The Washington times., 1915-08-17
'COLV|N A CANDIDATE
FOR STATE POSITION
Secretary Of Alexandria Trades
Council Wants to Be Labor
Commissioner.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Aug. 17.--How-
ard 7. Colvin. for many years secretary
OF tho Alexandria Trades Council and
one of tho leading labor organizers Of
northern Virginia, has announced his
candidacy for State labor commissioner
q position now occupied by James
b. Doherty. Of Richmond. The office
will be filled at the next meeting Of the
general assembly Of Virginia which con-
venes in Richmond next February. Mr..
Colvin has already been Endorsed by
number of labor organizations. the Ma
chinists and Metal Trades Federation
having commenced q campaign in his
interests. For the past year he has
been the chief clerk Of the legislative
bureau in Richmond. Of which Lewis H.
Machen, Of this city. 10 director.
Not being sati.fied With beating the
Alexandria Quick Lunch. at $50 King
men stole the. entire equipment Of one
of the tables on Sunday night The men
entered the lunch room when there were
.pp fUT p'tron' nn sssins tns n yh:n w.,sS Sns
They ordered = full meal Of everythins
there was In the house that could be
readily prepared not forgetting . plenti-
fv w. .upRiy Of soft drink, and egnI ,.S
ed they ordered coffee. which required
tho waiter to 80 to the kitchen, While
he was gone from the room. all Of the
tHSs' eats a.5n v:r including the sSi SaM
and contents. salt shakers. vinegar bot
tie were placed In the pockets Of the
enterprising sextette who made . quick
fhe poiice were n9tifisd. but have been
unable to locate the thieves.
In the corporation court today the Ttl!
for probate. All Of her property IL left
to her husband. Lucien Robert Chal-
mers. who qualified as executor.
Mrs. Florence M. Thompson. daughter
Of Charles Bladen, Of Lnconia, Fair
fax county, died last night at Emporia,
Va Her remains were brooght here to-
day for intcrment
Augustus Dean has sold to James H.
Quay1e. sr.. q house and lot at the
northwest corner Of Lee and Gibbon
streets.
Miss Hattie snellinss. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas 8. snellinss, of this
city. and Bernard Hooker. OF Richmond.
were married Sunday in Washington.
They. will make their homo In Rich
mond.
The Old Dominion Boat Club 10 a.
ranging to enter the regatta OF the Po-
tomac Boat Club to be held on August
Is. Two crews are now at work pre-
pairing for the races. They are being
coached by Captain Carl Mueller.
Governor Henry Stuart has appointed
Edward Duncan, of Alexandria county.
a DELEGATE to the Pan-American Road
Congress which viii meet in Oakland,
Cal. in September.
Police Justice and Mrs. Harry B.
Cation, who have been spending the
summer at Braddock Heights. have re-
turned to their homo at sos Cameron
street.
The Alexandra county authorities are
investigating q shooting scrape that
took place last night at the old st.
Asaph race track, between party OF
Washington negroes and employees OF
the contractors who are building the
Mt. Vernon avenue. It 10 reported that
a colored man and a woman were shot.
Mrs. William H. Demaine and daugh-
ter, Julia, and Miss Emily May, have
gone to Mountain Lake Park. Nd. for
several weeks.
Funeral services for William REIN
Claxton took place this morning from
St. Mary's Catholic Church ard were
conducted by the Rev. Father Lafarse'
Of Leonardtown. Mo.