Evening star., 1920-03-27
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

fet the Government Service Club, Fort
eoMyer, Va, will hold an indoor ath-
petic meet tonight of the burlesque
game variety.
The bowling schedule for tonight at
the Carroll Institute. 91S 10th street.
will be postponed and the alleys will
be opened to the public. A dancing
program has also been arranged
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler. Presi-
dent of the Columbia University. Will
be the guest and principal speaker of
at o'clock. featuring the fifth presi-
Dental candidates night.
All members of the Gibbons Club
are invited to attend a social even
ing at the Catholic Community Cen
tyr. &c: Z street. Monday night at
O'Clock.
Seventeen seniors from the depart
1nent of electrical engineering of the
Ohio State University. Columbus. Ohio.
arrived here yesterday under the dl-
rection of Prof Francis {. Caidwel!
for the purpose of studying the local
industries in addition to some sight
seeing. The group is staying at the
Continental Hotel.
Rev. J. A. H. Irwin. pastor of the
PRESBYTERIAN Church at Kilead. near
Belfast, Ireland. will address the
Friends of Irish Freedom at their
meeting tomorrow night at COL L
street.
C. j. blanchard of the reclamation
service will give an illustrated lee
ture this evening on out of the Beat
en- Path at the Interior Department
Auditorium under the auspices of the
rl,,h i.f,, IF "a
activities of the government and
scenic wonderlands will be shown
Wade c. Stafford Of the Department
of Agriculture lectured at the Sid
well Friends School Yesterday after
noon on Our Economic Debt to the
American Indian" He showed pic
lures of the achievements of the In
dians illustrating their discoveries of
edible and medicinal plants.
The West End CitiI ems Association
will meet Monday night at o'clock
at the Concordia Lutheran Church.
goth and G streets. Capt. c. c. Cal
houn will speak.
The Chiroprnctfc Association Of the
District of Columbia will meet tonight
~ o'clock at the Office of DIR. Win
field s. Whitman, in the Bond build
ing, 18th street and New York avenue.
Citizens Association will meet Tues
day night at o'clock at the Emery
School A special entertainment will
be held.
While working mt 1.5S Rhode Island
avenue yesterday afternoon John
Dalton. ia Sd street. fell from the
second floor to the basement and re-
ceived injuries to his back and side.
He was taken to Emergency Hospital.
The committee Of the Phoebus Edu-
cational Association invites all men,
hers to attend lecture by E. Glyco-
fgides on Treaties on Chemistry" to-
morrow at the Pythian Temple.
Twenty members of the Building
Owners and Managers Association
of Philadelphia are visiting this city
for the inspection of the various
buildings under the jurisdiction of
the Interior Department and other
government buildings. E. j. Ayers is
In charge.
While handling n pistol at 81 De-
frees street last night about o'clock.
James Zarondis. 1911 l. street, acci
dentally shot himself in the right foot.
He was treated at George Washington
University Hospital.
A deliEhtfuIly humorous. play. en-
titled Fanny and the Servant Prob
lem" was given last night in the
auditorium of the Park View School
by the Park View Players, an anna
teur organization recently formed to
promote dramatic effort in the Park
View Community Center.
Suffering from n stab wound I'm his
left Side Silas Jefferson. colored, 2630
X street, was taken to Freedmens
Hospital from lunchroom at 11th
and u streets about AIS o'clock this
morning He told the police he did
not know the identity of the man
who stabbed him.
Frank NJ. Schmidt. seventy years
old, was found dead on the floor of
his room in Mades' Hotel, Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Sd street. yesterday
afternoon He had been in the tai
1oring business in Havre de Grace.
Nd. and had occupied the room in the
hotel the last two months. Coroner
NAvitt gave certificate of death from
Aatural causes.
Edward Jordan. colOred. seventy
four years old, died suddenly yester-
Gsy afternoon at his home. IA f street
southwest Coroner hewitt made an
eXamina ation of the body and con-
cluded that death was due to natural
causes.
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