The Washington herald., 1921-12-23
ALEXANDRIA COPS
RECOVER FROM
SMALLPOX SCARE
Nothing Worse Than
Itching Arms Is An
ticipated.
FIVE VACCINATED
Mayor, Chief of Police, and
Three Officers Given
Treatment,
THE HERALD BUREAU,
A. s. Doaiphan.
121 King Street.

III King Street.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, Dec. 22. -
CONSERVATION of the police, who
were exposed to smallpox as a re-
Ssuit of a raid on a house occupied
hy colored people on South Peyton
street Sunday night. had generally
died down today, after vaccination
administered by DR.. L. E. Foulks,
city health office, and nothing Worse
II anticipated than a 10: of badly
itching arms.
Mayor Duncan, Chief of Police c.
r. Goods, and Policemen Magner,
Darrer and Padgett were those vac
cinated.
DR.. Foulks has not been able to
trace the source of the disease, but
thinks it may have been brought
from the outside by some of the
men who lived At the place. The
men, four in nnmber. were taken
into custody when the place was
raided, and last Monday afternoon
they were taken to Catletts, Va,
and placed in jail The authorities
there were notified that smallpox
existed in the house, and all four of
the men were vaccinated.
Dr. Foulks today vaccinated two
children and a colored woman who
is attending the woman whose
house was raided and whose illness
is diagnosed as smallpox
The cells formerly occupied by the
four men while they were here have
been fumigated, and every precau-
ton taken at police headquarters to
prevent spread of the disease.
Approximately 100 persons yester-
day were vaccinated at Hoadley,
Prince William County. Va, by Dr..
Foulks and DE- W. C. West, city
bacteriologist. DR.. Foulks says the
authorities of Hoadley are using
every effort to prevent a further
spread of the disease. He estimates
that about twenty-five cases there
have been diagnosed as smallpox.
o Members Of the Kiwanis Club en-
joyed a Christmas frolic at their
weekly luncheon this afternoon in
the Westminster Building. There
was a big Christmas tree, and toy
boost prizes were distributed, con-
sisting OF horns. rattles, doll babies,
drums and other articles. They
were distributed by ]. Randall
Cation.
The committee in charge of the
distribution of the baskets to the
poor of the city Saturday made
their report, and the Kiwanians
will be ready to help any INDECENT
family with basket This COM
mittee. is composed of Rev. z. "
REGISTER. DID, Rev. John Lee Al
ison, D. D., and K. E. wallace.
A slight fire occurred shortly af-
ter o'clock this afternoon at the
planning mill of w. A. Smoot and
Company on North Washington
street. The blaze was extinguished
with a single stream of water.
Gov. Elect f. Lee TrinkIe ha.
written a letter to DR.. Kate Waller
Barrett. of this city, expressing
pleasure at the showing made by
CIveketa Farm for girls, near Cliff
' ton, VA An exhibition of some of
the work is now on display In the
Offices of Graham and Ogden.
The board of directors Of the Citf-
zens' National Bank today declared
a dividend of s per cent and an ex-
ira dividend of 2i1 per cent was or
dered paid to the stockholders OF
record December 81. The surplus
was ordered increased from $780,
900 to s225.00o. Fifteen per cent
of all salaries was ordered paid to
employees as additional compensa-
-tIen.
The Columbian Players will give