Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Beque.t. of 500 each are made to

Requests of 800 each are made to the
Little Sisters of the Poor, st. AIMS In
FAINT Asylum. the House of the Good
Shepherd. St. Josephs Male Orphan
Asylum and st. Eincent's orphan Asy-
lum by the terms of the will of Ellen
H. Croggon. dated February 2. 1914.
and offered for probate. The pastor of
St Aloysius Church is given $500 for
masses. The remaining estate is de-
vised to John ]. Fuller and Leo A.
Rover in trust for two grandchildren
of the testatrix. Jessie Robinson and
Josephine Robinson. both of Philadel-
phia.
Police of the second precinct yester-
day afternoon participated in an excit-
Ing pursuit of colored man who was
wanted to answer a charge of depreda-
ton on property He visited vacant
house at 1919 New Jersey avenue and
cut gas fixtures from the pipes. but was
discovered and frightened into drop
ping them. The police say they know
his identity and will capture him.
Policeman jerome jenkins of the fifth
precinct was taken i'll while on duty in
Southeast Washington this morning
about $3.50 o'clock. Physicians at Cas-
ualty Hospital examined him and said
he was not seriously i'll.
Members of the Home Defense League
of the sixth precinct are to hold a,
meeting tomorrow evening at Z o'clock
at GonZaga Hall.
The July meeting of the Rhode Island
Avenue Suburban Citizens Association
Is to be held tomorrow evening at s
o'clock at the Sherwood Presbyterian
Church.
special meeting to receive the re-
port of the primary committee is called
by the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tons for Thursday evening at o'clock
In the board room of the Municipal
building
support of Representative Dyer in his
efforts to bring about a thorough in
vestigation of the East st. Louis riots
is pledged in resolutions which have
been adopted by the Young Mems Pro-
tective League. The resolutions decry
the 'lawless and heinous outrages" and
express the hope that the guilty parties
Will be brought to Justice in order that
a recurrence of such disaster will not
again darken the pages of American
history"
suit in the District Supreme Court to
recover $4,000 damages from William H
Lacy for alleged assault. He says Lacy
struck him blow with his fist which
knocked out two front teeth and seri-
ously impaired his nervous system. The
PLAINTIFF Is represented by Attorney H.
Winship Wheatlev.
DIR. William /. Ogu. of this CITY. n
graduate Of the George Washing ton
/. University Dental School. class of 1917
has been appointed first lieutenant
dental surgeon in the United States
navy reserve force. and is stationed at
Boston.
Free Instruction in the rudiments of
the French language is to be given at
the Mason House. 1906 goth street
northwest for army and navy men. The
woman's section of the Navy League is
in charge. The lessons are held in the
evening from 1880 to $40 o'clock.
Mrs. Mary H. Wesley. who disappeared
from her home, 909 Sth street northea st
Saturday morning, July IA. leaving her
husband. T. W. Wesley. post blacksmith
at Fort Myer. and three children, is still
missing. Last night the police were
told that Mrs. Wesley was seen walking
through the Agricultural Department
grounds. She was bareheaded, said the
informant. and was with two other per-
sons.