Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-25
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
riremen Plan Trip to Staunton
for Convention.
ARMORY TO BE MADE OVER
Home of Alexandra Light Infantry
to Be Brought Up
to-Date.
Special correspondence of The Star.

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Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August -. 1915.
Sixty members of the three fire depart
tnents, all uniformed, will leave here at
li:1I o'clock tomorrow morning for
Stau.to ton. Va, 10 attend the annual meet
ing of the Virginia State Firemen's As
location, which will be held August
10
In addition 10 the uniformed volunteers
many others not uniformed have also ar
ranged to attend the convention.
Twenty members OF the Columbia COM
rany will go and there will be twenty-five
members of the neliance. with fifteen
members OF tne Relief hook and ladder
company The members of the Columbia
company will for the first time wear their
new blue regulation uniforms. which will
lie the color worn 10y the members of the
two other companies. The companies
wili go together and have arranged for
= special car. Members of the Relief
company will march to the Columbia
'4ouse and escort them to the Reliance
ouse and then they will all march to
he depot. Ii is expected that many or
the stay-at-homes will escort the fire
Iaddies to the railroad station to see
them Off
Remodeling of Armory.
Plans for the relnodeling of the
mory have now been about completed.
and will be ready to submit to the con-
tractors in about two weeks. The work
viii cost between 5000 and $1,000. a part
~ the expense to be borne by the city.
according to the plans the armory will
h. made up-to-date and be a big inn
provement over the present structure
Should bids he given out soon the work
iaay he started late this fall
Many members of Company G.. LIST
Virginia Regiment, known the Alex
andria Light Infantry. have been sum-
!noned before a summary court TO be
held AT the armory tonight to answer the
charge OF failing to attend drills. 1t Is
expected that the usual fines will be i'm
posed in the cases of those found guilty
of delinquency.
Lemuel A. Cook Dead.
Lemuel A. Cook. ninety years old. one
OF Alexandria's oldest residents. died
shortly after 10 o'clock last night at
his home. .24 North Columbus street
Death was due to stroke of paralysis.
Mr.. Cook had been ill for long time.
The deceased was a native of Mary
land and for many years was engaged
in the produce business here.
They are Mrs. Emma Kinsinger, Miss
Eva Cook. Miss Celeste Cook. Mrs. Annie
Leatherland. Miss Katie Cook. Mrs.
leaves a brother, j. Frank Cook.
The. funeral will take place at
late home. Services will be conducted
by Rev. G.. A. Luttrell. pastor of Trinity
NJ. r. Church, and Rev. C.. r. Strauss
burg. pastor of the Methodist Protestant
Church.
The two new chemical engines recently
ordered by the Citizens Association of
the town of Potomac. Alexandria county.
which arrived yesterday. were unloaded
this morning and one placed at Del Ray
and the other at St Elmo. The engines
are what is known as double tank, each
tank having capacity of thirty-fve
gallons.
There will be a meeting of the associa-
zion tomorrow night at which a date will
be decided upon for an exhibition test
and arrangement made for a second lawn
fete for the benefit Of the volunteer fire
department, which is to be organized
shortly.
Cases in Police Court.
The following cases were disposed of
today in the police court: William Pow
ell, disorderly and fighting, forfeited s.
collateral; Waverley Lucas. colored. as
sault on John Seth, colored, prisoner and
berlake. coiored, disorderly and fighting,
fined $40: William Woodlawn. John Lucas,
Harry Lewis and Charles Fortune all
coiored. assault on Isabel Slaughter, COL
ored. fined s. each, and complainant also
fined So: Ossie Johnson and Pauline Pink
nev. both colored, disorderly conduct and
lighting, fined s. each: George Park and
Thomas Henley. trespassing on railroad
property, turned over to the Alexandria
county authorities
Ht..t ms m he .hno, ~
commerce may be called for the purpose
Of determining whether committee shall
Re appointed to meet the trade boosters
from the Washington Chamber of Com
nerce who are scheduled to stop in this
city the morning of September 10 on their
trip down the Potomac. AS yet, however,
no plans have been made for entertaining
the visitors
T. S. Barrett, editor of the Alexandria
Gazette. has extended them an invitation
10 have their picture taken in front of
the Gazette Office upon their arrival here.
William H. Peck has sold to John III.
Harrington house and lot known as 4O4
North Payne street. A deed of convey
cnce was placed on record in the office Of
the clerk of the corporation court today.
Abel Douglas has instituted suit for a
limited divorce from his wife, Mary E.
douglas
Property Ordered Sold.
Il, the corporation court today d decree
was entered in the case of Bessie Lomax
and others against Robert Poindexter and
others confirming the report of Lewis n.
Duffey. special commissioner and direct
ing sale of property IA North Pitt street
and appointing Robinson Moncure and
Richard Ii. Washington commissioners of
sale.
j. D. Normoyle, Lucian Davis and Ed
mund C. Wildt left yesterday afternoon
for a weeks automobile trip through the
Valley OF Virginia
Robert S. Barrett, editor of the Alex
:lndria Gazette returned today after
spending several days on cruising trip
on the Chesapeake with the members of
The rivers and harbors commission.
Mr. and Mrs. A. :. Dcniphan and little
son Jack returned yesterday after a
week visit TO Colonial Beach, Va.
Mrs James Rayne and two little sons
have returned after two-week visit to
Bluemont. Va.
Mrs Ellen Lindsey and granddaughter.
Miss Kathleen Quinn. are spending sew
eral weeks az Bluemont. Va.
George p. Perry has gone to Hampton,
Va where he has accepted position
with printing company.
BUOY OUT OF POSITION.