Evening star., 1917-10-20

Gems Association Monday evening at s
o'clock at kidder Hall. s22 Goth street
Corcoran Thorn. member of the asso-
citation. will speak.
The Sunday School Institute conven-
tion of the diocese of Washington is
to be held Wednesday at St. Johns
Church and parish hall. corner of @
and Potomac streets northwest. The
mass meeting announced previously for
o'clock has been changed to a regular
night meeting at the same hour In St.
Johns Parish Hall
Harry Horner, a plate printer. has
consented to a decree by Justice Gould
OF the District Supreme Court. award
ing temporary alimony of 500 per
month to his wife, Bessie NJ. Horner
The wife brought suit for an absolute
divorce. naming a correspondent. She
says her husband makes $3.50 per month.
Attorneys Michael C. O'Brian and e. 4.
Giles appeared for the wife.
The District Of Columbia. the Ehret
are Jointly named as defendants in a
suit to recover $4,000 damages filed in
the District Supreme Court by Ida
frfedberger for alleged personal in
jury. Through Attorneys Darr, Peyser,
Whiteford Darr, she alleges that she
stumbled over a pile of bricks and stone
In front of building being erected
near 9Th street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. northwest and sustained serious
injury.
Mr.. Rose NJ. Bryan ha. been award
Cd by Justice Gould-an absolute di-
vorce from Charles G. Bryan. She is
allowed to resume her maiden name,
Rose NJ. Elliott. Attorney E. L. Gies
appeared for the wife.
More than $500 was raised in Dean.
wood Tuesday night at rally given
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid
Society Of the Church of the Incarna-
ton. The money collected will be used
to complete the interior of the church.
Of which Rev. Father Schwallenberg is
pastor. Mrs. NJ Altoona Goodrich was
crowned as queen of queens. The
amount each queen turned in was as
follows: Mrs. Goodrich. $135.64; Miss
Julia Owens. s55.10: Mrs. Hattie Jack
son. s43.76; Mrs. Essie Morris s24; Mrs
Annie Brown. $22.97: Mrs. Sallie Thorn
as. s21.24. and Miss Minnie Gordon,
$10.35.
The Arst of a series of military balls
to be given by the Federated Jewish or
9anizations and the Young Mems Hebrew
Association. operating under the Jew
ish board for welfare work in the Army
and Navy. will be held tonight at Elks'
hall. s1e H street northwest All men in
the military or naval service stationed
& in and around Washington will be made
welcome. Samuel Shulman Is chairman
Of the committee which has charge Of
the ball tonight. and Benjamin Levinson
Is vice president
Exercises in memory of the late Prof.
Hyland c. Kirk, for many years one of
the leaders in the Washington Secular
League, are to be held at Pythian Tenn
pie tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, un-
der the auspices of the league. Speakers
are to include John D. Bradley, presi-
dent: Rev DR.. Edward E. Richardson.
president of the Society for Philosophical
vnnrrfry. nd Hot-f
Word has been received here of the
sudden death at his home in Hacken-
sack. N j., of Robert Ballagh. uncle of
Mrs. Carrie E. Harrell of Yokohona,
Japan. who Is now In this city. Prof.
John Craig Ballagh of Toxic. Japan.
and Rev. James Hamilton Ballagh of
Yokohama are brothers Of the deceased.
The first of n series of eight lectures
on the city of Washington was given
last evening by Miss Alice Hutchins
Drake at the Young Women's Chris
tian Association; The theme Of the
brary." This series is being given
under the auspices of the educational
department of the association. of which
Miss Dorothy Copenhaver is the re-
Gently appointed secretary.
William b. LoveIess was elected presi-
dent of the altar boys of the Immacu-
hate Conception Church at the first
meeting of the season. Other officers
elected are John NJ. De Marco, vice
president: Carmon p. De Marco, secre-
tary. and John A Myers, treasurer
At a meeting of the class of 1918
Washington College of Law, held last
night. officers of the senior class were
elected as follows: President, Miss
Pauline NJ. Floyd; vice president, Mr.
Harry n. Foss: secretary. Mrs. Kate l.
Campbell; treasurer. Mr.. Leopold
Freudberg: speaker. Mr.. Warren r
Clardy: executive committee, Miss Pear
Mccall. Mr.. Truman J. Mead and Mr.
G. Holland Williams
The Women's National Press Assoeia.
tfon. at Its meeting last night in the
home of Mrs. Mary Lockwood in the
Columbia apartments. voted to utilize
all the funds of the organization in the
purchase of liberty bonds. Dr. c. w
McNaughton. who has recently returned
from work In the war hospitals ir
France. told of her experiences. Othel
speakers were Miss Janet Richards ant
Mrs George A. C. Christiancy of New
York. who talked on community gar
den work.
Men along the river front report hav.
ing seen numbers of bass in the cleal
waters Of the docks yesterday. At tn,
foot of 14th street several large bas
The minnows seemed to know that dan
ger existed in the deep waters of tn,
dock and large schools of them KEEP
in the shoal water, where the large
bass could not reach them. Taking ad
vantage of this several fishermen rig
ged up minnow nets and in few min
utes caught several hundreds of tn,
little dsh.
Rev. DIR. Cornelius woelfkin. pasto
Of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church o
New York. is to be the speaker at open
air religious services to be held for sol
diers on the Ellipse tomorrow after
noon at 8 o'clock. In the event tn
weather is inclement the program is t
be given in Polls Theater. The Unite
States Marine Band is to play. Kennet
s. Clark will lead community singing
w. Lathrop Mcaker of Lawrence
Mass. is TO deliver an address O.
Science and Religion" this evening a
1880 o'clock at Pythian Temple. MI
Meaker is a graduate of Lehigh Uni
yersity and Of the Meadville Theologi
cal School Meadyille, Pa,