Evening star., 1918-05-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

/ SCn8tOE CSIcy ~VhSS ~ W
ington and Wayne B. Wheeler. gen.
eral counsel Of the Anti-Saloon
League OF America, Will DO the
principal speakers at prohibition
meeting at Calvary Baptist Church
! tonight. The meeting will be held
under the auspices Of the Anti-Saloon
| League of this city. and will have
! bearing on matters pertaining to ma
tional prohibition and ratification OF
the proposed constitutional amend
ment.
| A. s. Hnlsey was reelected president
of the Washington navy yard branch
of the American Society of Marine
Draugrtsnen at meeting held
i Thursday evening at Masonic Temple.
Stn ana F streets. northwest Other
officers elected are: Vice president. l..
j. Fairchild; secretary. F. j. Racer ;
| treasurer. II. l.. Boesch. and TO inc
| board of governors. w. c. Thorn. The
| following were elected delegates to
the annual convention of the society
a. S. Halsey, H. L. Boesch and W. r.
Rose; alt.rnates, /. ]. Fairchild ana
F. j. RAIDER.
Brig. Gen. G. d. knight. Engineer
| Commissioner of the District. viii
| pre- sent the awards and the banner
to the company of high school cadets
to be held at American League Park
June and 4. other high officials
and members Of the staff Of the school
system will be in the reviewing stand
Fire of unknown origin occurred In
the office of the Pittsburgh By-Prod-
uct Coke Company. 25th ard H streets
Firemen got it under control and eso
tinguiShed it before more than SlOO
damage had resulted.
Dissolution Of partnership is asked
against John Caras and A. Davis. in
the District Supreme Court. The
parties are conducting a lunch room
at 825 1ith street northwest me
business was started May l ana n
was forced to leave. he says. May 20
because of irreconclable differences
between him ard his partners.
The commission appointed by JUS
tice Mccoy of the District Supreme
Court to assess the value of TIE land
to he condemned for the approaches
20 the Key bridge will view the land
tomorrow morning at o'clock
Counsel in the case and the members
of the commission will meet at S4th
and NJ streets and will go over the
Guired.
Warrington COlOred Druggfsts' As
sociation will present three of its
members who have entered the war
service gifts of esteem either today
or tomorrow The men to be nonored
are Dr. Alexander w. Sample. who is
stationed at the Howard University
training camp; Lieut.. Richard E.
Banks at Camp Meade and DR.. Roscoe
D. Pinkett at Camp Meade. The com
mittee in charge is composed Of DR..
E. S. Harris. DR.. E. 0. Peters. DR..
George H. Butcher and DR.. ]. W..
Douglas.
The entire proceeds of a dance for
men in uniform at the Thomson
School, 18th and L streets, last night
will be turned into the Red Cross
war fund. The dance was held under
the auspices of the Thomson Com
munity Center.
Unrestricted sale of firearms in the
District and the latest attempt of
Congress to abolish the half-and-half
system of appropriating the District
budget probably will be discussed at
| a meeting of the Midcity Citizens
| Association at 1909 7th street. to-
| morrow night. A. ]. Driscoll will
preside.
Commander j. Clinton Hiatt of VIII
| liam B. Cushing Camp No. 80, Sons
of Veterans. U. S. A.. has appointed
Senior Vice Commander A. j. Schip-
pert. Junior Vice Commander James
S. Jones. Patriotic Instructor A. Van
Ness Burst. Maj. Frederic S. Hodgson.
Capt. Francis E. Cross. Lieut.. Roscoe
L. Oatley. Silas E. Robb. William
Rosser. w. F.. Garlick, William F.
Wolfe, A. B. Barringer. H. w. Rut-
ledge, C. S. Davis. G. r. Scott. L. B.
Raymond. Capt. c. o. Howard and
Lee A. ONeill as ushers for the me-
mortal exercises to. be held by the
Department Of the Potomac. G. A. r..
at Metropolitan NJ. E. Church. tonight
at s o'clock. Other organization, con-
sisting of Sons of Veterans, u. S. A.
Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of
Veterans and Sons of Veterans
Auxiliary, will attend the exercises.
| The Young WOmen's Hebrew Assoc
| citation is to give a play and dance
| at Odd Fellows Hall the evening OF
; May % when local talent is to pre-
] sent a program that. it is said, will
| contain many surprises in the way of
vocal and instrumental numbers
| dancing and acting. In line with war
time economies, the girls of the asso-
citation are to take the male parts in
the play.