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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Joseph E. o'Rourke. %. and Marie A.
Pope. 10. both Of Baltimore, No ,-
Wilbur E s Smith ErE 2S' S2 %orr Tal5,
Clarence F. Henderson. "a 627 North
Carolina Ave. s. E, and MargaTet E.
an %iR Entity K RittoT e. !75S Brandy:
Charles B. Mcshane. So. and Germains
A osche' g. both Of PjttSb on5 M Pa; v
Die. %. both of Bladensburg. Md.
thorne Lane N. W, and Mary NARROW
Frank NJ. Headley, 80, New York city
and Ruth f. Mallory, 49, 500 Massachu-
Thomas +; j. cayanaugh' a. 7 %
smtb ss $50 st. n ST. St a. ana W. Marian H.
Gilbert NJ Hutchinson, 35 Herndon,
Va, and Mary w. Nicholson. 80. Fairfax
Sherman ]. Hamilton. 4S, and Helen
C. ordeman, 40. both of Frederick, Nd.
Robert P. Camalier. 20. 1928 Military
Rd. N. W. and Yelma HiEhtower. 81.
Vicksburg. Miss.
William j. McEwen. "a. Fort Belv9tr'
Va. and Shirley E. Davis. Fl. 1861 La
~" Elmo o n n credeur. 20. and Dorothy v.
snoddy, IS. both of Arlington, Va.
Carl +. BtlleBer, "a, Clarendon, v g.
and Pearl A. Smith. rs, 1925 Fifteenth
James W. Gerger, 81. 1909 orEen St;
N. E.. and Ethel I. Mcosker. a. 1913
Fourteenth st. N. E
Ralph G. McGuffin. 81, 800 Thir'
teenth St n. E. and Edna NJ. McKim.
Is. ~ T st. n. W.
Joseph W woolley. "a Detroit, Mich,
and Ruth C. Melting. ri. 2oS1 Park Rd'
Robert N. Hart. 20. Brooklyn, N. Y.
and Marion r. Peterson. 90, Groton, 5. D.
Harvey P. Rudd, 35 and Nellie NJ. c.
Gordon. Al. both of Richmond Va.
Alfred R. Cullen, 80. 54oS First p;
N w. and Laura H. Waller. Fl, 55lS
william Wiener. a. s222 walbridge
Pl. N. w, and Helen Rodis "a 4bS
Jennings A. snider SO. $500 Thirteenth
st. n. w, and Audrev W. Watts, 81,
1904 Kilbourne Pl. N. ".
Walter Mickelsen, 2s, 2137 G st. y. W.,
and Mildred c. Sweeney, 81. 221 Long
fellow st. N. W.
Fleet c. Hathorn ir.. rs, 1912 St;
n. w. and Frances E. Tucker, IS, 1000
Connecticut Ave. N W.
Ave. N. E, and Nellie NJ. Speakman. is.
1347 Maryland Ave n. E
Paul E Berkeley. %. 81 Longfellow
st. N w. and Margaret P. Holz, 81,
900 Delafie1d Pl. N. W.
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G.. E.. Pierce,
Florist,
Dead

George E. Pierce, prominent
Washington florist, died yesterday
in Providence Hospital, He was
10 years old.
A native of Oxon Hill, Md, Mr..
Pierce came to Washington over
so years ago to establish florist
business. For the past 40 years,
he has maintained his florist shop
at 4O40 Alabama Ave. S. E.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 2 p. m. at the Thomas
F. Murray funeral home. 2007
Nichols Ave. S. E. Interment will
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Artie Elma Milestead Pierce; two
daughters, Miss Gladys Winona
Pierce and Mrs. Hilda Anholt, and
two sons, Thomas B. and Elmer
A. Pierce. all of Washington.
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REV. J. H. finn,
NAVAL VETERAN,
is DEAD AT s.
Priest Edited Ship Paper
While in Service

LORETTO, Pa, June THE
Rev. John Henry Finn. instructor
of st. Francis College and former
lieutenant commander in the
United States Navy, died Sunday
at the Franciscan monastery OF
the college at the age of SIS. He
had been i'll year.
JERSEY NATIVE
Born in Hoboken, N. j., Father
Finn was educated in Brooklyn
N. Y, and ordained to the priest
hood at st. Francis College in
1914.
While aboard the U. S. S. Colo.
RADIO durins the World War
Father Finn was credited with
establishing the first warshir
newspaper, a project soon adopted
by other vessels of the fleet.
GETS DECORATE
He received Phi. D. from the
University of Lima, in Peru, and
served as chaplain at Boston
Richmond, Va, Philadelphia and
Portsmouth, Me-, following the
war.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs
Mary Finn, of Brooklyn, sister
and two brothers.
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REQUIEM MASS
SET TOMORROW
FOR MRS.CALLAN
D. C. Resident so Years
Passes Away Here

Requiem mass for Mrs. Agnes
Callan. resident of the District for
so years. who died yesterday, will
be celebrated tomorrow at a. m,
in st. Joseph's Catholic Church,
Second and c Streets Northeast.
The Rev. Timothy Mullen will
celebrate the mass. Intermert
will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Born in Baltimore, Mrs. Callan
came to Washington as bride sc
years ago. Her husband, John
F. Callan. well-known business
man of this city, died last July.
She was a member of the Cru
saders of St Francis. the Sodality
and the League of the Sacred
Heart of st. Joseph's Church.
Surviving are three daughters.
Mrs. Rose T. Spnngman. with
whom she made her home; Miss
Gertrude Callan, both of Wash
lngton, and Mrs. Irene Digney, of
Baltimore; two sons. John L. and
Joseph I. Callan, both of this city;
a sister. Mrs. Minnie Knox, seven
grandchildren and one great
Erandchild
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TAUGHT THEOLOGY
ARMY LIBRARY
BILL IS PASSED

Construction of new building
for the Army Medical Library and
Museum was authorized in bill
passed by the House yesterday.
The measure, already passed by
the Senate, now goes to the White
House for the Pro5ident's sigma
ture.
The new building would replace
the present structures which were
built in the last century. The
total cost will not exceed $3,000,-
900.
The House refused to approve
a bill for the construction of the
Columbian fountain in Washing
ton and another measure provid'
l. ing for the completion of the Navy
and Marine -deE.orial.
Representative Allen T. Tread
way (RD of Massachusetts,, OBJ
jected to the Columbian Fountain
on the ground it is AN ornate
piece of work and would not CORE
spond to tn dignity to our Ma
tional Capital" The fountain
would have been a reproduction o.
a work exhibited at the Colum
bian Exposition in Chicago il
1898.
The Navy and Marine Memorial
already partially completed, wa
objected to by Representative
John Taber tRO of New York, be
cause Of the fact that completion
would cost an additional $1S9, 00C
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Davis to Sail
DEPARTS for Red Cross
PGrLey Tomorrow

Norman H. Davis, rowing am
bassador and chairman of the
American Red Cross, announced
today he will sail on the
Queen Mary tomorrow to attend
the International Red Cross Con
ference in London. June 20 to "a.
Davis heads the delegation of
six from the U. S. Government
as well as the group of IA dele
gates of the American Red Cross,
The official Government dele
cation, named by President RooSe'
welt, also includes Mrs. August
Belmont, of New York; Miss
Mabel T. Boardman, Washington;
Gustavus D. Pope, Detroit; Eliot
Wadsworth, Boston, and Ernest
]. Swift, Washington.
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z WPA JOBS
ARE COMPLETED

ROCKVILLE. Md. June Z
Completion of y WPA projects in
Montgomery county at a cost of
more than $4,000 was an
nounced here today by F. H.
Dryden, State administrator.
According to Dryden, nine
towns in the county benefited by
the projects, which included road
building, construction of athletic
fields and repair Of flood damage.
The largest of the projects was
the construction of a 12,950-gallon
concrete reservoir for fire protec-
ton at Poolesville. In Gathers
burg macadam roads were con-
structed and in the Bethesda Sec
ton water lines we're laid on four
streets. Work was also carried
on in the Silver Spring, Brook
mont and Whites Ferry sections,
DRYDEN said.
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SCHOENBORN
FUNERAL HELD

Funeral services for william e.
Schoenborn, 70. we're held today
at the S. H. Hines funeral home,
1901 Fourteenth st. N. W. The
Rev. H. T. Cooke. rector of All
Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy
Chase. Md. officiated. Interment
was in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Schoenborn died Sunday at
Georgetown University Hospital
after a short illness. He made his
home at 1890 Connecticut Ave.
N. w.
A native of Washington, Mr..
Schoenborn entered the Federal
service in 1888 as an examiner at
the Patent office. He began the
practice of patent law here the
following year.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Edna L. Schoenborn. and a sister,
Miss Theresa F. Schoenborn.
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Mrs. Wallace
Mother Dies
In IOuG

Word was received here of the
death yesterday of Mrs. Nancy G
Browne. 70, mother of Mrs. Henry
A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary
of Agriculture. Mrs. Browne died
at her home in Indianola, Iowa,
following an illness of a year and
a half.
Mrs. Brown was frequent Wis
itor to Washington prior to her
illness, often visiting her daugh.
ter. Mrs. Wallace left Washington
last night for Indianola. Funeral
arrangements have not been com.
pleted.
Besides her daughter, Mrs
Browne is survived by a brother,
Seward Graham, of Seward. Pa.
and son, Harry L. Browne, of
Indianola,
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Gray Will Help
Dedicate Plant

Assistant Public Works Admin.
istrator Howard A. Gray will
speak at the dedication of the
PWA-financed hydroelectric plant
at Danville, Va, today. Dedication
ceremonies, according to an
nouncement by the Interior De
partment. will begin at Danville's
municipal building at $50 a. m.
and continue in the afternoon at
the site of the completed reservoirs
and hydro plant.
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Radio Monopoly
Is Denied by RCA

Frank W. Wozencraft of New
York, solicitor for the Radio Cor
roration of America, yesterday
denied his client has monopoly
in the foreign radio field. Oppos-
ing a resolution before House
Interstate Commerce Subcommit-
tee directing the Federal Commu-
nications Commission to encour-
age competition in foreign radio
communication, Woe IN craft de-
clared cable services in which
RCA has no interest dominate the
field.
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DEATHS


stephen G. Bushnell. Sc, Walter Reed
General Hospital.
Harriet r. DaviR IS. 1881 Nineteenth
st. N. W.
Margaret Eaton Leavy. -. 1903 x St.
N W.
Benjamin Burroughs 70. 22O H st.
n. E.
Lucy seibold Dorsey. 70. 354s Hartford
Pl. n. w
Charles H. Bauman. IT, 1882 Park Rd.
N. w.
Frank Preston He'll. 6s. s2s Eleventh
St. N e.
James Greene. 81. U. S. Soldiers Home
Hospital.
John Keehan. So. GallinEer Hospital.
John G. Peters, IS. Georgetown Uni
I versity Hospital.
John B singerhoff, 40. 1909 e St
N. w.
Henry. Douglas Merchant. Is, 1850
Wisconsin Ave. N. W.
Julia N. Flythe IS, Is45 R St. N. W.
Irene Pendleton "a Sibley Memorial
William Joseph Boyce. 10, 1924 St
N. W.
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d. A. Y. to Hold
Outing SATURDAY.

The Disabled American Wa:
Veterans will hold their annua
outing Saturday night aboard the
steamer Potomac. Jimmy Lunce-
ford and his orchestra will play.
The veterans will make two trips
down the river. The boat will
leave on the first trip at 8:45 p. m
and on the second trip at 1890
a. m.
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RITES PLANNED
I'm PROVIDENCE
FOR FIR, CAROLAN
Dies After An 0 operation
For Appendicitis

Prominent members of the Do
minican Order of the Catholic
Church in the East, will attend
funeral services tomorrow morning
for the Rev. Matthew L. Carolan,
professor of Latin at Providence
College Father Carolan died yes
terday at St. Joseph's Hospital,
in Providence, r. l., following an
emergency appendectomy.
The Rev. j. B. Walker, prior Of
the Dominican House of Studies,
Washington, where Father Caro-
Ian studied for the priesthood, will
leave tonight for Providence.
GRADUATED IN '23
Solemn requiem high mass will
be celebrated for the distinguished
scholar tomorrow morning at 10
a. M. in st. Plus Church, Provi-
dence.
Father Carolan was a native of
Dorchester, Mass. He was mem
Der of the first class to graduate
from Providence College in 1923
and Immediately after. entered
the Dominican Order at st.
Joseph's Priory, Somerset, Ohio
He studied at the Dominican
House of Studies here, and in
1929 was ordained at the Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception,
Catholic University, by the Right
Rev. Michael j. Curley, Arch
bishop of Baltimore.
TAUGHT THEOLOGY
Following his ordination, he
studied at the Pontifical Univer'
Sity at Rome and at oxford Uni
versity, England. Upon his return
to the states. Father Carolan
taught theology at st. Roses
Priory at Somerset for year, and
then was transferred to ProVi.
dence College in 1888.
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House Accepts
Los Angeles Gift

QN.SO. The House, without a
record vote, passed a bill Of Repre-
sentative Kramer CD of Califor.
mia, to authorize the Secretary Of
the Navy to accept from the city
and county of Los Angeles the site
in Chavez Ravine where a million
dollar Naval Reserve armory is
under construction. The measure
now goes to the Senate.
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ELECTRICAL MEET

F. A. Lesser, District representa-
tive for the ILG Electric Ventilat-
ing Company, will address the
Electrical Contractors Association
tonight in the Pepco Building, at
& %. m.
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BIRTHS

Horace and Catherine Long. boy.
Archie and Myrtle Coulter, girl.
Charles and Charlotte Ra ger. girl.
Lawrence and Anne Cook, girl.
Frank and Mildred Acker. girl.
James and Cleo Hutchinson, girl.
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BOY SCOUTS cAMPoREE

Boy Scouts will hold camporee
in Rock Greek Park next weekend
in Military Field in Rock Creek
Park. About $50 boys are expected
to take part. The Scouts will
sleep in pup tents
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Births, Deaths and Marriages

Philip NJ. Fairbanks rs. 1919 Newark
st; n. w; and Caroline NJ McMillen. %.
| $500 Twelfth ST.. N. W.
William NJ. Felt, "a. Twin Falls, Idaho,
and Audrey l. Robinson. 20. 1905 Six
| teenth st. N. W.
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SANDERS, MAIZE VIRGINIA (nee
knight On Tuesday morning. June Z,
1888. at her home. 212 Gibbon St.. Alex
(nee Knight aged 80 years. beloved wife
of Albert H. Sanders and mother OF
Jack Knight.
Funeral services will be held on
Thursday. June 9. at 2 80 p. m, from
the above residence.
Interment, Bethel Cemetery, Alexandra.
Va.
Arrangements by the Cunningham fu-
neral home. 800 Cameron St., Alexandria
Va.
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PIERCE, GEORGE E.-on Monday, June
8, 1888. at Providence Hospital. GEORGE
E. PIERCE. the beloved husband of Artls
Elma Pierce.
Funeral services at the chapel of Thomas
F. Murray, 2007 Nichols Ave. S. E. on
Wednesday June 8, at Q p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Funeral Directors
Deaths

ADCOCK, MTNNIE-On Monday. June 6,
1898, at her residence. 902 Sligo Park
way. Takoma Park. Md. MINNIE AID
COCK, beloved mother of Edgar C. Ad-
cock and Mrs. d. E. Farr.
Funeral services from the above resi-
dence. on Thursday. June 9. 1888. at
2 p. m. Relatives and friends invited.
Interment in Glenwood Cemetery. Ar
rangements by The Takoma Funeral
Home. 277 Carroll St., Takoma Park.
D. c.
CHASE. HARRIET E.-on Monday, June
6, 1888. HARRIET E. CHASE, beloved
sister of Mary L. Payne.
Funeral services from the w W. Cham
bers Company funeral home. 400 Chaplin
Street Northwest, on Friday, June 10.
1888. at IL a. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
1nterment in Congressional Cemetery.
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RTTZENBERG, sADIE-on Tuesday. June
7, 1898, at her residence. 1852 Crescent
st. n. W., SADIE RITZENBERG. aged
So years. beloved wife of Samuel and
mother of Lyman. Abraham, Sylvia, Ma
than and Albert Ritzenberg.
Funeral from the chapel of Bernard
Danzansky. 1901 14th st. N. W., on
Wednesday, June 8, at IL noon.
Interment. D. C. Lodge Cemetery.
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Deaths

CHRISTENSEN, JEN's PETER-on Nom
day, June s. 1888. at Providence Hospi-
tai JEN's PETER CHRISTENSEN, BE-.
loved father of Sabinius Christensen, OF
New York City.
Funeral services from the ". ". Cham.
bers Company Southeast funeral home,
517 Eleventh Street Southeast. on Thurs
day. June 9. 1888. at p. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
Interment in Washington National Gene
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MCLAUGHLIN, GEORGE BUTLER Q

MCLAUGHLIN, GEORGE BUTLER - On
Friday. June 8. 1888. at his residence,
7611 Georgia Avenue Northwest, GEORGE
band of Clara NJ. Mclaughlin and father
Of Mrs. Charles H. MacMurray and
brother of Mrs. l. H. Sabel. Mrs. c. N.
CLANCY and Joseph K Mclaughlin.
/ Funeral from the W. W. Chambers
Company funeral home. 1400 Chaplin
Street Northwest, on Tuesday. June Z.
1888. at $50 p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Illumination. W. Va. papers please copy)
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PHILLIPON, sPIRIDON - On Monda

PHILLIPON. SPIRIDON - On Monday.
June 6. 1888, at Mt. Alto Hospital.
SPIRIDON PHILLIPON. beloved brother
of Peter Phillipon.
bers Company funeral home 14O0 Cha
pin Street Northwest, on Wednesday. June
g, 1898, at / p. m, thence to St. So
phia's Greek Church, Eighth and L Streets
Northwest, where services will be held
at / 80 p. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
Interment in Arlington National Gene
tery
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SLOWER, CLARA BELLE-on Monday.
June 6, 1888. at Georgetown Hospital.
CLARA BELLE SLOWER, the beloved
wife of the late Sanford Slower. and
sister of Mrs Elizabeth Teasdale. of
1920 North Nash ST., Arlington, Va:
and Mrs. Helen Schwarzwaelder, Of
Pittsburgh Pa. Remains resting at the
W. W. Chambers Co. funeral home, 140O
Chaplin St. N. W.. until Tuesday. June
Z. at p. m.
Interment Masontown, Pa.
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HARGROvE, THEODORE Ron satur.

HARGROvE, THEODORE Ron satur-
day. June 4. 1888. at his residence. 1915
C Street Northeast. THEODORE B. HAIR
GROVE, the beloved husband OF Isky
West Hargrove and father Of Stells z.
and Charles W. Hargrove.
Funeral services from the W. W Cham.
bers Company Southeast funeral home.
sly Eleventh Street SOUTHEAST. on Tues.
day. June 7, 1888. at 2 p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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IN MEMORIAM

CLEVELAND, LEO Gin sad but low
ing remembrance of our dear husband
and father. LEO G. CLEVELAND, who
died one year ago today. June z. 1887.
Remembrance Is a golden chain
Death tries to break but all in vain.
Gone, but not forgotten.
His Loving Wife and Daughter.
HATTIE and HELEN.
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WOODsON, DORA FRANCES-on Monday
June 6, 1888, at her residence. 703 c
Street Southwest, DORA FRANCES
wooDsoN. beloved widow Of Frank G.
woodson and mother of Genevieve Wood
son.
Funeral services at Hysong's parlors.
1900 n Street Northwest. on Thursday,
June 9, 1888. at 10 80 a. m.
Relatives and friends invited to attend.
1nterment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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WINSTON, COMMANDER HOLLIS T., [

WINSTON, COMMANDER HOLLIS T.. 2
s. N, retired-on Sunday, June 5. 1888.
COMMANDER HOLLIS T. WINSTON,
o. S. N, retired, beloved brother of Pat
rick Henry Winston, of Chapel Hill, N. c.
Remains resting at the W. ". Chambers
Co. funeral home, 14O0 Chaplin St. N. W.
Funeral services at Fort Myer Chapel,
Fort Myer, Va, on Wednesday, June 8,
at 2 p. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
Interment, Arlington National Cemetery.
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JULIAN-On Tuesday,
June q, 1888. at his residence, sol Eight
zenith Street Northeast. JULIAN CUM
NINGHAM, beloved husband of Goldie z.
Cunningham and father of Mrs. Bertha
Conrad, of Kentucky; Mrs. Helen Whit
ing and Mrs. Mary E. Devers, OF Mary
land Park, Nd.
Funeral services at the above residence
on Friday, June 10, 1888. at p. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
1nterment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Services by W, W. Chambers Company
Southeast funeral home.
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CONKLIN, RICHARD T.-suddenly. on
Sunday. June 5. 1888. at Walter Reed
Hospital RICHARD T, CoNKLIN. the
beloved husband of Mildred S. Conklin
of Baltimore, Md. and brother of Charles
and Edward Conklin. Mrs. Helen Blessing.
Mrs. Dorothy Smith. Mrs. Grace Swartz,
Mrs william Hardesty and Mrs. Annie
Westgate.
Funeral services from his residence
451O South Dakota Avenue Northeast. on
Wednesday. June g. 1898. at 2 D. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
Interment in Arlington National Gene
terry.
Services by ". ". Chambers Company
suburban funeral home. e1S Cleveland
Avenue, Riverdale. Nd.
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FIVE ON COUNCIL
ASK REELECTION

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. 2.
With the announcement late yes
terday by Henry OBJ. Cooper that
he will run for reelection to the
city council as a candidate from
the fifth ward, five of the six mem
bers of the council are avowed
candidates for nomination in the
April Democratic primary.
The only incumbent who will not
seek reelection is Councilman
Louis C. Barley, of the second
ward. OF the remaining five who
are candidates, only one, however,
has filed for application to enter
the Democratic primary. He is
Councilman George K. Bender of
the fourth ward.
The remaining candidates who
have not yet filed are Councilmen
John D. Matter, first ward /;
Charles M. Stump. third; Henry
lob. Cooper, fifth, and Charles l..
Burgess, sixth.
Candidates nominated in the
April primary will come up for
election in June. A Democratic
nomination here is considered tan.
tamount to election.
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BURKS PROPOSES
MORAL TRAINING
IN VA. SCHOOLS
Hope Of Increase in
Funds WaneS
By GEORGE M. GREEN

RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 2.-Moral
training in public schools would
be required of the educational de,
partment under a bill introduced
in the general assembly by Sen
ator Charles E. Burks, of Lynch
burg.
Meanwhile, all chance Of the
educational department obtaining
its $4,000, 900 increase in appro-
priations was believed lost today
after adoption of a bill in the
senate to authorize the State
board of education to buy text
books wholesale and resell them
to pupils at cost plus a 5 per cent
handling charge.
LABOR WINS POINT
Another measure sought for
more than 80 years by Senator w.
A. Garrett, of Ridgeway, was re-
ported favorably out of the senate
finance committee. It would ap'
propriate 100000 annually for
purchase of books for public school
libraries.
Labor scored a point when com
panion bills were introduced IN
both houses to make the work
mems compensation law applicable
to employers of eight instead OF
II persons.
Most spirited of the committee
hearings yesterday was that on
a proposal to move the remain
ing IL Confederate veterans from
the Robert e. Lee Camp here to
an unoccupied section of the home
occupied by three widows Of Con-
federate veterans.
ARLINGTON BILL
Pay of Arlington county super
visors would be increased from
$500 to $1,000 a year under a
measure offered by Delegate Will
liam D. Medley of that county.
Another bill by Medley, Dele
gate Maurice Rosenberg, of Alex
andria, and Senator John w
Rust, of Fairfax, would give each
of their home communities the
privilege Of naming two members
to the Northern Virginia Park
Commission.
Several hundred persons at
tended the committee hearing on
the bill to regulate billboards
along the highways. Mrs. George
Sloan, of Warrenton, chairman OF
the Association Of Clubs for Road
side Improvement, declared she
represented 10000 women who
were ready to boycott any manu-
! facturer unwilling to cooperate
with the proposed bill.
Another meeting of the finance
committees of both houses will be
held today to discuss division OF
the States $164,000, 900 budget.