These are miscellaneous articles from THE WASHINGTON POST, Tuesday, October 15, 1918:
REPORT THEFT OF CLOTHING
R. DUNLAP Loses Officer’s Overcoat from Seventh Street Poolroom
William H. BURKE, of 63 Defrees court northeast, reported to the police last night that his home was entered yesterday by thieves who stole clothing valued at $80.
Richard DUNLAP, of 1515 Twelfth street northwest, told the police last night that an officer’s double-breasted overcoat had been stolen from him Saturday night in a poolroom at 1848 Seventh street northwest.
U. VA. ATHLETIC STAR IS CITED FOR BRAVERY
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 13—Second Lieut. Charles J. CHURCHMAN, of Staunton, Va., former football and basketball star at the University of Virginia, has been officially cited for bravery shown while commanding a trench mortar platoon in the operations in the Bois de Balleau on June 6 and 8.
SUES TO OBTAIN DOWER
Widow of N. H. BRYANT Says Husband’s Estate Is Worth $4,350
Mrs. Mary E. BRYANT, widow of Nathan H. BRYANT, who died here intestate November 10, 1917, yesterday brought suit in the equity courts against the estate for assignment of dower.
The petition recites that she married Mr. BRYANT at Alexandria, Va., on September 30, last year, and that he died leaving an estate valued at $4,350. C. Chester CAYWOOD is her attorney.
These are excerpts from the CITY BRIEFS column:
Dr. J. G. B. BULLOCH, 1669 Columbia road, left the city last night for Newport News, where he will be acting assistant surgeon of the public health service. Dr. BULLOCH volunteered for the service, and was assigned to duty from the office of Surgeon General Blue.
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While working at Columbia Theater yesterday, Dominic POLSTER, 33 years old, of 717 Tenth street northwest, fell from a scaffold, seriously injuring his head. He was taken to Emergency Hospital.
GORGAS PUT ON ACTIVE LIST
Former Surgeon General Will Inspect and Report on Armies Abroad
Recall to the active list of Maj. Gen. William C. GORGAS, former surgeon general of the army, who recently was retired for age, and his assignment to active duty in the same rank in the medical corps was announced yesterday by Secretary BAKER.
Gen GORGAS will complete the inspection of medical facilities in France and England upon which he now is engaged, and then will return to the United States to submit a report. It is possible that his next assignment will take him to Italy.
France Honors Mrs. Willard
Paris, Oct. 14 (Havas)—Mrs. Mary Hatch WILLARD, president and organizer of the surgical dressing committee of New York, has been awarded the gold medal for fighting epidemics by the French government.
ARMY ORDERS
The following officers will proceed as follows: Capt. C. DUNHAM, Cambridge, Mass.; First Lieut. R. B. BERRY, San Diego; First Lieut. H. MORROW, Charlotte, N.C.; Maj. J. E. BLOOM, New York city; Capt. A. E. BRIDES, Dallas; First Lieut. C. R. FARRISH, Burbanais, Ill.; Capt. Van C. WALTON and First Lieuts. H. J. DANE, F. DRONE, S. E. SQUIRES, A. E. STOKES, J. A. ORMSBY and J. A. REBER, Camp Grant; First Lieuts. C. L. CHENNAULT and H. D. WILSON, Hampton, Va.; Capt. H. C. UPDEGRAFF and First Lieuts. J. H. GALLAGHER, P. T. HARPER and M. J. HEATH, New York city; Capt. C. C. HELMER, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Brig. Gen. G. C. SAFFARRANS, Fort McPHERSON; First Lieut. F. H. KLOIDT, this city; Capt. T. E. BROWN, jr., this city; Capt. C. H. REEVES, jr., Garden City, Long Island; First Lieut. J. M. GALT, Garden City, Long Island; Capt. G. A. McDONALD and First Lieuts. M. A. VAN LIEW, W. ?. HUNT, ?. E. WILEY, B. D. BURNS, J. H. HOLLOWAY and G. M. GIBSON, Camp Mac Arthur; Capt. H. E. FRITZ, Kingsport, Tenn.; Maj. H. F. WEHRLE, Garden City, Long Island, and First Lieut. C. S. LORD, Frankfort, Ky.
These are excerpts from the SOCIETY column. The marriage information has been placed on a page devoted to vitals.
The President will receive this afternoon at 2 o’clock, in the White House, the members of the British educational mission who arrived in Washington yesterday afternoon for a week’s visit. It is composed of Dr. Everett SHIPLEY, vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge; Sir Henry MEIRS, vice chancellor of the University of Manchester; the Rev. Edward Newbury WALKER, master of Queen’s College, Oxford; Sir Henry JONES, professor of Oxford; Sir Henry JONES, professor of moral philosophy of the University of Glasgow; Dr. John JOLY, professor of geology and mineralogy of Trinity College, Dublin; Miss Caroline SPURGEON, professor of English literature at Bedford College, University of London; and Miss Rose SIDGWICK, lecturer on ancient history, of the University of Birmingham. Tonight the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. LANE will entertain the party at dinner and tomorrow morning they will be taken to Mount Vernon on one of the government yachts, as the guest of Secretary DANIELS. A number of officials will accompany the party and luncheon will be served on board. Sir Henry Babington SMITH will entertain them at dinner tomorrow evening and on Thursday they will be the luncheon guests of Dr. R. S. WOODMAN at the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
In the evening they will be entertained at dinner by the Carnegie Endowment for National Peace at the Hotel Washington, when there will be 200 guests asked to meet them. This afternoon the Council of National Defense will give them a reception. The mission is established at the Willard, but Dr. SHIPLEY, of Cambridge, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hennen JENNINGS, and Sir Henry MERY is staying with Sir Henry Babington SMITH, of the British embassy staff.
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The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. REDFIELD returned yesterday to Washington after spending a week in New York, and at their home in Brooklyn.
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The Swiss Minister and Mme. SULZER have leased for this winter again the Massachusetts avenue home of Judge and Mrs. William Bailey LAMAR. Judge and Mrs. LAMAR have spent the past week in Washington at the Willard and left yesterday for Monticello, Fla., to spend the winter on their plantation.
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Mrs. Edward R. STETTINIUS, wife of the Assistant Secretary of war, now in Europe on an important mission, and their daughter, Miss Isabel STETTINIUS, have returned to their Washington home, 1614 Eighteenth street, after spending the summer at the White Sulphur (Springs).
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Mrs. James BRANCH, who is spending a few days in Washington en route northward from the White Sulphur Springs where she has spent the summer, entertained a small company at luncheon at the Shoreham yesterday. Among her guests were Mrs. PALMER, wife of Rear Admiral Leigh PALMER; Mrs. Arthur GLASGOW, Mrs. TALBOTT and Mrs. Walter WELLS.
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Capt. and Mrs. Perry BELMONT have returned to their home on New Hampshire avenue for the winter, after spending ten days at the Shoreham while the first lord of the British admiralty, Sir Eric GEDDES, and his party occupied the house.
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Mrs. Beverly BUCHANAN of Richmond, Va., has leased for the season the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Barrett RIDGELY, 1908 Q street, and will take possession of it later this month. Mrs. RIDGELY and her mother, Mrs. George A. DEERING, have been in the house for several weeks, and will leave at the end of this week to join Mr. RIDGELY in New York for the winter.
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The Rev. John R. ALEXANDER and Mrs. ALEXANDER, of Cairo, Egypt, are visiting the former’s cousin, Mr. W. R. H. ALEXANDER, in Linden, Md. The Rev. Dr. ALEXANDER has lived in Egypt for 42 years.
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Mrs. H. H. D. PIERCE has returned to Washington and is in her apartment, 1757 K street, for the winter, after spending the summer in Portland, Me.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. AUBERT, who have made their home in Los Angeles for some years, have arrived in New York, where they are visiting Mrs. AUBERT’s family for a short time before going to Syracuse, N.Y., to make their future home. Mrs. ALBERT [sic] was formerly Miss Rebecca WELLMAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter WELLMAN, formerly of Washington.
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The Infant Welfare Sewing Class, of which Mrs. Cocoran HILL is president, and which was to have met at the Washington Club, has been postponed until Wednesday, October 23, on account of the epidemic.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. Alexander THOMAS and their little son "Bobs" of New York, are guests of Mrs. Thomas’ father, Mr. George E. ROWE, 1345 Vermont avenue northwest. Mrs. THOMAS was Miss Helen ROWE, of Washington, before her marriage. She was quite prominent in music circles.
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The illustrated lecture on Italy, by Miss VAN KIRK, of the Italian bureau of public information, to be given under the auspices of the Anthony League on Friday, at Paul Institute, has been postponed in accordance with the request of the health department.
The president, Mrs. Anne E. HENDLEY, will meet with the committee on war service Wednesday, at 3:30, at 2007 Columbia road. Wool will be distributed and finished garments received. The members of the league are earnestly requested to report their subscriptions to the fourth liberty loan to the treasurer, Miss Mary E. HEYLER, 1855 Calvert street, or to Mrs. HENDLEY, the president.
PROF. WILSON CONVALESCENT
High School Principal at His Home; Ready Soon for Work
Emory WILSON, principal of Central High School, who was taken to the Emergency Hospital several weeks ago for an operation transfusing blood, was moved to his home, 3035 Fifteenth street northwest, pronounced convalescent. Physicians at the hospital, as well as his own physician, say Mr. WILSON is rapidly recovering from the malady with which he has been afflicted many months, and that he will probably be able to assume his duties at the head of the school within about three months.
Mr. WILSON is said to need only a few weeks of quiet for complete recuperation.