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Evening journal., 1917-02-27


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Evening journal., 1917-02-27
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

Dated March 2, 1917.

Interest Payable March End September End the Office
the Agency of the Company in the City of New York
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-28
In Our Millinery Department
TALK OFTHE TOWN
A. p. ABBOTT co.

See those new gray skirts at Abbott's
To Remit Tenement on Summer street
Mrs. Edith NJ. Carr
George Elrick leaves the city late this
afternoon for Pittsburg, Pa, where he
is to join his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James c, Elrick, who recently moved
from Barre to Pittsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs J, A. Greenwood, who
have been attending the annual meeting
of the Vermont State Baptist convention
in Richford called on friends in Barre
yesterday while motoring to their home
in Chester.
d. A. Perry of the D, A. Perry Real
Estate agency, is conducting an auction
sale for DR. w. d. Turner of Worcester
to-day Mr.. Perry conducted very sue
cessful sale for Walter Abel of Montpel-
Ter Junction yesterday afternoon, good
prices being realized on all the property
sold,
Miss Ethel Blunt, who has been visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roach of
Graniteville during the past few days,
returned this morning TO her home in
Webstervile, Me. Miss Edith Braley,
who has also been visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Roach, expects TO re-
turn to her home in Mantle, Conn, to-
morrow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-28
TALK OFTHE TOWN
A. P. ABBOTT co.

Fuller c. Smith of st. Adams, a for
mer examiner of banks, was a business
visitor in Barre yesterday.
Mrs. r. G.. Holland of Franklin street
returned to the city to-day after visit
with relatives in Rutland, her former
home.
Clayton f. Baker, who has been pass
ing several days in the home of Mrs.
Peter Marion of Summer street, returned
yesterday to Brooklyn, n. Y. Mrs. Baker,
who accompanied him to Barre, is to re-
main for a more extended visit.
A case of poliomyelitis was diagnosed
in the large tenement building at the end
of Addison place yesterday and the
apartment occupied by the Gomez family
was placed under quarantine last night
by Health Officer Charles r. oliver. The
patient is an infant child in the Gomez
family.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-28
T4LKOFTHE TOWN

The |. o. F. will give dance Tuesday
evening, Oct. 2, in K OF G. hall; Carroll s
orchestra.
Telephone your orders for SCOTS de-
licious extract of honey to be delivered
Saturday Tel l32M
There are rumors in the air of another
session of the Grand Orient in the near
future and if tentative plans now under
consideration attain maturity, the CON
clave of princes will be held here in the
city instead of in Graniteville, where the
ceremonial usually takes place. Gus
tomarily the yearly journey over the ice
foes has been held on the second Friday
in December, but there is a possibility
that an earlier date will be fixed this
year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-28
TALK OFTHE TOWN

See those new house dresses at Alb
bolts.
Frank Martin of Plainfield was anon,
the business visitors in town yesterday
Spear private school. Glasses for be
ginners. Tutoring for older pupils. q
Jefferson St Tel. lls.
Miss Monica OHern of South MAR
street is visiting for few days Will
friends in Mortified.
Contractor James L. eastman of Bur
lington was a business visitor in the
city yesterday and to-day.
Charles Emslie has returned to his
work in Boston, after passing several
days in the city on business.
Miss Florence Curley of ST. Adams il
visiting for few days at the home OF
George w. German of Beacon street.
f. A. Alley and c. j. Johnson of Phila
delphia, representing the Curtis Publish
ing Co, have returned to their home,
after passing a few days in the city on
business connected with the Saturday
Evening Post.
Acting Serg. William r. Hudson Of
the general recruiting service arrived in
Barre yesterday to consult with young
men who are considering enlistment in
he l6 engineering regiment to be recruit
ID in New England. At present he is act
ing in conjunction with the naval re-
,ruiting station in Montpelier and the
station at White River juno
ion, having been attached to the latter
station for some time. He expects TO
,pen headquarters in Barre within few
lays and efforts will be made to recruit
/ considerable number of young men.
yesterday he heard from candidates in
Sorthfield and Randolph, and was in con
erence with them to-day. Acting Serg.
hudson was formerly employed in the
frank McWhorter store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-28
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Read Sheas ad. please, on page AID.
Have you seen Abbotts line of coats
Call at As North Main street and sam
pie the new fruit from southern Florida,
called the avicado.-adv.
Don't miss the auction of six houses and
lots Saturday afternoon, Sept. 20. Good
residences. Must be sold. Read adv. on
page 8, then attend sale, D. A. Perry,
auctioneer
Luther Lugee, who has been employed
as surveyor in the street department
during the summer, completed his duties
there last Saturday Mr.. Lugee expects
to 60 to Burlington in a few days, where
he has been engaged to teach at the
University of Vermont during the coming
year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-28
TALK OFTHE TOWN


| New separate skirts at Abbott's.
! Old silver and gold wanted Highest
price paid f. +. Burr.
! Children's high cut boots, leather and
Neoin fibre soles, at Shea's.
Curtis Vinson of Chicago, ILL.,, is stay.
ing at Hotel Barre while here on a buy
ing trip for large retail monument con
Germ in the Windy city.
Miss Mildred Marion was pleasantly
surprised at her home on Summer street
last evening, the occasion being her birth
day anniversary, The guests left a
leaving for their homes, after an enjoy
able evening.
Supt. Everett Putnam of the Spring
field, Mass, street railway system, and
Mrs Putnam arrived in the city yester-
day, having made the trip by automobile
They are being entertained in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. f. Millar of Cliff
street, the latter being a sister of Mr..
Putnam.
For the first time in several years r.
c. Bowers is to forego the pleasure of
his annual clambake on the Montpelier
road and persons connected with the
Barre granite industry including manu-
facturers in this city, East Barre, Mont
pelier, Waterbury, Mortified and West
Berlin must wait until next fall for an
outing that had come to be regarded as
a fixture on the years program. Very
sensibly Mr.. Bowers has decided to aban
don plans for the clambake as war
measure, inasmueh as it is an outing of a
kind which food conservationists are try
ing to discourage Locally, his decision
meets with approval, although in the
past some of the most enjoyable get
together meetings of the granite mon
have been held under Mr.. Bowers spa
cnns tent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-28
GRANITEVILLE

Only a few of our Patrick overcoats
left. Call before it is too. late. No more
to be had from the factory. Lamorey,
Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-28
PLAINFIELD

Plenty of sl5 suits. Lamorey, Barre.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26

supply only two applications have
come In SO far: One from II. c.
Tschnas. principal OF the Long Crock
high school. and the other from II. u.
Hoffman. superintendent Of schools Al
Hcppncr. The usual dciuEe OF rt.
quests Is expected. however. N soon
~ announcement OF the slips II made.
Mr.. Fisher has had letters from all
parts Of the state. prociaiminG distinct
success In the growing OF these roses
from cuttings.
Eastern Oregon shipments will bc
delayed as long a. possible. In order
to escape the coldest weather. Mr..
Fisher says he has never had such a
lot OF vigorous shrubs an this year,
and that even last fall the slips for
this years shipping were loaded with
bloom.
Orders will be flled In the order of
receipt. Tho slips are. OF course. do
mated.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26

CORVALLIS, Jan. ss.-rhe Ore
gon State Drainage Association has
approved plan to print the biennial
reports and stenographic records OF
meetings held last two years. and
thus give other persons interested in
better drainage an opportunity to
learn something Of the methods and
results Of drainage on wet lands and
alkaline irrigated lands.
The drainage sentiment is grow
ing very fast now. and calls for as
In planning and carrying on
the work are greater than at any
time heretofore" says W. l.. Powers
head OF irrigation and drainage work
at the Agricultural College and sec
rstary Of the state association. More
real progress was made at the recent
meeting held here than at any previ-
Jus meeting
The general movement for agricui-
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
Are You Rheumatic7

Many Panos That pass tee Nhevma
tism Are Really ovs 70
Weak kidnsya
IL II rheumatism?
Not every pain Ii.
Weak kidneys lot uric acid collect
Uric acid causes many queer pains.
In the thixh It's sciatica: In the back,
lumbago: In the nerves neuritis.
0out. gravel. dropsy are uric troub.
les.
When you suspect the kidneys use
Doans Kidney Pills---the home. recon-.
mended remedy. Klamath Falls tssti.
mony II tho best proof Read this
klamath Falls womans story:
Mrs. Carrie Mailer sl% Lincoln A.
klamath Falls. says: "At times. I set
sharp. rheumatic pains throughout nv
Dody Sometimes. they are In my
shoulders and hands and then In other
parts OF my body. Then. I notice that
my kidneys don't act ~ they should.
feel any signs Of this
trouble coming on. use Doans Kid.
aey Pi''s for few days and they never
la'i 10 give me quick relief and make
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
Free Rose Slip Offer
Again Made by State U.
Six Thousand Clippings Will Be Ready
February | for Shipment...Eastern
Oregon Consignment Later

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu.
gene. Jan. 26-February lst will zee
6.c00 hardy rose clippings ready "a
send out for planting on Oregon
lawns.
This practice was begun In 1914.
when II. n. Fisher. superintendent Of
grounds. instead Of throwing away the
tops clipped from the Universlty's fine
rose hedges. put them In the ground
where almost all took root. A circu.
lar letter was then sent to the high
schools. announcing that the Univer-
sity would be glad to send from twelve
TO twenty cuttings to any school that
cared to write for a shipment.
Since then this yearly custom has
added to the beauty OF many school
lawns. Last year there were 1000
slips available. but so many requests
came In that number had to be held
over until this winter. For the 1917
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
NOSE 1'ssseS1s sseS q ts;.s, az,
AssE rs:sm Ia Ns>,s
Opss up Ar IT,

." ".at ,e,iei ios, ~
n~'r'is open rixh. .p. n, =
srees Of your head a,e ei,a, ~
eau breathe freely, No nor. ~.
snnrns. mucous disehs,,. J
a'hs, dryness no s,rus,u..
hr~a,h al hishi your cola !, :,
t"rs.
boat stsy stuffed up q,
t"'t'~ 1T tiy's cteam raim IN.
"ss At nov App,, a ll,,l n
'si HI aa,'schtE cream \
rns'riis. let u pene,fs,s NJ
e,ep air pasaas- of tho head, y
aud ',eai the swollen. ins,,..I
nn membrane, sr,ips 10, :,
relief Eiy's Cream n,,n
Shai every cold and ea,ars -
aas been seeking Il. Ian
aia --- Adv
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
Captive Soap

This Is supposed to be a free cOun.
try. And yet look at our soap. Ia II
free? No!
But 1t used to be. Yes. soap used
to be free. 1t lived In a dish and led
q wild. glorious. Independent life In
hotels and sleeping cars. It was at
liberty to come and 60 (and fer.
quently did. hotel men tell us), with
any traveller It took a fancy to. Or
1t could stay home and float in the
washbowl.
Today. soap Is a captive. II is lock.
ed up In dark. cavernous slot ma.
chimes. with price on its head. Or
else It's chained to wall and left 10
swing sadly 10 and fro. Or It's re.
duced to a limp liquid and hung
around In bottles. looking more like
. cross between pea soup and salad
dressing than It's old familiar self.
In any case. II II bound about by
Gordon Of push buttons. knobs. cranks
and levers. which. In Its crushed and
newildered condition II can never
hope TO break through.
Even In private life. soap is no
longer free. II used to be the SOAPS
delight to swim In the dishpan; but
today 1t Is driven into little cage
shaken around In the water o while.
and put back on the shelf to mope.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
Good Land Drainage
Means Better Crops
State Drainage Association Plans 49,
gressive Campaign to Reclaim Wet
Lands of This State

tural lime has developed the fact that
drainage is indispensable to the use
q! agricultural lime, and that any
lime movement To succeed must nrst
prepare the way by suitable drainage,
The extent OF general interest Is seen
in the fact that the 5000 edition OF
the college bulletin on drainage Is.
sued last July Is just about exhaust.
ed The state association is com
prised OF six districts with directors
as fellows; VIM. Hanlcy OF Ruras.
Central Oregon: A. A. Mehafcy OF
Klamath Falls. Walter Pierce of la
u. Beais OF Tillamook. VIM,
Eean OF Geryais. 7. q. Smith Of Echo.
{. c. Chapman. director at large, The
officers are I, n. Edwards OF Monroe.
president: W. l.. Powers OF Corvallis.
secretary. and J. +. Larson of Corval-
is. chairman program committee.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
Notice 10 cysaissn


In Tho coaasp caut, Of the A.
Oregon. for tho County a q
IN the matter of tho Estate n
Last viii and T-s,anrn, dt1
Williams. deceased.
rh~ public viii please ,Als Z
that ON tho 10th day Of Jaasar
the undersigned ~as daiy ays
csrcuistx of tho aboyr ~n,iiist Z
Of T. Il &. Williams. decreased 4
duly qualified as such -swuira
creditors and all pctsaAs \
claims against tho said ssiss
please prra~n, such claims, tss |
ned. together with The sssu
vouchers. within six mnn.hs ira|
date of this notice. a, the -
Horace n. Manning. a,,osns5 d
kisnaih Falls. oregoa. vAisl :
of!'cc The undersigned s-lseu d
place for transacting the bssisa
tho raid estate.
Dated this iith day of jaasar,
MARY u. wii.ilAxl
t.Secutrix of tho Esia,c of Z
Williams. Deceased.
u M. MANNING. LOOMS -
klamath Faiis. Ore. Aiiess
Exccutrtx. is.it&
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
Q . . --~-----...---
HENLEY HAPPENINGS
- Q Q Q

A eeastias party was Slscn At ,h'
| Bradbury ranch las, Saturday even
i! inR. which was we'll attended BY the
Henley pupils, Refreshments we're
served by Mrs, bradbury. and oil en-
ioycd 4 very pleasant evening.
The Henley Rhetorical club mot
aud elected tho following oa'csrs !
Mahe, l.a,ta president. Cecil Caldwell
vicc president. Lucille stewart sreaa'
user. H,sc, hrown editor, Perrin p,A.
On aud AabrA bradbury assistant Cd
,,ors aud otto Daiin sergeant ~ arms,
The spelling contest held Al tho
Midland school hease Friday evening
waa we'll attended by Henley papila,
Hsscl brown aud joe Rose of Henley
we're tho winners.
loo Ftamci, nephew ~ J, framci.
arrived tho ssd from Oklahoma. ho
viii make Oregon bis home,
N,,stlan,ra Or,ics~si 1lasse
aAN ANTONIO. Jan, ss,---Miltiia.
nsa tem nve states have been ordcf-
Cd hems ON February ist. They arc
the Indiana. Nebraska. Arkansas. OK.
,aho,na aud Iowa troops.
NEVER AGAIN
Eoa may never sxn,a have ses~
cl,ane~ 10 h~y At such low prteesi
4 YG.fco, Malta strrr< tot In ~srsa'
lrus lor~tioa eor Ss.53O.
4 .d-foos coraer IN ststh sas~~t toe
a2.:SO. oa casy t~rsas.
4 YS.foot ios IN s~srash near Malta
for a.. 700. oa rasy i~r,as.
Se~ Chileote. :t-n
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
WoRoeN WhispeRlNcs
: . . .

Dan Gordon OF Montague, Calf,
IL again under the parental roof for a
few days.
Miss Callie Owen surprised her par
ents by coming home TOR few days
vacation.
Dave Ford il feeding cattle on the
1hackery ranch in the Oklahoma
country.
Z. J. McCollom 10 proving his me
chsnical genius in an up-to-date bob
aled now about completed.
Il. o. Vincent came In Monday from
Midland to get matters lined out for
successful operation on the farm.
Wm whim recently caught large
bald eagle In a steel trap set for
mink.
Tho convenience Of the new store to
the public about Worden is fully ap-
prec:ated. nllinE long felt want.
The W0rden Mercantile company Is
llling it, Ice house-the product is
fourteen inches thick and clear as a
cryatAl.
A good looking young bachelor OH
The Keno road has admitted the time
% not far distant when he will trot In
iouble harness.
Ralph Tice is the proud possessor
II well turned and we'll gated sad
lie horse-up to speed requirements.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
NOTICE ron pUOtlcAvlo
Net ceat lsnds

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wv vo!" s's'smens sno
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s''''o" = 80. sovnsa'p d, sos'.
e.' w"'""'''e "'''a'As'
'"u'' '"a''on, unae' 'ns
:" -. .c' o' June .. ''" ~
ame"da'ory. known a' 'm
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
NOW HAS q. 800 VOLUMES

The library OF the State University
at Eugene contained on January LIST 4
total OF s7.so9 volumes. 9.A94 addi.
tions having been made during 1916.
The use OF the library during 1916 In
creased 35 per cent over 1915.
Packages OF books or individual
books. are freely sent to residents Of
the state. During 1916 there were
2,4o7 individual loans and 73s pack
ages so lent.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26

Quails have become almost domes-
ticated hereabouts. coming to the
barn yards regularly for sustenance.
They are plentiful. and go unmo.
Tested.
d. r Daugherty Is constructing
farm gates which open upward. In
place Of swinging aside. thus eliminat.
ing snow shoveling. The utility aud
small cost will appeal to ranchers
and stockmen.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu.
gene. Jan. Discrimination for the
semester will begin tomorrow nj the
University Of Oregon. and will con.
tinue until next Friday. The second
semester will begin February 9Th.
About 900 students Will take tho
tests.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
NO HEADACHE OR
NEURALGIA PAIN
oss . 10 eent package of DR.,
Janass' Headache Powder,
and don't suffer.

When your heed schss you sImplv
must have relief or you win no v|X
!ts needless 10 su1sr when You can
take remedy like DR.. Jsmes' Hssd.
scne Fowdsrs and relieve the psin and
nsuTaIsis ct oncc. Send someone )"
tn' dsug store now for dr.. psckass
o. w. James Hsadach = ovds,s
Doat su6sri In . few mo...,uts vo.,
vlM issl ase-hsadaehs goas-no ncw
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
LEGAL. notice.

>e',r~ ct APpi,ra,t"n Ia CAss~ ;
fnbiir notice Is hereby s,,.l
tho undersigned has app,,,S n
county eous, of tho stats Of q,
for Klamath soun,y. Toe . =
changing bis na the from usr, 7
son To Henry Grove iiabiss.a
that said esar, has nssa s,r
tho 10th day Of 'f-hraasy. n
o'eioch a M. as the ,lms. ~
court r"em of said eoar; a. he
a, which said appllea,ioa I'd
heard.
Dated January 20. tsi.
1872 HARRY jAcx
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26

William rai,iip". VINO aas just bccr
appointed assistant secretary Of state
to succeed John y. Onbornc. has ad.
vanced more rapidly In tho diplomatic
service than anyone else Ia The stat.
department outside Of Secretary Ian.
sing and Ambaasador Fletcher. He ~n.
tered the service In 1908 a. secretary
to AMBASSADOR Choate In London. Dur.
Ing the European war he has had
charge Of European Affairs M third NJ.
sistani secretary. his dutirs taking In
q multiplicity Of details.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
jtussian tGrts Taken

SeuSsonn tGrtS Iaken
BERLIN. Jan. 26.-The capture Of
Russian fort positions along a six
mile front. with 100 prisoners end
thirteen mitrailleuses. is officially an
nOuneed. The capture was made in
the Riga sector.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
Safe Wouldn't Crack

HANFORD. Jan. 26.--Robbers un-
successfully blew the safe OF the Riv-
ers!de National bank last night. Tho
safe withstood the nitrogiycerinc
used.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26

FOR SALE-Lot ;, block 1. Hollis
ter Addition: make me an offer.
Lou Steinhciber. 1sls Hodge street.
Tulsa Okla. 2s.2ts
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
Beralfs Classified Advs,

AaveetieemeMts In the Classified
eelvmns are printed at the rate q
Five Cents z line. invariably In o.
vance. Hereafter ~ advertisement
Will b accepted unless aeeempaNis6
by Ne eash.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
Wild FIX Near Yoaku,n

PENDLETON. Jan. 26.-B. r. Git
ton. who lives In the vicinity of YOa-
kun. saw an elk south OF his ranch
Sunday. He reports that others also
have seen signs OF the elk around
there for several days.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-01-26
FOR SALE

FOR SALE--Small house and lot on
hill. Enquire at Mills Z Sons I'm.
plement house, phone 3. 2S-at'
The Washington herald., 1917-04-14
Big ARMY WILL need
100000 MOTOR TRUCKS
1900 Machines in Use Now-4.000
Per Month New Plan.

Approximately 1000 motor trucks will
be needed to properly equip the proposed
army Of 100000 men, according TO figures
submitted to the War Department yes
terday by the motor transport board. 1t
Is planned to evenly divide the trucks
between the / 1-2-ton and 3-ton types.
The motor transport board. through
consultation with motor experts and Of
ficials of the American Automobile As
sociation. has evolved what is said to be
an ideal army motor truck The speci-
fcations were submitted to and approved
by Quartermaster Gen. Sharpe yester-
day.
The army at present has 2,eoo trucks
In operation. These are SUFFICIENT for
the army's present needs, but imme-
diately after the first quota of the pro-
posed new army Is in training new trucks
will be ordered in thousand lots.
The Coffin committee Of the Council Of
National Defense has estimated that u
would be possible to produce H. 900 trucks
the first month and 1000 monthly after
that
The Washington herald., 1917-04-14
WOMAN DRIVING AUTO
RUNSDOWN PEDESTRIAN
Miss Ruby A. orrison Not Yet Held
for Possible Fatal Injuries.

Unconscious. suffering from probable
fracture of the skull at the base of the
brain, August Nicholson, aged IS. said to
live at Newington, Va. an employe Of the
War Department. Is In q critical condi-
ton in the Emergency Hospital. the re-
suit OF being run down by an automo-
bile operated by Miss Ruby A. Orrison,
aged 2, employed in the Department of
Agriculture.
According to police reports Nicholson
was crossing the street at Seventeenth
and New York avenue northwest De-
tails of the accident could not be learned
last night. The police. did not see the
accident and Miss Orrison, who was
operating the automobile, is In such a
condition that she could not come to the
telephone at her home, 1880 P street
northwest
The accident occurred near the Emer-
gency Hospital. 1t is thought Nichol-
sons chances to live are slight No
charge was placed by the police against
Miss Orrison.