Evening star., 1917-03-15
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF


Charles VI. Duke, forty-one years old
sos F street died at Emergency hos
pitaI Tuesday Three weeks ago he re-
.sived n severe injury to his left hand
while feeding a press in printing Of
lice at 6l7 L street. His death was due
4, complications which followed the
injury. Coroner Nevitt is investigat-
Ing Dukes death.
4 meeting of the Federation of Git
y-ns' Associatio OF the District OF GO
l,lnlbia is to be held Saturday eVgnlnS <
IT s o'clock in the bo2rdroom OF the
municipal building.
Kit Carson Post, q. A. r.. is I" reie-
brate its fiftieth anniversary Nednes-
.i;,v evening, March 2S. =. y. IL HalI.
according to an annouS~ %Iuent made at
:, meeting of the post at night AdJt.
John MCElroy Is chai -aah OIL lhe eA-
ecutive committee.
The Mount Pleasant Citizens Associ-
citation is to meet Saturday evening at
5 O'Clock at the Brown Betty Inn, 16th
street and Park road. The matter OF q
new public school and other important
business will be considered
C.R. waller of Philadelphia gave an
Illustrated lecture on steam Turbines
at . meeting last night of the .~atIoni1l
Association of stationary Engineers OF
Washington ut 1904 PENNSYLVANIA ave-
ltue. He explained the use OF engines
for power purposes,
Because a piece of iron pipe was at
lowed TO fail and, crushing through
the roof of a restaurant, Strlk" and m
lure him. Charles J. TimmcrS has filed
suit in the District supreme Court 10
recover S10,000 damages from the
American WreckiNg Company, me Ma
I'll s,Y--fI ion nd
Nelson Il Lewis. Inc. who ere in charge
of wreckine the old Corr5rau building,
~ 18th street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
Attorney y. l.. NewmyeT represents the
Plaintiff
.Shakespeare and some Cotemporu-
ries" will be the subject of an a,td- esS
by Col. Philip I. HarveN.-G. ;. A., be
fore the Washington branch of the
Shakespeare Society OF America tomor-
row evening at its headquarters in the
Cairo Hotel, q street near 10th. EmaH-
ual Simon will contribute tenor solos.
"Observed Changes in Hereditary
Characters in Relation TO Evolution"
will be the subject of lecture BY
Prof. II. S. Jennings of Johns Hopkins
Academy of Sciences in the assembly
loom of the Cosmos Club tonight at
SIS o'clock. L. J. Briggs is chairman.
the Y. NJ. {. ~ was addressed by DR.. y.
W. Shefferman last night in the lecture
hall OF the association. He contrasted
the large men with little men and eX-
planned the differences OF their char
acter-
Election of officers and transaction
of business are to take place at the
annual meeting Of the Federal Suffrage
Association of the United States. to be
held Saturday afternoon at o'clock at
the, w. c. T. L. Hall, so 6th street
northwest.
Federal Watchmens I niOn, No. 14964.
is to hold it's monthly meeting tomor-
row morning at $50 O'Clock at Moose
Hall, 7th and G streets northwest.
A meeting of the Real Estate Brokers'
Association is to be held in the rooms
of the Chamber Of Commerce this
evening at o'clock.
The belgian Relief Sewing Circle
will not hold its meeting tomorrow,
owing to the illness of Mrs. S. IL. Carr.
.Opportunities'' is the subject of a
lecture to he given by William Knowles
Cooper. general secretary of the i. NJ.
=. a, before the gymnasium classes
Monday evening. This is one of
series of lectures on Safety First"
being given under the direction of the
physical department OF the association.
The series will ~sose April 1G.
The City ana Suburban Railway is
named as defendant in suit to re-
cover $4,000 damages for alleged per-
sonal injury filed in the District Su-
preme Court by Annie sullivan. Through
Attorneys William II. DE Lacy and w
Gwynn Gardiner. the plaintif says she
was attempting to aliEht from q car
at North Capitol and II streets July S
last. when the vehicle was started sud
he
ground.
James NJ. Carper has filed suit TO re-
cover $1,000 damages from the Capital
Traction Company for alleged personal
injury. He says an automobile belong
ing TO the company was negligently
operated December last near Sth and
r streets and collided with him, In
1iicting painful and permanent injury.
lie is represented by Attorneys Joe q
Brown and Leckie. Cox & Sherier
Policemen from the second precinct
last night about 1880 O'Clock respond-
ed to an alarm Of fire from the home OF
Samuel Berman, 1223 5th street and
extinguished a small fire in a closet
Slight damage to clothing resulted
The fire was started from i lighted
candle.
verdict of accidental death was
reached by a coroners jury at an in
quest yesterday in the case Of Elias
Ross, colored. 22S g street southwest
who was struck by 1 bucket on the
District sand wharf Tuesday afternoon
and diec at Emergency Hospital
Jasper Marshall. coiored, flftv >eurs
old, 1884 9Th street. last night Jumped
from a window of room at Garfield
Hospital, where he was a patient, but
received no injury. Later he was taken
10 Washington Asylum Hospital
Raymond LuIba. csiO 18th street. wa,
hurt last night about 1870 O'Clock in 4
collision between his motor cycle and
q street car AT 14th and Harvard streets
He was able TO go home after he had
received treatment 1T u physicians of
nee.
The regular meeting of the bright
wood Citizens Association will be held
tomorrow night at O'Clock in The
BriglItwood Public School Accordiue,
10 President Charles ". Ray. a number
Of important matters will he discussed
f>nIiipOlis Grotto. Mystic Order oi
Yelled Prophets, viii hold the inaugu-
raj ceremonial session Of its new wear
under Monarch /. S. Goldsmith at the
New Willard Hotel this evening at 80
o'clock. II Will be preceded by an in
augural parade in charge OF Grand Mar
shall Charles a. Stevens and Past Mon
arch J.. r. Pullman. Grand Monarch
William J. Cross, chief executive of the