The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
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Members Of the Poll Players yester-
day sold. for the beneht Of the Red
Cross fund. 1000 flowers at oehmler's.
1899 G street northwest. Friends Of
the Red Cross donated the flowers
Frederick H. Elliott secretary OF the
Safety First Association Of New York.
who is making tour of the country
in the interest OF the safety first
movement. is expected In Washington
early next week.
Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo
viii deliver addresses at Cooper Union
and Durland's Riding Academy, New
York, Friday and Saturday evenings.
Secretary Of War Garrison will be q
speaker at the Durland meeting.
A sum Of $50 was raised for the re-
lief of the widows and children of
German soldiers at the banquet and en-
tcEtainment given on German Day in
Saengerbund Hall. according to an
nouncement by Martin Wiegand, pres
ident OF the United German Societies.
benjamin. Webster, twenty-five years
old, 1146 Morse street northeast, was
bitten on the right hand by dog yes
terday in Mount Rainier. The wound
was cauterized at Emergency Hospital.
An automobile operated by John
Martin. employed by the Overland Com
pany, 222 Fourteenth street northwest,
yesterday collided with a machine OF
James A. Tumelty. 1920 Pennsylvania
avenue. at Maryland avenue and Tenth
street southwest, damaging the lat
ter's car to the extent Of 800.
Policeman Garrett, of the Fourth
precinct, was forced to use his black
Jack yesterday to subdue William
Pryor, colored, Sls Half street south
west, when he placed him under arrest
on charge of disorderly conduct
Pryor had to go to Emergency Hos
pital.
Administration 40. Ks. were given
out yesterday by the President to the
following: w. w. Black. candidate for
the Senate from Washington; Repre-
sentative Townsend. of New Jersey;
Representative Baker of New Jersey;
Representative Tuttle, Of New Jersey;
Edward johnson. candidate for Senator
in South Dakota, and R. B. Stevens,
candidate for Senator in New Hamp-
fshire.
In accordance with an act Of Con-
gress, Adjt. Gen. Mccain, u. s. A, has
returned to the State of Louisiana the
original resolution of secession adopted
by that State in 1861, which has been
in the possession OF the War Depart
knows how the resolution came into
the possession of the War Department,
but IL is presumed that IL was among
the documents sent to Washington fol-
lowing the capture of New Orleans by
Gen. Buffers forces. The resolution
was incIosed in q zinc tube, and its
text is in both French and English.
A new Esperanto club, known as the
KoIumbIa Esperanto Unuigo, was or
ganIzed Monday night at a meeting /
held in the home of A. Mayer, 1014 F
street northwest More than twenty
members were enrolled, and a con-
stitution was adopted. The club will
be governed by a board OF governors,
who will attend to all business
Plans for q dInner Of merchants. to
be held during the second week OF No
vember, are under way, following a
meeting of q committee Of the Retail
Merchants Association in charge. Mem
bers of the committee are E c. Gra-
and g. Herzog.
John H. Hurdle, sixty-AVe years cid, |
who was killed Tuesday night when |
run over by a car of the Washington. |
Baltimore and Annapolis Railway. |
came to his death through his own |
carelessness, according to the verdict
Of the coroner's jury which yesterday |
investigated the accident. The acci- |
dent occurred at Brooks station, near |
Benning, d. c.
Many prominent musieIaps Of this |
city will take part in a concert to be |
held at the Columbia Theater at 4:45 |
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon to raise |
funds to rebuild the historic st. Johns |
Church. at Bradley lane and the Rick |
VILE road, which was destroyed by
fire recently.
Miss Julia LathrOp, head Of the chill |
dren's bureau OF the Department OF
Labor. will be speaker at the annual
meeting of the Associated Charities at
the New Willard this evening. The
topic for discussion will be Child |
welfare Work" other speakers will
be DR.. A. ]. McKelway. secretary of
the national child labor committee:
Walter S. Ufrord. secretary of the As
ISOLATED Charities, and F. A. Fenning. |
To raise funds for the expenses of
Housekeepers' Alliance, a beneht per-
formance will be given at the Belasco |
Theater Monday evening. Miss Edith /
westcott, principal Of Western High |
School, at the Franklin School build
ing. is chairman OF the committee
which is making arrangements for the
performance.
The number of Chinese in this eoun-
try has decreased and the number of
Japanese has increased materially, II
was shown in a bulletin of the census
bureau of the Department of Agricul-
ture yesterday. More than one-half
Of the Chinese and japanese were re-
ported from California.
b. ID. AdeIsberEer, formerly of Lees
burg, Va, has ben made manager OF
the National Hotel, 1t was announced
yesterday. Mr.. Adelsberger is known
to nearly all commercial travellers In
virginia and Maryland. and has spent
A-...,t,. in the hnfnl