The Washington herald., 1912-09-12
Old Dominion Commandery Of Alex
andria, Va, Entertains With
Banquet.
SUES FOR INSURANCE MONEY

them many ladies of the knights. The
BANQUET was served by the ladies' OF
Martha Washington Chapter, No. Il. Or
Ider of Eastern Star. The tables were
prettily decorated and looked very at
Itractive, the center table being formed TO
represent cross.
After the banquet was concluded the
assemblage was called to order by Emil
nent Sir Frank W. Latham, commander,
who acted as toastmaster. A number OF
those present responded to informal
! toasts.
The officers of Old Dominion Command
cry are: Frank W. Latham. commander;
| Chester A. Gwinn. generalissimo; Will
| lam B. Davis. captain-general: William
G. lie Hew, senior warden: Claude w.
Fletcher, Junior warden; Henry X. Field.
prelate: ]. Johnston Green. associate
prelate; Edgar Warfield. sr., treasurer;
Alfred G. Uhler, recorder; Walter c.
Davis standard bearer: William II.
Charles. sword bearer: Charles Z. Out
calf, warder; Charles Page Waller. third
guard: Louis P. Roth, second guard;
Preston o. Cockey. first guard; Robert
Zachary, William n. Harper, associate
guards; George W. Zachary. sentinel:
; Louis P. Roth. adjutant: William Lewis
Allen. quartermaster; J. William May,
commissary.
Sues for Insurance.
The taking of testimony in the case OF
Jessie P Board against the Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, the
object of which is to recover 5000
from defendant company, representing the
amount of a life insurance policy held
with defendant company by the husband
Of the plaintiff, the late B. Fleet Board.
was begun in the Circuit Court for this
city to-day, Judge ]. B. T. Thornton pre-
siding. The taking of testimony in chief
for the defense had practically been COM
pleted when court adjourned at 4:So
O'Clock this afternoon. II is expected that
the case will go to the jury late to-mor-
row afternoon. The complainant is rep
resented by Attorneys 5. q. Brent. G l.
Boothe, Judge c. E. Nicol and Charles
E. Plummer. the latter OF Petersburg.
Attorney John NJ. johnson represents
the defendant company.
On Tuesday afternoon next a team
representing the Alexandria police force
will line up against a team representing
the merchants of the city. The game
will take place at the Alexandria base
ball park, and will be pulled on at 40
o'clock Proceeds of the game will be
for the benefit of the Children,s Home
A game between these teams played re-
Gently for the home resulted in 1856 be-
ing netted, it having already been turn
ed over to that institution.
The lineup Announced for the police
follows: Garvey, catcher: German,
pitcher: wilkinson. first base; Goods.
second base: Cation. third base: Duffey,
left field; Roland, center field: Latham.
right field; Bell and Ferguson. coaches:
Campbell. Kerns' Chandler, and Onyun,
substitutes.
The lineup for the merchants will be:
Powell. catcher: Patterson. pitcher;
Pitts, first base: Lynn second base: ].
Schwarzmann. shortstop; Helms, third
base: Dienelt. left field; Taylor, center
field; Garner, right field.
Lightning Strikes Building.
During the progress Of the storm short
Iy after o'clock tonight lightning
struck the waiting station of the Rose
mont Development Company at Rose
mont. on the Washington-Virginia Rail-
way, and the roof was considerably dam
aged by fire. Residents of the subdivi-
sion used garden hose in subduing the
fire, and an AK was brought into play
in cutting a part of the roof. The Reh-
ance fire engine was sent out from this
city, an alarm being sounded. Chemical
extinguishers were used from the engine.
No one was in the station at the time.
Zachariah Johnson, coloreo, was ar
rested this afternoon by Deputy United
States Marshal Joseph F. Glover for un-
lawful fishing in the waters Of :he Dis
trict of Columbia, under section S9G OF
the District Code, he having escaped to
Virginia The arrest of the accused was
made on a warrant signed by Judge Cla-
baugh, of the District of Columbia Court.
issued for him by United States Commits
sioner R. P W. Garnett.
Johnson this afternoon was brought be-
fore United States Commissioner Garnett
and entered a plea of guilty to :he
charge. after which he was taken back to
the District of Columbia for trial. the
act being committed there.
Funeral services for James Clinton Mil
burn, who died Monday last, were held
at 10 o'clock this morning from st. Paurs
Episcopal Church. They were conducted
by Rev. P. P. Phillips, rector. and burial
was made in st. Paul's Cemetery. Mem
bers Of R. E. Lee Camp, Confederate
Veterans, of which he was the past COM
mander, attended the funeral. Those
serving as pallbearers were John r.
zimmerman. Capt. R. F. Knox. w. A.
Smoot. Edgar Warfield, ST., U. s. Lam
bert, and G. William Ramsay.
There will be meeting of Alexandria
Council, No. 5, Order of Fraternsl
Americans, at its hall tomorrow night,
at which time arrangements will be
made for celebrating the twenty-second
recurring anniversary of the order, Sep
tember 19, with a musical and literary
programme.
Rev. Jacob B. Krohngold, a student
at the Hebrew College, Cincinnati, con-
Quoted services tonight at the syn
agogue in observance Of the feast of
Rosh Hashanah. The services were
largely attended.
E. ]. Fleming, real estate dealer. has
sold for J. NJ. Hill, to Mrs. Charles At
we'll, house e23 North Patrick Street. Al
deed of conveyance was placed on record
this afternoon in the office of the clerk
Of the Corporation Court.
A committee of members of Alva
Aerie, No 81, Fraternal Order of Eagles,
will hold a meeting Friday night next
at the Hotel Feischmann, when arrange
ments will be made for a bazaar, which
will be given by that organization atl
Armory Hail. November II to q next |
All members are invited to be present.
A final decree for divorce on the ground
of desertion was entered in the Circuit
Court for this city to-day in the easel
of Morgan Ransom Merritt against Diet
va warfield.
Emma A. Beach has purchased from