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v v <' v v ? v v ?. K i- BEST EQUIPPED HOUSES OF ANY CITY THE SIZE OF ALEXANDRIA. ? LATEST AND BEST PICTURES. SHOWN *\ J I ? <?? 4 t ? ? ? Y t V ? f ? <&>? ? ?% T RICHMO MO T H E .A. TR E TODAY Norma Ta <ryp* fe> w in The New Moon A story of men and women, aristocrats and peasants, freedom and bondage, love and laughter, tears and hate. TOMORROW The Mary Pickford Company Presents ?s In Jean Webster's Celebrated Story and Play Daddy Long Legs The Funniest, Saddest, Sweetest Story in the World t - 4?+?0-4?0-?' ?ENJOY THE WONDERFUL MUSIC OF THE PIPE ORGAN INGOMAR ? T ] ' ATRE TODAY James K. Hackett and Effie Shannon in the wonderful production of Ashes of Love TOMORROW h ace i m L 1PL/ T-.fALu.vrr. -i The Man From ( /A:ar Funer The story of this picture is dramatic and every scene is filled with thrills EAST LYNNEwith VARIATIONS" V V ?? ??V^<>??<}' >v Y ?7 ?> Y ? f f Y 4* *f <%> Y Y y ? t ? t Y Y Y ?> Matmees f MONDAY, THURSDAY, Only Theatre in City Cooled?Ventilated by Typhoon System. W* f SATURDAY ? ij,es Pictur V Changed Daily | V TODAY No Matinee Doors Open Promptly at G p. m. Comedy Night Fun Fun Gale Henry in Fun The Slavey Big V Special JAMES AUBREY in MULES AND MORTGAGES Admission 17c TOMORROW Triangle Corporation Presents e ? in A bud blossoms to love through the mire of adversity 20-per cent Cooler Then The Streets - A A A A ^ 4 4 4 6. THEATRES * IXGOM.IR?''Ashes of Love." ? At the Tiv.rcnVar Theatre tonight "Ashes o? Love," the latest creation of Ivan AbeamsonV. interpreted by James K. llackett, Effie Shannon an i a'l!-star cast, will be the attract!' v.. RlCIIMONI)?X<rma Talniadge One of the mc?t thrilling and dra matic pciturcs ever seen upon the screen will be s'ncavn tcnift'ht ?.'? the Richmond/ Theatre, when Joseph M. Schu.k presents Norma Talniftdpc in her latest Select Picture, "The New Moon." "The XN(w Mccn,'' is a rvtcry of a Russian Pvincess w^o brcomc- a ncasant j^irl ant! the leader of a bin of women who refuse to. ob-?y the mpiest issued by the Revolutionists, ordering all women to register in or der to ba nationalized. She snv.itr g-les the Women cut of the province and finds happiness in the reun::>n with her fiance. FIGHT WITH BOLSHEVISTS Red:-. Suffer Severe Repulse At The Hands of Eslhonian Troops Revel, "June ? Official reports from Estneniar. headquarters state that there* is furious fijrhtinp: in the Gateehina sector and claims that Bol shevik attacks near Luira have bsen repulsed an ! that the Esthonians have advanced in the region of K reutzbiirjr. Tiiero is no mention of Petrojrrad in tin- report. TIRADE BY BERG Eli Ssvalist W'ho is Barred Frora IP use Says "Ruling ("lass" Throttles Freedom Washington. .Tune 5.?Victor Berb er of Milwaukee. convict :d of dis loyalty, but who is seeking: admis sion to the House of Representa tives as an elected member, issued a statement Tuesday on the bomb out rages which has caused general in dignation as well as surprise. Horner charged that the outbreaks j resulted from the throttling of "free .-.petch and a free press." Some members expressed the view that his statement was as revolutionary as the prcclamati n found in the efforts j of the terrorist who was kiih.-.l by j the bomb v.-hich wrecked Attorney Genera! Primer's he.use. and that it cculd rot fail to prejudice his cr.zo. '?The bomb outrages <{ tho an vrchists nro insane, cf course," said }>(.?.statement, who ic occupy ing an office in the House Office Jiuiding pending a hearing: before I Election Committee, "but this insanity is tho natural result and j the logical answer to the insane Ifpcceh by the ruling class. "Everybody who knews anything at | all knows that Socialism and anarch ism are direct orposites in theory, principle an 1 tactics. However, and hue democrats will aerce with them in the. dcanard for a free press and for free speech. "Just now the plutocrats believe ! they can quell all new ideas by | passinjr special legislation, by em blcying spies and by usfing all the force available. The capitalist? by tyrannical legislation and force may thus retard Soealism, hut they wifi surely get anatvhism. They invito a cataclysin such as the world has never so; r. before?a cataclysm in which their class will be simply wiped rut in the end. '?'This is a warning, not a threat, because Socialists do net want the chancre to come that way. We pre fer progress by evolution, and we w'ant Socialism not Anarchism or Coir.niur.irm: But force will r.ot pre vent progress in the ncd. "Rcmcmbor less than a year ago the KaSsev was on? of the most powerful men in the world. Less than three years ago the Czar was the autocrat cf 170,000,000 people. Where are they today? "It is true our capitalsts rulers may fcinv a League of Nations. It v.Tr'be tut an alliance cf plutocratic srovcrr.mor.ts against the c'-mmun i-'ts nations cf Europe. Such r League will be> r.o relief against ar maments. higlv taxes an<? wars. On IjlSAST'PDWll^ *?? OttM?CU iIHI Only results?the inviting appear ance, the fine even texture and delicious tastiness of foods leavened with it?can truly prove how much better Rumford is. t. J? 1*19 THE OLD RELIABLE YEAST POWDER the contrary, there will be more ar maniints th:in ever. Ar.d our coun try will lead in this respqect. ?'And since ideas cannot (>' ex cluded the bayonets and by prisons the Communists \\;iii eventually win ,ir..l the present civilization mav be l'rt cntiuly. The good in it will tro tiv-v.n with the bad. .And a terri ble retribution will be meted out to the capitalist class. SITUATION IX TOLEDO High Tension Since Labor Riots Tues day, When Two Persons Were Killed. Toledo. Ohio, June 5.?The situa tion is at a high tension today for i nvirg tli? labor riots of yesterday when two persons were killed and 2". ethers injured near the Willys-Over land plant. Eleven men were shot. With the plant a .train shut down at che request of city officials, Mayor Scareiber frankly admits that the situation is beyond control, despite the large number of returned sol ;i;jis ar.,1 citizens police who have l.et-n sworn in. Xo word has come f".j! i Columbus as to the sending of tro. ps here in liife witn the Mayor's appf-al to Governor Cox immediately folK-wing the rioting. Crowds again gathered at the plant this moinng but found a sign giving notice of the shutdown. A number of workers who sought to enter the plar.i were jeered by former em ployees, but there is no report of further violence. In the section of the city near the nlant and populated largely by former Ov^rhr ! workers feeling against t!i ? so! iiers is running high. Leaders of fhe latter today declared that they shot in*o the crowd last night only liftir : score of shots had been <li rooted nt them. The shots by the soldier;? v^ie declared to he in soif CANNOT ACCEPT Austrian Press Shows Bitterness in Comment on Allies' Terms of Pence Vienna, .June ??'*Unacceptable, bo cause impossible," is the verdict of I the Austrian government regard in ? j the portion of ?! c peace treaty sub Jmitted to the Austrian peace delega tion at St. Germain last Monday. The Cound! of Ministers, accord ? in.tr to the Nene 1V:,ner Abendblntt, has decided ".ins: 'mously not to aceopt the terms. Chancellor Rerner, head of the ministerial coanci! vvt/o is now at St. 1 CJi-rmain as f1* airman of the peac? ; delegation, is nnderstood to have voted by proxy. Austrian no ^papers were bitter in comment rega*\l:ng the peace terms. "The treaty .* wore? than our worst expectations." raid the Neuo Freie Presse. "It w'il 'ead to complete ruin. "They have torn the living flesh from stupsfied Austria," according to the Arneiter /: :tur.g. Th? None Wciner Journal declared: "It is unaccep'rb'V." NATION-WIDE STPJKE O-mpieJe Suspem-on cf Wire Activi ties i.? Imminent. Washington, June ?With Syl vester J. K'ner.ramp. international president of the Telegraphers' L'n icn in Washington to direct the fipht for the c.peratcrs, indications \\< re late last night that th'.' nation wide stiike of when:on would be called within forty-eight h' urs. r. II. McDowell, president r,f th:.' District local, said that complete suspension of wire activities hero was- imminent unless the Atlanta trouble Wi;s speedily settled. Beth the main Washington offices of the Wesi-'tn Union and Postal Tclcgiajh will be affoetcd. with al! tiie private wires of the press asso ciatiens and the immense amount of A _ fHO Ail V JLii FROM THE U. S. Department of Labor If you are not advertising, then advertise because it saves money for you and it reduces the price to the consumer. Advertising prevents profiteering. It insures honest profits and makes them permanent. The message of the U. S. Department of Labor to merchants and manufacturers and to all progres sive American business men is to advertise. Tell the public about your goods. The consumer has plenty of money. He is willing to spend it and we-want him to spend it on American-made pro ducts. The easiest, quickest, and most economical way in which this can be accomplished is by adver tising. Start your campaign right now. U. S. Department of Labor ? ROGER W. BABSON, Director General, Information and Education Service. W. R. WILSON, Secretary traffic filed by the government seri ously affected. From his headquarters at the Na tional Hotel, President Kcnencamp authorized a committee of twenty members to organized labor t" inter cept a party of strike breaker? brund from New Yoik to take tha place of strikers in Atlanta? and ui g; than tc turn back. Atlanta. June 5.?Striking1 in sup pott of telephone operators who quit, work to ccnrpel reinstatement of workers dismissed because of union affiiliation, 2<>0 men and women tele graphers employed by the Western Union walked out today, incidentally seeking adjustment of their own grievances. Telegraphers employed by the Pos tal Telegraph Company will not be callcd out. nor will the strike be ex tended to other cities at this time, declared Charles F. Mann, strike or gan ize;\ S. J. Koneneamp, international president of the Telegraphers' Union, approved rlio strike vote taken by the Atlanta telegraphers. 500,000 ON STRIKE IN PARIS Paris. .Tune ?There ar< at present 500,000 persons on strike in France, according to an estimate by the newspaper I.a Verite. Of these 200,000 are in the metal trades in the 'Paris region. Rheumatism ? completely washed out of the sys ;em by the celebrated Shivar Mineral A'ater. Positively guaranteed by aioney-back offer. Tastes fine; casts a trifle. 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Your work will receive Prompt and Careful Service May we call for that rug, carpet or drapery you want made new. Alexandria Laundry, Inc. BURKE & HERBERT, Bankers Established 1852 High Grade Investment Bonds 1st Mortgages on Real Estate Deposits Received Subject to Check 3 per cent, paid on Savings Deposits. Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent. Letters of Credit and Travelers Express Cheques. -??v.'- $'1