Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-07
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The burning Of a bucket Of tar in rear
of PIT 10th street yesterday afternoon
filled the streets in that vicinity with
black smoke and alarmed nearby resi-
dents Firemen responded to a call and
quickly extinguished the fire before any
damage had been done.
A field meeting of the Aquarium. So
ciety of Washington is to be held to-
morrow afternoon at Shaw's pond. Ken
+ilworth, D. c. The aquarium plants
propagated at the ponds are to be the
principal objects of study. Friends Of
the society are invited.
The aftieth anniversary Of it's or
ganization is to be celebrated by John
4. Rawlins Post. Department of the
at s o'clock at Grand Army Hall. 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue. The
committee in charge comprises sA1va s.
Taber. Edward w. Whitaker. John H
d. Nordeman. James A Allen. Seth W..
Tuley and Newton Ferree.
Championship Of the Playground
Base Ball League of this city is to be
decided next week. when contests will
be held Monday. Wednesday and Fri
day on the 1allinger playground. The
Bloomingdale team became champions
of their division yesterday by defeat
ing the Georgetown team. to l.
The street Improvements asked of the
District Commissioners by the execu-
tive committee of the Howard Park
Citizens Association are to be given in
report of the committee to be sub
mitted at a meeting of the associa-
tion Monday evening at o'clock at
the Church of Our Redeemer. DR.. ID.
E. Wiseman, president of the associa-
ton, is to preside. -..-i t.--.--'
Carl Vrooman. assistant Secretary of
| Agriculture. is scheduled to speak at
! a meeting of the Peace. Prosperity and
PREPAREDNESS League to be held in the
| o'clock. 1t was announced today. The
! league has headquarters at room 210,
| Corcoran building
| The Warrington Association Of Credit
| Men is to hold a dinner in the Ebbitt
| Hotel at $40 o'clock, October 18 1t is
/ expected that between courses some Of
| the members who have just returned
| from the American Bankers Associa-
| ton will give short talks. A special
! feature of the evening is to be motion
| picture films showing the operation
! of the bureau of foreign and domestic
! commerce. the bureau CT fisheries bu-
/ reau of standards. lighthouse service
! and the work of the steamer Tarragon
| to prevent shanghaiing on the lower
chesapeake bay.
"Nothing dry on the program moth
! ing wet on the menu" is the promise
| of the EnOsinian Literary Society OF
! George Washington University. the
i oldest student organization at the in
| stitution founded in 1923, for its first
| meeting of the season. Monday night.
| in the arts and sciences building, 1923
/ G street northwest All students of
! the university have been invited to at
tend
May 6. Mcnamara today filed suit
| in the District Supreme Court for a
limited divorce from Harrison Nc
Namara. an employe of the Washing
ington Steel and Ordnance Company
! They were married December IL, 1911
and the wife alleges that her husband
deserted her within month of the
ceremony. She asks alimony. Attor.
neys Hawken & Havell represent the
wife
Testimony that her husband threat.
oned her with a razor was given by
Mrs. Leona Lehman of 719 18th stree
southeast. today in the Police Court
Louis Lehman. the husband deniet
the charge to Judge Mullowny TIL,
court ordered the husband to give bone
! of 5000 or to serve sixty days in Jail
Philip Minor II named ms sole bene
hciary of the estate Of his friend, Rufus
Will. dated September 5. 1916. and Of
fered for probate. The beneficiary il
named also as executor.
A meeting of the Washington Chnpte
, of the Alumnae Association Of Notr
. Dame of Maryland is to be held thi
evening at o'clock at Hotel I.afayetfe
Plans for the winter activities of tn
chapter and for the entertainment o
delegates to the Federation of Catholi
Aiumnae, which is to meet in BaItimor
! in November. and the delegates +,
/, which are to spend one day in wash
ington. are to be discussed.