The Washington herald., 1921-07-08
CHARLES r. CRANE
GIVES UP RUSSIAN TRIP.

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Charles r. Crane, American Min
lister to China, has abandoned his
trip to Russia and is returning
home via Vladivostok and Japan
from whence he will sail for home,
when leaving Pekin, Mr.. Crane
was informed by office of the Soviet
government that they could guar
antee transportation, but not food,
SO Mr.. Crane stocked his car for
three months. He spent three weeks
getting only a little way into ST.
IBERIA, so he wired that he would
turn back when he reached Chita.
Mrs. Champ Clark, who has been
passing several weeks in New York
in consultation with her publishers,
has returned to her home in Bow
ling Green. Mo Mrs. Clark is writ
ing an autobiography that will be
OF great interest to Washington, as
1t deals largely with official and
social events during the period CT
public service # the late Speaker
of the House. The autobiography"
will be ready in time for holiday
publication, and a. large part of 1t
will appear as a serial in one of
the magazines
Mrs. Henry w. Keyes. wife OF
Senator Keyes- OF New Hampshire,
left yesterday for a brief trip TO
New York, planning to return today.
Mrs. Keyes will go this week to
spend Sunday with Mrs. George Bar
nett, at Wakefield Manor, Va. Mrs.
Keyes spent the past weekend in
Winchester as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs William T. Massey.
DIR. Charles n. Gregory will spend
the weekend as the guest of Col.
Henry Du Pont at his home. win
terthur." Wilmington, Del.
The Rev Philip NJ. Prescott and
Mrs. Prescott are at their villa at
Narragansett Pier.
Col. william E. Horton, who ac-
companied Col. William Fowler to
California. is due to return to Wash
ington on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Fitz Simons
have made plans to spend the sum-
nler at their camp of the Upper ST.
Fegis Lake in New York. They
ildNc DcCH lOOhlHs over THEIR
Newport property, and have also
spent some time in Chester, N. H,
where their improperly is To-
Gated. The lake camp is one which
Mrs. Fitz Simons has occupied be-
fore. and adjoins that Of Mrs.
whitelaw Reid. Mr.. and Mrs. Fitz
Simons intend to spend next fall
and winter abroad. and will then
view for an extended period. Mrs.
Fitz Simons found Peru irving in
more ways than one. Including the
quakes and lesser troubles
Mrs. E. Winfield Spencer, wife Of
Lieut.. Comdr. Spencer, U. s. N.
will go to Wakefield. Va. tomorrow,
to visit her cousin, Mrs. George
Barnett. while Comdr. Spencer is On
temporary dutv with the navy
bombing expedition at Hampton
Roads
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Drury, who
recently purchased the Gale place
at Bluemont, Va, will have a house
marty this weekend at which they
will celebrate the naming of the
estate.
The place. which is on top of the
mountain, will be called Valley
View. The first guests of the season
to be entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
Drury will include Allen A. Canton,
the inventor: DR.. c. II. Lavinder,
assistant surgeon general of the
Public Health Service. and Mrs. Law
lnder. Comdr. and Mrs. Chester G.
Mayo. and Miss Annabel Lee, the
washington newspaper correspon-
dent.
The party will motor to Bluemont.
ARTS CLUp DINNER
LAST EVENING.
Mrs. William James Munro was
hostess last evening at the weekly
dinner of the Arts CJub