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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1919.
VOL. CXXXV?No. 261
FINES TOTAL 51,858
DURING PAST MONTH
High Water Mark Reached
in Police Court Col
lections
ALL PROMPTLY PAY
During Past Five Months Police Ju^
tice Has Collected a Total of $4,
489.65?Today $115 Collected.
The collections of fines in the Po- .
lice Court continues at high tide.
iThe fines collected during the
month of October amounted to'
$1,050. The assessments were for !
?various violations of the law, a
large percentage of the offenders
being speeders.
The "fiscal year began in June.
The receipts during the first five
months were as follows: June.
$849; July, $971.50; August, $875.65;
September, $743.50; October, $1,050
The month of November began
auspiciously, $115 having been col- ?
'lccted today.
Most of the patrons of the Po
lice Court at present are brought
into court and, if convicted, pay 1
their fines, a majority of them hav
ing the ready cash, and others who
have not ready cash, obtain the
money from friends, and the result
i.">\that the jails is not half so filled
with prisoners as it was prior to (
the war.
The police declare that they never
saw money so plentiful with viola- '
tors of the law as- at the present
time. 1
The cost of living and everything ? *
else has gone up, and naturally the 1
fines have increased in proportion !
to keep abreast of the times* It. I
therefore, costs more money in t
?Alexandria to violate* the law than t
it did in former years. tl
Those who face the bar, however. <
apparently realize this and pay $10 ?
with more readiness than they for- r
merly paid $2.50 or $5. 1
REPORT ON YEAR'S WORK
Stockholders of Alexandria Water '
Company Will Hold Annual
Meeting Monday '
According (q published notice the :
an.nual meeting of the stockholders of
th<? Alexandria Water Company will
be heljl the company's office at 10
o'clock on Monday morning. The past
year has been a very active one in
connection with the affairs of this
company, and a large and up to date
filtration plant has been added to its
system, -'.vhich is now in successful "
operation and furnishing a supply of
filtered and sterilized water to its
consumers.
Due to the rapid growth of the city
of Alexandria, the company has made
extensive - additions to its - distribu
tion system in the laying of new cast
iron pipes, and other general improve
ments to its system. It is understood
at'the stockholders. meeting a full
and comprehensve report will be made
by -the' board of directors to its stock
holders covering the affairs of thr
company for the yejjr ending June 30
1919.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S BUILDING
NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC.
'Men of our city, strangers within
our gates, all are earnestly invited
to spend their evenings, and leisure
hours in the Young Peoples' Build
ing. 113 South Washington street.
Take advantage ,of the opportuni
ties here offered, to rest, read,
write, play games or otherwise en
joy yourselves when duty does not
call you elsewhere.
The building is now open not
only to the sofdiers and sailors, but
to the general public from 10 a.
m.. to 10 p. m., every day in the
week, under the auspices of the
Henry K. Field Bible Class, which
convenes in regular weekly session
every Sunday morning from 9:45
to 10:30 o'clock in the auditorium
\
of this building. A cordial welcome
awaits all. 261-lc
NOTICE
The annual meeting of the stock- ]
holders of the Alexandria Watei
Company will be held at the office
of the conipanyv Monday, Novem
ber 3rd, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. m.
239-23t. George Uhler, Secretary.
K. OF C. COUNCIL BALL
Enjoyable Affair Given Last Night
in Lyceum Hall
One of the most enjoyable dances
|-ever held in the Lyceum Hail took
j place last evening when Fitzgerald
i Council, No. 459. Knights of Co
j lurrfbus, held their first dance of
| the season. The hall was be.iuti
} fully decorated in the festive di ap
ings of the Hallow'een affair, and a
large number of members of the
council and their friends attended.
?The chairman of the dance commit
tee was George Francis Downham,
assisted by Messrs. Louis Hoy,
Hollis Nugent. George Manger and
Robert Whitestone. Announcement
was made that the next council
dance will be held on Thanksgiving j
evening. November 27th.
ill TUBERCULOSIS
urns for funds
Splendid Work Done by This
Society Should Ap
peal to All
URGE ALL TO GIVE
During Year Two Nurses Treated 7fi l
Tubercular and 1,048 Miscellaneous
Cases?Eight to Catawba.
The Anti-Tuberculosis Society of
this city, has sent out a letter of (
ippeal for aid in the work they are :
loing in Alexandria.
Its members feel confident that '
nany of the good people of this city
ire not aware of the wonderful '
.vork being do;:o by this most im
lortant society. During the past
iscal year alone, their two paid
lurscs in the field have visited 701 ''
nbercular cases and 1,0-18 miscel
aneous cases. They have abo sent
Mght cases to the State Tuberculo- '
;is Sanitorium at Catawba and
)aid their board while there. Now.
hat our population is so steadily ;
ncreasing. their work will cover a
nuch broader field and they are in
most-urgent need of funds to carry
?>n this important work;
This is'the first time this society
rias made a public appeal for aid.
und its members feel sure that the
rood people ot^ Alexandria, who '
have in the past few years res- '
oonded to appeals for other worthy '
causes ?o generously, will heed tljis
urgent' apjpeal' of ^he Alexandria
Anti-Tuberculosis .Society.
Contributions may be sent to
Miss Fanny S. Herbert, treasurer.
110 North Washington street.
BAZAAR OPENS TUESDAY
\ffair Will be Held in Lyceum Hall
and Continued Ten Nights
The task of decorating the Lyceum
Hall for the autumn bazaar which
will open Tuesday night in that hall
inder the auspices of the congreira
tion of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
:s practically completed. All that re
gains to be done is the installation
of the various articles to be disjjosed
if in their respective booths.
The different tables are richly pro
vided with fancy articles, groceries,
.?andies and a host of others too
lumerous to mention. Many valuable
prizes are to be disposed of during the
progress of the bazaar, which will las
ten evenings, among which include a
ton of coal, barrel of flour, handsome
loll, and last but not least a jet black
pig, just received from Fauquier
county.
Able musical talent has been oh
:ained and the affair promises to be
most enjoyable and successful.
The ladies in charge of the supper
table promise a delightful supper
which will be served from 0 to 10 p.
mM oach evening for the moderate
sum of fifty cents.
NOTICE
j
Members of the J. R. N. Currin Me
morial Baraca Class are urgently re
quested to be present Sunday, Nov.
2, 1919, at the'First Baptist Church:
'.o attend the morning Church Ser
vices in a body immediately after
Sunday School. The Rev. H. I. Stew
art. pastor of 2nd Baptist Church of
Washington, D. C., will conduct the
en-ice?. Sunday school begins at 9.30
m. Church services at 11 a. m. All
are welcome. 261-lp.
MINERS DEF! COURT
ORDER ill STRIKE
?Chiefs Forbidden Any Move
to Direct Progress of
Walkout 1
WARNING OF GOMPERS
Defiance Bluntly Displayed by "Work
ers' Leaders in the .Mine Fields of
the Nation.
Washington, Nov. 1.?The big news
in the coal strike situation is as fol
lows:
Report given out by union officials
in Chicago declared that 377,000 coal
miners had answered the strike call
and left the mines. They also said the
number probably would be increased j
to o00,000, the total union membership |
Federal Judge A. B. Anderson, in
Indianapolis, issued a temporary in
i unction, restraining initiation or
support of the strike by the mine
workers' union officials.
Leaders in the miners union met
the court's action with denunciation
us a "violation of Constitutional
rights" and with predictions that it
would be disregarded.
Samuel Gompers and other Federa
tion of Labor officials protested as a
leU'gation to Attorney-Genera' Pal
mer against the injunction.
Heads of raiyway brotherhoods also
conferred with the Attorney-General
ind offered services to intervene.
President Wilson fixed maximum
prices of soft coal.
/Fuel Administrator Garfield r^stor
?,l war-orders, which will give the
Railroad Administration power to
seize coal in transit and divert it to
consumption in accordance with a pre
'erence list.
United States troops began nrriv
;r<r in somc otf the mining districts to
ceep order and project miners who
?ontinue to work.
In Congress the House unanimously
>asscd th? Senate resolution pledging
support to the Administration.
Chicago. Nov. 1.?Coal mining
operations in the great fields of II
inrtis. Indiana and Ohio ceased last
light, according to icporty from the
?hief mining centers.
While the strike did not. become ef
Vctive officially until midnight. there
ivere |few men below ground at '>
.'clock last night.
That the tieup would be complete
in spite of the government's order
was the opinion generally expressed.
Andrew T. Murphy, publisher of
Black Diamond, and for thirty-five
years an authority on the coal mine
Situation in the Middle West, predicts
that the strike will be of short iura
tion. /
"The injunction directed against the
United Mine Workers officials at
Indianapolis will bring the striketoa
head very soon, in my opinion.'' he
-aid " \s I understand it, the injunc
tion'ties up the funds of, the union
and they cannot carry on the fight
long without money.'
Mr. Murphy said be believed the
mine organisation committee would
rescind the strike order within the
next two or three days, order the men
hack to work and then open negotia
tions with the government and mine
owners. . ,
"I don't think there wil. be much (
diff'cultv in reaching an agreement
?after the demands of the miners are
actually taken up for discussion." he
?raid.
V ?
MARRIED
DOHERTY-FORD?Mr. James Do
hertv and Mrs. Grace Ford. l>oth
of Alexandria, were married
Thursday. Octobor 30th. at the
rectory of Grace P. E. Church.
Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector, of
ficiating. 2^1-lp
Norfolk salt water Oysters and
Hampton Bar clams Jacob Brill,
foot of King Street., 227-tf
. .
Monroe Salisbury, starring at the
Grand Theatre in "Sundown Trail"
his latest Universal photodrama, play
ed opposite Richard Mansfield on the
speaking stage and is known as the
"Mansfield of the Screen." The star
appears as the leader of the -vigilantes
in Spanish Bar, a camp of the Cali
fornia gold fields in 1S49. Don't miss
it.
THE REVIVAL MEETING
Large Attendance at Serviqes at
First Baptist Church
In the face of the Hallow'een cel
ebration last night there was a
congregation at the First Baptist
Church that filled the main, audi
torium. T)r. H. I. Stewart discus
I scd the life of Lot under the sug
gestive text: ''He lingered." He
showed the great loss that had come
upon Lot bf-cause of the? manner of
life he led ojt of touch with God.
lie had ultimately lost everything:
in life that was worth while.. The
great asset of personal, influence
for righteousness had been almost
entirely obliterated. He had nut
sufficient influence to make his life
count in the home, for his children
one after another followed in his
footsteps and drifted to their de
struction. His wife was so tied to
Sodom as that, with all its wicked
ness her heart yearned for it and
her destruction was ti'ajjie.
Lot was prominent in the city but
not a single man or woman did he
influence to stand four-square in
the coming storm. Lot had caught
the1 vision of wonderful possibilities,
in life from ''Abram, the friend of
God," but he had failed to .follow,
the light. His name is a synonym,
of sorrow and shame even to this
day because he hesitated to act up
to what he knew God wanted him
to do.
So great is the interest in these
meetings that Mr. Stewart will
preach this evening. Tomorrow
morning he preaches on: "The
Story of my Life." He will also
address the Sunday School.
The revival will continue to the
?vening service and possibly fur
ther.
SALK AGAINST
SUNDAY FUNERALS
trave Diners Here Say No]
More Burials on the
Sabbath
WANT ONE DAY'S REST
I'heir Mandate Will Have to he Com
plied With and Sunday Funerals
Will be no More.
The grave diggers in Alexandria
lave gone on a strike against Sunday
funerals. There ultimatium was de
livered today to those in charge of
the various cemeteries. The under
takers were communicated with an I
now there is trouble ahead.
A representative of the Gazette who
tvent out to investigate the strike wa>
told by one undertaker that the grave
liggers will not fill in graves on Sun
lay. This, therefore, means, that a
person desires a Sunday funeral they
will have to obtain outside help to
fill in the grave, or else not have the
funeral on the Sabbath.
The grave diggers work six days a
week and are getting tired of the
Sunday work. They want to take a
Jay of rest on the Sabbath as almost
everyone else does.
Funerals on the Sabbath in .Alexan
dria. therefore, are a thing of the past
for the present, at least, unless tho
backbone of the grave diggers strike
against Sunday funeral is broken.
Just what the cemetery owners pro
pose to do in regard to the strike ha.
not yet been disclosed.
A cargo of women that arrived on
the Sundown Trail stage made a dras
tic change in the conduct of Spanish
Rar, one of the wildest gold camps in
1S49. The whole story is being told at
the Grand Theatre in "Sundown Trail"
a Universal pHotodrama with Mon
roe Salisbury in the starring role. A
wonderful production.
As duly published the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Alexandria Water (Company will be
held at the office of the Company.
Ill North St. Asaph street, at 10
a. m., on Monday. November 3.,A
large attendance of stockholders is
requested at this meeting, at which
the annual report of the Board of
Directors to the stockholders will
be presented and matters vitally
affecting the affairs of the com
pany considered. All stockholders
of the company are urgently re
quested and cordially invited to be
present at this meeting. _ 261-lc
ELECTION TUESDAY
1 STATE OFFICERS
Characterized by Apathy
Light Vote Expected
1 in City
HOT FIGHT IN ALEX. CO.
Walter T. Oliver Democratic Nomi
nee For ^State Senate Opposed by J.
H. Dodge Republican Nominee.
An election will be hekl in this city
Tuesday for the purpose of electing a
state senator to represent the four
teenth senatorial district and also to
ilect a delegate to the state legisla
ture to represent this city and Alex
andria county in that body.
The only opposition is that to Wal
ter Tancil Oliver, democratic nominee,
for the state senate, who is being op
posed by J. H. Dodga, republican
nominee of Manassas, Mr. Oliver it |
is generally conceded will prove an
easy winner, as the democratic nomi
nation is regarded as equivalent to an
election.
Charles T. Jesse of Alexandria
::ounty. is the democratic nominee for
the state legislature. The republicans,
however, did not put. up a candidate
aga^ist Mr. Jesse.
In view of the fact that there is
l^t little oppos-iticn a liurht vote it is
thought will be polled, as general i
apathy prevails.
In Alexandria county, where al
most every candidate' for county of
fices has opposition, a heavy vote will
be polled.
The various candidates for office
have been working hard for several
months past in the interest of their
candidacy and there is every indica
tion of a big vote in that county on
that day when an addition to the coun
ty officers the enndidates- ? fo?- the
state senate and legislature will be
chosen.
DEATH OK FORMER RESIDENT
Paul Valer Portlier Dies in New York!
?Funeral Tomorrow at Manassas j
The funeral of Paul Valer Portncr.
thirty-seven years old. a former resi
dent of Alexandria, who died Thurs
day night in New York, will be held
at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at
his late residence, at Annaburg, the
Portncr home at Manassas.
Burial will be with Masonic honors.
A delegation of members of Alexan
dria Lodge of Elks, of which organi
zation, he was a member will attend.
The death of Mr. Portncr was due
to congestion of the lunjrs. His
condition shewed improvements un
til Thursday night when he was
taken suddenly worse and died a
few hours later.
The deceased was well known in
this city where he had a large num
ber of friends.
Mr. Portner was born January 22.
1882. at Annaburjr, the Portner farm
at Manassas, Va? He was educated
at Virginia Military Institute and the
University of Virginia. He became
the vice president and director of the
following corporations: Capital Con
struction Company of Washington,
Virginia Feed and Milling Company
of Alexandria and the Portner Realty
Company of Manassas.
He was unmarried. Surviving him
are two brothers, A. 0. Portner of |
Baltimore, Md., and Oscar Portner of
Manassas, Va., and five sisters. Mrs.
Henry D. Flood, Mrs. William P.
MemJith and Mrs Palmer Derby of
Washington, and Mrs. Alma Port
ncr and Mrs. A. I.. Humes, of New
York City.
The gambling saloon of a Mississip
pi River steamboat, a ^stately Vir
ginian mansion, the jrold fields of
California and the undcfiled western
wilderness of 1849 are a few of the
locales to be seen at the Grand T'ne
tre in '"Sundown Trail." The production
was filmed by Universal, directed by
Rollin S. Sturgeon and stars Monroe
Salisbury. Worth seeing.
I ILLUSTRATED SERVICE
Come to Trinity Methodist Church
Sunday nijrht and see the"beautiful
pictures illustrating missionary
work among the Japanese. Magnif
icent scenery, unique temples and
shrines. Religious ideas and cus
toms. "The public is invited, no
charge for admission. 261-Lp
- CHURCH NOTICES
Salvation Army, Sunday School at
2:30 p. m.. and Salvation meeting
at 8 p. m.
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rev.
Louis Smet rector, masses at 7, 9
and U a. m., and evening service
at 7:30 o'clock.
j Second Baptist Church. Rev. O. P.
pLloyd will preach at 11 a. m, and
I at 8 p in., Sunday School, 9:30 a.!
j m."~~B. Y. P. U, 7 p. m.
St. Paul's P. E. Church, Rev. Dr.
P. P. Phillips, rector, servicts;
Sunday School, 9:30 a m.; Men's
Bib'e Class, 9:45 a. m.; services at
11 a. ni., and evening service,
p. m.
Grace P. E. Church. Rev. Edgar
Carpenler, 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. I
Trinity M. E. Church, Rev. A. E.
Speilman, pastor, 11 a. m., commun
ion service with address by the pas
tor; 745 p. m.j. illustrated service,
subject "Japan and the Japanese.v
Sunday school and Bible class, 9.45
a.m. I
Tmmanuel Lutheran Church. Rev.
Carl J. Cloette. pastor, will preach
on "Luther contending for the
Eaith." The reformation festival
will be held. Preparatory service
for communion at 10:i'?0 a. m., arl
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m.
First Baptist Church. Rev. Dr.
E. B. Jackso'n pastor, the regular
order of services will prevail and
be conducted by Rev. H. I. Stew-> ;
art, who is conducting evangelistic
services in that church. The order
of services will be found in anothen
column.
Methodist Protestant Church. Rev.
(J. J. Hill, pastor, Sunday School,
Lord's supper at l! a. m., evange-?
listic talk at 7:4n p. in.: Christian
Endeavor at 7:15 p. ni., Sunday
School and Bible Class at 9:30 a.
m. iNight thethe. "'Tho Value oil
the Soul."
Methodist Protestant Church. I!- v.
L. H. Kelly, pastor. Sunday
School. To a. m.; preachiug at !l
a. nr.. followed by class meeting.
Children's c|ass meeting at 2:30 n.
m. Young People's meeting at
7 p. m.. .preaching at 7:30 p. m.
Ml weleome. j
Second Presbyterian Church. It. v.
Dr. John Lee Allison pastor, morn
ing service communion and reception
of members..' wfth shot:t sermon, by t? i;
pastor. Evening theme "Tragedy of ??
Wasted Development." Sunday ?cher!.
9.45 a. m.; and Christian Endeavor
at 7.15 p. ni.
Christ P. E. Church service
will be as follows: 9:30 a. ni., Sun
day School in the Parish Hall, and
the Emmanuel Men's Bible Class in
the church; 11 a. m.. service and
sermon by the rector. Rev. Win. J.
Morton. D. D., 3:30 p. m.. and even
ing service and S'Tmcta at S o'clock
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
west side <?f 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 Class to men at 9:30 j
a. ni.. tomorrow morning. Come, yer |
will find a hearty handshake and a
warm welcome. Our revival serv:
ces will begin tomorrow night and j
continue indefinitely. Preaching cv- |
cry night at eight o'clock. The pas
tor will do the preaching. Cttoio,
and get in the spirit of the meeting,
it will do you good. J
SENATOR MAR'ITN WEAKER
Charlottesville, Va.. Nov. 1.?
Senator Martin's condition contin
ued very iow yesterday and he is
gradually growing weaker, accord
ing to Dr. Davis, his . physician.
Any undue exertion on his part
might prove fatal to the senator,
the doctor said.
Senator Martin passed an un
comfortable day and his only nour
ishment consisted of two eggs and !
a little milk.
"Free Drinks" at Jester's
Why let your battery go dry?
Call around and let us give it a
drink. Jester's, King and Patrick
Streets. 261-lc
?Mr. and Mrs. William A. Roy
ster have returned trom a trip ta
North Carolina.
The monthly meeting of R. E.!
Lee Camip * Corel ("-derate Veterans,
will be held Monday night at Lee
Cam;p Hall.
Mrs. Grace Fc rd and Mr. James
Doherty were married Thursday
evening at the rectory of Grace P.
E. Church, Rev. Edgar Carpenter,
rector, officiating.
Alexandria Ledge of Elks will
hold a lodge of sorrow tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock at its home
for the late Paul V. Portner. All
members are urged to attend.
Miss Clara A. Moore has return
ed to her home in Cameron street,
after spending the past few months
in Harrisonburg, Va., Sandy -
Spring, Md., and the Catskill
Mountains.
The initiatory degree last night
was conferred otv a class of thirty
candidates by Potomac Lodge of
Odd Fellows. The meeting was one
of the most larg.-ly attended in re
cent years.
Hundreds of yoi.ngesters and grown
ups, l:\st night participated in the
celebration of Hallowe'en. Many uni
que masks were worn by the pavaders.
(ving street was thronged until a late
hour. Theve were many private parties
and dances.
Thomas M. Burton and wife have
sold to W. R. Oden and wife the
two-story brick dwelling 1002
Prince street, William E. Ham
mersley and wife have sold to Ray
mond Astryke house and lot 112
South Henry street.
Tlu* Alexandria Circle of Colonial
Ibmci held the October meeting at
f.hc residence of .Miss Helen Nor
'?is Cummings yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Robins, lirst vice president of
the Colonial Dames in Virginia,
was the guest of the Circle.
Mrs. George R. Hill entertained at
in interesting and novel Hallowe'en
?tarty last night at her home in South
Washington street, for Miss Collins
McKay Jones and Mr. Rriley Clem.
The entire first floor of the house and
the grounds were decorated with all
?he emblems of the season and ghosts
were in abundance.
Plans are rapidly being completed
for the P.ed Cross Christmas Roll
Gall. The different churches are pre
paring lists of names of solicitors to
?feip in the work and several already
'lave sent in their list. These lists
should be received not later than'
Monday night at 8 o'clock. The four
ninute speakers will begin their work
in the different theaters Tuesday
night.
Week of prayer will be observed
by the Woman's Missionary Society
if M. E. Church South every af
ternoon next week in Sunday School
room of the church at .1 p. m.
First meeting will be held Sunday
afternoon when the Young Peo
ple's Society will have charge of
the program. The program will be
changed each afternoon. All mis
sionary women of the city are most
cordially invited.
annual meeting
Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of stockholders of
the Washington 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,
1019, at 12 o'clock noon, for the
purpose of electing a board of direc
tors for the ensuing year and for
the transaction of such other busi
ness as may properly come before
said meeting.
I John C. Schroder, Assistant Secty.
. 2o0-2wks.
| NOTICE
I The Empire Social Club will re
? sume its regular Monday and Fri
I day night dances at Elks Hall, be
| ginning Monday. November 3.
j 281-2p.