Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-25
LElANDRIA AFFAIRS
Proposed Reduction in Salaries
of Policemen.
ODD FELLoWs'cELEBRATIoN
Comment on Use Of Large Trap Nets
in the Potomac River.
THE POST OFFICE EXAMINATION
General and Personal News-Services
In the Churches-Explosion
Of Oil Tank.
THE POST OFFICE EXAMINATION
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


| ALEXANDRIA, Va, March "a, 1906
The announcement that Councilman Lead
beaten may Introduce a measure at the next
meeting Of the city council to reduce the
salary of policemen has caused adverse
comment by the members Of the force Tho
salary of privates Is $50 9. month"; and in
view of the service required OF them, they
contend that amount is, to say the least
not excessive
John w. Sorrell of Washington, a pri-
vate in the Alexandria Light Infantry. who,
as stated yesterday in The Star was ar
rested in Washington warrant sworn
out at the instance of Capt. p. J. Murphy
of that company. charging him with I'M
lawfully having In his possession property
belonging to the state of Virginia. was
given hearing In the police court today.
The quartermaster of the company testified
that the equipment specified in the warrant
had been issued to Sorrell the night before
the company went into camp at Basic City,
Va, last August. Sorrell claimed that he
took only his Khaki uniform with him.
leaving his blue uniform and rifle at the
armory Upon investigation the rifle that
he was charged with taking was found at
the armory and the charge against him was
dismissed
Alleged Insanitary Conditions.
Commemorative Attorney Samuel G. Brent
has called attention OF the agents for the
owners of the Braddock House to the in
sanitary conditions prevailing there and
stated that il such conditions We're not i'm
proved in the near future he would bring
the matter to the attention of the grand
jury at the next term Of the court. The
Braddock House. which formerly one
of the largest hotels in Alexandria. has of
late years been used a tenement house.
The building was recently inspected by
Chief William Rplt n W3SbIDcfn7, fire.
department and Chief Petty of the Alex
andria department, and, it Is said they
agreed that danger to the occupants would
exist In case of FIRE.
Odd Fellows Celebrate
Potomac Lodge, No. ~ independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, last evening celebrated
the sixty-eighth anniversary of It's organiza-
ton. A program appropriate to the occa-
sion was rendered. The local lodge was
chartered March 10. 1885, by the Grand
Lodge of the District of Columbia, Alex
andria being at that time part Of the Dis
trict. but when the Virginia portion was
receded, Potomac Lodge received another
charter from the Grand Lodge of Virginia,
dated October 1, 1916.
The anniversary of the institution Of Odd
Fellowship in the United States will be OBJ
served by Potomac Lodge and the Daugh-
tiers of Rebeoca Sunday, April %, when a
special sermon will be preached at Grace
Carpenter.
General Items.
Maline Churchman. the fifteen year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E.
Churchman, died yesterday at the home of
her parents In Fairfax county. near this
city. The arrangements for the funeral
have not been completed.
Charles Z. Clark, a Waterman employed
at the Belle Pre- glass works, died suddenly
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deceased was hfty-hve years old, and his
demise was due to paralysis. A widow and
several children survive him. The funeral
services will be held at his late home In
this city Monday afternoon.
Judge Barley OF the corporation court
yesterday granted DEGREES of divorce in the
suits of Mary Ford against James r. Ford,
Dora Adams against G. F. Adams and
Mary B. kerrick against John NJ. Kerrick.
The estate OF Barbara O Brien was COM
mitted to city Sergeant Cox for admins
tration.
Frank Laponty, who says he lives in New
York. was struck by a train Yesterday
morning while crossing bridge south of
Alexandria. He was brought to this city
and placed in the Alexandria Hospital,
where DR.. William NJ. Smith amputated a
portion of one of his feet, which was
crushed.
Trap Nets in Potomac River.
Many of the residents of Alexandria who
are interested In the Potomac shad fisheries,
not only as means of personal livelihood,
but also from a desire that the shad shall
not be entirely depleted, have called atten-
tion to the large trap nets which extend for
miles around the mouth of the Potomac and
in the adjacent waters OF the Chesapeake
bay and cut off the fish which would other
wise enter the river for the purpose of lay
ing eggs in the shallow water along it's
shores. These nets not only deprive the fish
of their natural spawning grounds, but, 1t
Is said, they are a serious menace to navt-
cation as well. The conditions are such
that 1t Is said to be impossible for small
boats to navigate the waters along the
shore, the nets extending so far into the
water that 1t Is necessary for vessels to go
miles out of their course to avoid running
into them.
The work of the Matching station of the
United States fish commission at Bryant'S
Point, about ten miles below this city, on
the Maryland side, which has been engaged
in collecting fish eggs and later shipping the
young fish TO various parts OF the country
for the purpose of stocking rivers with food
fish, has also been seriously hampered by
the scarcity of shad in the river During
the past season the force of men employed
In collecting the eggs We're able to gather
only 2,oO0.000, while 1t is said the average
number for a seasons work is about 100
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Examination at Post Office.
competitive examination under the rules
of the United States civil service commits
sion for the position of elerk-carrier will be
held in the Alexandria post office building
April Il. commencing at 8 O'Clock In the
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