The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Legal Tangle May Follow If
Alexandra Takes Over
Property.
MERCHANTS PLAN
ANNUAL BANQUET
Will Be Held Tomorrow Evening
In New Home of
the ElkS.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.


1t develops today that the proposition
to have the city take over the armory
of the Alexandria Light Infantry, which
was shortly to be brought to the at
tention of the chamber Of commerce for
action, will meet with decided opposition
in certain quarters, by reason of a ques-
ton as to the title of the present COM
pany to the property.
The original company, which was or
ganized many years ago. and which saw
service in the Spanish-American war,
was disbanded by the governor several
years ago, without stated reasons, and in
spite of the untiring efforts of Capt. P.
j. Murphy and Lieut.. Windsor w. De-
maine to ascertain the causes for this
action, the governor is said to have re-
fused to divulge them. or even to make
public the correspondence in relation to
the matter, stating that the papers in
the case were strictly confidential.
In the meantime a new company was
organized, and is still in existence. and
seeking to occupy the old company's S
quarters, obtained an order from Judge
Barley, of the corporation court. re-
straining the disbanding company from
interfering with its occupancy. The
point which Mr.. Demaine and others Will
raise is that the title to the armory
having been vested in them, and they
being disbanded without stated cause,
still remains with them, and they queS-
ton the power of the present company
to dispose of the quarters to the city or
others, thus raising what promises to be
an interesting legal tangle.
The annual banquet of the Retail Mer-
chants Association to be held at the
Elk's home tomorrow evening promises
to be an unusually brilliant affair
Among those scheduled to make ad-
dresses are Representative c. {. Carlin,
member OF Congress from this district;
B. D. Ryland, OF Lynchburg, president
of the Virginia Retail Merchants Asso-
ciaion; Henry L. West, of the Wash
ington Herald: A D. Brockett, president
of the Alexandria Chamber OF Com
merce, and r. w; Dabney. of the Rlch-
mond Chamber of Commerce. 1t Is eX-
pected that more than 200 guests will
be present.
The following cases were disposed Of
in police court this morning: Edward
Epps, charged with making an assault
on Martha Baker. was fined IS; Will
liam Norris, drunk and disorderly, IS;
Frank Williams, theft of chickens, SO;
Budd Washington, disorderly and fight
ing, dismissed, and Mamie Pinkey,
charged with the same offense, fined 50.
Owing to the death of Frederick
Schwab, the initiation of a class of can
didates. by the Alexandria Lodge Of
Elks, in which Washington Lodge was
invited to participate, scheduled for this
evening. has been postponed. The reg
ular business meeting, however, will be
held, and suitable action taken on the
death of Mr.. SChwab.
The funeral of Mrs. Marwood Dent
will be held from the residence, 2006
Duke street, tomorrow afternoon at 2:SO,
the Rev. Edgar Carpenter conducting
the ceremonies.
Funeral services for Frederick NJ
Schwab will be held from his late
residence, PA North Royal street, to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock. the
Rev. p. p. Phillips officiating. Burial
is to be made in St Paul's Cemetery
1t is expected that delegations from
Alexandria Lodge of Elks and Osce-
ella TRIBE of Red Men, OF which the
deceased was a member wiz attend