The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
NEWSOFALEXANDRIA
List of Delinquent Taxpay.
ers Issued.

| Alexandria, Va, Dec. IA list of de
linquent property owners who have fail
ed to pay their State taxes for the veal
1910 has just been issued by City Treas.
urer Thomas w. Robinson The list 1.
comparatively small, compared to for
rner years. The total number of delin'
quents is fifty-hve. thirty-one whites and
| twenty-four colored.
| The total amount of State taxes on the
fifty-five pieces of property is S95.04. An
nouncement is made by the city treasurer
in accordance with the State law, thai
| the delinquent real estate will be sold
at public auction on the first Monday In
January, between the hours of 10 and 4
| O'Clock. at the courthouse, unless the
delinquents liquidate their Indebtedness
II. Noel Garner, special commissioner
of the defunct Mercantile Railway Build
ing and Loan Association, said to-day
that he expects to file his report on the
financial affairs Of the concern with the
Circuit Court for this city tomorrow
morning. g.
Bertram Seaton, the Washington youth
who played bandit in this city Tuesday
night last, will be tried on a charge of
iODDCIgB dSSOluluH " d bldbClIlChl uldue
to-day by Commonwealth Attorney S. G.
Brent. This charge carries with II a
minimum penalty of five years and a
maximum of eighteen years.
His case will, of course, first be pre-
sented to a grand jury for consideration.
The next grand jury will meet in June,
and after Seaton has been indicted a
date will be fixed for his trial.
Those who have seen Seaton are of the
opinion that the lad is normal.
Alexandra Council, No. 5, Fraternal
Order of Americans, has elected these
officers for the year: George w. Petit,
president; Ernest Duffey. vice president;
James Mansfield. recording secretary:
Crank S. Lucas, assistant recording sec
retary; Fred w. Ebhardt, secretary
Orlando II. Daniels, treasurer: George r.
Smith, marshal: John Kimball, warden
Neal Carey, inner guard: Harold Clark,
outer guard; Lambert D. Lyles. chaplain
John H. Trimyen, trustee; Fred w. Eber-
hard, repr esentative to Grand Council;
Theodore E. Fones, janitor.
Arrangements have been made for a
meeting of the Men and Religious For
ward Movement to be held at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Christ Church par
ish hall. The business before the meet
ing will be the perfectlng OF an organiza-
ton with the election of officers, one
for each of the six lines OF work en-
braced in the movement. These lines
are designated as follows: Bible study
boys work. evangelism. community ex-
tension, missions, social service and pub
licity.
The Christmas celebrations OF practI-
cally all Of the Sunday schools in the
city were concluded tonight when FIVE
held them. Those holding celebrations
were First and Second Baptist. Trinity
Methodist, Methodist Protestant, and
Bethany Methodist Protestant At the
latter. there was only a distribution of
prizes to the scholars, owing to the re-
cent death of the pastor of that church.
At all of the others musical and liter
ary programmes were given, which were
followed by the distribution of prizes.
Announcement is made that watch
night services will be held from II
O'Clock until midnight Sunday night at
the First Baptist Church, to watch the
Of the new year. There will be short
religious services in connection with the
watch night services.
The children OF Christ Episcopal
Church Sunday school tonight gave a
Christmas entertainment to their parents
and friends in the parish hall of that
church. A musical and literary pro-
gramme was given.
The Alexandra German Club gave its
New Years dance tonight at the Elks
Home, which was largely attended,
among those present being several guests
from out of the city.
Edgar Sutherland's funeral took place
this afternoon from wheatley's under
taking chapel, Rev. L. F. Kelly, of st.
Mary's Catholic Church. officiating. Bur
iaI was in Mount Olivet Cemetery,
Washington.
A fur coat which John Giles, colored,
attempted to dispose of for s. to-day,
resulted in his arrest by Policeman Gill.
The accused was committed for five days
in order that the police may investigate
and ascertain where he got the coat.