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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
APPROVE CARLIN'S ACTION
Miss Rose NJ. Macdonald, Head Of
Society Here. Says Members
Are Elated

The Equal Suffrage League Of
Alexandria is highly elated over the
stand taken by Former Congressman
Charles C. Carlin, who has written &
letter to Hon. Wilbur c. Hall, house
cf delegates, Richmond, Va, in which
he advocates the passage Of the equa:
suffrage bill now pending before that
body.
Miss Rose N. Macdonald, president
Of the Equal Suffrage League OF
Alexandria, which league has large
membership, today expressed her ap,
proval of the action of Mr.. Carlir
and stated that all of iss members felt
well pleased with his action in refer
ence to equal suffrage.
The local organization, through
Miss Macdonald and its other officer:
have been tireless in. their effort:
along this line and that their effcrt:
have rot gone unrewarded is bss
evidenced by the many converts t
equal suffrage during the past yea
or so in Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
KEEP NH|SkEY For
7 FLU PATIENTS
State Health Commissioner
Tells of Doctors
Protests
JACK LEE HAS HIS SAY
Wen-known Attorney Declares He
Gave of His Private Stock to Help
iii People.

Richmond, Feb. 5.--With protest:
pouring into his office daily from
every section of Virginia, Dr.. Ennior
! &. Williams, State Commissioner- ct
j Health, yesterday afternoon told 4thE
Senate Courts of Justice Committee
that physicians were forced to beg
ard borrow whisky to meet emergency
Eases, and were sorely handicapped IL
combating the influenza and grippe
epidemic by lack of liquor for medi-
c:nal purposes.
Conditions couldn't be worse was
he terse summary by Dr.. Williams to
direct question from the committee.
DR.. Williams was invited tby the
committee to express his views on the
Gccke bill. which would Authorize the
acquisition, manufacture, sale and dis,
tribution by the Commonwealth Of
whisky, brandy and wine for medici-
1al purposes, and naming the State
Department of Health as the agency
for carrying out the provisions of the
bill.
II did not come to this hearing to
sneak on this BILL said D.. Williams.
Il am merely chasing up DR.. Peters
On the urgent request of Petersburg
physicians, who declare they mus
have whisky to meet the present
emergency. Ny office is receiving
protests daily from all parts of the
State from physicians, who absolu-
ecly cannot get whisky for medicinal
purposes. I am now trying to find the
Prohibition Commissioner to see if
here isn't some remedy for the sit
nation just brought to my attenticr
~ the Petersburg physicians by long
listance telephone"
Following Dr.. Williams, the com
mit,ee called on Jack Lee, of Lynch
burg. for an expression of opinion on
he Cooke bill. He indorsed the bill
which he declared was necessary in
order that medicine needed to save
The lives of women and children could
1a procured without making criminals
out of those who were voluntarily
helping meet the crisis at their own
expense and with the risk of ending
Up in prison.
Last year during the flue epidemic
instructed my wife to fill every call
made on US for whisky for medicinal
purposes, having been one Of those
Fortunate enough to have been able
% fill my cellar while it was legally
possible During the epidemic l gave
away more than a half-barrel, and
have laid myself wide open for prose-
cution under the State laws. | havs
aad calls in this emergency and have
filled them, and stand ready to accept
ne consequences. I willS frankly say.
towever. that I would sooner STAN
trial for murder or arson, than for
he violation of one of the provisions
# the prohibition law 7 feel that
would stand better chance
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
poschen Measure Passed by
in House Com
mittee
is FLAYED BY CRITICS
Richard Evelyn Byrd, Representing
/ Business Interests, Appears to
Fight Proposals.

Richmond, Feb. 5.-What is be.
eyed to be the death knell of the
koschen anti-profiteering bill was
bundled last night when the House
ommittee on Moral and Social Wei
are, by vote Of 5 to 3, voted to
ess the measure by indefinitely.
hose who voted negatively wanted
report the, bill out with a recon-
endation that it do not pass.
delegate Albert 0. Boschen, of
chmond, patron of the bill, was
one in its advocacy. He was opposed
the Retail Merchants Association
I'D representatives of the manufac-
rers, wholesalers and farmers of
e State. Norfolk, Lynehburg,
atersburg, Newport News, Bristol
ID other cities and towns sent rep
sentatives to the hearing, some of
aom spoke in opposition to the bill.
Richard Evelyn Byrd, United States
Strict Attorney for the Western
$trict of Virginia, opened for the
t,onents of the bill. He stated that
title of the bill, which sought to
tohibit profiteering, boarding,
Ste or resales of necessaries," was
png; that it should be amended to
a, go prevent anybody doing bust
S anywhere in Virginia"
( the bill became law, he said, any
who contemplated entering busi-
in Virginia. first had better re-
We quarters in a jail or in the
itentiary, as that is where he
2ld find himself if he attempted to
business.
he declared that he was not de-
ding evils as they might exist, but
y attacking the method OF dele
e from. Richmond would spacsue
sradicating them. The bill, he as
led, would absolutely destroy bust
in Virginia.:
4r. Byrd was asked by Delegate
ehen. if he were aware that,a eer-
provision of the bill was en-
ed BY the Federal food admins
ion during the war
No, I didn't know it. nor do ! be-
it," was the retcrt of Mr.. Byrd
Nell, that is my information, the
lpn,>of the bill stated, whereupon
counsel for the opposition SHIT
"You are the repository Nf
miscellaneous misinformation
any man I've ever seen."
r. Byrd said that, under the pro-
ms of the bill, the farmer in ar
3g at the cost price of each article
laid, would have to open separ.-
3account with each hen he owned
slome were more productive than
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
\. r.. S, VICTORIOUS


Last evening the basketball team
I the Alexandria, High School de
eated the team cfrthc Columbia
Athletic Club in fast but one
sided game on the High School floor
The team work and good shooting
{ the High School lads were too
luch fer the firemcn. though they
worked hard for the victory
Dreifus. starred for the High
'chool boys having scored twenty
ve points. Haynes did well for. the
o!umbia7s. The score was a. H.
J., 80. {. A. c., -. Time Of
,uarters. 20 minutes. Referee, Alex
nder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
IN NEMORIAM

In loving remembrance of ou1
dear son, Clsrence Z. Woolls. whc
departed this life two years ago to-
LAY, February 5, 1919.
Those little lips so sweet to kiss
Are closed forever now.
These sparkling eyes that shone sc
bright,
Reneath the pearly brow,
That little heart that beat so light
Free from all care and gloom,
All hidden now from those ne loved
Beneath the silent tomb.
Clip. BY his father and mother
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
4. J. POHL, JR., AND LEO POHL
RETURN FROM OVERSEAS

Messrs. A. j. Pchl, Jr.. and Leo
Pohl. who enlisted in the navy in
June 1917. and after training at
Newport, R. l.. sailed in December
CT that year, arrived III New York
during tie, week and received their
discharges, returning last night tc
the home of their parents, Couns;l-
man and Mrs. A. ]. Poll, in: Rose
mont. During the Peace Confer
euce il Paris they sefyedSas cour-
iers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
RY" LAW COMPELLED SALE
I'd Held it Useless to Compete
With Private-Owned Ships That
Sold Liquors

Washington, Feb. 5.-Sale of the
her German passenger liners 'se!z
at the outbreak of the war was
Led on the Shipping Board by the
Eation of the national prohibition
| Chairman Payne is understood t.
1 told President Wilson.
1r. Payne was said to have writer
President that the government
Ia not operate the liners on which
|9Scants were not sold in competi'
with privately owned ships on
Hh wine and other liquors were
fled. !.
! was understood to have said tha
|A the board announced that in
'6ants would not be carried on it
/ IS plying; to South America ant
I There practically all bookings fo'
Ek ships had been cancelled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
Resolution Seeks to Show
Local, Officers Part in
Dry Law Enforcement
DATA NOT AVAILABLE
Gilpin Bill, Calling for Departments
Abolition, Comes Before House of
Delegates Today.

! Richmond, Feb. 5.-Reccrds of the
State Prohibition Department are Sc
incomplete that no detailed inf2rma,
ion showing what Commissioner
Peters and his agents have accom-
S!:shed by their own efforts can be
supplied the General Assembly
Lewis H. Machen, counsel for the de-
partment, admitted yesterday after
noon before the House Committee "on
Moral and Social Welfare.
The committee, in compliance with
a resolution offered by Major Edwin
H. Gibson, of Culpeper, is seeking t.
learn just what credit can be given
the State Prohibition Department in
the confiscaton of ardent spirits and
automobiles and in the collection Of
Zines for convictions of Mapp law
violators.
| Commissioners Peters. who attended
.he session, made no comment daring
he hearing, but will be heard today
regarding the work of his department
This session will be held at 10 o'clock
During the quiz the committee vii!
task Commissioner Peters TO explain
how much Of the 10000 gallons Of Ii
,, ouor confiscated during the past year
was taken by his men aud how much
was seized by county and city Of
ficers. =
The resolution also seeks to ascer-
tain how much credit Commissioner
Peters takes upon himself fof the col
lection of approximately sI9,OoC
from the sale Of confiscated auto
mobiles, and what part of the S135,S49
in fines imposed on prohibition vic
lators flowed into the State Treasury
as the result of arrests by depart
ment agents. In what number of cases
attorneys of the department assisted
i'm the prosecution, togethe. with the
number of convictions and acquittaIs
! IS another pertinent question to be
asked the commissioner.
Because the Mapp law does not
compel the keeping of records segrc-
eating the work of the various sgen-
cies charged with the enforcement Of
the prohibition law, Mr.. Machen
stated that no effort had been made
to differentiate.
"Whi!e neither myself nor any
member of the Prohibition Derart-
ment have any disposition 10 with
hold any information" said Mr..
Machen, "thc Gibson resolution calls
for data that cannot possibly be fur
nished. The Mapp law does not re-
quirs the recordation of such informa-
tion.
While the information might event
ually be gotten, Mr. Machen told the
committee, the undertaking would err
tail long and costly investigation.
The Gilpin bill, calling for the alb
clifton of the department, will have
the right CT way in the House to-
day. having been made special and
continuing order for the morning
hour.
! Commissioner Peters appeared be-
fore the joint meeting of the Finance
and Appropriations Committee OF The
two branches, which are considering
the budget yesterday. It is under,
stood that he asked that his report bc
sustained by the committees. He de.
sires an appropriation of S74,2S4 fo'
operating his department. for one
year with an additional sum Of S56,
C54 for second year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
DIED

BEACH-WeInesday. February lth
at ) a. m, at her residence, %
Queen street, Ida Fossett, wito'
Of the late Joseph s. Beach. i
the 62nd year Of her age. Furera
Friday at p. m. at her residence
Relatives and friends invited. II
terment private '3Q-2r
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

tOMAC FISH COMPANY will
1--we on sale tomorrow and bal
nee of week; fresh herring, sea
hss, winter trout, winter shad.
leak halibut, steak red salmon
Erge schrimp, strawberry perch
Forfolk and New River an6
ampton and Ware Neck River
ysters. fresh shucked and also
: est fried oysters. Phone 1893.
H. ZIMMERMAN, Proprietor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

The Rev. f. l.. Baker and Mrs
Baker, Of Spring Arbor, Michigan.
viii conduct evangefstic meetings
at the Free Methodist 'Chufch, 42i
South Lee Street, February ) to
IL. Services every evening at-:7:30
Al welcome. 31-Ip
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
. SILVER STAR CLUB
To Give Minstrel Shcw February !:
at Christ Church Parish Hail

10 Give AilnStTei SHI" Soi ""t :
at Christ Church Parish Hail
On Wednesday night. Fc5raar
ii. at Christ Church Parish Hall. tn
Silver Star GLIB will give an eHte'
tainment ccnsi"tirg If q series
tableaux and concluding with min
strel show.
This club was organized BY th2
young ncr cf the parish who nave
seen service in France, ard in whose
honor the silver stars shone on the
service flag of Christ Church. The
proceeds CT the entertainment will
he used in procuring athletic equip
ncnt for the club.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
a NEW COMET

Follow the wise. men and they will
lead you to TESTERS, the place
where good judgment speaks for it
self.
3l-fc. King and Patrick Streets
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

FISH DAY TOMORROW. Potomac
bass, steak halibut. sa!ron, Brook
shad, Jersey trout lake trout,
fresh shrimp, Norfolk. and Cone
River Oysters. SANITARY FISH
MARKET, City Market, Phone
735. 31-1p.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
NOTICE

Peter Francis announces the
opening of his oyster shop, at his
former address, 800 King street.
Norfolk oysters in the she'll: 31-1p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

". /. Cowling, train dispatcher
o.. the Southern Railway, who has
cen confined to his home with in
,uneza for the past four weeks. is
h!e to be ont again.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

The regular weekly prayer meet
ng at the Anne Lee Memorial
Home for the Aged. viii be held at
/; o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
SIX BABIES IN Is MONTHS

tFttUHI''N " OITINiI .FJbIIICI = Ut F-WU
Sets Gf Triplets
Albany, Ala ) Feb. Six child
ien-twc sets os trirlets-within II
months, is, the birth record in the
'amiiy Of Mr.. and Mrs. Posep I.iv-
ngstone, Of Albany. the second
rio Of Children was born Monday
md all are well.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

Robinson Moncurc, ,spccia. COM
missioner. has sold to Isaac Hall
nd wife tract OF. land and house
Fayctte and Franklin streets. the
roperty Of the late f. r. Evans.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
CITY TOLD IN BRIEF
Judge c. E. Nicol left yesterday
For a trip to Florida.

Mr.. and Mrs. P, H. Sullivan, of
Richmond, Va. former residents of
this city, were visitors here this
week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

Mrs. Emily Milard, 70 years old.
lied last night at her home in west
2csenons The deceased was a ma
ivc of Pennsylvania The body
-as taken to Wheatley's chapel and
repaired FOR burial,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

Thc annual chicken salad supper
y the Rcctor's Aid Society of St.
aus Church usually given on
thursday before Ash Wednesday,
yill be postponed until the first
vcck in April.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

A telegram was received Tuesday
Mrs v \. Payne and Miss
;eorgie Worsham announcing the
cath If their father. Mr. j. II.
yorsham at the University Hospital,
charlottesville, on February .. aIr.
Torsllam was Sc years ,old and a
confederate veteran, He is survived
five children, Mrs V. A. Payne,
T!ss George Wcrsham and Mir.
ebert Wcrsham, of this city, Mrs.
;. N. Jones, of Hopcwell, Va, and
lrs. J. r. Shisler and Mrs, s. F.
Fai.cn, Of Charlottesville.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-05

Tire funeral Of Frederick A. Arnt,
no d:ed Monday at New Aleyan-
ria. will take place this AFTERNOON
-om the Eree Methodist Church
ervices were conducted by Rev. l..
I. Kelly. pastor. The body will
buried tomorrow at Oakton, Va.
The funeral Ct Miss Annie Hart
y, VINO died Monday at the resi-
encc of her nephew. Michael
,nwney, Ai3. Duke street took place
,is mcrning from ST. Mary's
'atholc Church Services were
,nductai by Rev. l.. F. Kelly and
Giial was in 81. Mary's cemetery
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
Virginia Mine Disorders
Renewed Despite Troops
Two Deputies Shot When They
Attempt to Make Arrest:
Accused Flees ia Hills

WILLIAMSON, W. Va, Nov. 30.-Re-
newed violence a. several points in the
Mlngo County coal strike zone and at
nearby places was reported late TODAY
to military authorities and to- the
Offices Of the coal operators association
here
The most serious occurred Mt Barsn-
shee, on the Kentucky side of the river.
across from Matewan, ". Va. where
two deputy sherirs were wounded. one
seriously, when they attempted 10 maze
an arrest to-day.
Colonel Herman Hall, command3uo
the provisional division Of troops in
the strike zone, said he hao received
word that two soldiers stationed AZ
Rose Siding, W. Va, were fired upon
Sunday, the day the troo.,5 arrived
mere We're no casualties.
L. E. ArmAntrout, manager of Mine
No 2, Borderland, ". Va. was in VII
hanson day to report that 3 mocor
man IN his mine was fired upon wher
ne stopped his train to remove an OBJ.
structlon on the track between the
nj ne and the tipple He was not
wounded. Both Colonel Hall and Mr.
Armentrout said. in describing their
respective incidents, that the shoot
ing came from the Kentucky side.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
City Will Fight
Jump in Electric
Current Tariffs
Corporation Counsel Saws
Increase of Edison and
Other Companies Is About
Is Pct, Violating Law

Corporation Counsel John P. O'Bri.n
said last night he would resort to i'm
mediate court action in an effort to
show that the electric current rate in
creases that would be put into efTec. to-
day by the New York Edison COMPANY
and other electric companies were in
violation Of the spirit and purpose Of
the Public Service Commission law.
This increase" said Mr. O'Brien.
(which is to be forced upon the CON
sumers, amounts to approximately ii
Or l5 per. cent. There have been no
public meetings, no hearings. no notice
to consumers of the intended increase
and no notice 20 the City of New York.
While the Public Service Commission
may believe that it is within the law
in permitting, without any effort to in
terfere, this new rate for electricity,
shall endeavor in proper proceedings
TO show that neither the letter nor the
spirit Of the Public Service Commits
sion law has been followed in this in
stance"
The Public Service Commission yes
terday received report from its cleo
tric engineers upon tho modification of
the rate tariffs of the S,ew York Edison
Company and other companies engaged
IN furnishing electric current for
light, heat and power within the city
These notifications We're lied with the
commission on November |, in the
shape Of riders to the existing tariffs,
and become effective to-day The riders
are known as coal riders" and their
effect will be to increase che price Of
ciect'lc current in proportion to the in
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
u. S. Would Sell Packers
Stock Yards Properties
Court Asked to Appoint Trus-
tees. No Suitable Plan Hav.
ing Been Submitted

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5o-The gov
ernment to-day petitioned the District
Supreme Court to appoint a trustee to
take possession OF and sell the stock
yard properties Of the Big Five"
packers
The petition. which accompanied the
sovernment's objection 70 the various
pans OF the packers for aisposing OF
those properties, declared the packers
had failed to present suitable pian
to the court. although nine months had
elapsed since they undertook to formu-
late such a pan.
Appointment of trustee or trustees
with power to take possession of all
stocks, beads and other securities
owned By the defendant packers repre-
aentins thor interests in stockyards
properties WAS asked, and the govern
ment also asked that the trustee be
directed TO sell these properties in
such manner as the court may direct
after due notice 10 the defendants. The
petition is made returnable on Dece;n-
Der IA
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
Aged Father Yearns to See 4
Lost Daughters Before He Dies

There used to be happiness in the
home of Thomas Thorndyke. He had
friends and money and his four daugh-
ters-Florencc, Ada, Amy and Pearly-
loved him. But when he married for
the second time his daughters disap-
proved and left him. He hasn't seen
them in nine years.
Yesterday Mr.. Thorndyke, who is now
eighty years old, walked shakily into
the Offices of the Missing Persons Bu-
reau at Police Headquarters. He re-
Gently suffered paralytic stroke, and
he feels that he has but short time to
live. He wants to see Florence and
Ada and Amy and Pearly before he
dies.
Mr.. Thorndyke is employed by the
firm of Wilcox {. Gibbs, Broadway and
Bond Street. His money is gone and
he is living at the Y. NJ. C. 4. Tears
streaked down his checks as he hunched
himself in chair and told the police
that he had to see his daughters Just
one more time. He believes that they
are right here in New York. He was
sure, he said, that if they knew Of his
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01

suit might readily be that we would
lose ground instead of gaining.
Bureau. to Feel Knife
"But the administrative expenses of
the War Department can be cut sharply
and they will be beyond doubt in the
appropriation bills. We can save a
tremendous amount of money for the
taxpayers on that without reducing the
size or effectiveness Of the army in the
slightest degree. In the two years
since the armistice Congress has Topped
off exactly $1,000.000 900 from the ap-
preparations asked by the War Depart
ment. But there is nothing further tv
be saved in that direction without cut
ting down the strength of the army to
point we think too low
con the administrative side, how
ever, the expenses are still very much
too high, and they must be pruned. The
cost Of running the department and ad-
ministering these big properties the de-
partment acquired during the war is
absurdly high.
Then, too, these big properties
many of them in idleness, represent an
enormous capital investment by the
government without one cent of return
and without any value to the country,
either for national defense or for any
other purpose"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
Albert RatIbone Named
Finance Adviser to Cuba

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Tne Cuban
Minister was authorized to-day by his
government to make a definite arrange
ment with Albert Rathbone, of New
York, a former Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, to act as financial ad-
wiser to the Cuban government. Mr..
Rathbone's name was suggested by the
State Department, which was asked by
the Cuban government to nominate an
American tinancier to supervise the ex-
penditure Of the sums to be loaned to
Cuba by group of American bankers.
Mr.. Rathbone, who has law Offices at
so Broadway, said last night that he
already has consented to act in the
capacity of financial adviser During
the war. as Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, he represented the United
States at Paris in the negotiation OF
loans to the Allied governments.