Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-04
ALEXANDRIA Aft AIRS
ElkS to Hold Annual Memorial
Services Tomorrow Night.
CHRISTMAS TREE PLANNED
Community Affair to Be Placed on
Street Corner and Illuminated,
Deserts Peace Party.
CHRISTMAS TREE PLANNED

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, December AL
eXandria Lodge No. 1853, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, will hold its
annual memorial services at its home
at O'Clock tomorrow night. The me-
mortal address will be delivered by
Representative Samuel Nichols. past
exalted ruler of spartansburg Lodge,
South Carolina. Cole Blease, former
Governor of South Carolina, is unable
to be present.
Inc memorial committee is COMPOSED
of George w. Bontz. chairman; Jacob
Brill, I. V. Ale, John Ewald, Louis Drei-
fus G. +. Johnson. II. Friedlander, NJ
X Lowenback, George Ii. Schwartz
mann, Walter Donnelly, RAYMOND
Blumenfeld and George Klaus.
During the year four members of the
lodge have been claimed by death and
llye since its last memorial services
The five are w. II. Broughton. w A
Arnold, julius Pelton, Richard M.
Latham and Charles B. Marshall
Representative Charles C. Carlin, past
exalted ruler OF the local lodge, will
leave tonight for Newport News, Va,
row night before that lodge
Robert S. Barrett. also a past exalted
ruler of the local lodge, departed this
afternoon for Rlueield, w. Va, to de-
liver the address before Bluefield Lodge
tomorrow afternoon.
Community Christmas Tree.
Alexandria is going to have cow
munity Christmas tree Christmas eve
and also have it Christmas day. Ten
tatlre plans for such a tree were map
Ia iaht
home of Mrs. Julian T. Burke, on Prince
street
It is proposed to have the tree placed
at some prominent street corner 1t is
also planned to have 1t illuminated
with incandescent lights and have a
choir sing Christmas carols Christmas
eve. The affair will be entirely unde-
nominational. 1t Is also planned to
the Savior. There Will be no gifts on
the tree
Among those who attended the meet
Ing last night were Mrs. Julian T.
Burke. Mrs, T. Marshall Jones. Miss
Esther Brookes, Mrs. George T. Kip
stein. Sherman b. Fowler and Stanley
G. Blanton. Small contributions will
be solicited for the affair.
A current of 1900 volts had no ter
ror for wire thieves who early Thurs
II
of the Alexandria County Lighting
Company, Inc, containing this number
of volts.
The wire was strung on poles back of
Braddock Heights. Alexandria county.
and supplied current in that vicinity
and also extended to the Episcopal
High School and Theological Seminary.
1t IS copper and we CHS about 225
pounds. 1t is valued at $40.
Not to Join Peace PARTY,
After obtaining her passports and
making all necessary preparations to
sail this afternoon on the Oscar II with
the Ford peace party. as personal
stenographer to Nine. Roska Schwim-
mer. Miss Alice Fl. Whitton. this city,
last night abandoned the idea of max
ing the trip at the request of her par
ents. and so notified Nine. Schwimmer.
When John McElroy was arraigned
in the police court today to answer
charge of drunkenness the police rec
, others, escaped from police headquar-
tiers September 30. 1913. McElroy ad-
mitted that he did. saying he was
helped out" by the two others, one of
whom was afterward unprecedented.
you can't blame me for that" said
McFlroy, who was acquitted with the
understanding that he would leave the
| city.
The funeral of Miss Mary Lindsay
Tripiett will take place at 2:30 o'clock
Church, Fairfax county. Burial will be
made in Ivy Hill cemetery.
The first, second and third degrees of
the order were conferred on a class
of seventeen candidates from Accotink
Lodge last night by the degree team
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