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ESTABLISHED 1784. Oldest Daily Newspaper in the United States and Be3t Advertis ing Medium in Northern Virginia. VOL. CXXXV?No. 171. ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE SATURD i For this section?Unsettled and ; shovels probably tonight and to- i I marrow. No change in tempera-1; |j ture. AY, JULY 19, 1919. PRICE ONE CENT. Attack Now Centers on En forcement' Measure For Law STEAM ROLLER USED Discussion Now Centers on Provisions For Enforcing Constitutional Prohi bition Effective Next January. Although the agricultural appropria tion bHl and right of way, House leaders expected late yesterday to re sume debate on the prohibition en forcement legislation. A,t the se&ilon Thursday, lasting, lfite into the night, that portion of the measure relating to war-time prohi bition was completed, and the debate now centers on the sedtion of the bill carrying provisions for enforcing . Constitutional prohibition, whcch be comes affeotiive next January. AJl'l amendments i'ratended to elimi nate the more d'rastic previsions of the geneiial enforcement measure were Voted down! yesterday by over wheflmling majorities, ami so strongly in contito'l were the "drys'' that de bate was ?hult off despite tfho violent, protests of the minority. Discussion continued to be bitter, and the cham ber was in confusion when adjourn ment was taiken at 10 o'clock. At that ti!me it had before it a series of amendments offered by Chairman Volstead relating to flavoring ex tracts. Members were not familiar wiith this phase of the controversy, and it was agreed to have the pro posed amendments printed in the rec ord for their enlightenment. BANK CLOSES DOORS Small Depositors Wait in "Rain After Failure Philadelphia, Juffiy 19.?Under pre mptory ordeils from John S. Fi.-her, State Commissioner of Banting:, the North P.ertn Baink, a staite institution at Twerity-nin'th and Dauphin streets closed Sts ctoors yesterday. It is said that! several million, including $312,000 of $tate funds, are involved in the faihire.; Later in the day James W.. MeBurrrey, treasurer of the Hadding ton; Trust Company, was appointed receiver, but!' .it- i-s . s/aid- that, the in sftritu'tion wilU not open its doors again. Besides hlavinig the State as one of its principal depositors, the bank caitered to thousand's of' person? in moderate circumstances. Many of these hrad afll thfeir swvinigs on deposit witfh the institution. . In the drenching downpour of rain yesterdlay hundreds of luckless deposit or? stood; in front of the closed doors of the bank in the faint hope that something mfghtt turn up and \hat they would be reimbursed at once. POLICE ORGANIZE UNION District of Columbia Officers Will Work for Better Salaries and Working Conditions In an organized effort to obtain better ,salaries and more favorable working conditions, 100 members of the District police department last night formed City Policemen's Un ion, No. 16718, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. It is the first organization of its kind in Washington. Policeman J. E, Toone issued the call for the meet ing, which was held in .Gayety The ater. NOTICE In connection with the completion of the Filtration PJant of this Com pany, and the extension of the 20 inch effluent main from the Filters into the Reservoirs, it is necessary to draw down the water level in the Reservoirs about six feet which will reduce the pressure over the city about 2.5 lbs. This work.is in progress this week. Until it is completed and the high water again restored in the reser voirs. consumers on the higher levels of the system may experience some temporary inconveriience, which we regret, but which is unavoidable. Wc will restore original conditions at the earnest possible moment. Alexandria Water Company. 166-6c. ALEX. COUNTY READ ESTATE NOTES J. C. ElUs has been appointed notary public for Alexandria coun ty with an office on Peyton Avenue, Del Ray, Va. Frank J. Benson has sold a r.ew . bungalow on Carroll Ave., Del Ray to Herman Rayerirtann, of Washing,!on, D. C. Mr. Rayerrnann, who is con nected with the War Department, in tends to make this has home as ?oon as the building is completed. Sol Colhen is building an addition to his store on Mit. Vernon Ave., Del Ray. S. B. StarneQl, of Alexandria, has purchased six lots on Lloyd Avenue, Del Ray, on Whiich he will start im mediately to build htomes. Three of these lots belonged to A. II. Meek and three lo George 0. Preston. TWO INJURED TODAY Car on Falls Church Line Crashes Into Steam Train A north bound Falls Church clec tric car collided with a steam train of ?ho Pennsylvania Railroad at Alex andria Island about 8 o'clock this morning. The conductor of the t*'ec tiisc train received painful injuries, and a woman who was a passenger was also hunt. A spur track of the Pennsylvania Railroad crosses that of the electric road at this point. The. cause of the accident could not be learned'. "RED" LITER ATI* RE Advocates the Destruction of the American Government and Seiz ure of Power by I. W. W.s New York, July 19.?Open advocacy of "the Red terror," the destruction of the American Government and the forcible seizure of power by the work era were contained in magazines printed in Russian and Finnish by the I. W W. which were offered in testi mony at today's session ocf the joint Legislative ccmimittee which is in vestigating radical and seditious smtivfties in this State. Some of t-hc magazines were published in New York, Extracts from tihe magazines which were ready by translators in cluded such sentences as: "Tihe boitngeoiisie can be paralysed only by the Red Terror.'' "Burn the code of law; take all the riches; death tio the bourgeoisie." "One of the most effective weap ons in saibotage; let us attack with the ferocity of tigers." Amlomg .a number of letters wWoh were read inlto -the testimony.- ucK dressed t?? the I. W. W. headquarters.' was one&rom a wtornan' teacher in a private", sciho*)! asking fcr . literature suitable fctf boys of high school ape. The letter was dated Sfclina, Kan., The writer reccmonended that noth ing be sent "so venomous as to an tagonize at the outeet." The commtittee held an executive session this afterr/oon and adjourned to icconvene here next Thursday. GOVERNMENT LOSES VOTE High Cost of Living Blamed on Pol icy of CWmenceau Cabinet Paris. July 19.?In a vote in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday evening, following interpellations on. the high cost of living, the Govern ment was in the minority by four teen votes. The issue arose over the order of the day. The Government accepted that of Deputy Renard, which im plied confidence in the Government but the chamber adopted by a vote of 227 to 213 a resolution presented by M. Augagneur. former Minister of sparine, which the Government had rejected. The order of the day of M. Ausr agneur, adopted by the chamber, w?s on the high cost of living. DIED DEMAINE?On Thursday. July 17, 1919, at her residence 819 King St. ANNA REBECCA, wife of William H. Demalne. and daughter of the late Caleb C. and Amanda "Wheeler Richards. Funeral from her late - residence on Monday, July 21st. 1919, as 2 o'clock p. m. Interment private. 170-2c. WARD?On Friday. July IS, 1910. JVIRS. LILLIAN J. WARD, beloved d-a-ughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ward, of Lincolnia, Fairfax county. Funeral Sunday July 20, at 2 p. m., from the residence of parents. Re latives and friends invited to at tend. 171-lc WILSON STILL IS INSISTENT Wants Peace Treaty and League of Nations Ratified PURPOSES OF LEAGUE Senator Capper Says President is in Possession of Pertinent Facts in Connection With Shantung Case. President Wilson still is insistent that the peace treaty and League of Nation's covenant be ratified without reservations, Senator Capper (Rep ublican), Kansas, said yesterday af ter a conference wiith the Presfider.t at the White House. Senator Capper said the President took the position that adoption of reservations by the Senate was cer tain to he m/isirtterprelted abroad and [ would set a precedent which might be i fallowed by other nations. The President pointed out, Senator Capper said, that if all nations adopt ed their own reservations and placed their own interpretations on the cove nant the real meaning and purpo e of the League might be vitiated. The Senator said the President did nol present arguments, but simply s\iterl facts, leaving him to draw his own conclusions. .Senator Capper said the Shantung settlement was discussed at length and t'hat the President appeared to be in possession of many pertinent and impoi'taat facts. The Senator defin ed. however, to say what these were. Senator McN-ary of Oregon. ..iter conferring with the President, ?aid Mr. Wilson had presented facts, which materially modified first imp re.- ion? e.f the Shantung settlement. Regard ing the League of Nations the Ore gon Senaltor said he found himself srufastarrtiaHy in accord with the President. DEATHS AM) FUNERALS The funeral of Mrs. William; II. Deniable, who died Thursday nlj^ht, will take place at 2 o'clock Men.lay afternoon from her late residence, 81,9 King,street. Services will" be conducted by Rev. Dr. ?. V.> Regesteiv pastor of the M. E./ Church, South, this city, and Rev. Dr. j. W. Duffey, of Rockville, MAI. Interment, which will be pri-. :vate. will be made' in 'Ivy Hill" cem etery. DAYLIGHT SAYING WINS House Rejects, 203 to 171. Rider to Agricultural Bill Renewed attempts of House Re publican leaders to repeal daylight saving through a rider to the 1920 agricultural appropriation bill ver? defeated in the House yestev lay, when Republican opponents of re peal joined with the Democrat; in voting to eliminate the repeal pro vision. Immediately afterward, with out a dissenting vote, the agricul tural bill, carrying $33,900,000, was passed and sent to the Senate. IX memoriam Tn sad but loving remembrance of Caroline Mann, who departed this life one year ago today. July 19. 1918. Sleep on mother and take thy rest, the battles o'er. Thou here on earth shall to:! no more, Faithful was thrtu through toil and strife. Now there awaits for thee a crown of life, Thou hast crossed the river march ed on before Into a better land, camped on its shore, There thou for me will wait, I am! coming too That I may share with thee the grand review. By her loving daughter. 171-lp ? Lucinda Mann. FURNISHED ROOMS Hotel Humphrey Room for one, i$6.00 per week. Room fcr two, S10 per week. Hot and cold water Apply to Manager, Hotel Belvoir 169-3c DEL RAY SOCIAL NEWS Miss Naomi Kidwell, of Howell Avenue, Del Ray, has gone to At lantic City with a party of friends . Mrs. Bates, of M!t. Ida Avenue, is preparing to go to Newport News, Va., to join her soldier husband. Mrs. Anna E. Ellis and daughters, of Peyton Avenue, Del Ray, Va., have returned from a week end visit from Colonial Beach. The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church will hold their next meeting at the heme of Mrs. Tate on Mt. Ida Avenue, Del Ray. The Methodist Social, which was to have been held on Tuesday evening last, was postponed on account of rain. A well attended meeting was held last Monday night at -the Mt. Ver non School in Del Ray at which sev | eral questions relating to the wel fare of the community were discus sed. The Rev. Dr. Walter Pippin of the Methodist Church of Del Ray, who is deeply interested in the wel fare of this section, addressed the meeting. Among the questions dis cussed was playgrounds for the school children and a.sewerage sys tem for the town of Potomac. A large collection was realized for the benefit of tbe Playgrounds Associa tion. RUN'S ATTEMPT MURDER Assassins Eire on U. S. Provost Marshal at Coblenz Coblenz, July .10.?Two Germans attempted Thursday night to assas sinate Major George Cockriel, pro vost marshal of the American forces in Germany. The major was not injured. The Germans escaped af ter firing several shots. ~ The shots were fired at the Pro vost Marshal from behin'3. Major Cockriei's home is in St. Paul, Minnesota. The attempt to assassinate Ma jor Cockriel was deliberate and pre meditated. Cockriel is on the Ger man secret list.of "marked Ameri cans," and during the last week he? received five threat-i.rng letters, one of which gave him only 2-J hours _to live. IMajor Cockriel, accompanied by a military police officer, was walk ing along a dark street of Coblenz at 10 o'clock Thursday night vher he met two Germans, who begar firing as soon as they had passed the Americans, blazing away ovei their shoulders as they ran. This probably accounts for their pooi marksmanship, as neither of the Americans -was hurt, although seve ral shots,?-wore ' fired.'-' - The Germans* proved bettor run ners than marksmen, as they made good .their, escape, despite a hot 'chase.. *' EPIDEMIC OF STRIKES Washington, July' 10;?An epklem ic of strikes appears to be sweeping the nation, according to report* made to the Labor Department and unofficial advices received here There is no estimate of the total number out. D {wands are being r.'.ade by the strikers for more mo ney, a shorter 'work day, the right of collective bargaining and thi right to organize shop committees. With seamen on strike all along the coast, 28,000 railroad shopmen on sixteen Southeastern roads were threatening to quit, making de mands on the Railroad Administra tion for more money. Machinist. were striking in Chicago, and build ing tradesmen were being locked out. Boston had an elevated rail road strike. EDITORS INDORSE PACT I West Poiirtt, Va., July 19.?Ur.uni ! mous indorsement of the league of nations was voted by the Virginia Press Association yesterday after noon. This action with the election of officers closed the annual conven tion. CARD OF THANKS I desire to express my sincerf thanks to Columbia Lodge, No. -184 Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen, Bel'lt Haven Council, J. O. A. M., and man? ether friends for their aid and sym pathy in connection with the death o4 my hufbar.'d, James M. O'Neil, at the Potomac Railroad Yards last Sunday morning. Edna O'Neill. STANDARD GASOLINE 25c Open evenings and Sundays, Alex andria Auto Supply, 104 Soutl Washington street.- 149-ti I Palmer Instructs District ! Attorney to Start Prose cutions at Once 90 PER CENT OPEN Quaker City Saloons Sell 2.7f> Beer ?Government to I'ljasecute All Who Defy the Law. Philadelphia. July 20.?Wholesale arreste of per.se ns selling 2.75 per cent. beer in Philadelphia are ex pected to follow an order Issued yes terday by the Department of Justice at Washington. Instructions have been sent to Un ited States District Attorney Kane, here, to begin prosecutions at once against all persons selling beer con tusing an alcoholic content of more than one and one-half per cent. District Attorney Kane, up until a te hour tast nierht. had not received the order. lie refised to state what action he would take until full in structions are received from Washing ton. The. move on the part of.the De partment. acting under orders from Attorney General Palmer, followed receipt yesterday c!f the fuli text cf Judge Dickinson's decision, which, according to the view af the Depart ment, sustains the contention of the Government as to tht> legal percen tage of alcoholic content permitted in the bevrags offrdtoreuh WaJdtasdr the Leverages offered for sale. The instructions to District Attor ney Kane were contained in a letter prepared by Assistant United States Attorney Witiiam L. Frier son, in charge of the enforcement of prohi bition legislation for the D:-p:ir;mer.l cf justice. Mr. Fricrson staid last night aJ Washington uhat the agents of the Rur-Cuti of Investigation of the De Pi!i tmcnsfc would undertake to find out the facts ,concerning tlhose who ar^ tn:1 prescribed amour.'t cf alcohol. In addition, he indicated that the police department in Philadelphia would b;1 ? r-ked by. District Attorney Ivane fv '? . ? * ? irrest all found guilty anil have them taken before the Ur.f'fced; States Gem - -missioner. ? ? ^'pealon^fipf the decision of-.Tudg:? Dickinson,; A^siifcaijit ''?Attorney1-' Gcr.-. '>;%Erjer-son sard:."' ";.v~ ' f "Judge Dickinson detained to pass .?in the demurrer n >w, helding that ?/he question is one to he decided cn 'he trial of the case, rather thar. on iemurrer. He took occasion, however, to say that he was in accord with the >pinion delivered by Judge Thompson, it Pittsburgh, which held that all beer containing as much a sone-hal/f of one per cent of alcohol was prohibited. "As the questicn was fully arg ued before Judge Dickinson, the De partment takes this statement to clearly indicate what his ruling will be at the trial. ''Instructions have, therefore, been given for the arrest and pros ecution of all persons found manu facturing or selling.so called 2 3-4 per cent, at the in that district. The decision of Judge Dickinson adds one more to the list that is al ready either conflicting or slightly different in character. That of Julire Rose, of Baltimore, support ed the right to deal in 2.75 per cent, beer, while that of Judge Thomp son, of Pittsburgh, was in substanti ation of the government's stand on the alcoholic percentage above which the beverage was held as in toxicating. The difference between Judge Dickinson's decision and that of Judge Thompson does not lie in the question of alcoholic content, hence the action determined upon today by the Department of Justice as to the means to be taken in Philadel phia and generally throughout th? Eastern District against violators of tch law. The department will ap peal the Baltimore decision to the Supreme Court and will also ask that the case be put well to the TO SAVE MONEY Attend A. L. Cohen's BIG JULY CLEARANCE SALE, 41S King Street 169-3C. frcnt for consideration at the resist ing early in October. > Imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or a fine of not more than ?$1,000. or both, at the discretion of the court, faces every brewer ani salconkeopr who is now selling 2.7n* per cent, beer, in violation of thJ | law*. Ignorance of the law* is hold to bo no excuse and the saloon men and brewers who today open their places will, Federal oillciais declare, have certain prosecution to reckon with. iNinety per cent of all saloons in Philadelphia were open yesterday for the saie of 2.7~> beer, and. ac cording to Neil Bonner, president of the Retail Liquor Dealers' Assccia tion, they writ remain open until they reccivc definite notice from the Federal authoritie s to shut down, or unless they are advised to quit by counsel today. Meanwhile, two arrests were. mad> yesterday. One is a saloonkeeper, accused of selling whisky, and the ether, his bartender, One of the city's numerous breweries, sent out. word to its customers, advising them not to buy beer until the ques tion of its legality under the 2.7"> per cent, standard had been fixe! bv the Unietd States Supreme Ccurt. Mr. Kane expects to receive orders to prosecute some time today. Dr partment of Justice agents hav: been obtaining samples of the bever ages sold at many saloon's and ev erything is ready for the jury tiiais. which have been indicated by Judge Dickinson, of the United States Dis trict Court, as the real method of testing out the issue in Philadel phia. WHITE WAY PLANS Committee Soon to Submit Plans to City Council For Ratification The committee of the Chamber ci the Commerce of the "Wihite Way" for King street held a meeting yes terday afternoon in the rooms of thai organization whiieh was presided cvei by J. WMJiam May, chairman. Attending the meeting were r pre senltatives of the various pirblfic utiT tics interested, city officials, member of the committee and cithers. The plans for the proposed "Whit Way" were practically agreed vpc and within a short time it is state that- the matter will be submitted t ?he Oity Council for the consider; tior.. CHURCH SERVICES "/ Salvation Army Sunday School 2:30, Salvation meeting. S p. m. iSjjt.' Mary's Catholic Church, Rev. Louis Smet, rector, masses at 7, 0 anil II o'clock. ' .St. Pa'uUs' P. E. Church, Rev; Dr. P. P. Phillips, rector, services: .Sun day School. 9:30 a. m.; Men's I?-ibk Class, 9:41 a. m.; service at 11 a m., and evening service, 7:30 p. m. Services at Methodist Protostnnv Church will bo as follows tomorrow Sunday School. 0:30 sharp, pre .ch ins* by pastor, G. .T. Hill 11:00 a. m. Endeavor service, 7:15 p. m.. pre.-.ch insr, 7:45 p. m. Themes?a. m.. ''The Unrest of the World" p. m., "That Which is Lost." ''.Jesus Receives Sinners," will be the topic of thc: discourse by th; pastor tomorow morning at rmjv.an ucl Lutheran Church. After th' sen-ice there will be a meetintr of the members to discuss a letter t the congregation from the S\ no'i Church Heard. Sunday School am: "Rihle Clasis at 9:30 a. ni. Serviced at the Second Presbyter ian Church at !1 a. m., and 8 p. m. sermon by Dr. M. P. Lanvbdin. of Montgomery, W. Va. 'His son. Mr. A. P. Lamhdin. director of vocal cutlure. Coker College, S. C.. will sine at both services. Sun lay School, 0:30 a. m.; Christian En deavor. 7:15 p. m. Rev. E. V. Repeater, the pastor, will preach at 11 a. m.; and Rev. H. P. Hamimill, D. D.. the presiding1 elder, will preach at 8 p. m. tomor row at the M. E. Church. South, west side of South Washington Street, near Kinjc street. Men! come to the Henry K. Field Bible Class in the Yotin? Peoples' Building, at 0:45 a. m. Get a good start for the Day. Go with the Council of .Jewish Wo men on their excursion to Marshall Hall, Tuesday, July 22. Boat leaves Cameron street wharf 10:30. a. m., 3 and 7 p. m. 170?lc. A meeting: of th Elks' excursion committee will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow. ?Mr. Harry V. Moore, left last week for a two weeks' trip to the. northern states and Canada. Mrs. W. F. White and little son. Master W. F. White, Jr., have gone to Mlddleburg, Va.. for the summer. (Mrs. B. H .Cook has just received a telegram that her husband, Ber nard H. Cook, has arrived safely from overseas. Mr. Walter Henry Cloe. ticket clerk, Union Station, accompanied by his mother, left yesterday for an ex-, tended western trip. The Alexandria High School an nual is now on sale at the drug store of J. E. W. Timberman, King and Washington streets. Charles A. Dean has sold to Max: and Annie S. Sperling the thre'.* story building and dwelling at the northwest corner of Fairfax and Franklin streets, formerly the prop erty of W. P. Graves. Mi's. Inez L. Maney, of 228 North Alfred street, has received word that her husband, Sergeant Eddie L. Maney has arrived safely from over <eas, having served 10 months with the 12th Field Artillery. The many friends of Capt. Con rad Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Johnson, this city, who for several years was captain of the old Alexandria Light Infantry, will be .?lad to learn that he had been pro moted to major in the regular army. Miss Estelle Wade, of Richmond, Virginia, is spending her vacation with Mr. and Mrs. George M. Rey nolds, Braddock. They also have with them for the week end Miss Rubie and Nancy West, of Barbours ville. Virginia, and Mrs. Maple, of Washington. Miss Lillian J. Ward, thirteen years old, died yesterday morning- at the residence of her parents, Lin colnia, Fairfax county, Mr. and Mr.s James Ward. Her funeral will take place at 2 o'clock tomorrow after noon from her late residence and burial will be made in St. Paul's cemetery at Lincolnia. "Ferdinnad " L/ E. Randall, three' months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Randall, died this morning' at his parents' residence, St. Elmo, Alexandria county. International President ??McDowell, of the Boilermakers of America, lasti night addressed an open meeting held in the Opera House of em ployes of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation. He requested all lab oring men to support the candidacy of J. W. Collins for the state legis lature in the coming primary. A> committee also was appointed to en deavor to have the War Department sell some of the surplus army sup ply of food in Alexandria. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Reynolds c-ntertained quite a number of young folks last evening at their home, "Maple Terrace," Braddock. in honor of the 15th birthday of thc-ir son, Purvis. All kinds of games were played during the evening. The in clemency of the weather prevented them from enjoying the spacious lawn. At ten o'clock they were in vited into the dining room where thr table was spread with all the good things of the season. After a most delightful evening they left at a late hour. TO THE PUBLIC The Health Department wishes to announce that all persons desiring to be inoculated against typhoid fe ver will receive this treatment free of charge at the Health Office, City Hall, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 1 to 5 p. m. The Department urges that all persons who have not received such iuocuiation, take advantage of this opportunity. ? - P- Tames J. Garvey, JGG ' K ?' -1th Officer.