The Washington herald., 1922-07-26
ALEXANDRIA CITY
COUNCIL HOLDS
SPECIAL SESSION
Revokes Bill for Tran
scribing Testimony in
Divorce Probe.
TO DISCOUNT NOTES
Property Owners Paper to Be
Converted Into Cash for
Street Work.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. 9. Doniphan.
TT King Street.

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| ALEXANDRIA. Va. July 25.-or
recommendation of the finance com
mittee. the city council tonight re-
fused to pay bill of $40s.5o. due
Ralph F. Potts. for transcribins
testimony taken in the recent d.
vorce probe in corporation couri
here The corporation attorney. H
Noel Garner. in his opinion stated
that 1t appeared to him to be matter
for the State auditor to handle and
council concurred.
| The city treasurer was authorized
to take to the banks all notes given
by property owners for one and two
years for street improvements. hav.
| ing them discounted, in orer that
the city may have funds available
for street improvements now IN
progress.
/ Petition of the property owners
| on Prince street, between Patrick
and Henry streets. for improvement
of that square. they agreeing to pay
their proportion of the cost for the
work. including curbing. was granted,
liz being specified that $1.SU0 will
be available when the property
owners pay their proportion Of the
cost into the city treasury.
George Boyd was granted permis-
sion to erect a gasoline tank on the
west side of Alfred street fifty feet
south of Prince street
The finance committee made an
adverse report on the bill of the
Alexandria County Lighting Com
pany for light furnished Company
NJ. 116th Infantry. National Guard
at the armory from October 81, 1891.
to May 3, 1922, holding that the bill
should be paid by the company. The
report was adopted.
Bills of corporation, Attorney H
Noel Garner for services rendered
amounting to s377.s6. and Alexan-
dria Gazette, $6s4.aO, for newspap-
per advertising, were ordered paid.
An adverse report was made by
| the finance committee on the petit
| tion of shoemakers- to lower their
| license tax, which Is now 500 for
those using machines and SIS for
those doing work by hand. The re-
port was adopted.
Hamilton Leftwich petitioned to
install two underground 500-gallon
| gasoline tanks at 1908 King street
and also for two pumps and the
privilege of taking enough of the
| curb to make a driveway to the
place where the tanks are located.
This was referred to the street COM
mittee.
The following petitions for ga
| RACES were referred to the street
committee: Louis Dreifus. four in
rear of SIS and $50 -orth Washing
ton street; Mrs. James A. Long.
s.a ara1z e. occopnpaodata four ears
on the east side of ST. A saph be-
tween Cameron and Queen streets;
S. Levy, four in rear of 1908 and
1910 Prince street.
Seven men from New York ar
rived here late last night and told
the striking railroad men they had
been picked up by an employment
bureau and led to believe that they
were to secure government work
in the South. When they arrived
in Huntington. Y. Va, they were
told they had to take the places OF
striking railroad men, which they
refused to do.
H. F. Chichester. chairman of the
local crafts, after learning of their
story provided them with meals and
took them to Salvation Army head
quarters. Today they returned to
New York.
Ten years at hard labor in the
| penitentiatry subject to the State
| convict road force was the sentence
imposed by Judge Robinson Mon
| cure today on oliver Grayson. col
ored. charged with attack on Inez
/ 1O-xYaar-n1d nnlnrad 0trl
Grayson pleaded guilty. While in
Jail Grayson made an unsuccessful
effort to escape. He was represented
by Attorney Charles Henry Smith
| Alexandria Light Infantry will &c
into camp next month with the State
of new members have Joined tn,
company.
Following preliminary hear
ing in the Police Court today be,
Churchill. colored, charged with the
fatal shooting of william A. dunk
Dade, colored. was held for actor
on the advice of his counsel, Robert
Thomas. did not take the stand.
The local railroad strikers at theil
lmass meeting at the armory today
announced that the following addi
tional firms have been placed in TIN
100 per cent union class: w. T. Far.
ley. Howard Brothers. Lips Lunch
L. Levinson. r. F. Driscoll. Del Ray
and Charles Crump. notions. Soutl
Alfred street. The Chero Cola Com
pany. Columbus. Ca. sent a numbe
on tickets for drinks of their bev
erage to be distributed among tn,
men who are doing picket duty.
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| A1ya Aerie No. S11. Fraternal Or
der Of Eagles. will hold its seven.
teenth annual excursion tomorrow