Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
Three Children Narrowly Es-
cape Death in Runaway, i
HEAL |! TH /. OFFICIAL ACTIVE
go : So j..
Seeks to: Prevent Throwing of Dead
Animals in Alleys i
and River. i
,ecisl Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The star.
ALEXANDRIA,. va. August IS, 1918
A fract1ouS horse attached to an OIL
wagon belonging to Ernest ID. Vernon. 1
who conducts grocery store at 1O21
OronocO street. at 10 o'clock this morn
ing came near causing the death of
three Of Mr.. >Vernon's young daughters.
ranging in age from three to seven
years. who We're seated on the vehicle.
As it was. only one of the children, the
youngest. was! injured, and the other
two. through the efforts of George. W.
Pettey, a trave cling insurance agent. who
was nearby, was saved from being
trampled to death crushed when the
wagon collapsed -:
Realizing their perious predicament.
Mr.. Pettey rushed to their assistance
and grabbed two of: the children just as
the large oil tank collapsed and while
the horse. was still frantic. He was,
however, unable to give assistance to
the youngest child, who fell to, the
ground and escaped with a number OF
bruises on the head. -s*
Health Crusade Started.
The city health department has in
augurated crusade against the throwing
of dead dogs and cats in alleys and places
along the river front, and in the future it
proposes to prosecute vigorously all who
are found guilty of such offenses.
DR.. T. A. Gorniah. city health officer,
appeared i'm the police court today as COM
plainant against James Douglas and Ed
ward Lee, colored boys. who were charg-
ed with throwing two dead dogs into the
river at the wharf at OronOco street. He
cta hot he of he had
floated back into. the Oronoco street sew
er, stopping it up Douglas admitted
drowning the dogs, but said he subse-
quentIy buried them. The court fined him
S. for the offerise.
A sentence of six months on the state
convict road force was imposed in the
case of Henry Samuels, colored. charged
with stealing clothes from Scott Butler
colored.- Butler said Samuels stole a pair
of trousers together with several shirts
which he valued at about s.. The
trousers, he declared. were worn in court
by tue prisoner.
Loving Cup for Lodge.
A handsome silver loving cup will be
presented to Falls Church Chapter Order
of Eastern Star, by Martha Washington
Chapter of this city. Tuesday night A
speech of presentation on behalf of the
local chapter will be made by Henry X.
Field, worthy patron. The Alexandria
members will leave here at $3.50 o'clock
on special car. Falls Church Chapter
was instituted two months ago.
Mrs Eva Peake, wife of Nevelle Peak
of Braddock Heights Alexandria county,
died last night at the home of her sister,
Mrs. James Galloway. West Falls
Church. Va. Her death followed very
brief illness. The deceased was a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Thomas Taylor of Del Ray
Alexandria county, and is survived by
her husband. The body was today taken
to her home at Braddock and prepared
for burial. The arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been made.
Miss BERTHE Bladder a Bride.
Miss Berthe Bladder. daughter of Mrs
Beartha Bladder, and Sylvester Archer,
both of this city, were quietly married
at 8 o'clock this morning at the .parson-
age of the Methodist Protestant Church.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. c.
K. Strausburg, pastor. Following the
ceremony the couple left for a northern
bridal trip. They will reside here.
The forty-fourth annual session of st.
Mary's Academy, conducted by the Sis
tiers of the Holy Cross. will begin Tues
day, after the annual summer vacation.
1t is expected that the total enrolment
this scholastic year will reach the 200
mark. it having been 80 last year. This
school has many departments, including
academic and business courses A num-
Der of the teachers have just returned
from Notre Dame, Ind, where they have
spent two months in the summer school.
Ethel Lee Posey. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. Posey, died today at the
home of her parents. liz South Wash
ington street She was four months old.