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'ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919^
VOL. CXXXV?No. 184.
CARME
I' YARDS NOW OUr
300 Walk Out at 7 O'clock
This Morning Completely
Tying up Yards
JOINT MEETING TODAY
Seven Hundred From Southern Shops
and Potomac Yards ?Conference
Meet in Opera House.
The 300 carmen employed at the
Potomac railroad yards went on a
strike at 7 o'clock this mornring, which
closes down the big yards. The othev J
employed at the yards, including all
of the mechanical force's, went on a
strike at 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon
makirtg a grand total of aproximately
400 at the yards on a strike.
'In addition to the 400 at the Poto
mac yards who are now out there are
atready 300 shop employed at the
Southern' Railway here on a strike
making a grand total of 700 out all .
told in this city.
The carmen at the Potomac yards
were the last to leave their posts, .
They carried along with th'em both
foremen and laiborers leaving only the ]
clerical forces at work at the big
gravity yards. (
Despite the fact that officials at the .
yairds claimed they will not be crip
pled hy the men goinig out, it is stated (
by the union men that the strike will
completely dose down1 the big yards
and also that care for repairs will
not be repaired at places where they
exneoted the work to be done inas
much as the men at these points also
wiM gfrike.
?The situation at the Potomac yards ;
is serious. Niever before in the
history of the yards were they tied
up so tight as they are today. There 1
is not a single man at work.
A joint meeting of the strikers from 1
the Southern and Potomac yardis was
held at 10 o'clock this mornine: in ;
the opera house which was presidcil
over by the local union officials from 1
the two places. 1
They a're determined bo remain out 1
until their demands for increased pay '
or a reduction in the high cost of
living is met. They are firm in their
determination.alon<g this line and as7 1
serfc that under no consideration will
they return-'utitil action is taken-:. !
Attending this meetirtg were com
mitteemen from the Terminal Round
house;vin Ivy Qjty D. C?,.who went
out on' a strike at 8 o'clock this
morning. ' *
Views of the situation were ex
changed by many of those present.
Announcement was made that a joint
committee fqom the Southern ,and
Potomac yards wild1 this afternoon
hold a conference in1 "Washington with
a .committee from the Ivy City Ter
minal roundhouse. This conference is
slated to be held at 509 G street, north
west, Washington.
Apart from the fact that a confer
ence was held this morning which was
attended by all of the strikers and
the committees were named there is
nothing further to report at this time
a .-cording to the strikers. They.simply
are marking time and awaiting de
velopments J
Owing to. the fact that the Alexan
dria Trades Council room!s were in
sufficient to accommodate the crowd
v;;th the new men added to the sr
ers from the Potomac yards, it was
decided to hold the meeting in the
opera house where all future meet
ings will be held.
MAY CEDE ISLANDS TO U. S.
London, Aug. 4.?The National
News says a suggestion that the
British West Indies ibe ceded- to the
United States in part payment of
Grekt Britain's war debt is being
considered seriously on both sides of
the Atlantic
Open Air Moving Picture Show
For benefit of
Si. Mary's Boys' School
In the School Y*td
Washington & Queeo,Streets
August 6 and 7, 1919.
At 8.30 P. M.
Adult's Ticket 35c
Children's Ticket 15c
184-3c.
local team victorious
| : ?;
Cardinals 8; War Department 4?Two
Other Games oat Docket
The CardS nal iA'thletic ' Club base
ball team defeated the War Depart
ment representatives yesterday on the
high school field1 by a 8 to 4 score.
The game was exciting and well
played throughout. In the first in
ning the "warriors" had three men or
the bases, but could not get them
home as the Carditfals were as tight
as a mister with Tiis money and would
mot loosen up a bit.
1 C'hariie Hanltzmon pitched an ex
cellent game for the Cardrinals, al
though he could not locate, the plate
at times, but would tighten uip whon
in danger. Catcher Savage, Tate of
the Fort Hunt baseball team, and who
has recently returned from France j
where he played an importarft via it
or the "firing linte" of the Coast
Artillery Corps, was behind the bat
for the winners.
The Cardinals have been playing
winning basebali during the 1919 sea
son, having lost but one game.
Saiturday, August 9, the Naval
Hospital baseball team will be tho
Cardinal's opponents. The game will
!>e played on the Alexandria High
School field and1 will be called at 5
p. m.
Sunday, August 10, the Cardinals
will play the Rex Athletic Club team
in the Union League Park ,15th ami
H streets N. E., Washington, at 2.30
p. m.
Manager McDonald will take his
lads over /to the Capital City preparer!
to. giVe the Rex a hand game and will
do his best to return home with a
victory.
The Cardinals have not heard from
;he Clarendoris, "but are ready."
GUNS QUELL STRIKE
Mank Killed and Wounded in Swit
erlaitd Disorders
Geneva, Aug. 4.?Troops sent by
the Government to quell strike riots
at Basle and Zurich were forced to
use machine guns mounted on. au
tomobiles during the disorders Fri
day. The strikers at Basle ripped up
the payments and bombarded the
troops', injuring many.
A number of strikers were killed
and many were arrested.
At Basle the outbreak was said
to be of a Bofehevik' character, while
at Zurich the disorders were attrib
uted :to the. increasing cost of liv- ;
ing. j Newspapors have ceased pub
lication^ rul tramways have discon
tinued running at Basle.-Operation
of the gas an delectric 'services are
threatened. The ringleaders of the
strike are reported to be youths 18 -
and 20 years old. ; The military is
guarding all banks and factories.
HOME DYNAMITED
Los Angeles Lawyer Target of Un
known Assassins
Yesterday
'Los Angeles, Aug. 4.?The home
of Oscar Lawler, prominent attor
ney, was wrecked by the explosion
of two bomlbs yesterday Lawler and
his wife wdrc probably fatally in
jured.
The home was destroyed by the
explosion and fire th'at followed.
The authorities, searching the ruins,
found the romntants of two bombs.
Mr. Lawler, on regaining con
sciousness at the hospital, said that
he had no idea who could h'ave
pTaced the bombs. He sard his pro
fesscnal activities recently had not
placed him in contact with the law
less element and he h'ad no enemies.
FIVE KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Italian Police Blame Radicals for In
cident Near City of Chiatona
Taranito. Itay Ag. 4.?High-power
exposives, said by the police to have
been placed by radicals in order to
terrorize people during the proposed
general strike on July 21, suddenly
exploded yesterday near Chiatona.
Five persons were killed. Parts of
their bodies were thrown several hun
dred feet in the air. No damage was
done to the railroad line. The police
are investigating the incident,
i
ATTACK ON BARRACKS
Ennis County Clare, Ireland. Aug.
4.?Thirty men armed with rifles and
revolvers yesterday morning attack
ed the police barracks at Broadford.
ten miles, north of Limcrick. A battlo
ensued between- the attackers a*d po
lice which lasted more than an hour.
One policeman was seriously wound
ed.
Candidates For State Sei
ator and Legislature to
be Chosen
BIG VOTE EXPECTED
i
i
Final Round Up Of Voters Tonight
?^Candidates Sanguine?Interest at
Close More Pronounced.
A democratic primary will be held
| tomorrow for the purpose of nomi
nating a candidate for the state sen
ate to represent ihc fourteenth sena
torial district embracing this aity,
Alexandria, Fairfax and Prince Wil
liam counties and also to nominate a
representative for the state legisla
ture to represent this city and Alex
andria cunty :n that body.
Despite the fact that the campaign
as far as this city is concerned has
been apparently list'css it is' predict
ed that a jroc l sized vote will be poll
ed he-? tomorrow. Friends of bctr.
candidates will be out in full force
it is stated.
The race for the state senate is
between Walter T. Oliver of Fairfax
county and C. J. Meetze of Prirce
William county. There is more in
terest in this fight than in the leg:s
lative contest.
The race for the state legislature
?S a triangular one and the can'!:
dotes are Chcrles Jesse, Alexandria
county; John W. May and J. W.
Collins, this city.
The polls here will open at sun!'.if
and close at sunset voting will In
done at the usual voting places. The
judges and clerks have been chc^on
by the city el'octoria! board.
HUSBAND SHOOTS FIVE
New Yorker Invades "Good Husband's
Club"-Affair and Fray Brings
One Death.
New York, Aug. 4.?Enraged ? <e
eause his wife from whom he v/ns
separated, was attending the annual
picnic of the "Good Husband's Cl>:b"
here Saturday night, Arthur Gould
thirty years old, shot Irene Gould,
twenty-four, through the wrist, killed
Richard Gallagher, who went to nor
assistance, wounded two men and a
girl, and, after his ammunition had
been exhausted, was rescued from an
angry mob by the timely arrival of
the police. Gould, badly beaten, was
held by the police on a charge of
homdeide.
SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS
About 100 Pupils Attend ?Four In
structors In Charge
A summer school was opened to
day at Lee school building with an at
tendance of approximately 100 pupils.
The school will be conducted daily for
until the reopening of the schools in
the early autumn. The summer sch'>ol
is for piy>iils who failed to pass the
examinations for promotion. There s?r-2
four teachers engaged in the work of
teaching. The school is operated un
der the direction of Supt. W. II.
Sweeney and the city school board.
Admission to the school is absolu
tely free.
The abtend&nte this year is reported
to be larger than a previous year and
shows conclusively that all the pup
ils who failed in their examinations
propose to make strides forward so
that they will <vin promotions at Iho
coming scholastic term of schools.
THREE BOYS KILLED
Explosion in Quarry Shanty Where
They Were Playing
Philadelphia, Aug. 4.?One boy was
blown to atoms, not enough of his
body being recoverable for recogni
tion, and two other boys, brothers,
were disemboweled and all their limbs
torn off by an explosion in the tool
shantly of a quarry at Berkley street
and Pulaski avenue at 1.50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Tho two .broth
ers were inot instantly killed but died
in St Ltike Hospital. ..
STANDARD GASOLINE 25c
Open evenings and Sundays, Alex
andria Auto Supply, 104 South
Washington street. 149-tf
Six REALTY TRANSFERS
Deeds of Conveyance Recorded Today.
? Deeds of transfer for the following
pieces of property haveJust been re
corded in the office of the cleric of
the court; Mrs. Annie V. Monroe to
Erven J. Roberts and wife house lot
510 North Washington street Erven
J. Roberts to Mrs. Florentine Smoot,
house ami lot on the north side of
Queen between St. Asaph and Pitt
streets. M. T. Dwyer to M. D. Reese
tiwo story brick dwelling 230 North
St. Asaph Street, trustees of the
Second Presbyterian Church to W.
Dentaine three-story brick dwell?
imr on west side of St. Asaph be
tween Duke and Wolfe streets; Miss
Louise Aitcheson to Alfred G. Dome'
house and lot at the southwest corr.eT
of Duke and Lee streets; Miss Louise
Aitcheson to Zekiel IC. Moore house
and lot on the west side of Lee be
tween Duke and Wolfe streets.
stantontrTal
STARTS TOMORROW
Charged With Shooting and
Killing Jesse Rolph May
' . 12, Last
VENIRE OF FORTY-SIX
Shooting Took Place In Rosemont
and Rolph Died at Hospital Two
Days Afterward.
The trial of D. Worth Stanton, r
charged with shooting and killing
Jesse Rolph, which occurred May 12,
is scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning in the corporation
court, Judge L. C. Barley, presiding.
A venire of forty-sn>" til 2 sm en from
which to select a jury of twelve has
been summoned.
It is expected that the case will oc
cupy two days. A large number of
witnesses, including several character
witnesses for the accused have beer,
summoned to testify. Stanton alleged
that Ruliph disturbed his domestic
happiness and that this was respon
sible for the shooting. The shooting
took place the afternoon of May 12
and Rolph died the morning of May
14 at. the Alexandria .Hospital.
-Ro'ph was employed as foreman of
the anglesmith shop at the plant of
the Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora
tion.
The accused will be represented by
Attorney Edmund Burke and Com
monwealth's attorney Howard W.
Smith will conduct the prosecution.
CHILDREN HUNGRY
Six Million Underfed Because of High
Cost of Living
From 3,000.000 to 6,000,000 Ameri
can children are not getting enough
to eat because their parents are un
able on their present incomes to buy
sufficient food, sai da statement is
sued yesterday by the Children's Bu
reau of the Department of Labor.
These are the children, the state-,
merit said, who are often pronounced
by parents and teachers to be "deli
cate," "ailing", "lazy" or just "plain
omey," although thc-rr true affliction
is mal-nutrition.
The number of school children in
the United States who are not get
ting sufficient food was placed at
i from 15 to 25 per cent. This was said
to be true of onc-'fith of the child
ren attending school in New lork
City.
"Thousands of American families7'
the statement said, 'are today living
op. an income which does not permit
an adequate diet."
Watch for
Dollar
Day
Tuesday*-??;
Aiugiil-9
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Merchants Plan Rigges
Bargain Festival Ever
Held in City
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th
Twenty-Five Have Already Signed rnd
Others Are Expected to Take Part
In Big Event.
Dollar Day is coming!
For the first time in its history
the many progressive merchants of
rapidly growing Alexandria, have
agrded to join hands and give the
buying public the greatest, feast of
bargains ever prepared for one days
sale.
And the date of this heretofore
unheard of bargain festival is Tues
day, August 19
The sale is to be conducted undor
the aurfpieds of thd Retail Merchants
Bureau of the Alexandria Chamber
of Commerce and is to be thorough
ly advertised in every section of
the dounty and even into other
counties of the norther portion of
the ?tatp.
An incomplete canvass of the var
ious stores of the city has provided
a list of about 25 merchants ready
and -witting to participate in this
first sale and that they will endeav
or to make DOLLAR DAY one of
thd biggest events of the 'kind ever
held here and' to make it a semi
yearly bargain festival, is a fore
gone conclusion.
DOLLAR DAY has never failed to
provide one of the biggest crowds
ever attending,a sale in the many
hundred's of cities and towns of the
United States where these sales are'
held semi-?annually and that Alextfn
dria will join thd ranks of these
prcrcssive and wide, awake citites is
n. practical certainty.
Witihin a few days, window cards
and si^ns advertising th? bijr event
will be on display in the windows of
the stores taking part in the sale,
and the thrifty shopper will do well
to patronize the stcrcs having these
cards in the ?windows.
Below is a tentative list of mer
chants who will take part in the
^ale. Any oilier merchants of the
city'desiring to be identified with
' lie: list, are requested to call Mr. J
T. Preston, at the Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce rooms.
' Department Stores:?D. Bendherm
nnd Sons, E. R- Elliott, Swan Bros.,
W. T. Farley. R. E. Knight and Son.
Ladies' Ready to wear?The
Leader Store, Julius Wolf. M. Sper
iing. M. Lieberman.
Millinery?'Mrs. C. E. Bradley.
Men's Clothing?Eddy and Gerber.
Downhtom and Ridgeley, Kaufman & ;
Blum enfold, Abe L. Cohen, B. Ab
.'unison, H. FriedTander, Baer's-Alex
Kaufman, L. Levin son.
Men's Hats.?Howell, the Hatter.
Music Stores?J. M. Reed.
Shoe Stores?George \V. Bouts. A.
Katz.
Jewelers and Son?Saunders and
Son, Castelberg's.
Books and stationery? S. F. Dy
<>n and Bro.
DYNAMITED GIRL'S HOME
Scranton, Pa.. Aug. 4.?Charged
v/ith dynamiting the home of the
"irl he loved and who has been per
sisting in her refusal of his atten
tions, Anthony Costino, aged 16
vears. was arrested early yesterday
"morning after dynamite had been
exploded under the porch of thej
house of John Salaki, on East Drink
er Street.
The porch was smashed into
splinters and doors knocked out of
plumb. Salaki, his wife and their
15 year o*d daughter, Josephine,
were thrown from their beds, but all
escaped injury. The police say Cos
tino told Josephine he would kill her
unless she agreed to marry him and
:.t is thought he used the dynamite
to carry out his plan.
MARRIED
NOLAN?THOMAS?On Saturday,
August 2, at RockviHe, Md., Miss
Edith M- Thomas, granddaughter
of Mr. ?nd' Mrs. George S. Finch,
and Wiiiiam B. Nolan, by Rev.
F. Minnick. 184-lp.
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SUBSTANTIAL BIRTHDAY GIFP.
I
Mrs. Lucy W. Roberts Presented
With Deed for Agnew Court by
Her Sen, R. S. Roberts
Mrs. Lucy W. Roberts, sixty-sewi
years old, whose home is in Danr
ville, Ind., was given a genuinf
surprise today by her son. R. S;
Roberts, oif this city, when he pre
sented her with a deed for the housi}
and let 310 South Pitt street, for*
A 1
merly the property of the Agnew
estate, know nas Agnew Court. i
estate, known as Agnew Court,
daughter, Miss Kelly Roberts, only
I arrived in Alexandria this morning
and nrul been here but a few hours;
when her son made her a propeity;
owner in Alexandria by presenting1
her .vith a deed from the property!
which las just convey.-d to him by;
purchase from Gardner L. Boothe,i
special commissioner.
Mts. Roberts was a passenger oni
the Chesapeake and Ohio train which!
had a narrow escape from being!
wrecked by a landslide at Hunting-!
ton, Yv. Va., yesterday when the en-t
gine of train 20-1 was badly dam
aged.
VICE PRESIDENT OK BANK I
Robert S. Barrett With South Anier-I
ican Corporation
Robt. S. Barrett this city, former
ly commercial attache at Buenos
Aires, has been chosen first vice
president of Portalis and Co., Ltd.,
international bankers and merchants
Tnis company has its main office at
Buonos Aires and has established a
New York office at 25 Broad St..
Branches also are located at London.
Paris, Montevido and Rosari.
!Mr. Barrett1 will be locaited in
Buenos Aires and expects to sail for
that city next month.
JAPAN WILL KEEP FAITH |
Baron Goto Says China Will Rcceivr
Shantung Back
London, Aug. 4.?Japan will keer
faith in- its engagement concerning
Shantung, according to a statement
i>y Baron Goto to tho Manchesie1
Guardian. "Talk is heard,'' he says I
'that the Chinese fear.Japan will ro' H
:arry out her promise to return Shan- I
tunjf to China, and this fear seem>
to be shared by (,;h?r foreigner:
also.
?'Japan has always strictly observ
id her treaty obligations and ha
never had occasion to apologize fr
non-pcrformar.cc cf ner promises. Th
treaty between China and Japan ii
191.') clearly stipulated that Japat
will eventually return Shantung tin
China. That engagement leaves lioljff.
the slightest doubt that Japan wil' |
t.urn Shantung over to China, foi J
Tapan has-never been accused of ;
breaking faith."
WOOD ALCOHOL KLLS SEVEN
Victims Bought ''Beverage" in Lid* '
of Real Liquor at Jersey City i
Jersey City, N. J., Aug. 4.?Sewr i
persons have died here within the
pasit ten days from drinking woo-J if
alcohol, it was revealed yesterday H
by Dr. Arthur P. Hat-kins, assistant H
county physician. Dr. Ilaskins said jj
the victims had obtained the "bever- jj
age" from barges in lieu of liquor? jj
no longer obtainable under prohibi
tion.
It became known here yesterday
that David Carbine, cf Crabtree. Pa.
?had become totally blind while
awaiting discharge from Camp Dix
'as a result of drinking what soldiers
.?all "bl'ackjack," a concoction which
when analyzed, proved to he wooo
alcohol, to which some color;ap
matter had been added. Carbne is ir
the Monmouth Memorial Hospital
:-.t Long Branch.
Warnings have been issued* at
iCamps Dix and Vail against sold
iers indulging in ''blackjack."
HANGS HIMSELF AT 85
Plattsburtf, N. Y., City Attorney Ha''
Held M Public Offices
Platt:?burg, N. Y., Aug. 4.?Henry
E. Barnard, city attorney of P!atts:
burg and formerly member of the As
scmbly from Clinton county, was
found hanging in a barn at his resid
ence here yesterday by his son, Mayoi
C. E. Barnard.
Mr. Barnard was 85 years old and
was regarded as on>> of the leading'
lawyers of the city' and county. He.
had-held 30 public-.offices, including:
those of district attorney, and city .al-j
derma rr. Ill health was -? believed-, te
^have led him to end his life.
PRICE ONE CENT
Miss Mamie Keegan has gone to
Boston by sea where she will spend
her vacation.
R. E. Lee Camp, Confederate
Veterans, will hold its regular
monthly meeting: tonight.
Mr. ami Mrs. Jas. A. Huifish spent
he week end with Rev. and Mrs.
3. T. Dodge, at Chester, Va.
Mr. Ernest Lyles of Bridgeport.
Conn., has returned home after com
ng here to attend the funeral of his
?jjster Mrs. Philip Parks.
Mr. R. L. Bartlett of Daube, Md.,
las returned after a visit to his
?;randmother, Mrs. Peter Hoy and his
jrand'father, Mr. J. II. Bartlett.
Mr.s. Grace Shout!/, and Miss Ruth
Smith left yesterday evening for
amp Oka Lee, Toronto, Canada
.vhere they will sipend the month of
August.
\n open air moving picture show
rill he given Wednesday and Thurs
!a.\ evening on the la"wn ,at St.
.Mary's i>oys' school, Washington
md Queen streets.
Master Laurence Thomson of
Varrenton, Va., who has been spend
ing the past week with his aunt, Mrs.
R. E. Thompson, has returned to his
home accompanied by his cousin Al
ton Thompson.
Mrs. Cora M. Shirley, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward A. Fritsch and little
:ujinter, Virginia, motored in from
hicago on Sunday and are guests
f their relatives, Mr and Mrs. W.
Nickiiri, of South Pilt street.
Mr. Wm. II. Ware, of Washing
on, and Miss Maggie May Staples,
f this city, were quietly married
laturday evening at Grace Church
actory by Rev. Edgar Carpenter,
'hey will reside in Washington, D.
A sample of the lights proposed to
e used for the illumination of King
treet's white way was placed in
>osition Saturday and used Saturday
light for the first time. The light
?.as been placed on a pole on the
>uth side of Kinp between St. As
ph and Pitt streets.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Rosenfeld, this
ity, announces the marriage of their
;on, Norman E. Rosenfeld to Miss Al
L. Grcerfberg of Buffalo, N. Y.,
.hich took place in Washington ye?
erday at-the home of Rev. Dr. Simon,
immediately followinig the wedding
Ir. and Mr.s. Rosenfeld left for New
"rt News and other southern cities.
ATTACKED AFTER CRASH
\utflfmnbilist Blackjacked by Truck
Driver for Protesting.
Trenton, Aug. 4.?After his auto
iiobile had been knocked into a
'.itch by a motor truck on the Lin
coln Highway, about a mile above
Morrisvil'Ie, early yesterday morn
ng, William F. Wallace, of Wash
ington. D. C., chi-rges that he was
Mackjackcd by the driver of truck,
xho then made his getaway.
Wallace ckx-lares that the truck
\vas running on the left side of the
oad, and following the collsion, when
! he asked the driver why he did not
: keep to the right, the man pulled a
' blackjack and hit him on the headi
! inflicting a severe scalp-wound,
f The truck was owned by the
Commonwealth Storage Company of
Philadelphia, and bore the Pennsyl
vania license No. C4019. Efforts to
overtake it were futile. 1
MASONIC NOTICE
There will be a call communication
of Artdrew Jackson- Ledge. No. 120
A'. F. and A. M. at the Masonic Tem
ple Wednesday evening, August Gth;
?at 7.30 o'c/ock to confer the F. C.
degree. All master masons invited. By/
Order of the Worshipful Master:'
184-3c. ?' -J. T:' '-'S^ty.
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MARRSE?>- ; -A MOJ-. .
Mr: Floyd L. DickeTeon and Mrs.
'Elsie- Cohen, of thi? V. max*T
fried'jrl >>Yr" ' i?aai-y./
7. 1919,-1 * ?' iting.