Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-09
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
France. Z. willard day will be OBJ

Frances Z. Willard day Will be OD-
served by the W. C. T. U. of Shiloh
Baptist Church Sunday night with a
special musical and literary progr>m-
"Child Welfare" will be the subject CT
an address by Miss E. NJ. Wills of Eos
ton. and Mrs. Alma ]. Scott will speak
on What the Life of Frances E VII
lard Means to U.s." Other prominent
persons will speak on her life and work
The choir of the Shiloh Church, assisted
by the Christian Endeavor chorus and
q number of soIoists, will arrange the
musical program.
While crossing MT Wisconsin avenue
and P street last night Lucy stewart.
colored, eight years old. was knocked
down by a bicycle ridden by William
Staples, thirteen years old. 32Os =
street. She was only slightly injured.
Ernest johnson, cOlored, thirty years
old, 1921 Sd street southwest, suffered
the loss of his right thumb yesterday
afternoon as result of a piece OF IRON
falling on it while he was working
with railway construction force at
1st and A streets northeast He was
taken to Casualty Hospital.
small fire of unknown origin last
night about 1915 o'clock occurred in
the home of George Coates, 32S &
street southwest. The damage amount
ed to SIS.
The chemicals used to manufacture
yeast and the various results obtained
by tests conducted to determine the
best method of manufacture were de-
scribed by F. Alexander McDermott OF
the Chemical Society of Washington
last night at the Cosmos Club. His sub
sect was THE Rise of the Yeast Plant"
The executive committee Of the WASH
ington Traffic Club met yesterday after
noon at the Raleigh Hotel and COM
pleted arrangements for the annual
banquet tomorrow night at that hotel.
1t was announced addresses are to be
made by Senator Hardwick of Georgia,
Representatives John R Farr of Penn
and Francis H Sisson of New York,
assistant chairman Of the railway ex-
ecutives' advisory committee.
John A. Enos and Bernard z. Schle-
singer of the Junior Debating Society
and Ludwig F. Hogan and Thomas j.
Milan of the Senior Debating Society
are to represent their respective classes
in the third prize debate of the George
town University Law School, to be held
early in April. These debaters were
chosen at the preliminary debates held
last night in the law school.
The annual dinner of the Norwegian
Society of the District of Columbia is
Northeast Temple, sth and F streets
northwest. NJ. L. Eidsness. president
of the society, is to preside.
Residents of nearby counties of
Maryland are filling their icehouses for
the coming season. 1t is reported that
ice as much as eight inches thick has
been cut from the ponds
meeting of the Mu-So-Lit Club Is to
be held this evening at the Y. NJ. c. A.
(12th street branch) to celebrate Pa
triotic night. DR.. E. D. Williston is to
speak.
Joseph J. Ritterbouse is given SO by
the will of his father, Ernest j. Ritter
house, dated October 16. 1914. and Of
fered for probate. The remaining
tate is left to the wife of the testator,
Della Ritterhouse, who is also named
as executor.
Rev. George Buckler, president of
the Shakespeare Society of America, is
TO give a number of readings before the
Washington branch of the organization
at SIS o'clock this evening at the
Cairo. Mrs George A. Armes, Mrs.
Thomas P. Newbold and Col. P. A. Har-
vey, U. S. A, are to contribute to
musical program.
The Cudahy Packing Company has
filed with the recorder of deeds a mort
gage on all it's property in various
us ledSelOlQ interest
in premises occupied by it's Office in the
District of Columbia, to secure a bond
issue of S12.000,000. The bonds are pay
able December l, 1916. and bear inter-
est at per cent. The trustees are
William H. Henkle and the Illinois
Trust and Savings Bank.
Col. l.. NJ. Maus, U. s. A., retired, is
TO speak tonight at 8 o'clock at the
scientific temperance exhibit 1927 G
of Boston will explain the exhibit DR.
William c. Woodward, District health
officer, is to preside.
Secretary Charles ID. WaIcott of the
Smithsonian Institute and Mrs. Walcott
have gone to New York for a few days.
where DR.. Walcott will attend the
Pan-American aeronautic exposition
and preside at the dinner of the Aero
Club of America While in New York
DR.. Walcott will also confer with those
interested in the development of the
aeronautical industry.
The natural resources and comm ercial
opportunities offered by the states of
wisconsin, Minnesota and North Da-
kota will be the subject of the regular
moving picture educational lecture to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock at the
American University. The great wheat
fields of these states and methods of
mining will be shown. The public is in
vited
Joseph F. Madden will celebrate his
fourth anniversary as member of
Pioneer Council. No. l, Original Order
of Sons of Jonadab. tonight with a buff
fet supper. The affair will be held at
the councils headquarters at 623 Louisi-
ana avenue. All members of the orig
inal order are invited to attend.
Capt. G. A. kreamer Of No. engine
company, who was burned while fight
Ing a fire at the residence of c. c.
Davis, 2540 Hall place, is confined to his
home at BIO N street.
Discussion of the "bad check BILL"
which has been introduced in Congress,
was a feature of a meeting of the
credit mems section OF the Retail Mer-
chants Association at the New Ebbitt
House last evening when the bi-monthly
dinner was held. The meeting was well
attended.
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