The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-10-01
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Della e. Morse, sixty years ole. roam.
ing at 1850 / street northwest was
found dead in bed yesterday morning.
A certificate OF death from natural
causes was issued BY Coroner hewitt
TAe Public UtnItIea Commission in
q decision handed down yesterday held
that the street service on the Anacostia
line OF the Washington Railway and
Electric Company Is reasonably salts
factory and refused TO order an i'm
proved service as asked by the Ana
costa Citizens Association.
At = hearing before the PubIIe UtiI-
titles Commission, October 49,, the ques-
ton OF adequate seating capacity in
the street cars during ordinary hours
Of travel and also in rush periods will
be considered. The commission hopes
to provide seats for every passenger
during the ordinary hours OF travel
and to prevent overcrowding In rush
hours.
Miss Katherine Z. staub, the Bible
school specialist. OF Buffalo, N. Y, is
spending a week with the II Street
| Christian Church. South washington,
in the interest of their Bible school
work, She will occupy the pulpit Sun
day morning and will speak on The
Church and the Children"
\ Fer the purpose of arousInE greater
interest in, and appreciation of, the
beauties Of nature. and of encouraging
| to q greater extent all wholesome out
door sports, the girls of the George
Washington University have formed
an outing club. The girls plan taking
long hikes each Saturday in the en-
virons of Washington. Each journey
will terminate in a camp fre meal pre-
pared in the woods by the girls them
selves.
L. Pierce BoteIer. secretary Of the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, has
returned from the convention of the
National Association OF Mutual In
surance Underwriters. held in Column
bus. Ohio, last week. Mr.. Boteler has
been elected q State vice president and
q member Of the committee on national
AFFAIRS.
c. W. westbury, for three years as
| sistant general agent of the Southern
Railway here, has been promoted to
general agent here to succeed Lorenzo
s. Brown, who died recently. Mr.. West
bury will have charge of the ONCE at
7o5 Fifteenth street northwest.
ye1NeEOAJ
stoned an automobile ambulance. The
machine is equipped with a 40-horse-
power engine, built for speed. II is
equipped with every modern ambu-
lance necessity, including a pulmotor.
Mrs. Ruth Rice h to be one of tn.
speakers at the open-air peace meet
ing to be held by the Washington
Woman Suffrage Council Sunday even
ing. October 4. at Thirteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
Plans for . banquet to be given this
month to the New Jersey holders OF
high once in the District, including
Secretary Garrison. OF the War De-
partment. and the New Jersey delega- |
tion in Congress, were discussed at a
meeting Of the newly organized New
Jersey State Association at the Raleigh |
Hotel last night A committee was |
appointed to send resolutions of con-
graduation to Representative W. l. /.
Mccoy. of New Jersey. who has just /
been appointed a judge Of the District |
Supreme Court.
VIsltinE Shriners from all ever the |
country were guests of Almas Temple /
of the Ancient Order OF the Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine at its first cere- !
monial session of the fall season, held
mory, in G street northwest. The de-
gree was conferred upon fifteen
candidates. Potentate James T. Gibbs
presided.
The wOman's InterdenomInatiOBal
Missionary Union will hold an inter-
cessory prayer service, preliminary to
the nation wide service on Sunday. in
connection with its nTst fall meeting,
Friday afternoon. at o'clock in the
Epiphany parish hall.
Despondent over III health, Miss
Ruth Z. Braugh, twenty-five years old,
formerly nurse at the Washington
Asylum Hospital. living with relatives
at 523 Sixth street southeast, yester-
day morning swallowed two bichloride
OF mercury tablets. Physicians at Cas-
ualty Hospital applied powerful an
tedotes, but II will be several days be-
fore definite resuNs can be expected.
VIRGINIA MINERALS INCREASE.
The production Of minerals in Virginia
In 1913 amounted to S17,17s.SSO. compared
with 81. 9e5, SO in 1912, according to a re-
port issued by the Geological Survey yes