The Washington herald., 1914-08-25
COUNCIL WILL ELECT
OFFICERS SEPTEMBER |
Newly Chosen Members of Alexandns
Body Also VIII Be Inducted Into
Office on Same Day.
SIXTY FIREMEN LEAVE TODAY

| Alexandria, Va, Aug A.-Certihcates
/ Of election are being distributed to the
recently elected members OF the city coun-
ell by D. r. Stansbury clerk OF that body.
All notices viii be delivered between
now and September !, on which date the
/ ed into ONCE On September ! the new
council win be organized with the elec-
| ton OF a president. vice president and
clerks for each respective branch.
The newly elected aldermen. by wards,
are as follows: Jacob Brill. first; George
H. Robinson, second; Maurice wilkins,
third; c. J. w. Summers. fourth.
The newly elected members Of common
council are John Leadbeater and F. F.
Marbury, first; William Wattles and
William Desmond, second; A. d. Brock
Bendheim and Nicholas ]. Lawler
fourth.
sixty fremen win leave at $50 o'clock
tomorrow TUESDAY morning on the Nor
folk steamer for Portsmouth to attend
the State firemen's convention. which win
convene Wednesday. The fire laddies
viii return home Saturday morning.
The members Of the companies VIII
assemble at the respective engine houses
at 7:SO o'clock.
Thy will be in command Of Capt. A.
D. Grimes, Reliance; Capt z. J. Nc
Dermott Columbia; Capt. E. c. wildt,
Relief Hook and Ladder.
By the terms Of the will of the late
Frank C. Spinks, admitted to probate to-
day in the Corporation Court, testator'
leaves his estate to his wife, Mrs. Katie
A Spinks and names her executrix.
Everything goes to her with the excep-
ton of testator's' interest in house, las
Duke street which he bequesths to his
sisters, Misses Ruth and Margaret
spinks- The will is dated September Z,
1910
Frank J. Gainey, Of Washington, a
blacksmith, about thirty-one years old,
died today at the Alexandria Hospital
as q result of typhoid fever, With which
he had been Ill for the last month. He
was unmarried, and up to the time Of his
Illness was employed by o. W. Duty, of
this city.
A fine Of IS was imposed on Joe Field,
colored. in the Police Court today on a
charge Of carrying a pistol Russell
Smith, colored, charged with q similar
offense. forfeited IS collateral, while fines
of so were imposed on Kemp Lewis and
Alfred Lewis, both colored, also charged
with carrying pistols.
Graham & Ogden. real estate deal
ers. have sold for Mrs. Martha z. Emit
wisle to Louis Rosenblot the store build
ing and DWELLING house on the south
side Of King street between Henry and
Fayette streets, known as 1l20 King
street -=fter extensive improvements
Mr. Rosenblot will occupy the same as
a shoe store.
The same firm also has sold to Mrs
Mary E. Booth a house and two build
ing lots in Del Ray, Alexandria County |
Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector of Grace
Episcopal Church, this afternoon con-
Quoted the funeral Of Mrs. Ann z. Saw
age, of Washington, at Demaine's under
taking chapel.
The excursions given today to Marshall
Hail by the Columbia Steam Fire Engine |
Company and Alexandria Nest Of Owls !
were largely attended.
In the corporation court today a final !
decree for divorce on the ground of de- |
sertion was given in the case of Ida B. |
Harris against Milton Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Kaufman have re- |
turned from an automobile trip to Attain |
tic City and Newport, R. I.
George A. Harlow and sister, Miss Mary |
V. Harlow, have returned from a trip |
Of several weeks through Canada