The Washington herald., 1916-02-24
purely personal

William Holder. of New York. president
Of the International Steel and Copper
Plate Printers Union of North America.
was In Washington yesterday TO confer
with members of the Capital local and to
appear before the executive council of
the American Federation OF Labor.
Capt. Elvin r. Heiberg. U. s. A.. is
expected to sail for Italy early in April
to assume his new duties as military at
tache to the American Ambassador at
Rome. Capt. Heiberg has been on duty
on the Mexican border for the past few
months.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. p. Agnew. Miss SUI
zanne Agnew and Miss Eleanor Agnew,
of Paterson, N. j., were among the guests
registering at the New Willard yesterday.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette is ex-
peeted to return to Washington this
Wisconsin.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Hunnewell, of
Boston. and CharIemange Tower regis
tered at the New Richmond yesterday.
Mrs. James F. Barbour and Miss Mar
guerite Barbour left yesterday for New
York, where they will spend the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Dodge and Miss f.
c. Walker. of Boston, are registered at
the Shoreham.
L. L. Thurston. superintendent of pub
lie schools, is in Detroit, Mich, attend
ing a national convention OF educators.
James F. Oyster has been appointed a
member of a subcommittee of the Cham
Der of Commerce to determine upon a To-
cation for new quarters for the chamber.
F. ]. Newcombe, a teacher at the Webb
School. has been transferred to the Pierce
School.
Miss Margaret Biz, Of Grand Rapids,
Mich. is in Washington on business for
the Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion.
Miss H. l. Ease, a teacher in the third
grade at Wilson School. has been pro-
NOTED and transferred to the third grade
at Garnet School.
Deputy Fire Chief Andrew J. Sullivan,
who has been of duty with an injury to
his leg for several weeks, Is able to walk
and Is expected to return to duty soon.
Food Inspector W. H. Hoover. of the
District health department, Is still on
sick leave. Inspector Hoover has been
Ill since the middle OF January.
H. s. Frankhouser. of the railway ad-
justment division of the Postofice De-
partment, is on leave OF absence for the
remainder Of the month.
- lie
Bureau, Department of Labor has re-
turned from an official trip through
Pennsylvania and New York.
r. o. 2. Davis. physical investigator in
the Bureau OF Soils. Department of Ag-
riculture, is back from a business trip
through the West.
Capt. Charles McAllister has been re-
appointed engineer-in-chief of the United
States Coast Guard by President Wilson.
DR.. and Mrs. Carol L. Storey. who
are en- route to Boston, where DR.. Storey
will take a Postgraduate course in sur
gerry at Harvard University. are the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. v. Lampson
1895 Otis place. Mrs. Storey is a sister
in-law of Mrs. Lampson and a niece of
Senator Burton. Of Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Harris, OF San
Francisco, were guests OF honor at din
ner at the Columbia Country Club on
Monday. The occasion celebrated the re-
ceipt OF a South American decoration In
the Order OF the Limitrofe Zorro, con-
ferred upon Mr.. Harris.
George H. Macdonald, member OF the
Board OF Trade, is confined
to his home. Is Rhode Island avenue, by
Illness
Miss Hendrika A. c. Van Der Filler,
daughter of the court chaplain who off,
ciated at the coronation of Queen Will
Is in the United States on a spe-
cial mission and is to be in Washington
shortly as the guest of Mrs. Charlotte
Darling. OF Cathedral avenue, who Is a
relative. Miss Van Der Filler is going
to make an effort to secure enough funds
to build an orphansge for Belgian chill
dren.
The resignation of ElvIn r. Gates, as
sistant physician in the Bureau of Stand
ards, has been approved by Secretary
Redfeld, of the Department of Com
mercec.
Members Of Patriots Memorial Chap
ter. d. A. R.. will give a reception to-
night from to II O'Clock at the Raleigh
Hotel In honor of Mrs. George T. Small
wood, vice president general OF the Ma
tional Society, Daughters OF the Amer
lean Revolution. All local Daughters
have been invited to attend.
A. ]. Driscoll, president of the Mid
City Citizens Association and the
Grover Cleveland Forum. is expected
to return this morning from New York
City.
Chief Justice Covington, of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, sat on the bench
of the District Court OF Appeals yes
terday in place of Justice Van Orsdel.