The Washington herald., 1918-09-04
ALEXANDRIA
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Alexandra. Va. Sept 1-The newly
elected city council was organized to-
night with the election OF these on
GERS: II. r. Burke. president; c. W.
Wattles, president: D. r. Stans-s =
bury. clerk; W. L. Craven, messenger.
Howard W Smith, president Of that :,
body and for the past ten years a
member from the First ward tonight /,
rendered his resignstio because Of 7
the fact that he has just been ap- !.
pointed commemorative attorney.
Council elected GEORGE T. Warfeld
in his place from that ward.
The following are the newly elected
members who were sworn in by d. R.
Stansbury, clerk: Leopold Ruben. c.
W. Wsttles. William Desmond. Nicu-
olas J. Lswler. c. W. Fletcher. W. c.
Baggett, Charles J. Sullivan and W. J.
McCafrey. The board OF aldermen
organized with the election Of r. Z.
harbury. president: c. J. W. Summers,
vice-pTesidcnt. and George W. Bontz,
ST.. messenger. The election Of a
clerk for this body was left open.
Before resiGning Howard w. Smith. .
member Of common council. offered
the following resolution which wah
adopted: Resolved. That a special
committee OF two members from each
branch Of the city council be appointed
by the respective presidents to inves-
tigate, study and report to council on
the advisability OF employing a city
manager or adopting some other form
OF modified commission form OF Coy>-
eminent as provided for BY existing
law.
Said committee shall consider >the
| systems now in use in other cities in
this State and report on respective
merits OF each.
The committee SO appointed is re-
| Quested to report its findings in writ
ing to City Council within thirty DAYS
from the passage OF this resolution. .
The sum OF 500, or. as much there
| OF as may be necessary, is hereby sp-
propriated to be expended by said
committee in obtaining copies. trav-
! cling expenses, etc.
At the conclusion OF the meeting Nr
Smith, retiring president, expressed
regret at leaving and urged upon the
members the necessity for attending
the meetings which which be said tx
just now OF vital importance.
Petition Of Joshua Sherwood 20 IT.
crease mis- salary was referred 20 the
Committee on Finance and Poor.
Resolution appropriating slOO for con-
tingent expenses Of Corporation Court
was referred to the. Finance Com
nittee.
DR.. W. L Wood. Of the United
States Public Health Service. in an
interview given today urged all per-
sons using city water 10 boil Il be-
fore using for drinking purposes
This warning. he said, is due to the
is not satisfactory to the health
officials and that typhoid fever may
be kept at a minimum.
War Savings Stamps. amounting
to sl,747.2O were sold at the Poto-
mac railroad yards today by Misses
Edith Garrett and MAZDA Foster in
exactly one hour and twenty min
utes. Employees Of the accounting
department also agreed to purchase
500 Of these stamps mostly for the
period Of the war. These two
young women are doing their bit
I by taking the places Of men clerks
who were employed at the yards
and who have responded to the call
to the colors. They are employed
in the offices OF J. W. varney.
Fairfax County has been asked
to increase her wheat acreage ten
per cent The farmers say that
this can be done and they believe
they can increase IL twenty-five per
cent by practicing better methods.
A meeting in the interest Of
/ bumper crop OF wheat in that coun-
ty will be held at o'clock Thurs
| day night at Lincolnis. that county
and at 2 o'clock Saturday after
noon at Fairfax there will be
demonstration.
The district conference OF the
Alexandria district Of the Bsltimors
conference OF the NJ E. Church
South opened today at Cstletts, Va
Those from here who are attending
are Rev. B. w Bond. presiding
elder; Rev. Z. V. REGISTER. D.,D..
pastor OF the NJ. E. Church South.
and J. Frank Myers and Oscar 3.
Pierpont, lay delegates.
Miss Helena z. Green, fer the past
FIVE years employed in the real
estate Office Of Graham and Ogden.
has accepted a position with the
l National Fuel Adminsstrstion