Submitted by Anne H. Bartee:
These are articles mentioning births, marriages and deaths from THE WASHINGTON POST, Tuesday, October 15, 1918:
‘FLU’ REACHES CREST
77 Deaths Yesterday Highest for Any Day in Epidemic
1,076 NEW CASES A DECREASE
But Doctors Have Run Out of Cads; All Coffins Commandeered
Carload of Caskets to Arrive Today. Two Factories Put at Work to Make Them—May Reduce Railway Travel—New Army Influenza Cases for Two Days, 15,152; Pneumonia Deaths, 1,642
(I won’t copy this whole article. The headlines seem to tell most of it. The "cards" were the ones the doctors used to record new cases of the Spanish flu.) However, I will copy the list of victims.)
77 Deaths in the City
(The only difference in the actual list is that I’ve put the surnames first and alphabetized them.)
The deaths in Washington yesterday were:
AURAN, Archie, 35, 1318 Twenty-second street northwest
BAILEY, Mark, 7, 1127 B street southeast
BAKER, George A., 26, Walter Reed Hospital
BERTSCH, Lawrence H., 39, Walter Reed Hospital
BISHOP, Augustus A., 69, Military, Md.
BOTSCH, Charles L., 27, 1726 U street northwest
BRANDENBERG, Clarence, 32, Walter Reed Hospital
BRIDGES, Noma H., 28, Georgetown University Hospital
BURNS, Madena E., 29, 2927 Eleventh street northeast
CANDORS, Lewis, 33, Capitol Heights
CARPER, Thomas, 28, 1407 Thirty-seventh street northwest
CECIL, Rome J., 27, Naval Hospital
CHILDRESS, Catherine E., 27, 318 N street southwest
CHILDRESS, Edwin C., 26, 318 N street southwest
CLINE, Ivy, 38, Red Cross Hospital, F street between Sixth and Seventh streets
COLABUCCI, Jeanette, 24, 210 Arthur place
DAVIS, Fannie A. 33, 116 D street northwest
DOETSCH, Lewis, jr., 27, Homeopathic Hospital
DUGAN, Nellie, 33, 1531 First street northwest
FOLLISS, George H., 26, 1668 Anoss place northwest
GALVAN, Carlos, 13, 1424 K street northwest
GILLIONS, Mary M. G., 26, 504 Eleventh street southwest
GOLDSMITH, Clarence K., 38, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
GRAHAM, Jerome F., 43, 283 Second street southeast
HINES, Charles F., 23, 1029 Seventh street northeast
HODAD, Paul, 24, Georgetown University Hospital
HOGAN, May Belle 28, The Penhurst, apartment 20
KEENE, J. Everett, 54, Shepherd street
KELNAP, Hiram W., 51, 100 W. street northwest
KEMPER, William F., 30, United States Naval Hospital
KEUHLING, Robert E., 39, Casualty Hospital
KIDWALL, Benjamin H., 7, 22 Rock Creek Church road (maybe should be KIDWELL?)
KING, Eileen A., 1 month, 2314 P street northwest
LAMIRE, Arthur, 27, Walter Reed Hospital
LAQUERRE, Adrien B., 22, Walter Reed Hospital
LIND, Albert C., 27, Providence Hospital
MAMION, Annie, 26, 1912 N street northwest
MARTIN, Charles L., 3 months, 211 Sixteenth street southeast
McGIVEN, Frank H., 18, 3218 Park place
McKAIG, Catherine A., 39, 2721 Fourteenth street northwest
MORRISON, Adah E., 2, 2142 O street northwest
MUIR, Edward A., 49, 1439 Girard street
NICOLETTI, James, 20, Walter Reed Hospital
O’NEILL, Fay J., 1918 C street southeast
OWEN, Fred S., 40, Walter Reed Hospital
PARTELLO, Dorothy, 21, 612 F street northwest
PATANE, Minnie, 28, 1232 D street northeast
PAYNE, Gertrude D., 32, 207 B street northeast
PEERSE, Joseph H., 37, 216 Fourteen and a Half street
PETTITT, Annie L., 28, 337 F street northeast
RUDISALL, Bernard, 28, Walter Reed Hospital
SAVARESE, Tobis, 28, 451 K street northwest
SCANBAND, Jane M., 25, 818 New Jersey avenue northwest
SCHMIDT, William H., 21, Walter Reed Hospital
SHAH, Margaret, 22, Providence Hospital
SEEWALD, Dorothy L., 2, 112 E street northwest
SMITH, Falbert A., 26, 633 Massachusetts avenue northeast
SMOOT, Marie, 23, Providence Hospital
STEPHENSON, Joseph W., 32, 1510 Buchanan street northwest
SUFFICK, John A., 31, Walter Reed Hospital
TAYLOR, Ruby L., 23, 1257 Kenyon street northwest
TEMPLE, John J., 33, Walter Reed Hospital
WARKWARD, Frank O., 42, 1309 First street northwest
WATROUS, Roswell M., 29, Walter Reed Hospital
WEEDON, William R., 40, Walter Reed Hospital
WEINERT, Dorothy D., 26, 1316 Euclid street northwest
COLORED
BROWN, Beckie, 9, 318 Thirteenth street northeast
DIGGS, Clarence, 31, 908 E street, southwest
DIGGS, Mary M., 5, 413 Twenty-sixth street northwest
GAMBRELL, Herman, 25, 1117 U street northwest
GARDNER, Milton, 34, 933 Twenty-sixth street northwest
HAILTORKS, John, 41, 138 C street southwest
HARRISON, Charles M., 7, 2254 Twelfth street northwest
PERKINS, Bertha, 35, 433 Six-and-a-half street southwest
PIPER, Ida E., 9, 1818 Vermont avenue northwest
STALLING, Lottie, 27, 1760 Florida avenue northwest
THOMAS, Glads [sic], 34, Garfield Hospital
AVERS HUSBAND ADMITS BIGAMY
Mrs. H. A. LORD Sues to Annul Marriage, Alleging Deception
Grace V. LORD filed a petition in the equity courts yesterday for an annulment of her marriage to Harry A. LORD on the ground that he was married already when they were wed here December 19, 1917, and that he is now under indictment for bigamy on account of the offense. Accompanying the complaint is an answer from the defendant admitting all the charges.
The petition recites that at the time LORD made application for a marriage license he made oath that he had never been married before, and relying upon this she became his wife. They lived together until July 10 of this year, she says, when his legal wife appeared before the grand jury of the District and made complaint that on September 22, , 1909, she had married LORD at Union City, Pa., and that this marriage had never been dissolved. Upon this evidence the grand jury returned a true bill against him for bigamy.
C. W. FOWLER is attorney for petitioner in the case. She asks that she be permitted to resume her maiden name of Grave V. STURGIS.
FALL DOWN STAIRS FATAL
Mrs. Mary MARTIN, Treasury Employe [sic], Dies on Way to Hospital
Mrs. Mary MARTIN, 45 years old, 1516 Gales street northeast, who was employed in the Treasury Department, accidentally fell down the steps of her home yesterday, her head striking upon a door frame.
She was taken to Casualty Hospital in an ambulance from the Fourth police precinct, and upon her arrival there doctors pronounced her dead.
BIRTHS REPORTED
BARNARD, Paul J. and Usee F., boy
BERRY, Charles S. and Edna M., boy
CATLIN, Harry L. and Rosa H., girl
CLEMENTS, Charles A. and Lilly May, girl
COOK, George E. and Caroline G., boy
DOUCH, Carl H. and Mary L., boy
FANAOFF, Mathon and Sarah, girl
FERRAR, Edward H. and Virginia, boy
HARDING, Harvey J. and Anna L., girl
KING, Ernest S. and Eleanor L., girl
MARCEY, Edward A. and Eva C., girl
MARKS, Joseph L. and Mary A., girl
McKNIGHT, Rufus D. and Hazel C., girl
NICOLOPOLES, George and Anastasia, girl
PELLUS, Benjamin B. and Mary L., boy
PROCTOR, Albert and Fanny C., girl
STRIDE, Clyde and Pearly E., boy
THOMAS, Charles E. and Virginia, girl
WARD, Harry C. and Pauline, girl
WOODS, Thomas G. and Alice R., girl
ZEBBEY, June L. and Cecile, boy
DEATHS REPORTED
BAKER, George A., 25 yrs., Walter Reed Hospt.
BARCH, Carl S., 19 yrs., 606 E st., se
BARRETT, 27 yrs., 1422 Ives pl., se
BARRON, Patrick J., 43 yrs., 2819 N st. sw
BELNAP, Hiram W., 51 yrs., 100 W st. nw
BERTSCH, Lawrence H., 39 yrs., Walter Reed Hospt.
BISHOP, Augutus A., 69 yrs., Military rd.
BLEWETT, John J., 30 yrs., Wash. Asy. Hospt.
BRIDGES, Mona H., 28 yrs. Gt. Unv. Hospt.
BROOKS, Francis, 1 yr. 722 5th st. se
BRUCE, Mattie E., 32 yrs., 242 13th st. ne
BURNS, Madena E., 29 yrs. 2927 11th st
BURNS, Sallie S., 27 yrs., 225 H st nw
BYRON, Josephine, 35 yrs., 1331 Belmont st., nw
CANDORA, Lewis, 33 yrs., Capitol Heights
CECIL, Rome J., 27 yrs. Naval Hospt.
CHILDRESS, Catherine H., 27 yrs., 301 N st. se
CHILDRESS, Edwin C., 26 yrs., 319 N st. sw
COFFIN, Ralph C., 34 yrs., 9th and H st., sw
COHASE, Ida E., 61 yrs., 2209 E st. ne
COLABUCIE, Jenette, 24 yrs., 210 Arthur pl.
CORBIN, Robert, 65 yrs., 25th st. se
CRAIG, Arthur, 18 yr., Freedmen’s Hospt.
DAVIS, Fannie A., 33 yrs., 116 D st. nw
DEEGAN, Nellie, 33 yrs., 1531 1st st. nw
DOETSCH, Lewis, Jr., 27 yrs., Nat. Homeopathic Hospt.
DUNCAN, Lucille, 19 yrs., Emergency Hospt.
EVANS, Margaret L., 65 yrs., 503 2d st., ne
FONEY, Ethel E., 34 yrs., 5225 G. ave. sw
FRANKEL, Dora, 4 yrs., 1522 7th st. sw
GALLAGHER, Mary E., 21 yrs., 1339 Maryland ave. ne
GORDON, Mary, 28 yrs., 1057 Potomac st.
GRAHAM, Jerome F., 43 yrs., 223 2d st. se
GILLIONS, Mary B., 26 yrs., 504 11th st. nw
GRAY, John R., 51 yrs., Capitol Heights, Md.
GRIGGS, Mary M., 5 yrs., 413 26th st.
HADAD, Paul, 24 yrs., Gt. Unv. Hospt.
HAUSTON, Mary, 23 yrs., 1237½ Linden st. ne.
HINES, Charles F., 23 yrs., 1029 7th st. ne
KEENE, J. Everett, 54 yrs., Shepherd rd.
KELLEY, Frances A., 21 yrs., Hyattsville, Md.
KEMPER, William F., 30 yrs., U. S. Naval Hospt.
KING, Catherine A. Mc., 39 yrs., 272 14th st.
KING, George R., 30 yrs., 532 20th st. sw
LAW, Victor, 3 yrs., 2222 Ga. ave. nw
LEMIRE, Arthur, 27 yrs., Walter Reed Hospt.
LEWIS, George, 2 yrs., 915 W st.
MALCOLM, infant of Henry and Mary, 15 hrs., Children’s Hospt.
MANNION, Annie 26 yrs., 1922 N st.
MARKWARD, Frank O., 42 yrs., 1309 1st se
MARTIN, Charles L., 3 mos., 211 16th st. se
McCREARY, Anna R., 58 yrs., The Olympia Apts.
MONTGOMERY, Catherine N., 3 yrs., 1220 4½ st. sw
MUIR, Edward A., 49 yrs., 1439 Girard st. nw
NAGLE, George W., 78 yrs., Sibley Hospt.
NICOLETTI, James, 20 yrs., Walter Reed Hospt.
NOOEK, Oscar, 38 yrs., 464 E st. sw
NORRIS, William, 17 yrs., Wash. Asy. Hospt.
OWEN, Fred S., 40 yrs., Walter Reed Hospt.
PAXSON, Howard, 1 yr., 203 K st. se
PAYNE, Gertrude D., 32 yrs., 207 B st. ne
PEERCE, Joseph H., 37 yrs., 216 14½ st.
PETTIT, Annie L., 28 yrs., 337 F st. ne
PIPTONS, Roland P., 12 yrs., 1522 Mass. Ave.
QUALLY, James G., 60 yrs., 625 E st. se
RAILEY, Mark, 7 yrs., 1127 B st, se
RUDISAIL, Bernard, 28 yrs., Walter Reed Hospt.
SAVARESE, Tobia, 28 yrs., 451 K st.
SCHAFER, Emma E. C., 72 yrs., 3330 N st. nw
SCHMIDT, William H., 21 yr., Walter Reed Hospt.
SCOTT, Bernice C., 9 mos. 760 Gresham pl.
SEEWALD, Dorothy L., 2 yrs., 112 E st. nw
SHERMAN, Bertie, 20 yrs., 532 8th st se
SIMON, Harriet J., 19 yrs., Casualty Hospt.
SLAMONE, John, 54 yrs., St. Eliz. Hospt.
SMITH, Falbert A., 26 yrs., 633 Mass. Ave. ne
SMOOT, John W., 1 day, Prov. Hospt.
SMOOT, Marie, 23 yrs., Prov. Hospt.
STEPHENSON, Joseph W., 32 yrs., 1510 Buchanan st.
SULLIN, John J., 23 yrs., 2024 P st.
TAYLOR, Ruby R., 22 yrs., 1237 Kenyon st. nw
TEMPLE, John J., 33 yrs., Walter Reed Hospt.
THOMPSON, Mary J., 27 yrs. 1015 6th st. ne
TOWERS, Emma E. D., 9 yrs., 430 9th st. sw
VESSELMAN, Bessie, 22 yrs., 1324 L st. se
WANNALL, Charles, 32 yrs., 1218 H st. sw
WASHINGTON, John, 9 yrs., Children’s Hospt.
WATROUS, Roswell M., 29 yrs., Walter Reed Hospt.
WIRZ, Tuby F., 28 yrs., 108 9th st. se
WURTZ, Harry L., 19 yrs., Mt. Ranier, Md.
YOUNG, William B., 57 yrs., 117 Anacostia rd. se
LICENSED TO MARRY
Samuel R. DEACON, 33, Richmond, Va., and Lucy H. WHITACRE, 24, Fairfax county, Va. The Rev. H. W. O. MILLINGTON.
William Gordon SHERRY, 20. Decatur, Ill., and Gladys Magdalene GALB REATH, 25, Chicago, Ill. The Rev. Titus E. DAVIS.
John Wyatt DAVIS, 27, and Alena Estell DOUGLAS, 21, Fairfax, Va. The Rev. George E. BROWN.
Charles E. MORTIMORE, 53, and Mrs. Emmer M. WHITE, 53. The Rev. John H. JEFFRIES.
Maurice GREENBAUM, 23, and Esther M. BERMAN, 19. The Rev. G. SILVERSTONE.
Ward F. HEAD, U.S.A., 30, La Harpe, Ill., and Marie Alice MILLER, 30. The Rev. Edward B. BAGBY.
John Van BOURGONDIUE, 37, and Cora May SAUNDERS, 26. The Rev. P. D. PAOLA.
Robert Karl GALBRAITH, 28, and Mary Cornelia BYERS, 27. The Rev. Wallace RADCLIFFE.
James Mack KELLY, 34, Muskogee, Okla., and Clara D. STEINER, 22, Brooklyn, N.Y. The Rev. Howard F. DOWNS.
Cuthbert Hugo COGHILL, jr., 21, Richmond, Va., and Monica Marie WISE, 20, Philadelphia, Pa. The Rev. John H. JEFFRIES.
Hans Christian HAHN, 46, and Alice Mary BUTLER, 37, Boston, Mass. The Rev. M J. RIORDAN.
Lieut. Paul F. A. CONWAY, U. S. Q. M. C., 29, and Kathryne F. WAGNER, 31, both of Los Angeles, Cal. The Rev. C. F. THOMAS.
These are excerpts from the SOCIETY column:
McPHERSON-FINLAY Wedding
The marriage of Lieut. Chauncey Ryder McPHERSON, of the Eleventh cavalry, now stationed at Fort Myer, Va., to Miss Grace Aliene FINLAY will take place on October 23 at the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. FINLAY, in Brooklyn, N.Y. The young couple will afterward make their home at Fort Myer. Miss FINLAY will be attended by Mrs. George R. ELDER, jr., who will be her matron of honor, and William Charles McPHERSON, the bridegroom’s brother, will be the best man. They are the sons of Mrs. William Charles McPHERSON, of Elizabeth, N.J.
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The younger set in Washington society are deeply shocked by the death from pneumonia of Miss Bessie EDWARDS, only child of Gen. and Mrs. Clarence EDWARDS. She returned here only a few weeks ago with her mother, from Buffalo, where they spent the summer with her grandmother, Mrs. PORTER, and had volunteered as an emergency nurse at Camp Meade, where she died Sunday morning. She was a debutante of last season and was one of the most active girls in all the charity affairs. Gen. EDWARDS is in France.
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The wedding of Miss Marion Brownell CRIST, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. CRIST, and Mr. Edward Gardner LIPITT, U. S. N., took place last evening. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s parents on Biltmore street at 8 o’clock by the Rev. James L. GORDON, of the First Congregational Church. The bride was attended by Miss Jeanette HAYES, of Silver Spring, Md., and Miss Jane DORTCH, of Washington, who were her bridesmaids. The best man was Mr. Delos Hamilton SMITH, a classmate of the bridegroom at Annapolis. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of white georgette crepe, made on simple lines, her tulle veil, which was caught by a cluster of orange blossoms, fell to the bottom of her skirt. She carried a shower bouquet of bride roses and lilies of the valley. Her two bridesmaids also wore georgette crepe, one in blue and one in pink, and carried shower bouquets of pink roses. An informal reception followed the ceremony, after which Mr. and Mrs. LIPITT left for a short wedding trip. Mr. LIPITT is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Frank LIPITT, of Washington, and is a chief petty officer, now stationed at Annapolis. The bride is also a member of the United States navy, having been among the first of the young women to enlist as yeowoman. Mr. and Mrs. LIPITT expect to make their home later in Washington.
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RUSH-BOSWELL Nuptials
Mrs. Robert6 Stratton BOSWELL announces the marriage of her daughter, Gertrude Amelia, to Dr. Arma Exner RUSH, on Thursday, October 10. Mrs. Frank MORRISON, sister of the bride, will be hostess tomorrow evening in honor of Dr. and Mrs. RUSH, the guests including only the immediate members of both families.
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Mrs. Aldis Birdsey BROWNE has issued invitations for the marriage of her daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to Lieut. Walter Mayher BOYDEN, U.S.A., on Saturday, October 26, at 12 o’clock, at St. Margaret’s Church. Lieut. BOYDEN and his bride will make their home at the Dresden after November 15.
7 D.C. Men in Casualty List; Naval Aviator Lost at Sea
Seven Washington men figured in yesterday’s casualty list and press dispatches. One man was killed in a submarine explosion, one died of wounds, two were reported wounded and two as missing in action. Joseph J. VARDI, jr., 420 Sixth street northwest, is reported slightly wounded in today’s casualty list.
Rice BASSETT, son of Maj. Charles Chester BASSETT, First Replacement engineers, Washington barracks, was killed in an explosion on a submarine chaser in a foreign port on October 9. BASSETT was 19 years old.
Lieut. R. C. WESTMAN, brother to Miss Ruth A. WESTMAN, a war worker, living at 1403 Twelfth street northwest, died in France of wounds suffered in action on August 10.
Lieut. George L. LEWIS, of the Cavendish apartments, and a well-known tennis player, was wounded September 18, according to word just received by his mother. He is 27 years old.
The Rev. H. D. MITCHELL, pastor of the Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church, has been notified by the War Department that his son, Sergt. Harry D. MITCHELL, has been wounded. He was a member of the 110th machine gun battalion.
Ensign Russell D. TIBBITTS, 3341 Eighteenth street northwest, and Corpl. George B. MARQUARDT, 1500 Third street northeast, have been reported missing. TIBBITTS has been missing for more than a week, according to a letter received by his mother from the commandant of the naval aviation station at Cape May, N.J. It is believed that he and his seaplane were lost at sea. TIBBITTS was a graduate of Central High School, and was 26 years old.
RITES FOR ADMIRAL GILL
Naval Officer Suffered from Exposure After Collision at Sea
Funeral services for Rear Admiral William A. GILL, U.S.N., were held at the family home, 2115 O street northwest, yesterday afternoon, followed by military burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Admiral GILL died at Bridgeport, Conn., Friday.
Admiral GILL was a native of Pennsylvania, and was graduated at the Naval Academy in 1879. He served in the Spanish-American war, being in command successively of the U. S. S. Miantonomoh and the battleships Colorado and Delaware. He was appointed on the board of inspection and survey in 1916 and was president of the board at the time of his death. Two weeks ago, while on an inspection trip, the patrol boat on which he was sailing collided with another small craft, and he was subjected to several hours of exposure and fatigue, which brought on his fatal illness.
FORMER TOME STAR DIES
Pottstown, Oct. 14—Aubrey SMITH, aged 30, a prominent local business man and athlete, died here of pneumonia. SMITH was a member of the Pottstown base ball club. He was prominent in scholastic circles when a student at Friends’ Central, Philadelphia, and later at Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md., being a letter man in base ball, track, football and basketball.
CHARLES A. BECKERT DIES, ‘FLU’ VICTIM; SON A SOLDIER
Charles A. BECKERT, for 26 years an employe [sic] of Peter Grogan & Sons Company, died yesterday of an attack of influenza. Funeral services will be held at the family home, 1009 Twenty-third street, tomorrow at 11 o’clock, the Rev. Joseph H. CASSIDY, of St. Stephen’s Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr. BECKERT was a Washingtonian, member of one of the old families of Georgetown. He is survived by his wife, one son, Henry A. BECKERT, who was summoned from Camp Lee to his father’s bedside, and one daughter, Louise BECKERT.