Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-10
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 10, 1912
The question whether the republic
can district committee of this district
will place a candidate in the field in
the November election for Congress to
oppose Representative c. c. Carlin will
be determined at Il meeting of the dis
trict committee which will be held al
noon August 26 in the auditorium of
the Elks Home. this city.
City Chairman II. Il. Quinn has Just
received notice for the meeting from
II. A. Sager. secretary of the district
committee. of Herndon. Va. Mr. Quinn
has accordingly notified the members
of the committee in this section of the
meeting.
The district committee held a meet
ing here February IL, when resolutions
indorsing the administration of Presi-
dent Taft were adopted and delegates
elected to the Chicago convention and
other business disposed Of
At this meeting it was decided to ad-
journ until August 26 for the purpose
Of deciding on that date whether to
nominate a candidate for Congress
from this district.
Observance of Labor Day.
Plans for one of the most elaborate
Labor day celebrations held in recent
years under the auspices Of organized la
Dor are being made for the celebration
which will be held at Luna Park Septe:n-
Der ., under the auspices of the Amer
lcan Federation of Labor. Andrew Jack
son Montague former Governor of Vir-
ginia, will. it is announced, be the prin-
cIpal speaker. Other speakers Of ma
tional prominence will also be invied to
speak.
sports and other forms Cf entertainment.
Councils from Washington, this City and
vicinity are expected TO attend.
The state court OF appeals has allowed
{. I. Blunt an appeal IN his case against
the Mercantile Railway Building and
Loan Association, this city. This case
was removed from the circuit court of
this city. Mr.. Blunt deposited $1,SO0
with the concern at interest When
the association was placed in the hands
of receiver he sought to establish his
claim as creditor, but the circuit court
decided that he was u stakeholder and a
member of the association, and il was
from this decision that he appealed.
Baptist Association Meeting.
Representatives from the First and
Second Baptist Churches are arranging
to attend the annual meeting of the
Potomac Baptist Association. composed
Of the Baptist churches of northern Vir-
ginia, which will hold it's fifty-seventh
annual session Wednesday at the Broad
Run Baptist Church, Fauquier county,
Va, at 10 o'clock. The association will
be in session for three days. The Alex
andrians attending will leave here at
$50 O'Clock Wednesday morning, and
from Haymarket they will be driven
in carriages to the church where the
convention will be held.
Officers of the association are George
w. POpkins, moderator, WaxpoOl; James
r. Mansfield, clerk, Alexandria; Robert
A. Hutchinson, assistant clerk, Manassas;
C. Harris Field, treasurer, The Plains.
The first business meeting of Friendship
Lodge, No. 1916. Loyal Order of Moose,
which was organized here Friday last,
was held last night in Sarepta Hall. The
meeting was largely attended. and all OF
the recently elected officers were in their
respective places. Eight new candidates
were obligated. bringing the total men,
bership up to seventy-three 1t was de-
c;ded to hold meetings every Friday
night in Sarepta Hall. Among those at
tending the. meeting was j. NJ. Touey,
general organizer, of Washington. D. c.
Light Infantry Inspection.
The annual inspection of Company G,
list Infantry, known as the Alexandria
Light Infantry. will take place the night
Of September 10 in Armory Hall. Lieut..
Col J. Lane Stern. assistant inspector
general, has sent out notices to the cap
tains OF The companies throughout the
state notifying them of the dates assign
ed for the inspections of their respective
companies.
Luther II. Thompson. city editor of the
Alexandria Gazette. has been appointed
a member of the press committee for the
state fair of Virginia for the purpose of
a statement of the states resources and
advantages that will be exhibited at the
fair.
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows met
last night at it's hall and considerable
business of a routine nature was dis
posed of.
The only case presented in the police
court today was that o. Ernest Gregory,
charged with trespassing on the property
of the Washington-Southern Railway
Company, arrested by Special Officer
Padgett. He was fined So.
Mrs. James New, formerly of this city,
but now of atlanta, Ga. is visiting Der
parents Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Roberts. Be-
fore returning to her home she will visit