The Washington herald., 1914-12-05
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DR.. J. II. Gore Will give his Illustrated
lecture on Belgium and her people iu
the parish hall OF All Souls Memorial
Church, corner Connecticut and Cathe-
4 dral avenues. Monday evening at s D
m. The public is cordially invited.
| The keIp beds on the PaeIne Coast
from the Cedros Islands to the Shuma-
gins, of the Coast OF Alaska, are point
ed out as the country's surest source OF
potash in the annual report of the Bu-
reau of Soils. Department of Agricul-
| ture.
The opening of the national expoaI-
| tion to be held in Panama next year
has been postponed from January 1,
1915, to March Is. 1915. according to
advices received at the State Depart
ment yesterday.
Il will be q couple of weeks before
the war stamp tax collections will be
in good running order throughout the
country, according to Treasury oficials
yesterday. There are several cities that
still need certain denominations of
stamps, but the supply is being filled
, rapidly.
Thomas Adams, adviser to the Cana
dian government on housing and town
planning, will speak on The Housing
of the People" at a meeting at the Pub
lie Library tonight under auspices OF
the District branch of the Federation
of women's Clubs. w. H. Singleton.
president OF the Board of Trade. will
preside.
The PabIIc Utilities CommIssIon Is
expected to announce in the near future
its approval Of the plan OF the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
to build tracks in Fourteenth street
northwest. connecting the -company's z
and + street lines. II the plan is ap-
proved, work probably will be started
shortly after the beginning OF the new
year.
Title to Analostan Island in the PO-
tomac River near the Virginia shore
and oposite the Aqueduct Bridge, has
been transferred by Joseph Letter to
the Washington Gas Light Company.
The island was bought by Mr.. Letter
in his own name more than a year ago
and 1t is said 1t will be held by COM
pany in case increasing business makes
an extension of the plant necessary.
Value of the island is placed at $4,000.
A meeting of F'Iagg Council, No. 256,
United Commercial Travellers, will be
held in the rooms OF the Chamber OF
Commerce Thursday to meet the follow
ing members of Congress who are MEM
bers of the organizations: James A.
Hughes, West Virginia: w. ]. Fields
Kentucky: E. r. Bathrick. Ohio: MAu-
rice Connolly, Iowa; s. r. Winslow,
Massachusetts,. and H. A Metz, of New
York.
Enforcement of the plan for free
transportation of firemen on local pub
lie utilities and of the proposed fire.
mems pension bill as submitted by the
Commissioners to the House District
Committee was given last night at
meeting OF the Northwest Citizens As
sociation in Masonic Temple, Tennally-
town. r. E. Oden. of No. 20 Engine
Company, representing the Firemen's
Association. addressed the meeting.
The weekly tea of the Congregational
Union on Sunday at 4 p. m. at the head
quarters will have as speaker Miss
Lucy Burns, who is just back from the
California campaign against Demo-
cratic candidates for Congress. AS the
final session OF the SiXty-third Con-
gress opens the following day. Miss
Burns. who is legislative chairman.
will outline the winter work. The
union has taken in $4,000 in donation
for political campaign from September
to November Is. and has spent on
the election campaign in the nine suf-
frage States $4,000.
The Interstate Commerce CommIs-
sion yesterday handed down a decision
holding that the freight on lake ex-
port grain from Buffalo to New York |
City is not unreasonable, and dismissed |
the complaint. The complaint was |
brought by the New York Produce Ex- |
change which alleged. among other |
that the rate to New York from |
Buffalo when contrasted with the rate |
from shipping points on the lakes to |
Montreal. all water. worked a discrimi-
nation against New York in favor of |
Montreal. The complaint asked the
to reduce the rate from
5 IL to Ia cents a bushel.