Evening star., 1918-01-23


| Treasury. will inspect the drill ana
| rifle practice of the volunteer guard dl-
vision of the Home Defense League in
the armory of Dunbar High School
Thursday night. All members. Of the
! organization are urged to be present.
| Miss Lydia BiSeloyv fs to sing at
meeting of the Young Women's Hebrew
Association tomorrow evening at the
association headquarters, 18th ana Y
streets.
! The lecture of DIR. John Y. iuddie
! 20 have been given at Friends Church.
/ 18th and Irving streets. has been post
poned from Friday to Saturday night.
| The postponement is to conserve the
| fuel supply. the church being heated on
| Saturday to prepare for the sunday
service.
| Daisy VI. Popkins has filed suit in
the District Supreme Court against the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany for $4,000 damages for alleged
personal injuries. Plaintiff alleges
that October is last she boarded car
of the defendant company in front OF
the Union Station and that the car
started with "such an unusual and ex-
| traordinary jerk or jolt" as to throw her
ously and permanently. Plaintiff is repre-
sented by Attorney Rudolph H. Ieatman.
Nine. Bimont. teacher of French at
Western High School. will talk on her
work among the orphans in France to
members of the Young Womens Chris
tian Association at 619 18th street to-
morrow night at o'clock. The Knit
ting Club of the Y. w. G. A., which
meets tonight at headquarters, has re-
ceived an order for hoods and wristlets
from the aviation section of the Signal
Corps.
Believing he i~ being pursued by per-
sons who want to kill him because he is
of German parentage. and that his
Army discharge papers have been stolen
by person who is drawing a pension
to which he is entitled, Howard Els
worth Nusbaum. forty-nine years old.
yesterday visited the Department of
Justice and asked to be assisted. The
result of his call was his arrest and de-
tention in Washington Asylum Hospital
for observation as to his mental condi-
ton.
The District OF Columbia Chapter of
the Red Cross will form a Monday
Morning Auxiliary of volunteer workers
in charge of Mrs Ida NJ. Galloway.
! chairman. at the District of Columbia
chapter house. 1901 Massachusetts ave
nue.. for war relief work for those who
are unemployed owing TO the heatless
| Mondays.
Miss Alice Hutchins Drake will give
a Tree lecture tomorrow morning at 1
clock in the clubroomS at s02 18th
street northwest on THE Quest of the
| Holy Grail" The talk will center about
the Abbey mural paintings in the Bos-
| ton Public Library. 1t will be preceded
| by brief resume of current history.
An entertainment and dance is to he
| given under the auspices of the Inde-
| pendent Order of Rechabites tomorrow
! evening at Pythian Temple, 1912 9th
street northwest, for the fund from
which s10O is to be paid to the family
or dependents Of any Of it's members
who lose their lives in the service of
| the United States during the present
war.
Mr.. Frances c. Aztell. woman menu
| Der of the United States emp,oyes, com
pensatfon commission will ADDRESS the
members of the Women's Alliance of
All Souls Unitarian Church at it's reg
uiar meeting Friday morning at IL
pensation Idea" The meeting viii ME he
held in All Souls Church.
The regular meeting Of Kit Car.op
Post, No. 2. Department of the Potomac
G. A. r.. will be held tomorrow night ~
Grand Army Hall. IiI2 Pennsyjyania
avenue northwest. Notices of the meet
Ing We're sent to the members TO-DAY by
John McElroy. the commander.
Alleging that her husband abused her
and kicked her when she Law helnless
or ,he floor Of their home. Mrs. Edith
3. Mascetta has filed suit in the nis
trict Supreme Court for limited di-
vorce from Angelo Mascetta. They
were married in Yonkers, n. Y. Janu-
airy 4. 1915. and have one child. At
torney W. A. Lee represents the wife.
John Satterwhite. coIored, forty-six
years old: Upper Marlboro. Nd. who
was was struck % by an electric car at River
dale: Nd. January /. died at Freed
mems Hospital last night Authorities
! OF Prince Georges county are inyesti-
eating the accident.
Annie Parks. coIored. e,rb,xe,c
years old. was found dead at her home
2o4I Champlain street, yesterday after
noon. Coroner hewitt gave a certificate
of death from natural causes
Two covers of the electric conduit Mt
Thomas Circle were blown off yester-
| day afternoon result Of an ex-
! plosion Of gas. The covers were
broken. but no other damage was done.
avenue. fell on the pavement in front
| of S12 x street yesterday afternoon
| and received severe injury to her
! arm. She was taken home.
|
i Marie Dabncy, c0lored, rs I street
knorthe4st. was accidentally overcome
| by Illuminating gas early this morning
! A physician from Casualty Hospital
rendered first aid. and said he thought
| she would recover.
The will of Jean Marie Perrcard, the
well known restaurauteur, dated April
| "a. 1914. has been filed for probate He
leaves $1,000 to his sister, Josephine
| Perreard of Lyon. Ere nee. and 5000 to
| a nephew. Joseph Perreard of Paris.
| The remaining estate is devised to his
wife, Fannie Alice Perreard who is
| also named as executrix.
! william A. Harries of 62S Quebec
place northwest. prominent in local Ma
| sonic circles. is suffering today from
| the fracture of both bones in his left
forearm just above the wrist He Slip
| ped on Ice underneath the snow yes
terday morning only a short distance
from hiS home.