Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Prominent Democrats to Greet
Wilson Next Friday.
MAY MAKE BRIEF SPEECH
Huge Bonfire Will Be Lighted-An-
nexation Decision May Be
Given Next Month.
pccjal Correspondence Of Tie Star.

! Special Cores pondence OF Tie Star.
| LEXANDRIA. Va, December o. 1917.
When President-to-b be Woodrow Wilson
passes through this city at 3:15 o'clock
next Friday afternoon he will be greeted
by number of prominent democrats and
members Of the Wilson Marshall Club
and others. His train will make only q
brief stop here, and big bonfire at
George Washington Park, west Of tho rail-
way station, will be q feature of the cele-
bratcn.
| Mr.. Wilson will pc on the rear PLATFORM
! of the train. and will, it is expected, make
i brief address.
Manor Fisher has just received Il letter
from Mr. " ilson assuring him that sug
gestiors made by hun regarding his brief
| stop in this city will be given careful
consideration. All arrangements nave
been completed foc the building CT the
bonfire at the park,
Annexation Decision.
There is lite likelihood of "a decision
being given in the city's annexation suit
to obtain a part of Alexandria and Fair
fax counties by Judge Bennett T. Cor
don of Nc.son county before the early
part of next MONTH according 10 a state
| ment made b. s. r. Whitehead, common
wealth's attorney for that county, who
| was in this city this afternoon.
| According to Mr.. Whitehead. Judge
| Gordon has been busy holding court since
| the hes ring of tho proceedings in Alex
audria county some time ago He, how
| ever, stated that Judge Gordon had in
! formed him that he expects to so over
| the case a. soon the session Of tho
Fluvanna court is Over, which will he
| next Week.
Christmas for the Poor.
Final plans have been competed for
| the distribution of Christmas gifts to the
| poor OF the city by the different secret,
| charitable and social organizations of the
| city.
| Baskets filed with provisions will be
| distributed Tuesday by Alexandria Lodge
of Elks to l25 poor families of the city.
| The Cooperative Oh arities Association
| has also arranged for furris hing food and
| clothing to poor people of the city. as
| vii other organizations.
| The committee in charge of the Christ
| mas celebration Friday afternoon for the
| poor children of the city is working hard
| to make that affair big success. This
| committee will hold a meeting at $50
| o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Elks'
| Home, when fina! plans for the affair
| Will be made.
! Church Celebrations.
| Christmas celebrations arranged by the
rarious Sunday schools follow: ST. Mary's
| Catholic at pm. December II, at
Young Mems Sodality Lyceum Hall:
rhris. Episcopal at $50 pm. December
a; ST. Paurs Episcopal. December %
1T pm. Second Presbyterian. Decem-
Der 70, at 100 q. M: Methodist Episcopal
South. December 81, small children at
. m. and large choldren at s pm: Grace
Episcopal. December q, at 7:30 pm.
Trinity NJ. E. Church, December 81. at
30 pm: First Baptist. December 30.
at pm; Second Baptist, December 80.
| at $50 pm.
The authorities of Alexandria county
| are laying a Belgian block roadway nine
| teen feet wide and a half mile long in
| Jefferson district. that county. between
What is known Reaches run to the
plant of the Washington Hydraulic Press
| Brick Company. The balance of the
| roadway between the south end of the
Highway bridge and this city. distance
macadam.
Asks Auto Law Enforcement.
! Supervisor Duncan of Alexandria coun-
~ has requested the sheriff and deputy
| sheriff of that county to see that the
aw requiring nonresident automobiles
20 pay the Virginia license is enforced
more rigidly. He declares that the roads
| n the county are being ruined by the
| nigh speed which automobiles are being
| perated and says that the state should
| eceive the tax from the automobile own
| ers in order to make the necessary re-
| pairs to the roads.
Christmas music will be given at many
| Of the churches here tomorrow. Aug
| nented choirs will take part Resident
clergy will fill the p'llpits at the different
churches. Sermons az propriate to Christ
| mas time will be preached. and the ord +
| OF services for Christmas day will be an
| nouncc1 by the ministers at the services
tomorrow.
| The Episcopal Theological Seminary OF
Virginia. located three miles west Of this
| city, closed this afternoon for tho Christ
mas holidays. and will not reopen until
January 4. Lectures at that Institution
will be resumed January o.