Statesman Dewey honored at Manila Bay tribute
Secretary Daniels praises Admiral Dewey for balancing military action with civilian policy in Manila. Guests note Dewey’s personal account of 1898 and his restraint at a Navy Club dinner. The event honors his career and signals continued service despite age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dewey
Mania Bay
Army
Navy Club
Henry Vo Butler
U. 8 N
IF Folay
United States Coast Guard
T . Howard
N Rookwin
U S N
Ustay Krammerling
Orlo & Knepper
Maroun
John Fiona Marton
Vormehk
Nis Gastsa
Tock Ieek Park
Deway
Daniels
Navy Department
Lantels
Dewey
Dewees
Manila Bay
Luce
Manila
Hero
Navy General Board
Lora
Dear Dorothy and Bird of Paradise at Belasco
Washington audiences enjoyed the Paint and Powder Club's musical comedy Dear Dorothy at the Belasco, featuring George W Hobart and A Baldwin Sloane. The production praised for scenery and songs, with standout performances by Carlotta Monterey and Lenore Utrich amidst a strong ensemble. The Bird of Paradise continues with Hawaiian drama and notable dance numbers, while other films and acts fill the program across multiple theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Paint and Powder Club
Dorothy
Poll
Christ Child Society
George W. Hobart
A. Baldwin Sloane
Richard Walton Tully
Belasco
Washington
Carlotta Monterey
Woolce
Bessie Sone
Barriacale
Lenore Utrich
J. Hyland Kuhns
Luanas
Ranka
Mise Montereys
Mr .Tully
Misa Wirich
Ito
Robert Morris
Capt
Hatch
Richard Gordon
Beach Comber
Paul Wilson
Luana
Raron Dunbar
Royal Dragoons
Euurope
Jack
Paris
Frank Daniéle
Charles Richman
Macalevy
Zaroo
Lawrence
Mabel Cameron
Jo" Allyn
Miller
Statzer
Crandall's Apollo Screens Vultures of Society
Crandall's Apollo featured Vultures of Society starring Ernest Maupain and Marguerite Clayton, a sharp moral drama on society masqueraders. World Film’s Then I’ll Come Back to You with Alice Brady followed, and next on slate were Tennessee’s Pardner with Fannie Ward, Nearly a Xing with John Barrymore, The Reapers with John Mason and Clara Whipple, and The Wall Between a Matra feature. Rolling Stones, with Bushman and Bayne, led a strong week, followed by Keith's varied bill including Adelaide and Hughes dancing, Holiday’s Dream, Allen Dinchart, Pat Rooney and Marion Bent, Marion Weeks soprano, and Kartell on slack wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jahan ‘Mason
Clara Whipple
Avenue Grand
Humming Bird
Charles Cherry
Lillian Tucker
Arthur Hoops
Metro
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Bertha Kelich
Mr. Grex
Monte Carlo
Theodora Roberts
Robert Warwick
Frances Nelson
Easaney
Ernest Maupain
Marguerite Clayton
Crandall
Apollo
Alice Brady
Tennessee
Pardnar
Bret Harte
Fannie Ward
John Barrymore
Reapers
World Film Production
John Mason
Tolem
Keith's
Adelaide
Hughes
Mildred Macomber
Willard Woote
Allen Dinehart
Harry Cooper
Empire City
Pat Rooney
Marion Bent
Marion Weeks
Jim
Betty Morgan
Kartell
Self Slain Body Found in Alexandria Home
Harry H. Quinn 37, longtime Alexandria Republican leader, killed himself at his 511 Oronoco Street residence. Coroner ruled no inquest. Quinn, a former Elks exalted ruler and party chairman, had chatted with friends that morning and left for home where a pistol was found beside him. Funeral planned private tomorrow. Estate from Martin Lawler admitted to probate with several grandchildren named as beneficiaries. Local police board began revising department rules at a meeting led by Mayor Fisher. A Lyceum show and Houdini inspired act headline the week’s entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Port
Mr. Quinn
Washington Navy Yard
Quinn
Alexandria Lodge of Elks
Republican Committee
Martin Lawler
Emmet Lawler
Margaret Lawler
James Lawler
Mary Lawler
Katherine Lawler
T. Leo Downey
Julian Downey
Virginia Downey
Edward Lawler
Nicholas J
Lawler
John W. Lawter
James T. Law
Portler
Ela Lawler
Julia Dunn Downeylie
Marani
Edward E. Lawler
Elso
Franz Auber
Ajashia
Yentory
Masaniello
Fanella
Masantello
Mile
Paviona
Anna Pavlova
Rabi
Board of Police Commissioners
Fisher
Knight, Shinn
Sweeney
Schwarzmann
Heber J. Thompson
Postoffice Club Opens New Quarters with Rounds and Library
The Postoffice Club unveiled new quarters in the city building featuring four bowling alleys, a billiard room, three pocket billiards, a shuffleboard, and a library. M. O. Chance opened the duckpin matches and received a mail box as thanks. The event included officers, an entertainment committee, and a reception. Also reported are court decrees, appointments by Gov. Stuart, local marriages, and a Democratic direct primary plan adoption for the Eighth Virginia district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Chance
Postoffice Club
City Postofice
Postmaster Chance
George L. ‘Tyalt
Wiliam T. Sherwood
Tresenrer
John H. Collier
D. H. Brown
A. BE. Dean
C. Goetzinger
John H. Simmons
F. H. Burrows
George Ells
John J. Lyona
D. H. Smith
W. W. Day
P. Gerardi
Mattison
C. B. Keene
W. H. Haycock
W. C. Fitch
L. J. Robinson
O. H. Smith
A. B. Foster
W. S. Martin
Mr. Chance
William F. Gude
Fred Robart
Joseph Saunders
Joseph Griffith
City Post Office
Postoffice Department
Railway Mall
D. Burns
B. B. Barrett
G. H. Brown
J. B. Ellsworth
Postofice Orchestra
J. B. Minnich
Democratic Committee
Eighth Congressional District
Virginia
Gardner I. Boothe
Raleigh T. Green
Culpeper
R. C. L. Moncure
Brafford County
Alexandria
United States
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Virginia
Col
R. A. McIntyre
Fauquier County
Society War On Hospital Site Continues In Washington
A Washington society note details multiple social figures attending and hosting events for wounded British soldiers at Octagon House, with preparations and programs for dances, pageants, booths, and concerts. Attendees include Mrs Chatard Miss Hickey Miss Farnsworth and many other notable households, plus arrivals for the Colonial Dames council and related charity functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octagon House
Eighteenth Street
New York Avenue
Aumyner
Herman Oerrich
Newport
Nona McAdoo
Mar Ggaret Perin
Russia
Harriman
Britannia
Gizycka
France
Serbia
Leauw Vivant
Lberty
Fraternity and Equality
Joseph Leiter
India
Blaine Beale
Canada
Stephen L. H. Slocum
Australia
New Zealand
Arthur G. Glasgow
the Soudan
Paul Barnett
Malta
Ethel Harriman
Bermuda
West Indies
Arthur Willett
South Africa
Washington
Willard
Henry B. Joy
Charles C. Webber
Minneapolis
Frank L. Worthy
Morgan Worthy
Springfield
Mags
T. Harrison Garrett
Alfred Merritt
Willam Head
Baltimore
Shoreham
Council of the Colonial Dames
E H Pringle
J. J. Waring
Nathaniel Stephenson
Larson
Charleston
S C
Public hearing denounces Fourteenth and Upshur hospital siting
About 600 northwest residents packed the District building board room to oppose locating the municipal hospital at Fourteenth and Upshur Streets Northwest The speakers warned of property devaluation tax losses and moral impact on families urging the site move to the Eastern Branch with various community groups and leaders voicing concerns and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth
Upshur Streets
Munnicipal Hospital
Fourteenth and
Upshur
S. D. Cameron
Lous P. Shoemaker
Brights Wood
Jesse C. Suter
Petworth
George A. Finch
Piney Branch
Citizens’ Association
Congress
Ruim
Phone Men Make Merry at Telephone Society Dinner
The Telephone Society of Washington held its annual dinner at the Abbitt last night with over 160 members present. Roy W. Prince chaired a casual event featuring radio phone stunts echoing recent scientific demonstrations and burlesques of famed broadcasts. Guests included W. Ward and many others, while a long list of members attended the informal gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
The
Telephone Society of Washington
Roy W. Prince
Messrs
W. S .Ward
Burton
Cline
Green
Bisseau
McFarland
Kenworthy
George
Corrigan
Ross
Buehler
William H. E. Jenkins
John C. Nash
James W. Brogden
R. B. Humphreys
3. B. Gaylor
W.F. Studdiford
A. W. Havener
J. F. Barnhart
Howard M. Brown
S. Walk
Mark Mellor
Frank Tobin
D. A. Edwards
O Ford
W. E. Ballard
M. B. Jeffries
W. E. Swink
William C. Cole
Georges Lippert
Albert J. Ginnelley
Ben Zebley
D. A. Dug
A. L. Deanell
E. Langan
C. J. Sobotka
Norman E. Simma
Walter L. Whitney
F. H. Whittaker
Cc. King
Mr. Moffitt
F. B. Rodgers
W. E. McMahon
C. C. Hunter
EB. E. Koogle
Frank F. Thomas
R. W. Prince
William Wallace
George L. Bvana
E. J. Taylor
C. J. BP. Baur
James H. Tayman
Paul Potter
M. A. Moot
Walter J. Cox
George M. Bowzee
Ralph Lanan
A.M. Righter
Fred E. Daum
E. 9. Cox
Lawrence Taylor
Harold Kress
J. H. Carpenter
L. G. Walter
Mr. Shaw
Sullivan
G. H
J. H. Milter
Hugh W. Smith
Frank Barnes
John M. Watera R
Harness horses arrive ahead of Washington show
Stables of J L Bushnell Ohio and A W Atkinson New Jersey lead the arrival for a five day Washington horse show. The entries include top harness animals and jumpers from Virginia and New Jersey with more owners expected today. Gen James A Buchanan presides over a dinner at the Metropolitan Club Friday to discuss the show's future and its impact on Army mount breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Bushnell
Ohio
A. W. Atkinson
N. J
Washington
Merchantsville
John S. Bushnell
Springfield
Bushnell
West
Melvin C. Hazen
Virginia
Virginia Dare
Show
James A. Buchanan
Metropolitan Club
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Laud Victor
Philippines
Republic
Poly
Itla
Tong
Cuba
Nippon
Commodore Parry
Japan
Cenodora Deweys
Cibllc
Uty
Allen
Mhoex
Allen & Olm
Spa Pephrphive
Polis—Paint and Powder Club
Shakespeare
D. W. Griffith
Alladin
Strand
Douglass Fairbanks
Fairbanks
George Fawcett
Grace Rankin
Macey Harlam
Dorothy West
George Backus
Mack
Sennett
Charles Murray
May Busch
Mack Swain
Meena
Dorothy Gish
Owen Moore
Miss Gish
Big City
Margaret Harsh
James O'Shay
Kate Toneray
Fred Butler
Jane Grey
Tully Marshall
William Desmond
Gayety
the Redemption Club
Redemption Club
Belle Baker
Harry Bently
Sherlock Sisters
Rosey Posey Girls” Company
Walter Pearson
Columbia
David Garrick
Drury Lane Theater
England
Garrick
Westminster Abbey
Dustin Farnum
Cosmos
Prof. Brander
Pelm Beach
Orange’ Grove
Tampa
Prof
Brander
Jasper
Brender
Jimmy
Mr. Kuhns
Yvette
Mr. Mackall
Mr. Warner
Scott
Kurtz
Bartlett
McCannon
Winifred
Mr. Swindell
Max
William & Hart
Steve Benton
Mr. Hart
Louise Glaum
Charles K. French
Bessie Love
Herschael Mayall
Mack Sennett
Mfe
Harry McCoy
Julia Fay
Ethel Barrymore
Mrs. McChesney
Bird of Prey
Jgustus Thomas
Ethel Teare
Bessie Eyton
George Ade
Edith Johnson
al. Pilson
Clara Kimball Young
Miss Young
Doris Kenyon
Paul Capellani
Theater Francais
Virginia Pearson
Fox Studios
Savoy
Savoy Theater
Army Lre
Paramount
New York
Charlie Chaplin
Carmen
Hazel Dawn
Crandall’s Avenue Grand—Films
Poli
Rolling Stones
Washlington
Edgwar Selwyn
A. H. van Buren
Ben Taggart
Norman
Dainty Marie Car‘ol
Pol Forces
Maud Gilbert
Mary Alden
Keith
Begin
Casino
Anna Paylows
Lyceum—Burlesque
J. 8.T. Thornton
Louise Hennige White
Harry C. White
Ida M. G. Yantes
Edward C. Yantes
Gov. Stuart
Henry C. Stuart
James R. Caton
House of Delegates
Commission For Uniformity of Legislation
A. D. Brockett
Board of Visitors
Mount Vernon
William H. Waite
Thomas S. Winston
Frank D. Miler
Richmond
A. B. Chandler, Jr
Fredericksburg
Greenaway
Gray-Stevens
Grace Stevens
Benjamin F. Gray
First Baptist Church
Eugene B. Jackson
Northwest
Chatard
Elizabeth Hickey
Misa Florence Farnsworth
Misa Harlan
Gladys Hinckley
Francis Connally
Thornton P. Borland
Incs
Charles P. Neil
de Zarauz
James Dudley Morgan
Hannis Taylor
Mary W. Merrick
Agnes Fealy
Thomas Gale
Charles C. Lee
Charles H. , Lowndes
Henry May
Sheridan
George Y. Worthington
George Howard
Mr. and
Mrs
Gerry Return
Peter Gerry
Opera
Senator
Mra. Beckham
Pikesville
William E. T. Wayne
Dieffenderfer
Wiliam
Columbia Road
Agnes Heywood Bartram
Robert Patterson
James J Horigan
Philip Walker
Diefenderfer
Bartram
Chester Everglade
Pasadel Cal
George Metcalf
J. M. Heywood
Harry B. Denham
Franklin Little
William F Hancock
Clarence McKay
Alice Griffith
Sylvia Metcalf
May Little
Dorothy Denham
Edwin Almon
Representative Almon
Dr. Dieffenderfer
Lila Watts Collins
Mme Oldberg
Fabian
Congressional Club
Charles A. Doyen
Alexander M. Watson
Atlantic City
Marine Barracks
Georgia Society
Haleigh
Victor HL. Wallace
James J. Lampton
William H. Anglin
L. D. Pace
Carranza
Don Enrique Cuevas
Santiago
Senor
Senora de Cuevas
Perkins
Cushman
John Story
Friendship
Joseph Enslow
National Charity
D. A R
Frances 8. Bangs
Mary W. Bangs
Helen C. Bangs
Jeanette B. Bangs
L. Rogers McAwley
Lake Forest
Ill
Mary Hellen
Iastansant
Eres W. Bowers
Pasquall
McTighe
Reilly
Cashin
Montgomery Blair
Ho Dillon
A. Burna
Welsh
Lyman Tiffany
McNamara
Ryan
McKinney
Connecticut Avenue
Healy, Quirk
Morales
Silver Spring
E. L. Brand
William M. Black
F. A. M. Hopking
I Street
George W. Kernodle
Mothers and Teachers’ Association
Wiliam McK Clayton
Washington Board of Trade
William V. Cox
T V Powderly
Petworth Citizens’ Association
W. E. Fowler
Charles A. Langley
Chillum Castle Heights
Woodburn
C. J. James
Petworth Citizens Association
HE. E. Clements
W. Norton
Louis Julian
J. Prettyman
Virgina C Metcalf
James E Hoyle
Archibald McLachlan
Frederik A. Jenning
Washington Society
Club
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk, VA
Chamberlin
15Th St. N. W
Woodward
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat CO
Tacanla
California Carpathia
Orduna
Tuscasia
Wool
Glasgow
Halifex
State ST
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D. Hs
Atlantic City Hotels
Excellento
Ter J. Buzey
Steel Pier
Phillips
Massachusetts Ave
Nese Beach
Fox
Ponty Pen
F.P
New England
South Carolina
Beach
New Jersey
Hollywood West End
Long Branch
Cpaus
Pune
Walter Eiildeoth
W. Irving Davids
Breshin
N.Y
West Virginia
Old Sweet Springs
W. Va
Weetington
Mr. Paxton
Hotel Gordon
Lincoln Hotel
Bst
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