Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-18
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Convention of Retail Mer-
chants Comes to Close.
LYNCHBURG Is SELECTED
Will Be Meeting Place Next Year.
Colored Man Shot by
Policeman.
ecial Correspondence Of The Star.

| Of officers, together with the disposition of
| some unfinished business, the eighth an
nual convention Of the Retail Merchants
| Association of Virginia was brought to
a close shortly after o'clock this after
noon.
| The morning session convened shortly
after 10 O'Clock, with a number Of addi-
tional delegates, who We're late in arriv-
ing. in attendance. An auditing commit
tee, appointed to go over the books of
4 the secretary and treasurer, found
everything satisfactory and so reported.
| A feature Of the session this morning
| was what was known as the question
box. Members asked many questions and
| there was general interchange of opfn-
ion among those present.
| Most of the time of the organization in
| the forenoon was taken up with a dis
cussion of the report Of the committee on
| resolutions.
The meeting today was presided over
by Samuel Cohen, president, OF Rich
mond.
| President Cohen yesterday afternoon
submitted his annual report, showing
| that during the last year twenty-three
| new branches had been added to the
| state organization, making a grand total
of thirty-eight branches now identified
with the state association. resume OF
| the work done during the year showed
satisfactory results. The report of the
treasurer showed only small balance
| on hand, but the expenses during the
year were unusually large.
| The legislative committee during the
| year worked actively for the enactment
| of laws for the betterment of retail
merchants of the state, and much was
| accomplished
Trip to Marshall Hall.
| The delegates last night enjoyed trip
to Marshall Hall on the steamer
Manchester. They were given dinner
by the local association, returning home
about midnight
The spread given the visitors in the
afternoon at the plant of the Robert
Portner Brewing Company was greatly
| enjoyed. They were shown through the
plant by Brewmaster P. Won de West
laken. who, with other attaches. arranged
Most Of the delegates to the conven-
| ton departed early this afternoon for
their homes.
| While running away after being placed
| under arrest. Ernest Fox, colored, of
Caroline county, Va, was shot in the
| back shortly after midnight last night
| by Policeman Wilkerson. He had gone
| but thirty feet when he was felled by
| the bullet from the policeman's revolver
Fox was placed in an ambulance and
| not regarded as serious. An Intellectual
effort was made last night to remove the
| bullet. 1t will again be probed for to-
! day. Fox will recover.
few minutes before midnight Police
men Wilkerson, Ferguson. Nicholson and
| Kerns surrounded the house of Hattie
Fountain, colored, northeast corner of
| Pitt and Prince streets. in the hopes that
charge OF murder in Washington, would
enter the place. After a short vigil they
saw q colored man force the front door
| and enter the house. After stay of not
| more than five minutes he came out.
policeman Wilkerson grabbed Fox
short distance from the place, while he
| was near the jail. AS he did SO Police
man Nicholson started to search the
prisoner, while nippers were being APP
piled around his wrist by Policeman
ress Fox made his dart for freedom, and
| 1t was then that the policeman brought
him to a stop with q bullet from his re-
volver.
Plans for Regatta.
The Alexandria Motor Boat Club, at
meeting last night at the Office Of Walter
U. Varney. fixed July q next as the date
| for a regatta to be held from . utnil 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
There will be ten events, and prizes
| will be awarded for each event All men,
| bers of other motor boat clubs in this
vicinity will be eligible to compete in the
| contest Those entering are expected to
! file notices with the secretary of the club
not later than July 25.
The course for the events will be from
| the clubhouse to a point down the river
| marked by certain buoy, and thense to
| a point OF Shepherds wharf and re-
turn.
Considerable interest is being manifested
/ by members of the club over the affair,
and 1t is expected that there will be a
| large number of entries.
| Judge Bennett L. Gordon of Nelson
county, Va, yesterday afternoon fixed
on September IL as the date for hearing
the annexation suit filed by the city In
the effort to obtain a part of Alexandra
| taken by the judge following arguments
| on certain preliminary motions made
| before him by the attorneys for the two
| counties, which he Overruled. The court.
| however. took the question of the con-
stituuonality of the act under advise
ment.
| The motions to quash the proceedings
on the grounds that the notices served
/ on the two boards were defective and
| that Alexandra was not properly incor-
| porated were promptly overruled by the
| court.
Mrs Nellie v. Ramey and others have
sold to Harry Fleischmann the three
story brick building known as lib South
Royal street
| Charles F. Cronk has sold to T. F.
| Kelly the lot at the southeast corner of
| Wolfe and Alfred streets Deeds for
both of the foregoing pieces of property
| were placed on record today in the Office
of the clerk of the corporation court.
Funeral of Mrs. Slaymaker.
Tho fuparaJ nf Mrc Archia Clio yy,ol, . -
| took place at ; o'clock this afternoon,
| from the home of her father, Lambert D.
Lyles, 124 North Fayette street The
services were conducted by Rev. DR.. John
Lee Allison. pastor of the Second Pres
byterian Church. Burial was in the Pres
byterian cemetery.
| A horse. attached to light delivery
wagon belonging to the Mount Vernon
stables ran away from the West End at
$3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
came down King street at high speed.
dumping the contents Of the wagon. The
animal was not stopped until 1t reached
Prince and Royal streets, a distance of
more than a mile.
Edgar johnson, colored, for many
years sexton of the Second Presbyterian
Church. died this morning at his home,
80 North Pitt street. He was about sew
enty years old.
The state corporation commission has
granted an amendment to the charter Of
the Allegheny Company, changing its
principal Office from Alexandria to Ross
Ign. Va.