The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
Nutshell News

A seven-passenger. six-cylinder, dark
blue body Studebaker automobile. prop
erty OF d. A. r. Drury, s0 Southern
Building, was stolen early yesterday
morning from the public parking in /
street. between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets northwest. The car carries Dis
trict license tag No. 24091 and Maryland
tag No. $685.. The motor number is
50911
A ire OF undetermined origin in the
premises at 94 Maryland avenue north
east early yesterday morning did $50
damage. The place is occupied by Mrs.
Laura Shackelford.
Justice Wendell P. Stafford, sitting in
the District Supreme Court yesterday,
awarded Mabel l. Day an absolute
divorce from John p. Day. The decree
gives the wife custody of the child. At
torneys Jackson and Turner appeared for
the wife.
Justice Stafford, sitting in Court of Ap-
peals yesterday set the date of July q
for the contest of the validity of the will
Of Stilson Hutchins. Attorneys c. H.
Merillat and Henry z. Davis appear for
Lee Hutchins, the petitioner.
jesse T. Mower was awarded an abso-
Lutte divorce yesterday by Justice Stafford
in the District Supreme Court from
Mamie L. Mower. The court assessed
the entire costs OF the case upon the CO.
respondent. Attorney w. A. Coombe ap-
peared for the husband.
In a collision yesterday afternoon be-
tween the automobiles of Arthur C. Nc
MILAN, of Clarendon, Va, and Reginald
Huidekoper, of 1T07 New Hampshire ave-
nue. northwest. at Eighteenth and NJ
streets northwest. both machines were
damaged. No one was injured.
George T. Pierce, colored. 30 years old.
of "a G street southwest, while working
in Eighteenth street. between Massachu-
setts avenue and N street northwest, was
struck by an automobile owned by SEN
ator Thomas w. Hardwick, of Georgia,
operated by Percy d. Mott, of 1442 r
street northwest. He was slightly in
jured He refused hospital treatment and
went to his home.
Mrs. Mary W. Donaldson. of Buffalo.
n. Y, q guest of a downtown hotel, re-
ported stolen from her room yesterday
nineteen American Bank Travellers
cheques of total value of S46O. The
checks were three $50, six $50 and nine
$40.
Mrs. Norman Martin, of 1214 Twelfth
street northwest, reported stolen from
her yesterday while in a downtown de-
partment store restaurant a black hand
Dde CONTAINING diamond r1ng set with a
rs karat stone valued at $175.
Robert Harbrecht, of 1907 c street
northwest, reports stolen from a trunk at
his home a pocketbook containing STA in
$50, so and s. bills.
Damage amounting to something over
SlOO was done by fire of unknown origin
yesterday afternoon in the home of Rosa
Campbell, 1903 Tenth street northwest.
Already the clerks of the Treasury
Department have contributed a total OF
S20.3379S to the American Red Cross
through the Red Cross quarters opened
in the building.
The Washington division of the
Military Training Camp Association is
urging all males within the scope of
the conscription law to prepare for ac-
tive service by attending the weekly
military and calisthenic drills at the
Riding and Hunt Club.
The navy has ordered to active duty
Dr. William p. Herbst. Jr., y. S. N, of
this city. DR.. Herbst is a graduate of
Western High School.
The bill that Senator Sheppard, of
Texas, introduced in the last Congress
to have the District Supreme Court de-
signated as a court of land registration
has been re-introduced.