The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

san Francisco Dec. 2E-Free sleeping
quarters, free meals and a chance to earn
| for a new hospital will be offered 1000
unemployed men by the city.
| Montclair, y. J.. Dec 27.-Isaac A.
Dodd claims the record as a Santa Claus,
and to prove his right to the title cites
the distribution Thursday of 2,SO presents
| in three and a half hours. Mr.. DOdd is
the father of fourteen children and grand
father of twenty-four. The presents were
those given by the members Of the Dodd
I family to one another.
Minneapolis. Dec. 1.-THE American
| Sociological Society opened its annual
session here today with an, address by
r II. Woods, of Boston Tonight the
members held a joint session with the
| American Economic Society, also in ses-
| sion here.
Brockville. Ontario. Dec. 27.-Dr. Henry
| J. Morgan. an authority on Canadian biog-
raphy and the author Of Canadian Men
and Women OF the Time" and numerous
works dealing with Canadian history. died
at his home here today of heart failure
He was born in Quebec, in 1872
Key West. Fla. Dec. 27-The story of
a timely rescue at sea of eight members
of the crew of the British barkentine
Malwa was recOunted by Capt. J. w.
Could one of the rescued men. when he
arrived here on the revenue cutter Miami
Capt Gould and his men were taken
aboard the Miami from the British steam
er Cestrian, sinking.
Newark. Ohio. Dec. 27.-WuIiam Ram
say. fifty-eight. of Milwaukee. Wis. died
suddenly from heart failure in the rail-
road station here today while waiting for
train to return home after a visit with
his sister, Mrs. Margaret Hannigan, here.
Cumberland, Md, Dec. 27.-Pietro Con-
terante. New York Italian. is under po-
lice guard IN the hospital at Eeyser, W.
Va, and the dead body OF his wife is in
a mortuary at Blaine. w. Va. Confer
ante. the authorities say. went to Blaine.
where his wife was living. and when she
refused to return to New York with him
almost cut off her head and tried to kill
himself.
Louisville. Ky, Dec. 27.-Col. Robert
Morrow Kelly, for more than fifty years
a prominent member OF the Kentucky
bar and managing editor of the Louisville
Daily Commercial from 1870 to 1897. died
at his home here today.
Cincinnati. Ohio, Dec. 27.-The Joint COM
mittee of the chamber OF commerce, Busi-
ness Mems Club. and Clearing House AS
sociation here, has indorsed the currency
bill, and today sent kilograms congratu-
lating Congress on its adoption.
Fort Smith. Ark. Dec. g7.-with the
death today of Marshall Needham, the pit
boss, and Polish miner, the death list
resulting from a riot Christmas night at
jamestown. a coal camp in Johnson
County, reached four.
Chicago. Dec. 27.-Rev. Elmer L.
Williams. Fighting Parson," took
potshot at a wife beater early today.
expressed regret that he missed, and
told detectives he thought himself fully
justified.
Chicago. Dec. IA municipal em-
ployment bureau. recommended by
Mayor Harrison's commission on the
unemployed. will be in operation next
week in connection with the municipal
lodging-house.
Pasadena. Cal. Dec, 27.-while IT.
buree Garcia and Donquine Dominquez
fought a savage duel for a pretty girls
hand she eloped with a third man.
New York DecI 27.-United states
Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of ILL.,
nois, sailed on the North German Lloyd
liner Bremen today to attend the In
ternational Conference for Safety on
the Seas, in London.
London, Dec. H.-Representatives OF the
British and foreign press gathered today