Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-01
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Selling Liquor From Ark Is De-
cIared illegal.
ARREST "KING OF HOBOES"
Thomas Barrett Says He Has Been
Tramping on the Road for
Forty Years.
ARREST "KING OF H0BOES''
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA. Va. october 1. 1912.
Liquor sold from arks on the river front
even If the dispensers have government
licenses. is violation of the city and
state laws. This was the substance of
decision handed down this morning in
the police court by Justice Cation In the
case of John Arlington, who was charged
with dispensing liquor on Sunday from
an ark. and who was fined $50
In reviewing the case Justice Cation said
that the mere selling of liquor at place
below the point. even if Arlington had a
license, did not make 1t legal, inasmuch
as an ark is not boat in the sense of
a boat used for carrying passengers, and
to his mind was. therefore. a violation
of the law. Arlington noted an appeal to
the corporation court. His original col
lateral was taken as bond.
Arrington's case came up in court sew
era1 days ago He claimed his ark was
anchored in the Potomac, and he used his
gasoline launch in conveying people to
and from the ark in question and also
that his boat was practically on the move
all of the time.
Bent with age and with a long beard.
| Thomas Barrett, who claims to be king
of the hoboes, and who says he has been
on the road tramping for the last forty
years. was arraigned in the police court
this morning to answer d charge of vag-
rancy.
Given His Freedom.
According to the testimony of Police
man Campbell, Barrett was last night en-
gagged in holding up people on the street
for d nickel or dime. The old man claimed
he was on his way to Roanoke, and made
d pteous appeal for freedom, which the
court granted. with the understanding
that he would leave Alexandria within an
hour. This Barrett agreed to do, and as
he departed called on the Lord to bless
the judge.
The ordinance providing for the inn
provement of the square on Cameron street
between Washington and st. Asaph
streets with a macadam roadway was re-
pealed yesterday afternoon at a special
meeting of the board of aldermen, and
new ordinance passed substituting in its
stead macadam block.
The ordinance provides that the prop
erty owners pay S1.7J a foot for the inn
provement the cty's part of the cost to
be $500.
Alderman Ogden chairman of the street
committee. said that already property
owners representing a total of 321 feet
had signed for the work, while the num-
Der of feet necessary to start the work
is only al
A special meeting of the common coun-
Gil will be held this week for the pur
pose of concurring in the action of the
higher branch.
Because it is alleged that he was selling
seven packages of cigarettes for % cents,
which is about the wholesale price, Ernest
Lloyd, colored. was arraigned in the
police court this morning on suspicion of
stealing the cigarettes. His case was
cotinued. When taken in custody Lloyd
had eighteen packages out of a carton.
which originally contained fifty packages.
Wins Base Ball Championship.
st. Mary's Catholic School base ball
team yesterday afternoon defeated the
Presbyterian team by score of 5 to 4,
thereby winning the Sunday School
League championship. st. Mary's did not
lose a game during the series.
An overheated fireplace at the residence
of Kemp l.. Lambeth, lib North Column
bus street, started fire at 1870 O'Clock
this morning. The fire department re-
sponded, and chemical extinguishers, to-
gether with plug stream, We're used in
Subduing the blaze.
On motion of A. H. Barbor sheriff of
Alexandria county, Judge J. B. Il. Thorn
ton, in the circuit court for Alexandria
county, yesterday afternoon appointed as
deputy sheriffs A. c. Putnam, j. r. T.
Garrett and William A. McShea. He also
reappointed Harry w. Johnson as jailor
of the county Jail
Mrs Sarah Ann Phillips, eighty-one
years old, died early this morning at her
home, 800 South Fairfax street, after a
long illness. She was the widow of Cor
nelius Phillips, and leaves two sons and
two daughters. The arrangements for the
funeral have not been made.
Funeral of Mrs. Phillips.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ann Phillips,
who died in Staunton, Va, were held at
. o'clock this afternoon at the residence
of Collie Wood, 900 South Fairfax street
Services were conducted by Rev p =.
Phillips, rector of ST. Paul's p. f.. Church,
and burial was in the Methodist Protes-
tant cemetery.
During the month of September n. S.
GreenaWay, clerk of the corporation
court, recorded forty-seven deeds and is
sued forty-three marriage licenses, of
which tWentySeVen were to white and
sixteen We're to colored people.
The Young Mems Sodality Lyceum to-
night will celebrate it's twenty-fourth an
niversary with oyster roast to be held
at it's hall following the regular business
meeting.
In the circuit court for this city in va
cation today, Mrs. Laura Spencer quail
fled as administrative of the estate OF
John Spencer, deceased.