The Washington herald., 1917-01-09
Nutshell NeUs

After eight years OF experimentation
with the yellow-fowered alfalfa, known
to botanists as medicago falcata- plant
specialists OF the Department of Agri-
culture feel that the plant cannot yet be
recommended for general cultivation.
They believe however. that because Of
certain desirable characteristics, some
strains of the species will be valuable
for use in plant breeding and that from
hybrids resulting from crossing this yell
low-fiowered alfalfa with the common al
falfa, hardy types more valuable than
any now cultivated should be developed.
Dedication plans are nearly complete
for the acceptance next week by the
Board of Education of the new Dunbar
High School. First and n streets north
west. The formal dedication will take
place Monday night, and exercises are
to continue nightly until Friday. Com
missioner Brownlow is to present the
building to the school authorities.
1t is the business OF the District of
Columbia to erect waiting stations for
patrons of the street railways, say Of
ficials of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, in reply to a letter
from the Public Utilities Commission re-
question action. Consequently delay is in
sight for those citizens associations ia
voring erection Of waiting stations.
Funeral services for John Jost, civil
war veteran, who died at SO4 street
northwest. will be held tomorrow after
noon at 2:30. Rev. J. Phelps Hand, pas
tor OF Trinity NJ f. Church. viii Off
ciate. Interment will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Tho new tax on capital stock which
went into effect January l applies to
holding companies as well as others. the
Treasury Department Yesterday ruled.
The headquarters of the Red Cross
Helpers are now at 1702 NJ street, in the
same building with the British and
French war relief organizations.
Plans for the dedication Of the Miner
Normal School. February T. were dis
cussed by Rev. DR.. John Van Schaick,
president of the Board of Education, and
DR.. Lucy Moten, principal of the school
yesterday.
Preliminary steps for the construction
of new road to Manassas. Va, will be
taken at meeting at Fairfax. Va, Fri
day.
Frank Kearney, for thirty-fve years a
| messenger in the office of the Comptrol-
Ter Of the Treasury, was transferred
yesterday to the classified service and
promoted to clerkship paying $1,000
through an executive order signed by
President Wilson.
An automobile belonging to James F.
Ryan, 171S johnson avenue, and a car of
the Capital Traction Company collided
on Pennsylvania avenue between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets yesterday.
The street car was damaged.
While trying to avoid a collision with
an automobile Lawrence Wehrheim, of
s11 street northwest, turned his ma
chine into water trough on Military
road yesterday. Wehrheim was thrown
out and cut about the face.
While driving his automobile yesterday
r w. Carridon, of 2l5 Tennessee avenue
northeast, ran Into lamp post.
A wagon of Holmes & Co. ran into 4
car of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company yesterday at Third
street and Massachusetts avenue north
east George F. Stomel, driver, of Ber-
wyn, Nd, and Robert Stomel his assist
ant, were slightly hurt.
New officers of the Office of Public
Roads and Rural Engineering Rife Club,
elected at meeting held Saturday, are:
President, Logan Waller Page, director;
vice president, Edwin r. Marean; secre-
tary, Theron l.. Ainsworth; treasurer
Robert X Faulkner, and executive Off
Ger, Fred P. Pritchard.