Evening star., 1924-02-23
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 25
| Especially ID. C. Davis was held for
the action of the grand jury this morn
| ing on a charge of violating the prohi-
1 bition law The automobile in which
he had less than half pint of whisky
also was held.
| Sixty per cent of tho e72 pupils Of
Lee and Jefferson schools, who were
| subjected last week to the Schick test
f., to determine susceptibility to diphtheria,
showed a positive reaction and will be
given an inmunizing treatment
| Another group of pupils will be given
! the test Monday, by DR.. W. Clyde
West, assistant health officer; Miss Mae
| iCavanaugh, city nurse, and Miss Mary
Monroe, school nurse. Lack of sufficient
accommodations in the health office has
made it necessary that the work be
done in relays in the various school
+; buildings. 1t will take several weeks
! to complete the test. which will be
| given to all of the $500 students.
/ WashlngtOn's Birthday Celebrated.
! Practically all business was suspended
! here yesterday, in celebration Of George
! Washington $ birthday: Many pill
Shrine at Mount Vernon, where wreathS
| were laid upon the bier of the first
President.
Among the city institutions to
honor Alexandria's former foremost
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| Birthday Association. under whose
, auspices the nationally famous pa
radeS are staged here. j. William
May, vice president. headed large
delega ton of the association on the
annual pilgrimage.
Local Boy Scouts also placed a
| wreath upon the tomb.
! Several hundred persons attended
the 1irthnighs Mdnt ball yen freon under the
Daughter erS of the American Revolu-
tion. The ball, given in Elks' Hall, is
! the outgrowth Of the custom estab-
i ]ished in 1898. when the first of the
! series was given in Gadsby's Inn.
! Heads Memorial Association.
! Louis a. Watres Of Pennsylvania
was elected president of the George
! Washington Masonic National Memo
: rial Association yesterday as the
! fourteenth annual session OF the as
. sociation was brought to a close, hav-
: ing empowered the board of direc-
unit in the construction of the temple
: now being erected here.
/ The next unit, which is to cost ST.
{; $4,000, will bring the temple to the
! dome, which is to be built separately.
! Plans in connection with the tower
! have been altered so as to allow the
placing of q huge flame at the apex
in accordance with other temples Of
| followed by the designer.
Eulogy to Washington.
James f. Johnson of South Caro-
lima, first vice president of the asso-
citation, delivered short eulogy to
Washington .he Mason yesterday as
| the delegates placed a wreath upon
his tomb at Mount Vernon in accord
| ance with an established custom.
| The meeting closed officially last
night with a banquet held in the ma
val torpedo station, before which
| Charles H. Callahan, grand master of
/ Masons in Virginia; Senator James E.
] Watson Of Indiana and Rev. James
| Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the
| House of Representatives, spoke.
Other officers of the association are:
| James II. Johnson, South Carolina,
| first vice president; James z. Dillon,
Michigan, second vice president; Har-
ry G. Noyes. New Hampshire, third
| vice president, and ]. Claude KEEPER,
District of Columbia, secretary and
| treasurer.
| The board of directors for the next
| three years will consist Of Melvin NJ.
| Johnson, Michigan; William L. Dam
| iels, New Jersey; William S. Farmer,
| New York: Arthur X. Lee, Wyoming.
l Frank s. Harmon. Ohio. was elected
director for two years.