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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12
VIRGINIA NEWS

TIE identity of well dressed man
those body was found on the main
track of the Southern Railway nea'
nsnvi!le. has not been learned. One
side of the face is battered i: and
the skull crushed. The man wGrc a
dark overcoat with check lining, blue
suit. black shoes and q khaki coloTed
shirt. He apparently was abou. 81
years old.
Pas Beattie has severed his corr
nection with the Prohibition Depart
Tent Of the state. 1t is not known
whether he did so Of his own accord
or whether it was in response to a
request made by Commissioner j.
Sidney Peters This official, when
asked about the matter, stated that
the change was the result Of nut
ual understanding Beattie, several
month"; ago made arrests in Aiexan-
dria.
Dr:~J. D. Paxton, pastor Of the First
Presbyterian Church. of Lynchhurg,
ha; received call to conduct rellg-
icus work among the Englisa and
American students in Paris, anG has
The matter under consideration. The
call comes from the Paris committee
Of The work which was organized by
Dr.. Paxton number Of years ago and
is being conducted by 4 nonsectArlan
organization, which is providing Tor
AZ expected flow Of t.merical STU
dents to Paris owing - opening lip
Of French and the closing Of German
universities tc Americans.
Eootieggors have recently displayed
great ingenuity in smuggling Liquor
into Richmond. Whisky even has
beer discovered in collins. Every
MEANS Of transportation has been
used except airplancs. and officials
would not be surprised to find some
entc:prising booticggar flying from
"weh" territory with cargo OF bot
lied n hond. Only Sunday the police
sen. d about 100 pints and fiftE-four
o,ar,s a. the different railway STA
tons. boat landings eand from 1utos
IN tic highways. notwithstanding
the .raercus methods USED to o"twit
tie cf,iccrs of the law, little liquor
appears 10 be obtainable n Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12
A SPLENDID TONIC
Saws Hixon Lady Who, On Doctors
Advice. Took Cardui And
l. Nnu, Well

TIixsor, Tenn, about 10 years
,~o I was" says Mrs. J. B. Gadd, OF
his place. u sufferd with pain IN
nv ilft side, could not sleep at night
with this pain, always il the left size
Nv doc.or told nc to use Cartul. |
fool; one bottle, which helped me and
after my baby came, / was stronger
and better, Gpt the pain was SUI!
| at first lei j: go, bu. began to get
weak and in a rundown condition. so
I decided 70 try som more Cardul'
which ! did.
This last Gardui which | took made
me mach better, in fact. cured ne
have no return Of this trouble.
| feel it was Cardui that cured ne,
and ! recommended it as splendid
female tonic
Don't allow yourself to become yeas
End rundown from womanly troubles
Take Cardai. Il should surely he'll
vor, a.: it has many thousands o
either women in the past 40 years
U.adachc, backache. sidcache, nervous
ness. slccp.essness. tircd-ont feeiins
,re all signs Of woTanly trouble
Other women get relief by taEln
rarlui. Why rot you? Al drus
pists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12
DOUBT DISAPPEARS
so One In Alexandria Who Has BAD
Back Should Ignore This Double
Proof.

Does your back ever ache?
Have you suspected your kidneys!
Backachc is sometimes kidney ache.
With It may come dizzy spells.
SlceDless nights, tired, dull days.
Distressing urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney Pills have been en-
dorscd by thousands.
are recommended here at home.
You have read AleXadrla proof.
Read now the Alexandria sequel.
Renewed testimony; tested by time
H. C. Smith, tailor, 919 1-2 King
street, says: Il can't begin to de-
scribe the agony / Suffered with my
back. tried other medicines, bTi
nothing helped me until | began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. They cured nia
in less than a month and today ! am
as free from backacie as II | never
had it."
Over four years later Mr.. Smith
saii: ~ still consider Doan's hidne!
Pills fine for kidney trouble. l never
hesitate TO recommend them"
Price Gee, at all deals. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remcdy-ge
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same ina
M. Smith had. Foster-Milbufn Co.
Mf-rs., Buffalo, \. Y.-Adv.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12

i. =. MARBUKI. president
Tcste: W. ". Balienger. Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12

SDartacans bombarded a train neal
Sche:dcmuchl, causing several deaths
if is learned from Berlin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12

OFFICIAL
Board of Aldermen.


At regular meeting OF the Board
Of Aldermen held Tuesday. February
IL, 1918, there were present:
F. F. Marbury, esq, President and
Messrs. Anderson, Robinson Ballen-
ger. wilkins and Summers.
The following received from the
lower board appropriation Of SD to
repair the Auto Clave passed Ayes o.
Noes o..
Resolution appropriating $40. for
sanitary drinking cups laid on the
table. At this junction Miss Herbert
and Mrs. VIM. Campbell appeared ana
made an appeal for an appropriation
Tor the anti-tuberculosis society Tor
keeping up the visiting nurses.
The following received from the
lower board and their action concur
red in:
Bill Of A. H. Thomas Co., for
slOI6.0G. Laid over under the rules
Bill of Corporation Attorney for SAC
passed. Resolution appropriating S7o9
for board of prisoners at City Jai.
passed, Ayes 6. Noes-O.
Petition appropriating $50 for pay
ment Of bill Of Chas. W. Gray passed.
Repcrt of Sanitary and Health Of
ficer regarding the appointing Of :
Sar;lvry officers passed.
Ordinanr. regulating the price OF
aas al.o oro r,:nce imposing and &C :
,ectiae tax, aid on tie table M
der the rules. Petition, granting 5.
E Ross at 1918 Oronoco street to e.
pair house granted. Petition granting
Mr. Smither permission to erect gar
age in rear of 1916 King street passed.
Petition granting Gen. Realty Corp.
permission to erect building in Yates
Garden passed. Petition granting j.
NJ. Dun.an permission TO sink gaso-
line tank at 125-131 North Pitt street
granted.
Ordinance TO advertise the franchise
to erect poles and string cable passed
Ayes 6. Noes 0!
Resolution appsCpr!atlng $50 70
repair read at Walnut street ana Hys-
sci Road. Also $4,000 to purchase
street clearing and sprinkler system
also $1,000 10 purchase motor dump
truck referred to Committee on Fin
ance and Streets.
Resolution appropriating $500 to
establish city dispcnsary referred to
Finance and Health. Petition from y.
E. Williamson to erect wood shed in
rear Sl2 Duke street to committee
on Streets.
Petition from J. Z. -Domar TO sink
tank at lis North Pitt Street referred
to Streets.
Resolution 10 borrow $4,000 for use
of Gas Company, referred to Finance
Committee.
Resolution appropriating $500 for
use Of Anti-tubercuIos;s Society refer
red to Finance and Health. Report
from Health Officer regarding health
of City received. Communication from
the Mayor regarding the rental oil
!Armory Hail referred to Public Prop
ertv committee. Report from the conf
miltec on Claims recommending the
payment of certain bills. Estimate
from the Sanitary engineer Of the Z.
S. Public health service e;tin1ating
The cost of the extension Of lanyard
sever.
L. =. MARBURY. president.
Tcste: W. ". Balienger. Clerk.
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be paid, and the report was adopted.
\ resolution appropriating 500 for
the maintenance OF prisoners in the
city jail was recommended by the
committee on Finance and passed,
Ayes y. Noes 0.
4 bill! from II. Noel Garner, Cor
poration Attorney received August
y; 1918. amount $50 was returned
by the Finance Committee with the
recommendation that $40 be paid in
full for the account, and the report
was adopted Ayes II. Noes | (Mr.
McCaffrey).
\ bill from Arthur II Thomas Co..
to the State Board Of Health OF Viz
gia;a was returned by the joint con-
~ ttea. Oh FINANCE. ard Health with
the recommendation tiaJ the full
ar1cunt eff the bill S1046.06 be paid
ard the report was adopted, Ayes y.
Noes 0.
Bills frCm the RcnlSchci Auto Sales
Company $44 IS for repairs to auto
mobiles owned by Mr.. Fannon ana
Mr.. Helm !, damaged b. the I.rc De-
PARTNER. vas recommended to be paid
hy the committee on Claims and the
rcDoS. was adopted Ayes -. Noes ..
4 report from DR.. Z. Z. Sand!CGe
City Health officer for the month Of
January was received.
A resolution by Mr. McCaSfrey APP
p,opr;ating $500 to the AntiTrbercu-
los:s Society was referred to the joint
committee on Finance and Health.
\ resolution appropriating $1,000
to establish free City Dispen airy
was referred to the joint committee
or Finance and Health.
\ resolution authorizing the bor-
rowing OF $4,000 for the use CT the
City gas works was offered by Mr.,
Y'attles ard referred to the commit
tee on Finance.
A resolution appropriating $4,000
to purchase Motor. Dump Trucks was
referred to the joint committee IN
Streets ami Finance.
\ resolution ,appropriating $4,000
to purchase Street clearing and
spsinl;.irg equipment was referred to
the Joint committee on Streets and
Finance.
4 resolution appropr;ating $275, to
repair drainage and sidewalk at Rus
So! Road and Walnut streets was re-
ferred to the joint committee en-
Streets andF'inancc.
Upon recommendations G. the con-
m:stee on Streets pormissi0ns were
granted the General Realty Corpora
ton &c erect frame rooming haases on
propertv known as the Yates G"rdef
trac. and 70 J. NJ. Duncan to place
~sso::ne tank under sidewalk at No
1871 North Pitt street, and to Af
smi.hers 70 erect portable bUiGir'
rear Il 1916 King street, and to hr
5. 3. Ross to construct hallway al
\ shed at No. 1918 Oronoco street.
The following was referred to Tn
! con,nit.cc on Streets.
> Estimates and costs of c%te"ain
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12

At regular meeting of the Com
mon Council Of the city of AieXan-
Gria. Va. held February II, 1'l?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as executor OF tne
late p. II. Bradshaw, this IS to nct'tE
III! persons having claims against sal"
estate to present their Statement.
r.gosr!y certified for settlement. Al,
7erso..s indebted to the deceased VII
please settle promptly.
JOHN N. HCUGH, Executor
3G-i9t.
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NOT ICE

-cntrai Plumbing Shop, plumbing,
steam. hot and cold water fitting,
sras tittjn. sos King street. 2nd
i',yr. lei, phone c9o. I'll
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LABOREnS WANTED

L,aborers ,Wanted-46 cents pes
Amply Naval Torpedo Assembling
Plant, Fleischmann CONSTRUCTION
r, 26G-tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

soartacans bombarded a train neal
sc!e:demuchl, causing several deaths
it is learned from Berlin.
President Wilson's administration
wen a signal victory in the House
Yesterday when its naval expansion
program, as carried in the navy ap
preparation bill; was adopted Over
the desperate opposition Of the little
navy men.
Ziaunr s. Wan and his brother
T. J. Van, we're held for the triple
nrrdcr Of Dr.. T. r. Wong, Ben Sen
WI and c. H. Hsie, at the Chinese
Educational Mission in Washing ton,
Oh the night Of January 20, at the
ipouest held over the three bodies
by the coroner's jury yesterday at
the District Morgue.
President Wilson has cablel- his
consent to lead the Welcome Home
parade Of District OF Columbia SER
vice men, Col. Robert N. Harper,
chairman Of tie executive committee,
said last night. y message was sent
10 the President asking his probable
date Of arrival.
United States Marshal S. Glenn
Young arrived in Atlanta last night
with George and Decatur Craw!cy
ard Blaine Stuart, who eludei a
posse OF troops and civilian officers
IN a chase through the mountains CT
North Georgia, North Carolina and
Tennessee, after killing 3. F. Dixon
on January 9. The trio were cap
tured near Knoxville.
Japan's press and public are in
state OF considerable excitement and
irritation apropcs the happenings at
the Paris Peace Conference. Three
main currents Of thought are mani
Tested: /. Opposition against the
mandatory system Of administering
the German colonies. ?. Opposition
ara;n<t .ho league Of nations 3. Bit
tcrncss against the prevalent cleory
shat certain nations, notably America
md Australia. vii! continue u draw
the "color line"
President Wilson, addressing a
delegation Of international woman
suTraga representatives, announced
Yesterday that he favored establish
ment Of : political committee to take
I'D problems concerning women. IN
connection with the peace settlement.
hTr. wilson said such committee
should be composed equally Of men
and women AMI that it should con-
slider such matters rs working c2ndi-
tons for women. child labor, white
slavery. and Uniform international
marriage laws.
Elimination OF Turkey as nation
and appointment Of America rs Il
maniato cver the Ottomans is urged
bv Henry J. MorEonthag, formerly
1t CoGstantlnopIc. "iuf-
key no longer has even enough rc"-
CT to struggle toward progress, sad
l!orgcnthau, addressing the Great
Lakes Congress on the LcaGHa OF
Nations. 1T is incabablc Of interior
reforms. Two battloshiDs and reg
imcnt Of Marines backed By the
mora! force Of = League Of Nations
would keep order" Morgenthap pre-
dictcd that Ccnstantinople il ten
wears would become the fourth city
Of the world in population and com
mercial Importance if Americans
controlled It, opening the DardaHci'es
for outlet Of Russian trade.
-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-12

In reality Boomer with full petticoat, r1ffles OF
f!ounces designed for under the new tgn skt5'
The material soft silk jersey CLOTH and is shown in
two different styles.
Made with f1H ffle and elastic at knee elastic at waist
Coors are Russian green navy blue black and Belgian an
blue, at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS '>''
Another style has underpiece, which IS gathered 1o
elastic at knee and over this falls ful-eaGed lloce
These also are Of silk jersey CLOTH and are IN navy
sian green taupe, Belgian blue and black at P0'''
Kanns-Second Floor.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

der Rogers and one by Jess Shipp,
the once popular lbrettists for
Williams and Walker, and later a
more serious work by DR.. Dubois,
the editor of "-Ihe Crisis" and one,
perhaps, by the poet, James w.
Johnson. When the Players this
winter are taking Shakespeare and
Tolstoy and George M. Cohan all
over the country a negro Barrie or
Bernard Shaw may find his first
production among a highly distin-
guished company.
To keep up the supply of leading
men and ladies for this ambitious
repertory Mr.. Walton will open q
school for negro actors in New
York. AS fast as that little factory
turns out fresh Camilles and Sven
gals the Players, who now number
seventy-five, will be increased and
then regrouped into several troupes,
one in time for each theatre along
the new circuit.
Indeed, the day is not distant
when no big city will be without it's
supply of black tragedians. Then
the voice of Othello may be heard
all over the land as once were the
sweet Raging melodies Of the plan
tation singers.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

slipped off to Guatemala, where
numbarless battleships go between
reviews.
They wrote often and distance and
absence brought on their declara-
tlons of dependence. Finally, he OBJ
tanned his discharge and loomed up
in Myra's home, looking as we'll in
civilian clothes as he did in the navy
blue. That meant sure business for
County Clerk Scully. They took the
walk up the short flight in the NIu-
niclpal Building and obtained the
permit and license for mutual ex-
is.encc.
The bridegroom's parents owr
acres Of Montana, and a brand new
pair of overalls waited in the closet
under the stairs at home for the ex-
seaman. He was to supervise the per-
suasion of vegetables out of the soil.
Myra said she loved Brooklyn.
second only to him. That, of course,
she would go anywhere on earth to
be with him, but did he have to 20
to Montana?
He explained with love and ten
derness that he had no remunerative
occupation in the city; that although
he had been an electrician in the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Hamlet in Harlem.

fore audiences Of color all over the
country. For this purpose lengthy
chain of theatres is being estab-
lished. Already it links New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington,
Cincinnati and Baltimore, and by
the fall will include Pittsburgh,
indianapolis, Richmond, Norfolk,
Louisville, New Orleans and At
lanta.
While dramas of the Latin Quar-
ter and London's West End are the
leading attraction at the Lafayette,
colored Harlem itself these days
makes interesting material for
plays.
The population, which in six years
increased from 10000 to 100000,
has developed aNarge and prosper
Gus middle class, many profession
ais, some capitalists, local music
schools, social centres, newspapers,
plenty of old and new politics-in
fact, all the problems Of a modern
and complex community.
Since Harlem audiences have now
begun to demand plays Of "life as
! Harlem lives it," a crop of negro
playwrights are expected soon to
make their bow to the negro public.
Several ambitious manuscripts are
now in the possession of Mr.. Lester
Walton, the manager Of the new
theatrical syndicate, and also the
managing editor of the negro news
paper, "The New York Age"
At some near date Mr.. Walton
plans to produce a play by Alexan-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

of bad business set in. TO tempt
very indifferent Harlem bacl. again
the manager decided TO form the
first negro stock company that
should play Broadway attractions.
Finding no black "Trilby" or
Fortune Hunters" ready-made, he
turned to the performers who were
singing aud clogging their way
through colored variety. In two
months time he had gathered and
trained an extremely promising COM
pany Of negro heroes and villains
and leading ladies and ingenues,
with an interesting and steadily ex-
panding repertory.
The repertory at once proved
irresistible to Harlem, the very first
week swelling the Lafayette au-
dience by 5000. Now each night
means a capacity house, and for a
problem play like MADAME X" or
"The Guilty Man." known in this
neighborhood as "dramaclone, ;"
there is no single unoccupied inch
of standing room.
The Players phenomenal success
led recently to the formation of a
negro theatrical syndicate, headed
by 4. P. Brown, a banker, who plans
to send them as soon as possible be-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

within his power. He placed his
hand in the arrangement of ropes
connecting the wheels and the
horses, and twice Private Higgins s
horse won by a third of the course
He was presented with two of the
largest and best dressed dolls, and
lsadore closed for the night, whis.
Ting.
Private Higgins, holding his two
dolls in powerful, loving arms,
started for the Sea Beach line SUBJ
way on the first stage of his jour
ney to Camp Mills.
A painted young lady, of whom
there were never fewer at Coney
Island than now, detached herself
from another like her and moved
to the side of Private Higgins.
"Could I have one Of those dolls?'
she said, wistfully and honestly.
The warrior and doll carrier looked
down at her, into her decorated d
eyes. These were open and long
ing. He gave her the largest and
best dressed doll.
On the Sea Beach line train a
weary young mother was trying to
soothe the temperamental outbursts
of pudgy offspring. The offspring
was more awake than it's parent and
cried with spirit and volume. Sud-
denly the doll swung into it's line
of vision. Its purposeless crying
was ended. 1t had an objective to
attain and manifested this unm;s-
takably.
Private Higgins looked at baby.
mother and doll III rapid succession.
The mother was tired, he saw. Two
tat baby arms were soon wound
round the doll, and Private Hig-
gins had nothing to carry home
to Buffalo except a few German
masks.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
lin Horses Yield to Hearts at Comey

is nothing new about
Coney Island. It's like
IA Boston Common, with no
angle that hasn't been
written about. A Sunday editor
not the one who bought this, nor
one nearly as kind to dumb ami
mals-spoke words to the effect of
the above not so long ago. No,
nc SAID, he couldn't use story
about it. Thanks, anyway; try
again, he added, and cheerfuHy re-
sumed signing rejection slips.
Private Donald Higgins, wearing
a I'd Division insignia on his sleeve
and longing for home in his eyes,
was walking along Surf Avenue,
Coney Island, Saturday night. Pri
vate Higgins had spent twenty-four
months in France and Germany as
part of a large army. He wanted
to go home, now.
1sadore Mendel did not go to war
because he had fiat feet. At first
they were a little cold also, but
they warmed as the war went on
and his friends came in from camps
looking SO healthy and the girls
made such fuss over them. When
he was examined for the draft he
was found to have thirty-third de-
gree flat feet, or pes planus, which
is Latin for them. He was put in
Class l, Group B, limited service.
1sadore sold drygoods for some
one else while the war was on, be-
cause he didn't know when he would
be called. But that foolishness of
letting another profit on your efforts
was soon discarded with the signing
cf the armistice. Isadore went in
business for himself. He dealt in
novelties first. When the summer
season opened he started a horse
racing game at Coney Island.
In this game the players ST. ID
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
A TroHeyHoneynoon

navy and at home for time, bs
hadn't a union card and the most
they offered him was SIS week in
an open shop. Besides, he didn't
want to be that kind of worker.
They were riding on the front oe
car going to Sheepshead Bay when
they were discussing this for the
forty-third time. AS if inspired
they both looked up at the motor.
man.
"Ill do it," he said, confident that
her mind had been with his during
the second following their glance.
She did not object strenuously. 50
the next morning he applied at s.
Clinton Street, where the BROOKLYN
Rapid Transit Company takes on its
help.
He went out as a student motor
man on three trips, was given few
lessons on the mechanics of trolley
car and then left to guide one for
himself.
These are warm nights and their
little fiat on Schenectady Avenue,
near the car barns, is not equipped
with electric fans or flushed with
iced air. Being a new motorman, he
has a night run, and she claims that
she is not only warm but lonesome.
SO hour after hour, night after
night, the rush Of air as the car
skins along and the sense of near
ness to her big man, who handles the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

ONE are the days of negro
II minstrelsy! End men and
interlocutors who once shut
fled their way round the country are
turning into dusky Romeos and
Caesars, not to mention your true
Ethiopian Othellos.
The Lafayette Players herald the
new day. This versatile troupe Of
negroes, starting from Harlem in
the fall, will tour the leading cities
of the North and South, playing
Faust" Madame X" "Trilby,"
"The Fortune Hunter" "Resurrec-
tion," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" !"
THE Rosary" Seven Keys to Bald
pate" and hundred different
dramas, ranging from the classic to
Broadway farce.
Now, night after night, they draw
record breaking crowds to the La
fayette Theatre, at Seventh Avenue
and 131st Street, a corner in the
very heart of New York's populous
colored section. Tragedy in other
sections Of the town may play to
empty houses. In Harlem, the home
of musical shows, Hamlets are still
rare enough to be popular.
In gay Harlem Hamlets are not
born, but made. There is no men,
Der of the Players who hasn't at
some time passed with song, dance or
Jazz over the two-a-day circuits.
= Three years ago every one who
went to the Lafayette tired Of its
perpetual burlesque and colored
vaudeville. An unprecedented run