The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-15
RICHMOND TALESMEN
To FORM HOOff JURY
Secretary Of Defunct Alexandria Asso-
citation Will Face Strangers
at Mondays Trial.
SEVERAL CASES ON THE DOCKET

! Alexandria, Va, April 14.-A venire of
| twenty-five talesmen from Richmond
! from which to select jury for the
| trial Of Lewis Hooff, former secretary
| and general manager of the defunct
Mercantile Railway Building and Loan
Association, was ordered summoned in
| the Corporation Court today, by Judge
Louis c. Barley
The trial Of Hooff is fixed for Mon
day next, and Sergt. r. H. Cox will
go to Richmond the latter part of sthe
week for the purpose Of summoning a
| jury.
The April term of court convened this
| morning and the docket was called and
cases set for trial. The cases set are
the directors of the Virginia Safe De-
post and Trust Corporation, April 81:
Francis ]. Robinson against Joseph T.
Jones, appeal from justice of the peace,
April %; William A. Smoot & Co.
against w. II. Crump, April Is.
The health committee of the City Coun-
Gil will designate the slaughter house OF
Aaron O'Dell as the municipal abattior.
All cattle will have to be killed at this
slaughter house.
The health laws Of the city prohibit the
killing Of cattle within the confines of
the city limits.
Seven out IF seventeen dog owners
cited to appear in the Police Court to-
day to answer a charge of permitting
their dogs to roam the streets unmuzzled
were fined S each.
The annual report of the Second Pres
byterian Church is as follows: Member
ship of church, AT, % added; main Sun
day school, 1913: First Church mission, 81:
Payne Street chapel, So, making a total
IN Sunday school of SIS.
The amounts contributed to benevoE
lncess follow: Foreign mission, $77S,-
home mission. $500; education. $50; Bible
cause. SIS: orphans home, $40; congrega-
tional. including Sunday school building
fund. s21 ,159.
Judge ]. B. T. Thornton. of the Circuit
Court for Alexandria County, will hear
arguments on April % against the re-
licensing of the Arlington Brewery Com
pany.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for the meeting of the Ma
tional Council of Women In this city and
Washington Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, completed ARRANGEMENTS at a
meeting held today at the residence of
Mrs. Kate Wallace Barrett.
Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth
Shivers. who died yesterday at the Alex
andria Hospital. will be held at o'clock
tomorrow morning from St. Mary's Cath |
Ole Church.
Vincent Haws Harrington. infant son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Harrington died
today at the home of his parents, in
Queen Street.
Mai. E. r. W. Ewing of Ballston.
Alexandria County, will be a candidate
for the State Legislature against j. Fred
Birrell. OF this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Mascot, Of Texas,
who are on a l0.000-mile bicycle ride.
which will end at Grand Rapids. Mich.
June 10, next, according to schedule. ar
rived in this city yesterday. They were
the guests of Police Sergeant Wilmer
Scott.
Arrangements have been made by the |
ladies' auxiliary of Canton No. ]. Odd |
Fellows, for a supper tomorrow evening |
at Odd Fellows Hall.
John W. Ballard. well-known colored |
seventy years old, died to-day |
at his home, 617 South Alfred Street. |
For many years he was employed at the |
Navy Yard.