The Washington herald., 1913-12-24
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Mrs. William B. Wilson, wife OF tn,
Secretary OF Labor, has recovered from
a bad cold which confined her to hei
home Tor several days.
Edward II. Fellows has succeeded Wal
ter X. Tuckerman as master Of the
hounds OF the Riding and Hunt Club
The new master, who is an Englishman
formerly hunted with the Keswick Hum
Club Of Virginia.
special series Of dances Will be held
at the National Rides Armory Christmas
day. both afternoon and evening In the
evening tree dance win be given, al
which Christmas presents win be dis
tributed to the visitors.
Bernard NJ. Bryan, q lifelong resident
OF thu District and q restaurant keeper
for the last twenty years. died Monday
after an illness OF eighteen months. al
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Maurice
]. Wall. $50 Eleventh street northwest.
Funeral services will be held this morn
ing at s o'clock at the immaculate Con-
ception Church.
Funeral services for Marvin w. Whis-
nant, who died Sunday night at the
Washington Asylum Hospital, will be
conducted this morning at 10 O'Clock at
az New York avenue northwest, where
his wife and two children reside.
Decision as to awards for property re-
quired to complete the proposed park be-
tween the Capitol and Union Station VIII
not be made until after the holidays. The
report OF the Department Of Justice win
be submitted to the President on the
return to this city Of Attorney General
McReynolds.
Secretary Thomas Grant. of the Cham
ber OF Commerce, who has been NJ with
typhoid fever, will leave Washington to-
day for Atlantic City, where he will re-
main about two weeks. He will be ac-
companied by his mother.
Nine turkeys have been stolen from
John d. Watkins. grocer, OF 1873 NJ
street northwest Police are looking for
a man who has an exceptionally large
family to feed.
Mrs. Margaret Helen Holland, SOS Tenth
street northeast, dropped dead in the
hallway of her home, yesterday as she
was going to get dose OF medicine to
relieve hemorrhages. with which she
suffered She was found by Frank l.
Holland. her husband.
william Thompson. who pleaded guilty
TO charge of false pretenses, was placed
on probation in Police Court yesterday.
He was charged with collecting money
ostensIbly for payment Of milk dairy
bills.
Alleging misconduct and naming q CO.
respondent, Florence E. Sullivan yester-
day filed suit for absolute divorce from
James z. Sullivan They were married
in this city April II.
w. A. Proctor, Of 14o4 Park road north
west, yesterday reported to the police
that his pocket had been picked while he
was shopping in Central Market. The
picking consisted Of = $50 gold watch.
A liberal supply of Christmas spirits
was obtained yesterday by some one who
stole from the wagon OF W. w. Nelligan,
20l4 Fourteenth street northwest, a bot
tie OF sherry wine. bottle of whiskey,
and q bottle of port wine.
Inmates of the District Reform School
IOT 1iTlS NsCEt oElNGn lnNO ram yes
terday afternoon when they becafe
alarmed at smoke caused by spontaneous
combustion Of coal. There was no dam
age.
II. z. Besiey, OF East Falls Church. Va,
was taken to Emergency Hospital in an
automobile yesterday. from Fourteenth
and B streets northwest He was suf-
fering from a fractured shoulder. Besley
said that a car struck buggy which he
was driving.
One hundred and fifty dollars damage
was done last evening by fire in the store
OF R. B. Stewart, liz Fourteenth street
northwest. The cause has not been de-
termined. The building is owned by
the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany.
William Hardy, seventeen years old
and Edward Rose, eighteen years old,
escaped from the National
School for Boys.
Master James Thompson, son of Rep
and Mrs. ]. B. Thompson. of
Oklahoma, will leave this morning, with
Warren Worth Bailey, for
Johnstown. Pa, to spend the Christmas
holidays with Master Worth Bailey, the
lads having struck up a great friendship
last summer while together in Washing
ton. Master Harold Griffith, of Johns
town, one OF the House pages, also win
be in the party.
A duplicate-key worker yesterday stole
a gold necklace pin. worth SIS; a pearl
pin, valued at 80; s. gold bar pin, and
a plain gold pin, worth So from the apart
ment Of Miss Susan Bratton, in the Wood |
worth.
No musical programs for the blind will |
be presented at the Library Of Congress |
on December %.
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