The Washington herald., 1914-11-25
ALEXANDRIA NAMES
new CITY OFFICERS
Joint Council Meeting Fails to Elect
Health Department Head-Rail-
road Man Killed.

Alexandria, Va, Nov A.-seven ballots
were taken tonight without result at a
joint session Of city council to elect .
city health ofacer. The contest was be-
tween DR.. Edward A. German, incum-
bent, and Dr. T. Marshall Jones.
! The REQUIRED number of votes for cleo
tion is thirteen, but only twenty-one
council members were present. the ABB
and Councilmen william Desmond and
Charles B. Marshall.
After the seventh ballot the council
men saw the futility OF further efforts to
elect o health officer, and the Joint ses-
sion was dismissed.
The only member OF the school board
not reelected was Thomas L. Carter.
from the Fourth ward. He was defeated
by DR.. S. B. Moore.
S. l. Monroe was elected a member Of
the school board from the first ward to
hn out the unexpired term OF c. w. Wat
| ties, elected to common council from
that ward, and p. NJ. Bradshaw was re-
elected a member OF the board from that
ward. In the third ward Carroll Pierce
was reelected without opposition.
Courtney Acton was elected police COM
missioner from the fourth ward without
opposition to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation OF Nicholas ]. Lawler,
| elected to common council from the
/ fourth ward. Mr.. Acton was nominated
by Councilman Bendheim. George H.
Schwarzmann was reelected police COM
missioner from the third ward without
! opposition.
| DR.. Walter A Warfield was reelected
| as physician to the poor, Henry Callan
was elected dispenser Of medicine for
the western district, with Edgar War
| field, jr., as dispenser for the eastern dis
trict.
! w. L. Craven was reelected steward
of offices without opposition. and John
| ClapdOre was given care Of the reserve
fire engine OF the city, the pay to be IS
a month.
| A get-tOEether banquet was given to-
night at the Wagar apartments by the
Retail Merchants Association Of the city.
One hundred retail merchants In the
city. together with a number Of State
officers. attended. 1t was served by the
! Hotel Rammel.
| ]. William May was POSTMASTER, and
during the evening addresses were made
by Harry Hammond, president OF the
local association; Carroll Pierce, presi-
dent of the chamber OF commerce. NJ. n.
! Ramsay of Roanoke, vice president Of
| the State association; r. Z. knight, this
city second vice president OF the State
association; Leopold Ruben, this city.
| former president of the association; W.
4. Clarke. Richmond, State secretary,
! Harrie White, secretary of the local as
| sociation, and J. T. Preston, secretary
Of the chamber of commerce.
| Pinned beneath a mass Of wreckage
of a caboose in which he was sleeping
| the body of James Edward Runaldue,
| twenty-five years old Southern Rail-
way freight brakeman, was burned al
I .HWs-. g. Wn,AW
| followed a rear-end collision at Seminary
| Crossing, Fairfax County, three miles
west OF Alexandria, n few minutes before
! ) o'clock this morning.
The accident happened when north
bound Chesapeake and Ohio freight train
No 9s, collided with northbound South
ern Railway freight train No. "A, at
! that point.
State Deputy of Virginia James L. Mar
tin, OF Lynchburg, tomorrow night will
pay an official visit to Fitzgerald Coun-
Gil, No 459, this city. lie will be ac-
! companied by the district deputy, and
will install the recently elected officers.
The meeting will be followed by ban
Quet.
The will of the Late Isaac Eichberg
was admitted to probate today in the
Circuit Court for this city in vacation.
Testator bequeaths his entire estate to
his widow. Mrs. Babette EichberG. and
she qualified as eXecutriX. The instru-
ment is dated September 20. 1886.
Miss Elizabeth May Rogers. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Rogers, OF Fair
fax County. and Eugene w. Corbin, Of
this city, were married last night at the
parsonage of st. Mary's Catholic Church.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
L. F. Kelly. A reception followed the
wedding at the home Of the bridegrooms 5
parents.
The funeral Of Melvin Simpson will
take place at o'clock tomorrow after
noon from the residence. 800 South Hen
ry street. Services will be conducted by
Rev. DIR. w. F. Watson, pastor of the
First Baptist Church.
The following participated in the re-
cital given last evening at St Mary's
Academy by the pupils in expression,
dancing. and physical education: Vir-
ginia wilkins, Winifred Bayne, Florence
Evans, Helen Cook, Anna Cook, Ruth
Morgan. Jennie Snider, Evelyn Howard,
and Emma Hubbard.
The Feast Of the Seven Tables given
this evening at Lee Camp Hall under
the auspices of the Seventeenth Vir-
ginia Regiment Chapter, United Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy, was largely at
tended.