Evening star., 1917-04-08
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
ROCKVILLE, Md. April IA verdict
| for. 900 was rendered by jury in the
circuit court here last night in favor OF
| Thomas X, McKeon of Glen Echo: this
| county. in suit against the Capital
| Traction Company of Washington for
$4,000 damages.
| In May of last year Mckeon was seri-
ously burned and scalded at the
Georgetown powerhouse of the COM
pany, where he was employed, as "a re-
| suit of an explosion in one of the boil
ers. 1T was contended that the acci-
dent was due to negligence on the part
of the company in not having the boil
er properly looked after and inspected
The company, however. insisted that it
! had exercised more than usual care and
that the defect in the boiler, whirh
caused the explosion. was impossible OF
| detection.
| The trial consumed three days. The
| plaintiff was represented by John a.
/ Garrett and Charles w. Prettyman of
Rockville, and the company by George
| T. Dunlop and Arthur Peter of Wash
ington. The jury had the case under
consideration four hours.
| Miss Alma r. Popkins, twenty-one
years old and Jasper G. Jenkins, aged
twenty-four, both of Washington, were
| Rev. A. T. Howard, pastor of the Bap-
tist Church.
| Rev. Samuel r. White ofiiciated at
| the marriage here this. afternoon of
Miss Amanda Gladmon. twenty-tw o
years old. and Stewart W. Tebbs aged
| twenty-four. both of Washington, the
| home of the minister being the scene
| of the ceremony.
| Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for the
marriage of Matthew J. Finnegan and
| Miss Alice NJ. Lynch, John Philip Kern
and Miss Hazel Blanche Stansbury and
De Witt T. Earle and Miss Effie V. Sew =
ell. all of Washington.
on charges of incorrigibility pre-
ferred by Miss Mary Magruder, county
! school attendance officer, Nelson and
Thurman O'Bryhim. aged thirteen and
eleven years, respectively, of Wood
mont, this county, have been committed
| by Judge J. Abby Henderson to St
Mary's Industrial School, Baltimore
until they attain their majority. 1t was
shown that the mother of the boys was
unable to control them to the extent of
compelling them to attend school
Harold b. Richardson and Miss Eu-
dora c. Morders, young WashingtonianS
visited Rockville yesterday afternoon
with the expectation of getting mar
ried, but their plans were upset by their
ina bility Ito obtain license. The diff
Guilty was that the young man was un-
der twenty lone and had failed to bring
with him the written consent of his
parents. as the law requires of minors
Transfers of real estate were recorded
in the office of the clerk of the circuit
court here during the week as follows;
Eliza Howes to James l.. Howes 1863
acres: Eliza Howes to Joseph G.. Howes,
1874 acres; Charles &. Waters to Howard
NJ. Miles, eighty-three and a half acres.
John F. Posey to Samuel J. Hunter, three
acres: John E-Poole to John n Shower
eightythree acres: William l.. Rice to
John T Kelly, jr.. half acre: Herbert w
7. Jenner to Charles p Stone. lot in
Rockville: Joseph w. Shade to Ben
Jamin 6. Shine, lot at Takoma; Walter
II. Klopfer to Walter s. THOMPSON
three lots in Rockville: James p
Teeter to Melvie c. Parker, lot near
kensington; Mary S. Schrider to Mary
Fl. Clarke. lot at Silver Spring; Walter
W. Burns to Elmer f. Green, property
near Woodfeld; Harold r Depue to
Francis NJ. Fawcett, lot at Kengar:
Samuel p Shade to Joseph w Shade,
lot at Takoma; John J. Flanagan to
clyde W. Warburton, lot at CHEVY
Chase: Frank J. Wissner to Mary +
Wissner, lot at kensington: Lewis
Turner to Mary v. Darby. lot at CHEVY
chase: Mary V. Darby to Corinne NJ
Turner, lot at Chevy Chase: William II
F'idler to Ida B. Fidler, lot in Fidler's
subdivision: Lydia B. Henderson to