Evening star., 1924-03-03
ALEXANDRIA.

. ALEXANDRIA, Va, March (Spe-
ciaD.-PIeading guilty to a charge of
disorderly conduct and of violating
the state prohibition law. Frank VIII
liams, colored, twenty-eig years old.
was this morning sentenced by Judge
Frederick Duvall to serve one year
! on the state convict road force-the
! maximum penalty for misdemeanor.
Williams was arrested Saturday
night after he had made himself
obnoxious in the presence OF several
| women. In one of his pockets police
found whisky. The prohibition
! Williams, police say. is Jack the
Hugger," who at intervals for the
past two years has terrorized unes-
corted women on the streets of the
city by advancing toward them and
; forcing them into embrace.
The terror reached It's height last
March, but police were unable to ap-
/ prehend the offender. shortly after
ported to police. Williams was ar
rested for snatching a Woman's hand
! bag from her while on King street.
He was convicted and served six
months on the road force.
! Following the sentence this morn
ing Commemorative Attorney Will
| liam p. Woolls asked the judge for a
lunacy commission to sit in Will
liamS' case.
Pastor Called.
!, Rev. DR.. 2. L. Vernon of hte Daily
Vacation Bible School Service of
Washington was yesterday elected
pastor of the First Baptist Church to
fill a vacancy occasioned, by the resig-
nation last September of the Rev.
DR.. Eugene B. Jackson. who accepted
in tnr
Since September the church has
several prospective preachers fill the
pulpit and have twice elected the
Rev. DR.. Alonzo r. Love of Ports
the call and the other time the call
was cancelled at'the request of a COM
mittee from the Portsmouth church.
The month just closed has been the
most profitable in the history of po-
lice court. Judge Duvall said this
morning, as he announced that fines
collected during the month amounted
to s1.S54.50 as against 1921 for the
corresponding month last year:
Arrests showed an increase of near
year-175 against 81. A large por-'
tion of the arrests were for alleged
violation Of the prohibition law for
which no penalty. is imposed in the
lower court.
OF the amount collected during the
city Golfers while the remaining $247
accrued fines on state offenses--went
to the state.
Church Name Changed.
The name Of the Second Baptist
Church has been changed to Baptist
Temple, the Rev. Ryland T.. Dodge.
pastor, announced yesterday. The
name of the church he said had been
considered by the congregation and a
cnange was deemed advisable because
of the frequent confounding of the
name with the Colored Second Baptist
Church. Proximity of the Masonic
Temple being erected to the memory
choosing of the name.
Defending his action in opposing a
bill recently introduced in the Vir-
ginia Legislature TO abolish the poll
tax in cases of former service men,
John J. Wicker, ir., state commander
of the American Legion. declared here
Saturday that legioners from all parts
of the state, he believes. should go
into politics more actively.
In opposing the poll tax abolition so
stoutly supported by Capt. T! M. Ham
ilton. local commander. Wicker said
that the majority of the legioners of
the state were in accord with his ac-
ton. He declared that only four let
tiers Of 165 he had received from vari-
Gus sections of the state had opposed
his action. so =
Little actual work was achieved at
the meeting held iin the rooms of the
chamber Of commerce. Conditions af-
fectipg former service men I'm the
eighth district were taken up gener-
ally by representatives of all posts in
the district
Wicker advised the various post
commanders to bring the matter OF
politics strongly before their bodies
SO that. some action can Be taken at
the state convention which II to be
held in Danviile early next summer.