Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-11

actually begun. when the defendan;
demurred, resulting IN the court taking
the case from the jury and announcing
that the matter would be passed upon
at a later date. The violin claimed
by Mr.. Hooff was made in 1874 and is
considered q much more. rare fnstru-
ment than a Stradivarius. generally
regarded as the most costly and rarest
of violins. According to Mr.. Hooff. the
violin was an heirloom in his family
and was valued at upward OF $4,000
He claimed he loaned II to a friend.
| who kept the instrument for . lona
time, and that It then fell into the
hands of Mr.. Kitchen, who paid 81"
for it. When tho suit was instituted n
court officer took possession OF the
| violin and had 1t locked up in a bank
vault hero.
The will of Mrs Louisa Popharn Pan1x-
| wood. who died here last week - the
age of ntnsty-seven years. has been
probated in the corporation court, and
| in many respects one Of the most re-
markable documents OF tho kind ever
| put to record here-not because Of the
provisions made for the distribution
with which she disposed of her estate
| and the still more remarkable hand
| writing. Although approaching the cen
| fury mark in years, the handwriting
F, OF Mrs. Packwood was as stendy and
clear almost as engraved work. Tn.
| will was brief. Two diamond rings
were bequeathed to Samuel Packwood
/ Morton of Baltimore, and she left =
diamond marquise ring to her cousin.
Miss JuIla H. Thompson, also Of Bal
timore, who was named as her resi-
duary legstee. Shirley Carter, who WAS
nominated in the will az executor. quail
| flied.
| Rosemont, one Of tho most famous OF
the many old colonial estates in Clarke
| county. situated about a mile west o.
Berryyille: has been sold by Mrs. Jame-
Low Hartman of New York and Wash
tnEton to DR.. William N. Smith of Alex
andria, Va, for $4,000. Tho property
contains It's acres. Tho mansion w
entirely remodeled some years ago b,
Mrs. Hartman and the grounds In
proved by an italian architect. The
farm was for many years owned hy
the Tysons OF Maryland and later b.
Charles E. Clapp of Washington. TIL
estate formerly contained upward OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James r. pu Shane r..
turned a day or two ago from their
wedding trip in the west. but not until
aIter being brought near the point 81
starvation while on q snow bound trail.
somewhere in Iowa. with the ther
mometer 40 degrees below zero and
scarcely anything to eat in the dinin,.
car. They had been spending a mont,
OF Two nv with tn the former. father: Ma.
army. in charge OF the Mississippi
river Improvement, and started for Vit-
elnia last week, but in Iowa Their
tram was wedsed in by snow nearly
thirty-six hours. Several trainmen
| who undertook to walk to q neighbor-
ing town for food had their hands ana
| Feet frozen and were sent to hospital
relief trains came only when all the
1000 was gone and the coal suppl,
about exhausted. Mr. and Mrs. D.
Shane reached here about four days
iate. Mrs Du Shane was formerly Mis-
Virginia Faulkner Fuller.
CITY Councilman r. L. Gray has beer
unable to get any information con
corning the present whereabouts of his
son, Robert Lee Gray. jr.. acting Amer
can consul at Hanover and Brunswich
Germany. since the United States sev-
| cred diplomatic relations with Ger
many Young Mr. Gray was appointed
vice consul at Hanover In 1914 and
began his duties shortly before the wa,
broke out. Since that time the consul
at Hanover, T. J. Albert of Baltimorc
mas resigned. and the Brunswick con
sui. Mr.. Michaelson. died, leaving Mr.
Gray In charge Of both consulates The
disquieting news concerning Ambassa-
dor> Gerard and other Americans in
germany has had the effect of causing
| some apprehension among Consul
Gray's relatives and friends here