Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-05
ALEXANDRIA AFFA AIRS
Long Docket Ready for U. S.
District Court.
SESSION TO OPEN MONDAY
Fourth Of July Quietly Observed.
Base Ball Feature-Gen.
eral and Personal.
SESSION TO OPEN MONDAY
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special correspondence or i ne star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 8. 1918.
An unusually long docket will be pre-
scented Monday next at the July term of
the United States court for the eastern
district Of Virginia. Judge Edmund Wad-
dill presiding. Both criminal and civil
cases are to be considered, and there will
be both grand and petit Juries at this
term. Many Of the cases to be presented
to the grand Jury for its consideration are
from Richmond, Norfolk and other cities
for violations Of the revenue and postal
laws.
Cases slated to be presented to the
petit jury are as follows: Arthur
Shanks. alias Arthur WEIGH. charged
with improper conduct with a young
girl on government reservation; Min
nie Hahn. alias Minnie Smith, yiolat-
ing the white slave law; Garrison
Beckwith and William Jones. violating
the civil service laws; Curtis Young.
internal revenue laws: Virgie Carter.
mailing improper matter: Carroll NJ.
Barrack. carrying on business OF dis
tiller with alleged intent to defraud;
Thomas B. Hurst. carrying on business
OF distiller with alleged Intent to de-
fraud.
Civil cases slated are: Crandal Mack
ey against Edward Gebway; Gale Man
ufacturing Company against John w.
May and the Ohio Rake Company; L.
Weinstein and others against Edmund
Jepeway.
The grand jury summoned consists
Of John G. Cockey. Carter H. Smith.
C. P. Waller and r. e. Knight.
Those composing the petit jury sum-
moned are John p. Agnew. w. H. p.
Kelly. George H. Robinson, E. e. Down.
To-
land.
Day Minus Accidents.
AS a result of the safe and sane Fourth
of July celebration held here yesterday
not a single accident from the use of
fireworks was reported. There were prac-
tically no fireworks of any description In
evidence. so rigidly did the authorities en-
force the law against their use. The
burning Of ladder in the yard of Will
liam Butler. a timer. 2O7 King street was
the only damage done by an explosive.
AS result, however, of the celebration
OF the glorious Fourth there was q
varied assortment of cases in the police
court today. which were disposed of with
dispatch, as follows: William Berkeley,
colored. suspected of the larceny of goods
from Mrs. Hubert Snowden, continued
Nettie Dudley. colored. disorderly con-
duct. acquitted; William Lightfoot, col
ored. disorderly conduct, case dropped
William Brown. disorderly conduct. for
feited 81 collateral; Charles Wilkinson,
Jessie Coleman. Lee Jones and Joe Har-
ris. colored. gambling, fined IS each
Thomas Hunter, Hattie Washington and
Mamie Green colored, disorderly con-
duct, fined s. each; Leonard Wilson.
Rosie Turner disorderly conduct and
fighting. fined s. each; Albert Harris
colored beating his wife, acquitted; c.
w Jeffries and Gladdis Adams, charged
with improper conduct, fined 81 each.
Base Ball Features Holiday.
The Cardinal Athletic Club base ball
team yesterday Afternoon defeated the
Southland club of the Capital City
| League by score of 6 to o. Risdon,
| who pitched for the Cardinals, held his
| opponents to five hits. which were we'll