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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
Hot Weather Troubles
Three Cases of Disorder Heard Before
Police Court.

A wife appeared today as COM
plainant against her husband whom
she charged with striking her three
times. The husband said ne had no
recollection of the affair. The wife
after telling the court that her hus-
band was engaged in making home
brew informed the court that she
wished her husband to keep away
from the house, although she admit
ted that he contributed S25 week
to her support. This was agreeable
to the husband and the husband was
informed that in the event he was not
permitted to go with his wife he would
not be compelled to contribute to her
support. This agreement was salts
factory to both parties and the case
was dismissed, although the husban
gave his personal bond in the sum of
500 to keep the peace.
A young man was walking with a
young lady on the streets early las
night and he was accosted by for
mer friend who took him to task for
his alleged failure to speak. The
man who took him to task tor this
elleged offense, he also claimed, be-
came abusive in front of the young
lady and told her she did not have
to stand and listen to his remarks.
He was put under peace bond Tor
three months in the sum Of Sl0O ana
acquitted.
A colored woman living IN the
northeastern section of the city at
4:30 o'clock this morning claimed she
was attacked by roomer in her
house. The alleged assault consist
ed of hitting her over the head with
shoe and then acting in a menacing
manner with razor. This was de-
MED by the prisoner. Anyhow, the
woman jumped out of the second story
window, it was testified. In this
case a peace bond was taken and
the prisoner acquitted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
CITY NEWS In BRIEF

Mrs. George Ballard and son from
Ba!lards sister, Mrs. w. B. L1ns-
frod, in De: Ray.
Mn. and Mrs. J. R. Harding, Of
Mount Vernon Avenue Del Ray, Va,
and their two sons, James and Will
ton are spending the week at Allan
tic City.
Mrs. NJ R. wilkins and daugh-
ter, Virginia, returned from Ocean
City, Md. yesterday afternoon after
a two weeks visit.
The condition of Henry 3.
Steiner, who has been i'll for sew
eraI days, is reported to be :mprov
ing.
Mr. Charles J. Hough, Of Pitts
burgh, Penn, who has been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Griffith,
on South Fairfax street. left last
night for Philadelphia.
Mrs. E. B. Walker and little
daughter, Mary, and Miss Annie
Moore. left yesterday to spend the
month of August with Mrs. Walk
er's. sis.er-in-law, Mrs. W. W..
Thompson, at Herndon.
Miss Katherine Dobson has re-
TUNED after two weeks vacation.
Mrs. E. Bragg and daughter, I'iss
Ruth Bragg, of North Patrick ST.,
and Mr.. Walter Pierpoint, Jr.. left
today to spend month at Colonial
Beach.
Mr.. L. L. Armstead and family
left Sunday for Norfolk where hey
will spend a few days and from
there they will go to Raleigh, \. l.,
Mr.. Armstead is the local manager
for Swift ard Company.
Alexandria Lodge, No. 75S. Be
navclent end Protective Order OF
Elks, will give neXcnsion 70 Mar
shall Hall Wednesday, August 10.
A big time is promised all VINO at
tend. There viii be special prizes
for childrcn and adults.
Mrs. Charles F. Holden enter
tanned at a miscellaneous shower
Yesterday afternoon at her home III
Rosemont. in honor of Miss Mary
Noncure, whose marriage to Mr..
Francis A. Cox, viii take place to
morrow in Christ Church. The
house was attractiveIy decorated
with cut flowers of various shades.
Mrs. Holden was assisted by Mrs;
Wilmer J. Waller. who presided at
the puncn bowl, and the Misses Col
lins Jones, Josephine Gregg, Eliza
beth Warwick. and Margaret War
wick. Among other guests were,
Mrs. William A. Moncure, mo her
of the bride to be Mrs: Edgar Var
fed. Jr., Miss Mary Lindsey, Miss
Catherine Waller. Miss Hilda Schnel
der. Miss Ellen Burke. Miss Rosel-
Ia Burke, Miss Sarah Kemper, Hiss
Charlotte Kemper, Miss Margaret
Moncure, Miss Mary Roberts, Hiss
Abbie Hoxton. Miss Dorothy Nor
ton. Miss Louise Griffith and Miss
Ellana Eastman, Of Huntsville, TEX
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
Secretary's Estimate of
Needs 100000 Over
FOrdney's.
PROGRAM is UPSET
Favors Impost On Bank Checks
and Heavier Charge On All
Tobacco.

Washington, Aug. 1.-After Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon, ac,
companied by Internal Revenue Com
missioner Blair and DR.. Thomas S
Adams, tax expert, told the Way!
and Means Committee, sitting today
in executive session, to begin draw
ing the Taxation Revision bill, that
S4,675,000,000 would be needed b!
the Government in this fiscal year
the confusion that has been apparent
in the committees deliberation be-
came worse confounded.
Among the suggestions said to
have been made by Mr.. Mellon were:
A two cent tax oil bank checks.
A $40 tax on all automobiles, IL
respective of cost or horsepower.
An added levy on cigars, cigar
cites and other forms of tobacco.
An increase of first-class postage
rates to three cents.
A reduction of so per cent. in
transportation taxes, both passenger
and freight, next year and their
elimination the year following.
Repeal Of the taxes on soda foun-
tain drinks and ice cream.
Repeal Of the excess profits tax
and elimination of the $4,000 eX-
emption on corporations incomes.
Increase of the normal income tax
on corporations from the present 10
per cent. to Is per cent.
Elimination of the income surtax
brackets above 40 per cent, with
the surtax rates on incomes ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000 increased.
Aside from internal taxes the
Treasury Secretary was understood
to have estimated customs receipts
for next year at S450,000,000 ans
miscellaneous receipts, including sal
wage, at S350,000,000. He was said
to have figured that the $40 license
tax on automobiles would bring in
$100,000,000, and that added levy on
cigars, tobacco and cigarettes and
additional $25,OO0,000. Increased
postal rates have been estimated to
iyield another S75,000,000, but the
estimate as to the income from the
proposed tax on bank checks was no
disclosed.
The loss of revenue through reduc-
ton of the transportation taxes has
been placed at approximately $780,
100000.
Late this afternoon, following
hours of discussion, the session ad-
journed for the day and Chairman
Fordney spoke briefly of what had
happened. Mr.. Mellon had stood sub
stantially on the figure given in hi
letter to Congress of April 80, rails
ing it about SlO0,000,000. He also
had one into some detail as to
changes in tax rates. Neither the
total figure set by him as the Gov
ernment's requirement nor some of
the taxes proposed by him were sat
isfactory to the Republican leaders.
Continued on Page Two)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
Body of Young Woman
Found.

West Newton, Pa, Aug. q
The body of a strange young wom-
an, aged about IS, and apparently
an American, was found along the
banks of the Youghiogheny River,
near Smithon. near here, yesterday
afternoon. The young woman's
throat had been cut from ear to ear
and she had been shot through the
left eye, the bullet coming out at
the back of her head.
Circumstances, according to State
police and county detectives, point
to the young woman having been
slain in an automobile and. her body
thrown along the river bank near
where it was found.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
LOOT MAILS
OF MILLIONS
Two Arrested In Chicago
AS Alleged Brains" of
Conspiracy.
MANY INVOLVED
Men Said To Be In Every State.
Altered Securities Sold To Repu-
table Brokers, Also Is Charged.

Chicago, August 2.-Federal au,
thorities this evening arrested John
w. Worthington, who is said to be
widely known to the police, and Owen
IT. Evans. his partner, and say they
have picked up the brains" of Il
gigantic "robbers trust" specializing
in mail robberies. 1t is said the loot
obtained in these robberies will run
into many millions of dollars and
that men in every State will be in
volved before the entire scheme is
laid bare.
Immediately following their arrest,
Worthington and Evans were rushed
to the county jail in Waukegan and
no one was permitted to see or con-
verse with them. Among the cases
which the Federal authorities claim
Worthington and his associates were
connected with, are these mail rob-
berries:
Toledo, Ohio, February IT, 1921,
S1,000,000.
Pullman, H., August %, 1920.
100000.
Dearborn Street Station, Chicago.
April 6, 1921, S350,000.
Mount Vernon, H., January IA,
1921, $4,000.
Chicago Avenue Postal Substation
Barch i, 1921, $4,000.
Toccoa, Ga, September 10, 1920.
100000.
Council Bluff, Iowa. November II,
1920, 3$,5OO,000.
Minneapolis, December 3, 1920, S5O,-
900.
Centerville, Iowa, March p, 1921.
$4,000.
In addition to this list, the Gov
ernmcnt agents lay the recent theft
of S3,OOO,0OO Sinclair oil stock in New
York city at the door of the "trust.
Indictments against Worthington,
Evans and Is other men, whose namea
are suppressed for service. were vot-
ed By the Federal grand jury here.
Worthngton had organized a concern
here. known as the Central Securl-
ties Company" and which, for a time
maintained offices at 10 South La
Sale street. mere, II Is cldIllcu, Iitc
conspirators disposed oil the securl-
ties they had stolen TO reputable
brokers and investors. Worthington.
it is now said, was given a hint ot
the inquiry, for his individual office
here was recently closed.
Among other charges is one that
the conspirators altered many hun
dreds of thousands of Liberty bonds
so they could not be identified in or
der to make them salable without
detection. The same course was TAX
en- with securities and papers that
could be altered readily.
"This is one of the biggest round
ups this office has ever tackled" SAID
First Assistant United States Attor-
new John Clinin. at extends over
the entire country. The arrests
Worthington and Evans, although
the utmost Importance, do not scratch
the surface. We have been working
on this case for a long time and
rested these two men today because
we felt it would be unwise to leave
them at liberty any longer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
Experts Will Search for DR..
Stones Body.


Calgary, Alberta, Aug. "a par
ty of experienced mountain climbers
and guides, headed by Rudolph Aam
mer, of Lake Louise, will leave
Banff Wednesday TO search the re-
cesses of Mount Eanon for the body
of DR.. w. E. Stone, president of
Purdue University, who plunged to
his death July IS. 1t was Aamer
who rescued Mrs. Stone after she
had fallen to rocky ledge and
narrowly escaped starvation:
The educators, son reached Banff
yesterday and left today for Trail
Centre Camp, where Mrs. Stone is
resting preparatory to returning to
civilization. He probably will ac-
company the searching party.
An7XD4IGmd omdd mod ON do oh
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
Drastic Law In Florida.

Through the efforts of Mr.. R.
Fleming Bowder, president of the
Jacksonville Humane Society, a bill
was enacted in Florida, in June,
prohibiting the exhibition, for pay
in that state, of any crippled or ply
sically distorted, malformed or dis
figured man. woman or child, and
also prohibiting the exhibition, for
pay, of any crippled or physically
distorted, malformed. or disfigured
beast bird, or animal. Heavy penal
ties are provided for those convicted
Of breaking this law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
Books Added To the Alex.
andria Library.

Pawned. Frank L. Packard; VS.
ion House. C. n. and A. NJ. Viii
hanson: John Rutland's Romance,
j. P. Bessell: Journeys End; Edna
Brown: Rel Masquerade, Louis }.
Vance; TIE Cross Cut, Courtney
Cooper: GINS of the Gods, Talbot
Mundy; The Alternative, Morgan
Gihbon: Sacamouche. Rafael Sala-
tine; The Heaviest Pioe. Arthur Pat
terson: The Shield Of Silence, HI r
riet Comstock; Mistress Anne,
Temple Bailey: ,Kazan, James Cur
wood; Baree, Son OF Kazan, James
Gurwood
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
1899 Votes Polled Up
To 2 O'clock This
Afternoon.
EXPECT 1900 VOTES
Representatives of Candidates Kept
Busy-Primary Quiet and Orderly.
Result Awaited With Interest.

A good sized vote is being polled
here today. From the time of the
opening of the polls at Sol this morn
ing the election officials were kept
busy. The election is quiet and or
derly and there were no votes chal-
lenged up to the time the Gazette
went to press.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon a total
of ,239 votes had been polled in this
city. 1t is expected that before the
polls close at 7:10 o'clock tonight al
least 2,2O0 votes will be cast.
Tho yota by wards follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
RARN DESTROYED BY FIRE
EARLY THIS MORNING.

Fire of undetermined origin at 4:3O
o'clock this morning destroyed the
cow shed and barn in the rear of the
residence of James Groves, St. Elmo,
Arlington county. Relief Company
No. 1 and Columbia Company No. !,
responded and prevented the fire
stroying the residence of Mr.. Groves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
Abundant Supply of Pure
Water.

Attention is directed by the Alex
andria Water Company shat the
city is fortunate not only in the ex-
centioral quality of the water sup
Piled to its consumers. but in having
ample supply stored: regardless Of
rainfall. It is pointed out by tfe OF
fcials OF this company that many
cities and towns and even the Capt.
tai Of the nation are now expert
mencing a shortage in their supply
Of water.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
A Bit of Stevenson.

Gentleress and cheerfU!ness, these
come before all morality: they are
the perfect duties. AAnd il is the
trouble g:ith moral men that they
have neither one nor other. If your
moral make you dreary. depend upon
it. tehy are wrong. do rot say
give them up for they may be all
you have: but conceal them like a
vice, lest they should spoil the lives
of better and simpler people"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
HEAVY VOTING in
RICHMOND.

Alexandria Gazette:
Richmond, August 2.-Voting in
the early hours today was heavy in
all the precincts. There are many
women at the polls. There is no con-
gestion. The number of city pre-
cincts being nearly double that of
last year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
Caruso Dies
Greatest of Ten0rs Is Victim q
peritOnitis.

PeritOnitis.
Naples, August 2.-The golden
voice of Enrico Caruso is stilled for
ever. The gallant and spectacular
fight which the world-famous tenor
has waged against disease ended early
this morning when Caruso died here
from acute peritonitis. Mrs. Caruso
was at the bedside.
Caruso's death was not unexpect
cd. The attending specialists, had
announced last night that the na-
tient was sinking rapidly and that
he would barely survive anOth3r "A
hours, even if he held out that long.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02
State News

Charlottesville.-Dr. Philip Alex
ander Bruce, eminent Virginia
historian, in a recent protest against
the removal of the medical depart
ment of the University of Virginia
to Richmond declared that such {
step would amount to breach OF
faith with the benefactors Of the in
stitution who have given large sums
of money to endow the medical school,
the hospital and other University de-
partments with the tacit understand
ing that it would be kept intact.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02

Lynchburg. Virginia relatives
of Mrs. Halena Miley, resident of
St. Paris, Campagne Counyt, Ohio,
have been advised that Mrs. Miley,
although 1O5 years of age, is expect
ing to attend the famous Mjley-Hottle
reunion there this summer. Mrs.
Miley will be LOG years old in Sep
tember. She is a native of Page
County, and has survived her hus-
band, John Miley, a native of Shenan-
doah County, about thirty-five years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02

Danville. Va. State Senator E.
Lee Trinkla will close his primary
campaign with an address next
Monday to be delivered at Rocky
Mount, in Franklin county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02

Just when "Laddie Boy" President
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02

For this notwithstanding
cloudiness, followed by showers,
this afternoon CT tonight; not
much change in temperature.
High tide tomorrow, 1924 a. m,
and 7:::46 p. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02

Petersburg. = Today was, the
fifty-seventh anniversary of the Bat
tie of the Crater-one Of the bloodiest
battles in the War Between the
States, if not in American history,
and, while no celebrations were held
here in commemoration of that fam
Gus struggle at the gates of the
Cockade City, many stood in reverence
to the memory of the men who gave
their lives-both Blue and Gray-in
the fight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02

Charlottesville.-Dr. Edwin A.
Alderman, president University of
Virginia, has been taken to Faxton
Hospital, Utica, y. Y, as the result
of an accident in the Adirondack
Mountains, where DR.. Alderman was
passing his vacation. DR.. Alderman
sustained a fracture Of the left arm
Just below the shoulder. having fallen
near the Rocky Point Inn. His con-
dition is reported as fairly salts
fsctory
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-02

Portsmouth, naval air station
at Rockaway Beach will be placed on
a non-operative basis September |, it
became known today. The flying
force there-300 men and officers
is preparing for flight to the Hamp-
ton Roads station, which will be the
only flying field for naval planes re-
naming in commission on the At
lantic Coast, information from the
Hampton Roads naval air station in
dicated today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-19

Alice I. Finch, defendant. In Chan
Gerry No. 1887.
An affidavit having been filed that
the defendant is nonresident OF TINS
State, and the Sergeant having made
such return upon process issued mere
in, upon written application stating
defendants last known post office adj
dress and place of abode, the follow
ing order of publication upon grounds
therein stated is entered.
The object of this suit is to obtain
for complainant from defendant d.
vorce a vinculo matrimoni on the
ground of wilful desertlon and aban-
donment, without just cause or eX-
cusc, for moro than three years prior
to the institution Of this suit and Tor
general relief.
It is ordered in the name OF the
Commonwealth of Virginia that the
defendant appear here within ten
DAYS after due publication hereof and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-19
LIVE NEWS
CONTINUED from page iwo)

Continued from page iwo)
is somewhat improved and able to
go cut little.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hart, with
then Two daughters, from near Phll-
adelphia, with Mr.. Daniel Utterman,
Of Pottstown, Pa, were recent
guests of Mrs. A. Il. Richards, IN
North Braddock.
Miss Ella Hammock and Miss
Ellen Bishop, teachers IN Stanley
High School, Page county, Va
we're guests Of the teachers in tn"
"Tcac:,eragc' at Lloyds over the
week end.
Mrs. Cooncy, Miss Reynolds ana
Miss Brumficld, of Rising Sun, Md,
we're recent guests Of Mrs. Charles
L. Dare, in Rosemont.
pr. f. c. Wilson, of Oklahoma
City, Okla, was the dinner guest
OF Miss Mary Lee in the home OF
her sister, Mrs. Park a. Wade, in
toscmont, last Friday evening. .
Culpeper High School football
team won from George Mason High
School team last Friday with a
score of q to o. Are these {. NJ.
II S. boys down hearted? They are
not. Ard this Friday they will go to
Lecsburg to play against the Lees
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-19
NEWS IN THE GAZETTE
1OS Years Ago
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
Commercial and Political
THURSDAY, OCT. 81, 1913
IMPARTIALITY

Our deputy sheriff has begun
to collect fines for not perform
ing a tour Of du-y from the de-
linquent drafts; and who, think
you reader, is the first victim?
No less person than the clerk
and nephew Of our Congress-
man! But is the money paid?
Poh! Poh!-don.t be too in
quisitive. The boy was taken
into custody-swore he was not
able to pay the fine, and was
discharged-"So clean as a rib
band" Suppose some poor man
had to leave his wife and chill
dren and go in this clerks
place? That makes no differ
ence-The man who serves us in
congress has a right to keep
his clerk and his monish too.
Don't he serve the people in
congress? Must he not have a
clerk to do his business in his
absence? Then pray have no
more of your seditious grumbl-
ing-all is fair and impartial
who will presume to grumble at
paying his fine when our con-
Cheeseman's clerk has went to
Jail and paid it. Shame on the
Quakers and Tories-let them
hence forward learn to pay their
money without growing. What
is money compared to-but
mum-More hereafter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-19

defendants last known post office adj
dress and place Of abode, the follow
ing order of publication upon grounds
therein stated is entered.
The object of this suit is to obtain
for complainant from defendant a di-
vorce a vinculo matrimonii on the
ground of wilful desertion and aban-
donment, without just cause or excuse
for more than three years prior to
the institution of this suit and for
general relief.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-19
RIVERS
Cor the Gazctte)

The mouth of the Nile is l55 miles
wide between the extreme points on
the Mediterranean Coast.
The volume of water in the Poto-
mae River which flows past Wash
ington is sometimes $50 times as
great in flood as at low water.
The Rhine is navigable or at least
two months of the year for more than
500 miles, or as far up stream as
Basic, Switzerland.
The greatest measured depth of the
Missouri River is 60 feet.
The Danube flows through coun-
tries in which tiftytwo languages and
dialects are spoken.
The Jordan is the worlds most
crooked river. II wanders nearly 22O
miles to cover GO.
The Mississippi, with the Missouri,
is the longest river in the world. The
two are considered as one river sys-
tenn, the length Of which is 1920
miles.
The Amazon is estimated to be
nearly TOO feet deep at a point L.
900 miles from the sea.
The Yukon is about 1900 miles
long, about 1900 miles lying within
the limits of Alaska.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-19

It is ordered in the name of the
Commonwealth of Virginia that the
defendant appear here within ten
Nays after due publication hereof
and do what is necessary to protect
defendants interest in this suit, and
that this order be also published, post
ed and mailed to defendant according
to law.
Teste: ,.n,.v
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-19
Communications
Editor The Gazette:

Editor The Gazette:
My time here is short now as | will
be going away in few days and |
want to thank the people of this city
that were kind enough to patronize
me. sold many papers throughout
the city also took quite few sub
scriptions. l prayed in many homes
here every day also preached on the
street to interested audiences many
times. l love my work and have greas>
ly enjoyed my stay here in this city
and the Lord willing | am coming
back again. I am doing all / can to
get people interested more in the
bible and prayer. | greatly apprecl-
ate the Gazette, | have read it every
day since | arrived here and | al
ways read the scripture lesson that
appears at the bottom Of the front
page each day. l am praying for an
old time revival to break out in this
town. We have to much sham religion.
[ believe in the old time religion, the
kind that stops man from doing
everything that is bad. A real chris
tian loves everybody, he has no bad
habits of any kind, he is not selfish,
ne is happy and contented. thank
God today for the joys of the chris
tian life. My next stop will be Fred
cricksburg.