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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
'REB' HEARS FROM 'YANK'
CAPTURED IN CIVIL WAR

CCLPEPER, Va, July 1s.-Richard
P. Thrau, one of the very few men
living today with the distinction of
having served in the civil war and
the Spanish-American war, received a
few days ago q letter from r. w.
Rosenberger of Ladora, Iowa, who
served during the war between the
states in Company E. oath Iowa In.
fantry, U. S: A.. stating that he had
lust seen Mr.. Thralrs name among
the list of the Spanish American War
Veterans parading in Washington, D.
c., on May 80.
The Yank was congratulating his
Culpeper friend upon being so hale
and hearty in his advanced years, and
recalling an incident of fifty-six years
ago, when he was shot in the leg and
taken prisoner by Thrall. in the battle
of Champion Hill, Miss.
Mr. Thrall was with Prices army,
Mississippi Division. c. S. A. and was
wounded in the firing line during the
Spanish American war. for which he
is now receiving pension.
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MANASSAS.

MANASSAS. Va, July 19.-Drinkard
Lodge. Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons, entertained at a banquet
Monday evening at Haymarket in
honor of Masonic brethren home from
France. Guests were present from
Haymarket, Catharpin, Manassas,
Culpeper, Warrenton and Fredericks-
burg. Among those who spoke were
w. J. Phillips of Fredericksburg. an
honorary member of Drinkard Lodge,
who presided as POSTMASTER; Judge
Alden Bell of Culpeper. who claims
the distinction of being the Oldest
private in the American expedition
airy forces; George G. Tyler of Ma
nassas; r. w. Hilleary of Warren
ton and Dr. Wade c. Payne OF Hay
market, who served overseas as
lieutenant in the Medical Corps.
Judge C. E. Nicol of Alexandria has
established at Richmond College,
Baptist school at Richmond, Va, a
memorial scholarship in perpetuity IN
memory of his son, Charles Edgar
Nicol. jr., who died April 8. 1918. The
scholarship is to be awarded by the
school to a young man of this county,
which was the birthplace Of young
Nicol. Announcement OF the scholar
ship offered has been made to the
public schools of the county by Dl-
vision Supt Charles r. Mcdonald.
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TAK0MAPARK.

The funds solicited for the trans
forming of the Takoma Park Spring
reservation into an attractive retreat
for it's townspeople aggregates to
date SIS, of which $42 is in cash and
s3s subscribed. as reported to the
ladies' committee interested in this
project. Request was made OF the
council that it match this sum with
an appropriation.
Mrs. Hodge of North Takoma, at a
meeting on July IA, made a personal
appeal that the largest of the reser-
vations in this section of the town,
bounded by Albany. Buffalo and Ia
koma avenues. be cleaned up ana
planned that this reservation in its
present overgrown state, used as a
promiscuous dump, was not only q
menace to health but to public safety.
Her request that the council appro-
pirate the funds necessary for the
improvement met with much sympa-
thy as to the character of her plans,
but as an initial step Mayor Plat
advised that she select assistants and
canvas North Takoma similarly as
had been done in the eastern part OF
the town for the spring park after
which he felt convinced the council
would recognize her efforts with
practical help.
The program for this parks future
development to follow the initial
steps are % the removal of the pres
ent building which now obstructs the
greater portion of the only available
level space. CD the creation of an
open lawn over the level area to be
as large as possible, 60 the creation
Of natural paintings of native shrubs
and wild flowers around the bounda-
ries and ca an improved treatment Of
the springs overflow.
A petition from Richard Irwin,
which requested two electric lights
to be placed on Allegheny avenue, one
in front of his own house and an
other in front of Mr.. Finley's, was
referred to the street committee.
John Meiklejohn, who delivers ice
throughout Takoma, has agreed to
serve the eastern section Of the town
four times a week SO long as the sit
uation warrants. -.-:-,
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HERNDON.

HERNDON. Va. July 19.-At the
Roads Association. Henry X. steele
was chosen secretary. 20 succeed W.
A. Fender, who resigned when he
removed to Washington. T.. Barbour
Hutchinson. president, was in tho
chair Tho subject under discussion
Is the proposed road from Mock s
Corner to connect the Alexandria and
Leesburg pixies, and the other road
from Herndon to Browns Chapel. tho
latter being only a mile longer for
constructing than the proposed road
to Mock's. but reducing the distance
about four miles from Herndon to
Washington.
The sale is reported of the Bassett
Lee property. about one mile from
Herndon Center, to DIR. O. p. Chef
wood, professor of philosophy at the
University of West Virginia. This
sale is not yet confirmed. Mrs. NJ.
A. Cox has sold "the Spindle farm"
near Centerville, and has purchased
the residence and farm of Mrs. Ella
Beach. near Herndon. r. =. Griffith
of Centerville has purchased from Mr..
Carmen. at Dranesville, the residence
and III acres of land for $4,000.
Messrs. Griffith have purchased the
Campbell place of 10S acres. at
Dranesville, for $4,000. g. c. Carr OF
i Gather place. near Herndon. for $4,000.
o. H. Braden has sold his farm OF
| sexenty-seven acres, improved by a
good dwelling and situated at Paeonian
Springs, to G. w. Stone of Logan
county. West Va. A. f. Duncan of
Purcellville has sold to Paxson Kirby
his farm of 17S acres for S21,250
The contract has been let by the
Loudoun county board of supervisors
for the erection of concrete bridge
at Arcola, to be built as soon as pos
sible.
Sergt. Leonard G. Hardy OF Lees
burg, and brother Of Mrs. Herbert
BicksIer. of Herndon. died on board
ship at Hoboken shortly after his
ship was locked. He was stricken
after serving for some time with
American forces in France. SerEt.
Hardy wasstwenty-nine years of age
and is survived by his parents and three
sisters.
Mrs. Pearse Pinch died at her
July IA. after short Illness. She
was the wife of DR.. Pearse'- Pinch,
pastor of the Herndon Congregational
Church, but who resides in Mary
land.
Rev Clayton Terrence of Richmond,
Va, rector OF 81 i lfIlplHS EplSC'pci
Church of Herndon. has arrived with
his family and are occupying Miss
Decker's bungalow. on Grace street.
Miss Matilda +. Decker was hostess
at the July meeting of the Home In
terest Club. when canning and pre-
serving discussions and recipes oc-
cupied the afternoon session. 4.
The Fortnightly Club met Wednes.
day with the president of the club
Mrs. Arthur H. Buell. A round table
talk" of the league of nations was
talk" Of the League of Nations was.
the topic. Interesting and instructive,
talks on the subject have been oetl
cupying the clubs meetings for TIE
past two months. III
J. J. Darlington OF Washington and
Herndon gave a barbecue on July 8
to the Berean Sunday School class Of
Washington, the picnic being held ip.
Darlington's grove. and special trains.
bringing the guests from Washington.
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DRUG HOSPITAL REFUSED.
New York Law Held in Path Of
Rockefeller Foundations Offer

NEW YORK. July 19.-The Rookie
Teller Foundations offer to donate to the
city its war demonstration hospital here
for removal to Warwick Farms, N. T.,
as hospital for drug addicts has been
refused by the board of estate. Bird S.
Coler, commissioner Of charities, OPP
posed the measure because he doubted
the health boards Jurisdiction in any
thing but contagious cases.
The hospital, valued at about $500, 900,
had been sought by Health Commits
sioner Copeland for use in connection
with his anti-narcotic campaign.
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WATER WORKS UNFINISHED.
Brunswick Improvements Held Up
a Month by Shortage of Labor.

FREDERICK, Md, July 1s.-Liabor
shortages and difficulties have de-
layed the completion of Brunswick
new water system at least a month.
Under the terms of the contract the
system was to have been completed
by July !. 1t was stated this week
by the contractors that another
thirty days will be needed to finish
the work.
About rs men. chiefly farm. hands,
were started on the work when the
coyttraet was awarded. Many of the
laborers quit during the harvest
period. With the completion OF the
system which will carry water from
Virginia into Brunswick. tn. towns
water shortage difficulties Will De
virtually solved. But the town coun-
Gil is taking no chances 1t has issued
instructions for the construction Of
a storage reservoir. which shall have
reserve capacity of 100000 gallons:
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mount RAINIER.

MODNT RAINIER, Md, July 10
The nwn council is to meet to con-
siderA number of important matters.
1t is 3probable that preliminary ar
rangements for the annual town car
nival will be discussed.
One of the most brilliant society
events of the season in Prince
GEORGES county was the celebration
by Judge and Mrs. r. Irving Bowie OF
theira silver wedding anniversary a
few evenings ago at their country
homeTin Mellwood district. near Upper
Marlboro. Judge and Mrs. Bowie were
assisted in receiving by their eldest
daughter Miss Louise Bowie, and Rev.
Father Gwynn of South Carolina.
MrE Bowie wore the gown in which
she was married-a rich satin, with
courttrain. 1t was also the wedding
dressaof her mother. Miss Katherine
Merrtck presided at the punch bowl
The s,guests included Rev. A. X.
Gwyun, Greenville, S. c.: Mr.. and Mrs
l. p Scrivener. Miss Stonebreaker
BaltiB ore; Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Wat
son. 1fr. and Mrs. Eugene Roberts
and Hrs. Charles Berry. Mr.. and Mrs.
JULIAN Hall. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence NJ.
Robetfs. Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Bowling,
Mr.. Nd Mrs. NJ Cary McNab, Lieut..
and Mrs Bralnerd, MT ana MIS-.
EuwSf, Mr.. T. +. Cruise, Philadelphia;
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sasscer. Lieut.. and
Mrs. Hihiselin Sasscer, Mr.. T. Van
Clagstt, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Weir,
Mr. and Mrs. F'itzhugh. Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Burroughs. Mr.. ]. NJ. Bowie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Marbury, Mrs.
Hal B. Clagett. Mrs. Jere Berry, Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar McCeney, Mrs. Ben
1am.n Tubman. Miss Tubman. Miss
Gardiner, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hill,
the Misses Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. ". S.
fill Miss May Hill. Miss Minnie
Chew. Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Duvall. Mr..
Tom Magruder, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Heiskell. Miss Heiskell. Miss Alice
Duvall Miss Rhoda Christmas. Misses
Elizabeth, Nora and Ada Hill. Miss
Berry. Miss Anna Brooke, Miss Esther
Brooke, Miss Edith Stanley. Miss
Katherine Brooke. Miss Katherine
Hereford, Miss Marybeth Bowling,
Miss Josephine Roberts. Miss Kelly
Miss Kate Merrick, Miss Rosa Hill
Miss Helen Slingiuff, Messrs. Maynard
Roberts, Richard and Otway Zant-
Finger. Mr.. Christmas, Mr.. Bucheister
Messrs. Hill Sasscer. Francis Hill
John C1agett, Edmund Fairfax, Will.
son and Nalio Bowling. Benjamin Tub.
man and John Gardiner
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Sewers for Front ROYAL.

FRONT ROYAL, Va, July 19.-The
town council of Front Royal has
passed a resolution petitioning Judge
Whiting Of the circuit court for au-
thority to hold a special election on
the question Of issuing sewerage
bonds. There have been several Sc
rious typhoid fever epidemics in
Front Royal in recent years, and
health authorities have concluded that
sanitary sewers Will do much to pre-
vent a recurrence.
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Plan for Danville Convention.

LYNCHBURG. Va. July 19.-Mayor
ficialiy notified Of arrangements for
the next convention Of the Virginia
League Of Municipalities. which is to
be held in Danville September % and
"a. The city government here will be
represented at the convention
Among the speakers to take part
in the discussions will be Frederick A,
Cleveland, Mass; r. H Tucker, chair
man of the industrial commission of
the state and c. E. Ashburner, a for
mer Lynchburger. Gov. Beckett
of North Carolina. has been invited
to discuss the paving laws of North
Carolina.
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MAKE BID FOR HOSPITAL. so
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Lynchburg Baptists Want Church
Institution in Their City.

LYNCHBURG, Va. July 1s.-The
Lynchburg Baptist churches have
launched a movement to locate here
the proposed Baptist hospital. and
committee, consisting of H. H. Har-
ris, w H. wranek. c. Gilbert, c. N.
Hancock, o. B. Barker and Rev. DR..
A. B. Conrad, has been appointed to
secure the institution, if possible.
This committee will present Lynch
burg,s claims to the various asso-
Citations of the state during the sum-
mer and decision will be made at the
meeting of the general association of
the state, which will likely be held
here in November.
The hospital is to be provided for
out of the $75,000.000 fund to be
raised by the Baptist Church of the
Southern States.
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WET WEATHER RETARDING
THRASHING AND FLOWING

BETHESDA, Md.-Throughout this
part of the county thrashing has been
delayed by rainy weather. Farmers
who have started thrashing, however,
report that the wheat crop will not be
as large as was expected. as the heads
are not we'll filled out and the ker-
rels are small. Dry weather at the
time the heads were filling is supposed
to be the cause.
Wet weather also is further inter-
fering with cultivation of corn, which
is seriously in need Of blowing. Many
fields throughout the district are now
too far advanced to be plotted. and
crops from these fields are almost
certain to be short. it is believed.
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SEAT PLEASANT.

SEAT PLEASANT, Md, July 49,
William N. Fisher of Seat Pleasant
district and DR.. George E. Lancaster
of Bowie, have announced that they
are candidates for the house of dele
gates. Both are in the field on the re-
publican ticket Mr.. Fisher is at pres
emit a member of the legislature DR..
ancaster has been discharged from
the authorization point at Camp
Stuart. Newport News, Va, where he
was engaged in hospital work. !. Al
Heron also is out on the republican
ticket. Democratic candidates formal
" announced are Louis F. Litz, Seat
PLEASANT district; ]. e. Coffren;. MARI.
boro district and William H. Anglin
of Hyattsville.
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Realty Deal Near Culpeper.

CULPEPER, Va, July 1s.-The
United Realty Company sold at public
auction last Saturday the Fairview
Dairy Farm. formerly owned by
Harry g. Smith. This farm, situated
just out of the corporate limits and
on the RixeyviIle macadam road. was
divided into many building lots and
has a good prospect OF becoming q
pretty suburb. The ball park, q part
of the original tract, was purchased
by John w. Yowell
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To Build 80 Miles Of Soil Road.

LYNCHBURG, Va. July 19.-Con
tract has been let for the construc-
ton of approximately 80 miles Of
soil road in the lower end of Camp
bell county. The Improvement is to
cost $4,000; work to be started in
80 days and completed within a year.
The low bidder was the firm of Bat
tershire & Good. There were two
other bidders. The bids were opened
at the division office of the state
highway commission here
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Gift Of $1,000 as Thanksgiving.

LYNCHBURG. Va, July 80. B.
Barker, who has recently recovered
his health after long illness fol-
lowing an operation. has given $4,000
to the College Hill Baptist Church, of
which he is member and deacon,
and which he is pleased to designate
"as a Thanksgiving" for his recovery
The gift is to be applied to the
debt on College Hill church and now
an effort is to be made to secure
$500 to entirely liquidate the debt
on tho building.
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ITALIAN WARsHIP COMING.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-The italian
dreadnaught Conte di Cavour, with a
number of high officials of the Italian
navy. will visit the eastern. ports of
the United States within a few weeks.
according to cable message received
today by the Italian bureau of In
formation. The visit is said to be
merely a friendly one and to have no
political significance.
The Conte di Cavour is expected to
arrive at Boston, its first port of call.
before the end of the month. The
battleship was formerly the flagship
of the Duke OF the Abruzzt
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Memorial to Service Men Halted.

LYNCHBURG, Va, July 19.-Pre-
liminary work on the local memorial
to men who saw service in the late
war has been stopped by the refusal
Of the city council to appropriate
$500 to be used by the memorial asso-
citation to secure expert advice. The
association had invited John holland.
Cambridge, Mass, to come here next
week, but the visit has been deferred
by the act of the council.
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Fire Destroys Barn in Frederick.

FREDERICK. Nd, July 1s.-Struck
by lightning early Tuesday morning
the barn on the farm of Clark D.
Routzahn. near Jefferson, this county,
was destroyed. The loss will be about
$4,000. The entire wheat crop, to-
gether with hay and oats, was de-
stroyed. The crop loss is about
$4,000.
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Title Taken for Branch Store Site,

BALTIMORE. July 19.-Daniel Il.
Casley of Washington, yesterday took
title to the lot on Eutaw street near
Lexington market which. at the time
of the sale, was announced had been
bought by the Old Dutch Market or
Washington. with the intention of
opening a branch store in this city.
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WILL HONOR WAR CHIEFS.
Cambridge, England, to Confer De
prees on pershinp and Others.

LONDON, July 19.-Cambridge Uni
versity has decided to confer hon
orary degrees on Gen. Pershing, the
American commander; Gen. Sir Arthur
Currie. the Canadian commander,
and other war chiefs The ceremony
of presentation will take place next
Wednesday.
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Winesap Apples, SIS a Barrel.

LYNCHBURG. Va. July 19-Early
sales of winesap apples for the COM
ing crop show that the price has
started at IS a. barrel in the orchard
for one crop and Sc for another, these
sales being for Nos. and 2. It is
believed that the price will be 81 by
December.
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Woodmen of the World Re.Elect.

CHICAGO, July 19.-All the officers
Of the Sovereign Camp were re-elect-
ed today in the session of the SOW
ereign convention Of the Woodmen
of the World and the Supreme Wood
men Circle meeting here
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Samuel v. Doll Dies of PARALYSIS.

FREDERICK, Md. July 1s.ASamuel
v. Doll. the last surviving member of
a prominent western Maryland family,
died at the Frederick City Hospital
on Tuesday night after q long iIiness
Of paralysis He was seventy
years old,
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Would Vote on City Manager Plan.

LYNCHBURG, Va, July 1s-The
City Manager Association mas started
out here ito secure 1000 signers to
sthe petition asking for an election
for the. adoption or rejection O. the
city manager form of government for
Lynchburg. The larger industrial
plants have been districted and COM
mittees will canvass these for sig
natures to the petition. There is
adopt the new form of government.
It is expected that the special cleo
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Good Coal in Sight.

Mining engineers have been work
Ing at the old Midlothian mines. fif-
teen miles from this city, for several
weeks. There is an abundance of
good steam coal to be found, the en-
gineers reporting that there are fifty
millions of tons in sight.
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LABOR SHORTAGE IS
FELT IN BALTIMORE
Female Help Which Left
Factories for Offices During
War Fail to Return.

BALTIMORE, July ia shortage
of labor here is seriously Threatening
number of local industries. This
is particularly true Of the factories
in which female labor is indispens-
able, and is effectively demonstrated
by the action of one of the largest
straw hat factories, which this week
sent out letters to its selling star of
more than % men instructing them
to discontinue soliciting any more or
ders for 1920.
cit is not question Of getting ma
terials and trimmings" said the man
ager of this particular plant. TT is
altogether question of production.
We cannot get the help
1.-THE sewing of the straw hat, upon
which it's looks and shape depend"
said the manager of another hat fac
tory, "is done entirely by female help,
and we can't get the help. We are
planning to make an aggressive drive
for learners, and these learners will
be paid as large a salary during that
period as the skilled operator earned
in pTe-war times. But it takes a
year for girl to become skilled
sewer Of straw hats, so that the 1920
trade will not be benefited by the in
will not be benefited by the in
creased force, should we be able to
increase our force through the pro-
posed drive.
Lack of Female Labor.
while the girls in this line always
made good wages" he continued.
when the war broke out and thou
sands of men were drafted into service
the offices drafted the girls from the
industrial plants, and now thGE don't
want to go back into Industrial plant
work. With 100 per cent capacity
and with orders pouring in upon US
we cannot figure upon more than SIS
to 60 per cent production. simply be-
cause we haven't the female labor"
The large orders which are being
rec wed by the straw hat manufac-
turers of the city indicate that dur
ing the period of the war retailers
SAILED close to shore" or pursued
what in the vernacular of the trade
is called a "hand-to-mouth" buying
policy. Manufacturers were content
with this policy. as the ranks of their
workers had been depleted by the ex-
igencies of the war.
When the first hot spell came in
May last, however. retailers found
themselves short of straw hats, with
the result that the shelves of manu-
facturers and jobbers were cleaned
out.
1t is apparent that retailers all
over the country realize that the
Army will have been reduced to a
peace basis by next summer and that
the large majority of the millions of
men who were in France in the sum-
mer of 1919 will buy straw hats free
ly in the summer of 1920, by which
time the novelty of once more being
in ."civies" will not have worn Off
Coupled with this fact, the retailer
has the knowledge of the scarcity of
female labor which is curtailing pro-
duction.
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Truitt Found Guilty of Assault,

Special Correspondence of The Sunday star.
SALISBURY, Nd, July 1a.-Thc trial
of Gerald Truitt, charged with as
sault upon Deputy Auto COMMISSIONS
James Blaine Messick. took place to
day before Magistrate Turner. Trutif
was convicted and was fined $50 and
costs. Mr.. Messick was able to leave
the hospital yesterday. He showed
evidence Of the affair, which occurred
near Pittsville few days ago.
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So Rounded Up in Health Crusade

F'ifty-eight persons were rounded up
in two raids which federal public
health officers made on hotels. room
ing houses and boarding houses.
Delegations are coming here almost
every day to lodge protests against
the location of the roads as suggested
by the legislative committee of the
good roads association. The fact is
that the state is already committed
to location of the national high
ways, and it is not thought changes
of consequence can or will be made.
One of the changes demanded is that
the road from here to West Point.
thence on to Gloucester Point. off
Yorktown. shall be diverted SO that
the ferries between here and West
Point. on the proposed BarhamSville
route, shall he avoided, the road to go
by King William courthouse.