The Washington herald., 1917-05-01
Nutshell News

Helen Chapman Conlyn yesterday filed
suit m the District Supreme Court for
800 damages for alleged personal in
jUy against the Washington Railway
states that while alightfng from a car
on May 10 last she was thrown 10 the
ground by a sudden start of the car.
Attorneys WampIer and Wright appear
for the plaintiff.
Justice Mccoy, OF the District Supreme
Court, yesterday selected James F
Oyster. Robert N. Harper and William
F. GUIDE as q board OF commissioners to
appraise the value Of the land needed for
the new Eastern High School A former
commission made report on the site,
but the court considered its valuations
too high
Laths to the value of 80 were yes
terday afternoon destroyed by fire in
the field at Thirteenth street and Florida
avenue northwest.
James Thomas Howard, aged IS. COL
ored, IS Elvans road southeast was yes
terday painfully injured when he was
run down by the automobile of Eliza
beth Estelle Harvey. operated by Ernest
B. Love, of 1886 U street northeast. The
accident took place in the street near
the home Of the operator. Howard was
knocked to the gutter, sustaining a dis
location OF the collar bone. He was re-
moved to the Casualty Hospital
Basil DuvaIl, of BeItsville, Md, while
in the city Saturday, secured the ser
vices OF negro had to ride a horse
from the city to his place. Neither the
horse nor the boy have arrived as yet.
Duvan reported the matter to the 20
lice
Raymond Tsltawell. aged G. OF -
Seventh street southwest, was painful
ly injured yesterday afternoon when he
was run down by small iron wagon
attached TO wagon owned by JEFF VIr-
million, OF 1011 Fairmont street north
west and driven by Ernest Butler, aged
"a, colored, Of 2414 Eighth street north
west The lad was injured about the
knee and stomach. He was attended by
DR.. L A johnson, OF 200 Eighth street
southwest
Nick Bell, aged 81. an Austrian. Of
s02 G street southwest, while at work
at Georgia avenue and Princeton street
northwest, was killed yesterday after
noon when he was struck by a plate
from a steam shovel The shovel was
operated by Charles Kamincka, of III
Riggs street northwest He was ar
rested pending the action of a coroner's
jury.
Thieves in the southeast section of the
city yesterday afternoon stole a piece
of beef and a ham valued at "a from a
box at the rear OF the home Of Fred F.
Litchfleld, SoS L street. The police were
notified
George H. Brown. aged Is, colored, 251
Fourteenth street northeast was pain
fully burned about the hands yesterday
when the automobile tank which he was
filling with gasoline caught fire. The au-
tomobile was damaged to the extent of
49, Brown received treatment at Cas-
ualty Hospital
The police Of the Sixth precinct are
looking for negro, aged about so years,
who was driving a two-horse brick
wagon yesterday when 1t collided with
a lamp post. The lamp post was shat
tered.
The vestibules OF cars No. IS and IS
Of the washingto Railway and EIec-
trio Company were badly damaged yes
terday when the two vehicles collided
at the switch at Delaware and Massa-
chusetts avenues. No one was injured
John Lowe, aged 70. 2s23 woodIey place
northwest, was stricken with paralysis
while in Dupont Circle yesterday. He
was removed to Emergency Hospital .
Stafford L Davis, aged Is. colored. 23s
Fourteenth street northeast, operating
an automobile at Eighteenth and B
streets northeast yesterday afternoon
collided with a Holmes pie wagon
driven by c. StrickIer, IA Eleventh
street northeast. The wagon was dam
aged. No one was injured Davis was
arrested, charged with colliding.
A lecture on New England was de-
hvered last night before the Home Club
ey Il s. Jones, Of Boston