Jubilant Railway Men Hear Better Benefits and Pension Cuts
Washington Railway and Electric employees packed Odd Fellows Hall for a Jubilee Get Together where President King announced a push to raise life insurance from 250 to 1000 dollars with company support. Superintendent Moffett unveiled a pension rule cut, allowing retirement after fifteen years and early pension eligibility at 5 percent fees, plus disability pensions and family allowances. The gathering, featuring a vaudeville show, highlighted new benefits for 300 transportation workers including conductors motormen and clerks, as well as a 20 to 60 dollar monthly pension range.
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Transportation Department
Washington Railway Relief Association
Clarence P. King
Odd Fellows Hall
Relief Association
Ota
Association
The
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Ita
Washington Street Railway Infantry
King
J T Moffett
Awate
Supt Moffet
Julian Brykawski
Cosmos Theater
Marie Odile in Days of Innocence Returns at Belasco
Washington stage critics praise Visas Frances Starr in the second Be tance Theater season of Days of Innocence Marie Odile with fresh ardor and spiritual depth. Harriett Otis Dellenbaugh as Louise and Marie Wainwright as Mother Superior receive high marks for nuance and balance, while Carl Sauermann's Sergeant and Jerome Patience’s St Michael soldier are subdued and convincing in Belasco’s refined production.
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Washington
Frances Starr
Betance Theater
Edward Knoblauch
Marie Odile
Miss Sarrefret
Belasco
Tittle
Alsatiin
Slater Louise
Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh
Marla Odlla
Switzerland
Marte Odile
Michael
St. Michael
Marie Wainwright
Thea
Carl Sauermann
Henry Vogel
Mr. Sauermann
Mier
Shrad Vestmenta
Ibud
Arer
Harry Honity
Milis
David Belasco
Hofmann in Concert at National Theater
Josef Hofmann delivered a pianistic tour de force in a National Theater recital praised as the season’s highlight. He displayed power in the Appassionata and delicacy in Gluck s melodie while mastering Godowsky embellishments and Sternburg Étude de Concert. The program closed with Chopin’s B flat minor Sonata and a deeply felt funeral march.
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Josef Hofmann
National Theater
Plano
Hofmann
Fle‘dermaus
Strauss-Godowsky
Godowsky
Sternburg
W. C. A. Fund Rising In Washington Jubilee Pageant Tonight
More than a quarter of the $10 000 fund for the W C A of Washington has been raised. Officials expect the full amount and will host Wilbur Messer Chicago Y M C A official for an address at association headquarters. A pageant at Epiphany Hall 1317 G street is part of the jubilee celebration.
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Washington
Association
Wilbur Messer
Chicago
John W. Thompson
Epiphany Hall
G Street
Fred Wright
Mignonette C. Buckingham
Miss Buckingham
Fred E. Wright
Allen Fay
Allen Fay and the Milases Catherine Custis, Mary Lamberton, Mabel Perry
Alice McCauley
Mary Howarth
Council
Mary Fisher
Teshe Rayne
Catharine Hamilton
Ida Hunt
Cor Lanham
Clara Adler
Catharine Yee
Freda Hamilton
Marie Buckley
Claudia Owen
Marie Hennig
Grace Stegdon
Audrey Twiford
Esther Smith
Mary Eshleman
Mary Cooper
Florence Roach
Charlotte Berry
Adele Norton
D.A.R. Elects Barber Regent and Gauss Vice Regent
Columbia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution elected Mrs. A. W. Barber as regent and Mrs. H. C. Gauss as vice regent at a Raleigh meeting. Other officers include recording secretary Miss Myrtle Coombs Moulton, corresponding secretary Nellie G. Ross, treasurer Mrs. Charles S. Hyer, registrar Mrs. F. B. Brock, historian Mrs. Charles C. Coombs, chaplain Mrs. R. R. Reidel, delegate Miss Laura Walker, and alternate Mrs. Coombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Barber
H. C. Gauss
Columbia
Daughters of the American Revolution
Raleigh
Myrtle Co. Moulton
Nellie G. Ross
Charlea ‘S Hyer
F. B. Brock
Charles C. Coombs
R .R. Reidel
Laura 3. Walker
Coombs
Social notes of Washington society at Willard and Congressional Club
Former Senator Charles J. Faulkner and wife returned from West Virginia with their daughter Mrs. Snodgrass and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Faulkner Jr. Also, Mrs. Atlee Pomerene hosted a reception at the Congressional Club in honor of Mrs. Fletcher with Marine Band music and a long list of prominent women assisting at tea, including Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Byrnes, Mrs. Fairchild, and many other club members and guests.
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Charles J. Faulkner
Willard
West Virginia
Snodgrass
Charles Jr. Faulkner, Jr
Atlee Pomerene
Congressional Club
Duncan A. Fletcher
Pomerene
Marine Band
Josephia Daniels
Joseph Byrnes
George W. Fairchild
Ira ©. Copley
Albert Cummins
Robert Page
Howard T. Taylor
Henry G. Danforth
George McLean
J. J. Russell
Ault
J. S. Rogers
College Women’s Club
Raleigh
Mrs Swanson Hosts a Winter Tea in Washington
Mrs Claude A Swanson entertained yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs Henry D Clayton at the Willard with spring decor of palms white lilacs jonquils and tulips A long list of distinguished guests and hostesses from New York and Washington attended along with Mrs Wade Hampton Ellis Mrs Dorn and Mrs William Thornwall Davis hosted teas and card parties for friends and guests including Mrs Alma M Folts and Mrs Edward A Sturges in the capital social season continuing through the week.
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Claude A. Swanson
Henry D. Clayton
Cone Johnson
John E. Osborne
Ollie James
Hubert Dent
Wilton J. Lambert
Schluter
Lindsley M. Garrison
John K. Shields
George P. McLean
Joseph Wolk
A. A. Adams
William J. Jamison
New York
Marshall
Willard, Birs
Carl Vrooman
William Bailey Lamar
Timothy T. Ansberry
Paul Fitzsimons
John Temple Graves
Hildrige
de Witt Talmage
Ben Johnson
Malcolm McConthe
Charles McKenney
William Wheatley
Dorothy Dennett
Jeannette Cowan
Lois Sprige
Wade Hampton Ellis
Timothy T
Dorn
Edward J. Dorn
J. P. Faure
James H. Glennon
John van R. Hoff
Archibald Gracie
Russell C. Langdon
Erie Lejeune
Evelina Gleaves
Anita Kite
Elen Fillebrown
Helen Kimmell
Emma Washington
Louisa Hughes
Marjorie Hughes
William Thornwall Davis
Edward A. Sturges
Sturges
Albert Mills
James B. Aleshire
Charles Parker Stone
George Gibbs
Reginald Walker
Robert Larner
Elliott Woods
George Y. Wheeler
William Rogers
William Cline Borden
Clarence Steadman
William J. Glasgow
Louis Greene
William F. Morrin
W. D. Connor
Davis
Social notes from Washington and California engagements
Miss Natalie Magruder arrives in Santa Barbara as guest of Mrs. Russell Davenport. Bonaparte couple head to New York for an apartment stay and plan spring at Hot Springs then May return to Washington. Capt W Strother Smith hosts with Philadelphia guests. Betty Hammond visits Kala Yam a reed. tours Florida. Engagement announced in New York between Miss Eboner Fatman and Henry Morgenthau Jr. Upcoming Morse-Gravenberg wedding at Valley View farm March 23 followed by a reception. Several St. Augustine and St. Louis arrivals stay at the Willard. A Stonewall Jackson Chapter UDC benefit dance tonight at Lafayette with many Washington society figures. Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital bazaar features St Mark's and Trinity church committees managing activities.
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Jerome Bonaparte
New York
Rusz
Hot Springs
Washington
Margaretta 1 Morse
Alexander Porter Morse
Charles Gravenberg
New Orleans
Morse
Valley View Farm
Stonewall Jackson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Lafayette
Frank G. Odenheimer
Thomas Watt Gregory
Gilmer Bernizer
Samuel Spencer
Franklin K
Taylor O. Timberlake
Nell Rose Baggett
Mary Key Compton
Bruce Cleveland
Frank B. Martin
Honeymoon couples and society gatherings in Washington
Social notes from Washington describe Mr and Mrs Malcolm Jackson of Boston honeymooning at Willard, plus many visitors and events at Shoreham, Raleigh, and Raucher’s. Luncheons, plays, and society arrangements are led by Mrs Reavis and other prominent hostesses with many Nebraskans and New Yorkers in attendance.
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Malcolm Jackson
Boston
Washington
The
Willard
Whitehouse
New York
Guests and society notices plus railroad annual report recap
A crowded page lists social events at 2182 P Street and the Farragut, with tea dances for the Christ Child Society and a musical tea by Circle No 1 at the Wyoming. It also carries a lengthy Pennsylvania Public Service Commission and railroad annual report summary detailing rate cases, freight and passenger statistics, steamship divestitures, federal inquiry, full crew laws, and capital expenditures across the system.
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Public Service Commision of
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Common Pleas Court
Dauphin County
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carriera
Baltimore
Maryland
New Jersey
Board of Public Utillery Commissioners
Boy Scouts Exhibit At Fifth Baptist Church Inspires Enrollment
A troop led by Organizer L. Patton held a field work and first aid exhibition at the Fifth Baptist Church last night. The event drew South West district boys toward Scouting, with about 100 planning to enroll. Principal Thompson invited the group to Jefferson School's assembly room at 3 pm to finalize plans for a troop. Mr. Patton spoke on benefits and screened moving pictures from camps in several countries. Other speakers included Mrs. G M Chipman, president of the Community Center, and the Rev. John E. Briggs.
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L. Patton
Fifth Baptist Church
Thompson
Jefferson School
Patton
G. M. Chipman
John E. Briggs
Leap Year Ball Benefits Hebrew Home for the Aged
More than 1000 attended the leap year masquerade ball at the old Masonic Temple raising over $600 for the Hebrew Home for the Aged. Ten prize costumes were awarded with first prize for a Red Cross field hospital scene and second to William Rosenthal as The Wandering Jew. Dancing continued late, with a buffet supper. the executive committee led by M Levison organized the event.
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Hebrew Home For
Old Masonic Temple
Hebrew Home
Red Cross
Mrs. Robbin
Misses G. Goldstein
Frances Robbin
Cecilia Krupsaw
Jennie Yudelevit
Messrs. E. Ostrow
I. Greenburg
le Levy
William Rosenthal
M Levison
M. Kamarow
I Weisenberg
Misa RH Yudelevit
S Koenigsberg
Benjamin Newhouse
Blaze Causes $1,500 Damage at Williams Home
Firefighters from Engine Company No 27 extinguished a late night still alarm fire at the home of Chastian Williams on Fifty Fourth Street and Dean Avenue Northeast. The blaze caused $1,500 in damage to the building and $700 to contents before crews reached the scene. The total losses reached $3,800 with the fire discovered at 11 o'clock and the origin undetermined.
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Engine Company No 27
Chastian Williams
Fifty-Fourth Street
Dean Avenue
Army and Navy Changes of the Day
Military movements list transfers and leaves of absence for numerous officers and enlisted personnel. Maj William H Hay shifts to Fifteenth Cavalry and heads to Manila. several lieutenants granted two months leave or detailed to roles including aviation, medical, and instructional duties. Navy notices include dispatches of ships and personnel, with orders affecting duty stations from Norfolk to Hawaii and the Caribbean theater.
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William H. Hay
Fourth Cavalry
Fifteenth Cavalry
Manila
China
Japan
Hohace HB
Fuller
Ninth
Cavalry
Haymond C. Baird
Edward Canfield, Jr
Quartermaster Corps
Herbert BE Mann
Fifth Cavalry
John C P. Bartholf
Fifth Infantry
Lim
Lewis Kk
Underhill
Joseph C. Morrow, Jr
Signal Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Ten
San Diego
Cal
Signal Corps Aviation School
McArthur Conklin
General Staff
General Star Corps
Aiuy
Maj
Conklin
Lewis H. Brereton
Coast Artillery Corps
Subig Bays
William E. Jouett
Fort Ruger
Hawaii
Oahu
William W. Erwin
Seventh Cavalry
Urge uplift of cooking at Home Club alliance meeting
About 400 women gathered at the Home Club under the Housekeepers Alliance to discuss economy in housekeeping and education for domestic science. Speakers urged public schools to train future cooks, promote home economics, and encourage investments in household labor-saving devices and scholarships for domestic careers.
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Home Club
Allance
Emma Jacobs
M Public Education
F McDonald Thompson
The
Alliance
Iowans for D C Suffrage at Washington Meeting Draws Iowa Leaders
Representative William R. Green of Iowa voiced support for a workable plan granting residents of the district self government at the Iowa Society of Washington meeting held at the Raleigh. Attendees included Senator Horace M Towner who helped draft a memorial resolution for the late William Peters Hepburn. The program featured songs by May Whitaker and Nellie Plumly, piano by Marion Richardson and Mrs Charles Hyer, with refreshments served.
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William R. Green
Iowa
Iowa Society of Washington
Raleigh
Towans
Horace M Towner
William Peters Hepburn
Cumminea
Towner
Raymond Larang
May Whitaker
Nellie Plumly
Marion Richardson
Charles Hyer
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Alma M. Folts
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Amy Bennett
Harold S. Keating
the Highlands
Beatrice Mayfield
Dallas
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Alfred Taylor
Samuel H. Gibson
John R. Emory
Herrie Craig Ansley
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Santa Barbera
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Hector McNeal
Reld
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John Hays Hammond
Charles Hoyle
Kala- Yama Reed
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Misa Eboner Fatman
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
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W. W. Chriswell
P. J. Stewart
George W. van Fossen
U. S. Naval Academy
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Rauacher’s
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Utica, N. Y
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Claude C. Block
William B
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