Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

a public mass meeting Is to be held
Under the auspices of the local branch
Of the Federal Labor Union tomorrow aft
ernoon at O'Clock at 7oS 0 street All
labor men are invited.
c. r. Phelps was elected president Of
the Brookland Brotherhood at the an
nual meeting of the organization held
recently. Other officers elected are F.
A. Woodward, vice president; Seabury
Quinn, secretary. and Louis Melius
treasurer. Mr.. Melius viii begin his
tenth term as treasurer
The annual meeting of the District of
Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross is
to be held next Friday in Rauscher's at
$3.50 o'clock. Reports from all COM
mitteeS will be called for. and from the
auXiliaries- The annual election of Of
ficers will be held, and work for the
winter will be outlined.
James T.. Norton of New York city
is to address the Bahai Assembly in
Studio Hall, 1919 Connecticut avenue.
tomorrow evening at SIS O'Clock on
THE Bahai Message. Its Appeal to Rea-
son and Conscience"
The work the Universal Esperanto
Association, with headquarters at Ge-
neva. Switzerland. is doing for the SOL
dierS in Europe is TO be explained at a
public meeting of the Kolumbia Es-
peranta klubo this evening at Pythian
Temple. The usefulness of Esperanto
after the war also will be discussed.
The principal speaker will be James
F. Morton. jr.. Of New York. president
Of the Cosmopolitan Society of America
who has recently observed the work of
Esperanto in France. All of the work
of this organization is done free of
charge.
Services in memory of deceased menu
bers are to be held by Camp III, United
Confederate Veterans, Tuesday evening
at $50 o'clock at Confederate Memorial
Hall. 1922 Vermont avenue NJ. S.
Thompson will present a tribute in
memory of those who have died during
the summer. while w. a. Gordon will
make an address in memory of all
members of this camp who have died
since its organization.
Miss Mabel Bonrdman, member of the
executive committee of the American
Red Cross. is to speak at the first So
c1al service conference of the season
Of the board of social service of the
diocese of Washington Friday morning
at IL o'clock at St. Johns Parish Hall.
18th and II streets. Miss Boardman's
subject VIII be How Individuals Can
Help IN Their Homes and in the Com
munity in War Time
The regular Saturday evening recep-
ton and dance for men in uniform and
held this evening at the Young Mems
Hebrew Association. 1347 Pennsyl-
wanna avenue. All men in uniform are
invited TO attend the special Sunday
morning services tomorrow at the
Eighth Street Temple
A meeting of the Home Defense
League of the first precinct is to be
held Monday evening at 7:45 o'clock at
the District building.
OF an address to be made by DR.. Mitch
ell Carroll. secretary of the Archaeo-
logical Institute, at a meeting of the
Anthropological Society of Washington
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
the National Museum.
The part Junior suffrage is to play In
war relief work is to be discussed at a
meeting of the Junior Suffrage Lea que
Monday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock at
162c Rhode Island avenue.
Arrangements for COMPLIMENTARY
reception to he given to the colored
young men of this city who receive
commissions al the officers reserve
camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. octo-
Der 10. are to be made at meeting
70 be held this evening at o'cIocl, at
9c2 r street.
~ $50. flowed through the viaduct and
down sewer on II street northea 81
last night: The oil came from an auto
truck tank OF the Penn Oil Company.
which was in collision with an auto
mobile of the American Express Com
pany.
Frank Sobotha. 1920 Ivy place south
east. employed as Il brakeman on the
pennsylvania railroad. fell from a car
WhHe gong under a bridge at 10th
street and Maryland avenue southwest
last night and broke his elbow. He wa (
taken 70 Providence Hospital in an
automobile. -
Poiiceman e. II. TranneiI of The
eighth precinct suffered an attack Of
snolgestion about $50 o'clock this
Eency Hospital. who responded with
the ambulance, gave him treatment.