The Washington herald., 1917-03-30
ALEXANDRIA PUPILS
Will PARADE TODAY

WILL PAkADE lUDAI |
1900 Children to Participate in Patri-
otic Demonstration.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
r. Z. Knight & Son..
62l-623 King Street.
Alexandria, Va. March s.-There win !
be a. patriotic parade of public school |
children at ESQ o'clock tomorrow after !
noon, in which 1.s0o children, all carrying !
American flags, will participate.
Capt Conrad johnson. principal Of the i!
high school, will be chief marshal. with
Lieut.. Reginald Dyson as chief Of staff.
Heading the parade will be a platoon
Of police. followed by the Alexandria
High School Cadets. numbering 116, un-
der command Of Capt Robert Hancock.
Then will come the pupils Of the high
school and West End. Lee. and Washing !
ton schools.
The parade will move down King street ,
to Fairfax. Fairfax to Cameron. Came ,
ron to washington, and south on Wash !
mgton to the Confederate Monument.
Washington and Prince streets, where
brief patriotic exercises will be held, after /
which the participants will disband. !
One Of the biggest hauls made by the
poAiSo SiiSo virginia went
vember last-took place this afternoon
when they recovered six suit cases, con-
tanning about twenty-five gallons of
whiskey, from three eolored men giving
the names of Robert L. Rachley, George
w. Rachley, and Dorsey Harrison, all Of
Battleboro, N. c. The men boarded O.
Washington-Southern Railway train In |
washington after having purchased the
! LIQUOR In Baltimore. Sergt- Scott, Of the
police force Of this city, and Detective
Sergt. springman, Of Washington. jour
neyed along and took the men in custody
just before reaching this city. When
Alexandria was reached, Chief Goods and
Policemen Miller, Talbot and Rawlett
met the train. In addition the men had
In their pockets about six-and-a-half
quarts, in quarts. pints and half-pints, 1t
Is alleged. The men claimed they were
en- route to Battleboro, N. c. The pris-
oners will be given a hearing in the Po-
lice Court tomorrow morning.
With view Of arousing patriotic in
terest In displaying the flag by Monday
next, when Congress conyenes, the
George Washington Birthday Association,
which met this afternoon in the rooms
OF the Chamber of Commerce, issued a.
call for meeting of all civic and pa
trtotic societies to Join in the movement
and meet at 7:3o o'clock tomorrow night
Com
merce to complete plans for the affair
It is hoped to have all persons displav!
hags from their homes or places of bust
ness.
The board of trustees Of the First Bap-
tist Church has formally accented the
ne" parsonage, 126 North Columbus
street. which has just been extensively
remodeled, and today 1t was occupied nv
the pastor, Rev z. B. Jackson. d. d
The former parsonage of that church
ITO south Columbus street. has been sold
TO william H. Melchoir. who will remodel
1t and occupy it as a home.
Andrew Jackson Lodge of Masons held
a ladies' night celebration tonight and
after a musical and literary program
ouf1et supper was served in the wayar
apartment.
The newly born infant found Monday
IN an alley on the west side of Pitt street
between Princess and Oronoco streets
was born apparently alive and died from
"l1ul neglect and hemorrhage, accord
ing TO the verdict given last night bv a
coroners jury summoned by Dr. T. NJ.
Jones' The jury was composed OF ]. r
Marun' mar foreman; F. W. Latham, James
w w. reed clarence c. Parker. Charles P.
"aher' ST., and James W. Bales
a charter has been granted by the
state Corporation Commission to tho
Alexandria and Piedmont Telephone Cor
poration. Alexandria. with a cap,tal
stock of 5000 s. G. Brent is president
and H. W. Smith. secretary, both OF this
city. ''- u ''iiS
Mrs. Georgia B. Padgett, wife OF Edgar
+. Padgett. died yesterday afternoon at
her home. 332 North Patrick street, after
long illness. In addition to her hus-
nand. she Is survived by five daughters.
! Her funeral will take place at 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon from Christ p
Church. Rev. w. J. Morton, rector on
Ciating. VILE
The twenty-seventh degree will be COM
ferred tomorrow night by LAFAYETTE Coun-
Gill; Knights Kadosh. No. 2, at the Ma
sonic Temple.
Miss Nellie Payne and C. r RYAN ara
In Orange, Va, attending the Eighth Com
gressiona District Teachers Associa-
tion.
Employees of the Potomac railroad
yards will have a fag-raistny at IN.
yards at noon tomorrow
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