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ESTABLISHED 1784. Oldest Daily Newspaper in the j United States and Best Advertis-; ing Medium in Northern Virginia. I'fir this seciiwi?PartlT cloudy i and slightly cooler tonight, to-1 mtfrifcw fair. VOL. CXXXV?No. 182. ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE FRIDAY AUGUST 1, 1919. PRICE ONE CENT ANOTHER STRIKE iniHi Trainmen Threaten Walkout Unless Demand For Relief is Met PROFITEERS BLAME] W. G. Lee Declares Nation on The Verge of Vast Upheaval?Half Mil lion Men Involved. Washington, Ausr. 1.?William G. j Lee, president of the Brotherhood ! of Railway Trainmen, announced j yesterday that unless the Railroad j Administration has taken action by [ October 1 on the' demands of the j brotherhood, either that wages of i the trainmen be increased or the cost of living reduced, steps looking to fh-ti enforcement of the demands would be taken. Mr.. Lee said a resolution contain- j ing this dec] a ratio?., which had been : adopted last night by the special committee of 1G appointed at the recent convention of the* trainmen at Columbus, Ohio, jvould be sent to the Railroad Administration. The rero * lution provided that in the absence of action by October 1, the commit tee would reconvene to consider the necessity for using the protective ! features of the brotherhood." Demands of Lee and his special committee were presented to the j board of railroad wage and working ! conditions of the Railroad Admiris- i fcration at hearings endc-M tockry. This board is authorized to nu'ke recommendations to Director General Hine?. Demands of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen probr.)ly will he framed .a.t a. meeting of ."00 ehairir.en to be heild in Cleveland ! August 12. The meeting was called ! todtiy by President Shay, of the j Brotherhood. The trainmen's and firdmcn's ! fcfrothehoods art* two of the big four ; railroad brotherhoods whose total j bmenvbership runs more than 500.- j 000. TO INSPECT FIRE APPARATUS \ t'iiy Council men and Others to Go to : Norfolk and Portsmouth To rn or row *A delegation of members of the j city council accompanied by Fire ! Chief Kenneth W. Ojrden and W. W. Withers, representing the American j La France P'ire Engine Company, of j Elmira. N. Y., will leave tomorrow night for a visit to Norfolk and Portsmouth where they will insj>:ct ; motor fire apparatus in both cities. | The purpose is to look over the va rious kinds of motor fire fighters be- j fore placing an order for such appara tus for the fire department of this city. Already the city council has under consideration a bill apropriating the sum of S1S.000 for the purpose of completing the motorization of the fire department. In addition to the foregoing others ? in the party will be F. F. Marbury. j president of the board of aldermen; ; Aldermen W. W. B.illenger, John T. i Harriscn, George H. Robinson and J Councilman E. F. Ticer, William j Desmond. Claude W. Fletcher. It is reported that unless the do- J par:moot is completely motorized j there may be an advance here in fir? insurance rates. FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR DRIVE The trustees and pastor of the Shaw Chapel ask our white friends' of Alexandria please to donate one dollar to the colored soldiers m^ morial library that will be erected by the Shaw Chanel, in memory of those that lost- their lives in'Friiiu-e The following have contributed: X. Lindsey and Co., J. W. Mills. RcV 1 E. B. Jackson. Saunders and i Sun,' W. Desmcnd, W. A. Smoct and Co.!j Carver and Callahan, C. L. Holder. Thomas Waddy. M. B. Harlow. Miss Margaret, nad Mary E. Entwisle, S L. Dvsor. and Bro.. Swan Bros.. Justus Schneider. Graham and O? den, R. Gibson. Contributions can be sent to Mr. M. B. Harlow, vice president First National Bank, or to Rev. R. B. Robinson. ACTIVITIES OF COLORED W. C. C. S. CLUB FOR 6 MONTHS The opening of the Girls' Division of W. C. C. S. on Jan. 1st, 19:9, broadened the Alexandria field in War Camp Comunity Service Its pnr pose was to organize the women r.nd girts ot this community in a ncr. sectarian spirit with a broad pro gram of varied activities?rlesi^ned ! keep the girls abreast of the sol higher social standards. January 14th The Parent-Teach ers' Association was organized. The aim of ;ne association is to improve school facilities and to raise the edu cational status of the Colored youth of Alexandria. The association pledger in its constitution to foster the com munity spirit as planted by War Camp Comunity Service ir this city. Mrs. C. F. J Holland is president of j the association. On January 21st the Young Wo- j Pirn's Vocational Club was organized , with the purpose of rendering se:1- ! vice to the soldiers and to engage in 1 industrial and art work for self irn- ; provenicnt. This club has recently | opened a savings account and th / j membership has almost doubled. Mr.'. ! L:a.ra M. Highley is president oi this club. The Progressive Mothers' Club at the first regular meeting petition for a new public school for our children and at the second meeting a petition was framed and presented. These plans were executed by the joint ef fort of the Mothers' Club and lhe Parent-Teachers' Association. ^ his petition went through successfully .it j the first meeting of the City Ccun- j A.. Work on the ne.v structure has j !;?gun to the delight of parents pupils and teachers. Mrs. Alberta Hammond ? is the president of the Progressive ' Mothers' Club. c j The two organizations mentioned ; a: ove are now rallying for a fifreen : hundred dollar campaign for an in- ! dustrial equipment for the school. J They have confidence in the citizens j that the money will be raised. Mrs. i Wm. Frazier has been the chai.rmaTi of the industrial equipment commit tee in two very successful efforts. Mrs. Malir.da Jackson is chairman of the refreshment committee. Subscrip tion books are out also and R. D. Lylcs is business manager of this ef fort. Tag day and also an extended lawn party are being planned for this worthy cause. Red Circle Club number two was organized in February and a num ber three Red Circle Club in March. ."Mrs. Holland B. M. Skinner and Mi? Lula Edmonds have had charge of the sewing classes of these club. The ! industrial features have been sus pended for a larger recreational program for the summer. In April the W. C. C. S. Choral Club was organized ?having for :ts membership?some of the best sing ers in the city. The efficient direct->i is Richard II. Brocks and some of the . best musicians as pianists. The pur pose of the Choral Club is to lead j sings?in the rendering of musical programs for the soldiers and c:ti"cns :>f the community. This Club recent ly entertained the soldiers at Camp Humphreys with a splendid musical program. Good results in housing sanitation and the efficiency of labor have been j accomplished in cities in fifty four j counties of the state?<by this spe- j cial committee the different sections, j 'Sentiment has been stirred here for i "better sanitation and it is earnestly . hoped that this committee here will | have the support of the citizens?and : 'being inspired by that other cities j have done?will help to work out some ' of the problems in this much needed j field of labor. Rev. Lorenza A. King is chairman of this committee ar.l Mrs. Alice Wootton is secretary. The Dramatic Club has given ser vice to the soldiers at Camp Hum phreys directed by Miss Mary A. Dorsey. This club is making some plans for fall productions. The Canteen Committee from the different churches with the added ser vices of the Young Women's Yoca-! tional Club have shown their love of country in serving the men in uni form their breakfast on Sunday morning. Mrs. Eliza Gaskir.s is Mat ron; Mrs. Elizabeth McDowell is the ' chairman of the committee on re j freshments. i Gardening under leadership of Theo dore Lee and Miss Virgie Preston. STANDARD GASOLINE 25c Open evenings and Sundays, Alex andria Auto Supply, 104 South i Washington street. 149-tf City is Comparatively CaL For First Time Since Sunday THIRTY-TWO VICTIM? More Than 1.000 Persons Were In jured in Five I)a\s' Fighting Negros Are Fed. Chicago, Aug. 1.?Chicago was comparatively calm yesterday for the first time suice Sunday and pub lic officials expressed the belief that the use of five regiments of State troops had effectually quelle! the race riots which resulted in 32 deaths and the injury of more than 1.000 persons. State militiamen are patrolling the danger districts on the Scuth Side. Their appearance on the struts has had the* effcct of suppressing violent disturbances. They ai'e aided in their work by a driving v:?in. which kept crowds from gathering in the streets. A dozen arrests were made of whiter and negroes charged v.ith carrying concealed weapons and there were several sporadic fights between white nun and negroes, but no mob attacks wore rcpoited. When Governor Low len learned that thousands of negroes, who have virtually been hold prisoners in then homes since Sunday because of the. race* riots, were in ui'gc-nt need of food, hit* gave ordeirs facilitating the delivery ef supplies to the "h'ack. belt." A si a result many wagon loads of food were sent to the dis tricts on the South Side where rriief was ser'iously needed. Adjutant Genera! Dickson, after making a trip thiough the danger district, declared that the State troops and police have the situation well in hand. Mayoi' Thompson in a statement s'aid that one reason for his ap; :al ing to Governor Lowden for the use of State troops was that he had information of a well defined ph t to burn down a large section of the "black belt." The fact that the whites bad re sorted to the torc.h. he said, was clearly shown by 50 incendiary iires. in 21 hours in the negro districl. A squad of soldiers on duty at thd stockyard?! was attacked by a cr??wd of white men yesterday moiJ:;int after they hail been beaten. The scldiers held the crowd in chick ?vith drawn bayonets and refrained from shcotirg. Several wagonloads of police were hur'ried to the s. >nc and the crowd dispersd. Several ar rests were made. One Victory Gai-den Club is orgrniz- : ed?composed of boys who are in- . teres ted in this special industry. The playground is on north Alfred ! street extended. Miss Lillian Let has given valuable service as a volun:, worker in recreation*! work. Th Advisory Committee on Girls' Work leaders of clubs chairman of committees chaperones and volunteer workers meet the first Tuesday in , each month. This constitutes our bral representative Community Commit tee of W. C. C. S. It' is on behalf of j ? bis committee that we take this op- j portunity to give a six months' re- ! view of our work and to thar.k :ht brcadnvinded citizens that have given their support to a work that is utili tarian and practical and stands for the greatest geed of the greatest number. We believe that this com unity s?r- ?. vice with the spirit manifested above ' w:ll have the co-operation of more of our citizens in the future. The Girls', Division has moved to 517 Gibi:on '."eet All who are interested in com- . roanity uplift are heartily invited to j Hitc:.d club meeting*. Yours for community work Colored Ren't W. C. C. S. Alexandria. Va. i The regular meeting of Mt. Ver non Chapter No. 14, will be held in Masonic Temple Friday evening, August 1. at 7:30 for work in R. A. Degree. Refreshments. By order of High Priest. lSl-2c. F. W. Latham, Secretary. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Five Deeds Recorded Today in the Court Deeds cf transfer for the follow ing pieces of property today were placexl on record in the office of the* clerk of the court: Wm. M. Priest, to Hayman ZalkincI and his wife May Zalkind the store snd dwel ling1 at the northwest corner of 1 Patrick ar.:l Queer, street.:; Charles E. Nicol and wife to George R. Smith hcuse and lot 110 South. Henry street; II. V. Moulding to George \V. Welh house r.n:l let .?.ll; Quoen street; James J. Garvey to Worth IT u! fish and Sons. Inc., house and lot on the cast side of Market alley bounded bv King. Fairfax, Cameron and Royal street1: Robin son Moncure . special commissioner, lo Mrs. Lottie" A. Connelly lot on Fairfax between Queen and Prin cess streets. Ill _ III Health Likely to Force Virginian to Relinquish Post UNDERWOOD LIKELY I = "-MP! Western Man, However, May Re Se- : lected to Succeed Senior Senator From The Old Dominion. Thomas S. Martin of Virginia doc:; not soon improve in health, so that he can actively resume his duties as leader cf the minority in the Senate-, ' it is understood in legislative circles j that he will resign the ftgskion and j a.'k the Democrats to select his .successor. Without exception his party as-so- | ciatcs would regret that ill health I iiiould compel him to step aside for ! some one else, but generally it is : felt that it is unfortunate at this j ?particular time that Mr. Martin is : not robust enough to fill that im- j pyrtant position. Ir. the evc'nt the senior Senator from the Old Dominion tender his resignation as f'oor leader of the minority party, the question is al ready being asked on Capitol Hill whether Democrats will confe'r1 the j honr.n* upon another Southern man or will they igo West for their leader? If a Southern n'.'ir is selectd it is believed that Senator Oscar W. Un 'lerweod, of Alabama is specially filteil for that sort of work. He was for four years Democratic floor leader in the House of Representa tives, and during that psriod he was alsc chairman of the Wavs and Means Committe.? and piloted a new tarifff l,;,.l through that body. T*. is understood that Mr, Under wood is wiling to assume the- mi nority leadership in the Senate if his fellow Democrats desire it. but he is not willing to enter into a contest for the petition. There is quite a fee'.ir.tr, however, 'hat perhaps it would be a wise po- ; litical stroke should the Democrats pick their floor leader from anion? the Western Democrat?. In that connection the names of Senators Walsh of Montana, Hitch cock. of Nebraska and Chamberlain of Oregon arc heard su?grc':'ted of tener than those of any other Sen ators from the West. DIED WHITT?On Wednesday. July .10, 11H0, at the residence cf her mother, IIP, Prince street. Dorothy V'rginia Whitt. Funeral services at 4 o'clock this afternocnl. Friends of the family invited to at tend. 182-1 p. Spend the Week End at POTOMAC OR COLONIAL BEACH Steamer E. Madison Hall Leave* Roberts Wharf Every Saturday 3 p. m. fir turning Leave Colonial Beach Sunday ."> p. m. Round Trip SI.23 Hall Steamboat Co. R. II. Har.cck, agent in-2p. George E. Price and J. F. Cook will have on sale Friday and Saturday i trout, croakers, butterfish and I halibut. 181-2p. Employees of Southern j Shops Walk Out at 10 A. M. Today SHOPS ARE TIED UT Men Want Increased Wages as lVo- : test Against II. C. of L. lflO at I!o- j tomac Yards May Strike. As a ;proto.?t against the high cn-<t j of living and also fci' an increased ! wage scale, approximately H00 cm- I ployees of the Southern Railway Co.. this city, at 10 o'clock this morning went on a. strike. As a result particularly all opera tions at the Southern Railway shops I in th:> city were brought to a stand still. The only persons who did r.ot go out are the foremen and clerical help. The men who are out include ma chinists, boflermakers. blacksmiths, pipemen. crmon, stationery firemen, helpers an'* all apprenetices. At a mcctir./ he'j at th:- hall of th? Alexandra Trades Council it was decided to go out. The move was unanimous. All the men are out today includ ing eolored employee; on the coal chute. Follr.wing the strike this mo mine: the men met shortly after 11 o'clock in their ha:l at the Alexandria Trades Council rooms. Tt is expect ed that a number of officcirs of the International Association will come to this city to discuss the strike with the nun. It is regarded as hardly foro tomorrow. hecuc fore:1 mod om dom do mo do The r.t.rike here will to a certain extent cffi'ct a number cf trains both passenger7 and traffic. None of the officials of the union would give any idea as to when th^ lr.Yt expect to return. However, it. was stated that ther'o return to work will be governed by the na tion;:! association. Mechanics now rcccivc sixty-eight cents air hour ar. 1 want eighty-five and helpers want an increase of from forty-five to sixty c rts an , hour. j Employees at the Potomac Rail- , road yards a!;o are expected to go' "Ut.There are about 100 at the yards who wi'.l he effected. The men say that they would lie : satisfied with the prevailing wage "hcrlule if the high cost if living I was reduced, but otherwise they j want an increase :n pn* commcnsa rate with the steadily increasing cost of living. The strike effccts the entire south ! eastern system of the Southern Railway Company. HIGH COST OK LIVING Cabinet Officers and Other Officials Confer on Steps to Relieve Suffering Public President Wilson yesterday tacklcd l in dead earnest the h;gh ccst of liv ing problem with the manifest in tention rJ bringing into play all the government's forces to find a rem 3tly for the existing intolerable con i ditions. Ir. was learned that the Pre.-':k-nt I was giving the problem his most : serious attention, ar.d this was fol- . lowed bv the word that he had i formulated a pian of preliminary! action. His first sttp was to call a conference cf Cabinet officers and . department heads primarily con cerned. It was stated that no effective ! ! steps could be taken unless the full j powers of the President were as certained, and a conference ensue 1 in teh office cf Attorney General j Palmer, it being understood that the President desired to have any , conclusions reached sanctioned by the Attorney General. Those who joined Attorney Gene ral Palmer In the conference were Secretary ui the Treasury Glass. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Leffingwell, Secretary of Agricul ture Houston. Secretary of Com i merce Redfleld, Director General of : Railroad Hines, and Commissioners I Colver and Murc'cek of the Federal ] Trade Comni-^surk MONTHLY REPORT City Health Department Submits Re port of Work During July The following is the monthly report tor July 1919, of the activities of the City Health Department: Report of the Assistant Health Of ? f;cev Xo. of sewer connections 33, No. of notices to connect to sewer 11. N*o. of can type privies installed 44, Mo. of notices to install can type pri vies 2; No. of meat inspections 0, No. o? pounds condemned 550, No. of com plaints investigated 95, No. of nuisan ce's abated H;> Report of the Bacteriologist?Ana- ; lyses of city water 20 {analyses of c:ty private supply 2T; Milk bacterial 29; milk butter fat. 1?>; urine tests, SO; ? widal for typhoid, IT; widal para-typh "A", IT; widal para-typh "B", IT;! Sputum examinations, 12; Feces, ?>; malaria, 3; Wasserman. 8; Pathobgi-! cal speciman, 1; Smears for gonorrnca , 2; Ice cream bacterial, 2; ice cv?..'.m butter fat 1. Report of 'he Public Health Nurse: : No. of new patients, lb; No. of old patients, 25; No. of nursing vi its, !-]; No. of instructive visits. f>0; No. of typhoid inoculations 39; No. of \ accir.ations, 2; No. of afternoons spent in office S; No. of hours for c/'ricfi! work 24. Respectfully submitted LOUIS E. FOULKS. Health Officer. W. C. C. S., to Help In Work ; of Forming Local Post ASSISTANCE OFFERED Information and Data Relative to Or ganizing May be Obtained Hero From Representatives of W. C. C. S. The War Camp Community .::cr vice is now supplied with ail the data necc-ssary to start a local vos* of the American Legion for veteran- , cf the Army, Navy and Marine j Corps. It is not the work cf Wa1 Camp Community Set vice to defi nitely and directly organize post- of the American Legion, but it w'.i: do everything in its pewoe to sursply the men with information a* to i.r.v to organize themselves ir.to ci tp ters. Information ponccmintr the princi ples, constitution, method of ?.-rg.n'. zation and prcgr Us up to dat: oi the American Legion can now 1. obtained at the \Y ar ( amp ( om: .1 ity Club House. Prince and R va: slrtts. In addition, if the men now !ri Alexandria desiro to organize pc?t of the Legion, the War C-.mn Community Service will furnish the men with a suitable meeting rom and will do anything cSso it can to assist the men in this project. ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY Books added '.o Alexandra LiLvry! follows: Cup of Fury, Rupert Hu?r.o?; House Arcur.d the Corner. Go; > on Holmcn; Craters' Gold. Philip C ur tis; The Fire of Green Boughs. >'r>. Victor Rickard; Democracy. Si1 aw Desmond; In Secret. Robert nu m bers; The Hills of Desire. Rich-.rd A. Maker; The Tale cf Mr. !>;os, L E. Buckrose; H'.s \V:fe>,-i'> Guace S. Mason; The Undefeated ? . C Snaith; Dan-emu- Day-, M; ry R. Rinehart; Why Not. Miwrjt Widdemc-r; The Starling Ju. o. v.. Tompkins: The Winning Cue. James . Kay, Jr.; Trilby, George du i.Iau rier; Small Things, Margaret i>a- . ; 'and* The Message of the Star?. -< a\ i and "Augusta Hefodel; The Ros:cru-! ! cian Cosmo-Conception, Ma* ..no Augusta Hmdtl. .j HOUR SALE i 9 to 12 a. m. tomorrow at Bae-'sr, \lex. Kaufmann, prop., 415 King Sl See ad on Page 4. notice* Summer School will open at the Lee Building, Monday, August 4. at 9 a. m. lS0-3c. W. H. Sweeney, Supt. Clay Phillips has been appointed vcgis'trar cf the Second ward. Mr. awl Mrs. Charles Ecndheim and son arc at Ocean View, Va. Finis collected in tho Police Court (Vurin;- tho month cf July amounted to S!)71..".0. The regular weekly prayer meet ing at Anne Lee Memorial will bo lei by Mis. James E. Alexander ,at T:-?.0 this evening;. Mr. and Mrs. George D. Hopkins :?nd daughter, Miss Julia B. Hopkins left today for Talbot County, Md., where they will spend a month. Miss Mary E. Hill vnd Mr--. Joseph C. Gates have returned after hav-'ng .-rent the past four months in Flor al and the mountains of North Carolina. Master1 Eugene K. .Tackson, son of Dr. E. D. Jackson, is visiting in the Vlirondacks ar.d alone: the St. Lawrence River with hi.4 uncle, Or. V. D. Jackson, of Washington. During tho month of July there i'" births and 1~> deaths in this ?ilv according to the monthly report ulnnitted by Or. L. E. Foulk?, .tcaifch officer of tho city. William Cowhig. a former resident of Alexandria, died last nifrht at lis home at Casanova. Va. He will - buried in Warrunton, Va., at !0::;0 o'clock tomorrow morning. The Old Dominion Glass Company dosed its factory yesterday for the .r.nual summer holiday. This fac -??y after undergoing _rcpairs_\vni^ \ sumo operations rarly in Scpteni A largo number of Odd Fellows ast night attended a meeting of 'oto-.nac Lodge at which time an of ic-ial visit was made by Guy Horner ?rand master of Odd Fellows in Virginia. Mrs. Charles Ilailaway Wells and .'.liters, Misses Violette and Catharine, of St. Albans. W. Va., are biting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vio otte, of Luvay Avenue. P^addock. Mvs.' Wells is Mr. Violettea s'ster md formerly resided in this city. BASEBALL SUNDAY ' 'ardir.als Will Cross Bats With -War Department Team The War Department baseball team under the management of Lieut, ?rather, will r>'ay the Cardinal Ath -tic Club nine on the high school "eld Sunday at 3 o'clock. The visitors have s, good and hard hitting team, including "Pat" Roor.ey hr> star ball player from tho Cathol.c "Jniversity. Manager Robert E. McDonald, of Cardinals, will select: the best line ?p to use against the Warriors from ?1 >-> following players: Alexander, Do vf-rs. Driefus, Merchant, Sweeney, Strunkle, Payne, Quayle, White, 'rank Owens. Joe Owens, Sehaffer, i: miners, Dawson, ''Jeff" Williams, laymond Mallette, Allensworth tnd ?iarl Cornell. FX ME MORI AM 'r. remembrance of my precious daughter, Libbie Minor Cheeks, who departed this life two years a.go. August 1. 1919. You suffered much, you murmured not. [ watched you day by 'lay. Until at last with a broken heart; I saw you pass away. Mere each day I mourn for you dear daughter, But not with outward show. FVv the heart that mourns sincere ly, mourns silently ar.d slow. Come- to me my angel daughter. Wrap your wings around md tight Dir.rest daughter: ask God to com fort, Your broken hearted mother tonight 182-1 p. Mother and daughters : POTOMAC FISH COMPAN will have on sale today and balance of week, ff:?h crabmeat, river melons ; and clams and all kinds of fish. C. H. ZIMMERMAN, Proprietor, j Phone 108. If9-4p. mill