The Washington herald., 1922-06-13
ALEXANDRIA'S new
CITY COUNCIL WILL
BE ELECTED TODAY
Fourteen Candidates, in
FieldEFive to Be
Chosen.
EAGLES TO CONVENE
- -
Advance Guard Arrives for
Opening of State Con-
.vention.
EAGLES TO CONVENE
THE HERALD BUREAU,

go Ming otreet.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, June 12.-All
is in readiness for tomorrow's elec-
tion, when five councilmen will be
chosen to serve the city under the
council manager form of govern
ment.
Fourteen candidates are in the
race. with five to be elected. The
polls will open at sunrise, 4:41 a
m, and close at sunset, 7:34 D. m
The candidates are as follows:
William Albert Smoot, Robert s.
Jones, Thomas J. Fannon, Arthur
H. Bryant and Edmund F. Ticer
nominated by the citizens commit
tee: William Desmond. Silas De-
vers, W. ]. McCaffrey, H. C. Aaron
and James Clark. nominated by the
Workmen's Municipal League; AL
dermen Robert F. Green and Mau-
rice r. wilkins. Frank W. Latham
and Councilman CLIFTON s.. Ballen-
ger.
The Citizens ticket tonight Is
sued the following statement: The
undersigned, if elected. pIeqge them
selves to earnestly endeavor to Sc
cure a city manager who is trair ed
in this work and who is an eXpe-
rienced man in all problems of city
management and will not be en-
barrassed by local influences or
affiliations"
The workmen's Municipal League
through NJ. b. Thompson. president
Cf the Alexandria Trades Council.
announces that its candidates favor
an out-of-town manager. Clinton
5. Ballenger and Silas Devers indie
pendently announced ths: they IA
yor an outof-town manager.
The new council will select one
of their number to serve as mayor.
They will assume office Septem-
ber /.
Many members of the Fraternal
order of Eagles who will attend the
annual State convention. which will
convene at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning in the auditorium of the
Elks' Home, arrived tonight. The
majority. however. will not come
until tomorrow morning The ses-
sions will end Wednesday
The convention will be opened
with invocation by the Rev. Z. v.
REGISTER. DID,. pastor of the Meth
Odist Episcopal Church South. We'll
coming address on behalf of the
city will be given by Mayor James
NJ. Duncan. and on behalf of the
Chamber of Commerce by President
Il. E. Knight. A business session
Will follow.
The delegates will attend an en-
tertainment tomorrow night in the
Elks' Home. Members attending
will visit points of historic inter-
est in the city from $3.50 until noon
Wednesday. At 1 o'clock in the aft
ernoon they will make a pilgrim
age to Mount Vernon, where Charles
II. CaIlaghan. past master of Alex
andria- Washington Lodge of Ma
sons, will speak. At o'clock in
the afternoon they will make a pill
Crimage to Arlington, and at the
tomb of the unknown warrior an
address will be delivered by Rep
resentative r. Walton Moore.
Reports received from Washing
ton this afternoon state that f.
clinton Knight undoubtedly will be
the next postmaster of this city Ac-
cording to the report he has the
Endorsement of State Chairman Je-
seph l.. Crupper and Representative
&. Bascom Slemp. of the Ninth Nir-
Einia district and within the next
day or two his name will be sent
by the Postmaster General to the
President and then to the Senate
for confirmation.
During the windstOrm last night
a big crane-way valued at $4,000
was blown overheard into about
thirty-fve feet of water from one
Of the ways at the plant of the
Virginia ShipbuildinG Corporation.
II is thought to have been con-
siderably damaged. The Georgia NJ
Morse. which was blown from her
moorinCs and which subsequently
was rescued in midstream by the
FirefiEhter. of Washington. was not
damaged.
Attorney Frank Stuart, who on
April II was sentenced to five days
in Jail and fined $25 for alleged
contempt of the Corporation Court,
expects to go to Jail tomorrow
morning and begin his sentence.
Gov. Trinkle having refused to
!. pardon him. The time limit sor
Killing an appeal with the state
court of Appeals expired tonight.
Mr.. Stuart was prominently iden-
sfied with the investigation of the