Evening star., 1918-02-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Alleging that the overcrowdins of n
car caused the death of Rufus w. Bob
bitt, a passenger. January IS last, in
Anacostia, George A. Maddox. his ad-
miniStrator. has filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court to recover $4,000
damages from the Washington Railway
and Electric Company. Mr. Maddox
/ says that while Mr.. Bobbitt was on the
car about 100 persons were invited by
the company to enter the car and il
became so crowded that when Bobbitt
attempted to alight the jostling of the
1 crowd caused him to miss his footing
and to fall to the ground and to sus-
tain injury which caused his death.
| Antonio ParreIla has filed his answer
to the petition of his wife, Katie Par
rella, for an absolute divorce in the Su-
preme Court of the District. He denies
the charges of misconduct made against
him, as well as the allegation of cru
city and desertion. He further claims
| that the real estate owned by him
yields only $40 a month and that the
whole amount is taken up in caring
/ for membranes and improvements on
the property. He charges that the wife
has always failed to cooperate with
him in his undertakings and that she
| left his home. The husband is repre-
sented by Attorney Mark Stearman.
enteen years old, 1910 5th street. was
arrested yesterday by Detectives
OBrien, Mullen and Beckley and held to
answer two charges of assault with a
deadly weapon. 1t is charged that he
shot Leroy Gorham and Henry Smith.
both colored. during row in a pool
room at 1910 4th street Thursday night.
He will be given a hearing as soon as
the wounded boys are able to appear
in court
IA special talk will be given this even
ing by Matthews Dawson on The I'm
portance of Thought Control" under the
auspices of the Power League. The
league has formed a study class. which
will meet Tuesday evening of each
week. beginning next Tuesday, at SIS
pm. All meetings are open to the pub
lie and are held in apartment "a. 1884
18th street northwest.
A meeting of the sunday School In
stitute of the diocese of Washington is
to be held Tuesday evening at 1880
O'Clock at St. Margaret's parish hall,
Connecticut avenue and Bancroft place.
Rev. Philip Cook. rector Of St. Michaers
to speak on Religion. the Foundation
Stone of True Education"
A musical for the blind will be sayen
at the Library of Congress Tuesday
evening at SIS o'clock in pavilion Z.
Mr.. Frank AIvaA Parsons win lecture
at the National School of Fine and
Applied Arts at IL o'clock Thursday
morning. Mr.. Parsons is In possession
Eof a fund of facts relating to the arts
and has the faculty Of imparting his
information in an instructive and hu-
| morOus way.
/ DIR. p. J. Lennox of Catholic Univer-
Carleton, Irish novelist and short story
writer, at the February meeting of the
Washington Gaelic Society at the Hick-
man studio, 1340 New York avenue. at
musical program. under direction of
Miss Jennie Glennan, will include
Scotch, Irish and Welsh songs by
Charles +. Myers, tenor. and Edna Hill
yard Howard, soprano.
Ninety dollars left beneath a pillow.
! IN room at the New Varnum. it is
| charged. SO greatly tempted Katherine
| Eskridge, a colored maid, that she took
IT. The money belonged to IT. Cron-
| mite of Oklahoma, who is employed in
the Capitol. and he told police of the
! fifth precinct of his loss The money
was found where the maid hid it. Kath-
| crime was held to answer a charge of
| grand larceny.
Coroner Nevitt conducted an inquest
at the morgue yesterday afternoon in
the case of Bernice Harris, colored, ten
years old, who was run over by a motor
| truck in charge of Charles L. Smith at
26th and streets Friday afternoon
and almost instantly killed. The au-
topsy showed the child's neck was
broken. and the testimony convinced
the jury that the killing was an acci-
dent
Henry Ridgeley Randolph, eoIored,
twenty-four years old. member of
the red cap" force of porters at Union
station. was arrested yesterday after
noon by Detectives Stringfellow and
4 Embrey and charged with the theft of
eleven quarts of whisky belonging to
]. T. Stone, resident of Hillsville,
n G., a section of the country that is
reputed to be bone dry"
Four bottles of liquor were recovered
from trunk at his home, 1921 25th
street and he deposited collateral for
his appearance in Police Court tomor-
row.