Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Announces His Platform.

Mr. Wedderburn also desires to tell the
voters just what he stands for and what
he will work to accomplish if elected,
and on this same slip is printed his plat
form:
II will work and vote for good roads.
with convict labor to work thereon. and
for county and state bond issues. Wlen
approved by the people: better indus
trial schools, free school books, the eN-
penditure of school taxes where col
Iected equalization of taxes and as
sessments by board of excise and assess
ment; local option. Am opposed To sta e
wide prohibition as undemociatic and
paternal.
Mr.. Wedderburn is out and doing. and
loses few opportunit es to hand around
the sugar kisses. about which is wrapped
the slip containing his platform and
other things in connection with his can
didacy.
Probable End of Rixey Case.
II is not improbable that the case
against c. Jones Rixey, the indicted head
of the Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust
Corporation. will be disposed of with dis
patch in the corporation court Nonda ,
next The opinion prevails that Rixey.
who has already been adjud2ed insane.
will be sent to the asylum for the Grim
nal insane at Marian. Va. Rixey, VINO
is said to be now N the Western state
Hospital for the insane. at stanton
Va. VIII be in court Monday.
1t is probable that the court may have
another mnacy commission to sit iR his
case before acting.
Should Rixey be sent to that institution
this would end the case although the in
dlctments would remain in force.
Bond in Bankruptcy Case.
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ceedings pending AGAINST the Columbia
Oil and Provision Company. whose plant
is located at Relec. near Arlington June
ton, Alexandria county. Receivers T.. W.
Stearns and Walter a. Johnson appeared
this afternoon before United States Com
missioner X. +. ". Garnett and gave IA
Joint bond in the sum of St3,c0a the nee
esSary surety being furnished by Bal
timore bonding company The case was
fixed by Judge Edmund NTaddiil in Nor
folk yesterday for the second day of
the October term of the United States
court here.
Bids for Brick Roadway.
Bids were opened today in the Office
of the city engineer for furnishing. ma
terial for vjtrifed brick roadway en-
Duke street between Royal and Fairfa K
streets. The bids follow: w A. S,noot
& Co, concrete sand al $1oo d yard
and washed river sand at 81 % a ward
Old Dominion Portland cement at S1ED.
c. H. Yohe bricks at S2o.5 a thousand
Robert A Wallace. grading and excaSat-
ing at 81 cents a cubic yard: Thoma :
Kelly, setting curhine, IL cents a lineal
foot.
The bids were opened by l.. S Lead
beater. chairman of the street committee.
No award has yet been made
In the Churches Today.
Subjects announced by the various min
listers for services tomorrow follow. Rev.
DR. John Lee Allison Second Pres.byte-
rian Church, at evening services God 5
Precious Promises Rev w F. Watson.
pastor of First Baptist Church. The
Privilege of the Strong" at morning serv-
ices and "A Sinner Saved in the even
ing: Rev. II. NJ. Canter. pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, The
Slaughter of the lnnocentS'. at the even
ing services: Rev. q. A. I.uttrell pastor
of Trinity Methodist Church. morning
1.-The Reward and Immortality of In
flueLee, and at night The Use and
Abuse of Personality.
Services the Methodist Protestant
Church tomorrow will be conducted by
Rev. C.. S. Arnett. There VIII he no
preaching at Emmanuel Lutheran Church.