Evening star., 1915-06-10
A[EXANDR|AAFFA AIRS
st. .Mary's Academy Holds
Class Exercises Tonight.
LEWIS RooFF IS DEAD
A. J. Dyke. Insurance Collector
Found Bound and Gagged; Says
He Was Robbed.
Special Correspondence OF The star.

Special Correspondence Of The star
ALIEN ANDRIA. Va, June 1o.-Pupls
of st. Mary's Academy, conducted by
the Sisters of the Holy Cross, VIII To-
night hold class night exercises at 80
O'Clock in the assembly hall of that in
stitution.
A feature will be the presentation OF
'The Enchanted Isle by the members OF
the graduating class, composed OF MISSES
Eleanor Nugent, Margaret Howard, Ethei
Adams Mary Canavan. Catherine fetS
and Elizab beth Hart.
A musical and literary program VIII
he participated in by the 1oito"f's
Misses Mary Ewald. Virginia Dowhes'
wInifred Bayne. Mary Hayes and Gladys
Gaines
At the combustion of the exercises
Palmer certificates and premiums WIN
awarded the successful studehts III liis
various departrnents Of the schooi, ana
,a.ina ren,arks will be made by Rev
n. J. Cutler, pastor of st. Mary Iatii-
Ollie Church ,s;o,,
gave a program at the academy. me ne
Wednesday.
Lewis Hooff Dead.
lewis Hooff former secretary ana
reneraI manager of the defunct Mer-
camille Railway Building and Loan
Association. died at 4:30 O'Clock this
norn,ng at the Alexandria Hospital
His death followed stroke OF
narslvsis. which he received about ten
davs ago at Blackstone, Va, Wnlie OH
business for the Department o, Soh
nlerce of which he was an attacne,
Mr. Hooff was sixty-three yedIs oi
1f A Low
son of the late Charles r. Hoon anu
lived on Seminary Hill. Fairfax county
several miles west of Alexandrl :.
The deceased. besides his we, !, -
survived by three ch,1arehna' niaI on,sa Ia Earn ~
we'll Westminster. Md, and MISS MARY
Ianney Hooff-and sister, Mrs caro-
line Hooff of Seminary Hill. me iu-
neral arrangements nave ho' se' p
made x ,,..rS
old. Of Lane View, Essex county. Va
employed as a collector for the f1oihe
Beneficial Insurance Company; was
hound. gagged and robbed shortly art
er 9 o'clock last night by two men VINO,
he claims were white. The ROBBERS
secured between s13 and SIS.
Dyke was found by Joe Timbers. col
ored, in Greenwood's court, bounneu ns
Fayette, Payne. Queen and frihcess
streets. living with his arms and legs
bound with stout twine and handker-
chief over his mouth. He was ia ken
TO the Alexandria Hospital by PONCE
man Norris.
Dyke told the police today that he
feels satisfied one of the robbers was a
man with whom he had words yester-
day.
Real Estate Sales.
Through John d. Normoyle. real
estate broker Cary S. Mills has sold to
c. W. Hall a house and lot on the west
side of Lee street between Wilkes and
Gibbou streets. He has also sold for
Annie e. Hall to Frank S. Travers a
lot Of ground on the west side Of Pat
rick between Pendleton and Wythe
streets
Graham and Ogden. real estate deal
srs, have sold for A L. Lukens of
Neuvelton, ~. Y, to Mrs. P. c. w. Hin
ton Of Minneville. Va. ten-acre farm.
with improvements thereon. on Tele
graph road, near Accotfnk, Fairfax
county, Va
A twelve-day campaign for cleaning
up the city was inaugurated this morn
ing in the first ward, under the aus
pices Of the Civic Improvement League
Three days will be consumed in each