Evening star., 1912-09-10
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Entertainment of MunicipaIi-
ties Delegates Planned.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Inspection of Old Dominion Com
mandery, Knights Templar,
Set for Tomorrow.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
ALEXANDRIA. Va. September 10, 1912
Plans for entertaining the delegates who
will attend the annual meeting of the
League of Virginia Municipalities Thurs
day and Friday at the Young Peoples
building of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South were completed last night
at meeting Of the chamber of COM
merce.
1t is expected that between seventy and
eighty delegates will be in attendance
They will include the mayors of the diff
ferent cities throughout the state, to-
gether with other city officials.
The delegates to the convention from
the chamber Of commerce are: W. w.
Ballenger, ]. Y. Williams, c. S. T. Burke
Carroll Pierce and John w. May.
The following were named on a COM
mittee to assist In receiving and enter
president Of the chamber Of commerce.
chairman: j. NJ. Duncan, c. 8. T. Burke.
William A. Smoot, jr., Robert F. Down
| ham, J. 7. Williams, William Jorg, j.
Sutton Jones, John w. May and H. E.
Gentry. The luncheon committee con-
sists of c. S. T. Burke, William Jorg and
J. Sutton Jones: transportation commit
| tee, William A. Smoot, jr., ]. Nj. Duncan.
| r. f. Downham and j. L. Preston.
| The sessions of the convention will be
| city. who was elected president of the
league at its last annual meeting at Cape
| Charles, Va.
Among the objects of the league are to
| promote systematic collection Of infor-
| nation relating to municipal affairs, to
| foster the exchange of suggestions be-
| tween municipalities on matters Of munic-
| ipal interest and to propose and SO far as
L t~~a, r;.la
| proper municipal administration and
| growth.
Knights Temp1ar Inspection.
The annual inspection of Old Dominion
Commandery, Knights Templar, will take
place at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at
Armory Hall. The inspection will be made
by William B. McChesney of Staunton,
] past grand commander. 1t is expected
| that r. f. Edward Delos Hotchkiss, the
present grand commander, of Richmond.
also will be present Following the in
spection the annual banquet of the COM
mandery will be held at the Young Peo-
| pies building of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South. number of toasts
| will be responded to by members Of the
commandery. The banquet will be served
| by the ladies of Martha Washington
Chapter, No AZ, Order of the Eastern
Star.
There will be a meeting of the COM
mandery at its asylum tonight, at whic-.
1 be conferred. Preparations for the an
nual inspection also will be completed at
this meeting.
| w. L. Andrews, Staunton, Va. most
worshipful grand master of Masons Of
| Virginia, together with the officers of
the Grand Lodge of the state. will pay an
official visit to Alexandria Washington
and Andrew Jackson Lodges Of Masons
at the Masonic Temple, Friday evening.
/ All of the Grand Lodge officers of the
| state are expected to be present.
| A committee of members of the two
lodges is preparing an entertainment for
| the visitors.
New Council Meets Tonight.
The first business meeting of the new
city council will be held tonight at s
O'Clock, at which time committees will
| be appointed that will serve for the en-
suing term. The complexion Of a number
of the committees will be considerably
changed, it is expected.
/ 1t is probable three police commission
/ ers viii be elected at a joint session of
| both boards to fill existing vacancies in
/ the first, second and fourth wards caused
/ by the election of the commissioners from
these wards to various other city offices.
Robert Ferguson, colored, who was
sta bbed while in this city the night of
March 81 last, and whose brother. Will
| liam Ferguson, was fatally stabbed. was
removed today by the police from his
cot at the hospital to cell at police
| headquarters and this afternoon was
turned over to the authorities of Fairfax
county to answer an assault charge.
| A delegation Of seven members of Alex
| andria Division, No. l. Ancient Order of
Hibernians. will leave tomorrow night for
| Roanoke, Va, to attend the annual state
| convention of that organization, Thurs,
day and Friday.
| At meeting last night of Alexandria
Lodge of Elks. James W. Bales was
elected esteemed leading knight to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of
| Frederick p. Russell.
The funeral of J. Clinton Milburn, who
died yesterday morning, will be held at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning from st.
Pauls P. E. Church. Services will be
conducted by Rev. P. P. Phillips, rector,
and burial will be made in ST. PauPs
cemetery. Members of r. E. Lee Camp.
Confederate Veterans. of which he was
past commander, will attend the funeral.
| The body of Mrs Haynes who died yes
terday at the age of eighty-five years
at her home. Lincolnia, Fairfax county,
was conveyed this morning to Harrison
burg Va, where the burial was made.