The Washington herald., 1919-03-09

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Mr.. Todd has resigned as assist
ant to the Attornei General after
nearly seventeen years of service
with the Department Of Justice IN
connection with trust prosecution
work. He will remain in office un-
I'll his successorSis appointed by Mr..
Palmer, and then probably will
take up private law practice. u
Mr.. Todd, a native of Virginia.
entered the Department of Justice
In 1902 as q law clerk. and a few
years later was made special as
sistant to the Attorney General,
In charge OF trust prosecutions. He
has been the chief assistant to the
Attorney General since 1918. and
has served as acting Attorney Gem
eral in the absence OF the head OF
the department.
This makes two vacancies among
assistant attorneys general. Hus-
ton Thompson having resigned re-
Gently to become a member of the
Federal Trade Commission.
John Lord O'Brian. special assist
ant attorney general in charge of
enforcement Of war statutes. ex-
poets to retire soon to return to
his law practice in Buffalo. Did you
ever see anything like it?
Last week Jouett Shouse, one of
the members of the last Congress.
who weren't elected to the next.
took office as assistant secretary of
the Treasury. succeeding Thomas
B. Love, who recently resigned.
Mr., Shouse will supervise the war
risk and internal revenue bureaus.
One of the regretful events of the
week was the passing away OF
Ferdinand de Morenschildt. Can
you realize that pretty little Mona
McAdoo is already. a widow? She
hasn't been married two years yet
He died of pneumonia in New York
where they have been living since
he resigned at second secretary OF
the Russian Embassy when the Boil
shevik government was esta blished
in Russia. Before that he was at
tached to the embassy here for sew
ersl years and was very popular
in Washington society. Society has
certainly felt the ravages of the In
fiuenza this winter; between that
and the war, so many families are
in mourning now. Mrs. Benjamin
Micou has just been thrown into
Herbert, formerly Secretary of the
Navy.
am going to tell you something
more cheerful now. Spring is here
for I have just been out in the gar
den picking violets. And the hya-
cinths are in full bloom!
The Equal Franchise League will
give a bridge tea at 3 o'clock on the
afternoon of Friday, March 81, at
the headquarters of the National
American Woman Suffrage 'Associa-
tion, 1926 Rhode Island avenue. The
announcements which have been is-
sued in the name of Mrs. LOUIS
Brownlow, chairman of the league,
and Mrs. George W. Eastment'
chairman of arrangements, call at
tention to the continuation of the
Congressional work of the national
association, for which contributions
arc desired. The .patronesses for
the bridge tea are Mrs. Newton d.
Baker, Mrs. David F. Houston. Miss
Agnes Hart Wilson. Mrs. Louise d.
Brandeis, Mrs. Victor Murdock. Mrs.
Edward Keating. Mrs. Whitman
Cross. Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor and
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood.
The Excelsior Literary Club held its
regular meeting at the Public Library
on Tuesday last, Mrs. Mills O'keef'
president. in the chair. Topics were.
American Indians" read by Mrs. s.
Warner. and a paper on Women of
Greece" written by Mrs. NJ. Barrin-
ger, an out -of-town member, and was
read by Miss Flora McCreery. The
next meeting will take place at the
home of Mrs. B. A. Barnhsrt l434
Rhode Island avenue. on March Is.
at o'clock.
Former Ambassador to France, Hon
orable Francis White, and Mrs.
White. OF Washington. have arrived
at the Greenbrier at white sulphur
Springs. W. Va. where they have
gone to pass some time.
Mrs. c. Foster. Mrs. II. Kern and
party, who were at the Greenbrier
for some time, stopped at Washing
! ton for several days enroute for New
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