The Washington herald., 1915-09-03

Washington for final conference with
Secretary Daniels before crossing the
continent to give about year to his
nnai detail before retiring from active
service.
Quite a number of the Newport sum-
mer residents will join the naval and
army officers next Monday evening at the
dance in Barracks b, Training station. at
Newport. where the enlisted men of the
station are holding their annual carnival
Miss Katherine G. Knight has returned
to the naval station from a weeks stay
In New York. While there Miss Knight
and her party were entertained by Col
Blackton. president of the Vitagraph
Company, at their studio during the re-
hearsal of large picture play.
Lieut.. Douglass Gillette. U. S A., a re-
cent graduate of West Point. and his sis
ter. Miss Edith Gillette. of Philadelphia,
are arriving at Newport this week to visit,
Rear Admiral Austin NJ. knight. L. S.
N, and Miss Knight at the Naval Sta
ton.
Mrs. Pryor and children, wife OF Lieut..
Commander William L. Pryor. T. s N.
commanding the new destroyer Ericsson,
which is being completed at Camden
N. j.. arrive from the Adirondacks Sep
tember II, to visit Mrs. Pryor's father.
Admial Knight. and her sister. Miss
knight. at the Naval Station. Lieut.. F,
Commander Pryor will take his vessel TO
Newport about the middle of the month
for shakedown before joining the At
lantic destroyer squadron.
Rear Admiral Austin NJ knight. II 8
n. left Washington for Newport yester-
day.
DR.. Hubscher. of the Swiss Legation.
entertained party Of friends at lunch
con yesterday at the Shoreham Others 4
lunching at the Shoreham were Comp
troller of the Currency Williams, Mr..
Clifton. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Crane,
Secretary of War Garrison and Assistant
Secretary of War Breckenridge.
MIR. NJ. A. Holboran. of the Bureau Of
Commerce. has returned to his home
after visiting friends at Newport.
Mr.. John r. Mclean was host at din
ner followed by moving pictures at Mar
ragansett Pier last evening.
Mrs. Richard Townsend entertained at
dinner party at Newport
Miss Emily X. Perry returned to WASH
inston Yesterday from lengthy stay in
North Carolina
Hon. and Mrs Frank L. Polk left Snug
Harbor yesterday for Boston. where the
newly appointed counselor to the State
Department has some business to look
after. He plans reaching New York the
latter part of the week. They are now
guests of Mrs. Charles H. Baldwin at
Snug Harbor.
Mrs. Henry Van Dyke and her daugh-
N..
spending the summer with the formers
mother. Mrs. Andrew Reid. at Seal Har-
Dor, Me-. sailed yesterday by the Nieuw
Amsterdam. of the Holland-American
Line. for Rotterdam and will go to The
Hague to join Rev. Henry Van Dyke,
Minister to the Netherlands from the
United States.
Senator and Mrs. James Hamilton
Lewis entertained a party of friends at
luncheon at the Shoreham, including
Judge Alschrier. Of Chicago.
Mrs. Cameron Nick. winslow and her
family will remain in Newport most of
the time during the absence of Rear
Admiral Winslow. U. s. N, as COM
mander-in-c chief of the Pacific feet. The
admiral has rented Edward ]. Berwin's
house. known as Court End, situated in
Belleville court. near the main thor
oughfare of the summer colony.
Rear Admiral winslow has come to
Washington for a final conference with
Secretary Daniels before crossing the
continent to give about a year to his
final detail before retiring from active
service.
Col and Mrs. H. r. williams are the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter at
Edgewater Beverly. Mass. after a stay
In Portland, Me.
Mr. H. c. Shute, of Washington. is a
guest of the wolcott Hotel in New York
City.
Registering at the Hotel McAlpin from
Washington during the past week have
been Mr.. r. E. Weedon, Mr.. II. ].
Browne, Mr.. Mark Galloway, Mr.. S. ID.
Taylor. Mr.. William F. Hall, Mr..
Charles II. winslow, Mr.. NJ. Ganss. Mr..
X A. Manion. Mr.. ]. C. Koons, Mr.. ].
p. Johnston. Mr.. C. c. Bates. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. 8. Harrison. Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Allen Mr.. Gil Hahn. Mrs. II. B. Hon-
man. Mr. Oliver p. Newman, Mr.. Milton
Baer, Mr.. w. c. Ballantyne. Mrs. A. T.
Bramlett. Mr.. and Mrs. L. H Gebhard.
Mr. and Mrs. w. ]. Barrett. Mrs. ]. NJ.
Yznaga, Mr. o. E. Williams. Mr.. ]. l.
Sullivan. Mrs. Eugenia Petersen. Mr.. v.
s. Blunden. Mr.. Karl Emmerich. Mr.. F.
A. Blunden. Mr.. G. NJ. Emmerich and
Mr. ]. E. Smith.