Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-16
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Special Grand Jury in Bank
Case Summoned.
WILL MEET ON THURSDAY
Confederate Veterans to Hold Ban.
quet in Honor Of Birthday
of Gen. Lee.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, January Is. 1911
The special grand jury which will probe
into the affairs of the Virginia Safe De-
post and Trust Corporation, now in the
hands of receivers. was summoned this
morning to meet at II o'clock Thursday
morning. The jury is composed Of nine
we'll known business men, as follows:
James Bayne, John W. May r. w. Ar
mold, Capt. Herbert Bryant. r. s. Bar
rett. E. E. Lawler, w. ii. Sweeney, c.
J. W. Summers and ID. r. Stansbury.
The jury will make complete examina-
! ton OF the affairs of the institution and 1t
| is hardly believed it will complete its
work in one day. Fifteen witnesses have
been summoned to testify, among them
Joseph Button. commissioner of insur-
| ance of the state; c. c. Barksdale, state
bank examiner: r. T. Wilson. clerk of the
| state corporation commissions: Frederick
| Coates. national bank examiner. now en-
| gagged in the work of examining the af-
| fairs of the company: John 5. Barbour
| and j. Il. NJ. Norton, receivers for the
| concern. together with the members OF
| the board of directors and the clerks OF
| the bank.
Application for the appointment of
| co-receiver for the Virginia Safe De-
| post and Trust Corporation also will be
| made at the same time in the corporation
! court.
Plans have been completed by r. e. Lee
Camp. Confederate Veterans, for its an
nual banquet. which will be held Thurs
day evening next at Lee Camp Hall. in
Among those slated to respond to toasts
is Senator John Randolph Thornton of
Louisiana. His subject will be The Con-
federate Soldier Senator Joseph M.
! Tnrv& - nj rs <IA
toast General Lee" Several members of
the camp also will make brief addresses.
In observance of the day the banks and
city offices here will be closed, as will
also the public and private schools, 1t
being state holiday.
Officers Are Installed.
The recently elected officers of Alex
| andria Division, No. l, Ancient Order
of Hibernians, were installed yester-
day afternoon at ST. Mary's Hall by
F. I. Quinn, county president. During
| the afternoon speeches were made by
/ 7. p. Moran, national director. Of
Washington: Francis Kilkenny, Wash
ington: NJ. j. Mcfarland. w. HI. Swee-
ney and F. 7. Quinn, members of the
local division.
| The officers are: William Desmond,
president; NJ. Creegan, vice president;
F. t. Quinn, financial secretary; r. E.
/ Power. recorder: John McKenna, chair
man of standing committee; M. Dow
| ney. sergeant alarms: ]. I. Sweeney,
| sentinel.
| County officers are: r. E. Power,
president: NJ Creegan, vice president:
stephen McCauley. financial secretary;
John Mckenna, treasurer; NJ. Downey,
| recording secretary; Rev. H. j. Cutler,
| chaplain for county and city divisions.
| In the corporation court today final
decree for divorce on statutory grounds
,@~l - CO. 1i0n
beth (Sutherland) Davis against Enoch
Davis.
| In the same court a decree for divorce
on the ground Of desertion was given in
the case of Fanny Isabel (Nicholson
Storey against Joseph Franklin Storey.
Six months in Jail was the sentence
imposed on Arthur Grigsby, colored, in
the police court this morning on a charge
of stealing brass from the Southern Rail-
way Company. There were six counts
against the accused and they were
dumped by the court. Grigsby said he
picked the brass from dump pile out
! side of the company's yards.
slight fire occurred yesterday after
noon in the room occupied by Nick Null
| ley on the third floor of the BraddOck
| House. Prompt action on the part OF the
| fire department prevented the spread of
| the fire. An overheated sheet iron stove.
| in which wood was burning. Is supposed
to have caused the blaze. Two streams
| were played on the IRE, which attracted
| a large crowd.
| Smoke issuing from an unfinished build
| ing adjoining the old First National Bank
| building, the south side of Prince
street between Fairfax and Royal streets.
| brought out the fire department at 8
o'clock and again at II: 80 o'clock last
night. No damage resulted. The smoke
was from sheet iron stove in which
wood was burning. 1t was used by me-
chanics in drying the plastering.
Frank Smith Buried.
The funeral Of Frank Smith. who died
| Saturday last, took place at o'clock
| this afternoon from Demaine's undertake
ing parlors. The services were conducted
by Rev. H. NJ Canter, pastor of the
| Methodist Episcopal Church South. Bur-
ial was in Bethel cemetery.
| The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ellen Clark,
who died in Washington Friday last, took
place at $40 o'clock this morning from
| ST. Mary's Catholic Church. Services
We're conducted by Rev L. T.. Kelly and
burial was in ST. Mary's cemetery.
! Joseph, infant son of A. 0. Travis, died
yesterday at his parents home in Del
| Ray, Alexandria county. The funeral
| took place this afternoon.
| Alexandria Lodge of Elks will hold q
social session this evening at it's home.
! following a business meeting at which
| several candidates will be initiated.