Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-07
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Authority Wanted for Appoint
ment of Police Sergeants.
Petition TO CITY COUNCIL
Necessary Under Amended Charter.
Validity Of New County Law
Questioned-Briefs.
PETITION TO CITY COUNCIL
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 6, 1912.
At a meeting Of city council. which will
be held Tuesday night next, q communi-
cation will be received from the board
Of police commissioners asking authority
from council. to appoint three sergeants
of police. Tho legislature at its last
session changed the charter Of the city 80
as to make the police force consist Of a
chief and as many sergeants as the city
may see fit to designate.
A request for the foregoing was made
by the commissioners in the shape of a
resolution passed at g. recent meeting.
The sergeants will be selected from the
ranks.
In addition to the foregoing council
will. 1t is expected, make a number OF
recommendations for street improve
ments. several of which have been before
the committee for some time past.
Inasmuch as this will be the last meet
many Of the city fathers. especially those
who will come UP for nomination. will
probably present many suggestions for
Improvements in their respective wards.
Eight members of the lower branch, or
one-half of the membership. have oppo-
sition.
Held for Hearing in Baltimore.
Mason Smith. arrested last March by
the local authorities on a charge of
pandering, at o'clock this afternoon ap-
r. P. W. Garrett and furnished bond
in the sum Of $4,000 for his appearance
Tuesday next in Baltimore. Smith will
on hofN Tnd IL r;x
to answer a charge Of violating the
white slave law, under section 81 and
sections and 3. Smiths bondsman
was his brother-in-law. William r.
by Attorney C. Vernon Ford of Fair
Among those present this afternoon
xhsn s%1a az e united so95s gss dis
and T. A. Marshall, from the Depart.
ment of Justice. Washington.
March IS the accused was held by the
grand jury. following a preliminary
hearing in the police court. The prin-
cipal witness against Smith at the time
was Marie Newman. Baltimore girl.
Smiths efforts she was induced to come
to Alexandria. where she was for a time
an inmate Of a resort in the northeast
ern section Of the city.
To Test Validity Of Enactment.
empowering the judge Of the circuit court
for Alexandria county to appoint police
justice to try all cases in that county is to
be tested on its constitudonality, according
to a statement made today. Justice of
said that upon investigation it was
thought that the bill will not stand. and
for this reason a meeting of the justices
Of the peace in the county will be held
shortly for the purpose Of employing legal
counsel to test the validity Of the act.
After the Auto Speeders.
The authorities Of Alexandria county
tomorrow will be on the alert for city
folks who make a practice of speeding
their automobiles in Alexandria county,
and they propose to arrest all speeders.
A sharp lookout will be kept by the au-
thorities, as a distance has been staked
Off and flag will be dropped at the
proper time to designate the passing of
the starting point
With the imposition Of few heavy
fines the authorities believe it will be
but short time before speeding is broken
up in the county.
Easter Services.
Elaborate musical programs will be
given at all Of the churches in this city
tomorrow. and there will be many aug
mented choirs.
Services at st. Mary's Catholic Church
will be conducted by Rev. Joseph F. Nee
of the Apostolic Mission House. Brook
land. D. c.. who will preach on The
Resurrection.
The Sunday school of Christ p. E.
Church will hold itS Faster celebration
at 4:3O pm. st. Pauls P. E. Church
will have It's services at pm. and
Grace p e. Church at $50 am.
Rev. II. M. Canter, pastor Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South. will take
for his subject at the morning services.
1.-THE Empty Tomb" and In the evening
his theme will be THE Risen Life"
THE Risen Christ will be the subject