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VOF GXXXlX-No. 79 The Gateway to the South ALEXANDRIA. YA.. MONDAY. APRIL 2, 192.2. The Gateway to the South ^NTS
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PRESIDENT TO
FIND BIG JOB
UPON RETURN
Office is Piled With
Work Awaiting Va
cation’s End
SHIP WORK FIRST
Many Problems Face
Harding Before He
Will Take Campaign
ing Trip
l Hr I nlletl rrr«>
Washington. April 2.—President
Harding, after a month’s vacation
in the South during which “offic
ial business” was shelved com
pletely, will find a large group of
important problems on his desk
and demanding his attention
when he returns to( Washington
next week.
Foremost among these* is the
sugar question—how to get price
back to normal, whether the al
leged sug.tr market manipulators
believed response for the recent
jump in prices can be prosecuted
and whether any reduction in
tariff rates shall be made to
force down prices.
Other problems now awaiting!
his attention in the oval shapeu
f'vt i-utive office of the hite
House are:
l:_\Vhat "shall be done with
the American merchant marine
following the defeat of the sub
sidy bill in the last Congress.
2:—How stricter enforcement
of prohibition can be obtained and
the issuance of a call for another
ronferece <<( governors to obtain
greater eooporeation among the
.states ?
Mr- Whether the United Statfv.
shall proceed with the modem!- f
nation of its fleet as authorized;,
bv Congress in view of the recent ^
disclosures that Great Britain is (
not elevating its ships guns to
obtain greater range and other
wise making them more powerful
•1:—Whether any reduction in
railroad rati-, particularly for '
the firming regiin, is possible? 1
r,;_pians for h's “swing around 1
‘he circle” during the summer. 1
Much material for these speeches i
will be collected soon after the i
President returns.
6:—A score of recess appoint- ,
ments. the most important of ;
which i< the “dirt farmer” rep- ,
ti sensitive on the Fedral Reserve ,
Board to succeed the late Mido ,
1) Campbell, of Michigan.
7—Whether the United States
can take any action to bring
about peace in the Ruhr between
Frame ami Germany? Any defi
nite move in this situation is
regarded as remote.
The president unon his return
will face a strong demand among
Congressional Progressives that
he take legal action against the
“sugar conspirators.” Some of
his advisors will tell him that
little can be accomplished through
a reduction in the tariff and will
express the opinion that he
would be overstepping the Ford
ney-McOumber law. if he reduced
tariff rates solely because ot
high prices. Thev hold that the
rates only can be reduced when
there is a change in the cost of
production which would warrant
such action.
The new shipping plan has
been discussed briefly by Mr.
Harding and Shipping Board
Chairman Lasker during the va
cation in Florida, and it is prob
able that the new program will
lie revealed shortly after the
President's return.
As to modernizing the fleet,
the President may seek through
diplomatic exchanges to deter
mine whether Great Britain and
Japan desire or have any in
tention of making more power
ful the vessels retained under
the Washington conference treat
ies. The American modernization
appropriation was voted at ter
Congress was informed that
Great Britain was making radi
cal changes in the old ships. This
information was declared by Great
Britain to be incorrect.
ICE SKATE EASTER
(By I’alted Pr»»»l
Cape May, N. J.: While a group
of young people were ice skit
ing on a pond near hero, the
Polar Bear Club celebrated East
er by frolicking in the icy wa
ters of the Atlantic.
Local Company Will
Be Infantry Again
Officials Agree That
Transfer Should be
Made
TO PAY OLD DEBTS
Recruits Gained on Com
petitive Plan—Uniform
For Summer Will be in
This Week.
Alexandria will have an in
fantry company as its unit of the
National Guard, according to an
announcement made this morning
by ('apt. Robert Thomas, follow
ing a conference with Col. Hier
ome K. Opie Saturday.
The machine gun equipment j
will be shipped to Richmond and j
the Infantry equipment will be
returned to the local command.
The change will be made in the
near future.
Captain Thomas also announc
ed that the Adutant General's Of
fice in Richmond had agreed to
take over all of the back debts
of the local company so that the
reorganization which is now ini
progress may he started with a,
clean sheet. Many bills from
various local merchants, it was
said, have been hanging fire for
a long time. This, according te
Captain Thomas, has given the
company a “black eye" in view o'
the community and has done
much to down the good will that
is necessary for the success ot
hn f.mminv Rnth Arlilitsmi
General W. W. Salt* and Colonel
)pie have agreed to this proved*
ire and the bills will he settled
it the earliest possible moment
ind the company will continue
vith its work with no defects of
he past to mar the progress
hat now seems assured.
The success with which Cap
aim Thomas is meeting, he thinks
ipeaks well for the future of the
onipany which now stands at
learly full strength, with a fo
al of f>l members. Recruits of;
he better class, however, are
low being received and the en
rance is being put on a com
*etitive basis.
The military authorities of the
state have given Captain Thomas
;o understand that all of his lec
immendations in the main will
acted upon favorably in Rich
mond and that he will be held
•esponsible for the building u;
>f the company here.
As the armory is beiSng used to
light, no regular drill will b
fold but Captain Thomas wishes
;hat all the men report at his1
office- 128 South Fairfax stre?t,
at 8 o’clock tonight for a few
minutes in regard to the uni
forms that are being shipper!
from Richmond this week.
The new summer uniforms have
been ordered and it is expected
will he here early this week.
Easter Sunday Crap
Game Is Raided
While most of the people were
in church yesterday singing
praises in observance of Faster. *
seven c lored men were playing
with galloping dominoes on the
sidewalk. Policemen Magner
and Trigger rounded up the men
at the intersection of Queen and
Henry streets, end thov forfeited
$f> collatral each when their
names were called in the police
court today. The names as reg
istered or. the police blotter fol
low: Sidney Locket. Harry Bot
elvr. John Brooks. Gene Wallace.
G. Kilis, Mount Chilen. Leon
Wilson.
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* Hats Survive
* The Cold Wave t
v Hats were the only part of 4*
a the Faster costume that sur- v
v vived Old * Man Mercury’s 4*
v sudden shrinkage and the big 4*
parade which is usually so v
4- bright was made dull by the 4
*F fur coats that were in evid- *F
•F ence everywhere. * *F
a The churches were packed 4*
a for all services but the *F
4* streets showed a general lack 4*
4- of pedestrian traffic aithough *F
•F automobiles were out in all 4*
•F their glory. 4*
•F Flowers of every hue *F
4- brightened what parade there 4
•F was but for the most part 4*
■F the paraders seemed to nr**- a
4- fer the parlor to the s
•F where the prevailing 4*
•F perature ranged from n
4* warm to 17 degrees.
Seek Daring
IVIail Ban
Unmasked, Men Rob
and Stage Runnin
Battle
illy l nilcil Pr<*.«*«*)
Springfield, 111., April 2 ■*’
unmasked men who seized
sacks of mail at the Chicago
Alton Railway station here v
day and staged a running
battle with police in making
<et away, were sought thro .
three states today.
Police claimed to nave lntori
Lion that the tail was made
srangsters know ai “Egan’s Rat
Hauntain. Chicago and St. T.o
were being watched.
The robbers, suddenly descer
ing on the station with revolve •
ind sawed off shotguns obtain
little if any valuable loot, post:
authorities said today. Tin •
missed a sack of registered mai
and may have been looking for
registered letter- •containing in
formation of vital importance t
*ome one, it was declared.
Pqlice came on the scene just
as the robbers were leaving, teat
ing open letters and mail sacks
as they went. A running battle
down the principal streets, the
bandits firing «lubs and dumdum
bullets throwing crowds at two
or three dance halls into a panic.
One suspect, heavily armed,
was arrested near the place
where the robbers abandoned therr
bullet splattered automobile. ITo
was held* pending investigation.
Atlantic City
Paraders Cold
Boardwalk Babies Home
Nursing’ Colds Fol
lowing- Big Show •
lily l lilted Press)
Atlantic City. N. -I.. April 2.—
Casualties of fashion were num
erous here today.
Many of the 250,000 Faster pa
raders who jammed the board
walk were nursing colds and
other ailments inherited from
the promenade in the coldest
Faster weather here in 25 years.
In spite of the cold and the
numbing winds from the ocean,
many flapners and dowagers pa
raded in flimsy attire decreed by
fashion. The boardwalk was a
vast movement of color. So great
was the crowd that walking was
slowed down to a snails space.
Easter Booze Parties Plays Havoc
With Quaker City’s Moral; 3 Dead
I nitrri
Philadelphia. April 2.—Three
men are dead and scores are in
Hospitals today sutTonnR from al
coholism as the result of Eastern
celebrations with moonshine li
quor.
The holiday spirit .was observed
in the old fashioned way in the
tenderloin division of the city
and pplice in one section arrested
102 for intoxication. Eleven from
thi> district were treated in hos
pitals for alcoholism.
Police arrested i’>07 person's in
various- parts of the city for
drunkenness. In approximately
one third of the booze arrests the
!prisoners were subjected to stom
ach pump treatment before be
ing placed .in cells.
Spurred by the. rapidly mount
ing dfcath list from poisonous li
ftuor federal and local authori
ties redoubled their efforts today
to trace" the supply of moon
shine.
EXPECT 1 AT
STATE MEET
OF THE O F. A.
Order Fraternal Ameri
?ans Here April 17
and 18
TRIP TO MT. VERNON
Open Session With Illus
trated First Night
Sessions in Young Peo
ple’s Building.
The Grand Council of Virginia,
Order Fraternal Americans will
hold its fourteenth annual ses
under its amended charter
ns city or. April 17-IS. There
i be approximately one hun
representatives present from
section of the state repre
ig various subordinate Coun
The sessions of the Grand
•il will be held in the Young
• e’s Building and the open
?ssion will be held at 3:30
\ * on Tuesday, April 17th. A
r> 1 program of music both in
‘r i-1 -ntal and vocal together
ddresses of welcome on be
f the city and the local
as well as a response to
dresses of welcome bv a
•• of the Grand Council,
i 'st days session will be
ed shortly after noon and
ternoon an automobile pil
• will be made to Ml. Ver
nal Arlington National
y. Upon the return from
’ is > a banquet will be see
the Westminster Building
members of the Grand
On Tuesday evening
a special program has
inged which will be held
'i ■■ Voung People’s Building
ock. Among the special
will be a stereoptican
f the National Orphans
tin* Order by Supt.
. Kernan of Tiffin, Ohio.
am estra of thirty-eight
ng the Junior Band of
’ i n, D. will furnish
The public is invited
eting.
ond day’s session or
■ Council will begin at
•ti the 1 St h and con
uasiness on the after
...,t day. The local Coun.
cil, Alexandria, No. 5, has had
its committee on entertainment
actively at work planning for
entertainment of the Grand Coun
cil and the committee is com
posed of James R. Mansfield,
chairman; I,. H. DeVaughn, sec
retary; J. T. Pullman, treasurer;
and J. H. Trimyer, F. W. Eb
hardt, S. T. Parks and W. N\
Crump.
The Grand Council Officers are:
R. L. MeCJannan, Norfolk. State
President; E. R. Holbrook. Fair
fax. State Vice President; M. C.
Hough, Waterford. Past State
President; J. R. Mansfield, State
Secretary; J. H. Trimyer, State
Treasurer; P. B. Warren, Norfolk,
State Marshall; W. R. Bennett,
Portsmouth, State Warden; D. J.
Kelley, Richmond, State Inner
Guard; John elbaugh, Norfolk.
I State Outer Guard; E. C. Bar
rett, Richmond, State Chaplain.
CIVIC BUREAU TOMORROW
The automobile bureau of the
chamber of commerce will hold a
meeting tomorrow night at eight
o’clock in the rooms of that or
ganization.
X Another Trip X
X On Rough Seas 1
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4 A little trip today on an 4
,4 imaginary craft over the 4
4 tempestuous seas of applied 4
4 matrimony will be piloted by 4
4 tb" unerring pen of Theo- 4
4 dore Dreiser, famous Ameri- 4
,4 can novelist. 4
4 Like its forerunners in this 4
4 scries, which are appearing 4
4 weekly in The Gazette, this 4
4 story does not try to con- 4
4 vince but merely states the 4
4 facts in readable form and 4
4 leaves the rest to mind of 4
4 the reader and lets its seeds 4
4 fall wher£ they will whether 4
4 upon fertile ground or among 4
'4 the thistles or on the stones 4
4 is for you, the reader, to 4
4 decide. 4
4 “Marriage for One” will be 4
4 found on pagv 5 of this is- 4
4 sue. Read it. 4
4 4 4 4* 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Carnarvon’s Condition#
Is Reported Much Worse
(By I nlteil Pres*)
Cairo, April 2—Condition of
'Lord Carnarvon, discoverer of
the tomb of King Tut-Ankh
Amen, was so grave today that
his physicians are extremely anx
ious. Carnarvon’s condition took
a turn for the worse over night.
He incurred blood poisoning while
engaged in directing the work of
.removing ancient trappings from
the tomb, and now he is suffering
from pneumonia.
Politics Believed
Murderer’s Motive
Political Fight Raged Hot
Before Man Was
Found Dead
(By Inlted Pre»*>
j Chicago, April 2—A political
'feud was believed by police to
iday to have led to the murder of
j Theodore Kirsch, personal investi
i gator for Robert E. Crowe, states
; attorney.
Kirsch’s body was found in a
card Atom in the rear of his ci
| gar store at 11 p. m. last night.
He was seen alive five minutes
previously by his wife, who urg
ted him to close up for the night.
A bitter neighborhood political
fight in the campaign for the
municipal elections tomorrow, in
| tor woven with gossip of a gamb
lers war- furnished the main
theory of the slaying.
Kirsch wore diamonds worth
$2,500 and mash of $500 in his
store was undisturbed, elim*nat
' ing robbery as the motive.
Kirsch was a precinct captain
and otherwise was active political
ly. His cigar store is the polling
place for one of the main pre
jrincts in the twenty-ninth ward
in which Crowe is the Republi
can leader.
Crowe, informed after a thea
ter party of the slaying, took im
mediate charge of the investiga
tion.
The body was discovered by Da
vid Friedman. As Friedman ent
ered the store, a stranger wear
ing a dark fedora hat, Brushed
by him going out hurriedly.
“1 guess there is no one home,'
the stranger remarked.
Knowing of the card room,
Friedman pushed through the
door and found Kirsch’s body
lying on the floor. A single bul
let had caused almost instant
death. The onlv sign of disturb
ance was an overturned chair.
Armed Bandits
Loot Big Truck
Nine Sacks Registered
Mail Taken by Armed
Men.
t llv l ulled Pr-KS>
St. Louis. April 2.—Six heavily
armed bandits held up a govern
'ment mail truck here today and
.escaped with nine sacks of regis
tered mail.
i The robbers intercepted the
truck early this morning, covered
the driver and armed guard with
revolvers, seized the mail sacks
and dashed away in an automo
bile.
No estimate of the amount of
money contained in the sacks had
been made.
Asks Arrest of Klan
Members; Got Hoods
! iiy I'nitol Prr*N»
Pittsburgh. Ha., April 1. Trus
tees of the Bellevue methodist
Episcopal Church today asked po
lice to prosecute six alleged mem
bers of the Ku Klux Klan under
'the Pennsylvania law prohibit
ing interference with religious
'service.
Attorney Earl L. Kidney, one of
‘the trustees, ripped the hoods
from the alleged kian^mer. when
' they refused to leave at the i e
'quest of the pastor, Sixteen hood
ed men drove up to the church
i in automobiles yesterday and en
tered just as Easter Service was
under way.
Kidney turned over the hoods
to police today and said he be
lieves he will he able to identify
their owners.
| HOSPITAL TRUSTEEES TO
NIGHT
.-•The hoard of directors of the
Alexandria Hospital will hold a
business mbeting at * o’clock
when a number of matters of im
'portanca to the board will he up
for consideration.
Bazaar Opens at
Armory Tonight
!Wheels Installed at Many
of the Booths
_
Finishing touches wore put on
the interior of the Armory to
day and everything is now in
readiness for the fraternal bazaar
■ which will he opened, tonight un
|der the auspices of Alexandria
Lodge of Elks and which will bo
■ participated in by a large num
ber of fraternal organizations.
The hall has been gaily decorated
and the botths have been finished
land wheels installed at many of
'the booths. The committee in
j charge of the arrangements prom
ise to make things hum from the
'opening this evening.
The Washington Elks Band
I will be here this evening. They
will be accompanied by a large
| delegation of El'/j. This hand
ihas a booth at the bazaar.
1 Each evening there will be dan
cing and music. In addition to
I the booths with the wheels, the
| committee has arranged with a
j number of business firms who
! will give demonstrations each
ievening of their wares. The ba
jzaar will close Saturday night.
Normalcy Hailed
As The Big Issue
Democratic Senator Says
Country is Not
Normal
<n> i.niiei. I’pffim
Washington, April 2.—Is “nor
malcy” here?
This question now is looming
as one of the* main issue.-; of the
i next campaign.
Senator Walsh, Massachusetts,
'chairman of the Democratic Sen
I atcrial Committee, today announ
ced his party is more than willing
'to take up the challenge of the
Republicans that President Hard
J ing has brought the country back
(to normalcy. He declared thaC
normalcy dees not exist in the
; country and is missing even in
j the ranks of his own party.
A- evidence that the countrw is
not hack to normalcy, Walsh
cited the following:
Gouging of the people by su
gar profiteers, “while the admin
istration stands idly by.”
I A steady rise in the cost of liv
i ing.
I
Dorothy King Case
Is Given to Police
I |»> 1 uiti*il Press)
New York. April 2.—With the
!statement that the case now re
quires detective work, assistant
District Attorney Pecora today
turned the Dorothy King mur
der mystery over to the police.
Pecora said he had established
that a blackmailer threatened to
make public the “Broadway but
terfly’s” relations with •!. Kears
,ley Mitchell, wealthy society lead-'
,c*r of Philadelphia unless the
Igirl “played in with him.”
The blackmailers plan was to
extort money from Mitchell. Pe'
,cora stated. The Philadelphia mil-,
Bonaire submitted to a long ques
tioning in the District Attorney s
-Saturday afternoon after which
Pecora decided to drop the case.
World’s Record Won
At Instruments’ Cost
iH.v I filled I'rrsx)
New York, April 2.-—Deter
mined to keep the flag to the
fore, Alma Cummings, of San
Antonio, Texas, danced 27 hours
for a new non-stop record that
threw efforts of French, British
and South American aspirants
completely into the shade, win
ning another championship for
j the'United States,
i “And I can go longer than
that,” Alma said today. “If m\
shoes and stockings and part
ners hadn’t worn out. I'd he waltz-1
,ing yet.”
Miss Cummings also were out
one brass band, three victrolas,
many dance records and five
;young men, who before meeting;
Alma considered themselves step
pers extraordinary.
Tt all started when Alma hoard;
• that Cacsaer Leone claimed the
J world non-stop dancing record by
'virtue of having kept on his feet
in a public 4*nce haH for 21
hours and 20.
GRAND JURY MONDAY
A grand jury has been sum
moned by Judge Howard W. Smith
to meet at 10 o’clock next Mon
jday morning in the. corporation
court to consider a number of
criminal Deluding. Then
are about eighteen cases on the
docket.
I
Makes Flight In Car
With 10-Horse Motor
(By I nllrd I’rrn*)
Toulouse, France, April 2.—
Barbot, famous French aviator,
made four flights here today in
an airplane driven by a motor of
only ten horse power. On one
flight, he remained aloft at a
height of lf»0 feet for fifteen min
utes.
Jn an interview after his
flights, Barbot declared he used
|only half the power of his motor
I part of the time and that he can
; fly with a five horse power en
1 gine.
“1 foresee an era of light anr
! planes that will cost, only a few
I hundred dollars,” the French air
I man said.
“With development of para
chutes. the planes will be as safe
and as easy to run as a bicycle.
Tax Revision
To Be Pushed
Progressives P r o p ose
Drastic Changes in
o Present System
l By I nitnl I’rotO
Washington, April 2 Prog
ressives in Congress today served
notice that a tax revision pro
gram, containing several drastte
changes in the present law, would
be pushed in the new Congress.
According to Rep. Frear, Wis.,
the program will include:
A constitutional amendment to
reach tax-exempt securities ami1
stock dividends.
A levy on undistributed profits,,
which would be made reenactive,
so as to reach large surplus??
held to escape taxation.
Restoration of the excess pro
fits tax to remove the incentive
for profiteering.
Publicity for tax reports.
Larger inheritance taxes.
Heavy taxes on business am:
the people.
A high tariff making costs of;
production higher and 'favoring]
profiteers.
Loss of foreign trade because!
of administration’s foreign poli
cy and the erection of trade har
riers.
“Anyone who travels extensive
ly will find no state of normalcy
in the public mind anywhere,’"j
the senator said. "In fact dis
content, dissatisfaction and ar
rest are greater than ever."
Capper Wants “Dirt
Farmer” On 1. S. Boaro,
Illy lulled I'reniO
Washington. April 2. Appoint
ment of Walter itf Chappell of
Chanute, Kansas, as the “dirt.1
farmer” member of the Federal
Reserve Board to fill the vacancy
caused by the death <>f Milo D.;
Campbell, of Michigan, was urged
oti President Harding today by
Senator Capper of Kansas, lead
er of the farm bloc.
In forwarding his endorsement.
of Chappell to the President, ( up
per made it plain that the Kan
san’s appointment would give the
Administration an opportunity
“to fulfil! to the letter" the
promise made to tile farmers by]
Congress in passing a law for
representation of agriculture on
the reserve hoard.
Easter Autoing Reaps
Its Harvest of Lives
(By I'nltr«l rrc,»l
Twenty-two persons were kil
led and nearly L’OO injured inEas!
ter automobil accidents through
out the country according to a|
survey today by the United;
Press.
Ashland. Ky.. led the casualty
list with six dead and four in-'
jured. Five of the victims met
death when their machine was'
crushed by a train. The sixth1
was killed in an automobile col- i
lision.
Detroit ranks next with four
dead. Two wAc killed in Ath-,
ens, Ga.
EX-KAISER’S TROUBLE
(By 1 nlti-il Prcum
London. April 2—The York
shire Evening News, Doom cor
respondent today sent an un
confirmed dispatch to the effect,
that Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm and his
bride, the Princess Hermine. have
separated completely.
The correspondent says FT* r
mine’s recent departure for Si-’
lesi® was kept secret and that i:r
reality, she is going to live with'
relative#, instead o» f*»r th*< pur
pose of visiting her estates, as an
nounced.
RUHR FIGHT
BRINGS MORE
PEACE T I
Disturbance D u ring
Week Makes Ger
many Wish Peace
22 LIVES LOST
Troubled Area Seething
Ma 88 of Humanity—
C u n o Government
May Try New Plans
1 lt> I i> 11 •*<( I’rt'KM)
Berlin, April 2.—Germany re
newed talk of negotiations to end
the Ftuhr deadlock today follow
ing the outbreak of violence in
the occupied areas over the week
end that cost 22 lives.
Tin* Berlin Press asks if it is
not now time to put out more
feelers to Paris and Rrussels,
suggesting the advantage lies
with Germany.
What was going on it the
troubled area around Kssen could
not he definitely determined to
day communication witn mat
storm center being interrupted.
One of the last things known t®
have occurred *■- th»*. arrest by
the French of four general mana
gers of the Krupp works, where
French troops. Saturday ki’led
nine (Jerman workers and wound
ed thirty with machine gun fire.
The managers ai'e charged with
inciting the workers by ordering
factory sirens sounded when a
French patrol approached to re
quisition a u tom obi K •. A crowd
menaced the troops, they report
ed, and they were forced to op?n
fire.
Eleven were killed in a train
wreck Saturday ami two others
were killed in righting over th®
week-end.
Mingling with the popular out
cry here that bloodshed in the
Ruhr must cease, came indica
tions today that the Cuno gov
ernment might try new peace
maneuvers this week, based on
the theory that Belguim. at lease
is tiring of thp adventure, and
might he split from France if
satisfactory offers were made.
Mints have been received here
recently of possibility that Bel
gium is “fed up” with the Ruhr
shew; foreign minister daspar's
visit to I tad y seemed to ?tr°ngth
en this view.
The press anneals to inhabi
tants of the Ruhr to remain calm
in tin meantime.
Balmy Weather
Helps Egg Rolling
Hundreds of Tots Jour
• ney to Nearby Hills
And Enjoy Sport
Balmy weather conditions pre
vailing today brought out hun
dreds of little ones in the after
noon who went Master egg rolling
The parade started shortly be
fore r,oon and was kept up
throughout the early afternoon
hours. Many of the little ones
accompanied by their mothers
went to the Shooters Hill, west
of where the Masonic .Memorial
Temple is being erected. A
large number also went down the
electric lir>" as far as Snowdens,
and also to the various places as
signed for egg rolling in Wash
ington.
The kiddies thoroughly enjoyed
the day’s outing and will not
ccrne home until later this even
ing.
A larg-- -number of children
connected with the Salvation
Army, left shortly hefore eleven
o’clock this morning for a days'
picnic on Duk- street extended
Hundreds of tourists enroute
• > Mount Vernon passed through
the city today and many of th -
Master visitors stopped off and
visaed the various places of h-s
torical interest in the city.
Postpone Easter Dance
For Grace Church Fund
The Easter dance to. be given
tomorrow night, for the benefit
of the Grace Ghurch Parish Hall
fund, has Ween postponed until a
later date, owing to the serious
illness of Mrs. William E. Hanp
merslev. mother of Mrs- J. Louis
Stafford, Chairman of the Com- .
mittee on Arrangements.