The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
EMPLOYE BROUGHT
SUIT FOR INJURIES
SUFFERED IN 1918
Federal Attorney Appeals
Decision Returned in
r, u. S. Court.
DEMANDED $4,000
Delegation of Merchants
Spend Day at Fairfax.
County Fair.
DEMANDED $4,000
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. s. Doniphan,
Ta- Ef.. gfraak


a Jury in the United States Court
Tor the Eastern District of Virginia
today awarded David X. Garnett a
verdict of $1,000 in his suit to re-
cover s25.0OO damages against John
Barton Payne, director general of
the railroads. operating the Della
ware. Maryland and Virginia line.
Garnett alleged that he received
permanent injuries on October 80,
1918, when a sliding door fell on
MIN while at work at the Cameron
street wharf.
An appeal was made on behalf of
the government by Attorney How
ard W. Smith. The plaintiff was
represented by Attorneys Carlin,
'ariin Hall and Leo p. Harlow.
Judge Lawrence ID. Groncr pre-
sided.
The jury was given the case late
Yesterday afternoon and after de-
hberating nearly two hours. an
h"unced its inability to reach an
agreement and was discharged un-
this morning. when il again took
up the case and reached an agree
ment after being out about an hour.
The wedding of Miss Nora Woolls
EaSSett, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
CHARLES Baggett, of this city, and
Richard Lee Schultze. of Washing
ton. took place yesterday afternoon
at st. Mary's Catholic Church. Rev.
l. F. Kelly. assistant pastor, Of
ticiating. The bride was attended
by Miss Helen Nugent. and the
bridegroom had as his best man his
lE Il al C
The wedding march was played by
Mrs. Matte Wade Woods. The
uShers were william +. Woods.
cousin of the bride; J. Lee Dom
nelly. of Washington: Walter +.
Anderson. of Indian Head. Nd. and
Louis Schultze, of Washington.
An informal reception was held.
after which the couple left for New
York and from there will go by
water to Jacksonville, Fla.
A delegation of Alexandria mer-
chants, headed by Mayor Duncan
and c B. Swan. president Of the
alexandria Ad Mems Club. this
afternoon visited the Fairfax Coun-
tv Fair. A section of the Citizens
Band accompanied the Alexandra
ans on the trip. They returned
home early tonight.
The following deeds of convey
anCe just have been placed on rec
ord in the Office of the clerk of the
court: ]. X. NJ. Norton. trustee, to
The Mutual Ice Company, house and
lot 612 South Washington street;
John Samuel Lucy and wife to Mil
drcd l. Davis. house aa1 lot 21, /
Section 4. Rosemont; Percy w.
Pickford to Clyde u. Noble and |
wife. house and lot Il. Block %, |
Section 4. EosemOnt; Benjamin w. /
Morse to Ira f. Cannon and Fred /
G. GoodnOw lot 10. Block :,
Ella Wheatley Field
t. William Shirley RisdOn. lot Is. |
Block ;, Section l ROsemOnt; Clara !
Alexander and husband to James 7
Il. Mansfield and wife house and lot /,
on the south side of Prime street |
between Fairfax and Lee streets |
Plans for the formal opening of /
its new club at the southeast cor
ner of Cameron and St Asaph |
streets were mapped out tonight by |!
Fitzgerald Council, No. 4j9. Knights |
Of Columbus. 1t is planned to have |
the affair October IL. This was the |
hrst meeting held by the council in
its new club. recently acquired from /
the Master MasOns' Club.
An active campaign is being
waCed by the women voters of the |
city in the interest of the proposed !
city manager form of government, |
VIII Ch will be voted on next Tues !
day. Efforts are being made by the |
women to see that all the women
nff in, . ara
The teachers of the public schools I
of the city held a meeting when |
W. H. Sweeney. superintendent of |
schools. outlined plans for the COM !
ing year. Miss Mary d. Pierce, the |
new supervisor, explained the ma
ture Of her work. The teachers de- |
cided to visit various schools in |
on Friday.
Funeral services for Miss Mary T.
Brill. who died Sunday at her resi- |
dence. 100 South Fairfax street, |
were held at 10 o'clock this morning
at st. Nary's Catholic Church by
Rev. l. F. Kelly. assistant pastor.
Burial was made in Bethel Ceme-
terry.
was elected alderman from the Sec
ond ward to fill the vacancy caused /
by the death of w. W. Ballenger,
assumed his duties last night, and
was the recipient of several bou-
ruets of flowers. one being mark ed
From the Women Voters of the
Second Ward"
Announcement is made that ths
rity Republican committee will hold
an important meeting at s o'clock
tomorrow night at 115 North Wash
ngton street
The funeral of Charles W. Gard
ner will take place at IL o'clock
tomorrow morning from his late
residence, in Del Ray. Services will
be conducted by the Rev. DIR. E. B.
Jackson, pastor of the First Baptist
Church. and the Rev. Willis l.
WAITS. of Del Ray. Burial will be
n Union Cemetery.