Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-08
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

uU N[WO lin DMu.
Walker d. Hines. former director
general of railroads. will speak at
the National Press Club, Tuesday
night, at $50 o'clock.
Potomac Council, No. 433. knights of
Columbus. will meet Monday night at
606 f street. A smoker has been ar
ranged for. followed by music and
boxing numbers by Father Fealy' s
boys at Fort Myer.
Gov. Lynn J. Frazier Of North Dn-
kota will be the luncheon forum
speaker at the City Club, Wednesday
afternoon at 1890 o'clock. He will
speak on the workings of the Nom
Partisan League in the northwest.
Students and members Of the fac
ulty of Columbia University School
have adopted resolutions to wear old
clothes longer. at a recent meeting, IN
effort to combat the high cost Of liv-
ing.
The Polish Club will meet tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Moose
Hall, 9TH and G streets.
The Axor.. nm open forum for the
discussion of religious and philosoph-
1csl questions, will meet tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock at 2101 G
street. DR.. J. J. Shirley and DR.. E. E.
Richardson will speak.
The Grade Teachers' Union will hold
its annual meeting tonight at 8
o'clock >the rooms of the Teachers
Club. 11tH and F streets. Election of
officers will be held.
DR.. Charles Alphonse Smith, head Of
the English department at Annapolis,
will speak at 8 o'clock at the Wonf-
ems City Club on Naturalization of
american Literature"
xAe social and red letter DEPART
Rent of the w. c. T. U. will give an
entertainment at the w. c. T. U.
headquarters. 522 9Th street. Monday
might at o'clock.
A meeting to reorxanixe the IRE de-
partment Of Bethesda will be held
Monday night at 8 o'clock at the home
Of George Bradley.
Another spelling bee will se held
Tuesday evening.
The Woman's Club Of Hyattsville
will meet Monday night at o'clock
In Masonic Hall. Miss Julia Wade
Abbott will speak.
The p. f. o. weekly luncheon for
resident and nonresident members
will be held Monday afternoon at
1880 o'clock at 1900 I street.
The Tri-Post Club Of the American
Legion has arranged to hold joint
dances every Saturday night. begin
ming tonight. at its new clubrooms.
1482 14th street. All members of the
legion invited.
The Red Triangle Outing Club hike
for tomorrow afternoon will begin at
3 o'clock at the end Of the Congress
Heights car line.
An open mass meeting for team.
STEERS chauffeurs. stablemen and help
ers under the auspices of Chauffeursi
Local Unions 625 and 654 will be held
night at s o'clock. Daniel J. Tobin
will speak. All workers. including
ladies' invited.
The Piney Branch Citisens' Asso-
citation will meet Monday night at 8
O'Clock in the Iowa Avenue NJ E.
church, corner of Emerson street.
A local drive for Sweet Briar's cam.
paign for s1.0O0.000 will start June l.
10 which fund all Virginians in this
city are asked to contribute. as well
as those interested in women's educa-
ton.
The opening session Of the Ameri-
can Sociological Congress will be held
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at
the Metropolitan Memorial NJ E.
Church. DR.. Clarence j. Owens will
give the welcoming address. Com
missioner Louis Brownlow will be
vesper services will be held tomor-
row afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
Blue Triangle Recreation Center. 1885
18th street. under the leadership Of
Mrs. Louise Williams Of the Metro
politan Baptist Church.
The freshman .prom" Of St. Johns
College will be held tonight at
Rauschers. Patrons are Albert D..
Esther. Lionel "Tansley, Dennis Con-
nell. Frank P. Fenwick. Leo A. Rover.
N. A. keane. Michael Hester. j. Leo
kolb. Z. J. Quinn, e. p. l. Moran and
James johnson, jr.
A bullet fred through q window Of
q car Of the Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis electric railway last
evening near the Benning road bridge
narrowly missed a passenger. The
police were told OF the incident and
are investigating.
A defective Aue caused q Ore ut the
Immaculate Conception School, 1917
Sth street, yesterday afternoon No.
engine company extinguished the
flames.
About so damage was done by Ore
TO an automobile truck owned by
George Martin of Goth and NJ streets
yesterday afternoon at Connecticut
and Cathedral avenues
Taken Ill while ON n street car At
9Th street and Pennsylvania avenue
yesterday, Harry y. Hall. seventy
four years old. OF 1900 1ith street was
removed to Casualty Hospital He
was found to be suffering from heart
trouble, the police were told.
Richard A. Sprouse. seventy-six
years old, OF 6 Canal road was struck
by a freight train while walking on
q bridge over the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal Thursday and was knock ed
into the water. He was rescued and
taken to Emergency Hospital.
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