The Washington herald., 1914-03-07
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The Capital City Chess and Checker
Club will hold its annual tournament
| Friday.
The Pennsylvania Society of WASH
ington will hold its monthly meeting
at Pythian Temple tonight at o'clock.
Georgetown University will receive
$4,000 fora library. under the terms
of the will OF the late Julian Reich, Of
Tyron, n. C.
Alexander MiekIeJohn, president Of
Amherst College, will be the guest Of
honor at a dinner to be given by the
alumni Friday night
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel O'ConneII, the
former an employe of the Government
Printing once. are celebrating their
golden wedding anniversary in ST.
Louis. Mo.
President Wilson will go to PhiIs-
delphia this morning at 10 o'clock to
consult DIR. De Schweinitz, an oculist.
The President has had trouble with his
eyes recently because of night work.
Miss Lucretis s. Beam, who died nj
her home. 1907 X street northwest,
Thursday. will be buried in Greenmount
Cemetery. Baltimore. following services
at the residence this morning at IL
o'clock.
Senor A. Algara n. de Terreros.
charge OF the Mexican Embassy here
has been made n fellow Of the Academy
nf
VIII speak before the academy at
later date.
Harry H. Humble. nm empIoye of the
Government Printing once, died
Thursday night, at his residence, 725
First street northwest, where he had
been i'll since Sunday. suffering from
a stroke OF paralysis.
The National Association Nor The
Study and Education OF Exceptional
Children will meet in the auditorium
Of the Mckinley High School March
II at p. m. Philander p. Claxton.
Commissioner of Education. will pre-
side,
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, .Itbouvb
greatly benefited by a weeks rest,
necessitated by a fall last Sunday in
a corridor of the White House. was
unable to attend the Cabinet dinner
Hast night.
/ J. c. Crowder & Co. asked the poIice
yesterday TO find the thief who en-
| tered their shop. in the rear of 1918
vermont avenue northwest. recently
and stole ten spark plugs a speedome-
ter. and other automobile accessories.
The Interstatc Commerce Commission
will hear the complaints of o. ]. De
| Moll & Co. Judd & DetweiIer, the
Chamber of Commerce. the Retail Mer-
chants Association. and others March
% and 25 against the railways entering
| Washington.
John Bemis, driver for 4. r. BeItEeII,
wholesale liquor dealer, 1909 Seventh
street northwest, reported TO the police
| yesterday that twelve bottles Of whfs-
Ky had been stolen from his delivery
wagon on Pennsylvania avenue north
| west.
| Rcbecca White. coIored, hfty-sIx
years old. 206 Ball court northwest.
had her right leg broken yesterday
when roll OF paper fell off a plat
| form of the warehouse of the Ameri-
can Dairy Company, ia ball court,
striking her.
Nelson Barrett, sixteen years old.
| was arrested yesterday as a fugitive
from his parents in Buffalo. When
| found here he was working as a mes
senger in a department store. His
| father will reach Washington today
| to take his son home.
Gen. John 4. Merritt. father OF for
mer Postmaster Merritt. while visiting
at the home of his son was taken seri-
! ously i'll with bronchial attack Thurs
day. He was removed to Sibley Hos
pital. where II was said yesterday that
his condition is as favorable as can
| be expected.
Joseph Mcnamara. twenty-one years
old. with no fixed place of residence
yesterday was arrested by Detective
Harry Evans. charged with house
breaking. il being alleged he entered
| the home of Edward A. Taylor. 3O6 c
street northwest. and took a quantity
| of clothes.
John Cannon. hfty-seven years old.
731 Fourth street northeast. employed
| by the Washington Brewery Company,
had his right hand badly bruised yes
terday when a sleigh in which he was
| riding skidded into a tree box in F
| street, between. Fourth and Fifth
streets northeast.
An auto delivery wagon of James
F. Oyster, driven by Charles Ander-
son. OF 1858 z street southwest. COL
lided with a street car yesterday aft
ernoon in Eighteenth street. between
Belmont street and Columbia road
northwest. The auto was damaged to