Evening star., 1915-06-19
ALEXANDRIA, AFFAIRS
Collection of Taxes in New
Territory Under Consideration.
READY FOR TRIAL FLIGHT
Hydrc-Aeroplane Glare Expected
to Sail Over the Potomac
This Afternoon.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The star
! ALEXANDRIA. Va. June l'-fhe
; finance committee of the city Cou'rh VIII
hold a meeting at o'clock this afternoon
in the auditors office. at which ''li'e AZ
;ornev John NJ. Johnson Will hahn GOWN
his opinion as to whether or not 'he Guy
of Alexandria has right to coiiec' 'he
taxes for this year from the terEi'ofS'
formerly in Alexandria and ralrlaA '"u"-
ties recently annexed to the Guy. IL Is
understood that Mr Johnson Will hoi'
that the city has a right to DO so.
7, This event the committee Will make
IT'S renort TO city council at Its meei'hs <
Tuesday night and the necessary steps
toward the collection "l me '"NeS WI
he taken on behalf of the city
The taxes from this territory aHiouht
to about $4,000 to sl2.ooo wear
Arrangements have been made for a
Joint meeting of the finance anu stree.
,ommittees to he held TUESDAY niSnt
prior to the meetins s-;atins oi $40
act on a resolution appropr'atfi"s go,
000\ for the improvement OF certain
roads in the recently anneXted terri
tory. c,. ,.hirora
Lee 10y. alias Lee sing Cn.nese
Ilaundryman. charged with violating
section "a of the act of September -,
1855. for his alleged failure TO nave
the necessary papers TO co'he III 'nis
country. will he given preliminary
hearing June % before n'tea e'a'eS
Commissioner K. =. w. Garnett.
Lee Low was arrested yesterday atter-
noon by Deputy l.. s. Marshal Wl''lam
Schoeni The arrest was MADE on com
plant of the bureau of immigration
and the affidavit of complaint sworn
ont by Albert R Archibald, special
agent of the bureau. 10y was released
this afternoon for his appearance June
30 on furnishing a bail bond in the sum
of $1,000. He is represented ny Juose
J. X NJ. Norton The suspect mas oeeh
i, mic country three wears and con-
ducts a laundry establishment on up
The trial flight of the big hvdroaero-
plane Glare will. it is expected, he made
this afternoon. The engines were trlea
this morning by A. S. Richardson OF
Lowell, Mass. builder of the machine.
The plan of Mr. Richardson is to go
only few feet above water wheh ne
makes the first trial. date for the
official flight will be made early next
week.
The tanks of the machine carry nifty
gallons Of gasoline. while its pontoons
have a carrying capacity OF hve par
rels of the fluid.
Miss Alice Jewell Benton of Wash :
ington Yesterday afternoon .chrlStened
.fre machine Glare" by breaking bot
tie of champagne over its stern. while
the moving picture machines and
cameras clicked away.
Dies From Effect of Burns
Carl o. c. Brown, who was badly
burned Thursday night while soldering
gasoline automobile tank. died at
Z o'clock this morning at the Alexan-
dria Hospital from the effects of the
burns He was unmarried and lives
with his parents in Del Ray. Alexan-
dria county. The body was removed
to Wheatleys undertaking chapel and
prepared for burial.
Policeman Samuel r. Reid went to
Baltimore for the purpose of looking
at a prisoner held in that city sus-
pected of being Joe Brooks, alias Rob-
inson, colored. Joseph Brooks is want
ed here for firing a pistol at Police
man Reid February 10 last.
In the corporation court yesterday
William Quill. colored. indicted for
maliciously cutting William Brown,
colored, was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary. He was repre-
sented by Attorneys Louis n. Duffey
and Charles F.. Corgan.
George W. Roberts. who appea led
from a ffty-dollar fine imposed some
time ago in the police court for shoot
ing at John alias Jumbo" Bryant. col
ored. was acquitted, it being shown it
was self-defe Roberts was rep
resented by Attorney Frederick P.
Russell.