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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
THE MERCHANT MARINE
Organization Would Place the Stars
and Stripes at Every Port in the
World-Only Americans viii be Ad-
mitted to Membership.

An organization which has for II
object tie placing of the Stars snc
Stripes in every part Of the wo:lt
was +ormed yesterday as result o.
conference held under auspices Of
the Slipping Board.
Shipping interests in all parts c1
he nation are represented in the ncH
organization. which is to lie called
he National Merchant Marine Asso-
.iatioa. Membership is limited tc
American citizens. It's platform is to
build UP and extend the American
merchant marine, which found re-
birth in the war.
Opposition to the new organization
manifested itself on the part Of GER
ain officials, headed by Rear Admi-
al Francis Bowes. who has charge
If the work Of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation at Hog 1slnad.
Admiral Bowes, in heated ad-
lress, declared that the association
represents not the people of the
United States. but the shipping ia-
erets. ard that what is really neod-
ID is an organization that will speak
ior the nation.
Over the opposition of Admiral
2owles, who sought to have tabled
nc motion establishing the associa-
ion, resolution of organization were
,dopted R. Goodwin Rhett, of
Charleston, S. c.. first president of
he United States Chamber Of Com
nerce, was selected president. Win
hrop l.. Marvin, of Boston, was
elected secretary. a council of
hirty members will govern the or
yanization.
The motion establishing the ass0-
,iation was made by j. Parker Kir-
lin. New York admiralty lawyer,
Who served as chairman of the cr-
raniZa.ior committee.
The rev organization enters The
ieldr as frankly in favor of the sale
If the ships built and building ry-
he Stripping Board and Emergency
Elect Corporation to private inter
,sts. Eh'cYts will be made. it is gin
ed, to obtain from Congress legiS-
alton under which the American
merchant marine may develop faT-
)rably.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
OLD JOBS AWAIT EMPLOYEES
OF SWIFT AND COMPANY

Old jobs for men returning from
national service, with prevailing rates
of pay, is the rule which IS rapid!y'
bringing back former employees o.
Swift & Company who have been
wearing uniforms since the United
States entered the world war.
The work Of reinstating men has
been given a flying start as the re
suit of the announcement made b.
Louis +. Swift president OF the COM
pany, that all of the T.434 men who
answered the call to arms would find
their old jobs waiting for them as soaa
as they are ready 10 resume work
after receiving their discharge.
Several hundred men have already
been reinstated. Of this number, ,
have returned to the Alexandria
branch and three more are expected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
STRIKE IMMINENT
President of w. r. & E. CO.. Refuses
IN Recognize Union.

Flat refusal by President W. +.
Ham, Of the Washington Railway
md Electric Company, to sign TIE
contract presented by a committee
Of it's union employees. which wer@
swc!led to more than 700 in nunlh":
~ 123 new accessions to the union
IN the last twenty-four hours. was
reported by the committee to the
mass reeting at Walters Hall, SiN7h
near & street northwest. last night.
The meeting was attended by Ninety
per cent of he employees OF the en-
tire system of the company, all Il
whom are now members of Division
$50, Aralgamated Association CT
Stree; and Electric Railway En-
ployes of America. At ] O'Clock this
morning the question of calling a
strike had not been voted upon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
BUTTER DROPS IN PRICE
Decreased Government and Foreign
Demand ParalyZes Market

decreased Government and Foreign
F: Demand ParalyZes Market
! Chicago. Jan. 24.-Butter dropped
+ cents a pound yesterday wholesale.
This makes total fall of ID cents
pound in less than two weeks.
Wholesale trade in butter was de-
;cribed as not merely denoralized
,ut paralyzed. Demand, both for
ign and domestic, was almost at the
.ero point. Stoppage of government
md foreign buying as result OF
heap supplies abroad, especially
from Australia and South America
;tarted the decline. Excessive high
orices in the domestic trade did the
lest.
San Francisco. Jan. 24.-Butter
dropped to 80 cents wholesale on the
ocal market yesterday. decline of
cents since yesterday and 10 cents
since the first of the week. The break
in the market is attributed to the
large receipts and the few outside
calls for the product.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
IN MEMORIAM

In sad bat loving memory of our
baby and only boy, Landon BreEt
Morgan, aged > years, who left Tor
his eternal home just 3 months ago
today.
God called him home in the bloom Of
health.
Gave him place Of eternal wealth,
Il left scar upon my heart
That all through life will nc'er dc
part.
From infancy he loved the Lord,
And loved the reading of his wcrd
His evening prayer was always sad
Fer he tumbled into bed.
Dear Landon, thou are resting no.:
The cold. cold earth across thy
brow.
I realize through tears and pain,
My. loss was his eternal gain,
BY his mother,
Mrs. Edward Morgan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
GRAND THEATRE

Women who are approaching the
meridian of life and dread fhe
thoughts Of gray hair and wrinkles
will be interested in "A Mothers
Secret" which will be seen at The
Grand Theatre tomorrow, because the
photoplay t. a large degree gives tie
solution of overcoming the bugaboo.
1t is regular lecture to women on
"the way to keep youthful" and the
advice is buil:' around the character
of a woman who visualizes the part
of the mother of Ella Hall, the std1
of the production. -
A Keystone comedy also will be
shown -;r,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
SAW FEET UNDER BED
Man of the House Extracted Their
Owners Who at Once At
tackled Him

New York, Jan. pa pair o
shoes. inside of which the feet Of ;
stranger protruding from under
meath the bed where his two childre,
we're asleep, met the gaze of J. Les
.er Feiman. a lawyer, Of this city
when he returned home with hi:
wife. He tried 20 extract the stran.
ger from under the sleeping place o
lis daughters, Florence, years old
and Amy. Z. 'who had been left or
The second floor.
"Don't shoot answered husk,
voice, as Fieman pulled at the feet
III come out"
"Don't be afraid" answered Fie-
man. II have no revolver and yol
will be safe if you surrender" as
serted the attorney.
Mr.. F.eman realized the mistak>
eh MADE in declaring an armistice
when the man crawled from unde'
he bed and attacked him. There wa:
wrestling match, but the scream:
Of the awakened children and Mrs
Fieman warned the intruder to make
his escape. He ran from the apart.
ment after he threw Mr.. Fieman to
The floor, but in the darkness he
missed 'he front entrance to the
ho.se anu IAN into the cellar.
Mr.. iFeman followed until he saw
The man 60 into the dark cellar. He
then locked the door and shouted t.
his wife tc telephone to the police
Mrs. Fieman called police headquar-
:ers. The police searched the cellar
and finally outsted a bedragglec
figure from a dark corner. He held
his hands high above his head anc
shouted: 'Kamerad."
In the West SiXtyeighth Street
Station the prisoner said he was
Robert Scott, % years old, of the
Eighth Avenue Hotel. He was
char ged with burglary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
CHILD SHOT TO De ATH
Sam Maddox Charged With Killing
Baby. Wounding Mother.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 24.-As a re,
suit of quarrel with her husband
in their room shortly after o'clock
yesterday morning, the seven-months
old baby of Mrs. Sam Maddox is
dead and the mother lies seriously
wounded in the city hospital. The
child was killed while nursing at its
mothers breast. The bullet entered
the mothers side and ploughed
through the baby's eyes into its
brain.
Maddox is lodged in cell at the
police station and continually raves
over the murder of his baby. 1t is
said the father had been drinking
heavily.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
TO FIX BLAME FOR WAR
Special Commission to Probe Culpa-
bility From the Kaiser Down.

billty From the kaIser DOWN.
Paris, Jan. 24.-Punishment fol
.he Kaiser and his associates was
formally taken up by the supreme
war council Yesterday
The hclief prevailed in certain
quarters that the council will adopt
some form of the program suggest
I'd by the American delegation IL
his neutrality-suspicious. of Il spt-
,ial commission TO investigate thor
oughly the culpability of all those
responsible for the war, from the
Kaiser down, so that none might
escape.
1t was expected that the various
forms Of punishment to be meted
out will be taken Up simultaneously.
that nothing may be overlooked IN
the way Of affording warning foi
future potential war markers.
In connection with the discussion
If responsibility and punishment f7r
individuals, the penalty for The Ger
man nation was also considered. i
S now accepted that indemnitie5
will be limited to reparation Fer
lama ges, but the huge sum these
IRE expected to amount to will con-
,titute an additional penalty, never
.hcless.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
ITALY AND JUGO-SLAVS

Italy will concede Fiume to the
Juro. Slavs, but will insist upon su-
premacy IN the Adriatic, it is learned
in dipicr,atic circles in Washington.
Italian diplomats are inclined 70
deny allegations, that Italy seeks
control cf the foreign commerce OF
Jupo -Slavia. The Slavs are being
provided with ample seaport faclli-
lies, they assert, and will be assured
full economic guarantees by the
peace conference.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
ADDRESSES MASONS

Representative Marvin Jones, of
Texas. last night delivered an in
.eresting address on his experiences
IN the battlefclds OF Europe before
he members of Alexandria-Wa shing-
on Lodge If Masons.
He told of conditions rs he found
hem in France and reviewed the
work to be accomplished in this
ountry after peace has been de-
Jared. especially in relation to the
.coromic and industrial life
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
NGOMAR-Constance Talmadge

"sauce for the Goose" which is the
attraction tonight at the Ingomar. Is
part of an old proverb. but the latest
picture, in which Lewis J. Selznick
n-esents Constance Talmadge, and
which takes It's name from the old
nroverb. is filed with brand new sit
nations of laueh-provoking nature.
The dl;1n laughs follow so fast that they
trim one another UP, for Constance
Talmadge. with her ready smile
beauty. and genius for comedy. come:
to the screen in a very fine performi
| ance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
WIFE FOLLOWS HUSBAND
Five Small Children in Spotsylvania
County Made Homeless by
Influenza.

Fredericksburg, Va, Jan. "a
Mrs. Eddie NJ. Orrock died at her
home in Spotsylvania county, near
this city, Wednesday afternoon while
the funeral of her husband was taking
place. Mr.. Orrock died Monday OF
pneumonia and his wife contracted
the same disease. In both cases the
disease developed from influenza
Five small children survive their par
ents. Several of these are i'll with
Influenza.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

In sad but loving memory OF my
devoted son, James T. Smith. Jr.,
who died one year ago today, Janu-
ary "a, 1918.
The last farewell was spoken
One year ago today.
lIv heart was almost broken
When my loved one passed away
T often sit and think of him
When I am all alone,
For memory is the only thing
THAI. grief can call its own.
I sat beside his dying bed
And sew his life depart,
And when saw that he was dead
It almost broke my heart.
By his devoted mother,
Mrs. Addie A. Smith
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
Alexandria, Va, January 18th, 1919
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as executor Of the
estate of Douglass Stuart, deceased,
all persons indebted to the estate, are
reouested to make prompt settle
ment, and all persons to whom the
estate may be indebted are requested
70 present their claims properly au-
rhenticated for payment.
EUGENE B. TAYLOR,
Executor, Douglass Stuart, deceas
al 1870
eu. raftfH3 10 ros-y,.. 4ggfs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
CARD OF THAMES

The members of the Temple Sister
hood wish to thank the merchants o.
Alexandria for their donations e.
prizes and al who contributed TO the
success Of our auchre party.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
NOTICE

Mr.. William Jannett, of the Vir-
einia Shipbuiiding Corporation, Will
address the Baraca Class at the tIrzS
Raatisr Church Sunday, January %,
1919, at $50 a. NJ. All members are
req1ested to be present and their
friends.
2l-2t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
HONORED By FRANCE

DR.. and Mrs. Arthur Snowden have
hoen notified that the Fren,h gov
ernment has conferred the coveted
croix de guerre upon their son, Mr.
Windsor snowden, of the ambulance
CORPS for distinguished bravery lr
action on October II and Is.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
LNSF AND FOUND

LOST-Gold open faced Elgin watch
lost sometime this morning. Finder
VIII please phone No. 81. Reward
for return.
2i-1t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
HELP WANTED

WANTED-One experienced sales
man and two sales ladies wanted
at once. Apply to W. 7. Farley,
$40 King street.
2l-tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

WANTED-Experienced mattresses.
Good pay. Apply Monticello Cafe,
8O7 King street.
lS-tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
The FLU !. SITUATION
Decrease of Ten Cases This Week as
Compared With Preceding Week.
Not Over 100 Cases in City.--No
Cause for Alarm.
Cause for Alarm.

Although there are approximately
100 cases of influenza existing in this
city at present there is absolutely
no occasion for alarm as the dis
ease has not assumed the proportions
of an epidemic according to local
health officials.
During the past week the number OF
cases has shown slight decrease and
with cold weather conditions prevail
ing it is believed that a further de.
crease will be shown when reports
received from the physicians are CONT
piled at the close of the present week!
The total number of cases reported
as existing in the city last week were
eighty-four and the week previous q
total of ninety-four cases were re-
ported or decrease of ten.
In view of the fact that many of
the patients i'll with the disease are
rapidly ctnvalescing and many have
entirely recovered it is not believed
that at the present time there are:
more han 100 cases in the city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

For Sale Cheap Hobart electric
coffee mill; l National cash register
paper bale. (iga procD, will bail
l25 lbs; l Ford truck body and
wind shield all complete. ready 20
put on Ford chassis. Apply to l..
Glassman, $50 North Henry street,
Alexandria. Phone 375-J. 2l2t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
LAST RITES FOR MRS. DElk E

The funeral of Mrs. Anna Maria
Deike took place this afternoon at
$3.50 O'Clock from the residence OF her
daughter. Mrs. H. P. Wilson, Holm
Hall, Fairfax county. Services were
conducted by Rev. Carl j. Goette, pas
tor of the Immanuel Lutheran Church
Burial was in the Presbyterian ceme-
terry.
Pallbearers were Representative c.
c. Carlin, Judge L. c. Barley, ]. NJ
Duncan. !. Frank Carlin. Frederick
P. Russell and F. H. Wilkinson, OF
Fairfax county.
For half a century the deceased
lived in Oakland, Cal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

The ladies OF the Temple Sister
hood extend many thanks to all who
helped to make their euchre held
"Wednesday night success.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

WANTED-Laborers, white and col.
ored. Highest wages. Either day
vr .,ight work. Apply to Virgiuis
Shipbuilding Corporations Repre-
sentative, u. S. Employment Ser
ice, Posss Office Building, AieXaE-
dria. Virgins. 214-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

MANAGER wanted for lGnchroom
good wages paid to right party. Ar
p.y New Southland Hotel, Alssea-
dria. Va. 2Gs-G
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
NEWS IN BRIEF

Mrs. Charles Phillips, formerly Ct
this city, but now Of Purcellvllle,
Va, is visiting Mrs. Robert l.. Hunt-
ington; in Cameron street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
WARSHIP HITS NINE
Torpedoboat 325 is Sunk: IS of the
Crew Are Missing.

Crew Are Missing.
Paris. Jan. 24.-The French tor
nedoboat No. 325 has struck a mine
and sunk eff the coast of Tunis.
Eighteen men of the crew are miss
ing.
Torpedoboat No. 325 was launched
in 1906. The vessel was 122 feet long
and had speed of 26 knots an hour
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

COOK. wanted naie or female; good
wages. apply New Southland
Hotel. Alexandria. W. 2O0-t'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
FOR SALE

FOR SALE--Dodson kitchenette
range, perfect condition, for sale.
Address P. 0. Box Sc, Alexandria.
2l-it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

Rooms For Rent-One furnished room
well heated and modern convent
ences. Apply at 1920 Queen street.
1876.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
ROOMS FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Two large furnished
house keeping yocms. elocof!"
lights, 2p2 King street, Mrs. Ncttle
Harris.
20-2t,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

Mr.. Newell S. Greenaway, clerk OF
the courts, is confined to his home,
PA North Columbus street, suffering
from severe cold.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

The military police of the city have
moved their headquarters from III
North Columbus street to the second
floor of the Ingomar Theatre on King
between Washington and st. Asaph
streets. !:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

FOR SALE-Ford touring car; cheap.
if sold at once. y. T. Bauckman
St. Elmo, Postotfce, Potomac, Va.
20-2t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to our rela-
tives ana friends for their kind SYM
pathy and beautiful floral tributes
at the death Of my brother, George
W. Bond.
Keehle Bond and family
gilt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24
GLASS TO QUIT COMMITTEE
w r. Hollister May Become Nation
al Democratic Secretary

Secretary Glass said yesterday ne
would resign as secretary Of the Dem
ocra.;c national committee, and prob
,hIv would be succeeded By ". R.
uolliStar. of Missouri. now assistant
secretary.
Homer S. Cummings. vice chairman
Of the committee, who is expected 10
become chairman, conferred g2o92i yesterday
with Mr.. Glass. a.c ,
Norfolk Salt water oysters and
river oysters. JACOB BRILL, Foot OF
K;no etreet 20-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

The district quarterly meeting will
be held at the Free Methodist Church
beginning tonight. Rev. L. H. Kelley
pastor, invites all persons to attend
The preachers for this district and the
district elder, Rev. Edward NJ. Sandys:
will be present and do the preaching
Services tonight will be at 80 O'CLOCK
Saturday 10 80 a. M, and 7.3O p. M:
Sunday, 1870 a. M, $50 p. M.
and 7.30 p. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

"The kaiser's Finish" today and
tomorrow at the Richmond. Dom
miss it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

ot .sThe kaiser's Finish" today ant
Tomorrow at the Richmond. Don
miss il.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

Sergt. Robert Webber, who recent!
" returned from overseas, and who
is now stationed at the Camp Meade
Hospital. is spending few days as
the guest of his mother, Mrs. f. W;
Phillip, 331 North St. Asaph street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

"The kaiser's Finish" today and
tomorrow at the Richmond. Don't
miss it
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

Mr.. Charles Bendheim, who since
early in February has been in New
York state on business for the gov
ernment, has returned home. Mr.
Bendehim is conciliator of the De-
partmeni of Labor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

In the account published yesterday
of the dedication of the hut at Camp
Humphreys Sunday afternoon by the
Jewish Welfare Board the name of
Mrs. Robert P. Whitestone was in
advertartly omitted from the reeep-
tion committee. Dr. Samuel Gerson
is in charge of the personal service
cases and not DR.. Gersh as was sta
ted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-24

Owing to the lack of quorum
there was no meeting Of the agricul-
tural committee of the Chamber of
Commerce last night. A meeting OF
the civic bureau of that organization
will be held Monday night.
The Winslow mail., 1919-05-30
WRONG IDEA OF GREATNESS
BY No Means Always Achieved by
Those Who Have Made a Big
Noise In the World.

We make bold to say that there is a
general misconception in the minds of
people throughout the world aa to
what really constitutes a great life.
Unless a man or woman has been
In the public view with whatever serv-
Ice was rendered, unless his or her
picture has been In newspapers and
books. unless In short, they have
made noise," we do not consider
that the lives they led were great lives.
This is not only harmful miscon-
ception 1t is mistake and its conse-
quences are. from a moral point of
view. extremely vicious.
Suppose you are walking in the fields
or In the forests and you come across
strange kind of bug or insect. You
are curious to know what Ii is. Well.
you can secure a book In almost any
public library that will tell you Just
what you want to know. That book
was written and compiled by some
man who did nothing his whole life
long but study bugs, catalogung them.
learning their tribe and origin and the
habits of their existence.
Other men have spent their lives in
equally humble capacities, but adding
always to the worlds sum of knOwl-
edge. The drug that soothes your pain.
the spectacles by which you renew
your worn-out eyes. the fire you cook
with and that warns you-these and
millions other of your blessings and
delights were wormed out of natures
secret storehouses for you by patient
students whose names you do not
know.
These are the great lives. These are
the lives that have blessed the lives
Of all who followed after them. And
the men and women who led such
lives were great people though they
went down to their graves unhonored
and unsung.