Evening star., 1916-10-12
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Scottish Rite Masons Confer
Degrees on 19 Candidates.
MANY ATTENDING BAZAAR

| Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, October 12.-on
| class of nineteen candidates Wash
| ington Memorial Lodge Of Perfection,
| No. 7. Scottish Rite Masons, last night
conferred the sixth, seventh. eighth
and ninth degrees.
Those participating in the work in
cluded the following: William Lewis
| Allen, Frank W. Latham, H Noel Gar
| ner, Arthur A. Paul. Percy E. Cliff, J.
William May, Llewellyn Chauncey.
Leopold Ruben, Boyd J. Richards, AL
| exander NJ. Sherwood, Lewis o. Hardin,
Coleman G. Ratcheller. Vance H. Peele,
William S. Connolly and Henry w.
| Wildt.
Tomorrow night at 7:3O o'clock this
lodge will confer the tenth, eleventh,
| twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth de-
grees.
A feature of the Masonic bazaar last
night was the attendance of the Ma
sonic Fraternity Band of the Lambskin
Club. numbering forty. of Washington.
| The band during the evening gave a
number of selections. The members
of the Order OF the Eastern Star also
attended in body.
Milling Business to Replace Brewery
The state corpora ton commission has
granted a charter to the Virginia Feed
and Milling Corporation. Alexandria,
with a maximum capital stock of
$4,000 and a minimum of $4,000, the
par value of which is s100 a share.
The officers are Alvin o. Portner.
president, Washington, D. c., and
George H. Beuchert, secretary and
treasurer. Alexandria.
This concern expects to start opera
tlons at the plant of the Robert Port
ner Brewing Company, January /. This
plant will discontinue operations as a
brewery November 1, when the state
goes dry. Both Mr.. Portner and Mr..
Buechert are at the present time con-
nected with the Robert Portner Brew
ing Company, Mr.. Portner being presi-
dent of the concern and Mr.. Beuchert
assistant secretary.
In the circuit court today the will of
the late Mrs. Babette Eichberg was ad-
mitted to probate. Testatrix leaves her
estate to her children and grandchildren.
Her son, Louis Eichberg, qualified as
executor.
Mis-. Editha NJ Roland, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard n. Roland, and
Thomas Wilfred Robinson, jr., son of
city Treasurer and Mrs. Thomas w. Rob-
inson, were married October in Balti-
more at the residence OF Cardinal Glib
bonS. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Eugene J. Connolly. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robinson will make their future home in
Baltimore.
These officers have been elected by the
Congregation Agudas Achin of the Ortho-
dox Jewish faith: Benjamin Abramson,
president; Joseph Hayman, vice president;
Max Berman, treasurer; Morris Bender.
secretary; Abe L. Cohen, Louis Rosenblot
and Isaac II. Harris, trustees.
.t,i ITO, Mo-, ial af De-
fection, No. z, Scottish Rite Masons,
will hold a special meeting at the Ma
sonic Temple at 1870 o'clock tonight by
order of the sovereign grand COM
mander. Following the meeting the
annual feast will be held.
The funeral of William w. Cogan
took place at $3.50 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon from Wheatleys undertake
ing chapel. Services were conducted
by Rev. DR.. J. w. Duffey, pastor of f>the
NJ. E. Church South. Burial was made
in the Presbyterian cemetery.
Fitzgerald Council. No. 459, knights
of Columbia. last night made arrange
ments for the installation of the newly
elected officers on October 25.