The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
.BALkY HORSES DELAY
PRESIDENTS PARTY
On Road to Mount Vernon Team
Chokes Road-Secret Service
Men Get Busy.
NEWS NOTES OF ALEXANDRIA

NEWS NOTES OF ALEXANDRIA
alexandria. Va. May 10.-President
wilson and party. who made a trim IN
mount Vernon in an automobile TODAY
were slightly delayed on the trim aov,
} III what is known as Poor House Lane
alexandria County. when two horses at-
,dIneo TO lumber wagon became 40
dAy tndt the driver was unable to
hahdle them and they blocked the road
way. The secret service men, after som.
niue strenuous work. succeeded In re-
moving the wagon to the side of the
roadway, after which the Presidential
party proceeded.
cleanup day was observed TODAY by
e cluzehs OF Del Ray. The affair
was under the auspices of the citizens,
association of that town. and practjc,JIv
the entire towl participated. Ashes.
Iasn' ana rubbish of an endless variety
pfought out from yards and cellars.
nu .Aud teams were used in transport-
ms lhe rubbish to the dump pile. The
affair is declared by residents of that
IP'doe 10 nave been very successful.
meeting of the association was beId
some time ago. at which time toIay 80
designed as Cleanup day.''
Stape Crutchfield, colored. susnec+ed of
oeing wanted by the Prince William
county authorities for the murder of a
colored man named Crawford MarsbaU
"ilch is alleged to have ACQUIRED at
| railroad camp between Occoouan and
Cnerry Hill. seven or eight years ago. this
AFTERNOON was turned over to the Prince
William authorities and taken To No
| nassas.
| commemorative Attorney Thomas II
Lion. OF Prince William County, was TO-
day notified of the arrest of the suspect
by Mayor Fisher, and he ordered him
| held.
! Policeman Rowland yesterday arrested
the suspect. following information given
| by Andrew Jackson, colored
| Jackson alleges that the prisoner and
! the dead man were enamored with the
same woman, and this was responsible
| for the shooting. Crutchfield stoutly
| maintains his innocence.
Carpenter Stricken at Work.
Arthur p. Daymude died suddenly,
shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon
at his home, st. Elmo. Alexandria Coun-
ty. Mr.. Daymude. who was a carpenter.
was taken i'll while at work this after
noon. He finally was compelled to go
home and DR.. R. j. Yates was sum.
after arriving home. Apoplexy was the
cause of death
Mr. Daymude was native of Rem
ington. Fauquier County and had lived
in the county for the past five years
Besides his wife he leaves three sons
and two daughters The arrangements
for the funeral have not yet been COM
pleted.
Forty Odd Fellows of this city will
leave here at 9:17 o'clock tomorrow
morning for Roanoke to attend a meet
ing OF the grand lodge of the State.
which will convene in that city Tues,
day morning. and also to attend a meet
ing of the division of the Canton which
will meet in that place Monday after
noon.
In the party will be twenty-five MEM
bers of Alexandria Canton No. I, wear.
ing their uniforms They will be head
ed by Capt. W. L. Martin. Potomac
Lodge will be represented by Harry
Arnold, and w. ID. Zimmerman and c.
n. Ranch will represent Sarepta Lodge.
I. w. O'Meara, grand guardian of the
State lodge. will also be in the party.
as will others not delegates to the grand
lodge.
The Belle Pre- Bottle Company. which
last fall went into the hands of a re-
VIII iCopcH CUISINES september
next, il is announced. Since being in
the hands of receiver the plant has
been closed down. In the event the nego-
tiations for .he purchase or lease of the
place is not completed arrangements wifi
be made for its reopening by the bond
holders F. r. Horner is trustees for the
bondholders.
Services appropriate to the observance
of Mothers Day will be held at sew
eral of the churches in this city tomor-
row. Special sermons on the observance
Of the day will be preached by the fol-
lowing ministers: Rev. Dr. John Lee
Allison, pastor of the Second Presby-
terrain Church; Rev. ]. W. Duffey, pastor
of the NJ. Z. Church South; Rev. DR..
W. F. Watson. pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church, and Rev. c. R. Strausburg,
pastor of the Methodist Protestant
Church.
At the annual meeting of the Grand
Council of Red Men of the State. which
will be held May q at HAMPTON, Va.
Oceola Tribe will be represented by A.
d. Deeton and Seminole Tribe by Roger
c. Sullivan. Miss Cora Petit will repre-
sent Silver Moon Council, No. IS. De-
gree of Pocahontas
w. s. Nicklin. of this city, grand rep
resentative to the Great Council of the
United States, and j. w. May past
great sachem of Seminole Tribe and
great junior sycamore. will attend.
Gov. Mann has reapponted A. ID.
Brockett. of this city, n member of the
board of visitors to Mount Vernon.
Others named on the board include J.
Taylor Ellyson, William III. White, DR..
Douglas S. Freeman, Judge Samuel W.
Williams. Their term of Office will COM
mence April II, being appointed for a
period of one year.
Chester Eugene Randall, six months
old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B.
Randall, of ST. Elmo. Alexandria County,
died yesterday at the Alexandria Hos
pital.
committee of Alexandrians, includ-
ing several members of the river and
navigation committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce, this afternoon attended a
meeting in Washington, at the Southern
Building, in the interest of the improve
ment of the Potomac from Washington
to Cumberland, Md.
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