Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
ALEXANDRIA, AFFAIRS
No Trace Found of 16-Year-OId
Marguerite Eareheart.
MISSING SINCE AUGUST II
Civil Service Examinations An
nounced-Lewis Glassman Fined
for Speeding in Auto.
MISSING SINCE AUGUST II

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA. Va, August 30--All
efforts on the part of the police of this
and other cities to trace the where
abouts of Miss Marguerite Eareheart,
sixteen years old, daughter of Mrs.
Harry l.. Litchford of I105 Duke street.
this city. and j. ". Eareheart. Hagers-
town, Md. have thus far proved un-
availing. The mother of the girl to-
day said she had not the remotest
idea as to why or how her daughter
disappeared.
Her step grandfather. ]. W. Litch-
ford, living at 3lS South Patrick
street, today said the girl left his
home the afternoon of August u in
company with a Baltimorean who was
on a motor cycle. She carried no. extra
clothing or anything to indicate that
she contemplated leaving the city. The
Baltimorean, he said, had been visiting
for several days in this city.
Since then, however. Mrs. Litchford
says, an AleXandrian has Informed her
he is positive he saw Miss Eareheart
the morning of August -, the day the
firemen Of the city left for Harrison
burg. Her informant, she says, told
her that Miss Eareheart was in com
pany with another young woman at
the time he saw her. This. if true dis
pels the theory she did not return from
her trip on the motor cycle.
The matter was placed in the hands
of the police last Friday. The mother
of the young woman today said her
daughter had never before been alb
sent from home without letting her
know where she was going.
Civil Service Examinations
The local board of civil service ex-
examinations will be held here in Sep
TENDER: Expert driller, male; Junior
engineer mining, male; agricultural as
sistant, male; aeronautical mechanical
craftsman, male; specialist in grain ex-
change practice, male: investigator in
grain exchange practice, male; assistant
examiner. patent office; mechanical
craftsman, ordnance department at large;
junior fuels chemist. male; cook and
baker: mineral examiner, male.
In the police court today Justice
Thompson fined Lewis GlaSSman SO
on a charge of exceeding the speed
limit with his automobile. GIassman
told the court that he was conveying a
sick man to the Union railway station,
and put on a little extra speed in order
to have his friend catch a train for
Hot Springs.
Benjamin f. Lucas has sold to Mag
gle Lee Lucas two houses and lots on
the east side of Henry street between
Pendlston and Wythe streets. A deed
of transfer was recorded today.
A sentence of three months in jail
was imposed in the case of q. non-resi-
dent giving the name of Henry How
ard. colored charged with robbing
Monroe Williams, colored, of SIS.
The annual meeting of Mount Vernon
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, will be
held Friday night. at which time Off
GERS viii be elected to serve for the
ensuing year.
A rehearsal Of the choir that will
sing at the Gypsy Smith. jr., evan
geiistic services, which will open here
Sunday night, was held last night in
the First baptist Church
Mrs. Mary Walker and Miss Regina
Lucas returned home today after a
three-week visit to Mrs. Robert sgd
nor, Tucker Hill, Westmoreland coun-
ty, Va
Mrs. James Bayne and sons, James
Whitcomb and Lewis n. Bayne, who
have been spending the summer at
Rectort own, Va, returned home today.