The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
6be Down Crier

The Junior League will present ALI
of-a-Sudden-Peggy." farce comedy. at
the Playhouse, February 81 and IS, for
the beneft of a summer camp at Sligo.
Nd, for shopgirls.
Mrs. Mary A. Moore, mother of Rev.
Robert NJ. Moore, former pastor OF
Foundry Church. and now in New York.
died Sunday from burns accidentally
received Saturday night.
| Girders for the new railroad bridge
to span the Tidal Basin at the foot
of Fourteenth street southwest already
are being placed by a derrick car. and
rapid completion is expected.
DIR. Mary r. Walker will speak on
Love and Marriage" February %. at
s o'clock, at Rauscher's. mounted
picture of the speaker will be given
to those attending the lecture.
Miss Anne GoIthwaite, of New York,
who recently painted a portrait of Car
dinal Gibbons, will paint a portrait of
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson during sittings
in the White House during Lent.
James Harold. eighty years old, was
taken to Casualty Hospital last night
from Defrees court northwest, suffer-
ing from exposure to the cold. Owing
to his age, his condition is serious.
Herbert Ramsey, editor of the Cherry
Tree, the student yearbook of the
Keorge Washington University, has
announced that the publication prob
ably will come from the press about
April l.
Christopher c. Yeabower, president
of Electrical Workers Union for six
years. and Mason, died suddenly at
his home. 4O4 1 street. The funeral
will be held this afternoon, with Ma
sonic rites.
Edward W. Crew, teIegrapher for
the Western Union and Postal COM
panies and recently clerk in the De-
partment of Justice, died of apoplexy
at his home, 3l4 East Capitol street.
Sunday night.
Service. for Mai. Frederick Brack-
ett. civil war veteran. member Of the |
G. A. r. and Soldiers Alliance, who |
died Saturday, will be held at $50 |
o'clock today at his home. 1890 Park |
road northwest.
Mrs. Anna Green Van ArsdaIe, sixty |
years old, former employe in the Treas |
ury Department, who died Sunday in !
her apartments at the Imperial. will |
be buried today. Services will be held !
at Vermont Avenue Christian Church |
at o'clock.
Prof. Joseph Dunn will lecture on |
The Brendan Legend" at the monthly |
meeting OF the Gaelic Society at the |
Willard tomorrow night. Welsh. Irish.
and Scotch songs will be given by Miss
Elizabeth Leckie, J. F. NJ. Bowie. and |
James Nolan.
Mrs. Alexander seaIey, of the Hotel
Stratford. reported to the police yes
terday that two young white men
snatched a purse from her while she
was in X street. between Fourth and
Fifth streets northwest. The purse
contained $50 in bills and a check for
SIZE.
william B. Reilly. an attorney. was
indicted by the grand jury yesterday
on a charge of embezzlement, it being
alleged he appropriated the proceeds
from a note of $500 belonging to the
estate of Franz Y. Lochboehler. The
is in two counts. one charg-
ing the negotiation of the check be-
fore its maturity and the other alleg-
ing the appropriation OF the proceeds.
Bernard Brown, fourteen. and Clar-
ence Smith, fifteen years old. both of
Bowen road southeast. and Hillary
Tillman. eleven years old. of Sheridan
road southeast. all colored, were ar
rested by Policeman Waters, of the
Eleventh precinct, last night. charged !
with stealing three sleds belonging to
Thomas j. Leonard. of Valley place:
Nellie Levy. of 20I7 Fourteenth street
and Joseph T. King, of 1888
Calvert street southeast.
Rev. James III. DePue, formerly pas
tor of a nearby Virginia church, was
arraigned before Chief Justice Cla-
oaugh in Criminal Court yesterday on q
4 charge of false pretenses, in con-
1ection with the sale OF stock in a cor !
poration in which h. was interested
He pleaded not guilty. The pastor re- l
,ently was tried by an ecclesiastical
,ourt in Washington and acquitted Of
/ charge Of misconduct in connection 7
With his sale of stocks.