Evening star., 1917-09-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Teacher. in the Curtis school recent

Teachers In the GURUS Schooi recent
1y complained to the police that school
boys had purchased cigarettes from Il
so-called near beer establishment at
1926 NJ street. Policeman J. ]. Burke,
who was detailed to investigate the
complaint, sent two schoolboys, one ten
and the other eleven years old, to the
place and they returned with cigarettes
they reported having purchased. John
Walter, the employe who is alleged to
have sold the cigarettes to the children,
was arrested for selling to minors. He
forfeited $40 collateral in Police Court.
Representative Horace NJ. TOwner of
Iowa and Herbert l.. Davis, auditor tor
the Supreme Court OF the District OF
Columbia are scheduled to speak at the
opening exercises of the Washington
College of Law this evening at .
o'clock From 9 to 4 pm. an informal
reunion is to be held. Dancing is to
form part of the program.
Justice stafford has granted n limited
divorce to Eleanor Hanrahan from John
p. Hanrahan on a charge of cruelty.
The husband is ordered to pay perma-
nent alimony of S22.5 month. Attor-
ney W. II. De Lacy represented the
wife and Attorney Walter c. Balderston
appeared for the husband
The Women's Bar Association of'the
District of Columbia is to meet tomor-
row evening in the Washington College
of Law. Mrs. Ellen spencer MuSSey,
president of the association, is to pre-
side. A report is to be made by the
special committee on constitution and
bylaws of which Miss Ruth Halpenny
is chairman.
"Finers Researches and Wind Tun-
nell Investigations was the subject OF
an illustrated lecture given by l.. H.
Cooke of the navy yard at the first fail
meeting of the Washington navy yard
branch of the American Society of Ma
rine Craftsmen last evening at the Ma
sonic Temple, Sth and F streets north
east. A. S. HalSey. president of the
branch. who presided. outlined the pro-
gram for the coming months. The fol-
lowing were elected to membership in
the organization: J. F. Fontaine and
r. D. VanSant to junior grade. a buff
fet luncheon was served.
swoman's Duty in the Crusade
Against tuberculosis" is the subject of
an address to be made by DR.. J. Hay
den johnson of the board of education
Monday evening at o'clock at Israel
c. NJ. E. Church. Mrs. Julia Mason
Layton is to speak Sunday evening at
o'clock at the church.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
Calvary Baptist Church. sth and II
o'clock rs to give social in the par
lors of the church especially for SOL
diers and sailors.
Frank Breaker, a public accountant
of New York city, connected with uni
versity work there. addressed pupils of
the Washington Business and Civil
Service School last night on the sub
emphasized the superiority of scientific
accounting over the methods used by
the ordinary bookkeeper.
J. c. Tribby. 3115 NJ street. told the
police of the theft of two pairs of da-
mond earrings and an amethyst from
his place of business during the past
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Police of the sixth precinct are hold
ing for identification a chest of tools
found at 9Th and G streets last night.
william A. Schmitt, 302 G stree,
northeast, has reported to the police the
theft Of a blue serge suit. He was not
SO much concerned about the clothes
he stated. as he was about his Army
discharge. which was in the coat.
@why sIuxic.'' wa. the subject of 3
symposium at meeting of the Art:
Club last night. The speakers were DR.
Hamline E. Cogswell. director of music
in the public schools; Miss Leila Mech.
ciety of Fine Arts. and George J. Zol-
ney, sculptor. Mrs. J. J. White presided
DR.. Cogswell expressed the opinion tina
music is a necessity of our existence
helping us to fashion the symphony o.
our lives
The entertainment for the soldiers a
Walter Reed Hospital tonight is to b,
given under the direction of Herbert ID
Lawson, who has secured S. Percy Oil
ver's minstrels for the entertainment.
branch of the War Library Associa
tion has been formed at Fairfax Va
with Mrs. S. F. McCandlish at its head
Luncheons, suppers and other entertain
ments are to be given to raise funds
Efforts are being made to raise $500 il
Fairfax county
Mrs. NJ. II. kiStier has been choseI
superintendent of the Red Letter Day
Department of Chaplin Union, W. c
T. L.
Search for two missing automobile.
was instituted by the police last night
One of the missing cars. the propert,
of Augustus Brill. was taken by sew
eral boys without consent of the owner
who told the police he would prosecute
them in event of their arrest Th
other missing car belongs to the Wash
ington Gas Light Company. 1t wa
taken from in front of the Treasur,
Department about II O'Clock last might
Leonard Miller. 65SH Morton stree
northeast. last night about 8 o'clocl
visited Emergency Hospital and aske,
for treatment. saying he had taken 20!
son by mistake Shortly after h
reached the hospital his relatives aske
the police to institute search for him
Miller was at his home when he tool
the poison.