Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-11
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
C0LORED LABORER RESCUED
FROM PERILoUs POSITION.
Was Buried by Cave-In of Earth
Funeral of Thomas Moland-
General and Personal.

Lieut. w. W. Jordan, commanding the
seventh precinct. yesterday afternoon res
cued colored workman who had been
buried in an excavation while working on
the foundation for the new Copperthite
buildings on o street between 31st and ed
streets northwest. Dudley Pendleton, the
victim of the accident. Is employed as a
plumbers laborer on the new buildings and
was excavating for the laying of piping.
He was working in q ditch about fifteen
feet high when both sides Of it caved in
and buried him completely
Lieut.. Jordan happened to be passing
at the time the accident occurred and. with
the aid of L. H. Mckinley. the plumbers
employer. and a number Of Iaborers. Pen
dleton was dug out before he suffocated.
He escaped with few injuries He was UNI
der the ground fully five minutes and was
nearly unconscious when taken out of the
hole. but restoratives administered soon re-
vived him. His only injuries were an
abrasion Of the elbow and liberation of
the flesh on the left side of the body. He
was taken to the Georgetown University
Hospital in a seventh precinct patrol wag-
On. where his injuries were dressed. and
was afterward removed to his home at
37lS Prospect avenue.
Funeral of Thomas Moland.
Solemn high requiem mass for the repose
of the soul was chanted this morning over
the remains Of Mr.. Thomas Moland, at
Holy Trinity Church. Georgetown. The
funeral services took place at o'clock.
and the body was afterward inferred in
Holy Rood cemetery. Mr.. Moland was
found dead in his bed at his houe. 36i1 .
street northwest. last Tuesday morning at
$50 o'clock. and his friends urged the be-
lief that he was a victim of heart failure.
At the time of his death he was fifty-six
years of age. Mr.. Moland had for a mum
| tendent for bottling establishment on sd
street. He was greatly respected by all
who knew him for his sterling qualities.
Officer Finley of the seventh precinct be-
came suddenly ill yesterday afternoon and
had to be removed to his residence.
H. B. Wissner. who was some time ago
thrown violently from his wheel while rid
Ing along North Capitol stree:. and VINO
sustained painful injuries about the head
and shoulders. is fast recovering and hopes
to be among his friends within a few days.
The funeral services over the body of
Mr.. George E. Adams were held yesterday
morning at o'clock at Holy Trinity
Church. Mr.. Adams succumbed to typhoid
fever last Sunday after an illness of three
days. At the time of his death he was
| thirty-seven years of age. Mr.. Adams is
survived by widow and infant son.
Officer Lipscomb's Condition.
| Officer T. V. Lipscomb of the seventh
precinct. who was the victim of a most
| painful accident last Monday. is reported
| to be slightly improved this morning at
| the Episcopal Eye. Ear and Throat Hos
| pital on 18th street. While on duty near
| the new buildings being constructed on O
| street northwest Monday, Officer Lpscomt
| received severe blow in the eye from a
small piece of iron. He was removed to
| the hospital, where the metal, fully halt
an inch long, was extracted from his eve
| 1t is feared by his friends that his eve
| sight is permanently impaired.
The membership of the First Baptist
| Church. colored is discussing plans for the
erection of new house of worship. The
| Old building is rather antiquated and is
said to be too small to accommodate the
| increasing membership. 1t is located at
| the corner of Dumbarton avenue and 9th
street northwest.
Concerted efforts are being made fookin.
| TO the construction of a new PRESBYTERIAN
church on Friendship Heights move
ment. 1t is stated. has been begun among
| the residents of that vicinity, and it is he.
heVed by many that the project will be
| reailzed IN the course of a few months
Personal Items
The condition Of Mr.. Ralph Weaver who
| mas oeen confined to his home for some time
with illness, is reported to be improved
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis DuFief have returned
to their home In Georgetown after a trir
| to the st. Louis fair
Miss Ida Richardson of 2S17 N street
| northwest is in Boston on vacation.
| WORD has been received from Ma gistrate
| Paine. who is spending the summer a,
Cnampaln, Pa. that he is fast recuperatins
| Miss Margaret Main, daughter of CantaiI
| Herschel Main, U. s. N, is dangerously II
| OF typhoid fever in Georgetown University
| Hospital. e' ''' ,