The Washington herald., 1921-06-29
ALEXANDRIA CITY
COUNCIL PROTESTS
INCREASED FARES
Votes to- Send Corpora
ton Attorney Garner
To Richmond.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. 8. Doniphan.
727 King Street,

ALEXANDRIA. Va, June u.s.
City council tonight passed a re-
solution directing Corporation AtA
torney II. Noel Garner to appear
before the state corporation COM
mittee in Richmond Friday and pro-
est against the increase in rates
in the State on the Washington
virginia Railway. Council also de-
cided to address a letter to the
Chamber of Commerce urging that
BODY to send someone to represent
them in the protest.
Both branches of council ad-
journed for the summer till Septem-
Der 81. 1t was explained however
that there will shortly have to be a
special meeting to act on certain
matters now pending.
A resolution from the Rosemont
Citizens Association asking that
the north Rosamont station be used
as a sub-police station wa referred
to the committee on finance and
streets.
Resolution of Councilman Down
ham for the improvement OF Oronco
street between Washington and, St
Asaph streets, the property owners
to bear part of the cost was re-
ferred to the committee on streets
and finance.
The annual budget for the public
schools, carrying an appropriation
of ss5,152 was referred to the joint
committee on finance and schools.
OF the total, $4,000 is paid by the
State.
Resolution appropriating $3.50
each for the three fire companies to
help pay their expenses to the
State firemen's convention in Lex
ington, Va, was referred to the fire
and finance committee.
Many resolutions directing the
city engineer to proceed with i'm
provements to sidewalks were
adopted.
A car, partly filed with corn
whiskey billed as '1athes," was un-
loaded and placed in trucks and
carried to Washington from Semi
nary Station, Fairfax County, just
beyond the corporate limits OF
Alexandria yesterday, according to
information received by the police
information received by the police
this afternoon. The police this
afternoon recovered a keg contain
in ten gallons and took two colored
drivers in custody. They also ar
rested a white man who they say
gave the name of Lang C. Rober,
Lynchburg. Va.
Several political candidates tonight
appeared before the League of Wom-
en- Voters and expressed their views.
Miss Rose NJ. Macdonald presided.
Those who spoke were Charles
Henry Smith, E. w. Jordan and ].
W. Collins, candidates for the legis-
lature; Howard w. Smith and w.
s. Snow, candidates for Common
wealth's attorney: Frederick H G.
Duvall. Frank Stuart and Aylett
B. Nicol, candidates for civil and
police justice.
Deeds of transfer for the fol-
lowing pieces of property have
been placed on record: Miss Ethel
Mason King and others to Willis
Snowden Riley, house and lot on
the west side of Payne between
King and Cameron streets; Mrs
Florence s. Morris to Wesley T. Bit
zer, house and lot. 535 South Fair
fax street; Mrs. Henrietta C. wfidt
to william Woodlawn and wifo,
house and lott, 325 North Fayette
street.
The total collected in this city
for the relief of the starving women
and children of Ireland was 2,6sS25.
it was announced today. and a cheek
was forwarded to John J. Pulleyn,
New York. treasurer of the Amer
lean committee.
Mrs. Fannie obinson Hoxton, 30
years old, widow of Col LleweIlyn
Hoxton. died this morning at the
Episcopal High School of Virginia,
in Fairfax County. west of this
city. She is survived by the fol-
lowing children: Mrs. iGeorgej Stu
are, Episcopal High School; Mrs. W.
W. Hoxton, North Rosemont; Archl-
bald Robinson Hoxton. Episcopal
High School, and Llewellyn G. Hox-
ton, University of Virginia The
funeral will take place at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at the Episco-
pal High School, the Robert Nelson,
or the Episcopal Seminary. oficiat-
ing.
Miss Julia Duncan's pupils in ex-
preston will give a recital at
o'clock tomorrow night in the op-
era house.
Members of the alumnae of st.
Mary's Academy tomorrow morning
at 1880 o'clock will attend a months
mind mass at the acaemy for Sis
ter Bertha, who for I've years was
member Of the faculty of that
Institution.
Receives Honorary Degree.
>LYNCHBURG, Va, June 2S.-Dr.
Emile McVea, president of Sweet
Briar College, has been honored by
the University of North Carolina
with the honorary degree of doctor