Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
MEETING OF CITIZENS ASSoCIA-
TON HELD LAST NIGHT.
Lack of School Room Subject Of Reso.
lution-Meeting Of Cemetery
Stockholders.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Georgetown Citizens Association was held
| last evening at the offices Of the First CO.
operative Building Association, President
| B. T. Janney presiding. The discussion
| and adoption of resolutions bearing upon
| the lack of accommodations for school
| children and inadequate means to compel
| their attendance constituted the most I'M
| portant work of the session. The advan-
| tage of curfew law was also considered
| These matters were taken up at the May
| meeting of the association, and were
| brought up last evening by a special COM
| mittee appointed to consider them.
! Rev. z. II. Copp submitted a resolution.
| IN which it was recited that the lack Of
/ sufficient school room to accommodate the
| children and also the Inadequate means
| to compel attendance have resulted in the
| absence from the school of the District Of
| thousands of children during the last year;
| that these children in large numbers in
| habit the courts and alleys and that this
| condition constitutes, in itself, handicap
| to the child. a menace to morality and a
burden to the state.
| To improve these conditions Mr.. Copp
| asked that the District Commissioners be
| petitioned to bring the attention of Con-
| gress to the existing situation and Its
| causes, and ask for an appropriation suf-
| ficient to provide suitable accommodations
| for all the children, and also for the enact
| ment of a compulsory educational law and
the appointment of truant officers sufficient
| in number to insure it's enforcement The
resolution was adopted.
| Preceding the adoption DR.. George w.
Wood spoke in favor of the resolution de-
claring that in many instances the nom
| attendance of children at school is due to
| the need of clothing, etc. This need, in
the majority of cases. the speaker stated,
can be traced to drunkenness and idleness
| on the part Of the fathers. This phase OF
the appalling situa ton, in the opinion OF
DR.. Wood, can be eliminated by the rigid
enforcement of the law bearing on the sup
port of children by their fathers.
Services of Surgeons Satisfactory.
Upon the motion Of Dr. Wood the secre-
tary Of the association was ordered to in
form the Northeast Citizens Association, in
reply to a query, that upon investigation
it has been found that the services of the
police and fire department surgeons in the
westerly section Of the city has been salts
factory, and that the association does not
advise any change unless some good rea-
son is given for SO doing.
A resolution was also adopted instructing
Mr.. John Hadley Doyle, chairman of the
committee on improvements, to appear be-
fore the District Commissioners and pre-
sent to them the list of streets of George
town which are in need Of Improvement
Mr.. Doyle will present the list and request
the Commissioners to urge the improvement
of the streets.
After the appropriation of $40 for con-
tributfon to the general fund to be used IN
celebrating the Fourth of July, Capt Hen
ry LOCKER, District surveyor, entertained
the membership with a talk upon the re-
survey of the northwest portion of George
town, for which special appropriation Of
S2o0o was made by Congress Capt. LOCKER
explained the difficulties which arose over
the previous survey and which was said to
nave been incorrect. At the conclusion of
his remarks. Capt. LOCKER was rendered a
vote of thanks and 1t was agreed that the
association should adjourn for the summer
the next meeting to be held the first Mon
day In October
Cemetery Stockholders Meet.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Oak Hill cemetery was held yester-
day afternoon After transaction of routine
matters Mr. Fred N. Somerville, assistant
superintendent, was elected to the office OF
superintendent and treasurer OF the COM
pany which office was recently rendered
vacant by the death Of Superintendent L.
l.. Motter. Mr.. James L. Norris and Mr..
Henry s. Matthews were elected president
and secretary, respectively. with Messrs.
NJ j. Adler, w. A. Gordon and Fred. N.
Somerville as associates on the board Of
directors Mr.. Somervile. the new superlr-
| terry company for the past Twenty-Five
years. He was born in Martinsburg, w
Va. in 1856. At an early age he removed
to Georgetown. where he has since resided
Child's Life Imperiled.
Wild excitement prevailed in Tenle town
along Wisconsin avenue and in Georgetown
about $3.50 o'clock last evening caused by
| a runaway horse. The animal was attach
| ed to light buggy. the property of the
Mount Vernon Stables, and was driven by
Mr.. John F. Smith of Tenleytown. The
animal was standing in front Of the House
OF NO. chemical engine, when it suddenly
| look fright and dashed down Wise )nsin
avenue. The only occupant of the buggy
was Eddie Smith, the three-year- old daugh-
ter of Mr. Smith The father of the cn:!d
| MAD ie1t the horse few minutes before to
go to his home nearby
The frenZied animal pursued ziezac
course down the thoroughfare, and the lit.
tie child was thrown out Of the vehicle
ABOUT TWO squares distant from the fire
engine house and slightly injured about the
right side and shoulders. physician rem
dered medical aid and pronounced the in
| Juries to be slight. The child's fall from
the buggy seemed to Increase the animals
| fright and 1t continued down Wisconsin
avenue through Georgetown and was only
| stopped after leaping a tall fence at 32d
and K streets. The vehicle partly hung
| on the fence and released the animal from
the harness.
! Car and Wagon Collide.
Garbage wagon No 40 of the Washington
Fertilizing Company colided with west
bound car No. 1,647 of the Metropolitan
line yesterday afternoon at Both and P
streets The force of collision was so great
as to completely damage the front of the
car. which was placed out of commission.
| and Edward Harrison and William John
| son, both colored driver and assistant. re-
| spectively, were thrown from their seats
| ON the garbage wagon to the street. Har-
| rison was injured about the neck and