The Washington herald., 1916-12-22
TWO KILLED when CAR
HITS AN AUTOMOBILE
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Grimes Die Near
Alexandra in Accident Due to Fog.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
q. E. knight 4 Son,
SN-64 King Street.

THE HERALD BUREAU,
! q. E. Knight 4 Son.
| SA-s3 King Street
! Alexandria, Va, Dec H-Joseph g.
Grimes, so years old. and his wife, Mrs.
| Carrie Grimes. 10. of Braddock delsnts'
| Alexander county, while driving an au-
tomobile across the tracks Of the Wash
| ington-Southern Railway at Lorton. Fair
fax county, south of Alexandria, at Q
| O'Clock this afternoon were killed and
their machine demolished by a Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac train which
was running fifty miles an hour.
Both bodies were thrown forty yards.
Debris was scattered for a considerable
/ distance.
There was a heavy fog at the time of
the accident and 1t is supposed that Mr..
| Grimes view was obscured. An exami-
nation of his speedometer showed his ma
chine was only going about six miles an
hour.
| A coroner's jury was impaneled by
Frank W. Troth. justice of the peace.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grimes were returning to
Alexandria from the home OF Mrs.
Grimes parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Hammill, Occoquan, Prince William
| county. They had gone to deliver
Christmas presents.
Mr.. Grimes was @ member of the hrm
Of Reardon q Grimes, steamship agents.
this city He Ia survived by one brother.
II. II. Grimes. washington lumber mer-
chant
Mrs. Grimes was a Miss Carrie Ham
min and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Hammin, of OccoQuan. She Is sur
yiyed by q sister, Miss Lillian Hammill
Of Washington. and three brothers.
Wade. Rube and Paul Hammin. Of Oc-
coQuan.
Christmas week win be busy one for
Fitzgerald Council, No. 4SS. Knights of
Columbus, with a dance, exemplihcation
Of the first degree Of the order, a social
session and a Christmas celebration.
Its dance will be given Tuesday night
IN the auditorium OF the Elks' Home.
On Wednesday evening the first degree
will be conferred on q class at St Mary 8
Hall. This will be followed by a social
session and a Christmas celebration.
The following Is the dance committee:
E. e. Downham, Jr.. chairman; J. Stewart
Kimball and Francis H Fannon and the
entertainment committee is composed Of
| C. Raymond Hellmuth. William A. De-
vaughan, William Duncan and Francis
H Fannon-
The funeral Of Jonathan Matthews. who
died last night at his home. 211 Primo.
street, will be held at the NJ E. Church.
South, at Hillsboro, Loudoun County, at
l o'clock. Friday afternoon. Mr.. Matthews
was so years old. He was born in Hills
boro, Loudoun County, and came to Alex
andria twenty-four years ago and went
into the fish packing business and later
in the wholesale produce and commits
| sion business.
He served in the Confederate army in
the Eighth Virginia Regiment He has
two daughters, Miss Roberta E. Matthews
and Mise Irona Matthews
The Frank A. Steele Company, In
corporated, this city. has been granted
a charter by the State Corpora tion Com
mission with a capital stock of $780,
900 and q minimum OF $4,000. Officers
are Frank A. Steele. president; Ralph
A Steele, vice president: Edward
Steele, secretary and treasurer.
Julian D. Knight has been awarded
the contract for remodeling q building
at Columbus and Cameron streets by
Church. It will be used as a par
sonage.
Because when Lewis Williams, colored,
was taken in custody last night by
Sergeant Roberts he had three quarts
Of whiskey, he was accused Of violat-
ing the prohibition laws and held for
the grand Jury.
The funeral of Fielding A. Coakley
was held this afternoon from Wheat
ley's undertaking chapel Services were
conducted by Rev. J. w Duffey,,D. D.,
and burial was in Bethel Cemetery.
| Vital Truths" Is a book by Rev.
John Lee Allison. D. D., pastor Of the
Second Presbyterian Church. 1t COM
bines briefs of sermons and addresses
by DR.. Allison. The writer has dedi-
Gated the book to the memory of his
father and mother. John Craig ALI
son and Minerva Guthrie Allison.
/ e. E. ,Downhans has been chosen by
Acca Temple, Mystic Shrine. Richmond
as representative to the Imperial Coun-
Gil next summer, in MINNEAPOLIS