Evening star., 1916-12-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


Fire I'm sheds on the premises Of Maria
Triplett, Norris Fraser and James
jackson, S23-25-27 I'd street southwest
last night about S o'clock, made sc
bright a light that neighbors became
alarmed and started preparations te
save their effects. Firemen succeeded
in confining the fire to the sheds, how.
ever. and only $50 damage resulted.
Page Baylor. coIOred. ffty-fOur years
old, 445 II street southwest. died sud
denly last night about $50 o'clock. He
was taken ill while working in sta
Bile at Sd and b streets southwest and
died on the way to Emergency Hos
pitaI. His death was due to natural
causes.
William Pfunder of the Department
of Agriculture was reelected president
of Washington Division. No. 46. Ma
tional Fraternal Society of the Deaf. at
4 meeting of the organization last
evening in Eagles Hall. Other officers
elected are: William Lowell of the
pension bureau, vice president; W. r.
Souder of the Department of Commerce,
secretary: II. S. Ellington of the gov
ernment printing office. treasurer; X. J.
Stewart of the Department of Com
merce. director and J. S. Edelen of the
Interior Department, patriarch
A lecture is to he given by Mrs. T.. J..
Bingham of Chicago this evening at S
o'clock at the Paul Institute. 2107 S
street northwest. The public is in
vited.
At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Brightwood Citizens As
sociation Tuesday evening, in the home
of Charles W. Ray. vice president OF
the association and chairman of the eN
ecutive committee, IL was decided to
urge the association at its next meet
ing, January >, to oppose any plan
which might lead to placing the pro-
posed municipal hospital on the Upshur
street reservation.
Claude Wilson. cOlored. who shot and
killed Thurman Leek. also colored.
Tuesday night, following an argument
about a loan of 25 cents Wilson had
made to Leek, was held for the grand
jury at an inquest held at the morgue
yesterday afternoon He was commit
ted to Jail. The shooting occurred in
front of Wilson's home. at SO W
street.
cOrOner's jury, at inquest held
at the morgue yesterday afternoon, held
Frank y. Burns. jr., eighteen years old.
responsible for the death of Edmond J.
Soper. Sixty-Seven years old who was
Killed by an automobile operated by the
young man at Pennsylvania avenue and
9th street southeast early Tuesday
evening. The jury held him for the ac-
mitted to jail.
The Southwestern Surety Insurance
Company is named as defendant in a
suit TO recover S1,15..T1 damages, filed
in the District Supreme Court uy curtis
& Shamway, Inc, for alleged breach of
a contract. The plaintiff alleges that
it insured with the defendant against
casualties on q certain building con-
tract. aud when one of its workmen
was injured and brought suit for dam
ages the surety company failed to de-
fend the action. The doctors bill, hos
pital charges and the cost of compro-
missing the claim amounted to S1,157.il,
the court is told. and judgment for the
amount is sought from the insurance
company. Attorneys Bynun +. Hinton
and Julian {. Hammack appear for the
plaintiff.
Election of officers and reports for the
past year are to be features of the an
nual meeting of the Biological Society
of Washington saturday evening at
o'clock in the Cosmos club The coun-
ell meeting is to be held at 1880 o'clock
in the council room of the club.
Campaign speakers. including sena-
tors and representatives. are to give
some "sidelights' on the presidential
campaign Saturday evening at s:3e
o'clock in the University Club.
.PrOper Care for Tubercular and
Anemic Children of School Age in the !
District of Columbia" is to form the
subject of discussion at meeting OF |
the Monday Evening Club Monday even |
ing at O'Clock in the i. ii. G J. build |
ing, 1886 G street Sellen ". Ely, su-
pervising principal of the fifth division
of the public schools, is to preside.
Musical and literary numbers appro-
pirate TO the season are to form Iea- !
TIRES of an entertainment to be given |
at,s sI,..I
Eastern High School building toInor |
row evening, for the benefit of the I
school Fairgrounds. The Fifth Divi- |
sion Orchestra, directed by Mrs ]. A. |
Torbert, is to play a number of selec- |
tions. Christmas carols will be sung
by pupils OF the upper grades as the
final part of the program.
Tn. proposition of cooperative buy
ing by the community is TO be discuss
ed at a meeting of the Franklin
Thomson Home and School Association.
10 be held this evening at o'clock In
the Thomson building, i2tn and l.
streets northwest Miss Caroline Hunt
Of the Department OF Agriculture IS to
speak on the feeding of school children
She will devote particular attention I"
discussing the preparation Of the
child's lunch. \ musical program is to
be given and a number of stereopticon
views shown. Mrs. y. H. Darton, presi-
dent, is to preside
Two pieces of paper sewn together
with double row of stitching by
sewing machine have been filed in the
Probate Court as the will of Mrs. Mary
Dunn, who died December 5. The docu-
ment is dated February Is. 1916, and
provides that her entire estate shall go
to her husband. Peter Dunn. Attorney
Charles Linkins filed the paper.
Miss Vivian Pierce of San Diego, Cal,
is to be the principal speaker at an or
ganization meeting of one of the divi-
sions of the third precinct. scheduled
for O'Clock this evening at the Rich
mond, 18th and H streets northwest,
under the auspices Of the CongresSionst!
Union for Woman Suffrage.
The local Boy Scout headquarters is
to move tomorrow from room 3ls in the
Corcoran building to rooms iol and
752 in the Munsey building. Officials
expect to be settled in the new quar-
ters and have the work of the organi
zation running smoothly by Saturday
morning. The change of headquarters
was made necessary by the announce
ment that the Corcoran building is to
be torn down to make way for a hand
some hotel
Miss Jennie Nannheimer entertained
with readings and recitations at meet
ing held under auspices Of the C"u iii
of Jewish Women at the Eighth Street
Temple last night. Mrs. Charles Gold
smith presided Miss Mannheiner in
terpreted the various characters in her
readings with dramatic skill. Violin