Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-10
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
M. E. Church South to Hold
Special Services.
DR.. H. w. WILEY TO SPEAK
Gold Watch, Stolen From Otto
Sweetheart, Recovered When
offered for Pawn.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 10, 1913.
Special services for three consecutive
Sundays will be held, beginning Sunday
next, at the Methodist Episcopal Church
South They will be opened Sunday at
II o'clock with what will be known as
childrens day. and an address will be
made by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley of Wash
ington. At 9:4J o'clock w. w. MILAN,
president of the District Sunday School
League, will deliver an address before
the members of the Sunday school class.
There will also be special services at
7:fo o'clock in the evening. The follow
ing Sunday will be known as mothers
day. when all mothers are invited to at
tend. A committee of women of the
church will go to homes where the moth
ers are unable to attend owing to chill
dren and look after the little ones while
they attend the services.
The third Sunday exercises will be
known as fathers day, and all fathers
are invited. There will be special COM
mittee of men to meet those attending.
Speakers for the two last named Sundays
Will be announced at future date.
After being questioned regarding a gold
watch which he offered to pawn at the
loan office of E. Heidenheimer, sos King
street, yesterday afternoon, young un-
identified white man ran out~of the es-
tablishment and left the timepiece in
the hands of Mr.. Heidenheimer.
Detective J. A. Springmann of Wash
ington came over to Alexandria shortly
before noon today and identified the watch
as the property of Otto Sweetheart, which
was stolen from Mr.. Sweetheart September
%. The watch was taken back by the
detective. 1t is valued at $50
AS soon as the stranger offered it fer
pawn Mr.. Heideheimer, upon examining
the number, ascertained that 1t was on
a list furnished by the Washington po-
lice department stolen, and he COM
munieated with them at once The man
offering it for pawn became suspicious
and made his getaway without giving his
name. He is supposed to have been
Washingtonian.
German Club Organizes.
The Alexandria German Club met last
night at the rooms of the chamber of
commerce and organized for the coming
season by electing officers. 1t was ar
ranged to give it's first dance of the sea-
son November IS, Thanksgiving eve. This
will be held in the auditorium of the
Elks' Home.
Officers elected are as follows: Arthur
Herbert, jr., president; Conrad Johnson,
secretary: J. T. Burke, jr., treasurer.
These officers, together with G.. Wash
ington Lewis, Edmund P. Hunter. Lewis
Hunter, James S. Douglas. jr.. and Wind
sor Snowden, constitute the executive
board. J. S. Douglas, jr. was chosen
leader, and Beaudric L. Howell, assistant
leader.
A called meeting of the board of alder
men will be held at II o'clock tomorrow
morning, at which time action will be
taken on the report of the finance COM
mittee recommending that the city Dor
row the sum of $4,000 as temporary
loan to tide the city over for the fiscal
year ending May 81 next. 1t is expected
that the aldermen will report favorably.
In the latter event the matter will then
be presented to the common council at
it's meeting which will be held Tuesday
nights
The Camp Fire Girls of Washington will
give an exhibition at the Westminster
building of the Second Presbyterian
Church at 7:45 o'clock this evening. They
will be accompanied to. this city by the
Congress Heights Band. The affair will
be under the auspices of the members of
Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, and will be free.
Anniversary to Close.
With sermon by Rev. D. L. Greenfield,
D. D., of Westminster. Md. at 7:30 O. clock
tonight at the NJ. P. Church the eighty
fifth anniversary exercises of the found
ing of that church, which begun Sunday
last, will be brought to close Music will
be furnished by the choir of the Rhode
Island Avenue NJ. P. Church. Revival
services will begin at this church Sunday
and be continued throughout the remain
der of the month.
William Craig, colored, while under the
influence of liquor yesterday afternoon on
the river front, got into two fights in less
than an hour which resulted in his arrest
and the imposition of a fine of $40 in the
police court today.
Grand Senior Deacon H. K. Field last
night paid an official visit to Alexandria
Washington Lodge of Masons, at which
time the Master Mason degree was con-
ferred.
Mrs. r. Vaughan, jr., and Miss Eliza
beth Watkins of Richmond are visiting
friends in this city.