Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-23
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Grand Jury Is Sitting State
Personal Tax Returns.
COUNCIL HAS BUSY SESSION
Southern Railway Given Permit for
Trestle Pearson Ac-
cident Victim.
COUNCIL HAS BUSY SESSION
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va. October 23 1912
| In addition to returning a number OF
indictments in criminal cases, a grand
jury In the corporation court this after
noon is engaged in the work of investi-
eating the recent state personal tax re-
turns. in compliance with a charge made
to the jury. when it convened this
morning, by Judge l.. c. Aiarley. Com
missioner Of Revenue Callahan was
called to assist the jury in its work of
probing the returns.
| The only change made in the jury was
| that s. II. Lunt was excused from jury
service and William HI. Sweeney was
made foreman. The jury is composed OF
w. III. Sweeney, foreman; j. NJ. Pettey.
jr: Charles b. Marshall w. L. Pain,
James b. Fitzgerald. Il. Baer, Louis
Bendheim and Emanuel Goldsmith.
petit jury also is hearing testimony
| in the case of John +. Evans. charged
with assaulting fourteen-year-old
white girl. Among the witnesses placed
| on the stand at the morning session
| for the prosecution were DR.. Lewellyn
! Powell and the girl. This afternoon
| witnesses for the defense are being
| heard.
! The accused is represented by At
| torneys Lewis II. Machen and Walter
/ &. Foster. commemorative Attorney 5.
| c. Brent is conducting the prosecution.
| The case probably will be given to the
| jury this afternoon.
| Council Has Busy Session.
At meeting of the city council held
last night three ordinances in connection
with the granting of the privilege to the
Southern Railway Company to erect a
/ frpSflo frock m will
the city gas plant were passed on the
recommendation of the light committee.
The railway company agrees to pay one
| half of the cost. which is $500, and &C
cording to one of the ordinances an ex-
| penditure of a like amount is authorized
I by the city. The erection of the treStle
will obvia<e the necessity of hauling coal
from the railway cars to the gas plant.
eventually resulting in big saving
| financially and otherwise.
| A resolution that the residents of each
| board of the council obtain from the pub
fishers of three papers. two daily and one
Sunday, their total circulation, both in
and out of the city. in order that the
finance committee may consider it when
awarding the yearly contract for city
was passed by the common council
| The council sustained the veto of Mayor
| Fisher to the ordinance providing for the
| establishment of certain grade on the
! two squares on Washington street be-
| tween King and Duke streets now being
| improved.
| The street committee was authorized to
| award contracts for paving of squares on
| Washington street between Cameron and
| Queen streets, and Cameron street be-
| tween Washington and st. Asaph streets
| without advertising for bids. cost not to
| exceed that for similar work just COM
| pleted.
A resolution was passed that the mayor
| be authorized to make application on
| part of city council for a part of the
/ wreck of L. S. S. Maine. the applica ton
| to be for bronze metal to be used as a
| ia let in the Westminster building, now
under construction by the congregation
| Of the Presbyterian Church. as a me-
| mortal to Edward Wilmer.