Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-03
HAPPENINGS N ALEXANDRIA
RED MEN GIVE THEIR FIRST
ANNUAL BANQUET.
Homecoming Week. Plans Discussed
at Executive Committee, Meet
ing-Police. Court Gases.
Cnrrespopdence cf The Star.

Special Correspondence of The. Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 5. 1909
Seminole Tribe, No. So. I. O. r. NJ,
gave it's first annual banquet last night at
the Hotel Rammel. which was attended
by practically every member of the. lodge.
Toasts were responded, to as. follows:
i"Our Tribe" J. William May; Our Or
der" W. S. Nicklin: Noted Red Men,
H. Noel Garner. Patriotism Of. Member
ship J. H. Trimper: Freedom. Friend
ship and Charity" l.. p. Woodward: "A
Prophecy" R s. Barrett Others who
made speeches were as follows: Kenneth
W. Ogden, A. Leroy Jameson and Carroll
H. May. The following. committee had
charge of the arrangements: K. w. Og-
den A. Leroy Jameson and. Carroll r..
May Officers of the lodge are as fol-
lows: J. William May. sachem; r. >.
Barrett. prophet: A. L. Jameson. senior
sycamore; D. E. Robey. junior saga
more: G. H. May. keeper of wampun; T..
L. F1nks. collector of wampum
. The executive committee of the home
coming. week held an adjourned meeting
this morning at the rooms of the cham
her of commerce. when plans for the
event were made. and the financial end
of the- proposition was also discussed.
Potomac Lodge of Odd. Fellows has APP
pointed the following committee to CO.
operate with the homecoming week COM
mittee: George H Hinken, George, w.
Bontz and James. o Meara.
Two Deaths.
+ Charles W Rush. thirty, years old. died
Yesterday afternoon at his home, 1bl3
Duke street, following a lingering illness
OF typhoid fever. Besides his wife. two
children survive. Mr.. Rush was a. son
of. p. L. and Alice Rush. and was. a. na-
tive of, Fa,,quier county. Va. His funeral
will take place tomorrow, afternoon, and
burial will be made in Bethel cemetery.
Mrs. Marie Travers. Wife of Robert S.
Travers died yesterday at her home. SO
Queen street. after a protracted Illness.
She was fifty-three years old and besides
her husband lis survived by the following
children: Mrs. Lay Zones, John r. Trav-
ers and Charles W. Travers. Her funeral
will take place at 3 o'clock this afternoon
Charles Davis was charged in the police
court this morning with failing to prop
eriy provide support for his wife. Davis
told the court that he had requested his
wife to accompany him to Washington to
live and that he would arrange for her
support, but that she had refused. Justice
Cation announced that he thought it best
to have the matter adjusted In a civil
court and acquitted the prisoner.
Taft Not to Attend.
President Taft has declined an invita-
ton to be present at the. unveiiing of a
tablet at, Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church April 23 which will bear the
names of those who served as pallbearers
at Washington's funeral.
In the police court this morning W. H.
Bolten was fined 50 on a charge of be-
ing drunk in the street. 6. w. Lee for
feited s. collateral on a charge of dis
orderly conduct on the electric cars.
Commonwealth Attorney Samuel G.
Brent, who has been in Guthrie Okla, for
some time past, returned home today.
At a meeting of Potomac Lodge Of Odd
Fellows held last night, three candidates
received the intiatcry degree of the
order.