The Washington herald., 1912-10-14
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Alexandria, Va. October N-Waiter
Loassbsan. twsnfy.sns years old. had .
narrow escape fson being aecapitatsd at
midnisht last night when, Il 10 claimed.
he WAS shovsA through ths large glass
window Of ths once ee W. A. smoot 4
Co.. Incorporated. - King 6treet.
40 result. Longsesan Was bsd1y cut on
the neck. face. aaA heaA BY the broken
g1asA He bIod vsry psoeusely. LouSe.
bean was taken to the Alsxandria Hos
pita. where his injuries were dressed BY
Llswellyn Powell. He 70 still patient
at that institution. but Il b sxpectsd that
he win Be abls to leavs the hospital to-
morrow. although he VIII b confined to
several days TO come.
AZ . result Of the AFFAIR. Policemen
Nicholson and Rawiett arrested Joseph
Buckley. charged with sssault. The case
u slated to be heard In the Police Court
in the morning. when the matter will be
thrashed out. &,
To I.vestisass rsx Retsrns.
A grand jury viii In all probability be
summoned for Wednesday next in the
Corporation Court for the October term,
which will begin tomorrow morning.
Judge L. c. Barley peesiding. II u ex-
pected that the jury which win b SUM
moned at this term wfll b directed by
the court to investigate the personal tax
returns made recently BY citisens.
State Auditor I.oore has requested the
judges Of the various courts throughout
the state to investigate these returns.
and in some places they have already
been investigated. but the majority have
not yet been examined by grand Juries.
There are about eight criminal cases
which will be presented to the jury for
its consideration.
Christian EnAeaver Rally.
a large congregation tonight attended
the rally services at the Methodist Prot
estsnt Church, under the auspices Of the
Christian Endeavors Of that church. The
rally took the place OF the regular serv-
Ices, and the programme given follows:
Song: prayer. Rev. G. r. strasburg. pas
tor: song, Junior Christian Endeavors:
vocal solo, Miss Janet Riseill: address.
why Ought Every Church Member Be
q Christian Endeavor?' J. H. Trimyer:
song; recitation, Miss Thelma Bender:
recitation. Miss Mabel Hillary: song; ad-
dress. What the Endeavorer Owes to
the Church. Rev. c. r. Strasburg; mu-
sical trio. Messrs. Hoskins and Miss Kim
suvian. Of Washington; song. vocal solo.
Miss Janet Riseill: address. The Impor-
tance Of Committee Work." Frederick W.
Ebhardt; vocal solo. Marshall Dobie:
song: selection. church music: benedic-
ton. Rev. c. r. Strasburg.
Rally day services were held at so
o'clock at the Sunday school room Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. There
was a special musical programme. and An
address by James r. Cation. Wreaths
were awarded to a number Of scholars
for attendance during the year. The
members Of the church held rally serv-
Ices at II o'clock. at which time SER
mon was preached by Rev. H. NJ. Can
ter. pastor.
A thirteen-year-old colored girl named
Young was picked up shortly before II
o'clock last night in . drunken condition
on Washington Street near King Street.
The girl told the police that liquor was
given her by q colored man. Later she
furnished collateral for her appearance
In court Monday and was released.
Within a short time contractors will
tegin the work Of paving two more
squares with asphalt block. one on Cam
eron Street, between Washington. and
st. Asaph Streets, and the other on
Washington Street between Cameron
and Queen Streets. Ordinances for the
Improvement OF these two squares were
recently passed by city council. the ma
jority Of the property owners having
signed for the work.
Extensive preparations are being made
by the members Of the local owl
sion Of the Holy Name Society for par
ticipatinE in the parade which will be
held in Washington Sunday afternoon
next by that organization. 1t Is expected
that about 800 members of the local
council division will take part