The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
ALEXANDRIA RED Light
ZONE ENDS MONDAY
Women Of Segregated District Are
Ordered to Leave the
CITY.
POLICE ARE KEEPING GUARD

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night tomorrow night Alexandria's segre-
gated district will be closed. Final or
ders for the women to evacuate were
given today by Chief of Police Goods
following an order to that effect issued
April . last by Judge L. C. Barley. Of
the Corporation Court.
Most Of the women propose to leave
the city Monday.
This city's segregated district composed
OF about ten houses in the northeastern
section of the city. There are more than
fifty inmates. according to police rec
ords.
Since the passage of the Kenyon law,
complaint was made regarding alleged
disorder on the part of visitors to this
city.
For the last fifty years Alexandria's
segregated district has been tolerated.
Representatives of the Florence Critten-
ton Mission, Washington, recently visited
the district and offered homes to the in
mates. So far as can be learned how
ever. their offers were not accepted.
Members of the graduating class of the
Alexandria High School tonight held
class exercises In the auditorium of the
Elks Home Tomorrow night at s
o'clock the graduates will attend serv-
Ices at the NJ. E. Church South when
baccalaureate sermon will be preached
by Rev. DIR. J. w. Duffey, pastor
The commencement exercises will be
held at O'Clock Monday night in the
Westminster Building of the Second Pres
byterian Church when diplomas of gradu-
alton will be conferred on a class OF thir-
teen.
DR.. E. H. Russell of the Fredericksburg
Sfafa N0rp,ar u-;Il
dress to the graduates Miss Corrine
Reardon will deliver the salutatory to the
graduates. while Francis Z. Johnston
viii deliver the valedictory. The Carlin
honor medals, together with the Alexan-
dria High School Literature Society
medals. will be awarded at the COM
mencement exercises.
Members Of the graduating class are
as follows: Misses Corinne Reardon.
Helen II. Blake. Madeline Louise Martin.
Flora Glasgow, Mabel Henderson, and
Messrs. Francis Z. Johnston William F.
Boswell. Barton Phillips. Eldon Raison.
Joseph Chauncey. -.obert f. knight, jr..
and Howard st. Clair.
The Calendar Club. composed of go
mSnbers, all of whom paid cents a
week for a period of one year. has
turned over to the Alexandria Hospital
building fund the sum of s212-17. The
money was collected by Miss Mary c.
Brown, and Miss Mary f. Smith. and
most of 1t was collected from members
OF Robert Andrews Division, No. 81,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The total contributions. with the fore
going. handed in today, amounted 20
S0sl7. bringing the grand total up %
s35. .62s4
Among the other contributions received
were the following: Loyal Order OF
Moose. SIS: Lansburgh & Brother, Wash
ington- s25: F. NJ. Matthews. Bronxville.
n. Y. SIS; Mount Vernon Circle, King
Daughters, Fairfax County. SO; James
G. Garham. so; May A. Graham, $: Mrs
l. II. Gibbs, s.: Melvin & Julian White
stone. 81.
Every Indication points to a fund In
excess of $4,000 by Tuesday night. includ-
ing the $500 given by the city, which
is not yet counted because it is yet be
fore council
The c. A. Campbell Construction Com
pany Incorporated. Alexandria. with a
capital stock OF from $500 to $4,000 has
been granted a charter by the State cor
poration commission. Officers are as fol-
lows: C. A. Campbell. president. Poto-
mac. Va; A. ID. Jacobson, secretary,
Washington. The commission has also
granted an amendment to the charter of
the Potomac and Chesapeake Company
Alexandria, reducing its capital stock
from $4,000 to slS5.00o.
Property sold at public auction this
morning by Capt r. +. Knox and pur-
chased by Florence d. Madella follows:
House and lot on the south side of
Wolfe street. between Columbus and
Washington streets. for $500; house and
n Sntt fnr
and lot on the west side of ST Asaph
street, between Gibbon and Franklin
streets, for $50.
:. ii. Lunt. auctioneer. sold at auction
today tract OF land on Telegraph road.
Fairfax County. near this city, to James
+. Cox. for s2.l0O.
Teachers of the Payne street chapel of
the Presbyterian Church have organized
with the election Of these officers: H.
Noel Garner, superintendent: Augustus
Robey, assistant superintendent: Stephen
Field. secretary; Mrs. Reeves Young.
treasurer; Miss Janet Gronau, pianist,
and Mrs. Hattie Grover Scott, assistant
pianist.
Officers chosen by Potomac Lodge Of
Odd Fellows are as follows: c. Z. Rem
ington. noble grand; Harold c. Clark,
vice grand: Norman L. Williamson re-
cording secretary; William E. Latham,