Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
.Chemi.try and the War, Is to be I


of Washington, to be held this evening
at s:l5 o'clock at the Cosmos Club,
Tne b-oaSe .tstne Of Pocahont.s
which IS to be erected on jamestown
Island when sufficient funds are avail
able is now on exhibition at the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. The Pocahontas
Memorial Association of this city in
vites all of its friends to inspect tho
statue before ii is removed from the
gallery.
DIR. Ella 6. stone. formerly chairman
of the child welfare committee of the
Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs.
IS to be the guest of honor Mt a tea to
be given by the College Equal Suffrage
League tomorrow at its headquarters,
1926 Rhode Island avenue. Mrs Mary
Freeman Inkster will be hostess for tho
league. while Miss Veronica Tegethoff
Will preside at the tea table.
Officers are to be elected Mt the nm
nual meeting of the College Equal Suf-
fraGe League Monday evening at
o'clock at suffrage headquarters. 1928
Rhode Island avenue.
Two physicians Mt Providence Hos
pital have reported TO the police
thefts committed at that institution
yesterday. DIR. Samuel ]. Glass was
robbed of gold watch and fob and DIR.
j. 7. Lehr of his pocketbook. con-
tanning SIS.
Sarah +. Van Dorm. 1907 woodhin
street, Cleveland. Ohio, yesterday aft
ernoon reported to the police the loss
of a velvet coat. which she stated was
stolen from Memorial Continental Hall
She valued it at SIS.
Members of the Cranch-TyIer Home
and School Association are to present
THE Village Postmaster" at Eastern
High School this evening for the bene-
fit of the association. Yeoman A L.
Thompson of the Mayflower is to tell
of the life in the navy.
Views from all sections Of the United
States were shown in an "all-American"
lecture given by r. Hays Hamilton
last night at MacMahon Hall, Catholic
University.
Richard Harden Camp, No. .. United
Spanish War Veterans, at a meeting
last night agreed that every one of it's
members who IS physically fit and
whose family is not dependent upon
him for support should offer his serv-
ices to the government for war. Will |
liam l.. Mattocks was elected senior !
vice commander and E. B. Doran Junior |
vice commander.
Justice Pitney of the United States !
Supreme Court has been named one of
the judges in the $1,000 contest being |
conducted under the auspices of the |
National Institution of Moral Instruc- |
ton of Children for the best code of
morals for children Seventy-fve per- |
sons already have entered the contest
and of these ffty-two have completed
their codes and have them ready to
submit to the board of judges. it is an
nounced.
meeting of the Carbery school
Alumni Association is to be held at
Eastern High School tomorrow even
ing. An entertainment has been ar
ranged and Walter c. Clephane is to
speak. Dancing is to follow.
coroner's jury. at an inquest held
at the morgue yesterday afternoon, |
reached the conclusion that the death |
of William Gibson, colored. who was |
knocked down by an automobile at 18th |
and II streets Wednesday afternoon and |
killed, resulted from an accident The
jury found that Mrs. Mary Cassels, who |
was operating the automobile. used
every precaution to prevent the acct /
dent and that Gibson was negligent
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Sd
street and Virginia avenue this morn
ing struck and damaged the heavy
stone wall at that point Police of
cation and reported the accident was
due to Charles Rollins, who was in
charge of the engine. losing control OF |
it Rollins was not injured.
Recommendations for public improve |
ments in its community are to be
April meeting of the Mount Pleasant
Citizens Association, TO be held tomor-
row evening at the Brown Betty Inn,
18th street and Park road.
The spring flower show under the
auspices of the Takoma Park Horti-
cultural Improvement Club will be held
tomorrow evening from to O'Clock
in the Takoma Public Library. The
judges will be Peter Bisset and F. L.
milford. both of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. The presi-
dent of the club is Prof. W. A. Orion
and the secretary w. T. Simmons.
The North Capitol and lexington
Citizens Association is to hold its reg
ular meeting Tuesday evening in the
Mathew G. Emery School. Lincoln road
and Randolph place. This meeting is
to be devoted principally to considera-
ton of public gardening. and several
prominent speakers who are interested |
in this line of work are to address the |
association.
a. Caminefti. commissioner general of |
Immigration. is to speak on The Cow
ernment's Efforts to Solve the Employ
ment Problem" at meeting of the /
social service conference to be held |
this evening at o'clock at St Johns |
College Hall, 18th street above H street. !
The quarterly meeting of the w. C. |
T. u. No. 2, was held yesterday at
John Wesley Church, 14th and Corcoran |
streets northwest. Addresses were |
made by Mrs. Turpeaus. Mrs. NJ w. |
Clair. Miss Ella NJ. Boston, Mrs. r. z. |
Maude f. Washington was the success |
full contestant in the medal contest. the |
gift of Mrs. Hetty SchontZ Pietrie. Mrs. |
Alma J. Scoyt presided.
.StratfOrd StrolIs'' is the subject of |
en- address to be given by Rev. DIR. J. S. |
Lemon at meeting of the Washington |
branch of the Shakespeare Society of |
America this evening at its headquar- |
tiers in the Cairo 1t is expected that |
final arrangements will be completed |
for the convention of the American |
Federation of Shakesperean Societies. |
the Shakespeare Society of America |
and the National Shakespeare Memorial |
Society. which is to begin Monday |
Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton is to sing. |
"Ancient and Modern Palestine, II to |
he the topic of free illustrated lee
ture which Rev. DIR. George S. Duncan
of the American University is to deliver |
tomorrow evening at s o'clock in the |
auditorium of Washington College, Sd
and t streets northeast.
Detectives are Investigating the dis
appearance of an envelope containing
$500 from safe in the Office of the
National Hotel The money belonged
70 a guest of the hotel. who left 1t at |