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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
Mayor Fisher Returns Curfew Law to
Common Council Without His APP
proval-No Quorum Present and
Action Deferred.

The curfew law, adopted recently
by the Common Council, was returned
to that body last night by Mayor
Fisher without his approval. The
Mayor returned the ordinance because
it only received seevn votes when 1t
was adopted by that body whereas 1t
should have received nine votes IN
order to insure its legality.
In returning the ordinance the
Mayor in his letter explained that he
is in entire sympathy with the object
aimed at in its preparation.
No action could be taken last night
because a quorum failed to put in its
appearance. Only seven members
put in their appearance and after
waiting half an hour adjourned.
The next meeting of City Council
will be held next Tuesday night which
will be the last meeting of the old
council.
The new council, which will have
secvral new members, will be formal
ly inducted into Office at noon Septem-
ber /.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
Burglar Holds Up Errand Boy at
Store of Varney Brothers During
Absence of Clerk, and Rnhs Cash
Till of S11 and Escapes

A burglar at ) .ocioc.; yesterday
afternoon entered the store of Tarney
Brothers, on the alexandria, Wash
ington turnpike and at the point of
pistol commanded young Sampson,
an errand boy, Ia years old, 10 throw
up his hands. The lad, who was alone
in the store at the time, promptly
complied with the robbers request,
and while the lad looked into the bar
rel of a .3S-caliber pistol the burglar
emptied the cash drawer which con-
tanned about $11.
Immediately after taking the cash
the burglar left the place and moved
rapidly toward the Potomac railroad
yards.
The clerk returned a few minutes
afterward from his dinner ana
young Sampson reported the robbery.
Several persons in an automobile gave
chase to the robber but he soon lost
himself between the long strings of
freight cars in the Potomac yards
and tie chase soon afterward was
abandoned.
The lad gave the county authori-
ties a good description Of the man
who committed the robbery. 1t is
supposed that the burglar boarded an
outgoing freight train last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
TEN THOUSAND STARFE,
British And Indian Prisoners Vic
tins of Turkish Brutality.

London. Aug. 2l.-f,iglues Just
revealed show that unwc-J,s o! l3 OH'
British and Indian prisoners ta'ier
by the Turks have been starved tc
death or killed by Turkish brutality
The total number Of British and
indian prisoners taken by the Turks
IN to July l, 1918, is l5,27o.
Of these. the Turkish Prisoners OF
War Committee considers it unlikely
that more Shan 5000 officers and
men. if that many, remain alive.
Prisoners in Germany. as miserable
us is their lot, are far better off, the
report in commons shows, than the
unfortunate victims Of Turkish neg
lect and brutality.
And starvation cannot be kept
away from prisoners in Turkish
camps by means of food parcels from
home.
Even when it was possible TO send
food parcels to these men, three out
Of four were never delivered, and for
five months now the parcel post to
Turkey has been entirely suspended
by Austria.
Apart from famine. the men IN
Turkish camps die from lack of cloth
ing, blankets and medical supplies.
Officers may have money sent them
from home with which to buy the
only food they get. But this is paid
in Turkish paper, which has de
creased in value so that with the
exorbitant prices charged the priso-
ners for food, they are little better
off than the privates.
There ara cases of officers in Turk,
ish camps having exhausted all their
savings at home through this Turk
rnethod of "permitting' them to bu%
food. Adm Turkey shows no interest
in exchanging prisoners. knowing
the British treat prisoners well.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
CERTIFICATES GRANTED
Twenty Firms Thus Far Can Sell
Drinks to Soldiers.

Thus far approximately twenty
firms in this city have received GER
.ifcates from the United States pub
lie health service permitting soldiers
to purchase food or drink at their
places. The government authorities
here before granting these certif-
Gates require that the merchants
strictly comply with the regulations
laid down by them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
GERMAN PRESS MUTTERs
All Bronze And Cast Iron Statues
to be, Melted Down.

So pressed is the German genera!
staff for metal that decree has
gone forth from Potsdan that al
bronze and cast iron statues are to
he melted down, with certain excep-
'tions. The Rhineland cities, proudt
Eof their historic monuments, are
Aery angry with the order. The Co.
logne newspapers rudely remark
Ahat Berlin has nothing to lose by
khe destruction of it's statuary, most
[bf which is modern and indescribably
&,ideous. The world would assuredly
not be any poorer for the disappear
ance CT these appalling examples. OF
BPrussian art. The Berlin comm:s-
sion has decided that the orly mon.
3uments to be exempted from destruc-
Ition are to be those associated with
the Hohenzollern family. This, as
the Koelnische Zeitung observes, is
the worst blow of all, for the H ohen-
zellern and Bismark statues which
sadden so many German cities are
lust those which could be be-: dis
l}pensed with.
The Austrian-Hungarian press Is
beginning to express real concern at
the failure of the Germans to STOP
the allied advances in the Plcardy
region, says an official dispatch from
France. It attributes the initial VIC
tory of the Franco British forces te
fog and tanks, but it goes so far, as
4 to hint at the insufficiency of the
German defensive system. The Nere
Freie Presse declares that the com,
bination of fog and tanks make il
vers difficult TO prevent initial sue
| cess by the enemy" The Zeitung
after commenting on the frs sue
k eesses of the allied armies, remark.
gloomily that the allies "have hi
industrial developments Of :lre
countries at their disposal. as ':el
as the raw products of the wEol
world. ana r,ay yet be able to spec
up the construction of tanks e
:, masse."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
RATE INCREASES GRANTED
Road, However. Must Improve II
Tracks And General Service.
And Install Transformers.

After IN exhaustive hearing o
the case of Colonel f. w White e.
ais. against the Washington an O!d
Dominion Railway, which runs fr2n
Washington to Great Falls ElaeEcn'
ana Virginia City, the State Corro-
ration Commission has issued : dc
tailol '.rIer covering the entire sit
uaticr involved in the complaint. by
Colonel White and others. The -
del. requires the railway to rcpa',
ami keep in repair the tracks ah'
Irnadbel. 1t requires the compan.
to put in transformers and to kecl
the service up to normal.
A contemporaneous order by the
commission increases the rates both
freight and passenger. to the level ot
the rates included in the general ct'
DIR of Federal Railway Director-Gen-
cra NcAdoo. The passenger rat"
is raiscG to thc straight ) cents PC
mile. There are no Pullman ga
on the road, it being an electro line
The excursion rate to Virginia City
was also raised to 40 cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
VIRGINIA NEWS

Judge F. B. Whiting, in the Circuit
Court at Winchester yesterday re-
fused to confirm the appointment of
% women deputy sheriffs, who had
already been selected by Sheriff Pan
nett to perform war service in taking
census of Winchested for the pur-
pose Of mobilizing the woman power
of the community to assist in gath
ering the apple, peach and corn crops.
Judge Whiting gave as reason for
refusing to confirm the appointments
that he had no power under the law
to appoint females to office; that
where females were serving as notar-
les public, deputy court clerks and
other public offices the law made spe-
cial provision for them to serve in
these capacities, but that there was
no provision of law covering the ap-
pertinent of female deputy sheriffs
The commercial apple. crop of the
Winchester district, as well as the
corn and other crops, will be harvest
ed this fall by men and women who
are being enrolled this week by the
Chamber of Commerce and the Wo-
mans Civic League. All persons be-
tween Is and GO years are included
in the census taken by the latter or
eaniZation, which has been officially
tleputized by the sheriff.; This will re-
lieve the threatened labor shortage at
critical period. All the applications
made for furloughs for soldiers to do
this kind of work have been disap-
rroved by the commanding officers at
training camps, it being stated that
the men will be sent to france as soon
as they receive the necessary amount
of training in their respective duties.
The Winchester police have been
given orders to. round up a. gang of
elderly itl,ers IN Winchester. and vi
cinity AMI compel them to gorto worl;
For wages, or be put on the city chain
rang as street cleaners. These men
are above the proposed draft age Of
Is years. Tut are for the most part
able-bodied and live by their wits or
off the earnings Of others. They are
in some instances supported by the
women and children OF their families.
1t has heen held that they come under
the rrcvisions of the Virginia vag-
r:n:y laws, which are being invoked
Conway R. Sands, Rlhcmonc, attor-
ney, has been notified by the War De-
partment yesterday that his son
Lieut.. Charles B. Sands, was officially
reported missing in action in France
August !. Lieut. Sands was in the
aviation branch of the service and ir
the same group in which Quentin
Roosevelt lost his life in July.
Government thermometer at Wythe
Vile fell to 40 degrees yesterday
morning, calling for fires and heavy
wraps. It was lowest temperature
reported in, the United States
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
WILL PURCHASE LABRATORl
OUTFIT IN PHILADELPHIA

DR.. W. l.. Wood, in charge Of the
Red Cross sanitary unit here, has
gone to Philadelphia for the purpose
of purchasing labratory equipment
for the labratory which soon will be
established here. The labratory Wi!
no installed either in the rooms o.
the Chamber of Commerce or at tn"
AlXandra Hospital.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
HOME oFFcoEUMBUs
Fl: HALLS AMERICANS

The reception accorded the first
contingent of American troops to lano
in Italy was enthusiastic and cordial
The; American consul general at &C.
noa has informed the State Depart
ment that II Corriere Mercantile. a
newspaper of Genoa, published on
June 27 an enthusiastic number, pra!s-
ing highly the soldiers of the United
States, who landed on that day. ce-
claring that with their aid triumph
would ultimately reward the efforts
of the allies.
Manifestos were issued by the
mayor of the city and the federatet
works of assistance and propaganda,
calling upon the Genoese TO welcome
the troops from America TO the home
of Columbus. Gen. Garioni, common
der of the ARMY corps, and Admiral
Cagni, with the other officers of the
garrison at Genoa, went on board the
transport and welcomed the officers
and troops from America.
Mayor Massone, in his r,anifestc,
said:
upon the soil of Italy, together
with ours, the banner of The, great
republic will wave proudly ard the
love of the two peoples, aiT'a'iy
bound together by one and the same
ideals united in one and the SINE
sacrifice, shall have in glory its sole
conservation.
"To the sons Of the generous land
bound to Genoa by the genius cf
Columbus, let US testify with emo
ton our feelings. Let us so do that
they may carry with them the re-
membrance of it as viaticum of
faith and auspice, and may they be
able to say that they have felt in the
first salute of Italy the throb of
people firm in its proposals, worthy
of the new destinies which the valor
of arms prepares for humanity"
The II Corriere Mercantile said:
"The country of Columbus salutes
today worthily the soldiers of free
America.
"To the sons of the power and
glorious republic of the United
States, who come to shed their blood
for the holy cause of Italy and OF
civilization, goes forth our enthusias-
.ic salute.
"They bring US their arms and
their young hearts; they bring US the
ardently desired and efficacious aid
of their land. from which radiates
upon the world such a resplendent
Light of civilization. Therefore heir
aid is so much the more precious.
it is so much the more rich
in significance:
"a cause which by force of its
ideals has succeeded in. drawing to
itself the aid Of SO great a people
cannot fail to triumph. ! I
"And we shall triumph! And we
shall conquer. The gloom shall be
by light. =
Long live America! Long live
Wilson! Long live the soldiers who
today Upon the land of
Columbus, of Mazzini and of Garibal-
di.
"Civilization imposes formidable
mass against barbarity.
"We shall triumph! We shall con-
quer!'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
OFFICIAL
Common Council

At an adjourned meeting of the
Common Council, held August 90
1918. there were present Howard w
Smith, Esq, president, and Messrs
Matter. Desmond, Armstrong, Wattles
Pchl, Devers and Ballenger., a
quorum not appearing. the board ad,
iourned until the next regular meet,
ing, August 27, at o'clock.
Howard w. Smith,
= President
Teste-Daniel R. Starsbury, Clerk /.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

Coming! American Red Cross pre-
sents "THE HISTORIC FOURTH soF'
J1JI,Y IN PARIs;" at the Richmond
.Theater. Friday, August %. Also the
brilliant character actor, GEORGE
BEgaN. in CONE MORE AMER1-
CAN" ..axx
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

Coming! American Red Cross pre-
sents THE historic FOURTH OF.
July. n PARlS,1 at the Richmond
Tneater, Friday. August 23.. Also the
srillian5 character actor, GEORGE
EEBAN. in CONE MORE .AMERl-
CAN"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
POWER R-KROUSE

On August 10, 1918, by the Rev. Ed
gar Carpenter. rector OF Grace
Episcopal Church, MISS kATHE-
RAN. Irene KROUSE and AR
THUR r. POWER, both of Alexan-
dria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
FOND OF CIGARETTES

G5U.30B or More IEdn 335,guU
Day. r:'o-..o.:a1. rrr GG;ser2 1t
This Camn.
Camp Lee. Aug. 2l.-Ien million,
six hundred and fifty thousand Gig
arettes are consumed every month at
Camp Lee. This is an average Of over
$4,000 ''tH>i.s" ii day used by tie men
VINO are preparing for overseas SER
vice. In addition to cigarettes there
are 1880 pounds of chewing tobac-
co consumed each month. while 300,-
00O cigars in monthly consumption
The men who roll their own consume
every monrh 1920 tins of tobacco.
! Of the cigarettes one popular brand
exceeds all others in combined sales.
The manufacturer OF this brand has
been unable to keep pace with the de-
mands for his product and at this
time there is not one cigarette Of the
popular make in camp. If the cigar
cites used in camp in one month were
| stretched il one line it would extend
! from camp headquarters TO Richmond
and return.
The tobacco used is sold to the men
through twenty-three exchanges. The
profits from these exchanges aggre-
gate many thousands of dollars
monthly, all of which is returned to
| the men in entertainment through
| the means of the company fund.
The ice cream plant, which is op-
Grated within the cantonmcnt by pri-
vate individuals, has a daily output
of $4,000 gallons and the creamery
run in connection Herewith produces
900 gallons Of milk day All of
| the ice cream and milk consumed at
| the camp is furnished by the local
plant. The milk which is used in the
| manufacture of the ice cream is
brought from daries in the Shenan-
doah Valley. The plant is inspected
daily by Private Louis c. Tuite. who.
before his enlistment, was an expert
dairyman with the Sheffield Farms in
| New York City. While the plant IS
controlled by outside interest. Il is
under he supervision Of government
officials. l.. A. Weaver IS the civilian
| manager.
Have Received Promotions.
Although the official order has not
been received at headquarters. infer
nation from Washington in.ii'ates
that nine Camp Lee officers. alrmbe:S
If the ono Hundred and Wity-ffth
Dcnos brigade. have Deen promoted.
Of this nlmbcr MAJOR +. +. Bury.
adiurant Of the Depot p'igadc. was
promoted to Northumberland. Major
Bury is from! Marion. M. t.gt1t cap.
tains are advanced to be ntaicrs. In
c!uded in this number are Cartain ?.
4 Rose. Of E,ci,mar !. and Captain.
r. c. Fink. of Petersburg. Of par,
.;.,,,,,. intorast ,so,.,be Petersburg
noon,o is tho promotion Of Captain
+. l.. DcCamp. recently provost-mar-
yb.I IN that ritv Major DcCamp is.
f.o,, ofovf,o CIV Also there IS Cap.
tain !. =. Swindcll. Of CatonsVille.
Nd. Major Swin!ell is now acting:
ano,oa+ ,,ar.bor in Petersburg ard
-. o,.r, c,ctonmort zone Others
,.ho arc 70 hc advanced from captain
r. n,,ior ar, Captains f. l.. Gardner,
,1onticolIo III. +. Simmons, of Co.
I,n,hus Oljo. !. T.. King. Of Marion,
Ind and A T. Dalbv. Of st Louis,
" n,
Fifteen X C. Secretaries.
Fifteen rev Knights of Columbus
.ocrot,rics are to be forwarded to
tbis camp in the immediate future to
,.:J ;,.4ho ,vorl, of +hat organization,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
Married
O'RRIEN-FAULkNER

At Rockville, Nd, on August II.
1918, MISS MYRTLE NJ. FAULK-
NER, of Alexandria, Va, and COR
PORAL. THOMAS O'BRIEN. of
Philadelphia, Pa.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

reported to the House today by the
House Military Affairs Committed
carries an amendment placing boys
of Is and 10 in special classes to he
called after all older men in class one
are summoned.
The amendment threatens to I'M
pede the army program in two ways
First, to delay its passage through
the House and Senate, and in all prob.
ability force prolonged conferences
between the two houses; ard
Second to force General Crowdei
to do over again much CT the work
already completed in preparation foi
the new draft.
As "a result, President Wilson, il
necessary, will appeal personally to
Congress to strike out the objection.
able provision.
Unless the manpower measure Is
enacted within the next month, the
War Department WILL he forced tc
curtail troop shipments to France OF
take the chance of an industrial up
heaval By invading deferred classes
according to Secretary of War Baker
General Marsh and Provost Marsha
General Crowder.
Opponents of the amendment, how
ever, still hold out the hope that i
can be defeated on the floor. It's op
ponents will point out that the coun
try already has the promise of Sec
retary of War Baker that boys o
is will be the last called and that th'
calling of these men cannot be de
ferred in any event later than mex
June.
General Crowder's statement tina
such plan would force amendmen
of regulations and reprinting of ques
tionaires, resulting in long delay ant
confusion. will also be used to battl
!
the amendment.
Another amendment opposed b,
Baker. which will likely go into tn
bill, provides for the drafting of tn
so-called marriage slackers. Bake
has asked that this be left to regu
lations because they are not so rigl
as written statutes.
The Thomas work-or-fght amend
ment is almost sure to be left on
of the bill. when it goes to the House
Although the manpower bill will b
reported today, Chairman Dent, @
the Military Committee, does not eS
pect to call it up until Thursday. II
believes it vii 60 through in one da!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

'ui"o betty q. heya mas Ef lie &c
Ocean Grove. N. j., where she viii
spend the next ten days.
Miss Myrtle NJ. Faulkner, this cisr
and Corporal Thomas O'Rrien, Acre
married Saturday at Rockville, Nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Hulfsh are Wis
iting their niece, Mrs. Ryland T.
Dodge, Chester, Va.
Mrs. Walter Redd mas received word
o. the safe arrival overseas of her
husband. Sergeant Walter Redo.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Stoler, who
have been spending the past week
with the sister of Mrs. Stoler, Mrs.
Louis F. Bohraus, at her resi- 'ence in
King street, have returned to their
home in Philadelphia.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage of Miss .Katheran Irene Kreusei
and Arthur R Power, both of this
city. The wedding took place last
night at the rectbry of Grace 7. E.
Church, Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rec
tor, officiating.
Ernest NJ. Demaine has been ap-
pointed first lieutenant in the engi-
) oeering corps, and assigned to duty
at Camp Humphreys, Va. Liuet.
Demaine formerly was chief engineer
for the Elkhorne Coal Company,
Remington, KY.
On account of the illness of her
sister the funeral of Mrs. Frank
Whitehead, which was to have taken
place at 2 o'clock this afternoon, has
been postponed until 5 O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon.
Mrs. Sampson, of Charleston, W.
Va, wife of Mr.. E. c. Sampson, To-
cal agent for the American Railway
Express Company, has arrived ir
Alexandria and is at 10 North Co.
Llumbus street.
! All men who attain their majority
by August "a are required to appear
Isaturday morning at the rooms OF
the local exemption board on the sec
pnd floor of the postoffice building
pnd register.
The work of razing the two build
Sngs on the north side of Kira be-
tween st. Asaph and Washington
streets, for the new, Surprise Thea
tier, which: will be erected by the
Amusement Company
WIS completed today. Work Of cen,
s.. ucting the new building will be
started soon: i.. -. =
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
MAY IMPEDE BILL
President Wilson May Appeal In Aid
of Draft Legislation - Stumbling
Block is Drafting of Men Under
Twenty-One Years.

Unwillingness of some members of
Congress to draft men under twenty
threatened today to block temporari-
ly the army program of getting eighty
divisions of American troops to
France by next June.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

Miss Myrtle NJ. Faulkner, this city.
and Corporal Thomas O'Rrien, ncre
married Saturday at Rockville, Nd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

Mrs. Walter Redd mas received word
o. the safe arrival overseas of her
husband, Sergeant Walter Redd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Stoler, who
have been spending the past week
with the sister of Mrs. Stoler, Mrs.
Louis F. Bohraus, at her resi- 'ence in
King street, have returned to their
home in Philadelphia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21
CITY NEWS TN BRIEF

Miss Betty E. Keys has gene to
Ocean Grove. N j., where she win
spend the next ten days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Hulish are Wis.
iting their niece, Mrs. Ry]and T.
Dodge, Chester, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

Announcement is made of the mar
riage of Miss .Katheran Irene Kreuse
and Arthur R Power, both of this
city. The wedding took place last
night at the rectbry of Grace 7. E.
Church, Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rec
tor, officiating.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

All men who attain their majority
by August "a are required to appear
Saturday morning at the rooms OF
Ehe local exemption board on the sec
|pnd floor of the postoffice building
bnd register.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

CONTINUED on Page y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

Mrs. Sampson, of Charleston, W..
Va, wife of Mr.. E. C. Sampson, To-
cal agent for the American Railway
Express Company, has arrived ir
Alexandria and is at 10 North Co.
Llpmbus street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-21

On account of the illness Of her
sister the funeral of Mrs. Frank
Whitehead, which was to have taken
place at 2 o'clock this afternoon, has
been postponed until 5 O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-08
Sale Be0ins Promptly at
$50 a. N. and
Closes Promptly at
$50 p. m.

To accommodate these great
purchases we have given extra
space TO the Coat Department.
Extra salespeopA have been
engaged to insure you prompt
service.