The Washington herald., 1920-08-06
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Sues Payne For $4,000.


Archibald r. McCallum. railway
mail clerk, filed suit yesterday in
the District Supreme Court to re-
cover $4,000 damages against John
Barton Payne, as Director General
of Railroads. and the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road Company for injuries alleged
to have been received on July ,.
1919, when a mail coach left the
track near Acca, Va.
SILK Socks Send Him to Jail.
Andrew Patterson. colored. Il.
formerly employed as a porter in a
shoe store at Ills Seventh street
northwest. was sent to jail for two
months yesterday in Police Court
by Judge Hardison after he had
pleaded guilty to the theft of six
teen pairs of silk socks valued at
s31- Five pairs of the socks were
recovered.
Southern Floor Board Named.
VIM. H. Saunders, president of the
Southern Society of Washington.
yesterday announced the appoint
ment of the floor committee to serve
for the ensuing year. The commit
tee consists of Col Robert Z. Lee.
chairman; DR.. Sterling Ruffin. vice
chairman; Paul s. Black. EIgin H.
BlGlOck, John H. Cowles. Clement
+. Dunbar. Richardson Gibson, Ju-
liam II. Grubb, Francis c. Hall, Frank
d. Hester. Capt. Harry o. Holt,
John c. Let's. Geo. B. McGinty
John NJ. Nelson. Clarence J. Owens,
jr.. Albert S. Parry. J. Roy Price.
Geo. T. Rawlings. Henry B. Stengall,
Maj. Wallace Streater, Philip G.
Walker, D. Lynch Younger and Capt.
Claude A. Holt.
Heating Plant to BE Remodcied.
Remodeling the heating plant OF
the Junior High School, Seventh
and 0 streets northwest. Will be
under way within a month and will
be completed before school begins
Maj. Carey H. Brown. Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner, announced
yesterday. This will be the first
of improvements which will cost
! 100000 to be made on the struc-
| ture. Bids will be opened next
week for the heating plant.
Trolley Hits Auto.
ne auto DciOHE iHR To f.. L.
Works, of 1907 w street northwest
and driven by Robert NJ Fitch
was struck by a street car of the
Capital Traction Company yester-
day afternoon at North Capitol and
c streets. No one was injured. The
auto was slightly damaged.
Thief Takes Satin Slippers.
Miss Mabel Jacobs, Rutland
Courts, Seventeenth and Riggs
streets northwest, reported yester-
/ day that her apartments had been
robbed. Two pairs of shoes and a
1 pair Of satin SLIPPERS worth $35 were
stolen.
Representatives Home Entered.
The home of Representative M. Clyd,
Kelly of Pittsburg at 316 D street
southeast, was broken into yester.
| day afternoon. G. E. Feeney, who
lives at 322 d street southeast, saw
4 the broken window in Kelly's hous,
and reported 1t.
Representative Kelly is out of the
city at present.
| Reports Two Rings stolen.
T. J. Tate. 1880 w street north
west, reported the loss of two lady!
solitaire diamond rings, which h,
believes were stolen from his apart
ments Wednesday night. The ring,
are one-quarter and one-eightf
karat. respectively. and valued a
$3.50.
Printers Excursion September II.
The annual excursion of the Plat,
Printers Union, local No. 2. t,
Chesapeake Beach, has been set fol
September II. The members of tn,
executive committee in charge o
the affair are Thomas McQuade
chairman; Frank Milovich. Andrew
Fallon, Daniel Hassett. George ia
cobs, Benjamin. krogef and Franz
]. Coleman. Tickets will be dis
tributed to the members at an earl,