The Washington herald., 1914-10-20
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Fire Of unknown origin ala % dam
age yesterday afternoon to the roof
of Friends School. 1901 Wisconsin ave-
nue. northwest.
Henry WatterBon, editor of the
Louisville courier-JournaI, was enter
tained at luncheon by former Pred-
dent Taft, just before leaving for New
York yesterday afternoon.
Rev. r. W. BagnaII, of Detroit. VIII
deliver the address Of the thirty-third
annual opening of Bethel Literary and
Historical Association tonight at Met
sopolitan A. NJ z. Church
The arst gathering Of directors Of
Federal reserve banks will be held at
10:30 this morning in room 21s, Treas
ury Department. which Is the office of
the Comptroller of the Currency, and
not at the Pan-American Building, as
previously announced.
Dr. ID. 8. Lamb, of the Army Medi-
cal Museum and editor Of the WASH
ington Medical Annals, will give q
lecture on Sanitation in Ancient Civ
ilizations" In the assembly room of the
Public Library on Wednesday evening,
october 81, at s p. m.
The supreme Court yesterday ad-
vanced for hearing the case of d. z.
Danbury, Conn.,, against the United
Hatters Of North America The firm
was awarded a judgment for S252, 900
boycott damages against the hatters'
union by the lower court.
The Peliee are looking for nm nm
ioentified white man, FIVE feet eight
ah
l6O pounds. reddish compIeEIon IIght
cap and dark blue suit, who for fhe
past few days is attempting to film
liam cashiers OF a number of stores
and theaters.
The tablet erected to Poeahopt.,.,,
me old church at jamestown. Va, by
the washington branch Of the A. P.
v. A viii be unveiled Saturday. Pres
ident Tyler, OF William and Mary Col
lege, will make the address. A large
party viii leave Washington on Fri
day for the unveiling.
The BOdkin Point lighthouse, EuId-
Ing point for vessels entering the
Patapsco at Chesapeake Bav and a
landmark for nearly a hundred wears,
has collapsed, according to word which
reached Washington recently. The
OLD lighthouse was erected about 1920.
and in 1855 was discontinued as
beacon. AS daylight mark, however,
1t was Of admirable service to vessels,
especially Of smaller draft.
The Mary Frances, n river f,.,~ht
boat, is at a Washington boatyard un-
dergoing repairs. The schooner was
damaged recently when It struck a line
of piling in the old GEORGETOWN
Alexandria canal, near Alexandria,
while on its way to Washington with
load Of cord wood. The former pier
supports were concealed by high water.
According to reports from the varI-
Gus markets of Washington. the de-
mand for oysters this season is one
Of the heaviest in years. The oysters |
are taking the place of pork beef
and other meats. the high price of
which makes II almost prohibitiye for
the average table. The bivalves are
sold from so cents to rs cents a bushel. |
The action Of Congress In cutting |
off from a share in the District an
preparation all library associations, ex- |
cept for certain prposes. caused, the |
Georgetown Library Station of Hyde |
Church to appeal to the Georgetown |
Citizens Association for aid last night. |
The association gave 325 toward car
rying on the work this winter. The |
station has a circulation of close to
5000 a year.
The Belgian Minister, VI. HaVenIth,
stated yesterday that spontaneous
contributions, many showing self
denial and deep sympathy, are coming
in for the benefit OF the suffering Bel
gian noncOmbatants. Yesterday the
minister received Is cents in pennies
from a seven-year-old boy, who said
he earned them to help some poor
Belgian boy.
The most serious differences Of OpIn-
ion that will confront the conferees
on the war revenue bill when they
meet will be the tax on rectified
spirits, beer and gasoline. Senator
Simmons admitted yesterday that Con-
gress could not get an agreement in
time to adjourn before Thursday. The
inference was that II would require
most OF the week to conclude the work
Of Congress.
and officials of the Cham
Der of Commerce will meet today to
discuss plans to induce the American
Supply Mems Association to
hold its next annual convention in
June, 1915. here. The average attend
ance at these conventions is 5000 dele
gates and at the last meeting place.
Atlantic City, nearly a million and
quarter dollars was expended by them.