The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-07
SET DATE FOR
Water HEARING
Alexandria County and City
Complaint Will Be Heard
on March 28.
PLAN RETREAT FOR MEN
Holy Name Society Probably Will
Have Out-of-Town Priest Preach at
Special April Services.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
X. 4. Knight & Son,
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Alexandria, Va, March 6.-The COM
plant Of the water takers Of Alexandria
County against the Alexandria Water
Company will be heard on March q in
Richmond before the State Corporation
Commission. Word to this effect was
received today by Attorney Walter U.
Varney. who represents the petitioners.
The foregoing date is also the date
selected by the commission for hearing
the Alexandria compliments against the
company. Mr.. Varney says he expects
to request the commission to make the
hearing a joint one between the city
and county.
The petitioners in Alexandria County
seek to have the water company give
cheaper rates and also higher pressure.
This Is practically what the Alexandria
petitioners are after. Attorney Howard
W. Smith represents the city petitioners.
Arrangements have been made by the
Holy Name Society for a retreat for
men, which will be held at st. Marys
Catholic Church, April to inclusive.
1t Is expected that the retreat will be
conducted by an out-of-town priest.
This society has also made preliminary
arrangements for a ladies' night which
will be held shortly after Easter in the
Young Mems Sodality Lyceum Hall
The first meeting of the creditors of
the firm Of E. S. Leadbeater and Sons,
Incorporated. wholesale and retail drug
gtsts, recently declared bankrupt, will
be held at a. m, on March II, in the
United States court room. A call for
the meeting was issued today by Walter
U. Varney, referee in bankruptcy. At
this meeting a trustee will be chosen.
and It is expected that the officers of
the concern will be examined.
accepted the call to the psstorate OF
the First Baptist Church, will preach his
first sermon as pastor Of the local church
on Sunday, March 10.
Aurclus B. Grover. 80. died this after
noon at his home, 916 Gibbon street. The
deceased was a stationary engineer. Be
sides his wife, he is survived by several
children.
\ charter has been granted to the
Vince Company. Incorporated Alexan-
dria. with a maximum capital stock OF
$4,000 and a minimum of 10000 Objects
are manufacturing and dealing in paper
and paper products Officers are: NJ. A
Winter. president: James A Purcell, sec
rotary. and Courtney P. Winter, general
manager. all Of Washington.
Selma Pine. the young woman arrested
ch"TGirg her with obtaining s249 worth
Of jewe!ry from the store OF R. H. Macy
a. Go. on alleged forged shop checks, was
taken to New York tonight by New York
detectives. They also carried along Hal
Pine. her husband. The detectives al
legged he had the jewelry in his posses
siOa. The wife exonerates him Of blame
The funeral of Mrs. Annie L. King,
wife of Arthur J. King. will take
place at > o'clock on Tuesday after
noon from her late home, 523 Duke
street. Services will be conducted
by Rev. Edward T Kirkley, pastor Of
the Methodist Protestant Church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Marian F.
Henderson, who died in Norfolk. were
held at 414 Franklin street and con-
Quoted by Rev. E. T. Kirkley, pastor
of the Methodist Protestant Church.
The funeral of John C. Ross, s, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Ross, who died
last night, will take place at $3.50
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon from
his parents home, 211 North Patrick
street.
DR.. C. T. Klipstein has sold to Mrs
Nellie G. Wood house and lot on the
north side of Prince street between
Henry and Fayette streets.
Several Of the cadets Of the newly
organized military company OF the
Alexandria High School have received
their new gray uniforms.
John ". May. president Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce, and A. D. Brockett
tonight were guests at a banquet given
by the Leesburg Chamber OF Com
nerca
The body Of Clifton Carver, who
committed suicide yesterday, will be
shipped tomorrow to The Plains, Eau
luier County, Va, for burial.