The Washington herald., 1915-04-30
LUNCHEON" PACKAGE
CONTAINS JUST $500
Parcel Found in Pocket of Alexandria
Worker Who Died Proves to
Be His Finances.

| Alexandria. Va April "a pa cka &c
| containing what was supposed to have
been a luncheon. taken from the clothine
of Marshall Carr who died several day:
ago at the Alexandria Hospital. contained
1 $3.50 in paper money and was this after
4 noon turned over to Dr. f. German. who
] qualified as administrator of the estate
| this city in vacation.
| Carr. who was employed OH car repair
| work at the Potomac Railroad yards
was stricken with apoplexy several
nights ago. He died several hours later.
! Cars clothing was removed. a pack
J age supposed to have contained his
| luncheon was laid aside. and no further
thought given the unattractive looking
parcel, which had laid where it was origi-
nally placed until DIR. German called at
| the hospital and asked for Mr.. Cars
money.
He was informed he had no money,
, but was shown the package which mad
been taken from his clothing. and when
| ii was opened the mopey was found. The
deceased was not a believer in banks and
kept his money on his person. the amount
found representing the savings of many
years.
Mr.. Carr lived at sI9 North Washington
| street and is survived by his wife and
one daughter.
Four nurses OF the Alexandria Hos
pital will receive diplomas of gradu-
alton At the annual commencement
exercises of that institution, which
will be held Friday night. May :. in
the auditorium of the Elks' Home.
They are Misses Meta Tanner. Isabel
Washington. Mary Monroe. and Mrs.
Ada Snead Hoffman. all of Virginia.
Of ha will ha
DR.. Douglas Freeman. of Richmond.
DR., Hugh MCGUIRE will present the
diplomas to the graduates and the
Florence Nightingale oath will be ad-
ministered by DR.. George T. Klipstein.
Little Miss Margaret Moore and Mas
ter Robert Yates will be the flower
bearers.
The voting list this year will be the
largest in the history of the city. a
total of 1871 having qualified up to
today. The time limit for payment of
capitation taxes expires on Saturday,
and City Treasurer Thomas W. Robin
son expects the number who will quail
ify will be considerably in excess of
1,S00.
The next primary will be held Au-
gust 8, when a State senator and del
egate for the house of delegates will
DC CHOSEN. Inc eleCllOn VIII De neld
the first Tuesday in November State
Senator r. EweI Thornton. represent
ing this senatorial district. will be
candidate for reelection. as will State
Delegate ]. Fred Birrell. representing
this city and county in the house of
delegates. So far as known, they will
have no opposition.
A delegation numbering nearly 200 men,
bers Of Alva Aerie, No. 81. F'raternaI
Order of Eagles. went to Washington
last night and paid fraternal visit to
Washington Aerie. At this meeting a
class of sixty candidates was initiated,
forty of the candidates being Alexan-
drians. The degree work was in charge
of Luther T. Hayes. president of Wash
ington sAerie. and William L. Rammel,
president of the local aerie. T D. Dow
ney marshaIed the local division The
ceremonies were followed by a banquet
Michael D. Shafer. president of thu
Archdiocesan Union of the Holy Name
Society of Baltimore. and ]. Hadley
Doyle. president of the Washington
branch of that organization. will deliver
addresses at o'clock Sunday night be-
fore the Holy Name Society of this city
at the Young Mems Sodality Lyceum
Hall.
The Peoples Line. which will operate
a steamer between Washington and
Grinders Wharf. will open its business
Saturday. Capt W. L. Davis will be in
charge of the boat. This company re-
Gently purchased the steamer Angler,
Davis.