The Washington herald., 1919-04-26
Southeast Washington
Personal News Notes

Citizens of the Southeast are becom-
ing much alarmed over the increas-
ing number of hold-upS and
burglaries in this section. Yesterday q
number of reports we're made to the
police of the Fifth and Eleventh pre-
cincts. Mrs Wilbur r. StoCh, 123
Sixth street southeast, states tha.
some one gained entrance to her home
Thursday through a rear window and
ransacked the house. An examination;
was made of the premises which re-
vealed that jeweIry valued at sla5 and
$50 in cash had been stolen. No one
was in the house at the time of the
robbery William Miller. of 5l9 Fourti,
street southeast. reported that his
nome was entered and ransacked
Mabel Rice. 215 f street, lost her
pocketbook while waiting for a car
at Eleventh and streets. The pock-
etbook contained about 81 in cash n
money order and identification card
William TT. Sanderson. 40 Seventh
street southeast, has reported that p
tire was stolen from the rear of his
automooile- Maggie NJ. Frazier. SlI
street southeast, reported that her
nome was entered, but nothing was
taken.
The regular meeting of the Rarrv
Farm Citizens Association was held
last evening in the Methodist church
IN stanton road southeast, with Presi-
dent Elzie S. Hoffman in the chair.
Ihe association is devoting its ener-
gles TO securing the permanent i'm
provement of the privately owned
streets in that section. and IL was
announced last night that the legal
proceedings necessary to acquire these
streets as public property would be
taken at once. Plans were presented
for conducting a three-day country
fair the latter part of August an,
thls movement. it was said. is attrac-
ting much attention 1t is believed
that this fair will be the means of
stimulating interest in the growing of
gardens and raising live stock, as
prizes will be awarded competitors
along these lines.
With the Washington Herald vot-
ing contest closing tonight at IL
O'Clock. Harry Buscher, popular
southeast boy. is anxious that his
friends know that he is still in the
night. and anyone desiring to as
,sist him and at the same time be-
come a reader of this paper, can
do so By sending in their subscrip-
tons direct to the contest editor
before the close OF the contest to-
night Mr.. Buscher has held his
own so far.
A special meeting Of the Navy
Yard Workers Open Forum is TO be
held next Sunday afternoon at
o'clock in Washington Hall Third
and pennsylvania avenue southeast
when Representative Heating will
De the principal speaker. The COM
mittee is expecting a large crowd
In addition to the address an in
teresting program is being ar
ranged.
A number of prominent business
men Of Anacostia have incorporatad
a company. which will be known as
the Anacostia Improvement Company
and its object will be to deveIop the
suburb by the erecting of modern
homes. Already a tract of ground
near Sixteenth street and Good Hone
road southeast has been acquired and
seven modern homes will be erected
there. Other sites are now in view.
Fifteen men comprise the company
with J. Frank Campbell as president.
Mineola Tribe No. Il improved
Order Of Red Men. met last night in
the hall in Good Hope road southeast
with a large number in attendance
with degree work as the principal
business of the evening. At the
close OF the business a social time was
enjoyed
Arthur II. Chapman. 10 Sumner road
southeast, while riding a horse in
Nichols avenue yesterday. was struck
by an automobile driven by George
Knight. SO Pierce street. Chapman
was not seriously hurt