Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-17
CITY. NEWS IN BRIEF.
The George A. Fuller Company

plaintiff says he was employed on the
construction of the annex to the Pow
hatan Hotel, at 18th street and Penn
sylvania avenue, when a wheelbarrow
he was operating November % last be-
came jammed and he was held suspend
ed in the air.
Edward T. Stevens of 1O3 I'd street
southeast reported to the police that
he was assaulted and robbed of $40 at
y street and Virginia avenue last
nlght by three colored men, MI Stevens
told the police he was walking along
the street when the three men sur
rounded him and. after one of them
had struck him, took his money. He
was unable to give the police a de-
scription of the men.
Slight damage was done to two auto
mobiles in a collision last night at
| PENNSYLVANIA and Executive avenues
northwest. One machine was owned
by Theodore s. Wilkinson of 1000 r
street and the other by the Federal
Taxicab Company No one was in
! 1ured.
A truck owned by Hughes Brothers
OF Sth and streets northeast was
| damaged when a car of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company
struck 1t last evening at 18th and East
| capitol streets. James Bowman, COL
| ored, was knocked from the truck and
| his leg sprained. He was treated at
| Casualty Hospital.
| Twenty-Five photograph records were
stolen from the home of Miss Elizabeth
! Tear, 2S09 Sherman avenue some time
| since February 8, she reported to the
police last night.
The apartment Of Charles NJ. CALDWELL.
the Astoria. was entered yesterday and
| clothing and some small pieces of jew
elry were stolen. Entrance was gained
by means of duplicate key.
Arrangements for n dance and enter
tainment on Washington's birthday
| of Capital-Harmony Council, No 5, Sons
of Jonadab. Daniel P Myers presided
and short speeches were made by James
F. Peake, e. w. sanderson. grand sec
chief: John r. A1ahoney. Earl w. Bal
ley, n F. Thompson. w. L. Hardesty,
H. H. Eiker. John H. Jaeschke, George
E Ourand, Wayne w. Cordell and R. E.
| Campbell.
Members Of the Independent Order,
| Sons of Jonadab, are to extend greet
| ings to Blaine Newport this evening
at "a farewell reception in John c. Daley
! Council. No. 3. Mr.. Newport leaves the
of the bureau of pensions for Virginia,
North Carolina and east Tennessee
| Addresses extOllinE Abraham Lincoln
were delivered at exercises held by
| William B. Cushing Camp. Sons of Vet
! Grams. last evening in Pythian Temple
lin commemoration of the 10Sth ami
versary of the birth of Lincoln. The
speakers were Representatives Sher-
wood of Ohio, Crago of Pennsylvania
and Morgan of Oklahoma Silas e.
| Robb presided.
recital from the writings of the
great Hindu poet, Tabindranath Tagore
| will be given by Mrs. Catherine du
| Pont-Joyce tomorrow evening at Theo-
sophical Hall. 1916 H street northwest
| Mrs. duPont-Joyce is from London,
was a member of Mrs. Patrick Camp
touring this country. She is we'll ac-
| quainted with Tagore and his country
and will give some impressions of them
| The lecture is free.
Rules for keeping in good health were
| given by DR.. Joseph Murphy, chief
medical inspector in the public schools
of the District of Columbia. in an adj
dress before the mery-Eckington
Home and School Association at the
Emery School last evening.
Mr.. Hamilton of the Catholic Univer-
sity delivered an instructive illustrated
| travelogue on Glacier National Park
| Thursday afternoon before the pupils
| Of ST. Patrick's Grammar and High
| School. The pictures consisted of hand
colored slides of the park. besides
| lumber of scenes of Washington, New
| York and Salt Lake City. The lecturer
| brought before the youthful audience
the beauties of their own country and
inspired them all with a desire to See
| America First
Prof. Joseph S. Ames is TO be the
principal speaker at the annual meet
ing of the Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society to be held Friday evening,
February %, at $40 o'clock at Rausch-
ers Photographs illustrating the work
! in Washington are to be shown and
the annual report of the society is to
! be read
| DIR. f. F. Martyr of Martinsburs. w.
! Va, is announced to speak on Team
! Work" tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock at the 18th street branch of the
Y. NJ. c. y.
| .,The Life of Washington" Is to be
: the subject of an address by Louis OF
! tenberg at the Grover Cleveland School
Wednesday afternoon at 1870 o'clock
! in connection with the exercises COM
memora ting the birth of Washington.
suitable to the occasion is to be given
| by the children of the school.
| The Washington Saengerbund is to
give a masquerade ball Monday even
/ ing at it's hall. 314 c street northwest.
| An informal dance is to be given on
| George Washington's birthday
| A Joint installation of officers of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
! Woman's Relief Corps, Department of
Potomac is to be held this evening at
$ O'Clock at G. A. r. Hall. Officers are
! to be installed by Mrs. Mamie Talmers.
! Necessity for uplift work among
women is to be the subject of an adj
dress by DR.. Charles H. Moore. state
| inspector of colored schools of North
/ Carolina, tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock at the Columbia ACADEMY g sa1 7o4
Wage-Earners Association. Nine. Anita
Patti Brown of Chicago is to sing a
/ solo, accompanied by Nine Margerie
Graves Robinson. All women are in
| vited to attend.
Rev. DR.. J. L. Gordon to Speak.