Conference on Waiters Protest at Bangasts in Wages Fight
Representatives of the waiters union and hotel owners convene to resolve disputes over a new contract due March 12. Waiters seek $15 weekly raise and meals included. employers resist changes to meal provisions claiming adequate current service. Federal employees allegedly work as waiters for tips averaging eight dollars daily, with union leaders criticizing these practices and urging parity in wages. W. H. Acher is president of the local union chapter.
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Waiters’ Union
Waasfington Waiters’ Union
Federal
Kite
Peale Employees’ Union
Wi. H. Aeher
Pmo
Esd
Ack
Knight
Thirteen Overseas Troops Arrive at Newport News
Thirteen members of the Third of UiGantry battalion attached to the ibroachine gun unit of the division arrived at Newport News aboard battleships Ver Teented Virgitu. They are to be sent to Camp Dix for demobilization. Names listed include Theodore Hardy Leroy Kine Randolph Pendleton Charles McPherson Warren Hunt Frederick Speare Joseph Culahan Clyde Kennedy George Watts Chariss Stansburg Sewell Shreve Arthur Reeve Isaac Harting.
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UiGantry
Wave
Newport News
Camp Dix
Thieves Rob Three Places In Daytime Break-Ins
Three daylight burglaries occurred at 1401 New Fork avenue northwest and 110k Connecticut avenue with entry through rear windows and a garage roof. Items taken include $55 to $30, a fake diamond ring, $9 in bills, and a tire and inner tube valued at $75 reported by Richard J. Connor and J. P. Freeman.
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Richard J. Connor
Cortheast
Lamobos
New Fork Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
J.P. Preeman
Fatal Folly Sermon by Dr Henry Aen Tupper
The Rev Dr Henry Aen Tupper, pastor of the First Baptist Church, delivered a sermon on Fatal Folly drawing on Belshazzar's feast to warn against opposing the good and true. He cited modern biographies to illustrate the certainty of earthly glory and the weighing of lives.
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Yupper
Henry Aen Tupper
First Baptist Church
Sixteenth and
Bankers Consider Moving Headquarters to Washington
Local bankers note the American Bankers Association may relocate its headquarters from New York to Washington. The decision will be discussed at White Sulphur Springs in May with strong support among members. An executive council vote showed 87 in favor and 26 against, from a total council membership of 119.
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American Bankers’ Association
New York
Washington
White Sulphur Springs
Association
Humorist Charles HZ Van Loan Dies in Abington Hospital
Philadelphia reports the death of humorist Charles HZ Van Loan at Abington Hospital from chronic nephritis. 38? 43? years old, a writer of sporting topics, he had traveled from Los Angeles to Philadelphia for business. His wife and two children were at his bedside at the time of death.
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Philadelphia
Charles HZ. van Loan
Hoapitel
Abington
van Loan
Los Angeles
Lectures for housekeepers and business women planned
A series of talks in the National Magazine Housekeeping Consultation Center at Ninth and B streets SW opens this afternoon at 4 45. Topics include Dishes for Sunday Night Suppers for business women and What Becomes of the Consumer's Dollar for housekeepers with subsequent sessions on Clothing Miss Miller and What Do You Give Your Children to Eat followed by Did You Have Enough for Dinner for business women later in the week.
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Arts and Industries
National Magyeurn
Ninth
B Streets
Miss Miller
Plans for 25 million dollar Camp Humphreys school
War department plans division approves a $25,609,000 permanent Camp Humphreys education complex for engineer officers and enlisted specialists. Secretary Baker praises the site for advancing technical training as Congress critiques the need for a larger, longer program. Julius Kahn and Schubert Dent advocate expanded technical education to strengthen the engineer corps for future war.
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Camp Humphreys
Army
War Plang Division
General Staff
Baker
United States
Coast Defense Artillery School
Fortreas Monroe
A. BE. F
Julius Kahn
House
Humphreys
Washington
Doughtboy
Schubert Dent
House Military Committee
New York Arrival Brings Italian Amrick and Niagara Passengers
Italian liner America docked with officers and men of the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth coast artillery brigades, Sixty-seventh coast artillery, and the Sixty-third regiment among others. The Niagara carried advance detachment units, casual companies from Washington California and Michigan, and Chaplain Brady the first Catholic chaplain to go overseas, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. French Lieutenant Faure and Seattle’s Archibald told of war experiences, while Count Sagranoso led Italian Americans aboard. A medical detachment from base hospital No. 6 in France, under Col. Drenizer, returned aboard Abangerez with nurses and staff from Massachusetts and North Carolina.
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America
Niagara
France
Ameria
Thirty -Fifth
Coast Artillery Brigade
Thirty-sixth Coast Artillery Brigade
Coast Artillery
Eleventh Field Artillery Brigade
Washington
California
Michigan
Georgia
John J. Brady
Fifth Regiment Marines
M. Faure
Washington University
St. Louis
Norman Archibald
Seattle
Walen
Pigun
Alfonso Sagranoso
Ab Erie
No. 6
Addison Drenizer
Charlotte
N.C
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Brest Camp Death Toll of Influenza Reported by Chaplain Ayers
Chaplain W B Ayers describes Brest France during the influenza epidemic as a deadly place where about 2000 American soldiers died, many ashore with disease from transports. He recalls minimal coffins, mass burials, and reverent ceremonies by black and white soldiers, with Catholics and Protestants united in prayer.
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Deales
Hrest
France
W. B. Ayern
Navy
Brest
Ayers
United States
England
Italy
Jordan
Lebanon
Major Edward S Ruggles Dies in Virginia at 15
Special to The Washington Post from Frederickshoro Virginia reports Maj Edward Seymour Ruggles, a Confederate veteran and Annapolis graduate, died of paralysis at Mary Washington Hospital. He helped Booth escape and was said to have not known Booth’s identity until told so aboard the river crossing. Ruggles was involved in Civil War battles including Shiloh and Franklin. his body will be cremated in Washington.
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Washington Post
Frederickshoro
Edward Seymour Ruggles
Mary Washington Hospital
Washington
Mal Huggies
Annapolis
United States Navy
Army
Elkhorn
Hiidu
Farmington
Memphis
Ray- Baton Rouge
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Franklin
Shiloh
Maj-Rugeies
Lincoln
Rappehennock River
Port Royel
Rugzler Wen
Mortimer Ruamies
Bainbridge
Mortimer Ruge
Booth
Maj
Ruggles
Church league proposed by diverse faiths planned
New York March 2 three Protestant bishops announced plans to form a church league uniting Roman Catholic Greek Russian and Protestant churches to cooperate in Christian work similar to a proposed society of nations. Bishop B. H. Weller said he, with Bishop Charles Anderson and another bishop to be named, would travel to Rome to present the idea.
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New York
Society of Nations
Weller
Food du Lac
Wis
Charles Anderson
Qhicegzo
Rome
Church League
Community Notices and Events Across Washington Districts
City briefs list March meetings tonight at 8 o'clock for Maine State Association Kenilworth Citizens Association and Vermont Club of Washington with talks on France and local topics. Screenings include Fit to Win at Cosmos Club auditorium and The Fascinating Fanny Brown in Charrydale Virginia. A Swiss ball at Old Masonic Temple postponed to tomorrow. Public lectures, club meetings, and educational notices abound, with church and civic groups from Columbia Heights to Georgetown hosting events and discussions.
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Maine State Association
Fork View
Cosmos Club
The
Public Health Service
Kenilworth
Masonic Temple
Washington Gruetli Verein
Die Stauff AchereIn
Union Helvetia
Charrydale
Fanny Brown
The Aims of Zionism in American Discourse and Palestine
A DC Zionist group reaffirms loyalty to the U S Constitution while outlining aims for a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine. They call for a Jewish University, modern Hebrew education, scientific research, universal schooling, and a Palestine governed with social justice under peaceful cohabitation of church and state, hoping Allied powers back their cause.
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America
Peace Congress
Versailles
Palestine
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