The Washington herald., 1916-11-04
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| funefal services Tor LOUIS ii. HOtn, TOT
thirty years an employe of the pension
office, who died in Philadelphia Wednes-
day. will be held Sunday in Slatington,
Pa. Mr.. Roth was civil war veteran.
He resided on Eleventh street southeast.
Cooperation under the new regulations
establishing a standard of street car SER
vice is desired by the Public Utilities
i Commission and the company. Move
Forward, Please" signs have the sane
ton of the commission.
Funeral services for Lieut.. Col Web
| ster Alex. Mearns, u. s, A, retired who
died Wednesday at Walter Reed Hospi-
tai, will be held at Gawler Chapel at 1880
O'Clock this morning.
Funeral service for Domenico R. Zerega,
who died Wednesday in his SD year, will
be held at his late residence, S12 o street
northwest, at $50 O'Clock, thence to the
Church of the Immaculate Conception,
where requiem mass will be celebrated at
9 o'clock. Interment will be in st. Mary
Cemetery.
Funeral services for DIR. Henry Lee
Gosling. who died Wednesday, were held
| at the residence, 335l Mount Pleasant
street, at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery.
DIR. GoslinG was assistant chief Of the
division for operation of the Coast Guard.
| He Is survived by his widow.
Funeral services for Robert A. Bell,
who died suddenly at midnight Thursday
at his residence in Florence Court, will
be held at Portland, Me-, where the body
was taken yesterday. He was 50 years
of age, and is survived by his widow.
The body of Mrs, Abby Lord Bryant,
who died at the residence of her daugl-
ter, Mrs. Alphonso Patten, 1902 Irving
street northeast, yesterday. will be taken
to Bangor, Me-, for burial. Funeral SER
vices were held at the Patten residence
last night. Mrs. Bryant was a resident
of Washington for seven years.
| In the District Supreme Court. suit has
been filed by Mrs. Irene Whittemore for
an absolute divorce from Everett S.
| Whttemore.
Justice Stafford, of the District Supreme
Court, has approved an additional loan
! of $4,000 out of the estae. of Stilson Hut
chins to his widow, Rose Keeling Hut
cEins.
Justice Stafford has awarded Edna Cox
| temporary alimony of $50 a month in her
suit for divorce from Levi C. Cox,
motorman.
! Asking for $4,000 damages. Fern Prince
Bowman, a teacher, has brought suit in
| District Supreme Court against ]. Ed
ward Chapman. Through her attorneys,
Darr, Peyser, Whiteford, and Darr, the
plaintiff claims that she received personal
injuries when the defendants automobile
ran her down at Fourteenth and Irving
streets northwest. February "a last.
Suit has been filed in District Supreme
Court by Archie G. Owens against the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany claiming $1,000 damages for alleged
tersonal injuries. He says that while
aIighting from a car at Third and East
Ca pitol streets he was struck by another
car He is represented by attorneys
Wright & Wampler.
In Police Court Joseph e King was
ordered to furnish a bond of $500 or serve
sixty days in Jail when he was found
guilty of threatening Maggie r. Robin
son. All Second street northwest. The
defendant was also found guilty Of carry
ing a concealed razor, and was fined y,
or sixty days in Jail.
Melville Church, of 160S Twentieth street
northwest, was driving his automobile in
Connecticut avenue. near Albemarle street
northwest. when the steering gear broke
and the machine crashed into a trolley
pole. Mr.. Church escaped without 4
scratch. His automobile was damaged to
the extent of 500.
James whalen and James Proctor, both
colored, were struck by Washington,
Baltimore. and Annapolis car while driv-
ing a wagon across the tracks at Twen-
ty-sixth street and Benning road north
east. The two were thrown from their
seats. Proctor was taken to Casualty
Hospital. Neither of the men was badly
hurt.
Cut and bruised Raymond Spencer, col
ored, of S14 Barry place northwest, was
taken to the Emergency Hospital. He
was injured when an automobile truck
which he was driving overturned at Con-
nccticut avenue and Garrison street
northwest.
! total Of s1,O99,744 was involved in
| building operations in the District during
October. OF this amount $S46, SIS went for
J new buildings and $253,2O9 for repairs.
Tho Lansburgh Club, with Mrs. c. c.
| Goss and Miss Julia Roman as leaders,
have elected these officers: President,
Esther Hargett; vice president, Margaret
Fillins: secretary, Louise Culp, and treas
urer, Eva Clapp.
| The girls of the Kann's Club of the
Young Women's Christian Association