Evening star., 1923-10-05
Girl. TRAPS ROBBER.
UNDER HER BED.
Awakened, She Awaits 0p-
portunity and Then Phones
for Police.
special Dispatch to The Star.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, October s.
: Aroused from her slumbers shortly
before / o'clock this morning. Miss
Esther Rose, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Rose, saw the feet of
man protruding from under her bed
She remained quiet and minutes
seemed like hours to her as she was
too frightened to sound an alarm.
After waiting about ten minutes the
man came from under the bed and
left the bedchamber and prucee1ed
to the room of her father, adjoining
her room. -
Miss Rose got out of bed, slipped
down stairs and telephoned the po-
lice. In less than five minutes Police
man Charles Miller was on the scene
and pulled from beneath the bed
young colored man giving the name
of James Gray. Gray told the police
that he is eighteen years old and Is
employed at a fertilizer factory here.
He says he came here about three
years ago from Pittsburgh.
Carried Bullets.
When searched at police station the
police say he had in his possession
pair of steel knuckles, seventy-nVe
German bullets, small ring anu
a pawn ticket.
Gray had not succeeded in getting
anything out Of the place. 1t Is oe-
lieved by the police that he intend
ed robbing the store on the first hoor.
and simply hid under the bed await.
ing a favorable opportunity until all
of the members of the family mad
retired.
Entrance to the house was effected
by going on top of a shed adjoining
the place. which gave him access TO
the bathroom.
When arraigned in court To-Day
Gray entered a plea of guilty and
was held for the action Of the grand
jury.
Many See aRobin Hood"
A large number Of persons from
this city last night attended the
presentation of Robin HOOD at the
estate of Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews.
which was given under the direction
of Albert Parr and Estelle Went
worth. The performance will be re-
peated at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow att
Several hundred Odd Fellows and
the Citizens Band left today for
Leesburg to attend the Northern
Virginia Odd Fellows Association
meeting.
Demand Road Improvement.
Until Fairfax county completes ap-
proximately two miles of the con-
crete roadway OF the Little RIVER
from the city limits westward. as
provided for in a contract between
the city and that county. Alexandria
may refuse to pay any more interest,"
issued by that county. IL the RECON-
mendations of City Manager Rich,
made to the council yesterday after
noon. are carried out.
Tho old city council agreed TO pay
one-half of the interest charges on
the $4,000 bonds issued by Fairfax
county, with the understanding tnat
the road was to connect up with the
city limits on the west.
Manager Rich in his communica-
written letters to the officials of Fair
fax county and also to the state
highway commission and he had been
informed by the highway commits
sion that practically the entire
amount of S500.000 had been contract
ed for and that the section not Inn
proved cannot be paved unless an
additional ALLEGATION Is made, whlcn
question could not be taken up until
Tbe authorities of Fairfax county
will be notified at once, as the next
semi-annual interest on these bonds
is payable November Is.
Tennis Courts Completed. 2.
Councilman Bryant announced that
three tennis courts had been COM
pleted at the Alexandria High School,
and he recommended an appropria-
tion of s1,I00 for the construction OF
q ten-foot steel fence around the
courts, and City Manager Rich was
authorized to complete the work.
A committee, composed of Council
men r, S. Jones, L. F. Ticer and the
city manager, was authorized to con-
fer with a committee from the school
board in reference to the handing OF
the nanGes foE ssoo tne sh schools
for the grading of Washington School
grounds and laying concrete coping
on the washington and Wolfe streets
planned that $3.50 just received from
the state from inheritance taxes
would be used in connection with the
Improvement
$3.50 for Children's Homo.
The sum of $3.50 was appropriated,
on motion of Councilman Fannon. for
the Children's Home Society Of Vir-
ginia. Mayor Smoot brought the mat
ter up and declared he thought 1t
most worthy, especially in view OF the
fact that there are large number
Of children from the city being taken
care Of by this society.
Action on an ordnance prepared by
CORPORATION Attorney H. Noel Garner
to take over the streets of Rosemont
and johnson and Fuckers subdivi-
sion. was laid over until the next
A communication from Mr.. Garner
relative to the establishment OF the
sinking fund commission. was read
and city Manager Rich recommended
that II hereafter be composed Of the
mayor, auditor and treasurer. Ac--
tion. however. was deferred on this
proposition.
,hor yuyo0 a
mot mSntfs formallg aadlgs pTesented as antici-
pated, but will be submitted at the
next meeting.
Corner stone Laying Speaker.
Chief Justice William Howard Taft
and Bishop James E. Freeman, the
latter Of Washington. will be the
speakers at the laying Of the corner
stone Of the George Washington Ma
sonic National Memorial Association
= Temple at noon, November !, at George
Washington Park.
A choir. Of twenty voices VIII sing
ceremonies. These men who viii sing
: are chanters from Acca Temple, Mys-
tic Shrine, Richmond, Va
At the banquet at o'clock that art
ernoon at the Alexandria national tor
pedo station, which will be attended
by 1 900 guests, including many of the
leading Masonic officials Of the United
states, the speakers will be Louis
A. WatreS, president OK the Neor6o
washington Masonic National Memo
rial Association, who Is ex-governor
of Pennsylvania and past grand mas
ter OF Masons Of Pennsylvania; Past
Grand Master Melvin M, johnson OF
Massachusetts, and Past Grand Master
Andrew L. Randell, LII. D.. of Texaa.
At the banquet music will be fur
nished by the United States Marine
Band.
The music at the corner stone lay
Ing will be furnished by various
bands that will take part In the big