The Washington herald., 1916-11-22
Nutshell Ne.ps

The Washington branch Of the Junior
League held its first annual fall meeting
yesterday at } o'clock at the home Of
Mrs. John Thompson. 1523 New Hamp-
shire avenue. Plans were presented for
the annual league entertainment to be
given on January q. The present plan is
for an Oriental bah to be held at Radsch-
er's.
The cash drawer in the store Of Ida
Rubin, 200 Capitol avenue Ivy City. D. C.
was looted of SIS yesterday.
Two dozen half pint bottles of whisky
were stolen from the saloon of William
Cannon. 1225 Seventh street northwest
early yesterday by thieves who broke
a large glass show window.
The automobile Of Edward Bradley, aco7
H street northwest driven by E. F.
Bradley, and an automobile of the Simon
Moth Company collided at Eighteenth
and NJ streets northwest, yesterday
breaking the radiator of the Bradley ma
chine and the left front wheel Of the
other car.
A leather handbag bearing the initials
Il. b. P" and containing two railroad
tickets FOR return to Plainfield, n. j.,
was lost yesterday by Lucy Pound. $50
East Fifth street, that city. a guest at
Elsmere Inn.
DR.. G. W. Smith, 20, OF the Hamilton
Hotel, was struck at Fifteenth and H
streets northwest yesterday noon by an
automobile operated by Wilbur D. Os-
good, OF Falkstone Courts, and injured
about the leg and body He was taken
into the Cosmos Club by friends.
Fire in car No. AZ. of the Tennally-
town line, caused an alarm to be sent in
from Wisconsin avenue ana Reservoir
street to No. 8 truck company yesterday
The fire was caused by burning batteries
in the street car.
William Hitz win be sworn in as asso-
ciate justice of the District Supreme
Court tomorrow morning by Chief JUS
tice Covington in the Old Census Building
ate1o o'clock. The new justice will hear
equity proceedings in Equity Court No. 2
Two black leather pocketbooks, one
containing Sc and the other 80 cents and
some car tickets, were stolen from a
handbag belonging to Miss Florence c.
Mortimer. 1141 New Hampshire avenue
northwest, from the Wallach School,
where she is employed as a teacher. A
pocketbook containing 81 was also stolen
from the desk of Mary Underwood,
pupil.
Raymond J. Cullum, q. employed by
washington newspaper, fell while work.
ing yesterday, fractured his right arm
and suffered serious cut on his face.
He was taken to Emergency Hospitalsfor
treatment
Edmund Coseco, 30, Of 80 McLane ave-
nue. southwest, was bitten on the left
hand yesterday by a dog said to be
owned by Francis Van Allen, $40 McIane
avenue. The dog was taken to the pound.
The preliminary estimate made by the
Bureau Of Crop Estimates Of the COM
mercial orange crop of the United States
this year is 23.S35,oo0 boxes. compared
with A,2o0,000 boxes last year. The
Florida crop is estimated as 6.SSSOOO
boxes, compared with 6.150.oo0 last year.
and the California crop 17,50o0o0 boxes,
compared with 1880 900 last year. The
Florida grapefruit crop is estimated at
100000 boxes, compared with about q
100000 last year.
A suit for $4,000 was entered in the
Supreme Court Of the District of Column
bia, by Mary Bali, for alleged personal
injury against the washington Railway
and Electric Company yesterday.
Mamie Long yesterday fled suit Ia
the District Supreme Court for a limited
divorce from Taylor Long on charge
Of desertion. They were married Novem-
Der 9. 1907. and have two children
Shall the u, 8. continue to deal in
murders at two cents each? Hear
Clarence True Wilson. general secre-
tary Of Methodist Board Of Temper