Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-07
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Fredericksburg. - The municipal
swimming pool here is proving to be
quite drawing card during these hot
days. The bath houses have not yet
been completed but will be in a short
time. Due to the muddy water in the
Rappahannock, the inlet gates have
been closed temporarily.
neutrality-suspicious. at your
self is quite a curious pastime, but
this is what one of Uncle Sans Devil
Dogs did. c. E. Conwell, a marine
from Quantico, stopping at the Hotel
Maury, upon awakening suddenly
spied what he took to be "spook"
He grabbed his gun and let 'em have
it. When the shot rang out, the MIR
ror shattered into thousand pieces.
He had only mistaken his reflection
for ghost.
Quantico.-A visit from Admiral
Sir William Pakenham and the officers
of Ii. NJ. S. Raleigh, the annual Second
division dinner, and an entertainments
by the marine corps theatrical troupe
of this post, featured the first day S
program of the third annual reunion
of the Second division.
More than 500 officers and men OF
/ the Second division during the world
war have assembled. Many more
were expected today when the business
sessions were begun.
Admiral Pakenham, and his stan
called on Gen. S. ID. Butter, and when
| Informed that the reunion was IN prog
ress he expressed a desire to see the
men who mad made history with the
A. E. +. and accordingly remained Tor
a review in which all the marines par
/ ticipated, and to be presented by
General Butler to the assembled vet
Grams. g,
The veterans are also much pleased
at having an opportunity OF seeing
the Fifth ana Sixth marine regiments.
These regiments formed the celebrated
marine brigade Of the Second DIVISION
which stopped the Germans at Belleau
Wood Most of the men who served
| in them during the war have been dis
charged,
Richmond.-The grand jury, oil
which B. Nj. Gwathmey is foreman,
Yesterday, IN Hastings Court, re-
turned torty-seven true bills OF m
dictment, thrty-siX being for tlrst OIL
tense in violation OF the prohibition
laws.
Richmond. - Fifty-five prominent
Richmonders, including a number oil
I high state officials, joined K. Il. Lee
! Camp, Sons OF Confederate Veterans,
at a meeting of the organization last
night at Randolph Hall on the Conted-
crate soldiers Home grounds.
| Norfolk.-Vice-Ad Admiral Sir William
Christopher Pakenham, commander OF
the British fleet of the West Indies,
will arrive here today on his flagship,
II. NJ. s. Raleigh, to be the guest OF
Admiral Hugh Rodman, commandant
of the Fifth Naval district. Prepara-
taions were under way yesterday 10
tender to Admiral Pakenham full mir
itary honors.
Lynchbusg.-The thirty-third an
nual convention of the Virginia State
Bar Association was begun here yes
terday with about 100 out-of-town
members present. Last night the con-
vention was entertained at bullet
supper and informal reception at the
| lakewood country club.
The feature OF the day was the an
nual address of Judge A. ". Wallace,
of Fredericksburg, who discussed the
divorce question. He spoke OF mar,
riages of ancient times and declared
divorces were almost unknown until
after the Homeric period. lie SAID
that protection to organized society
requires that efforts to destroy the
/ sanctitV of the marriage relation De
made a feloniouS crime. Judge wal
| lace urged that a commission De APP
| pointed with a representative from
each state to formulate proper pro-
cedure to meet the perpleXing condl-
tons occasioned by so many JurlSdlc-
lions and laws.
Richmond.-Holding that the en-
forcement OF trolley rates that provide
no return on the property is contsca,
tory and an invasion of constitutional
rights, the United States Circuit Court
OF Appeals in a far-reaching OPINION
Yesterday, granted relief to the Au-
gusta-Aiken Railway and Electric
Corporation, operating in South Caro-
lima and Georgia, by awarding IN
creased rates over those fixed by the
Railroad Commission of South Caro-
lima. Action of the court in gong over
the authority of the commission, when
under the laws of South Carolina IS
empowered to fix such rates, Is regard
ed by lawyers in Richmond, as oelhg
of the utmost Importance.
Richmond.-That every casket
shipped for burial should have straps
under it so as to facilitate its removal
from the train when ii reaches Its
destination was stressed at the thirty
fifth annual convention of the Virginia
! Funeral Directors Association, which