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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FRIDAY. JULY 25, 1919.
VOL. CXXXV- No. 176.
PBm
Application Made to State
Corporation Commission
For Increase
*
PUBLIC TO BE HEARD
Company Claims They Need More
Revenue For Extensions?Phones |
Return to Owners August 1.
Telephone properties return to own- I
ers on August 1, Due to shortage of j
material, ? labor and government re
strictions of various Kinds, the tele
phone plant generally has become ex
hausted during the T?"ar period. Lnrge
suims of monsy are needed to restore
plant to normal conditions t'o provide
for betterments and to meet the re
quirements of new patrons.
Under the present Postmaster Gen
eral rates, the earnings are but 2.19
per cent on the investment with ex
penses still rising. The total nvcst
merit in Virginia is approximately
$13,000,000.
Present earnings obviously do not
yield sufficient revenue and especial
ly are entirely too lew to enable us
to secure new money for extensions
and Ibetlteilmenlfcs. Oomfparty's repre
sentatives are on Frid'ay presenting
to State Corporation Commission a
complete schedule of new rates, which
will yield additional revenue, and at
the same time asking the Commis
sion that the Postmaster General
rates be retained until full investi
gation and hearings can be had on
the proposed schedules.
The proposed rates are aimed to
distribute the increase fairly among
the various communities of the Stat?
on the basis of service furnished, and
will yield a return of slightly less
than G per cent on the investment.
The company asks that new rates
be established only after thorough in
vestigation and fullest sort of hear
ing before the State Corporation Com
mission, at which the public,cart b:- |
ful'jy represented.
CAPTURES MAN BY LEAP
Policeman, in Jump. From Roof, |
; Lands on Fugitive's Back
Danville,' Va.. Jul;' 25.?The e.??ape :
from the'hands of a police detective
of J. L. Lovelace, wanted in North
Carolina for wife desertion, cr:uted
much excitement here, for when
policemen fired their pistols into the
air in the hope of halting, the fugi
tive the rumor started- that a seri
ous fight had broken out.
Lovelace dashed down Main St.,
with the officer in pursuit, just at
the time that the moving pic'ure
theatres were taking in their ni.aht- i
ly. crowds.. Hundreds joined in the
cfiase.-' Lovelace outfoo.tcd the offi
cer and disappeared up a dark al
ley, but at the end of three quarters
of an hour he was seen by a police
man crouching. behind . a concrete
guttering. The crowd in the offing
settled down to watcli a spectacular
arrest, and were not cheated. Love
lace was about to escape across a
vacant .lof when a policeman took a
flying leap from a roof 15 feet high
and landed squarely astride the run
ning man's shoulders. He was
borne to the ground and gave no
more trouble.
PLENTY OF SUGAR, HE SAYS
No Necessity for 2-Pound Ration.
Congressman Declares
Washington. July 25.?Action of
dealers in some localities, in limiting
retail purchases of sugar to two
pounds for e:ich person was criticized
in the House yesterday by Repre
sentative Hulings. Republican, of
Pennsylvania, who declared there
was no occasion for such curtail
ment.
''The scheme seems to be backed
by profiteering sugar refineries
which desire to maintain h;gh
prices". Mr. Hulings said. "There is
plenty of sugar "
FURNISHED ROOMS
Hotel Humphrey
Room for one. $6.00 per week.
Room fcr two, $10 per week.
Hot and cold water
Apply to Manager, Hotel Belvoir
169-3c
REUNION' IN OCTOBER
Exact Date for Gathering of Con
federates to be Announced
Later
Atlanta, July i'5.?The United
Confederate Voter-ns have accepted
the invitation of Atlanta to hold
their annnual convention here (lur
ing October, it was announced yes
terday in telegrams to Major Key
and Walter P. Andrews, chairman
of the citizens' committee, fiom
General K. H. Van Zandt, comman
der in chief of the veterans.
With the veterans cf the Civil
War will come the Daughters of the
Confederacy and affiliated organiza
tions. The exact date of the reun
ion will be announced later, and in
the meantime a large committee of
citizens has been appointed by the
Mayor to cooporeate in making the
gathering of the veterans a sucass
ful or.e. The Confederate veterans
have TiOt hid a reunion in Atlanta
sine shortly after the: Spanish
Air.cri'.?n war.
PRISON STRIKER KILLED
1,300 Troops Guard Men in Leaven
worth Trouble
Leavenworth, Kan., July 25. With
the arrivai yesterday of troops from
Camp :'>ant, Illincofficials of
the UsiitPd States Disciplinary Bar
racks at Fort Leavenworth assert
they will be able to deal with any
situation which may develop from
their announced intention of putting
2,500 striking military prisoners to
work this morning. Col. Sedgwick
Rice commandont of the prison, said
today l:e believed the men would go
back to work without any further
demonstration.
In an attempt to escape by tunnel
ing under a prison wall Wednesday
rijrht, G. C. Martin, of Newhopc,
Ala., solving a sentence for deser
tion,' was fata: v v.cunded by guards
when he refuse I to surrender upon
being discovered. He died today. An
accomplice, who v.a? captured, \\as
slightly wrunded.
delegates return
District Conference of M. E. Church
South Selects Del Ray for
Next Conference
Six delegates from the M. E. Church
South of this city, attended the an
nual district conference of that
churl] held in Warrenjon, Va. Novell
S. Greenaway was elected delegate
to the general conference of that
churclv-which will be held next July
in Harrisonburg,'Va. . :
The conference selected Del Ray
as the ijlace for the next annual;
conference in July,
? Those'who attended from this c'.ty
were P.ev. Dr. E:. V! Regester, pastor
of the M. E. Church 'South, and
Messrs. N: S. Greenaway. Frank J.
Pollard. Dr. E. C. Outcalt, and 0. B.
Pierpoint.
ASTOR LIVES AS RECLUSE
Visitors Turned Away From Old
House at Brighton.
One of the mysteries of Brighton,
a popular English Channel resort, is.
the two story house just opposite
the King Edward Memorial, where
lives Willi"m Waldorf Astor. former
American Minister to Italy, but now
a peer of Britain.
Viscount Astor has had the old
house entirely redecorated and lues
there in such seclusion that even the
borough surveyor has not been per
mitted to enter the grounds. The
place is surrounded by a high broad
fence which preserves it from inquis
itive eyes, and in addition ther? is
a formidable person, who is des
cribed as a cross between a g?.me
keeper and a family retainer, who j
parades before the residence and j
warns off would be calleis. ^
Lord Astor. it is stated, is an in
valid who is in love with Brighton
and is anxious to be relieved of tho
attentions of society.
PASSES TREAT AND PACT
London. July 25?The House of
Lords last night indorsed the alli
ance between England. France and
the United States for the defense of
France in case of future agpn e.-.-ion
by Germany.
NOTICE
Until further notice the telephone
number of Dr. E. A. Gorman will be
867. 1 ,0"3p
STANDARD gasoline 25c
Open evenings and Sundays, Aiex
i andria Auto Supply. 104 South
j Washington street. 140-t.f
LEGION ORGANIZE
?fcc 5
Composed of Women Who
Had Relatives in Great
World Conflict
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN
Tentative Constitution Adopted?Next
Meeting August 7?Expected Meni
ership Will be Greatly Increased.
The American Woman's Legion is'
the name chosen by women relatives
of men from Alexandria who served
in the great world war.
This name was decided upon at a
meeting of the female relatives of
the men held last night in the War
Camp Community Service Club. Up
on motion it was decided to affiliate
with the national organization 1 ear
ing the foregoing name. A tenutive
constitution was adopted and it was
decided to send representatives to the
meeting of the national association of
this organization slated to be held
November 11.
Officers chosen follows:?Mrs. Kate
Waller Barrett president; Mrs. T.
C. Upward first vice president; Mrs.
E. 3. Fawcett second vice president:
Mis. M. A. Scott third vice presi
dent; Miss Esther Greene, secretary;
Mrs. T. M. Jones, treasurer.
Purposes of the organization are
two fold?First to be a living me
morial to the cause which resulted in
America's participation in the great
world war; second to strive and ful
fill some useful purpose with benefit
not only to the nation but to th'.* men -
bers themselves.
Announcement was made that poli
tics will be tabooed.
A provision, of the constitution
reads as follows:
''Those eligible for membership
?shall be wives, mothci-s, sisters, d vjgh
tors and those officially namc.l as
next c-f kin of men who may at any
time since April fi 15)17, resided in
Alexandria, who served in military
or naval service of the U. S. A., I
at any- time during the period from
April 1917 to November 11, I'HS.
' Membership dues .werr> fixed upon
at fifty cents a year. It is proposed
to have one class,of members." only in
order to accelerate the democratic
Sdeal on which; tr.? constitution i.?
founded.
Hope is expressed by the members
of the new organization that relatives
of trie Alexandria men who serve 1 the
colors in the recent war will enrol!
in this organization without delay. ;
Any information concerning this i
organization may be obtained i.pon |
application at the War Camp Com- J
mur.'ity Club or by phoning 301.
The next meeting is scheduled to ;
be held at 8.30 o'clock the evening j
of August 7. Doubtless many r.rw i
members will enroll at the coming,
meeting.
It is sfated that this is the first i
chapter of such an organization to b: j
formed in Virginia.
Mothers of the Alexandria war |
veterans were the first to take form
al steps looking to the establishment;
of such an organization At the in
itial meeting committees were name!
and other preliminary plans manned ?
out toward forming a permanen' or- j
ganizatiu-n.
BOY DIES BY BELT
Homestead Youth Hangs Himself to i
Atlantic City Hotel Bedpost
Atlantic City, July 25.?Charles
Brown. 15 year old son of a drug
gist at Homestead. Pa., committed
suicide here last night by hanuing
in his room at a hotel near the j
heach. Brown entered the bote! !
during the absence of his aunt, Miss <
Eleanor Smith, late yesterday after
noon. procured a pass key at the
desk and locked himself in the room.
He was found hanging from the i
bedpost by his belt. The discovery
\va> made fry Hie hotel clerk, sum
moned by Miss Smith, when she
found the door of the room locked.
Dr. RilMvd Bew was summoned,
and finding the boy still breathing,
tried to revive # m. but without suc
cess.
SIX DEEDS RECORDED
Activity in Realty Continues Una
ated.
Deeds of transfer for the following
pieces of property today were placed
on record in the office cf the clerk of
the courts: Schuler Brothers to
Thomas Dunbar house and lot 1008
King street; Benedict Weil to the
James W. Jackson Holding Associa- :
tion, Inc., house and lot on the east
side of Pitt between King: and Cam
eron streets, formerly the old Pyth
ian temple; Wellington Thomas to
Peter Francis house and lot on the
south side of Duke betwen Lee and
Union streets; Mrs. J. II. Mansfield
to William Bailey house 1.111 Queen
street; Mrs. Annie Campbell and
others to William W. Campbell
house and lot on the east side cf Co
lumbus between \Vyt>he and Pendle
ton streets; Oscar 0. Johnson and \
others to James W. Jackson lot of
ground on Henry .'Ireet between Or
O! oi.o ami Peudleton streets.
CHINA AND JAPAN
Shantung Award Agreement No
Nearer Than at Time Peace
Was Signed
Paris, July 27.?Chinese and Japan
esa delegates to the Peace Confer
ence continued at loggerheads yes
terday no nearer an agreement with
regard to Shantung than they were
the day peace was signed.
Japan is ready to return Shantung
to China as scon as the peace treaty
is ratif'ed according to a statement
today by a member of the Japanese
delegation.
"The Japanese delegation is sur- j
prised that America, as well as I
China, is not willing to trust Japan"
he said. "We arc obliged to return
Shantung under the terms of the Ifilf!
treaty. We are ready now to give
Shantung to China, retaining equal
rights with China in the internation
al railway and guaranteeing free en
trance to the port of Kiau-chau.''
According to the best information
Baron Makin'o ,heai? of the Japan
ese delegation, does not intend to
make public his promise to the
big four, as he believes such a state
ment would be superfluous.
The Chinese maintain the same j
stand they held when the treaty was >
signed. They declare retention of !
railway rights by Japan would place j
Shantung direct/'iy under domination 1
of the Tokio government. They insist
China will sign.the treaty only if per
mitted to file a reservation.
AUGER BRINGS WHISKY
' -? : -?!
Thief Bores Through Car. Botton |
Into Barrel; Gets 1(1 Gallons
: Baltimore, July .20.?A sealed an<" ;?
locked car has not terror for one en
tenprising bibulus i>erson, who wa
Wednesday night tipped off that sai j
car contained f>0 barrels of high-prcof i
liquor with millions cf kicks. It re |
quired but a moment for the fortun
ate one to procure a brace and bit j
and make an immediate attack i.pon
the floor of the car by boring through
ri puncturing the bottom of a b..rrc
filled with the rare fluid.
The energetic one filled receptacles ?
with more than 40 gallons or rye r.n ! 1
probably only stopped his labor of i
love when his game was discos
by an employe of the Pemrsylvuni: :
Railroad. The bored hole was neat!; i
plugged with a piet-e of broomstick
The liquor was the property of the ;
Stewart Distilling Company and was ]
in a car on a siding on Fifth street
Highlandtown.
I
DENY RIVER BOATS |
MENACE TO LIVES j
That the river vessels Penn and I
Lord Baltimore, lately making trop^ j
between Washington and Norfolk. |
were withdrawn from sen-ice because j
they menaced the lives of passengers,
was denied by the United States i
steamboat inspection service this |
morning.
It was declared that, answering a
few complaints made on the vessels
instability, the inspection Son-ice
male a thorough examination and
four.d that with a slight correction I
j of the ballast both vessels would bo !
| in good shape.
The regular meeting of Randolph j
; Chapter No. 3, K. R. U., and La-;
i favettc Council No. 2, K. K.. will be
Held in the Masonic Temple Monday, I
July 25th, 1919, at 7:30 p. m. Busi- |
ness of importance.
i F. W. Latahm, 32 degree K. C. C. H.
j 173-4c. Secretary.
WIIII
I IK SENATE
; Lodge Wants Submission o
The Pact Immedia
tely
PROMISE TO FRANCE
Measure Offered After a Headed De
hale During Which President is
Charged With Failure to Transmit.
A resolution requesting President
Wilson to submit to the Senate the
treaty by which the United States
would promise to aid France in the
event of an unprovoked attack by
Germany was offered in the Senate
yesterday by Chairman Lodge, of
the Foreign Relations Committee.
Unanimous consent for its immed
iate consideration was refused by
Senator Robinson, Democrat, Ar
kansas.
Senator Lodge offered the meas
ure after a sharp debate, during
which Republican spokesmen de
clared that the terms of the treaty
required that it be submitted to the
Senate for ratification at the same
time as the treaty with Germany.
Charging the President with not
submitting information requested
by the Senate and the Foreign Re
lations- Committee, Senator Hrande
gee, Republican, Connecticut, refer
red to the Senate's seeming inability
to get the draft of the American
plan for the league of nations.
Senator Brandegee also assailed
the President for calling individual
Senators to the White House for dis
cussion of the treaty.
''Having tried this case before the
jury?the Senate,' said Senator j
Rrandegev. "now he sends for the '
individual jurymen and argues with
each one of chem. If there is any
information the Senate ou;rht to
have he ought to come before the
Seante or at least advice the com
mittee. I think the committee is
entitled to this information; the peo
ple, too, are entitled to it, entitled to
something besides the mere ipsi
t'fxit of the President."
AIM OF JAPAN
Has no Intentirn of Relinquishing
Claims to Shantung
Japan has'no ', intention of - an
nouncing to other, nations at what
time *hiV.pi:oposes' fo relinquish her.
cliunv W Shantung, the great : Chi
nese province practically ceded to
her by the Peace Conference.
This attitude was ascertained,'
after a call at the State Department
of Mr. .Ocbuchi, the Japanese charge
d'affairs, where he discussed at
length the Shantung situation with
officials of the department. The
reasoning and arguments of Japan I
on the subject were cf a highly clev
er character viewed from the diplo
matic standpoint: but, however, in
dicate that as she is in Shantung,
no one can put her out.
The fact that Japan has begun
?o soon to respond to the general de
mand in the Senate and "Isewhere
that she do more than generalise on
the question of giving Shantung
back to China, will attract very wide
at'.en^'on here and in Europe. The
attitude she assumes will undoubted
ly cause some trouble pnd certainly
a lu-nnV-ion in fhe ^cnr.Je.
ASKS SAFE CONDUCT
Lndon, July 2">.?P.ela Kun, de
posed head of the Buda Soviet Gov
ernment. has asked the Allies for
safe conduct to the Argentine Re
public. where he intends living, ac
cording to a dispatch quoting Vi
enna reports.
NOTICE
All citizens of Alexandria are in
vited to attend a mass meeting
which will be held Saturday night,
July 26th, at & p. m., in the Opera
House for the purpose of endeavor
ing to secure for the residents of
this city a car load of surplus army
supply food.
17fi-2c. Boilermakers' Lccal No. 369.
CLEARANCE SALE
, BIG JULY CLEARANCE SALE
I of men's clothing, shoes and furn
ishings at Abe L. Cohen's, 4IS King
Street. 13-6c.
BIG BERRY YEAR
Maryland Farmers Find Heavy De
mand With Prohibition
In Effect
Philadelphia, July 2">.?Prohibition
indirectly produced an extraordinary
condition in the strawberry market
rhijs \car.
Prices went higher than ever be
fore because a Chic a fro packing'
h?.use opened what was said to be
the largest fruit preserving plant in
the world in the heart of the straw
berry district of Delaware and the
Eastern Shore of Maryland, and
bought the product of great berry
producing fields virtually without
regard to cost to meet the tremen
dous demand for ice cream and soft
drinks produced by the "dry" period.
Strawberries that normally sold
for from n to 10 cents a quart were
snapped up at from "0 to 37 cents.
The price to the consumer never
went below :J0 cents this season.
Strawberry syrup for flavoring soda
water formerly sold at (>"> cents a
g:.lion. and is now quoted at $.').;"0 a
gallon.
Farmers are elated. Many of
j ihem made an average of $1,000 an
acre on their strawberry crop and
I'lW ?r? looking froward to big
i ?
profits next year.
The packers, when the straw her-,
ry season was over, sent their em
ployes to other work and closed the
factory.
BOYS IX SHOOTING ORGY
Hold Police at Bay Fcr an Hour
Later Escape
Kansas City. Mo., July 2~>.?Two
boys, 11 and 14, terrorized a section
of Kansas City, fought a noisy re
volver battle with an auto lond of
cops, surrendered a la Napoleon,
and then slipped right out of the
Juvenile Court to freedom in the
most realistic movie drama this city
has experienced.
The boys, Robert Moore, 11 years
old, and Wesley Harrison, aged 14
slipped away from a two gun Wild
West shooting drama at about 10:."!
Wednesday night, broke into a hard
ware store and repaired to a ravine
on the outskirts of town with two
revolvers each and plenty pf shells
A few minutes later resident:; there
abouts called the police by telephon
motor courier and marathon mes
sengcr.
A riot squad arrived in a hail o1
bullets from the ravine. Taking cover
behind irregularities in the groun<:
they blazed away with their revol
vers, aiming at the flashes from the
hollow.
After an hour's shooting, with n?'
casualties, the boys ceased firing and
the cops rushed, capturing them
Strewn around {he scene of the "last
stand" were, empty cartridges from
12 boxes of ammiifcion. .v
When thc youngsters were to be
arraigned in the Juvenile ( ourt yes
terday they stood by the exit. Tfteii
1 custodian looked the other way fi v ::
i moment and they disappeared. Th.'
police are still hunting for tlvem
LYNCH AGED COLORED MAN*
Atlanta Paper Discloses Hanging of
Negro at Milan. Ga.,
on May 2fi
Atlanta. July 2.1.?Berry Wash
ington, seventy-two years old. ne
gro. was lynched near Milan, Ga..
May 2'). after killing a white man
in aefenre of negro wtrm-n. it is
dociand i:* a lengthy account of the
affair which the A tnta C'mstitu
tion will publish today.
The lynching in the little Georgia
town in Telfair county did not be
come generally known at the t'me.
and. according to the Constitut'on's
version, officials at Milan said at
the time that they wished to keep
the affair out of print in order not
to hamper their round up of the
Ivnchers.
' On the night of May 24. the ac
count says, two white men went in
tc t'r.e negro section and began "cur
s-.r.s and disturbing the negroes, who
were in their homes. In an ex
change of shots with Washington one
of them was killed. The negro sur
ren::effd, and two days later was
taken from jail at McRae. nearby,
brought to Milan and hanged to a
pest and his body shot to pieces.
Spend the Week End at
POTOMAC OR COLONIAL BEACH
Steamer E. Madison Hall
Leaves Roberts Wharf
Every Saturday 3 p. m.
Returning Leave Colonial Beach
Sunday 5 p. m. Round Trip $1.25
Hall Steamboat Co.
R. H. Hancock, agent
|175 2p.
PRICE ONE CENT
MM
m TOLD IN BRIEF
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l
J The prayer meeting at the Anne
| Lee Memorial Home tonight at 7:30
I o'clock, will be led by Alvin Powell.
Miss Odessa Shank, of Strasburg,
has returned to her home after a visit
to her sisfr/i, Mrs. C. B. Payne, in
North Columbus street.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sinclair *' and
children of Clarion, Pa., are the
guest of Mr.-. Sinclair's sister, Mrs.
Charles DcMoll, in Queen street.
Mrs. Ii. M. Graham yesterday un
derwent an operation at the Alexan
dria Hospital and is rapidly improv
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Mudd and
two sons, Elmore and Clarence, left
today for a visit with friends in Bal
timore and Ellicott City, Md.
The annual excursion of the Co
lumbia Fire Engine Company was
given today to Marshall Hall and
largely patronized. The afternoon
beat carried a big crowd. It is ex
pected that the evening boat will
firry an exceptionally large crowd.
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows
tonight will confer the first degree
on candidates from Accotink and
Falls Church Lodge. There will be
a special meeting of this lodge next
Thursday night on which occasion
Guy T. Horner, Norfolk, Va., grand
master of the Odd Fellows in Vir
ginia. will pay an official visit.
Rev, Milton B. Lambdin, of Mont
gcraery county, \V. Va., a former
resident and native of this city, will
preach at the Second Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning and even
ing. His son, A. B. Lamibdin, direc
tor of vocal culture at Cokcr College,
S. C.. will sing at both services. Dr.
I,am!lxlin ar.d son are in New York
this week and will return to Alexan
iria Saturday.
MURDER blame jilted
Crumpel Checks Found in Station
Near 'Glassboro, N. J,
New Clue
Glassboro, N. J., July 25.?A wad
of torn and crumpled cheks found
stuffed under the planking of a lit
tle rural railroad station, four miles
from here, by a shipworker yester
day morning was the clue which
completely switched around the theo
ry of the Gloucester county authori
ties and local police in the mystery
over the shooting and killing hare
early Wednesday morning of Mrs.
Sabor,,;25 years old, anil the wound
ing of her'mother, Mrs. Jennie Kras
ne, ir, years old.
While Charles Sabor, 35 years
old, husband of the murdered wom
an fantically paed a cell in the
county jail at Woodbury, where he
was committed without bail, officers
yesterday were weaving a new net
of evidence which thoroughly clears
the husband and places guilt for the
crime upon a band of notorious ban
.!its who have been operating for
several months around Chester, Pa.
and Wilmington, Del.
J. A. CRAWLEY DIES
John A. Crawley employed by the
R. F. and P. Railway as a telegrapher
for many years, who was stationed
at Four Mile Run, died yesterday at
Providence Hospital. Washington, af
ter a brief illness, He was engaged in
newspaper work before entering the
employment of the railroad. Mr. Craw
ley was a sincere Christian and
though he never courted publicity,
there will be many who will miss
him in a substantial way, for he
was very charitable.
SUFFRAGE DEFEATED
/ Atlanta, Ga., July 25.?Ratifica
tion of the Federal Suffrage amend
ment failed so far as the present
session of the Georgia Legislature
is concerned yesterday.
The Senate voted against ratifica
tion 39 to 10, and the House took
similar action by a vote of 132 to
PREDICTS COAL FAMINE
Washington, July 25.?A fuel
shortage more tierious than it ever
! was In 1017 or 1918 was predicted.
I for the coming winter yesterday.