Alexandria gazette. [volume], December 15, 1919, Image 1

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VUL. CArXXV?No. 297.
j For this section?Fair tonight
; and tomorrow.. Much colder to
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PRICE ONE CENT
CHANGES IN AUTO
LAWS MINCED
License Fee on All Cars
Other Than Trucks
Increased
OTHER INCREASES
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Minimum Fee of $10 on Autos and $5
on Motorcycles ?Chauffeurs In
creased From $2.50 to $5.
The secretary of the Commonwealth
desires to call to the attention of au
tomobile owners important changes in
and to a new automobile law passed
at the extra session of the Genera!
Assembly called for the purpose cf
providing funds for the Highway im
provement scheme.
The license fee of all cars other
than /trucks was changed from 40 cents
(per horse power to 60 cents, a mini
mum fee of $10 on autos and $5 on
motor cycles, $2 for motor cycle side
cars.
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Truck tax'changed from horse pow
er to a tonnage basis. Trucks of one
ton Oil" less $15.00 and for each half
ton or fraction thereof in excess of
!lthe first ten $5.00. Trailers $10.00 for
|cne ton or less and $3.00 additional
for each half ton or fraction thereof
in excess cf one ton.
Chauffeurs fee from $2.50 to $5.00.
Dealers no increase in license fee
but limit placed on number of sets
of plates furnished each dealer to
three. Additional sets required by a
deals,r at rate of $15 -per set. Scrvice
cars used by a dealer will be com
pelled to be registered and obtain
license for .the same as any other
iwner nc?t a dealer.
?'Registration of - title to cars a fee
|f $1. Evstry car within the confines
'"the State cf- Virginia on and after
9th day cf December, wheth -r in
Lor not, the title to same must be
rtered. Nc license can b? 'issued
;s car applied for has had till'.'
fcte.rcd and in addition the failure
owner to register such title
rys after December 9th will
to a penalty of a
j>500 or confine
rs than six
sentence,
st any car
subject
ess than
r more than ^^^^^Vdays use
iparate offense. Th^^^Bf a rum
plate on any machin^^^which it
not issued and fully described in
i?e card, or obtaining and using
ise cn a car the horse power cf
?h is greater than that for which
ise was obtained, will subject the
Owner to a fine of not less than $10
or more .t-han $50 one half cf the fine i
?pin<r to the informer if not an of-1
ficer. If an officer, the magistrate j
is required to assess in the costs the j
sum of $5 payable to the officer]
making the arrest.
GERMANY YIELDS POINT
Will Consent to Modified Reparation
For Loss of Warships,
Berlin Reports
Berlin. Dec. 115.?In her reply to
the last Entente communication de
manding; the signing; of the protocol
preliminary to putting; the peace
treaty into effect, which is now on
its way to Paris, Germany yields in
her stand on the Scapa Flow issue
to a certain extent.
The text of the reply was handed
to a courier Friday night, who at
once started with it -for the French
capital.
( It is learned, that in the note the
Government reiterates ts desire to
.have the exchange . of ratifications
'of the j/eacc treaty ejrcted at the
earliest possible daf^ It irently
hints that the Enter*" is responsible
for the complications which have
delayed the exchange of ratifica
tions for more than a month.
IN MEMORIAM
In sad. but lovinsr remembrance
of our baby, Reward Arnold Groves,
who departed this life one year aero
yesterday. December 14. IMS.
Dearest baby, how is miss you.
This world will never know,
[f tears could only brinjr you back.
You would have been here lor.rr
aero.
297-lp. By his lonely mother,
v
pews II
LIEUT WIKDOWS
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All Restructions to Conserve
Fuel Are
Lifted
GRATIFIED AT NEWS
Telegram From Regional Coal Com
mittee, Atlanta, to E. A. Feldtkeller
Directs Ban be Lifted
All lighting restrictions in the j
southern region, which embraces j
this city, are removed. The fore- |
going telegram today was received j
by Edgar A. Feldtkeller, general!
superintendent of the Alexandria !
County Lighting Company.
This telegram was received from
the Regional Coal Committee, At
lanta. Ga.
Alexandria merchants may, there
fore. use all the display and store
lights in general from now on with
out any restrictions .whatsoever.
News of the lifting of the ban on
window lighting was received today
with general gratification by all of |
the merchants.
This city, however, was not seri- !
ously effected by the affair, inas
much as the restrictions were only
in operation for two nights, last
Thursday and Friday.
On Saturday night the ban was
lifted, and King street, the main
business thoroughfare of the city,
again was ablaze with lights.
The order for Saturday, however,
was not the final order, lights being
allowed Saturday nights during the
holiday season
Iri view of the approaching holi
day season the merchants are very
well pleased over the order as prac
tically all of the stores are open
evenings until Christmas time and
the cutting off of their window
lights proved a serious drawback to
their business.
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THREE DIE IN CRASH
East Passenger Train Hits Automo
bile at'Crossinjr Near Little
? ? ? ' Rock. Ark.
Little Rdck, Ark.. Dec. Lr>.?Three
nen were killed and a fourth was se
verely injured xestevday when ;?
fast passenger train hit an automo
bile at a crossing at Benton, twenty
?wo miles Southwest of here.
The dead a.re James G. Lake, min
ing- contractor at the Bauxite Mines:
lohn Grefn. an employee at the mines,
ind SeirsreaT.t-<M-ajov Carl Mynatt. of
Asheville, N. C.. who was on furlough
frcm Camp Pike. The presence cf
-jtcrm curtains on the car is said to
have prevented the driver from ser
in^ the trai-n.
PITTING ?KICK" IN CIDER
If it is Sent Through a Cream Sepa
rator its Gets Strcnjj
Warm Springs. Cal.. Dec. 1:".?
lov reigns unconfined on ri.rnl
horizons, through the discovery by
Pasquale Si Ivor i. dairyman that
running apple eider through a cream
separator gives a liquor with a !?3
per cent wallop to it.
The separator works on the prin
cipal of centrifugal force. The
heavy particles of cream are whirl
ed away from the milk and coilect
! -d. Silvcri reverses the process
; with the cider, whirling the heavier
j components away from the alcohol.
I The latter comes away clear, am
| her liquid with a millionaires dream
i in every drop.
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NOTICE
Unites! Stbtes Raiircatl Adminis
tration. Director General of Rail
roads announces effective 12.01 a. m..
Monday, December 15th. All passen
ger trains .service Southern R. R.
lines discontinued December lft. 1919,
including Pullman car lines will bo
restored." This includes trains 137 and
138. between Washington and At
lanta. Trains 23 and 24. between
Washington and Memphis. Wash
ington-Roanoke. Sleeping car line
trains 25 and 2tf. 297-2t
Norfolk S2lt water Oysters and
Hampton Bar clams Jacob Brill,
foot of King Street., 227-tf
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! STILL A MISTER!
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i Fruitless Search of Woods
Near Four >Iilc Run
1 Made
MANY JOIN SEARCH
Case no Nearer Solution Than a Week
j Ago When Bread Driver Disappear
ed and Abandoned Truck Found
The woods between Alexandria
and Washington on both sides of
the city road, including Luna Park,
yesterday was combed by more than
100 persons who spent the entire
day searching for the body of Ken
neth .M. F. Springman who mys
teriously disappeared a week ago
this afternoon.
The search was continued until j
darkness set in. In the vicinity of i
Luna Park one of the searching
party found a handkerchief Inuring
the letters ?'K."*It was at first
thought that it might have been
the property of the missing man.
An examination disclosed, however,
that it only had been dropped re
cently and it. also developed that
Springman had no such bar. Iker- J
chief in bis possession.
Mrs. Springman stated this j
morning that she had receive d no j
clew concerning the whereabouts of
her husband and his protracted ab
sence today is as much a mystery
as on tiie day of bis disappearance
when the bread truck of which he
was driver was found Monday af
ternoon last at Four-mile run. The
police also are without- a clew i:i the
case.
SPGAlt CONTROL
House Leaders Determined In Pa<s
.McNary Hill This Week
Hearing Tomorrow
House leaders determined 'odtiy
that the resolution extending the i
Equalization Board for a year to
keep prices from soaring shall be
passer! before the Christmas a !
journment.
The bill is expected to ho adopted
in practically the same form as it
passed the Senate, which will make
^inferences unnecessary. The fact
'hat. the E(iu;;lizaticn Hoard ex
pires December .'!l. unless the meas
ure is passed, makes action impera
tive this week.
T'h? House Ajrriculture C.mm:ttv:
.vill consoler the resolut ion tanr rr. w
Brief hearings will be hel l with Sen
ator CtfcNary, author of the bill, as
>rincipal witness. Chairman Hr.ujren
?aid the measures probably will ?.? > bc
*ore the House Thursday.
The resolution of Congressman
Tinkhnm cf Massachusetts calling uj>
?n the Department of Justice f:
inswer if it "^ixed the price of f.utls
ana cane suirar at 17 cents a pnuml
ind wether larire amounts of it ar
:ic:w bein-r hoarded in the South, als
nay be passed, so that this inf
? ion may be before the House when
t reconvenes January 5.
FOOTPAD SHOOTS F.VRMER
Luke Cooper Loses Life Because He
Proves Slow in Handing; Over
His Valuables
Chattancoera, Tenn., Dec. IS.?Re
runs? h? v.*a-s slew in d:liverimr up hi?
valuables to a nsjrro hi.eh way man.
Luke Cooper, well-known farmer cf
Cohn'a. Ga.. was fatally shot at ar
oairly hour yesterday rrccminsr in the
eastern section of the city. -
The neirro jumped in front cf Coop
er with '\ drawn revolver and com
manded him to turn ever his money.
fcNrwinsr the command with a shot,
whk-h wonnderl Cooper in the breast.
The footpad escaped.
FIRST NATIONAL HANK
The annual meeting: of the stock
holders of this bank will be held at
the banking: house. Tuesday. -Janu
ary 10th. 1020. between the hours
of eleven* o'clock a. m.. and twelve
o'clock noon, for the election of di
rectors for the i-nsu'njr year, and
the transaction <>f such other busi
ness as may be propeily brought
before the riieet.ing.
George E. "Warfield, Cashier.
295-30t
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SONG LEADEKS CLASS
i The must successful feature ? of
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i the Church Music Institute just
! completed under direction of Ernest
j Chamberlain. State V. A!. C. A.,
. Music hi rector.
j The accompanying picture here
: with published for the first time in
j the South, shows a V. M. C. A.,
! song leaders class train-.'d last win
ter in France. The men are dough
boys in the :'{12th Infantry, regi
ment. 7?Sth 'Division. This view
was taken in a small town cafled
Alise-Ste-Reine, near the spot where
?luiias Caesar defeated Vercingeto
rix. the last of the Cauls. Nearby
Mr. Chamberlain saw ?h-.* ruins < f
a fine old Roman city vith forum
i. I: >, a'.d an outdoo'* theatre capa
i)]fi <if seating SUftO oecpic.
During the past w<-"k a class in
song ientiiiiur and g.nti.i musical
lircvting has been h" here in
Alexandria meeting inch night in
one or another of 'he churches.
More than 20 men and women have
been in attendance, and several of
them, like Edward Dunn. R. II.
Montgomery. Albert. I)unr? George
CnvrT ('. ~V^r>Spllmau:T^fiioV Pfiri
bery and II. X. Padgett, have mad"
?urprising progress. They can di-1
reel songs with accuracy and **pepr* |
!i? the "'non rhythmic hold" at th:? j
lid of a song like the Doughboys :
n the picture, and deliver the goods, j
Mr. Chamberlain, State Music Di-J
rector who was in charge of th ?? |
lei>artnient of army song leading in j
France last spring, will visit Alex-I
:ndr:a from time to time keeping
in touch with the class just trained
ind conducting mass singing as he I
s ?needed.
More than ")0(l yesterday attend-|
:?d the song fest in the Richmond j
Theater which was led by Mr.
Chamberlain.
DRIVES CAR INTO YVASHOIT
Vliird Victim in Such Condition She
Can Offer No Explanation
Americus. (?:?., Dec. ]~>.?Gcorg<
Lindiey and his niece, Louise Wrigh
wrer? drowned yesterday afternoon ii
ihe Flint River at Murray's F?rrj
Vidge. fifteen miles from here. Eli
Wriirht, who was in the automobile
.vas rescued by a party of Americus
Tin* child is in such conditio!
'rem fright (hat she has boon unable
i) give the names of the person.
Irowned.
The river is out of its banks on th.
Occly County side. The drowned mn ?
attempted to drive his automobile
hrough the back water on the Dooley
County approach to the bri lire* whe?
ran into a washout, the car beinj*
averturnc.l.
.MARRIAGE NOTICE
MARRIED?Tuesday, December J).
II)H?. in Washington, Mrs. Nannie
Alexander, of' Alexandria. Va..
and Richard Walford, of Rich
mond, Va.. the Rev. Holland
Powell, officiating. 297-lp
8 Shopping Days
Till Christmas
ROOKS FOR LIBRARY
R< oks Added to the Alexandria Li
brary Follow
Smiles. Flint H. -Robinson: The Ma
jor's Niece, (I. A. Birmingham; The
Yellow Typhoon, Harold MacGarfh;
The League of The Scarlet Pimpernel,
Baroness Orr/.y; The Re-Creation of
Brian Kent, Harold B. Wright; The
Rrvur's End. James Oliver Curwood;
The Builders, Ellen Glasgow; Burned
Bridges. Bertram! \V. Sinclair; The
Box With Bi'oken Seals. E. Phillips
Oppenheim; The Great Desire. Alex
ander Back; Hatchways, Ethel Sidg
wiek; Five Thousand An Hour, G.
Randolph Chester; The Pramisi.s <?f.j
Alive. Margaret Deland; Maeleod ef
Hare. William Black; The Bells of
San Juan, .Jackson Gregory; Deadham
Hard, Lucas Malet; The Old Mad
house, William De Morgan; A Wn-j
man's Woman, Nalbro Bart ley; Aj
Servant of Reality, Phyllis Bott-ome; j
A Black Drop. Alice Brown; The \
Colonel's Daughter, ('apt. Charles'
King; Marriage Whlc Ycu Wait. -J. E.!
Buckrose; The. Rain Girl. Anonym- !
)i!s; The Man Who Fell Through The J
Earth.. Carolyn Wells; Helena. Mrs*]
Humphry Ward; Dialogues and D:a- j
r.:ip, Edir.cd hy Lewis B. Monroe; A
Vt'.le Miss Xobodv, Amy Bell Mar- j
'mvr; Frances of the Ranges. Amy
F!cl! Marlowe: The Young Visitors.
Daisy Asiiford; Left End Edwards
Ralph Henry Barbour; The King's j
icoal. Win. Wilson: Buck .Tniies at
Annapolis. R. P. Hubson; Poems, |
f .vines Russell Lowell; Enoch Arden.
\lfred Tennyson.
A subscription to the Alexandria
Library would make an acceptable
"hristmas gift to any member of the
\:mily or to a friend.
Subscription price for a book, daily
f desired. One year $1.50; <ix months ,
<1.00; thre: months. "i0e; one month, I
>5 c.
The Mexandria Library is located
n the second floor at S0?) Prince I
?trcet.
WILL KQl'll* CM RROO.MS
Marine Corps Recruiting Station, to
bo For Ex-Service Men
Announcement is made that it is
the intention of the Marine Corps
Recruiting Station, (lOo Kinjr street,
ro use its headquarters as a service
?: 1 u 1? for the use of all ex-soldiers
?ind sailors and marines.
That the war time policy of ob
taining officers for the United States
Marine Corps from the ranks. be
continued, is the recommendation
made by Secretary of Navy Daniels,
according to a report received at
the Marine Corps recruiting office
by Sergt. Fonce Ford.
After Sergt Ford. officer in
charge, gets the necessary tables
and chairs it will be open to all ex
service nun and men now in the
service.
TO APPOINT COAL HOARD
President WiUon is expected L>
take the next step in the coal situa
tion today.
The President has tentatively se
lected th" members cf the commis
sion of three which is to adjust th?
wages of the miners and fix new
prices on ccal if necessary.
j * The President has been withhold
ing the appointment <>f the commis
sion until he is advised by Attorney
; General Palmer that the miners ha v.
' complied with the other terms of
the settlement proposition and hav<
; returned to their work.
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NOTICE
T will not be responsible for any
bills that are contracted by any one
| except myself.
l296-2p. Luther E. Pearson.
iBelieved to be Mrs. Nelson
V. Washington. This
City
MISSING SINCE FRIDAY
Woman Left Husband on Streets in
Washington Friday Night Accord
ing to Report Made to Police.
| .The l?ody of a woman believed to
be that of Mi's. Catherine Washington.
; ?!(( years old. wife of Nelson V. Wasb
j ington, Princess street, this eiv.v,
; was found this morning in the rver a:
j uhe smith oiul'of the Highway Kridge
: and towed to- the District morgue b;
ithe harbor |ycliee boat.
1 The Alexandria police were at once,
notified and every effort made to find'
..he husband. Mr. Washington, who i?
collector for an installment hou.?*e. Ttu
District authorities desiring to ma'ki
the identification positive.
They fire I certain, however, that
is Mr. Washington's wife who disap
peared Friday night last while in
Washington. On the finger was fcrun "
a wedding ring marked "From :v?
?on t<? Catherine 1004". This togi-thvi;
with the clothes wom by the woman:
ivactieally make tin- identification
complete.
A representative of the Gazette
went to 'iu* home (if .Mr. Washing!on
>is soon as news reached here :>f the
finding of the lio'Iy. but the hous \v;;
closed and there was no one a,i honw
The couple have no children.
Mr. Washington shortly after II
:'flock last Saturday morning' renyp ?
:-d t<> Chief Goods at police headqir.ir
tel's that while in Washington \v:*.V
nis wife on Pennsylvania avenue l.i
I ween Tenth anil Eleventh streets
wife left liini. Later he return
m an Alexandria train :ir><I his wif*
not having- returned he decided :o r:
?loi't the matter to the police. Chief
lircds stated today that h" r:-?|i;e<ti I
'he husband to also get in touch wit!
'he Washington police.
At the time she left him <>n th
?streets she was apparently anvc.i-1
from what tin- husband told th
?hit f. The husband also told tin
vhicf that on one occasion she. had j
intimated self destruction.
Mrs. Washington for some tini;
past had been in failine: health. ai?'
had been under treatment at differ
ent hospitals in this^ city. Washinr
ton and last at .Iohn-;IIopkins Ifo
pital. Baltimore. it is reported.
The husband of the missing w
man the following morning inquired
of a neighbor if his wife had stopp
ed at their home, he thinking she
might have spent the night with th?:
neighbor's wife. The neighbor told
him that she had not whereupon h"
reported the matter to the police.
As soon as t.Mr. Washington can
be located he will go to the Wash
ington morgue to identify the body
and it is expected that a:i inquest
will be held.
Mr. Washington left at :! o'clock
this afternoon for the morgue to
identify the body.
GRIFFITH PARTY SAFE '
Movie Producer and 36 Others Wit'
out Ford Three Days?Land
on Bahamas
Miami. Fla.. Dec. Jo.?The yach'
Grey Duck, on which David W. Grit
fith, motion picture producer, an
a party of left here Wed pes lay/
arrived late yesterday at Nas-au
Bahama Islands, with all on boar
safe. said a radio message received
j at midnight by the Miami Herald
i from Nassau.'
The yacht, which was four' days
j overdue on her arrival at Nassau
| encountered heavy sea? and mcm
; brrs of the party had been without
j food for three days, the message
Two passengers were swept over
. board during the voyage, but were
rescued.
The message said the Grey Duck
almost capsized and the pilot was
! injured, and others on board were
i forced to take turns at the wheel
; while the little craft wallowed ir.
! the seas.
| For results try a classified ad in
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
Clir TOLD 1 BRIEF
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i The first dance -of the Virginia Ath
letic Club wall be held tomorrow night
a-L tlie Elks Hall.
A cai'kvl meeting -of the Columbia
5teain Fire Engine Company, wiM
take place at 7.15 o'clock tonight and
all inwn'bers are requested to be piv
?sentt.
The Henry K. Field Bible Class
will bold a social session tonight in
the Young Peoples' Ruilding at eight
o'clock. All members are asked to
be present.
The regular monthly meeting of
Martha Washington Chapter. O. E.
S., will be held in the Masonic
Temple, tomorrow, Tuesday, evening
at 8 o'clock.
George Leonard Baumgardner, 4
years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward L. Baumgardner, died yester
lav at his parents' residence, near
Braddnck, north of this city.
"Packs Bad Boy" will be the feat
ire for the boys tonight at T.'ommuni
:y Center. IVTr. Marsh will deliver a
leuture, with pictures. Boys should
?eporc net later than 7..?,0 o'clock.
Ail girls over sixteen years of agfe
.vishitig to play basket ball arc re
luestod to report, at the Community
tenter. Prince and Royal Stress,
Dhursdav night at T.Mn o'clock. Teams
vill be organized and play started.
>.?fl shoes are required on the gym
Toor.
Thi' funeral of John W. Coflin,
who died Friday, was held Saturday
night at his late home. 120!) Duke
".treet, and services w?-re conducted
>y UeV. Edgar Carpenler. vector of
.{race P. E. Church. The body
vas shipped yesterday morning by
Ocmaine and Son to I.ynchhurg.
Va., for !>urial.
Detroit, tlie pel cm! of the Wash
ington Southern Railway freight
;hed. ii it*?I Sunday evening after a
'lnes.*' of a few* days. Detroit ar
?ivcl in Alexandria from Detroit,
Vlichignn. in a box ear on the jour
ltv ten 'lay.- from August ft. 15>lf>.
vith a consignment of-Ford cars.
)ctroit wil! he remembered as a
'ine ratter.
At the regular meeting of the
>oard of police commissioners which
vill be held Wednesday night at the
ftice of Mayor Fisher a policeman
vill be chosen to fill the vacancy
aused by the resignation of Police
nan John W. Kerns. All candi
iates are requested to appear in
h rson.
Potomac I/>dge Nro. .'IS, Odd
Fellows, has elected these officers t->
serve for the year: .1. K. Wil
Uams. noble grand; I.. K. Reming
?on. vice grand; N. I,. Williamson,
wording secretary; W. E. Latham,
?r.. financial secretary; George W.
Bontz. Sr.. treasurer. The newly
?lect.e.l oflicers will be installr-d
January 0.
The new express packing rule?
ire now effective according to a
?tote me nt made by A {rent Burruss,
n charge of the local express offi
ces. Under the regulations now ir.
"orcc. all express shipments over 25
>ounds must be forwarded in wood
n containers or cartons bearing
he boxmakers' certificate as to
itre:!?fth and size required by the
xpress company.
? Members f the "Revue of 1910"
ihow troupe, which will Ik- produced
next week at the Opera House, w?H
hold a rehearsal tonight at the Com
Tiunity Center at 9 o'clock, and every
meon/ber is urged to attend. The fol
lowing men are requested to report
at 7.30 o'clock. Roland. Hinken. Hamil
ton, Arnold. Center Hayden, Thurs
ton, Hantzmann. and all othc-rs who
desire to work ends in the opening
act.
DIED?BAU.MGARDXER.?On Sun
day, December 14, 1010. at 7:05
u. m.. at the home of his parents,
MY. and Mrs. E. Baumgardner.
at Braddock, George Leonard
Baumgardner, aged 4 years. Fun
eral 10 a. m., Tuesday, December
16, from the residence. 297-lp
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