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The Washington herald., 1918-11-17
Improved Order Of
Red Men.

Now that the ban has been lifted
by the local health officials of fra
ternal organizations meeting during
the recent epidemic. Great Sachem z.
r. Boyer. by special invitation, had
the various great chiefs and the
sachems and chiefs of records of the
several local subordinate bodies to
meet with him on last Monday night.
the result OF the meeting being that
the visitauons TO the tribes would be
taken UP, but in an informal way
and that no tribe make any special I
preparations to entertain the visi-
tors. The first one was held on last
Friday evening TO Mineola Tribe. No.
IA, the request OF the great sachem
was carried out and the visitation
was a success. Past Great Sachem
w. c. White. father OF the tribe
made a splendid address. his subject
being, Laying the Fault Where 1t
Belongs" He was followed by the
great sachem and others. who spoke
on interesting topics.
On next Tuesday night, the 18th. an
Informal visitation will be held at
Idaho Tribe. No. Is. at the Northeast
temple. Twelfth and II streets north
east. to which all Redmen are In
vited, and the dates of the next two
visits will be announced
Usage Tribe. No. 6, has moved from
Fifth and C streets northwest TO a.
X street southwest. and meets on
Saturday nights. An invitation has
been issued by their chief OF records
The Washington herald., 1918-11-17
NEWS OF THE CLUBS.
i,aughters Of American ReyoIutlsm.

daughters OF American HtNotu''S".
At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the District OF Columbia
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, which was held in the ballroom
Of the Washington Club. Saturday
evening. November g. resolutions re-
gardinS the death of Miss VI. Blanche
Magruder. late regent of the Magru-
der Chapter. were adopted.
The State Regent, Miss Hilda
Fletcher made a short address, in
which she described visit made by
her. with other members of the ma
tional board of management, to Nor
folk. Va, on June q. where the board
was entertained by the Virginia State
Regent, Miss Alethia Serpell, and the
members of the Great Bridge Chap
ter. Breakfast was served at the
Fairfax Hotel. and after q visit to
the places OF historical interest about
the city and an inspection of Lam
berts Point. where the transports are
loaded for France. the guests We're
taken to the summer home OF Miss
Serpell. where buffet luncheon was
served. The afternoon was spent at
the naval base. where the commander,
Admiral Mclean. received the ladies'
III ItiN uOHlts " dN d1 Otif .bf''il
the Virginia State Building of the
Jamestown Exposition. In the alb
sence from the city of'Mrs. Mclean,
the Virginia State Regent, and the
Regent of the Great Bridge Chapter.
Miss Kensett assisted in the enter
tanning.
The State regent urged Increased
membership in the District of Column
bia ID. A. r. Red Cross Auxiliarv
which meets every Wednesday after
noon at Memorial Continental Hall
under the direction of Mrs. l. $.
Lipscomb. She reported that s1,71S had
thus far been sent in by the chapters
in response to the 81 per capita asked
for the national 100000 ID. A. X. lib
erty loan fund, and requested the
chapters TO make every effort TO raise
the amount asked of 50 cents per
capita for the national $4,000 fund
for the reconstruction of the French
village of TiIioloy. Miss Fletcher fur
ther recommended the consideration
by the chapters of the adoption Of
French war orphans.
Interesting committee reports were
heard. and IL was decided in connec-
ton with the committee ion conserva-
tion- that since this year the Red
Cross was conducting q special sal
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ghostiy performers at these sittinss
included Jim. a Continental drum
mer boy "F'iref1y. an Indian
maiden" and Col Kretchmar, de-
ceased husband of Mrs Kretchmsr.
The ghost OF Jim played many
mischievous pranks throughout the
house. such as violently ringing the
bells. bombarding the place with
chinaware and kitchen utensils. and
shipping the guests with eggs.
The ghost of the colonel was more
dignified. II would demand that a
fine supper with wine be served in
the seance room. and while the lights
were out the viands and beverage
would quickly disappear. Those pres
ent averred they could hear the gall
liant colonel as he devoured the re-
past Numerous persons visited the
lCanandaigua House to participate in
the weird performances.
| On high embsnkment in North
east Washington. forty years ago. was
a shanty occupied by venerable
colored man named Richard Dabney,
which was reputed to be haunted.
One night several young white men
proposed to test the nerve of Uncle
The Washington herald., 1918-11-17
Woodmen of the World.

w. A. Fraser Camp. No. IL, Wood
men Of the World, met on Monday
last at Eighth and F streets north
east. in the Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie. after having suspended its meet
ings for more than a month due TO
the epidemic The meeting was very
largely attended due TO the presence
Of Col. George Wilsher. State Man
ager Clark, Sovereign Sporn. Past
Consul Commander ID. w. Thayer, of
Alpha Camp. No. !. and other we'll
known Woodmen: also the large at
tendance was due in no small por-
tion to the return from twelve
months service in France with the
American aviation of publicity man
ager, John w. Sanders. He was given
hearty welcome by the camp and
each member Individually
A class of nine candidates were put
through the secret work end initiation
and the degree team of w. A Fraser
Camp is a credit to Woodcraft. Three
new applica tons were received This
induction of new members in such
large numbers during the war is due
10 campaign organized by the camp
called the "On to Berlin Drive" The
teams. The Highfliers." THE Gobs. -
"the Devil Dogs" and THE Dough-
boys" There is considerable lively
interest manifest in this contest and
Fraser Camp invites other Woodmen
to visit her and see how they move
their fleet across the Atlantic to-
ward Berlin.
State Manager Clark delivered a
ten-minute talk to the camu telling
briefly Of his work with the Wood
men of the World. and how the camps
OF Pennsylvania, of which State he
is also manager. are conducting Wig
orous campaigns TO Increase their
membership and incidentally spread
the Woodcraft spirit throughout their
State.
Sovereign Thayer pleased the boys
immensely with a lecture on art. par
ticulsrly dwelling on the great artists
who have been born. raised and lived
The Washington herald., 1918-11-17
HOW DOES CHRIST SAVE?
His Plan Combines Justice and Mercy.
r.
or the Council of Twelve
Lake

| laws ! have violated. To bs again
J reconciled to Him through expi-
alton for my transgressiOn. / am
| in dire need of help. That help
! is provided through obedience to
the laws and ordinances of the
! Gospel Of Jesus Christ. | am not
left without hope; but on the con-
trary have the Divine assurance of
possible emancipation. This is
mercy. indeed.
"IrE THAT BELIEvETH AND IS
I BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED:
BUT HE THAT BELIEvETH NOT
SHALL BE DAMNED" Mark 1915.
/ So spake the Christ. The belief here
/ specified must mean that active, vital
potent belief which We distinctiveIy
designate FAITH. mere assent of
the mind to any proposition. without
application and action. remains a
mental concept and nothing more
Our Lords association of belief with
baptism is proof that no empty or
idle belief can avail to- save. Genuine
/ faith in the Lord Jesus Christ natur-
ally leads to obedience to His COM
mands; and the firstfruits of faith
are embodied in repentance. None
/ but the truly repentant believer is an
acceptable subject for baptism
Thus no man can consistently hope
, for salvation in the Kingdom of God
except through the Atonement OF
Jesus Christ; and the Atonement is
made operative for the remission OF
sins through individual compliance
with the conditions explicitly set
forth by the Author of eternal SAL
! walton unto all them that obey Him. -
CHeb- $50. Christ's method of saw
ing souls is that of providing definite
means. which any one may accept or
reject to his own eternal gain or loss.
| Universal amnesty for crime may
serve TO increase crime. Gods sys-
tenn of benevolenee, which comprises
and exceeds all that We call charity.
consists in helping sinners to help
themselves. Indiseriminate giving
fosters pauperism in both the temporal
and the spiritual sense. Man alone
cannot save himself: and Just as
truly, Christ alone cannot save him.
Obedience to the laws and ordin-
anees OF the Gospel is the price of
salvation.
An ancient Hebrew prophet thus
set forth IN simplicity the plan Of
saliva ton dependent upon the Atone
VI NhhAeN blsOoD
! ETH FOR THE SINS OF THOSE
: WHO HAVE FALLEN BY THE
TRANSMISSION OF ADAM, WHO
HAVE DIED. NOT KNOWING THE
WILL OF GOD CONCERNING
THEM. OR WHO HAVE IGNo-
RANTLY SINNED. BUT, wO. wO
( UNTO HIM WHO KNOwETH THAT
/ HE REBELLETH AGAINST GOD:
FOR SALVATION COMETH To
NONE. SUCH, EXCEPT 1T BE
THROUGH REPENTANCE AND
FAITH ON THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST" Book of Mormon. Mosiah
S;l-12) In these latter DAYS the
Lord hath given this commandment
unto the Church: THOU SHALT
DECLARE REPENTANCE AND
FAITH ON THE SAVIOR AND RE
MISSION OF SINS BY BAPTISM
AND BY FIRE. YEA. EVEN THE
HOLY GHOST" Doctrine and Cove
nants 1s.3I)
For the works cited herein and for
other literature Of the Church apply
to booksellers or write direct 10 East
ern States Mission. s7s Gates Ave.
BrpokIyn. " Y. or Bureau of In
formation, Salt Lake City. Utah
The Washington herald., 1918-11-17
Eastern Stars.

Notwithstanding the fact that
Washington was busy with its in
formal peace celebration last Monday
night. there was capacity attend
ance at the annual visitation of the
grand officers to Columbia Chapter,
No. Is. o. f. S. A highly interesting
feature of the program was the sing
ing OF Mrs. Maud Malcolm. who for
several months has been a familiar
figure at the army camps. She sang
number of songs with which she
has been entertaining the soldiers.
DR.. Frank ]. Rowell, in a neat ad-
dress. made the customary presenta-
tion to the grand matron and Mrs.
Lynn Y Burton. past mstron, to the
grand patron. W. w. Jermane, pa
tron. on behalf of Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Rowell. matron. presented a large
bouquet of roses to Mrs. Mary f.
Teschum. grand visitor and lecturer.
The chapter voted s25 TO the war
service drive and members Of the
chapter individually contributed S35
more. The chapter has 500 of lib
erty bonds and the accumulated in
terest, none OF which has yet been
collected, was also turned over 20 the
wsC service fund.
The floral circle of the chapter will
meet tomorrow afternoon with Miss
Edith A. Williams. 35l2 Eleventh
street northwest. Seven candidates
were elected to receive the degrees.
which will be conferred at the next
meeting. November q.
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and haiT-Taising supernatural tales
were related about them He also told
me that the only alleged witch cred
tied to the District lived in a shanty
located near the present site of the
Heurich Brewery. Many folks from
various parts of Washington were
wont to visit the home of the witch.
They came in OK carts and other an
cient vehicles to consult The old wo-
man for magic charms and to wit
ness the physical demonstrations of
evil spirits in slamming the doors
and window shutters of her hut
TeutonIc superstitions.
The old Glass-House Settlement" &"
described by Mr. Harkness, embraced
the territory between Twenty-first
and Twenty-third streets. New York
avenue and the Potomac river. 1t
was also known as 'FunkstOwn'
and Hamburg" from the fact that
the pioneer OF the settlement, Mr..
Funk. was a native of Hamburg.
Germany Besides a goodly store
of money. Funk brought with him
from Germany a stock of Teutonic
superstitiOns, and was credited with
being a man who saw things"
nc W as huO" W. NObs a. AilF Isl
rich-quick individual in the Dis
trict. as ne purchased at ridicu-
'lously small prices several premises
that were reputed to be haunted.
Some of his neighbors even hinted
that he sometimes assumed the role
of spook for business rea sons
An alleged haunted house in the
very business center of Washington
atf VIZ
five years ago. At that time the
building, which is still standing.
was used for hotel purposes and
was known as the Canandaigua
House, 500 f. street northwest
The proprietor. Mrs. A. p. Kretch-
mar was an ardent believer in
spiritual manifestations. and her
Miss Minnie Vernon,
was known as clever medium.
Nightly seances were held on an
upper floor of the hotel and the
The Washington herald., 1918-11-17

With the divorce courts showing an
ever increasing number of homes bro
ken up. often through woman's highly
nervous state-with thousands of wom-
en- leaving their business positions or
unable to attend to their household
duties because of their weakened, rum
down conditions, and still others
whose constant complaining make life
burden TO themselves and to their
families, it should be especially inter
esting to the public generally to read
the opinion of such a medical author
ity as DR.. Kenneth X. MacAlpine. a
prominent New York surgeon, mem
Der of the New York State Medical
Society and for l6 years Adjunct Pro-
fessor OF the New York Post Graduate
Medical School and Hospital. who tells
below how by increasing the supply
of iron in the blood. women may be-
come stronger. healthier and more
successful in the home. social and
business life.
Dr. MacAlpine SAYS. In nv opinion racfi-
calls nine out Of every ten women who sr1cr
from Nerves improve their health. strength,
vitality and general appearance by getting n5re
iron in their blood. You can tell the women
whose blood is rich in strength giving non: they
are the beautiful. healthy. rosy-chceked ones.
radiant with life. vim and enersy-euyied and
sought after everywhere they go. Yet despite
all that has been said and written by physicians
Gbuut the slsrmins iron deficiency in the blood
Of the average American woman Of today there
still thousands who need something to in.
crease their red blood corpuseles and buiId up
their strength and endurance. and are either
careless Of their condition or do not know what
to take. In nv opinion there is nothing better
Than organic iron Nnxated irun-io help make
healthy full-blooded. beautiful women. By en-
riel,ing the biood and increasing its oxygen
earning pJSer Nuxat.d Iron viii often trAns-
foim the naLls nesh. tnnsless tissues aud psIIid
chteks Of uenoils. ran down women into allow
Of health aud make them look years younger
within suurisingy short time.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-17

. al ts<bss - the reserxaxtsa u ~
thesn visit an1 oAsy are asssred ~
most cordial Yscnp3eR
Waneta couDcii. Degree Of Poc4-
hontas, meets at the Pythkan Tempie.
on Ninth street northwest on the
second and fourth Tuesday evening"
Visitors afv always welcome
Redwing Tribe. No o. was veil at
tended on last Monday night when
there wAs q host OF visitors present
IL being the called meeting OF the
great sschem The following vees
present. Great sachem Boyer. Great
Prophet Heidenheimer. Great Repre-
sentative Madison. jr.. Great Nishi-
newa storrs. Great Guard. of Wig
wan r. A. southvorth. Great Guard
OF Forest Paul Lauthan. Great Chief
of Records Altman. The following
represented the trtbes; osage, Self
fert and Cummings. Logan. Fuller
and Madison; Seneca. Gamble. King
and yoehl. Aineois, White and
Grimes: Idaho. koontx and Brsru-
nier: White Eagle. Baker snd sheedy
Sioux. Heidenheimer; Redwing. Boyer
and Scberrer.
Ordnance serst l. b. Altman vss
home on a ten-dsy sick furiough from
the Rsritan assembly plant. Rsritsn
Arsenal. n. J.. AMI was able to re-
sumo duty on last WEDNESDAY. He
is a member Of Seneca Tribe. No. H.
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Modern Woodmen Of
America.

At the meeting OF Columbia Camp.
No. 11.e23. on Thursday night In
PSttssn Temple an appropriation OF
$40 was made TO the fund for the
relief OF Wooomen who were suf-
ferers in the tremendous fores tres
recently occurring in Minnesota
Ernest r Moose and Cate =. Huro
were initiated as members of the
camp. ans two applicants were voted
into membership. The clerk reports
ed the deaths OF Cecil S. Alexander
and Walter W. Mclean and appro-
pirate resosutiops were adopted. J.
~. Womack. OF Lexington. Ky. ~ss
in attendance and gave an interest.
ing tau. and remarks were also
made by State Deputy william Nc
Carrey. District Deputy J. X Dun
can and W. X. Cole. who outlined his
plans for the camps membership
drive.
At its first meeting since the lift
ing of the ban Talbot Camp. No.
.1I,sl2. on Thursday night received
the sad news of the death OF four
of it's psembers. one OF the deceased
members. A. S. GIL. having been a
very active worker in the interests
OF woodcrsft. The clerk was IN
structed to communicate with th
families of the neighbors and TO er
tend the sympathy OF Talbot Camp
Two candidates were Initiated. and
the applications Of three men for
membership were fsvorsbly acted
upon. State Deputy William Nc
Carfrey and District Deputy J. h.
Duncan addressed the camp. and
brief remarks were made by B. c.
I'D 4 n
bee
Notwithstanding the signing %
the armistice, Clerk A H. JaeEer. or
Central Camp. No. 1s.olb. at its
meeting Friday night. reported thst
news has been received that add
tionsl members OF the camp are in
the military forces OF the country,
A. s Terrien being assigned 10 a
training camp and commissions is
sued to Robert J. Service and G.. h.
Shields as captains in the Quarter
master Corps and TO Fred L. Moore
as lieutenant in the regular army.
A card containing news from Italy
was received from G. A. Gardner. a
Y. N. c. A worker. Fourteen sppli-
csnts wece elected TO membership.
DR.. o. L. Mantey. just. returned from
the woodmen Ssnitsrium. gave 80
interesting talk on the picturesque
location and the work of the society
at Colorado Springs, Colo. The camp
received with sorrow news OF the
death OF William T Byram. OF the
daughter OF Clerk A. ". Jaeger. ami
the wives Of W. W. McGlincey and "
S. Everett Resolutions OF sympathy, !,
were extended to the fan lies of the
bereaved members. DIR. Thomas Lin
willie, chairman OF the membership
committee. urged cooperation In the
present efforts to increase the mem
bership above 800. State Deputy
William NcCsrrey and District Dep
uty J. K Duncan were in attend
snce and addressed the meeting. an
remarks were also made by Fr~d "
Darlington. H. c. Long. DR.. John W,
Sutherin and William II. CavansuEh,
The Washington herald., 1918-11-17

ng. visitor at the White House one
lay in the sixties. gave President
Lincoln an account OF an alleged
ghost dance the night before at
the Van Ness mansion. which was
then unoceupied by earthly beings.
President Iincoln's comment was
typical
The old premises are undoubteuiy
haunted" ne said. mot by spectral
beings. but by pleasant memories OF
the dear old past"
Like legends of old Washington are
the stories of ghostly transactions IN
what is known as the old glass
house locality in West Washington.
This location was most interestingly
described by Mr. Robert II. Hark-
ness in paper read before the Col
umbia Historical Society I'm 1914 lie
said the name. ''old glass house,
was given a factory where glass was
made early in the past century. IL
was located at the southeast corner
OF Twenty-second and Water streets
northwest. A venerable resident OF
that vicinity informed me that there
were several so-called haunted
houses thereabouts many years age
The Washington herald., 1918-11-17

at Eighteenth street and New York
avenue northwest. attracted stten-
tion. This building was erected in
l7ss by Col John Tayloe. Virginia
planter reputed to be quite wealthy.
Tayloe died in the Octagon House
in 1898. and his widow died there in
1855. Many grewsome tales have
been related from time to time about
the spectral occupants of this old
mansion. and even today 1t is re-
ferred to as a haunted place by
many of the older citizens of Wash
ington. Recently while this build
ing was occupied as government
annex the employees reported that
upon returning TO their work in the
morning they would find official
documents and letters scattered over
I the floor. indicating to them that
the place had been visited in the
night by prsnky spooks.
The performance of high-elass
ghosts-those OF honorable and an
cient origin-were credited to the
venerable Van Ness mansion at the
foot of Seventeenth street. near the
Potomac River. This historic struc-
ture was fast going to ruin when, in
lftas II Ndr lOtu QoWT 70 Iiltht tOOHt
for the handsome building of the
Pan American Union. which now oc-
cupies that site. The Pan American
editice was formally dedicated with
ceremony April q. 1910. The Van
Ness mansion was constructed early
in the last century and was the
scene of many notable social events.
Gen. John P. Van Ness, for whom the
place was named. was one of the
really important men of early Wash
ington. His wife. Marcia Burns Van
Ness. was a leader in society. The
quaint cabin home of her father.
David Burns. canny Scot, known in
history as the Burns Cottage,
which stood near the Van Ness man
sion. was in the last stages of decay
when IT, too. was razed to make
room for the artistic Pan American
Building.
Among the supernatural stories re-
lated about the Van Ness mansion
was one which described a ghostly
celebration each year on the snniver-
sary OF great historical event. II
was declared by the then few resi-
dents of that Isolated locality that
the eerie Representatives of departed
DANES and damseIs. hoop-skirted and
dignified. could be seen in the spacious
drawing rooms with their ancient
gallants. going through the figures of
the stately minuet ard other classic
dances OF the long ago. On such oc-
casiOns il was said the dancers were
bathed in glow of supernatural
illumina tion.
Told of Ghostly EauipaGes.
Other stories tell Of the visits to
the old mansion of s.fostly equipages
from which aiignIed apparitIons OF
famous men and women who had
figured in the past hospitality of the
venerable manor house. On one oc-
casion a government official who was
q believer in things supernatural. be-