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ESTABLISHED 1784 Oldest Daily Newspaper in the United States and Best Advertis ing Medium in Northern Virginia j For this section?'Partly cloudy j i tonight and tomorrow Rising tern-; j perature tomorrow , ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20.1919. VOL. (JX'XX j?No. -302. tl L | Jane Lewis, Colored, Burned and Sustains Fractured Shoulder FIRE ENGINES CALLED iFormer Congressman C- C. Carlin's ll Garage Badly Damaged?Loss $500 ?Frozen Overflow Pipe Responsible Jane Lewis, colored, wife of 1 Harry Lewis, chauffeur for former j Representative C. C. Carlin was ; seriously injured at 9 o'clock last j night when a boiler in the two-story | brick garage of Mr. Carlin exploded wrecking the interior of the struc ture and shaking a number of huiid ipgs in the vicinity. The garage is'located in the square bounded by Washington, Cameron, Queen and Columbus streets. A frozen overflow pipe is-thbughfc I to have caused the explosion as there was a five in the bo:ier at the time. The Lewis woman was h"rle?l lagainst the brick wall and ir addi ction to sustaining a compound frac jture of the shoulder was badly |briused and burned about the body. The explosion caused an alarm of fire to be turned in. P. E. Cift, division superintendent of the Washington-Virginia Railway Co., who lives nearby, was among the first to arrive and he found the wo man in an unconscious condition and with the aid of others removed her from the wreeLrd place an *, she was placed in the Reliance hose wagon and taken to tlu* Alexandria Hospital and treated by Dr. Llew ellyn Powell. There were two automobile* ih the garage at the time, although they wer#> not damaged. It is es timated that the damage to the ga rage will be about ?500. [RITES FOR WM. M. REAR DON The funeral of William M. Rear Idon, wli'o died Thursday morning 'took place this afternoon from his late residence, 805 Prince street. Services Were! conducted .by Rev. Or. E. V. Regester, pastor of the M. E. Church South, " and burial, which \vas- private, was in the Pres byterian cemetery o. I Pallbearers were the office employ es of the Mutual Ice Co., as follows: F. Howdershell, W. T. Penn A. C. Richards, Norman Roberts, M. L. Price and A. C. Clark. . Members of the Masonic fr.iter mity attended the services at the Jiouse. < STEALS $13,000 OF DIAMONDS Thief Smashes Plate Glass Window. Grabs Tray and Make* His Escape Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 20. ?Wield ing a cloth bound hatchet on a heavy plate window of the jewelry store of Joseph Myers, Inc., in the heart of the business section while a number of astonished pedestri ans looked on an unidentified young white man early Wednesday night broke the window, seized trays containing diamonds valued at $13, 000 and escaped through an alley. His trail was lost after a' chase of about ten blocks through the' business section, the pursuit being aided by the finding of gems valued at $9,000 dropped by the robber at different points in his flight. SOFT COAL PRODUCTION f Soft "toal production had reached nearly SO per cent of normal on De cember 1G, according to figures made public yesterday by the rail road administration in connection with movement of .the fuel. While there is a shortage of cars in many fields, due to diversions in routing made necessary while the strike was in progress, ample fa cilities for transportation are ex pected to be provided soon, officials said. No coal now is being hqjd in stor age on wheals except where terri torial n?eds require, it added. The cm&arjffc otj export coal, it was paid by officials, would toot be raised until this country's needs are fully taken'care'of. CHRISTMAS -MUSIC To Be Given at Both Services at First Baptist Church Tomorrow Chri.<&mas music will be given at .the First Bfptist Church tomorrow The program for the 11 o'clock ser vice follows: Organ prelude, cradle song, Men delsohn; Anilhem, The Herald Ansel Sing, Fearis; Hymn 105, Joy to the World, Handell; Scripture Reading: Anthem, Behold thy King, Judefirtd; Hymn 103, Hark the Herald Angels sing, Mendelsohn; Sermon; Hymn 152, Hark Ten Thousand Harps and Voices, Perrhynn; Postlude, C Sharp, McAlpin. The program for the service at 7.4? o'clock follows: Prelude E Flat, Mozart; Christmas Hymn, Ashford; Hymn 104, As With Gladness Men of Old, Kochen; Scrip ture Reading; Anthem, 0 Holy Night. Wilson; Hymn 100. Peace on Earth Good Will to Men. Cawood; Sermon; Hymn 145, Net Let Our Joyful Eyes Survey, Purcell; Postlude B Flat, Ash ford- , Sopranos?Mrs. T. L. Finks. Mrs. Harry Priest, Mrs. W. C. Bowie, Miss Lillian Amos, Miss Sadie Pitts, Miss Kafe l^eaf, Miss Josie Williams, Miss Cora Kennedy. Miss Lee. Altos?Mrs. E. W. Nails, Mrs. N. C. El son, _ Basso?Mr. M. P. Pitts, Mr. W. P. Kerrick, Mr. U. C. Clark. Tenors?Mr. Spillman, Mr. J. L. F0Stel'* r, ^ ,, Baritone?Mr. Robert Gorham, Mr. Melvin Fones. Organist?'Mrs. J. L. Fostei. Director?Mr. J. L. Foster. THREE KILLED BY GAS Steamship Officer; Bearing Christ mas Gifts Told of Tragedy By Mother New York, Dec. 20.?Laden with Christmas packages, Rayner Dear ton, second officer of the Norweg ian freight steamship Atlantset, stepped gaily through the thresh old of his home in Sheepshead Bay Thursday night and called a cheering greeting to his family. (Something in the fact- of his mother who answered the cal. ciiised him to stop and inquire wftat was the matter. Then he learned that, during, his absence, his wife and his two children as well as a nurse had been killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. The tragedy was discovered by Mr. ? Dearbon's mother, Mrs. Ray hild Dearbon. who had come on a visit to see her new grandson when she found them all dead in the bed-' room. . Two * physicians decided that death was caused by carbon mono xide poison. There was a small gas heater in the room. The win dows were tightly closed. The med ical examiners said that the escap ing gas ate up a1! the oxygen in the room and caused death. SPORTS The Lyceum basketball team was defeated last night by the crack Of ficers Team at Camp Humphreys, 4.?. to 12. The camp aggregation is one of the best fives ever seen ir. action in this part of the country, and will make any team hustle for the verdict. The local club showed its lack of practice. Another game will be played early in the New Year. The Virginia Athletic Club quint.: which opens the league season Mon- j day night, December 29th. with the j Camp Humphreys five is working i out every night. Coach Cockrell ha;- i a squad of fifteen men trying for 1 places on the team. A meeting of the Alexandria City ? Basketball League will be held Mon day night at the Community Center at*7:30 o'clock. Every manager is urged to be present. ) The Lee School girls team will play the High School freshmen early in the New Year. Mrs. Haydon's seventh grade team is coming along ( in fine shape and should make the I high school girls hustle to win. GOOD CHEER in MOONSHINE PLUG CHEWING Sun cured tobacco. 10c the cut. 20c the plug, at all tobacco dealers. CHRISTMAS GIFT One of the most' sensible Xjuas rifts is a pair of army shoes which can be purchased at one half original cost at sale now going on 120 North Fairfax Street. Open evening? till 8 o'clock. 299-4t i FIELD WILL 8E IK ! SHAPE FOR CONTEST I Dreadnoughts and Rex A. C. Sure to Meet in Game ! For Championship COACH IS CONFIDENT Mentor of Locals Says His Club Will Win by Two Touchdowns?Expect -Many Fans to Attend. Tomorrow will see the Dreadnoughts and the Rex A. C. hook up in the final J football game of the season, and in-! cidently, in a contest for the inde- j pendent championship of Washington j and northern Virginia. This morning, a large gang of men I was put to work sweeping the field ? at Union League Park, several snow sweepers were in use, and tomorrow! morning a half dozen bales of hay will be burned. Every effort is being made to have a hard, dry field far to morrow. Last night, a stiff signal drill was held at the Armory, and Coach Crouch of the Dreadnoughts was well pleased. "We'll trim the Rex Club Sunday by about two touchdowns" said the coach, "'but I realize that it will be a hard game. We arc under rated in Washington by the fans there Although I understand quite a few came over last Sunday to get a line on us. The Rex Club is fast, hut I believe our backfield is just a little faster. Anyway, we are going over to win, and we'll bring back the cham pionship to Alexandria.'' This same spirit is shown by every member of the Dreadnought team, and j as confidence is just about .fifty p. | cent of the battle, the locals already j have a good start. Every man on the Brg D team is in j shape to put up the game of his live, j according to Manager Mueller. Bryan | Morse, coach of Western HVrh Oehocl j" and assistant Sporting Editor rf the j Times, will referee the game, John i A. Dugan, will probably umpire while j Jim Douglas will be headlinesman. j The Dreadnoughts will lca/e fr:?r i the Community Center, Prince and j Royal Streets, a t 12:45 tomorrow. j sharp. C'nas. King and Sons will send ; one of their big trucks to carry the! team over, providing it is not too co! i. j This will be the final appearance' of the season for the local team, and j with a championship at stake. Ah-x-1 andria fans should turn out in full, j BOGUS CHECK MAN When Detected he Leaves Checl< and j Escapes A colored man yesterday after- ; noon walked into the grocery store ! of Sweeney Brothers, Duke and j Henry streets, and after purchasing j groceries valued at $5.50 presented J a check for $50. It bore the name of an official of Alexandria county. The proprietor, however, felt dubi ous about the signature and at once called up the county official and as- j certair.ed that the signature was a | forgery. The colored man realizing ' that he probably would spend j Christmas in jail made a hasty re- ' treat from the store. A report of ! the occurrence has been made to j the police. AT CHRISTMAS TIME This year Alexandria, through [Community Scrvice, is to remember I j the needy within their midst and i bring some cf the Christmas joy into their homes. Every Alexan drian who knows of a needy family or a home where there is sickness is requested to notify Community Service at Prince and Royal streets i not later than Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, and Community Service, for Alexandrians, will see that these people are remembered. THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK The annual meeting of the share holders of this bank will be held at the banking house, January, 13th. 1920, between the hours of 12 noon and 1 p. m., for the election of di rectors for the ensuing year and for the tiansaction of such other busi ness as may proparlv be brought before the meeting. i 294-SOt M. L. Dinwiddie. Cashier PROPERTY TRANSFERS i t ? I ? i > i Deeds of Conveyance for Seven j Houses Recorded I Deeds of transfer for seven j pieces of property hive just been j recorded in the oflice of the clerk of ! the court as follows: Mrs. S. Vir ! ginia Green, executrix, to Thomas C . -Hoy, the three story brick dwell ing 41.') North Washington street; Mrs. Mary V. Hunter to A. T. | Courtney and wife house and lot on ' the east side of Lee between Duke and Wolfe streets; Mrs. Lottie A. Connelly to Mrs. Helena C. Chaun cey house and lot on the west side of Fairfax between Queen and Princess streets; Mrs. Ida V. Mur ray and husband to Mrs. Oscie Strader, 231 South Peyton street: Mrs. Ida V. Murray to Marshall C. Pettitt, 220 South Peyton; Mrs. Ida V. Murray to William T. Gar rett, 227 Soutn Peyton and Mrs. ! Ida V. Murray to Clarence Mcln- ; tosh, 225 South Peyton street. MMIT THEE CHRISTMAS EVE To Be Placed At The Cor ner of Washington and Queen Streets TO SING XMAS CAROLS Exercises Christmas Eve Night Will be Participated in by Combined Church Choirs. This year Alexandria is to have j a Community Christmas tree at the corner of Washington and Queer, i streets. The tree wili oc in charge of Alexandria Community Service and President A. D. Brockett has appointed the following members j as a committee on Christmas tree and program: James Bayne. chair man; Mrs. Robert Dow-ham. J. M. Duncan, Capt. George H. Evans,] S. B. Fowler. T. C: Howard, Mrs. j D. J. Howell, Mrs. T. Marshall) Jones, U. S. I^umbert, Miss Rose j MacDonnld, Frank S. Marsh. The trey will be beautifully deco- j rated and illuminated at night all during Christmas week. On Christmas Eve the tree will be illuminated at 7:."0 al which time the consolidated choirs of the different churches of the city, with the community at large, will sing the Christmas carols. Words oi the carols will be thrown on ths screen so that every one may be able to take part in the singing. Other numbers will be added to the program. Every Alexandrian is urged to participate in this Christmas Eve celebration. TO BE DEMOBILIZED All duration of war men in the army are to he demobilized by January 15, while those in the Ma rine Corps will be discharged in time to spend Christmas at home, it was stated yesterday in authori tative quarters. Vessels carrying duration of war men of the Marine Corps from Haiti, the Virgin Islands. Guantan amo Bay, Cuba and San Domingo, docked at Charleston and Philadel phia yesterday. The Delaware, carrying the remaining duration of war Marines, has wirelessed she will arrive in Philadelphia this morning. Norfolk salt water Oysters and Hampton Bar clams Jacob Brill foot of King Street.. 227-tf Shopping Days Till Christmas Turkeys, Butter and E^s High and Firm as Gi braltar in Prices CEDAR TREES AT $1.25 Unpropitious Weather Made Shopping Slow This Week ? Alexandria Stcres Well Patronized Many persons now living remem ber a time when a turkey for an or dinary family could be purchased for a dollar or a dollar and a quar ter. These birds then sold at twelve ar.d a half cents a pound. They were held at sixty cents a pound in market this morning. In certain places in southwest Virginia this week they were selling as high as seventy cents. Butter was being held at 75 cents per pound, and eggs were quoted at from 80 to 00 cents per dozen. Most all articles entering into the Christ mas larder were at high water fig ures. ?Many cedar trees were stacker! against the north wall of the mar ket enclosure. They brought from 50 cents to SI.25 each. It may bo stated . that the New York market was glutted with Christmas trees early in the week. Many suitable ones sold as low a? 25 cent?, while in some cases those who had brought trees to the city gave them away, preferring that mode of disposing of them to paying demurrage or re turning them to their homes. The market this morning lacked the true Christmas animation, buy ers and sellers being comparatively scarce. J Choice meats were still high. The weather which has prevailed j this week has retarded Christmas ! trade somewhat. Sc;m?? stores .-h?ve| been kept open at night but the ma- j jorily closed early ir the evening, i All of the stores 'n this city report, a big Christmas t-ade which has j thus far broke.! a\i previous records j and it is expected that the rush will I continue till Christmas. WILL BUILD HOt'SES Directors of the Alexandria Real Ksfatc Mortgage Corporal ion to Elect Officers Directors of the Alexandria Real Estate and Mortgage Corporation at a meeting held yesterday afternoon in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce organized with the elec tion of these officers: W. A. Smcot. president; R. S.' Jones, vice presi dent and William P. Woolls, secre tary. This corporation soon will pu hase ground for the erection of houses for the employees of tile Naval Torpedo Station of Alexan dria. Just as soon as the ground is purchased arrangements will b? made for the awarding of the. con tract for the erection of a large number of houses and it is expect ed that the work of construction ! will be begun at ah early date, an ! the houses will be ready in the spring .< VETERAN FIREMAN RESIGNS William H. Dontz for the past :;i consecutive ver.rs engineer for the Reliance Fire Engine Company has tendered his resignation to the fire committee of the city council. Mr. Bontz in point of service is one of the oldest fire employes of the city. He resigned to accept a position as watchman at the Citzens' National Bank. The fire commit tee of the city council has elected Raymond Catts as his successor. Mr. Catts was formerly employed by the fire department. Call For MOONSHINE TOBACCO You will 'rike it. "That Mellow Flavor' 10c a cut. 20c the plug. DIED COOK?On Saturday. December 20. 1919 at his residence 122 1-2 North Patrick street, J. FRANK COOK in the eighty-aevsn year of his age. F"uneral notice hereafter. 302-lc CHURCH SERVICES H Salvation Army, Sumiay School at 2:30 p. m.. and Salvation meeting | at S p. m. St. Mary's Catholic Church. Re/, j Louis Smc-t rector,, masses at 7,' 3 and 11 a. ni., and evening service at 7:30 o'clock. I Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rev. Carl J. Goette, pastor, 11 a. m.; subject. ''The Grace of ? Living," Sunday School, 9:80 a. m. Second Baptist Church, Rev. 0. P. Lloyd will preach at 11 a. in, and at S p m., Sunday School, 9:30 a: m. B. V. P. U., 7 p. ni. St. Paul's P. E. Church, Rev. Dr.. P. P. Phillips, rector, services;? Sunday School, 9:30 a m.; Men's' Bible Class, 9:45 a. m.; services at 11 a. m., and evening service, 7:'i0 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 sen*ice, 11 n. m.; evening ser vice, 8 p. m. Second Presbyterian Church. Rev.; Dr. John Lee Allison, pastor, sub ject, 11 a. m., ''Present Day Predic tions and the Lord's Return." evening, t,vangelistic; Sunday Schu.:. 9:30 a. m.; Christian Endeavor. 7 p. m.' Trinity Methodist Church, east side of ?"utn Washington street. Rev. A. PL Spielman, pastor. Sim day School and adult Bible Class, 9:45 a. ni. 11 a. in., sermon by the pastor, subject, ''Christmas." 7:45 Illustrated Service. Scenes about Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Free Methodist Church, south Lee street, Rev. L. H. Kelley, pastor. Sunday School 10 a. m. Preaching at 11 o'clock, followed by class meeting. Children's class meeting at 2 p in. Young people's meeting at. 7 p. in. Preaching at 7:30. All welcome. Methodist Protestant Church, North"Washington "street, Rev. ' G. J. Hill, pastor. Sunday School and Bible Classes, male and female. 9:30 a. m.; endeavor 7 p. m., preaching 11:00 a. m.. and 7:45 p. m. Morning subject. '"The World's Only Hone." Evening, ''No room in the Inn." Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, North Columbus sl.ret' Rector, Rw. Dr. William Jacks*n Morton. Sunday School 9:30 a. ni.. in the Parish Hall, Immanue! Bible Class in the Church. 11 a. m. sor vices and sermon by the rector. Evening service, 7:30 p. m. Pens .free, everbody welcome. First Baptist Church, Houtn Washington street Rev. Dr. E. B. Jackson, pastor. Rrcrtib.r Christmas services tomorrow. At 11 a. m., subject, "Meaning of the Birth of Christ, to the World of To day." At 7:45 p. m., ''A conver sion at the First . Christmas." Sun day School 9:30 a. m., B. Y. P. U.. at 7 p. m. Methodist Episcopal Church. South, west side of South Washington stm t near King street. Rev. Dr. E. V. Re? | ester, the pastor, will preach at 11 a | |m. At 7:45 p. m., the choir will { render the Christmas Cantata: "The J Christ Child;" by Hawley. The j Henry K. Field Bible Class for nv?i j will meet in the Young People': J Building at 9.45 a. m. Come, you wil> j find a hearty welcome. J. FRANK COOK DIKS I Veteran Resident Succumbs at His Home This Morning J. Frank Cook, 86 six years old, a well known fish dealer, died at 10:30 o'clock this morning at his residency 122 1-2 North Patrick street. His death followed an illness of about two weeks. Mr. Cook was a native of this city, and for about half a century had been engaged in the fish business. For many years he was in that business with George E. J Price, they conducting th? fish busi- 1 ness in the city market. The deceased besides his wife is survived by four sons and two daughters as follows: John Thomas j Cook. Theodore Cook. William H. : Ccok, Ernest Cook and Miss Annie j Cook, and Mrs. E. L. Nicholson, j The funeral arrangements have not | yet been completed. PRICE ONE CENT HAPPENINGS ABOUT CITY TOLD III GRIEF ?Mrs. Ruth E. Kidwell. who has been ill at her homo in NortJi Payne street, is rapidly recovering. The. Alexandria Assembly will give a dance at 8.30 o'clock tonight ip the auditorium of the Elks Home. Mrs. J. Ray Andrews, of Aniar illo, Texas, is visiting her mother, Mrs. L. J. Ewald. in North Wash ington street. Councilman Leopold Ruben ami d'sfter Miss Sarah Ruben will leave Monday for Battle Creek Michigan, where th:-y will spend several weeks. There will not be any service at the Free Methodist Church tonight as was announced, but Bishop Wm, Pierce will preach at both services tomorrow. The week of prayer will be ob served in this city beginning Sun lay, January 4th. Services will be held in the different Protestant churches. The full program will be announced later. A Community Dance will be held tonight at the Community Center, starting at S::>0. Tickets may be secured from the Center any time today. Raymond Rogers' Commu nity Orchestra will furnish the mi* sic. A rehearsal of the "Revue of 1910" will be held tomomow night it the Opera House, starting at 7:15 o'clock. Every member of the troupe must be there. Costumes will be (riven out. Tickets for the show are on sale at Warfield's Drug Store. A meenr.jr of those interested in the >rtranidation of a branch of the Vir ginia Association for the common good .vas held last night in. the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce and presided ?ver by .Julian V. Williams. It i.< ex K-c.te.'l that a permanent organization vill be perfected at an early date. Mrs. C. M. Leaf announces the mar riage of her granddaughter Mist Marian Enzel ro Mr. Lynn A. Beck, he latter of Staunton, Va., which too ilace this afternoon at the parsonage \i the Second Baptist Church, Rev. 0. P. Lloyd, pastor, officiating. The ?oupU* were attended by Mis? Nellie Uoodwin and Mr. Paul Pink, i Fitzgerald Council, Knights of Hnlumbus, has arranged for a spe cial Ch/istmas program which wilT be given Monday night at the Ly ceum Hall. The affair is in the hands of thn entertainment commit tee of which C. Raymond Hellmuth is chairman. This meeting will take the place of the regular meeting of the council to be held Wednesday night. ILLUSTRATED SERVICE There will be an illustrated Christmas service at the Trinity Methodist Church, on Washington street between Prince and King, Sunday night beginning at 7:45 o'clock, to which the public is in vited. One hundred beautiful pic tures of the Holy Land. No charge for admission. ?fT2-lp STEAMER BURNED ?Norfolk, Va., Dec. 20.?The big ferry steamer Warwick was bomed Thursday at the dock of a ?bcal marine railway yard. The boat plied between Newport News and Norfolk. NOTICE The annual meeting of the di rectors of the Alexandria Tron ' Works wdl be held at the office, Royal and Wiikes street, January i 1st. 1020. at 9 a. m. By order of the President. I 299-12t. A. S. Mankip, Seoty. MODERN PAVEMENT j "They say one road is paved with j procrastination." Mr. AL'TO owner. How many I bricks have you to your credit? j The road to .JESTER'S is .modern. : pavement, today the time. ~ JESTER'S j 302-lc King and Patrick St*.,