The Washington times., 1913-07-11

The committee will make another at
tempt tomorrow to hold meeting with
its full membership present. Congress
man Stafford, one of the absent men,
bers, hastened back to the city today
after learning of his appointment, and
Congressman Cline and Willis are eN-
pected tonight or tomorrow. A meeting
of the full committee then will be
called and definite plan announced for
the House probe.
| City News Notes
John Robinson, colored. thirty-twO
years old, of I'LL Third street south.
west, was overcome by the heat at
Third and F streets northwest yester-
day. He was taken to Emergency Hos
pital.
The spnuaI picnic Of the bookbind-
ers of Washington will be held tomor-
row at Marshall Hall. There will be a
musical and athletic program, with big
prizes for the latter events. There will
be dancing in the evening. The profits
go to a fund being raised for the family
of Robert Checking. who died six months
ago.
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared for the concert Sunday evening at
the Pythian Temple, 1ol2 Ninth street
northwest. for the benefit of the Jewish
Free School A. F. Sauber, president OF
the school. will speak. Those taking part
in the program will be Jacob NJ. Soke-
low and sons, Rabbi Silvertone, Miss
Sarah Small, Mr.. SmulewitZ, DR.. /.
Glushak and Louis T. Sokelow.
Miss Agnes Wilson, daughter of the
Secretary of Labor, who was oper
upon for appendicitis at Providence
escent, and II is expected she will leave
the hospital the first of next week.
Daniel Allen, three years old, of
Thirty fifth and n streets. Georgetown.
was knocked down yesterday afternoon
in front of his home by an automobile
driven by Mrs. Alice De Maine. of 2ie
Wisconsin avenue northwest. The boy
was bruised on the head and left hip,
but not badly hurt.
A dispatch was received at Police
Headquarters today asking that Reburn
and Guy Coryell be notified Of the death
of their father. Capt. Thomas s. CoryelI.
in Santa Barbara. Cal. yesterday. The
sons are said to be employed by the
Government as civil engineers. but the
police SO far have been unable to get
into communication with them.
II. w. Newkirk, of 3OI ID street
northwest. has lodged a formal COM
plant against a policeman who, he
says, forced linn to keep back OF the
fire lines during the blaze which Thurs
day night did 10000 damage to the
Washington Wholesale Drug Exchange.
Newkirk wants the officer to reveal his
identity so he can take the case to
court and test the right of a policeman
to forcing citizen back of the lines
during fire.
Police of the TcnleytOwn station arc
today endeavoring to get some trace of
two colored men who were discovered
last midnight In the act of rifiing the
chicken house a. the Academy of the
Holy Cross. John Legg. connected with
the institution. fired both barrels of a
shotgun at the fleeing figures. and one
of the men yelled: Il got It," 1t is
thought some OF the shot hit him, but
he was not badly enough wounded to
stop running.
The will of ID. Darby Thompson,
dated January 30, 1910. leaves his
realty business to his son-in-law, G.
Gordon Bailey. After leaving 500
each TO Clara Y. Thompson. ~ We
linda Chapman. Mamie l.. Foster. and
Florence +. Bailey, all relatives, the
will directs that the remaining es-
tate go to the wife of the testator.
Mrs. Mary r. Thompson.
was fled in the District Supreme
Court today by George Maier against
Elizabeth Maier. who is now living
in Seattle. Wash. Maier sets forth
in his petition that he was married
to the defendant in Baltimore on
March !, 1902. but. two years ago
learned from her mother that the
defendant had heen married before.
He alleges that the defendant admit
ted the charge.
Engineer Is Blamed;
New Haven Road Scored
BRIDGEPORT. Conn, July 11-En-
gineer Charles J. Doherty is held pri-
marily responsible for the wreck of the
New Haven railroads Boston express
at Stamford, Conn. in the report of
mission made public today. The re-
port also scores the railroad company
for allowing an inexperienced man to
take such an important run.
Doherty's plea that the brakes were
not In good working order is summarily
dismissed in the report which states