The Washington herald., 1917-09-05
COUNCILS ORGANIZED
TO AID UNEMPLOYED
Alexandrians Plan to Help New
corners TO City.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
II. Z. Knight & Son.
o. 63 King Street

Alexandria. Va, Sept. IA mems
| federated council and women's fed
| Grated council on employment. to CO.
| operate with the United States en-
| ployment service. was organized to-
night at a meeting held in the civil
| service room in the postoffice build
/ ins. wli.h was presided over by Rob
| ert l.. Payne.
The mea organized with the cleo
( ton OF Dr. w. NJ. Smith, postmaster.
| as chairman. and J. T. Preston as
| secretary. The women elected Miss
I Helen y. CUMMINGS chairman and
( Mrs. 7. Clifton Howard secretary.
\ committee on bylaws was ap-
| pointed as follows: Mrs. George T.
! K,ipste.n. Ashby Bladen, DR.. George
| T. klipstein and Rev. William J
| Morton.
W. y. Jackson and Louis II. VIII
| liams Were named on a committee to
( represent the colored people of the
city.
Commissioner General OF Labor A.
Csminctti delivered an address. in
which he suggested cooperating in
( the Use Of farm help as a means of
solving the labor problem on the
/ fam. The speaker suggested that
six farmers in each community get
| together and thereby retain their
! help all season or all year instead
of present methods. where help is
used for a few weeks and then dis
pcnsCd with.
+. y. LyCett. employment mana ger
o. the Washington Steel and Ord
nsnce Company, made a short talk
telling of the proposition to bring
, several hundred workmen to this city
who will locate here and be trans
ported to and from their place of
employment on the steamer Atlantic.
just purchased by the company he
| represents.
Others present from the Labor Bu-
rcau were Edwin NJ Kline. director of
employment. and Mrs. Grace Porter
Hopkins. superintendent of the wom-
ems and girls division.
The eight seleCtive men, who will
represent AlcXandria's ) per cent quota
of its draft, together with five alter
mates, chosen from the certified list in
their respective order, this morning
appeared before the local draft board
and were given final instructions re-
garding their departure at 1916 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon for the canton
ment at Petersburg, known as Camp
Lee.
The men assembled for roll call at
$50 o'clock this afternoon and again
will report TO the local board at IL
o'clock tomorrow morning, when they
will be furnished with transportation
to the camp which they will reach,
under the present schedule. at S:55
o'clock in the afternoon. In the event
any of those of the eight scheduled to
90 fail to put in their appearance the
alternates will take their places in
their respective order.
Edward Robert Cook, 81 years old.
son of the late benjamin Cook, died
shortly before O'Clock last night at
his home, l22 l-2 North Patrick street
The deceased had been in declining
health for the past year. He WAS
formerly employed as a clerk in the
Southern Railway offices here. The
funeral will take place at O'Clock
Thursday afteTnon from the home.
Services will be conducted by the Rev.
Edgar Carpenter. rector of Grace p.
f. Church, and Rev. f.. V. REGISTER,
pastor of the NJ. E. Church South.
The funeral of James Alymer took
place this morning from Demaineis
! mortuary chapel. Services were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Louis Smet. pastor
of St. Mary's Catholic Church, ana
burial was made in st. Mary's Gene
terry.
Thousands OF Alexandrians this aft
| ernoon went to Washington and wit
messed the big parade. During the
progress of the parade the city was
| almost depopulated.
Permits TO children to attend the
| West End School will be issued at that
school tomorrow and Thursday ana
| Friday permits will be issued to
colored children to attend the public
/ schools.
Stcne suitable for the purpose hav-
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