The Washington herald., 1918-06-09
ALEXANDRIA OFFICES
Seem TO GO BEGGING
Election Tuesday Finds Few Ask
ing for City Honors.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
r. z. knight & Son.
6Y-a3 King Street.

r. z. knight & Son.
e2l AZ King Street.
Alexandria, Va, June S.-Al-
though an election will be held here
Tuesday to choose four members Of
the board of aldermen and eight
members of the common council,
representing one-half Of the mem
bership of the city council. up to
the present no interest in the cam
paign is apparent. Only one of the
present incumbents will have his
name on the ticket. The others
have overlooked fling notice of their
candidacy in time. cit is believed.
however. that a majority of the in
cumbents will be candidates to sue
ceed themselves and those whose
names are not on the ticket will
use stansps.s 80
The incumbents in the board of
aldermen up for election are: E. NJ
Anderson. first ward: Geo. II. Rob-
inson, second ward: NJ. X. wilkins.
third ward: C. J. W. Summers.
fourth ward; for common council,
william Woods and Leopold Ruben.
first; William Desmond and e. W.
wattles. second: C. Keith Carlin and
James w. Bales. third; Nicholas ].
Lawler and Charles Bendheim.
fourth.
New candidates for aldermen are:
T. r. Spicer. third: A. Sidney Man
kin, fourth: common council. c. L.
Tennesson and W. J. McCaffrey.
first: ]. r. Mansfield. second;
Charles J. Sullivan and w. c. Bag
gett. third: Claude W. Fletcher.
fourth.
The first block dance ever given
in Alexandria was held tonight on
WASHINGTON street, between King and
Prince streets. and was participated
In by a large number of couples.
both soldiers and civilians. There
were plenty OF pretty girls to dance
with the soldiers and other partici-
pants. and the affair was pronounced
a big success. Music was furnished
by the Marine Band from Quantico.
Big headlights from army trucks sta
toned at either end Of the square
furnished an abundance Of light. Tho
soldiers and others were given ice
cream by q committee of women Of
the canteen division OF the Red
Cross. under whose auspices the af-
fair was given. Both sides of Wash
ington street were banked with in
terested spectators. who greatly en-
joyed the dance 1t is expected an
other block dance will be given rp''rr
the auspices of this division in the
near future.
The Virginia State Federation o.
Labor will hold its annual meeting
next June in this city. 1t will be at
tended by about 800 delegates. 1t is
expected. This city was chosen es
the place for the next convention
at the conclusion of its annual meet
ing just held in Portsmouth. Va.
Among the AleXandrians elected 10
office by the State association were
]. w. Collins, chairman OF the legis-
| lative committee: w. p. Kerrick, ser
| geant-at-arms; w. f. Loveless. Sec
ond vice president. The Alexandrians
! who attended the convention have re-
turned home.
Officers chosen by the Alexandria
| Sunday School Association to serve
| for the year are f. s. Leadbeater,
president; 8. W. Pitts, vice-president;
John w. Herndon. secretary and
treasurer; Mrs. E. E. Carver. super
intendent of elementary division; Miss
Helen N. Cummings. superintendent
of the secondary division: DR.. George
7. Klipstein. superintendent OF the
adult division; Mrs. William Campbell,
superintendent Of home department.
1t was decided to hold the annual
parade next October. The children Of
the Sunday schools for coIored per-
sons will be invited to participate.
A grand jury will meet at II o'clock
Monday In the Corporation Court.
Judge L. c. Barley presiding. Only
one case. an alleged violation of the
State prohibition law, is slated to
come before the Jury. Those sum-
moned on the jury are as follows:
e. NJ. Anderson, c. Page Waller, 8.
w. Pitts, John NJ. Reed, John W.
Monroe, Samuel Bendheim. Thomas
w. Robinson, Lorenzo wolford, T. J.
Fannon, George T. Burroughs. d. Mil
ton French. Llewellyn Dyson
At a special meeting Of the board of
aldermen. held at noon today, appru-
priations totalling s2sl 100 were made,
which includes the annual appropria-
ton bill and also $4,000 as q tenn
porary loan.
Instructions have been received By
the local draft board to send q col.
ored men to Camp Lee. Va. June 10
The men will entrain at 7:55 O'Clock
that morning.
Rev. John Lee Allison. d. D., pasto,
OF the Second Presbyterian Church
has been chsen a State delegate &C
the fifteenth International Sunda,
School Convention in Buffalo. N. X.
JunS l9-2a.