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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1919
Page
8
Army camps across the southeastern states and California are planned with Meade and other officers near Kingston. A War Department program seeks to complete 14 camps with total costs around 13 million dollars. Construction includes roads, barbed wire, and utilities. several sites await final approval and funding.
Government plans to buy and later sell multiple cantonments and military fields including Camp Sevier, Hazelhuret on Loud Island, and sites near Washington. Costs cited cover option prices, construction, and potential damage claims, with some sites to be abandoned while Langley and Lee Hall remain under government control for future military use.
A chaotic broadcast recounts a ceremony where about 990 wounded from Water Reed Hospital and Quantico’s Maneve Hospital were guests at a national fundraiser. The event featured generals, officials, and a distribution of funds marked by a tense curtain performance and improvised remarks.
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth visit Gen Pershing at Chaumont France after arriving by car due to poor air weather. They dine, tour, and review troops with officers from France and the United States, then tea with Pershing before returning to the chateau. Snow and crowds mark the event. Separately, Virginia moves to end flogging as a penalty in 1920 with a board governed system for punishments, replacing stripes and iron devices. Board of Directors gains broad discretion subject to cruelty standards. The State board of charities to investigate penitentiary conditions begins April 2.
At the annual Grand Trunk Railway meeting Alfred W Smithers said the government offered a £100 annuity after costs, plus fixed charges. The chair noted the option of £8970 00 immediately plus arbitrator’s excess, or £1162 000 annually without arbitration. The meeting unanimously declared the offer inadequate.
Reports indicate discussions over permitting former Emperor Charles to live in Switzerland. Vienna government reportedly endorses the move as potentially beneficial to the German Austrian republic. Meanwhile inconsistent chatter mentions another Paris-bound request suggesting Austria seeks to remove the former emperor indirectly.
In Cumberland Maryland near Everett Mrs Panel Sleighter 21 died from burns after a fire caused by coal oil ignition rushed through her home. The blaze started last night, endangering an infant and destroying the residence.
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland reports George G Tonge killed in France by a hand grenade that failed to explode. Sergeant Charles Lincell and Private John Fentz recount the incident. Frostburg notes Rouberdeau Annan faction defeated in the Republican primary with Charles Stewart unopposed for mayor. Other obituary sections mention Tachard Towrey and family ties to New York and Gen Robert Tice.
An Automobile Accessory Association was formed at a meeting of about 35 members in the hall at Tenth Street and Hinde Island Avenue on Thursday night. Officers elected include Olunnor president, Paward J taRel vice president, JO Grobens secretary, and Addison Smith treasurer. The group aims to promote better conduct and collaboration among Washington accessory dealers.
A major blaze in Petersburg Virginia destroyed the Peterson and Joyner hardware and agricultural implements warehouse and the WE Armstrong drug warehouse, causing total losses near 265000 with high insurance coverage. The adjacent Jefferson Hotel suffered smoke and water damage as flames raged through Worth Sycamore Street, while recovery efforts and firefighting aid from Paterson and Joyner helped contain the blaze.
Special to The Washington Post reports Jennie Burdette widow of Oscar Burdette hanged herself at her Rockville home yesterday morning. Despondency over her husband’s death triggered the suicide. The body was found by a neighborhood woman at about 9 oclock. the widow was alone with her three children away at school.
The Virginia obituaries report the burial of Mrs Tiva G McGlone formerly of the city in Richmond after dying there. Augusta Mason Collins dies in Washington at 30 and is buried in King George with funeral at St Johns Church. Sus an Heyser formerly of Hagerstown is memorialized at the Welcrest Park home of her sister in Philadelphia after a domestic science teacher and a bookkeeper attend the wedding.
Grain and live stock prices listed for Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and nearby regions. Includes Western Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia dairy and poultry sections with assorted prices for corn oats wheat rye and soy. Hog cattle and sheep markets show bulk sales heavy steers heifers calves and stocker figures with regional price spreads.
News from Alexandria reports May 27 as the date for a special election to fill the U S House seat vacated by C Carlin in the eighth district of Virginia. Democratic aspirants must file by April 1 and Republicans are expected to nominate in the near future. Henry W Clark, a 72 year old retired painter, died at his home in Alexandria. Funeral services and burial in Arlington National Cemetery are noted.
In Chesterfield County a sawmill worker found slain along the Petersburg line. The body was discovered by a route employee at the mill. Five youths, including Ian F Carper and Mary Arlstock, were held for questioning in the shooting. The case involves a judge planning to hear evidence at Cumberland Valley railroad yards and a hospital in Washington county.
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