Evening star., 1917-11-25
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

DR.. F. b. kinGsbury of the University
Of Minnesota. who has been commits
stoned first lieutenant in the Sanitary
Corps of the Army. has been granted
the war. He will be directly under
Maj. John X. Murlin of the food d.
vision. His work at first Will be in
the medical school.
A musical for the blind Is to he given
at the Library OF Congress Tuesday
evening at S:1b in pavilion !! ne pro-
gram will be given by Gustave " eckei'
DIR. Alexander Hamilton Rice. the ex,
plorer who has been commissioned
senior lieutenant in the Naval Reserves:
will have charge OF the lie partments of
astronomy and navigation at the Naval
Cadet School. ct New port. t. l.
Charles Wooster. ffty-eixht years
old. was found dead with a gas tube in
his r,outh in The BATHROOM of his home
at 1905 ] stree. southeast shortly be-
fore noon ysEterdaE- lie was Iouhd
by his wife. Carrie Wooste" vino de-.
tected the odor Of gas. The police
say they learned Ny. Wooster had oeen
in i'll health and was under Goctors 3
care.
Omen honse Is to he observed tOmor-
row evening. beginning at o CLOCK, at
the Young Womens Hebrew Associa-
tion l4th ard L streets. All are IN
vited
A report OF the White Cross free
employment bureau, of which Re:,
S. p. W. Drew is president, showed
that 1000 colored people had obtained
employment through this bureau was
made Friday by It's pi.s'.s..t its
also stated 400 colorsd women wanted
positions 10 do day work where theS
could go to their homes.
A special sermOn is to be given at
this evenings services at the Metropoi.-
tan A. VI. L. Church. OF which Rev. T. NJ
Tanner Is pastor.
The search for Herman kabansky.
who escaped Wednesday from the Dis
trict reformatory at Lorton. Va. where
he was serving life sentence for
murder was given impetus 'cSterday by
report from Alexandria that the fusi-
tive had been seen in that city. The
man had on blue overal!s and brown
coat.
Members of the Tuxkegee Alumni
Club We're urged to do greater things
for their school and country by Emmet
j. Scott of Tuskegee in an address at
Howard University Friday evening
meeting of the Junior Suffrage
noon from $50 TO $50 o'clock at Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage As
sociatiou Headquarters. 1926 Rhode Is
land avenue. This will be the first OF \
series of weekly meetings at that hour
under the leadership of Mrs. George w.
Nasmyth. who will conduct a class on
civil government.
Omcers are to be installed at n meet
ing of the Randle Highlands Citizens
tomorrow evening.
Henry G. keene and It. b. Boone are
to represent the Samuel p. Miller De-
batting Society at an interclass debate
with the Richard II. Alvey Debating
Society Saturday evening. The subject
of the debate will be That there
should be universal military training
in the United States after the war"
The Richard II. Alvey Society. repre-
senting the freshmen of the National
viii support the affirmative.
John W. keyes. who hns just been
elected president of the Professional
Chauffeurs' Association of the District
OF Columbia. left yesterday for Mount
Clemens. Mich. to assume the posi-
tion of motor instructor of the United
States Army. An important meeting
of the association will be held Friday
at O'Clock in the c1ubrooms, 10.
18th street northwest.