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ESTABLISHED 1784. Oldest Daily Newspaper in the United States and Best Advertis ing Medium in Northern Virginia. ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE HONDA VOL. CXXXV?No. 172. ^axsuoj t I |, f Fcr tills section?Showvrv :vr.(l cloudy ^vo'jthcr foni;. i\t and to i nuvrrov. ' ' Y, JULY 21. lvjia " PRICE ONE CENT. ! REOPEN CASE OF SEffGT. DESfllELOS Session of Court at 7 O'clock Tomorrow Night For Rehearing WITNESSES SUMMONED 'Military Policeman Was Fined $20 July 12 For Trespass?Reopened at Request of Military Authorities. The ciise of Sergt. Deshields, a member of the military police force of this city, who was fined $20 in police court July 12 by Justice Thompson for an alleged charge of trespass will be reopened at a special se'wicn of the police court which will be heid at 7 o'clock tomorrow nigh':. Justice Thompson decided to reopen the case at the 'request of the judge advocate from Camp Humphreys, Va. A targe mamfber of witnesses have been summoned for both sides. Sergt. DeshMUs it was alleged at the previous trial used abusiive lan guage t;o Rev. Dr. E. V. Regester rnd also tc Henry Hunter. The alleged'offense was committed a short time after the accident at the south end of Hunting Creek bridge when two captains, three privates and a civilian lost there lives when a l-;g ir.otor truck plunged over the cause way at the souitlh end of the bridge. The authorities at Camlp Humph reys have been endeavoring to have the fine remitted ever sance the case was tried. Nlo>t succeeding in this they have asked for a new trial, fonmal ap preciation being made last Saturday. SEES ILL OMEN IN TANGLE Peace Conference Work May Have to be Done Over Again, Says Dr. Edmunds. San Francisco, JuBy 21.?(Fear that the work of the Peace Conference would have to be done over again in two decades unless China's pretest against the award of Shantung to Japan were -settled now, was ex pressed by Dr. Charles K. Edmunds, president of the Christian CoTilege of Canton,. China, in an address yester day. ' V ? "In the Chinese-Japanese, situation is a duplicate of the, recent .situation in Europe" with a militaristic Prus sian' party in control and the popu lace in favor of a democratic party. It must be our concern to fasten to and said the right; party in the fu ture,"he-.said. A "The situation is the remnant of the whcHe international attitude to ward CTunia. Japan only takes her ope from other Western Powers vjhich showed her in the paist how they treated China. China looks to the United States for help. We shoufld in the Orient apply the same principles of. righteousness as we ap plied in Europe. "I have seen large forces of Japa nese troops in the capital cf Shan tung provinces. When the Germans were in possession they kad only r sariall section; of Kao-chau, and; the Japawsos forces 'I ^ saw were in; the heartof Shtantbung far away from the former C.erraian possesions." RACE RIOTS IN CAPITAL Disturbances of Saturday Renewed Last Night ? Race riots frustrated here Satur day night by swift pcth'ce action broke out in earnest last night aTonig Penn sylvania. avenue from seventh street to Fifteenth street. Washington. In nearly every block groups of white men' and negroes erJgaged in fist fighlts or more serious affrays in whafch. cluibs and knives were em ployed. At an early hours today in jured negroes were being treated at several hospitals, mainly Emergency and Casualty, and nearly a score of rioters, mos/fly uniformed mtn. were Ibcked up at the First. Sixth and Fourth precinct stations. ? FURNISHED ROOMS Hotel Humphrey Room for one, $6.00 per week. Room for bwo* $10 per week. Hot and cold water Apply to Manager, Hotel Belvoir 169-3c BIRDS AND NATURE EXHIBITS Miss Katherine Stuart, This City, in Charge of Exhibit at U- of V. The Auduborn Bird and Nature Ex hibit now being"held in Peabody Hall, Room 6, University of Virginia, un der the direction of Miss Katherine ' Stuart, of Alexandria, leader of the j bird study class, is attracting con siderable attention. The people of the community as well as students and professors of the Summer School are often to be seen there in close!exam ination of the rare bits of nature. The exhibit is neither particularly large nor exhaustive for its main pur pose is merely to stimulate a serious interest in these subjects with refer ence to the training of ornithologists foresters, and the like. A sympathetic interpretation of bird life is aliso one of its chief aims, that better care may be taken of the songsters. The morning bird walks are r.ow conducted by Miss Stuart every Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, starting at fi:30 a. m., fro mthe north steps of the rotunda. SAY PRISON WAS FIRED Wing And Scaffolding of Leaven worth Penitentiary Damaged .Leavensworfh, Kan., JuSy 21.?The '.vest wing of the Leavenworth peni tentiary was damaged by fire here Saturday night. Fjamcts were discovered near the ccr.ter of the wing. Which is nearing completion', burning the scaffolding. They spread rapidly, filling the wing and endangering the whde prison plant. Prisoners numbering more than 2, 000 and including a score or more of I. W. W.s' are confined in the east wing and, according to officials, made no disturbance during the fire. Thot the fire probably was of in cendiary origin was the belief of a prison official. FOURTEEN DEAD Houses Are Swept Ftf&m Foundations And Children Inito Ri\i'?" by Heavy Riin Wheeling, W. Va., July 21.?Ftur rcoi: persons are reported dead as fho result of one of the worst torms in ihe history of Wheeling, vhich stri'ck this district Saturday right. For three frours rain fell ;v a steady torrent without.the s'igl.!??st let up. Streets became .-ageing i.rcvr and many house- were swept from their foundations. , Thirteen bodies were reported to have been recovered at .Wegee: creek, twelve miles south of this city, "on y ' v; th Ohio" side,:vfollowing' a , cloud burst Which arried away, the home of Steve --Mox'ie,. a' foreigner, and hurled the, building against a bridge ?ar'y reports were fragmentary, .owing to the fact that the seen? of the tragedy was made alm.ost inac-.. essible by the flood and all phone wires were blown. NINE DEAD IX CLOUDBURST Bodies of 7 Victims of Ohio's Satur day Storm Recovered. St. CJairsviile, Ohio, July 21.? Search continued throughout today for the bodies of the victims of Sat turday night's cloudburst, which swept Bcilmonit and other eastern Ohio Counties. Nine persons are knbwn to be dead, but reponts that four other? were drowned could not be verified. Seven bodies have been rccovercd. The victims, who were drowned in W,eigee Creek, comprised almost the entire families of two miners. The power plant of the* Webb rrAr.i of the Cambrai Coal Company was flooded. The mine, the largest in Ohio will be idle several weeks, it wa. said. NOTICE A called meeltimr of Mount Vernon Chapter No. 14. R. A. M. will be hel l Wednesday even'ing July 23rd. lf'ID. at 7.30 p. m.. to confer the Select, Royal and Most Excellent Masters, Degrees, by order of the High Priest, F. W. LATHAM, 172-3c Secretary. STANDARD GASOLINE 25c Open evenings and Sundays. Alex andria Auto Supply, 104 South Washington street. 14Q.t.f TO SAVE MONEY Abtertd A. L. Cohen's BIG JULY i CLEARANCE SALE, 41S King Street IlG9-3c. Several Merchants Cited For Alleged Violations? Cases Continued A SPASMODIC AFFAIR Lid Partially Down Yesterday?Many Persons Inconvenienced?Alexandria Frequently Tries to Clamp on Lid. The cases of several merchants charged with, violating1 the previs ions of the blue laws yesterday by selling on Sunday were continued by Justice Thompson in the police court today. Every now and then seme one in Alexandria attempts to stop he sale of soda, cigars, lunches, etc , on. the Sabbath's. The court has time I and aprain ruled such as necessaries ! and despite these rulings agiti.tion J at intervals is renewed. As a re sult of the agitation on the part of i some person or persons the lid to a ! certain extent went down yesterday, and the police summoned several persons to appear in court in order to have the matter thrashed out. The city of Alcxandia just now has several thousand strangers with in her g.vs. The last tiir. '? t..n ol i blue laws were put m oporaticr the lid went cown with a ban;* and the t.cw citizens were compelled to g> tc Washington in order to procure certain necessaries. Many of the ?t?n?"crs who had come to Alexan dria to work became dissatisfied and loft the city for places where the purtanical ideas were not in force. -| ? ' FORMER SALOON MAX SLAIN j Reported Lured to Death by Enemy Who Told Him of Store of Liquor ?. Tampa, Fla., July 21.?The body of Charles Ewing, well known res taurant and saloon man, was found in a quiet snot some miles from this city Friday night. This moving Marion Highsmith was arrested chnv.ce 1 with shooting Ewing, and the police say he lu>s confessed .to the cirnie. Highsmith lured Ewing to a,lonely spot on Palm River by the'story/that,he 'Knew of a man thereJ,who .had fifty cases of whisky he-would sell cheap, being unable to dispose "of it legally. SOLDIERS LOSE LIVES I-ass. Thfccfigh Ar-gonae's Fierry Or deals to be Killed in Railway Accident Junction City, Kans., July 21.?To go through the Argonne fitrhtintr last September without a scratch, only to be killed a few days lat- r in a railroad accident, was the fat? of three Junction City soldiers, accord" ing to comrades returning hire. The three, Edwin Hewitt, ('. R. Snell and L. W. Case, started to the rear after the battle. They got in to a boy car standing on the t ack which they took to be a side t:ack. It was a main line, however, an i a train crashed into the car killing the throe MESSAGES TO GERMANY Richmond, Va., July 21.?Business messages in plain English or French may be-accepted for ail parts of Ger many. Personal messages cr personal matters in business messages not per mitted. Cede addresses not permitted Messages ifiufft be signed at least with surname. MASONIC NOTICE There will be a call communica tion of Andrew Jackson Lodge No. 120, A. F. and A. M.. Tuesday even ing, July 22, at 7:30 o'clock to con fer the E. A. and M. M. degress. All Master Masons are invited. By order; of the Worshipful Master. 17'2-2t. J- E. Alexander. Secty. notice The regular semi-monthly meet ing and smoker, of Alexandria Council No. 627, Royal Arcanum, will be held in Pythian Hall. 221 Cameron street, on Tuesday, even ing, July 22, at p. m. All mem bers are requested to be present, 172-2c. J. E. Alexander, Secty, HONEYMOON TRIP HALTED Captain Barrett, Who Married Miss Drexel, Barred From Europe Hillsboro, Ore., July 21.?Captain WiLiam N. Barrett will never be able tc Fail fur Europe with his bride, formerly Miss Alice Drexel, hairess to the Drexel estate, of Phil adelphia. Now York and Newport. The reason is that no birth cer tificate can be found for him, and he must have cne before he can get a passport. Barett's elepoement with Miss Dexel caused consideable comment, for he was unknown. He is the son of a former Mayor of Hillsboro. His former wife, who was Miss Kathleen Bailee, of Tacoma, row living in Seattle. FUNERAL OF MRS. DEMAINE The funeral of Mrs. William II. De maine, who died Thursday night took place at 2 o'clock this afternoon from her late residence, 819 King street. Services were conducted by Rev. Dr. E. V. Regtster, pastor of the M. E. Church South, and Rev. Dr. J. W. Duffey, cf Rickville, Md., formerly pastor of the M. E. Church Sov.th this city. Burial, which was private was in Ivy Hill cemetery. Pallbearers II. Marvin Demaine, Windsor W. De maine an:l Capt. Ernest M. Demaine, sons of the deceased, and Me'ssrs. Wil liam M. 'Wheeler, James D. Wheeler Robert L. Wheeler, Wellington, Va.; William WiTkins and Carlin Richard cousins cf the deceased. DRYS STILL IN THE SADDLE Attacks cn Drastic Provisions of En forcement Bill Prove Futile Washington, July 21.?Attacks on drastic provisions of the prohibition enforcement bi-ll fell down again Sat turday in the House, while the dry forces, still in supreme command, romped through the measure section by section and put the lid on debate at a nod from their leader. It was a great iAild day for the drys. They tock control at the starl refused to permit House leaders to take out five manuitcs for considera tion of an important money measure, and kept on at work tonight ir.' a:: effort to pn?.3 the lrill at one sitting. While the He use was knocking down amendment after amendment de sfgned to liberalize the measure, Rep resentative Igoe, Democrat, of Misr souri, announced he wculd offer a i substitute that coul dbe enforced "without the- annual expenditure of $50,000,000 ar.:l'ivi'lraur a ".'standing' army."- 1. ; There is no pro vision in .the Igo< i bill for enforcement of war-time j)rb?. hibition, ncr does'"it define, intoxicat ir.g liquors, and persons manufactur in*,r. selling1, import ing or export in:, 1 liquors would be subject to a -S500 fin: and one year's imprisonment for th? rst offense. There was the utmost confusion a. times during the day and often half a dozen were asking recognition with so much clatter son.c members com plained they did not know what th house wos doing. Several amend ments offered by Chairman Volstead, of the Judiciary Committee in charg: cf the bill, went through. The House also accepted one by Representative Miller Republican j Washington, requiring doctors issuing whisky prescriptions at drug store, offices to have maintained such effie for a period of one year prior to pas sage of the bill. EIKS' EXCURSION To R.p Given to Marshall Hail Au gust 27. The committee in charge of the r i-.s excursion which is to be given i Wednesday, August 27 to Marshal! Hall completed ariangements yes ; teday at a meeting held in the Elks' Home with the election of these of ficers: R. Blucmenfeld. chairman: ; Bernard Hamilton, secretary; Julius ? Wolf, treasurer. The committee has planned " i number of attractions the day of the | -/ewfien including baseball, cake 1 walk. etc. AUSTRIAN'S GET TREATY Complete Draft H&nded to Dele pates; Givon 15 Days Fcfr Reply Paris, July 21.?The complete Austrian peace treaty was handed 1 to the Austrian delegates at St. Germain yesterday morning. They were given 15 days in which to make a reply. WIS 10 HOT! ME TREAT! ! Declare They Will Defca Treaty Unless Amend ments Are Made 33 VOTES NEEDE] President Wilson Said to Have An nounced That He Cannot Accept Proposed Changes. Thirty-five Senators have handed themselves together to defeat ratifica tion of tihe peace treaty u nil ess radical amendments to the league of nations covenant are accepted. Thirty-three votes against wou! I prevent ratification. The character of j amendments insisted upon hy these Senators is such that acceptance of j their suggestions, according to the j view cf President Wilson, would leave ! the league without vitality. The President has infermed those Senators with whom he has conferred that he cannot consent to consider such amendments, which, in his judg ment. would defeat the purposes of the league and make its acceptarce by other nations, as amended, extre mely doubtful. In response to this declaration from the President, the Republican oppo nents cf the league have se-.t i-im word that unless he does consent to the amendments which they think nec essary and proper, the thirty-five votes wil'l e cast against ratification In-an effort to reach a compromise with the Republican Senate majority wtrd was conveyed to the leaders by the authorized representatives of the Presiider.it that he would consent to certain "interpretative reservations." This suggestion has been rejected by the 'leaders of the opposition, be cause! under the decisions of the Su preme Court of the United States, in terpretative reservations do not be ecn.c a part of the treaty ar.d are r.ct binding. -An impasse appears to have been reached. The President has r.o inten tion of v.t?thdrawing the treaty, and the Senate no intention of ratifying it. The President is indisposed to ad mit failure; and the. Senate- majority, apparently, is ju.st as determined not' to confess defeat. BOOII, EC,fi GR S' B1' SY :' \rt Reaping Financial Harvest With Whisky Imitations Bootleggers selling tea. vinegar and ether Liquids that at a glance appear to be whisky or wines are reaping a financial harvest along the , water front and around the railway stations, as witness two cases in the | police courts today. Henry Ellis of Laurel, .Md., bought , a pint cf whisky for $5 from Elmer Johnson (colored> but when he drank 1 it. it proved to be sweetened tea. El lis complained ar.d Johnson was fined $21.45 in the Police Court. !, Patrolman Wode thought he had a good bootlegging case when he caught i Fir.man Hicks (colored) handing a weilkn';wn suitcase to a colored steve 1 dore as a bay steamer was about 'to sail. It was discovered later that the suitcase contained two bottles of vine gar. a bottle of water colored with t" :c:i Cola and four bottles of another ! liquid that had the appearance of light wine. He was fined $25.45?^Baltimore News. Pure butter 55c ib; fat chickens f'ift; lb.; fresh eggs 5(ic per do/..; one pound Rumford Baking Powder, 25c; 2 bot tles Ritter's catsup 25c; 12 lb. sack f.'our S5e; 12 pastrie flour SOc. J. E. PURCELL, '117 S. Henry Street. Alexandria, Va. Phone r>7(i--w 172-lp. NOTICE Pupils cf the public schools who cx : pect to take examinations in Senicm t ber for promotion are requeued to call at the Lee School building Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday be ! tween 9 a. m., and 12 m. The school board is endeavoring to arrange f :r a summer school. W. H. SWEENEY. 172-3c Supt, of Schools. PLAYGROUNDS OPEN All Children <A City Invited to Visif G winds at Lee Schqol All of the children of the city are invited* to come to the playgrounds at Lee School and participate in the on door games now in progress ac the ground? daily. J The little children are to use the | grounds from f) until 11 o'clock ; each morn ins1, and from 4 until (> o'clock in the afternoon. Tiie older boys and girls will use the grounds from (J until o'clock in the evening. Benches will he provided for the mothers who come to see the child ren play. j An expert director will be in charge and in addition to game? there will be other features so as to make the playgrounds attractive to all. Every child in the city, as sta ted above, is invited to come spend a pleasant hour or more ar tin grounds. BAILED FOB GRAND JLBV Arthur and Georire Welch wore brought before the Policc Court thij morin.<r charged with having in t her possession about two hundred dol lars' worth of goods alleged to -have been stolen frm C. and 0. cars. Leather, coffee, and shoes weYi among the articles recovered. They were found in an ark near the elec tric railroad bridge ovrr Huntine Greek an I under a shed. The ar rests were made by members of tin city police force and railway de tectives. The accused were b'tilc.' in the sum of one thousand doilarr each for their appearance befor.- th grand jury. Harry 11. Simpson be came their sureiy. SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF Phftadclphinn FirVs Thrw Bullets Into Body of Woman?Two Into His Own Brain Philadelphia, July 21.?Interrupt ed as she was dressing for thr evening, yesterday hy "hearing ; nci?o on lower floor of ho) home, Mr?. Annie Young, the pro prietress of a second hand furniture store, at ">04:j Market street, hu'rio-"' to the kitchen. When she opene" the door she was mot by a fusilar! :>f bullets from a pistol in the h'.no of her husband, from whom si": was cstianged. Otic of t'he shot entered her head, another lodg; ! i' back and a third penetrated h:. right leg. A fourth went wild an', the remaining two in the rhaiv.bo of the pistol were used by the huc bapd to end his own life. He sept them crashing into his brain ?"thrcugh the roof ?*f his mouth. Mrs. Young and her hpsband, Fred' enck yoMngr. were married abjipt 12 years ago; according to neighbors. At the time Mis. Young was ; me c girl of not more than twn-?' yeas. .Her hufA);md was virt ai'j twice as old and a divorcce. whos first wife obtained a separation *..! the grounds of cruelty. DO NOT FAVOR STRIKE Berlin, July 21.?The workmen' Council of the Social Democratic an'! ; German Democratic parties met yes tcrday and passed :i resolution v.'iic" says that while they would syr,ipa thixe with a general strike ag.ins the Versailles "peace of imperial: m," *hey see in the stoppage of woi.': in Germany no advantage to be pained since every hour of failure by me:, t work will held, down the reconstruc tion of the country. The resolution recommends no ce.1 ??:ti:'i! of work, hut favors parti ;|>a :ion by wo km en after working hour ia a Socialist demonstration for ^cr era I fraternity. MKM.ORI \M In sad but loving rem? pvb ranee of my dear husband Ezra Bay'.iss wrr departed this life two years ag > to day. July 21st, 1917. God in his wisdom ha? recalled The boon his love had given Tho' his body lays moulded here Ifis sou! is safe in Heaven. By his loving Wife and Sons. Jennie. Curtis and Stuart. Lucy Massie died July 19, 1918, enc year asro Saturday. Iler place cannot bo fillc;!; a devoted wife. By her de voted husband. 172-1 p R. H. Ma'ssie. Go with ,the Council of Jewish Wo men on their excursion to Marshall Hall, Tuesday, July 22. Boat leaves Cameron street wharf 10:^0, a. m.. 3 and 7 p. m. 170-lc. iMilSAlP SIT? ID II BRIEF I ? I Corporal Alfred Griffith Uhler has returned hqme after a years' service with Signal Cops in F:ar.ee. Ti'.c annual excursion of the Coun cil e? Jewish Women will bo given tcniorrcw to Marshall Hall. .Miss Catherine Baumgafdner has returned after spending two welcs with friends in Fredericksburg, Vir ginia. -An electric lighe pole at Royal ?md Queen streets caught fire at 1:30 o'clok this afternoon and caused an alarm of fire. Mrs. R. E. Thompson and daugh ter who has hem spending the past two week's in Warrenton, have re turned to their home. Miss Hazel Fleet has returned to her home in North Royal street, after spending the past two weeks with relatives and friends in Harri sonburg. Va. Plans have been completed by the Columbia Steam Fire Engine Com nnny No. 4 for its annual excursion which will be given Friday next to Marshall Ilall. Services at the 2nd Baptist Church were conducted yesjberday morning by John H. Trrmyer and in the even n.ir by Robinson Moncure in the ab sence of the pastor Rev. 0. P. Lloyd. Mrs. L. M. Dunstan, formerly of Washington, but now of Battle Creek, Michigan, was the guest last week of her nioce, Mrs. James A. Ilulfish, in North Washington, <treet. Fitzgerald Council. No. -159., Knights of Columbus, will Wednes-' lay flight confer the first and sco rn! degrees of the order on a largo* ?lass of candidates. The degree work, will take place at the Lyceum Hall. Mrs. Inez L. Mancy. of 228 North Alfred stret. has received word that her husband, Sergeant Eddie I.. Manev has arrived safely from over -rt:is. having served 1'.) months. Ho was formerly with the J2th Field Artillery. First Lieut. Park Tancil, dental '?orps. U. S. A., who has been ovcr ?eas for the past fifteen months With the .'170th Infantry, is visiting 'rs mother, Mrs. Mollie A. Tancil. While overseas he was awarded the Ccrix de guerre for bravery. Miss Anna Lewis Jones has ar rived at-her home here, coming across on the U. fi. S. "Tmperator". Miss Jones Iefc the Uv S- hfcstr-July .with liase Hospital Np. 45-and was. after wards transferred to chief surgeon's 3Rice A. E. F. Charles M. Daley, son of the late* Walter 11. Daley, a former resident of this city, died in Washington sev eral days ago and his body was. "brouirht here a"n buried in Bethel cemetery. For a number of years he was sexton of several cemeteries n this city. Capt. A. Lennox Uhlcr and hi.s* wife, are spending some time in thi? city as guests of Capt. Uhlers' mother, Mrs. A- G. Uhlcr. Capt. Uhler, who spent nearly two.years in the army, being located at Camp Gordon, Ga.. has just been mustered" out of service. Private Karl Cornell of Company T 20 Infantry 1st Division, who has served oversea for the past I!) months has notified his mother Mrs. Agnes Cornell, 1325 Queen Street that he is sow at Camp MHEte, New York and ex ?)ec.s to b;.' heme soon. DIED WOOD?On Sunday, July 20. 1010, MAMIE, wife of Edward E. Wood. Services from her late residence. 500 South Pitt street, Monday, at p. m. Interment at Warrer.ton, Va. Relatives and -friends invited to 'attend. *172-lp. ?? r. r.jf'i NOTICE i ? J ? : * Gates and Jcnk'fns heating contrac tors have dissolved partnership. 172-*2p <r;