Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-07
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
Judge Waddi|I Refuses to Lib
crate District Prisoners.
APPEAL TO HIGHER COURT
Doubt Expressed as to Validity of
Workhouse Law-School
Teachers Selected.
Special Correspondence of Tho Star.

Special Correspondence Of Tho Star.
ALEXANDRIA,. Va. July = 1911.
Edgar Fisk and William Alexander.
serving sentence Of one year each al
tho District workhousc AT occoquau. Va.
are being legally held at that institution.
according to a decision handed down yes
terday afternoon by Judge Edmund Wad-
dill i'm the United States court for the
eastern district of Virginia. following tho
hearing of habeas corpus proceedings in
the case presented by Attorney Matthew
E. OBrien of Washington in tehalf OF
the prisoners.
In giving his decision, Judge Waddin
said he had great difficulty in deciding
whether or not the prisoners AT Deco
guam, who had been sentenced by the
courts of the District of Columbia tn a
Jail sentence of between six months and
one year. could be legally sent to the
workhouse at OccoGuan, Va. lie also
questioned the right of Congress TO
change the penal laws of the District in
an appropriation hill, such as was done
in the present case.
Reviewing the whole question and
acknowledging that his decision was in
the nature of an expedient one. in view
of the hundreds of similar cases which
might he brought before him for decision
should he grant the habeas corpus that
had been asked, he decided as stated
above.
Following Judge Waddils decision At
torney OBrien noted an appeal in the
case OF Alexander and asked that his
client be permitted to give bond until
the question of appeal coulf be settled
The court refused to grant bail, deciding
that Alexander could have the choice OF
either going back to Occoquan or the
District jail, and he accepted the latter
Other Cases Before Court.
1t is expected that Judge waddill will
this afternoon. enter an order for the sale
of the packet steamer Trenton. belong
| ing to the Potomac Navigation Company
| of Washington, unless the maratme
claims pending against the steamer are
settled.
| Another matter which probably will
come UP viii be an order from the court
for the distribution of $4,000 from the
sale of the Belvoir or White House tract
OF land in Fairfax county. which the
government condemned and purchased
as site for District reformatory. The
| number of claimants is fifty-seven. As
soon as an order is entered they will get
their proportion of the proceeds
Judge Waddill has appointed r. F. w.
Garrett as United States commissioner
for a term of four years to succeed him
self. 1t is more than probable that court
will adjourn this afternoon for the term.
School Teachers Named.
night unanimously elected by the city
school board as principal of Lee Public
High School for Girls to fill the vacancy
| caused by the resignation of Principal
Conrad johnson. Mr.. Anderson is SUI
perfntendent Of the public schools OF
Bristol, Tenn. He will begin his work
with the reopening of the schools here
next September. There were ten appli-
cants for the position, all of whom were
! from out of the city.
| The board also elected W. T. Cook of
the University of Virginia and S. G.
| Blanton Of Ashland, Va, as teachers
They will be assigned by the superin-
In the public schools were reelected. with
the exception of NJ. II. Janney and Miss
| Alice Thomas. their names not being
placed in nomination. 1t looks as if the
city school board will hereafter obtain
men as teachers in the schools where
available.
| The janitors for the various schools
were reelected and a committee APP
pointed which will have supervision of
| the work done by the janitors.
| The board accepted the resignation of
| Capt. Herbert Bryant as chairman of the
| board and elected DR.. w. NJ. Smith as
chairman pro tenn. Capt. Bryant, how
ever. still remains a school trustee.
The annual reports of the finance COM
| mittee, superintendent and clerk of the
| board were read and accepted The re-
port of the clerk showed that the balance
| on hand at the end Of this scholastic
year was S1.4S.
With the opening of the schools in Sep
| temher Lee School will be known as Lee
High School and high school methods will
4 prevail.
Death of John Scanlon.
John Scanlon, thirty-two years old. died
| last night at his home, 100 Duke street.
He was a shoemaker by trade. The
| funeral will take place at $50 o'clock to-
morrow morning from ST Mary's Catholic
Church.
Funeral services for Harvey l. PECK
were held at = o'clock this afternoon at
Sharon Church, Fairfax county. Services
were conducted by Rev. w. j. Morton,
rector of Christ L. +. Church, and burial
was in Sharon cemetery.
Wilbur II. Evans, infant son of Nh.
and Mrs John II. Evans, died this morn
ing at his parents home at the Braddock
House.
Miss Georgy L. Hudson. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. w. u. Hudson of 1850 King
street was the winner of the automobile
which was drawn for last night at the
opera house, under the auspices of Alex
andra Lodge of Elks. A little girl picked
from the audience drew the lucky num-
Der, which was 37S1. Voices in the dis
position of the automobile were disposed
nf lact at he suriDv carnival