Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-21
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Chief of Police Goods to Get
Raise In Salary.
MANY DEPRIVED OF TRIP
Alexandrians Planned to Go on
Excursion, But Boat Was
Loaded Here.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. June 81, 1913
owing to the high cost Of living Chief
OF Police c. T. Goods last night submit
ted to the board of police commissioners
| at an adjourned meeting. a request that
his salary be increased from SIS to 800
month. The board was also furnished
by the chief with list Of sala ries paid
other chiefs In different parts Of the
| state. All showed a decided increase
over the salary paid Chief Goods.
Following the reading Of the communica
ton the board unanimously recommended
to the city council the increase asked
for. The matter will in all probability
be submitted to the finance committee of
the city council at its next meeting.
goodly portion of the time Of the
board was taken up in hearing the case
Of Alpheus Robey. special policeman.
fined $50 in the police court last Feb
ruary following complaint made by Alex
der Roy. colored. of an alleged assault.
After the imposition of the fine Mayor
Fisher took up the case and suspended
Robey from police duty. and his action
was sustained by the board at its meet
ing last night
Charles q. Miller was elected member
of the police force TO fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Policeman
Guiding Mr. Miller, appeared in person
before the board. They were Willie c.
I.itchford, Owen r. Evans. Herbert w.
Spyman. Thomas s. Snellings and Robert
c. Carter.
Excursionists Are Disappointed.
Three hundred Alexandrians. who had
planned to take part in the moonlight
excursion Of the NJ. E. Church South
Sunday school, were disappointed last
night, when the steamer failed to stop
at the Alexandria wharf The boat re-
ceived it's full quota Of passengers in
Washington.
The local committee made it's ar
rangeTaents with committee Of an
other Sunday school in Washington,
and the crowd was so great in Wash
ington that within a comparatively
short time the boat had all the pas
sengers it could carry
j. Myers. superintendent of the NJ.
E. Church Sunday school, announces
that in short time another date for
the excursion will be set.
j.. D. Normoyle, real estate dealer, has
sold for John Ballenger to Mrs Mary j.
Mcdonald. $3.50 square feet of ground
improved by a six-room frame dwelling
house in st. Elmo Alexandria country
Mary Packard has sold to D. W. Tyler
of Pitt street between Wolfe and Du,e
streets.
A deed of conveyance was recorded to-
day from James Hartley to James r.
Lawler and wife, transferring a two
story frame dwelling house on the west
side OF Washington street between Wolfe
and Wilkes streets.
Stolen Watch Returned.
A watch stolen from j. w. Smith of
Baltimore. March 5 last was TODAY
turned over to Mr.. Smith by the police
authorities. The man who was charged
with the offense was held for the grand
jury, and subsequently entered a plea
of guilty. and was given a Jail sentence
of six months, which sentence he is now
completing.
Miss Margaret Nellie Butler and Will
liam l.. Pierce, both of Washington,
were married this afternoon at the
rectory of Grace Episcopal Church by
Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector.
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows trans
acted considerable routine business at a
meeting held last night. Marley En-
campment of Odd Fellows will hold
a meeting Monday night, when ap
plications for membership will be re-
ceived and the new paraphernalia will
be inspected.
Mayor Fisher has signed the annual
council. CARRYING with it an increase Of
500 on the liquor dealers of the CITY.
Strother Webb, colOred, a shoemaker
aged t1fty-four years, died today at his
nome. GIG South Pitt street.
Misses Gladys and Learydella Lilly
crop of Charlotte, n. c.. are visiting
at 21S North Alfred street.