The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
DOMINION RAILWAY To
ST. ELMO electrified
Work Completed from Bluemont to
Point Slightly More Than Mile
from Alexandra.

Alexandria, Va, May 2S.-The WASH
ington and Old Dominion Railroad
Company has completed the work of
electrifying its line from Bluemont to
ST. Elmo, Alexandria County. the latter
little more than a mile north of
Alexandria.
1t is announced that beginning to-
morrow trains will be run as far as
St Elmo, and Alexandrians desiring to
travel on this line will board its trains
at that point. Tickets, however, 1t Ia
understood, will be sold in Alexandria.
1t is the purpose Of the company to
establish a waiting station at st. Elmo.
Baggage and milk from and to Alex
andria over this line will continue to
come to it's old station at the north
cast corner Of Princess and Fairfax
streets twice daily. as heretofore.
1t is understood it was the purpose
of the company originally to electrify
it's line all the way to Alexandria. SO
that it might continue to use its old
station. Owing to obstacles it was I'M
able to do so. The present arrange
ment is said to be only temporary I'M
til the difficulties encountered can be
overcome.
Diplomas of graduation will be award
ed a class of nineteen candidates at the
annual commencement exercises of the
Episcopal Theological Seminary of Vir-
ginia at 10 o'clock Thursday morning.
The exercises will be opened Wednesday
night at o'clock, when Ri. Rev.
Charles NJ. Beckwith, d. D., will deliver
an address before the Students Mission
airy Society.
Thursday will be graduation and
alumni day The reading of esays by
members of the graduating class will
begin at 10 o'clock, to be followed by
the presentation of diplomas. At noon
the alumni meeting will be held and the
essayist will be Rev P. p Phillips. rec
tor of ST. Paurs P. E. Church. The
alumni dinner will be served at 100
o'clock.
At IL o'clock Friday morning ordina-
ton services will be held. They will be
attended by a number of prominent
Episcopal clergymen.
List of graduates follows: Rev. Paul
Noborne Abe. Kyoto. Japan: William
Jeffery Alfriend, Southern Virginia 4:
Norman Spencer Binsted, Washington.
d. c.; Amber Mason Blackboard. Vir-
ginia: Randolph Fairfax Blackford.
Virginia; Floyd Stephen Cartwright.
Kentucky: Lloyd Rutherford Craighill.
Southern Virginia; Edward Albert De
Miller. Mississippi: Menard boswell,
jr., Louisiana: Rev. Linden Ferrira.
Southern Brazil; Phillips Standish Gill
man. Southern Virginia.: Edgar N. lie
Blanc, North Carolina; William Byrd
Lee, jr.. Virginia.: William Clarkson
Marshall. jr.. Virginia: Lewis Chester
Morrison, Harrisburg; Francis Alan
Parson. West Virginia: Cameron
Gregg Richardson. jr.. Southern Vtr-
sinia; Rev. Arthur Josiah Torrey.
Maryland; Herbert Nash Tucker.
Southern Virginia.
The board of aldermen at an adjourn
ed meeting held tonight adopted the an
nual ordinance for imposing and collect
ing taxes operative June l. 1915. to May
81, 1916 The tax rate is fixed at SIS on
the 500 assessed real estate value with
a discount of per cent II paid by July
l. and per cent if paid by September ].
If not paid by December l. per cent is
added, and damages in the sum of per
cent will be collected if not paid by June
l, 1916.
1t is also provided that in addition to
the SIS, . cents on the $1o0 shall be
collected and paid in December to the
city treasurer This, however, will not
mean an increase as at that time only
10 cents for the State will be paid the
city treasurer, the State rate formerly
being IS cents on the 800. OF this
amount % cents will now go to the city
under the new tax law.
These officers have been elected by
Randolph Chapter No. 3. Rose Croix.
Scottish Rite Masons: W. S. Connolly,
wise master: W. r. Cline. senior warden;
A. A. Paul junior warden: ]. William
May. orator; r. S. Barrett, almoner; F.
w, Latham. secretary: J. NJ. Duncan.
treasurer; w. w. Ballenger, master Of
ceremonies: W. L,>Allen. expert: S. r.
Kelly. assistant expert; H. W. wildt.
standard bearer: A. NJ. Sherwood. guard
OF the temple: George w. Zachary. teller.
and H. G. Harryman. organist.
Following an annual custom, the men,
bers of Post F. Travellers Protective As
ISOLATION. will at s o'clock tomorrow
night attend services at the Second Pres
byterian Church. Rev. DR.. John Lee
Allison. pastor. will preach, taking for
his subject 'Manhood's Highest Ideal"
A solo entitled Just for Today will
be sung by Miss Lillian G. Allison.
The Sunday school Of the NJ. E. Church
South will hold Children's Day exercises
at II O'Clock tomorrow morning at that
church.