The Washington herald., 1916-06-12
MAYOR TO MEET
WEAK OPPOSITION
Lack of Enthusiasm in Alex
andria Election Tomorrow.
Councilmen to Be Named.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
r. L. Knight & Son,
81 -623 King Street.

Alexandria, Va, June 1.-THE Demo-
cratic nominees for mayor and city coun-
Gil are without opposition. except in one
ward in Tuesdays election. The nominee
for mayor is Thomas A. Fisher. who
probably will be reelected Tuesday Cor
term Of four years from September
CounCilmen will be chosen for a term of
two years.
The ward in which there is opposition
Is the fourth. where Councilmen Albert
Bryan and Clinton S Ballenger will be
opposed by Thomas ChaUncey.
In the Second ward the friends of Je-
rome Kaufman will insert his name on
the ballot to m the vacancy in common
council caused by the death Of Robley
D. Brumback
The Democratic nominees for the board
OF aldermen, by wards. are F. F Mar
bury. hrst. W. W. Ballenger. second
John 7. Harrison. third; James B Fitz-
gerald, fourth
For common council: Howard w Smith
and George H. Evans. first; Henry X
Field, second; A. ]. Pohl. and H R
Burke. third: Albert Bryan, and Clinton
s. BallengeI. fourth.
In accorda nee with the provisions of
the Byrd liquor law, the saloons will
close at s o'clock Monday evening and
remain clos d until Wednesday morning
a o'clock.
Owing to the fact that the nominees
are without opposition. except in one
ward. the indications are that a light
vote will be Polled. there being but lit
tie interest in the election.
Judges and clerks named by the city
electoral board follow: First ward. John
Waller. Charles Hall. and David f. Ro-
bey, judges: Norris Roland and Frank D.
Moore. clerks; second ward. Hugh Moss.
J T. Buckley. VI. Z. Greene clerks: Con-
rad Schwab and Edward \. Harlow.
clerks. third ward, w. F Penn. William
Hinken, Joseph Ewald. judges; John II.
Fisher. and James B Martin. clerks.
Fourth ward. c. NJ. Lennon. Charles
Downey. Arthur Downey. judges: T. Lee
FannOn. and Frank Meade. clerks
That Bennie Thompson. colored, either
has no fear or loves trouble, was best
evidenced by the fact that Friday night
he returned 10 Alexandra. after SERVING
nine months on the State convict road
force for attempted assault on a chiIu
of BERTHE Phillips. colored. 1910 Princess
street. and that night. returned to the
same house. the police claim and broke
in. II is also alleged by the police that
Thompson stole IS from John Wilson
cOlored, and clothes from John Holmes
colored.
Thompson was again captured last
IlEll DN FOlEeNtn NTaIN6N ana Zell
This afternoon he made an ineTectuaI
effort to escape from police headquarters
when he was let out into the corridor in
the South-end police station. He climbed
on top Of the tier of cells and had re-
moved the big metallic piping connected
with the stove to the re gister and wa ,
endeavoring to remove ne register, so
as 10 pass through to the second floor
While q his wei ne was interrupted
~
once removed him to the tier of cells
north of the place. where he was locked
in a cell
Thompson will be given a hearing in
Police Court this morning.
\ capacity congregation attended the
opening of the forty hours devotion
services at the solemn high mass cele-
Grated at II o'clock this morning in ST
Mary's Catholic Church Rev. Lewis J.
O Hern. D D., Of the Catholic University
Of America. was the celebrant: Rev. l.