A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31623 Submitted by: mbousman Article Title: City of Washington Gazette Article Date: February 12 1819 Article Description: Obituary Article Text: DIED, Yesterday, after a short illness, Mr. SIMON MEADE, master carpenter; long an industrious and respectable inhabitant of this city. He has left a numerous family to deplore their loss. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31622 Submitted by: mbousman Article Title: City of Washington Gazette Article Date: April 2 1819 Article Description: Obituary Article Text: DIED, On Friday, the 26th ult. in the 37th year of her age, Mrs. Thomazine Lewis, wife of Mr. Samuel Lewis, jr. of this city, after a long and trying affliction, which she bore with a fortitude and resignation truly exemplary. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31525 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 9 1912 Article Description: Marriage(1) & Deaths Page 3 Article Text: Washington Post April 9, 1912 Marriage(1) & Deaths Page 3 [very poor quality - transcribed as possible] MARRIAGE [PRAY/FRAY] - SADLER The marriage of M. H. [PRAY/FRAY] and Miss Alberta SADLER ... at Annapolis, Md., on Monday, April 8, 1912. DIED. GERMON - Suddenly, on Sunday, April .... at his residence, 319 D street ... Franklin, beloved husband of ... Lane E. GERMON. ... from the chapel of William H. ... & Co., ... H street northeast, ... April 9 at 1 p. m. Relatives aand friends invited to attend. Interment at Arlington Cemetery. KINSLOW - On Sunday, April 7, 1912 at ... a. m., M. Catherine KINSLOW ... beloved wife of Michael .... ... late residence, 2118 L ... on Wednesday, April ... tthen to St. Steven ... twenty-fifth street and ... northwest, where ... will be said for the ... Relatives and friends ... NORRIS - on Sunday, April 7, 1912, at 7:45 ... John F/E., beloved son of Frank ... late Catherine NORRIS. ... from 1812 Second street north ... Tuesday, April 9, at 2 p. m. ... Congressional Cemetery. PARKER - on Sunday, April 7, 1912, at her ... H street northwest. ?.???man PARKER, sister of the Rev. ... REILLY, rector emeritus ... Church, Hudson, N. Y., in the sixty-fifth year of her age. Funeral services at Carlisle, Pa. (Philadelphia and Carlisle, Pa. and Pits..., Mass., papers please copy). SA?LER - Suddenly, on Sunday, April 7, 1912, at the residence of his nephew, H. H. SA?LER, 1442 Belmont street, ??nat?s Thomas PINE, son of the late Capt. and Anne M. PINE, of Philadelphia and beloved brother of Mrs. M... M. SA?LER. (Philadelphia papers please copy). THORNE - On Monday, April 8, 1912, at ... p. m. at national Homeopathic Hospital, William ., beloved husband of Isabella P. THORNE and eldest son of the late William S. and Sarah ... THORNE of Prince George County, Md., in the sixty first year of his age. Notice of funeral hereafter. (Baltimore papers please copy.) WARD - On Sunday, April 7, 1912, at his ... Fifteenth street north ... Lawrence W. WARD, aged ...ty-twoyears. Funeral from W. R. Pumphrey & Son's undertaking parlors, 1523 Fourteenth street northwest on Tuesday, April ... 2 p. m. Interment at Mount Olive... Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31523 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 9 1912 Article Description: Marriage Licenses Page 3 Article Text: Washington Post April 9, 1912 Marriage Licenses Page 3 LICENSED TO MARRY. George E. STONE, 21, and Ruth C. GERMELWARNE, 21, both of Richmond, Va. Rev. Charles P. WILES. Edgar W. FLUKE, 26, and Violet Fay ROLLER, 23, both of Williamsburg, Pa. Rev. Donald C. MACLEOD. Harry WHITMORE, 28, of Emmitsburg, Md., and Helen E. C. KNODE, 25, of Hagerstown, Md. Rev. James D. BUHRER. Horace W. BARBER, 31, and Grace M. HALL, 24. Rev. R. L. WRIGHT. William L. McMAHON, 25, and Mamie ?. ROCKWELL, 25, of Sandoval, Ill. Rev. John B. PITTAR. Walter GODART, 33, of Winnipeg, Canada, and Annie Ray MACEACHERN, 31, of Minneapolis, Minn. Rev. J. H. NELMS. Charles J. WEIMER/WELMER, 24, of Spotsylvania, Va., and Jennie L. ROBERSON, 21, of Stafford county, Va. Rev. F. L. BARDENS. Edward S. WILLEY, 21, of New York, N. Y., and Carrie J. DUNN, 21, of Ballston, Va. Rev. A. S. MOWBRAY. Raphael A. GUGHELMO, 22, and Lenora C. N. WILSON, 22, both of Richmond, Va. Rev. John M. McNAMARA. William J. SKIDMORE, 52, and Catharine E. THOMAS, 53. Rev. Charles F. EDWARDS. Benjamin J. WILLIAMS, jr., 28, of Baltimore, Md., and Mary E. SHOGOGUE, 19, of Glyndon, Md. Rev. William M. PETTIS. Willard T. CLARY, 26, and Louise D. MOORE, 25, both of Richmond, Va. Rev. Edward STANLEY. Charles G. BARNES, 35, and Tina G. ASHBAUGH, 35. Rev. Cornelius S. ABBOTT, jr. Charles E. PFEIFFER, 35, and Ethel ROBINSON, 21, both of Richmond, Va. Rev. Edward STANLEY. George E. JOHNSON, 26, and Fannie E. GEORGE, 19, both of Fredericksburg, Va., Rev. James S. Montgomery. John D. MAHONE, 35, and Mary H. PUCKETT, 26, both of Richmond, Va. Rev. Donald C. MACLEOD. George T. KOLB, 40, and Nellie B. SAGE, 39. Rev. Ignatius FEALY. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31379 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 9 1912 Article Description: Robbery Page 1 Article Text: Washington Post April 9, 1912 Robbery Page 1 $330 IN JEWELRY STOLEN. Thieves Enter Apartment of Doctor and a Barber Shop A thief entered the apartment of Dr. ?. ?. HEL?E? at 310 East Capitol street yesterday morning between 8 and 10 o'clock and stole about $200 worth of jewelry. The robber ascended the fire escape and climbed through a window. The police were notified, but have no clew. Paul BONAVAIR reported that somebody climbed through a transom at his barber shop at 43 Massachusetts avenue northwest some time Sunday night and stole $3 in cash and a razor strop. Two diamond rings, one valued at $100 and another at $30 were reported stolen yesterday morning from the room of Page SMITH, 311 Third street northwest. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ This message was sent to: DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31378 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 9 1912 Article Description: Burning Ship Pages 1,3 Article Text: Washington Post April 9, 1912 Burning Ship Pages 1,3 PRAY AS SHIP BURNS Passengers Have Thrilling Experience Before Rescue. WOMEN BRAVER THAN MEN Crew of the Ontario Still Aboard Battling With Flames. Wireless Operator Sticks to His Post Until Driven Out by Heat - Steerage Passengers in Mad Panic Before They Are Taken Off - Two Washington Women Start for Home - Officers Are Praised for Coolness and Heroism New London, Conn., April 8 - Thrilling stories of how many of the passengers aboard the burning steamship Ontario knelt and prayed for rescue were brought here at noon today, when the tug Tasco arrived with the first survivors. "I wouldn't go through that again for anything" said H. W. SANFORD, one of the rescued ones who had been asleep when the cry of 'Fire' was first shouted. I don't know very much of just what happened, he continued only I know it was terrible. I awakened my wife as soon as I heard the cry and we dressed hurriedly and went up on deck. Smoke was pouring through the hatchways and the passengers for the most part were panic stricken. Some were running around crying while others were huddled in the bow praying. We joined the latter group and remained there while the crew fought the flames. I must say that the crew were very brave. There was absolutely no panic among them and their coolness as well as that of Capt. BOND who beached his ship as soon as he realized the fire was serious, undoubtedly saved our lives. Passengers Taken Off. While the crew battled with the flames and the passengers prayed for rescue, life-saving crews from the Ditch Plain and Montauk Point stations shot a lifeline to the stranded steamship, sent out a breeches buoy and then sent off their lifeboats and took off the fifteen passengers transferring them later to the Tasco which arrived from New London in answer to wireless "S O S" signals. The 40 men composing the crew, under the direction of Capt. William J. BOND, continued to fight the fire, which frequently burned through the decks and threatened to sweep through the super structure. Responding to wireless messages repeated along the coast from half a dozen stations, three revenue cutters from New York and Woods Hole, Mass. were rushed to the scene while passing steamships turned from their course to give aid to the burning vessel and her imperiled company. Operator Sticks to Post With the flames scorching his back and licking the walls of his cabin, the wireless operator on board the Ontario stuck to his post and repeated his calls for aid interspersing them with reports of the progress of the thrilling fight until he was driven out by the unbearable heat. A great cloud of smoke and steam rose from the burning vessel and spread along the shore as the crew chopped holes in the deck and cabins and turned the nozzles of the hose upon the blazing interior. All day long and tonight they fought the flames at times believing they had the control but late tonight the fire seemed to be getting the better of the contest. No fear is felt for the crew however as revenue cutters are standing by to take them off. Passengers Reach Boston Boston, April 8 - A group of tired, hungry passengers from the Merchants and Miners steamer Ontario which was driven ashore burning on Montauk Point, Long Island early today arrived in this city late this afternoon from New London, Conn. where they were landed by a tug from the burning steamer earlier in the afternoon. Most of them were without baggage. Some had dressed so hurriedly in the excitement that they had scarcely sufficient clothing. When the Ontario was run ashore she carried 32 passengers - 22 first and second cabin and 10 Italians in the steerage. With the exception of two, Misses Nellie SHEEHAN and Katherine C. SCHWARTZ of Washington, D. C., all were brought to Boston in care of Thomas BARBER and C. R. MERRY, of the line and Purser W. T. JAMES of Norfolk and Stewardess, Mrs. Mary GALLAGHER, of Baltimore, from the steamer. Miss SHEEHAN and Miss SCHWARTZ went to Washington. List Of Cabin Passengers. Following are the first and second cabin passengers: Miss Katherine I. SCHWARTZ and Miss Nellie SHEEHAN, Washington, D. C.; Thomas A. GRAY, jr., Boston; H. W. SANBORN and wife, Dover, N. H.; Nathan O. WEEKS, East Lakeville, N. H.; Mrs. Marie SPEAD, Lowell, Mass.; R. T. WINDLEY, Wilmington, N. C.; Charles E. PERKINS and wife, Madbury, N. H.; Miss Mabel PERKINS, Madbury, N. H.; Andrew ADAMS, Portland, Me.; Charles B. BELLOWS and wife, Winslow, Me.; J. ?. BOND and wife, Boston, D. C. CANNON, Norfolk, Timothy CARNEY, Stoughton, Mass.; Fred A. BOWDEN, Troy, Me.; Mrs. M. J. GALLANT, Pittsfield, Me.; A. E. CAHILL and wife, North Waymouth, Mass.; Mrs. W. J. BENT, wife of the captain of the steamer, was also aboard and came to Boston with the passengers. Steerage Passengers Frightened "It was an unavoidable misfortune," said one, while others declared they believed no one was to blame. There was no panic except among the steerage passengers who, not understanding English, could not be calmed and directed. They were forced by the ship's crew into the saloon. Some of them insisted on running on deck and a few tried to climb the masts thinking the ship was going to sink. The women, said H. W. SANDBORN of Dover, N. H., behaved better than the men, in my opinion, and they are deserving of much praise. Of course, we all got a little excited, but who wouldn't? I was sleeping in the stateroom next to that of the wireless operator, Hubert INGALLS of Lynn, Mass., and right on the other side the fire was raging. About 2 o'clock this morning I awoke and looked out and saw people running out on deck crying, 'The ship is afire.' I thought it was a fire drill as I had seen something similar on a ship at Norfolk, but the next minute the smoke enveloped us and I realized it was no joke. Two Plucky Men If there were any heroes on that boat they were INGALLS, the plucky little wireless operator and Chief Engineer T. F. DISNEY, of Baltimore. Both of them stuck to their posts until their duty was done, and they were mostly responsible for our safety. One of the busiest men on the boat was Purser JAMES who was also one of the first to be awakened. The fire was discovered, he said, by a seaman, who notified First Officer R. C. HAWDING, a Cape Cod man in charge of the first watch. This was about 1:40 a. m. I think the fire must have been burning for some time for there was a good lively blaze and plenty of smoke. I ran around the ship knocking at stateroom doors and waking people up until I thought everybody was awake. CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. "Then I ran to Operator INGALLS' room, and we both sent messages to our mothers. He was sitting at his instrument with a raincoat buttoned up over his pajamas, just as he had tumbled out of bed at the first call. "Then I went outside and with James LYNCH, a waiter from East Boston, tried to calm the Italians, who were bordering on the hysterical." Thinks Fire Smoldered Long. That the fire started before the ship left Baltimore was the opinion expressed by D. C. CANNON, one of the passengers. CANNON is from Norfolk, Va., and claims he knows cotton "as well as any one on the boat." He says that the fire must have smoldered a long time before it broke out at 1:40. CANNON declares that he saw stevedores smoking while stowing the cotton, and it is his theory that a smoldering match or cigarette started a blaze before the steamer left port. The passengers were grouped in the South station upon their arrival here, and after the line officials had arranged for transportation of the baggage left on the boat they scattred [sp.] for their various destinations. Vessel's Fate in Doubt. Montauk Point, N. Y., April 8, - The fate of the steamer Ontario, of the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, which was beached here on fire early this morning, was still in doubt tonight. With her passengers safely off, the steamer's crew of 40 men stuck to the ship, and at a late hour were still on board fighting the flames in the hold. The fire, which had raged all day, appeared, however, to be slowly getting the better of the men, and from the shore tonight flames could be seen bursting occasionally through the forward decks. Despite the doubt as to the eventual quelling of the flames, no fear was felt for the safety of the crew. The revenue cutters Acushnet and Mohawk and two wrecking tugs stood by to take the crew off in case the flames got completely beyond control. The revenue cutter Seneca was also nearing the scene to give assistance, and hope was expressed by officers on the cutter that the fire, which was forward, would be held by the engine room bulkhead. The announced plan was for the cutters Mohawk and Seneca, when the sea had sufficiently moderated, to go alongside and pour water on the blaze. There appeared to be no doubt that once the fire was controlled the vessel could easily be floated. When the steamer was boarded by a newspaper representative late today, it looked as it the flames would be subdued, but he had scarcely returned to shore when they burst out afresh. Baltimore, Md., April 8, - The steamer Ontario, of the Merchants and Miners Line, was built in 1904 at a cost of more than $400,000, and was equipped with all modern conveniences. She was a single-screw steamship, 315 feet long, 42 feet beam, and 31 feet depth of hold. Her gross tonnage was 3,300. Her speed was 16 knots. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ This message was sent to: DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31325 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Woodruff saves Daughter Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Woodruff saves Daughter Page 12 SAVES HIS SMALL DAUGHTER. Elmer Woodruff Rescues Child From Water Hole in Quarry. Elmer WOODRUFF, an employe of the Smithsonian Institution, who lives at 2751 Macomb street northwest, saved his 3-year-old daughter Edith from drowning yesterday, when she fell into a hole containing 3 feet of water at the quarry near Connecticut avenue, between Newark and Ordway streets. The little girl was throwing stones, and walked backward into the hole. The father's cry of warning failed to prevent the accident. After being rescued, Edith declared she was not hurt "the least bit." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31324 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Wilfley Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Wilfley Page 12 URGES EXCISE LEGISLATION. Rev. Dr. Wilfley Attacks Commissioners for Stand They Have Taken. The District commissioners were severely criticized last night for their attitude toward proposed liquor legislation, now pending before Congress, by the Rev. Earl WILFLEY, pastor of Vermont Avenue Christian Church. Mr. WILFLEY said the commissioners "were trifling or something worse." How the commissioners could say that there were no demands for such reforms as are proposed in the Works bill was inconceivable, he said, in the face of the agitation that had been going on in Washington this winter. "Why the commissioners offer a substitute bill for the Works measure is a matter I cannot understand," continued Mr. WILFLEY. He urged members of the congregation to sign petitions which had been forwarded to him by the Rev. S. H. WOODROW, and which urged the passage of the Works measure. He also spoke in favor of the Works bill. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31323 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Robbery Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Robbery Page 12 PRESSMAN ROBBED OF WATCH. Negro Asks the Time, Snatches the Timepiece, and Escapes. Because he imprudently displayed his watch when a well-dressed negro asked him the time at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, while in an alley between L and M and North Capitol and First streets northwest. Robert M. DAY, a pressman of 35 K street northwest, was robbed of a timepiece worth $80. DAY told the police that he was taking a short cut through the alley on his way home from the printing office where he is employed. He said the negro stopped him with a polite request to know the time, and as DAY drew the watch from his pocket the negro snatched it, breaking the chain, and made good his escape. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31322 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Peck, Aviator Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Peck, Aviator Page 12 AVIATOR PECK RECOVERING. Funeral of Wife, to Whom He Gave Blood, Will Be Held Today Paul PECK, the aviator, whose wife, formerly Miss Ruth OWENS of Rockville, Md., died at their home in the Royalton apartments, late Friday night, was recovering yesterday from the effects of the cut in his arm made when he underwent an operation for the transfusion of his blood to his wife in an effort to save her life. "My arm is still tied up, but the pain has almost gone," said Mr. PECK last night. Funeral services for Mrs. PECK will be held at noon today, the Rev. William T. SNYDER officiating. Interment will be in Rockville. Dr. Henry D. FRYE, who was reported to have taken part in the operation, said last night, he did not perform the operation, and that he had not discussed the case in any particular. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31321 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Orchestra Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Orchestra Page 12 HERBERT ORCHESTRA CHARMS Five Soloists and Wolf-Ferrari Selections Features of Easter Concert. One of the largest Sunday night audiences of the year heard Victor Herbert's Orchestra give a brilliant program at the Belasco Theater last night. There were five soloists - Miss Alice EVERSMAN, the Washington operatic soprano; Evan WILLIAMS, whose voice is familiar in many households through his phonographic records, Miss Ethel TOZIER, the Washington pianiste, who will accompany the orchestra on its Southern tour, Julius HERNER, cellist, and A. CHIAFFARELLI, clarinetist. Ordinarily a multiplicity of soloists is indicative of mediocrity, but last night's concert was an extraordinary occasion, and each artist fully deserved the enthusiastic applause which a delighted audience bestowed. Mr. Herbert's arrangement of the program was in welcome contrast to those which have been given by similar organizations in Washington this season. Only one number had been played previously this year. The novelty of the evening was the first performance here of any of the compositions of the most widely discussed musician in the operatic world in America today - Ernanno Wolf-Ferrari, the young Italian composer, who won a double triumph in this country within the last six months with his two operas, "Le Donne Curiose" and "The Jewels of the Madonna." Mr. Herbert chose the intermezzi from the latter work last night, and the charming melodic quality of the barcarolle, together with the more intricate beauty of the vivace assai, were bewitching fragments of a rarely beautiful composition, an opera which has been described as "a red bird flown suddenly across an aviary of gray and brown." Miss EVERSMAN sang an aria from Gounod's "Queen of Sheba" in excellent voice and with pleasing method. A large sheaf of Easter lilies and an armful of roses from across the footlights probably influenced her in the selection of the appropriate encore, Schneider's "Flower Rain." Miss Ethel TOZIER gave a most satisfying interpretation of the first movement of a Grieg piano concerto, and played as an encore the rippling and captivating "Eccosaire" of Chopin. Mr. WILLIAMS' share of the program was large. His singing of Paul's address from "Natoma" was an inspiring number, which displayed the robust quality of his voice to admirable advantage, and his "Oh, Paradiso" (in English), from Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine," was cordially received. He chose for his encores two simple but universally popular old airs, Bartlett's "A Dream" and Metcalfe's "Absent." Messrs. HERNER and CHIAFFARELLI repeated, Massenet's "Under the Linden Trees," after insistent applause. The other numbers (orchestral) were Chabrier's decidedly Debussyesque overture "Gwendoline," the Waldleben from "Siegfried" and the festival procession from "Natoma," with the Rubinstein melodie in F, selections from Mr. Herbert's "Naughty Marietta" and MacDowell's "Wild Rose" as encores. Before playing the "Wild Rose" Mr. Herbert said, "I have been asked why MacDowell, certainly America's greatest composer, is not represented on the program. We can't have those we love with us always, but I find that we have his 'Wild Rose.' " A graceful tribute from America's greatest living composer R. G. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31320 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Gen. Harries Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Gen. Harries Page 12 WILL NOT QUIT GUARD Gen. Harries Is to Command This Year's Encampment. LEGAL HOME IN THE CAPITAL Since Resigning From the Washington Railway and Electric Company He Has Traveled Much, but Visits the City Frequently - High Officers Give Out His Plans With Regard to Troops. That Gen. George H. HARRIES, commanding officer of the District National Guard, who resigned as general manager of the Washington Railway and Electric Company several months ago to accept a position with Byllesby & Co., of Chicago, will continue as head of the military organization here, was the statement made yesterday by officers of the District National Guard. Ever since Gen. HARRIES ceased to make his regular home here there has been uncertainty among officers and men of the national guard and others interested in the organization as to his future plans. Just before leaving the city last November, Gen. HARRIES said he had not decided on what action he would take. Gen. HARRIES maintains his legal residence in Washington, and pays frequent visits to the city and, according to his friends, is in close touch with the national guard work. Going to the Encampment. Gen. HARRIES intends to be with the guard at its annual encampment this summer. He was in Washington about two weeks ago. The position of a brigadier general of the District National Guard pays no regular salary, except during the annual encampments, and when the guard is on duty. There is a small yearly allowance for equipment but this amounts to less than $40 a year. Col. S. E. SMILEY, U. S. A., until recently attached to the guard here as adjutant general, and several of the higher officers of the guard, who also are close friends of Gen. HARRIES, said yesterday that he was not on leave, as this was not needed became he comes to the city frequently. Gen. HARRIES' present position requires him to travel much of the time. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31319 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Harney/Schlater Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Harney/Schlater Page 12 SMASHES AUTO; SAVES TWO John Harney, Chauffeur, Tears Up Lamppost With Machine. Turned and Avoided Motor With Couple Aboard, Which Suddenly Stopped at Foot of Hill. The presence of mind of Chauffeur John HARNEY, employed by Mrs. H. H. SCHLATER, of 1627 Nineteenth street northwest, in sending his car crashing at high speed into an electric light post in front of the Balfour apartment house, about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, saved two unknown occupants of another car from serious mishap. The last car, containing a man and a woman, stopped suddenly while going south on Sixteenth street. The chauffeur left his machine to crank it, and HARNEY, who was coming down hill at a fast pace, alone in his car, seeing the first chauffeur mount again to his place, did not check his auto. When within 30 feet of the car ahead, the latter again stopped suddenly. In order to avoid smashing into the rear of it, HARNEY turned his machine abruptly to the right, and crashed with great force into an iron lamppost, tearing it from its foundation. HARNEY was hurled several feet. He escaped from the wreckage with a few bad bruises. The car was smashed. The names of the occupants of the other car could not be learned. At the Astor Inn, 1627 Nineteenth street, the manager said he knew nothing about Mrs. H. H. SCHLATER, except that mail had come there for her on several occasions. The manager said she had never lived there, nor did he know the address of HARNEY. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31318 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Hagerstown, Md. Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Hagerstown, Md. Page 12 Church for Beaver Creek. Hagerstown, Md., April 7 - The church of the Brethren of Beaver Creek, Washington county, was incorporated here yesterday afternoon. The incorporators are George W. PETRE, Denton A. SNECKENBERGER, B. Frank SHADRACK, George W. FOLTX, John B. FAHRENEY, Benjamin F. FOLTX, Caleb LONG, J. O. BUTERBAUGH, and Elmer S. ROWLAND, who will be the first year's trustees. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31317 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Concerts Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Concerts Page 12 TWO HOME TALENT CONCERTS. Saengerbund and Columbia Turnverein Enjoy Efforts of Their Members. Selections from old-time operas and many modern popular songs were sung by members of the Saengerbund Singing Society at their "home talent" concert held at their headquarters, 314 C street northwest, last evening. A trio composed of three of the best performers on string instruments - A. C. BRAUMER, Henry BRAUMER, and J. L. NICHOLS - played several selections from "Faust." Other string and vocal selections were given by F. SE??O, William KIRBY, Harry BONCH, J. L. NICHOLAS, A. LEBER, Thomas A. MURRAY, J. W. JONES, M. M. GALLAGHER, Louis WHITMAN, Henry XANDER, and F. MILLER. Members of the Columbia Turnverein also held its monthly "home talent" concert at their rooms, 928 M street northwest, last night, and enjoyed selections from many of the plays of the year given entirely by members of the society. Chauncey OLCOTT distinguished himself in an imitation of Al WILSON, the "Minstrel Man." Other selections were given by Fred LAUX, L. HEIPENHEIMER, S. S. SCHARBAN, George BAHR, Fritz MULLER, and Mrs. S. ZOHN. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31316 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Chinese Christening Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Chinese Christening Page 12 Chinese Child Christened. The little daughter of Charles GONG, Chinese merchant of 314 Pennsylvania avenue, was christened at the Church of the Ascension yesterday afternoon by the Rev. J. Henning NELMS. Esther BELL was the name given the child. This is the eighth child of Mr. GONG to be christened in Washington. The god father is C. D. HOLLAND and the godmothers Mrs. Chin BING and Mrs. C. E. KNAPP. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31315 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Biplane Smashed Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Biplane Smashed Page 12 REX SMITH BIPLANE SMASHED. Strikes Soft Spot in a Field and Is Wrecked, Aviator Richter Escaping. The new Rex Smith biplane, which was built last fall and was to have been used in exhibition work this summer, was nearly demolished at College Park late Saturday afternoon, when Joseph RICHTER, who had taken the machine out for a short flight landed in a soft spot of ground on the army aviation field. The wheels of the aeroplane sank into the mud, throwing the machine violently forward and crushing the right wing as though it had been an eggshell. The propeller was split, both skids broken, and the rudder crushed into splinters. The only part of the craft that escaped injury was the left wing. RICHTER was thrown out of his seat, but was not hurt. It will require several weeks to rebuild the machine. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31314 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Abandoned Baby Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Abandoned Baby Page 12 FINDS AN ABANDONED BABY. Policeman Takes Two-Day-Old Waif to Hospital, Where It Dies. While wheeling along Sherman avenue near Garfield Hospital about 7 o'clock yesterday morning, Policeman W. M. ROUT, of No. 10 precinct, was led by faint cries to investigate an odd-looking bundle on the coping above the stone wall surrounding the institution on the Sherman avenue side. Wrapped in a sheet and an old calico skirt was a male infant about 2 days old. The abandoned baby was taken to the Washington Foundling Asylum, where it died last night about 7 o'clock. Detective George WEBBER, of No. 10 precinct, was detailed on the case in an effort to find the mother of the child. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31313 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Auto Victims Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Auto Victims Page 12 AUTO-VICTIMS ARE BETTER. Miss Fuller and Mr. Stewart Only Slightly Hurt in Crash. Miss Ruth FULLER, of Conduit road, and Andrew STEWART, of 2024 Portner place northwest, both of whom were thought to have been seriously hurt when a big touring car carrying five persons turned turtle in a ditch in the Livingston road Saturday night, are said to have escaped with minor injuries. Mr. STEWART is confined to his bed with a sprained back, and Miss FULLER was cut and bruised. Both were better yesterday. Barton S. STEWART, Miss Alice FULLER, and Mrs. L. S. CAIN, mother of the Misses FULLER, who were the other occupants of the car when the accident happened, were badly shaken up and bruised. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=31312 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 8 1912 Article Description: Alexandria, Va. Page 12 Article Text: Washington Post April 8, 1912 Alexandria, Va. Page 12 ACCUSED OF RIFLING MAIL Alexandria Postoffice Employe Is Arrested by Inspectors. Clerk Harry L. Wheatley Denies the Charge That He Took $8 From Decoy Letter. Washington Post Bureau, 706 King Street, Alexandria, Va. Charged with abstracting eight $1 bills from a decoy letter, Harry L. WHEATLEY, a clerk in the Alexandria postoffice, was placed under arrest by Postoffice Inspectors MOSBY and ROBINSON early yesterday afternoon just as he left the building and had started toward his home after having assorted the mails up to the hour that he was relieved. The inspectors, it is said, took $9.25 from WHEATLEY. They returned $l.25, but retained eight of the bills found in his possession. The officers then accompanied him to police headquarters, where arrangements were made for his release on bond this morning. He will be given a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner R. P. W. GARNETT Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. WHEATLEY denies the charge, and says he can explain the matter fully when the proper time comes. The decoy letter, it is said, was mailed in Richmond and addressed to a supposititious person at Atlantic City and purposely sidetracked at Alexandria where, it is reported on the outside, there have been several losses recently exciting the suspicions of Postmaster J. A. EGGBORN and the inspectors. The arrest of WHEATLEY on the sidewalk in front of the office leads to the belief that the inspectors were secreted in the building and were watching those on duty at the time the letter is alleged to have been rifled. WHEATLEY is about 30 years old and is married. He has been employed in the local postoffice about seven years, and has borne an excellent reputation. ----- Democrats Meet Tonight. Chairman Charles BENDHEIM, of the city democratic committee, has called a meeting of that body at 8 o'clock this evening, at the Hotel Rammel. Final arrangements for the primary to be held April 23, including the amount of the assessment against each of the candidates for mayor and city council, will be determined. It is expected that the committee will select the judges and clerks of election for each of the four voting precincts. ----- Car Victim Is Buried. Funeral Services for James FINNELL, who was struck and killed by an electric car near Union Station, west of this city, Friday afternoon, were held at his home, 227 North West street, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Dr. John Lee ALLISON, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery. ----- Special Session of Court. Judge Thomas W. HARRISON, of Winchester, Va., will preside at a special session of the circuit court for this city today, when the suit of Sinclair vs. Fairfax & Co. will be heard. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com