Evening star., 1917-05-22
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Of st. Johns Church. Questions may
be asked after the lecture. Women are
invited.
The Cerinthian Yacht Club headquar-
ters, at the south end of the Highway
bridge. is a busy place these days. Eacn
afternoon. since the coming OF summer
Hike weather. the members OF the ctuo
60 over to the clubhouse, and on the
boats lying in the berths working par
ties are busy until the coming OF dark
ness.
President Thomas Hamilton Lewis of
Western Maryland College and several
Washington alumni of that institution
were guests of Prof. c. w. O'Connor
hast night at a musical in Studio Hall.
l21s Connecticut avenue northwest.
Students Mt George Washington Uni
versity have organized Masonic club.
with the following officers: President,
Andrew B. Estes, law school; vice
presidents. Louis Eugene Mueller.
medical school; Adolph f. Holm. Co
lumbian College; w. n. Brashears. dem
tai college; A. H. Russell. veterinary
college; Mr.. Jones of Acacia Fraternity;
secretary, John A. Fray; herald, Will
liam J. Hickman.
Washington Association, No. I. N. A.
S. E, at its meeting held last night ap-
erty bonds. THAT the association
stand by the President" was unani-
mousiy voted by the association.
Food control wa. advocated by Julian
Pierce. socialist, at an open-air meet
irg at Sth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest last night He recon-
mended the use of the system adopted
by the labor government in New South
Wales.
George Vaughan Seibold. son of MFR.
and Mrs. George G. Seibold, 756 Rock
who attended the
Plattsburg camp last summer, has en-
rolled in the Officers Reserve Corps
camp at Fort Sheridan. Ill.
A horse, valued ut $3.50, the property
of ". T. Galliher. 18th and streets.
last night about $50 o'clock fell on
Good Hope road, near the German Or
phan Asylum. and broke its neck. The |
animal was drawing a wagon and was
being led behind another team.
Albert Bandos, SO2 F street south
west, yesterday afternoon was thrown |
from his motor cycle near his home in |
collision with an automobile. He was
slightly hurt and his motor cycle was
damage to the amount of SIS.
Charles Bartlett, eleven years old. s21
9TH street northeast. last night about |
10 o'clock rode his bicycle against the
automobile of w. B. Fowler, 233 Massa-
chusetts avenue northeast, near I'd and
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hurt. His injury was treated at a
nearby drug store.
An exhibition of the work of the |
drawing, physical training and music |
departments of Eastern High School |
is TO be given Friday evening from Z |
to 1880 o'clock at the school. The ex-
hibition of the drawing department is |
also to be given Monday afternoon from |
2:30 to o'clock. /,
Representative Cramton of Michigan |
Is to deliver patriotic and religious |
address to the Marine Corps at the ma
rine barracks this evening.
Fire in the storage rooms of Isadore |
Goldberg, 1000 25th street, last night |
about 7:30 o'clock did 800 damage. 1t |
became necessary for firemen to cut a |
hole through the wall of the residence /
of Jeanette Ridgley, adjoining the |
burning building, and her property was
damaged to the amount of $25. Origin |
of the fire was not determined.
The body of Henry Hunter, colored. |
member of Company c., 1st Separate |
Battalion, d. c. N. G., one Of the two
soldiers drowned in Eastern branch last |
Friday afternoon, was recovered near |
the scene of the accident by the har-
Dor police yesterday afternoon. 1t is
stated that the body was in a standing
position in the mud and was found at
:
ging for the body of John r. Hopkins,
companion of Hunter, the other victim
or the accident.
When one of the street flushing ma
chimes Of the District and a street car
on the bureau of engraving line coll
ided this morning about 7:45 o'clock
at 11th and streets John Stewart, a
passenger on the car. who resides at
100S Park road, was cut about the legs,
while Thomas Walker, colored, driver
Of the District team. received fracture
of his right leg. They were taken to
Emergency Hospital
Miss Emma Gray, president of the
National New Thought Center, is to
speak on How to Realize Abundance"
tomorrow evening at o'clock at the
Washington Loan and Trust Building.
The public is invited.
Joint memorial services in honor Of
the deceased members of the fire de-
partment of the District are to be held
Sunday evening at o'clock at the
tian Association and the Firemen's As
sociation of the District.
DIR. William p. Herbst, jr., recently
appointed assistant surgeon, U. S. N,
has been ordered to active duty. DR..
Herbst is a graduate of the Western
High school and Of the Georgetown
Medical School, and has served as resi-
dent physician in both Georgetown
University and Columbia hospitals.
A meeting of the Brightwood Park
Citizens Association will be held to-
morrow night at o'clock in the
Brightwood Park public school, corner
9Th and InSraham streets.
The regular weekly drill of the Mill
tary Service Legion of the District of
Columbia will be held tonight at
o'clock in the National Guard Armory,
Az l. street northwest. Col Richard
d. Simms, president of the legion and
also president Of the District of CO.
lumbia Rifle Association, extends an
rifle clubs and of the Home Defense
League, desirous Of participating in the
drills, to report any Tuesday evening
at the armory.
Mary j. Smith Of Rverdale, Md, has
filed in the Probate Court a caveat pro-
testing against the admission to pro-
bate of an alleged will Of her mother,
Matilda R Holroyd. Charges of men
tai incapacity and undue influence are
made. The property is left by the al
legged will to another daughter. Attor-
ney Matthew Z. OBrien represents the
caveator.
Mrs. Marguerite e. Provost, nineteen
years old. who says she is subject of
King Albert of Belgium, through her
next friend, Lulu Metcalf. has filed suit
in the District Supreme Court for a
limited divorce from Tripon Joseph
Provost. a chef, to whom she was mar