The Washington herald., 1914-10-23
DIE Gown Gr.er

The Daughters of Isabella. Of the
District. celebrated their first ami
yersary with q dance In the Knights
OF Columbus Hall, Wednesday evening.
The West virginia Society of the
District will meet November g. and
not this evening as stated inadvertent-
ly in The Herald.
A smoker fer the purpose. Of getting
the men better acquainted with one
another, will be given by the first
year class of the Georgetown Law
School Wednesday night.
~Takoma aE 1t should Be-, was the
subject OF an address delivered by for
mer Mayor w. G. Platt, president of
at symposium" held in the library
| Wednesday evening.
Resolutions asking for the retention
of the Northern Dispenssry. at 3l21
Fourteenth street northwest were
passed by the Mount Pleasant citi-
zens, at a meeting in the hospital
building Wednesday night.
/ Howard Lacomb, sixteen years OId,
Steubenville, Ohio, hoped of the
/ blind OF a passenger train at Union
Station yesterday and into the arms
Of Special ofiicer ]. B. Dixie. He was
sent to the House Of Detention as a
| fugitive from parents.
Bitten by q mad dog q year ago,
Bob" the faithful horse OF Mounted
Sergt. Jim Mccormick, of the Ninth
the effects Of the injury. Policeman c.
E. warfeld. attacked by the same
dog, suffered a stroke OF paralysis, but
recovered.
Representative Ben johnson, of Ken
lucky, called at the White House yes
terday, and II is probable that he dis
cussed with the President the person
mel of the board that will be appoint
ed by the provisions OF the new reso-
luton to settle the Union Station plaza
awards.
While strinEinE wires On Keokuk
street northwest near Wisconsin ave-
nue. yesterday, George Weaver. 1929 c Il
street southeast, lineman for the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company fell
from a pole, receiving a fracture to
the left leg and internal injuries. He
sity Hospital in a serious condition.
asThe Need and Feasibility of Social |
Service in Rural Communities" was
the subject of an address delivered by |
Ida Curry, superintendent Of the chill |
dren's agencies of the New York State |
Charities Aid Association, at the u
Maryland conference of charities and
corrections, held at Easton Wednes-
day.
Fire was discovered In tive wood |
sheds in the rear of 32l-323 Linworth |
place northwest, but a short distance |
from the new Bureau of Engraving |
and Printing building, the Department |
OF Agriculture, and other OF its build |
ings last night. Prompt arrival OF |
fremen prevented the flames from |
spreading.
Morgan Watts, fourteen years old, |
1923 Jefferson place northwest, was
injured on the head and shoulder yes |
terday afternoon when the horse he |
was riding bolted on Wisconsin ave- |
nue. near WoOdley road and collided I
with an automobile. The horse fell,
throwing the boy heavily to the
ground.
One hundred employees Of the HoImes
& Son bakery met last night at the
home of John Bussard, 614 I street |
northeast to bid him good-by and wish |
him luck in the new position he is to
take. Muir. Bussard has accepted the
offer of a large New York firm to be-
come its general manager.
Struck by . car In the EekinEton |
freight yards last night shortly before II |
o'clock, James A. Higgins. fifty-ive years !
old, 626 / street northeast, a car in
spector, had his left leg badly mashed |
and now is at Casualty Hospital. He
was taken to the hospital in the auto
mobile Of Yard Master Harry Hilton.
The young woman members OF the
Outing Club of George Washington |
University, have planned a long moon
light hike for Halloween night. The /
route has not been decided on, how
ever. they have planned a typical Hal
low'een meal during the course of the
evening. and a number of the faculty
have been invited.
The Department Of Commerce has j
lifted the fine imposed on the steamer
Wakefield, of the Potomac and Chesa-
peake Steamboat Company. by the To-
cal board of steamboat inspectors. The !
fine was imposed for an alleged trip |
side those marked in the certificate of
the steamer. Investigation caused the J
Department of Commerce to reverse
the charge of the inspectors and re-
move the fine.
GRussIa' was the subject Of an H.
lustrated lecture given by Nine. De
Meissner at the Washington Club 1901 |
X street northwest, yesterday after
noon. The proceeds are to be devoted !
to the aid Of the Russian soldiers
wounded in the present war. Mime. de
Meissner served as a Sister OF Mercy
in the field ambulance corps during
the Russo-Japanese war and was able
to speak authoritatively of Russian
hospital methods.
Tnstr Of hlnnd nress,irn In rarin,,s |