Evening star., 1917-10-29

i morning about 80 O'CLOCK, were
aroused by & fire in their home. The
! fire started In a supposed detective
! hue. Damage to the house and con-
! tents amounted to 500. A small guam
tty of oil in the kitchen at the resi-
J Gencs of Clarence Masterson, 4714 Belt
| road, caught fire yesterday afternoon.
! The fire did SO damage.
! A special meeting of the Petworth
| Citizens Association has been called
| for tomorrow evening. at the Petworth
| NJ. Z. Church, to consider the question
| of improvement of the street car ia
| cilities in this section OF the city. The
general community is invited.
Tramc Policeman J. w. Cronie.
Bunker Hill road and 26th street
northeast. was taken suddenly i'll last
night about $50 o'clock while on duty
at 14th and H streets. First aid was
given by physician from Emergency
Hospital and Cronie was taken home.
While handling a revolver in the
woods near Conduit and New Cut roads
accidentally shot himself in the left
hand The wound was dressed at
| Georgetown University Hospital
Five theft. from automobiles parked
on the streets last night were reported
to the police. Articles of wearing ap-
parel, chiefly overcoats and gloves,
were stolen. Those who reported the
thefts were Bernard Lerch, 2s4a Mills
Raleigh Hotel; Samuel Sless. Balti-
more. Md: Joseph Hayman. 11s North
Royal street, Alexandria, Va. and Rob-
ert n. Waf1e. 1928 Hiatt place.
The bureau Of naturalization an
nounces the opening of night school
classes for the instruction OF the adult
foreign born in more than LOO Amer.
ican cities. With the assistance Of
federal and state courts and the public
school system of the country, the gov
ernment is conducting an intensive
campaign for candidates for American
citizenship.
! Col. H. Martin Williams, secretary Of
the Farmers National Single Tax
League, declared yesterday at a meet
ing Of the District Single Tax League
who are making excess profts IN TINS
country from the war should have
| their wealth conscripted. Just as men
are drawn for the National Army. Col.
Williams address was entitled, ray
| as You Co..
Omcers are to be elected Mt a meet
, ing of the Southeast Washington CIT.
iZens' Association tomorrow evening at
s O'Clock, at Donohoe's Hall, 315 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast.
Prominent prohibition advocates are
| to speak at a meeting of the Bethel
!, Literary and Historical Association IN
celebration of dry" Washington to-
morrow evening at the metropolitan A.
NJ. e. Church. The speakers lnciuoe
| OF the Women's Christian Temperance
Union of the District of Columbia; Rev
| w. H. Brooks. Rev. F. j. Grlmke, KEY.
=! J. NJ. Waldron, Andrew wilson. presi- l.
| E. Shoemaker. Music will be furnished
| by the choir of the First BAPTIST
Church of Georgetown.
lands Citizens Association this even
! ing officers are to be elected.
uRelrium and the Belsians" In the
subject of talk by Prof. James How
ard Gore of George Washington Uni
| yersity at meeting of the Anthropo-
| logical Society Of Washington, Tues
day afternoon, November .. a. 4:ao
! A board meeting will be held at 4
o'clock.
Mis-. Mabel Dill, magazine writer. IL
to sneak on "The Writing of the Short
I story" this evening at Paul Institute.
| 2107 s street northwest. Following her
| talk Miss Dill will read one of her
| published stories
| Joseph Baxter, MitchellvilIe. Prince
! Georges county, Nd. was slrutk NY q
freight train near Mulligan station, on
the Pope's Creek railroad, yesterday art
ernoon and seriously hurt He was
brought to this city and taken to Cas-
uaity Hospital His recovery is ex-
pected.
/ A meeting of the WasbinEton branch
| of the American Pharmaceutical Asso-
| ciat ation is to be held Wednesday even
ing at 8 o'clock in the lecture hall OF
i the National College of Pharmacy. sos
I street.
Miss Daisy b. Pierce. principal at
Lakeland, Prince Georges county, Nd
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