The Washington herald., 1914-10-08

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quantities at the wharves. and are
selling at an average OF 50 cents q
bushel. More than 1000 bushels have
been received this week.
AIlss Susie FilImore Camp, q grand
niece OF President Fillmore. died
Tuesday evening, at her home, III
Quincy street Chevy Chase. The fu-
neral will be held Friday afternoon
from All Saints Church, and burial
will be in Ro6k Creek Cemetery.
Hereafter all funds received by the
superintendent Of the National Train
ing School for Boys will be turned
into the Treasury, according to q rul-
ing of Comptroller Downey, of the
Treasury Department. All checks
drawn by the superintendent will be
payable at the Treasury.
The annual neId day outing Of the
Knights Templar of the District win
be held at American League Park this
afternoon. The program includes all
kinds OF races and other sports. which
will be followed by march of the
members to the Masonic Temple.
Articles OF furniture and labor-sav-
ing devicesI that go to make up the
modern once, will be exhibited in the
showroom Of the Globe wernicke
Company, during the week OF October
Il. The exhibit viii be open to visitors
from the 18th to the 17th, and for the
beneht of those who cannot come in
the day, the exhibit win be open We'd
nesday and Friday evenings.
A resOlutiOn adopted By the West
End Citizens Association, asking that
Congress enact into \ law the bill
passed by the House providing for q
fixed salary for the auditor OF the Dis
trict Supreme Court, was read In the
Senate yesterday. It was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
Further reductions I'm prices By the
armor plate manufacturers in the
United States will result in q saving
Of $15O.222 in the awards OF contracts
for the new Dreadnoughts California,
Mississippi, and idaho, according to an
announcement by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels yesterday, following the
opening of bids.
DR.. Thomas Ople, q prominent physl-
clan of Baltimore, died in this city
Tuesday morning, at the home OF his
sister, Mrs. Charles DuvalL s32 d
street northwest. DR.. opie served as
surgeon in the command Of Stone
wall jackson, in the civil war.
The necessity for more frequent Gre
drills by the ire-fghting companies on
railroad property, was emphasized by
the Railway Fire Protection AssociR-
ton, holding q convention in the
Raleigh Hotel. yesterday. Several
committees reported and a general dis
cussion was engaged in by the dele
gates
Fire Chief Frank Wagner and T. NJ.
Robinson. superintendent of machin-
cry in the department, win visit New
Orleans October 20 to inspect motor
propelled apparatus which will be on
display there in connection with the
annual convention of fire engineers.
The current appropriation bill provides
for the acquisition of two tractors. one
pumping engine, and a combination
hose wagon.
Mrs Ellis Logan, president Of the
District of Columbia Federation of
womens Clubs, has been appointed .
member OF the national advisory board
of the war children's Christmas fund
Mrs. John Hays Hammond Is chairman
of this advisory board which includes
many OF the best known men and wom-
en- in the United States.
william p. Ryan, chauffeur on the
automobile used by detectives at police
headquarters, is at Homeopathic Hos
pital slowly recovering from an at
tack of typhoid fever. He was taken
Ill three weeks ago and removed from
his home, 1927 North Capitol street,
to the rospital.