Evening star., 1918-05-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

William 4. POandexfer has filed suit
in the District Supreme Court to re-
cover $4,000 damages from Emlin j.
Britton for alleged assault. The
plaintiff says he was proceeding quiet
ly along Park road May l last when
the defendant struck him in the face
and knocked him to the ground
Worshipful Master Harry k.>Green
has arranged for patriotic night in
columbia Lodge, No. 2S5. A. F. d a. NJ.
Clarendon. Va, tomorrow in honor of
soldier and sailor MasonS. The grand
master of Masons in Virginia. Most
Worshipfui Earnest l.. Cunningham.
has been invited. Nearly third OF
Is now in the service.
Patriotism is to be the theme of a
pantomime to be presented by the
Council of Friendship Clubs of the
Y W. c. 4. at sis pm. May 81, in
Epiphany Hall. "Dianthe's Desertion
is also to be presented at this time.
The friendship clubs comprising the
council are composed of high school
girls in various parts of the District.
Miss Ruth NJ. keeney is in charge of
the activities of this group.
Explosion Of n EasOline stove yes
terday afternoon caused fire and ex-
citement in the house of Tony Cam
pagna. 32l12 Missouri avenue. The
fire gained but little headway and
was extinguished before more than
SIS damage had been done.
Augustus Abbott, a coIored mer-
chant at 901 4th street, was held up
by two unidentified colored men in his
4&- To- frA oho - oJo
The men entered the store and at
tackled him with n blunt instrument.
infiicting a wound over his right eye
Abbotts cries for help frightened the
intruders from the store. The wound
ed man was taken to Casualty Hos
pital.
Search In being made for two young
men who are wanted to answer for
the taking of SIS from a cash register
in William ODonnell's drug store at
Wisconsin avenue and NJ street yes
terday. 1t was reported that they
purchased packages of matted milk.
returned them and asked that their
money be refunded. and il was while
this was being done. police were told.
that the money was taken. Similar
complaints have been made by other
druggists.
Red Cross rally will be held In the
town hall at Vienna. Va. tomorrow
evening at $40 o'clock. Lieut.. Schade
of the French Foreign Legion, a Yale
student who went to Europe in 1915
wounded and gassed. will tell of
actual conditions at the front.
There will be a concert tonight At
the Y. NJ c. A. hut at 9Th street and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue for the enter
4 = mi nj n .taI
rines. A chorus of forty persons from
the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church will be the feature of the
program.
Memorial services of the Depar RI m Fl nj
of the Potomac. g. A. r.. will be held
Sunday night at Metropolitan NJ. f..
Church. G street and John Marshall
place. Invitations to attend have
been extended by the department TO
the Woman's Relief Corps. Daughters
and Sons of Veterans Ladies of the
q. A. X. and all other patriotic or
ganizations.
and Nathaniel Shields. colored. were
sentenced yesterday by Justice stat
ford in Criminal Division ] 10 serve
ten years each in the penitentiary.
The young men pleaded guilty to AS
saulting Henry J. Ready MAY g. The
victim explained that he had never
seen the men before the attack. He
was slashed across the face.
Central High school Will give Ia.
spring play tonight. Capt Lettar-
blair" is the title. and the play is an
appeal to the people of America TO
back up the boys in France. The play
will be given tonight and tomorrow
night al o'clock.
Mrs. A. G. Green was elected secrc-
tary Of the Garnet Community Center
at meeting held last night at the
Garnet School Judge Robert H. Ter
rell and Principals Rosetta Boston
and Katie c. Lewis were judges OF
the election.
Eugene T.. PrussInx. mem, ber OF the
Chicago bar, will be the speaker at
the regular meeting Of the Washing
cite. 18th and l streets. at II O'Clock
Sunday morning. His subject will be
The Morals Of George Washington. :
The public is invited
The Indiana society appropriated
SIS for the Red Cross war fund at il.
annual meeting at the Ebbitt House
last night. The society elected Off
president: Miss Kate S. Curry, frs,
vice president. Stanton J. Peeile. sec
ond vice president. Miss Anna y
Brown. third vice president: Mrs
Miss Mary Hughell, recording secre.
tary: John A. Huston. financial secre
fary. Victor Garrigus. treasurer ant
directors. Levi y Fouts, NJ. W Lewis
Merrick Williams and Mrs j. =
Hornaday-
The Capital Traction Company I,
named defendant in a suit to recover
$4,000 damages filed in the District
Supreme Court by Henrietta H. Rich
ardson for alleged personal injury
She was thrown from a car at 14tf
and X streets February 81, she
asserts.
The Sodality Union Of the Distric,
of Columbia, which was organized
last January. is to have its first pub.
lie demonstration at st. Patrick,
Church Sunday at 1870 pm. The
work OF tina union will be aloug the
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