Evening star., 1912-11-07
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
All Milk Sold After November
IS Must Be Bottled.
FINES FOR VIOLATIONS
Health officials Will Strictly Enforce
Law-Lodge Will Be
Inspected.

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ALEXANDRIA. Va, November Z, 1912.
| After November Is all milk sold or
| delivered in the city must be in bottles,
| otherwise those selling or delivering the
milk will be subject to the imposition of
| a fine. Announcement to the foregoing
was made this morning by DR.. James j.
Garvey. deputy health officer, who will
| tomorrow officially notify the people of
| this section of the new health laws
] through the press.
| 1t will. also. be violation of the law
| to sell milk over the counter of a dairy
| or store from cans. All must be in bot
/ ties. Those using milk bottles for any
| liquid other than milk will also be sub
| ject to fine.
This new law will affect many, mas
much as a large number of dealers in
| milk still continue to use the old method
1 of serving their customers in small tin
| buckets or cans Several stores which
have heretofore sold milk over their coun-
| ters from large milk cans will also be
affected
Violators of the law will be subject to a
| fine.
The new health laws. only recently
adopted by the city council, are very
| stringent.
Lodge Will Be Inspected.
Fred A. Groom of Baltimore, military
secretary of the Patriarchs Militant, and
grand master of the Odd Fellows OF
MARYLAND. will inspect Alexandria Can
ton, o. 1. Patrarchs Militant. at Odd Eel
| lows Hall, tonight at o'clock. The in
spection will be attended by large num-
ber of women, the occasion to be marked
by a reception A supper Will be served
the visitors and this will be followed by
dancing at 9:3O o'clock.
| In the circuit court yesterday afternoon
a jury, with S. e. Lindsey as foreman,
gave a verdict for $1,50o, subjevt to de-
| fendants demurrer, in the case or Ahce
McMenamin and husband against the
Southern Railway Company. The de-
| fendant demurred on the ground that the
| plaintiff had not established which COM
pany was responsible for the smoke, SCOT
and cinders which 1T is alleged damaged
| home of plaintiffs at southeast corner OF
! Duke and West streets The court IN
structed jury to assess damages. Ihe
object of the suit was to recover $1,000
Court adjourned until Tuesday next.
Favros Postmaster Primary.
Alexander J. Wedderbun favors the
holding of a primary in this city to de-
termine who is the best man for the post
mastership He says he will advocate
idea is that the candidate receiving the
most votes should get the office. Nd
Wedderbun is a candidate for the office
he says.
A delegation of members of the Retail
Merchants Association last night ap-
peared before the committee on light OF
city council and protested against the
sale of gas stoves to consumers of gas
by the city Members of the light COM
mittee after hearing the protests took
the matter under consideration. At
recent meeting of the Retail Merchants
Association this matter was taken up.
Medical Association Meets.
At the quarterly meeting of the Fairfax
County Medical Association, held today
at the Alexandria Hospital. interesting
lpapers were read by Drs. Starkweather,
Powell and Welburn. In addition other
business matters were disposed of.
| The meeting was presided over by Dr.
William Cation and DIR. Welburn served
as secretary pro TEN. Following the meet
i ing the members We're entertained at
dinner at the hospital by the local meH-
bers of the association.
| In accordance with an annual custom
the members Of Alexandria Washington
Lodge of Masons will tonight pay a fra
ternal visit to Andrew Jackson Lodge
and confer the third degree on one cam
didate. Afterward buffet luncheon Will
be served at the temple.
The progressive euchre given last night
| at the Young Mems Sodality Lyceum
Hall, under the auspices of that organlza-
ton, was largely attended.
Creditors to Meet.
The creditors of the Emerson Steam
Pump Company, which concern was re-
Gently placed in the hands of receivers,
will meet November 1G in the United
| States courtroom in this city.
The oyster supper given at Lee Camp
| Hall last night under the auspices of the