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For this section?Cloudy; and showers probably tonight' and tomorrow: slightly warmer to night. ESTABLISHED list ? Oldest Daily Newspaper la the United States and Best Advertise lug Medium in Northern Virginia, 1919; ' I PRICE, ONE CENT = ; i ? ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FRIDAY, MAY 16 SUBMIT REPORT ON CONVENTION Delegates From Chamber of Commerce Tell of Work at St. Louis PROBLEMS PRESENTED Local Chamber Was Represented by K. Stuart Royer and Wallace Lind sey?1,200 Delegates Attended. Gentlemen: Mir. Wallace Lindsey and myself, appointed as delegates by the presi dent to represent the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce at the Cen , vent ion of the Chamber of Commerce of the limited States;, in St. Louis, April 29-30 and May 1, 1919, beg: to report .as follows: At this convention there were in attendance about 1.200 representa tive business men, representing every sba-te in the Union. Virginia was rep resented by itwo delegates from Alex andria, two from Newport News, four from Richmond arid 'three from Roa noke. The City of Washington was represented by twenty-nine delegates. The convention was addressed by ?seme of the most representative busi ness men of the country and big na tional problems were the themes of most cf the addresses. Among the speakers were Honor able Carter Glass, Secretary of the Treasury, Honorable William C. Red field, Secretary of Commerce, Edw.irc N*. Hurley, Chairman U. S. Shipping Board, Homer L. Ferguson, President Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Walker D. Hines, Di rector General of Railroads, Ser.;.tov Albert B. Cumiman's, Samuel' i!ea. President of the Pennsylvania Rail road arid numerous other prominent men. Honorable William C. Redfiekl, Sec retary of Commerce, spoke on "Com merce." He suggested co-operatior. as the best middle ground between close combination and unrestrained compe tition 'in the conduction of private business in the United States. Sue:, co-operation, he stated, would recog nize the right of labor to organize, liusinesjs, 'he pointed out, has been s thoroughly reformed, that the appli cation of drastic anti-trust laws i no longer necessary, and it is recog nized that the, old truslt system ha had its day and that the bitter c Dr. tests of competitions are dangevoa? to the commoinrty. He spoke of commerce and industry recognizing threefold obligations, ie to the public (including the Govern ment), to labor, and to the owner.:- o? business. The record of industrial ef fort in the war reveals that many at industry worked for the country with out profit and some were actually wrecked by reason of their serv::e. Many of the large and more pro gressive industries are already in the process of working out admitted ob ligations of itisiness toward la';or He said the leaders of modem busi ness thought have gone beyond legal standards and are dealing with lr.bor on a hitman basis, admitting it to be r living force that can be lead to gi^ai productiveness but which is inercas ingly dangerous to drive and whose efficicncy depends on many fact rs. of which but one, and no one always controlling, is the rate of wages paid through these very respects business has come, or is coming, to a new and large obligation to itself; to a con ception of this dignity as a produc tive point in the land, and through that, to a more wholesome, broadei and finer ethical atmosphere. It is a part of this spirit of co operation that industry should give to Labor that which it expects labor to give to it. A corporation is noth ing but a union of capital and sh-cuM not object to dealing with a union o' labor. What is right for one is rigib' for the other, collective bargaining is' here to stay. It has long feasted and been welcomed on the side of the cor poration and co-operation will admit its right to be on the side of the em ployees. Honorable Edward N. Hurley, chair Irian of the U. S. Shipping Board, spoke upon the "Merchant Marine." He dealt mainly with the two mcst common fears concerning the future of the American Merchant Marines', namely: whether American shipbuild ers can compete in building costs with f??reign ship yards and whether Amer ican ships can be operated as cheap ly as foreign ships. He stated his con viction that there is no reason for anxiety on either point, he then gave reasons substantiating his beilief> The cost of operating an American ship when compared with a similar ihip under a foreign flag, does not make it impossible for us to com pete successfully w5th the ship.- of other nations. The matter of provcrnment opera tion of railroads was discussed by Federal Director, Walker D. Hines, Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, and President Samuel Rea, of the Per.rrvlvania Railroad. Differing bui. slightly in the methods they proposed for government regulation. The bur den of the address of each speaker was that the best interests of the country demanded the prompt return of the properties, the inference being that government operation had proved a failure. The concensus of opinion as evi denced in the remarks of the spc-ai: frs was that the chief objection to private ownership was the disparity ?j('tween the larjre roads over the smaller, but competing lines, which must be met with a merger that v ould r-.coi].rr;*ce .'.'1 the railroads systems cf the country into a score of large sygtelms that will assure equal advantages and preclude thr pre-war condition's, when many of the piopertics were 'running big di vidends. while other less favored but ':o:r.ipet:ng lines were on the verg? o; bankruptcy. Of particular interests to Alexan dria was a discussion of the housimr oroblem, in which Secretaries frcr.i ali :ver the United States told how '.hey had rnei the problem and were solving it. MeP from all over the cjtmtn told of >aving organized companies originating in their Chambers of Com rr.erce and developed as stock com panies, who built anywhere from ter two-hundred and fifty houses last .car and \w.re repeating their b ;iid ?rg "program this year. While none of these projects were planned for great financial gains, tney had proved wit'iout exception to ie gocd investments, and all promised a fair return on the investment. None f the cities, as far as we were able to jud-jre, ha<l a more urgent need t<' T'eet when they went into this p: ?po sition than Alexandria has to meet it the present time, nor did they have ?is premising a future as Alexandria lias. We feci sure that if you gentlemen !:ud heard the experiences of t\ese r.it-n as expressed at this meeting '.o'.hirg would deter you from gjttm.j: actually behind such a movement in \lexandria and to make permanent Alexandria's future by makin<v it n -?.-immunity cf home builders and hm'c ?-wiers. Proper housing and home iuy.ng would solve many of Alexan dria's problem- ar.d would do -i.ueh toward making our citizenship satis lied and permanent and we hope you gentlemen will determine to get be hind t.'i.s movement, which has been laggkig rr to the present time, and <clve the p'-oblem in a lo.cric.il and :n I'diigent manner. We feel that there is no thought that we can brine: to you from St. Louis that is of any more importance at the present time than this matter of home building which means fhe proper and logical growth of our ''ity along the bvst and most perma nent lines. WILL ASSIST Red Cress Heme Service Finds Al lottees Fcr Bureau of War Risk Insurance The Bureau of War Risk Insur ance has asked the Red Cross to as sist in locating 37.226 persons to whom allotment checks have been sent and which were returned to the Bureau because cf incorrect ad dress, removal from old address, or similar reasons. Up to May 1st, 0.204 were found through the efforts cf Home Service workers. The local Red Cross Home Sendee Section has a list of all checks mis directed to addresses in the county of Alexandria. All persons who have not received their allotment checks ar.d who believe they may be am one: those missent, are advised to call at or write to the Home Service office, which is located at Chamber of Commerce, and which will assist ?hcm in securing their money. Mrs. Susan P. A. Calvert Dies at Home in Alex andria County FUNERAL SUN DAY| ?Was Great Grand Daughter of Charles Alexander After Whom This City and Alexandria County were Named Mrs Susan Pearson Alexander Calvert, 64 years old, member of one of the oldest families in Vir ginia, a great grand daughter of Charles Alexander after whom the city and county ef Alexandria t?ok its name, died at o'clock last night at her residence, at Mt. Au burn, near Four-mile Run, Alexan dria county. The deceased was a daughter of the late Thomas Swann and K= !en Chapman and was born at Mt. Au burn. She had been ill a lone tine. Mrs. Calvert is survived by "> daughter, Mrs. Helen Calvert. She was a prominent i. Mount Vomon Chapter, D . of the American Revolution a was actively identified with th rious societies in Christ P. X ' Church. The funeral of Mrs. Calvert wiL , take place at 4 o'clock Sunday af ternoon from Christ P. E. Chv.-ch and wiH be conducted by Dr. W. J. Morton, rector. The burial, v.vich will be private, will be at Pohic'-' John Alexander, the first ir. thic. country, settled in the northern r?ck of Virginia (Stafford county), a'out the year 1G I0. II? died ;n 3 091 i sav - ing in his iwill the Howsen pr,"n+ to his two sens, Robert ami Philip. Their heirs, Robert anil Chaile^. ob tained a tract of land extending f 'om Four-mile run, the Potomac to F ur mile run, including Arlington, w'lich was sold to Johr. Park Custis in 1745. Many of the original lots in '.his city are still held by the Alexander decendr nts. WILL SITPORT TREATY Washington. May U>.?Seritor Martin, of Virginia, the Democi .'.tic leader, announced on his return t? i Washington yesterday he would .,ep port the peace treaty and the le >iue cf nations covenant in the Ser.ate. i He said he did not expect the tr.-aty to be submitted by President Wiison until 4-ate in June. Senator Martin told Republican Leader Lodge, that he could see no reason why the Republicans, wit'i a majority of two, should not be able to organize the Senate when it meets in extra session next Mon lay. Senator Lodge called to see Sen:.tor Martin to discuss organization and procedure when the Senate convenes. Senator Martin said the corfer e*nce of Democratic Senators to be held Saturday would select candi dates for Senate offices to opyose those named yesterday bv the lie publican conference and wuld choose party officers. No cont.-sts are expected, and Senator Marti i is slateel for re-election as leader. Democratic committee members. Senator Martin said, woukl be chosen by a committee on commit tees after the Republicans agree upon their committee assignments, i gggteeschoscn mbC pub-enceo ro Senator Lodge announced he would not name now the Republican com mittee on committees and steering committee. IN MEMORIAM GRIFFITH?In loving memory of our dear son. and brother. Clarence H. Griffith, who entered into r?st one year ajro today, May lfi, 1D1S We often sit and think of you, When we are all alone. For memory is the only thing That grief can call its own. By his devoted parents. EUCHRE AND ENTERTAINMENT Mrs. C. Baader, 219 King street. Friday, May lfi. Tickets. 50 cents. Benefit charity. Handsome prizes iI5-3t. A Gazette Classified Ad Wrill Bring You Results. DIES FROM INJURIES Walter Bailey, of Xokesville, Yr Struck by Train Succumbs at Hospital Walter Baiby. twenty-six years old. died yesterday afternoon at the Alexandria Hospital as a resuit cf injuries sustained by.-being struct by a Southern Railway train neair Nokesvilie, Va.. May "? Bailey "was employed bj rne SoikI - em Railway Company and at th; time cf the accident was at wore He was injured about the head an 1 also received internal injuries. Bailey was brought to the Hcapita! here immediately following the ac cident. ! The deceased is survived by hit wife and two children. His body was shipped yesterdav by Undertaker Wheatley to Nokesf ville for burial CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Reports Submitted by Committees And Other Business Acted on The regular monthly meeting ol the Board cf Directors of the Alex andria Chamber of Commerce was held last night. Applications for membership were received from \V. Clement? Jester! \V. H. Lyles, of the Alexandria Con-j structicn Company, find Messrs j Carver and Callahan, and they were unanimously elected to ? membership The committee representing this C .imbcr in the joint committee iV-m the Chamber of Commerce and of Trade of "Washington an<: ? : ? \ 'crranrlria Chamber of Com i. crtcd work of the; Join' toward improving hoal .. Potomac river laml in.. ''pt-i cf the channel of the 1 the improvement? cf the i'bv. -'f Alexandria anr' Washing n. 'v:1 $ ? building of in dustrics o i - ? ' ' f the Potoma< between W. i l*. .1 " Alexandria The commi t ? - ' ? industria; survey of the c?' ulria. re ported progress ^lm is a work of firei* .^r ' Vl1 take much time i:r ? "es' sary data, etc., to com The committee on pi / r.ual reports, that the re' just been received from th and would be distributed membership within the next days. A most interesting report made by the delegates sent fror. organization to the recent me of the Chamber of Commerce o ?>. United States at St. I.ouis, whic port in part will be found in an- ' column cf this paper. A report was made by the it !? gates appointed to attend a r< conference with the State Corpora ticn Commission. A communication from the R Merchants' Bureau, regarding streets at Rosemont and other p< * in the newly annexed terri with a recommendation that directors of the Chamoer (if < merce take up with tno street mittee of the City council the m of taking over and caring for streets of the annexed territo? ? was generally discussed and ado; and the business manager was quested to take this matter up the city engineer and street com' tee. Referendum No. 27 from the L ber of Commerce of the U State*: of America on the Topor the committee tfn Industrial tiens regarding principles of n trial relations, was discussed was referred to our business, n per and the chairman of our L u lative Committee for c'-nsider and action. STRAWBERRY CROP Quaucock, Ya.. May lfi. St berries have proved a bonanzs the farmers of the Ea>?etn >. this season. The buyers are 1, refused $5 a crate for the crei the field. In Prospect Meek far have contracted for SO a crate their extra crops. A few days - the Baltimore steamer took crates from Ginney's wharf for v- ? the shippers had received ?12. | picspcct for a large crop is e . | lent. DIED BRAGG?On Thursday, May 15, at n?on at the Martha Washii Hospital, Charlottesville. Ya Hunter Bragg, of 107 North rick street, in the 30th year c age. Funeral services at 2 F Saturday. May 17, at Charh ville. Alexandria Boys to be Given Big Ovation In Honor of Their Return ARE ENROUTE HOME Kvery Organization in City Will be .Asked to Take Part in Celebration to be Given. The President of the Chamber of Commerce was directed by the Board of Directors at the meeting last ?light to invite representatives from til of the patriotic and civic organiza .ions of this city to nu-et and make arrangements for a suitable recep tion to be tendered the Alexandria nen returning home from the battle ieIds of France. The Alexandria Light Infantry, a >art of the Twenty-Ninth Division, s now on the high seas, and the Eightieth Division, having in it the J rafted men, is following closely be lind. Many Alexandrians who huv: ior.e service in the Army and Navy .re now at home and the reception r> ie planned will be for all. The history of the war work dune ?y the organizations of this city in he interest of soldiers from distant tates encamped at Humphreys an ! ?ther near-by points has won the ap >roval and interest of everyone, am! ew that our own boys are return: 1 is expected that the meeting to he leld will be attended by every rep ?eserttative appointed and that the cap interest in our victorious contin ent of the great army will resuii io:t inertly in a passing celebration, ut will result in some permanent i em c rial suited to i-ommemorate tlv. cts of valor, where frequently it be :ime necessary to pay the sup rem -?st. ?nrc!l Pierce, president of the :: iter of Commerce, announces to it the call for the propose' ? - would be issued at once an 1 - will go to every organization he city of Alexandria. ENDORSES DRIVE Flaherty. Supreme Knight of v. of C.. For Salvation Army Driv e ? mes A. Flaherty, Supreme Knight lie Knights of Columbus, has ? n his indorsement to the $13,000, Ilcme Service Fund campaign h the Salvation Army will con ?_ in the week cf May 19-26. Mr. erty, from the headquarters o? Knights of Columbus in New ? en. Conn., wrote to Colonel Rich E. Holz at the Salvation Army lquarters in Philadelphia as fol .. x*. ! i' ir Colonel:? " -Iy attention has been called to ' . campaign you are to launch dur the week of May 10th to the 26th ? raise a fund in the United States > 1.?.,000.000 for the permanent k of your Organization in this ltry. " n view of the great work done he Salvation Army here and over for cur boys during the war, 1 :?> suie the American people will n:>l to respond most generously t : worthy appeal. sincarcly hope the campaign will . success and I beg to assure yet: ny desire to promote it in any in my power. "Sincerely yours, JAMES A. FLAHERTY." *89.701 TOTAL CASI ALTIES ? Department Gives Out Compara e Losses of Pershing's Divisions asUaities in the A. E. F. to data .? 1 289,701, the War Department ar. nced yesterday. Of these 34,1 lo * killed in action; 14.221 died of ?.nds; 23,27(5 died of disease, 4,602 of other causes, 4,744 were taken oners, 3,937 missing in action..and 743 were wounded. eaviest losses were sustained by Second Regular Array Division, l 25,076 killed and wounded,, an.1 lightest by the Eighty-eighth Na :ial' Army Division), with ninety v jalties. RETAIL MERCHANTS' Bl'REAljl White Way?Ferry Express Service Among: Matters, Discussed j A meeting of the Retail Merchant^' Bureau of the Alexandria Chambcjt of Commerce was held Wednesdak night and reports were made re garding* the proposed White Way oj: King street. This matter is belnc actively pursued by the Committal and satisfactory progress is bein.f made in the bringing of thy varij cus interests together . A report was made of the pre) liminary st< ns taken regarding thj proposed ferry line between Alexi ar.dria urd Maryland. The committee appointed to in vestigate delay in tlu* receiving o frcighc in the city, submitted written report showing that th? matter had been satisfactorily ad justed. The committee on express servlc reported that the express servie was now in gcod .-nape and tha the service rendered appeared to h j I sati.'faclory to all concerned. F?r the credit bureau a report \va-' made staling that new forms wer* being distributed to the entire mem bersiiip in order that the credit re ports would be rene-vcd as they wer rendered very necessary at this tim j[| or. account of the large increas and the manv changes in our pop I tilatien. ! Under the head of new busim'sij the question of a law against fa Is j advertising of sales was generall; i discussed. Various ether intcrstinsr matt t- 1 were discussed, among others th> hour?. for and the handling of th< I clerical f"rce of stores. : V.'IRZ tomb desecrated ] Party IYeni Aviatien Field Paint? Monument in German Colors Maccn, Cia., May !<>.-? Investiga tion is being made at Southern Fi ?!(' near Amerieus, Ga.. of charges Ihn a party 1 f aviation cadets went t; ArdersonviHe, Ga.. where l-VKV Federal soldiers of the civil war ar f bniied, and painted the monumon 1 < f Major Henrv E. Wirx, (V.nf. le rate officer, in the German co! >rr' red. black and yellow. Sumter county officials said to?!a: tluy had information that one ? eer, enc civilian employe and < n man net connected with the aviat:or camp were the leaders of the v::nc ditlcn and that arrests projba'd; would be made within a few days. Major Wirz. a native of Swit r land was in charge of the Anders n ville prison durinir the Civil War : n after pcace was declared he was . x ceuted in Washington for cruelty t prisoners of the Union Army. Th mcnument to his memory was erect od several years ago by the l'n!te: Daughters of the Confederacy.! AUTO OWNER LOSES Washington Hotel Man Can't ("c! Hack Car Used Illegally Richmond. Ya.. May !(>.?Wher the personal agent of the owner c an automobile makes off with *h car. and engages in illegal liq *o traffic it is the owner's misfortun? i the car is confiscated, decided Ju!? Richardson yesterday in the ease o Crustav Buchholz. proprietor of th< Occidental Hotel. Washington. wh brought act:' n to recover his ?2VOl car, which was confiscated h re when James Chisholm, his chauff ur was arrested, and later sent t< prison for transporting1 whisky Buchhoilz said he directed hi: chauff cur to take the car to a ga rage in Washington for repairs, r-m that the man. without his knowledge loaded i* with whisky and drove i ?down to Riehomnd Judge. Rleh ardsen said the situation wo#H b< different if a thief unknown to :h< owner were to use a car for such r pu>T-c.-e. T'.ien the own- r. woul<" be entitled to recover. In another case in which a peti ticner holding a vender's license bought t;> rccover a confiscated ma chine it was held that the State Per had priority In such cireumstan *es the machine could net be recovered FOUR DIE IN FIRE Hugerstcwn, Md., May Jfi.?Derny j Dcyer ar.d three children, aged 12. ! 10 end S. were burned to death early yesterday morning in C'ham bcrs-burg, Pa. Dryer, who was employed by the1 Chamlbersburg Engineering Com-' pany. knocked over a lantern used to j heat the bedroom on the second I fleer In which he and the children j were sleeping. NEWS OF GUY TOLD IN BRIEF Central Loilge of Odd Follows of Washington tcniprht will confer the second degree on a class cf candi dates for Potomac Lodge. The Alexandria National Bank juildmg is getting a new dress cf :>air.t both on the exterior and in terior. There will be a called meetinsr of he Columbia Steam Fire Engine .'ojtiparty tonight at 8 o'clock. All nembers are requested to be present. The Rev. 0. C. Barnes, pastor of he Christian Church, officiated at the narriage at Rickville, M'd., Tuesday ifternoon of Miss Bettie Kerns and /layton Duty, both of Alexandria. Marriage licenses were issued in Vashinjrton yesterday to James Wil der Meade and Cecelia A. Ballenger, >oth of Alexandria and to Charles H. .Veils of Alexandria and Katherine ?J. Hall of Knowlesville, N. Y. Mr. David Crockett and wife de arted today for an automobile trip > Atlantic City and New York and fher places. During their absence rom the city their stt?re will be closed sntil their return about September "20. Charles G. Keegan, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Keegan, 20<) South Alfred treet. and J. Paul Barrett, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Robert S. Barrett have pass A the entrance examination to the Vnnapolis Naval Academy and they ?xpect to enter that institution next nonth. A large portion of the smokestack t the Alexandria County Lighting 'onrpany's plant at the foot of Volfe street fell yesterday. It rashed through the roof and barely nissed striking and demolishing the ?oilers. A colored employee was lightly injured by the accident. W. Hunter Bragg, thirty years old, 'ho lived at 107 North Patrick street, lis city, died shortly after noon yes erelay at the Martha Washington fospital. Charlottesville. Va., a-s a re ult cf injuries sustained in an ac ident Wednesday morning .His fun ral will take place at 2 o'clock to jorrow afternoon in Charlottesville. AMP KENT, ,FOR BOYS WILL OPEN JUNE 15/ Camp Kent, the State Y. M. C. A. 'amp for Virginia Boys, is to open bout the middle of June according to n announcement just made at the eadquarters of the State Executive 'ommittee in Richmond. For several ears boys from all parts of the State iave been spending two weeks or tore of the Summer vacation; swim ning, mountain climbing, .hiking, eat ?lg. sleeping and living in the open lit* at Camp Kent. The Camp is located in Rockbridge ,'oimty seven miles from the world .imous Natural Bridge of Virginia, 'he boys sleep in wooden huts. They ;ave their meals in an open pavilion. They swim in a pond made by dam ng Opossum Creek with a concrete lam two hundred feet lonir. Under he diving statre there is twelve feet )f water and the whole pool covers ibout an acre. The Camp is owned and operated >y the State Executive Committee of he Y. M. C. A. and boys over twelve years of age are eligible. Inquiries concerning tho Camp .nay be addressed to 902 Chamber Commerce Building, Richmond Va. EASY ON SLAYERS Berlin. May l?i.?Three cf the per sons charged with the murder of Dr. Karl Liebknecht and Re-a Luxem burg durinjr Spartacan disorders last winter were convicted by the court martial. The Hussar named Range was sentenced to two years in prison and four years' deprivation of civil rights. Lieut. Kurt Vosrel was sent enced to two years in pris? n and four months under arrest, with dis missal from the service. Lieutenant Rittmann was sentenced to si;: weeks under arrest. The other persons accused were ac quitted. i