Evening star., 1915-03-25
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Stranger Holds Up Nine Poker
Players and Gets Away.
GUN BEATS F0UR-ACE HAND
Final Divorce DEGREES Granted Two
Woman Plaintiffs-Death of
Miss Eliza Jones.
GUN BEATS FOUR-ACE HAND
srccis. Correspondence Of rne star.

Srcris Correspondence Of Fne star.
ALEXANDRIA, va, March o5.-The
:ftcrnath Of hiehwayman holding
up a poker game at o'clock Wednes-
day morning and getting away with
n pot OF $50 at pistols point was
heard in the police court this morning
when six of the players, including
man whose rInc marked on
writing pad at police station as cork
cy' Reynolds, were arraigned In the
police court for unlawful gambling.
Tile mon were represented by Attorney
~. ". Smith and, rather than lace the
trial. all entered pleas of guilty. Key
Iol.is was fined $50 because it was
claimed he was in charge of the place
at the time. and fines of 81 each were
imposed in the eases of the five other
young men. The highwayman has not
yet been found by the police.
The hiGhwayman, whose name is not
known. arrived in Alexandria at mid
night Tuesday night and told a chance
friend he had 81 and wanted a game
OF poker lie was escorted to Il place on
the west side of l'itt street. between
King and Prince streets. where, it is
alleged. he found nine Young men i'll
a game. In short order he was minus
his money. The rake e-ofY' for the
house at o'clock amounted to s35. A
claimed: II have four aces and you
can't beat that" Yes I can." retorted
the stranger, and as the Alexandrians
looked to see what he held they real
lied that a pistol any time beats four
aces. Flourishing the weapon the
stranger pocketed the $35 and left the
place, bidding all good night.
Cash for High School Building.
The ordinance to borrow $4,000 for
the erection of Il new high school
building WAS passed by the lower
branch of the city council last night
at a special session. 1t will be acted
upon by the board of aldermen at a
meeting Monday night. 1t is expected
that the work of erecting the school
building Will be begun April 1. The
money will be borrowed at the rate
of per cent and paid back in ten
years. or $1,000 a year.
Within the next few days the various
committees of the city council. which
Will name one member from each
branch to confer with the corporation
attorney and map out rules and regula-
tions for the annexed territory, will
name the members to serve. and they
Will be called together by III. X. Field,
president of the board of aldermen.
This committee will from time to time
report on its work to the city council.
Civil Service Examinations.
The local board Of civil service ex-
aminers announces that the following
examinations will be held here in
April: Surveyor-draftsman male: in
formation editor, male; hull craftsman,
male: blacksmith. male; Junior bacte-
riologist, male; mine surgeon, male.
Final DEGREES of divorce on the
ground of desertion were handed down
in the corporation court today in the
cases of Arthur Delaney against Lottie
Swan Delaney and Jessie NJ. Chilcott
Trucks against Hugh NJ. Trucks. In
both cases plaintiffs were represented
by Attorney Robinson Moncure.
Miss Eliza Jones. twenty-eight years
old, died yesterday afternoon at her
parents home. 923 Oronoco street She
was a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Jones.
Bishop Collins Denny of Richmond
will preach at the morning services at
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
sunday. and evening services will be