Evening star., 1918-01-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

! The dance to be given by kallfpolis
Grotto at the New Willard tomorrow
night promises to be one of the events
of the season. The music will be fur
nished by two orchestras and a brass
band. The proceeds of the dance are
to be devoted to the purchase of war
savings stamps.
service will be discussed by the Pet
worth Citizens Association at a meet
I, ing in the Petworth School. Sth and
] Shepherd streets, tomorrow night.
The mothers pension bill will he dis
| cussed at joint meeting of the Con-
gresS of Mothers and Parent-Teachers'
Association at the Home Club tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The meeting
will be addressed by Mrs c. E. Stoddard
on conservation of clothing for school
children. A musical will be held after
| the conference. Mrs. Bertha Gottsman
and Mrs. Julian Brylawski will sing
and Mrs. Charles Hyer will play a
piano solo.
Members of Goldsmith SlKmund's
family. residing at 1920 Pennsylvania
avenue. were early risers this morning.
They were aroused by a fire in the
chimney, which necessitated calling on
the fire department. F'iremen prevent
ed the spreading of the fire and extin-
guished it before more than $50 damage
had been done.
Explosion of an oil lamp caused an
exciting time in the house of Chester
Ellis, 1414 New Jersey avenue, yester-
day afternoon. The fire was quickly
extinguished without any property
damage resulting.
Community improvement matters viii
be considered at a meeting tonight d
| the Hillsdale Citizens Association at
the Barney School building on Nichols
avenue southeast. Attendance of all
members is urged by C. S. Shipper, sec
| retary.
George II. Woodson of Buxton, Iowa,
and Rev. d. Dewitt Turpeau will be
night of the Bethel Literary and His
tor1cal Association in the Metropolitan
A. NJ. z. Church. Music will be fur
nished by the choir of Mount Zion NJ. E.
Church.
ciety, which was to be held Tuesday.
January IS. in Luther Memorial Church,
l4th and streets northwest, is post
poned until January %.
The Congress of Mothers and PARENT
row afternoon at o'clock at the Home
Club, IA Jackson place. The mothers
pension bill and conservation of cloth
| ing will be discussed. A musical and
tea will follow the business meeting.
A meeting of the board of education
Will be held at the Franklin School
Wednesday at $3.50 pm.
A new class in French will begin at
/ a &c naly la,- <ls
rection of Mile. Pegure, formerly in
structor at the school of the Misses
Maret on Connecticut avenue.
Thomas Martin of 40 sth street
| southwest was slightly burned about
the face while attempting to extineuish
a fire in the basement of 705 5th street
| northwest shortly after 9 o'clock this
| morning. He refused hospital treat
ment. The fire was caused by the ex-
plodins OF a coal oil stove. About SIS
| damage was done.
match case and watch chain, valued
at $3.50, lost by Capt. Robert r. Glenn
ball Saturday night at the Willard
Hotel. has been recovered. The missing
articles were found and turned over to
the hotel authorities. They were turned
! over to Detective En1brey yesterday
when he inquired for them.
Richard H. Coxen today filed suit in
| the District Supreme Court against the
| Standard Concrete Steel Company for
$4,000 damages, alleging personal in
Juries. Coxen, who says he is a car
penter, alleges that while employed
September Z last at the Arlington Hotel
site in the construction of the building,
a wooden plank furnished by the COM
| pany. upon which he was standing,
broke. causing him to fall distance of
fourteen feet, fracturing the bones in
his foot and dislocating his right ankle
joint and permanently disabling him.
| Plaintiff is represented by Attorney AL
win L. Newmyer.
Edward NJ. Ford, who was indicted by
the grand jury on a charge of murder
in the first degree in connection with
the death of his wife, Ella Ford, Feb
ruary 20, 1916, was placed on trial this
morning before a jury in Criminal
Court No. 1, Justice Stafford presiding
The prisoner is represented by Attor-
neys Hawken and Dickey, and Assistan,
District Attorney Lsahy appeared for
the government.
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