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g ? ;t >ESTABLr9IIEDi J1$i Oldest Daily Newspaper in the United States and Rest Advertis ing Medhim in Northern Virginia For this ? section?Rain tonight and probably tomorrow; warmer toniffht; colder tomorrow night. *ax8uo0 Jcr *JVjqfl ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1919. ? s.i! i* Commissioner Medi * atioij Efforts ?aid to" Be Bearing Fruit WAL WILL BE MINED ^mobilization of Troops Completed .Yesterday, After Their Rethin From Roanoke. ' the With a view to ending the factional eel in# (between the mlxn&rs and opera m (the Lee. 'County field, Itate Labor Commissioner John ingch;berg has called a meeting of e interests affected. This "^as the news received by Gov-1 ?rnor Westmoreland Davis late yes (erday in a telegram from Commis loner Hirschberg, who remained in ... coal fields for the purpose of set ling the dispute after the Governor <ad returned to Richmond. The Gov rnor reached the city shortly after oon yesterday. The meeting of th? various interests ill be held early next week. In the J me Hirschberg^ is holding con fences with both' the operators and iners, preparing (their minds for a Avorable adjustment of differences, according to a telegram received from ?ie coal fields late yesterday after ioon, the mediation plan promised to ? successful. Opinion prevails generally that the irgihia coal miners, excepting a,v few dicaLs, are ready to return to work, some of the mines the majority of orkers hiive already returned. I Reports from the Pycahorttas region jestenday were that the production as- dbout 40 per cent of normal. .,'hile some of .the members were ab sent because of the secOnd holiday, line officials anounced that maxi-. ium production is expected by 'Mon iay nigbt. i iFVcm Lee County it is learned that o trouble has occurred in the past ?eek and none is expected, the ma jrity of.^tWe^'ipiners. having signi* led a desire to return to the- mines |nd resume production. No further shots have been fired r the radiidals biding!'in the1 moun ts, according latest reports wived, and 'tfre 'general impression ?evaite t$at'-With their ammunition i>ah^'a'll.sources of supply <*ut:off radicals will find other fields of oration. Dwrttjbi 1 i aatjonro|?^^.-^^j^i ne- gun " and Sixftb Company of the First ini?vSUu^<t^ Viy^inia National ard, was completed yesterday after ir return from Roanoke Thursday hfe by 'order" of Governor Davis. ' he, two., cojnp^nies were part of c provisional regiment of six corn pies; started to' the coal fields at \ Charles, Lee Cp^.tp proyent ?uble "rnthe mines there,'but held at an,oke. i. , . i ? * LATE C.;;E. HUNTER '?> ? ; - : K ; : A > was stated in the Gazette, ?rles Edgar Hunter, son of the Robert and Margaret "Hunter, ?..at the ??> Confederate* Soldiers' te,1 RitHmond,'Va., on Wednes iBurial was in Hollywood ietery,' Richmond. The father the-subject of tlj-is\nptiee, Rob . Hunter, conducted' the tobacco ,d the cigar, business at the north st corner of King and St. Asaph eets, the.s\t<? now occupied, <ipy Citizen^ National " Bank; .There te several survivors of the Hun family?Mrs. ,Wm. H. Jenkins d Mrs. M. Alice Coleman, of erndon, Vau, Mrs: Gertrude Wab iker, and Mrs'. 'Wlter S. Brown, of [tshingtoh, D. C.. and Mrs. An Robena Cooke, the latter of this ry. iDujung the war he served as a lember of the Old Dominion Rifles, pmpany H* Seventeenth Virginia pgiment. NOTICE [The Aero-Auto Company can no*v ake immediate deliveries on Chev flet 490 Models. These cars are pected to advance $75 before the at 6f the year. Buy your car Iw and save iany possible increases. Jrms can be arranged to suit you. J-3t. THE DRIVE NEAR COMPLETION The much:heralded drive for seventy-five . million by Southern Baptists is nearing {consummation. While encouraging:' reports ai*e coming in the every member canvass tomorrow afternoon over the South, will tell .the story of success or fail ure. The Baptist churches of Alex andria and vicinity are determined to go over the top. it is hoped very sincerely that there will be no slackers in this great effort to save the world by,the gospel. ? The Central Committee of Nash ville, Tenn., requests that a can vass be made of every Baptist in the citv of Alexandria whether con nected "with the local churches or not. It is hoped that all such will get in touch with the church can vassers. Rev. Dr. E. B. Jackson will, i speak appropriately to the inaugu ! ration of this campaign at tomor ! row morning's service at the First | Baptist Church. DRIVE OPENS TOMORROW Baptists "to Canvass 1,100 Churches in State for Funds ( (Special to Gazette.) Richmond, Va., Nov. 29?The Bap tist Seventy Five Million Campaign drive for .pledges begins next Sun day, continuing through until Decem ber 10; prospects are favorable for success in Virginia. There are more than eleven -hundred white churches witty approximately tv^p hundred thousand 'members, who must be canvassed individually durfng- Victory Week. Each church has been ap portioned a definite sum to be raised. Some churches have already taken their pledges and in every case much more 'has been subscribed than called for. The funds to toe raised in Vir ginia will he devoted to foreign mis sions, home missions, chiristian edu cation, orphanages, ministerial re lief and state missions. More than two hundred additional foreign mis sionaries will be sent out at cnce and the number of missionary pastors in the state will (be greatly increased. JThe Baptist School For Boys to be located at 'Bluefield will receive a iai'ge (proportion as will ,the "Bap tist hospital to be located at Lynch burg. The orphanage at Salem, now crowded to its utmost capacity, will be enlarged during the year. The situation throughout' the South is hopeful and the managers are ex pecting to achieve a gir'eat victory. Churches will be expected^ to report to their r.*s?ociataonal organizers who will in turn report to. the state or ganizer at Richmond, R*v. James R. Doan. *' . RATE IjEARlNli POSTPONED. State ' Corporation Commissicn to . Consider Fare Bcost Decem ber 4 The hearing before th0 State Corporation Commission of the ap plication of the Washington-Vir ginia Railway Company for. author ity to'increase its passenger fares, commutation rates and baggage charges, intrastate in Virginia, to the same level, as that authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion has ben postponed until Decem ber 4. / The hearing was originally set for November 26. This company also has applied to the state corpo ration commission to increase its freight rates within the state of Virginia. The proposed new * class rates are ' the same as those in effect on the j Washington and Old Dominion Rail way, while the proposed new com modity rates are the Washington Virginia Railway Companv s oW rates plus twenty-five per cent. ACCIDENT ON KING STREET This may happen to you at any , time. 1 You neglect to have your battery 1 recharged the JESTER wa\ . I Car refuses to start, you call on ! that good right ARM. *' The doctor call it a fracture, you say Some PAIN. Come to Jester. 284-lc. - .King and Patrick Sts. NOTICE. Members of Canton Alexandria No. 1. are requested to meet at Odd Fellows Hall at 7 p. m. tonight, in full dress uniform, tc go to Washing ton, to assist Canton Washington to confer degree of chivalry. ' Bv order of LT. G. RAYMOND GAINES 284-lc. ? \ \ UnlVcHSI I! 9\ VA. Names of Nineteen Young Alexandrians On ' Its: Roster FIRST YEAR FOR MANY This Institution Now Has 1,500 Stu dents Which. (Beats All Previous Records por Attendance. University- of Virginia, November 28.?At its initial meeting of the session held recently the Alexandria j Club of the University of Virginia j J elected the following officers: James M. Duncan, president; Albert V.. |;Bryan, vice president; Robert. E. Knight, secretary-treasurer. This club is composed of all of the students from Alexandria who are now in attendance at the Uni versity. There are ninteen names on its roll. / The Alexandrians are scattered throughout the various schools and departments," some studying medi cine, engineering, law and others are in the academic department, commonly known as the college. Practically all of the Alexandrians have received their preparation in ?the Alexandria High School. The class of 1910, which gradua ted last June from that school, sent quite a large and representative contingent to take part in the col lege activities for the first time this season to experience the trill* of life at a university and to live within the portals of the orange and the blue where a man's word and honor are supreme. Never before has the worth and value of education in its more ex tensive form been brought home so forcibly, and never before (has it been received with such enthusiastic acclamation . . .J This is evidenced by the in- J creased enrollment at the colleges and universities. At present the University of Vir ginia boasts of a student body of j 1500 which exceeds records by seve ral hundreds. Every available spot in and out the institution is occu pier! . People who hitherto have never rented out rooms have opened their homes to accomodate those 'who are seeking to reap the benefits of the educational advantages offered them. The teaching staff and facilities have been augmented. Schools of art. music and architecture have been introduced. * MILLINERY SHOPS OPENS Today, as will be noted in her ad vertisement in another column, Mrs. Ruth Ballenger. opened her exclusive lingerie and hand made millinery establishment, the "'Ruth Roycroft." on the second floor of the Smith building, 624 King street. For several weeks past. Mrs. Ballenger has made frequent trips to New York selecting the kind of lingerie that will appeal most tempt ingly to women of refinement. To day's opening fully justified the expectations of Mrs. Ballenger's friends who thronged her shop which is attractively decorated in brown and blue. The merchandise displayed compares most favorably with what dscriminating purchasers will find in metropolitan shops. The Gazette commends heartily Mrs. BallefigcrV enterprise and joins with _ her host of friends in wishing this Alexandria grl a 'de servedly great success-. Her shop, will be open this even ing until ten o'clock. SPECIAL MUSIC Tomorow morning, the first Sun-1 day in Advent, the choirvof St. Paul's Church will render special musical .program, including Dudley Buck's Festival Tedium in E flat; Jewells "Repent Ye." and hymns appropriate for thP day. , The choir consists of solo quartet and chorus. Mrs. Nes, soprano; Mrs. Sherman B. Fowler, alto; Kenneth W. Ogden tenor; and Wil mer Joyce Waller, bass. Sherman B. Fowler, organist and director. Norfolk salt water Oysters and Hampton Bar clams Jacob Brill, foot of King Street., * 227-tf L MINI * TO BE WEI Government Serves Notice Interference Will Not Be Tolerated TROOPS WILL BE USED Shopping {Days Till Christmas Prosecution For Operators Or Em ployes To Thwart Conspiracies? Blune Notice Served. The Government has served blunt notice on soft coal miners and op erators that interference with coal production would not be tolerated. Warning' that legal prosecution would be employed to thwart con spiracies by either side and troops sent wherever necessary to protect miners willing to work came from the Department of-Justice after members of the Cabinet had consid ered every phrase of the fuel situa tion, admittedly critical, in view oi" the abrupt breaking off of negotia tions. V ; Tt ?is-'itotr-ciit- inten'tVftffSf the-'Gov ernment tr. let the mines remain idle, with lvtlf of the country in the grip of cold weather and the coal stocks rapidly diminishing. The Administration, it was said 1 by those in a position to know, had fully expected the miners to reject the 14 per cent wage increase of fered by Fuel Administrator Gar field. Anticiating this-, plans had been considered for augmenting the present output of bituminous mines, officially figured at better than 4ft per cent of normal. WARIIEX COX FESS ES Reported to Ha\e Acknowledged That He Attacked and Robbed Jitney Driver. Detective Sweeney, of Washington, who went to Richmond to question Frederick Warren, who was held in connection with the assault on James Gaffes, telephoned police headquart ers this morning that Warren h:u] confessed to the assault, and that he was bringing him back to Washing ton. "ME-E-OW" The R. and J. Social Club rooms are open to the select public who enjoy good clean games with gentle men, void of gambling. Pool, pinochle, checkers and domi noes: Gentlemen of good reputa tion may become members. Sunder games are open to members. If you enjoy h refined atmosphere join this club. Plenty of magazines to read. : j All shipyard men who prid for j membership in the Virginia Ship- j building Corporation Employers Mutual Benefit Association, arc- en tiled to an honorary membership card. Special meeting all day to morrow. 284-1. IX MEMORIAM In memory of our son, Melvin E. Humphries, who left us fiv? years ago today. Sudden was the summons. Hard was the blow. But perhaps some day my heart will echo. , What my lips have learned to say. By his sad and.xlonely mother. | 284-1p.. Chew Moonshine Sun Cured To bacco. uN*o better tobaccos made than those manufactured' by Bailey Bros." Not in the Trust. 283-2p' Former Alexandrian Will 1 Be Candidate of Labor Faction iCOLVIN'S HAT IN RING i Central Trades and Labor Council Planning to Place Candidates in IField For All Richmond Offices. Threats of union labor in Rich-1 mond to defeat Representative An- ] drew Jackson .Montague for the seat In Congress from th ? Third District culminated in tin* determination of the Central Trades and Labor coun cil to place in the field as his op ponent next summer Howard. T. Colvin, a former resident of Alex andria, and now chief clerk in the office of State Labor Commissioner John Hirschberg. It was Mr. Colvin himself, acting on behalf of a trroup of labor men, who sent to Representative Monta-. jrue a challenge to meet in debate in Richmond some advocate of the Plumb plan of railroad owner ship. Mr. Montuirue declined, say ing that he could not afford to meet any man whose responsibility ir. the matter was not equal to his own. This denial or> their wishes, coupled with other grievances they hold against, have led the labor unions toNvow his defeat in the next cam pa ijrn . But it will not be ajrainst Repre sentative Montajrue alone that the unions will direct their forces. La bor Commissioner Hirschberj;, one of the recognized leaders of tnis Class in the state, is af. avowed candidate for Mayor cf the city of Richmond, with Thoma^ B. Morton, "pre'sidefit of the Richm'ond federa tion of railroad shop workers, as a much discussed candidate for the same office. It is likewise the de- I termination of the unionists to have ( in thc? fall ticket for a'i city j offices. ? That the labor unions will put up one of the stiffest political fights J they have waged in many years is evidenced by the fact that members have almost to a man paid their poll taxes, a prerequisite for the ballot. In practically every organ ization in the city a rule is in force to penalize the man who cannot ex hibit the necessary tax receipts ^nr voting purposes. Ever since the office of Treasurer Pace opened for the payment of state taxes, Ions lines, composed mostly of laboring men, have besiesred the office throughout the day. until Richmond now has the largest number of qualified voters she has ever had in her history. , The unions already have scored one important political victory this year in the election of Georfre L. Wilcox to the house of delegates. MEMORIAL SERVICES Order of Fraternal Americans Will Attend Methodist Protestant Church In accordance with its annual custom. Alexandria Council No. n, Order Fraternal Americans, will to morrow (.veninir attend in a body ser vices to be held in the Methodist Protestant Church. It is their an nual memorial and Thanksgiving: service, which is held in accordance with proclamations of the head of the order. The council will meet at its hall in North Columbus street and proceed in a body to the church, where appropriate exercises to the occasion have been arranged. TURKEY Sl'PPER By Rector's Aid Society. St. Paul's Church, Thursday. Dec. 4, from 0 to 8 p. m.. in Parish Hall, corner of Duke and Pitt street?: 75 rents. Menu Roast Turkey Turkey dressing, Oiblet Gravy Faked Macaroni with Cheese j Stewed Tomatoes Pepper Hash Cranberry Jelly Turnover Rolls Coffee Ice Cream, 10 cts. Ca^e' * c*s v Pie, 10 cts.x 284-4c CHURCH SERVICES ! ' Salvation Anry, 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 11 a. m., and evening som ite at 7:30 o'clock. St. Paul's P. E. Church, Rev. Dr. P. P. Phillips, rector, services; Sunday School, 9:30 a m.; Men's Bib'e Class, 0:45 a. m.; sen-ices at U a. m., and evening service, 7:30 p. m. ! I Grace P. E. Church, Rev. Edj;ar Carpenter, rector, order of services i tomorrow; Holy Communion, 7:30 a. m., Sunday School, 9:30 a. m., morn-, ing service, 11 a. m.; evening sc-r-; vice, 8 p. m. Trinity Methodist Church east side of s^utn Washington street. Rev. A. E. Spielman, pastor. Sun day School and adult Bible Class, 9:45 a. m. Preaching by the pas tor at 11 a. m., and 7:4ii p. m.r Immanuel Lutheran Church, cor ner of Cameron and Alfred streets, Rev. Carl J. Goette, pastor. Servi ces tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock; subject. "It is High Time to Awake: Out of the Sleep.''' Sunday School at 9:30 a. m. First Baptist Church, South Washington street. Rev. Dr. Eu gene B. Jackson, pastor. Services 11 a. m., and 7:45 p. m. Sunday School 9:30 a. nu B. Y. P. U., at 7 p. m. The every member canvass will take place from 2 to G o'clock in the afternoon. Free Methodist Church, south Lee street, Rev. L. H. Kelley, pastor. Sunday School 10 a. m. Preaching at 11 o'clock, followed by class meetinjr. Children's class meeting at 2 p m. Young people's meeting at 7 p. m. Preaching at 7:30. All welcome. Second Presbyterian Church, cor- j nev Prince and St. Asaph stress, Rev. Dr. John Lee Alison, pastor, preaching at 11 a. m., by Rev. W. J. Drummond ami even in tr sermon bv Rev. S. N. Vail, of Washington; Sunday School. y;.*50 a. m.. ami Christian Erjdeavor. 7:15 p. m. Chris. Protestant Episcopal Church, North Columbus street. Rector. Rev- Dr. William Jackson Morton. Sunday. School 9:.'!0 a. m., in the Parish Hall, Immanuel Bible Class in the Church, ll'a.'m. ser vices and sermon by the rector. Evening service. 7:30 p. m.; Pews free, over'oody wejconij?'. > Methodist Episcopal Church, South, west side of South Washington street near King street. Rev. Dr. E. V. Reg ester, the paster, will preach at 1J a m. and 7.45 p. m. Note the change in the time of the evening service. The Henry K. Field Bible Class for men will meet in the Young People's Building at 9.45 a. m. Come, you will find a hearty welcome. Second Baptist Church, Rev. O. P. Lloyd will preach at 11 a. m, and at S p m., Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. B. V. P. 1".,,7 p. m. Don't forget the Sunrise Prayer Meeting to be held at the Second Baptist Church. Sunday. November .'50, in I the interest of the 7"> million cam- j paign. The revival services will ! continue throughout next week and I everybody is cordially invited to j attend. Methodist Protestant Church, | North Washington street,"Rev. J. Hill, pastor, Sunday School and Bible Class. 9::i0 a. m.. and Chris tian Endeavor, 7 p. m.; decision day exercises in connection \jrith Sunday School. Memorial services under the auspices of Alexandria Council No. ?. Order of Fraternal Americans at night with special sermon by the paster. Every body welcome. BAKING CONTEST More than fifty loaves of bread baked by Alexandrians received at the! Gazette office today, were turned over to representatives of the Bond Bread Baking Contest "and taken -to Washington. About December 3 this pt'pi-r will announce the 121 prize wiai : rcars. Thev will receive their $J>000 [ cash prizes not later than ..December PRICE ONE -4 ' A Sunrise prayer meeting will be held at 7 o'clock tomorrow morn ing in the First Baptist Church. The- Curb Athletic Club will play the Virginia Athletic Club Sunday at 2:30 o'clock at the Shipyard field. % The monthly meeting of R. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, will he held Monday night at Lee Camp Hall. Th? euchre ami 500 given last night at the Lyceum Hall for St. Mary's Catholic Church Sunday School Christmas Tree Fund was largely at tended. The will of the late Robert W. Bal-^ lenger was admitted to probate in the Circuit Court for Fairfax, this week. Testator leaves his estate to his five children. The Rector's Aid Society of St. Paul's Church, will hold their first supper this season on Thursday, December 4, from 0 to 8 p. m. See advertisement. .Capt. W. H. Sweeney, superin tendent of schools, has returned from Richmond where he attended the annual meetiner of the state board of education. Old Dominion Commandery No. 11, Knights Templar will Tuesday night confer the Red Cross degree of the order at a meeting which wll be held in the Masonic Temple. Mr. and Mrs. Julian D. Knight have returned from a week's trip to New York and Pennsylvania. While on the-trip they visited the parents ?r Mrs. Knight, at Honesdale. Pa. ?A special term of the United States Court for the Eastern dis trict "of Virginia, Judge Edmund. Waddill presiding, convened today. The docket was called and c'Ases set for trial and court adjourned until January. The Allison W. C. T. U., will hold regular meeting with Miss Slayton, the president, Monday evening, December 1, at 7:->0 o clock Members are urged to bo present to receive reports from the State Cgn tion. i: As will be seen by a notice else whefe in the Oazette. membeis o>? Cair.ton Alexandria No. 1, Odd Pel lows. will meet at 7 o'clock tonight in Odd Fellows' Itall, in full dress uni form. to go to Washington to assist Canton Washington-confer the degree of chivalry. VE'IERAN MOTORMAN DIES W. A. Van .Horn's Death Follows - Short Illness of Pneumonia William A. Van Horn, fifty-six years old, who was one of the oldest motormen in point of service on the Washington-Virginia Railway, died at 1 o'clock this morning at the residence of Mr. Charles Mumford, P.raddock. The deceased had been ill only three, days and death was due to pneumonia. Mr. Van Horn for the past. 27 consecutive years had been a motor man on the electric line operating between this city and Washington. He was the second oldest motor man on that line. ?. 1 Mr. Van Horn was a native of ? Maryland. He is survived by three brothers. SPECIALTIES i White Marvel flour, $12.30 a | barrel; 2-1 lb sack, $1.70; country butter. 05 cents per pound; fresh eggs. Purcell's special coffee. 50 cents a pound. Fine stock of groc eries at the lowest prices. All or ders delivered. Phone 5G7-W. J. E. Purcell, 117 South Herrv St. 283-2p. ! NOTICE The Aoro-Auto Company can now j make immediate deliveries , on Chey .relet 400 Models. ,Thvese cars . J*re tj expected to advance $75 before., the Vfirst of the year. By." your car ! now and save.any possible increases, i Terms can.be arranged to-suit you. 28H*.