Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-05
VIRGINIA NEWS

'There are too many Washers on
Broad street already. The police are
trying to break them up, and it SO
happens that when the police in many
| instances tell them to move on they
/ invariably go into a poolroom and
come out as soon as the policeman
has gone Thus spoke Judge D.
c. Richardson, Of hustings court OF
Richmond Yesterday in declining to
grant a license to w. B. Blair to open
a billiard and pool parlor at FOB
East Broad street. Several mer-
chants appeared in court to protest
against the granting of the permit.
Because of protest the court also
turned down the application on
Charles II. Cosby to open a similar
establishment in the 500 block East
Broad street.
The United States Shipping Board
is gathering emergency wooden
! ships from all parts of the country
into the James River. according to
Admiral William s. Benson, chair
man of the board, in order to effect
tremendous saving in their upkeep.
Admiral Benson said yesterday that
the $50 odd ships of the fleet still on
the hands of the government are
costing from $4,000 to $4,000 apiece
each month. BY keeping them in the
James River. he said, they may be
maintained for, from $50 to 500
apiece each month until that day as
rives when they can all be sold.
Returns from the entire Seventh
district last night increased the lead
of Repres sentative Thomas w. Harrl-
son over Col. Robert Leedy, his OPP
ponent for denomination, to LIS out
of total of 1000.
]. w. McCue, of Vinton, near
Roanoke, a travelling salesman, COM
mitted suicide at Asheville, n. c.,
Tuesday night by drinking poison,
severine the arteries in both wrists,
cutting his arms and attempting to
slash the iugular vein.
A Danville newspaper was about
to go to press yesterday afternoon
when the biggest story of the day
broke right in its own office. c. A.
Loop, typesetter, accused Lawrence
Ferguson, linotype operator, with
!! insulting his wife and lunged at him
! with knife. Loops attack bore
the younger man down. Reporters
grabbed Loop before he had chance
to stab Ferguson second time. The
knife hit rib and the blade snapped
Ferguson was not hurt seriously.
Harrison Southworth. clerk of the
Court of Essex county for more than
thirty years. died Tuesday night,
aged eighty years. Mr.. Southworth
was a native Of Spotsylvania county
and a Confederate veteran.
When Juvenile Officer Burch, aid
ed by a squad of officers, in raid
conducted Saturday afternoon at
various questionable resorts at Ocean
View, rounded up seven girls, ages
ranging from seventeen to twenty
two years, they were attacked by an
angry mob of sailors. The girls
:, were hurried to the office of Peace
Justice. r. B. Wright where a COM
pany of military was called. The
sailors were quickly dispersed by the
service men under command of Chief
Boatswain Mate Coleman.
The census returns give Fauquier
county, 21,S69; King George county,
5,762; Orange county, 1920. The
figures show the following decreases
since 1910: Fauquier county, 657,
or 20; King George county. 61O, or
81; Orange county, 166, or -.
News was received yesterday in
Charlottesville, of the death at Clifton
Force of Rufus Hall from injuries
suffered Sunday when he fell under