The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
AN NOTHER f IRE
ENGINE WANTED
Committee Of City Council Will Sub
NIT Proposal for Additional
Apparatus.
YoM K1ppuR IS OBSERVED

| Alexandria, Va, Sept 1.-Another
steam fire engine for this city, together
with combination reel wagon, where
can be carried chemical tanks for fires,
is what the new >hre committee will ask
the CouneA fcf at a meeting of the lat
ter body Ehich will be held Tuesday
night next
This matter was thrashed out by the
fire committee at a recent meeting, and
the consensus of opinion was that the
city needs additional fire protection.
Several big blazes recently, especially
On the river front, have demonstrated
this. The chemical tanks, together with
the reel wagon. could. it is pointed out
| by the fire committee. be used In sub
DUNG many fires which now require
water and which does considerably more
damage than otherwise might be done by
the use of chemicals.
/ This city at the present time has two
steam engines. and there is also third
engine used as a reserve. This, however,
is only brought out In emergency cases
The recommendation of the fire COM
nlittee will at the meeting of the Council
Tuesday night be referred to the proper
committee. The fire committee took the
place of the board of fire wardens and
1t is this committee which now has COM
plete control of the city fire depart
ment
"The Equality of Men,"
Jacob B. Krohngold. student of the
Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, to-
night conducted services at the syna-
gogue in observance of the Day of Atone
ment. He preached a sermon entitled
The Equality of Men" At the services
which will be held at 10 o'clock to-mor-
row morning his subject will be THE
Atonement Day-A Priest" His SUBJ
ject at the afternoon services will be
"A Message of Hope"
The funeral of Mrs Maria McDermott
took place at $50 o'clock this morning
from st. Mary's Catholic Church. Serv-
ices We're conducted by Rev. L. F. Kelly
and burial was made in st. Mary's
Cemetery. Those serving as pallbearers
were John McKenna- T. MCGOWAN. James
T. Patterson. William Desmond, James
Roche, and James B. Martin.
The by-county convention of the wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union con-
vened to-day at Trinity NJ. E. Church.
A large number of delegates from this
city and the adjoining counties were in
attendance. Rev. G. A. Luttrell, pastor
of Trinity Church. delivered an address,
as did several of the delegates attending
the convention.
Theodore c. Keen has purchased from
Richard S. Blackburn and others house
30 North Washington Street.
Charles S. Howell has purchased from
Frank G. Swaine house and lot eOl North
Royal Street.
Through E ]. Fleming, real estate
dealer Mrs. Otelia Cline has sold to John
G. Graham house 224 North Royal Street.
Declaring that because she refused to
take another drink her husband assaulted
her. Ellen Barbour. colored. appeared as
complainant in the Police Court this
morning against -Sonnie Barbour. A bat
tered eye and bruised face was the testi-
mony offered the court by the wife. A
fine of SO was imposed on the thought
less husband.
Mrs HesseIius Smiths funeral took
place at o'clock this afternoon from
Christ Episcopal Church. Services were
conducted by Rev. William ]. Morton,
rector, and burial was in the Methodist
Protestant Cemetery.
Henry B. Glover's funeral will take
place at 10 o'clock Sunday morning from
his residence, DO North Royal Street.
Services will be conducted by Rev. Ed
gar Carpenter, rector of Grace Epsco-
pal Church, and Rev. H. NJ. Canter, pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
Martin, the five-year-old son of DR..
NJ. D. Delaney. strayed away this after
noon, after leaving school, causing his
parents considerable anxiety. The lad
was subsequently located after a short
search.