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VOL. CXXXV?No. 125.
MM SOLDIERS
EXPECTED TONIGHT
Forty Old A. L. I., Boys
Scheduled For
Home
BIG OVATION PLANMED
Bells and Whistles Will Let Loose
Half an Hour Before Train Arrives
In This City.
About forty members of the old
Alexandria Light Infantry formerly
Company G, this city, -who have
served overseas, are expected to ar
rive here tcnight according to in
formation reeived this afternoon by
the Welcome Home Committee ap
pointed by the Chamber of Com
merce.
The Southern Railway Company
has been asked to help give the boys
a welcome on their return by letting
the whistles loose and the fire en
gine and city hall bells also will let
loose to greet the home coming he
roes.
It is proposed to have the wfhis!les
blown half an hour before the t'nie
set for the ai rival of the men in or
der that the citizens may know when
to expect them, and also be able t?
get to the1 railway station in time to.
see them detrain from the last lap
of their journey from overseas.
The beys will be given a big cva
ticn at the railway station, and it i?
expected that there will be hundreds
of mothers, fathers, sisters, w:ves
and sweethearts to welcome the
turning soldiers.
TRIAL OF HENRY STEVENS
Charged With Assault And Rofbbery
on the Night cf the 24th
Ultimo
The Corporation Court today was
engaged in the trial of Henry Sev
ens, colored, charged with assault
ing and rcbing a white man named
Drowns cn the night of April 24,
1919. Another man named Boy 1 is
chiarged with being an accomplice.
The prcsecution is being conducted
by Howard W. Smith. Cormr.on
wealth's Attorney, and Edmund
Burke is attorney for the defendant.
This is one of several cases of
highway robbery which has l :en
sent cn to the Corporation C urt
during the past few weeks. Dro-vns
had been working for Moses Stev: ns.
father of the accused, and it is al
leged that the latter had on the (Jay
preceding the night of the robber.*
paid Drowns a sum of money due
hom for services, and that Henry
Stevens was cognizant of the fact,
and that the accused and Boyd way
laid Drowns that night, and after
rebbing him attempted to stifle him
by filling his mouth with earth and
otherwise maltreating him.
The complainant identified his as
sailants. The accused endeavored to
establish an alibi while before the
Police Court. Stevens' father and
wife alleged that he was in the house
at the time the robbery took place.
The accused still insists he was in
the house that night and during
most of* the day.
FOR HIRE
New Buick 7 passenger toaring car.
Prompt service, Fletcher Motor Co.,
Phone 379. D. G. McWhorter, 122-Gp
IN MEMORIAM
In sad but icving remembrancr of
our dear mothei*. MRS. LAURA A.
ALLEN, wbc departed this life five
year sago, May 21, 1914.
Hciw we leng for you dear mother,
When our hearts is sad with pain.
And your wcrds of consolation,
Just to hear them once again.
By her daughters, Lillian and Tiilie.
125-lp.
MASONIC NOTICE
There will be a cr.Il communication
of Andrew-Jackson Lodge No. 120
A. F. ar.d A. M. at the Masonic Tom-'
pie, Tuesday morning, May 27. at 10
o'clock to attenr the funeral of Bro.
John Buckley, Alt Master Masons are
invited to attend. By order of ;he
Worshipful Master.
125-lc J- E. Alexander, Sccy.
"The Birth of a Nation", D. W.
Griffith's great 12 reel ( production,
Richmond, Monday, May 2G.
Thus Far $2,500 Collected
For Home Service
Fund
RESPONSE VERY SLOW
j Committee In Charge Will Probably
End Drive Wednesday?Total May
Reach $3,000
The Salvation Army drive here, it
is expected, will be continued over
for two or three more days. Up to
noon today approximately $2,500 had
been collected for the Home Service
Fund according to S. W. Pitts, local
chairman of the drive committee. The
response on the part of citizens has
not been as generous as expected and
there are many who have not given
anything thus far. In order to reach
such persons it is proposed to con-I
tinue the drive over.
So great is the Home service of the
Salvation Army that the cities of
Norfolk, Danville, Roanoke, each
give $500 a year from their City
Corps. The city of Petersburg gives
?360 and the city of Lynchburg SI.000
a year from its City Council to the
Salvation Army Work right there,
and no man dares question why this
is given. They do it 'because every dol
lar given to the Salvation Army saves
them from $5 to $10 in poor houses
and jails. Therefore, economically
and financially, the State is deriving
a great benefit. John D. Rockfoiler
and John Wanamaker have for years
been contributors to the Salvation
Army. Their Charity heads have in
vestigated it and their statement is
that 99 cents out of every dollar
given to the Salvation Army goes for
the uplift of humanity; only one per
cent for overhead charges. Now, if
our business men could reduce their
expenses to 10 per c*nt, or even 25
per cent, "overhead" they would all (
be millionaires. If a man in the Sal
vation Army should ask for an in
crease of salary he gets bounced. He
does not belong to the Salvation
Army. The maximum pay in your
largest cities is $8 to 510 a week;
Some get only $4. They get for a weak
what you and I would hardly look at
for a day. The common soldiers serve
without one cent compensation. They
hire,themselves out as domestics dur
ing the day. and at night, when you
and I are asleep, they do the work of
the slum and the gutter. Is it any
wonder that Dr. Stuart McGuire tells
of them as a most self sacrificing
army. He will do anything for them.
He has told the story.
Such was the Salvation Army ncti
vity over there. When a line was
planted they went right into the
front line trenches; they went intc
the dcugh'cuts and there brewed the
coffee and baked their doughnuts for |
the boys. The slogan we thought of
for Virginia was "Ask the Soldier."
If you mention Salvation Army you
don't have to talk very much before
the soldier will begin to tell you. One
of the boys told of the battle of the
Somme. When they went over the
top at the Somme. Salvation Army
Men and women insisted on following
them, and the Commander ordered
them back, saying "You cannot live in
this Hell", and one little girl answer
ed "If we cannot live with you, we can
die with you." And they went on.
After the skirmishing was over the
boys chipped in and gave their com
mander 1.G00 francs for the Salvation
Army Corps to buy some clothes with.
The Captain of the Salvation Army
said "We will take the money, but we
will use it to buy more flour to make
doughnuts for you boys." The Salva
tion Army people are not going to
tell their deeds but the soldiers, the
sailors, the aeronaughts are goin-^ to
tell it.
MASONIC NOTICE
There will be a call communication
of Andrew-Jackson Lodge No. 120
A. F. and A. M. at the Masonic Tem
ple, Wednesday evening May 2Sth,
730 o'clock to confer the F. C. de
gree. All master masons are invited
to attend, by order of the Warship
ful Master.
125-3c J. E. Alexander, Secy.
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE MONDAY, MAY 26, 1919.
Little Interest Apparent in
Tomorrow's Elec
tion
(TWO CANDIDATES
Expected That R. Walton Moore,
Democratic Nominee Will Prove
Easy Winner.
An election will be held tomorrow
for the purpose of selecting a candi
date for Congress to represent the
Eighth Congressional district to fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of Representative Charles C Car
lin. The polls will open at sunrise and
close at sunset. As heretofore stated
in the Gazette there are only about
1,200 qualified voters in the city and
the indications are that a light ?*oto
will be polled. There is little or no in
terest apparent in the election. Ef
forts, however, will be made by the
city democratic committee to get out
a good sized vote tomorrow.
The candidates are R. Walton
Moore, democratic nominee, an 1 F.
M. Brooks, republican nominee.
The city democratic committee has
completed plans for the special elec
tion.
The voting places and judges of
election in the four different w irds
will be as follows: First, rear of Elks
building, Charles Sherwood, D. E.
Rcbev, Frank Monroe and C. D. Hall.
Second, 110 North Ryoal street?
C. M. Schwab, L. Harrison Kell, M. E.
Greene, Fred Schneider, George A.
Harlow.
Third, Odd Fellows' Hall, George
W. Bontz, Sr., 0. H. Daniels, Joseph
Ewald.
Fourth, Friendship engine he use.
South Alfred street? C. M. Lemon.
Carlin E. Creighton, Charles Downey,
Charles C. Ross and Leonard Chc-ser.
VHTEVATPURS
BEING COMPLETED
Proposed to Have Eight
Squares on King Street
Illuminated
MEETING HELD FRIDAY
Representatives of Public Utilities
Discuss Pole and Wire Situation in
Connection With Plans.
The Committee on the White Way
for King stredt met the representa
tives of the different public utilities
companies at the Chamber of Com
merce Friday afternoon and discussed
the necessary changes and improve
ments which would be essential to
the installation or ;he white way
system.
* The C. and P. Telephone Company
was represented by G. H. Warren,
right of way superintendent ,of Bal
timore; the Western Union Tele
phone Company by P. E. Ramsey,
District Plant Superintnedent, of
Richmond, Va.; Washington-Virginia
Railway by C. A. S. Sinclair; Gene
ral engineer, and the Alexandria
County' Lighting Company by W. F.
Nicklin, general manager.
The puiblic through their repre
sentatives -expressed their wilkng
| ness to co-operate with the citizens
in this improvement and from ten.v.
tive plans formed yesterday after
noon the Wcot.'rn Union Tele-phone
Company will put ail their wires in
a cable end do away with the w'.res
carried on cross amis. The C. and
P. TciCphe.ne Company and the
Western Union Telephone Company
will occupy the North side of King
(Continued on Second Page)
MARRIED
PEARL B. TICER and RICHARD
L. FINKS, on August 21st, 1918, at
Baltimore, Md.. by Rev. Albert E.
i Smith. ": 1-25-lp.
CONFIRMATIONS
Episcopal Seminary And its Missions
Yesterday
Bishop Brown, cf the Episcopal
diccese of Virginia, preached and
held a confirmation at the chapel of
the Seminary near this city, at ,11
o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morn
ing. Thirty persons were confirmed.
Of this number therej were twchty
nine boys of the Episcopal High
School, the largest class presented
at one time for yearj?. They were j
presented by the "Rev. Paca Kennedy,
D. D., Chaplain of the High School.
In the afternoon Bishop Brown
visited St. Paul's Chapel, I.incolnia,
and confirmed four persons, and at
night visited- St. Paul's Chapel,
Bailey's Cross Roads, and confirmed
nine persons. Before the confirma
tion at St. Paul's, Iiincolnca, one
adult was baptised by the Rev. Dr. S.
A. Wallis, and at St. Paul's, Bailey's
Cross Roads, two adults and two
infants were baptised by him. The
adults were among thosei confiremd
by Bishop Brown. There were large
congregations at all the services.
The Bishops sermons at the three
services were fine ana listened to
with much ine'rest by the congrega
tions in attendance.
Bishop Brown will visit Sharon
Chapel tonight at eight o'clock and
c rfirm four persons.
vesimIst
BE COMMUNICANTS
Decision Reached by Epis- j
copal Council of
Virginia
WILL MEET IN VALLEY
Cables Wilson. on esolutions Sup
porting League of Nations and Ad*
vocating Peace of Jerusalem.
On Thursday morning the alter
nate lay delegates for the General '
Convention -of the- Protestant Epis
copal Church to be held in Detroit,
Mich., next fall were elected as fol
lows: Robt. Beverley, John B. Minor,
L. C. Williams, and Judge K.
M. Norton, of this city. The com- j
mittee cn canons next made its re
port, the first part recommending
that the annual council hereafter
meet' on the third Tuesday in May
instead of the third Wednesday, and
clcse or. Thursday in that week in- i
stead of Friday as at iu'esent. As
this is a constitutional change it can
not be acted upon until the next an
nual meeting of the council. A change
proposed in the canons which cancel
much discussion, was that hereafter
no person can be elected to serve on
parish vestries, unless he is a com
municant in good standing of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in this
diocese. Hereafter all that was re
quired was that a person be bap
tised, and sometimes in country dis
tricts a member of another church
who regularly attended the Episco
pal Church would be elected if the
number of Episcopalians attending
the church (were few in numbers.
After discussing this subject from
every point of view it was deckled
that all persons not communicants
now holding office as vestrymen,
could be re-electcd, but that any
elected hereafter are required to be
communicants. This was a fair ad
justment of the matter. The hour for
nefcess now arrived and the council
jtock a recess until three o'clock,
iwhen it resumed its business with
iBisbop Brown in the chair. A foice
iaddress was given by tho Rev. Dr.
iF. M.. Kirkus, of Trinity Church.
Wilmington, Del., on the support of
candidates for the ministry. After
this the counil passed two important
?resolutions, the first unanimously
supporting the league of nations
and the next advocating the Peace
cf Jerusalem, which had its recep
tion in ihis country at the suggest
?ticn of the Rev. Dr. E. L. Woodward,
?rcctor of Grace Church, The Plains,
Fauquier. Through his earnest sup
port, the Pcace of Jerusalem has
wen a strong following. It signifies
that the proclamation of the present
peace which will bo:shortly accom
(Continued on rpage-two) m.
"The Birth of a Nation", D. W.
Griffith's great 12 reel production
"Richmond, Monday, May 26.
Opinion Handed Down by
Judge Barley in Cor
poration Court
QUOTES LAW IN CASE
1
Monthly Tenant More Than a Year
Does not Become Yearly Tenant by I
Possession Says Court.
In the Corporation Court of the
city of Alexandria, Virginia in the
case of C?ckey vs. lancii, Judge L.
C. Barley "has handed down the fol
lowing opinion which is of interest to
both clients and landlords:
In as much as there seems to bo
considerable uncertainty in the m.nds
of the people, as to what constitutes
a yearly and what a monthly tenancy,
I think it best in the case I have lie
fore me to fco beyond the legitimate
scope of this case, ard quote the law
governing1 all other questions, which I
are apt to arise in our city at this
time.
41 Everv general letting, if the les
sor accepts yearly rent, or rent mea
sured by a-iy aliquot part of a year,
if net expressed to be an estate at
will, is an estate from year to year.
Hence, where a tenant for years holds
over, the lessor receives rent from
him. he becomes thereby a tenant
from year to (2nd Minors Inst.
3rd. Ed. p. 197>. Ar.d this is true
even though 'he rental is distinctly
a rent a", from month to month ir
quarter to quarter, for all renta'?
from month to month and quarter to
quarter arc included in and are "
part of estates from year to year.
"'Tenancies from year to year do
not, like estates at will, determine by
the death of either party, or cf both
and when such a tenancy has com
menced it continues against any as
signee of the reversion." (2nd Minor's
Inst. 3rd. Ed. p. 107).
"An estate, for years is one that
is created by a contract or by estop
pel. whereby the tenant is given the i
possession of lands or tenements nn:! !
enters upon the same for a period
uf time fixed or agreed upon by the
parties." (Minor <n Real Property.
Sec. 358).
"In consequence of the many hard
ship resulting from the uncertain
tenure of estate? at will, and the too
?ften arbitrary and sudden deter
mination of them by lessors, it be
came at an early day a rule of law
that, where rent was reserved an i
?>aid by the lessee, the lessor cotil 1
not terminate the tenancy without
giving due notice of his intention to
Jo SO. Tenancies at will, where no
rent was reserved, could be terminat
ed immediately upon notice. And it
was obviously equitable that, in th<
institution of such ft rule, notice t;>
the lessor should be required in case
the tenant should wfsh to determine
the estate, n this xvay, by a course
of judicial legislation, arose a class of !
estates which are for an uncertain
period, but which differ from the com
mon law estates at will, in that the.^
are tenancies for an uncertin num
ber of fixed periods of time, their
duration being regulated by the nian
-ner of paying the rent, i. p., by the
month, quarter or year, and which
continues to exist as long as the re-1
quired notice to quit is not given by |
either of the parties. These estates J
are called tenandies frbm year to j
year. The tertm "year" in the tenancy
frcm year to year ts here used as a
unit of time, and under the terir.
? tenancy from yenr to your <nc
I eluded tenancies from month to month j
: quarter to quarter, and the like. ;r. ;
j the same manner as an estate for j
! years includes an estate for cn? j
month." (Tiedcman on Real Prop
' erty, sec. 214).
It will be noticed that the duration ;
of these fixed periods of time of rent-'
al, whether by the month, quarter or j
year, may be inferred and regulated.!
"as stated by Mr. Tiedeman. by the
! manner of paying the rent. J. e-. by j
' the month, quarter or year, and the
! number of these fixed periods wheth- j
! =r one month, one quarter, on? year.
.whether many months, many quar
ters, many years, may be uncertain.]
(Continued on Page Three)
{
Officials of Virginia Ship
building Corporation
Complimented
SHIP SOON COMPLETE |
Ten Thousand Persons See Bis
Freighter Glide Into Potornuc lriui }
of Ciunston Hail Tomorrow.
Officials of the Virginia Shipbuild
ing Corporation were the recipients o;
numerous congratulations on the suc
cess of the launching of the Beisy
Bell Saturday afternoon. The laurell
ing was a big success in every parti
cular. The big 9.400 ton steel freight
er glided into the placid waters o:
the Potomac with all of the ease anc
grace cf a swan, there being absolu
tely no hitch whatsoever.
As the giant freighter left the way
of the shipyard galy bedecked in he:
set cf colors there was a loud, i.ur
ran from the 10,000 persons ass: :nb
led in the yards of the company. Th
siren whistle of that yards let I'.ost
and the band from Washington Car
nicks played patriotic a:rs.
The beat went out ns far as th:
channel bank and soon thereafter wa,
towed into the docks by the two z -'.t
:uffs. which stood ready for that . 1
pose. Today mechanics are busily en
rnged in the task of putting on :h'
finishing touches on the Betsy Be :?
When this work is completed it w>!
nark the second biff freighter to be
?urned out from this company's phnt
As heretofore statfid in the G.u n1.
:he boat was christened by Mrs. Liv
ingstone, wife of Colin II. Livinst :ne
president of the Virffinia Shipbi'ild
i:ur Corporation.
Mrs. Livingstone stood in th? chris
toning box and at a ff>.e?i t. ????
smashed a bottle of sparkling v.hu
(Continued on Second Page1
Rain Causes Confederate
Veterans to Abandon
Street Services
Y. P. BUILDING USE)
In Drenching Downpour of Rain Ye
erans .March to C hrist Chi.rc
Cemetery.
Confederate1 Memorial day c- -r
cises Saturday evening were he) , in
the Young People's Building ins. .ad
of at the Confederate Monumen at
Washington and Prince streets a?
originally planned owing to the 1 ir.
The orator of the occasion v:as
glOwing tribute to Gen. Robert E
Lee ar.d also lauded the valor of the
Lee and also lauded the voloi of ih
Confederate soldier. The sper!;er
was introduced by Commander ?' hr.
R. Zimmerman.
Despite weather conditions a ca
pacity crowd attended the exerc sc
ar.d the program^ planned to be h?''
at the monument was carried ou* ir
detail. Ir.cvcaticn was delivered b>
Rev. l)r. E. V. Rtgestur, pastor oi
the M. E. Church South. A c.or
under the direction of Miss B.'.\r:-hc
R< ichford sang a number of pat m
tic airs. . j
At the conclusions of the exert :;es
in the hall the veterans headed by ?
a squaa from Camp Humphr-v
went to Christ Church cemetery w
a heavy dc-.-n pour of rain and tin
military guard nied a salute v.-^cr.
with the s' undirg of taps brought
the exercises to a close. The music
v.rs furnished bv the American In
dian Guard Band.
The monument was prettily deco
rated for the- affair and regret was.
expressed on -all sides that ?.ne; ex
ercises at the monument had to be
abandoned owing to the ra:n. K v;
tver, as stated abeve a large crowd
attended the exercises at the hall.
PRICE ONE CENT.
Private George I). Pallant who for
the past nine months has been over
seas, has returned to his home in
this city.
Charles II. Simms, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Simms, has arived safely
from overseas and is now at Camp
Stuart, Newport News, Ya. lie ex
pects to he home shortly.
Miss Daisy Pearl Shur.iaker, 22
years old. daughter of .Air. and Mrs.
Andrew Shumaker, died Saturday
night at the residence of her par
ents, 325 North St. Asaph street.
The body was taken to Demaine's
Chapel and will be shipped to Tim
berviiie, Va., for burial.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary J. Miles,
sixty-three years old, wife of J. T.
?Miles, who died Friday afternoon,
took place at 1 o'clok yesterday af
ternoon from her late residence, 112
South West street. Sendees were
conducted by Rev. Dr. E. B. Jackson,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
and burial was in Bethel cemetery.
Mr. Wiiiam S. Roystcr in endeav
oring to save two little girls from
fallin.tr freni the ways at the
ir.vnehing at the plant of the Vir
ginia Shipbuilding Corporation Sat
*?! !.iy I'flernoon sustained a fall re
viling in his face and side being
b'-.fily bruised. He was "riven first
\i-I treatment at the company's
pita 1.
The body of an unidentified col
red man, about thirty years old,
was found floating in the river Sat
urday afternoon off Camp Humph
reys, Va. It was at first supposed
ii; was the body of a soldier, but
\'hen the miiitary authorities ascer
tained it was not. Justice F. W.
froth, of Fairfax county, was sum
(Continued on Second Page)
J. F. BUCKLEY DIES
"ictim of Acute Indigestion Dies
Suddenly.
John F. Buckley, fifty-two years
)ld, died suddenly shortly after 9
3'clock yesterday mornang morning
it his residence at the Virginia apart
ment. 41-:) Prince street of acute in
%
digestion.
Mr. Buckley was employed as con
iuctor on the Washington-Virginia
Railway he arrived on a train from
Washington shortly after !) o'clock
tnd complained of feeling ur.wel! and
isked to lie relieved. His request was
granted and he immediately went to
his home near the terminal and ex
pired ter. minutes afterward before
t physician could he summoned.
The deceased is survived by his
wife Mrs. Maude Buckley.
Mr. Buckley was a member of An
Irew Jackson Lodge of Masons,
James W. J tick son Council, Junior
order of United American Mechanics
ind Macabees.
The deceased for the past five
years had been employed as a con
luetor on the elctric railway and for
i number of years was engaged in the
retail grocery business.
His body was removed to Wheat
lev's mortuary chapel from whence
the funeral will take place at 11
o'clock tomorrow morning. Services
will be conducted by Rev. Dr. E. V.
Regester, pastor of the M. E. Church
South.
i
i - DIED
BUCKLEY?On Sunday, May 25,
1019., at his residence at the Vir
ginia apartment, 415 Prince street,
John F. Buckley, beloved husband
of Maude Buckley. Funeral Tues
day. May 27, at 11 a. m.. from
Wheatley's mortuary chapel. Rela
tives and friends invited to attend.
125-lc.
1 THE BELVOIK
Alexandria. Va.
Under management of G. B. Ashby,
formerly of the Raleigh and Powha
tan. Washington, D. C., will inaugu
rate supper dances 9 to 12 p. m., be
ginning Wednesday, May 28th. Tables.,
reserved, Phone 169.
"The Birth of a Nation", D. W.
Griffith's great 12 reel production.
Richmond, Monday, May 20.