Evening star., 1917-01-06

! Lieut. Allan 1sulfeTIoru OF lne uHlteu
States Army. pleaded guilty when ar
raigned yesterday before Justice Gould
| in Criminal Division 1 on a charge of
forgery. Attorneys Robert l. Miller
and NJ. +. Mangan for the accused
! asked the court to refer the matter to
! Probation Officer Steele. The request
was granted and sentence postponed
/ by the court.
Mark Latham, former cmplO!e of the
I Treasury Department, pleaded guilty
yesterday before Justice Gould in Grim
/ inal Division l to an Indictment Charg-
ing him with purloining unisSued bank
notes and appending to them tho names
of the officials of an Alabama bank.
At the request of Attorney r. S. Smith
the court deferred sentence and re-
ferred the case to Probation Officer
Steele for investigation
James Williams cOlored. pleaded gull
ty to second degree murder yesterday
| before Justice Gould in Criminal Di-
vision l in connection with the killing
of James A. Purvis September 16 last.
| The court imposed sentence of twen-
ty-five years in the penitentiary. At
! torney d. W. Baker and l. J. Heller
! represented the prisoner.
A meeting of the Pfney Branch Citi-
zeus' Association is to be held Monday
! evening at s o'clock in the Iowa Ave-
nue. NJ. E. Church.
| Rev. Sam Small is to discuss the
question of referendum on the prohibi-
| ton question for the District at the
mass meeting to be held in the New
| National Theater tomorrow afternoon,
under the auspices of the District Anti
Saloon League.
Z. p. Perrine, president of the Sales
| manship Club of Denver and agency
manager of tho Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society in that city, is to be the
speaker at a meeting of the Salesman
ship Club of Washington to be held
Tuesday evening in the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Creative Imagination, the Magic
Lamp of Modern Business is to be the
topic of his address, which, it is de-
clared, will be "a talk to statesmen on
how to visualize ones work.
Eev Harris e. Kirk of Baltimore is
announced to speak on THE Roman
| Poet, Lucretius," at a meeting of the
Washington Classical Club next Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock at Fair
mont Seminary. 2701 14th street. All
persons interested in classics or phi1os-
ophy are invited.
The Y. w. c. A. of Washington Is
! given $500 by the will of Mrs Sarah !
Leggo, dated May u, 1916, and offered
for probate. The legacy is to be held
| In trust by Miss Mabel n. Thurston,
who is to decide how it shall be used
Jewels, books and personal effects are
left to her friends, Vesta A. HoIlen-
stine, Della Grover and Frances r.
/ Kemp. The remaining estate is devised
4 to another friend. Edith A McClena:
nan.
Memorial services for William Al
pneus Hunton, late international sec
retary of the Y. N. c. A, are to be held
! tomorrow afternoon at 4 O'Clock. in PAN
! kin Memorial Chapel of Howard Uni
versity. Addresses are to be made by
! Stephen NJ. Newman and Lewis b.
Moore. president and dean of the uni
versity, respectively.
| f. f.. Perrine, instructor in snIes-
I manship at the University of Denver
I and president of the Denver Salesman
/ ship Club, is to be the principal speak
! er at the first meeting of the newly or
| ganiZed Salesmanship Club of Wash
( InSton, to be held at the Chamber of
/ Commerce rooms Tuesday evening.
/ William F. Guide is to preside.
New officers of the Federal Watch
/ nen'2 Union were installed yesterday
at meeting in Moose Hall. with
| Thomas Alderton, "A former president
oiheiating. The new officers are: Pres
Ident H. q. Raines; vice presidents.
1aniel #. Brown, e. G. King and j. r.
/ OOiN'ti' stcrStarg- ). IL Reed: financial
| secretary. Hugo Wacker; treasurer w
=. Mould, and sergeant-at-arms. Albert
EudlceI. The trustees are l.. A, Reese
/ WIIiam sands and II. L. Buckley. IL
= naines, II, J. D Nelson. K. A. Reese.
( r. . King and II. l.. Buckley are dele
( saes TO the Central Labor Union.
fire In an abandoned shed In the ,.oO
Dioch on sun street last night claimed
( the attention of No % engine comnanv
Sllght damage resulted An alItornohiic
| IN Agnew's coal yard on 1st street
northeast caught fire yesterday after
room ana was badly DANA ged A false
alarm OF hre was sounded from box e12
located at 9Th and c streets north
east, last night
physician from Casualty uo..,..
| inns morning about 5 o'clock responded
! TO an emergency call because oY the
| SUDDEN Illness OF Edith l.. Watson, six
%teNs oid' 1903 Meigs place northeast
/ Ihe child died before the physician
/ reached the house, and the coroner gave
certificate of death from natural
causes.
motor truck owned by }. Maury
Dove and operated by jerks Robins
/ 1895 Virginia avenue last night col
{ ilded with a street car on G. street he
tween 9Th and 7th streets. The break
ins OF the car fender was the only
! damage that resulted
business High school Alumni t.<o-
cations < fourth annual dance held at
( the Hotel Lafayette last night. was
: wei attended. The committee in charge
/ consisted of the president of the as
/ soclation, Clarence c. Weidenann ex
oficio, Joseph r. NcGarraghy, chair
man of the entertainment committee:
/ }. Martin Fry. j. p. Van Overrneer
/ G. g. Bush, Miss Edna F. Colburn. Miss
| Selma Russell. c. Albert Parker. Miss
I Edith NJ. Evans and Robert L. Miller.
| Justice stafford of the District
I Supreme Court has signed a decree
\ granting an absolute divorce to VIII
/ liam y. Fulkerson against Nellie F.
| Fulkerson. The costs OF the proceed
| ing were assessed by the court against
/ the two men named as corespondents
Attorney George A. Maddox appeared
for the husband.
The VIII of Margaret sheridan. dated
July IS. 1905. has been offered for
| probate by Attorney William Henry
| Dennis. The document provides n life
! interest in the entire estate for her
husband. Brig. Gen. NJ. " Sheridan.
| At his death the estate is to be shared
| equally by her brother, John M. Rhey.
| and her sisters, Sue n. Stewart and
Annie X. Dale. all OF Carlisle, Pa. The
| brother is named as executor.
A marriage license ISSUED December