Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-21

this city. is 10 be the speaker OF the
evening. Music will be furnished by
Mrs. L. Clyde shade, soloist of Trinity
Episcopal Church, and Or y owen
Penny and others. Maj. Il. :. Fletcher.
president OF the association, will pre-
side.
An explosion Of gas in the store OF
James Wickham. 500 II street north
east. last night about o'clock. shat
tered u plate glass window and did
So damage. There was no fire dam
age.
A horse belonging I" William ".
Chambers, an undertaken. last night
about 10 O'Clock became frightened
while i'll front of house on 1.th street
and away. The animal fell into the
;treaway in front of 11=6 Y street and
was killed.
Mrs. Martha sweeney. seventy-four
years old, 1882 18th street. last night
about 9:i5 o'clock Vas knocked down
by an automobile at 9TH aud NJ streets
and severely injured. she received =
fracture Of her leg and injuries about
the body. The injured woman was
taken to homeopathic Hospital ana
alter Jefferson. colorCd- -aol NJ street
who was opera ting the automobile, WAS
arrested.
While hurryins to board street car
ut 9th and + streets late yesterday
street, was knocked down by a bicycle
ridden by Earl Williams. twelve years
old. and slightly hurt. She attached no
blame to the bicycle rider.
The Misses Bernadettc and Loretta
Meehan ana Alma Happ gave euchre
ana dance last night at the home OF
Mrs. j. j. Neenan. sos 2lst street north
west. The funds are to be given TO the
Sisters OF Charity. to be used 10 defray,
in part, the expense of repairing the
damage done by the recent fire at the
Immaculate Conception Academy Sth
and q streets northwest.
4 will be given at the reside nee
0f Miss Heilman, 2H0+ Cathedral ave
nue. northwest. tomorrow from TO :
o'clock. when 4 silver offering will be
taken 10 raise funds for the relief of Z
Washington boy who is i'll with tuber-
culosis. Music and dramatic readings
Will be given.
Hotel clerks of Washington are to
meet in the onyx room of the Ebbitt
Hotel this evening to decide whether
Ghey wish to form Washington branch
of the Greeters. the national hotel
clerks association. There are nearly
200 local clerks eligible for member
snip. f. Z. Pitts of Detroit. Mich, the
national president Of the Greeters, will
speak on the objects of the order.
An entertainment and dance is to he
given by the Children of the American
Revolution in the District of Columbia
IN celebration of George Washington's
birthday anniversary tomorrow after
noon from to o'clock at the Cairo
short program is TO be given by the
children representing each society of
the District from TO o'clock, to be
followed by general dancing until 6
o'clock. The state director and the So
ciety presidents have charge of the
affair.
Mrs. Isaac Pearson and Mrs. Frank
Edgington are to speak on Walden
sian Mission Work in Italy at a meet
ing of the Interdenominational Mission
Study Glass Friday afternoon at
o'clock in the Public Library Mrs. l..
Mervin Maus, wife of Col Maus, u S
A, also is to speak. her subject being
Islands" Mrs. ]. E. Gilbert, president
of the Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. is to pre-
side.
Rev. DIR. Charles c. Mclean. pastor
OF the Douglas Memorial Church. is to
speak tomorrow evening at the ceIebra-
tfon of Washington's birthday anniver-
sary at the church. Patriotic music
also is to be given.
John II. Anderson. commissary SER
Eeant, L. 5. A, retired has been COM
mIssioned q major in the Liberian con-
stabulary, Liberia, Africa. and will leave
New York within the next two weeks
via Cadiz, Spain. The salary is So 900
per year. Maj. Anderson served in the
regular army as sergeant major 9Th
cavalry, first lieutenant 10th and 18th
United States Volunteer Infantry and
for thirteen years as regimental COM
Tnissary sergeant 18th infantry, and
was retired at Fort Mcdowell, Cal
April 1s, 1915.
Maj. Pullman. superintendent of po-
lice. has been asked BY the Norfolk po-
pIce to find Lucy Williams and Ethel
Webster. each eleven years old who are
reported to have left their homes in
that city Monday. They did not come
here aboard a steamer on the Norfolk
and Washington line.
Patriotic songs, illustrated by stere-
opticon views. are to be sung at the
celebration OF Washington's birthday
tomorrow evening at o'clock at the
18th street branch OF the Y. NJ. G. a.
Dr. f. F. Martyr of West Virginia is to
speak on Hitch Your Wagon to It star
Identity of the body of the coIor-d
woman killed by street near
Rhode Island avenue aud 3Uth street
been eSta biiSnSd. II IS thought by the
police that the woman probably lived
III the eastern end Of the county or III
Prince Georges county near brentwood
or Biadensburg. She was nearly seventy
years old, the police say. and her body
- held at the morgue for Identification
Charged with h0usebreaking Mt the
residence of w g. Pond. 1119 X street
James +. Brown. colored. seventeen
Years old. resident of Conger court
was arrested yesterday afternoon by
Detectives Mullen and O'Brien. 1t is al
legged that he was wearing clothes tina
had been taken from the Pond resi-
ueace, where he had been employed.