The Washington herald., 1913-04-02
ALEXANDRIA TO Have
CLEANING CAMPAIGN
Whole of Next Week to Be Devoted
to Making Town a Spot
less One.
ARE NAM E D

Alexandria. Va, April 1.-Alexandria
| is to have cleanup week. beginning
Monday next and continuing throughout
the entire week. This will be under
the auspices of the Alexandria health
department, directed by DR.. E. A. Cor
Garvey, deputy health officer.
The health department proposes TO
have a clean city made out of Alex
andria, with the cooperation OF the
police force and the Civic Improvement
League. Yards, cellars. and alleys are
to be inspected. 1t is the idea of the
health department to have all rubbish
around these places removed to the
dump pile. The Boy Scouts will look
after the work of cleaning up their own
places. thereby considerably aiding the
cause.
Ministers Transferred.
Rev. Henry NJ. Canter, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. this
city, for the past three years, has been
transferred to Winchester, Va, by the
Baltimore Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. which just con-
cluded its session in Saunton, Va.
Rev. Mr. Canter will be succeeded
here by Rev. ]. w. Duffey, of Win
chester, Va, who was formerly presid-
ing elder Of the Washington district.
Rev. David r. Kern. D. D., who was
at one time pastor of the Del Ray Meth
odist Church, now Of Stanton, Va, has
been appointed presiding elder Of a dis
trict known as Alexandria District, just
organized by the conference.
The appointments for this district fol-
low:
Alexandria. J. w. Duffey: Del Ray.
Z. A. Lambert; Clarendon, 7. NJ. Swami;
Falls Church, w. D. Keen; Fairfax, w.
j. Whitzell; East Fairfax, f. D. Harri-
son Supply: Remington, II. l.. Biven:
Sudlers, w. p. c. Coe; Manassas, L. A.
Rhodes; Prince William, L. r. Mark
wood; Stafford. II. S. Wiley Supply;
Fredericksburg, j. r. Jacobs: Morris
vile, c. Z. Simmons; Dumfries, e. Q.
Coe; warrenton, J. n. Mast; Leesburg
w. NJ. Waters; Hamilton, G. T. Tyler;
Hillsboro, W. H. Marsh; Bluemont, F.
T. Ridgeway; Loudoun, S. v. Hildebrand;
Middleburg, /. G. Michael: Marshall, A.
4. p. Neel; Sterling, ]. II. Kuhlmann;
Occoquan, l.. B. Atkins; Fauquier. c. B.
Sutton.
During his stay in this city Rev. Mr..
Sauter has made himself quite popular
and won for himself a host of friends,
all of whom regret his departure
All arrangements have been completed
for a vaudeville entertainment, which
will be given tomorrow night at the
Young Mems Sodality Lyceum Hall. The
affair will be under the direction of
Father Ferry, post chaplain at Fort
Washington, and will be participated in
by the soldiers from the fort. There will
be a parade by the band at $50. and at
7:3o o'clock the band will give concert
in front of the hall.
With appropriate exercises Troop No.
1, Boy Scouts, tonight held formal open
ing exercises in Sarepta Hall. A number
of scouts from Washington attended.
During the evening talks were made to
the scouts by Rev. DR.. John Lee Alli-
son, poster of the Second Presbyterian
Church; Police Justice Cation, and Mr..
Whitney. The boys have opened head
Charles Bendheimer, chairman Of the
city Democratic committee, today for
warded all the candidates for city and
State offices their deposits of SO each.
which they had put up to defray the ex-
penses incident to the proposed primary
of May g. Not any of the candidates
will have opposition, and there will. of
course, be no primary. The incumbents
a future meeting of the city Democratic
committee.
Other News Notes.
Charles Wick. charged with breaking
into the postofiice at Victoria, Va, whoi
was Yesterday afternoon arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner Foster.
Fredericksburg, Va, was brought here
today and lodged in the city jail by Dep
uty United States Marshal William
Schoeni Wick will be tried at the April
term Of the United States Court in Rich
mond.
Harry White, who was recently elected
secretary and treasurer of the Retail
Merchants Association. assumed the du
ties Of his new position today. The Of
fee IL at ga King Street. This position
was formerly held by J. T. Preston, who
1t because his duties as sec
rotary Of the Chamber Of Commerce will
take up all Of his time.
Special meetings of Randolph Chapter,
Rose Croix, No. 8. Scottish Rite Masons,
and Virginia Consistory, No. 2. will be
held tomorrow night, when the recently
elected officers viii be installed. There
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