The Washington herald., 1916-12-01
NAB II ALEXANDRIANS
In PROHIBITION CASES
Police Active in Apprehendins Viola
tors of Liquor Laws.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
Il. L. knight 4 Son,
eN-6 -623 King Street.

s1S23 King Street.
Alexandria, Va, Nov. 30.-Twelve
arrests were made by the police since
yesterday for drunkenness and violat-
ing the provisions of the new State
prohibition laws, making a total of
ninety-siX arrests in November, or If
teen more than in November, 1915,
when Alexandria. was in the wet
column, and a decrease of eight as
compared with last month.
w. w. Simpson, who conducts a
secondhand furniture store on Cam
eron street, was arrested this after
noon by Sergt. Roberts and Policemen
Zell. Campbell and Power on a charge
of violating the. prohibition law. He
was released in the custody of his at
torney, Louis N. Duffey. to appear in
court tomorrow.
Simpson was taken in custody a
few minutes after alighting from an
electric train at King and Royal
streets. He went into a cigar store
and. the police allege, left q suit case
there. The case contained six quarts
of liquor. it is charged. To bring more
than one quart into the State in
month is a violation of the law.
When Policeman Henderson this af-
ternoon arrested a negro giving the
name OF Henry Sloan for being drunk,
an examination of his suit case dis
closed it contained half a gallon of
whiskey and half a gallon of gin bear
ing labels of Washington dealers.
Sloan was charged with violating the
prohibition law.
During the afternoon and early part
OF the night three others were picked
up for being drunk on the street.
Joe Adams, negro, arrested by Sergt
Roberts and Policemen Zell and Raw
lett, was charged with having brought
from Washington last night three
pints of whiskey and three pints of
gin. Adams told the court one pint
was his property and the remainder
the property of another person who
had given it to him in Washington to
hold and that the train pulled out and
he could not wait, SO he brought 1t
along. Adams will face the grand
jury.
Five drunks either forfeited or were
fined IS each and one was sent to Jail
for three months under the vagrancy
act
The virginia Feed and Milling Corpora
ton, which will lease the plant formerly
occupied by the Robert Portner Brewing
Company. is having that plant remod-
eled and expects to begin operations
1t is announced that there will be sepa-
rate units Of three tons an hour for the
manufacture of chicken and chick feed,
and five tons per hour for horse and mule
feeds and ten tons per hour for dairy
feeds. The horse and mule and dairy
feeds are to be operated as one to manu-
facture either of these feeds.
The installations are being made under
the direction of John A. Ewald. who is
also supervising the dismantling Of the
brewery plant and structural alterations.
The buildings, which will be leased by
the company, include the one housing its
malt storage business and about one-half
Of the cold storage cellars.
The buildings to be occupied have
frontage of approximately s. feet on st.
Asaph street, adjoining the brew house,
with a depth of about 90 feet In addi-
ton the feed company will occupy the
two-story buildings on the east side Of
st. Asaph street. formerly the brewery's
keg washing department. This building
will be devoted exclusively to the hay
department. The plant will be electrical
ly operated
November reports in the academic. COM
mercial and upper grammar grade de-
partments of st. Marys Academy were
distributed yesterday afternoon in the as
sembly hall of that institution, where
flags and ferns gave a holiday air and
the blackboard decorations told anew the
story of 1000
According to the reports for the month
the honor pupils in the various classes
were as follows:
Fourth academic, Miss Georgiana Lash,
90 per cent; second academic, Louisa
Robinson. %; first academic, Gladys
Gaines. "a; second year commercial. Mary
Hayes, SO II; first year commercial.
Lucille Dienelt, So; eighth grade, Kath-
leen Quinn, 81; seventh grade, Josephine
Rummage, 80; sixth grade, Lucille Hamil-
ton, 80; fifth grade, Eloise Munroe; fourth
grade, Dorothy Harrington, 90; first grade,
Anna Mess, IS; second grade, ]. Lannon,
SO; primary, Richard l.. Carne.
Ribbons for November test in express
sion were awarded Misses Agnes Donald
son. Evelyn Howard and Florence Evans.
Miss Elizabeth W. Reeves, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward S. Reeves, and
Clarence J. Howell, both of this city,
were married at O'Clock this afternoon
at the home OF the brides parents, 2OS
North Washington street. The ceremon
was performed by Rev. John Lee Allison.
D. D., pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church. Following the wedding the cou-
pie left for a northern bridal trip.
Reasons for National THANKSGIVING
was the subject of a sermon delivered
by Rev. E. B. jackson, d. D., pastor of
the First Baptist Church, at the union
Thanksgiving services in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, this morning
Six congregations participated. The SER
vice was largely attended.
The speaker said the hand of God was
evidenced in the history of our coun-
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