National Guard Seeks Expanded Federal Aid and Contingent Army Role
President officials and the War Department discuss doubling federal appropriations for state militia and opening a continental army option. Secretary Garrison notes mutual gains with the National Guard Association as plans allow guard units to join the national force with rank and parity. The proposal envisions continued financial aid and broader eligibility for volunteers from state organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Garrison
War Department
National Guard Association
Brandeis Lecture on Jewish Aims Tonight at Memorial Hall
Louis D Brandeis of Boston will deliver a lecture on the aims of Jewish democracy at Memorial Continental Hall tonight at 8 o clock. He chairs the provisional executive committee for generationistic affairs which handles matters formerly under the Sellons committee of Europa. Alexander Aaronson of Palestine and other prominent speakers will participate. The general public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Delliver
Memorial Continental Hall
Mr. Brandels
Generazionistic Affairs
Sellons Committee
Europa
Alexander Aaronson
Palestine
Bonfire Fatal for Boy in Alexandria
Vance Posey eight year old son of William Posey of 111 South Payne street died after burns from a bonfire he made of newspapers and leaves. He died at Alexandria Hospital at 6 30 pm after being rushed there following the incident near his home yesterday afternoon. local merchants and Elks lodge news mixed with community updates about chamber of commerce visitors, memorial exercises, and the Alexandria Gun Club planning a new automatic trap near the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Posey
Alexandria Hospital
Saintton Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
William Posey
South
Payne Street
Frank Roat
Llewellyn Powell
Thea Lad
Census shows cotton ginned from 1918 crop to Nov 1
Census report records 7,384,871 bales ginned by November 1 from the 1918 crop, including round half-bales. Comparisons show 9,826,912 for 1914. round bales this year total 69,204 against 28,382 in 1914. The Supreme Court planned Thanksgiving recess from November 15 to 28.
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Supreme Court
Yasterdea
Police News Notes From District Thefts and a Fatal Gas Incident
Police reported robberies including valuables from residents in Hagerstown and amenities in Washington. Items stolen cover watches, a pocketbook, gloves, pool balls, a Swiss watch, grate bars, shoes, vanity case, rings, a bicycle, clothing, and meat. A 65 year old woman at 228 Second Street Northeast was found dead from illuminating gas. An overheated stove caused $25 damage at 601 Third Street Northeast.
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Howard Watch
Mra. A. A. Ankeney
Hagerstown
Atreet
Elmer Langrall
Georgia Aves
Edward G. Baasley
Colorado Road
U Street
Arthur P. Martin
L-street
J. M. Cathcart
Maryland Avenue
Third Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Joseph Brooks
B Street
Fourteenth
Clifton Streets
Minnie P. Graham
Harvard Street
Payne Sehoo
Ino
Genevieve McMahon
K Street
Jackson Place
Imperial Bicycle
Arthur F. Padgett
Las
Howard Mallohan
Everett Pumphrey
Seventh Street
Mitchell
Cecula Hill
Sixteenth Street
F Street
Frances Hoffman
Second Street
Waa
Greenville
D. C
Laura Dunlap
Realty Company Loses Case in Supreme Court Tax Ruling
The Forty-two Broadway Company, owner of a major New York office building with $600,000 in capital stock and $4,750,000 in debt, lost in the Supreme Court over how interest on bonds should be treated for old corporation tax net income. The ruling limits the prior deduction of interest as a wholly ordinary expense and clarifies that interest is deductible only to the extent of the paid-up capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway Company
New York
Supreme Court
General Walter Howe Dies After Lifelong Military Service
Gen Walter Howe died at his Marlborough apartment after age related illness. Services will be at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church with burial at Arlington National Cemetery and full military honors. A West Point graduate of 1867 he served in the Indian campaigns, Luzon and the Forty seventh volunteers, advancing to brigadier general in 1910 and retiring in 1910. Survived by wife Elizabeth Dunn Howe and three sons Walter D Howe El Paso Tex George M Howe Colorado Springs Colo and Alfred G Howe U S N.
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Walter Howe
Marlborough
Arlington National Cemetery
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Wallace Radcliffe
Howe
United States Military Service
West Point
Fourth Artillery
Presidio
San Francisco
Fort Canby
Wash
Fort Snelling
Minn
Fort McPherson
Fort Trumbull
Conn
Fort Warren
Mass
Dakotas
Luzon
Phillippines
United States Voluntegra
Department of the Dakotas
St. Paul
Washington
District Court News From 1912 Arlington Hotel Blast Case
District Court reports allege that a blast at the Arlington Hotel site on I Street NW fractured the plaintiff’s legs and left him crippled. Clarence W. Marshall sues the Arlington Hotel Company Thompson Starrett and Henry Hichelberger for 60000 damages over alleged dynamite overcharges and unsafe blasting practices.
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I Street
Arlington Hotel
Clarence W. Marshall
Arlington Hotel Company
Thompson-Starret Company
Henry D. Hichelberger
Eichelberger
George P. Hoover
Funeral for Dr. J B Custis Held in Washington
Funeral services were held at the Custis residence for Dr J B Gregg Custis noted homeopathic physician who died last Thursday at his Thousand Islands camp. Interment followed at Rock Creek Cemetery with Masonic rites. Honorary pallbearers included Drs King Dennison Swernstedt Birdsall Hood and Dodge. Phi Kappa Psi alumni passed resolutions of regret.
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J. B. Gregg Custis
Thousand Islands
Fifteenth Street
Roland Cotton Smith
St. John's Episcopal Church
Rock Creek
William Rafual King
Ira W. Dennison
L. B. Swernstedt
Thomas S. Birdsall
New York
James F. Hood
Witten W. Dodge
Phi Kappa Psi Alumni Association
Custis
University Club
Pageant Rehearsals Begin For Susan B Anthony Production
Miss Hazel Mackaye directs the first rehearsal for the Susan B Anthony pageant to be staged December 13 at Convention Hall under the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Rehearsals run weekly at 1742 Church Street NW with four total sessions before the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Mackaye
iConvention Hall
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Church Street Northwest
Miller's Hall
Velasco Theater
National Rifles Armory
G Street Northwest Merchants Plan Organization
Merchants of G street northwest move to form an association modeled after Seventh street merchants. Jere Coatello serves as temporary president and Daniel J. Sullivan as temporary secretary. About 100 members have enrolled under the banner the merchants of G street northwest. A permanent group will pursue opportunities to improve conditions and open new channels of benefit. First meeting plans to be announced soon.
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Merchants of
Seventh Street Northweast
Merchants
G Street Northwest
Jere Coatello
Daniel J. Sullivan
Merchants of G Street Northwest
G Street
Licensed to Marry List of Couples and Weather Forecast
A long list of marriage licenses names multiple couples with ages and officiants, followed by a weather forecast for the District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia. It notes a Lake Superior storm moving toward Hudson Bay, a Pacific coast disturbance bringing rain to Washington and California, and variable temperatures with forecasts of fair and colder conditions Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Dépt. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Lake Superior
Hudson Bay
Pacific
Oregon
California
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain
New England
Appalachians
Lower Lake Region
Tenneseen
Middle Atlantic States
Secretary Lansing denies Panama loan approval claim
Secretary Lansing stated he had not approved the $1,250,000 loan authorized by the Panamanian assembly for fiscal rehabilitation and that the United States is not seeking to compel Panama to hire an American financial adviser despite reports from the Isthmus.
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Lansing
Panama Assembly
Republic
United States
Panama
Isthmus
Delegates Named to Represent U S at Pan-American Congress
Secretary Lansing announced the U S delegation to the Pan-American Scientific Congress in Washington from December 27 to January 7. The list includes Dr. Franz Boss of Columbia University Brig. Gen William H Bixby Dr John A Brashear John Barrett William Wallace Campbell Dr Philander P Claxton Dr Richard C Cabot Henry B Fine Maj William C Gorgas Judge George Gray Henry S Graves Charles D Walcott William H Holmes Hennen Jennings William Phillips Dr George M Rommel Dr Leo Rowe Dr James Brown Scott Alfred P Thom Dr William H Welch Dr Robert S Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan-American Scientific Congress
United States
Washington
Lansing
Franz Boss
Columbia University
New York
William H. Bixiby
U SA
John A. Brashear
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
William Wallace Campbell
Lick Observatory
Philander
William Phillips
George M. Rommel
Bureau of Animal Industry
Leo §. Rowe
American Academy of Political and Social Science
James Brown Scott
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Alfred P. Thom
Southern Railway
William H. Welch
National Academy of Sciences
Robert S. Woodward
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Pastor Donnelly Hosts Knights of Columbus Oratory Night
The Rev Francia P Donnelly new pastor of St Aloysius Church headlined a Potomac Council Knights of Columbus reception at their hall near Sixth and E NW He spoke on The Art of Arousing and Holding Interest In Public Speaking Grand Knight Edward L Tucker introduced him A committee led by Thomas P Rooney chaired the event and featured phonograph records mirroring famed orators voices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia P. Donnelly
St. Aloysius’ Church
Potomac Council
Knights of Columbus
Sixth and
E Streets
Edward L. Tucker
Thomas P. Rooney
John T. Noonan
Walter Plant
Gustave Dillon
John Hogan
Vincent Costello
Chess Champion in City Arrives for Simultaneous Games
Boris Kostics, Hungarian blindfold chess champion, arrived in Washington last night to play at the Washington Chess and Wheet Club tonight. He will conduct simultaneous games some blindfolded as a large gallery is expected to witness the matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boris Kostics
Washington
Apoatrophe to Hope and Other Poems by Laura Hull-Morris
Review praises Laura Hull-Morris for versatility and poetic genius in Apoatrophe to Hope and Other Poems from Knickerbocker Press. Highlights range from deep human emotions to light fantastical pieces, noting natural rhythm, avoidance of gimmicks, and vivid visualization of life’s grave and gay aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verge
Knickerbocker Press
New York
Laura Hull-Morris
Births Reported In Local Notices
Herbert A and Lucy EB Wrenn welcome a girl. Angelo and Carmela Venutu have a girl. Preston R and Edith Tucker’s daughter. Albert and Marie Sorenson greet a boy. John W and Teresa Marvin’s boy. Fred and Emma McLaughlin’s girl. Fleuterio Morano and Amalia Morano announce a girl. John H and Naomi Anzel’s boy. Vincenzo Giullani and Laura Giullani’s boy. William C and Alice Draper’s girl. Jerry and Annie DeLisio announce a boy. Henry and Edith Clack’s boy. Norman F and Helen L Bliss’s boy. Stephen B and Nellie Ball’s boy. George T and Lucinda Vennie’s girl. Roscor and Lillian Sorrel’s boy. Lemuel and Tha Keys’s boy. Eugene and Katie Jacksons boy. Thistey and Nora Howard’s girl. James and Robirdia Grayson’s girl. Douglass wod Jasse Brown Pitt Horace and Lizzie Brown’s girl.
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Herbert A
Lucy EB. Wrenn
Angelo
Carmela Venutu
Preston R
Edith £. Tucker
Albert
Marie Sorenson
John W
Teresa F. Marvin
Fred
Emma D. McLaughlin
Fleuterio
Amalia Morano
John H
Naomi Anzel
Vincenzo
Laura Giullani
William C
Alice Draper
Jerry
Annie DeLisio
Henry
Edith G. ‘Clack
Norman F
Helen L. Bliss
Stephen
Nellie J. Ball
George T
Lucinda Vennie
Roscor
Lillian Sorrel
Lemuel
Tha Keys
Eugene
Katie Jackson
Thistey
Nora Howard
James
Robirdia Grayson
Douglass Wod Jasse Brown
Pitt
Horace
Lizzie Brown
Death notices list numerous young and aged residents
A fragmented death column lists individuals with ages and last-known addresses or institutions such as Sibley Hospital Georgetown University Hospital and Garfield Housing. Names include Hugh McNally Louise Riley Mary Thompson William Kettler James Patterson Jana Spottawood Teane Benedict Robert St. Clair Feltz P. Martin Margaret Citrane George Henwon John Cook Madison Clinton Mary Lucas John Laween Agnes Jackson Irwin W Clark Margerite Contee Ernestine Howard the infant of Melvin and Etenor Thom and infant of Jacob W. and Connie Stephens. Several entries indicate hospital placements and relatives with addresses on 6th Street Garfield and Turner Street Ne along with city wards.
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Hugh McNally
Louise Riley
Sibley Hospital
Mary Thompson
William J. Kettler
St. Nw
James Patterson
the Hthelhorst
Biana Spottaweod
Garfield Hoent
Jana Spottawood
Garfield Heapt
Teane H. Benedict
B. C. St
Robert St. Clair
Dea
Melvin and
Etenor Thom
Columbia Hospital
Jaco W
Connie Stephens
Walter
Eight join board of trade in New York meeting
Eight new members Merritt O Chance Julian J Grubb William E Whitson Charles F Consaul Thomas J Daly Walter B Avery Frederick P Hinkel Leonard Crayato added to the Board of Trade. Final preparations for the annual meeting at the Willard include reports from the president secretary and treasurer and the election of ten directors for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Merritt O. Chance
Julian J. Grubb
William E. Whitson
Charles F Consaul
Thomas J. Daly
Walter B. Avery
Frederick P. Hinkel
Leonard Crayato
Willard
John Joy Edson
William H. Saunders
J. Harry Cunningham
Theodore W. Noyes
Frank P. Reeside
Odeil
Smith
Samuel J. Prescott
Edward Hdroop
Louis Holmes
John Poole
James F. Oyster
George E. Hibbard
Louisa Addison Dent
Lieut Converse Safe Broadcast To Family
Friends of Lieut Alexander Jenkins learn he was not with the Black Watch battalion cut to pieces in France on September 22. No mail for six weeks. believed with the newly formed regiment in England. He was reputedly the best shot in his unit and wrote cheerfully of health and spirits.
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Alexander Jenkins
Converse
Black Watch
France
England
Violeta Excel in City Beauty and Fragrance Show
City bulletins note Shaffer's Violeta excel in beauty and fragrance. Othello today at Virginia Theater with Napoleon and France shown tomorrow. Oreo Collins listed at 719 48th avenue.
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Shaffer
Violeta
Virginia Theater
Napoleon
France
Alla Oreo Collins
Serm Ee
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Gun Club
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Broadway Corporation
Arlington
District Court News
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Harry F. Barnard
J. Edward Thomas
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T. W. Gregory
Henry H. Glassie
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Christian Heurich
Crawford Paving Company
Potomac
Anacostia
District Supreme Court
Grace W. Willams
Lowell c. Willams
Robinson White
Baltimore
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Thomas E. Kibbey
Mra
Frances A. Berkeley
Ferdinand Peterson
American Security and Trust Company
Anna L. Thomas
Walbrook
Charles Bendhetm
Department of Labor
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Ralph Given
Strassburg
Alsace
Germany
John Arnold
United States Soldiers
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Ralph P. Barnard
Thomas J. Owen
Johnson and Barnard
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Hoboken
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District Attorney's Office
DR. Custis
Bradley Hills
Montgomery Country Club
Eldridge E. Jordan
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P. C. Guava
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Roy Flwood Potts
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Louis Randall
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Anna M. Harrison
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John M. Connell
Georgia M. Hopkins
Hex Swem
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Tulie Charnok
G. Silverstone
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Richmond
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