The Washington herald., 1913-04-05
Travellers ELECT new
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
II. Y. Williams to Head Organization
This YearIOleomargerine
War Is Slated.
lHEw SCHOOL BUILDING URGED

Il TravelerS ProtecuVe AssoCiatiois a. @'S
annual meeting held tonight in the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce elected the
I following officers: j. Y. Williams, pres
| dent: H. K. Field. vice president: Dr. ..
B. Moore, post surgeon; Rev. Dr. john
Lee Allison, post chaplain; w. A. Smoot'
\ ir: ]. w. Hammond, R. F. Downham,
In. Kirke, jr.; Alfred Thomson, and
Walter Rogers, board of directors.
| The following were elected delegates to
the State convention, which will be held
| in Lynchburg. Va. May s, 8, and 10 next:
| r.. E. knight. T. A. Sommers. Wallace
| Lindsey Richard Gibson, NJ L. Price, Jr.;
o. III. Kirk. S. w. Pitts, Alfred Thomson.
! Walter Rogers, ]. w. May. B. Well. /.
F. Ellis, r. F. Downham. and w. w.
Ballenger.
Alternates were chosen as follows: c.
B. Marshall, George Schwarzmann. E. S.
Leadbeater, William Leadbeater, j. II.
| Trimyer, H. d. Kirk. II. X. Field, r. l..
Payne, w. X. Griffith. r. S. Jones, Peter
Won de Westlaken. Harry Hammond. and
T. M. Erwin. The meeting was largely
| attended and was followed by a smoker.
The dog wagon will start Monday morn
| ing by order of Mayor Fisher and all un-
muzzled dogs will be captured. Gas will
be administered to them.
Mayor Fisher states that leading dogs
by chains or strings without having them
nNizzled is violation of the law.
Commemorative Attorney Samuel G.
Brent today received a letter from the
dairy and food department OF the State
Department of Agriculture asking him to
prosecute a number OF lunchroom keepers
and others for serving oleomargarine for
butter.
This is in accordance with a vigorous
crusade being waged by the State author
Titles against the use if misbranded food,
which is a violation OF the State law.
The city school board again will ask
the City Council to provide high school
building. This was the principal topic
discussed by the members of the school
board at a meeting last night. The
board unanimously decided to recon-
mend the reelection of Capt. William
H Sweeney as superintendent Of schools
to the State Board Of Education Capt.
Sweeney has served four years as su-
per1ntendent.
At a meeting of Potomac Lodge Of
odd Fellows held tonight, plans were
completed for a reception to A. NJ
Southall, of Danville. Va. grand master
of the State. The members of the two
local lodges, together with lodges from
Alexandria and Fairfax Counties, will
attend. April Is is the date Of the re-
ception.
Plans have been completed by Alex
andria- Washington Lodge Of Masons for
a pilgrimage to Philadelphia June 5, to
pay a fraternal visit to William l.
Elkins Lodge. of that city. The Alex
andrians will leave here that morning
at 7:15 and take a special train from
Washington at o'clock for Philadelphia.
The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Han
ratty was held at 8 o'clock this morn
ing from St. Marys Catholic Church.
Rev. Fl. j. Cutler officiating. Inter-
ment was in St. Mary's Cemetery. The
pallbearers were ]. D. Normoyle, ]. A.
Rice, John McKenna. Stephen McCau-
ley, Frederick Carney, and NJ. Grimes.
Funeral services for Wayne F. Byers,
who died yesterday morning, will be
held at o'clock Sunday afternoon
from the residence of William Chaun
cey. Gil South Fairfax Street. Serv-
ices will be conducted by Rev. G.. A.
Luttren, pastor of Trinity NJ. e.
Church.
Robinson Moncure, member of the
House of Delegates. tonight was the
principal speaker at the meeting Of
Lone Star Camp. American Indian
Guards.
OfIcials of the Hill Directory Com
pany, Richmond, have opened an office
here. preparatory to compiling clty
directory.
The musical and literary entertainment
given at the Young Peoples building by
Miss Betty Keys Sunday school class to-
night was largely attended. The pro-
ceeds will be used for the carpet fund
of the NJ Z. Church South.
John Harlow has sold to Henry l..
Cheshire a lot on the west side Of Fairfax
Street. between Princess and Oronoco
Streets. The deed was recorded today.
| There will be no services Sunday at the
Methodist Protestant Church, owing to
the absence of the pastor. Rev. {. r.
| Strausburg who is attending conference
at Lynchburg, Va.
| Col. Charles A. Dempsey, L. S. A, to-
day inspected the equipment of Company
| G, Alexandria Light Infantry.
Miss Naomi A. Simmons, superintendent
of the Alexandria Hospital, and Miss
Emma Guilds also of the hospital, have
returned from Charlottesville. where they
attended the Nurses State Association.
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