The Washington herald., 1921-10-04
ALEXANDRIA VOTES
TODAY ON REVISING
CITY GOVERNMENT
Proponents Predict Big
Majority for Council
Manager Plan.
PYTHIANS CONVENE
Session of State Lodge To-
night Is Open to the
Public.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
A. s. Doniphan,
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A. s. Doniphan.
727 King Street.
ALEXANDRIA Va, Oct. 3.-with
fair weather promised, it 10 believed
that a heavy vote will be polled
tomorrow in the election to decide
whether or not this city shall adopt
the council-manager plan Of gov
eminent.
The city now has a mayor. eight
aldermen and sixteen members of
the common council.
Proponents of the new plan pre-
dict that 1t will carry by a large
majority. Opponents Of the meas
ure have made no claim, in fact.
there is no organized opposition.
The League of Women Voters held
a meeting tonight and made plans
for getting out as many of its MEM
hers as possible to vote in tomor-
rows election.
Polls will open at sunrise and
close at sunset.
The judges and clerks of election
by wards follow:
First ward-Samuel W. Pitts, T.
Alton Moore, Scott Grimm and Will
i'r1 L. Moore.
Second-George A. Harlow, Con-
rad Schwab. Harrison Kell. James
E'Jdley and Martin E. Greene.
Third-rrank Monroe, o. II. DAN
iCls. Carter ~. Smith. Douglas Lind
sey and N,rlson Snyder
lin L. eishton. John Downey,
George keegan and Wingate Sum-
mers.
Voting places by wards are as
follows: First ward. rear of old
Elks' home on Royal street. directly
south of Prince street; second. 110
North Royal street; third. Odd Fell
lows Hall. North Columbus street;
fourth. Friendship engine house, on
the west side of Alfred street. be-
tween King and Prince streets.
Three hundred delegates from
every section of Virginia are ex-
pected to be here tomorrow night
for the opening of the fifty-third
annual convention of the knights
of Pythias of Virginia which will
meet in the. Elks Hall. The open
ing session tomorrow night will be
for the public. Business sessions
will begin Wednesday morning.
The Pythian Sisters will also
meet in annual session here We'd
nesday morning inthe Pythiar
Temple on Cameron street. 1t Is
expected that seventy-five delegate:
from every part of the State will
attend this convention. The ad'
vance guard of delegates arrived
here this evening. The men are
ouartered at the Hotel Rammel anC
the women at the Monticello Hotel
Fines and collateral amounting
10 1894 were collected in the Polic'
court today by Justice Snow. Their,
were thirty-two cases on tn
docket which was one of the heav
lest in recent months. Most o
those arrested forfeited collateral
Rabbi Julius H. Halprin, of New
ark. y. =. today conducted service
at the synagogue. His subject wa
.The Message of the Dawn" ...
Episcopalians here are making
mans for the nationwide cam
naign of the Episcopal Church
Miss Louise Davis, of eesburg, will
xneeak in st. Paul's Church in, tn
Interest of the movement. Selecte'
women from fifteen neighborinl
marshes have been invited to at
tend- In st. Paul's Church laymel
wiIIserve as -four minute speak
ers" on the campaign each Sunda
tilI November 20. the date OF tn
annuaI every member" canvass
xxyfll
.onaIIy to every home in the cit
nv band of visitors.
AIexandrians who have been at
..rding the Kiwanis Capital distric
.,aet,ng in Norfolk have returned
The,, are Julian Y. Williams, J
p.ndall Cation, Z. A. Felkeller, X
z wallace, Morris Illch. Hunt Rob
ar,s delegates: Miss Cora Cochran
~. n. Is. Cation, Mrs. Carol
n;arce and Mrs. E. A. Feldkeller.
Mics Alice Sheets and Frank
,ones both of this city. were mar
- Yesterday at the parsonage o
W. First Baptist Church, the Re,
r. Jackson, d. d., pastor. of
ac,ating. The couple today left 70
a southern bridal trip.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
oaret T. Rauch were held thi
[ eT,ernoon at the Second Presby
,erian Church, the Rev. John lie
AlIison, d. D., officiating. Buris
vas in the Methodist Protestan
Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Marth
Frances Simpson. So years old, wh
died sunday at the Alexandria Hos
pitaI. will take place at 2:30 o'cloc
tomorrow afternoon at her resi-
dence, 119 South Henry street.