Evening star., 1916-10-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

sse CITY NEWS In Bk1EE.
The Association Of Oldest Inhahitnnta
a the District of Columbia Is some
6nied to hold its October meeting To-
morrow night at 1880 o'clock at lts
headouarters in the old Union Engine
unu.a 18th and H streets northwest
The sDoaoEdcal survey Issued recene-
n a bulletin. 644-K. containing 10
.cr,pt,ons. latitudes and longitudes OF
...r,v 200 points located in the DIS
trict OF Columbia and this vicinity
MIR. Ruth A. Dom Of the Columbia
xIn.nitaJ FOR Women has been appoint
Al nv the President as notary pup
lie for the next f1ve years
u..rne of the Pocahontas Me
ar,ai seooiation is to be held Thurs
dav afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. at the
EelIeyue Hotel, 18th and l streets. ac.
cordine to an announcement sent 0ut
by ite corresponding secretary MISS
Lillian Reed.
Arusa E. sfarsland, president Of the
Oriental Esoteric Society. is to dehver
a lecture on The Coming OF Bouon
Sadou" at a meeting of the socety
sunday evening at SIS o'clock at the
headuuarters of the organ1za1ion' 1870
O street northwest
Plan. for the future are to be dis
emsaed at a meeting of the Georgia
Society of Washington this evening at
o'clock at the Raleigh Hotel. ON
Gers for the coming year are w; ).
harris president; Jesse E. Mercer, Ed
gar watkins. Miss Jessie Dell. vice
presidents: J. D. Matheson, recording
secretary; Miss Laura Groddick, cor
responding secretary, and S. M Gro
gan. treasurer
The Indiana Society Of Warrington
Is to hold its first meeting of the sea-
son Tuesday evening at O'Clock, at
the New Ebbitt.
Dedication week for the new Pet
worth NJ E. Church will continue
tonight with spiritual culture services.
to be conducted at o'clock by Rev.
q. J. Randall. The prayer will be by
Rev Guy A Luttrell, pastor of the
Lincoln Road NJ. E. Church, and Hugh
Buckingham will sing the offertory
of the Mount Vernon Place NJ e.
Church of Baltimore, will deliver the
sermon address Special music will be
sung by the church choir.
wesley Heath, eight years old. Of the
Industrial Home School was run over
by a horse and wagon on Long bridge
yesterday afternoon. His left leg was
Emergency Hospital
While boarding a moving car on
Bladensburg road near the reform
EFT of 1909 N street fell and was in
tured about the back. He was taken
to Casualty Hospital in an automobile
and later removed to his home.
A lecture ON wireless telegraphy is
to be given by F. A. holster, radio
expert of the bureau, of standards, to-
night before the Mems Club of Tako-
ma parish in the Parish hall of Trinity
Church, Takoma Park.
Plans for the opening of the season
of the Bethel Literary and Historical
Association have been completed by
the officers and advisory board. The
season is to open October 10, at s
o'clock, when Prof. William Dickens
Of Baltimore is to speak on The New
Negro"
RAYMOND EeaIl. five years old, of
1888 Irving street was struck by an
automomile on 14th street near Ken
yon street last evening. His head was
cut The boy was taken to the Chill
dren's Hospital by Joseph Ferry of
2ol5 9th street. operator of the auto
mobile.
Gustavus A. Weber, retiring chief of
me cost Of production division of the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
rlerce, yesterday was presented with q
ver-mounted nalacca cane, the gift
Of the employees Of this division The
presentation speech was made by Spe-
cial Agent Frank ]. Sheridan Mr.
Weber has accepted position with the
institute of government research.
"Movements to Establish Monu-
-nent In This City in Honor of the De
ceased Colored Soldiers of All the Wars
and the Political Status of the Colored
People Of the United States" is to be
the topic of Rev. James L. White at a
meeting to be held this evening in True
Reformers Hall. 18th and U streets
northwest. Rev. S. L. Carrothers will
preside.
: A committee to work for lower postal
rates on authors manuscripts was ap-
pointed at a meeting Of the League OF
American Penwomen at the Public
Library last night. It was pointed out
that manuscripts at present must GO
On their Journeys to and from publish
ers at first-class rates. Miss Jessie A
Griswold presided.
The will Of Mary Vance. dated Sep
tember 13, 1912, has been filed for pro
bate. She leaves 5000 to a sister
Rachel Vance of Buffalo, n. Y. and 81
to another sister. Ellen Alexander OF
Buffalo. Charles Fl. Vance. a nephew
and Parcy May Jones, niece are each
TO have 5000. The remaining estate IL
devised to another niece, Florence
Howard Of Buffalo Attorney W. H
Richards represents the estate.
Speakers at q smoker Of the Profes-
sional Chauners' Association. in the
clubrooms, 11o7 18th street. last nigh,
praised Washington traffic laws, which
they declared, are the best IN the east
Representatives of automobile sales
and service agencies were guests Of the
association. Among the speakers were
= e. Connolly. W. e. Wiggipa, R.
Morgan. Richard Israel, James E. Sui.
Ivan and George Talbert-