The Washington herald., 1914-11-18
THIEVES PAY CALL
ON ALEXANDRIANS
Take Copper in Form of 100 Pennies,
but Renis on Brass colored
. Woman Loses Fowls.

Alexandria, Va, Nov. T.-Thieves were
active here last night. They entered
the store Of ]. Dreifus & Son, on the
Strand, and stole 100 pennies from a cash
drawer and removed. a quantity OF brass,
most Of which, however, they left on
the sidewalk. A barrel Of vinegar, sup
posed to have been stolen, was found
in King street in the vicinity Of the
river front. Lizzie Grady, colored, was
visited by the thieves who made their
escape with seven chickens.
These officers have been chosen by
Robert E Lodge, No. as, Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen: Charles d. Welch,
president; George W. Thornhill, vice
tary; Milton F. Kerrick, treasurer;
Charles E. Simpson. collector; Keeling
H. Roach, agent of official publication;
DR.. 8. B. Moore medical examiner.
Miss Nellie NJ Archer, this city. and
Sergt. Allan J. johnson, of Fort Hunt,
Va, were married today at the rectory
of Grace p. E. Church by Rev. Edgar
Carpenter, rector. They were attended
by Miss Esther B. Kuhn and Frank T.
Cain. They will reside near Fort Hunt
on their return from a Southern trip.
John ". Simpson, eighty-seven years
old, former resident of this city. died
last night at the Odd Fellows Home,
Lynchburg. The body will be brought
here for burial Mr.. Simpson Is sur
vived by a daughter. Mrs. Kate Watts;
a sister, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Garrett,
Baltimore, and a brother, Peter W. Simp-
son, this city.
Mr.. Simpson was q member of Sarep-
ia Lodge Of Odd Fellows, this city, hav-
ing been a member for the past fifty
four years, and he was the oldest mem
Der of that organization in the State.
The Columbia Laundry Corporation, in
corporated, this city, with a capital stock
Of from 8, 900 to $4,000, has been granted
a charter by the State Corporation Com
mission. Ohicers are Daniel K. Jackson,
president; Clarence F. Sewers, secretary
and treasurer, both of Washington.
Miss Alice Adelaide Anderton. daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Prior An
derton. and Mr.. Julian T. Burke, jr., Of
this city, will be married at o'clock
tomorrow night at Christ P. E. Church
by Rev. W. ]. Morton, rector.
Contributions amounting to $3.50 have
been received thus far for the Belgium
war sufferers by a local committee con-
sisting of DR.. e. A. German, chairman.
and Herman Ponnet, secretary.
Mrs Giles Scott Rafter, president of
the Parent Teachers Association, will
deliver an address before the association
at $50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the
school.
J. T. Preston, secretary Of the chamber
OF commerce, left tonight for Lynchburg.
Va, to attend the annual meeting OF the
commercial secretaries Of the State.
which will convene in that city tomorrow.
]. D. NormoyIe has sold to Lula Gallo
way a house and lot on the south side
OF Cameron street between Patrick and
Henry streets.
The condition of G. S. H. Hargrove,
master mechanic at the Potomac railroad
yards, who was injured in an automo-
bile accident near Fredericksburg. now a
patient in Mary Washington Hospital.
that city is improving. When a machine
turned turtle he sustained a broken COL
lar bone and had several ribs broken.
An oyster roast was given by the Alex
andria Motor Boat Club at its clubhouse
tonight.