Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-05
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


Reformed Church is to give an enter
tainment tomorrow evening, when the
following program will be presented
Cello solo, W. II. Nash; contralto solo,
Miss Josephine Daily; reading, Mrs
Thomas +. farrell; soprano solo. Miss
Francis Scherger; selections. Nordica
Mandolin and Guitar Quintet, under di-
rection of Walter T. Holt; play entitled
maid to order" with cast including
Miss Lena Bakersmith. Miss Ruth
Rammlng. Miss Merle Kraft, Miss
Emma Schutrumpf Miss Elsie Grenin-
ger and Miss Lillian Rehnke; Miss
Frieda Luecke, accompanist- The pro-
gram is under the direction of Miss
Pauline Holer.
The executive committee of the CO.
lumbia Heights Citizens Association,
which secured a temporary classified
post office station in Columbia Heights,
is to ask that the station be made per
maHent in a report TO he submitted by
that committee at a meeting of the
sociation this evening at O'Clock IN
tn most office hail. nth street and Park
road. Two amendments to the consti-
tn On OF me assoc. ation are to be
voted on.
meeting of the Pocahontas Memo
ria .c.....on De held Thursday
afternoon at 80 O'Clock in Hotel Belle
vue. according to announcement
sent out by its corresponding secretary,
Miss Lillian Reed.
Frank :. Bright Is to speak on some
of his exper .ences on a recent tripsto
England and Scandinavia at meeting
of the Citizens Association of Chevy
Ca ID. T.. toner: evening at
q in the Chevy Chase School
building.
The annual election of officers Will
he the feature Of the meeting OF the
District of Columbia Branch of the So
ciety of Colonial Wars, to be held at
;ctrcS tonight at the Willard
Hotel 1t is expected that the organ
izatlon Will take action on several mat
tiers. including III" movement to pre-,
vent the Dissertation of the nag IN
the absence of tho governor j. Burr
johnson. deputy governor. Will preside.
Justice Hitz. presiding in the bank
rrp.cy division OF the District Su-
pre'ne Court. has issued a rule on J. ;.
Leatherman, Inc. TO show cause De
G. way the COZ poration should
not he declared bankrupt, The eta
ton was issued al the request of three
creditors of the company, which con-
ducts Il cloak and suit store at sll
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, IN
which the creditors allege that the
concern is unable TO meet its obliga-
tons, sa id to ne in excess of Sl"Ooo- IL
is also alleged that the company mas
committed acts of bankruptcy by at
tempting to prefer certain creditors
Tho complaining c-editors are repre-
scented by Attorneys Lucas r. Loving
and Lunsford l.. Hammer.
Suit for maintenance has been filed
in the District supreme Court by Ella
T.. Fitzhugh against her husband. VIII
liam Il. FitZhugh. an employe OF the
Pullman Company. She says she was
married January .. 1852. and alleges
that her husband deserted her and the
children last June. She asserts that
he mas stopped her credit at the gro
Gerry and has caused AN advertisement
TO he published that he would not be
reSnonsihle for her debts. The wife is
represented by Attorney William H
De Lacy.
Justice Hi,x of the District Supreme
Gov - cited .Tofn K. Bowie to show
cause Friday why he should not be
G. ed pay tempora-+ ali'nonv TO
his wife. Edna NJ. Bowie. The e:ser OF
the cou-- is based on II petition fora /
limited divorce filed Yesterday by the !
wife through Attorney Oliver A. !
t''o'H- ''-S. R"w'e asserts that hef /
husband has treated her cruelty since /!
a shor time after their marriage. June
O. ~~A1r Va. They have
one child, whose custody the wife
seeks.
Activities of the NATIONAL camp1ien
committee Of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association. alter
moving into the new Washington head
~ -r9r do island avenue
were discussed by members of the
executive hoard "T the campaign co'c-
mittee at meeting held yesterday
afternoon at TIC Ollie " omen CUB
Three new corr 'eeFnen We're APP
poin- ed-At-S Ic1r Speel, finance;
Miss ka-t~yn Sellers library. and Mrs
Nanette II. Paul. education. Mrs. II X
Tindaii. chairman OF the national cam
paign committee. presided
Repatriation in the nine departments
~, IN, -r1tN --ct
increase OF tSl
go, dinG to announce
= r'~nt Richard Cobb. secretary
of the institution.
Mark Hawkins ffty-six years old,
Iondover Prince Georges county. Nd,
died at Casualty Hospital yesterday
a noon as result of injuries re-
co'--d IN |all in an areaway dt
Holmes bakery, lst and Z streets, yes
te,day morning. Coroner Nevitt gave
a certificate OF accidental death Haw-
kins' body was taken 10 his late home
last night.
Firemen last night about o'clock
r. arm of FIRE turned
in from box %. and found small fire
in the apartment Of Oscar lden. 40 VI
street. The fire was ca used by a hrt-
less cooker becoming overheated, and
damage TO the amount Of $50 resulted
4 meeting of the Agricultural De
partment Branch OF the Federal En-
ployes' Union is TO be held Thursday
-. at o'clock in the Perpetual
Building Associations hall, llth and t
streets northwest
Abner Il. Nen of this city underwent
-e-icus surgical operation ~ the
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
T &c ope alton wss success
full and complete recovery is expected
The study Club of the Drama League
announces that a. a meeting this even
ing at : O'CLOCK Mrs. Willis II Rice
Will read a paper on "Cuprof"sSi"Eal
pramatists'' Following that. n Tn
professional Play" will be read
The Georgia society il to meet this
evening at O'Clock "a; the Ebbftt
IIcIIs. Pc 90. fIarris : n r,resihe