Naval League scouts for former sailors to man emergency crews
The Navy League mobilizes its vast membership to locate and register former bluejackets across states. The effort aims to enroll about 12 000 veterans and persuade them to report for possible naval service to supply crews for ships in emergencies, coordinated with the Navy Department.
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Med
Ross
Neverrimert
Securis
Firner Navy
Vito
Navy League
Naval Poyree
West Virginians Meet Here Easit Society
West Virginia Society board of governors met on Friday night and planned an October 8 election of officers at the old Masonic Temple Ninth and F streets NW. The auditing committee report and financial secretary treasurer report will be presented, and new members will be elected. The society enters its second year of existence.
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Board of Governors
The
West’ Virginia Society
Old Masonic Temple
Ninth and
F Streets
Northwest
Wireless tower topples near Tufts during gale
In Medford Massachusetts a 30 foot Wireless telegraph tower at Tufts College was blown over in a gale and fell moments before an express from Concord to Boston and Maine Railroad. The locomotive derailed inside the steel framework but no injuries were reported. A trolley car narrowly escaped as the motorman halted the car. A temporary gas line is believed to have contributed to the accident.
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Medford
Mass
Tufts College
Concord N Hon
Boston and Maine Railroad
Weeks Urges Tariff On Sugar To End Dependence
Senator John W Weeks of Massachusetts urged placing sugar on the tariff list at the next session to raise revenue and encourage domestic production of beet and cane sugar. He also called for protective duties on dyestuffs to establish a U S dye industry and reduce reliance on Europe.
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John W Weeks
Massachusetts
Washington
St Louis
City Club
Congress
United States
Europe
Weeks
Districts clash over condemnation award for Eastern High School site
A condemned Eminent Domain dispute centers on the Eastern High School site. The condemnation board disputes District commissioners over valuation and process. The commission cites an average land value of 25 cents per square foot and a total award of 10 782 less than the average witness valuation. The board asserts the commissioners misstate figures and acted without a jury as required by law.
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Condemnation
Eastern High School
District Supreme Court
Condemnation Board
Washington
Jerman
Simpson
Matery
J C Yoat
Sime
Condemnation Commission
Elther
Burro Refuses to Perform in Hotel Society Debacle
A distressed burro balked at its role as a vegetable carrier in the play A Night in Jerusalem at Hotel Virginia. Amid screams and chaos, guests fled as bellboys restrained the animal with blinding and blindfolds, leaving spectators shaken and the scene unruly.
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Washington
Pont. J
Cal
Virginia
Jerusalem
Col C C Gibbs
Misa Byron Gibbs
Writers In Cavalry Squad Form Nation’s Rookie Platoon At Fort Myer
A rookie cavalry platoon of 24 newspaper men receives basic instruction from Col W W Wilder at Fort Myer under War Department permit. Plans include further lectures on military tactics in Washington with a future meeting to organize the series.
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Fort Myer
National Capital
W. W Wilder
War Department
Wilder
Secretary of War Garrison
Washington
INSTALLS NEW PASTOR AT ST MARYS AS Smet Installed at St Marys Church in Alexandria
Impressive ceremonies marked the installation of Rev Louis Smet as pastor of St Marys Church Alexandria succeeding the late Rev H J Cutler. Bishop O Connell led mass and praised Smet while Lawrence F Kelly remains as assistant. War disrupted prior plans for Smet a Louvain professorship.
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O’connell
Louis Smet
Alexandria
Louvain University
H. J.’ Catler
L. F. Kelly
Washington Post
King Street
D. J O'Connell
Richmond
Warrenton
St Marys Church
H J Cutler
Duke Street
Father Smet
University of Louvain
Europe
Belgium
Lawrence F Kelly
St Mary's Church
Ellen F Thompson
Washington
Wellington
Fairfax County
John Briggs
Fifth Baptist Church
St Paul's Cemetery
Patriotic Recital at First Congregational Church Honors Veterans
Organist William Stanafield led a First Congregational Church recital described as The Storm depicting a day in camp on a patriotic holiday with bugle calls and martial music. The program included Toccato in G, Andante Cantabile, The Lost Chord, Humoresque, and Scotch Fantasie. A large number of visiting G A R veterans attended.
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First Congregational
William Stanafield
Dubois
Dethiery
Salivan
Dvorak
Macfarlane
Police News In Brief From Washington Headlines
Robberies reported to James Peake aged 75 of Sweeney farm Anacostia. Pierce- Arrow bike valued at 10 dollars collapsed from illness. Items stolen include a Cadillac touring car with altered license tag, a solid gold signet ring, a pocketbook with 40 dollars, a Goodyear tire, and more. A white man fled through a trap door after entering 204 Fourteenth Street NW. Police revolver reported missing. Multiple deaths and funerals noted, including Annie C Hummer in Fairfax and Charles Jr Ayers. A colored man Edwin Warfield injured in a fall and hospitalized. An expressman JF Robinson found with an unaddressed trunk. Dana Cooper capsized and was rescued. fiber suitcase left at Camp Emery by mistake.
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James Peake
Sweeney
Anacostia
Pierce-Arrow
Arthur Gnl
Nichols Avenue
Fourth
Washington Asylum Hospital
Cadillac
Ray Biancanello
Pennsylvannia Avenue
Archie A Biggs
Capitol Street
Charles W Shaw
Goodyear Automobile Tire
Charles Selden
Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Mulston A Kettler
Fourteenth Street
Edwin Warfield
Pennsylvania Avenue
Yester
JF Robinson
BR Street
Expressman
Howard University
Resignation Offered by Maryland Agricultural College Head
Word from this city reports Maj A Dapray, mil itary instructor at the Maryland Agricultural College, asked the War Department to accept his resignation as military head. The withdrawal followed a controversy over military discipline. After the board of directors met Saturday, an adverse finding was reported against the major, and the resignation was reportedly withdrawn.
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Rawline
G AR Department
G AR
Newton Werrie
Post Department
Ferree
Sheridan Ferree
United Spanish War Veterans
K H W Whitaker
Custer
Lees
Appomattox
Potomac Relief Corpa
Legion of Loyal Women
Capt Strattan
GAR
A Dapray
Maryland Agricultural College
War Department
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Auilek Palmer
Cavalry Squad
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Rawline Post
ST. Mary’s
Pastor
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American Indian Guard Band
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M. E
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Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
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Eagles
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L Morgan Davis
Worch
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Police News
C C Blake
Manassas
Annie C Hummer
Baileys Crossroads
Oak Hill
Falla Church Va
Charles J. Ayers, Jr
Charles Jr
Charles Jo Ayers
North St Asaph Street
Dana Cooper
Seventh Street
St. Johns
Charles Gross
Four
Cooper
North Beach
Camp Emery
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Victrola
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Camden, N. J
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