Evening star., 1916-12-31
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Federal Courts January Term
to Open Tuesday.
TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS

| ALEXANDRIA, Va. December 30
| The January term of the United States
court for the eastern district of Vir-
ginia, Judge Edmund waddill presid-
| ing. will convene at IL o'clock Tuesday
morning in this city. There will be
both grand and petit juries at this
, term of court, which will last for sew
eral days. The grand jury will meet at
IL o'clock and the petit jury at noon.
! There are several Alexandrians on
both juries.
Among the cases scheduled to come
up at this term are several which have
been transferred from Norfolk. Rich
mond and other points Some are for
alleged violations of the revenue laws.
The grand jury summoned is as fol-
lows: d. l.. Glascock. James Burton
Mason kaines j, c. George. T. @ herm,
Katz. John T. Simpson. James Luckett.
Mark Norris. John B. Kimberley. A. Fl.
Agnew, Joseph A. Ballard. Samuel
Burke, Dallas Richardson ]. B. Gray
Armstead Lewis. Jerome Kaufman. W
f. Stevens. ]. w. Baggott and Frank
S. Powell.
List of Jurors Summoned.
Those composing the petit jury sum-
moned are as follows: L. l.. Hefiin.
Joseph H. Drew. jr.: T. B. Kight.,T r.
Garrison, John Fl. Taylor. Lyon II.
Dolan, Charles P. Epps. George H. S
Robertson. Albert B. Alsop, John F.
Bailey. Charles Swain. W. T. Davis. R.
G. Reynolds. William ]. Smith. Clar-
ence q. Smithers, r. H. Motley, c. V.
Burgess. A. J. Armstrong, c. B. Lathrop
William England. c. F. Hicks. Samuel
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W. C. Rails. S. NJ. Lomax; A. r. Rosson
Thomas Hunter. E. L. Stanard and
Joseph S. Hall
Watch night services will he held Sun
day night from IL until II o'clock In
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
in which the congregations of that
church. Trinity NJ. E. and the Methodist
Protestant churches will participate.
Methodist Episcopal Church. will pre-
side and make a short address. Rev
L. NJ. Ferguson, pastor of Trinity NJ. E.
Church. and Rev. E. T. kirkley. pastor
of the Meth odist Protestant Church,
will also make an address.
There has been decided slump re-
Gently in the number of arrests for v1o-
lations of the prohibition laws. Prac-
with the provisions of the new state
prohibition laws, which provide that
not more than quarteof liquor can be
brought into the state once month by
any one person
Announces Tax Sale.
Fifty pieces of property on which
state taxes have not been paid for the
year 1915 will be offered for sale at
public auction by, City Treasurer
Thomas w. Robinson at 10 o'clock Mon
day. Half of the property is owned by
white persons and half by colored.
Mrs Kate C. Erwin. widow Of Charles
T. Erwin former resident of this city.
died at 6:10 o'clock this evening at her
home in Richmond Mrs. Erwin is sur
vived by two sons, c. A. Erwin, Rich
mond. and T. NJ. Erwin. this city.
The body will be brought here for bur
ial. although the funeral arrangements
have not yet been made.
The funeral of Albert L. Glover. who
died yesterday morning at his home.
612 c street northeast, Washington. will
take place at II o'clock. MondaI, morn
ing from wheatiey's undertaking
chapel. this city. and burial will be in
Union cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and two sons and a daughter. For many
years Mr.. Glover was employed as a
clerk at the Washington and Ohio rail-
road offices here.
Southern railway camp car. To-
Gated in the company's yards west of
the Virginia Glass Company's plant.
tooh iiTt az HoOH toudy anu " as udufy
damaged. The fire department was
called. although the blaze was extin-
guished by the companys own fire
department. Last night car. used as
washroom. adjoining the company's
roundhouse, also took FIRE and was
badly damaged.
There will be atmeeting of the lot
owners of st. Mary's cemetery at
O'Clock Sunday afternoon in the Young
Mems Sodality Lyceum Hall for the
purpose of arranging plans for the i'm
provement of that cemetery
Robert Elliott, real estate dealer. has
sold for Henry NJ. Hantzmon to Mrs.
Julia /. Mankin house and lot on the
east side of Royal street between Cam
eron and Queen streets. A deed Of
transfer was placed on record today in
the Office of the clerk of the corporation
court. .
To Hold Annual Election.
Alexandria Division, No. l, Ancient
ciaI meeting at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon at st. Mary's Hall. Officers
will be elected to serve for the year.
The recently elected officers Of Alex
andria Nest No. 1893. Owls. will be in
stalled Tuesday night. Following the
installation there will be smoker and
entertainment.
Many Alexandrians have made Eeser-
vations for dinner at the different
hotels in Washington New Year night.
have returned from Baltimore, where
they spent their honeymoon Rev. Mr..
kirkley will occupy his pulpit at the
| Methodist Protestant Church tomorrow.