Evening star., 1916-12-08
Won Over Progressives.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Fire which broke out in a large barn
on the farm Of Richard Flynn, at Goth
and Cedar streets, Mount. Rainier, Md,
just across the District line, yesterday
| afternoon, totally destroyed the struc-
ture. The stock was saved No. II
engine company of the District fire de-
partment was sent to the scene to as
sist the fire department Of the place.
| Music by the Girls GIee Club Of
| Eastern High School will feature the
meeting of the Eastern High School
Home and School Association at it's
meeting in the school this evening at S
, O'Clock. Committee reports Will be
made and a social hour held. Re
freshments are to be served.
Charged with the larceny of seven-
teen pounds of bronze metal from the
United States government, William S.
Rodgers was held for the action of the
grand jury in $500 bonds yesterday in
arrested by Detective Fortney. denied
the charge.
The annual banquet Of the sTwenty-
Four-Hour-a-Day Club" of the local
Y. NJ. c. A. is to be held at Rauschers
Tuesday evening. Among the speakers
are to be DR.. w. T. Wei. secretary of
the Chinese legation; George Sherwood
EQOy, associate general secretary Oh
| the international committee of the Y.
| NJ. c. A: G. S. Phelps of Kioto, Japan,
and w. r. Stewart of Nanking. China.
| by the Kings Daughters of Fairfax
| County, Va. in the Community House,
| four miles south of Alexandria, for the
benefit of the Alexandria Hospital
About 300 attended.
Plans for a lecture to be given by
Prof. John NJ. Clapp, formerly Of Lake
Forest University, but who is now
taking an active part in nationwide
campaign for the improvement of
American speech, were completed by
the executive committee of the Teach
ers' Club of Washington at a meeting
at the Webster School yesterday after
noon. Prof. Clapp is to lecture in the
Wilson Normal School, 18th and Har-
ward streets northwest, Tuesday after
noon at 3:45 o'clock
Over 300 persons ATTENDED the can
| tata THE Daughters of Jairus, given
| last night in the rooms of the Railroad
Young Mems Christian Association, at
| Union station. Mrs. J. c. Kester sang
| a solo before the presentation OF the
cantata The soloists of the cantata
were Miss Viola Schippert, Edwin Cal
low and Paul Hines. The "Y" orches-
| ira of twenty pieces and chorus OF
| thirty voices from the Eastern Presby-
| terian Church presented the cantata.
c. W. Guest was the director
! The i've mercantile clubs Of the
| Young Women's Christian Association
are holding a Christmas bazaar this
afternoon and evening for the beneht
| of the building fund. The All Round
club. under the direction of Miss Edith
Powers, is in charge of the anair
John speiden, ffty-eight years old,
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dead in bed Yesterday afternoon. His
death was due to Illuminating gas that
\ escaped from an open jet in the room
Coroner hewitt decided that death was
| due to accident.
| small fire occurred in the feed
store of Theodore Michaels. 20 New
York avenue northeast. last night about
II o'clock The fire was of unknow
origin, the police reported, and $25
damage resulted.
| Three automobiles were damaged ms
| a result of collision at goth and L
streets last night about 7:45 o'clock A
car operated by George j. Zolnay. 1890
E street. collided with similar vehi-
Gle belonging to e. W. Roth, Cherry
dale, Va, knocking the latter car
against the automobile of w. d. Sulli-
van S17 18th street, that was standing
near the curb.
| Omcers Of the eighth division Of the
| second precinct of the Congressional
/ Union for Woman's Suffrage. elected at
a meeting last night in the home of
Mrs. Elizabeth Owen. 1903 18th street
northwest, are: Mrs. +. b. Harden.
| cha airman; DR.. Audrey G. Moran. vice
chairman, and Miss Anna Carr, secre-
| tary and treasurer.
| The will Of julius Windsbecker,
dated July 9. 1915, has been filed for
| probate His wife is to have the use
that she remains his widow On her
| remarriaoe death the executors
Burton Macafee and Charles Kattel-
| mann. ar" to search, through the mayor
OF Tim. Bavaria. for at least Ave years
for Simon Windsbecker. a brother OF
the testator. or his legitimate heirs
who are to inherit the estate. In the
event of failure to find an heir the es-
tate is to be divided between Masonic
Lebanon Lodge. No. Z. and the Ma
sonic Eastern Star Home.
More than 500 persons attended the
td'nner last night which brought to a
close the three-day bazaar at the Cal
vary NJ. f. Church. The bazaar was
given to raise funds toward liquidatins
the church debt. Jesse L. Leverton OF
the executive committee estimates tina,
between $1,000 and $1,000 has beer
raised for the building fund.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, director o1
municipal Fairgrounds. was the princi-
pal speaker alta meeting yesterday OF
the Cranch-Tyler Home and School AS.
the first playground in the District
(which was the Virginia avenue play
ground.
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