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VOL. CXXXV*-No. 256.
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE MONDAY,
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OCTOBER 27, 1919.
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Fcr this section?Threatening !
weather, with probable showers i
tonight and Tuesday; not much j
chanpe in temperature.
PRICE ONE CENT
HEALTH 8IARB III
b BUSILY AT WORK
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About Twehty Suspects in
Durance Vile Pending
Examination.
MENACES TO HEALTH
Keeper of Evil Resorts, Inmates and
Visitors to the Same Are Being
Brought Into the Limelight.
I Thirty-five or forty men were 'fis
; semhled today at a certain
\ street corner, which brought forth
' queries from passersby as to the
meaninjg. The gathering was in front
of a building in which is situated the
office ol* the health department. It
, had become known that operations in
' connection with the work of the clinic j
recently established in this city were j
being conducted there. And this had I
/ brought the crowd together.
) Aibout twenty men and women,
1 white and colored, were arrested dur
ing the past forty-eight hours. Some
are suspected of conducting evil re
Sorts, others of being inmates and
the men having been caught within
their doors were, according to law,
arrested as visitors to evil resorts and
subjected to physical examinations.!
After the health officers shall have (
made their report, the parties will be
arraigned before the Police Court to
anisiwer charges of lasciviousness or
keeping bagnios.
Should any one arrested be regard
ed as a menace to the health of the
community, he or she will be commit
ted to a state farm where, like the
leper of old, they will be compelled to
remain until furnished" with clean
bills of health.
?Undler the law each physician is
required under a penalty to furnish
the health department with a report
of all cases of a certain nature which
are brought to their attention. The
name, ocupatiors and address of each
must be furnished, in order that the
health department may.k?eP track of
their movements. ? ?
During the latter part of the civil
war (55, years ago) the military au
thorities took stops towards the eject
ment from this city of certain men
and women. Questionable houses were
at that time'scattered in every sec
tion of the city. The-work was. but
partially accomplished, and towards
the; end1, of hostilities no improvement
in moral conditions'- was apparent.
Our health department', however, is
laboring under different auspices at
present. It. is backed by the United
States government and is likely to
carry out its aims in the good cf the
community in which it is located.
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FIRST CHURCH REVIVAL
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Services Will be Conducted by Rev.
H. J, Stewart, of Washington
The special meetings at the First
Baptist Church opened" auspiciously
last evening. , A very large crowd
was present.' Dr. E- B. Jackson
preached on: "'What think ye of
Christ?" He illustrated the sermon
by references to the testimony of
those who knew Jesus on earth.
There was one conversion. Tonight
at 7:45 o'clock, fdllowjng a prayer
service.. Rev. H. J. Stewart, of
Washington, will preach his first
sermon. Rev. H. J. Stewart's ser
mons in the Second Baptist Church
of that city have attracted wide
attention. Everybody, of whatever
name, is invited to come and enjoy
these sen-ices.
NOTICE
(Mary Lane, administratrix of the
estate of the late Mattie K. Lewis
hereby notifies all debtors and
creditors to settle at once. 250-lp
ANNUAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of stockholders of
the Washdngton Safe Deposit Com
pany Incorporated, will be held at
the office of the company, No. Ill
South Fairfax street. Alexandria,
Virginia, on Tuesday, November 4,
1919, at 12 o'clock noon, for the
purpose of electing a board of direc
tors for the ensuing yekr ami for
the transaction of such other busi
ness as may prbperly come before
said meeting. :,i '
John C. Schroder, Assistant Secty.
250-2wks.
ENDS HIS LIFE
Raymond W. Rodgers of Franconia
Shots Self in Head
Raymond W. Rodgers, twentv-two
yeiars aid, shot and killed himself last
night while in> his room at his resi
dence, at Lunt station, about four
miles south of Alexandria in Fairfax,
county.
The cause of the shooting- could not
be ascertained. The deceased is sur
vived by his wife. He was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Rodgers, of
Fairfax county.
His funeral will take place at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon from
the Methodist Church at Franconia,
and burial will be in the cemetery at
that place.
HIBERNIAN RALLY
Rep. O'Conner of Louisiana and
Others Address Gathering
Representative O'Conner of Louisi
ana last night delivered a stirring ad
dress at a rally of the Ancient .Order
of Hibernians held in the Lyceum
Hall.
The speaker told of the history of
the Irish people and their struggle
for independence and he refuted
statements made by a United States
Senator recently in which the senator
endeavored to disiparage the work ac
complished by the Irish race in the
history of the various nations.
The first speaker of the evening
was P. J. Haltigan of Washington,
who told of the work accomplished
by the Hibernians P. J. Conlon, of
Mt Ida also delivered an address on
the merits of the order.
The meeting was presided over by
M. E. Greene, and William Desmond,
president of the local division, made
a short address of welcome.
CORONER'S JURY
Jury Fails to Fix Responsibility For
Death of Geo. Alexander,
Colored
A coroner's jury sur^oned by Dr. T.
M. Jones, Saturday nigh'fc met at
Wiheatley's mortuary chapel and in
vestigated the circumstances attend
ing the death of George Alexander,
rr'oSored. killed Saturday morning
while at work in the pit at the South
ern Railway roundhouse.
The jury gave a verdict to the ef
fect that Alexander came to his death
by beinlg struck by engine No. 1586
and did not fix the responsibility.
The jury was composed of the fol
lowing: Thomas Ohauncey, foreman;
W.'H. Sweeney, Capt. Fountain
Beattie, Vance K. Peele. James L.
Foster, Julian K. Poss.
The body was .shipped yesterday to
Robuck,. S. C.:, for burial.
SPECIAL MEETING
A calkd meeting of Washington
Memorial Lodge of Perfection No. 7
will be held Friday evening, October
3!'st, 1919 at 7.30 p. m., for the pur
pose of making final arrangements
for November Reunion. All members
are requested tr? be present.
W. W. Ballenger, 32nd degree
Venerable Master.
F. W. Latham. 33rd degree Hon.
Secretary. 2">6-5c.
UNIQUE RECORD
In commemoration of twenty
years service as superintendent of
Christ Episcopal Church Sunday
School, Edward S.' Lead'beatcr yes
terday was presented with a hand
some Bible. He succeeded his father,
the late Edward S. Leadbeater. who
'served for thirty years in the same
capacity, makine a -total of fifty
years for father and- son.
' An unusual record?and worthy
the fitting testimonial given by
those who serve with him in the
important work of teaching the
^oung the simple truths of Chris
ianity.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
Owing to the large volume of ad
vertising carried in Friday's issues
of the Gazette, all advertising copy
'or Friday must be in this office
not later than 6 o'clock Wednesday
evening, each week.
This is to insure a place in the
Gazette for each advertiser and
compliance 'with this request will
be accepted as a particular favor
by the management.
On Friday, October 24. the Ga
zette was forced to leave out about
5 columns of advertising. It is in
an effort to correct this condition
and give the advertiser the benefit
cf the newspaper that early copy is
requested. - -? 256-3t.
IT AVERT THE
.IBS' STRIKE
Prospects Today Said to be
of an Oppimistic
Nature
STATEMENT BY LEWIS
All Demands of the Union He Rep
resents Are "Subject to Negotia
tions," it is Alleged.
Indianapolis. Oct. 27.?Prospects '
for averting the coal strike were op- j
timistic today following the news j
from Bloomiragton, 111., last, night that j
John L. Lewis, acting president of i
the United Mine Workers, had is
sued a statement saying that all rh -
mands of his organization weiv sub
ject to negotiations.
A "suitable reply" to the Presi
dent's statement holding the impend
ing strike to be not only unjustifia
ble, but unlawful, probably will be
drawn up at meeting of the interna
tional 'executive board of the Un.'ted
Mine Workers cf America, to be he-Id
here Wednesday, according to a i
statement by William Green, secre
tary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers.
Green declined to comment en the I
President's statement pending such
action as the board may take, further
than to say that it was impossible
now to rescind the strike order, ef
fective November 1.
"I suppose that a suitable reply to
the President's istiatemcr.t will (be
drawn up at the meeting Wednes
day," he said. "The meeting had al
ready been called for thai date, but
consideration of the President's |
statement will now be the most im-1
porta nt business before the board."
A HAPSBURG FOR KING
Crotfn of Hungary <o lit; Offered <o
Archduke Joseph
Stockholm, Oct. 27.?The Svens
ka Dag-bladet learns from what it
considers an unusually well informed
source that the Archduke Joseph of
Austria will soon be electc-d Kirr? of
Hungary. His popularity and au
thority, th enewspaper stages are I
growing steadily with the p-pula
ticn and his consort, Princess Augus
tine of Bavaria, also enjoys great
popularity as the result of her self
sacrificing work for the Red Cross
during the war and the subsequent
period of imres-t.
If the Entente objects to the as
sumption of the throne by this Haps
burg archduke, the thousand-year-old
crown of Hungary will be offered
it is stated, to a foreign prince, prob
ably of the English royal family. A
resumption of the throne by former
Emperor Charles is out of the ques
tion.
Archduke Joseph, often referred to
as the most popular member of the
Hapsburg family, has long resided in
Hungary, and his authority and in
fluence there were such, even after
the overthrow of the monarchy, that
he was able to form a government of
which he was the head in August last.
His retirement, however, was demand
ed by the peace conference as a con-;
diticn precedent to any negotiations
for peace.
"THE END OF THE ROAD"
Capacity Audiences See Picture
Shown Yesterday
Capacity audiences yesterday af
ternoon and last night attended the
moving picture shown in the Rich
mond-Theater entitled '"The End of
the Road.' The first picture was
shown in the afternoon for women
only, and the theater was packed. At
night the picture was shown at 7.30
an;! P.30 and at both occasions the
hall was crowded.
The picture was explained by Lieut.
Charles R. Winfree. chief of investiga
tions of the United States Public
Health Service.
It was shown under the auspices of
the U. S. Public Health Sen-ice. the
state of Virginia and the Alexandria
Health Department.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Mount Vernon Ice Cream
Parlors will shortly open at 1102
King street, where they will served
not only ice cream- but also a fine
line cf candies and cigars.
25l-6c. Janies Priovolos.
PROPOSED COUNTRY CLUB
Report Will be Made by Committee
Thursday Night
The meeting which- took place
last Friday night at the Chamber
cf Commerce was so well attended
in spite of the inclement weather,
and the sentiment there expressed
was so unanimously in favor of the
formation of a country club that a
committee on ways and means was
appointed to select a desirable loca
tion in the vicinity of Alexandria.
This committee has been examin
ing several possible sites and ex
pects to haev its report ready for
presentation at the meeting to be
held Thursday night at S o'clock in
Chamber of Commerce.
| The finance committee is also
[ busy in formulating plans which
! they expect to present for considera
tion at the .same time.
It has come to the knowledge of
the committee that the circular let- j
ter sent out last week did not reach j
every one who might be interested i
in joining such an organisation. If j
such is the case, it is hoped that j
Thursday nights meeting will find '
them present and ready to ro-opi-r- j
ate.
ONE MAN CAUSE OF STRIKE
Bolougne Steel Works Refuses to Dis
charge Non-Union Employee.
Bolougne, Oct. 27.?All iron work
ing industries in Bolougne are shut
down as the result of refusal of one
workman to join lite ironworkers'
union. The trouble began with a part
ial strike in one of the least import
ant works, some of the employees
yalked out because one workman soli
cited by his comrades to join the union
refused.
The secretary of the union deman 1
ocl this man's discharge, which the
manager of the works refused. There
upen a general strike in the iron trade
was declared, involving the shutting
down not only of steel and iron works,
but stoppage of the electric generat
ing plant. Theatres and bakeries
were forced to close, t'he latter unable
to bake bread because the water sup
ply was cut off.
The situation, already serious, men
aces evert graver developments. The
trades unions arc threatening a gen
eral strike in all trades unless they
have their way in dismissing tli^
workman against whom they have no
other grievance than that he refused
to join the union.
IN MEMOIUAM
i lti loving remembrance of our
dearly beloved sister, Madeline
Butcher, who died one year ago to
day. October 27, H)1S.
She is lying, calmly lying.
Folded hands across her breast. '
And she knows not of th(. dying.
But a lying down to rest.
And the wind, that's softly sighing
Says to those dear ones forlorn
See, she is not dead, but slecpeth.
And will waken in the morn.
25(>-lp. Loving sisters
In sad and loving remembrance
of our daughter, Madeline Butcher,
who died one year ago today, Oc
tober 27. 11>18.
The blow was hard, the shock- se
vere,
To part with one we loved so dear
God loved her too and thought it
best,
So took her to His heavenly rest.
Days of sadness still come over us,
Hidden tears so often flow,
Memory keeps our loved one near u.-;
She left us sad one year ago.
In sad but loving remembrance of
my beloved husband. Louis Fultz,
who departed this life one year ag:>
today. October 2(i. 1918.
A precious one from us "has gone.
A voice we loved is still,
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be filled.
His heart was true, his life was
sweet.
His face our minds will always
* see.
Forgotten he will never be.
2~>fi-lp. By his beloved wife and son
In sad but loving remembrance of
my dear brother, Louis Fultz, who
died one year ago. October 2fi. 1018.
My thoughts are always wandering
To the grave not far away.
Where my brother is lying
In his peaceful and lonely grave.
I often sit and think of you
When I am all alone.
But memory is the only thing.
That grief can call its own.
By his loving brother,
256-lp. i B. C. Fultz.
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CITY TUB II BRIEF
Miss Elizabeth Lyons, of Balti
more, Md., was the week end guest
of Mrs. Harvey Williams, in Kin?
street.
Today is the second anniversary of
the closing of; the second Libeuty
Loan.
Mr. and Mrs. Jchn T. Stephenson
have retui'ned from their wedding
trip.
Miss Mary V Hellmuth has just
returned from two weeks trip to
Canada, Detroit and Pittsburgh.
A meeting of the civic bureau of
the Chamber of Commerce will be held
at 8 o'clock tonight in the rooms of
that organization.
Miss Lillian Peele, who has been
ill for some time past at the Alex
andria Hospital with typhoid fever,
is rapidly recovering.
Mr. Frederick S. Tesh. of Pel
Rav, was operated upon Saturday
morning at Emergency Hospital by
Dr J Ames F. Mitchell, of Washing
ton. I).
The vested choir of Christ Episcopal
Church yesterday cave a special
musical program which was publish.-d
in the Gazette Saturday and a large
congregation attended.
Alexandria Lodge No. 7~>8. P.enev
olcnt and Protective Order, of KIk<
tonight will hold a meeting at which
time there will be an initiation of
candidates and other business.
Many Alexandrians, will pro to
Washington tonight to witness the
arrival of the King and Queen of
Belgium who are scheduled to reach
Union Station in that city at 0
o'clock.
Many union men from this city
propose to participate in the big la
bor parade which will be held in
Washington tomorrow night. It es
timated that -10.000 men will be in |
line of march.
The committee in charge of the
bazaar to he given at Lyceum Hull
next month will moot tonight at St.
.Mary's rectory ami complete plans
for the affair.
The free clinic being held for the
treatment of diseases at the Smith
Building, 024 King Street, is attract
ing a large number of patients ac
cording to the health authorities who
arc in charge.
A meeting of the executive com
mittee Mount Vernon Commuters'
Association was held Saturday night
when the increased rates granted
the Virginia-Railway Company were
taken up and discussed.
As a result of the change of time
which became operative Sunday
morning persons who left Washing
ton on the midnight car Saturday
night arrived in this city at 11.30
o'clock according to the city town
clock.
The funeral of Mrs. William
Monch took place this afternoon
from her late, residence in New
Alexandria. Rev. L. F. Kelly, as
sistant pastor of St. Mary's Catho
lic Church, officiating. Burial was
in Bethel cemetery.
The city health department is!
notifying all persons who own prop
erty where sewers have recently been
laid that they must secure a permit
and tap at once in accordance with
the provisions of the city ordinance
passed by city council June 10, 1002.
The evangelistic service adver
tised to have begun at the Metho
dist Protestant Church. October 2f?.
has been indefinitely postponed o\v
ing to the serious illness of Evan
gelist Bennett. A future meeting
will be arranged for and announ
ced.
The regular meeting of the Par
ent-Teachers' Association will be
held at :i o'clock tomorrow after
noon in Lee School. 'All members
and those interested are urged to at
tend and come early in order to
witness an exhibition fire drill
which is to be he'd for the benefit
of those attending this meeting.
The Rev. Berryman Green, D. D.,
dean of the Episcopal, Theological
Seminary, this city, returned Saturr
day evening: from the Episcopal
General Convention, held in Detroit.
Dr. Green was one of the delegates
from the diocese of Virginia.
The autumn meeting of the Fails
Church district of Sunday School As
sociation in Fairfax County, was held
at St. Paul's Chapel Bailey's Cross
Roads yesterday evening ac 3 o'clock
There was a good attendance. Sev
eral Sunday Schools of the district
were represented.
Deeds of transfer fot the follow
ing pieces of property today were
placed on record in tlie office of the
clerk of the court: Harry \V. Ri se
to Jacob Seigel to the Alexandria
Lumber Company. Inc., a lot of
ground on the eact side of Alfred
between Wolfe and Wilkes streets.
The General Realty Corporation to
Chestev G. Shaw and wife house
and lot 1-111 Duke street; M. T.
Dwyer to Joseph A. Wallace and
wife bouse and lot 528 Gibbon street
and lot ">28 Gibbon street.
LORTOX NEWS
Mr. and .Mrs. Charlie English. of
Lorton, entertained at an enjoyable
party in honor of the birthday of
their daughter, Miss Estella English,
who was the recipient of many
beautiful presents, among them a
handsome bouquet of Chrysanthe
mums, roses and carnations given
by Mr. and Mrs. C. English. .Jr.,
flowers sent from Philadelphia bv
Mr. \V. Stevens, who was prevent
ed from attending, and a gold
wrist watch by Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Englnhr Sr. '
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
C. Fbiji'lisli, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. (J.
C .English, iMV. and Mrs. R. Eng
lish, Mr. Ii. English, Miss Edna
O'Connor, Mr. Ray O'Connor. Mr.
and Mrs 11. M. Lumbzrt, of Alex
andria, Misses Dora Dawson, Mollie
Sanborn, Edith Violefte. Gladys
Sheppard. Theinia Tyrrell and Ruby
Tyrrell. Messrs. George Williams'-n,
C. Waddell, W. Marshall. F. Whit ?.
Ellis Dawson, Ray Lembriek. a::d
Pcrcy Lembriek and Eddie Cau*. h
lin, from Philadelphia.
The t?vening Wsls spout in (lancing
and music, and a delicious supper
was served.
M'THI PRESS OBJECTS
Protests Ag.iinst Proposal to Sur
rend-r the Kaiser
The Hague. Oct. 27.?The crUir?
Dutch press joins in scathing crit
icism of an article advocating t
surrender of the former Germ:")
Emperor for trial, which appeared
recently in the weekly journal. Xt v
Amsterdam. In the article, the ed
itor, Prof. J. A. Van Hamel, the
Dutch publicist, who was selected by
Sir James Eric 'Drummond, secre
tary general of the League of Na
tions, as head of the legal depart
ment of the secretariat of the
league, argued that the question of
the extradition of the former Em
peror should not be treated as a
purely legal matter. It should in
stead be regarded, he says, from
the point of view of the new juris
prudence. belonging to the new era.
and formal judicial obstacles should
not he permitted to stand in th ?
way of the extradition of Count
flohenzollern.
LABOR PARTY IMMIXEXT
Leaders Work on Political Lines.
Washington Hears
Washington, Oct. 27.?The belief is
becoming stronger among political
observers in this city that the pre
vailing industrial conflict in jfhis coun
try will result in a concerted effort
to form a powerful labor party which
will ge before the country next year
with its own ticket and its own plat
form. ?
It is an open secret, of course, that
there are hold labor leaders who are
working feverishly to this end; who
ars seeking to capitalize the unrest
for political use, and that they are
urging their followers to go into ae-1
tive politics as a great third party
as the or.lv means of accomplishing
the fixed purpose of lalror to become
the undisputed master of American
industry.
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Norfolk salt water Oysters and
Hampton Bar clams Jacob Brill,
foot of King Street., 227-tf.
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ABOUT 1011
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PI^lis to Push Past C^it^l
and Take Up Strong
f Defensive '
WHITE ARMY MOVING
Bolsheviki Reinforcements Fail to
Check Fresh Offensive?Denikine's
Rear in Danger.
Reval, Oct. 27.?The fal! of Pet
rograd is inevitable, according to re
liable advices. General Yudenitch in
tends after the capture of the city
not to halt in Petrograd, but to march
forward to the line of Ladoga, at the
River Volkhov, which connects Lake
IImen and Lake Ladoga, about 75
miles to the east of Petrograd. where
:i convenient line of defense against
an attack from the direction of Mos
cow, protected on either flank by the
two big lakes, is offered. A mobili
sation of the population in the rear
of this line for the defense of Petro
grad is contemplated. ,
Many have already left here en
route for Petrograd, but they will not
be permitted to enter the city, it is
staled, because of the disease and
shortage of food prevailing in Pet
rograd.
Helsingfors, Oct. 27.?The official'
reports of the northwestern army
state that General Yudenitch has suc
cessfully resumed the offensive south
west and southeast of Petrograd, in
spite of the arrival of Bolshevik re
inforcements from the north Russian
front. The White troops have fought
their way eastward as far as Tosiva,
2* miles cast of Gatchina, on the rail
road to Mosco v*. This point had heen
reached earlier by cavalry raid.
The White troops were also pushing
their way northward from Kjrasnove
Seh> toward th'e Gulf of Finland, in
trr emleavor to reach- the coast at a
point between Kronstadt and Petro
srrad.
SPEAKING POSTPONED
Attorney-General Palmer Will Speak
Next Thursday Night
The Cameron Club announces that
tht? address to have been delivered'
tonight in the auditorium of the Elks
home by Attorney General A. Miteh
;;!1 Palmer under the auspices of that
dub has been postponed until next
Thursday night owing to the fact
that the Attorney Ger.eral will be un
able to he here, he having been de
signated by Secretary of State Lans
ing to participate in the reception to
be tendered the King and Queen of
Bekdum in Washington tonight.
Tickets for the affair tonight will
hold good for Thursday night. On that
occasion former Representative C. C.
Carlin will be presented with a chest
of silver and a goW watch by the
citizens of Alexandria as a token of
? heir esteem and appreciation-of his
services while in Congress as a rep
resentative of the Eighth district.
FORCED TO SLEEP ON FLOOR
Family Who Refused to Pay Exces
sive Rental Deprived of
Furniture
Wilmington. Del.. Oct. 27.?At
the instigation of Philip Herman, of
D00 Pine street. Frederick Garden,
his wife and eight children were
dispossessed of their furniture by
constables last night and the en
tire family forced to spend the
night sleeping on the bare boards
in the empty house. One of the
children is ill and Mrs. Carden will
soon give birth to another. The
family had refuse*! to pay an in
crease in rent after Herman, who
owns the house, had in one year
increased the rental from $13 to
$22 a month.
Carden, who, according to Coun
i-ilman McManus, is a hard and
steady worker, refused to pay the
increased rent on the advice of a
lawyer. Last night a detective
agency dispossessed the family.
NOTICE
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Alexandria Water
Company will be held at the office
of the companyv Monday, Novem
ber 3rd, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. m. .
239-23t. George Uhler, Secretary.