The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
lone VOTE Wins
fairfax OFFICE
wiley and Huddleson In Close
Race for County
Treasurer.
GEORGE K. PICKETT THIRD
Supervisors Elected Are Messrs. Gheen.
Burke. Reid. Ballenger, Blake.
and Harrison.
GEORGE K. PICKETT THIRD

Alexandria. Va. Aug. 4.-One vote may
decide who will be trea surer of FairfaS
County. One vote is the difference be-
tween Claude Wiley and W. F. Huddle.
son, leading candidates. This was an
nounced after unofficial returns had beer
received from all voting precincts in the
six districts
Until official returns are canvassed al
10 o'clock tomorrow morning the out
come Of the election will not be known
Never before in Fairfax County has there
| been such close race. George X.
Pickett ran third for treasurer. Nathan
Garrett fifth and Keith Parrish sixth.
| For supervisors the winners by dis
tricts were: Centerville. j. r. n. Gheen
Pierce Reid: Falls Church. Frank L. Bal
| lenger; Providence, Ronald Blake:
Drainsville, George F. Harrison. Parker
Milburn was nominated commissioner OF
revenue from Providence district
High east winds early this morning dur
ing the rain storm caused damage on the
! river front The water was eighteen
inches high in places. Among business
places damaged were II. Kirk & Son.
Jacob Brill and Walter Roberts The
gasoline launch belonging to James L..
Lloyd drifted away from its moorings
and was found off Giesboro Point. Leo
McKenney lost seventy-five watermelons
from Roberts wharf A large number of
melons were also lost by John Arlington.
About 100 railroad ties We're carried from
the wharf of the Marine Railway and
Shipbuilding Company.
Judge J. B. T. Thornton today appoint
ed Samuel p. Fisher receiver for the
Capital Telephone Company. This action
was taken in the chancery suit of Edgar
r. TroNell and ]. NJ. Thomas against the
Capital City Telephone Company and the
Central Trust Company of Maryland
trustees. 1t is understood that the COM
pany will be reorganiZed.
Members of city council. city officials.
Masons. Elks, and delegations from the
Relief Hook and Ladder Company this
afternoon attended the funeral of Charles
B. Marshall at his home 912 King street.
Rev. DR.. J. w. Duffey, pastor of NJ. E.
Church South, conducted the services.
Burial was in Presbyterian Cemetery.
Andrew Jackson Dodge, of the Masons
and Elks. held services at the grave.
Pallbearers were DR.. Arthur Snowden.
DR.. Thomas Gibson, and J. J. Cooper,
of Washington: S. B. Rice, Ashland.
Va. and Maury Gaines, and Frederick
]. Paff.
Meade, who died at Sibley Hospital Wash
ington, was held today at Old Pohick
Church. They were conducted by Rev.
DIR. S. A. Wallis, of Episcopal Theologi-
cal Seminary.
A S-year-old son of Thomas Thomas. Of
SO Princess street, was run down and
injured tonight by an automobile belong
ing to David Bayliss. The child was re-
moved to the Office of DR.. Llewellyn
Powell and treated.
The marriage of Miss Catherine
Phillips, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellsworth Phillips. and W. Myron How
ard son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Clifton
Howard was performed last night at the
parsonage of Trinity NJ E. Church, by
Rev. l.. NJ. Ferguson, pastor.
c. Keith Carlin, who recently gradual
ed in law and passed the State examina-
ton, has been admitted to practice in
the Corporation Court. Mr.. Carlin was
by his father, Representative
c. c. Carlin.
In police court today Cora Brown. color |
ed, arrested for larceny of IS from Mrs.
Merryman, was sentenced to the State
Reform School. She was arrested by
Policemen Garvey and Miller.
A milk wagon with two horses attached
ran away in King street today, badly |
damaging a carriage driven by Moses |
Stevenson, colored. Stevenson escaped |
injury
Michael Igoe. an old resident who suf- |
fered a stroke of paralysis several days |
ago while at his home, in Duke street. |
is critically i'll.
Samaritan Rebekah Lodge of Odd Fell |
lows, will hold its monthly meeting to-
morrow afternoon at Odd Fellows Hall. |
will be held in the afternoon
instead Of night