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VOL. CXXXV- No. 85 ? ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE WEDNESDAY,
For this section?Fair tonight;
tomorrow partly cloudy ai|4
warmer.
APRIL 9,1919.
[Council Appropriates $7,500
to Buy Land for Pro
posed Building
SUSTAIN MAYOR'S VETO
The Sum of $10,000 Appropriate For
Extension of Sewer on South Royal
Street?To Increase Salary of Sup
erintendent of Gas.
<*;
.Common council iast niprhr, ap_
propriated the sum of $7,500 for the
purchase of a lot as a site for the
purposed new school building for
colored boys an:! girl?.
President Burke, at the request of
the board, appointed a committee
^composed of Ccuncilmen Matter and
?jr'Ticer, who with the c'ty engineer and
rhool board, will select the site for
ie/ new building.
W. F. H. Finke, chairman of the
i;hool beard addressed council on the
of immediate action.
Mayor Fisher returned without his
Approval the paper granting A. T.
'cake pernii-sion to erect a gasoline
ink at Prince and Fairfax streets. It
lired twelve votes to overcome the
??ors veto and only eleven were
riven. Messrs Tieer and McCaffrey
foting to sustain the mayor. The rr.r.t
?r was, after a lengthy debate re
jmmitted to the street committer.
Resolution of Councilman Ticer to
:a?e the salary of the sxiperir.lm
jnt of the city <ras works to $2,000
annum, effective June 1, 1919, was
[erred to the committee on finance
light. The sum of $10,000 was np
jpriate'd for construction of sev/er
Royal street southward to Jeffer
fp street.
J'After a debate a resolution a pro
ving $1,700 for the purihase c ' a
:rete mixer wa> withdrawn by
JuaciinVan Ruben, of the street ( :n
jittee.
1 The corporation attorney was r.u
lorized to take necessary step* to
>mpel the Fleichnvann Construe for.
>mpany to remove dirt from lot- in
le northeastern section of the city
Resolution appropriating $4,000 to
intinue work of moving ashes rnd
||eaning streets, the present fund :>e
\g exhausted, was referred to st ?: t
jmmittee. It was explained that the
icreased cost of labor and teams v.-as
^sponsible for the deficit.
The Chesapeake an'd Potomac T;ie
^hone Company petitioned for perr:s_
ion to erect po!e> and strir.cr cables
the river front between Kin*? rnd
jke streets. It was referred to the
jt committee.
[The sum of S-100 was appropriated
jr sewer traps in the southeastern
;tion of the city and ?'300 for u?v of
1th department.
Miscellaneous Business.
Other matters presented foil w:
permission granted Aero-Auto C :n
tny to erect gasoline tank on Ht .-ry
Jtrcet, just west of building 1.01
jng street; permission granted 'eo
larlow to erect garage ir. rear of
South Fairfax street; permission
granted George II. Hepburn to
garage in rear of 211 Gibbon
reet; petition for sewer on Fayette
it we en Prince and Duke streets, re
erred to street committee. Frr.nk
icheLbach granted permission to
building at Sl-t and Sl(> King
;et; petition of C. R. Yates to re
iir building 322 south Fairfax street
ferre.l to street committee; petition
Mutual Ice Company to erect ser
vice stati n on east side of Alfred he
reon Wolfe and Wilkes streets, re
ferred to street committee.
\
DIED
i
Ei Entcrcl into rest in Baltimore,
February nth, 1919. Mrs. Charlotte
E. Forsyth, in the 80th year of her
a pre. Mother of the late Rev. Rob
ert W. Forsyth, of Richmond,- Ya.
She was the aim: of Mrs. James S.
;Sniith, Mis. E. E. Dewnham. Mrs.
fc?. E. Gronau. and George E. Price,
ill ..of this city.
85-11.
h, MASONIC NOTICE
There will be a called communica
tion of Alexandria Washington Lod<re
?No .22, A. F. & A. M.. held in the
MMasonic Temple on Friday evening.
? April 11th. at 7:30 o'clock, for work.
Bv order of the Worshipful Master,
C. PAGE WALLER. Secretary.
Soo-t.
STRIKERS GROW VICIOUS
Bcmb Explosion and Revolver Bat
tles Feature Lawrence Outburst
Lawrence, Mass., April S.?Rioting
marked iby promiscuous firing by
strike sympathizers and police open
ed the tenth week of the textile
strike here yesterday. The outbreak
occurred in the vicinity of the Ever
ett mill, shortly before 7 o'clock, a
few hours after the city had beer,
stirred by the explosion of a bomb
in a tenement house in the same
neighborhood.
Er.riy reports indicated that no one
was wounded by the shoo tin:1', al
though several rioters and policemen
were injured by sticks, stones and
clubs.
The rioting started when a few
strike sympathizers began throwing
stones at mill windows, and then
shifted their attack to policemen
who sought to quiet them. The crowd
grew rapidly, and the little squad
of officers called for reserves. City
Marshal Timothy O'Brien responded
with a large force and read the
riot act.
Then the poiiee. finding their
clubs ineffective, drew their pistols,
and their shots were answered by
others from the crowd. Men and
women also appeared at windows
with missiles.
Women and children were active on
the picket lines during the morning.
It had hem announced Sunday night
that ths children of strikers would be
kept from school Monday because of
the alleged anti-strik" activities by
teachers. This morning many wo
men appeared as pickets, accompan
ied by two and three children, most
of them of primary seho! age. In
the mill districts, also, other women,
with stones in their hands, drove
away children who were 011 their way
to school.
One striker, arrested for alleged
rioting, had Si.30.1 in cash and a $100
Liberty bond in his pockets.
Numerous spring harbingers are
here, but they aren't hopping about in
the grass says the Kansas City Star.
They're lying en their backs on the
ground, with their poor little feet up
in the air.
Rev. Dr. J. Calvin Stewart,
of Alexandria, is
Recipient
RELIC OF MINISTRY
Formed Part of Furnishings of Grace
Covenant Church of Richmond, Now
Owned by Masons.
Rev. Dr. J. Calvin Stewart, pastor
emeritus of the Grace Covenant
Church, Richmond., ha? been presented
with the pulpit from which he preach
ed so many sermon.1, by the Scottish
Rite Masor.s of Richmond, cf which
he has ionjr beer, an active member.
Dr. Stewart is an Alexandrian, a son
of the late John Stewart and is well
known to fnost old residents.
The pulpit formed a part of the
furnishings of the Church of the Cove
nant. and, after it? amalgamation with
the Grace Street Church, of the Gracc
Covenant Church, at Harrison and
Park Streets, of which he was the pas
tor. When the building at Harrison
and Park streets was sold to the Scot
tish Rile Masons, the pulpit, with all
other furnishing-, was included. Know
ing; the sentiment that attached to
the pulpit, the new owners have pre
sented it to Dr. Stewart.
The building. which has boon "-.he
hom,e of Grace Covenant Church $i-.ci
the merger of the congregations, at
midnight last night passed from its
posse-sion and the ScottYn
Hitd Cathedra! of Richmond, thus giv
ing this Masonic order the handsomest
hone in the South and one of the
finest in the United States. With a
few* minor alterations in the interior
it will be especially well adapted for
the'*- work, and the spring reun:or. on'
M*y 12. 13. 14 and 15 will be hold
there*. Later several thou-nlid dollars
wi.i bs expended in altering the cathe
dral ;to meet; the needs. .
Perhaps the largest class of can li
oatea ::i thq history o? Scottish Rite
Masonry in V rfrinla wi'-i he initiated
at the spring reunion. Already more
tl<an 1*:Q applications have bee:- re
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DANCE A SUCCESS
I
Proceeds for Tobacco Fund of Sol
diers at Fort Myer.
About three hundred happy folks,
including oris hundred and fifty men
in uniform and those discharged, en
joyed the dance given last night at
the* War Camp Community Service
Ciuh for the benefit of the the tobac
co fund of the men stationed at Fort
Myer. The music was furnished by
five mc-mbers of. the 11th Cavalry
Band, which was exceptionally ?cod
for dan.ee purposes. In addition to the
dancing, a number of vaudeville stints
were introduced, all being men from
Fort Myer, which were first chss
features and included the foHowing:
West'orook. of the 11th Cavalry Band,
who delighted the audience with an ev
er.ptirnal rendition of vocal solos;
Paul Grigsby, or "Haba Haba" the
Fire Eater, was a decided hit as usual,
as he seemingly devoured balls of fire
and flaming tapers; Imitations by
Buglers Pomeroy and "Sanders wore
x*ery clever and greatly enjoyed; Ser
jreant Bosko next entertained with
?several excellent mandolin solos; rhe
program concluded with Jnek C::its
who entertained in a delightful way
with accentric dancing. The entertain
ment of last night resembled those
that were given at the hall during
last fall and winter, when so many
professional men were in camp at
Camp Humphreys, and so willingly
gave of thfc'r talents for the eniioy
rr.ent o fthe citizens of Alexandria.
Arrangements are being made in
the nsar future to give one or more
evenings entirely to set entertain
ments, which will be participated in
by men of the service., who s'> far have
proven themselves absolutely capable
as did those who participated in :,ist
night's entertainment features. The
work of community service for :he
men still in uniform and those dis
charged and wearing the civilian
clothes is still being figured our te
good advantage by the host of A' w
andria in co-operation with- the War
Camp Community Service. W. C. C. S..
will scon have identification- bui'-is
which will be given to men who vorf
in the service but are now wearnff
the civilian clothe?, if they will ap
ply at the W. C. C. S. office ir. the lr. ks
Buildeng and register, givintr ;'--?ir
name and address, thus they will be
provided with all of the privilege? as
having been Uncle Sam's service r.-on.
STARTS ON ATLANTIC TRIP
Lieutenant Fonlai.n Leaves V 11a
Coublay?Destination,
Brazil.
Paris, April ?T.ieut. Font:.in.
French aviator, started at <1 a. ~n.,
yesterday from Villa Coublay on '.he
first Ie^r of a trans-Atlantic fi!\lrt
f.o Bras-il. He will make his f. *st
step at Casa Blanco.
Fontain's flight would be made in
five lejrs, totaling J.."00 miles, as
fellows:
Villa Coublay to Casa P>lanca (T^.ir
E1 Be da) 1.200 miles; Casa Bl; :ica
to Dakar. 1,100 miles; Dakar to St.
Paul Rcclcs, 1.100 miles; St. P tul
Rocks to PernanVbuco. 7-r>0 m:!?s:
Pcrnambuco to Rio Janeiro, 1 ' 00
miles.
Casa Blanca is in Morocco, on :he
Atlantic coast, about 100 m !es
southwest of Gibraltar. Dakar i:- at
the extreme end of Cape Verde. St.
Paul Rocks are in the South At! tn
tic. northeast of Pernamhuco.
Fontain made a previous atter-.pt
to follow this route March 10, bc'njr
forced to descend at Blois because
of engine trouble after beinc: in the
air less than two hours.
GIRL OF If) TRIES St'IClDE
Miss Bradshaw, Recently Employed
in Washington, Shoots Herself
Charlottesville. Va., April P.?
Miss Pearl Bradshaw of this c ty,
inut more recently of Washington,
where she was employed in a govc n
menfc office is in the University
Hospital suffering from a gunshot
wound, self-inflicted during a fit of
despondency.
The young lady shot herself while
on a visit to her uncle at Fabcrs,
Xel sor county, and was immediate
ly rushed to this city on a Souih
err. train. An examination showed
that the shot had pierced the lower
lung. Miss Bradshaw now regrets
attempting to end her life and says
she is anxious to live. She is 1!)
year? cf age. Her mother Is a
widow.
Advertise your wants in the Oa
zette Classified column.
James H. Lawrence Found
Guilty of Involuntary
Manslaughter
JURY OUT FOUR HOURS
Shooting Took Place February U
After Lawrence Was Taken in Cus
tody by Officer Walker W. Campbell
James H. Lawrence, a discharged
soldier, from Richmond, Ya., was
found guilty of involuntary man
slaughter by a jury in the. Corpora
tion Court lasit night in conncction j
with shooting to death Policeman
?Valker W. Campbell and fixed hi~
punishment at nine months in the city
jail
The jury deliberated on the case
four and a half hours. The case was
given the jury at 5.10 o'clock and a
few minutes before 10 o'clock return
ed its verdict. Lawrence already has
served nearly two months in jail and
this time will be taken off his -en
terfce. The prisoner, therefore, will
?>:;Te only about seven months in jail.
C. W. O'Mca'ra was foreman of the
jury. The shooting of Policeman
Campbell, took place the night of Feb
ruary 14 after he had taken Lawrence
in custody for an infraction of a city
ordinance.
Lawrence accompanied Policeman
Campbell and Padgett a distance cf
more than a square when a tussel en
ued resulting in the policeman being
hot and Campbell died two days af
lerward at the Alexandria Hospital.
The accused was represented by at
torney Leith S. Bramnerg, ?Richmond
nd Commonwealth's Attorney II. W.
Smith conducted the prosecution.
NEW PASTOR
Rev. G. J. H'll Succeeds Rev. R. W.
White as ^Pastor cf Methodist
Protestant Church
Rev. G. J. Hill has been appointed
pastor of the Methodist Protestant
Church in this city succeeding Rev.
R. W. White, the change being
made by the annual Mary
land conference of that church which
closed yesterday its session hold
in Baltimore. Rev. R. W. White
who has been here for several years,
has been transferred to Trinity
Church, Baltimore.
The next conference will be held in
Washington.
FAVOR CITY MANAGER PLAN
Suffolk Election Shows .113 Out of
35(9 Voters for Change
in Government
Suffolk, Va., April 0.?Suffolk will
have a city manager form of gov
ernment. This fact was decided last
niprht. after the warmest election
that has been ''"id here in many
years.
The election fcr the change in the
form of city government was won by
an overwhelming majority, tor out
cf the 309 votes cast, 313 were for
the change in the form of govern
ment, and eighty-six against the
change.
According to the election laws, as
construed by some Virginia judges,
it takes a majority of the qualified
voters as shown on the sworn list,
and the 313 cast last night by those
who advocate the change in the form
of city government is just the num
ber.
LONG RIDE ON TRAIN ROOF
Boy Nearly Paralyzed by 8 Hours
On Passenger Coach Top.
Williamsport, Pa., April 9.?James
Walter Randall, a 15 year old boy,
who gave Clifton. Ya.. as his home,
was taken from the roof of a fast
train on the Pennsylvania Railroad
when it arrived hero early yesterday
morning after a ride of nearly S
hours, clintring to the ventilator of a
passenger coach.
When discovered the boy's mucles
and limbs were so stiff from riding
so ionjr in his perilous position and
from the cold that he did not recover
their use for some time. The boy had
beaten his way from Canandaigua,
N. Y.. at which place he had craw
led to the top of the car as the train
was being made up Tor its night run.
The lad is being held here to await
orders from his family as to his dis
position.
Try a Gazette ClassiGed Ad
WILSQN'S RETURN
.
Sailing of the Steamer George Wash
ington Will be Expedited
Acting Secretary of the Navy Roose
velt late yesterday received a cable
from Admiral Benson asking that the
-ailing of the U. S. S. George Wash
ington be expedited at the direction of
President Wilson.
As a result navy officials said the
George Washington would leave for
Brest as early as possible, perhaps by
Friday, April 11.
A tentative sailing date had been
set for Aprii 14, but repairs, which
the George Washington has been un
dergoing, were finished sooner than
navy, officials had expected Acting
Secretary ofithe Navy Roosevelt said.
Paris, April !>.?Air tiffht censor
ship was put upon American papers
here with reference* to fixing the
sailing date for the George Washing
ton, which will brine: President Wil
son back to Ameri.a. Delays over the
I peace parley- are being strongly cri
ticized.
NEGRO ATTACKS WOMAN
Suspect Seized in Freight Car Held
in Berkeley Springs Jail
Hammers town. Md., April 0.?Mrs.
Finest Zimmerman, aged 2'?, was
brutally attacked by a young negro
yesterday at her home in Morgan
county \V. Va., near Hancock, Va..
A n'gro answ-nr.:, the description
of Mrs. Zimmerman's assailant was
arrested in the afternoon at Dogelcy
and is being held in Berkeley Springs
jail.
Mrs. Zimmerman was combing the
hair of her 5 year old daughter on
the front porch of her home when
t'he negro asked for a drink of wa
ter. As she started to enter the
door the negro dragged her into a
room. Iler face was lacerated and
body bruised.
The negro boarded a Baltimore
and Ohio freight which was search
ed at Gcgeley. Mrs. Zimmerman's
daughter ran to a fieid where her
father was plowing and told him of
the tweedy. Posse cf officers and
citizens were soon scouring the coun
try. Threats cf lynching were
made.
Sheriff Hovcrmilf, who last night
had a strong guard at the ajil said
the authorities were not sure that
they had the right man.
The r.fisoner, agd 24, of Martins
burg -ays he is innocent.
GERMANS FELL FOR DECOY
iFoch's Faked Plans Reached Them by
Strategy of Americans
Boston, April 9.?Officials at the
headquarters of the Department of the
Northeast vouched for a story told
by a major who arrived on the Aga
memnon yesterday of how two .olonels
of the American army assisted in an
important bit cf strategy in the St.
Mihiel district. The major, whose name
the department declined to reveal, said
that the Germans learned of the ori
ginal plan to start the drive on Sep
tember 5, 1IU8.
General Foch then had elaborate
plans drawn up, purporting tn set
forth details of an impending attack
on Beifort. These plans were intrusted
to two American colonels, who took
them to a town where there were
known to l>e German spies. While they
were there the plans disappeared for
a time. That they had fallen into Ger
man hands became evident when tho
Germans withdrew large forces from
parts of the St. Mihit-I salient and
massed them about Bolfort.
This diversion assisted greatly in
I carrying out the real plan of attack,
which was instituted on September 12
IX >1 E.MORI.AM
Tr. memory of my dear husband.
Raymond A. Devers, who departed
this life, April 9, 1918.
In memory I always see the one I I
loved so dear,
fiia vision prows so clear, sorne
t.nic-s I feel he must H.j near.
IIo.v sadly I have ccuntci the- hours
that measured one sortv-wfu! yaar.
Since they laid 'neath the mantle of
flowers the husband I loved so
dear.
His busy hands are folded, "his work
on earth is done,
His troubles are all ended, his heav
enly crown is won.
If I could see behind the stars, that
which is hid from me,
I know I would see my dear hus
band then, tenderly watching me.
His Loving Widow.
85- It,
r,Emse:\iaxe to golgotha
. To he Sung by the Choir of St. Paul's
Church Next Tuesday, Evening
For upwards! of ton years the choir
of St. Paul's Church has rendered
during Holy Week, one of the* sac
red Cantatas appropriate for th?
T^nten Season, anion?; them Sta ti
er's 4<Crucifixon," Maunder's "Olivet
to Calvert," Pu Bcis.' "The Seven
Last Words of Christ." and G: u
nod's "Gallia." This year they will
present a new work. Turner's "Geth
semnne to Golgotha."
In this Cantata the librettist lrts
attempted t" present thv- gveat trag
edy in :i rather dramatic form, as an
alternative to the contemplative vi -v.
e^unplified in other Lenten Cantatas.;
He divides it into three scenes, ''The
Garden of Gi;thsemane," '?I!tf<rc
Pilate's House." and "At the foot of
the Cress," suggested by three
verses of a hymn of .fame- Mont
gomery. "Go to Dark Gethseman ."
''Follow to the Judgment Hall." aid
"Calvarys Mournful Mountain
Climb," which are sung re?peet!v?dy
at the commencement nf ear'" par'.,
in the form of a choral, by the choir,
and each part concludes with an r.p
propriat * hymn for !.ne choir ar i
i eonc'*;.? jt'oii. St. Paul -: t-h >. :? :*hs
had t'rs work in pr'paratio.i f i ?
several w^cks, and a line rendition i?
anticinac "1
T : ? part of "Jesus' wil !i? sun-'
ay Wilnu r J. Waller. - at of "!'i
ter." ''Pilate." and "The Eeloved
Diseiplc." by Kenneth Ogdeti. J.
Harris Franklin will sing the part
of "Judas.'' The other solo part is
assigned to the soprano, and will be
sung by Mrs. Harrie White, who
will sing the part of "A Voice in the j
Crowd." "An Angel," and "Mar;.\"<J
The reputation of St. -Paul's Choir for j
chorus singing is well established,
and this Cantata gives them a fine
opportunity. The production is un
der the direction or Sherman B.
Fowler. th? organist of the chui h
The offertory will be for the bene
fit of the choir fund, and the ex
penses incident to the production of
this work.
A cordial invitation is extended
t o all to attend this service, wh -h
will be held at St. Paul's Chuivh
Tuesday evening < f next week. April
lath, at S p. in.
Plans Complete For Big
Mass Meeting On Fri
day Evening
EVERYBODY WELCOME
Results of Carrying Out of I'lan in
Other Cities to be -Made Public at
This Meeting.
The temporary commit!1" in charge
of arrangements for the mass meet
ing for Friday night regrets that
Mr. Ashburner, present city ma::a
j ger of Norfolk, will be unable to be
prrsent Friday night. The commit
tee, however, congratulates its ?!;'
f>n having filled Mr. Ashurm.'s
place on the program, by securrsg
Mr. 11 II. Rumble f?r that nvvni-itr
Mr. Rumble is a leading attorn *\
of Norfolk, and is especially <|ua' -
tied to discuss city government.
When the citi:'.enes r.f Norfolk be
came interested in establishing a
better system of administration for
Norfolk. Mr. Rumble was m:rU
chairman of a committee to vi-it
cities throughout the country i.nd
investigate various forms of g v
ernment. After a thorough inves
ligation of the various forms. Mr
Rumble's committer recommences!
, the council manager plan for Nor
folk.
On account <.-f' the various ex
perience anil data Mr. Humble h ul
secure*! on the subject, he was nr. !'
chairman of the charter commissi -n.
an-1 drew the present city manatrer
charter for that city.
The committee has secured as an
attractive feature. Professor Celfo,
leader of the orchestra at Pcrli's The
ater who will conduct a brass br.'id
of twenty pieces. Thus an evening
'?f both education and pleasure is as
sured.
NOTICE
Some cne. no doui;t through nr?
take, has taken a Grey Tube. 34x4,
from my office, belonging to Mr.
Knight. Please return it and oblige.
Z. D. MOORMAN'.t
IOLO IN BRIEF
.Air. Benedict Wheatley who has
been confined to his home by illness
for the past, week, is convalescent.
Rev. \V. ('. Hicks, provincial sec
retary cf the Synod of Washington,
?.viil preach at S o'clock tonight at
Sr. Paul's P. E. Church.
..The sixth of the series of I.enten
sen-ices will be held tonight at Ini
manuel Lutheran Church, corner Al
fred and Cameron streets.
Miss Martha Lee Allison left yes
terday for a weeks' visit to her
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Stanley, at Wytheville, Ya.
Representative Charles C. Carlin
will deliver an address before the
members of Seminole Tribe of Red
Men, No. ?'?;>. at S o'clock tomorrow
night at Odd Fellows Hall.
Mrs. Robert L. Lyons has received
word that her husband. Private Rob
ert L. Lyons, has arrived from over
seas and is now at C'amp Merritt,
New Jersey.
The festival of the Seven Tables
will be given from (> until 8 o'clock
tomorrow night in the Westminster
building of the Second Presbyterian
Church by the women of that
chu rch.
Miss Elizabeth Xewton Packard,
who has been visiting her mother,
Mrs. William Lewis Packard, and
her grandmother. Mrs. William
Fcwle Brooke, 701 Prince street, has
returned to St. Hilda's Hall, Charles
Town,. W. Ya., where she is a stu
dent.
SUNDAY PASTIMES
New York and Rhode Island Legisla
tures Legalize Baseball and Mov
ing Picture Shows.
Albany. X. Y., April ?By a vote
>f SI to 58 thy assembly passed Sena
tor Thompson's bill legalizing Sun
lav motion picture shows. The bill
?low goes t > the governor for his
signature. It a Is p:i the bill of
Senator Walke rpermitting Sunday
>aseball games. The l?il! now goes to
he governor for his approval.
Providence. R. I.. April !?.?The sen
ile passed the hill legalizing Sunday
baseball in Rhode Island. It now
iwaits (!ov. Beeckman'- signature.
The bill provides that amateur or
irofessional baseball may be played
between 12 noon and <? p. m. on Sun
lav. The vote was 2>> to 11.
JOKE NEARLY COSTS A LIFE.
Told lie Would he Court Martialed
Soldier Takes I'oison.
Philadelphia, April f>.?Told that
he would be court martialed and
-hot for failing to return his uni
form. John Dunn, IS years old, of
N'o. Jlo South Fourth street, Cam
len made an unsuccessful effort to
end his life .Monday. He was a
former member <?f Battery 1?. Field
\rtillery and. after a corporal had
railed at his home, inquiring about
the uniform, relatives jokingly re
marked he would be ?hot. He drank
the contents of a bottle of corn cure,
but his life was saved at Cooper
Hospital.
TRAIN DEMOLISHES Al'TO
Occupants of Machine .Are Inhurf
In Accident
Harrisonburg, Ya., April 9.?
Though the automobile in which
Ward Myers. Misses Florine Rhodes
and Lucille Turner were riding was
demolished Monday when struck by a
train on the Valley Pike the occu
pants escaped without a scratch.
Mr. Myers was driving, and he
failed to notice the train until it
was too late. The engine struck
the tonneu swung the machine
around and scattered parts on the
highway. The occupants were riding
on the front, seat.
NOTED AC'fOK DEAD
New York, April fi.?Sidney Drew,
well-known actor, died this morning
it his home here after a short illness
Physicians diagnosed his ailment as
uremic poisoning.
He was stricken :n Detroit, whero
he was appearing recently with his
wife in "Keep Her-Smiling."