Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1926, Page 7

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SKIDDING CAR HITS TREE, INIURNG 3 {Two Sustain Broken Lege in Accident—Other. Mishaps [ Due to:Wet Streets. ' ‘Wet strests caused. a nuraber of traffic ‘accidents yesterday, -none of which resulted in serious injuries to the victims. The worst accident oc- curred at Kiingle road and Beach drive, where a‘car driven by Mrs. Edith Widmayer, 32 years old, who lives in Fortieth street near Tunlaw road, skidded against a tree. Mrs. Wilhelmina Widmayer, 65 years old, 3321 Georgla avenue, sus- tained a fracture of a leg, numerous cuts and bruises and possible internal Injuries. Fdward Widmayer, 18, also received a tm'tll‘rnd‘y",uzhlle D‘::r“x: Wi ) % ml;d“‘nhouy! the body. The three injured persons were taken to ‘While crossing at Florida avenue and Seventh street about 8:30 o'clock last night, Robert M. Brown, colored, 407 U street, was knocked down by a Capital Traction car in charge of Conductor P. Sanford and Motorman W. H. Sweetman, and was severely shocked and his head hurt., He was taken to Freedmen's Hospital, ks his condition was reported unde- termined. Car Knocks Man Down. - Charles B. Sherlock, 61 years old, 805 G street, was knocked down at Sixth and G streets about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon by an automobile driven by Virgil M, Hamilton, colored, 919 Forty-eighth place northeast, and his leg bruised. ,He was able to go home after recelving treatment at Emergency Hospital. Policeman J. M. A. McKimmie of the ninth preciuct, passenger in the automobile of E. R. Nicholson, 2029 Hamlin street northeast, was injured last night about 8:30 o'clock when the automobile collided at Twelfth and C strests northeast with the automobile of Ludwig Myer, 468 Virginia avenue southwest. McKimmie was treated at Casualty Hospital by Dr. Cantrell for a sprained ankle and slight cuts on his ear. An automobile driven by Witz, 1925 K street, and a bicycle ridden by Clifford Garrison, 16 years old, 502 B street southeast, eolllad Twenty-fourth streets about 9 o'clock last nlsh!. sulting in slight injury to the bicycle rider, Boy Slightly Injured. ‘Wilber Sexton, 14 years old, 4604 Eighth street, was. slightly red wben his bicycle and the auto:ghnc of Clifford L. Johnson, Bladensburg, Md., collided at New Hampshire ave- nue and Otis place. In an effort to avoid lh'lka on the roadway at Thirty-fi and Massachusetts avenue ymrm morning, Harry Adams, 4316 Fessen- den street, made s quick turn that resulted in his automobile skidding against and breaking an electric light pole. Mrs. Gladys Adams, 30, severely toclvd ‘was ‘treated by Dr. Howard Kaj EDWARDS’ HEIRS AGAiN G! THER - TO CLAIM HALF OF MANHA'ITAN 800-0dd ients, in Annual Picturesqu. Relatives of Alleged Royal Grant Recip- of Hopu. for | 88,00_0,000,000. it e By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, July. 16.—~Carrying | . “family -mi": gardus records of their trees their arms, some 300 heirs of the now celebrated Thomas and Robert Ed- wards, who allege they are the right- ful owners of $8,000,000,000 worth-of downtown New York real estate, gath- ered here from all parts 6f the coun- try to discuss their claims. The heirs, connected blood or marriage with Thomas or Robert, sat around a picnic board in Fairmount Park and, to the tune of the Edwards estate song, never %o give up the ‘battle to obtain their he dnc-ndnnu in & will made in 1737. According: to the heir's, Thomas Ed- llll.l'ma “Blood, ma'm, by Anna Kaye, Jan 107 TRANSFUSIONS GIVEN TO PATIENT, WHO DIES Eleven Gallons of Blood Injected in War Veteran in Four Years - ‘at Philadelphia, hPmo Assoctated Pres. 'HILADELPHIA, July 16 —WM local ' physiclans refard as a world record in the number of ‘blood grans- fusion - operations performed on one patient became known y with the.death .in the Jefferson Huw-u of Charles Donnelly. of Locust Gap, Pa. One hundred and seven truut\llkz: were completed during the four-y period that hé was under m ] care, Pernicious anemia was the ca of Donnelly was 35 years old and a m;:no!thoWorlflWur ASSOCIATION 5% = et Surphue, 41,000,000 w?-“ 1 Bo-| y, 1 was & - Bfth. Jump: beck, sir, i by S the throfig and demanded to kn whether any' progress had been made¢ in the case, whwh has been dragging through one court and another for nearly two centuries, the heirs burst into song, chanting: 'lhfibfllmmlllhfln'fll So it ‘we Wh-n m"m'mm‘mhm: o 3 And tlu lnnl -fought case be won. ceting was not marred by by the dlucord which lsvu lut year, when a rebel hel on dis- turbod the even unor of m ur'l:lnu ization. vmmny all of the hdn expressed their intention of ‘,lmu-ln. on'" -M pressing the claim, althe A(w mitted the most they. w good time at the or.uuu meetings every year. dgn nd place for next year's meetl: 1L be set later. 9 P Gtai ot about 11 .um& m"nrry times the blood content of a man ot Dennelly’s weight. The first 40 trans- tusions were l’lv.n by four of his brothers. 2 Hospltal phynch.n- declared 't mnmn- had prolonged. Donnelly’s | mand life approximately three years. Countess Zichy, who fled from Hun- gary during the time of the.‘‘white terror,” is making a success'as ‘an artist and soclal worker in New. York DAVISON ISSWORN INAS AIDE TO DAV New Yovkef, 30 Years Old. Faces Prospeot of Acting as Department Head F. Trubee Davison of 'New York ‘was sworn in today as’ Bec: retary of War to have supervision oyer aviation, and the first thing he| * did in.his official capacity was to go to, Bolling' Fleld to board an airplane for a flight over the city, Capt, Ira m jer pllotéd him. e prospect of assuming command De- | 880 for Unllke Secretary W thl.l the chief of nayal operations takes precedence over the Aullnnt Secretary in charge of naval aviation, Secretary Davis has directed that As- sistant “Secretary Davison ful as acting head of the Arm: his superiors—the himself and Assistant Secretary Bot | Nider—are absent from ‘Washington simultaneously. - Davis to Leave Tomorrow. henury Davis plans to leave to- morrow to inspect some of the citi- zens' military training camps, while Assistant Secretary MacNider now is in the West inspecting wu- procure. ment branch headquarters, and will not return until next wnk ‘Thus the 80-year old resident of New York probmbly will -assume the high com- temporarily and be one of the t men ever to have direct flu tinles -of the Army. In line with his ruling that Assfst- ant Secretary Davison will not be superseded in rank by the chief of staff, Secretary Davis has declared his intention of alloting other. than strictly aviation responsibilities to him. Some department ~ officers anticipate that BEAUTIFUL COLONIAL STONE HOUSE, $16,000 Creating Great Interest as an “Ideal” Home Situated- on Lot 75x180 Feet in Picturesque Drive out 16th Street Woodside Park and- continue on Ga. Avo. m o(l.h. mwmm the recommendations of Maj. Gen. Patrick, chief of t!o Ailr Bervice, for the designatio: ard E. Byrd, the naval polar Comdr. Byrd was retired ”mu e sistant m Davison fers from injuries received in a vhm crash in tho Summer of 19 compelled him to renounce. the of becoming & qualified pIIM Mn ald not diminish his interest in aviation. ——— e Matsuda Chosen Envoy. TOKIO, July 16 (P).—M. 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