The Washington herald., 1917-01-12
Nutshell NeWs


The win of Powell Clayton. former iieu-
tenant In the United States army, VINO
was killed when his horse fell at San
Antonio on December 26. was offered for
probate yesterday by Julian w. Whiting.
~ leaves his entire estate to bis wife,
Minnie T. l.. Clayton. He was the son
OF FORMER United States Ambassador to
Mexico Powell Clayton.
James 8. Easby-smith was chosen
president Of the Bar Association Of the
District OF Columbia at the annual meet
ing OF the organization in the District
supreme Court Building. Joseph w. Cox
and Louis A. Dent were elected vice
presidents; w. w. MILAN, treasurer and
Edwin l. Wilson, secretary. Lon To-
briner. j. Morrill, Chamberlin, and WILL
lam Henry Dennis were chosen directors
to serve two years.
The will OF Konrad Weiss, dated May
"a. 1906, and offered yesterday for pro-
bate by George G. Shin, leaves $500 each
TO his two daughters, Anna X. and Ma
rte l., Weiss. and 800 each to Mrs. Kath-
arine Lenhardt and Mrs. Minna Klein,
OF New York. Conrad II. and Edward A.
Weiss, his sons, are named executors.
John C. Ellis, trading as the Washing
ten Coal Company, at South Capitol and
siding In the Bankruptcy Court, to ad-
Judge him bankrupt and to appoint a re-
cefver for his remaining assets L. Z.
White was named receiver, and his bond
was fixed at $500. Attorneys F. Ed
ward Mitchell and L. w. Nidmayer rep
resent the complaining creditors.
The Potomac Electrotype Company, sos
Fourteenth street northwest has fled
| articles of Incorporation with the Re-
corder of Deeds. The capital stock is
$4,000, divided into 40 shares OF a par
value OF 500 each. Charles f. Dudley,
Bessie X. WincheI and Arthur Graf
are the trustees
A. Leftwich Sinclair, newly elected
president OF the Chamber of Commerce,
held conference yesterday with Tom
Grant, secretary, preparatory to calling
meeting of the new board of directors
for the appointment OF chairmen for
the ensuing year. Various activities
which the chamber now has under way
were reviewed in detail
Under direction of Mrs Ellen Spencer
Mussey, legal aid society for the de-
Tense OF women and girls brought before
| the Police Court has been formed Mrs
Mussey, former dean of the Washington
College Of Law, along with Mrs. S, T.
Andrews and Miss Mary O'Toole, were
at Police Court yesterday to confer with
Magistrate Mullowny and Pugh relative
TO their work
Belief still prevails in certain sections
OF the country that the buffalo" nickel
is a rare coin. despite the fact that ths
o-cent piece has been in circulation for
four years. Letters have been received
by Treasury Department officials from
people in various sections asking what
premium Is being given for the coin.
The police are holding Charles Lawson.
colored, on eleven charges of housebreak-
ing The man is said to have confessed
to the police that he had been implicate ted
In that number of cases in the southwest
section OF the city since December %
The police say Lawson was released on
december 10 from the Maryland State
penitentiary where he had served a three
year sentence for a similar crime in Balti-
more
Thieves yesterday made a raid on a
grocery wagon while It was standing in
| front Of 22ls California street northwest
The case was reported by George Al
| temus, who said the street pirates esca ped
| with three orders of groceries, valued
at s.
| ttOsella was taken TO Emergency
Hospital yesterday and received treat
| ment for injuries received in a collision
| between an automobile belonging to a
local department store and an Adams
Express Company truck. The automo-
bile was driven by William Coleman.
and the truck was operated by James
Warwick, OF Mount Rainier, Nd
An investigation by the fire department
failed to reveal the cause of a fire that
damaged the interior OF the Third Bap-
list Church, Fifth and l streets north
| west. yesterday to the extent of s12
One hundred dollars in damage was
done when fire broke out yesterday in the
| tailor shop belonging to H Unterstein,
625 Tenth street northwest. The cause
of the blaze could not be determined
The Petworth Woman's Club met last
night at the home of the president OF the
club. Mrs. 8. w. Norton, 1910 Eighth
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