Evening star., 1911-08-15
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Small Dividend for Loan As
sociation Depositors.
NOT OVER 20 PER CENT
Affairs of Concern in Badly Tan.
gled Condition-Court Revokes
Liquor License.
NOT OVER 20 PER CENT
Special Correspondence of The star.

Special Correspondence of The star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va. August Il. 1911.
Special Commissioner II. Noel Garner
this morning started upon the work of
preparing his report to Judge Barley of
the corporation court in connection with
the failure of the Mercantile Railway
Building and Loan Association. which
went into the hands of a receiver shortly
after the failure of the Virginia Safe De-
posit and Trust Corporation. The affairs
of the Mercantile Association are in such
a shape that it will require several
weeks to formulate the report. but Conn
missioner Garner stated to A Star re-
porter this morning that he expected to
be able to file it by the 1st of September.
so that the court could act on 1t when 1t
convenes So otember II.
1t is said that the affairs of the build
ing and loan association are In more
tangled shape even than were the at
fairs of the trust corporation and thAt
the largest dividend the Iapositors ana
stockholders can hope for. after the COM
missioner's report is filed. will be ~ per
cent. 1t even this amount Can De Pdiu
after the other liabilities are met.
It is expected that Commissioner Gar
ner's report will be quite voluininous, as
il will include all the loans made Wn1cn
are now outstanding as well as the asseu
and liabilities of the concern as they nave
so far been ascertained.
LIQUOR License Revoked.
When the case of the commonwealth
agt. Arthur E. Welsh came before
Judge l.. {. Barley in the corporation
court this morning the commonwealth
attorney asked the court to enter the
following order. which was done:
"In the matter of the motion to re-
woke the license of Arthur p. Welsh
to sell ardent spirits by retail: Upon
consideration of the rule against arthur
e. Welsh to show cause why mis- IL,
cense to sell ardent spirits at retaii
should not be revoked. it Is by the
court ordered that said license at the
southeast corner of Fairfax and Prin-
cess streets be and the same is here
by revoked. Upon application OF SAID Ar
thur +. Welsh the foregoing judgment
is suspended until the first DAY OF
November 1911. to enable him TO ap-
peal to the supreme court Of appeals
for a writ of error to the aforesaid
Judgment.
Edmund Burke and Frederick p. Rus
sell appeared as counsel for Welsh.
Judge Barley this morning ordered that
special grand jury be summoned for
the first day of the September term Al
this session of the grand jury the cases
of Edward Travers held by Jusice Cation
case of William Harris. colored, held oy
Justice Cation for the death of Mamie
Martin, colored, will be considered.
Workman Is Injured.
Charles y Rauch. residing at 22S North
ROYAL street, was the victim Of painful
accident while at work at the broom fac
tory in North Fairfax street about 8
o'clock last evening. In some manner
Mr.. Rauch got his left hand caught in
the cogwheel, tearing his hand from be-
tween the index and the second finger
nearly to the middle of the hand. He was
attended by DR.. Walter A. Warf1eld, who
took ten stitches in the wound.
The Relief Hook and Ladder Company
held meeting at it's house on Prince
street last evening, but transacted only
business of a routine nature.
Edmund Burke, the fourteen-y year-old
son of James Burke died at his fathers
home on Columbia pike, in Alexandria
county. this morning. His funeral VIII
take place from Mount Olivet Church
next Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
The dog wagon made its appearance
on the streets again today and captured
number of CANNES. The wagon will
continue on the streets until all those
dogs which have no license paid on them
have been captured.
No Clue to Assailants.
No suspects have as yet been captured
in connection with the assault and rob-
berry of the aged Mrs. John McClintock
at Annandale last Sunday morning. Ow-
ing TO the absence of clues. the authori-
ties OF Fairfax county a loss how
TO proceed Mrs. McClintock is greatly
improved this morning and has almost
entirely resained her composure, which