The Washington times., 1912-02-22
TAFT TO Be MADE
HONORARY MEMBER
OF MEMORIAL BODY
Masonic Association AT
Alexandria to Be Visited
BY President.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA, VA, FEB. e.

"ASElNGTON TIMES BUREAU,
| ALEXANDRIA, VA, FEB. %.
| The annual convention of the George
| washington Masonic Memorial Asso-
tiatlon will be brought to close late
TINS afternoon. when President Taft
VIII be brought before the body and
nane an honorary member. 1t Is cx-
pected that he will make a short adj
Iress at this time The President and
IuSS'eEatcs VIII then proceed tc the tomb
VI washington, at Nj. Vernon, when
Irbs "Ieaoh I.ro, VIII be laid upon the tomb.
lNs lChoWs: Senators Martin and Swan
s!nl' IonSressmen William j. Nc
n,nWoyS MamiSy a aha c: G. Garlin, Fred J. Pan.
+. II. Treat, Messrs Collier and Howe
~. II. Hurter. w. L. Andrews, grand
master master of Masons OF Virginia: Z. II.
imGton Lodge; Samuel w. pitts and
Gharlcs II. swan. Of the same lodge;
/. H. Lee, James r. Johnson, and A.
Is. Ashley: All will leave on the palace
This mornings session was consumed
IN the reading Of reports of the various
committees, and but little business was
lactually transacted 1t was shown that
the project looking toward the erection
IUf q temple In Alexandria, consecrated
to the memory Of Washington. the Ma
son, where the priceless relics associa-
ted with his memory should be housed,
was meeting with great favor through
out the country.
This evening the annual banquet Of
AleXandria- Washington Lodge will be
held in Armory Hall, at o'clock.
About 600 guests are expected to be
present The banquet will be served
by the ladies Of Martha washington
Among the prominent persons who will
deliver addresses at that time are the
following. Hon. \. J, Montague, for
gTn mas g nj Ia
lgiRia: Congressman Charles c. Carlin
Of Virginia. and James w. Collier. of
Mississippi; Senators c. A. Swanson
For the benefit Of The craft at large
ii is stated that owing to the limited
seating capacity OF the hall, none but
dent Masons ana specially invited
!guests will be admitted to the banquet
hall.
Among the delegates to the conven-
tion who arrived this morning are the
following: Benjamin w. Murch. grand
master Of the District of Colombia;
John II. CuWles, 7. g NJ, of Kentucky:
paul S. BulIa, OF Tennessee; Julius r.
lSachse OF Pennsylvania: William Il.
tprice, of Maryland: William l.. Gorges,
of Pennsylvania, and Martin A. Morri-
son. OF Indiana.
Through a letter received by Chief of
Police Charles 7. Goods from the Rich
mond authorities, the full circumstance
| IN 10 lle arrest Oh Sdnluel Al
5 len, colcred, in that city, for a murder
| alleged to have been committed here
nearly seven years ago. have been
brought to hight. Richard Mills. also
) colorrd, was shot on Princess street, OIL
, November s, 1905, dying several days
: later, and while several arrests were
! mude. ile identity of the murderer
| never became known Tic RichmonI
: police have also in custody two eye
witnesses to the shooting, who We're
with Allen at the !ime These mon arc
Rcbe TT Fuller and John Drew, and have
admitted their willingness to testify us
to the circumstances. In all probability
Allen and. the two other men Will be
brought TO this city.
A small Sc ton Of the electric railway
trestle. crossing Hunting Greek. about
r a mile south of here, was wedged out of
| ositiCn late last night by the pressure
; OF the ice. lying up all traf:tI on the
I Mt. Vernon line hntjl late mis- morning..
, Superintendent elf: and fOrCe of men
were at oIce put 20 work, and the dam
. age has been repaired. 1t was at first
feared that the trip of President Taft
n TO the tomb of Washington today. with
c Alexandria Washington lodge CT Ma
e sons might be prevented by the ac2l-
e deEt
a In accordance with their >annGal Gus
: tom, a committee from the. George
n ceeded 10 the tomb Of Washington and
9 placed n wreath on the casilet They
S were conveyed to Mt. Vernon ON spe-
e cial car Of the Virginia
y line.
$ Today every citizen of Alexandria
: must be tagged" by the school chill
d dren, for the benefit of the playground
s fund, just as many times as his pocket
It book will permit. The sale of personal,
| store, and wagon tags has been most
successful SO far, and bids fair to ex-
ceed By far the sum realized in pre-
| Vious years At a meeting of the full
committee, held in the rooms of the
, chamber of commerce last evening, 1t
was. reported that excluding the sale
| of the personal tags on which reports
| viii not be received until tomorrow, $2SG
has already been realized.
Seven candidates of Fitzgerald Coun-
= Gil, knights of Columbus. will receive
E the fourth degree of the order at the
. knights temple, in Washington this
( evening, following which banquet wifi
be served at the National Hotel.
e Charles p. Brawner and others have
sold to Frank Michelbach the house
e and lot on the west side of Alfred
o | street, between King and Prince streets.
s Fire in the basement of the Armour
+ & Company plant at Cameron and Hen
| nv streets, said to have been caused
e by defective wiring, resulted in dam
+ ages to the extent of about $1,000 late
yesterday afternoon.
|, At a meeting of the Reliance fire
A engine company. a letter was received
| from Mayor Paft in reply to the COM
!. pany's recent communication, absolVing
S the company from all blame in connec-
| ton with careless driving, which was
! made the subject of a general order
about ten days ago. Arrangements were
also made for the annual excursion to
, Marshall Hall, to be held June %