The Washington herald., 1918-09-22
ALEXANDRIA
TIE HERALD BUREAU.
A. q Donlpoan.
X King etrsrs-

burg. Va. whose automobile at
o'clock last night collided with .
repair car on the washinston-vir-f
ginia Railway at Hume crossing,
Alexandria County. north Of here,
died at lac O'Clock this morning at
the Alexandria Hospital without re-
gaining consciousness.
A cornorers jury, summoned by
DR.. T. NJ Jones. coroner, which met
this afternoon at wheatiey's mortu-
ary chapel gave q verdict, TO the
effect that he died from injuries sus-
Nained in q collision between an au-
tomobile driven by him auc car
operated by empl0yes Of the Wash
ington-Virginia Railway Company.
They did not fix the responsibility
ior the accident. The testimony Of
six witnesses was heard. all OF whom
were employees OF the rsilwsy com
pany and all of whom were on the
car at the time.
Ernest n Cook. Vienna, Va. who
was acting motorman Of the repair
car. testified that his car was going
at between five and -klz--nauez-an
hour, and that the automobile was
going at the rate OF between fifty
and sixty miles an hour. when wit
ness fret saw the machine IL was
about lBp feet away; a man standing
at the crossing waved TO the driver
and he never stopped and struck the
front corner Of his car. Nothing
he could have done he declared
could have prevented the accident
There were no lights on the out
side OF his car. he said. although
there were lights puTaing on the
inside. Others 20 testify included
Walter Roles. Vienna: william A
Wood. Vienna: James Il Thompson,
Fairfax Courthouse; c. Testerman.
West FHlIs Church; s. c. Wood,
Vienna.
The jury was composed Of the fol-
lowing: Kenneth W. ogden. fore
man; John n. Reed. Prank w
Latham. Alfred Thomson and John
O. Cockey.
The body Of Boissesu tonight was
shipped to his late home in Peters
ourg. Va, for burial. The deceased
was q contractor and was engaged In
work at Camp Humphreys. Va His
wife and two children are living.
Miss Mabel Long, of Washington.
who was In the car with Boisseau az
the time, suffered a broken leg ana
numerous bruises. She is a patient
the Alexandria Hospital and is rapid
ly recovering from her injuries.
The family OF the deceased WAS
represented at the harinE by Attor-
ney H Noel Garner. and Attorney
James r. Cation represented the rail-
way company.
The work OF sending out question
naires has been begun by the local
exemption board 10 all regis,rants I'd
10 and including 35 years. They VIII
nave to be properly answered and
returned to the local exemption board
as the War Department desires
classifcations be completed BY Octo-
Der l or as soon thereafter as pos
sihle
The legal advisory board H 90
operating with the local exemption
! board in this important work. and
sixty citizens have been designated
as associate members OF the legal
advisory board 10 aid IN this work
They have been divided into groups
Of ten each. 50 that they can serve
each day during the week except
Sunday.
Members Of the local board are OF
1 the opinion that this work can be
I accomplished in two weeks
This work will be done a. the roolns
J OF the local exemption board on the
second floor OF the city postoflcs
I building for city registrants and at
! the Alexandria coUntp courthouse for
! Alexandria county reEistrants. The
reEistrsnts will do the work between
| ? a m. and S ?. m.
Those designated 70 serve m tins
city are as follows
Monday, September = ana Mon
/ day. September ~. Judge l. c. Bar
I ley. F. J. Fleming. Samuel W. Pitts.
W. s. Connolly. Leo p. Harlow, II
/ r. Burke. r. L. Payne. Herbert A
Stewart. C. Washington Lewis and
I Rev. Raymond W White
Tuesday, September "a, and Tues
day October l-R y. Washington.
Ralph A steele. David z. Robey. p
] II. Cox, John c. Graham, John II.
I Trimyer. c. NJ Lennon, William A
I Moore. jr., Kenneth W ogden. A.
/ thur II. Bryant
Wednesday. September .. and " ed
uesd8y. October Nv. clifton CUn-
uiugham. Preston O. Cockey. Ri n
ard L. Came, Carroll Pierce. George
| T. Burroughs. Frank steele. Elmer L.
/ Spittle. Windsor ". Dcmaine, Walter
{ .. Drury. J. N. Duncan. 1r
THURSDAY. September &c. and Thurs
7 day. October 3-Gardncr L. Boothe,
George z Wsrheld. Charles =. Ten
ncssou. William P. WooIls. NIUism
. II. Sweeney. V. II. Peele. Thomas L.
/ Carter. Julian T. Burke. John D. Nor
moyle. Rev. Dr. T. V. ReEester.
Friday. September =. and Friday.
! October 4-Judge J. X NJ. Norton.
]
son MonCUre, A d. RroclCett. r E.
/ Sweeney. Thomas W. Robins n.
| Charles B. swan. Samuel Bendheiu.
/ Charles n. Callahan.
saturday September =. and SatI--
| day, october 5-H. Noei Garner. T..
! F. German. jr. Urban s. Lambert,
Joseph F. Schwarzmann. Paul Hui
fsh. Newell 8 Greenawsy. Harry
| Hammond. Wallace Lindsey. Julian
y. Williams and Jerome Kaufman.
Chaplain Leon L. Hemmitt, Camp
Humphreys. Va, viii preach al ~
O'Clock, Sunday night. in Christ p E
Church and music win be furnished
by the Fifth Regiment orchestra-
Camp Humphreys. Va.
} John r. Harding has sold TO VII
/ liam II. Cook house and lot 81 North
Columbus street ]. W. Ferreu and
others have sold lots 2 SIB land S
in the square bounded by Payne, Fay
ette, Princess and Oronoco streets, to
/ J. o. Hutchison.
Miss Eline Bartlett, "a years old. Of
! Bailey's Cross Roads, Fairfax COUNTY.
was cut by flying glass from the
| windshield Of an automobile driven by
her brother this morning near Union
! Station. when n collided with q wagon
/ belonging to Stuart Simpson. Twelve
! stitches were take - '1r lT#-l
( by Dr. Hugh McGUirs so f'r- rrUr
| dris Hospital