The Washington herald., 1913-12-16

| Conservatism in Pharmaceutical Chem
| iEtry," by Mr.. II. c. Fuller; CONNER
cial Alcohol in Germany" by DR.. Rodney
II. True. of the Department Of Agricul-
| ture, and The Peru Balsam Industry
| by Albert Hale. OF the Pan-American
Union. Election OF officers for the en-
suing year also will be held.
The vocational guidance committee Of
the Board of Trade will meet this morn
: ing. Three committees representing the
and the Retail Merchants will attend
The new membership committee of the
Board of Trade will meet in the after
noon at 1 O'Clock.
Mrs. c. E. Cole, OF sos East Capitol
street. reported to the police last night
her six-cylinder Cole automobile was
stolen from Fourteenth and T streets
northwest It bears District Of Columbia
license No. 1888.
Webster II. wyand. Of Hagsrstown.
Nd, has purchased of H. w. Smith, Of
Alexandria Va. the four-story brick and
and stone Nebraska apartment house at
Randolph Place for $4,000.
for the second trial of Col. George F
Schutt, proprietor OF the New Ebbitt
House, for selling Intoxicating liquors to
minor The first trial held last week
resulted in a mistrial after the jury was
out seven hours.
Twenty-seven quarts ~of whisky were
stolen yesterday morning from the base
ment of James O'Connor's saloon. 1l2s
Thu noliCa haliRVa
the thief made the raid in preparation
to celebrate the Christmas holidays.
R. L. Ball. of 1913 First street north
west reported to the police yesterday
his residence was entered sometime dur
ing the day by burglar, who took gold
watch, a gold chain,. a bracelet. two
rings, and 50 in change in a savings
bank.
The police Of the Third precinct yester-
day arrested John Scott, eighteen years
old, Of I'LL Twenty-ninth street north
west, charged with having taken away,
without consent of owner. launch be-
longing to Frank A. King, Of 25l6 F
street northwest. The boat was recov-
cred near. Alexandria
During an alteration in saloon at
Twenty-sixth and NJ streets northwest
last night, Lester Curtis colored, twenty
seven years old. Of 1858 Thirty-seventh
street northwest, was stabbed with
pocket knife in the abdomen The police
charge Morris Belt. alias B. Bundy, col
ored. twenty-four years old, with being
Curtis assailant. Curtis was removed to
Emergency Hospital
Mrs w. o. Gibson, of LIS Twelfth
street southeast, last night asked the
police Of the Fifth precinct to find her
Boston bull terrier. She values him at
500.
Percy Ellis, colored, of s17 Old Fellows
alley southeast, was fined $500 In Police
Court yesterday upon being convicted
of keeping an unlicensed bar. Sunday
afternoon sergt C. T. Wright. Detective
c. c. Wise, and Policemen ]. F. Wal-
dron. John Fiaherty, and A b. Cole |
raided Ellis place. Ellis had no money |
to pay his fine so went to the workhouse
for six months.
A Ford automobile, belonging to Dr. |
James Mosher, of 1l30 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. northwest, was stolen from In front |
OF the physicians home last night Dr.
Mosher's car has a black body, Is lsiS
model, and bears District of Columbia |
license No. 1882.
The police Of the Fourth precinct are
looking for a thief who has been visiting |
houses In Southwest Washington as a
gas meter inspector. He is described as
being TWENTY-FIVE years old, rect
inches tall, weighs 155 pounds, wears q
blue serge suit. black cap, and tan snoes'