H. Greene
Charles 8. Francis
Marie TL. Warde
Hugh Z. Brerenson
Edward L. Rosnick
Anna M. Spielman
Gertrmde
Trady
Kervick
Howard P Pierce
Marguerite Bartholomew
Leslie I. Hower
Frank B. Baum
Mattia C Walden
Richard P. Williams
Clyde Ro Oammer
Sarah A. Teatherman
Winchester
Howard PF. Downs
Charles H. Teamer
Minarea G. Cosby
F. W. Johnson
Kares Ho Stevens
United States Marine Corps
Julia Shalach
John T. McNamara Thomas Q Millard Bi
Fthel Cam Immach
John H. Jeffries
William Fowell
T Boward
Ree
Howard
D Flkins
Irene BE
McNamara
Hey. J. J. Matz
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
James Cannon, Jr
Arthur J. Barton
Wayne B. Wheeler
Legislative Committee
Anti-Saloon League OF America
Foster Copeland
Bliss Building
Washington, D. C
Strand
Florence Reed
Loew
Columbia
Wallace Reid
Confederate Veterans
Court of Honor
T. Arthur Smith
St. N. W
Elk Grove
Golden & Co
Benoit Pollett
Eller Murphy
H St. Nerear
Hva M. Glick
Fla
George Raps
Ith
St. Mw
Heath G. Taylor
St. Elizabeth's
Mabel FH. Duehring
Dennis Driscoll
Charles PB. Jacobs
Sibley
Myron
Bailey
St Elizabeth's
Margaret BE. Wood
Sr Nw
Philip and Gooding
P. Osthaus
Fanny Oper
Lumnda Johnson
Columia
Haywood Tank
Garfield
City Bulletins
Shaffer
Tel Main
Ar Cer Ini
Florence
Muddiman
12Th St
Horning
Trentini
Marietta
Belasco
William A. Brady
Eve
Almva Ramsey
Geraldine Farrar
Joan
Vetoman
Poli
Uncla Bam
Bernard Granville
Chas. T. Aldrich & Co
Misses Campbell
Bart
Dorothy Jarden
Oth
Glen Echo
Coney Inland
Jaanet Open Frei
Chevy Chase Lake
Meyer Davis’ Orchestra
Fachive Bene Ie
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