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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-24

Documents prove that William the
Conqueror, the first Norman king in
England, could not sign his own name.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-24
FAMOUS LOAN EXHIBIT

We doubt ii any city IN the
United States can boast OF a col
lection within its precincts equal
to that which will be on exhibition
in Alexandria, January Is and 20,
in the Parish Hall OF Christ
Church. We mean equal IN his
toric value and antiquarian IN
terest. Besides which the pro-
gram as prepared for the after
noon Of Thursday, 10Th inst, IS
one of absorbing fascination. The
direct and collateral descendants
and blood relatives Of George
Washington, James Monroe, Rob
ert E. Lee, Ernest William Min
regerode, and Edgar Allan Poe,
will speak on topics gerlnane to
the great characters whom they
represent. Hundreds if not thous-
ands Of relics, each hallowed by
some historic association, are to
be exhibited. Some could not be
duplicated in the wide world for
their intimacy with the immortal
heroes who brought the American
Republic into the world. Others
go back to colonial times when we
were all loyal subjects OF bluff
King George of Hanover Other
times, other manners! Here is a
snuff box that belonged to Will
liam Lee in the seventeen hun
dreds. Here is all ember box and
shovel used for carrying Goals
from room to roonl-matches yet
undreampt of! Here is a silver
dish used by stout old governor
Berkeley, first colonial governor
of Virginia, 1912 to 1851, nearly
used by stout old governor Berk-
eley-first colonial governor OF
Virginia, 1912 to 1851, nearly
three hundred years ago, SO please
you! Here is the first piece Of
silver plate made i'll Virginia, by
Silversnith Adams, a worthy
You will find a
water color portrait Of Polish
kosciusko, the hero at whose fall |
Freedom shrieked. and given by |
him to Our own Thomas Jeffer-
son: a silver porringer made by |
Paul Revere, before he took his .
ride to alarm the farm
ers OF Lexington and Concord, /
where the next dawning they
fired the shot heard round the .
world! Also piece OF the first
american flag captured by the
red coats. Also a watch,
worn by Burke, OF the Royal !
Irish, bedad, at the battle Of Bunk |
er Hill, whilst he cheered his boys
and led them on against the Yam
Eee rebels.
The most interesting relic to us. \
perhaps, is the mourning pin worn
by Mrs. Washington after the
Generals death, and containing a
,ock of his hair. Thrice halloN 4 I
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-24
NOTICE

There will be a special meeting of
the Stockholders of the ]. W. Jack
son Holding Association in their
hall, 119 North Pitt street, Wednes-
day evening, January 25th, at 1880
p. m. by direction of the President.
W. F. Baker, ST., President.
20-2p. S. A. Forest, Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-24
CULVER TO SPEAK
National Secretary Will Address p.
A. of r. E. Tonight in This
City

Alexandria Division, No. 134 Bene-
fit Association of Railway Employees
will install their officers at a special
meeting in the regular meeting hall,
corner Prince and Royal Street, Alex
andria, Va, in Carpenters and JOIN
ers' Hall, this evening at 500 p. m.
National Secretary Gordon NJ.
Culver, will be with US at this meet
ing. We are expecting very large
attendance and we want all members
to attend.
After the installation Of officers, a
smoker will be given and many m
teresting things will be heard from Mi.
Culver regarding the Association.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-24

Radcliffe, Iowa, with a population
of 500, has LOG ex-service men, all of
whom are members of the American
Legion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-24

More than 100000 women of the
brltlsh Isles were made widows dur
ing the world war.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Price Raised $26.

We were satisfied, until the next
thing We heard this Wilson, who
IL on the international Charterinr
Company, in London, had sold a
cargo Of American coal to Metxen
vincinti 4 Co., and had charged
s4s.6o for It, Uruguyan gold.
Our tender to Metzen vincinti
3 Co. had been at 338. Now sIs. 30
Uruguyan gold at the rate Of ex.
change Of ITS works out at over
ss2 United States gold per ton.
which 10 over SIS a ton above the
price at which we had contracted
to lot that coal down in Monte
vedio.
Our agent In Buenos Aires In
forms us that the prevailing BRIT.
ish price h now running from SIS
10 SS5 per ton over our price.
We have also the specific case
o. . contract which we closed with
Msssrs. Armour 4 Co. for South
America. and BY the way, we cIos-
"a that contract at the suggestion
Of Mr.. Corey. then Of the United
States shippins Board q wasA-
ingtsa.
II. nsa,sv. tAs pr.uasa,G q go
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
A Puzzling Situation.

Perhaps the greatest hardship
we know is the case of the Pitts.
burgh Coal Company, which owns
it's own mine in Pennsylvania, owns
one or more vessels Of American
registry. two schooners OF Ameri'
can registry, owns dock at
Buenos Aires and has not been
permitted by our Shipping Board
to take Its own coal, In Its own
schooners, to It's own dock, even
to It's own customers, In Bucnos
Aires.
There was one question we hare
never been able to analyze. Our
company signed a charter for Mon
tevideo with the Norwegian gov
ernment food commission for their
steamer, the Kongfoss.
We sent down that afternoon to
have the charter approved. and the
chartering committee OF the ship
control board here told US that the
matter had been taken out OF their
hands by the authorities at Wash
ington and they could only do what
Washington told them to.
We came in the following morn
ing and were informed that Wash
ington had just telegraphed In
structions that we could not have
that vessel. as she was to be used
for coal for the United States navy,
to which we had no objections
whatever, 10 be sent to Buenos
Aires. After that we received
letter from Morris Carlin. OF Balti-
more. who said that the Konsfoss
had been given by the United States
Shipping Board to the berwino
White Coal Mining Company for
Rio. As the records Of the Ship
ming Board were kept secret, as
they would never give any informa'
ton, we have never been able to
verify that.
MR.. PERCH-Mr. Andrade,
would you say that there is IN
this country at the present time
a campaign Of English propa'
ganda endeavoring to influence
the American public.
A-Absolutely. there 10 no ques-
ton about 1t.
MR.. DOwSEY-Do you believe
there is a further end In that
propaganda to discriminate
against American productions be-
ing gold and delivered to other
countries7
Ayes. will give you a spe-
cific case of that. There are load.
ing at the present time in Balti-
more, or at least they were putting
over a series of eighteen vessels
which had been allocated to the
British ministry Of shipping under
this arrangement. These ships
are not being loaded with high
class American coal, but with
what the trade calls ''cat and dog
inferior coal--which they are GO
ing to take to Buenos Ayres, as
representative Of American coal.
MR.. PERCH-Would It interest
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Trade Secrets Revealed.

A.-Absolutely. That Ia one OF
the points that Mr.. Crane fought
against most strongly.
He thought II was entirely
wrong that American merchants
should be compelled to divulge
their business secrets, the names
and prices, their methods Of doing
business to the representative Of
. foreign government, and he
thought the principle was wrong.
He told me that personally.
We got one ship in the open
market, but we never got an al
location of a single vessel for any
one Of these big house contracts.
after we did the very thing they
told us. .
Mr.. Sholan-If I remember
rightly, you said that one Of the
reasons Mr.. Andrews gave you as
to why they did not give you
ships either for Brazil or Argen.
tine was they needed concerns
sending down there who could
bring back manganese.
Ayes, Mr.. Andrews said that
they had to have manganese ore
to make steel. They won't give
1t to us unless we give them coal.
Odd you tell them you could
get the manganese as well AZ the
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Scott Urges Obligation
to Britain to Justify
Monopoly Given on Coal

Since this British monopoly in
the River Plato had been estab-
lished, Mr.. Matlack and myself, at
the invitation Of Mr.. Scott, called
on him at the United States Ship
ping Board offices. asked Mr..
Scott why It was that this mo
nopoly had been given to the Brit.
ish. He said:
you must remember that this
country IL under q great obligation
to Great Britain In the present
war" I said, "Mr. Scott. I ap-
preciate that fully" He said.
"Yes. but the British are feeding
and clothing the American army
In France" II said. II think you
are mistaken: my information II
to the contrary"
NO" he said. there are lots OF
things In this war that are not
stated to the people as they are"
said. THAT is precisely the
thing we are fighting in Germany.
I don't agree with you"
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Miners Pay Gut.

A.--No question about It. We
had pointed talks with Mr.. Rice
before they were seized.
Q.-What price are the Ber-
wind.white Coal Mining Company
getting for their coal shipped to
Buenos Arrest
Al don't know. do know
this: The results OF this British
monopoly had been most extraor.
dinary In the Buenos Aires mar.
ket. In the first place II has
given the British ministry Of
shipping. located In New York, .
monopoly Of the buying for ex-
port for that market.
The results Of that bave been
that they have forced down the
earnings of American coal miners.
The American coal miner under
the regular custom is entitled to a
bonus Of S1.35 over the domestic
price for all export coal. Now the
British ministry of shipping being
the only buyer for the Argentine
market have forced the American
miners to take. instead Of 31.36.
only 81 or $40. They have work
ed directly against the interests
Of the fellow who mines the coal.
In the second place. the British
have sold coal under this blanketed
license to the British ministry Of
shipping. they have sold coal to
consumers in the River Plate mar.
kst for whom license applications
had been previously denied by our
own war trade board on the ground
they were not essential industries.
Take the case Of Metzen VIM
cent? 4 Co.. Of Montevideo. They
are manufacturers Of cement.
They are in good standing and on
the British white list, no alien
enemy or anything Of that kind.
They closed a contract of coal
with us subject to the approval of
the United States Government. az
always.
We applied in the usual way for
export license to Mr.. Crane Of the
war trade board. He gave It care
ful consideration and turned down
our application on the ground that
we could not show him the max.
ing Of the cement in Montevidio
was going to help win the war for
the allies.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Great Britain Used United States Many in War

you to know that q certain large
banking institution in New York
city recently sent for one Of its
customers. Mr.. HOughton. Of Mill
er q Houghton. an American
shipping house since 1856. and
asked him II It were true that he
was shipping general cargo on
American vessels into Liberia. the
west coast of Africa. an American
protectorate7
He answered that It was.
The President of that bank ad.
vised him that he had better aban-
don these shipments as 1t would
interfere with the monopoly al
ready established by the Elder
Dempster 8. 8. Co., In that port.
and a. the Elder Dempster Com.
pany were large customers Of the
bank. he thought II was up to
him to relinquish.
A.-That is certainly interest
ing, ana II II exactly in line with
the things that the British coal
merchants are doing in the Argen-
tine at the present time.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
SHIPS SEIZED
FOR DEFIANCE
To BLACKLIST
Secretary Of State Forced OF.
flcial Apologies From En-.
voys of Their Government
FOREIGN BUYERS c0ERCED
South Americans Compelled to
Sign Contracts to Continue
for Five Years After the War

ospyriGht. 1871. BY The washinEtoa
Herald and by Universal Service.
The Washington Herald to.
day offers to the nation fur.
ther justification Of President
Harding's statement to Con.
gress that the maritime powers
Of the world are in full accord
In their opposition to the ship
subsidy bill. The evidence 10
that of the United States Gov
ernment itself. It indicates:
I That representatives Of
40 the British Embassy, Of
the British consul general
and of British official repre-
sentatives on the United
States Shipping Control
Board used their power In
the United States to destroy
the trade of this nation with
South America.
9 That they held the Brit
- ish blacklist" over
American firms to make
tn 9 m let 60 established
South American trade.
9 That they took over
Os this trade as an official
government act and filed or.
ders with American goods.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

company. and myself. went to
Washington to see II we could get
some of this business. Mr.. Corey
told US II we could secure large
contracts we would receive due
consideration.
We Immediately cabled our
agent and secured contracts. one
with Armour and Company at $35
Wilson and Company-La Blanca
at that time there was a free
competitive market there, that
was before the war. Armour told
us he was paying the British s3S
a ton or SO more than our price.
80 that It may be stated that the
British have obtained a higher
price in the Argentine than we
could have obtained and from our
own concerns. We thought 1t
would be poor business policy to
take advantage OF their evident
necessity. and to gouge the last
dollar out Of them.
Mr.. Dowsey-You were satisfied
to get out with a fair profit?
Ayes, a fair profit.
Mr.. Perch-Have you heard, or
have you any means Of knowing
that the British consul general OF
Buenos Aires has charge Of the
disposition of coal sent to that
port.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Abuses Summarized.

A.--The abuses therefrom are:
1.-The cutting down Of the law.
full export bonus Of the American
miner.
@The selling Of coal to con-
Germs that had not been deemed
essential by our Government.
eExcessive prices, and In I'd.
dition to that there are other
abuses.
4-The British, in some In.
stances, refused TO sell spot coal
to the Argentine consumer unless
they contracted to buy from the
British for long periods ahead, say
five or ten years.
Q.--How do you know that?
A.--By a statement made At
meeting held before Mr.. Slocum.
of the War Trade Board In Wash.
ington, about two weeks ago,
November II. The statement was
made by Wiltshire. spokesman OF
the National Coal Association at
that meeting, and he made that as
a positive statement which he was
prepared to substantiate.
We were also informed by our
agent In Buenos Aires that the
British are telling the Buenos Aires
consumers that American mer.
chants are not to be depended upon
to I'LL their contracts for coal de-
liveries.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
TODAY
Continued from Page One

to the British Parliament. Now
comes the first woman lawyer
that ever appeared before
court in England. Appropriate
ly, she prosecutes a man for
bigamy, and has him sentenced
to six months hard labor.
Schopenhauer says all good
women are in league to compel
every man to support some
ONE woman and her children.
That is why they hate bigamy,
and are merciless to women
that break their law, and by
their immortality save men the
trouble, expense and monotony
of a lifelong bargain.
THE Turks kicked out their
- Sultan, who needed it. He
and twenty-five princes and
princesses "owned" very large
oil lands in Mesopotamia. Now
guileless American lawyer
goes abroad to get those oil
lands for other guileless Ameri-
cans who think they have bought
them. When a Turkish Sultan
or a Russian Gar goes, his
titles to. property go with him.
England and the Standard Oil
Company. and others that dream
no dreams, will get the Mesopo-
tamian on. Ask Frank Munsey,
gentlest, purest, most guileless
of investors in royalty. He and
some friends bought imaginary
property of Austrian princes.
He would probably trade you his
share for a last weeks copy
of the New York Herald:
1T is to be hoped that Ameri
L cans trying to gather in oil
lands of the twenty-five Turkish
princes and princesses are not
starting with the idea that the
American people are to supply
soldiers, ships or money to help
collector they are going to
do nothing Of the kind.
land where two and a half car
goes would reach England under
the direct steam haul across the
Atlantic.
It has not been shown by any.
one how II helped win the war,
to exclude the American mer.
chant from Hampton Roads to
Buenos Aires.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Used u. 8. Navy.

A That by reason Of their
1' dominance over the
United States Ship Control
Committee they used United
States naval vessels to pur.
sue, capture and hold the
peaceful merchantmen Of
American shippers which b
had defied this illegal Brit
ish blacklist.
& That the b harased
~ American shippers ap-
pealed to the Secretary Of
State to save them and the
Secretary forced an official
apology to the shippers from
the British ENJOYS. (Two
such instances will be re-
lated, the second in tomor-
rows Washington Herald. }
e That South American
V' buyers, shut of from
necessities from America,
were forced to sign agree
ments to patronize British
firms for q period Of I'VE
years after the war.
The Washington Herald q
revelations may be found In
The TEN TWELVE case, the
secret investigation of foreign
discrimination against vessels
and shippers Of the United
States during the pursuit Of
which Frederick A. Dowsey,
government Investigator met
with violent death. The mys-
terry Of the death may never
be solved, but the record Of
his work remains.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Vital Facts Barred.

Howard G. Matlack, treas
urer Of the Matlack Coal and
Iron Corporation, of New
York, and Cipriano Andrade,
jr., treasurer of that concern
met with Mr., Dowsey on
Thursday, December 5, 1918,
at room 408, so Pine street,
New York. Present also were
II. A. s. Perch and w. j.
Sholar, assistant investigators.
The substance of the deposit
ton there taken is given here.
Mr.. Matlack, who resides at
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y, was more
Ilumrnative last night in en-
iarging upon the manner in
which the British used Uncle
Sans battleships to capture
his coal-laden merchantmen
boGnd for South America, in
order that this trade might be
seized for Britannia.
I'VE fought the war Of 1919
for less than that" said he.
"British envoys have bssn
given their walking papers for
far less than that.
why, they not only seissd
my ship and my cargo, but
thsy intended TO hold it. Il
took me- seventeen days %
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Ships Went in Ballast

OF course, that involves the re-
handling Of your wheat on the
American coast, but you win save
1900 miles of steamship run on
each trip.
We know of many cases where
ships under this Joint control Of
our board. and the British, have
gone down to Buenos Aaires In
ballast.
The triangle arrangement was
. mistake. because under It only
one cargo of wheat reached Eng.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Britain Gave Orders.

A-Lone before ths United
States get Into The world war
the British government under.
took 70 tell NJ. our company. -
American citisens 10 whom we
might seI eur coal IN South
America. s...s
We have on record In our Of.
flee . letter that We wrote to
the British consulate In New
York tellinG him that blacilists
were criminal under the laws of
the United States. and that We
did not propose to b. bound by
any British blacklist.
We kept on shipping to any
body who would buy our coal in
the Argentine. ana finally the
British succeeded In persuading
the United States navy to run
a couple Of ships We had under
charter into the West 1ndiss and
hold thsm. And the first thing
We knew our ships we're anchored
In the West Indies instead Of
stsaminE down toward Buenos
Aires.
Mr.. Matlack and I went down
to our state Department ana
stated the facts to'ths State Do
partment. and Mr.. Polk NV to
II that the ships were released.
Mr.. Polk made . thorough In
vsstiRation and ws continued 10
pursue our policy ND TO the time
when the war started. and We
would respect the British black.
List for sentimental rsasons and
no othsr.
o-ps IN tAink ut ne ~.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Baker Rsputes Scott

] went hack and addressed q
letter to the chairman OF the
House Committee on Military AT.
fairs. He wrote me that 1t was
not true that the British were
feeding the American army. We
wrote Secretary OF War Baker
and got similar information. As
far as the general proposition
goes we were doing most Of the
feeding and clothing.
Scott next told us this. he said:
You must remember that Great
Britain held this coal trade to the
Argentine before the war. She
will undoubtedly claim 1t after
the war, and 1t doesn't make q
bit Of difference whether we ac-
celerate that condition or not"
Having given those two prelimi-
nary reasons. he then gave the
third. which will designate -
the traffic reason. and which in
my Judgment is unfounded.. He
started out with the statement
that everybody Knows wheat has
to move from the Argentine to
Great Britain.
He then made the statement
that you have got to balance tho
outmove of wheat with coal, as
England didn't have the coal. the
United States was the proper
place to furnish II from.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Deposition in the
1O-12Case

MR.. DOWSEY-Has the Brit
ish ministry Of shipping q repre-
sentative, who sits on the United
States Ship Control Board?
MIR. ANDRADE-I think they
have, Connop Guthrie.
Q.-In that connection. Mr.. An.
drade-do you believe. in view OF
your stated belief Of such a propa-
ganda. that its prime object and
only aim 10 to prevent the estab.
lishment on the seas of an Ameri.
can merchant marine. and 10 clint
nate a. far as possible the engage
ment in foreign trade. by Ameri.
can exporters, who have not pre-
viously engaged In that particular
trade?
A.-Absolutely.
Q.-These Argentine customess
have previously purchased coal 6f
American exporters?
A.-They like American coal 10
well. our method Of doing business
also 80 well. that they haven't yet
Cancelled our contracts, which have
been standing for over . year. in
the hopes that We may be able to
I'LL.
o-Do you know that Mr.. Rice
connected with the British consul.
ate general in New York 10 . rep
rsssntative Of the British CONNER.
cial intelligence service and the
director general In this district Of
propaganda7
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

Berwind.w White Coal Mining Com.
pany?
Ave certainly did.
Mr.. Dowsey-Now, regarding
the monopoly Of the British at
Buenos Aaires?
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Made Useless Trip

The British steamer started
from England. went 5000 miles
to Hampton Roads. picked UP her
coal cargo, carried that 5000
miles down the Plate river, took
on her wheat and carried 1t 5000
miles back to England.
Now" said Mr.. Scott, that
conserves tonnage"
In my judgment It does not
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

find 1t and get it released.
1T was only when the SEQ.
retary Of State called q halt
and forced them to come to me
and make an official apology
that I began to feel like an
American citizen In America. -
The official deposition in
the TEN TWELVE case fol-
lows: