The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
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II purelY personal
chauncey D. Shaw. trRslator in the
! Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Comr
merce. has been promoted to s2,ooofa
year,
MD. Dinwiddie. assistant cashier in
the Citizens National Bank. of Alex
public by Gov. Stuart.
Harry Emo. of Anacostia. has gone
to Canada for stay of several weeks
Missl Ruth Tanner has returned to
Washington from wyoming and is
with hersmother, Mrs. z. c. Tanner. at
the Parkwood.
Mrs. James e. Alexander, of Chevy
Chase. is visiting Mrs Mcmillan, wife
of former Representative Mcmillan, at
her home in New 40rk.
The Misses Mary, Belle, and Cath
crime Small. of Washington, N. c.. ar
rived yesterday and will live with
! their father. Representative Small. at
the Cairo. this winter.
william r. Hodges has returned
from trip to the Pacific coast.
Miss Jennie NJ stearns. of st. Louis.
is the guest of her cousin. Mrs. w. w.
Gedes. on Columbia road.
w. w. Bride is in New York City
and is stopping at the Vanderbilt Ho-
tel.
Senator James d. Phelan, Junior
Senator from California, occupied the
chair of the Senate for the first time
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Rains. of
Washington, have returned after
visit of two weeks with Mrs. Rains
mother In Portsmouth, Va.
Lieut.. Hoibrook Gibson. junior
grade officer in the navy. has been or
dered from Norfolk. Va, to the naval
hospital in Washington.
Mrs. w. e. Young, of Newport News.
Va. who has been visiting in wash
ington. has returned to her home.
Admiral wythe M. Parks, general
Inspector of machinery for the navy,
with headquarters in Philadelphia, ar
| rived in Washington from Newport
News, Va. on government business.
Capt. Henry U. Cootes, u. s. A. and
Mrs. Cootes have arrived In this city
from Norfolk for a short visit. Capt.
Cootes has been detailed to join his
regiment on the Mexican border.
Wallace Monroe, a pioneer in the
theatrical business, is in Washington for
stay os several weeks.
]. c. Petty, manager Of the Senate
restaurant, returned yesterday from a
short trip to nearby Virginia.
| Ronald MacKinnon and Mr.. Beaton,
who spent several days with friends in
| this city, left last night for their homes
in Toronto, Canada. They made a tour
of the South before coming to Washing
ton.
Mrs M W. Flynn and Mrs. Matthew
Trimble, jr., of this city, will assist the
ladies' of Riverdale. Md. in arranging a
ball to be given there tonight to raise
funds for the Riverdale Volunteer Fire
Department
Robert Bastien Berman. one of the
washingtonians who sailed with. Henry
Ford on the good ship Oscar III, spent
yesterday In Baltimore, where he related
his experiences before the Baltimore
Press Club. F
DR.. Howard Armstrong, of strasburg.
Va, is In Washington attending q
patient in one Of the city hospitals
Frank ]. Kendall, an exponent of the
game of pony polo from the fashionable
clubs In the East, is staying In the
city for a few days. He will leave Mon
day for a trip South to buy polo ponies
| for the coming season.
Col. Chester Harding, engineer Of main
| tenance at the Panama Canal and FORM
eriy District Engineer Commissioner. is
in Washington to appear before the ap-
propriations committees of Congress IN
connection with canal estimates.
q. Leyburn shorey, chief watchman in
the office Of the Secretary, Department
of Commerce, has been transferred to
clerk in the Bureau Of Navisation.
Charles F. Young, clerk at 800 a year
in the Bureau OF the Census, has been
transferred to the Department Of Labor.
Cyril 8. Taylor, laboratory assistant
at the Bureau Of Standards, has been
promoted to assistant chemist at salary
Of 400 year.
Jacob Basseches, laboratory apprentice
at the Bureau of Standards, has been
promoted to a salary Of $40 year.
Jonathan r. Hagaman has been proba-
| tionally appointed an aid in the Bureau
of Standards at $500 year.
Albert L. Carlton has been probation
ally appointed a laborer at $500 In the
Bureau of Fisheries.
| Raymond c. Hurley, clerk In the Bu-
| reau of Navigation, Department of Com
merce, has been promoted to $1,000 a
year.
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