The Washington herald., 1916-01-09
purely personal

About fifty members of the Evan
gelistic Assembly of Philadelphia will
be in Washington this week to attend
the convention which will be held here
on three consecutive days beginning
January IL. The headquarters of the
convention will be at the Cochran
Hotel.
Senator James P. Clark. of Little
Rock. Ark, returned to Washington
Friday. He is at his apartments in
the Cochran.
Nine. Melba arrived in Washington
yesterday and is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Belmont A dinner will be
given in her honor tonight. Nine. Mel
ba will visit the Ambassador and Mrs.
Spring Rice at the British Embassy
Tuesday. a
NJ. Van de vyver, Belgian minister
of finance, is in Washington during
his visit to this country. In his party
are Baron de Cartier, Belgian am
bassador to China, who is on his way
to China to take up his duties, and
Chevalier and Mime. de wiart Cheva-
lier de Wharf is a brother of the Bel
gian minister of justice. The party
arrived from New York Friday and is
stopping at the Shorehsm.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend left yes
terday for Boston, where she will stop
on her way to Ottawa to pay a short
visit to the Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught. Accompanying Mrs. Lawrence
will be Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt.
Miss L NJ. Karpeles has been ap-
pointed to a leadership in the Lang
| don public school.
Frank Strohman. policeman in the
Third precinct, is in Garfield Hospital
receiving treatment for blood poison
ing. His condition has improved with
in the last few days.
C. A. johnson. a teacher in the Dem
| nison public school, has been trans
ferred to the H. D. Cooke school.
Mrs. Ross Thompson, Of 2121 KaIo-
rama road, accompanied by her son,
John w. Thompson, has gone to Evans
ton. Ill, to attend the funeral services
| Of her mother.
Benjamin A. Harland, chief clerk of the
Public Utilities Comission, was absent
| from his office Friday with a slight at
| tack of grip.
Miss E. B. Farmer, a teacher in the
Brightwood Park School, has been
| transferred to the Hubbard publrc
| school.
Vaughn Smith, a Georgetown Uni
versity law student, returned to Wash
ington yesterday. He spent the holi-
days in the North.
Vance c. Mccormick, former Democra-
tic candidate for governor of Pennsyl-
vania and owner of the Patriot. daily
morning paper of Harrisburg. Pa, has
been appointed class c director of the
Federal reserve bank at Philadelphia
Majs. John McA. Palmer, Twenty-fourth
Infantry, u. S. A. and Palmer E. Pierce,
Twenty-second Infantry, have been de-
tailed as members of the General Staff
Corps and ordered here for duty.
Col william S. oden will be supported
by many of the local Republican clubs
as a delegate to the Republican National
| Convention.
I. N. Powell. of Washington. is a guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. w
Powell. of Newport News. Va.
w. CO Tompkins, of Newport News
Va, has returned home after spending
several days as the guest of Mr.. an6
Mrs. W. z. Stoutamyer in this city.
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Miss Fannie Weger. of Newport News
! Va. who has been visiting In Baltimore
| recently spent several days in Washing.
| ton before returning to her home.
Representative william Ware, OF Penn.
| sylvanis, returned yesterday from his
Christmas holidays. He is stopping al
the Willard.
NEW TURBINE INSTALLED.