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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30
|FIREDESTROYS GARAGE THE ING0MAR THEATRE

Lii lNGUMAR lhEAIM
New Movie House Strictly Up to
Date-llOO Seating Capacity
Well Ventilated and Heated
Provided for Comfort OF, Patrons.
This city may we'll feel proud of
her latest moving picture house
known as the Ingomar on the north
side CT King between Washington
az" g. Asaph streets, just completed
By the Alexandria Amusement Com
pany of which R. A. Steele is mana
ger Wien it comes to moving pic
tire heaters this house is the last
"ori in that line, everything being
strictly rp to the minute, the owners
not having overlooked anything for
the comfort and welfare of its pat.
rons. All work on this building, for
merly the CID Surprise, was done by
day labor and built at an enormous
cost. 1t was formally opened Christ
day day. The work of razing the
old Surprise Theater was begun in
July.
This theater has a seating capac-
ity OF 900 with accommodations for
200 standing making total of LOO
capacity. There are three rows of
seats, eleven being in the centerNaisle
and four seats to each side asile. The
pictures are thrown on a gold fibre
screen.
Dimensions of the theater are 167
by 80 feet. There is a spacious lobby
and a modern ticket office, the tickets
heing automatically printed as caliet.
for by the patrons to the ticket agent.
The asles are five feet wide at the
front end and three feet at the lower
end.
The building is absolutely freproof
and is we'll ventilated. An abuad-
ance OF fresh ali is furnished by
means Of ten big ventilators through
the roof of the building. In addition
there are eight SIDE windows.
1t is also amply protected in case
of fire, there being two exists in the
rear to a wide alley and two in the
front. This structure is brick stucco.
Heat for the house is furnished by
two Dlarts, one is a steam heating
plant, and the other hot air fur
mace. IN the event of a breakdown
of either plant one of the plants
would provide ample heat.
On the second floor of the building
are three modernly equipped Office
rooms, toilet and also freproof
booth for the movie machines. A
cement floor and freproof walls OF ,
the best matecia! doubly insure
{ gainst fire. A motor generates direct
current for the machines.
For city of it's size there is not
ancthe: moving picture theater in the
state of Virginia which compares to
the Ingomar.
The .llexandria Amusement Com
pany, which operates this house, also
coeratcs the Richmond Theater, and
at both Of the establishments tho
pictures shown are put on frequently
before >ome of the leading playhousss
in Washington and never later than
when produced in Washington.
The Richmond Theater- also is
strictly up-to-date movie house and
hccI,h authorities h:ve declared it to
be one IF tn. best ventilated and
most sanitary theaters in the state.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30
Many Valuable Automobiles Destroy
ed in Confagration at Establish
ment Of ]. Z. Downer, Pitt Street
North Of King.
North Of King.

One OF the most spectacular fires
seen in this city recently was that
which a. $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
destroyed the two-story brick garage
and machine shop together with its
contents consisting of about twelve
valuable automobiles, Of J. 4. Down
er, on the east side of Pitt between
King and st. Asapn strets.
The n:rs in the shop were The
property of different residents cr
this city. The fire spread with such
!arid;ty that It was impossible .
rescue hut few Of the mac lines
pr,,.:...ihlv about three were gotten out.
The Others We're destroyed.
The fire it is stated was caused
when the hose of a light burner, used
for welding purposes, pulled out of
it's place.
There was considerable gasoline
and other infiammable material in
the place and in a few minutes the
big garasv was a mass Of fancs.
The fremen soon responded to the
alarm AMI several streams of water
were played on the frey furnace,
which The building vas by the time
of their arrival.
The fire damaged the roof Of the
residence of r. NJ. Myers, III J-2
North TIT street and also damaged
the building north of the garage, for
merly AZ old Pythian Temple, ocru-
ried Tor the storage Of hacks ami
carriages by Duncan Brothers. Sew
cral hacks belonging to Dunca Bros,
were destroyed.
1t was impossible at the hour o.
going to press of the Gazette % cs-
innate the damage. However, it will
amount to may thousand of dollars.
r'he FIRE attracted large thrnng
OF persCrs.
1t was gotten under control in less
than IN our after it started.
Several sheds in the rear of the
build;.s were destroyed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30
Vaudeville at Grand.

!. Murray and Williams, of the Keith
circuit, will be seen at the Grand this
afternoon and tonight in the first act
of "The Girl from Huylers" musi-
cal comndy. Tomorrow they will
present the second act.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30
WILSON IN THE PULPIT

WILSON IN THE PULPl]
Makes Brief Address in Englisi
Church Where His Grandfather
Often reached-Tendered Gr..iI
Ovation.
Carlisle, England, Dec. 30.-"It is
the conscience of the world we are
row trying to place upon the throne
which otEers triel to usurp."
fhus President Wilson yesterday
concluded brief but touching adj
dress from the pulpit in which mis-
maternal grandfather preached Sc!
rn.ns three quarters of century
ago Deep emotion vibrated through
the Presidents words and his eyes
olis!ened as he spoke of his mother,
who was born here, and who emf
CRATE. with her father, to America
wren she was years old.
A silence even more solemn and
reverent than that which is natural
in house of Gcd lay upon the cor
gregation of the Lowther Street
Church as Americas Chief Executive
spoke. The eyes of the whole assem-
bly, literally clung to the Presidents
lips, and in all those eyes shone
singular light; the light of pride at
being able to claim as "Jessie Wood
rows boy the man to whom the
whole world looks as its leader, out
of suffering and chaos to peace and a
new order.
In words and manner Woodrow
Wilson appeared before the people of
his mothers home town, not as an
illustrious statesman, but as an
humble worshipper, in short, truly as
one of them.
Carlisle, the quaint English border
town, birthplace of the mother of
the words foremost champion of
democracy turned out en- masse yes
,terday with mingled pride and.
warmth of welcome to honor "Nellie
Woodrow's boy"
President Wilson mixed with the
grandfathers and mothers of old
friends and cronies and no man re-
turning to his old home, or that of
his parents, ever received such a
demonstration.
A bent, feeble old man, Tom Wat
son, 90 years of age, warmly shook
hands with the President and
wheezed:
"Bless you, sonny, l used to attend
Sunday school at your granddaddy's
kirk. I knew your mother when she
was only wee mite of a yellow
haired gal.
The famous Wilsonian smile was
never warmer than when he grasped
the old mans hand and shook it
vigorously.
A daughter of the late David Ham,
ilton, who was teacher at the Rev.
Mr.. Thomas Woodrows Sunday
School, presented to Mr. Wilson an
original letter from his grandfather
to her father, written from Glasgow
October %, 1885, prior to his depa {
urn for America.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30
SPEAKS AGAINST SALOON
Representatives of Anti-Sa!oon
League Fill Fulpits Yesterday

Representatives of the Anti-saloon
League of Virginia filed the pulpiss
in a number of the Protestant
Churches yesterday. Rev. J.. Sidney
Peters, state prohibition commits
$ioner,. occupied the pulpit at tie
morning, service at.the First Baptist
Church, = >-."s> >
Rev. rr. David Hepburn. superin-
ten.lent: Of the .Anti- Saloon League OF.
yi-.ihia preached yesterday morning
at the M. E: , Church South and in
the evening att Trinity NJ. Es: Church..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30
NOTICE
Office Of Alexandria Water Company

Out of respect to our late Pres;-
dent, Mr.. Walter Roberts, the oifics
of The Company will be closed from
ore o'clock Tuesday the s1st for tn.
remainder Of the day. -
George Uhler, Secretary and Treas
urer. : { :
2Os-1t,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30
CITY NEWS IN . BRIEF
Mr. Charles Rohr, Of ia North
Henry street is visiting his mother at at
shipman, Va.

n Henry street is visiting his mo'hef
4 shipman, Va.
# Alexandria Canton No. !, od'
Fellows, will have the annual lnspec;
4ion toight in Odd Fel1ows'HHall.
Christmas music was repeated D;
the shoirs in many of the chafcnei
here yesterday
Mr.. anl Mrs. r. A. Purvis had as
their guests on Christmas day 'neit !,
son.iin-law and daughter, Mf' ano
Mrs. S. S. Carroll, of Washington
The meeting of the Allison W. G;
! q. U., which was to have been heio aE
! the residence. of Mrs. George AepI
{ 5h,,rn vii be postponed until next
,Mondav on account of the holidays.
Private Bennie Cornell, A. E. r.,
has notified his mother, Mrs. Agnes
Cornell, that he has arrived from
overseas, after undergoing treatment
at the base hospital in France, AMI
is, now at Camp Lee, Va.
Toaay's casualty list from overseas
contains the names of two Alexan-
d:,ans reported slightly wounded
They are Harry Davis and Robert }.
Ross Relatives of these men were
notified some time ago by the War
Department.
The commissioners of the sinking
fund of the city announce that they
will purchase from the lowest o'a-
;elers $4,000 of the four per cent
sr;ty j, nds. Bids will be opened at II
so'elcck Thursday morning in the OF
.fce OF Mayor T. A. Fisher.
S. Brown, of Bancroft, Va, re-
ror.ted to the police of the seventh
p,,recinct the loss of $97 while in a
lmsiness house on M street between
wisconsin avenue and 33d street,
Washington, Saturday morning. Two
.co,ored men are being sought by the
no,ice in connection with the loss.
Gut Of respect to the memory OF
Walter Roberts, late president OF the
Alexandria Water Company, whose
funeral vii take place at o'clock 20
morrow afternoon from his late resi-
dence, 26OO Duke street, the Office OF
che Alexandria Company will close
at i o'clock and remain closed the
rest CT the day.
Supposed to have been struck by a
car of the Observation-Disclosures Rail
way Company while walking the
St,acks Saturday right, colored man
Identified as Wa.:en Jones was taken
to Emergency Hospital, Washington,
and died yesterday from fractured
skull. The man was rushed from
Alexandria to Washington in an auto.
His nore was a, East Arlington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30

Mr.. AMI Mrs. r. A. Purvis had as
their guests on Christmas day their
soan-in-law and daughter, Mr. anu
MRS. S. S. Carroll, of Washington
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30
Alexandria Canton No. !, odd
Fellows, will have the annual inspec;-
4ion toight in Odd Fellows Hall.

Christmas music was repeated Dy
the .hoirs in many of the churches
here yesterday
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-30

The meeting of the Allison W. =;
4. u, which was to have been helo a'
tbe residence of Mrs. George Hepi
hum. vii be postponed until next
3Monday on account of the holidays.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19
SMALL BUTTON WILL SHOW CHARACTER or CITIZENSHIP
Every Man and Woman ShOuIi Wear Red Cross Emblem

One hurried glance aPes bouses the week Of De-
cember 1923 will tell lot about the ideals Of and
If the 1919 membership button Of the Red Cross being worn
the glance will register ateng impression This button is to
be given every adult who pays dollar membership Dues
but the dollar the least significant thing about the transaction
What the American Red Cross wants this Christmas is to
have the world see that the American people bead the Rcd
Cross spirit Universal membership will prove this To record
such membership the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call is being
held this week before Christmas. No quota is assigned
or county, because it is planned to enroll everybody
The membership button has blue rim with red cross in
the center Of white field For homes stores factories and
Offices there Red Cross Service Flag, to be displayed in
windows has double border representing the second
bershp appeal and red in the center of white field
When business house has enrolled every person employed there
the figure 100 per cent can appear on its flag
No family should be content to display service flag with
only one cross There should be added small for each
member Of the family The aim enroll families 100 percent
the same as business small Red Cess be added
to the service flag for each membership.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19

About daylight l could see the Infantry
going over the top after the Germans.
The cracking OF the rifles and the
machine guns sounded like thousands
Of moving machines, As soon as it
was light the air was full Of Allied
planes. Along up in the day the
Boche planes tried to come over our
lines but our planes would bring them
to the ground, Oar planes had full
possession Ct the cir for several days.
There were Artillery, Infantry and
large tanks advancing all dav, and
marching prisoners back all dav long.
We didn't advance until that evening.
In our march across the battlefelds !
saw sights | will not now mention. l
u>ed 10 think my nerve was not much
lor what | saw on that march, and since,
| realized that we we're in war, but
found my nerve was good. About
midnight we camped in a deep
valley. The InIantfy mad advanced so
fJst and so f,r we didn't catch them
Until the mex! evening The next
morning on cur march some Of the
Company got chickens, some butcher
ed hog and took up two COWS and
butchered them that night after going
in'o position. We were then in shell
fire Of the Bochr, but that didn't pre-.
ven, Us from making a least on the
COWS, as We f:lt we could give them
two CT three shells TO their one. Well.
as haven't much mote time will
stop at that drive. Our Brigade was
ordered 10 take a position on another
Front, which was versl days march.
We WeIe I5Af days Oh iha. march,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19

come between US aud those who have
given so freely that our liberty might
be secure and our children free. TaneY
county isiuterested in everV word that is
spoken at the Paris conference. We
have given our brave sons, we have
given cur money AMI our toll that this
great vlct,ry might b.. Now we feel
that the voice cl the people must be the
shaping force that expresses the things
we purpose. W. must see that nothing
brings any ptsiudice between US and
our friends. In this grave hour, we
must study each item Of news with
care Many Ieel it deeply unfortunate
that Mr.. Wilson went TO Elrope. II
he went TO express his personal views
none Of US will begrudge him the
pleasure, but if he goes TO undertake
to Iorce certain impractical notions
upon the wdrld in the name OF America,
we have good reason to object. We
do not propose to be the cal'spaw to
pull the chestnuts out oil the fire for
the Huns who have shown such utter
contempt for all human rights. I do
not say Mr. Wilson can be used for
any such purpose, but the very fact
that Germany is building hopes on him
makes America anxious. Mr.. Wilson,
while pleading for open covenants, has
shown such an aversion TO definite ex'
preston Of his plans while at home
hat many look forward with great
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19

anxiety TO what he may undertake while
away. We have noted the compelling
power on him Of public opinion snd-
denly aroused here, and how he has
yielded 10 its overwhelming expression,
as Just after his first peace uote last
fall, when the nation rose with an anger
that vas startling and demanded that
there be no peace by negotiation with
the Hun. We deal with the same
Hun az before The kaiser and the
Crown Prince are gone but the other
masters remair. N is the kaiser lar
away. Nap leon was sent 10 Elbe but
even the Mediterranean Sea was no
barrier to his return aud when Talley'
rand had thrown the apple Of discord
among the allies We find him back in
France aud the war on again. All the
work Of years was j.opardized. When
Wellington faced the master emperor
at Waterloo none could say whether
the world vas saved or not. On'y
when the Vild charge Of the Guards
broke upon the unfalteriag squares tf
the English and Bluechtr arrived upon
N ipoleon's fink was the issue sure
- now we still face dangerous days.
The awakened opinion Of America
must not sleep. With unwavering
'aith it must snppcrt the wise leaders
in Congress who are laboriug in the
face Of many difficulties to give pr
mansnce to the work our brave lads
did in France.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19
Nawporf, Ore Dec. S, 'l8.
To the Forsyth High School,

Nawpor', Ore Dec, 5, ''l8.
To the Forsyth High School,
Forsyth, No,
Dear Students and faculty: TIE
Tiney County Republican came to me
to day and in it l saw your notes, 50 !
Just feel like writing you few lines
| see where the Booster Club is
planning to get new flag. That is
grand had been wondering il the
same old flag was still there. But !
am glad that new one will soon float
above the school. I think more Of Old
Glory now than I ever did. She is the
best flag in the world. 1t was not my
iortcne to serve that flag 10 France as
I tried so hard to do, but I have served
her here in the west. .s
l am on the Pacific Coast in Oregon.
All il does here is rain, rain. The
mud is bad, very bad. We have to
drill and work though just the same.
We are used to it nov s,nce our feet
got webbed. They call the Oregon
ians the Webb feet boys" but l don't
believe that is enough. I think they
left out the most popular thing oil al
[ for hogs and that is mud. Black
mud, yellow mud, and any kind oI
mud-you can find here. So iiany
body should ask you what Oregon is
ooied for Just say rain, mud, ducks,
geese and no sunshine" and you'll be
hitting the keynote and should gel
hundred per cent on examination
Oregon is noted for its apples, fish
lumber snd its shipbuildiug.
Portland, Oregon, is very beautiIu
city and Is busy one too. You ca,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19

see Mt. Hood from Portland with its
great peaks reaching skyward and
covered over with snow, all the year
round. Mt. Hood is also covered with
a dense forest Of evergreen trees,
which beauties it wonderfully. The
great Columbia River flows gently by
Portland, and is the same river that
Lewis and Clark Travelled on in their
famous conquest Of the West. The
reason Portland is booming is because
oil its vast trade with Japan and China.
have been on board some of our
new ships and was showed all through
them. They are certainly fine ships.
They take great pains in showing
soldiers our ships and how they are
built and etc. have watched the
shipbuiiders at work and ii is interest
ing to see them move big pieces Of
timber TO proper places with ease.
How we'll organized they are. Each
mans place is known and his work is
known also They are like soldiers
trained to duty properly. It was
great lesson to me. Organization has
made America the Great.
I have been cut Of the hospital
about six days. I had the Ipfuerza
and I am very thankful that got out,
for so many Of the boys died with it
there. One boy died with it right by
me and the last words he said were
mother, mother" / shall never for
get that boy, He was a Catholic, but
he was christian just the same. He
and l had been talking just before he
got so bad. The army has changed
my ideas Of christianity. l shall
never cling 10 one denomination and
fight the other one. You find US here
of all denominations but we all wear
the same uniform and all are here for
The same thing, u am for them that
believe on His name"
I am glad that the school 10 going
on now and that the Iuhlersa is on the
decrease. Ihope you have the best
school This year Of the schools history.
And you can have it il you are loyal.to
your class, to your teachers and to the
'choc'. Just remember the shipbuild.
srs. Il wish | could be there with you
his year. ,>..
Oar Company is 10 60 TO Vancouver
Barracks next week. We may be dis.
charged there.
l guess have written enough for
his time. So hoping each and every
,ne great success in their school year
I'll close by Wishing you all a Nary
Christmas, and a great and glorious
New Year.
ROBERT L GIDEON
+,1, q 4 ~ = -
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19

somewhere IN tTaEce, Oct. " 10,
Y A, Cummings,
Walnut Shade, No.
Dear Uocle Vince e;-How are you
this evening? AL we'll hope. l am
we'll. It is raining here, it don't rain
hard Just drizzleS along and stays mud
dy and wet most Of the time, This is
Sunday, October 20h, makes thirteen
mou,hes in service, and Uncle have
seen and been through some things in
that thirteen months. But the greatest
part Of it is the last part up TO the
present time.
I am going to try and give you some
Of my experience on the firing line. !
vas on the Front several days in differ
ent positions. On the 10Th Of Sep
we went into offensive position,
on the morning Of the l2'h about one
o'clock We opened fire on the Ger
mans. We had waded in mud and
water all the night and it was dark and
rliring, had been for several days.
w. had gone without sleep for three
on four nights. We would get short
sleep in the day some times. The FIRE
continued till about eight or nire
q clock the next morning The Bcche
had quit firing for some time. Yon
could hardly hear your sell think for
he roaring Of the heavy artillery fire.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19
SET RECORD FOR BUILDING
New York University Put Up Eight
Large Buildings for Soldiers in
Thirteen Days.

New York university set a record
in finishing an army barracks building
for the new students army training
corps in six days, says the New York
Tribune. This building was the first
of group Of eight needed for the
newly inducted soldiers at the unlver-
sity. The entire group was completed
in i3 days from the time the work
was started. Prof Collins p. Bliss,
head of the department of mechanical
engineering at the university, super
vised this rush job of construction. the
university authorities having contract
ed for the erection Of the barracks as
soon as 1t vas learned that New York
university would become an s. A. L:
G. camp. .- :
The buildings are completely sealed
so they can be kept comfortably heat
ed by the big cantonment stoves:
There are double floors throughout,
there Is double sheathing on the out
side, and the walls arc sealed inside,
Each barracks conforms to the army
plan of 43 by 100 feet dimensions.
In the mess hall 1000 men are fed In
two shifts. High pressure steam cook'
ers IRE used. There are gas and coal
ranges, steam tables on which to keep
the food hot, and some kettles three
feet In diameter. A dishwasher Oper-
ated by steam cleans 5000 dishes an
hour.
One of the uniyersity's graduate en-
ginecrs--J0hn Lowry, Jr.--was respOn-
sible for the rapid erection of the bar.
racks. Being engaged extensively In
government work, he was able to
throw In large force of men, trans
ferred from other government work
that was finished.
The site of the first barracks was
surveyed and staked and posts were
set In concrete in one day.
Only pne.thlrd Of the worlds popu.