Evening star., 1924-12-07

ALEXANDRIA, Va, December
| (SpeciaD. - Departed members OF
| Alexandria Lodge, No. 75S, will be
! eulogiZed tomorrow night at O'Clock
! In Elks' Hall, when the annual me-
| mortal services will be addressed by
Representative Arthur II. Free of San
! Jose, Calf An extensive program
has been arranged for the occasion
The opening prayer will be said by
/ Rev. Lawrence F. Kelley, assistant
| pastor of st. Mary's Catholic Church
! and benediction will be pronounced
! by Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector OF
} Grace Episcoal Church. The departed
members are F. A. Gaines, John p.
! Steiner. Torrance MCGOWAN, Thomas
] NJ. Dunbar and George A, Norris.
I IL. ID. Carter, exalted ruler will pre-
! side. Admission will be to members
and by card
| George Cook, 90 years old. Newing-
| ton, and Ellis Rowles. 26 Franconia,
are being held by police under $500
| bond each in connection with an auto
/ mobile accident yesterday, in which
Mrs. j. l. De Vaughn was slightly in
| jured. The men, it is alleged left the
city after the accident without reporting
! to police. Director of Public Safety
! Paul Morton declared he intended to
/ break up the practice. The men took
| Mrs DE Vaughn to the hospital.
| Evildoers in Alexandria are eithe r
! on the decrease or are escaping the
! tolls of the law. This is evidenced
! in the fact that the grand jury which
conVenes in Corporation Court Monday
morning will be confronted with only
! 10 cases, the smallest docket in many
months. Twelve of the cases are for
| alleged violations of the state pro-
/ hibition law. The jury which has
/ Il i.s e Inh ~,
[ g. Graham. O. II. HuIlings, c. Aubrey
! Callahan, Thomas l. Carter. Albert
/ Dreifus. J. ]. Garvey, r. L. Kane,
/ William Hinken, J. William May,
/ Capt, w. III. Sweeney, NJ. l.. Price and
! Thomas Chauncey.
Oppose Capitalization Plan.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
( West End School. at it's meeting this
! week. will oppose the Capitalization
! plan beinE'worked out by the school
board. and will put up a fight to
! have Il new building erected in the
/ RoSemont district when the present
West End School is taken over by the
George Washington National Masonic
Memorial Association. which pur-
( chased it in their program of build
! ing the temple on Shooters Hill. The
meeting was held at the home of
= y
ton Park. II is proposed to have the
new building erected near the high
school and jefferson School buildings.
The Friendship Veterans Fire As
sociation elected officers at the an
nual meeting, held this week when
II was reported the organization was
. in fiourishing condition. The new
officers are: Capt 7. Sid Douglas,
president: David +. Robey. vice presi-
n f.lI irr
: secretary: J. f.. Hammersley. finan-
cial secretary; C}aude W. Fletcher.
/ treasurer: J. h. Shinn. F. Petit,
/ y. Jenkins, trustees: ]. r. Hammers
+ ley, Henry Carson. William H. Hum
! phries. sr., and Sidney Hammersley,
; committee on engine. and w. II.
/ Humphries, ST. custodian Of the en-
! gine house. This IS the old COM
pany which has in its possession the
( hand engine. replica of the one
presented the company upon its or
gauization by George Washington IN
/ 1774.
( Mrs. Mary s. Cowling, SO years old.
7 died yesterday at the home of her
daughter. Mrs Edmund NJ. Anderson,
+ 620 Duke street. She was the widow
/ of James CowIiIiy and is survived by
i two daughters. Mrs. Anderson and
& Mrs. George w. Merchant. Funeral
! services will be held at the home
/ Monday at 3 o'clock. conducted by
/ Rev. Percy Foster Hall. rector of St.
! Paul's Episcopal Church.
| AIpheus RobeE. 50 years Old. one
of the best known river men of the
! city, died this morning at his home.
500 South Lee street. For several
I years hx had been employed by a
; large number of merchants as watch
/ man on King street.
! Funeral services viii be held Mon
{ day at oclocl; at his late home,
1928 Prince street. for Charles \.
+ Seablon. conducted by Rev. Ryland
+ \. Dodge, pastor of the Baptist
( Temple.
/ Harold Lloyd. colored. was acquit-
, ted in Police Court today on a charge
! of stealing Il fiashIig!t. II was a case
/ of mistaken identity.
: The American Legion show. which
/ has been held during the past week
at Arnory Hall will be continued
! Monday Tuesday and Wednesday
nights of next week The legion
meeting. scheduled for Monday, has
/ been postponed until Friday.
| Grand Master Samuel u. Rodgers,
! Petersburg: Deputy Grand Master r.
! B. Hagg. Abingdon, and District Dep
uty Kenneth Dove of Accotink will
/ pay an official visit to the odd Eel
| lows Lodge of this vicinity Friday
! night at odd Fellows Hall. North Co
lumbus street. Representatives are
expected from the lodges at Falls
Church. Accorink. Arlington and other
! lodges.
Application to the State Court Of
Appeals for Il writ of error will be
made by counsel for Ward Stuart,
sentenced in October by the Cir
cult Court of Arlington County to
! two years in the State Penitentiary in
/ connection with an alleged felonious
I transportation of liquor with firearms
! in his automobile. In the event the
writ is granted, the Court of Appeals
Will later take up the matter of 4
new trial.
1 The charity coordination commit
tee, consisting of Mrs. T. Clifton How
ard. Thomas Chauncey, John d. Nor
moyle, Col. Julian Y. Williams and
/ Robert S. Jones, is busy formulating
plans for a permanent organization.
/ The members probably viii report
back with recommendations at a
meeting of the larger body next week
! in order that the body may get TO
work before the Christmas season.
The drive of the First Baptist
( Church for ST., 900 for it's 1925 budget
! pected that the entire amount will
have been raised tomorrow night or
Monday when the drive will come to
an end with a banquet which will
be served the 60 workers.
! Besides a large number of dona-
tions of groceries and other necessi-
ties, the board of lady managers of
the Alexandria Hospital today ac-
knowledged receipt of 500 in cash
as the annual Thanks sgiving dona-
tions to that institution.
Alexandria Washington Lodge of
Masons will. on Tuesday night, hold
exercises for the women who last