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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1915
Page
6
An exhibition of The Posts educational motion pictures was shown at the Cooke school yesterday to an enthusiastic assembly of the parents association and pupils. The note expresses appreciation for the paper and hints at subscription support and school interest in the program.
The annual dinner in Washington will be held tonight at 8 20 in the Sunday school room of All Souls. Charlet will preside with a Hina meeting and officer elections to follow. An open meeting will discuss a Washington survey conducted in recent months by BP A Wefrenzie of Columbus OH EG DeGroot of Chicago and BE Martin supervisor of public playgrounds for the District. The meeting invites all interested in wholesome play and recreation for children.
Washington and Maryland Railons Company submitted a letter to the public utilities commission requesting permission to construct a north south streetcar line from Kennects and Third streets NW to Thirteenth Street and Onto Avenue NW near the District Building. The route would run along Kansas Avenue Fifth Street Rock Creek Church Road New Hampshire Avenue Sherman Avenue Wo Street Thirteenth Street Bro Street and Twelfth Street, offering a new northsouth link and tapping underserved areas. The commission will review the application and hearings are likely before any action is taken. Separately the National Genealogical Society endorsed Petworth Womens Club’s request to connect Georgia Avenue Eleventh Street Seventeenth Street and Mount Pleasant lines.
Traous Mats Babeendrewr a young surgeon of Washington died of tuberculosis after seeking altitude therapy in a West Virginia town. Former assistant surgeon at Georgetown University Hospital he later joined the Washington Asylum Hospital staff. He left the city ten days ago for health reasons and died there. Funeral and interment will be in BakTimer. He was % years old and had an office at 118 Pourth Street Northeast. He is survived by his mother in Washington.
Chief Justice Shepard denies negligence in starting a streetcar when a passenger was on the platform. The District Court ruling sustaining the demurrer is affirmed, with costs, in the suit of Anna Connor for 10000 damages against the Washington Railway and Electric Company. The decision holds passengers assume risk of sudden starts after the signal bell and that there was no duty to warn each passenger individually.
A list of numerous deceased residents with ages and last known addresses across multiple facilities including State Hospital for the Insane, Washington Asylum, Garfield Hospital, and other streets in the district. Names include Charles Payne, Amanda Keller, Tanja Betmer, Julian S Rowland, Edmond P Maddox, John J Lyons, Elizabeth A Blondon, James Mudd, Joan Randolph, Charlotte Wilson, Gertrude Washington, Virgie L West, Susan Weems, and Taius Harkum among others. ages range from teens to eighties with multiple street addresses provided.
George A Yakel and Alice M Way Trank C and Julia to Wrenn welcomed a boy. Jacob and Annie Sadie have a baby boy. Tranis and Ida V Strawser bear a boy. William G Smith and Bessie W Smith celebrate a boy. OConnell couple Lazar and Betell welcome a boy. William A Member and Ida V Strawser? No, correct: William A and Saab M Ho welcome a boy. Others include Witliam F and Margaret Mahaney, a boy. Julian and Eunice Mo Lewis, a boy. Lewis and Edith Kemp, a boy. Edward A and Helen Chere welcome a boy. Robert Borr and Edna Mo Handy have a boy. Joan and Russell Considine celebrate a boy. Riya and Vera Chamberlin have a boy. Alpha and Beulah Ho Brown have a girl. Benjamin and Celia Bernstein report a boy. Lienert W and Lottie O Lee welcome a girl. Hoscoe L Gray and Mamie L Gray, a boy.
Joseph A Callahan 26 and Juanita B Kings 28 both of Baltimore Md wed in a ceremony conducted by Rev JL ML Chambers. The event lists other names such as Rev Hf Downs and Rev WA Melvin among officiants, with mentions of Raymond W Lewis and Eula M Ashton, and a note on spring flowers available.
City bulletins note floral designs for spring weddings and luncheons. Shaffer at 900 14th lists exquisite arrangements. Advertisements include hot water on tap by Hoad Heaters and CA Muddiman & Co at 12th and 6th Streets. Eckstein's cafe at 1412 New York Avenue and Keystone Daily at 665 Sth appear in nearby notices.
Melville Lindsay aged sixty seven died after a long illness from pneumonia at his home 1809 Nineteenth Street Washington He was born in the city educated there and spent 17 years in New York with a rubber company before returning to run a local business He was active in church work and survived by wife Eloise and four sons Melville Montgomery J W Lindsay Alfred B Lindsay a brother Montgomery Lindsay and two sisters Miss Sisterle Lindsay and Miss Tile Lindsay of East Orange N J
War Department backs Capt Thomas F Ryan amid a controversy over Judge John S Larry's threat to sentence a suspect, Henry Jones, to either prison or military service. Secretary Treas and Attorney General coordinate defense, signaling concern over army navy as refuges for criminals and shaping morale.
A fire broke out yesterday morning in a couch bed near Mrs Ava Smith's residence at 784 Harvard Street Northwest. It was started by children playing with matches and caused about ten dollars in damage.
Councilman Taylor Burke seeks to ban toilet skating on city streets and directs the corporation attorney to draft an ordinance. A police instruction resolution follows a debate on roller skating. An underground conduit plan for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone is approved with 7500 feet of wires to be buried and twelve free telephones for the city. Additional funds are approved for the Cooperative Charities Association. Grand jury returns on several indictments. A pupil retreat at St Mary’s Academy opens tonight. Jerry Gensmer dies of pneumonia at 113 South Union Street. A fire damages the roof and upper floors of 415 South Patt Street from a defective flue.
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