Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-23
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Virginia Press Association
Opens Annual Convention.
IS WOMEN IN ATTENDANCE
Charters Granted New Savings
Bank and Chemical Company.
City Council Meets Tonight.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

morning in the auditorium of the Elks'
Home Addresses of welcome were made
by Representative C. C. Carlin and Mayor
T. A. Fisher A response was made by
Charles B. Cooke. president of the state
association who said, in part: The
question of successful operation of daily
or weekly paper is grave problem and
those of you who have made a success
ought to be willing to tell your neighbor
how you did it. BY mutual exchange
of ideas and cooperation we put our
business on a paying basis. On previous
occasions l have read you papers on the
| cost of operation of a weekly newspaper
and the fallacy- of trying to sell adver-
Using space at less than it costs per
inch to produce and hope to make money.
Don't be satisfied simply to make a
living. The finding of the cost per inch
is an easy matter. 1t only requires a
little time. patience and gray matter,
and If you have not discovered it, that
is your fault. Let this meeting result
in some definite practical move toward a
uniform fixed charge for advertising per
inch per thousand circulation. and you
will have taken a step toward the goal
of success from which you will never
turn. Your future prosperity depends
upon it,
Business Session ConveneS.
The business session convened with
President Charles B. Cooke presiding and
J. L. Hart as secretary.
Among the matters considered at the
morning session was communication
from the legislative committee of the
National Editorial Association. u which
that association asked the Virginia AS
| ISOLATION to use its influence to have
| the United States government abolish
| the contract for the printing of stamped
| envelopes by private firm
I Another matter which came up for
discussion was the increase on second
| class postage rates, which the associa-
| ton voted against.
This afternoon the visitors were con-
veyed in automobiles to the plant OF the
Robert Portner Brewing Company, where
luncheon was served. II
| The editors and their wives and daugh-
tiers then were conveyed in automobiles
to Great Falls. The visitors tonight will
! be the guests of the Potomac and Chesa-
peake Steamboat Company on a trip to
Indian Head and return.
Vice President Marshall to Speak.
| A feature tomorrow night will be the
banquet in the auditorium of the Elks'
Home. Vice President Thomas R. Mar
shall will be the principal speaker.
! On the excursion tonight the invited
guestslwill be Senators Martin and Swan
son ard Representative Carlin.
| Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock the
visitors will be guests of the Washing
ton-Virginia Railway Company on a. trip
to Mount Vernon.
| Attending the convention are thirty
five women. among them being num-
| Der who operate newspapers in various
sections of the state. Many Of the mem
n t<,-r n10 %t~sp- rrytry CT
tera
The following is a list of the officers
OF the association: Charles B. Cooke,
| president, Richmond Evening journal;
George O. Green, vice president, Cliff
| ton Forge Review; ]. L. Hart, secre-
| tary, Farmville Herald.
| The executive committee is composed
of the following: W. Mcdonald Lee.
chairman. Irvington, Virginia Citizen;
A. p. Rowe. Fredericksburg Free
/ Lance: T. E. Cooke, Waynesboro Vir-
ginian; A. H. Clement, Appomattox
-virginian; W. B. Walton. Han
over Herald.
Committees Named.
| The following committees were APP
pointed: Finance. A. r. Anderson,
Marion; w. c. Louck, Luray; J. S.
johnson, GAINESVILLE.
Resolutions-R. S. Barrett, Alexan-
dria.; C. ]. Campbell. Amherst; George
o. Greene. Clifton Forge.
| Membership-A P. Rowe, Fred
ericksburg; w. Mcdonald Lee, Irving
ton; A. ]. wedderburn, Alexandria;
R. s. Chamberlayne. Phoenix; L. E.
Lookabill. Roanoke.
Nominations-M. Bolts Lewis, Clifton
| Forge; NJ. T. Harrison, Bedford City:
E. G. Moseley. Danville.
The members Of the association
THURSDAY will be the guests Of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
and Washington Board Of Trade.
A charter has been granted to the Union
Savings Bank. Alexandria, incorporated,
with a capital stock Of from $4,000 to
S25OOC. Officers, DIR. E. A. German, pres
ident; F. L. Slaymaker, secretary, both
of Alexandria.
A charter has also been granted to the
General Chemical Company. incorporated,
this city. with a capital stock OF from
$4,000 to 100000; officers. John G. Slater.
president; John F. Gruney, secretary,
both of Washington.
Marley encampment Of Odd Fellows has
elected the following officers: I. s. Groves,
chief patriarch; H. E. Webb, senior war
den; F. l.. Bartlett, high president; A. T.
Sullivan. scribe: r. NJ. Watkins, financial
secretary: P. NJ. Bradshaw. treasurer; j.
C. Morgan. junior warden. officers will
be installed July ID.
To Probe Brakeman's Death.
A coroner's jury. summoned by Dr. T.
NJ. Jones, will meet tonight to investi-
gate the circumstances attending the
death Of Frank F. Schweickert, a
freight brakeman on the Washington
and OLD Dominion railroad, who died
Friday as a result of injuries received
while at work on train at Falls
Church.
Gov. Stuart yesterday signed the COM
mission naming Lewis H. Machen of this
| city as director of what is known as
the legislative reference bureau. Mr..
Machen qualified in Richmond yesterday
before Judge Richardson of the hust-
; ings court.
City council will hold meeting tonight
and pass on the resolution appropriating
S.. 600 for the erection OF a new hospital
for the Alexandria. Hospital.
The patriarch degree Of the order was
conferred on two candidates by Marley
Encampment Of Odd Fellows last night
Arrangements are rapidly being COM
pleted for the opening of children's
playground for the summer months at
the Washington Public School building
next month.