Evening star., 1919-04-15
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
National representation for the Dis

National representation for the DIS
trict is to be discussed at a meeting
of the Central Citizens Association at
College Theater. IF you are inter-
ested in the subject, come; if you are
not interested, then you must come"
reads the announcement.
Comrades of Gen. NJ. Emmet Urell
Camp, No. .. United Spanish War Vet
Grams, are to meet tomorrow night at
8 o'clock at Pythian Temple. 9th
street above Massachusetts avenue.
Senator Charles b. Henderson of Ne
vada. Miss Mary Van kleeck and John
S. Beach are to speak on the reciassi-
fication of federal employees at 3
o'clock tomorrow night at the new
Interior Department building. 18th
and F streets before the Interior
branch of the Federal Employees Union.
Charles ID. Warner, chief of the
Christian Science Monitor news bu-
reau in Washington since 1915. has
resigned. Before coming to Wash
ington he was connected with the
news department of the Monitor in
Boston. He has been engaged in
newspaper work for thirty years.
George Washington Post. Veterans
of Foreign Wars of the United States.
recently organized here, is to meet
Thursday night on the second moor
of Pythian Temple.
Annual ladies' night entertainment
of Richard ]. Harden Camp. NO.
United Spanish War Veterans. is 10
be held at o'clock on the night OF
to follow a program of music and speak
ing.
Trouble with an oil stove resulted
in a fire on the rear porch at me
residence of Charles ]. Gooch, 6435
Piney Branch road yesterday. The
fire did $500 damage.
The uses of the "wind tunnel" i'm
testing war aeroplanes was the sub
iect Of an illustrated lecture before
the George Washington University
Engineering Society last night by X.
H. Heald, of the senior engineering
class, who has been connected with
the testing laboratory Of the bureau
Of standards. Prof. G. W. Lewis of
Swarthmore College lectured on
"Aeronautic Engineering" Refresh
ments were served by members of the
Sphinx Honor Society.
Manuel Que.0n. president Of the
Philippines senate and head OF the
probably will speak at George WASH
ington University chapel exercises at
1878 o'clock tomorrow In the assem-
bly, hall of the arts and sciences build
ing. 1929 G street northwest. II he 10
unable to appear his place Will be
taken by two other members OF the
mission. graduates of the university.
The public is invited.
Miss Lasalia McCanrey has been ap-
pointed wardrobe mistress for the
presentation Of Moliere's Les Fem
mes Savantes' by the George WASH
ington University players in Central
High School auditorium on the night
of June 16. Jake Lenovitz is stage
manager. Miss Catherine Moran has
been named to confer with Prof. De-
Witt C. Croissant of the English de-
lations for the use of the players.
Miss Rose Brill will take the role of
Belise, and Miss Elizabeth Humphreys
will have the part of Armand.
Levi. Freeman, 81 N street south
west. yesterday afternoon found the
body of James Reeves, fifty-f1ve years
old, who worked about the oyster
wharf. floating in the river near the
foot Of 10th street southwest. Reeves
weeks ago, and it is thought he ac-
cidentally fell obervoard and was
drowned.
Joseph Randall, colored. nine years
old, is missing from his home. Sum-
ner road, Anacostia. He went away
ten days ago to go to a neighboring
to visit the store, however, and he
also failed to return home. When he
went away he wore a Buster Brown
suit, tan shoes and dark cap.
Mrs. Janet 8. Van Fleet, who died
April 8, left $1,000 to the Presbyterian
Home for the Aged. Other bequests
contained in her will include 81, 900 to
a cousin. Mrs. Lille Miller; $4,000
each to her cousins. William. Jean W.
and Robert Mif1er, of Cleveland, Ohio,
and 1,009 each to Mary Stewart and
her sister, Mrs. McEwan, of GLASGOW,