The Washington herald., 1914-01-17
TOWN TOPICS
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John Popkins, arrested Sunday for at
tempting to rob the restaurant Of John
skordas. pleaded not guilty in the Po-
lice Court yesterday and was bound over
to the grand jury.
Funeral services for Mrs. Emile p.
Sellhausen. who died Thursday after an
illness Of fourteen months. wip be held
from the residence. 1s4o Wyoming ave-
nue., this afternoon at o'clock. Rev.
James d. Buhrer officiating. Interment
viii be made in Glenwood Cemetery.
Fifteen employees OF the once Of the
auditor for the Postofiice Department
have been transferred to the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. by order OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury.
An address on How I Secured the
Single Tax for Pueblo" was delivered
by George J. Knapp before meeting OF
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers held last night In the Typographicai
Temple.
lean Cowboy was delivered by ]. A.
Lomax. of the Texas State University,
before the Congressional Club yesterday
afternoon.
The following officers of the Washing
ton Academy Of Sciences have been
elected: DR.. David White. president;
George X. Burgess. corresponding secre-
tary; w. J. Humphreys. recording secre-
tary: z. w. Parker. treasurer. and A.
H. Brooks and L. o. Howard, board Of
managers.
Funeral services for Arthur T. King,
chief clerk Of Washington Gas Light Com
pany, who died Thursday in WINCHESTER.
Va, will be conducted in Winchester to-
DAY, Rev. w. Carter Smith. oficiating.
The body will be brought TO this city,
where 1t will be inferred in the Congress
sional Cemetery.
At the next meeting OF the Monday
Evening Club to be held January - in
the Public Library, addresses will be
made by Senator Hollis, of New Hamp-
shire. and Representative Crosser. Of
Ohio.
Sister vincentia, a member Of the COM
munity OF The Sisters of Charity Of St
Vincent de Paul for ffty-iye years. died
late Thursday night at the ST. vincents
Asylum. Edgewood. d. C.
Rev. Father MCGEE. pastor Of the
Shrine Of the Sacred Heart. who has been
suffering from a nervous breakdown for
the last three months, was reported yes
terday as being slightly improved
George L. Harvey. a graduate of Cen
trail High School, OF this city, was re-
Gently elected president of his class at
the New York Law School, where he Is
now in attendance.
Midyear examinations at the George
Washington University will commence
Monday. January &c, and continue during
the week. The regular classes will be
suspended during the examination period.
An address on The Wider Use of
the School Plant" was made by Ed
ward s. Martin before the Home and
School Association. of Eastern High
School last night.
Among the ten successful candidates
for admission TO the diplomatic serv-
ice OF the United States is Oscar l..
Wilmore. OF this city. Their names
will be placed on the list of eligibles
to receive appointments as vacancies
occur.
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among then an extension of the main
at Brightwood. long wanted by the
residents OF that section. were ordered
by the District Commissioners yester-
day.
The nomination of william F. GUIDE
for president OF the Chamber of Com
merce at the annual election Tuesday
night was made by p. T. Moran and
seconded by E. c. Graham.
Tho Single Tax" will be discussed
at the regular weekly meeting of the
Washington Secular League. at Pyth-
ian Temple. 1912 Ninth street north
west, Sunday at 8 p. m. Col II. Mar
tin Williams, reading clerk of the
House, is scheduled to speak on the
subject. He may, however. give way
to some one of tho prominent repre-
sentatives of the single tax movement
now in Washington in connection with
the single tax conference.
Mrs. William E. Andrews. a director Of
the General Federation OF Woman's
Clubs, and past president Of the District
Federation. returned last night from
Wilmington, Del, where she attended the
twenty-fifth anniversary celebration Of
the New Century Club. Many prominent
women spoke at the exercises Thurs
day.
Mrs Stella N. Fry. OF 5e2e Thir-
teenth street northwest. reported to
the police yesterday that negro
snatched from her hand while at Elev-
enth and Lamont streets a shopping
bag containing some small change and
valuable papers. Charles E. Alsop, OF
440 Lamont street. gave chase to the
thief, who dropped the bag.
While passing over a conduit at Thir-
teenth street and Iowa circle northwest
yesterday Herbert L. Rucker. OF 1904
Thirteenth street, had his clothes burned
in the blowout of a manhole. An cleo
trio circuit four blocks away went wrong,
causing the manhole to blow out.
Philip Herbert, colored. thirty-two years
old, of 40 X street southwest, was hit
on the left leg yesterday by a flying rock
as the result of wild blast during some
sewer construction work on Piney Branch
road. near Webster street.
Struck by train on the Metropolitan
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road near Brookland, D. c., Henry Valen-
tine. colored. thirty-five years old, Of
Fenton street northwest. Is at Providence
Hospital in a serious condition. The ac-
cident occurred yesterday morning short
train and brought to the Union Station.
where an ambulance from the hospital
was in waiting. His skull was fractured.
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