The Washington times., 1916-01-27
ALEXANDRIA RAISES
s1,1OO FOR HEBREWS
Enthusiastic Meeting Held At
EIks' Auditorium in Behalf OF
War Sufferers.

| ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 27.-,More than
| 81, 100 was raised for the relief or the
Jewish war sufferers at the meeting
held in the Elks' Auditorium last tight.
and several hundred dollars additional
| Is expected to be realized from the tag
day which is being held today. Last
nights meeting vas one OF the most
| enthusiasts that has been held IN
| Alexandria in many years and WINS at
tended by hundreds OF citizens Of oil
| denominations. On the platform were
| representatives OF the various churches
! of Alexandria,
| Charles Bcndhcim. former assistant
United States district attorney for the
| District OF Columbia. presided and in
| troduced tho speakers, who were Con-
gressman Charles c. C8rln. Mrs. Kate
Waller Barrett, Miss Mabel BoardnIan.
/ the Rev. e. V. Register, the Rev. Louis
! Smet. and the Rev. DR.. Abram Simon.
DR.. Simon said that it was raro pic
ture to see Protestant, a Catholic.
| and a Hebrew clergyman sitting on the
same platform and looking into each
| others eyes without emnity. and each
| there to raise his voice in q common
! cause.
/ Congressman Carlin declared that the
Hebrew residents OF Alexandria were
| among Its best citizens and that their
| appeal for the zoo TO women and chill
dren who have beer made destitute by
| the war should be answered by u lib
! eral contribution from their fellow
citizens in AlcNandriH. He said that
trenches of Europe fighting under tho
! flags of the various nations at War.
Mrs. Kato Waller Bsrrett said that
this was the first time. so far as she
! Alexandra had ever appealed for as
sistance and that 1t was only right that
| they should be met with hearty CO.
! operation. She said that during hel
! visit to Russia two years aro she cor,
menced to realize What tho Hebrews
were called Upon TO undergo and that
she made up her mind at that time &c
dc what she could to sec that they
were given justice. Miss Boardmar
| told of the work that the Red Cross So
ciety is doing ard described the suffer
| ing of the npncomhatants. The RcVs
+. y Register and Louis Srnet lott
made pleas for liberal contributions. Or
| Simon declared that in thirty-fiva cen
turies tho Hebrews had not asked 10,
material aid out Of their own faith
but thai the rresfnt situation was tCt
colossal for them TO handle without np
Eealing to the rest OF the world. IT,
hrews arc suffering and said that there
were more than 3oN0'nO homeless Ne
brews huddlcd on the s,eppes OF Russia
The knights and ladies OF the Mac
cahees. members of Tent No. ?. ant
Hive No. =. will give their annual ban
Huet tonight in tho Westminster Build
ing. There will be a number OF invited
guests and a splendid musical proSran
has been arranged. The Rev. r.
Reg ster. former presiding elder Of tn
Washington district. NJ +: Churcl
South. will be toastma ster. The follow
Rev o. W. Triplett. pastor OF the Sec
ond Baptist Church; solo. Z. Albcr
Lang. accompanied by Phil c. Addison
toast, Our Order" John j. Dozier
solo, Miss Anna Tierkorn; accompanie panic
operation Of Women" Mrs. Mabel La
Rue: selection. Maccabee's orchestra
toast. "Fraternity." y. Howard Clarke
solo. II Love tn" Whole y; S. A." F
Womanhood." Mrs, Kate waller Bar
our Guests. the Ladies'" W. n. New
bold selection. Maccabee orchestra
The committee in charge OF the banaue
John W. Cunningham. George X. Ben
der. Ernest L. Cornell. c. Ashby Blade
and Mesdames Irving Brawner. John W
Cunningham. Emma McCuen. Susie Cas-
SluS ana SdI'e QuisleS'
Mrs Lycurgus r. Ihler. first vic
president of the Anne Lee Memoria
Home for the Aged, OF this city. wi
meeting Of the District chapters OF IN
United Daughters of the Confederacy
to be held at the Confederate Memoria
Home, in Washington, on the Anne lie
, home.
One hundred members of the AleXan
dria Automobile Club and their guest
attended the first annual banquet of tina
organization. which was held last nigh
in the Westminster building. G. Wash
} ington Lewis acted as toastmaster. an
tine speakers were: w. c. Adamson, G
Georgia, whose topic was the Adamso
bill: A. G. Batchelder. chairman of tn
executive committee OF the America
Automobile Association. who told of tn
objects of the organization; George /
Coleman, state highway commissions
of Virginia. who spoke on Road Les
slation:" +. l.. Ferguson. chief OF tn
, touring bureau. 4. A. A.. whose subJec
was Roads as I Have Found Them.
and Congressman G. C. Carlin. who tol
of the progress of the Memorial Bridg'
Two divorces were granted today
the corporation court bv Judge l..
BARLEY. Sarah Estelle Shoemaker We
e divorced from Theodore r. Shoemakt
: on the ground OF desertion. She we
represented bv Attorney H. Noel Ga
ner. George G. Heon was divorced fro
5 Mamie Heon on the ground OF desc
tion. He was represented by Attorne
Samuel G. Brent.
Thomas Zimmerman. forty-sevs
years old. died yesterday at the AleI
andria Hospital. His BODY was remove
s todaV to 1912 Duke street. from whlc
place the funeral will take place.
The condition OF Mrs. Maria M. Woo,