The Washington herald., 1914-06-26
MAI. ]. v. GREEN dies
after LONG Illness
Former Resident Of Alexandra Sue
cumbs at Home of His Daughter at
Age of Eighty-seven Years.
PLANS FOR FUNERAL PENDING

! Alexandria, Va, June 5.-Maj. John W.
| Green. eighty-seven years old, resident
4 of this city, died at an early hour this
morning at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Kate NJ. Williams. wife of Rev.
Louis l. Williams, Pocomoke City. Nd.
His death followed a long illness. The
body will be brought here and burial
will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery. although
| the funeral arrangements have not yet
| been made.
For many years Mai Green was con-
nected with his father in the manufac-
ture Of furniture in this city.
At the close Of the civil war he re-
| turned to Alexandria and started a real
estate business under the firm name of
Green and Wise. On the death of Peter
| Wise, twenty years ago. Mai Green re-
tired from active participation in bust
ness affairs. A few years ago he moveo
| to Pocomoke City. where he had since
resided.
During the civil war Maj. Green served
in the Confederate army and was pro-
NOTED to rank Of major before the close
of the conflict.
Maj. Green was a member of r. p.
Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans, ana
also a vestryman of st. Paurs P. E
Church.
He is survived by the following chill
dren: William Nick Green, Denver,
Colo; Mrs. Kate NJ. Williams. Pocomoke
City. Md; Mrs. Fannie L. Kemper, wife
| of f. II. Kemper. Rosemont, and ].
Johnston Green, Braddock Heights, Alex
andria County.
Alexandrfans not familiar with hobo
lingo, hoboes' marks, and various other
activities and, doings of knights of the
road. learned all about them tonight
after hearing a street lecture by Billy
O'Briant, alias Hobo Billy. known
all over the country as the millionaire
hobo.
Billy is going to get married soon
and settle down to enjoy fortune Of
S25,000 left him by his mother.
He carries with him a book of news
paper clippings pertaining to his wan
derings. His lecture tonight was en-
titled "sixteeh Kinds of Hoboes."
A coroner's jury has returned a verdict
that Frederick F. Schweickert came to his
death as a result of being crushed be-
tween the tender and engine of a train
on the Washington and Old Dominion
Railway. on which he was employed as
a freight brakeman. The jury did not
fix the responsibility for the accident
It was composed of John H Fisher.
foreman; ]. F. Buckley. ]. d. Brown.
Charles P. Waller, A. A. Paul, and NJ.
r. Norris.
Sarepta Lodge No. 46, Odd Fellows, will
pay a visit Friday night to Potomac
Lodge, this city. when the first degree
will be conferred on candidates from the
two respective lodges.
Thomas Hitler, district deputy grand
master, viii visit Sarepta Lodge Wednes-
day night and install the recently elect
ed officers.
Most of the members of the Virginia
Press Association who spent the day in
Washington sightseeing as guests of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce and
Retail Merchants Association. returned
this evening to their homes. All ex-
pressed themselves as highly pleased
with the. entertainment afforded them
during their sojourn in this city.
Excursions were given TO Marshall Hall
today by Alexandria Division No. !, An
cient Order of Hibernians; st. Paurs and
Grace Church Sunday-schools. They
were largely patronized.