The Washington herald., 1922-08-22
ANNUAL INSPECTION
OF POLICE HELD
AT ALEXANDRIA
Mayor and Councilmen-
Elect Compliment
Force.
SPEEDER FINED s1OO
Firemen. Leave to Attend
State Convention at
Hampton.
SPEEDER FINED 500
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. 8. Doniphan.
~ King Street.

A. 8. Doniphan.
~ King Street.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va. Aug. a.
The twenty-one members composing
the Alexandria Police Department
were all present this afternoon at
the annual inspection which took
place In the police court room In
the presence of Mayor ]. N. Dun
can. the members of the Board Of
Police Commissioners and four out
of the Ave councilmen-elect-
Mayor Duncan complimented the
men on their excellent showing and
splendid appearance. Councilman
elect Smoot on behalf of the new
council thanked all for the op-
portunity Of attending the inspec-
tion. The policemen were intro
duced to the councilmen-elect by
Secretary ]. Edward Shinn. The
men exhibited their pistols and
book of rules to the commissioners.
Each man was attired in blue suit
with black bow tie.
After Conway Gaskins. colored,
of Washington. answered today to
two counts for violating the trafiic
law, he had exactly s12 left out of
the 800 bill he put up as collateral.
He was charged with violating the
traffic laws of both this city and
Fairfax County by Constable F. ].
wease. Of Fairfax County. He
testified that the only time he
speeded was when wease pointed a
pistol at him nd he then broke the
speed limit.
Motor Companies Nos. 4 and S.
carrying thirty-five and twenty-five
men respectively. left on the Nor
folk steamer tonight for Hampton.
Va. to attend the State Firemen's
convention. which will convene
Wednesday. Company No. carried
with them their old hand reel. Re-
lief Company No. 10 will leave to-
morrow night on the Norfoik
steamer The fre bells were rung
as the companies left their engine
houses.
]. ]. Forester. formerly of the
United States Labor Board and in
ternational- president of the railway
clerks will address the striking
railway employees at a meeting
which will be held at 9 o'clock to-
morrow morning in the hall on the
fourth floor of the Alexandria Ma
tional Bank Building.
Stephen II. Feagans died suddenly
at $3.50 o'clock this morning at his
home on Bellfonte avenue, Del Ray.
following an attack Of heart
trouble. He had walked from his
home to Lloyd station to board an
electric train for Alexandria While
waiting for the train he suffered the
attack and died q few minutes
after being conveyed 10 his home
For the past nineteen years he had
been an agent for the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company and looked
after the territory embracing Del
Raw. ST. Elmo, Addison and other
points. He Is survived by his wire.
four daughters and a son. also sew
eral step children. The funeral VIII
. be held at $40 o'clock Wednesday
morning at St Mary's Church ana
burial will be IN ST. Mary's Gene
terry.
The Old Dominion Boat CLUB mas
completed arrangements for a iocai
regatta. which will be held Satur-
d,y afternoon off its old clubhouse.
Tho events will include canoe sin
rIes. canoe doubles, canoe fitting.
swimming and out-board motor
races.
The work of clearing the Site for
The new clubhouse, at the foot OF
King street. has been completed ano
IL, Is expected that within q snort
time the contract for the building
will be awarded and the WORK
started before october.
The missionary society of the M.
L Church South will hold It's
monthly meeting tomorrow night
at 7:3o o'clock In the Sunday school
room
4 committee from the Community
Center at Fox's Ferry was In this
city today selling tickets for the
tournament which will be held at
oxen Hill, Md, September IL. Pro-
ceed. will go toward building the
road leading to Fox's Ferry.
Thirty-eight cases were on the
docket in Police Court today. Four
teen persons charged with garnb-
ling forfeited IS collateral each
twenty-five more mechanics were
paced ct work today by the South
ern Hallway Company to take the
places of strikers The men are
fro,n out of the city. This make 8
seventy-fve men taken on by this
company since It started to NIL the
L!s.Gca.
St Mays Sunday scnool will he
rendered n compli rentary excursion
Tuesday. August %. - Snowdens.
on the washington-Vi-g;ni BAIL
way. under the auspices of 81. Vim
cent de Paul Society.