The Washington times., 1913-06-19
City News Notes

Members of the Greater Washing
ton Poultry and Pigeon CLUB are plan
ming an outing for June 20. at Berwyn,
Md. The next meeting of the club will
be June 26, at 1914 F street northwest.
Mrs. EsteIie NeaIe Crismond, res
ident of Washington since the civil
war. has just returned from an auto
mobile tour of the scenes of her child
hood In Charles, St Mary, and Prince
George counties.
The annual cutting of the Washing
ton Chemical Society win be held to-
night. Members will leave the Ana
loston Boat Club at o'clock for a
trip down river. A special musical
program has been arranged. III. II.
Bunzel. E. c. Lathrop. and Ernest
McKeldy are in charge of the affair.
A tea and sale for the bencnt OF
the Working Boys Home was held at
the residence of the Rev Thomas Childs
in Chevy Chase last evening, and a
number of Washingtonians motored out
for the event Mrs Walter s. Tuck.
a table at which summer dresses and
hats were sold.
The excursion of the washington
Railway Relief Association to Chesa-
peake Beach will take place Thursday,
June 26. Charles p. King, president,
and the other officers of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company are
cooperating with the members of the
association in arrangements for the out
ing.
Damage estimated today at 500 was
done by fire shortly after midnight
to the commission house of Miller &
Roller, s27 Louisiana avenue north
west The blaze started on the third
chiefly TO stock in the upper part of
the building.
NEXT Wednesday will be Erocers'
day in Washington, and the stores will
close at / o'clock, while the proprietors
and clerks enjoy a half holiday. The
Grocers' Protective Association at a
meeting last night decided to have an
excursion to Marshall Hall on the half
holiday.
The outing planned by the Retail
Merchants Association for tomorrow
has been abandoned. and instead the
retailers will cooperate with the Cham
ber of Commerce in a trade excursion
to the lower river landings. The re-
tailers say il is their desire to cuiti-
vate business first and pleasure after
wards. Excursions combining business
and pleasure are planned TO be held
during the year.
The International women's Suffrage
Congress. in session at Budapest, was !!
induced to take firm stand for uni |
versal peace and international arbi-
tration by Belya a. Lockwood of |
Washington. a delegate. Resolutions |
introduced by Mrs. Lockwood were |
unanimously adopted.
ntass meeting of the citizens Of |
Alexandria county, Va, will be held |
at Ives Hall. Clarendon, Friday even
ing, June 20, to discuss the school |
question and TO take such action /
as Will better the conditions at pres
ent existing in the county in the |
management OF school affairs"
young man was discovered early
today attempting 10 break into the
pool room of Floyd Stewart, 3e2 |
Twelfth street northwest. a few doors /
from the First precinct police station.
The man was frightened away by a |
colored woman, who reported the |
case TO the police.
Plans for number of entertain
ments to be held during the summer /
for the benefit of the Washington |
Eye. Ear. and Throat Hospital. have /
been made by the board of lady man
ayers. The prospective entertain II
ments include lawn fetes moving Il