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

The burning Of bucket of tar In rear
Of 2117 10th street yesterday afternoon
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
principal objects of study. Friends of
the society are invited.
The fftieth anniversary OF Its or
A Rawlins Post. Department of the
Potomac, G. A. r.. Thursday evening
at o'clock at Grand Army Hall. 14th
street and Pennsylvania avenue. The
Taber. Edward w. Whitaker. John H.
D. Nordeman, James A Allen. Seth w.
Tuley and Newton Ferree.
Base Ball. League of this city is to be
decided next week. when contests will
be held Monday. Wednesday and Fri
day on the oallinger playground. The
of their division yesterday by defeat
ing the Georgetown team. to /.
The street improvements asked of the
commissioners
tive committee of the Howard Park
Citizens Association are to be given in
a report of the committee to be sub
mitted at a meeting of the associa-
ton Monday evening at o'clock at
the Church of Our Redeemer. Dr. D.
E. Wiseman, president of the associa-
ton, is to preside.
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
Raleigh Hotel. Tuesday night, at 8
o'clock. it was announced today. The
league has headquarters at room 21O.
Corcoran building.
The Washington Association of Credit
Men is to hold dinner in the Ebbitt
Hotel at $50 o'clock, October 49, 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 of fisheries, bu-
resu 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
oldest student organization at the in
stitution. founded in 1923. for its first
meeting of the season. Mondag night,
in the arts and sciences building, 1929
@ street northwest, All students Of
the university have been invited to at
tend.
May G. Mcnamara today fled 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 II, 1911.
and the wife alleges that her husband
deserted her within a month of the
ceremony. She asks alimony Attor-
| neys Hawken & Havell represent the
wife
Testimony that her husband threat
ened her with a razor was given by
Mrs Leona Lehmann of 719 18th street
/ southeast today in the Police Court
Louis Lehman. the husband, denied
the charge to Judge Mullowny. The
! court ordered the husband to give bond
u s'oV or TO serve sixty days in Jail
Phflfp Minor In named as sole bene-
| nciary OF the estate Of his friend. Rufus
= Contillo. according to the latters
| VIII. dated September 5. 1915, and Of
fered for probate. The beneficiary is
| named also as executor
| A meeting Of the Washington Chupf~r
OF the Alumnae Association of Notre
Dame of Maryland is to be held this
evening at O'Clock at Hotel LAFAYETTE
| Plans for the winter activities OF the
| chapter and for the entertainment of
delegates to the Fedora ton of Catholic
| Alumnae. which is to meet in Baltinore
in November. and the delegates to
| which are to spend one day in Wash
!ngton. are to be discussed.