Jovian Order Holds Elaborate Initiation at Rauscher Hall
The Jovian Order in Austin hosts a grand initiation for 49 novices led by a New York degree team. Prominent figures from Edison and Westinghouse circles attend with out-of-town guests as musical Cosmos Orchestra plays during a formal banquet and staged ritual.
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New York
Rauscher’s
Big Men of Electricity
Order of Devians
Cooperative Electrical Workers’ Organization
Ransehers
Rudolph
Marlow
Edwin S Marlow
Patterson
Arthur Dunlop
HB Mirick
H R | Carroll
Jovians
L Haight
J E Morey
George Feher
J Nolan
City
Brooklyn
Austin
Tex
Thomas A Edison
George Westinghouse
Coffin Samuel Insul
Euhu Thomson
Cosmos Orchestra
E H Henderson
Mortimer Duperow
C P King
Wiliam L Clarke
E Deb Weston
L D Bliss
A Fo Carroll
John C Babcock
A H Brame
T J Fisher
James E Taylor
Walter D Br
J T. Shadwell
A J Bachrach
F Horning
L B Schloss
Frederick Jewell Whitehead
R B Downing
R W Carr, Jr
Howard C Wells
J Mersheimer
D H Hamilton
M J O’connell
M S Cooley
C H Israel
C R Denmark
W. F. Ham
Charles S Kimball
Baltimore
Richmond
George H Harries
National Capital
Minneapolis
Minn
American Electric Railway and Allied Associations
Order of Joviany
Streets
Potomac Electric Power Company
Shadbake Reception Committee Formed by Board of Trade
Theodore W. Noyes was named chairman of the River View shadbake reception committee for May 24. A long list of local business and civic leaders was named as members, with Byron S Adams and Charles B Bailey among the initial appointees.
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W. Noyes
Board of Trade Committee
Theodore W .Noyes
Board of Trade
River View
Byron S Adams
Charles B. Bailey
Wiliam H Baldwin
Lester A Barr
Charles J Bell
W V RE Berry
A. A Burney
Henry P Blar
William J Boardman
Charles S Bradley
Alexander Britton
Chapin Brown
Charles S Bundy
Hick Bush-Brown
D J Callahan
John
Perry Johnson
Lewis Kann
Simon Kann
Rudolph Kauffmann
J Tred Netley
J Miller Kenyon
G Kimball William
Inox
Charles C Lancaster
John B Larner
Lisne
John McElroy
Alexander McNeil
Bof Macfarland
S J Masters
William F Mattingh
William A Mearns
Norman A Merritt
Thomas P Mogan
W FH
Moses Charles
Muddiman
Tie
Telegraphers See City Lights Visit Washington
Delegates attending the railway telegraphers convention in Baltimore adjourned for the day and toured Washington. Eighteen members formed the party, visiting Mount Vernon and other city sights before returning to Ballanore at dusk.
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Baltimore
Washingston
Mount Vernon
Ballanore
Catholic Knights Tour City Convention Aims to Change Insurance Rules
President Wilson greeted 2k delegates of the Catholic Knights of America after a city tour and visit to the Bureau of Engraving. Morning sessions debated insurance rule changes but failed to pass. Delegates from Mobile and New Orleans pursued a plan to push the next convention. Officers to be elected tonight at Carroll Hall as letters from bishops Byrne Colton and Van de Ven were read. The apostolic delegate Mgr Bonzano addressed the assembly.
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Woilson
Catholi Knights of America
White House
Bureau of Engraving and Piloting
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Tua
Carroll
Byrne
Nashville
Colton
Buffalo
van de Ven
Alextandria la
Mgr Bonzano
Historic Old South Episcopal Church Chancel Restored
The Virginia Chapter of the Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America completed restoration work on the chancel of the Old South Episcopal Church at Wall Church Ward damaged in the war. Washington once served as vestryman. district and Philadelphia leaders were elected to three year council terms and an unexpired term was filled after Mrs Truman Aldrich's April death.
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Virginia
Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America
Old South Episcopal Church
Wall Church Ward
George Washington
Josephine Webster
Lucy M Hewitt
J Stevenson Mitchell
Philadelphia
Thomas M Johnson
Truman Aldrich
Apri
Fourth Annual American Federation of Arts Convention
More than 100 artists and sculptors from 179 chapters gathered at the New Willard for the fourth annual convention. Delegates debated small art museums, urged state and municipal control, and discussed tariff issues deterring American artists from bringing works home. A garden party at the White House was scheduled for 5 PM, with a Washington tour and a Corcoran Gallery reception to cap the day.
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White House
New Willard
American Federation of Arts
Union
Canon Rudolph
Robert W de Forest
George W Stevens
Toledo
End Street Ball Playing Prohibited by District Regulation
District commissioners adopted an amendment to police regulations prohibiting ball playing in streets and avenues. After windows were broken, several alleged offenders were arraigned in juvenile court but dismissed under the 710 law and the 1892 Congress rule, which previously applied only to Washington and Georgetown.
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Congress
Washington
Georgetown
Quaker City Girls Visit Washington from Philadelphia High School
Sixty seniors from Philadelphia High School for Girls arrived in the capital for an annual Washington visit. They stay until tomorrow afternoon and will call on President Wilson at noon. Accompanied by teachers led by Mrs Eugene Haker, they plan an afternoon at Mount Vernon after luncheon.
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Philadelphia High School
Capital
President Wilson
Washington
Eugene Haker
Philadelphia
Unts
Mount Vernon
Death of Detroit man Jay Chapman after pneumonia
Jay Wellington Chapman, aged 93, of Detroit Michigan, died at George Washington Hospital Wednesday after a two week illness from pneumonia. The body was sent to Detroit for burial and funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at his daughter Miss Acdews residence. He was a drink or td manufacturer and prominent in his native city.
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Jay Wellington Chapman
Detroit
George Washington Hospital
Ddnk
City
City Bulletins From Cryptic Morning Ledger
Fragmentary bulletin notes a theater valve and local notices with scattered names and places. Limited readable facts include weather mention, a theater item, and street initials, but core details are unclear due to garbled text.
Growth of Missions at Takoma Park Session
Over 2 000 attend the first session as Seventh Day Adventists outline plans for expansion. Delegates from Balkan and Levant unions join the general conference with new unions including East German West German Central European Siberian Brazil Union and India Union. Membership in foreign fields rises with 15 549 new members in four years and 3 717 evangelistic workers abroad in 1912. Program includes devotional meetings Bible study and evening public preaching.
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Balkan States
Seventh Day Adventists
Takoma Park
John Huenegardt
Budapest
Hungary
Levant
East German Union Conference
West German Union
Central *European Union
Sberian Union Mission
Brazilfian Union
India Union Mission
A G Dantella
General Conference of
Seventh Day Adventistts
W .A Spicer
United States
Unclear student program event at Irwin Hall closes
Fragmented notes show students in a varied program at Irwin Hall closing yesterday. Mentions include instructors and performers like Miss View Louise Roche and others, with garbled names and partial roles in a theatrical or musical presentation.
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Irwin Hall
Ingish
Fienen
Noidlle
Lreich
Erlojst
Tephenshich
Piet Danevor
Louise Roche
Nuala Otilings
Asvard
Ordination of David R Covell
The text reports an ordination event for David R Covell at a church setting. It mentions a bishop of Washington and a ceremonial rite held at a Mount Saint Auban location, with references to a bishop and religious proceedings.
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David R Covell
Epworth League elects officers installed by Rev McDowell
At the District Epworth League convention in Metropolitan Church on Wednesday officers were elected and yesterday assumed duties. F Linger of Anacostia is president. J L Schnare of McKendree first vice president. S B Bossa of Brookland second vice president. Florence Day Foundry third vice president. J T Scrott Gor such fourth vice president. W L Evans airline corresponding secretary. FM Falconer Brightwood recording secretary. Lee W Emory Douglass treasurer. The Rev W L McDowell installed them, and a rally service led by Rev Townsend Weaver closed the convention.
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District Epworth League
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
OC F. Linger
Anacostia
J L Schnare
McKendree
Bossa
Brookland
Florence Day
Foundry
J T Scrott
Gorsuch
W L Evans
Airline
FM Falconer
Brightwood
Lee
W Emory
Douglass
W L. McDowell
Townsend Weaver
School festival moved to May 21 at American League ball park
About 7,000 district students will participate in a field festival now set for Wednesday May 21 at the American League ball park instead of May 23. An exhibition game by the Washington ball team is planned for the afternoon. Dr Rebecca Stoneroad announced divisional colors for the children from first division yellow to ninth division violet.
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Washington
Ball
Rebecca Stoneroad
Tribute to Dead Firemen on Seventh Memorial Day
Floral wreaths adorned the graves of district firemen honoring seven years of remembrance. Chief Frank J Wagner led ceremonies with clerks and privates named among those who decorated graves in multiple cemeteries.
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Chief Wagner
Frank J Wagner
George & Watson
J M Davis
PF Purcell
RB Wright
W P Lunsford
J Owser
J Bentley
J T Rossiter
M T Wiles
Bassford
J Sullivan
Ro MO Mar Masoun Drier JR Folmes
Savoy
Clark to Address Students at Friends School
Speaker Champ Clark will deliver the principal address at the closing exercises of the Friends School on May 23 in the Friends meeting house. The graduating class includes daughter tre ree vieve 14 in Lirone with officers Katherine Hawsburst president Constance Weaverce president Grafton Tyner Brown secretary Dinner Hovenden Gates treasurer Han Burch Genevieve Hand Tah Sibu Daves Towell Shuster Wardings Ruth Paym Patterson and Jean Warren Robert.
Surgeon General Office War Department Linked to Army Medical Corps
A Tangled rumor ties Dr Fasenkere to the Army Medical Corps and the Surgeon General at the War Department. The vague claim centers on an alleged speaker and a Sunday event, with unnamed officials cited.
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Army Medical Corps
Freamann
Arms
Fasenkere
Surgeon Gen
Rals
War Department
Lolis Wlinberglel
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