Evening star., 1923-04-21
23 CRIPPLED TOTS
ARE AIDED BY FUND
Elks of Alexandria Guarantee Suf'
ficient Money to Give Children
Best Treatment

ALEXANDRIA. Va. April y tSpe-
ciaD.-Through the generosity of
Alexandria Lodge, No. 75S, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks. sum
sufficient to guarantee alleviating
the condition of all the crippled chill
dren in the city, has been put at the
disposal of the Tuberculosis and Red
Cross societies. it was announced to-
Cay. In addition, these societies also
desire 20 thank the st. Vincent de
Paul Society of st. Mary's Catholic
Church for their generosity in this
work.
Twenty-Three Crippled Children.
The latest donation from the Elks
as a result of their charity bazaar
recently held will mean that each
of the twenty-three children report
ed to the societies will be given
treatment by DR.. Graham in Rich
-nond, state orthopedic. While all of
the children cannot be permanently
cured. the majority, it is stated.
probably will be cured and the con-
clifton of others will be improved.
The foregoing societies undertook
were treated with depleted treasury
facing them. However, they report
that the work has been greatly en-
couraged by the physicians of the
City Hospital, through Miss Fanny
Carter, superintendent, who provided
cooperation; X-rayS were given free
by DR.. Ryder; the railroads furnish :
ed free transportation to Richmond
for the crippled children. and nurses,
when needed, have given their time.
Gasoline Blazes.
Six hundred gallons of gasoline
belonging to the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey, which was being
railroad track in front of the COM
panys plant on North Lee street.
took fire shortly before o'clock this
morning. The employees of the plant
subdued the blaze before the arrival
of the fire department with chemical
extinguishers The fire alarm at
tracted big throng to the scene. the
oil company's plant being in close
fertilizer factory and other big in
dustrial plants. Friction caused by
the pumping of oil into the big tank
car, it is thought by employees of the
company, was responsible for the
blaze.
Deeds Recorded.
Deeds of conveyance for the follow
ing pieces of property. have just been
nIaced on record in the office of the
clerk of the court: Fred L. Hume
and wife to Robert F. Green. lots 1
and 2, block 15, Rosemont, and Mrs.
Lille C. Reid to Mrs. Addie E. Grover.
house and lot on the west side of
Fairfax between Wilkes and Gibbon
streets.
In the corporation court yesterday
afternoon q jury in the case OF John
e. Reed, colored. charged with feloni-
GUS cutting, was sentenced to serve
two months in Jail and pay a fine of
$50 and costs. Reed was represented
by Attorney Robert Thomas and the
state by Commonwealth Attorney
w. P. Woolls. Judge Howard w.
Smith presided.
Woman Jailed Six Months.
Josephine Harris, colored. was
given six months and fined $50 for
her second offense on a charge of vio-
lating the provisions of the state pro-
hibition law by a jury in the corpora
tion court yesterday afternoon.
Members of the state council OF
Washington. d. c., the state councillor
Mrs. Margaret Hartman, and a num-
Der of officers both state and national
attended a meeting of Mount Vernon
Council. Daughters of America
Thursday night
Mrs. Mary Catherine Windsor, widow
Of David A. Windsor, former resi-