The Washington herald., 1913-12-31

The next regular meeting OF the FEEDER
alton OF Citizens Associations. of the
District Of Columbia, will be held Satur-
day evening in the rooms OF the Chamber
Of Commerce.
Funeral services for Miss NJ. F. Camp
bell, who died Monday at her residence.
l123 Seventh street northeast will be held
at o'clock this morning at the Church
of the Immaculate Conception. The inter
ment will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Beginning February 5, a three-day con-
vention OF the International Custom Cut
ters' Association will be held at the New
Willard. The Washington Cutters Club
is making arrangements for the enter
tainment of the delegates.
Two lectures were delivered last night
at the Foreign Mission Seminary by Or.
Melvin Grove Kyle. He spoke on "Pales-
tine in April Glory" and the excavations
Of Pithom, the store city, which Israel
built for Rameses II.
NJ. F. Cronin. of the Georgetown Uni
versity Law School, has become a candi-
date in the Second Iowa district to sue
ceed Representative Pepper, who died re-
Gently. Mr.. Cronin formerly acted as
secretary TO Mr.. Pepper.
Minister Garrett, United States repre-
sentative to Buenos Ayres. now in Spain
is expected to come to Washington in
January.
At the annual Christmas celebration
Monday night for the sixty-five children
of the Industrial Home School for
Colored Children. at Blue Plains. D. c.,
William II. Davis delivered the principal
address.
The editor Of The Reformer, Of Rich
mond, Va, James w. Coe, colored, whose
home is in this city, spent Christmas here
and left on Monday afternoon. He states
that the Order of True Reformers paid
more than s2sO.Ooo the last year on the
debts Of the order. created by the man.
ayers, who were deposed two years ago,
and that arrears Of 900 was collected
during the year 1913, and the member
ship increased to more than 1000.
At a meeting OF the California State
Association last evening, at its headquar-
tiers, 9O5 F street northwest, NJ. F. O'Don-
oghue. president, appointed committee
to arrange for the annual banquet. The
next meeting will be held on January 6.
Thomas Walsh. Albert c. Brown, and
Andrew Flaherty, the three boys arrest
ed late Monday night on the charge OF
having stolen the automobile of DR.. L.
s. Savage. of 623 Maryland avenue, were
arraigned in Police Court yesterday and
their cases referred to the grand jury.
Bond was fixed at $1,000 for each boy.
Julia Smith. colored, was acquitted in
Police Court yesterday of the charge of
selling liquor on Sundays, while her hus-
band Col" Smith, of 23S Eighth street
northwest, was given sixty days in jail.
Judge Mullowny holding that the hus-
band was responsible for the acts OF his
wife and for his own.
George W. Clark. who was injured in
street car accident on December 25,
died at Providence Hospital Monday.
The coroner has been notified and an in
quest will be held today.
While playing 'Injuns" in Newton
street yesterday afternoon Donald FOLK,
ten years old, was struck on the head
with sharp stick in the hands of Joseph
Kuttner, twelve years old, OF l5O Monroe
street northeast The boy was taken
home by friends.
Despondent because Of i'll health, Chris
attempted to end his life late yesterday.
afternoon by locking himself in his room
at sos K street southeast and turning on
the gas. He was found unconscious by
neighbors who forced the door. At the
Casualty Hospital last night his condition
was said to be serious.
An unidentified white man, about
twenty-five years old, was discovered in
the sanctuary of Immaculate Conception
Church yesterday afternoon and escaped
when he heard the door being opened.
Nothing was missing.
Charles Bannigan. former policeman,
living at n Eighth street southwest, died
yesterday at his home after several
months illness
Charles Mayer. nineteen years old, en-
ployed at 32l4 Mount Pleasant street
northwest. is in critical condition at
the Garfield Hospital, and Alfred Johnson.
fourteen years old, colored, fellow-em-
pIoye, is under arrest at the Tenth pre-
cinct station. charged with assault as a.
result of an alteration yesterday after
noon. johnson is said by the police to
have hit Mayer over the head with a
piece OF gas pipe. Mayer will recover.