Evening star., 1916-08-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Capt. Parker Gray of Charles county,
Nd. Is in port on his second trip as
owner of the schooner Oakland. which
he recently purchased from his broth
er, Price Gray of Nanjemoy, Charles
county. Md The Oakland is to be over
hauled. She has been employed in the
wood and lumber trade on the Poto-
mac and will be continued in general
freighting work. She is a two-master
and registers fifty-seven gross and
forty-1ve net tons.
Acting Coroner Carr tomorrow morn
ing will conduct an inquest at the
morgue for the purpose of having a
jury pass upon the circumstances at
al Marshall. colored. who was found
dead at his home. 1914 30th street, yes
terday afternoon Marshall. who was
thirty years old. was in the employ OF
the Columbia Sand and Gravel Com
pany, and while working on the COM
pany's wharf a week ago the sudden
a chute and injured his head. 1t is
thought his death was caused by the
injury.
typhoid fever at the New Emergency
Hospital.
A recent addition to the feet Of
plea sure craft owned here. the cruiser
Fantana. which Neal and George Wal
colt brought here from Baltimore about
three weeks ago. is lying In the dock
at the foot of III street southwest being
overhauled and made ready for service
She viii be one of the handsomest craft
on the river. and registers twenty
seven gross tons. There are sleeping
accommodations for six persons
The EXHIBIT of the manual training
department of the summer school of
the Brown School playground. Chevy
Chase. came to an end Friday evening.
The Congress Heights School play
ground under the direction of Miss
Bessie K Lacy, had what was said TO
be one of the finest seasons in its his
tory Several hundred articles made
by children attending the grounds were
displayed in the school hall. where a
color scheme of brown. yellow and
white was carried out.
The will of Mary r. Williams. dated
May g. 1916, has been offered for pro-
bate She leaves her personal effects
to her sister. Fannie VI. Cosnn, and
asks her to give some JeWelry to her
grandchildren. a life interest in the
real estate is devised to the sister and
at her death too-the two grandsons of
the testatrix. ANY money is to be di-
vided equally between the sister and
fhe grandsons. The sister is named as
icxeeutrix.
As result of collision between
a car of the City and Suburban Rail
way of Washington and an automobile
truck on which he was riding. Howard
Swope alleges that he was seriously
injured and asks damages to the ex-
tent OF $4,000 from the company. in a
suit filed in the District Supreme
Court The collision occurred March
s last at 18th street and Rhode Island
avenue northeast Attorneys Branden-
burg Brandenburg represent the
plaintiff.
Mini. Pullman has received mes
sage from the New York police giving
the information that Frederick Fulton
SO = street. this city. Is a patient at
Bellevue Hospital The message con-
tanned request that relatives of the
patient be notified Of his whereabouts
There is no No. $40 on street, the
police informed the New York authori-
ties.
search is being rnnde for an unide nti-
fed white man. who is wanted by the
police to answer a charge of having as
saulted Unetta Dalkin. ten years old
cHu2hter Of Ralph Dalkin, 26i 18th
street southeast. late Friday after
noon. The child was on her way to a
neighboring store. her father stated
and was at 14th and B streets when the
stranger met her. took her TO the foot
of Il street. and. il is charged. assaulted
her.