Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-03
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Light Vote Expected to Be
PoIIed in City Election.
NEAR DEATH IN AUTO
Charles C. Carlin. Jr., Son of Rep
resentative Carlin, and Chauf-
feur Have Narrow Escapes.
NEAR DEATH IN AUTO
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
/ ALEXANDRIA, Va, November 3. 1918.
/ With the various candidates for state
and city offices without opposition, there
| is absolutely no interest manifested in
| the election which will be held here to-
| morrow. 1t is believed that a very light
| vote will be polled Efforts will, how
| ever be made by the city democratic
committee to get out good-sized vote
/ This will be done because the representa-
/ ton at the next state convention will be
governed by the vote cast in this cleo
! ton.
/ Members of the committee today made
| final plans for the election. Dodgers call
I ing upon the voters to cast their ballot
| tomorrow will be distributed this evening.
There will also be carriages at the four
voting precincts to convey voters to and
from the polls.
| The polls will open at 6:27 o'clock and
close promptly at > clock in the after
noon. st-
In conformity to the provisions of the
| Byrd liquor law all saloons here Will
close at Is o'clock this evening and re-
main closed until Wednesday morning.
Great interest centers in the election
| in Mount Vernon district. Fairfax county.
where the voters will pass upon bond
issue in the sum of 10000 for the con-
struction of thirty-three miles of tar
| macadam roads. Practically the full
voting strength of the district will be
polled. )
Halloween Bonfire Causes Death.
| AS a result of burns received Hal
loween night while playing around a
bonfire Carroll Fl. McCuen. the three
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Albert
McCuen. living at 201 Cameron street,
died yesterday afternoon at the Alex
andria Hospital.
The funeral will take place atS 10
o'clock tomorrow morning and services
\ will be conducted by Rev. Dr. W. r
| Watson, pastor of the First Baptist
| Church.
While taking his first lesson in auto
MODELLING yesterday afternoon Charles
&C. Carlin, jr.. son of Represents tive G..
| C. Carlin, and a colored chauffeur,
| Charles Alexander, had narrow es-
cape from serious injury when the hve-
passenger car they were driving went
down ten-foot embankment at Brad
dock on Mount Vernon avenue, Alexan-
dria county. a mile north OF here.
Both escaped injury by jumping Young
Carlin's coat got caught in the steer
| ing wheel, causing the machine to
go in the wrong direction. The front
axle of the wheel was bent, its wind
shield broken and a wheel damaged.
Car Thieves Take Fright.
Car thieves at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing made an effort to rob a car loaded
with meat consigned to Swift & Com
pany on the track at Union and Prince
streets. Policeman Campbell came in
sight at about the time the men sue
ceeded in opening the car by breaking
the lock and they made their getaway.
The thieves secured a few sausages
| from the car. Nothing else was miss
| ing.
These officers were elected yesterday
| by Fitzgerald Assembly, No. 459,
knights of Columbus. at meeting
held at the Young Mems Sodality Ly-
ceum Hall: w. NJ Donnelly, naviga-
tor: r. E. Power, captain: NJ. J. McFar-
land, admiral; s. A. Breen, controller,
r J. Mcfarland. assistant controller;
William Desmond, pilot: f. T. Quinn.
inside guard; w. Fl. P. Kelley, outside
guard; Rev. l. F. Kelly, friar; Wal
ter NJ. Donnelly. delegate. and James
Roche, alternate, to the district con-
vention.
The Old Dominion Glass Company.
| which concern recently purchased the
plant of the Belle Pre- Bottle Company,
resumed operations at that factory today.
A force of carpenters. under the direc-
| ton of Charles A. Howard. this city. is
| today engaged in the work of reshinglins
the mansion at Mount Vernon. This is
| the first time it has been reshinSled in
| the past nifty years.