The Washington herald., 1916-09-03
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forestauon OF steep slopes viii be pre-
scented for the initial public inspection,
Labor Day at the Stanton, Va, fair
Later 1t will be taken to fairs at Roa-
noke, Va; Hagerstown, Nd. and Macon,
Ga.
Until further notice mail for the Orient
via Vancouver will not be accepted for
delivery, it was stated by Robert L
Maddox. chief of the Bureau of Foreign
Mails. Although no reason is given for
this cessation. reputable sources have 1t
that the British mail censorship is the
cause.
Ire Public Library will be kept oren
on Labor Day at the usual hours; that
Is. the Central Library will b. open from
Q a. m. to p. m, and the Takoma Park
branch from 2 to 9 p. Al.
Orfn p. Lively, a government clerk here,
| has invented a collapsible mast for sub
marines. The Navy Department is con-
Quoting experiments with the new device
and negotiating for its purchase.
The House yesterday afternoon resum-
ed debate on the Webb bill to promote
export trade by authorizing the forma-
ton of cooperative selling agencies,
1 without conflicting with the antitrust
laws. At 3 o'clock they planned to re-
cess awaiting action by the Senate on the
eight-hour railroad law.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie I.
Jones will be held at the Sayles funeral
parlor. $40 F street southwest, at 2 o'clock
| tomorrow.
Funeral services for Leonard Smith
will be held at his late residence, 5o4
| Seventh street southwest, today at 8
| ~ Int will ha
sional Cemetery.
Manager Clark Griffith, OF the Ma
tionals, will be host to about 1000 boys
at the Georgia avenue grounds on Tues
| day afternoon when the Nationals play
the Red Sox. Members of the boys de-
\ partment of the Young Mems Christian
Association and their friends will be his
guests.
DR.. Thomas Darlington, who was sent
| by the Civic Federation to inspect militia
camps on the Mexican border, yesterday
made his first official report on condi-
tons there. DR.. Darlington reported to
Secretary Of War Baker that conditions
were excellent He recommended elini-
nation of considerable red tape" In the
quartermaster's department.
Triumph Council, No g. Daughters of
America will be entertained by Progress
| sive Council, No. g. in honor Of the
| Deputy State Councillor on September Z.
| The Forest Service will exhibit at State
| and county fairs a number of models,
moving pictures and photographs OF the
| work of the service and the conditions iu
the Eastern and Southern mountains.
The exhibit will be shown at Stanton.
Va. on September 4. and later at Roa-
IA nd
Ca
Maj. Gen. James B. Aleshire, quarter
master general of the army, who mas been
| Ill for several months. has been ordered
before a retiring board to determine his
| fitness for further active service. Gen.
H. G. Sharpe has been acting quarter
master general
DR.. Thomas Darlington, Of this city,
| who has been sent to the border to in
spect militia camps by the Civic Fedora
tion' made preliminary verbal report to
Secretary of War Baker yesterday. DR..
| Darlington will make a detailed official
constructive written report soon.
The estate OF Bertha E. Cole, accord
| Ing to the terms of her will, dated June
8, 1916, will be distributed among her
near relatives. Alice E. Cole, a sister,
Is named as executrix.
Attorney Joseph A. Burkart has filed
a petition of voluntary bankruptcy for
| Charles NJ. Carter, a tailor, who lists
his debts at s5,s6O.16 and assets at s3,O95. SO.
Irene o. Harvey has filed an application
In the District Supreme Court for the
probate of the will of Hugh F. Harvey.
Mrs. Harvey Is sole beneficiary and says
her husband owned property valued at
$4,000 and personal property to the value
Of 1900 Levi Cooke is her attorney
c. w. Taylor yesterday filed in the
District Supreme Court mandamus pro-
| ceedings to compel the Independent
Order Of Rechabites Of North America,
a distinct corporation devoted to the pro-
motion of temperance, to accord him
recognition in the organization as a past
representative.
| Frances NJ. Sneeden yesterday filed suit
In the District Supreme Court for an alb
| solute divorce from John R. Sneeden, al
leging desertion and misconduct, and
naming correspondent. They were mar
ried in Baltimore, November II, 1899, and
wife are c. R. Colvin and Turnage &
Quinn.
The First and Second Battalions of the
Fourth Maryland Regiment are on the
way to camp at Laurel, Md, and the
Third Battalion entrained yesterday morn
ing at Eagle Pass, Tex. These troops
are a part of the 1900 ordered back to
mobilization camps by the War Depart
ment recently.
Discovering box that had contained
bichloride of mercury tablets, ,2-year old
Eve Croniger, of 1896 E street southeast
poisoned herself yesterday at her home
by licking the dust that remained In the
box. A hurry call was sent in to Cas-
ualty Hospital by her parents. and DR..
H. H. Warner applied first-aid treat
ment upon arrival of the ambulance
The child was reported out of danger at
the hospital last night.
Coroner hewitt yesterday afternoon is
sued a certificate of accidental death in
the case of Jarnett Davis, colored, 5,
of 80 Eye street southeast. Davis, work
ing on a mud-scow owned by the Dis
trict Of Columbia and moored at Gies-
boro Point, fell overheard yesterday
morning and was drowned. The body
was recovered by the Harbor police.