Evening star., 1914-05-03
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Campaign for City Council
Shows Increased Activity.
TWENTY-THREE ASPIRANTS
Alexandra Hospital Fund Reaches
S2O,595. More Than Two Thirds
of Needed Total.
pecial CORRESPONDENCE OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. MAY 2.-rhe twen-
ty-three candidates show great activity In
the race for city council. subject to deci-
sion OF the democratic primary to be held
May IA. Twelve councilmen are to be
chosen. eight for the common council and
four for the board of aldermen. Primary
nomination is equivalent to election.
| The candidates are: First ward, al
derman. Jacob Brill, incumbent: william
Campbell and 4. Sidney Mankin; council
! Urban s. Lambert and John Leadbeater
| incumbents; Oscar ". Phillips, F. +. Mar
| bury.
| Second ward-Alderman. George II. Rob-
| nson and r. Z. Knight: council. Julian
Y. Williams. incumbent; William Des-
mond and c. W Wattle.
| Third ward-Alderman. Maurice Will
kins: council. A. u. Brockett and
Charles J. Sullivan. incumbents; James
| ". Bales and Thomas y. Dunbar.
Fourth ward-Aldernan. c. J. w. Sum-
| mers, incumbent: council. Thomas
| Chauncey and u. Monkey Low, incun-
bents: Nicholas J. Lawler. Charles Bend
| helm and Julian 7. Burke. jr.
There are one alderman and two
councilmen to be chosen from each
| ward. The biggest scramble for coun-
Gil is from the third and fourth wards.
where there four candidates from
| each.
!, Two aldermen are without opposition
| They are 4. j. W. Summers OF the
! fourth. incumbent: Maurice wilkins Of
| the third. a new candidate. Having
moved from the second into the first
! ward F. r. Marbury will be a candidate
for alderman from the first instead Of the
| second ward
Sales of Property.
| The following property was sold at
public auction at noon today, in front
of the city market building, by S. II.
Lunt, auctioneer: Lot OF ground with
Improvements on the north side Of Queen
street, west of Payne street, to J. f.
Chichester for $3.50: lot of ground inn
| proved by four frame tenements on the
west side of Payne street. south of Queen
street. to J. W. Goods. for 81. 760 lot OF
ground with Improvements on the east
side of Payne street. north Of Cameron
street, to Isaac Eichberg. for 81. no: lot
of ground with improvements on the east
side of Payne street, north of Cameron
street to William Baeder, for $113; lot
of ground with two frame dwellings on
| the east side of Payne street south OF
Queen street, to William Baader, for
S11J.
Baptists of Del Ray. Alexandra county.
/ during the coming month will begin erec-
| ton of modern brick church building.
/ The structure will have seating capac-
| ity Of about 800 1t will be erected on
| the site of the present church building.
a small frame structure. Plans for the
new church have been prepared and VIII
soon be submitted to the contractors.
| 4 total of s2O.595 has been subscribed
for the building fund of the Alexandria
| Hospital. This was announced tonight
| by the committee in charge OF collecting
| funds for the project. This sum repre-
| sents more than two-fifths Of the total
| the committee desires to raise.
Among the contributions is one for 500
| from Mount Vernon Chapter. No. a.
ROYAL Arch Masons. Committees will
| tomorrow visit the Sunday schools to Get
| what they have collected. Monday they
! will visit the public schools for the same
purpose.
Carnival Closes.
1 The carnival in progress for two weeks
in the auditorium of the Elks' Home, un-
der the auspices of the Alexandria Mo-
| tor Boat Club. was brought TO close to-
night Most or the articles remaining a,
. O'Clock We're disposed Of at auction
Drawings for various prizes took place
| and awards We're made
! A Japane Sc musical will be given Mon
| day night in Lee Camp Hall for the bene-
| fit OF the Alexandria Hospital building
! fund The affair will be under the aus
| pices of the 18th Virginia Regiment
Chapter. United Daughters OF the Con-
| federacS.
| r. f. Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans.
will hold its regular monthly meeting
| Monday night at Lee Camp Hail. com
mitt-es will be appointed to arrange for
annual memorial day exercises, May ..
A large delegation of members of Post
+. Travellers Protective Association, viii
leave Thursday evening for Norfolk to
attend the annual state convention fri-
dar and SATURDAY.
| Rev. and Mrs. E. V. Regester left last
| night for Oklahoma City. Okla. where
| they will spend the next month. MI
Kegester is a delegate to the general con-
ference of the NJ L. Church South, winch
will be held in that city.