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ALEXANDRIA. GAZETTE TUESDA
VOL. CXXXV?No. 233.
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V, SEPTEMBER 30,1919.
PRICE ONE CENT
Health Officer Fotalks Says
Milk Is More Nutritious
1 Than Other Food
CAUSE OF ILLNESS
Say* Milk Being Supplied Alexan
dria Soon to Compare Favorably
With Any in This Country.
Among: the many letters being
dally sent to Health officer Louis E.
Foulks he has selected the following
as asking a question of general pub
lic interest.
"I lmve three chHdren ranging
from three to seven years of age, bul
they don't seem to thrive as they
should. Would you kindly adVise me j
what would be the most suitable food j
to give them as a principal diet and |
which would contain the most nourish
meat for the money expended. I am
poor and cannot afford much meat at
the present high prices."
I could fully answer this important
question- wifth just one word?Milk!
'However, I will go into the matter
more deeply and give my reasons for
such a statement.
MiiWc is one of the oMtest foods
adopted, by the humlan family, of
which we have any mention of in our
records of ancient history. The in
scription on a Chaldean tablet, thou
sands of years old, says?"Milk doth
benefit the bodiy; strength and power
does, it give."
Isaiah siays?'Ho, everyone that
tfvirsteih, come ye fco the waters, am5
le that hath no money, come ye, buy
fnki eat; yea, come buy wine arrd milk
ithouifc money and without price."
While it is true our mbdern milk
men demand a price, yet when you
consider the food value of milk, even
with meat, eggs and other standard
foods, he is giving you more for your
noney than you can obtain by any
xther pu^^Be.iFor a .child", no other
bod is as necessary and important as
riiik. During- the early period of it?
ife, its existence, depends upon this
bod alone, anil ail must adlnvit that it
nswers every ='requirement of nature,
living: life, ^health and strength. The
rowing1 Jala by requires food elements
!> form bone, muscle, tissue and blood
hd milk is the only food known that
&ntains all of the required element?
v a concentrated and easily diges<ti
Ie form. This being an undisputed
ict, it is not Hard to understand wh:
ihllk should be an important part of
je food given a'growing child of any
l^e. It is true that as the baby grows
|der, teeth form and its organs of
i&estion develop, so it can.consvime
nid actually requires some more soli<:
>rms of food, yet the food vahie c
t-illc remains the same as the baby |
isses into childhood and on even to
lult life. |
Most of the ills of childhood?ex- J
kpting contJapious diseases ? are
Ijused by digestive troubles from im
jer food'. It must be remembered j
?t man is not by nature a carnivor
animal, for that is plainly indi
by his teeth, hence meat is
ither indicated or necessary to his
iKMcd existence. And unless he
i<te an active life, the consumption
much meat throws a heavy burden
)n the organs of digestion and
lireation and trouble sooner or later
b?ults.
lit must be understood, however,
llat an adult is mujch better able
1| meet this extra and unnatural de
ind upon his fully developed and
(itured internal organs, than a half
>wn- child. Hence it is plain to lie
in that ohiM should be given only
ph food as will not in any way over
its powers of digestion, assimula
and elimination. Milk meets all
^se requirements and at the same
ae does not cost more than half as
:h as any other article or combina
of articles having the same food
le. For instance, one quart of milk
5ES TUBES' TUI?ES
Guaranteed
k0x8, $2.25; 30x3 1-2, $2.50; 32j
1-2, $3.00; 31x4, $3.50. Alexandru
to Supply, 104 South Washingtoi
est.
is equal in general food value to -
pounds of chicken, or three pounds
of fresh eotifish, or eighft eggs, or
two pound's of potatoes, or one pound
of lean beef, or five poun<ds of tur
rtips, or one-third1 pound of wheat
flour or four pounds of cabbage. This
you must understand is only a rough
comparison, as none of these articles
alone contain a>ll the food elements of
milk, so when we compare it with
any other single article of. food, we
are n'ot doing it fuH justice.
In speaking of milk, it should be
kept in mind that I, at all times
mean fresh, pure and clean milk.
Dinty m'flk has killed far mtore people
than bul'lets! it is the fines* and most
perfect human food known if pure
arid clean, the most dangerous and
deadly if infected or dtfrty.
The dairy farms supplying milk to
Alexandria are under the regulation
and inspection of the Health De
partment and weekly tests of the milk
made in our laboratory, and I am
free to state that the supply is now
reasonably good. As mentioned in a
recent article, we wH shortly have a
pasteurizing plant located in the
heart of the city., and' I am now
pleased to announce that another
plant, just outside the city, is almost
finished and is expected to be in
operation within a few weeks at most.
The ownear of this new plant has
one of the 'best dairy farms supplying
milk to this citby, and' we are pleased
to ncie that he is thus doing his best
to biting it right up to date.
I think the people of Alexandria
wil be excused if they manifest a
centain degree of pride in the fact that
our milk supply wi'H' soon compare
favoraby with bhat of any city in this
country. I again sita'te the fact, that
sroodw Clean milk is not only the b?sC
but also the cheapest and s'afest food
for children at alii time's of the year
James Bayne Talks on Pro
posed New Method Be
fore Commerce Body
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Matter Discussed Before Civic Bu
reau of Chamber of . Commerce at
Special Meeting: Last Night.
A called meetinjr of the Civic Bu
reau of the Chamber of Commerce
,was held last night at which meet
ing tho Board of Directors were
| invited to be present to hear the
discussion concerning a new plan
of assessing taxes for this city.
A committee of the civic bureau
was appointed some time ago to in
vestigate and ascertain the most
equitable form of assessment, with
the result that James Bayne, chair
man of the committee, has given
several months of study to this im
portant subject, and last night deliv
ered a most instructive and inter
esting address in explaining the pro
posed form of assessment and in
equity and inefficiency of the pres
ent method. It was listened to very
closely by all present. The data
accum mutated and the exhibits
made shows long hours spent in its
preparation and the Chamber of
Commerce and the city generally
are to be congratulated that they
have such members who are willing
to sacrifice time and energy in
furthering the interests ard welfare
of the city, and it is hoped by the
Chamber of Commerce the City
Council will at the cajrliest oppor
tunity take steps to put into opera
tion a plan that will be fair and
equitable to all property owners.
. NOTICE
Special. Potatoes, peck. .18 cents,
this week. F. C. PULLIN, corner
Queen and Royal Streets 233-1 p
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere ap
preciation for the kindness and sym
pathy extended us on the occasion of
the illness and death of our little
daughter, Mary Virginia "W^ybright,
antf also for the' beau/tiful floral of
ferings.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wavhriight.
233-lp
PLANT
Efflll
No Semblance of Disorder at
' The Entrances
Yesterday
FEW MEN LEAVE WORK
Police Department Fully Equipped to
Handle Situation?Many Additional
Officers Sworn In.
Bethlehem, Pa.|, Sept. 30.?The
Bethlehem plant of the Bethlehem j
I Steel Corporation was very little af- I
fected yesterday morning by the j
strike which had been called fiom
PLttyburgfa, and there was no scm
tijagfe of disorder at the entrances to
the various plants when the Shifts
chanjred at 0 a. m. ami agrain at 7.30
o'clock.
Virtually the sami' number of em
ployees appeared in the various de
partments as worked last week, save
i mmber of machinists left wit'
their tools. The latter were said by
the Company officials to be mc th
of the floating: order, who had been
^rr.'ployed ,d'urinig' the war.
Mayor Johnston, who issued a prc
'.am-ation calling: upon the citizens t(
be Jaw-abiding: and to assist in the
nrairJtenance of peace, was upon the
?cene early. He will not permit {rather
infc's of any kind.
The police department is well
equipped to cope with the situation
shcuM any trouble arise, as ninny
national officers have been sworn
in.
Pittsburgh, Sept. 30.?The show
down came yesitertfay in the stee1
strike and on the face of it the strik
ers lost, comparatively few men qui-'
work, and their loss to the mills was
more than offset by the number whe
returned to the shops.
Light is to be thrown upon the mill
owners' side of the controversy*, i'
was learned yesterday, by the apj: ar
ince of Judge Gary before the Se-rat*
committee investigating the stee"
strike, at Washington on Wetfnes lay
Judge Gary, who is in New York, wiT
leave tomorrow for Washington, i"
was said. He is expected to offer tes
timony in refutation of the aRrsra
lions that the s-trike was precip'tat
ed by brutal treatment of workers
Psieovered by labor leaders who v'sit
ed Pittsbungh in a futile effort t"
until after the labor conference av
Wa?Wirlg?on on October f5.
The situation from now on bid's
fair to drag to a sTow conclusion
with production seriously hamp: rv '
:n the district, but without any like
"hood of the unions developing suf
ficient strength to force the operator.
to term's. The failure of the un'on
to close the mills of the Bethlehen
Steel Company today gave s: ?
backinig to this belief.
Unprejudiced observers, familia*
with conditions in the industry, look
for victory for the mill owners as a
certainty, with sflight concess'nn
irtade to the workers at the end. Bu:'^
on the main issue, recognition of
ur.'ions, the companies have won the
fijrht alcr.17 the line. Violence was vir
tuail-y absent today.
IN MEMORIAM
In loving remembrance of Lula
Masscy, who diyd September 30.
1918.
A precious one from us has gene.
A voice we loved is still
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon his love had jriven
And though the body slumbers here
The soul is safe in heaven.
233-lp. By her daughter. !
DIED
YOUNG?On Monday September 29,
1919 at his residence 311 South
Washington street-, CAPT. GEORGE
YOUNG in t)he sixty-eighth year of
' his age? Funeral Thursday Oct
2. at 4 p. m., from his late resi
dence. ?.'?** 233-2'
' i ? f. ?;
NOTICE . ?
Ccle's Hot Blast Heaters make a
big- reduction in your coal bill?see
their advertisement and guarantee.
ORDINATION SERVICE
~ -i
Deacons at Second Baptist Church
Will be Ordained Tonight
At eight o'clock tonight there
will be several deacons ordained at
the Second Baptist Church.
Rev. E. Hez Swem, of Centennial
Baptist Church, Washington, D. C.,
will reach the ordaining sermon,
and Rev. Dr. E. B. Jackson of the
First Baptist Church, this city, will
deliver the address or charge to the
church and deacons elect. Rev. Wil
lis. Wayt, of Del Ray Baptist Church,
has been asked to offer the ordain
ing prayer.
It is hoped that a large'represen
tation of the membership of the
church and friends will be present.
This young church is entering en
thusiastically into the Baptist big
drive for $75,000,000. and has been
apportioned " the large sum of!
$0,555.21. and has adopted unani- j
mous resolutions accepting this ap- i
portionment.
Last week. witnessed great enthu
siasm in a week of pt*ayer. Every
night the church was open and well
attended. The congregations are in
creasing, notwithstanding the many
calls of the pastor out of town in
evangelistic meetings, necessitating
absence from the work here.
TO ATTEND C. V. CONVENTION
Expected Thirty From Here Will (it
To Atlanta?In Session Oct. 7-10
A number of Alexandriarts have
planned to attend the twenty-niintu
annual reunion of the United Confed
erate Veterans which will be held in
Atlanta, Ga.. October 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Adjutar.it Edgar War-field has re
ceived b-lamk forms to be filled in lr
hose entitled to secured the reducer
railroad fare on that occasion. These
to be signed by the parties securing
them. lit is expected that about thiirty
KTilons from here will attend the re
inion.
Those entitled to secure the reduced
fare inickrde the following. Member
)f the United Confederate Veterans.
A member of the family of a mem
ber of the Umted Confederate Voter
ins.
Memlbens of the Sons of Conf?-'
'rate Veterans.
A member of the family of a its
ber of the Sons of Confederate Vet
erans.
A member (if the Confederate
Southern Memorial Association.
A member of the family of a mem
ber of the Confederated' Souths-rr
Mc-mo rial Associati on.
A member of the United Daughter
j.f the Confederacy.
All Sponsors, Maids of Honor. Mat
rons and Chape rones. "?
These parties are entitled to p?
-ihase one round trip ticket to Atlanta
Ga., and return at the reduced fare
and under the regulations authorize
for the occasion.
DIVIDENDS OF $7 PER SHARE
The directors of the German Co
operative Building Association No.
5, have declared a dividend of $7 j
per share in the 7th series for the j
last nine months ending September
3th. 1919. This will mature and
close that series according to Art
icle .*>, section 2 of its Constitution.
Each share paid up to September
30th, 1919. is worth $2 and redeem
able on and after October loth.
1919.
A now Series the 13th will com
mence January 1st, 1920, with a lim
ited number of shares.
NOTICE
Coal bills are a large part of your
living expense?reduce them by using
Cole's Hot Blast Heaters. 233-Lc
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Office of Auditor of Public Accounts.
Richmond, September 29. 1919.
List of bank deposits ($2.50 and
over) in the First National Bank,
located in Alexandria, Virginia, not
checked on for 21 years, publication
zf which is made as required by chap
ter 252, Acts of Assembly 1918.
W. W. Burgess, Re'c.. ?20.00; A. W.
Harrisons $5.00; Blair Johnson, $8.28;
L. A. Runaldue, $5.82.
The lawful owners, if any, of this
money can within 10 years, apply for
the same to Hon. Rosewefl Page, Sec
ond Auditor of Virginia, Richmond,
Virginia, furnishing proof of scz
ownership satisfactory, to that <
fic?.
C: LEE MOORE,
; Auditor Public Accounts.
Tues,Thurs, 4wc
Review of Splendid Work
Accomplished During
World War
HELP TO SOLDIERS
Alexandria Will Go Down in His
tory of Having Performed Her
Share of Work in National Crisis.
With tonight, the Elks build-in? as
well as the buildings that have been
j occupied by the local colored activi
ties will close upon Alexandria War
Camp Community Service and we
shall say in the language of the
poet: "The lights are out and gone
are all the guests."
\.
Thousands have written letters
home bearing the Alexandria, Va.,
postmark; enjoyed the billiards and
other games; been served at the can
teen to soda, cigars, cigarettes,
candies and chewing gum; have
eaten the wonderful and appetizing
meals prepared by the good women
of our city; enjoyed the feminine
uplifting influences and sweet,
chaste companionship of the young
ladies who were untiring and most
successful in their efforts to make
life enjoyable for the enlisted men
within our gates, at fhe numerous
dances, parties and functions pro
vided under decorous and proper
chaperonage, for their benefit.
And too, thousands of these men
have enjoyed the priviledge of the
dormitory here as well as those
provided by the Saint Paul's church
and the Lyceum building and have
m'ade good use of the cots, blankets,
mattresses and sheets in many a
comfortable nights' rest. Many of
the men having visited ether com
nrunities, paid Alexandria the trih
uta of standing first among them
ill! in th-eir estimation of sheer hos
pitality and real home like provi
dence. To list those who have stood
out more prominently of our citizens
in> this good and wholesome work
would be doing some an injustice as
every Alexandria citizen entertained
a sincere, co-operative attitude
though they did not nil have an op
portunity to just lend a hand, and
when we say that our churches, the
secret orders and benevolent and
patriotic societies all "strove to do
their several parts, it will hardly
leave one citizen unaccounted for in
the great work.
Thus Alexandria will pro down in
history as bavins' performed well
her share in the work of the prert
world war under the banner, "Wat
Camp Community Sen-ice.'" Why
then, should not the community
service phase of this big work bc
perpetuated? There is a national
headquarters in New York which
will be maintained to assist any
and every community at any time
with trained men and women to
make the work flourish and succeed
to the best possible interests of the
community concerned.
As the curtain falls on Alexandria
War Camp Community Service?a
work well and successfully ac
complished.? may it rise on a work
full of merit and evcr increasing
promise and an onward trend of
progress? Alexandria Community
Service.
DOUBLE KILLING
1 Tazewell. Va.. Sept. MO.?News of
i a shooting of a man and woman.
! fatally, on Whitakers Rid<re, reached
I town on Wednesdav morninsr. bv a
young man named Whitaker. Com
monwealth's Attorney Harman was
: notified of the killing, and that
. Whitaker was under arrest and
would have a hearing at Cedar Bluff
Tt appears that Whitaker shot
! and killed a woman named Nelson
! and Bill Whitt, a man. What the
| trouble was about was not stated in
j the phone me?sa?e. Whitaker Ridire
is on the north side of the county,
near the West Virginia line, and is
known as the seat of a number of
j nioonshine still houses; which have
given the officers much trouble.
Norfolk salt water Oysters and
Hampton Bar clams Jacob Brill,
?foot of King Street., 227-tf
I ACCUSES STATES
"Are Unwilling' or Unable to Stop
Lynchings"
WiafsWir.gifcTii. Sept. 30.?Senator
Curtis yesterday filed with the com
mittee a statement from the Nation
al Association for Advancement of
Colored People declaring that -13 nc
groes and 4 white men had been lynch
ed and S negroes bui*nc-d to death t.h'is
year up to September 11, and that
1880 to 1918, 2,522 nc-groes and 702
whites were victims of lynch law,
with less than 24 per cent of the
negroes charged with attacks on wo
men.
MISS MARY M. SWEENEY DIES
Miss Mary Margaret Sweeney,
thirty years old, died yesterday af
ternoon at the home of her mother.
Mrs. Mary Sweeney. 408 Prince
street. The deceased had been ill
since last April. Miss Sweeney en-.!
joyed a wide circle of frineds who j
will regret to learn of her death.
She was is daughter of Mrs. Mary
and the late John T. Sweeney. Re-.
[ sides her mother she is survived by
a sister and three brothers as fol
lows: Mrs. Agnes 15. Devers, John
T., Leo M, and Bernard J. Sweeney..
Her funeral will take place at
9:.'}0 o'clock Thursday morning from
St. Mary's Catholic Church.
MPT. BHMK
DIES SUDDENLY
Retired Merchant and Sea
faring- Resident Answers
Lasi Roll Call
MANY YEARS AT SE/.
For Thirty Years Was Leading Tobac
conist Here?'Funeral at 4 P. ."VI.
Thursday.
Capt. George Young, sixty-eiglr
years old, a well known resident
died suddenly at 4 :*>0 o'clock yes tor
day afternoon at his residence, 'II
South Washington street. The de
ceased had been in declining htaltl
for some time past, although he wa
able to be about and his dc-ath \va
wholly unexpected. Capt. Ycun
was unmarried, and is survived by :
sister, Mrs. Annie Jacksoa. who re
sided with him.
For many years Capt. Young wa.
a seafaring man and later engager
in the cigar and tobacco business it.
this city which he conducted fo:
thirty years, retiring from activf
participation, in business affairs i;
November 1017.
The deceased first went to sea o'
sailing vessels and later becam*
captain of the John S. Gibson an<
E. C. Knight and operated betweer
New York, London and Liverpoo'
and afterward between New YorV
and Washington.
When a youth he was a printer en
a paper operated by "Extra Gover
nor" Billy Smith. Capt. Young first
went to sea in 1862.
Capt. Young arrived from a sea
trip the day after Lincoln was ns
ssasinated, having just come in frwr
New York. He was stopped ir
this city by the provost marshal
who remarked to him "Do you know
our President was killed last night?"
Capt. Young, then only a boy, re
marked. "that he did not whereupcr
he was taken ir. custody and carried
to the old ''Slave Pen" and he often
told how he spent a number of {Un
comfortable hours until his father
obtained his release that ni;rht. At
the time the federal troops were
picking up all strangers.
Capt. Young's cigar store, as it
was known, under old Sarepta Hal: j
on the north side of King between j
Royal and Pitt streets, for more than
a <fuartcr of a century was the
headquarters for some of the lead
ing citizens who nightly gathered
at his place an;! its closing two
years ago, marked the last of one of
the old landmurkss of the city and
was greatly missed by his many
friends.
His funeral will take place at 4
o'clock Thursday afternoon from his
late residence. Services will be con
ducted by Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rec
tor of Grace P. E. Church. Members
of Andrew Jackson Lodge of Masonis
of which the deceased was a member
will attend.
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
CITY TOLD IN BIT
The Ladies Social Union will meet
Iionijrhit at the parsonage of the First
Baptist Church.
Capt. Lows N. Duffey today was
appointed by Judge L. C. Barley a
justice cf the peace for the Fourth
Ward.
Mrs. Moillie H. Maupin, fifty-seven
vcars old, died about noon today at .
| he residence of her son Edward Mau
| )'n. 1312 King street. She is survived
>y several children. The funeral ar
?anigementa* have not yet been com
peted.
P. W. Harvey has sold to Nor
man C. Lanham ami wife a house
and let on the south side of Wythe
between Washington and Columbus
streets. H. Hayden Henderson and
wife have sold to Robert W. Cline
house and lot 108 Commerce Street.
Miss Catherine Pullman and Miss
Marion Blunt have just returned
from Lexington, Va.. where they at
tended the V. M. I. Hops. Miss
Pullman was the guest of Cadet G.
S. Rice, and Miss Blunt was the
gut.-t of J. Kilmer, of Mobile, Ala.
A change in the Alexandria Lib
ary hours. Beginning with October
!.?t. the morning hours will be dis
"cntinucd, and substituted by the
?fternoon hours every, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday from 2:30 to
?1:30 p. m. On Tuesday, Thursday
?:nd Saturday from 7 to 9 p. m.
A special grand jury will meet at
'0 o'clock tomorrow morning in the
"orpcration Court, Judge L. C. Bar
"?y presiding. It is wxpected that a
umber of indictments will be pre
entcd. This is the same jury that
-nvened in this court September
0.
The funeral of Mary V. Way
right, six years old, who was fa
il !y burned last Saturday, took
-lace this morning from her parents
rsidence, 2710 Duke street, and
?rvices were conducted by Rev. Dr.
:. A. Wallis, of the Episcopal Theo
'jrioal Seminary. Burial was in
U'tehl cemetery. C
Residents of Seminary Hill are
? md in their complaint regarding
':c recklessness of automobilists in
hat neighborhood and it has been
ctermined to ascertain the ear
umbers of the joy riders and also
he numbers of machines not ear
Ting proper lights and have the
rivers hrailed into court in Fair
:ix county. Many persons recently
' avo had narrow escapes from being
\illr.d due to these joy .speeders.
i:\STON HALL AT ROTTERDAM
Arrives September 21 With Cargo of
Coal From Baltimore
The steamship Gunston Hall, 9400
tons, built by the Virginia Ship
building Corporation, Alexandria,
arrived in Rotterdam September 24
with a cargo of coal from Baltimore.
The Gunston Hall on her trip across
the Atlantic ran ahead of another
new steamship by twenty-four hours
The Gunston Hall was the first ship
'?uilt here ar.d was christened by
Mrs. Wood row Wilson.
Ships built by this concern are
nakinjr record trips to the other
iirle of the Atlantic and all are
eiving a good account of themselves
'or which not only the steamsrips of
?"icials but the citizens in general
feel justly proud.
MASONIC NOTICE
A called communication of An
drew Jackson Lodge, No. 120, A. P.
ar.d A. M? will be held in the Ma
sonic Temple Wednesday, at 2:30 p.
m., to attend the funeral of our
late Brother, George K. Young.
All Master Masons are invited to
attend.
By order of the Worshipful Master!
203-lc. .'L E Alexander, Secty
NOTICE
The Alexandria Dufckpiri League
will meet at the Richmoncf ]>owling
Alleys at 8 o'clock Thursday even
ing. October 2, for the purpose of
organizing . for the coming seas'of).
All interested are requested to at
tend. ? ? . ?' 233-3p.