The Washington times., 1914-11-17
ALEXANDRIA TO SUE
TO RECOVER TAXES
Assessment of Estate of John
A. Marshall May Bring City
$4,000 in Cash.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Nov. lL-Sult 10
recover taxes on property amounting 10
more than 100000, which were not
assessed against the estate OF John a.
Marshall, who died May 8, 19l3 VIII he
instituted in the corporation court on
November 30 The suit Will be brought
by the State, represented by Common
wealth Attorney Samuel G. Brent. The
Marshall estate will be represented py
Col Francis l.. Smith. Agreement as
to the time the motion will be made
To correct the assessment was reached
by the two attorneys today.
The discover of the erroneous as
sessment made against the Marshall
estate and the failure to list a large
amount of personal property Tor taxes
was discovered by w. \. Llpscomp,
of Manassas, examiner or IecofuS Aor
this judicial circuit
In case the assessment is corrected
according to the figures of Mr.. Laps
comb, the Marshall estate VIII be COM
pelled to pay back taxes to the Com n
monwealth and the city amounting 10
approximately Se0,0N.
Several other large estates also VIII
DC sued for back taxes, because oI
discoveries made by Mr.. Lipscomo.
deed was placed on record today
transferring a house and lot on the
south side of Cameron street between
Henry and Patrick streets, from John
y. Normoyle to Lula Galloway.
\ 1o,n w simnson, of this city, the
oldest odd Fellow in Virginia ana a
,nember of Sarepta Lodge, No. AZ. l. o.
n r of this city, died at the ODD tei-
lows Home in Lynchburg last nlght.
Mr. simpson, who was more thah
ninety years old, has been an inmate ~
Cor
his body will be brought to this city
Tor interment. and a special meeting Oh
Saronta Lodge No. a, will be heIo 10
morrow. night to arrange lot his
funeral.
a fupd for the relief of the Belgian
war sufferers is being raised by com
r,tttee. of which DR.. Z. A. German Is
,bair1nan and Herman Ponnet is treas
r,rer. Contribution received TO GATE are
as follows. E. A. German, 70; Herman ail
Pnnnet, S.; James Power, =: Jack
washington. 30 cents; Frank Slye, II:
J. Mueller. % cents: w. Thompson 20
ccnts: G. LaFontaine. 50 cents; W.
Dalv. 80 cents; ]. Richards. 90 cents; ,.
Martin. 50 cents; ]. Cosimano, 70 cents;
!. sheehy. % cents; M. Yates 20 20 cen,s: Gems
N. Mathews. . cents; cash. % cenls'
" Simons. 25 cents; NJ McWilllams'
= cents; j. J. Kelly, 81; the Rev. ;; A
Wallis, 81: NJ Mills. 10 cents; ,. ray
,rr. 81: A. Bowdler, 80 cents; ,. "A. i laN-
ror. 81: cash. 25 cents; Charles hauIl-
s1ann, 81. Total. s27.9o. Contributions
cnr this fund may be left at the Union
Savings Bank.
u Brockett, of this city, has been
manned as q member of the executive
committee from the Eighth dlstrlct Oh
Virginia on the board named by GOV
ornor Stuart to collect fuhus lol 'He
Belgian sufferers.
7 r. Preston, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, will leave tonlght Iof
Lynchburg to attend the meetlns OF the
association of Commercial secretaries
~ Virginia. which convenes tomorrow
at the Hotel Virginia, Lynchburg.
To widen the roadway in front of the
Nlexandria poor house, in Alexandra
county and to give uniform width to
the new highway, extending 1folh
Washington to Mt. Vernon, now IN 1he
-ourse of construction, CITY couhCll az
a meeting last night authorized me
boards to deed to Alexandra county
a narrow strip of land on the south
tide of the city's almshouse. The land
- he conveyed is five feet wide at the
'scsinning and narrows to a point WITH
IN a distance of 800 feet.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafters. president OF
he Parents and Teachers Association
Of Washington, will address the mem
hers of the grammar department of the
Parents and Teachers Association OF
Alexandria at a meeting to be held IN
he Lee School building tomorrow al
.crncon at $50 o'clock.
Thieves entered the store Of J. Drle-
rs & Sons on the Strand. last night
The till was robbed of d hundred pen
lies and several articles of brass We're
thrown out of the window. but were
,ot carried away. Entrance to the
building was made through window.
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie \.
;Iunter Davis We're held this morning
nd were conducted by the Rev. Dr.
Tohn I. Allison. pastor of the Second
presbyterian Church.