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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-16
YIELDS MORE THAN see
IL sih Relief Campaign Soiciior BE.
Gin, Second Dat- Of Drjvc

IL aih Rel'rt Campaign SouSrn' ''a'
gin, Second Dat Of Drive
leInrallptn 800 vas coRe,:icd yes
ierday as II result Of the fi1,st days
campaign of the Jewish Relief Carr
pa:gn.: Tie committee il >hslee, of
whica. l.. Ruben is Chairman, feels
@raif:ed over the succa. Is ST tie frs
dav IF the drive.
Today eighteen solicitors are out
engaged in the task of collecting. Up
% / O'clock this afternoon the can
vassers VINO had made their returns
reported considerable success.
L. Euhen, chairman 81 the loca. corr
mi:tee. REQUESTS thai all persons y
whom tie solicitors f.. to cali az t !:
SIND in .hoir contributions to /! re AZ
Rubens's store, 610 King street OF to
!. I. Preston, secreta:S OF the Caanl-
her of Commerce. AS heretol re
Stated the campaign will end Oc:oter
"a and this city's allotment is s. 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-16
"Rat-Snap Beats the Best Trap Ever
Made" Mrs. Emily Shaw Says

"My husband bought 81 trap.
bought a SOC box of RAT-SNAP. The
trap only caught 8 rats but RAT
SNAP killed ~ in a week. Pm never
without RAT-sNAP. Reckon
couldn't raise chicks without it" RAT
SNAP; comes in cakes. Three sizes
25c,T Soc S1.Oo. Sold and guaranteed by
r. E.; Knight and Son.; Alexandria
Mankin's Store, Fails Church. :
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-16
40 sTOp COAL STRIKE
Secretary Wilson Assumes Jurisdic
Z ticn as Mediator and Calls
,Ca.fn-n..a l,nn,crrnn

Conference 10mCrs0"
Washington, oct. L6.-Secretary
of Labor Wilson fanIDuuced last
night that heShad assumed jurisdic-
ton under the law asa mediator Ill
the controversy Sbetweenathe coal
miners ard operators of the Central
competitive fields, which has result
ed IN call by the United Mine
Workers Of America for strike on
November i.
Secretary Wilson said that both
John L. Lewis. acting president oil
the United Mine Workers, and
Thomas F. Brewster, president OF
the Coal Operators Association,
had accepted his. invitation TO con-
fer with him and that the confer
ence would be held here Friday. y,
Iadianapo polls, Ind, Oct. f6.-fhe
CIDER calling all. union bituminous
coal miners CT the country, to; "cease
production of coal at midnight on
Friday, October 81, 1919" was IS
sued from the International head
quarters oil the United Nine Work
ers cf America here at noon yes
terday. The order is signed by.
John L. Lewis, acting president
end WIN. Green, secretary treasurer
Of the miners.
The official strike call permits To-
cal unions to assign "a snfhaent
number of men to remain at work
to insure the proper care and pro;
lection Of all mining properties IN
conformity with the provisions OF
district agreements"
1t also urges that fullest co-ope-
ration be given "the operator ito
prevent injury to property" and
asserts that "under no circumstan-
ICES should this rule be violated or
set aside by local unions"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-16
FIRE KILLS MOTHER AND CHILD

Clarhsburg,;- w. Va. Oct. l5.-Mrs.
Alfonso Muto, wife of Dola coals
miner, and her daughter, Rosa, 2
years old, were killed Sunday night
when Mrs. Muto attempted to start
4. fire with lamp OIL, which exploded
Both were frightfulay burned. The
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-16
SWIFT AND ARMOUR TIED UP
Two Thousand Emloyes on Strike
at Jersey City

at Jersey C!ty
Jersey City, N. j.. Oct. 15-Pack-
ing house plants of Swift and Co..
and Armour and Co., were tied up
here yesterday bv strike of more
than . 900 employees. A closed shop
recognition of the union, and an IN
crease in wages from as 23 cents
to 90 cents an hour are among the
strikers demands. Cancellation Of q
wage agreement made by Fedora!
Judge Alschuler, of Chicago, under
which the men have, been working
and the substitution OF an indie
pendent scale also is demanded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-16

REMEMBER-Y0 can buy choiee
lot in Pcscmcnt fer only SD down
i and SIS per month, thereafter IN
I'll purchase price IS paid. No N
terest or taxes for two years. :.
c. Goodnow Company. 624 King
street. 7'-'l :
For results try a classified ad IN
the Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-16

explosion set fire + lie house. rut
ne:gh5p::s ]. seen ex.::agG-shec tne
flames,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
Governor Smiths Red Herring.

Governor SMITHS notion Of the rel
alive constructive value of legislation
that would free the State from the
cumbersome and unsatisfactory dl-
rect nomination system and legisla-
ton forfother purposes is set forth in
hls remarks on the Walton Fearon
bill to restore the convention system,
with delegates elected by Assembly
districts. The Governor says:
'Such legislation seems to me Of far
less importance at this time than other
problems before the Legislature.
II think the Legislature could employ
its time to better advantage with con-
fectlng the whole people.
81 mean such matters as taxation,
health insurance. minimum wage for
women and children. and the municipal
ownership OF public utilities
Important as legislation affecting
taxation, health insurance, a mini
mum wage for women and children
and municipal ownership OF public
utilities may or may not be-and the
importance Of each measure proposed
depends on what It provides, not the
subject It deals whit cannot be
more important than legislation to
establish fair, honest and effective
system for the selection OF candidates
for public Office. That the electors O!
the State should have IN efficient and
easily workable method to put on the
ballot and thus to put into Office the
men and women they want to enact
| and administer the laws OF the State
Is essential TO the success OF every
other legislative and executive enter.
prise on which they may embark.
Direct primary nominations have
proved a failure in New York, a
nuisance to the electorate, drag on
public progress. To abolish them an
return to the sensible and approved
convention sy stem would further every
wise and benevolent project within
the proper field Of State activities. and
| no subject now before the Legislat arc
! takes precedence of this in "construc.
tive" Importance.
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BLINDED IN THE WAR.
The Number Of Americans Thus Al.
fllcted Is Surprisingly Small.
From "a. Vocational Summary

The number OF American soldiers
blinded in tho war Ia surpr slngly small
According TO Major william Shoemaker,
who vas in charge OF the eye depart
ments IN all the American hospitals in
England and who recently returned 10
his home in Philadelphia after eighteen
months service overseas. there were not
many more than one hundred American
soldiers who lost their sight abroad.
Lieutenant-Colonel Allen Greenwood
OF Boston. who has been senior consult
ing ooulist with the American Expedl-
tionary Forces. said upon his arrival in
New York Saturday, January rs. that OF
the ITO cases OF blindness which had
been treated in Paris. seventy-six have
returned 10 the United States.
Leutenant-Colo James Bordley IS
In charge OF the reeducation OF blinded
soldiers, sailors and marines at Ever
green Hospital, Baltimore. There are at
present 1928 men at Evergreen--two ma
rines. two sailors. two civilians who lost
their sight doing war work. the rest
soldiers. Nine OF these soldiers became
blind from injury or disease los lost
thor sight in foreign service. or this
entire number fitty-five are totally blind.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
Tobacco In CndergrOundland.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Su: Il
Is obvious TO those who use the subway
that the signs prohibiting smoking and
carrying lighted butts are efticaclous.
Many persons who absentmindedly carry
their cigars and cigarettes into the sub
way Immediately dispose OF them when
tho warning in flaming red letters
greets them on their arrival at the
bottom OF the stairs. Tho warning
signs have obviated to considerable
extent the nuisance caused by smoking
and lighted butts,
However. It is apparent 20 many that
legislation is needed to banish another
nuisance now prevalent in the subway
II is undoubtedly the worst nuisance Of
the three. 1t relates to the habit some
men have OF carrying into the cars
with them the stale butts OF cigars It
is wonder that many OF the weaker
sex do not faint, for many times male
passengers have been seen to turn green
after getting a whifr OF the gas gem
Grated by stale cigar butts.
FRESH AIR.
NEW York, February 5.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06

accomplished in nineteen months; yet
only 1S per cent. Of the men between
IS and As were in the service. Eng
land called 90 per cent. of her avail
able men to the colors; the United
States was prepared to do as much,
but II was not necessary. The total
registration under the draft here was
2I,23i ,021; 295,OOO individuals who
failed TO register or to answer calls
are still classed rs deserters. How
many OF these were, the victims OF
ignorance or misunderstanding 1t is
impossible to say, but II Is certain
that there was no successful wide
spread conspiracy to defeat the draft,
nor any serious public sentiment in
opposition to its operation.
An interesting fact revealed by the
Provost Marshal Generals report Is
the comparative economy of the draft.
Each drafted mans Induction into the
army cost S652, while the cost Of en-
listing volunteer was S2S.95. In the
civil war the cost of drafting Il man
was SIT.
Generally and in detail, the report
of the Provost Marshal General bears
out the wisdom Of those who insisted
that selective conscriptlon offered the
safest, surest and fairest method OF
raising an army. No industry was
denudcd Of its men, Z per cent. was
the maximum taken from any trade ;
and the nation obtained splendid
fighting force without unnecessary
dlslocation of its internal affairs or
avoidable impairment of its produc'
tive capacity.
Should an emergency similar to
that which existed in 1917 again con
front the nation, 1t Is certain that
prompt resort would once more be
had to the draft. 1t not only supplied
the men the country had to have
but its workings were satisfactory to
all concerned. No man or group OF
men could feel that injustice was
done to them by Its operation, or that
any other man or group Of men es
capped their just obliga tons TO the
country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06

900 bushels? The more English or
any buying orders are cancelled, OF
course, the higher must go HoovER's
estimate Of the surplus carry over,
the higher correspondIngly must go
the general expert estimate.
And II Europe no longer frantically
needs our surplus of a few hundred
million bushels Of wheat now, less
than three months after the war, in
the name OF sanity what is going to
make Europe. with the war over, with
all the locked up wheat supplies Of the
world ut last released, bid madly for
our surplus wheat Of 1910, when 1t is
going to amount not to mere millions
or tens of millions, but to many hun
drcds Of millions Of bushels?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
More Room at the Ton.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Str: one
OF the advantages OF travelling in Gle
waited trains is that there is no fusslns
over seats. In the subway II three
inches of space appears between two
persons seated some passenger conclude.
that there is room for one more" and
he proceeds to find out II that isn't so.
Result, everybody on the whole line OF
seats must squeeze together and be
made uncomfortable.
But In the elevated cars It's different
As much as six inches OF space can
appear between two persons seated and
yet no one makes an attempt TO PROTEST
himself inta the vacant space. The
spirit in the elevated seems to he. "Oh,
we'll. this isn't the subway What's the
use OF crowding in and making any one
ieel uncomfortable? No. I'll stand"
NEW YoRK, February 8. OVERHEAD.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
JOBS FOR cAVALRYMEN.
Their Training Fits Them to Serve In
State Constabulary Forces.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUs-sir: II
those States not having a State con-
stabulary would adopt this excellent
system of countryside protection. occu-
patton could be found for a large num-
Der Of returning soldiers, especially those
In the cavalry arm of the service.
Wherever this system has been tried
II has been a success, especially In this
State and in Pennsylvania. In rendering
aid to Automobiles meeting with acct
dents in remote regions. in suppressing
burglaries and in keeping a rough and
lawless element under control in sec
lions where there is no adequate police
protection.
Tho State constabulary not only does
police duty. but acts also as FIRST AID
to tho injured. keeps stray cattle on
public highways. RECEIVERS lost or stolen
animals and renders generally excellent
protective service, making farming and
country life more safe and agreeable.
J. u. JAMES.
NEW YORK, February 8.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
MARRIAGE BY MAIL.
Would 1t BE Legal, Even II Permitted
by the War Department.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: I
note in your paper the following:
Under a new ruling by the War De-
partment. American girls may marry
American soldiers on the Rhine by United
States mall.
Is marriage regulated by the laws OF
war. or is 1t a civil contract? II II is
n civil contract and New York girl
marries by mail a soldier on the Rhine,
is the validity Of the marriage deter
mined by the laws OF New York or the
laws in existence on the Rhine?
VIII you kindly inform me when
either our Legislature or any legislature
abroad has passed n law validating
such a marriage?
believe some time ago you stated
that the Secretary OF War was law
yer. II so. do you not wish to alter
your testimony so as to read. Every
body knows but Baker,
SCHUYLER c. CARLTON.
NEW YORK, February 6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
ROOSEVELT IN BRONZE.
New Jersey Has Sites for. Statue
but Why Danish It!

To THE EpfToR OF THE SUN-Sir: \
correspondent OF THE SUN. whose domi
Gle appears to be in Rome. y. Y. has
suggested. in "A spirit of Standardization
that Is beautifully consonant with the
prevalent ideal!sm, that a site be selected
IN a foreign country. namely. New Jer-
sey, for the erection Of q monument 70
the late Theodore Roosevelt.
The location designated Ia a preemi-
nent peak of the Orange Mountains over
looking the peerless city where rs a
young man he first entered the race for
fame that finally swept him into the
chief magistracy e the United States
But why should a resident OF a town on
the site OF historic Fort StaHwix and IL
the beautiful Mohawk Valley wish to
Danish even Il statue of great American
from the State OF his nativity? And why
should even n bronze presentment lie
doomed 10 look. with the wistful eyes OF
hanishment. forever from even so exalted
height as Eagle Rock on the city OF
his triumphs'
When 1t comes TO selecting sites in for
eisn lands, can suggest n more appro-
pirate ono in the Orange Mountains that
my craving for vagrant wandering has
made me familiar with. II is the South
Mountain reservation of Essex Park.
Here IS an ideal location. with a wide
prospect A seeing eye might discern
the historic church at Caldwell. where
militant churchman of the true strip.
OF patriot that Roosevelt admired once
called, rife in hand. on ycomen as
scmbled In dsorderly battle array tC
"give 'em Watts, boys; give 'em Watts
He could see with eyes Of bronze from
this vantage the skyscrapers OF New
York as we'll as he could ''be seen from
the windows OF tall buildings OF New
York day and night"
Then. too, IL he had true vision nj;
bordering gaze would rest on New
Brunswick and Princeton and Trenton
all battle Scared and wrapped in the
mystic haze OF history. Only one Of tn 4
trio OF historic towns has been revival.
lied, baptized TO new fame as the
scholastic birthplace OF the Prophet OF
the New Freedom.
No, s. l.. u, II Theodore Roosevelt
IN bronze Is TO be banished from his ma,
tive State and stand in sculptured pose
anywhere on foreign soil short of q
battlefield of France. let It he, by al
means, on the commanding height o.
South Mountain in the State of New
Jersey. F1NpLAr SAcKErT.
NEW YORK, February s,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
TWO-POWER STARS.
Actors Who Succeed Before the
Screen and Also on the Stage.

| To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--str. In
reply TO tho editorial article in THE Sun
headed Back From the Screen" will
you forgive my saying that the sugges-
. ton that because n man is in pictures
he Is OF necessity bad actor on the
! legitimate stage is very far from being
| a fact?
You were kind enough TO bracket my
name with T.. II. Sothern's. but II your
| statement Is correct that the moving
picture public "scorns e. II. Sothern
and glories In Montagu Love-" then I
cannot help feeling justihably proud Of
, the fact that the New York press. In
GLIDING THE SuN, also gloried in Mon
/ tagu Love when he played j.. II.
Sothern's part in 1915 at the Maxine
, Elliott Theatre in THE Adventures OF
Lady Ursula.
II 1t is regrettably true that the great
| actors you mention were not too success
full on the screen, might there not be
some reason for II? Any picture direc-
! tor will tell you that many big stage
stars come into pictures ridiculing the
1 whole thing, making not the slightest
effort to acquire the technique OF which
the game Is full, and are then surprised
at their lack of success. II this Is true
Of some stage stars, II is equally untrue
Of many legitimate actors.
Five years ago I was under Mr
| Belasco's management with Robert War
wick and Frank Reicher. and We all
had big parts. II seems hardly likely
| that Mr.. Belasco would have three men
/ in one company without brains. ability
or diction, and those same three men
have all made good in pictures. What did
the press say OF Robert Warwick when
| he returned to the stage in Captain
Brassbounds conversion? And what
is Alice Brady doing at the Playhouse
| To take n few names at random. Elliott
Dexter. Conway Tearle, Lou Tellegen.
Theodore Roberts George Fawcett
| David Powell and Elsie Ferguson: are
| these people bad artists on the legiu-
mate stage?
| Your suggestion that the picture bust
ness Is full OF girls with no asset but
their looks may or may not be true. but
since when has It been a disadvantage
Tor girl TO be young on the legitimate
stage? And II the legitimate stage Is SO
far above that sort OF thing, why are
tho managers trying TO get those same
| girls to their fold?
No one is going to suggest that n
part in a picture Is In the same artistic
category as a Shakespearean role. but
il by no means follows that because
some people have failed to do both OF
necessity all OF US must.
| MoSTAGU LOVE
| WEST FORT LEE, y. j.. February 3.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
earth and the machinery Of production,
! and abolish the wage systom"

earth and the machinery Of production,
and abolish the wage systom"
The Industrial Workers Of the
World are as much opposed to trade
unions as anarchists are to govern
ment. But the organization uses trade
unions whenever opportunity presents
to further Its propaganda, as it did
In Lawrence. Mass. in Passaic county,
New Jersey, and in Akron, Ohio.
Wherever disturbances develop be-
tween employers and wage earners,
the Industrial Workers Of the World
send their agents to preach revolu-
/ ton and gain adherents.
How many anarchists there are in
the United States nobody knows, but
before ever the Bolshevlki engaged
attention, laws were necessary to pro-
tect the nation from them. Some Of
these are very stringent, as is the
New York statute penalizing the rent
Ing of a hall for anarchist meetings.
How many parlor anarchists there
| are nobody knows what the number
Of revolutionary socialists wearing
| various labels runs to IS q mystery
Most Of them are without influence.
| are generally regarded rs harmless :;
yet all Of them contribute something
If only little. to the fostering Of dan
gerous and revolutionary theories.
Beyond these, far apart from them
in appearance. but actually not less
pernicious, are those politicians who
inculcate false notions of the power
and functions Of tho Government,
who teach the electorate that the Gov
eminent possesses magic touch that
can make the lazy and incapable equal
| TO the Industrious and efficient, that
an act OF Congress has the efficacy Of
| law OF nature. Some of them are
conscious traders on the innocence Of
uniformed citizens; others are ig-
| norant themselves, without compre-
hension Of the intricate matters they
boldly promise to alter.
OF these there are representatives
from the top to the bottom of the po-
litical establishment, and the inquir-
ers who ferret all Of them out will
eventually find themselves amid sur
! prising surroundings.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT


"Constantinop'e and the Da-dsnrli..
hv Harry {. bstrnnder, at Washington
irving High School. 40 Irving place
Motion pictures
"pelsium. Past and Present" hv Miss
Welsh Harrington, no spon' 0yA years in
Forty second street east OF Third avenue
Stpoopti"on views,
"Nen"alola and Trinidad" personal ex.
n"r'cuc"s 'y Airs. u. C.aire Finusy. At
Public School 40 l26th street and ST
Nicholas avenue. Stereopticon views
"Spinoza. Passion and Reason" hv
WILLIAM nurant Ph,D, nt Public
Feeding Six Million" by the Hon iona
than A, Day, Commissioner ot Markets. AZ
Public school g., Hester. Essex and Nor.
folk streets
THE AnEio-American People in IN.
Making" zone Of course on Anglo.
American Leadership'D. by Miss Grace r
caldwell. at Public School is5. c2s IVES,
Sound and Wave Motion" BY Prof. J.
Loring Armada Phi, u, OF New York Uni.
IcrS!t", at Labor Temple southwest cor.
1er Fourteenth street and Second ayenue
Illustrated by experiments
Art In the tsa 81 Things" by John
Quincy Adams, IN. n, assistant secretary
Art Commission. At Y " II 4 81 Wrst
llOth street. Illustrated b. objects
RRONN
Municipal Ownership" nv Nathan /
Goidsteln, Assistant Corporation Counsel
and musical programme by Miss Elsie sil.
yernan, at Morris !ligh Schoo', l66th
"a Trip Through Mexico" by the Hon
Francis p. Bent, at Public School So
lssth street, Findlay aud Teller avsnues
stsreoptison stswA