The Washington herald., 1922-07-12
Excavation Is Complete
And Foundation Ready
To Be Poured.
CHAUTAUQUA OPENS
Adams Will Case to Be Heard
In Appeals Court on
Writ of Error.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
A. 8. Doniphan.
727 King Street.


ALEXANDRIA, Va. July IL
Most of the excavating for the
George Washington Masonic Ma
tional Memorial Temple on George
Washington Park, Shooters HILL,
has been completed and the pouring
of the concrete foundation will soon
be started. The foundation will be
upon concrete and stone, and will
be over 200 feet square.
The Crawford Paving Company of
Washington have dove the excavat-
ing. They have worked with won
derful rapidity and the once green
hill is now a yellow claybank
The architects will shortly de-
termine whether the structure will
be built of marble or granite.
1t Is planned to have the corner
stone laid in October and members
of the association, together with
other Masonic representatives from
throughout the country will attend.
The State Court of Appeals has
granted Judge J. X. NJ. Norton, or
this city. a writ of error in the
Adams will case. The suit was in.
situated In the Circuit Court by GER
tain heirs of the late Lewis NJ
Adams to break the will. The first
trial resulted in a hung jury and
the second in a verdict to the effect
that the jurors did not believe tn.
will was wholly written In the hand
writing OF the testator An appeal
was taken. The case now Will be
heard by the Appeals Court. The
complainants are represented BY
Attorneys Smith and woolls.
Work of improving four squares
on washington street between
Duke and Franklin streets, is near
ing completion. With this improve
ment, a 60-foot bituminous ma
cadam roadway. there will be a
fine road by way of Washington
street to Mount Vernon except for
three bad squares on Franklin be-
tween Washington and Patrick
streets. 1t Is expected that the
new city council in September will
provide for improvement OF these
three squares
c. c. Carlin has donated the use
of his lot on the west side of Wash
ington between Cameron and Queen
streets for the band concerts which
will be given every Friday evening
by the Citizens Band. The first of
the concerts will be given Friday eve
ming at S o'clock
With a large attendance a chau-
ts uqua was opened here tonight and
will close next Monday. An inter-
esting program has been arranged
for each night A Junior chautauqua
also is being held in connection
with II.
The bimonthly meeting Of the
Knights of Columbus will be held
at o'clock tomorrow night at the
Knights OF Columbus Home. The
first degree will be conferred July 2s
and the second degree on July 2s.
followed on July 80 by comforting of
the third degree by Past State Dep
uty Leo p. Rover. of Washington.
Elmer l.. Spittle has purchased
from Richard Gibson the store
King and Alfred streets, which is
regarded as one Of the best business
corners in the city. 1t is now occu-
pied by Mr.. Spittle as a drug store.
Nelson T. Snyder and wife and
c. S. Taylor Burke. trustees. have
sold to J. Kenneth Aitcheson lot IS,
block 3S. Woolfs resubdivision.
South Braddock.
Mayor j. NJ. Duncan requests all
persons who have not yet paid their
annual license taxes to do so at
once. He is anxious that all such
taxes be in prior to September. when
the new form of city government
will become operative.
The railway strikers held a meet
ingto day. but nothing definite was
done. The employees of Potomac
yards will he paid off at 1890
O'Clock tomorrow and employees or
the Southern on Saturday.
Sixty members of Company NJ.
116th Infantry. Alexandria Machine
Gun Company, were inoculated
against typhoid and smallpox last
night at the armory by DR.. Walter
A. Warfield. They are now ready to
go into camp next month with the
State militia.