The Washington herald., 1916-12-31
Nutshell Neus

At the instance of Percy L. Conklin.
through Attorneys E. Hilton Jackson and
D. n. Clark a rule was issued by JUS
tice Hitz, in the District Supreme Court
against Franklin K. Lane, Secretary Of
the Interior, requiring him to show cause
why he should not be restrained from
promulgating a decision of the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office re-
jecting Conklin's application as assignee
Of the heirs of Fred Douglas Miller. for
an additional homestead at Sterling, Col
William Lupton. 1719 Euclid street
northwest, reported to the police that
bicycle was stolen from him at Eleventh
and Pennsylvania avenue yesterday att
ernoon. He valued the wheel at SO.
An automobile tire was stolen from the
machine of Robert Milburn. 1920 New
York avenue northwest, yesterday after
noon.
Duke Bell, 1447 Church street northwest.
employed by r. W. Claxton, $40 1-2 Lou
isiana avenue. reported to the police that
a colored man, at Twelfth and E
streets, snatched from his hand a canvas
bag containing four 81 bills and S.53 in
change. According to Bell the negro fire.
quents lunch room on Twelfth street.
A thief entered the pool room of
Edward Handiboe, at 1924 First street
northwest, early yesterday morning and
stole two ivory pool balls valued at S
each.
The automobile owned by Richard
Ford, of the y NJ. c. A, was stolen from
the Gish Garage at Seventeenth and U
streets, the police were told last night.
Bruce Allen. of l74S Church street, re-
ported the theft and told the officials
that the machine was of Studebaker
make, with a grey body and black fend-
ers and hood. MIR. Ford, the owner is at
present out of the city.
A new automobile tire was stolen from
the basement of the house tenanted by
Mrs. L. Boeckstyn at 796 Quebeck street
northwest last night.
Harry A Kite. of 1898 G street. re-
ported to the police last night that the
sample house for which he has the
agency at 1903 Rhode Island avenue
northeast was broken into sometime last
night and electric fixtures valued at s24
stolen.
TranscontinentaI railroads yesterday
put into effect an increase of 10 per cent
on freight rates from Eastern points to
the Pacific Coast on carload lots. and an
increase of > per cent on less than car
lOau loLS Inc increase aHectS only heaVy
commodities.
The proposed increase OF > cents a hun
dred pounds on carload lots of corn des-
tined for Canadian points was suspended
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
yesterday until May l.
The Treasury Department yesterday
awarded a contract for the construction
of a pOstoffice building at Frederick. Md,
to the D. NJ. Andrew Company, for S76,O0O
Hope of the early release Of 200 Ameri-
cans detained in Syria was revived yes
terday when Ambassador Elkus. at Con-
stantinople. informed theSState Depart
ment that nc can arrange their transpor-
tatiOn from JaffI to Beirut by land. The
Turkish government has insisted that
the refugees remain month at Beirut,
but the United States now hopes for their
immediate release at Beirut on the
Cruiser Des Moines, now at Alexandria.
Five consular officers will attend the
rnurth National Foreign Trade Conven-
ton to be held In Pittsburgh January 25
." =. the State Department announced
YESTERDAY. The convention will be under
the direction of the National Foreign
Trade Council. The State Department
directed the attendance of the consular
officers. in order that American business
men might have greater opportunity in
parts OF the world where exporters are
now trying to develop trade.
President Wilson yesterday signed the
Ferris bill providing the opening up of
go acre homesteads for stockraising and
grazing purposes. 1t is believed that 36O,-
10000 acres of land in the West and
3:5,GoV,Oo0 acres in Alaska can be utilized
for stock raising under the new law.
Carelessness in observing signals is the
prime cause of railroad accidents in the
United States, H. W. Belnap, chief of the
division of safety. reported to the Inter
state Commerce Commission yesterday.
One plan of the railroads to overcome
the car shortage was vetoed yesterday by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
That body suspended until May the estab-
ishment by the Terminal RAILROAD As
ISOLATION Of st. Louis of track storage
charges at ST. Louis and East ST. Louis
In addition to demurrage 1t was proposed
TO charge, after forty-eight hours, 81 per
car the first day and 81 per car each
succeeding twenty-four hours.
The government yesterday sued to
break up the alleged monopolistic meth
DDS of the makers Of the Klaxon auto
mobile horn. Under the Clayton anti
trust law the Department of Justice
seeks to restrain the company from
making contracts with agents which
stipulate that the latter shall not deal in
any other horn.
Private IredeH Kendall. 81 years old, |
detailed at the ONCE of the Surgeon Gem
eral Of the q. s. A., was found In bed |
yesterday afternoon at the house where |
he boarded. SIG Twenty-first street north |
west, dead, without having had medical |
attention. Sergeants Robey and Mills |
have taken the body in charge and noti- |
nsd Cornner hewitt