The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-31
FUNERALS s
BEGIN FOR
VICTIMS
General Requiem Mass for All
Dead to Be at st. Patrick's
Friday Morning.

Beginning today the last rites
over the victims Of the Knicksr-
booker Thester catastrophe Of Sat
urdsyi night arsy t,eing held. Me-
fnoriaiy sefvicex knI ifunor Of all itiis
dead will be held in many churches
Of all denominations and by q num-
Der of fraternal, civic and COM
munity organizations.
Bodies OF victims who lived out
side Of Washington are being sent
to their home towns.
Flags at Half Staff.
In respect to the victims an order
without precedent in the history OF
the Nations Capital was issued to-
day by the District Commissioners
calling for the flying at half staff
for a period Of ten days Of all flags
on the District building. police sta
tions, fire houses. school buildings,
and other municipal buildings.
One funeral today was that OF
Nine. Virginia Bianchi Feraud,
widow Of Elmer Feraud and sister
of Julio Bianchi. Guatemalan min
ister to this country. The funeral
was held from the Guatemalan le-
cation, $500 Ontario road north
west. Requiem high mass was
celebrated at st. Paufs Catholic
Church at l0I5 by Monsigor
James r. Mackin. Members Of the
diplomatic corps from Central and
South America acted as honorary
pail bearers. The body Is being
sent to Ventura, Cal, where burial
will take place.
Services for Students.
Joint services for five Georgetown
students killed In the crash-Wn-
fred Brousseau, Victor M. Sturgis,
Ivan ]. White, DR.. James +. Shea,
and William Walters-will be held
at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning in
st. Patrick's Church, the Rev. w.
Coleman Nevil, Of the university
faculty. officiating.
The first general service for all
victims Of the disaster will be held
Friday morning at 8 o'clock In St.
Patrick's Church, where solemn
requiem mass will be celebrated.
Monsignor James F. Mackin will
deliver the sermon. The friends
and relatives of the victims, re-
gardless Of creed, are invited to at
tend these services.
Services for Mary Ethel Atkinson,
daughter of Robert II. Atkinson, will
be held in the chapel OF w. r.
Speare Company at noon tomorrow.
Temporary interment will be in a
vault in Rock Creek cemetery.
The bodies Of DIR. Andrew Jackson
Barchfeld, ex.Congressman from
Pittsburgh, and Helene NJ. Barch'
field, have been sent to Pittsburgh.
where services will be held Thursday.
The services for Thomas Randolph
Bourne will be held from his home,
2027 Hillyer place, at 1880 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon, with intefment in
Oak Hill Cemetery.
Joseph w. Beal, musician in the
Kn. .ckerbocker orchestra, will be
buried in Arlington National Gene
terry following services at the 8. H.
Hines parlors at 2 o'clock this after
noon. His home was at 1883 Chaplin
street northwest.
Joint services for Mr.. and Mrs.
Chauncey c. Brainerd, 1859 Connecti.
cut avenue northwest, will be held at
8 p. m. tomorrow IN Gawler's chapel.
Mr.. Brainerd was Washington corre-
spondent Of the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle.
Funeral services for Albert G..
Buehler, Of the Portner apartments
who died in the First Christian
Science Church after being carried
from the ruins, will be held at 1
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert J. Buehler. S27 F street north.
east. Interment will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Services for William NJ. Canby