Evening star., 1912-04-13
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Conference on Proposed Rich
! mond-Washington Highway.
new JUSTICE FOR COUNTY
Appointment Of r. Gordon Finney
Expected-Magistrates May
Test the Law.
cial Correspondence of The Star.

SPSoA"a correspondence oI Inc
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, April 13, 1912.
The board Of supervisors Of Alexandria
county and special committee of the
chamber Of commerce will confer this aft
ernoon at the county courthouse, together
with a delegation Of members of the auto
mobile association recently formed here,
for the purpose of discussing the route
for the proposed Richmond Was shington
highway between here and Washington.
The proposed roadway will form a part
Of the connecting link Of the Quebec to
Miami highway.
The committee from the chamber Of
commerce Is composed of the following:
c. S. T. Burke, ]. NJ. Duncan, J. Y. Will
liams and J. T. Preston.
John Wilson. colored. was sentenced to
sixty days in Jail today for the theft Of
a pair Of shoes from in front Of the
store Of Julius Wolf.
Arguments are being heard in the cor
poration court today before Judge L. c..
Barley in the case of T. J. Fannon and
others against the Virginia Safe Deposit
and Trust Corporation on the petition
filed by the District National Bank OF
Washington to enforce payment of cer-
tain notes held by it against the defunct
concern.
New Justice for the County.
1t is currently reported that r. Gordon
Finney. an attorney of Alexandria coun-
ty, will be appointed police justice for
Alexandria county Monday by Judge j.
B. T. Thornton Of the circuit court for
that county. The state legislature re-
Gently enacted a law providing for po-
lice justice for the county. This will
eliminate trial before magistrates for
criminal matters in the county.
1t Is said to be the intention Of the
magistrates to test the constitutiOnality
Of the law.
The state corporation commission has
granted a charter to the Platt Company,
Inc, of Clarendon, Alexandria county.
The officers and incorporators named
are Donald F. Platt, president: r. J. Van
Valin. secretary and treasurer, both of
Washington, D. c., and H. H. Scroggins
of Clarendon, Va.
Proposed Fire Company House.
The building committee Of the Relief
hook and ladder fire company at a meet
ing Of that company last night. reported
that It had submitted to the Joint COM
mittee on public property and finances Of
councils the company's proposition for
the erection Of a modern house for the
company.
Solomon Bell. colored, was yesterday
afternoon held for the action Of the grand
jury on a charge Of robbing the store Of
Harris Levy at Arlington Junction.
With these officers local council Of
Boy Scouts has been formed in this city:
D. NJ Low, president: ]. ]. Luckett. vice
president: Andrew Hall, treasurer: Harry
W. Rudd, secretary.
The members of Potomac Lodge of
Odd Fellows last night attended the
fair being given by Canton, No l. Alex
andria Odd Fellows.
The Cardinal Athletic Club will this
afternoon play the team representing
Riverdale in the Prince Georges County
League.
A musical was given last night In st.
Johns p. e. Chapel.
The Alexandria German Club last
night gave its last dance Of the season
in the auditorium OF the Elks' home