The Washington herald., 1916-11-07
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Funeral services for Bertha q. Kirby.
who died Sunday. win be held at her late
residence. nis New Hampshire avenue.
today at o'clock. Interment will be In
oakwood Cemetery, Falls Church. Va.
Funeral services for Capt. william w.
Low. u. s. NJ c.. who was killed In ac-
tion in santo Domingo. were held yester-
day at the receiving vault in Arlington
Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Patrick Nc
Garry. who died Saturday, viii be held In
st. Margafet's Catholic Church, Seat
Pleasant. Nd. today at o'clock. Inter-
ment will be in Mount olivet Cemetery.
ran Melting, who died Sunday at her resi-
dence. ia street northwest, will be held
in st. Martins Church today at o'clock,
Interment will be in Mount olIvet Ceme-
terry.
Funeral services for Mrs. Walter
Payne, who died Friday, will be held pri-
vately 'at the residence Of her mother,
Mrs. S. G. Cassassa, a New York ave-
nue. northeast, today at $50 o'clock:
thence to st. Aloysius' Church. where
O'Clock. Interment will be In st. Msry's
Cemetery.
John G. Williams. former statistician
and accountant OF the Public Utilities
Commission, having resigned to become
member Of the valuation stan OF the In
terstate Commerce Commission, the coL/.
mission has appointed James H. Botz as
his successor.
T. Arthur Riley has been elected presi-
dent Of the George Washington Univer-
sity freshman dental class. T. d. Gates
is vice president: c. v. Stiefel, secretary
treasurer, and Miss r. B. Coleman. class
editor. Miss Coleman Is the only woman
in the class.
Funeral services for Thomas F. Tracy.
who died at his residence, Is Girard street
northeast, will be held at his residence
tomorrow at 1880 o'clock; thence TO St.
Martins Church. where requiem mass
will be celebrated at II o'clock. Inter-
ment will be in Mount olIvet- Cemetery.
The annual Thanksgiving Day run Of
tho Y. NJ. C. A. will be open to all boys
in Washington this year.
The funeral OF Capt. Andreas N. Thistle.
mate OF Lightship No. n, took place from
his home In Baltimore. Capt. c. I. Swan
berg and Chief Engineer c. r. Roberts,
of No. n. and William H. Davis, keeper
OF LaZaretto Lighthouse Depot at Bal
timore, were among the representatives
of the Lighthouse Service who attended
the funeral
George w. Keleher, a timer. dropped
dead from heart failure yesterday morn
ing while ranairinR ST iF, ha LItnhaY,
at the residence Of Leroy worthinston.
2oS street northeast. His funeral will
take place tomorrow morning and inter
ment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The Supreme Court of the United States
yesterday afternoon agreed to review the
decision of the San Francisco Federal
District Court which upheld immigration
Commissioner Backus in refusing sdmis-
sion to this country of Hindus. COM
missioner Backus refused admission to
thirty-five Hindus on the ground that
there was no demand for their labor in
this country
The British Embassy notified the State
Department yesterday that the British
foreign ONCE had removed the name Of
II. kempner. cotton exporter of Calves
ton. Tex. from the blacklist,
Funeral services for Mrs, Emma wickes
Merritt, OF, Washington. who died sud
denly at the home OF her SON. Paymaster
William A. Merritt, L. s. N. Saturday.
were held In st. Paul's Church, Baltimore
Interment was in the church cemetery.
Cardinal Gibbons. Cardinal Farley, of
New York, and Cardinal O'Connell, of
Boston, and other distinguished members
of the hierarchy from all over the coun-
tidy, will come to Washington to take
part in the ceremonies marking the 7O0th
anniversary OF the Dominican order. The
celebration will last six days. beginning
November II.
A railroad ticket from Harrisburg, Pa,
to Richmond, Va. was lost in Union
station by Samuel Brownlee, of waynes-
boro, Va.
A range stove, marked Sexton" AMI
valued at SIS was stolen from a vacant
house at so II street southwest, within
the last few days.
pair OF trousers, a vest and a pair of
shoes, valued at SIS. were stolen from
the home of William Martin, $40 Second
street southwest, some time yesterday.
Mary Boyd, a visitor in the city, yes
terday lost an alligator handbag con-