Evening star., 1917-04-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

HttIS are 10 De erected at tHiS liliiG' anu
the club will consider offers which
have been made by organizations
throughout the city to have the play
ers present productions under their
auspices.
Declaring that there seemed to be an
epidemic of stealing from the postal
service Justice Gould of the District
Supreme Court yesterday declined to
grant the request of Attorney d. w.
Baker to place on probation William j.
McGeary. former postal clerk VINO
admitted a charge of rifiing the mail
McGeary was sentenced to one year
Imprisonment at Occoquan.
The exhibition of two honorable dis
charges from the United States Army
saved Arthur W. Johnson. colored,
from being sentenced yesterday by Jus
tice Gould in Criminal Division l 1or
stealing Brass worth sl06 from the
United States navy yard.
Edward IL. Began. 400 Pennsylvanin
avenue southeast. has been appointed
q captain, QuartermaSter OflcerS he
serve Corps U. :. A. He has just re-
ceived his commission from the War
Department.
Dr. CaSwell Grave of Johns Hopkins
University is to give an illustrated lee
fure, ''The Busy Ant" Monday evening
at s o'clock at Friends Church, 18TH
of series of lectures of the Fellow
ship Union lecture course at the
church. The public is invited.
An amateur minstrel show is to be
given under the auspices of the Young
Peoples Union of Second Baptls,
Church Friday evening in Odd Fellows
Hall. The program includes three spe-
cialties-the American Hawaii Trio.
Zeb Clark. the "whistling coon, and
Pistorios Orchestra.
olga Smith. fourteen years Old
Thursday morning ran away from her
home at The Plains, Va. and came TO
this city. William Smith, her father
telephoned the police and had her ar
rested Detectives Stringfellow and
Vermillion arrested her as she stepped
from train at Union station and sent
her to the house of detention She told
the police she came here because she
had become tired of living in the coun-
try. Her father took her home yester-
day.
II. F. Tan. manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. announced
today that a competent typist had been
installed in the lobby of the main office
of the company to assist patrons in the
preparation of their messages. No
charge is made for the services OF the
typist. nor is she permitted to accept
tips from patrons whom she may serve
The annual banquet of the King Bible
class of the Anacostia Methodist Epis-
copal Church was held last night in the
church hall. in 14th street southeast,
with about 200 men in attendance. The
banquet was served by women of the
church
A committee of 100 cOlOred business
and professional men was organized
last night at a meeting in the colored
Y NJ C. a. on 18th street to aid the race
in working effectively for the country
rected to offer the committees services
to President Wilson, and an appeal was
issued to the patriotism of the race
throughout the United States.
Fealty to the nas and the nation
was pledged by West Virginians resi-
dent in Washington at meeting of
the West Virginia Society last night
at the New Ebbttt. In a speech, brist-
ing with patriotism, Representative
Stuart F. Reed. former secretary of
state of West Virginia: implored his
auditors to stand firmly behind the
President. Resolutions pledging the
loyalty of those present were adopted
unanimously. Henry F. Baker. presi-
dent of the society. presided.
Miss Violet Warren PiersoD presented
Miss Faith Marie Hibbs in dramatic
recital last night in the white parior
Your Flag and Ny Flag" by Wilbur
D Nesbit, after which the audience
Joined in singing The Star Spangled
the piano.
A child playing with matches yes
terday afternoon started fire in
room on the second floor of the house
of James F. Lucas. 81 Hanover street.
Firemen extinguished the fire after
about SIS damage had been done.
Milton Rubio, Filipino. who was
employed as butler at the residence of
Charles l.. Marlatt, 1921 18th street,
was arrested last night by Detectives
Berman and Cornwell and charged
with the grand larceny of a diamond
locket worth $3.50. Rubio told the de-
tecti1es he found the locket in his en-
sold it for SIS. Members of the Mar
latt family did not miss the locket
until this week. and Rubio was quickly
arrested. He will be arraigned in Po-
lice Court Monday.
DIR. J. f. MoorIand. senior interna-
tional secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. is to
address the Twelfth Street Branch of
that organization tomorrow afternoon
at 3-io clock, his subject being The
Challenge" This will mark the open
ing of membership campaign which
is to continue until May 3.
"That all judges, with the exception
of federal judges. should be subject to
recall by popular vote" is to be the
subject a the annual interclass de-
bate between the freshmen and senior
classes of the National University
Law School this evening at 7:30
o'clock in the lecture hall of the school.
Nathaniel Cayton. Abe Resh and Fran
els l. Hldebrand will support the neg
ative for the Richard H. Alvey De-
batting Society, and William H. Zack
William l. Swanton and Earl H Smith
will uphold the affirmative for the
Samuel F. Miller Debating Society.
The April meeting of the George
town Citizens Association is to be
held Monday evening at 8 o'clock at
Potomac Hall. Wisconsin avenue and
NJ street.
Washington Chapter of the Mount
st. Nary's Alumni Association is to
give a dinner at the University Club
Wednesday evening in honor of Rt.
Rev. DIR. Edward T. Allen, for many
years president of the college at EN-
mittsburg. Md. RI Rev Mgr B. J.
Bradley, now president: several mem
bers of the faculty and a number of
out-of-town alumni are expected to be
present.
As the Marine Band will be other
wise officially engaged Monday, the
concert at the Marine Corps barracks