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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06
Auction Sale

Public sale of Holstcins at Rock
bridge Dairy Farm Wednesday, De-
cember Is Grain or shinel. on tn
far moi David y. Rust, Jr., located
three miles east Of Lecsburg, Lou
doun county, on the Washington
LeeSburg Pike and being on Goose
Creek, ten minutes walk from Conn
pher Station on the Washington and
Old Dominion Railway. Car leaves
Alexandria at 7:10 a. M. arriving al
$50 o'clock. Will be met. Having
decided to discontinue darvin% | vi,
offer at public auction on above
date and place without reservation
my entire herd Of milking Holsteins.
so head, IL head registered animals,
81 head high grade COWS. The ma
iority of these animals have been
bred and developed right on tn
farm ard were sired by such noted
bulls as King OF Butter Boy,
Kings Son and Soldiers Home Wood
crest Tchee These COWS are. all
young straight and sound and have
rover been forced in dairy. but SIM
ply run or blue grass pasture in
SIMMER and consumed the roughagc
az the farm in winter with little
grain fed Consequently they WI
respond Immediately to heavy feed
ing. Some are fresh now milking
we'll and quite a number due within
thirty to sixty days. All bred to fIna
registered bull. The grades are we'll
marked and will make valuabi"
addition to any herd. The pure hrcds
carry some Of the best blood Of the
breed. The COWS have just passed.
the annual Federal test and health
certificates can be issued for ship
mcnt to AIRY stat" in the union. Thu
herd IS considered to be on ono of the
best in Northern Virginia.
Terms Of sale. Three per cent eff
fur cash or a nine months note with
satisfactory Endorsement.
Lunch served on grounds.
David y. Rust, j.. .ownc". 100
H Street. Northwest, Washington,
D. c.
C. II. Rice, sales manager.
A. B. Bullock, hcrdsman.
r. d. Woolf. auctionecr.
2s6-1lc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06
rNGOMAR THEATRE

Douglas Fairbanks in "Thc Matr:
maniac" 1t tie Ingomar Thcatcr t.
night makes whirlwind campaign
to overcome the objections Of his
sweetheart's father. The objections
are seemingly Observation-Disclosures
Fairbanks in his characteristic way
dashcS by all obstacles. His advcn-
cures and acrcbatics fairly take ones
breath away. The action is furious
~ fast ard at times screamingly
funny.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06
Stays HIMSELF
CORONER'S JURY VERDICT

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 6.-Alfred R.
Harrell, president of the Atlanta
Wholesale Jewelry Company, and
prominent in Atlanta's social life
committed suicide by shooting HIM
self, according to the coroner's jury,
which late Saturday completed it's
investigation.
Mr.. Harrell was found dead in the
stockroom of his Offices here, short
" after arriving at the Offices Sat
urday morning. Testimony at the
inquest was that he had been in i'll
health and Respondent for scme time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06
FRANCE TO TAKE POTASH
MINES FROM GERMANS

Paris, Dee. G.-The potash de-
posts in Alsacc, formerly belonging
to the Germans, will be taken over
by the French government.
This action was made certain af-
ter the agriculture commission of
the Senate demanded an appropria-
tier of 100000 franc credit in
order to purchase the present hold
ingS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06

dian, "The Last of the Monicans,'
will be the attraction at the Rich
n,ond Theater today and tomorrow.
A production OF tremendous AID
iprcc attraction p.w.r that will be
recognized as the master work Of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06

have made arrangements already to
have their applications filed at Al
bany for participation in the State
bonus
They are in a hurry to get their
share because they are in the death
house at Sing Sing. Odell was COLI
victed of murder in Rochester and
Nichols Of the murder of Samuel
Wolchock, stationer in Brooklyn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06
AUCTION SALE

On Thursday, December l6. 1920.
at IL a. M, west front of Market
House.
The three story brick building
x-itah!c for store and dwelling, sit
uatrd No. l0l and log South Fairfax
street.
In" story brick dwelling sit hated
No. -! Duke street. A comfortable
nice hom". in good neighbcrhood.
Ihrr2 lots west side Faycttc. BE-
tween Wythc and Madison streets.
Laurence Stablcr, ll5 Prince St
29O-9t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06
RICHMOND THEATRE

a faithful picture reproduction OF
a classic known to and loved by mil
lions-James Fenimore Cooper's i'm
mortal romance of the American In
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06
Tourneur.

master-Maurice Tourneur.
..Thc Last of the Mohicans" has
every element of the big picture
rapid movement, suspense, love IN
terest, gigantic and beautiful sets
and a punch in every foot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06

HOUSES FOR RENT-Six, five, and
three room houses, also four room
apartments in East Rosemont'
These have all modern improve
ments. Sewers, gas. city water
and electric llshts Apply General
Realty Corporation, TO King St.
Phone 926. 2so-3c
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FOR SALE-If you have been look
in" for real bargain in home
WE have it low. The owner adj
vises us that circumstances are such
that he MUST SELL. His loss IS
your gain. See US today if you
arc interested in securing home
at a bargain price F. c. Coed
now Company, 7l9 King street.
Phone 926. 2S8-3c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06

FOR SALE-One new process oil
cook stove, 3 burner, good as new.
cheap. Apply l19 South St. AsarE
street, between 6 q. m. and , y. m
29C-lp
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LOST-Tuesday, November 30, gol*
bar pin with pearl in center. be-
tween Alexandria ard Rosemont
Reward if returned to Gazette Of
fee. 1902"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06

FOR SALE-Jeffery Roadster and
Auburn Chummy Roadster. Apply
Duncan's Garage, Pitt and Came
ron street 28S-6p.
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FOR, RENT--Room suitable Tor
or . men, all modern convenlences'
Apply 100 Harvard street.
2SS-3p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06

A COLORED DENTIST-Dr. W..
Lee Harris, 4O5 North Alfred St.
Alexandria, Va, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. Office hours,
9 a. M. to 8 D. m. 276-26p.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06
VETS IN DEATH CELL FILE
CLAIM FOR WAR BONUS

Oss;ning. n Y. Dee. G.-Jamcs
naell and Guy Nichols. war veterans
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FOR RENT-Large store room o"
King street. cheap rent. Apply 3OS
King street. 2S9-3n
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TEACHER PITMANIC SHORT
HAND-Classes in evening. APP
ply between Z and s p. m, at 30
South St. Asaph street. 2S7-6p
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FOR SAIE--Good truck. in goo|
condition. Terms to quick h.yer
Address Box II, Care of Gazette OF
fec. 290-3p.
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FOR RENT-F;ve rooms and bath
electric lights, 1922 Duk" street.
Graham and Ogden, Phone $40
$50 King street. 2S9-3c
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FOR SALE-Old Building Material,
Bricks, Lumber and Fire Wood. fl.
Hcrfurth, Jr. Phone 99i. ;. 28S-3c
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FOR RENT-Three room fiat, anu
two furnished rooms, with all I'M
movements. Cell at 5000 'lrcen
street. 2S9-3p
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,OTICE-Good second hand over
coats for sale, $500, and up. at
Wolfson's Tailor Shop, 3O7 King
street, phone 1897. Clothes bought
and sod 238-tf
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Reward If re-
turned to Apartment No. =, ga
North Royal street. 2o9-2p
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FOR RENT-Furnished three room
and bath apartment. Apply at PIG
North st. Asaph street. 29o-tf
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FOR RENT-Three room apartment,
s25 a month, including electricity.
sos King street. 2S9-Zp
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WANTED-Carrerter work or JOB
work cf any kind. Address Boz
16, Care of GaZ2tte Office.
290-2p
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FOR RENT-Apartmcn containing
rooms. Apply at 213, North Pitt
street. 2S9-2r
WANTED-An apartment, contain
ing three rooms, kitchcnette an
bath. Address c. c. S., Care o.
Gazette Office. 2S9-bH
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26
THE HORSE AND THE MOTOR

Even though II may be true that
the motor driven vehicle has begun
to put the farm horse ION the run, "
there is no evidence that he has de-
veloped much speed, and his total
value still compares favorably with
other classes of farm animals. Op
January /, 1920, the bureau of crop
estimates of the United States de-
partment of agriculture estimated
the total value of horses on farms in
this country at $1,993,000,OO0, or
just a little below the value of milk
cows, which was $2,O22, 900, 900.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26
DEATH IN THE AIR

The number Of deaths from dis
eases Of the heart has doubled, In the
large cities Of America. in the last
four years, and exceeds that from al
most any other cause.
There are now more than $780,
900 automobile vehicles In the Unit
ed States and are likely to be TO-
900, goo by the end of the year.
These two current items of infor-
nation are apparently quite discon-
nected, and yet they may have con-
nection so vital and important as to
command the gravest national con-
Germ. '
The suggestion of relationship be-
tween them is found in the fact that
the exhaust fumes from gasoline en-
gines contain a large quantity of car
bon monoxide gas, which is not on
ly exceedingly poisonous, but is also
peculiarly detrimental to the heart
Its first effect when inhaled is mark
; eddy to decrease oxygenation of the
blood. This it does when mixed with
the atmosphere in even so small a
proportion as one part in two thous-
and. From that it proceeds to cause
paralysis of the heart itself. There
have been reported number OF
deaths of persons in closed garages
apparently from unknown causes
which upon investigation were found
to have been due to carbon monox.
ide poisoning.
Such tragedies may readily hap
pen when a motor is running in 9
small closed room. But are they pos.
sible in the open air? Let us consid.
er. Exhaust fumes from the aver.
age automobile contain about Z pei
cent of carbon monoxide. The com.
bustion of one gallon of gasoline pro.
duces at least fifty cubic feet of this
deadly gas. 1t is estimated that in
New York City alone 100000 gallons
of gasoline are consumed daily. This
means that there are injected into
the air of that city every twenty-foul
hours some 100000 feet of poi.
son gas, sufficiently .virulent to vi.
tiate to dangerous degree seventy
billion cubic feet of air.
That in itself is formidable state
of affairs. 1t becomes far worse
when we consider that this produc-
ton of poison gas is not equally dis
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26

write me to this effect, sending me
their discharge. I will bring the mat
ter TO the attention OF the proper OF
fetal and see that any amount due
is promptly forwarded. with the re-
turn of the discharge. Service men
who were in France after July y,
1919, are entitled to additional pay
for foreign service. under a recent
ruling of the department.
at is unfortunate that the soldiers
have been imposed upon by attorneys
In adjusting their affairs with the
government, when their representa-
tive in congress is willing and enx-
ious to be of service in this or any
other matter concerning THEM well
fare" .4ss as ..es.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26
BAR GIRLS WITH "MAKEUP"
Denver School Boys Oppose drug
Store CoN1pexions."

Store Compilations"
Now come the boy students of Den
ver's South Side high school to put
crimp in the prosperity of Denver
beauty shops.
Recently Miss Anne Mexican Shuler,
woman dean of the University of Den
yer, issued ukase forbidding the CO.
eds at that institution using powder
puffs. Miss Shuler declared that q
beautiful new rug that adorned the
floor in front Of large mirror in the
women's study at the university was
becoming horribly ragged" because
SO many girl students fingered in front
of the mirror to use their powder
puffs. Also, she said, men students
breezing through the corridor can see
the undignified performance.
At a meeting Of the Mothers Con-
press and Parent-Teachers' associa-
ton report was read from the boys
Of South Denver high school denounc-
ing the follies Of girl students who
"doll themselves up" in drug store
compilations, and issuing a warning
that youthful schoolgirls who appear
in classroom attired like chorus beau
ties will be ostracized from school
functions.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26

tributed In either time or place, but
Is largely massed into less than half
of the twenty-four hours and into q
comparatively few of the most crowd
ed thorofares. The disastrous affect
of the poison fumes upon vegetation
has long been noticed along the prin-
cipal driveways of the parks. IL the
gas has this effect upon trees and
shrubs, in the open. 1t must have q
far worse effect upon the much more
susceptible organs of human beings
on streets where vehicles are much
more numerous than in the parks,
and where tall buildings on both
sides convert the narrow streets into
veritable catch-sinks for noxious
emanations. There is reason for
believing that the air on such street
say Fifth avenue or Broadway
with score of cars on every block
pouring forth carbon monoxide, is
sufficiently vitiated to induce in
those who frequent it deadly lesion
of nerves and heart. What the con-
ditions would be in crowded vehic-
ular tunnel under one of the great
rivers, it is appalling to contemplate.
The moral is not, Of course, to
abandon the automobile, but to get
rid, in some way, of the poison gas.
The automobile, it is needless to say,
is one of the indispensable products
of modern inventive genius, and will
continue increasingly to- be used. 1t
may be chemically impossible to
avoid the evolution of carbon mon
oxide in combustion of gasoline. But
is surely should be possible for some
inventive genius to find way of neu-
Trailing it, or of preventing its free
and crude emmission into the air.
Methods were readily devised in the
war for manufacturing poison gases
and hurting them against the enc
my. 1t would be an intolerable re-
proach if in time of peace we could
not, with equal efficiency, protect
ourselves against them when they
are emitted as by-product of an in
dispensable mechanism of civiliza-
ton.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26
THERE WAS A MAN

There was a man who fancied that
by driving good and fast
He'd get his car across the track be-
fore the train came past;
He'd miss the engine by an inch and
make the train hands sore;
There was man who fancied this
There isn't any more.
There was a man who fancied that
he was wondrous wise,
He'd put his business DER the top and
never advertise;
He'd let the people come to town
He'd toll 'em in somehow.
There was man who fancied that
He's out of business now.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26
ENDLESS TREAD DEVICE
HUNG ON TRUCK FRAME


To give the advantages of an end
less tread traction to motor trucks of
ordinary form, an Ohio inventor sus-
ponds an Independent tread mechan-
ism from the truck frame, just ahead
of the rear wheels. The device thus
serves either as an attachment for
complete vehicles. or as built-in
portion of a new form of truck or
tractor. The auxiliary tread is
thrown into or out of engagement
with the ground by control arm at
the drivers hand. Bevel and worm
gears from the main axle drive the
endless chains of the tread.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26
ADDISON II. SMITHS
MESSAGE no SERVICE MEN

Addison T. Smith writes from
Washington relative to collection Of
soldiers bonuses:
Information has reached me from
a number Of returned soldiers that
INSCRIPTIONS claim agents In this
city have attempted to charge a fee
of 20 per cent to the soldiers for
the collection of the $50 bonus, ira
vel pay, clothing allowance, etc.
ut is unnecessary for the soldiers
to employ an attorney here for SER
vices of this character. II any of
the soldiers who are readers of your
paper have not received their bo-
nus, travel pay or clothing and will
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26

1t frequently come in handy to
know that little bottle of kerosene
and glycerine mixed in equal parts
will clear the glass of the windshield
of rain drops and give clear vision
ahead.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-26
HOW ONE TOWN
GOT IT'S CLUB
Mill Owner Leaves Money for
Community Building.
ALI. SHARE IN PRIVILEGES

Town Building at Wilder, w.. Pro-
vides for Public Library, Athletic
Equipment and Other Facilities Of
an Up-to.Dat Club--Those Using
Club May Share in Financial Respon-
sibility--Donor Provides for Con-
tinuity of Control.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Railroad Profits
Under New Bill To
Be Billion a Year
Five and One-half Per Cent
Return To Be Guaranteed
for Two Years; /. C.. C.. to
Fix Figures Thereafter

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA return Of
81 per cent on the aggregate value Of
the railroads would be guaranteed by
the government for period OF two
years under an agreement reached to-
day by the Senate and House conferees
on the railroad bill.
The aggregate value Of the properties
used in transportation would be deter
mined by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. according to the bill, the
determination being by traffic districts.
These districts would be used as groups
for ratemaking, and in territories
where the roads earned an equivalent
Of the guaranteed return no increase
in rates would be necessary. Similarly,
the rates would be raised to make up a
deficit in districts where the roads
failed to earn the 5h per cent.
Billion a Year Involved
value of the roads are not available
the final physical valuation of only
three roads and the tentative valua-
tions of only fifty-six, the largest being
the Kansas City Southern. The out
standing capitalization and bonded in
debtedness Of all the roads amount to
approximately $1s,ooo,0 100000, on which
6h per cent return would be
1,045 100000.
The guaranteed return to the roads
under government control has been
about $00o,000,ooO annually, based or
the thrae-year period just prior to the
time the government took charge, indi
vidual roads receiving varying returns.
Distribution Of earnings in excess
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Muscle Shoals
Job Declared
Riot Of Waste
Secret Service Operative
Tells House Committee
He Sent 129 Craft Af-
fidavits to Washington
No One Held to Account
Equipment Piled Up So the
Contractors Could Get
Cost Plus Commissions

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-An account
fairly bristling with charges of GRIM
inal negligence and waste in construc-
tion Of the Muscle Shoals air nitrate
plant was laid before the House War
Expenditures Committee to-day by
Mark H. Evans, of Arcadia, Calf, for
merly Of the Military Intelligence Ser
vice.
Before he was called off the job, he
said, he had obtained 129 affidavits
charging incompetence. criminal negli-
gence and graft, and sent them to
Washington. So far as he knew, he
added, nobody ever had been called into
court.
Evans dumped upon. the table in
front Of Chairman Graham hamper
Of typewritten reports and then began
to describe conditions at Muscle
Shoals during the thirteen weeks he
was detailed there for special govern
ment duty.
Cars Idle on Sidetracks
While cry was going up from all
quarters for cars to move munitions
and foodstuffs 1898 cars stood idle at
the plant from ten to twenty days, he
said, with nobody seeming to care
whether they were unloaded. Demurrage
charges ranged from So to $500, and
records showed, the witness declared,
that failure to unload material cost
the government $4,000 during the first
six months Of 1918.
There was absolutely no reason for
keeping the cars standing there" Evans
said. ut was criminal negligence on
the part of the contractors"
Evans said fully 800 saddle horses
were kept in readiness for service at the
plant when there was no demand for
them. The old system of trying to
mako two blades Of grass grow where
one had grown before was reversed in
the case of mules, according to Evans,
for at this plant six horses were
hitched up to haul load hardly big
enough for two, and anybody who
wanted a horse or an automobile got
one.
Automobiles for Every One
Thousands Of automobiles and
trucks were used to haul employees
back and forth from the plant" Evans
said. mo effort was made to have this
traffic handled by the street railway peo-
pie, and the purpose was plain The
builders wanted to buy all the equip
ment they could, because on every dol
lar spcnt in constructing the plant they
got a commission by the cost-plus plan.
There were so many teams that or
ders were given to KEEP them on the
move before somebody complained, and
at one time a flock of eighteen were
sent to the bushes, way out by the pest
house and away from view. Bob Oliver,
sub-contractor, was paid $500 for
bossing teams, including his own. He
was paid for his mules and then paid
for bossing them.
Every foreman drawing $3.50 a
month-and you didn't have to be much
Of man to draw it-got an automobile.
Hundreds OF trips charged to the gov
eminent were mere joy rides"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Sims Charges
Betray Trust,
Says Daniels
Continued, from page 1

ridicule. The Senator from Washing
ton not only covered a much wider
field than the committee has heretofore
entered upon, but went into the ques-
tlon of naval ornaments as affected by
the efforts of the Administration to
make the United States q member Of
the league of nations. Secretary Dam
lels had been severely criticizing Ad-
miral Sims for having proposed in
statements to American Congressman
on the other side that the United States
should not undertake to build up a
merchant marine in competition with
Great Britain, and should not seek to
compete with that country in it's naval
establishment.
Haven't you been an advocate of the
policy Of America leaving the seas to
Great Britain?" asked Senator Poin-
dexter.
~ certainly have not. And 1 have
been an advocate Of big American
merchant marine"
II was under the impression you had
been an advocate Of disarmament" OBJ
served Poindexter.
Need Of Navy Is Upheld
"On the contrary, am IN favor Of
our maintaining navy, and during q
speech In Great Britain l said that if
the league Of nations Is established a
mobile police force Of the seas will be
necessary. said that If the United
States entered the league we should
contribute as many ships as any other
nation, and that if we did not then the
duty Of this country is as plain as a
plkestaf. We must then have incon1-
parably the biggest navy in the world. !"
!, Don't you know that if we 90 into
the league Of nations" said Senator
Polndexter, 1--WE can't build one ship
unless Great Britain, with six votes
to our one, consents?"
~ know" retorted the Secretary,
that there can be no reduction In
armaments except by the unanimous
consent Of all the members Of the he
league. And we would have to con.
sent" So"-
Denying. the charge that the United
States had played only a small naval
part in the war. Secretary Daniels
when was abroad after the war
ended the King of Italy, the King Of
England and the highest officials Of
France, Belgium and Great Britain ali
told me of their appreciation of the