Pan-American Mass Honors Peace at St Patrick’s Church
South Central and North American officials gathered at St Patrick’s Church for the Pan-American mass. Secretary of State praised the president and international arbitration while Cardinal Gibbons and others toasted the nation’s peace leadership amid a crowded ceremony with diplomats from the United States and several republics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Church
Secretary of State
William T. Russell
St. Patrick's Church
United States
American Republics
Francis Bowes Sayres
Williamstown
Mass
John Cavanaugh
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
Ind
Mer Russall
Cardinal Gibbons
Europe
Mar Russell
St Patrick's Ree
M Or Riordan
Tama Ute Conception
Cardinal
B. P Egat
James Fegan
Amer- 1
Catanaueb
The
Republic
Mars
Jesus
Mgt Russell
Cardinal Gibbona
Brazil
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Cardinal Giobani
America
Cardinal Tihbens
Scretary
Cardinal Gibbsons
Mer Russelliue
Trackage Change Sought On Fourteenth Street Line
Plans for rearranging track on the Fourteenth street line of the Washington Railway and Electric Company would allow street cars to run past the new Bureau of Engraving and Printing building. The proposals, submitted to the public utilities commission, reflect many petitions from employees and seek early operation of the improvement.
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Fourteenth Street
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Public Utilities Commission
Paris Dressmakers Seek Trade Revival Amid War Hardship
Paris dressmakers push campaigns to revive trade as society women buy gowns with little use. Rue de la Paix shows fewer new models amid hardship, while leaders urge peace and support from Pan American figures. Officials and notable guests attend a Thanksgiving event featuring a Christ of the Andes medal.
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Washington Post
Paris
Makini
Rue de la Paix
Peace in New World Pastors Cite War as Lesson
Washington churches marked Thanksgiving with prayers for peace and reflection on the war in Europe. Dr L P Clark and other pastors urged disarmament and praise for relief from destruction, while parishes collected baskets for charity and a war relief fund.
Thanksgiving tragedy ends in double family shooting
Montgomery Mo November reports a woman, Sallie Hyan, shot and killed by her son-in-law Tease Brickland as she prepared Thanksgiving dinner. Brickland was killed by another son-in-law Rex We Honey while attempting to enter the Ryan home. McHoney surrendered to police but was released on bond. Nearby, Mrs. Strickland fled Pinckleyville Alabama after her husband cut her with a razor and threatened murder.
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Montgomery
Sallie Hyan
Tease Brickland
Rex ‘We Honey
Ryan
McHoney
Po-Lce
Strickland Enid
Pinckleyville
Dr W H Wunder Dies After Auto Crash In Washington
Dr William H Wunder a longtime Washington dentist and businessman dies after an auto accident near Scott Circle. He led a active Masonic and civic life and survived by his wife. He belonged to the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade and helped build the Imperial Theater and owned the Wunder Auto Car Service. He was born in 1860 in Alexandria County Virginia and resided at 1996 Valvert Street NW.
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Masonic Order
Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade
Alexandria County
Wiliam H. Wunder
Wunder & Rowell
Seventh and
KE Streets
Northwest
Wunder
Scott Circle
William A. Jack, Jr
Biltmore Street
Dr. Wunder
Valvert Street
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
George Washington University
Imperial Theater
Ninth Street
Moore's Garden
Maryland Moving Mature Theater
Wunder Auto Car Service
E Street
Seventh Street
Washington Royal
Order of
Fagles
Colonial Minute Men
Fle
The
Army and Navy Union
W. B. Dorsey
Itreet Northwest
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Massachusetts Avenue
G Street
Casualty Hospital
Thanksgiving at many charities marks holiday feast
About 3000 people shared turkey dinners and religious services at St John’s Orphanage and related institutions. The new St John’s building opened with a joint Thanksgiving event, while St Joseph’s, St Vincent’s, Garman, Washington City, and St Rose’s hosted dinners and services. Central missions fed over 1000, Salvation Army helped hundreds, and many churches distributed baskets. Occoquan residents enjoyed self‑raised fare, inmates at Washington Asylum hospital and jail received turkey, pork and fruit, and other homes held football and ball games for children.
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St. John's Orphanage
St. Vincent’s
Washington City
Twentieth
Fabreeta
St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum
St. Patrick's
St. Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum
Edgewood
Garman Orphan Asylum
Washington City Orphan Asylum
St. Rose's Industrial School
First Reformed Lutheran C Church
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Central Mission
Gospel and
Central Union
Salvation Army
Occoquan
Washington Asylum
Police News Notes From Yesterday’s Robberies and Accidents
Police notes record multiple thefts including a turkey and coats from addresses on Newton Street Northwest and Eleventh Street Northwest, plus a fox, a coffee percolator, and silverware from 623 East Capitol Street. Also reports of motorcycle crashes injuring Howard A. Kelly Jr. and William H. Benham, a fire in a children's play house, a child struck by a stone, and a boy hit by a streetcar at Massachusetts Avenue and G Street Northwest.
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Edward J. Beauchamp
Mount Tabor Methodist Protestant Church
West Street Presbyterian Church
Thirty-first
P Streets
Cavalry ML. E. Church
Georgetown Lutheran Church
Durmbarton Avenue
M. E
Congress Street
M. P
Mount Tabor M. P
Eckington
St. Pauls M. FB
Bethany Baptist
Eckington Fresbyterian
Memorial United Brethren
Lincoln Road
Rhode Island Avenue
L. M. Ferguson
Louis Randall
Richard Schmidt
Zion
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Concordia Lutheran Church
Paul A. Menzel
Congregational
Unitarian
Universalist
Christian Science Churches
M. Cammach
Newton Street
Eugene Bush
Eleventh Street
J. S. Thompson
W. A. Fairwilld
Francia Miller
New Jersey Avenue
Wational Butties
Armory
Mai Ruden
Massachusetts Avenue
S. J. Kelly
East Capitol Street
Howard A. Kelly, Jr
Baltimore
Nallor Road
James W. Price
Tenth Street
Kelly
Frank Newman
New Hampshire Avenue
William M. Fastman
Church Street
Newman
William H. Benham
Pennsylvania Avenue
Benham
Fessenden Street
Wallace Lund
Rally of Sunshine Society Meeting at John Dickson Home
The Sunshine and Community Society of the District will hold a rally at 2:30 PM at the John Dickson Home corner Fourteenth and Gallatin. Speakers include Mrs John F Logan and others. Ela Knight will preside. Violin selections, sales, and a children chorus with Mrs Bernard Lane leading Scones 1.
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Sunshine and Community Society of
John Dickson
Fourteenth
Gallatin Streets
John 4.Logan
Charles P Grandfield
Forrest P McIntosh
Emma Shelton
W.ick. Andrews
Ela Ss. Knight
Bernard Lane
Medal Contest For District Students On Yorktown Course
The Sons of the Revolution District unit offers a gold medal for a 1500 word original composition by a student on The Course of events that led to Yorktown surrender. Entries must be signed with an assumed name and placed in a sealed envelope with the real name inside. Teachers submit, not pupils, to Gall iard Hunt by January 20. Winners announced by February 15. medal presented at Washington’s Birthday celebration with judges including Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan and Senator Theodore E. Burton. A social gathering by the Socialist Party at 11 F Street NW celebrated Thanksgiving with Progressive Five Hundred, dancing, and refreshments. Mrs. Paul Richmond chaired the entertainment.
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Board of Managers of the Sons of the Revolution, Society of the District
Ted
Yorktown
Galliard Hunt
de Sates Street
Washington
Hunt
Alfred T. Mahan
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Socialist Party of the
District of Columbia
F Street
Loudoun Herd Infected With Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot and mouth disease, once confined to quarantined states, has broken into Virginia and will trigger quarantine measures in at least one county, Loudoun. The outbreak was found Wednesday in a herd of seventeen steers shipped from Hagerstown Maryland before a federal quarantine. Officials from the Bureau of Animal Industry note no further spread in Maryland or the district.
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Virginia
Loudoun
Hagerstown
Maryland
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Births Reported Across Several Families
Carl Clyde Atkins and Marguerite A Atkins welcomed a boy. Adolf Bode and Catherine A Bode welcomed a girl. Leo Garner and Annie Garner welcomed a boy. Erskine Ralph Miller and Mary Miller welcomed a girl. George W Sellers and Elsie Sellers welcomed a girl. Harry A Sullivan and Annie M Sullivan welcomed a girl.
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Carl Clyde
Marguerite A. Atkins
Adolf
Catherine A. Bode
Leo
Annie Garner
Erskine Ralph
Mary Miller
George W
Elsie Sellers
Harry A
Annie M. Sullivan
Wanderlusters Hike From Peacock Station to Great Falls
Fifty six wanderlusters joined a clear weather hike from Peacock Station to Great Falls. They traveled by train to Peacock Station and walked via Cold Spring to the canyon end near Sandy Beach. A bonfire and refreshments awaited at the end with leadership by Titus 2.
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Peacock Station
Great Falls
Campbells
Cold Spring
Sandy Beach
Titus 2
Deaths Reported In City Ledger
Death notices list Anna Louise Toung age 4 at 3409 Mth Pl Cleveland Park. Thomas W Baldwin 76 at Government Hospital for Inrane. Henry P Dwyer 87 at 2120 H St NW Marta Gibson 75 at 3d and H St NE. Joseph Mason 7 at Hospital U S Soldiers Home D Mre. Milton T Moore 21 at Georgetown Hospital. Katherine Toler 24 at 3110 Sherman Ave.
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Anna Louise Toung
Gleveland Park
Thomas W. Baldwin
Yrara
Government Hospital
Henry P. Dwyer
Marta Gibson
Joseph Mason
U. S. Soldiers' Home
D. Mre
Milton T. Moore
Georgetown Hospital
Katherine Toler
Sherman Ave
Saloon Eradication Drive Ties East Washington to Anacostia
The East Washington Civic Association voted to urge Congress to probe the excise board’s license methods after a Rechabites Hall meeting. The group aims to eradicate saloons from Fifth and Ninth precincts, with Anacostia backing extending to Eleventh precinct.
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The
East Washington Civic Association
Excise Board
EB Street
Anacostia
Weekly drills at Fort Myer begin this afternoon
Exhibition drills in the riding hall at Port Myer Virginia start at 2 30 this afternoon and continue weekly through the season. The Fort Myer adjutant has issued regulations for seat requests sent to the adjutant Fort Myer Va by the Thursday morning before each drill. Tickets are mailed back. unused Thursday tickets may be picked up at the riding hall doors after 2 pm on drill day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Myer
Fort Myer
Shift for Personnel No Chance Now to Advance
Navy officers face slow promotion, with junior lieutenants of the class of 1915 likely waiting decades for lieutenant commander under current grades. Rear Admiral Victor Blue urges swift congressional redistration to avert a near ludicrous system. He notes about 50 percent of lieutenants perform duties of higher ranks and Mexico crises exposed severe personnel shortages across ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Navigation
Victor Blue
Blue
Bureau
Congress
District Budget Aims to Hold Appropriations Down
House appropriations subcommittees push to finalize the District annual funding bill. Readying it for introduction soon after Congress convenes, they plan to limit the measure to necessary upkeep and drop earlier controversial new features. Meetings occur behind closed doors with estimates awaiting official congressional reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Appropriations
Congress
Germany's Rise to Power Lecture at National Geographic
The National Geographic Society hosts Dr. Roland G. Usher of Washington University in St. Louis for an afternoon lecture titled The Strength and Virtues of the German Empire. He will discuss Germanys rapid 40 year rise to economic strength and national power, sharing travel and study impressions and illustrating with slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Roland G. Usher
Washington University
Louis
Germany
Mer. Bonaventura Cerretti Named Apostolic Delegate to Australia
Naples reports Mer. Bonaventura Cerretti former auditor of the apostolic delegation in Washington has been appointed first apostolic delegate to Australia. He left yesterday aboard the steamer America for New York to proceed to his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mer
Bonaventura Cerretti
Washington
Australia
Mer. Cerretti
America
New York
City Bulletins from Newatore Debutante Bouquets and Grocer Ads
Local notices list Shaffer's Flowers debutante bouquets and a wide range of groceries with prices. Advertisements name Norway mackerel 5c, evap peaches, butter 35c, potatoes 1c per lb, lemons 12c, Van Camp milk 7c, and the Wonder Coffee 20c. Also includes heating services, plumbing, and a sales pitch from Maurice J. Colbert and J. T. D. Pyles stores with contact details and guarantees of satisfaction.
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Norway
Vinemar
Sts
J. T. D. Pyles
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Harts
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McCathran
McKenna
John Burke
Rudolph Forster
Forster
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Helmke
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Charles M. Galloway
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John 2and
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Charles M. Bart
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James A Smyth
John M McNamara
Martin F. J. Egan
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Hannis Taylor
Taylor
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O'Donovan
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Henry White
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John Fox Badson
Woe Montgomery
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Patten
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D J Callaghan
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Wiliam Schwing
Daniel Hannan
Borette Hannan
Waraick Mvans
Byron S Adams
W Oh Turton
Jo RF. Turton
M. I. Abbott
Taderson
Charles E. Clark
Daniel Waker
Garth Alo Fos
Tames Sullivan
Gaskins
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John J.D Mankin
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Carusi
Vo Mitchell
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Florence Bingham
H O'Connell
John Sullivan
F. R Haley
Williamson
Clarence Nolte
F. Thuee
J. W. Pining
Wiliam Oyster
Murra
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J. T. Magruder
W. Chery
Mr. Jaine
M. Markinter
F Hemler
J. Deslo
New World
Lucius Pr. Clark
Hamline M. E. Church
St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church
Herbert Scott Smith
Georgetown
Randolph H. McKim
J. W. Austin
All Saints' Protestant Episcopal Church
Chevy Chase
Archbishop Carroll
Andrew R. Bird
Second Presbyterian Church
Central Presbyterian Church
James H. Taylor
War Reef Fund
Gore Grimm Johnson
Immanuel Baptist Church
House of Peace
Calvary Baptist Church
Epiphany Lutheran Church
Charles F. Steck
DR. W. H. Wunder
St. Joseph’s Male Orphanage
Industrial Home School
Industrial Home For
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National Training School For Boys
National Training School For Girls
Home For
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Harry Coldevier
Twentieth Street
Dominck Cappartta
Schotts Alley
Kate Ezzalala
Rally of Sunshine Society
Sons of Revolution
N. W
Harry S. Wolf
Virginia County
Washington Pus. Ltd
M. Goldsmith & Son
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F St. N. Ww
Association
Acta of the Excise Board
Admiral Blue
R. G. Usher
Geographic Society
Mgr. Cerretti
City Bulletins
Shaffer
Maurice J. Colbert
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
W.L. Douglas
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Seta
Ovez
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Atyle
W. L Douglas
W.L. Doug
Brockton
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N.W
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Kaufman
Hart Schaffner & Marz Fine Cothes
Home Ice Co
12Th
V Sts. N. W
North
D. J. O.connell
Ave
Ain
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Royal Pilsen
Abner-Drury Brewing Company Woathington, DD
Byron S. Adams
Heurich Brewing Co
Bright
H. N. Parker
St. WN
Berkeley Rye
Ectal
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Jardin de
Danse
Miss Chandler
Mr. West
Mareet
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Clara Naecker Manshington
Kaverlie
Harry Chick
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Peave Se
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Columbia School of Dancing
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