The Washington herald., 1916-10-04
Nutshell Neus

Asking that the court award her Gus
tody OF their child, Mildred B. Remsburg
! yesterday filed a petition for absolute
divorce from Roscoe e. Remsburg The
wife states they were married in 1907.
She is represented by Attorney Webster
Ballinger.
Suit was filed against the Washington
Railway. and Electric Company yester-
day by Emma R&nney for $4,000 dam
ages. The plaintiff asserts that she was
injured while passenger on one of the
company's cars when it collided with
another car.
| In an official statement the War De-
partment yesterday denied charges of in
efficiency and mismanagement in the
aviation section of the Signal Corps. The
statement set forth that a searching in
vestigation had failed to substantiate al
Legations made by Henry woodhouse and
Allan r. Hawley. Of the Aero Club of
America, as to conditions In the aviation
section, involving Mai William Mitchell,
assistant to Col. George o. Squires, chief
Of the aviation section.
The United States Public Health serv-
Ice yesterday afternoon discontinued the
practical quarantine of New York City,
Philadelphia and Baltimore because of
the infantile paralysis epidemic, which
went into effect weeks ago. Public health
officers who had charge Of the scheme of
notifying the places of destinations of
travellers from New York when children
left the city were withdrawn.
Counselor Barclay. of the British EN-
bassy. yesterday afternoon strongly pro-
tested to Secretary of State Lansing
against the Carranza banking decree be-
cause Of which the Bank of London and
Mexico in Mexico City closed its doors.
The decree compelled all banks to back
up most of the notes issued by gold re-
serves. The protest followed arrival here
Of Thomas B. Hohler. British charge
d'sfraires in Mexico City.
The Mexican Embassy yesterday after
noon denied reports that Felix Diaz and
his followers are in large force" in the
State OF Oaxaca and that they have oc-
oupied the capital city of the same name.
were in communication with Gov. J. A.
Castro, of that state, and that he had
reported conditions as quiet
A verdict Of death as a result of an ac-
cident was returned by the coroner's
Jury yesterday in the case of Mrs. Cath
crime Marquard, 642 F street northeast
|
Samuel Kluft, driven by Abraham Krup-
saw, 7T Twenty-tirst street northwest,
as she was crossing the Union Station
Plaza last Saturday afternoon. and who
died later at Casualty Hospital as a re-
suit of injuries.
The Federal government declines to
pay for uniforms OF rockies" who
attended Plattsburg and similar mill
tary training camps during the sum-
mer. Under a ruling by Comptroller
of the Treasury Warwick yesterday,
each rookie" must pay for his own
uniform. Other expenses, however, are
to be paid by the Federal government
Paul King, Il years old. son of Mrs. J.
W. King, of 100 Jackson street north
east, who accidentally shot himself while
| playing with a revolver he found in the
streets Of Lexington, KY. last week.
died Monday. according to word received
by his parents yesterday. The mother
had left for Lexington to bring Paul and
sister back from that town to enter
school.
Death due to accident was the report
Of the coroner's jury yesterday in the case
Of Perry Adams, a colored laborer who
was struck by a charging iron while at
work at the Washington Steel and Ord
at Providence Hospital as a result of his
injuries.
Catherine Edmonds, zoos F strees north
west, reported to the police yesterday the
| loss Of a pocketbook containing 81 and
some change from her place Of employ
ment
Fire In the home Of Eugene Myers. 4ss
Maryland avenue southwest, yesterday
afternoon did $50 damage. The cause Of
the fire is not known.
A pocketbook containing S, key and
some patterns, was stolen from the hand
| bag OF Florence ]. Connor, so6 D street
southwest. yesterday while she was rid
ing on Seventh street car.
The Forest Service has prepared an
exhibit to be shown at the Hagerstown
fair, beginning October 10. The exhibit
contains, among other things, an
erosion" model. which shows the dis
astrous effect of deforestation on steep
slopes, and seven models illustrating the
effects of conservative and destructive
! logging. All of the models, it is said.
were prepared especially to At conditions
in the Eastern and Southern mountains.
There are, in addition, many colored pic
lures and transparencies which depict
various types Of forest.
Rev. Eugene Del Mcdonnell. S. J..
who before taking the pastorate Of ST.
Peters Church, Jersey City, was for
eight years pastor of St Aloysius, in this
city, has been appointed pastor of Holy
Trinity Church, Georgetown. He will
succeed Rev. Edward NJ. Corbett, who
will go to Blackwelrs Island, New York
Father Mcdonnell was rector of Con-
zaga College for twelve years.
The Home Economical Association held
its first meeting of the season yesterday
in the Morse School, R street, between
Fourth street and New Jersey avenue.
demonstration of fruit and vegetable
i canning was given by A. H. Benson, OF
the Department of Agriculture.
Technical reports will be made to the
American Electric Railway Associations
convention at Atlantic City October by
w. F. Ham, vice president of the Wash
lngton Railway and Electric Company,
and William E. Steart, of the Census
Bureau.