Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-11
ALEXANDR|AAFFA|R AIRS
Corporation Court Will Meet
Next Wednesday.
WILL CAMP AT GETTYSBURG
Light Infantry Will Leave July l
for Observation-Disclosures
Indorse Taft Administration.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
| ALEXANDRIA. Va. June II. 1919
The June term of the corporation court
Judge l.. C. Barley presiding, will con-
vene Wednesday next, at II o'clock. when
a grand jury. summoned today, will con-
slider eleven criminal cases which will be
presented for consideration. Consider
| able other busiDess will also be considered
at this term.
| The jury is as follows: Oscar w. Phil
| lips, Leopold Ruben, Frank c. Creighton,
| r. W. Arnold, E. f. LAWYER. S. l.. Mon
roe, George S. French, George d. Hop
| kins. John McCuen. NJ. l.. King, Court
ney Acton and James T. Patterson.
| The list of the cases which will come
| before the jury for consideration has
heretofore been published in The Star
Most of the witnesses who will testify
before the jury We're summoned today.
Preparations are being made by the
members of lie Alexandra Light lnfan-
| try for attending the annual encampment.
which will be held al Gettysburg, begin
| ming July next. During the coming
week regular company drills will be held
at its hall, preparatory for the trip The
| members will leave here July 1 and re-
| turn TO Alexandria the morning of July 10
Ii is expected that many OF the state
| troops Will meet in this city. About fifty
men will go with the company. which
| Will be in command of Capt. r. l.. Stay
| maker. Members of the command are
looking forward to the trip with great
| interest.
! In the circuit court for this city today
| the will of Capt. Albert ]. Fair was ad-
| his estate to his widow, Jane E. Fair,
during her life. and directs that upon
| her death it revert to Harry E. Poss, to
be held in trust by him for the use OF
1 fIn hill Of h n1n al II a
Harry E. Poss qualified as administrator
Taft Administration Endorsed.
| The administration of President TAFT
was Endorsed at mass meeting of local
republicans las: evening at Odd Fell
lows Hall, North Columbus street. The
work of Joseph l.. Crupper, member of
the state committee, was also approved
| by the assemblage. after which eight
delegates with one-half vote each were
| elected to the congressional convention,
which will be held mere June 20. to
nominate d republican candidate from
the eighth district for Congress, who
will oppose Representative e. c. Carlin,
| the democratic nominee Eight com
| mitteemen were also elected, Two from
each of the four wards in the city.
ton uninstructed The meeting was
harmonious, and attention was called
| by the chairman to the fact that the
members of the committee are young
and active men, who will doubtless work
hard for the success of the party IN
| the coming campaign
Civic Improvement League Plans.
| Plans for an excursion to Marshall
Hall July were completed last night
at a largely attended meeting Of the
Civic Improvement League in the
rooms of the chamber of commerce. A
lcommittee of forty-one ladies was APP
pointed to arrange the sale of tickets
This committee is also empowered TO
name subcommittee to assist In the
| work. The business houses OF the CITY
will be canvassed by the members OF
the committee.
| Mrs F. j. Paf, chairman of the COM
mittee. presided. Proceeds OF the ex-
cursion will be used for installing
screens and making other improve
ments a t the city almshouse.
| Another meeting will be held Thurs
day night when the plans for SAFE
and sane celebration of July 4 VIII be
/ completed.
Potomac Lodge No. IS, Order of Odd
fFelows. at it's annual meeting last night
elected the following officers TO serve TOT
the year: l.. f. Stonnell, noble grand;
| V. c. Davis vice grand: w. A. Conway,
recording secretary; w. +. Latham, finan-
cial secretary: l.. Morgan Davis, treas
urer: Edgar Lyles, chaplain. They VIII
be installed July !.
| !. &. Farr. a stranger, was arraigned
| in the police court this morning to an
| swer a charge of begging on the street.
| Farr was fined - with the alternative CT
| spending the next twenty days in Jail.
| At the First Baptist Church tomorrow
| Rev W. F. Watson, pastor. Will take
fer his subject at the morning services,
nc Holy Spirit" At the evening serv-
| ices his subject will be THE Lukewarm
Christian"
W. p Graves has sold to Mrs. Mary l..
Harrer a lot on the west side of Lee
street between Gibbcn and Wolfe streets
| The Westminster League of the Second
PRESBYTERIAN Church last evening gave an
| interesting musical and literary enter
| tainment at that church, It being the