Farrell Elected Regent at Georgetown University
Mes A Farrell, inaugural figure in Georgetown growth, was elected a regent to fill a vacancy after the death of Anthony A Hirst. President Creeden announced at the 122d annual commencement as graduates from five departments were honored. The meeting to confirm procedures and new plans will occur in New York.
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Creeden
Farrell
United States Steel Cortion
I Cell
Anthony A Hirst
Adelphia
JB Creeden
W. Cole- Nevils
John G. Agar
George Hamilton
Cin
New York
Bent Creeden
Asora
Flen
Medical
Edmund A. Walsh
Gm Service School
Georgetown celebrates 122nd commencement with mass and procession
Georgetown University marks its 122nd commencement week with a mass in Dahlgren Chapel led by Rev Francis X Delany S J head of Jamaica Jesuits and a procession of 400 seniors in gowns. Alumni association head John J Agar and President John B Creeden lead the march as law class tablet and Hilltop class day events unfold.
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College
United States
Georgetown
Dahlgren Chapel
S. J
Jesuits
Jamaica
John B. Creeden
John J. Agar
New York
Board of Regents
Creeden
John G. Agar
Martin B. Conboy
Charles A. de Courcey
Francis R. Donovan
Thomas J. Gasson
George £. Hamilton
Ernest la Place
Vincent
McDonough
John D. McLaughlin
Clement Manly
Walter S. Martin
W. Coleman Nevils
Charles L. Palms
J. Cyndi Pender
B. Meredith Reid
Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Washington Area
A string of death notices lists multiple residents and relatives with interment details. Entries mention Anna Dulp Bealor Mary G Darla Ian Kaufman May Laws Chore Perry Ortis Manny Loof Padgett Arles E Swigart and Viola Wimsatt, with remaining burial sites including Glenwood Oak Hill Mount Olivet and Arlington cemeteries, reflecting local obituary notices in mid June 1921.
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Second Street
Anna Dulp Bealor
Eral
Glenwood Cemetery
Phillalphia
Mary G
Harry Darla
Arale
WR Speare
Oak Hii
Ian
Iage Kaufman
Vele
Calrt Street
May E' Laws
Caitonn
Faxamdria
Inaahington
Perry Ortis
Cement Private
New York
Boston
Vienna
Ein Manny
Mmarry Newton
Bissie Newt Kenyon
Tuesy
Glenod Cometary
H. Padgrtt
St Margaret's Church
Seathmapt
Mount Olivet
IA Pairfax
A. Walker
Cotink
Viola
A Samuel Wimsatt
Rock Creek
Railroads Report April Earnings Under Federal Rates
Railroads earned 29.201 million dollars in April, down from March by 1.484 million, as reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission show. The April return equals about 218 percent of the commission’s tentative valuation, with expenses at 86.7 percent of revenues and a nationwide 2.41 percent annualized rate on the tentative value. Eastern, southern, and western districts posted 2.0, 3.41, and 2.01 percent returns respectively.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of Railway Executives
Commission
Gen Anton Stephan Announces DC Civilian Rifle Team
Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan announces the District of Columbia civilian rifle team selected at Camp Simms after a 32 entrant competition. Names include Stokes Artois Middleton Estey Gibson Cornwell McAtee Muessler Cook Crockett Greeley MacDi Reynolds named captain and McGarity coach for the September national matches at Camp Perry Ohio.
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District of Columbia
Camp Simms Range
Anton Stephan
W. R. Stokes
F. Artois
J. Middleton
H. G. Estey
P. D. Gibson
G. B. Cornwell
W. L. McAtee
Read Former Lieutenant Governor E L Daughtridge Dies
E L Daughtridge 59, former lieutenant governor and Rocky Mount native, died at home after an eighteen month illness. He served as a Federal commission member appointed by President Wilson to study conditions in Europe and was vice president of the Southern Commercial Congress. He also chaired the Pee Dee North Carolina commission and represented the state at the Jamestown expo.
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Daughtridge
Federal Commission
Wilson
Europe
Rocky Mount
E. L
Southern
Commercial Congress
Carolina Commission Represetternor
North Carolina
Jamestown
Wall Street Solving Problems Rapidly: Forces in Readjustment
Financial commentary notes extraordinary movements in foreign exchange and a stock decline reflecting readjustment. The piece cites German reparations, dollar balances, and speculative pressure as drivers, with hidden roots in future trade and money conditions. It also reports on Federal Reserve data showing tightening credit and a rising gold reserve, followed by a local notice about a Boy Scout camp fundraiser at Chesapeake Beach.
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William W. Craig
New York
Reserve Bank
Reparations Commission
Reichsbank
United States
Joana
Federal Reserve
Sun-Herald Corporation
126th UNC Chapel Hill commencement held with baccalaureate
The 126th commencement at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill began with the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Charles E. Maddry, Baptist State Convention secretary, on The Voice of Authority in Religion. A vesper service followed led by Rev. W. D. Moss of Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church.
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Chapel Hil
N. C
University of North Carolina
Charles E. Maddry
Baptist State Convention
W. D. Moss
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church
Taxicab bandits fail in Alexandria robbery attempt
Two bandits tried to rob Stanley Ruth a one legged deaf mute of Alexandria Virginia after guiding him to a dark Eastern Avenue location. Ruth fought back using his crutch recovering forty dollars of sixty. Two suspects were arrested later and face assault charges with Ruth as a witness. The incident drew motor cycle police to the scene.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Stanley Ruth
Alexandria
Ruth
Blate
John M. Cunningham
John S. Moylan
Baltimore Street
Alexandria News Briefs on Local Games and City Ordinances
The Alexandria school board canceled a Sunday baseball game between the Cardinal Athletic Club and the Washington railroad administration team due to lack of grounds. Police will cite auto owners without city licenses starting today. Mount Vernon Del Ray commences seventh grade diplomas for 32 graduates with Maj. E. W. R. Ewing addressing. A charity baseball event by Masons and Odd Fellows raises funds for the Salvation Army. The Alexandria High School faculty and seniors attended a baccalaureate at the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The body of Mrs. Malcolm H. Laws to be buried in Bethel cemetery. In Winston-Salem, 2000 men in Bible classes paraded to promote class enrollment.
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Loangedn Post
Burbalu
N. Patrick St
Alexandria
Cardinal Athletic Club
Railroad Administration
Washington
Sylvester Breen
Cardinals
Breen
Mount Vernon School
del Ray
Arlington County
Nick” Altrock
Masons
Odd Fellows
Bagegett's Field
Balvation Army Fund
Alexandria High School
Methodist Episcopal Church
RE. V. Regester
Malcolm H. Laws
Linworth Street
Bethel Cemetery
SLAIN BY NEGRO BANDITS IN BALTIMORE CRIME SPIKE
Special to The Washington Port reports a violent night in Baltimore with one man killed and five held up by highwaymen. Henry Mentis, 44, a dairyman, refused to surrender a market basket containing $150 from Belair market and was shot dead. The assailants fled without the money.
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Washington
Baltimore
Henry ¥. Mentis
Belair Market
Virginia Obituary Notices Echo Deaths Across Towns
Virginia obituaries report Edith R. Duke Jr and Judge James Osgood Shepherd dead, with services and cremation plans noted. Other notices include Lucila Willey in Middletown and William H Cundiff of Heathsville. The report also covers Priv Walter Gore Wingfield interred with military honors in Winchester.
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Charlottesville
Edith R. Duke, Jr
R. T. W. Duke, Jr
Washington
Duke
Edith R. Slaighter
Lynchburg
James Osgood Shepherd
Fluvanna County
Mountain View
Palmyra
Winchester
Lucila Willey
Charles W. Willey
Middeltown
Baltimore
C. P. Willey
Heathsville
William H
Cundiff
George Campbell
Burgess Store
Washington Post
Walter Gore Wingfield
France
National Cemetery
W. M. Deep
Robert ¥. Conrad Post
American Legion
Bu Eler
First
Virginia Infantry
Wingfield
R. 5. Wingfield
Gore, Va
Poolesville High School Holds Closing Exercises
Poolesville town hall hosts the last event of the year directed by Principal Robert W. Stout with a music program and essays. Diplomas are awarded to Lucy Elizabeth Fitzsimmons Hisse May Pearson thet L. Luhn Evelyn Wootton and Florence Browning Brooke. Darnestown High School commencement sees sole graduate Dorothy Bogley with an address by Rev. P Rowland Wagner.
Watts Coutant Nuptials Tie Virginia Activist Couple
Following the Virginia Association of Workers for the Blind convention, Lucian L. Watts and Martha Coutant wed at a Charlottesville parsonage. Watts, president of the association, teaches at the Staunton school for the deaf and blind. Coutant, a Augusta County native, had lived in Albemarle.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Virginia Association of Workers For the Blind
Lucian L. Watts
Martha Coutant
C. E H. Watts
Methodist
Epiasopal Church
Augusta County
Albemarle
Probe Garage Killing Sparks Special Grand Jury
A special grand jury will convene in Charlottesville June 20 to investigate charges against James H. Bowell alias James Cadwell Willie Goodman and Thomas Gray who pled guilty in police court to robbing the Jefferson garage last Sunday night and assaulting the watchman John W. Davis. Davis 22 years old a Navy veteran and longtime resident of a farm south of Charlottesville. Goodman is 19 from Lynchburg Virginia Gray is 15 and from Elizabeth City North Carolina.
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Charlottesville
Corporation Court
James H. Bowell
James Cadwell
Willie Goodman
Thomas Gray
Jefferson
Atchman
John W. Davis
Willie Colman
Lynchburg
Thomas Kay
Elizabeth City
N. C
Girl Mother Released After Abandonment Charge
Miss Edna Kitzmiller of Loudoun county Virginia was arrested by Clarke county officers for abandoning her three week old daughter in a field. She was released on promise to care for the infant after the baby was found by two African American men and kept by Deputy Lupton's wife during the search. The mother had taken the child from Pennsylvania to Berryville before leaving it.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Edna Kitzmiller
Loudoun County
Clarke County
J. M. Lupton
Lupton
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al Corporation
Rev. J.B. Creeden
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Georgetown Uni
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W. Coleman Nevils, S. J
Department of Arts and Sciences
New World
Father Delany
Schels
Peter Archer
Mechel J. Brown
James V. O'Neill
Paul DeWitte Page
J. Fuller Morgan
William A. Twohy
Charles F. Regan
John F. Brooks
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R-Speare
H Street
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Wb-Speare
Ik Geier’s Son Sons CO
Jon Enteate
Arbolaise
Syed M. H. Sardo
Ib. Speare.co
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W. R. Speare Enaimons
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Waterman Eversharp Elgin Waltham Etc
R. Harris & CO
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Boy Scout
Chesapeake Beach
Church of the Holy Name
H. Street
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Maryland
Virginias
Licate Ancient Service
Mary On
Jamestown Island
America
Beverley D. Tucker
Episcopal
Virginia
Town
Fort
Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Alexandria News Oraguerame
Duncan
Wick
Altrock
Rlléa
Mrs. Laws
Winston-Satem
Watts—Coutant
Paramount
F. H. Smith Company
F. H. Smith CO
Investment Department
15Th Street
Balls Church
Fairfax County
Washington, D. C
P. M. Rixey
Sleepy Hollow
Falls Church
Sic
Fey
Jones
Culpeper, Va
Young Presbyterians
Presbyterian Young People’s Conference
Cabell Hall
University of Virginia
Gilbert Glass
Richmond
Southern Presbyterian Church
James H. Taylor
Central Presbyterian Church
Henry H. Sweets
Louisville
Corp
Frank W. Woods
Leon W. Hardin
Cecil Vv. Cook
First Baptist Church
M. M. Leggett
Hinton Avenue Methodist Church
Post
Monticello Guard
Petersburg
Maurice Olgers
Sutherland
Dinwiddie County
Grays and
Petersburg Woman's Auxiliary
Salada Tea Company
Mass
Tashington Sales
Gepuheg
Gardo—La Sylph
Brassieres & Bandeaux
Library Bureau Card Record Desk
L. B. Card Record Desk
Library Bureau
Card and Filing
Systemus
R. O. Saunders
Fifteenth Street
N. W
Salesroome
Great Britain
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