Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-06
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
TWO TOWNS TO COMBINE UN-
DER ONE CHARTER.
Favorable Outlook for the Necessary
Legislation Therefor-General
and Personal News.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


Announcement is made that the joint
committee on counties. cities and towns
of the state legislature has reported
favorably on the bill having for its OBJ
ject the Incorporation of Del Ray ana
st. Elmo under the name of Potomac
This bill will now have to come before
the house for passage. and afterward II
0vill go to the senate, and after passing
both branches it will come before the
governor for his signature. and In the
event it passes both houses and IS
signed by the governor it will then be-
come a law. and the people of these two
little thriving suburbs just north OF this
city will then govern Themselves. Ac-
cording to the provisions of the cnarteI
they will have mayor, councilmen ana
several other officers such as all small
towns have.
1T is expected by the residents of the
county that the bill will be acted on at
this session of the legislature livery
thing possible will be done by those IN
terested to have it enacted into law.
and the indications for it's passage, II
IL stated, are very auSpiclOuS
Chamber of Commerce Banquet.
The chamber of commerce will give its
first annual banquet Tuesday night next
at McBurneys Hall. Covers Will be
laid for over one hundred guests. and
NUMBER OF prominent peOpIc III &hC SoAii-
mercial and business world are expected
to be present and respond to toasts The
committee having charge of the banquet
is composed of A. d. Crockett, j. t. Will
liams and Marshall l.. King.
Among those expected to respond to
toasts are President w. w. Finley OF the
Southern Railway Company. Commission
er Mcfarland of the District of Column
bia President Cla renee P. King OF the
Washington. Alexs ndria and Mount YER
d NnYY1 nv
p. Taylor traffic manager of the Rich
mond Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road Company, and others several con-
gressrnen are also slated TO denver
speeches. Their names nave not yet peen
made public.
Riders Invited to Join Parade.
Cant. George X. Pickett. chairman of
the Fairfax county delegation who Will
take part in the parade which will be
held February %. today extended 1nvi-
tations to several hundred riders who
will. it is expected, take part in the
parade An invitation was today ex-
tended also to the Uniformed Maccabees
of the District of Columbia to partlclpate
The committee having charge of selecting
a chief marshal and mapping out route
for the procession will hold meeting to-
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock Tor that
work The meeting was to have peen
held today. but owing to the 1naoiiity OF
present it was postponed. The associa-
ton will hold meeting Saturday night at
. o'clock in the rooms OF the chamDer Oh
commerce.
Mayor Paff this morning on charge OF
having In his possession grindstone al
legged to have been at one time the prop
erty Of the city. After hearing all tne
evidence Mayor Paff fined the accused 50
on a charge of violating section ten OF
the rules and regulations governing the
working of the police force, which re-
Quires all policemen to render report
of all goods lost or stolen to the lieu
tenant in charge at the time
Fire Association Elects officers.
The Friendship Veterans Fire Associa-
ton last night elected the following OFF,
GERS: E. E. Downham, president; F. y.
Paff. vice president; ]. Y. Williams, sec
rotary; A. D. Brockett. James F. Webster
and ]. H. Trimyer, trustees: P. F. Cor
man, c. NJ. Griffin and Philip Didszoneit.
committee on engine; Louis Shuman, ST.,
Mark Norris and James Mansfield. COM
mittee on applications: E. E. Downham.
Mark Norris, Dallas Peyton. c. M. Griffin
and Philip Didszoneit, committee on
parade.
Mr. J. H. Trimyer presided over the
in eer Of + the sS building building in Which the
historic old engine OF which company
Washington was member Is housed. 1t
was also decided to take part In the
parade which will be held February %
The men will be attired in dark drab uni
forms. and will pull the old hand-engine
which In former parades attracted so
much attention.
General Items.
The Washington Monument Association
is considering the Visibility of securing
Shooters Hill and Spring Park, west Of
the city limits. consisting of about 40
acres of land, selling one-half of the
ground for building lots and making a
park out Of the residue. 1t Is stated, in
the event the project goes through, the
committee intends to erect a monument to
Washington in the proposed park.
The city school board will hold its regu-
lar monthly meeting tonight. at which
time considerable routine business will
come up for consideration.
The revival services which are being
conducted at the First Baptist Church by
Rev. E. F. Dudley of Norfolk, Va, at
tract q large crowd every night.
The attorneys representing George Mid
gets, colored, have notified Gov. Swanson
they have new evidence to file with
him in the case of Midgets, sentenced to
be hanged
Several freight cars over the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad
jumped the track at Accotink this morn
ing. causing a slight delay in traffic. No