Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-11
ALEXANDRIA AIRS
Auto Stolen in Newark, N. J.,
Held by Police for Owner.
HOSPITAL TRUSTEES MEET
Will Make Plans for Purchase Of
Square of Ground-Hobson
to Speak Here.
,ecial Correspondence of The Star.

special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, September ia
handsome seven-passenger automoolie De
longing to L. Bamberger of Newark n.
T.. alleged to have been stolen Wednes-
is now in a local garage. where it Is being
day. has been recovered by the police and
held for the owner.
The machine was brought to the Central
Garage Yesterday afternoon by two
strange men, who requested that 1t be
cleaned. adding they would call Tor II
this morning.
Paul Sankler, seventeen years old.
caddy at the Essex County Country Cicb'
whose home is in Orange, N. j., whom
the occupants of the machine brought
along from Orange, N. j.. was responsible
for the Identification of the machine He
was picked up by the two men at Orange
N J., he says, and was requested to show
them the way to Philadelphia
According to Sankler. they came
through Philadelphia without stopping,
making short stop in Baltimore and an
other in Washington, where he says the
occupants Of the machine disposed OF two
automobile tires, after which they came
to Alexandria.
Sankler Became Suspicious.
sankler said he became suspicious dur
ing the progress of the journey that the
machine had been stolen. AS soon as the
men left him in this city he notified Chief
of Police Goods.
Chief Goods at once wired to the
police at Trenton, N. j., and learned
from them that the car was stolen IN
Newark, September 8.
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He said the men who were in the ma
chine were about twenty-five years OLD
and well dressed. One of the men, he
declared, appeared to have been drinking
when he met up with them. He also
says that from the conversation OF one
Of the men he judged ne was from
New York.
AS soon as Chief Goods learned Of the
circumstances regarding the machine he
at once detailed a man at the garage 70
be on the lookout for the men who had
left it. They. however, failed to put IN
an appearance.
The building committee and trustees
of the Alexandria Hospital will hold
meeting Wednesday night at the rooms
of the chamber of commerce and com
square of ground bounded by Colum-
bus. Alfred. Pendleton and Wythe
streets, which will be the site OF the
new Alexandria hospital. The pur-
chase price is $500.
The following committee appointed
to arrange to collect the pledges given
by citizens and convert them into cash
also will meet at the same time: Julian
Pierce, Arthur Herbert. jr.: Wy. A
Smoot. jr.: harry Hammond. w. A
Moore jr.. and James Bayne.
1t is expected that within short
time plans will be prepared and Other
arrangements made incident to the
actual work of constructing the new
hospital.
Representative Hobson to Speak.
The Anti-Saloon League of Virginia
which organization has been conduct
ing vigorous campaign in Alex
andria in the interest of statewide
prohibition, on which the people will
vote September %. will have two more
sneakers here between now and cleo.
ton time with a view of arousine
further enthusiasm in the cause
The first will be Prof. Charles Scan.
Ion of Pittsburgh, head of the tenn
perance department OF the Presby'
dress Sunday night in the NJ. E. Church
South, and the other will be Repre-
sentative Richard Pearson Hobson
who will speak In local theater thu
afternoon Of Sunday. September 20;
l
tStrausburg, chairman; Rev. G. A. Lut
treIl and Rev. O. w. Triplett. yester
| day waited on Mr.. Hobson and made
the arrangements to have him come
here.
The Richmond assembly has just beef
organized here, and will give It's frs
dance of the season Monday night il
| the auditorium of the new Richmond
theater. The officers are as follows
r. NJ. Perry. jr., president: Samue
Wade, treasurer: William browns. VIC
president: William LYMAN, secretary
Richard Ale, floor manager.
| Wilbert H. Underwood. about twenty
FIVE years old, died at o'clock THU
morning at his home, 1871 South Fair
fax street. He was sign painter b.
trade and was unmarried. Mr.. Under
wood had been in failing health TO
a long time. He was a member o
AIva Aerie. No. ST., F. o. Eagles. Thu
funeral arrangements have not ye
been made.
| Norman Simms, charged by his wifi
with disorderly conduct and abusing
her, was today sentenced to serve ;