Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-28
ALEXANDRIA
Firemen Plan to Attend State
Convention at Stanton.
HAMPTON FARM is SOLD
Mrs. Margretta Nails Purchaser Of
Well Known Property in Fair
fax County.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star
ALEXANDRIA,. Va. July rs, 1913.
Members Of the three fire companies
of this city are making preparations Tor
attending the Virginia State F1remens
Association, which will be held In
Staunton August 1928. Fully Sixty
members of three local companies Will
attend, and from the various companies
the number will be about as follows:
Columbia, %: Reliance, 20; relief nook
and ladder. Is.
The members Of the Columbia company
will be accompanied by a band. ana tney
will wear their new blue UNIFORMS
which have recently been received.
According to present plans. the MEM
bers Of the three companies propose 20
leave this city the evening Of August
26 and return August 80.
It is expected that in addition to tho
members Of the three companies num-
Der of citizens not identified with any
company will also attend the conven-
ton.
Exploding Lamp Starts Fire.
The two-story frame tenement house
occupied by Emma Coles. at the south
east corner Of Washington and Frank
1920 o'clock yesterday morning. The
| explosion of kerosene lamp was re-
sponsible for the blaze.
The unoccupied brick house north Of
the burned house was partially de-
| stroyed The house adjoining the lat
ter, occupied by Robert Hopkins and
wife. colored, who were i'll, was slightly
damaged. Both Of the occupants were
removed in an ambulance to the hos
pital for treatment.
| The Hampton stock farm. formerly
| owned by CORTLAND H. Smith, located
in Fairfax county. three miles west of
Alexandria, has been sold by Monroe
e. Marbury to Mrs. Margretta Nails Of
this city. This firm also reports the
sale of the farm of John w. Loving.
near Mount Vernon. Fairfax county, to
James NJ. Duncan of this city.
Washington Men Fined.
Fines of 500 each were imposed in the
police court today by Justice Thompson
| in the cases of three young Washing
| tonians giving the names. of Randel Her
man. Marshall Low and Harry Asters.
| charged with disorderly conduct and
| fighting.
| The testimony was to the effect that
! between ) and 6 o'clock Sunday morn
| ing they created disturbance in Greek
| lunchroom on King street. and that prior
| to that they broke the panel of a door of
| a house in the northeastern section of the
| city when refused admittance The ac-
| cused said that they came over to Alex
| andria in a canoe. and owing to the den
sity Of the fog prevailing at that time
disembarked here. and one of the trio
added that they were considerably
| ''peeved.' Each charge against the men
| was heard separately.
| The local board of United States civil
service examiners announces that an ex-
| animation will be held here August 80 for
| the position OF stenOgrapher and tyIe-
writer. Both men and women will be ad-
| mitted to this examination.
The improvement of the square on Pitt
street between King and Cameron streets
| with vitrified brick has been COMPLETED
and will soon be opened up for traffic.
| Services at many of the churches in
| the city were conducted yesterday by non-
resident clergy. owing to the absence of
| the regular pastors from the city, who
are away on their annual vacations.
BURIAL Of Miss Landvoigt.
| The body of Miss Janette NJ Landvoigt,
here yesterday and buried in Union GENE
terry. The services were conducted by
Rev. Patrick Murphy of Washington.
| Funeral services for Miss Mary B.
| Fleming, who died in Washington, were
held yesterday afternoon from Wheat
| ley's undertaking establishment. Serv-
| ices were conducted by Rev. DR.. j. w.
| Duffey. pastor of the NJ. E. Church South.
| Burial was in Bethel cemetery.
The annual excursion of Oriental Lodge,
| Knights of Pythias, will be given to CO.
/ lonial Beach next Wednesday.
! Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, president of
the National Council Of Women, return
| ed yesterday from an extensive trip
abroad Mrs. Barrett was accompanied
by her daughter. Miss Kitty Steele Bar
rett. Mrs. Barrett was a delegate to the
| International Council Of Women at The
| Hague. She was also recent guest of
Lady Aberdeen. president of the Inter
national Council of Women, at the vice
| regal lodge. Dublin.
| Rev. DR.. w. +. Watson, pastor of the
| First Baptist Church. and wife left today
| for Orkney Springs. where they will spend
some time. Miss Kathleen Watson, their
1 daughter. has gone to Harrisonburg, Va
| to attend the normal school at that
| place.
| Misses Pearl SchwarZmann and Rosa
! Peake, the latter of Braddock Heights
/ Alexandria county, are at st. Georges
| Island, where they will spend several
weeks.
| Capt. and Mrs. w. E. Bullock left today
| for Tacoma. Wash.