Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-22
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
New Fire Alarm System Will
Become Operative Monday.
NOT SATISFACTORY TO ALL
State Convention of Maccabees
Closed With Banquet-Result
of the Annual Election.
Special Correspondence Of The Star

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. April -. 1911.
Beginning at noon Monday new fire
alarm system will become operative. The
innovation is not. however. regarded by
many as any more satisfactory than the
present system. and some people are of
the opinion that it may not prove as salts
factory.
The new system consists of separate
fire alarm telephone at police headquar-
tiers to be used for that purpose exclu-
siveIy. The telephone will be installed
this afternoon and will be ready for work.
ing Monday.
Hereafter when fire alarms are turned
into the central Office they will be at
once transmitted in the usual manner to
police headquarters and the policeman in
charge will use the "fire phone and can
simultaneously call the three fire engine
houses and transmit the alarm to them.
1t is generally believed that before long
this city will have a modern fire alarm
system. \ measure having for its object
g. modern system is now before a joint
committee of the city council. having been
Commissioner Barrett. The proposed
system provides for combination police
and fire alarm call boxes.
Maccabees Convention Closed.
The banquet which brought the state
convention of Maccabees TO close last
night, at the Young Peoples building OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
was attended by about seventy-five dele
gates and members of the local council.
Many of the visitors made speeches. DR..
r. Lee Wilkins was POSTMASTER
The convention before the adjournment
y.&lyo
the next convention city, and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
p. B. Cross. past commander. Newport
News: L. Roetting, commander. Char
lottesviile: E. W. Miner. lieutenant COM
mander, Richmond: c. ". Morris. state
record keeper, Richmond; G. X. Bender.
chaplain. Alexandria: L. L. Damron.
sergeant. Charlottesville: W H. Harris,
master-at-arms. Newport News: V. W
Coston. first master of guard. Suffolk: r.
c. Helbig. second master of guards.
Iynchburg; l.. j. Crumpler. picket.
Smithheld; c. W. Morris. Richmond, rep
resentative to Supreme Tent which meets
in Cleveland. Ohio. July IL, and C. A.
Bladen, Alexandria, alternate.
Death of Henry Rein.
Henry Rein, about sixty-fve years old,
died yesterday afternoon at the Alex
andria Hospital after a short illness. Mr..
Rein leaves a wife. He lived at Madison
and Henry streets. Mr.. Rein was ma
tive Of Germany and served in the Union
army during the war.
The quarterly meeting of the Free
Methodist Church was held last night
There will be preaching tonight. The order
OF services as announced for tomorrow
follows: Sunday school, 10 a. m; preaching
at IL am. followedby the Lord s supper,
,Ior foa D.n
at 100 pm. The services are being con-
ducted by Rev. D. j. Santmier and Wife.
In the corporation court yesterday In
the case of T. j. FannOn against the
Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corpora
ton a decree was entered confirming a
report filed April 10 by j. NJ. johnson,
special commissioner. directing the return
OF q number of checks that were sent oy
numerous banks for collection by the cor
poration. but which were not collected
and which were not paid at the time OF
the appointment Of the receivers
Alexandria Notes.
A business meeting of Potomac Lodge
OF Odd Fellows was held last night.
when plans were practically completed
for the joint celebration Friday night
in observance of the ninetysecond an
niversary of the founding of Odd Fell
lcwship%
Owing to the condition of the grounds
the opening of the new base ball park
has been postponed. The park was TO
have been opened this afternoon by
the Cardinal Base Ball Club.
In the corporation court yesterday
afternoon the five appeal cases of rep
resentatives of beneficial insurance
companies We're dismissed The cases
were appealed from a decision given
in the police court.
n meeting of Marley Encampment of
Odd Fellows will be held in Odd Eel
lows Hall at $50 o'clock Monday night.
A meeting of Old Dominion Com
mandery. knights Templar, was held
last night at its asylum
G. T. Gillespie, a student at the Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.
will preach at both services in the
Second Presbyterian Church tomorrow.