Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-13
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Authorities Considering Lease
of Street to Railway.
NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL
Colored Boys Convicted of Theft.
Bogus Coin Circulated-Policy
Players Punished.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 3D. 1912.
There will be an adjourned meeting of
the lower branch of city council at s
o'clock tonight for the purpose Of taking
up the franchise for the lease of Royal
street, for period of twenty years, to the
Washington-Virginia Railway Company.
Gardner l.. BoOthe. a director of the COM
pany, will, it is understood. appear before
council and submit proposition regard
ing the matter.
The impression prevails that satisfac-
tory arrangement will be reached and
that the lower branch Of council will ap-
point a committee of conference and ask
the board of aldermen for a similar COM
mittee in order that the question may be
settled as soon as possible.
There will be no session of the alder
men tonight. although the lower branch
of council at it's last meeting nOn-con-
Cured in the action of the aldermen in
passing the ordinance for the lease of
this street to the railway company. and
asked the aldermen to meet them in joint
session. 1t would have required the re-
quest of three members of the aldermen
for the call of such a meeting but no
such request was made to President Mar
bury.
Confess to Theft Charge.
Arraigned in the police court, charged
with stealing about twenty feet of cor
rugated copper rain spouting from Norton
Memorial Hall of st. PauIs Episcopal
Church, Melvin Johnson. George johnson
and Theophilus Lloyd, all colored. were
convicted today. Melvin, aged nineteen
years, was sent to Jail for six months,
and the two others will be sent to the re-
hox
majority. Their ages are sixteen and
thirteen years, respectively.
The boys were arrested late yesterday
afternoon by Policeman Gill. After steal
ing the Spouting they mashed it to make
it appear as If it had been discarded. and
then sold it to a local junk dealer and
were out spending the proceeds of the
loot when taken into custody by Police
man Gill. The lads admitted the theft.
the two Johnsons having stolen the spout
ing while Lloyd kept watch. A short
time after purchasing the plumber the
dealer. becoming suspicious, made a re-
port of it to police headquarters.
Queer Coin in Circulation.
According to reports there are a num-
Der of spurious quarters, dimes and
nickels in circulation in this city. The
queer coins were first discovered Sat
| urday last. 1t is said they are a splendid
imitation of the genuine and under ordi-
nary conditions would pass without de-
lection. They have not, however. the
ring of the true coin. and they are also
light of weight, being evidently made OF
some cheap composition.
Policy Players Convicted.
A sentence Of five days in Jail each. tc
which was added fines of s. and SO, re-
NV Inst
Gordon Finney of Alexandria county yes
terday afternoon in the cases Of five al
legged policy players out of eight taken
into custody. One accused party was
convicted of vagrancy. These people
were arrested in raids made Saturday
and Sunday last
The cases against the operators of a
number of alleged speakeasies are being
heard today before Justice Finney.
Employees of the shops at the Poto-
mac railroad yards, Alexandria county,
numbering between 800 and 400, re-
ceived a substantial increase in their
pay August 1. in accordance with an
annual increase adopted by the rail-
road company of the salaries of all Of
it's employees. The raise granted rang
ed from 1 to cents an hour.
The regatta which was to have been
pieces of the Old Dominion Boat Club
has been postponed. A date will be Sc
lected at future meeting of the club.
General Mention.
The annual financial report of the
city schools. just announced. shows that
the receipts during the year were
s24.705.71 and the expenses were
$24.60s.71, leaving a balance on hand
of $s7
The board of supervisors of Alexan-
dria county held its regular monthly
meeting today at the Alexandria coun-
ty courthouse.
Plans Of Connell & Pierson. architects.
of this city have been accepted by the
National Biscuit Company for the con-
struction of a modern one-story brick
shipping depot which will be located at
the northwest corner of Washington
and Wilkes streets.
A. A warfield of this city has accept
ed a position as day clerk at a hotel in
Hartman, Tenn.
Winfield B. Watkins has gone for a
trip through Virginia and will be alb
sent a month.
Wayne F. Byers is reported to be
critically i'll at his home, sos South
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