Evening star., 1916-12-11
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
William knowles Cooper, secret

| William Knowles Cooper, secretary
of the Y. NJ C. A. spoke on modern
success and achievements at meet
ing yesterday of the Junior Temple So
ciety in the Eighth Street Temple.
Gus J. Karger, Washington news
paper correspondent, related incidents
connected with the life of public men
and former Presidents.
"The Red Men-Their Origin and
I Principles" was the subject of a lee
ture by Rev. Charles c. Mclean. pas
tor of Douglas Methodist Episcopal
! Church. last evening in the church
More than zoo men representing the
Improved Order of Red Men of the Dis
! trict and many women from foca.
| hontas Council, Womens Auxiliary OF
| the order, were present
! Henri SokoIOve. who studied at the
| Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Bel
gium. gave a recital yesterday after
| noon at the Columbia Country Club.
| The Alumni Record publication of the
| Washington College of Law has Just
made its first appearance. 1t gives
| brief history of. each alumnus. as well
as members of the faculty and board
of trustees. The record was prepared
by a committee composed of Helen T.
! Jamison. chairman; Gertrude E. Leon
ard. William L. Chapman. Nina l.
Thomas, Adele NJ. Stewart. Benjamin
A. Ball and Eunice X Warner.
With prayers and sermons in many
churches touching upon the subject
tuberculosis week was ended yeSter-
day. 1t was said to have proved most
successful in Washington. and the AS
sociation for the Prevention of Tuber
culcsis in the District plans to repeat
the observance next year.
A meeting of the Park View Citizens
Association is to be held tomorrow
evening in the assembly hall of the
Park View School.
The second recital of the Y. W. II. A.
is to be held Thursday evening in the
clubrooms of the association. 1880 10th
street northwest. Miss Frances Sherger
is to give song recital, assisted by
Mrs. S. Burrows at the piano. Current
topics are to be read by Miss Eliza
beth Lorenz. Dancing is to follow.
William f. Barnes, jr.. 1925 ID street
| northeast. died al Casualty Hospital
last night about 1890 O'Clock. His
death was due to a stroke of apoplexy
he suffered Saturday night about II
o'clock while at home. A certificate OF
| death from natural causes was given.
! Linen hanging near a lighted gas jet
at the home of Mrs. Edward Mollohan.
! 401 Sd street northwest. yesterday aft
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| The fire was extinguished by No.
| gine company after s25 damage had
been done.
New phases of telephone utility are
to be discussed by A. p Connor before
| the Builders and Manufacturers Ex-
change at a meeting Thursday evening
at $50 o'clock a III 18th street north
west.
Members of the Washington Aqua
rum Society and a number of teachers
and students from the Wilson Normal
J School were guests yesterday after
/ noon a the home of Henri ]. Wagner
! 1909 North Capitol street, former secre-
/ tary of the aquarium organization
| About fifty persons interested in gold
| fish and aquaria were present and in
| spected the large number of aquaria
NJ. Wagner has at his home. Mr.. Wag-
! ner explained the manner in which
plant and animal life should be bal
| condition.
| The Ladies' Auxiliary of Ohave
| Sholem congregation gave a box party
at Ohavc Sholem Temple yesterday aft
| ernoon and evening. The officers of the
auxiliary in charge of the affair in
cluded: Mrs. l.. Benuet, president; Mrs.
, L. Miller, vice president; Mrs. X. ke-
betsy, treasurer; Miss S. Goldman, re-
cording secretary, and Mrs. NJ. Abram-
son. financial secretary.
W. X. Stewart of Nankinx. China, in
TO deliver an illustrated lecture on
China in the lecture hall of the Young
Mems Christian Association building at
O'Clock this evening. Mr.. Stewart is
also to be one of the speakers at the
annual banquet of the Twenty four
hour-a day Club" of the association to-
morrow night at Rauschers. DR. Mau-
rice L. Miller is to talk on The Care
of the Eyes" at 1:4o O'Clock this ever
Lieut.. Col. c. ". kutz. Engineer Com-
missioner of the District of Columbia
is 10 lecture before the Home and
School Wednesday evening. His sub
ject. Some Features Of the Work OF
the Engineer Department Of the Dis
'trict of Columb: a is to be illustra ted
The plan for physical instruction of
boys at Western will be explained by
Bryan Morse.
by the terms OF the will Of Annie
Weber, dated January I. 1914, her en-
tire estate is devised to her husband
Emil Otto Weber. He is also named as
executor.
The Maryland automobile tags for
pleasure ears. which have been delayed
in arriving in this city, are now being
issued according to c. f.. Beans. dep
,ty commissioner of motor vehicles for
Maryland The first consignment OF
tags received at the local office, S19
18th street northwest, We're for auto
mobile dealers and motor cycles The
distribution of the 1917 licenses started
! this morning.
That almost all the enlightened
thinkers of the world are fatalists and
know that our actions are the result
! - r~"css'.v" an assertion made by
Dr. Paul Bjornsen, relative of the Nor
wegian poet in lecture before the
secular League in Pythian Temple yes
.n-dav afternoon on Free VIII OF