The Washington herald., 1912-02-26
NEWSOPALEXANDRIA
Legal Fight Over Proposed Greater
city Will Open in Court
To-day.

taken at Ii O'Clock fo-morrow morning
In. the Circuit Court for Alexandria
County, when the formal petition for the
acquisition OF the territory viii be Med
before Judge ]. B. T. Thornton BY Cor
poration Attorney Fisher. The next move
will be made by Gov. Mann. who viii
designate a Judge from some distant cir
cult to sit In the case, the hearings to be
without jury. Any person or number
of persons interested may. under the
law, come In and oppose the petition.
The Judge considers the necessity for
and expediency of annexation, and
whether the terms OF the ordinance are
fair. and enters a Judgment accordingly.
The court may either decrease the
the same. II ii deems best or that IL Will
be needed In the reasonably near future
for developments"
The law further provides that the taxes
In the annexed territory cannot be in
creased for five years unless by petition
Of a majority Of the freeholders; that
the taxation for the last five years shall
be spent upon street. sewer. light, water.
or other public improvements In said
territory. The city may, however. set
apart a sum equal to II per cent OF the
value OF the annexed territory. In the
case of the city II would be approxi-
mately 100000
As soon as such sum Is set apart and
improvements begun then this territory
becomes subject to the same rate Of taxa
ton as prevails in the city, and its taxes
go into the general fund. But this
amount of IL per cent is to be reduced
by any amount previously expended by
the city in public improvements In the
annexed territory.
Any public improvements made in the
annexed territory are to be paid for out
Of the taxes derived from that territory.
but the city must pay the county for any
school building taken in. In the case Of
the city, the total value OF school build
ings will be between $1,000 and $1,000.
Both Alexandria and Fairfax counties
Will vigorously resist the movement.
Commemorative Attorney Crandal
Mackey OF Alexandria County will be
assisted in resisting the movement by A.
J. Montague. former governor OF Vir-
ginia, and his brother, r. Lynch Mon
tagus, and Commemorative Attorney c.
Vernon Ford Of Fairfax County will be
assisted in resisting annexation by
Moore. Barbour. Keith, and McCandish.
Corporation Attorney S. p. Fisher, of
this city. will be assisted in the fight
for annexation on behalf of the city by
attorneys S. G. Brent and John NJ. John
son.
The George Washington Birthday Asso-
ciation. of this city. has entered a Wig
orous protest against the objects OF the
Anti-Fee Association. whose purpose Is
to eliminate the entrance fee for admis-
sion TO Mount Vernon. With a view Of
continuing the present system in opera
tion by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Asso-
citation the Birthday Association has
adopted resolutions of protest which will
at once be forwarded to the legislature
The committee drafting the resolutions
was composed OF z. f. Downham. presi-
dent: Robert S. Jones. Albert d. Brock
EFT, Frederick ]. Paff, and J. Y. Will
Jams.
The resolutions read:
whereas the agitation Of an Anti
Fee Association has crystallized into a
protest against the present charge of
admission 10 Mount Vernon. and
whereas. the restoration, present
and successful management OF
the Washington estate typifies the splen-
did Patriotism Of the Ladies' Mount Yer
non Association. and
Whereas the founders OF this asso-
ciation worked. assiduously in all sections
for contributions to purchase the prop
erty, and have since maintained it
through the small charge of admission;
be II, therefore, .--
Resolved. That the George Washing
ton Birthday Association. in meeting as
sembled, enter it's vigorous protest
against the objects OF the Anti-Fee As
and earnestly request the Iegis-
lature OF Virginia TO take action adverse
to any change in the present manage
ment OF Mount Vernon, which is now
under the direct supervision of a board |
Of visitors appointed by the governor of
Virginia.
The general committee OF the Men and
Religion Forward Movement, at a meet
Ing this afternoon, perfected plans for
a conference similar to the one recently
held in Washington. The conference
will begin Sunday, March 10, with a mass
meeting IN some public haIl. It Is ex-
pected that prominent men identified
with the movement in Washington Will
address the meeting.
On Monday. March II. and Tuesday,
March L, there will be meetings in the
class rooms of the Young Peoples
OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church South at $50 o'clock. with the !
closing meeting Sunday afternoon, |
March II.
A sermon on the religious conditions !
of Japan was delivered tonight by Rev |
J. T. Meyers, a member Of the Baltimore |
at the Methodist Episcopal |
Church South. He secuted the idea Of a |
war between Japan and this country |
md asserted that Representative Hob
son was mistaken in his ideas along |
his line. Christianity, he declared. was
advancing very rapidly in Japan. Rev.
Mr.. Meyers has spent eighteen years In |
Japan.
An unidentified colored man, about |
.hirty-fiye years old, was struck by q
aorth-bound electric train over the |
Virginia Railway shortly /
lfter O'Clock tonight. near Del Ray, |
Alexandria County. The man Is said to |
lave been lying between the tracks |
Alexandria Hospital, where he Is being |
.reated by DR.. W.. N. Smith.
: A lease for a long number Of years OF
The franchise for the use of Royal street |
by the electric railway company will be
reported on by q joint committee at a |
meeting Of the city council Tuesday
night.
Rev. Father Joseph Mhee. Of the Alton.
H.. Diocesan Mission Band. preached this
at the 1870 o'clock mass at st. |
Mary's Catholic Church.
THE spirit OF the Lenten season." was
he subject Of an address tonight by Rev.
A. p. Doyle. C. S. p, of the Apostolic |
Mission House, Brookland. d. c.. at ST.