Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-07
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Former Mailing Clerk WheatIey
Placed on Trial.
ARTHUR SHANKS INDICTED
Plans for the Remodeling of Armory
Hall-Common Council to Dis
cuss Loan Tonight.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. January T. 1918.
The trial of II. Lindsen Wheatley, form.
erly mailing clerk at the city post office
charged with taking money from a decoy
letter at the post office. Sunday morning
April .. was begun in the United States
court, Judge dmund Waddill presiding
The first witness was Post Office In
specter James b. Robertson. who was
one of the inspectors who arrested
WheatIey
The prosecution is being conducted by
D. Lawrence Groner, United States dis
trict attorney. Wheatieya is being repre-
scented by Attorneys Samuel G. Brent
and Charles F.. Corgan.
Shanks Indicted, Trial Thursday.
True bills were returned by the Srant
jury in the United States court yester
day afternoon in the following cases
Arthur Shanks, alias Arthur West
charged with improper conduct with &
young girl at Rosslyn: A. Randolph How
ard of Fredericksburg, embezzling fund:
in national banking association ant
making false entries; Charles I. Creek,
more unlawfully OBTAINING, delaying ant
opening letters. etc; Pearl Hope. sending
improper matter through the mail The
trial of Shanks was set for next Thurs
day.
Work on Armory Hall.
Sketches for. the remodeling of Armory
Hall, prepared by w. r. Hamilton, We're
adopted by the building committee of
the hall at a meeting last night. Plans
will now be made and will be submitted
to the committee at meeting next week
According to the sketches the armory
will be completely remOdeied. The cost
will be about $1,000. City council has al
ready appropriated $1,000 toward the i'm
provement, of which $500 is to go to-
ward paying off the mortgage. The
remainder is appropriated, with the I'M
Outstanding that an equal amount is TO
be appropriated by the Alexandria Light
Infantry. In the event the work will
cost less the city and the company will
share the expense exclusive Of the $500
for liquidating the mortgage.
1t Is expected that the work on the ar
mory will be begun in the early spring.
The title is to be vested in the city coun-
ell.
Thirty-fve candidates were initiated
last night by Oriental Court No. 10.
The recently elected officers of Oriental
Lodge, No. u. Knights of Pythias, will
be installed tonight by Deputy Grand
Chancellor J. T. Herbert.
The Decatur Club will give an old
time country social at Odd Fellows Hall
January 81.
The recently elected officers of Belle
Haven Council. Junior Order of United
American Mechanics, We're installed last
night by Herbert w. Martin, district
deputy.
Loan to Be Discussed Tonight.
A special meeting of common council
will be held tonight for the purpose of
acting on a temporary loan of $4,000.
r. Z. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans,
last night elected Rev. III. II. Zones
chaplain and appointed f. c. Graham a
member of the pension board to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of J. c.
Milburn.
Elijah Taylor. colored, was arrested
early last night by Chief Goods and Po-
licemen Rawlett and Talbot on suspicion
of stealing chickens from the yard of
Shirley Pullin, North Royal street. jus
tice Cation continued the case until to-
morrow.
The body of Lawrence Pope. a South
ern railway engineer, who died at his
home in Manassas Sunday, was brought
here today. Services were held at his late
home. A delegation from the two lodges
of Masops met the body and escorted il
to Union cemetery, where the rites OF
the lodge were said, delegation from
Manassas Lodge attending.