Evening star., 1918-05-25
CITY. NEWS IN BRIEF.

presidency OF Hobart College to en-
gage in propaganda work for the
League to Enforce Peace. will be the
speaker at the second in the series
Of meetings at the Peace Cross at
Mount st. Adams Cathedral tomor-
row afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
The annual memorial exercises of
Lincoln Circle. No. 3. Ladies of Grand
Army of the Republic. will be held in
the rotanda of the Capitol tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Lessie e. Finley has f1ed suit
for, ar absolute divorce from James
" Frlsy n%k. They yevamhsp we're married s1a at
and have no children.
No further collections for the Sec
retariat Franchise des Villages Libe-
is announced today by the society.
The organization has on hand all the
supplies which can be packed and
shipped during the summer. All
wishing t. make donations are urged
TO hold their gifts until October l..
when they will be gladly received.
While there IL NO Oversupply OF hsh
being received at the wholesale mar
ket at the wharf. the stock. dealers
state, is ample to meet the demand.
from the nets in the river. the bulk
Of the supply on sale here having
been caught in Chesapeake bay and
in the northern fisheries. Wholesale
prices this morning were as follows:
Roe :had: % cents a ,. pound; !; buck buck
q pound; trout. from 5h to cents
a pound: croakers. to 3h cents a
pound. Soft crabs. coming from the
bay. are small In size. but are In
good demand at about 80 cents a
dozen. Crabs from the lower river
are looked for at any time.
3. n. Fabian. pianist. Will appear In
q concert this evening with Maude
Fay for the benefit Of the overseas
rest homes for. furloughed American
Warrington. sergt. Trumpe. tenor.
also appears in the program. Mr..
Fabian will play a Chopin program.
Several companies Of Aremen yes
terday afternoon responded to a call
from box 27e and found a fire in the
house of Mary e. Lewis. 1915 Vermont
avenue. The fire was started by a
sulphur candle burning in a closet.
and 500 damage resulted.
An overheated stove last night
caused a small fire In the house of
Hattie Hopkins. 1920 X street. DAM
ago amounted to $50.
A collision between two motor
cycles near 11th and o streets south
east last night resulted in injury to
Frank w. selby. twenty-one. Chel-
tenham, Prince Georges county. Md.
He was taken to Casualty Hospital,
where he was treated for a severe in
jury to his foot and shock. Police
Of the NTH precinct did not learn the
identity of the rider of the other
motor cycle.
Pupils Of the Corcoran School of
Art will be awarded prizes for the
years work At a reception at the
Corcoran Gallery OF Art. 18th street
and New York avenue. Friday even
ing. May 81. From $3.50 until 1880
o'clock the work of the year will be
"Capt. Lettarblair,' play show
Ing the war activities of the United
States during the year 1918. and par
ticularly the devotion of the young
people OF the country to tho cause for
which II 10 fighting, was given by the
Dramatic Association Of Central High
School at the school. last night. An
night. The play is to raise $1,000 to
pay Centrafs pledge to the Red Cross
Those who took leading, parts in the
performance were Godfrey Mcdonald,
as Capt Lettarblair; Madeline OBrien
and Edward Trunheim.
The United Confederate Veterans Of
the District of Columbia, Camp III,
and the Sons and, Daughters Of Con-