The Washington herald., 1916-09-02
new COUNClMEN TAKE
OFFICE AT ALEXANDRIA
Mayor Fisher. Reelected. Also Sworn
in for Four Years.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
r. 4. Knight 4 Son,
Ga 90 King Street.

s1sD King Street.
Alexandria, Va, Sept. AFTER taking
the oath Of ONCE the four aldermen and
eight members of the common council,
representing one-haif of the membership
of city council, organized at noon today
with the election OF oficers in each
branch and then adjourned until Sep
tember u.
! Before adjourning, however, Mayor
Fisher appeared before a joint session of
council and the oath OF office was ad-
ministered to him by L. Fl. Thompson,
clerk of the board of aldermen.
Mayor Fisher urged upon council the
| necessity for improvements at the city
almshouse and at Penny Hill Cemetery,
| the burying ground for Alexandria :
poor.
Howard w. Smith was re-eS>cted presi-
dent Of common council, Capt. Albert
| Bryan was reelected vice president
Daniel R. stansbury was reelected clerk
and W. l.. Craven was reelected mes
| senger
+. In the board of aldermen r. e. Mar
bury was chosen president, Jacob Brill
vice president; L. H. Thompson was re-
elected clerk, and L. L. Cheshire was re-
| elected messenger.
Brockett. who represented the Third
ward. was read and accepted. 1t came
| as a surprise to the members of council
as Mr.. Brockett had two more years to
serve.
! The newly-elected members by wards
| are as follows: Common Council, How.
ard w. Smith and George H. Evans, first
Henry X. Field and Jerome Kaufman
second: A. ]. Pohl and II. r. Burke
third; Albert Bryan and Clinton s. Bal
lenger. fourth.
Aldermen, F. F. Marbury, first; w. w
Ballenger. second; ]. T. Harrison, third
]. B. Fitzgerald. fourth.
Mount Vernon Chapter. Royal Arch
\ Masons, at its annual meeting tonight
elected the following officers: Virgil G.
| Davis. high priest; c. Philip Heishley
king; Chester A. Gwinn, scribe; William
| Lewis Allen. treasurer; Alfred @. Uhler
secretary; Percy e. Gift. captain of the
host: II. Brooks Arnold, royal arch cap.
tain: Thomas L. Hall. principal sojourn.
| er; Boyd ]. Richards. master of third
veil; Alexander NJ. Sherwood, master OF
second veil; Bedford K. Smith. master OF
first VEIL Rev. J. NJ. Nourse. chaplain
Leopold Ruben. steward; George w
Zachary. tiler. R. A. Zachary. the re.
! firing high priest, was presented by the
chapter a handsome past high priests
| jewel.
| The officers were installed by ]. E w
Timberman, most excellent high priest
who is the grand scribe, Grand Roya
Arch Chapter Of Virginia.
The shoe store of Joseph Hayman. 1ls.
lis North Royal street. was entered BY
burglars at 3 o'clock this morning The
robbers got away with only three pair,
of shoes
Mrs Hayman. wife OF the proprietor
nm hnt
being directly above the store, and the
noise made by her in moving about evi.
IDENTIFY scared the burglar or
| Entrance was effected by cutting a win.
dow slat of a rear window.
There are two vacancies now in the
city council, one being from the Second
Ward, caused by the transfer OF Council.
imam Marbury to the board of aldermen
Mr.. Marbury formerly being a resident
Of the Second Ward, and the other caused
by the resignation OF Councilman A. D
BroCkett. Third Ward.
The town council OF Occoquan has
adopted resolutions thanking the mayor
'and people of Alexandria for the splendic
work done by the Alexandria firemen last
Friday at the fire at that place. Copies
of these resolutions have been received
here by Mayor Fisher and Fire Chief r
h. Gronau.
A meeting of the alumnae Of St Mary
Academy will be held at 7:3o o'clocI
Wednesday night at that institution L
consider the question of Joining the In
ternational federation Of Catholic wom
en- Of America. All alumnae are urgeC
to be present.
| To-Day marked the opening Of the hunt
ing season in Virginia and many gun
ners from this city invaded the marshe
in Alexandria and Fairfax Counties.
Police Justice II. B. Cation and wife
who have been spending the past tw,
months on their vacation, have returnet
home Justice Cation presided in the Po
lice Court today. During his absenc
l.. H. Thompson has been acting as po
lice justice.