Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

CITY NEWS LIN BR1Et.
Universal military training and other
questions of the hour" are to be con-
sidered at meeting of the public order
committee of the Board of Trade to be
held at the Commercial Club April II
AT 1890 pm. A number Of prominent
persons have been invited to address
the committee.
The New Hampshire State Association
is to hold its next meeting Monday
evening at the Dewey Hotel. The fol-
lowing entertainment has been pro-
Vided: Miss Harriet Shaw. contralto;
Jason Waterman, rotations Mrs
! Mary F. Abbott, musical readings, and
selections by the Mohawk Quartet.
Mrs. Virginia del c. Johnston is to
read a paper on The Relations of Art
to Philosophy" at a meeting of the So
ciety for Philosophical Inquiry TO be
held Saturday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock
at the Public Library.
Decision to endeavor to raise several
hundred dollars by popular subscrip-
ton for the maintenance of free
dental clinic was reached at a meeting
of the Cranch-Tyler Parent-Teacher
Association yesterday afternoon at the
Cranch building. Miss J. G.. Lockwood,
a teacher at the Cranch. told of the
work which has been done in Philadel-
pnld through dental Clinics III. II. VI
Johnson. supervising principal of the
ninth division, Endorsed the proposition.
Enthusiastic Endorsement of President
Wilson's appeal for authority to prose-
cute war against Germany was given
at the meeting last night of Gen. Guy
/ V. Henry Garrison. Ma. 9. Army and Navy
| Union. The garrison is composed large
| ly of honorably discharged soldiers and
| sailors of the army and navy. To tender
| the services of the garrison to the
President a committee was appointed
! composed of w. It. Conray, commander;
| J. Clay Smith. adjutant: Frank Coal
man, c. Z. Tippett and John H. Paynter.
| Time of meeting of Gen. Leonard
| Wood Garrison No. SIS. Army and Navy
| Union. has been changed from the first
and third Fridays of each month to the
second and fourth Thursdays. The first
| muster under the new dates is to be
| held next Thursday evening, when cleo
! tion of officers will be held to fill sew
, eral vacancies caused by removal of
| comrades from the city. A smoker is to
| follow the muster and election. Plans
! for benefit dance to be given the
evening of April % are being made.
| Announcement IL made that there will
! be open house at the y. w. II. A. 1880
| 10th street northwest. Sunday evening.
1 Members and their friends are invited.
| No. "a engine company this morning
| about 4:l5 o'clock eXtinguished fire in
| garage in rear of 3215 18th street
| where an automobile belonging to
| Henry Dismer, 14th street and Park
! road. was ruined. Damage to the car
and building amounted to 5000.
! "COnst Defenses" was the subject of
a lecture by Capt. William K. Wilson,
| assistant chief of the coast defense di
! vision of the War Department, Wednes-
| day night in the assembly hall of the Y.
/ he % Wi
| stereopticon slides and motion pictures,
the most interesting of which being a
series of pictures taken at Fort Monroe
! to show the proper method of ram
| ming a cannon. Members of the coast
| artillery company composed of stu
| dents of George Washington Univer-
! sity were present.
! lumbia yesterday closed for the Easter
| holidays. They are to reopen one week
| from Easter Monday.
| difficult TO pronounce, and has asked
| the District Supreme Court to permit
him to change it to Joseph Sanford
He is represented by Attorney Harry A.
| Grant.
| John Dickson. cOlOred, recently In
dicted by the grand jury for joy riding
! yesterday was called for trial In Grim
| maj QlNlSlcn L OF tfe blSITlcC supreme
Court, Justice Gould presiding. After
consultation with his counsel the de-
PENDANT entered plea Of guilty to the
| charge. The court imposed a sentence
of one year in Occoquan. but on motion
of Attorney Harry L. Tignor the sen
| tence was suspended and the man was
| released on probation.
Representative NJ Clyde Kelly OF
Pennsylvania is to speak at the regular
meeting of the Pennsylvania Society Of
Washington. to be held tomorrow even
ing at 8 o'clock at the Perpetual build
Ing, 1101 L street northwest. Rober
W. Lamberson. chairman of the enter
tainment committee. has arranged al
interesting program.
Michel Jacobs, painter and sculptor
last night gave a lecture before the
Arts Club on the spectrum theory OF
color. which he discovered.
Miss Eva Bovvles, national secretary
Of the Y. W. c, A., is announced to speak
before the @. Y. W.. C. A. tomorrow
afternoon at 3 O'Clock at its headuuar.
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