The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
.NEWSOFALEXANDRIA.
Boat Club Regatta Attracts
Sport Lovers.
CHURCHES UNITE SERVICES
Hot weather Gatherings Scheduled
ON Sabbath Nights-Rev. DR.. Lut-
treII to Take Rest I'm East Ten
nessee-Logan to Preach in the
Second Presbyterian Church.

Alexandria, Va, July Sin the pres
ence of large gathering of members of
the club and their friends. the annual
regatta of the Old Dominion Boat Club
took place this afternoon. The feature
race was the four-oared shell. won by
]. T. Burke, Dr. ]. w. Burke. c. ].
Dienelt, and j. s. Douglas. with c. ].
Dienelt stroke and the second. crew was
E. S. Fawcett, S. NJ. Dent. ]. w. Rob-
erts, jr., and ]. H. Richardson, stroke
Other events follow: Single canoe. won
by Julian Downey in the Cherokee; r.
B. Washington, second; Henry Wingate,
third. Double gigs-A. G. Uhler and w.
H. T. Brooke, winners; f. r. H. Todd
and r. F. Wolf, second. Double canoes
Julian Downey and o. A. Reardon, first
in Cherokee; Henry Wingate and A. G.
Uhler, second; A. c. Moss and Richard
B. Washington. third. Tub race-W. II.
T Brooke, first; DR.. ]. w. Burke, Sec
ond; J. T. Burke. jr.. third. Swimming
race-A. G. Uhler. jr.. first; DR.. J. w.
Burke, Julian Downey, Charles Wright.
and Richard B. Washington.
The referee was Victor Emerson, jr.
William L. Allen was the starter, with
c. s. T. Burke as judge. The double
gig races were half mile. and the canoe
races a quarter Of mile.
Union services will be held by the con-
gregatIons of the Methodist Episcopal
South, Trinity Methodist. First Baptist.
and Methodist Protestant churches at
o'clock tomorrow night at the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, at which
Rev. G. A Luttrell, pastor Of Trinity
Methodist Church, will preach. This
plan of union services will be continued
during the month of July.
"A practical talk to membership" will
be the subject of the sermon which will be
delivered by Rev. Mr. Luttrell at Trinity
Methodist Church at IL o'clock to-mor-
row morning. During the month Of July
Mr.. LuttrelI will be in East Tennessee,
and he has arranged to fill his pulpit
as follows: July G. Rev. Mr.. McCauley;
July g. Rev. Mr.. Leach; July 30. Rev.
MIR. Springer, all of Washington.
Services at the Second Presbyterian
Church tomorrow will be conducted by
Rev. w W. Logan, of Washington. Rev.
l. o. Twoten will occupy the pulpit at
Emmanuel Lutheran Church tomorrow.
Mr.. Twoten for the past three weeks
has been In St Paul, Mimi, attending
conference.
Asa NJ. Cook was held for the action
of the court, following a preliminary
hearing before United States Commis-
sioner r. P. w. Garnett this morning
on a charge of purIoining five letters
from a rural free delivery mail box
July last Cook was arrested by Post
office Inspector Hal NJ. Mosely in Fairfax
County. In default Of 500 bail he was
committed to jail.
Funeral services for John D. Keene.
who died yesterday afternoon, will be
held at 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from his home, z12 South Alfred street.
Mr.. Keene was seventy-seven years old.
He is survived by the following chill
dren: Lawrence. Edward, Irwin, Mere
dith, Rudolph, May, and Minnie Keene.
For many years he was employed as a
checking clerk for the Southern Railway
Company. He was native Of Fair
fax County.
The funeral OF John Scanlon was held
this morning from st. Mary's Catholic
Church. Services were conducted BY
Father Ahern, and burial was in st
Mary's Cemetery.
Arrangements have been made by tht
Alexandria Dramatic Club for the pres
entation of Ten Nights in a Barroom'
at Accotink Tuesday night next, under
the auspices OF Accotink Lodge Of Odd
Fellows The club will be accompanied
by the Alexandria Mandolin Club.
In the Circuit Court for this city to-
day, Joseph L Weller and William B
Guy, of washington. qualified as admin
istrators of the estate of Philip Otter
back.
The recently elected officers Of Potomac
Lodge of odd Fellows will be installed
at a meeting Friday night This lodg'
last night conferred the third degree o.
the order on two candidates and received
an application for membership.