Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
The council of adm inis trat ton Of tn

The council of administration OF the
United Spanish War Veterans. at
meeting last night at Perpetual Build
ing Hall. indorsed Representative
Sells bill asking an increase in pen
sions for Spanish war veterans. Rob
ert II. Wood presided.
Gen. VI. Emmett Ureil Camp. United
Spanish War Veterans. will hold a
watermelon feast at it's meeting to-
In the regular weekly educational
course for the soldier patients OF
Walter Reed Army General Hospital
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Eliot Thomson of the Washington
Loan and Trust Company. will speak
on The Ethics of Banking
Coroner hewitt held an inquest at
the morsue yesterday afternoon in
the case OF Walter Dyer. colored. who
was shot by Policeman Licarione OF
the fourth precinct two months ago
and so seriously wounded that he died
at WaShin~ ton Asylum Hospital Mon
day. The jury reached the conclu-
sion that the policeman shot Dyer in
defense of his own life. and eXoner-
ated him.
Washington Lodge Of EIks. No. Is,
VIII give to each of it's members who
serVed in the war card case with the
name of the recipient engraved on it
and the reason for presentation. A
bronze tablet containing the names of
lodge members who served in the war
will be placed in headquarters Mem
bers who saw service are requested
to register any evening this week, eX-
cept tonight, when regular session
will be held
Members OF the Y. NJ. H. A. inter-
ested in chess have organized a club
and Will hold their first tournament
tonight at headquarters. 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
The budget committee Of the local
Chamber of Commerce will meet in
the rooms of the chamber at 400
O'Clock this afternoon.
Members of the local real estate as
ISOLATION Will give reception to
John l.. Weaver. recently elected pres
ident of the National Real Estate
Boards, at the Wardman Park Hotel
tomorrow evening. The committee in
charge has arranged an elaborate pro-
gram.
Employees of the bureau of animal
industry of the Department of Agri-
culture will meet at O'Clock tomor
row night at the Wilson Normal
School and organize a recreation COM
mittee. There will also be election of
officers. followed by dancing.
The Domestic Arts Club will hold
classes in domestic arts at the Wilson
Normal School every Monday and
Wednesday evening, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Isabel Worieu. Special
attention will be paid to instruction
in millinery and dressmaking. There
will be a class tonight at 1880 o'clock.
Tomorrow evening at o'clock the
Federal Employees Union of the De-
partment OF Agriculture will meet at
the Wilson Normal School.
Thrift stamps will be on sale to the
public at the Wilson Normal School
tomorrow afternoon from to 5
o'clock and from to 9 o'clock in the
evening.
The Social Club will hold a dance
tonight at o'clock at the Wilson
Normal School.
The Capital Traction Co. Is named
$50, 900 damages filed in the District
Supreme Court by John r. Slater. The
plaintiff says he was a guest in an
automobile ride and when the ma
tracks at sth and f streets north
east it was struck by car and he
sustained serious and permanent in
jury.
The Naval Band II to serenade the
House naval affairs committee to-
night, the affair taking the form OF
concert from 1880 o'clock until $3.50
o'clock on the New Jersey avenue
side Of the House building.
The Petworth Community Center
will hold an entertainment this even
ing at the school building. 8th and
Shepherd streets. Pictures of trip
around the world will be shown. Chill
dren and parents will be admitted
free.