The Washington herald., 1913-03-09
FIGHT FOR COUNCIL
SEAT In COURTS
Case Of Urban S. Lambert and Robert
S. Barrett to Be Argued
on Monday.

Alexandria. Va, March S.-The fight
for seat in the city council from the
First ward between Urban s. Lambert.
incumbent. and Robert s. Barrett. the
latter editor of the Alexandria Gazette.
which was some months ago decided In
favor of Mr.. Barrett. Is slated to come
before the State Court of Appeals Mon
day next The case is STYLED Lambert
against Barrett. The position as council
man is still held by Councilman Urban
5. Lambert.
Arguments for Mr.. Lambert will he
made before the higher court by Judge
J. X. NJ. Norton. ard Judge c. Z. Nicol
will argue on behalf of Mr.. Barrett.
Mr.. Lambert was elected TO fill out We
unexpirel term of a member of couHeil
now dead. In the meantime a primary
was held and Mr.. Barrett entered 1t and
was elected without any opposition.
He contented that MIR. Lambert should
have entered the primary. Mr.. Barrett
next applied for seat in council and
was refused. He then took the case to
the Corporation Court. Judge Mann
designated Judge Chichester. Of Fred
erirksburg. to sit in the case, and
the latter some time afterward gave
decision favorable to Mr. Barrett.
whereupOn Mr.. Lambert carried the case
TO the appeals court.
Seven criminal cases. all of the parties
coored. will he presented to a grand
jury in the Corporation Court at II
o'clock Monday morning next. Judge 1.
c. Barley presiding.
A grand jury. summoned to-day, fol-
lows: c. Harry Sohe, John Aitcheson.
f. Goldsmith. Robert $. Barrett Capt.
w. II. Sweeney, George D. Hopkins. ].
Brooke Carter. Louis Bendheim. and c.
Conway Brawner.
Frank c. Kast living at SIS Oronoco
Street, yesterday afternoon was engaged
in smoking meat in lbs cellar. and,
neighbors, seeing the smoke coming
from his cellar. thought his house on
Ere, and turned in an alarm. There was
no need fo- the fire department.
While returning from the alarm. the
Relief Hook and Ladder and an electric
train at King and Pitt Streets collided.
slightly damaging the fire apparatus. No
one was injured.
The big frame hotel ard store building
located at ST. Elmo. Alexandria County,
opposite the Potomac Railroad yards
was sold at public auction this afternoon
by S. II. Lunt auctioneer. for John D.
Norr1oyle, trustee and bid iE b. Woods
Bros Co, for $3.50. There were a num-
Der OF bids made for the property.
Other News Notes.
Potomac Lodge Of odd Fellows has
nominated William r. Studds as district
deputy grand master for the coming
year. The lodge has chosen II. f. Ar
mold representative, with J. T. O'Meara
as alternate to the Grand Lodge, which
will meet in Roanoke, Va, next May.
An invitation has been accepted by the
lodge to confer the second degree of the
order Wednesday night next for Sarepta
Lodge.
BY an order of United States Commits
sioner r. p. W. Garnett, Mary Evans,
Florence Williams, Nellie Gross. and
Elizabeth F'redericks, the four young |
white women held by the government |
as material witnesses in the white slave |
case pending against Minnie Hahn. alias |
Minnie Smith, were released from Gus |
tody late this afternoon. The women had |
been in custody at the city Jail since |
late yesterday afternoon, when the ac- |
cused was given a preliminary hearing |
and afterward held for the action Of the |
grand jury.
Mrs Lucy f. Studs. widow Of Isaac |
NJ. Studs. Sdied late last night at her /,
home, 719 Gibbon Street. She was
New York, but had lived here most of |
her life One daughter and three sons |
survive, and they are Mrs. Hubert v. |
Kelly and Messrs. Abram L.. George |
c.. and Wilmer l. Strudd. all of this |
city.
A decree was entered to-day in the |
Circuit Court for this city in the case |
of George L. Appich against the Belle |
Pre- Bottle Company, allowing the re-
ceiver to turn over certain assets to
Firman r. Horner. trustee for the |
Of the company. NJ
The cooperative farm for women
farmers in England has been so well
supported that 1t will very shortly be
in full swing. More than 200 acres
have been bought in Sussex. All the !
organization has been done by women. |
For . Disordered Stomach
Hoff's Lemon Seidliiz is tine greatest |
thing in the world. 1t is prescribed by i
physicians everywhere. And for sale hY |