Evening star., 1918-01-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
A suit for $4,000 damages ha. b'

A suit for $4,000 damages has been
filed in the District Supreme Court by
Lucy Boyd. Administrative of the es-
tate of Lloyd Boyd. deceased, against
the Capital Traction Company. Plain
tiff alleges that deceased. who was her
husband. was employed by the car COM
pany as laborer. and that November
1 3 last he was run into by a car of the
company on 14th street between Shep-
herd and Webster streets northwest.
sustaining injuries which resulted in
his death. Attorneys Mason N. Rich
ardson and Charles S. Shreve, tr.. ap-
pear for the plaintiff.
A petition has been filed in the Dis
trict Supreme Court by the Union Trust
Company, Thomas J. Fisher Company
and John f. Pearson to set a date to
argue the question of the conveying of
the property and estate of James Tally
to Pearson. Tally named Pearson as
long -drawn-out contest attacking the
validity of the will on the ground of
alleged undue influence on Tally was
declared in favor of Pearson by Justice
who rendered verdict in favor of
Pearson without giving the case to the
jury. Arguments will be had Friday
morning at 10 o'clock. Attorneys Frank
J: Hogan and Edmund Brady appear for
the petitioners.
A thrilling account of the experience
OF the congressional party which went
to Europe to investigate conditions at
the front was given by Representative
Miller of Minnesota. a member of the
party. in a lecture last evening at Epiph-
any Parish Hall. The speaker was in
troduced by Rev. DR.. Randolph H. Nc
Kim of the Church of the Epiphany.
The lecture was given under the aus
plceS OF the Rector's Guild, the proceeds
for the benefit of the Red Cross.
Fire of unknown origin caused $500
damage in the house of Mrs. Richard
whitman, 1901 18th street. yesterday.
1t was extingufshed by No. engine
company.
50 street. was awakened about 2 o'clock
this morning by fire. Firemen quickly
responded and extinguished the fire, of
unknown origin. Damage amounted to
Charles Poe, attorney for the Social
democrat Publishing Company of Mil
waukee, publisher of Victor Berger's
an M,'waGaee annes, Lead Leader, YESTERDAY noted
sustaining Postmaster General Burle-
sons action in revoking the second
class mailing privilege of the Leader
on tne ground that it violated the pro-
VISIONS or the espionage law. The ap-
law and does not alter the effect of
Justice Hitz's ruling.
lecture on ''The India of Kfplinr
Gopal Mukerji of Calcutta for the hene-
mt OF the Red Cross at s O'Clock sun
day evening at the home of William
rhelps Emo. 1771 N street Part of
the proceeds will be used by the COM
fort section for the equipment Of con-
Vaiescent houses being built in con-
nection with Walter Reed Hospital and
oase hospitals in the cantonments near
Washington, The comfort section is
also providing comfort bags and kits
for the soldiers.
Colored soldiers from Camp Meade
are to be the guests Of the women's
committee Of the District war service
commission. auxiliary to the War and
Navy departments commission on
training camp activities. at a dance to
be held Saturday evening at Odd Eel
lows HAN. NJ street between 18th and
10th streets. Music will be furnished
by the Camp Meade Orchestra. Re-
freshments will be served
Edward F. Barker and Marshall L..
hlns are named as defendants in a
suit to recover s50.000 damages filed
in the District Supreme Court by Mrs.
Margaret King. on behalf of her minor
son, Donald King. injured in an auto
s., b,
defendants are said to own the ma
chine, which. it is alleged. was oper-
ated or the wrong side Of the street
when It ran into the boy Attorney
Henry I. Quinn appears for the plain
tiff.
Frank Lewis Woodward, Quartermas-
ter Department of the Army, who was
quizzed yesterday by Inspector Grant,
Detectives Kelly and Burlingame and
agents Of the secret service in effort
to obtain something definite about the
starting of the fire at Washington bar
racks Monday morning. returned to the
barracks yesterday afternoon. Inspec-
tor Grant said the soldier was unable
to give any additional Information.
A missionary rally of seventeen neigh
boring Sunday schools Of the Episcopal
Church is to be held at 4 O'Clock Sunday
afternoon at the Church of the Epiph-
any G street between 18th and 14th
streets. An address on Hawaii, the
Gem of the Pacific" will be given by
Rev r. Bland Mitchell of the board Of
missions in New York. Rev. DR.. Ran
dolph H Mckim. rector of the Church of
the Epiphany, will preside.
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