Evening star., 1921-10-02
ALEXANDRA,

ALEXANDRIA, Va, October (spe-
| ciaD.-An election will be held here
Tuesday for the purpose of deter
mining whether or not the freehold
| ers desire change in the form of
city government to that of the city
manager plan. 1t is predicted that the
! new plan will be adopted by an over
| whelming majority. There is no or
ganized opposition to the change and
F.! Consequently the promoters of the
| new form feel satisfied that it is only
a question of majority with them.
/ In the event the new form is
adopted by the citizens, which seems
| more than likely. an election will be
held next June. at which time five
councilmen will be chosen. and they
, will elect business manager. and the
council and business manager will
, take charge of the affairs of Alex
andria, September l next.
| Some of the present members of the
city council. it is reported, may enter
! the arena for the Office.
The present city council is composed
of twenty-four members, sixteen be-
! ing members of the common council
and eight members of the board of
aldermen.
Under the new plan the five mem
berS elected Will. select chairman.
| who, will be mayor and they will
elect a business manager.
The women of the city have taken a
deep interest in the coming election
! and judging from present indications
the majority of them will vote in
Tuesdays election.
Arrangements have been completed
by the members of Oriental Lodge, No.
6, Knights of Pythias, for the an
nual meeting of the state convention
Of that organization. which will con-
The gathering will be held in the
Elks' Hall next Tuesday night. Oc-
tober 4. The meeting will be a public
one and will simply consist of ad-
dresses of welcome.
Welcoming addresses will be made
by Mayor J. NJ. Duncan on behalf of
the city; Theodore Harris, on behalf
of the chamber of commerce, and
Julian Y. Williams. on behalf of the
kiwanis Club.
The business sessions will be held
Wednesday and Thursday. The Pyth-
here at the same time and their ses-
sions will be held in the Pythian Hall,
on the north side of Cameron street
between Royal and Fairfax streets.
William NJ. Danner, general secre-
tary of the mission to lepers, will
churches in the city. At IL o'clock
in the morning he will speak at the
First Baptist Church and at $3.50
o'clock in the afternoon he will make
an address in the Sunday school room
of the NJ. E.. Church South and at
at st. Paui's Episcopal Church.
The following are the delegates
and alternates from the NJ E. Church
South to the Alexandria district meet
ing, which will be held tomorrow and
Monday in Leesburg, Va: Mrs. E.
Carver. Mrs. Irwin Brawner, Mrs. Will
liam Lipps. Golden Links; Miss Mar
garet Alexander. Young People.
Others expected to attend are Mrs. w.
NJ. Reardon, president; Mrs. John G.
Cockey, district secretary; Mrs. E. v.
REGISTER, Mrs. b. B.. Brown, Mrs.
Charles Smithers, Mrs. Wilbur Bag,
gett. Mrs. George Keyes, Mrs. Charles
Dare, Miss Ruth Spinks, Miss Bertha
Allison.
Rally day services will be held at
II o'clock tomorrow at the Second
Presbyterian Church by the Sunday
school of that church. All depart
ments will be represented, and a spe-.
cial program will be given.
The Parent Teachers Association
will hold it's first meeting of the. sea-
son at $3.50 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
in Lee School building, at which time
ing seasons work. All parents who
have children attending the public
schools are invited to attend and be-
come members.
The state corporation commission
has granted a charter to the Fauquier
County Gold Recovery Corporation
with offices here, the purposes of
which are to search, prospect and ex-
plore for ores and minerals and locate
mining claims. Maximum capital
stock is 100000 and minimum is
$4,000. officers and incorporators are:
George F. Wedeman. president: Wade
H. Blackstone, vice president, and
Harold c. Kenney. secretary and
treasurer all of Washington.
Eight poker players, nabbed last
night by the police. today forfeited
their collateral when their cases were
called for trial in the police court
The alleged proprietor forfeited SO
and the seven others S. each.