Evening star., 1917-01-06

was also given as fifty-five years, was
returned late yesterday afternoon for
cancellation. No reason was assigned
for the change of intention of the
parties, the note accompanying the
returned license merely conveying the
information that the marriage was not
to take place. Col Kroll drew red
lines across the application on the
record and cupid sighed.
Officers of the Legion of LOYAL
Women recently elected to serve dur
ing the ensuing year are to be installed
room of the Raleigh Hotel at s o'clock
Monday evening. Mrs. Ada II. Weiss
president, is to preside
Jennie Butler. coIored, hfty-seven
years old, 315 7th street southeast
charwoman in the District building
died suddenly this morning. She was
taken i'll while at work and died be-
fore she reached Emergency Hospital.
Coroner hewitt gave a certificate of
death from natural causes.
Addresses by Representative Joseph
Taggart of Kansas and Z. j. Ayers,
chief clerk of the Interior Department,
and the election of officers are to be
features of the meeting of the Interior
branch of the Federal Employees Union
Monday evening at S O'Clock in Pythian
Temple.
ssThe Romance of the Telephone. IN
to be the subject of an address by J. o.
Martin at meeting of the Park View
Citizens Association Tuesday evening
at o'clock in the Park View Audito-
rum.
resolution unanimously indOrsing
the bib now in Congress to change
the division of Information of the De
partment of Labor into national en-
ployment bureau was adopted at
meeting of the Stone and Building La
borers' Union. No. As. last evening.
MOrdecai Johnson, international sec
retary of the Y NJ. c. A. is announced
to speak on This one Thing" tomor-
row afternoon at 3:45 o'clock in the
Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Officers are TO be elected and Eugene
4. Jones of the local bar is to speak L
meeting of the Society of Medical
University Club. The subject of the
address is to be Some Legal Aspects
of the Liability sof Hospitals for the
Negligence of Physicians and Surgeons
in Injury to Patients"
Harry Sandbers. is 10 speak at a
meeting of the Y. w. Fl. A. Thursday
evening in its clubrooms, 1880 10Th
street. A musical program also is to
be given. Announcement has been
made that the club will give a fancy
dress bali February 22 in Eiks' Hall.
Miss Elizabeth Lorenz is chairman of
the dance committee.
A musical program by Prof. William
Il. Mundells orchestra is to be fea-
ture of the meeting of the Pennsylva-
mia Society of Washington this even
ing at 8 O'Clock in Perpetual building,
11th and f streets northwest. Mrs. c.
NJ Curry is chairman of the entertain
ment committee
Roland II. RodricsS was held for the
action of the grand jury in 81. 500 bonds
yesterday in the Police Court on
charge of embeZZlement. 1t is charged
the defendant embeZzled $4,000 from
the Famous Players film exchange, by
whom he was employed When ar
raigned before Judge Mullowny he en-
tered a plea of not guilty and waived
preliminary examination.
Pleading guilty to n charge of lar
tenced today in the Police Court to
pay a fine of s25 1t was charged he
stole n gun valued at $40 from Joseph
C. Williams Detective Hewlett made
the arrest.
DIR. Clarence J. Owens. managing d.
rector of the Southern Commercial
Congress, returned to Washington this
morning from a trip to New York,
where he had gone to discuss plans for
the next session of the congress with
Oscar Straus, who has just accepted
the chairmanship Of the citizens COM
mittee to arrange for the congress- Mr.
Straus, who was former Secretary of
the Department of Commerce and La
bor, is to be at the head of a commit
tee of 100 to Arrange for the congress
The personnel of the committee is TO
be announced in a few days.
sSThe East Coast of Africao In to he
the subject of an illustrated lecture
by DIR. John Nelson Mills tomorrow
evening at o'clock in the Gunton-
Temple Church. DIR. Mills recently re-
turned from a trip to South America,
where he took the pictures with which
he is to illustrate his lecture.