The Washington herald., 1916-09-10
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A delivery wagon belonging 70 George
c. Rice. feed dealer. y K street north
west, was olightly damaged yesterday
afternoon when Il collided with an IN
identified automobile at Twelfth and U
streets northwest william Thompson.
who was driving the wagon, was not in
jured.
All departments Of ST. Johns College,
except the preparatory, will begin regular
class work tomorrow Promotions will
be made and prizes presented for last
years work The companies composing
the cadet battalion will resume regular
drill September IS
July shipping through the Panama Ca
nal was the heaviest during the year.
Seventy-six vessels made a complete trip
and paid tolls Of $460.l23 Ships using the
canal in July were: Twenty-seven Ameri-
can, twenty-five British, and eleven Jap
aness.
Fire was discovered in the chimney fue
Of the New Willard Hotel yesterday after
noon. causing considerable excitement
Guests were summoned from their rooms
and were leaving the hotel when the fire
was extinguished. The damage was
slight. Engine companies Nos. I6, 2. "a
e1t4N anu II NShs Responded 70 al dlAIIl
The fire was caused by grease IN the
chimney fue becoming ignited.
The following examinations have been
announced by the United States Civil
Service Commission:
Indian service, $40 TO 81 900 per annurn,
for duty at Tongue River Mont
October EJunior architectural drafts
man, Treasury Department, 1900 a year;
I = E#r
$50 to 800 q year.
Consul Hathaway, at Hull. England.
yesterday reported to the State Depart
ment that one American, Joseph Norm.
was member OF the crew Of the British
ship Rievaulx Abbey, Rotterdam to Hull.
I probably mined" and sunk near Hull on
September 3. Norm was unhurt.
The Navy Department yesterday cut
three days of the John Paul Jones cruise
In the North Atlantic that was begun on
reserve battleships by the naval militia
on August Is by ordering all the vessels
TO return TO port this afternoon. Elk
cellent results in short time" was given
as the cause for the orders.
Governor General Goethals, Of the
Panama Canal Zone, yesterday afternoon
reported TO the War Department that the
Panama Canal, closed a week ago by a
slide at Cucarscha Channel. was opened
TO all traffic yesterday.
Miss Josephine Murphy, former stu
dent at Miss SomeTs School this city,
and daughter Of william J. Murphy,
editor and publisher Of the Minneapolis
Tribune. was killed in an automobile
accident near Oak. Forest, Ill, Thurs
day afternoon.
Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara
Fletcher. who died at the residence Of
her sister, Mrs. Catherine West, 1905
Third street, will be held at Peoples
Congregational Church today at l
o'clock.
The Board Of Education will shortly
be asked to pass upon plans for the
foundry to be erected in connection
with Mckinley Manual Training School
1t is announced that the plans are
near completion. only few minor
details being NEEDED. This shop will
supply the missing link in a chain Of
mechanical development The plant,
conducted on the basis Of a comm ercial
one, will have all modern, practical
equipment.
The monthly report Of the Office Of
MaTheIS ana Rural ORGANIZATION De-
partment of Agriculture, on the cold
storage holdings Of eggs shows 4.761,-
652 cases OF eggs held by 221 firms
One hundred and eighty-fve firms re-
ported holdings OF this year TO be
4,59O,6ss cases, as compared with
5,622,950 cases last year.
The War Department has issued reEu-
lations to govern the distribution Of the
80 az at Nv Con h.
relief OF the dependent families OF soldiers
drafted into government service on the
border. Benefits are paid at the rate OF
$50 per month and all applications must
be Endorsed by the company officers.
Funeral services for Henry Kaufman
who died Thursday at his residence,
62s Irving street northwest, were held
yesterday. Interment was at Rock
Creek Cemetery.
It is feared that something may have
happened to the schooner Maine which is
reported to have sailed from Haiti about
a month ago with a cargo Of logwood for
New York. 1t belongs to the estate OF
the late James D. Carter, Of this city,
and Washington is it's mailing port.
Although the receipt OF watermelons
at the wharf market continued heavy
yesterday, the demand was light 1t is
said that the melons will continue to
come in until the latter part OF this
month.
John W. Langley. who died Friday
at his residence, ~ Eye street north
west, will be buried tomorrow with a
requiem high mass at St Aloysius'
Church at a. m. Interment will be
private.
Howard University registrations are to
begin at o'clock Saturday morning,
September Is. and to continue the 18th
and 18th. Students now in town will find
1t advisable to register Saturday il pos
sible, to avoid crowding on the last two
days. REGULATIONS will begin in the pro-
fessional departments October . All
other departments open September 20
Postponement has been announced Of
the concert scheduled for today at
Georgetown playground until Wednesday,
September Is. The music. club Of the
playground with membership Of eighty
sill present a vaudeville show. Music
will be by the club orchestra.
E. C. E. Rupert reported to the police