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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1915
Page
6
Philanthropic men and women organize an industrial bank for district workers, offering loans at about 6 percent with installment repayment. Promoters aim to capitalize at 100000, with only 10 subscribed so far, hoping a local bank will provide the rest. Office will be downtown. plans to be finalized in ten days to reach the poor unable to borrow from large banks.
The fifth of seven lectures on Divine Providence will be delivered tomorrow night at 7 o clock in the Church of the New Jerusalem on Sixteenth and Corcoran streets. The Rev. Harold P Conant of Baltimore will discuss Providence and the rich and poor.
A compact listing notes wedding decorations and a wide array of spring flowers. It mentions a shop at 1005 Pa. av. offering cuts and pieces, with reference to Keystone Daily-Vir-a dated 08 9th.
Alexandria officials report rising drug abuse as narcotics sales tighten prescription enforcement. A cocaine addict is committed to Western State Hospital after threats, while an elderly Los Angeles graduate laudanum user is jailed for ten days. Police estimate 300 Alexandrians are addicted. A boathouse fire near Four Mile Run damages property. athletic and social news follow with obituaries and a local sale of a house.
Wilphatet Fase Andrews former principal of the Corcoran School of Art died at 1222 Sixteenth Street NW after six months illness. Born in Steubenville in 1835, he studied under Knaus and at Parisian studios, invited to Washington by President Hayes to reside near Scott Circle, taught at the Corcoran for about 35 years, organized Garfield Hospital art fundraiser, painted White House portraits including Martha Washington. Survived by wife Marietta Minnigerode and children Tiphalet B. Jr. and Mary Lord Andrews. Burial at Steubenville, Ohio.
District Commissioner Brownlow will speak tomorrow at 4 PM at Metropolitan A M E Church on D Street between Second and Third SW. Trustees and the Men's Club aim to raise funds to pay church debt and fund repairs. A musical program is planned.
The Joint Finance Committee of the Citizens’ Relief and Associated Charities, led by Milton E. Ades, discussed raising the remaining 4000 to finish six months of relief. The organizations report extensive aid this winter in food, fuel, clothing, medical care, and employment for many families, noting strong support for Belgian relief as well.
A series of injuries reported after a buggy upset on Nasser road and several accidents on streets northwest and northeast. George W. Reed fractured a right wrist while cranking an automobile near Massachusetts avenue. James Thomas, 22, Tromeopathic Hospital after being struck on Seventh and M streets. Alpert Gil, 10, collided with Mary Planners, concussion noted. A store break in at 603 T street northwest reported nine razors stolen. William S. Wood, 28, injured when a car being repaired rolled over him at Commercial garage area.
Secretary McAdoo is free from fever for the first time since his appendicitis operation. Doctors expect a rapid recovery while he remains secluded in his Providence Hospital room and is allowed only Mrs. McAdoo, his physicians, and nurses to visit.
Birth notices list several families welcoming newborns including Tablelans and Uemonia A Tabacsynski with a girl, James O and Mary J Steep with a girl, Joseph M and Annie Miner with a girl, Cesare and Vittoria Munchi with a girl, Gartane T and Tessie Lombardi with a boy, John and Mary Grieshaber with a girl, Serette and Edith M Carpenter with a girl, Archor and Marie C Bauer with a boy, Charles and Little Smith with a girl, George and Eeith Johnson with a girl, Wuhan and Mary Hrowa with a girl.
Notice of marriage license issued to UC Miner 43 of Westmainster Ma and Vetern M Kreus 38 of Cinesaut Ohio with witnesses John Werdles and Clarence Albright, both of Cumberland Md. Reverend Montgomery officiating.
A list of deaths includes Karat V. Collins 52 from 1008 24th St NW and several others aged from 8 to 88. Names appear with ages and hospital affiliations such as Government Hospital for the Insane Walter Reed Georgetown University Hospital Freedmen's Hospital and Gallager Hospital. Local addresses include 25 Ist St ae 14th and Euclid sts and 2007 9th St NW.
A steady flow of votes into the educational department shows strong ongoing support for the Pathescope project. Parents called with coupon and subscription votes, many regretting late involvement as interest grows hourly and the Chevy Chase demonstration boosts momentum for the boys’ club at Sainerd.
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