Evening star., 1914-10-07
ALEXANDR|AAFFA|RS
Health Committee Urges Paw
ing of All Insanitary Alleys.
.FIREMEN PLAN A BANQUET
Will Be Feature of Formal Opening
of New Relief Company's
Engine House.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 7.-Al
| insanitary alleys in the city will have
| to be paved at the cost of the abut-
| ting property owners If the recommend
atfons of the new health committee are
| carried out. This committee at a meet
ing held last night decided to make the
foregoing recommendation to the city
council. and 1t will doubtless be done
at the next meeting of that body. Tues
day night
The compulsory sewer tap law also
will be vigorously enforced if the COM
mittee's views are followed.
This law provides that all property
| owners whose property abuts sewers
be compelled to tap the sewers by July
1 under penalty of a fine. This ordi-
nance was passed by the old city coun-
Gil and is supposed to become opera
tive July 1.
The new Relief Hook and Ladder
Company's fire engine house, on the
north side of Prince street between
ROYAL and Fairfax streets. will be
formally opened about October Is.
A banquet will be a feature of the
opening. 1t will be attended by old
and new members of the company.
members of the city council. chief of
the fire department and active officers
from the other fire companies. repre-
W. C. H. Wildt is chairman of the ban
quet committee. John H Trimyer,
president OF the company, will preside
Miss Augusta Parrott Dies.
Miss Augusta Fleet Parrott, seventy
seven years old, was found dead in bed
at her home, 912 Cameron street, at 7
o'clock this morning. Heart trouble is
supposed to have been the cause of
her death. Miss Parrott had lived in
Alexandria most of her life. She was
porn in Fauquier county, Va, and was
daughter of the late John H. Parrott.
She leaves one brother, DR.. John II.
Parrott of Roanoke, Va, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Robert Harper of Washing
ton and Miss Helen Parrott of this city.
arrangements for the funeral have not
been completed.
The committee in charge of collect
ing the pledges given by citizens for
the Alexandria Hospital building fund
has made arrangements with the diff
lection. and it is announced that these
desiring may pay the pledges at the
banks where they do business, the
banks having volunteered to assist in
the work. The trustees have elected
James W. Roberts, jr., a member of
the board to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of his uncle, James w.
Roberts.
Eight criminal cases are being con-
sidered by a grand jury in the cor
poration court today, Judge L. C. Bar
ley presiding. The usual charge was
delivered to the jury by Judge Barley,
and the cases were presented by Com
monwealth's Attorney Samuel G. Brent.
A large number of witnesses have been
summoned to testify. Two members of
the jury. J. B. Fitzgerald and John N.
jury composed of seven, as follows:
W. H. Sweeney, foreman; Robert s.
Barrett, ]. Fred Birrell. George a
Evans, T. Clifton Howard, Samuel L.
Monroe and c. w. Wattles.
John Wilson, alias slick Boy" after
making a futile effort to enter the hen
house of Grant Hawkins, colored, 914
North Patrick street, shortly after
midnight, met with a warm reception
when Hawkins fired a load OF shot
from a shotgun at Wilson as he left
by Policemen Bell and Talbot and
taken to the office of DR.. Powell. where
the shot was picked from his arm,
after which he was locked up. In the
police court this morning Wilson was
sentenced to serve ninety days in Jail.
Considerable business of routine
nature was disposed Of last night at a
meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary OF
R. E. Lee Camp. Confederate veterans
held at Lee Camp Hall.
A. L. Jameson will leave tonight for
Asheville, N. c., on a business trip.
The burning of paper on Pitt street
between Wilkes and Gibbon streets
brought out tn fire department shortly
before 10 o'clock last night.