Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-23

| An unidentified cOIOred hoy stopped
near 18th and streets yesterday aft
! ernoon and removed parcei posi-
package from a post office delivery
wagon. When Herman Radisch
Brentwood, Md, driver of the wagon
! attempted to arrest him, the boy
drew knife and attempted to cut
him. Radisch released his hold on the
| boy and the latter fled.
Miss Hazel Beatty and Miss La.
| Johnson. 1911 K street. have asked
| the police to recover wearing APP
parel, valued at more than $500, stol-
en- from their room yesterday.
| George Griffith. eighteen years old
Waterbury. Conn, picked up a re re,
volver from an automobile in 1ronl
of the National Theater this morning
about o'clock and proceeded to ex-
anime it. The weapon was accioenl
ally discharged, the bullet entering
| Griffith's left leg He was taken to
| Emergency Hospital.
While passing through Logan court
last night about 8 o'clock. John Bun
| dy. colored, A l. street. was snot ~
| the left leg by an unidentlned col
, cred individual Surgeons at Emer-
! pency HospitaI found that the bullet
! had passed entirely through MS leg
Police of the second precinct are Try
ing to find the person VINO nreo the
/ shot.
Howard University will hold Its an
nual alumni conference OF scnoo
religion at II o'clock on the morning
of May 90, in the main building OF
the university. The alumni luncn anu
lreunion will be from 1880 to O'Clock
| on the afternoon of that day. and com.
mencement exercises of the school OF
religion at s o'clock in the evening
| in the Rankin Memorial Chapei.
President william F. Ham OF the
Washington Railway and Electrlc
Company will address the Mld.Clty
Citizens Association on street PROP
lens of the District of Columbia at
| o'clock Monday night, at l0e9 tn
street northwest.
The Grand Chapter. Order of the
| Eastern Star of the District OF Co
! lumbia, is arranging a pilgrimage 70
Seattle, Wash. to attend the general
Grand Chapter meeting in July
Meeting of those interested will be
held at Masonic Temple tomorrow
night.
The CaLuccus Club of the Office OF
| the surgeon general will hold dance
| at the Arcade private ballroom, l4th
and Park road northwest. the even
ng of May 81. Tickets may be ob-
| tanned from Eagle Hut, K OF Z. ouiid-
| ings or any member of the club.
! Acacia Lodge. No. IS. F. A. A. NJ.
will observe ladies' night with re.
| ception and dinner at the Ebbltl
| House, tomorrow evening at 7:5t
! o'clock.
DIR. HI, ID. Gibbs of the bureau OF
chemistry told the Chemical Society
of Washington at the Cosmos Cluh
| last night how the United States mad
developed new dyestuffs because OF
| war necessity. K. p: Monroe OF tne
same bureau, explained the com
| mercial preparation of invertase for
| making strip from sugar cane.
The Ohio Girls, Club will entertain
| with dancing. cards and refreshments
at Wilson Normal School. 18th and
| Harvard streets, tomorrow night
| Ohioans invited.
| walter Reed Hospital boys will be
| guests of the Michigan Society at
| dance and card party at the Wilson
Normal Community Center at 1
O'Clock tomorrow night. D. A. Ed
wards, president. will be in charge.
| Senator Beckham OF Kentucky
spoke on Kentucky and kentuck
ians'' at a meeting of the Kentucky
State Society at the Thomson Schoo
last night. Representative Kinche
| loe of Kentucky presided.
The Wanderlusters' hike for Sunday
will be at 2:15 o'clock in the after
noon from 18th street and Pennsyl
yania avenue southeast to Benning.
The public will be invited to thu
hundredth anniversary celebration o
the birth of Walt Whitman at 12:1i
| o'clock June 9, in the assembly hal
of the Arts and Sciences building
George Washington University, 202
G. street northwest. This announce