The Washington herald., 1914-01-22
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Harvey s. Chase & Co., q local audit
| ing firm, has been awarded the contract
of auditing the accounts OF the City or
| Baltimore for two years. The bid OF
s14, 800 was lower than that OF the other
competing firms of New York. Philadel-
phia, and Baltimore. The contract also
| includes the recommendation OF a new
system of accounting for that city.
The Rectory Club met on Monday with
Mrs. ]. Henning Nelms and Mrs. w. Z.
Calender at the rectory of the Church
of the Ascension. Among the guests
| were Mrs. Mackay-Smith. Mrs. Kinsman,
of Delaware; Mrs. Holden, of Long Is
| land, and Mrs. Joseph Fletcher. Of Mary
land. During the evening about twenty
of the clergy came in a body as sur
prise to the Rectory Club.
A reception will be given by members
of All Souls Episcopal Church to the
rector, Rev. Dr. James Mcbride Ster-
ritt and Mrs. Sterritt. and to DIR. and
Mrs. Johnstone, assistant rector, at the
residence of Mr.. Frank S. Bright. 26l9
Garfield street, tomorrow night. All men,
bers of the parish and friends are in
vited.
Leonard Tuttle and James Hugh Kelley
will speak on the subject of a charter
Ingram Memorial Church tonight. Thomas
Z. Will will act as chairman. The meet
ing is held under the auspices Of the
Study Club in Economics.
The Army and Navy Club has elected
the following officers: Col. Charles H
Lauchheimer, u. S. NJ. c., president;
Brig. Gen. Edward A. Goodwin, U. S.
A. vice president; Passed Assistant Pay
master Lewis W. Jennings. U. s. N.
treasurer, and Capt. Julian L. Schley,
U. S. A. secretary. Brig. Gen. Albert
L. Mills, u. S. A. has been elected direc-
tor to serve until January. 1915; Com
mahder John r. Y. Blakely, u. S. N,
director until January. 1916, and Lieut.
Commander William P. Cronan, U. s.
n: Mai. Blanton Winship. U. S. A.. and
Capt. Percy F. Archer. u. 8. NJ. c., direc-
tors until January. 1917.
An illustrated lecture on New Ameri-
cans" the title of the current mission
study class text book. will be given to-
morrow evening at o'clock by Mrs
George Thompson Prewitt. in the Ver-
mont Avenue Christian Church. under
the joint auspices of the Mission Study
Class and the W. c. T. U. department
of work for foreign-speaking people.
Wanted in Stroudsburg, Pa. on charges
Of passing a worthless check and for
beating a board bill of $50, Frederick
Robinson. twenty-four years old, an ac-
tor. was arrested at a local theater last
night by Detectives Charles Evans and
Harry Warren.
Another lecture in the series on THE
Community's Health" will be given in
the Y. NJ. C. A. tomorrow night. The
subject is The Laboratory in Its Re
lation to the Health of the City" and
the lecturer will be DR.. Joseph J. Kin |
youn, bacteriologist of the health depart |
ment Of the District. |
That Joseph ]. Minson, jr., who was |
killed Tuesday afternoon when run over |
by an automobile coal truck at Twenty |
fifth and NJ streets northwest, came to |
his death as a result OF an unavoidable |
accident was the verdict of the coroner's |
jury which yesterday investigated the |
circumstances surrounding his death. Ed |
ward Smith. colored driver of the truck. |
was released from custody.
Detectives Evans and Warren yester-
day investigated the visit to Washington |
of Albert Astrout, arrested in Baltimore |
on a charge of passing a worthless |
check. Astrout, for two days, was reg
istered at the Reliance Hotel, in Penn |
syIvania avenue, but according to Evans
and Warren is not wanted here.
judge James L. Pugh, in the United |
States branch of Police Court yesterday. ,
sent George Wilson, young man said
to be connected with a well-to-do family |
in New York State, to jail for sixty days 4
after the youth pleaded guilty to steal |
ing two Ia vallieres from Mrs. Catherine |
Hunter, of 1927 N street northwest.
The condition of William Levi, presi-
dent Of the Bricklayers' Union, who was
struck by an automobile in judiciary |
Square early Tuesday morning, showed |
some Improvement yesterday. Levi is at |
Emergency Hospital. suffering from a i
conclusion Of the brain.
LOCAL MENTION, |