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|ff| established nU*j OUe*t Daily ttfrmpcr hi the Uih?<* State* autf *^e?t Adfertis iof Medium in Nonfani Virginia. VOL. CXXXV?No. 237. ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE SATURD Tcfr tiiis section?Fair tonight anil: Sunday, with irtcr^sinff cloudiness, J probably showers to incrow; mild temperajf^e. ? i.:~ PRICE ONE CENT AY, OCTOBER 4, 1919. . Eighty-Six Deeds of Trans * fer in Alexandria Cotin- ' ty in .Week STEADY INCREASE During September 255-Deeds of Trans fer Recorded?Month of October ^kpected to Surpass Past Month. The increasing activity in the realty market of Alexandria county, .is planly shown J>y fact that dur ing the post week there were 86 deeds received! for record at the Alexandria County Court House which is an in crease of 31 over the past week. Dur ing the, months of September just dosed there were 255 deeds recorded. While this does not quite equal the J month Of June of this year, which was the highest in history of the office, it is predicted that Odtober will cer tawifly break all records. A few of the sales recorded during the week follo-w Timothy Cavanaugh and others to Ch'as. T. Anderson), lots 27 to 30, Glebe 'Highlands; Joseph B. Sweeney and wife and others to Alexander H. Mi' >ler, 1.8018 acres in Alex. County; Pat frick SymJth j?nd wife to Paul B. Hun ter, 5825 square fee? of land in Ar fingjton Heights'; Thos. F. Dickinson 'to Vdt&iriia A. Gould, lots 83 and S4 Center Clarendon; Abraham W. Syp pax to L. Morgan Johnston, lots 2, j5, 6, 9, 10 and 13 in W. Syphax's sub division; George H. Ruoker and ethers to M. E. Church, trustee. Land (described* ini deed book 142, page 554; kjejCbrndria county; N. A. Rees to Louise &oore, lots 40, 41 and 42, sec ion 2, ??arendon; George H. Racket' md wife to Robert T. Sm-ali, I0I3 108, 109 and 110, Scrag'a Addition to Jlaremkm; Arthur C. Cathcart, trus ee and others to Thomas A. Graham 26327 square feet of land near Balls on; EEz. T. Stfhutb to Elizabeth S Veils, 0.925 acres m Schutt's sub Jvi4??*';' -v ' ' Mr. T. Oscar Atwood of Washing cm, hag purchased from Geo. H. tucker and Co., a five room tile bung tew atvd three lots on Walnut strcst It. S. BLB Starnell has sold to F. [obart a house,) anH twio lo's on the jytfieait corner of Windsor aYid De fitit avenues,' Del Ray. Mrs. ?Starnell Iso ?old to a Mr. Tyler of the A'lex ndria <- Construction Company, a ?use'and two^lots on the northeast t >rner of Wiipdsor and DeWitt nve oes, Del Ray; Mr.^Starnell pur laeed test week from Mr. Matting , four lota nelar the corner of IIow and_.;I?e?Ke avenues, Del Ray; Mr. leVawgjhton of * Alexandria has .pur tased the,' so^th ha*f of lots .1105 to 08 ii^u^ive !in Del Ray, fronting on fomtAVei^Kwi avenue,* from Mr. S. irneii and *wil' shortly start the cr ion |of^aj handsome c home there or; C. BlMs reports, the. sale of two lot? avenue to? Mr.? Chas. E. of Del - Ray, who has al ,y begun the erection of a bunga tHe^eon.. , SAVES GIRL IN NOVEL WAY er Sh<% Unlaced . And Foot WSth drivn &s Train-Rushes by Lancaster, Pa., -Oct. 4.-^Charles ntzer, of Colombia, a car inspec c# the Pennsylvania Railroad rppany; sped a yojimg girl from ith^on' the4 tracks in-this -city.; V 1 At the Lemon street grade cros g the -girl's shoe became wedged a switch and she was unable to ee J herself. (Herjcries 1 attracted 0 women, who swooned irihen they alized her predicament. 'Mentzer rriedly unlaced: the shoe ' and tthdrew the child's foot. He h'ad arcely cleared the track before a 1st passenger train shot bv. I? ? , ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE (Having qualified as administrator the estate of the late Elizabeth flor, this is to notify all persons Jiving: claims against estate to eaent fchem, statement properly Irtified for settlement. .All persons (defatted to deceased will please set promptly. % Robert H. Cox, }5-10t. Sergeant Administrator REFUSE UNION DEMANDS " j . l.! ' ? * Richmond Contractors Declare They Are Unalterably Opposed to Dic tation as to Their Employees I Richmond, Oct. 4.?Members of the AQfick) RuiMong Trades. Association, who comjprise 95 per cent of the con tractors and builders supply houses t ' of Richmond, are absolutely opposed t<o the dem'ajnd of the Building Trades Council of Richmtond that all workmen on co rust ruction projects here carry the card! of the council. The conten tion of the employers is that they should enjoy the right of engaging any workmen whom they may seQect and that they are unalterably oppos ed! to dictation from the union in this matter. In a statement just issued over the | signature of the secretary the asso ciation maintains that the "members dia'jm their legal' and constitutional right to select their own emiployees on such terms as may be agreed upon and do not recognize the authority of the council to enforce its laws, card system or other regulation, on our buikfings or in our shops." The Build ing and Trades Courtcil is connected dosefty with the building trades de-1 I pantiment of the American Federation ' of Labor. It is Understood that the matter reached a crisis yesterday when the Allied! Building Trades Association re ffsed to meet with n committee from the labor council to confer on the question of drafting an agreement >to govern wages, hours, working condi tions and other details. When it was learned that the union was to hold out inflexibly for the use of the card sysjtem the contractors refused to con-J sid!er a conference, it is learned. FALSE TEETH KILL WOMAN Swaltowed While Seated in Park? as She Reaches Hospital Mrs. C. M. Waren, of the Wood worth apartment, Washington, swallowed her set of false tc^-th while sitting: in Mount Vernon square yesterday and died as she reached Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Warren, \0ho was 60 years 'old, was observed by a sailor seated on a neanby bench to be gasping for ibreath. i He rushed to b.er aid, but) ?he - was, uv.'able ,to speak and could-.Only .point to her throat. This was. at 3:30. o'clock, and she was pronounced dead ten minutes later. Policeman Miller FLas Nar row Escape From ' Being Shot ASSASSIN ESCAPES Desperado Believed to be a Washing ton Bootlegger ? Was Wearing Hunting Coat With Many Pockets About 8.30 o'clock this morning while Officer Charles Miller was on Duke sitreet, between Patrick and Henry, he accosited a strange negro who he had reason to believe was a bootlegger. The darkey wore a hunt ing coat, the garment generally worn by negroes vftio make their living defy irtg the prohibition law. While the of ficer w'as engaged in sizing him up the black, who had a pistel in bis 'Sleeve, suddenly drew the weapon and (iisicharged it at the officer. The lat ter succeeded in knocking the pistol taside and the ball went wild. The negro then took to Ms heels and dis appeared somewhere in the bottom ea<s(t of the paint shop of at the South ern Railway depot. Officer Miller was not carrying his pistol at the time. When news of the attempted murder reached the sta tion Wouse the entire police force ?scattered toward every section of the city 'for the purpose of ferrcrting out the would-be assassin. Officer. Mailer can positively iden tify the ftegro. It is believed he cahte here from Washington. Norfolk salt water Oysters and Hampton Bar clams Jacob Brill, foot of King Street., 227-tf Slept More and Seemed to Have Rested Com fortably IS STILL GRAVELY ILL Members of Family Remain at the White House?Another Consultation Held at. Eleven O'clock This Morning President Wilson spent a quiet nighit, it was stated unofficially at the White House this morning. He rfeipt m<ore than on the preced ing night., and seemed to have rested more. But attaches of the Executive Mansion point out that the President is still "gravely ill." Members of the family remained at the White House, Shortly after 10 o'clock Dr. Sterl ing Ruff/in, Dr. E. R. Stitt, U. S. N., an'd Dr. Grayson began another con sulltation. Dr. F. X. Dercum, due here from Philadelphia about 11 o'clock, was expected to go immediately to 'the White ,Hiouse to join the eon siutlftJation. President Wilson was a little bet-, ter last night, but his illness was by no means out of the serious stage The night bulletin from Rear Admi ral C. ,T. 'Grayson, his personal .phy sician. described his condition as about the same "with a slight improve ment." When Dr. Grayson left the White House for the Executioe offices the President had put two full hours in easy r.'atural slumber and ,was still sleeping. It was the first natural rest he had taken since hrs nervous period and it constituted the most heartening sign of the day. At a late hour last night Mr. Mc Adoo, the President's son-in-law. made a visit to the White House. He was met at the door by Dr. Grayson and usflered immediately inside. Unusual significance was attached to.Mr. McAdoo's visit for the reason that he had announced earlier in the day that he intended to go to NeW York lasfc night. His change of plan's gave 'ri$e to-the,> belief" that the Pi;esi condition may have" become worse, Snaking it imperative-for him to re main at call. ? Mr. McAdoo declined, to. make any statement" as to vthe reasons/for higu decision to remain in Washington nor for his late visit to the White House. The President's present condition can be be described as "serious, though not immediately dangerous." I TV COBB ON A NEW VENTURE Ty Cobb, the greatest of all base ball players, has decided to take up for a winter pastime the settling of automdbile tires, and as the 'Georgia Peach" has never been satisfied with anything but the best, he has secured the exclusive agency in Augusta, I Georgia, for the famous Pennsylvania j Vacuum Cup Tares and "Ton Tested" I Tubes. Mr. Cobb has with him as his part ner in business Mr. Sairford, who is weffl known to everybody in Augusta and was the principal of the High School which was responsible for turning out such a celebrity as Mr. Cobb. Mr. Cobb played his last game of ball in Chicago on September 27th and hastened to Augusta in time for the opening of the Cobb-Sanford Tire Company on October 1st, and inci dentally to meet the new member of the Cobb family who arrived only a few days ago. BUTCHER COMMITS .SUICIDE ^Iha/rles Kcciice I?ctmd Clalsping Rifle and She*# .Through Head : Harpers Ferry, W. Va., .Oct. 4.? CWarles Koor.ce, of the firm o.f Frye and .Koonce, butchers, .was found 'lying in his shop early yesterday ?with' a rifle shot through liis head. 1 Several persons who heard the shot rushed inside and fe.und his body lying on the floor. His finger still ! 'held the trigger of the rifle. He is , survived by his wife, three sons and five "daughters. CHURCH NOTICES Salvation Army, Sunday School at , .2:30 p. m., and Salvation meeting at 8 p. m. ' i _ St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rev. Louis Smet rector, masses at 7, 9 and 11 a. mi and evening sendee at 7.30 o'clock. Second Baptist Church, Rev. 0. P. Lloyd will preach at 11 a. m, and at 8 p m., Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. B. Y. P. U, 7 p. m. Immtanuel Lu'thern Shurch, Rev. Carl J. iGoette, ;pastor, subject at 11 a. m. "The Christian Sabbath of the New Testament." Sunday School 9.30 a. m. St. Paul's P. E. Church, Rev. Dr. P. P: Phillips, rector, services; Sunday School, 9:30 a m.; Men's Bible Class, 9:45 a. m.; services at U a. m., nnd evening service, 7:30 p. m, Grace P. E. Church,: Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector, order of services tomorrow; Holy Communion, 7:30 a. m., Sunday School, 9:30 a. m., morn ing service, ll a. m.; evening ser vice, 8 p. m. Services at Trinity M. E. Church. Rev. A. E. Speilman pastor, will b= as follows, 9.45 a. m., Sunday School and Bible Class; 11 a. m., communion with and address by the pastor and sermon at 8 p. m., bv the pasitor. Second Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. John Lee Allison will have as his morning subject. ''The Church in Its Present Day. Call to Loyalty". Even ing theme will be the third of a series of prophecies, Sunday School, 9.30 a. m. Christ P. E. Church. Rev. Dr. W. J. Morton, rector, Services as follows: Sunday School and Em manuel Bible Class, 9:30 a. m., ser vice and sermon 11 a. m.; evening prayer and services, 8 p. m., the rec tor will preach at both services. All pews free. Visitors and strangei*s welcomed. Methodist Protestant Church, Rev. G. J. Hill, pastor, Sunday School and Bible Class, 9.30 a. nr., preaching 11 a. m., ''The Suffering Jesus" and Lord's supper after sermon, 8 p. ni. "Take Away the.Stone," Christian :EnJ deavor 7.15 p. m., "Our Relation To ward World Brotherhood." IFirst Baptist Church, Rev. Dr.; E. B. Jackson, pastor, will preach at-11 a. m., tomorrow, on,-"Rebuilding t^c Walls of Jerusalem*" vand '.at 7-..45 p. nf; he wtl;l .begin a serie^.of sermons en titled "The Great Men of the Bible Who Moved the World" Sunday School, 0.30 a. m. and B. Y. P. U., at 7 p. m. Methodist Episcopal South, west side of Washington near King street, Rev. Dr. E. V. Regester, pas tor, will preach at 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. He will also teach the Henry K. Field Bible Ctass to men at 9:30 a. m., tomorrow m'orning. Come, you will find a hearty handshake and a warm welcome. .SEVEN DAYS IN OPEN BOAT Crew Ship Lcfct in Gulf Storm Haifi itf? Fresh Water ;Mo,bile, Ala., Oct. A.?Seven days in an open boat on the gulf of Mex ico without fresh Water and with only sufficient food for existence ?was the experience of Capt. 'N. A. Harton and his crew of t'he scho'oncr Hugh D. Baynes, lost in the storm of September 13 and 1-1, according to a 'message from the captain re ceived here .by Capt. I. T. Newberry of the Mobile ,Ship Chandlery. The shipwrecked men were finally picked up by the Cuban .Steamship Company's vessel Olinda -and landed safely at Nope Bay, Cuba. From fh'at port they took steamer to St. Johns, New Brunswick, and later reachcd their homes. Oapt. iHorton wrote from Rockland, (Maine1. HEARS DEATH SENTENCE Rochester, Oct. 4.?Supreme Court Justice Clark lias sentenced Elmer H. Hyatt to ,be executed at Sing Sing in t'he week"of November 9. Hyatt, who was 18 yefers old, Thurs day, was convicted:Saturday of the ?murder of Patrolman Williaim A. O'Brien, whem "he shot on the night ;of May 2 after O'Brien had discov ered him robbing a house. - : ? Details Expected to be Ar ranged For During ( Coming Week LOCAL FILMS TO BOOST Exercises Proposed to be Held in Halls and Program Would Provide For General Y. 31. C. A., Work. Final pilaus for the establishment of what is known as a non-equipment branch of the Young Men's Christian Association in this city .will be com pleted (hiring the coming week. Such a branch of this organiza tion wotfld not have a building but would hold exercises at the different j churches and halls in the city. In connection with the plans under way toward perfecting an organiza tion it is proposed by the those foster ing the movement to have moving pic tures taken of the big Sunday School parade to be hdd here Sunday after noon, October 19, and also to have movies taken of the industrial plants of the city and to show the pictures throughout the state and also in Alex andria with an idea of stimulating in- ? terest in the organization of a branch j of the Y.. M. C. A., in Alexandria. M. L. Rippey, district secretary, who looks after fourteen counties in the interest of the movement, is here and says this organization is plan ning other activities including athle tics, social, religious ami edueation nal movements for the high school. Mr. Rippey has submitted the matter to the Chamber of Comrmcrce. Teachers desiring he says will be furnished with athletic program? monthly. NEW G All AGE OPENS The latest addition to the already l'arge number of automobile sales rooms and tire stores in .Alexandria is.thej'Capfital City Sales Company. ?.whicli'iTsas.-leased and already taken pp'sses'sion of the room formerly oc cupied toy the candy store of Preston 0.' Cockey, at 526 King street. .Tihe-interior of ..the store.-, .room has been. completely remo.deJed; -newt display, windows installed and the comipany wi.ll handle Brisco.e pleas ure cars'and Brunswick tires, both pneumatic .and^sclid, together with (^'nfo.r-d .motor' trucks. ' =* V-S* i *' The local company is a branch station of the 'Ca-pital City Gartige, located at Washington, of which iMr. Harry M. Henderson is presi dent. TVIr. H. L. .Rucbsani will man 'age the local salesrooms. The lo cal company will do retreading and | vulcanizing and will handle a full j line of accessories. i DRY LAW REPEAL SOUGHT 'Secretary of Treasury Makcfs an Ef fort Personally f)o Urge Pres ident to Act Philadelphia, Oct. 4.?Carter Glass, Secretary of the Treasury, went to the White House Thursday to ur^e President Wilson to suspenkl the. operation of /Wartime prohibition in order that the Federal Treasury mnrlvfe not lose the ?400,000 in rev enue involved in ithe tax on whisky now in bond, says tthe Washington correspondent of the Public Ledger today. Secretary Glass in a staunch pro hibitionist. He has been brought to the view that .under existing financial condition of the Federal Government the revenue on the w'hisky is bonded warehouses, -which will be lost if the ban remains 'and distillers are compelled to export the liquor, should be obtained if it is legally possible to do so. Mr. Glasfe was uanble to secure a conference because of the Presi Hcrt's illness. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of the late Gus A. S<fhenks, this is to notify all per sons having.claims against estate to present them, statement properly certified for settlement. All persons indebted to deceased will please set tle promptly. i . ^ - Robert H. Cox, 235-10t. Sergeant Administrator. HEALTH DEPARTMENT Work Accomplished During Month of September Report of Health Officer: Inspec tions, restaurants, 25; inspections soft drink establishments, 20; grocery and meat markets, 2S; fish markets, 15; bakeries and-ice cream establishments 12; places scored, 19; barber shops, 3 ^prosecutions, 4; Convictions, 4; yards and alleys inspected, 15; physical ex aminations, -3; complaints investigat ed, 13. : Report of assistant health officer? Complaints investigated, 115; nuisan ces abated, 73; sewer connections, 20; sewer notices,'13; dairies inspected. 15 meat inspections, 10; pounds con<Terrr?? ed, 840; notices to City Engineer to clean alleys and gutters. 15. Report of public health nurse?new patients. 22; nursing visits, 1; in structive visits, 43; child welfare I visits, 3; investigation visits, 48; 'ty-j phoid inocculations, 27; small pox. vaccinations, 84; afternoons for clinic 10; cultures for diphtheria, 5; cul-. tures for contact cases, 9. Report cf Bacteriologist?Analyses I of city water, 35; analyses of private j suply, 9; milk bacterial, 40; milk bu.t ! ter fat, 41; widal for typhoid, 7; widal! for para-t.yph "A" 7; widal for para-! typh "B" 7; feces, 2. 1500 BApv TO WORK Gary, Intl., Oct. 4.?Alarmed at j the defection of 1500 men from j their ranks Thursday, strike lead ers yesterday exerted every influ ence at their comm'and to keep their lines intact. Officials of the Indiana ?Steel Company stated that they now have a force of about (5000 employed. The iplant is said to be ?operating at about 50 per cent of its capacity. At the plant cf the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company it was said the company was running units in nearly every department on a basis of about 75 per cent capacity, j, HAILSTONES f> FEET DEEP Madrid, Otfc. 4.?Interruption of railroad traffic and telegraphic communication .prevents details of conditions in Eastern Spain, where torentfal rains have fallen, fco-ir becoming known. It is reporter? that eighf<?cn bodies have been (lis- I j covered -at 'Cartagena and five at Alicante. At the latter place lr.rgr hailstones were ,piled in places to a depfch of six feet, many houses collapsing under the weight. PROTESTS RESULT Cars For Humphreys Now Stationed at Upper End of King Street NO MORE ?OMPLAINTS For Short Period Wore Located On Columbus South of Kin#?Protests Were Made. The jitneys operating between this city and Camp Humphreys have ! again cWangcd their location, The j jftneys are now located at t'he up- 1 per ned of King street, east of the Union passenger railway stat'fon. Ever since the jitneys started op erating bctwen this city and Camp Humphreys they have been moved fitom one location, to another. In most instances pretests were made to the authorities against their lo cating a't the points where they were stationed. It was claimed by the protectants that they were a nuisance. Trouble .with .the jitneys first started when they were moved from Alfred street south 'of King to Pitt street scuth of King. Protests against their locating oh Pitt street were m'ade and enly recently they were stationled on Columbus street' soUth of Kirg street. The jitneys are rrr.w located on upper King street far from any res idential .property and the authori ties say tihat so ,far .they have re ceived 'on,.complaints regarding the new location. It is,,, therefore, thought that this location will hero after be a .permanent one, and that the ccmplair.ts regarding thejit neys is a th-irg of the past. f Mrs. E. C. iWilut and two sons, have returned rfroni a three month's' visit t'o Mrs. Wildt's sister, Mrs. Agnes Muldoon, Aneon, Panam'a. . The Dreadnaug'hts will cross bats with the .Triangles of Washington^ at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afterrtoon. The game will (be phiyed at the shipyard grounds. Irving Tennyson, who has been over -eas for more than a year, has return ed to this country and is now at Camp Men'i'lit, N. J., He expects to be mustered out of service shortly. ? ? Mr. and Mrs. John Hopkins Tourte ' iiit have issued invitations for the marriage of Elizabeth Dorsey Hay cock to Mr. .John Barker Barrett on Wednesday, October 8, at high noon nt Glen El'lyn, Illinois. The day of Atonement services which have been in progress here for since sunset yesterday will end it sunset this evening and the stores of the Hebrews of this city will re open at (> o'clock this evening. Thv funeral of George Auld, who died "innrsday, took place this af lernrgn from his I'ate residence in Fairfax county. Rev. Dr. S. A. Wal lis, of tfhe Episcopal Theological Seminary, officiating. The funeral was attended by a large number of friends of the deceased. Second Guuners Mate John A. Nu gent^ U. S. N., has been relieved from service and now is at the home cf h s parents. Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Nugent in North Washington street. He eplisted two weeks after war was declared, being a student at the Alex andra High School at the time. At his request he was assigned to the navfl armed guard. Since signing cf the armistice he has been attached to the mine sweeping division opera img in the North Sea. ?SAY NEGRO CAUSED WRECK Petersburg, Ya., Oct. 4.?John Wynn, a ncjrro inmate of the Cen tral State Hospital for the Insane, has been arested here charged with responsibility for wreck of Sea rhard Air Line train No. 5 at Sea ccast, several miles south of this city, last Saturday night, in which t'hree persons were killed. It is charged that Wynne tampered with the switch at Seacoast, 'causing the derailment of the train. Wynne is said to have admitted escaping from the hospital several nights before the wreck and break ing t'he lock on the switch, but did not open it at the time. He again escaped Saturday night, 'he said, and threw the switch. The man had been confined in the criminal ward of the Central Hospital! for several years. ? <? GAVE HER $10 IN 6 MONTHS Charging that her husband gave her only S10 during the six months they have ,becn -married and that he {borrowed back $8 of this. Louise A. R'adcliffe of Washington, yester day filed suit for a limited sivorce from her husband, Dewey M. Rad cliffn. IN MEMORIAM In sad but loving remomlbTance of cur dear daughter and sister, Mary Cecilfa^. Green, (nee Downey), who depart Id this life one year ago to day. October 4, .1918. You are not forgotten Mary dear, Nor will you eWr be, For as long as life and memory last We .will always remember the.e. (May her soul rest >n -peace.) By 'her loving mother and father j 237-lp and only sister, Katharine. i " ; In loving remembrance of my clear husband, Harry Lyles, who died one ; year ago today, October 4tfh. 1918. I One year has passed my hearts is . sore, ' As time goes on I miss you moTe. i Your memory is as fresh today - As in the hour you passed smhy: ( ? ? ' r . Though ycu are feeney you' are fr&t forgotten ? '- "iris And your place &nJ'ttfetfer-Tte-fi1&!cH)' Still I tried So Hard to &aVe y6u,?; '? Rut ^ou went it was God's will. ,237-lp By his wife, Viola Lyles. /