Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

a reception in honor Of Mai. L. w. b.
Eees of the British commission mere Is
TO be given tomorrow evening by the
Welsh Cambrian Society in the parlors
of the First Congregational Church,
10Th and G streets northwest. All Welsh
people are invited.
c. NJ. Ripley and ID. A. O'Bannon of
the General Electric Company are to
lecture on Steam Turbines and Steam
Flow Meters" following the business
meeting of the Washington Associa-
lion. No l, n. A S E.. to be held Wednes-
day evening at o'clock at the associa-
tion hall, 1904 Pennsylvania avenue
.srhe Effort of France. of Her Co
lonial Empire and of Alsace-Lorraine'
is 10 be the subject of an illustrated
lecture by NJ. Marcel knight OF the
University of Nancy. France. and mem
her of the French war office, tomorrow
evening at $40 o'clock at a reception
10 be given at the University Club in
honor of the French mission and Am
bassador Jusserand.
4 meeting of Kit Carson Post, No. 2,
Department of the Potomac, G.. A. r.,
has been called for Wednesday even
Ing at o'clock in c. A. r. Hall.
An appropriation of 500 to buy n war
bond was made Saturday night at a
rally of John c. Daley Council. No 3,
Independent Order Sons of Jonadab.
Addresses were made by John c. roster,
w. Scott. Joseph D. Buckley. T. W.
Newman Thomas T. Hurdle. Mr..
Parker of Unity Council, No. :; James
+. Peake, John Jaeschke, Charles A. b.
Boyd, jr.. T. A. Hagerty, Patrick Flynn,
William A. Ridgly, jr.; Edward Glenn
entson and w. W. Smith. A midnight
lunch was served after the speeches.
h
ington Citizens Association is to be
held this evening at s o'clock at 314
Pennsylvania avenue southeast
With a view toward organizing CO.
operative farm development company to
,ultivate tract of $50 acres of land
IN Fairfax county, Va, a meeting of
persons interested in the project has
been called for this evening at o'clock
in the clubroom at the Y NJ. c A.
Plans for starting work on the ground
are to be made and it is expected that
work will begin some time this week
1t is planned to plant navy beans, pota-
toes and corn. The land is owned by
william P. Salter. who will contribute
the use of the ground when the COM
pany is formed.
The announcement In yesterdays Star
that Stonewan jackson Chapter, No.
20, United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, would meet this evening was
erroneous. The meeting was held last
Monday evening.
Mrs. Bridget Guerin, eighty-four years
old, 412 East Capitol street. this morn
ing about o'clock was found in her
room unconscious from illuminating
gas that had escaped from a fixture
that had been left partly open as a re-
suit of an accident. 1t is believed she
will recover.
f. Frank, night desk sergeant of the
eleventh police precinct, died at her
home, 439 18th street southeast. last
night about IL o'clock. She is survived
by her husband and two sons.
William H. Robertson and Bernard
Gleason. District national guardsmen,
were acquitted today by a jury in
Criminal Division l before Justice
Gould of charge of robbery The in
dictment alleged that April 10 last the
two guardsmen held up and robbed
William c. Guterman of the coast ar
tillery within the shadow of the court
house on I'd street northwest Gutter
man claimed that the young soldiers
took his watch. valued at s35, and $21
in cash from him. Attorney James A.
OShea appeared for the accused.
Mrs. James F. Oyster, has enrolled at
the officers training camp at Niagara,
n. Y. Mr.. Oyster, who will be twenty
one years old next month. was stu
dent at the University of Pennsylvania
when he heard his country's call He
was formerly student at Central High
School, where he was especially active
in athletic fields.
Washington is to be She scene Of the
next biennial convention of the Anti
Saloon League of America. the dates
being December IL to 10, inclusive, with
a preliminary meeting December 10.
The decision to hold the gathering here
was reached following an invitation
from the Washington Board of Trade,
the Washington Chamber of Commerce
aud the churches of the District of CO.
lumbia.
An overheated pipe yesterday morn
ing caused small fire in the house of
Lester Thomas. No. Goat alley The
fire did $40 damage. A similar amount
of damage was done by fire that oc-
CURED in the house of Philip Buchanan
354 F street southwest, yesterday aft
ernoon. A lighted match dropped on
pile of rubbish yesterday morning
started a fire in the house of George
Rollins. 2427 Snow court. Not more
than $40 damage was done
TALKS OF THE RUGGED LIFE "