Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-23
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, August 23 Especially.
City Sergt. Robert II. Cox today was
summoning 40 AleXandrianS to act as
veniremen in the trial of Charles b.
Kendall indicted for tirst-degree muir
der in connection with the killing in
Spottsylvania Court House May II of
Or. Robert l.. Powell. The Alexan-
drians will go to Spottsylvania Mon
day, where 10 of the number will be
chosen to sit in the box with the 10
secured from Charlottesville before
the counsel for defense and the State
strike off four names each. Judge
Howard w. Smith last night drew the
names, as follows:
r. ID. Woof, Carroll Woolf, A. A.
Paul, ]. T. Preston, NJ. E. Greene.
William Bladder, ]. Robert Tomlin.
Capt George H Evans. c. P. Heish-
ley. Raymond Arnold, Marshall Shu-
man, T. w. Robinson, IT.; Arthur NJ.
King, NJ. r. O'Sullivan, c. Louis Fol-
mer, Eugene Hecker, c. E. Dare,
Louis Dreifus, F. T. Quinn, c. S.
Howell, Charles D. Welch. o. H. Hull
ings. ]. Preston Merchant, H. Bloch,
James S. Smythe, U. s. Lambert,
James E. Nagel Chester w. Fannon,
Thomas Chauncey, a. C. Moss. Earl
3. Grant, Charles p. Holden, Edwin
Graham, James Constantinople, Beau
derck Howell, Capt. w. II. Sweeney,
]. William May, Seldom Washington,
A. H. Oliver and Clarence NJ. Sale.
Firemen Welcomed Home.
With due ceremony and noise Alex
andria last night welcomed home her
firemen, proclaimed by the judges a t
the State convention just closed in
Harrisonburg to be the best of the
State volunteers in appearance. The
company from Mechaniscburg, Pa,
were guests of the local men over
night and left this morning for visit
to Mount Vernon before starting
horne. The parade last night was led
by Citizens Band, followed by the
victors, the stay at home" firemen.
Chief James NJ Duncan, jr., and hun
dreds of automobiles. Firebells were
tolled and many whistles were sound
ed. King street was lined with sew
eral thousand persons.
More than 1000 persons attended
the weekly band concert given last
night on Dreadnaught Park by the
band from Fort Humphreys, under
direction of Bandmaster Richard
Walter Treischel, 18th Engineers. The
soldiers were delighted with the re-
ception given them by the auditors.
Capt Haywood Durrer yesterday
recovered an automobile which was
stolen early yesterday in Manassas
and in which robbers who entered
the store of Hynson & Co, brought
their loot here. The car, out of
gas, was concealed in a clump of
bushes on King Street Hill. Twelve
suits of clothing. silk stockings, two
raincoats and silk shirts were taken
from the store. The machine which
was taken from a garage in rear of
the store, belonged to Frank Ritenour.
w. ID. c. Delegates Chosen.
Mrs. R. Wellington Rose. Mrs.
James f. Alexander and Mrs. frankie
R. Howell have been chosen delegates
to represent Mary Custis Lee, 18th
Virginia Regiment Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy at the
State u. d. c. convention, which is to
be held in Norfolk late in October.
Three empty box cars were de-
stroyed by fire of undetermined origin
in the Southern railway freight
yards here. The blaze was quickly
distinguished, when the Fire Depart
ment played streams of water, drawn
from locomotive tenders, upon it.
Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector Of
Grace Episcopal Church, was re-
selected State chaplain of Elks at the
State convention which closed yester-
day in Richmond and Harry F. Ken
nedy was elected State secretary.