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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-28
Transportation Aid
American Railway Express Company
Transports Relief to Mississippi
Suffers.

The American Railway Express
Company has Offered to accept for
free transportation Of all donated
clothing and other supplies for des-
tituto sufferers on the Mississippi
river in Mississippi when consigned
to recognized organized relief com
lnittees, such as tn, American Red
Cross ami local committees End au-
thcritics at the various towns along
the river. Any of The above named
committees who desire to ship 70
the Mississippi River region. We will
gladly accept for TRANSFORMATION from
Alexandria, Va. free Of barge.
The local agent W. II. seldom,
gave cut the above informotion this
morning and states that he hopes
that citizens of Alexandria will take
advantage of this offer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-28

Potomac Lodge Of Odd Fellows
will meet in Odi Fellows Hall TINS
evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Potomac Lodge Of Odd Fellows
will meet in ODD Fellows Hall tins
evening.
Mrs. J. r. Allen is quite sick at
her home, 2l5 North Columbus
street. TO the sincere regret Of her
many friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. n. Via and daugh-
ter. Miss Virgie NJ. Via, OF Chariot,
tesville. are spending some time IN
the home of Mr. and Mrs. c. Ii.
Schlhorn. at 1924 King street.
Mrs. Mary Schlichting and Mrs. J.
4. Hepburn who attended the fun
cral of their aunt, Mrs. Laura +
Taylor, in Chester, Pa, have return
ed to their homes in this city.
Miss Hilda Schneider is in Lex
ington attending the hops at '. NJ
The Alexandria High School base,
bah team will play the team of Lees
burg High School i'm Leesbmg to-
morrow afternoon.
A 9 reel motion picture "The Life
Of Joan Of Are" will be shown to-
night in Lyceum Hall. The show
viii begin promptly at 8 o'clock.
A benefit cake sale VIII be held
by Mrs Lucas tomorrow at the Of
fees of Graham and Ogden o1 King
street.
Every member OF the Rosebud
Athletic Club is requested to be pres
ent at q meeting to be held tonight
at their clubruOins. Important bus
mess of interest to each member iN
Ec transacted. Roll call at 1:'0 p. IN.
Hon Theodore G.. RiSley, of the
Bureau of Immigration, tonight at
3 o'clock viii deliver an address in
Young Peoples building under the
auspices OF the Cameron Club. Mr..
RiSley will tell of the work being
done by that bureau
The Coleman All Stars defeated
afternoon by the score Of II 90 The
game was q Shgfeat, featured by the
hitting Of Alexander and Hayden.
The funeral of Capt. Keith Davis,
a former resident Of this city. who
died Wednesday i'm Washington, will
take place at o'clock tomorrow af>
teruoon from Wheatley's mortuary
chapel Services win be conducted
by Rev. VI. & Bryie, rector Of Grace
Episcopal Church, Washington, and
burial Will he i'm Bethel cemetery.
st Mary's Sunday School Ath>
letic Association will give q Euchre
party in the Lyceum Wednesday
evening, May 3.
Freddie Este, known as the arm
less wonder, viii play a challenge
%ame Of pocket billiards at the Elll,s
Hall tonight after he finishes mis- per
Torrance with the World Of Mrth
Shows This will be novel game as
his opponent is a one armed man.
IA shoot a wicked cue with nj right
loot it is said. This exhibition game
vii! start about 1l:l5 o'clock
The Spark of Life" will be given
in the High School Auditorium to-
"ignt and tomorrow night. Tickets
viii be on sale at the door and the
admission price is fifty cents.
Representative Percy Quin, Con,
gresham from the seventh district
Of Mississippi, will deliver am ad.
dress before the members of the Ba.
raca Bible Glass of the First Bap-
tjSt Church Sunday morning. Rep
resentative b. C Lowry, also from
Mississippi, VIII speak before the
class on May IA. which is Mothers
Day. All men of the city are cord.
al invited TO come out and hear
these speakers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-28
FUND NOW $1S7S.7O
Fi,emen Need Sll2l.3O In Order to
Complete Fund

The fund now being raised by Tia.
three volunteer fire companies of tn,
city now totals $l&7S The amount
sought by the tiremcn is $1,000. The
iuemen. therefore, need exactly
Sil2l.30 in order TO reach the goal.
Additional contributions acknow-
lodged today follow: DR.. T.. ! Allen.
81; j. Van Schouwcnbu~g, s.; ". ".
HrIsseN. 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-28
Rites For c. Vernon Ford

Funeral services for Common
|calth's Attorney c Vernon Ford. OF
Fairfax county, We're held AT Zion
Episcopal Church at Fairfax Court.
house Yesterday afternoon and at,
tended by large concourse of rel.
attorneys from the aGjacen, coun-
IicS. They were conducted by Rev
Mr. Rucderow, rector, and Rev W. s.
hammond. former rector of that
church
P&llbeGrers, Judge s. C.. Brent. T.
W. Richardson, DR.. Z. " Hudole,
eson, Thomas r. Keith. +. 2. Hol-
brook ard WilsoQ Farv
Among the attorneys from this
S,,'N attending We're Judge Robinson
-dorcur' and Judge G.. r. Nicol.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-28
Doctors Differ in East
lake Murder Case

'Eastlake did not appear grieved
at his wife's death He did not in
sist en- going in to view the body, and
when he did, be failed TO look At the
corpse"
It was officially announced yester-
day by the clerk Of the CorDoration
Court Of Alexandria that Eastlake
married Miss Susan Belle Crittenien.
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mason
Critcaden, on March 4. The cerc-
mony was performed in the First
Baptist Church Of Alexandria, by the
pastor, Rev. Eugene b. Jackson.
Women were barred from the
courtroom during a part Of the
morning session when evidence IN
tended to establish proof Of Miss
Knox's alleged immortality was Of
fered.
Captain JcTords hailed two Of the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-28

Captain JcTords hailed two Of the
craft and asked them if they needed
assistance, but the hardy shippers
answered q. .o."-New York Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-28

"of course 1t is" was the reply.
II thought il was. Wou'5 van
mind my getting out tn So, vbot :,
Is last to. Evansville Crescent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-28
SPORT SUITS

In variety of styles and materials
some of the famous "Wooltex" gar
ments among them
6 $3.50 and $500 Suits =. $3.50
6 $500 and $3.50 Suits =. $3.50
$500 Suits ......... $3.50
$3.50 Suit ............. $25.5O
6$15.95 Suits ........... Sll.93
! $3.50 3 Piece Sport Suit $3.50
2 $3.50 Suits ............. $2Z.5O
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-05-12

john Fitzpatrick of Maiden, Mass,
was sentenced to one year in the house
of correction yesterday after he had
pleaded guilty to bigamy in the district
court. Fitzpatrick had three wives. The
first, Jennie Spence, the mother of four
children, lives at Wells River, VT, where
the two were married. The second wife,
Nellie Rowe, Boston girl, is in a hos
pital for the insane in Maine. The third
wife, Mrs. Maude Il. Wormsley, widow
of Everett, began the proceedings
against Fitzpatrick.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-05-12

Ontario is the worlds chief producer
Of nickel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
In Hotel Lobbies
Books Abused

"A great many good and other
wise honest people" declared L. w.
Josselyn, director of the Birming-
ham public libraries, Friday, twill
mistreat the books that the library
lends them. Sometimes new books
come back with leaves turned down
where the reader has marked the
page on which he stopped. They
are returned with phrases and sell
fences underscored, and with notes
written on the margins. The covers
are often torn off, either partially
or altogether Pages especially those
on which were printed pictures that
were desirable, are occasionally. .orn
out. And. in one way, what is worst
of all, opinions regarding the au-
thor or his work are written on the
front page or elsewhere by critical
readers whose unfitness to juGge the
work is attested by the very criti-
eism he offers. These and many
more mishaps happen to the books
that are returned. Then there are
those which are not returned. Each
year the library loses between 700
and 500 books, some of which can
not be replaced. In connection with
this, / would like to call a point to
the attention of any who may find
library books about their. homes that
have been out so long that the fines
would be prohibitive at the regular
rate. When the regular fines would
run more than the cost of the book
they are cut down to only the books
COST
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
WOMEN IN POLITICS

Militant feminists receive no encourage
ment from Lady Aston, born in Virginia and
the first woman to sit in the British Parlia-
ment. Lady Astor said recently, 81 do not
favor q political party made up exclusively
Of women and with men excluded from it.
believe that women should use their infiu-
ence with all existing parties"
That view is shared by the more intelli-
gent women voters Of America. 1t was
shown rather conclusively in the last cleo
tions that they vote much as the men do. In
fact, women candidates Jared badly because
of the failure of Alice Paul and her adhel-
ents to found feminine "bloc." Arraying
one sex against the other strikes at the very
foundation of society and is indefensipie
from any point of view. The progress of a
utate can be assured only by men and women
working together for the public good. The
greatest service American women can per-
form in politics is to help elect competent
public servants and promote better govern
ment They can foster higher political ideals
and be constructive force in national life,
now that they have the ballot They are
showing a disposition to shoulder that re-
sponsibility. The idea that women should
vote for women, simply because of their sex.
is harmful and would result in the same evils
that have discredited suffrage when exer-
cised exclusively by men, who often elected
incompetents to office for partisan reasons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
SHIP SUBSIDY UNDER FIRE

The debate on the ship subsidy measure In
the House is waxing very warm. Reasons
for and against the subsidy are shuttled back
and forth between the opposing sides. The
arguments against it appear unsound and
based upon misconception of the nature
and purpose of the bill. For example, it is
charged that the measure is raid on the
spublic treasury" That is fine stock argu-
ment often used to arouse the people to oppo-.
sition; but nowadays more people think for
themselves, and they refuse to become ex-
cited, The bill provides for no raid of
any kind. The postal appropriations for car
rying foreign mails are to go into the sub
sidy fund.- and our vessels must carry such
mails free of charge. A certain percentage
of the tariff revenues is diverted to the
fund. That is all the revenue provision car
ried in the bill. Furthermore, the total sub
sidy will not equal the present cost of oper-
ating our merchant marine, and will enable
private operators to establish themselves SO
as entirely to remove the necessity Of
subsidy.
1t is charged also that under the provisions
the oil tankers of the Standard Oil company
could enjoy several millions a year from this
subsidy. That is not contemplated in the
measure. Only such vessels as operate at
loss in the general carrying trade can enjoy
the subsidy. They. must also show that they
are operating at loss. The Standard Oil
company would hardly be able to show that.
Further, whenever the earnings of line ex-
coed a given percentage, the surplus must
be paid back into the subsidy fund.-
As has been said before, subsidies are not
new to us, although we do not call them
such. Nevertheless, timely aid to public
agencies has geen given for decades, and
there are now under contemplation many
projects of public Importance which in the
beginning are subsidized out of the public
treasury. Nobody objects to the federal de-
velopment of waterways, harbors and ports.
On the contrary, such enterprises are wei
coined as essential additions to our national
equipment. If then there is subsidy for ports
harbors, waterways and the barge lines that
ply their waters, why not also measure pf
financial support for the steamship lines
which complete the commercial cycle?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
AMERICAN GREEKS ORGANIZE

Progressive and influential Greek citizens
rim Atlanta, Birmingham and other southern
Sities have inaugurated movement having
as its objects the creation Of better under
standing between themselves and native-born
Americans, as well as the spread of Amer
lean ideals among the Greeks in this country.
Under title Of the American Hellenic asso-
citation, with, supreme lodge in Atlanta,
local lodges are being organized in other
cities. The constitution of the order en-
braces loyalty to the United States, the
teaching of democracy, maintenance of the
American public school system, separation
of church and state and other American
principles. The Greek leaders in this and
other southern cities claim that their people
are not so we'll understood as would be the
case under \ closer association of Greeks
and Americans. Hence, the new organiza-
ton is to accept American as well as Greek
members. 1t is a proper and voluntary step
in the direction Of Amercanization of our
new population.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
GOOD OLD DAYS

From the Louisville Herald.
Do you get impatient when you have to
wait in a railroad station for train that S
late? And keep watching the bulletin board
to see if the bad news, after all, may not
prove to be mistake? Nothing worse than
waiting for a delayed train--unless it's walt
ing in dentists office. An old-timer, remi-
people who waited for trains rs years ago in
Chicago. There was no telegraph there in
those days. So John B. Turner, president
of the old Gaiena and Chicago Union rail-
road, had an observatory built on top Of
Chicago's first depot in 1S49 Turner had
his office in the tower Using marine tele
scope, he watched through the window for
incoming trains. The telescope enabled him
to spot an approaching train as far as Aus
tin, six miles away. Then Turner would
shout the glad news downstairs and the impa-
tient travellers would sigh with relief and
marvel at the benefits conferred on human
ty by that great scientific achievement, the
telescope.
Today the location of approaching and de-
parting passenger trains is known with pre-
cision, thanks to telegraph, telephone and
radio. You can look at the depot bulletin
board and know whether train, not due for
hours, is on time or late Even better, yol
can telephone to the station, miles away. Il
the train is reported delayed, you wait in
your comfortable home until time for the
train, instead of in dismal station. Great
strides! The everyday commonplace services
which we take as matter of course in mod
ern times would have been magical luxuries
back in 1S49.
Somehow, though, the telegraph and tele
phone and radio appeal,sto us less than the
quaint picture of old man Turner in his
tower. Searching the railroad tracks with
small telescope. People We're not in such
hurry, back yonden They took life as Il
came. And maybe4hey were happier. The
telegraph and telephone. apdsradio had. not
been invented then, for they were not need
ed. As soon as the actual need arose, inven-
tors provided them. In their way, they are
marvels. But their major function seems to
be to enable people to rush about faster, in
mad semi-stampede that seems to have
neither goal nor smeaning And sometimes
we wonder if it wouldn't be good thing for
the world if it could undo a lot of it's pro-
gress and slip back to the simpler good old
days" Maybe not. But old man Turner and
his telescope certainly. fire the imagination.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
ECONOMY IN SCHOOLS

Nearly $4,000 pupils have been provided
with class room in the public schools Of thej
state through the erection in the year end
ing September so of 1870 new school build
ings under state aid. The cost was $780,
600, and is small when the number of chill
dren affected is taken under consideration.
This is the one field in which the state, the
counties and the cities can never afford to
be niggardly. At the same time, and for
the very reason that the educational bill is
a tremendous one, there is no department of
public administration where competent men
are more needed 1t is also of greatest impor-
lance to the building of schools and the &C
QUESTION of school property, The expense
bill is becoming larger and larger one, and
more and more intelligence is required to
hold the results in keeping with the cost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
BODYBUILDING GROWS

That the American people prefer living in
their own homes is proven by the number Of
homes that have been built and are being
built. Tn practically every CITY of the coun-
try there has been wave Of home building
extending over the past two years ever
since prices of building material enabled
people to build homes. In Atlanta, Birming-
ham and several Texas cities all prior records
in home building have been broken, and
there is no indication that the pace is being
reduced. Structural activities of ali kinds
have been carried on throughout the year
on broad lines. October building shows a
gain over September of this year and a gain
of 21 per cent over last October. In fact,
the October total is close to that of July,
which is generally accepted as marking the
height of the building season. The prclonga-
tion of structural activity into the late fall
may be partly attributed to the open weather
which has been favorable to construction, but
in the main it must be credited to the pros
perity that has increased as the year has
grown older and has encouraged building. As
for homes, that is a natural instinct from
which man wifi never depart. Homes will be
built whenever men have -lhesmeans for their
building. 7. h
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
LAFoLLETTE's CONVENTION,

Senator LaFollette is getting Up il, the
world. Not so many months agoshe was de-
Tending his right to continue 30 SIT in the
United States Senate. His colleag 'es per-
mitted him to stay, altho.g.. many people
have their private opinion abont the 1ualty
Of LaFollette's patriotism during the was.
Nav through the retirement of many senior
republican senators, LaFollet.s has come to
occrpy a position of influen .s and strategic
Importance. If Senator Snioo. should re-
syn, as has been ntimated, the senator from
Wisconsin would, by the rue of seniority
teccme chairman of the powerful Senate
fsnsnce committee. There are many otn-r
tssn republicans who do nos want to sec
that happen. 1t is very evden: that Senate,
LaFolette is aware of his new situation, as
is evidenced by his call to certain somewhat
L ,o assified personages IN Washington to
confer with him in mon partisan c,nven-
ton. However, there are no non-parti-
sans in Congress, for they have all been sent
to Washington under the auspices of some
party or other, and have no right to deny
allegiance to that party. Senator Walsh of
Massachusetts is willing to confer if there
is assurance that it is no third-party move
ment With LaFolette at the helm there
can be no advance assurance of any kind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
regard personal risk and they have given ex-

regard personal risk and they have gwen ex-
anlples. of heroism and i#elf-sacriiice that
rank with thu proudest in history.
It should be gratifying to the Woodward
company to realizesthat, although there was
heavy loss of life in its Dolonite mine
and many miners were seriously injured, nu-
merous safety devices had been provided In
fact, the mine is regarded as one Of the best
equipped in the Birmingham district The
company, it is announced, will also promptly
pay all claims under the Alabama compensa-
ton law. This is the kind of policy that Gre
ates better relations between corporations
and their employees.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
AN UNFORESEEN ACCIDENT

The disaster at Dolomite is just another il
lustration of the fact that human ingenuity
and the application of modern safety de-
vices will minimize, but not altogether pre-
vent accidents. Coal mining under the most
favorable circumstances is dangerous. Far
sighted employers have been quick to utilize
new appliances that will give greater safety
to the men who dig coal far underground and
in recent years the Alabama coal field has
witnessed remarkable improvements in this
respect. Not only are precautions taken, to
minimize danger, but ample preparations are
made to provide first aid when an unforeseen
accident happens. Agencies are always ready
to respond on an instants notice to appeals
for help. Rescue work has been SO highly
systsmatized that it is usually matter of
only few minutes, instead of hours, before
relief is carried to the mouth Of a mine where
disaster has occurred These workers dis
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
My Favorite Stories .
By IRWIN S. COBB
SPREADING THE GLAD TIDiNGs

gentleman who evidently thought well
of himself entered restaurant and with
commanding mien beckoned the head waiter
to him. He ordered seven-course dinner,
winding up with this instruction to the ob-
sequious servitor:
.'Now, don't forget to tell the cook that
these things are for Colonel Slocum-under-
stand, Colonel Slocum.i Just mention my
name and he'll understand
A gentleman of mild aspect had been
witness to this As the head waiter turned
over Colonel Slocum's order to an underling,
the mild man caught his eye.
"Just minute, please" said the second
patron. 81 want to give an order too Got
any fresh clams?'
Yes, SIR, some very fine CLAIMS today"
Good. Here's my visiting card Now go
down to the cellar, open "a clans, put 'em
on some cracked ice, and while you're doing
it, mention my name to every damn one
of EN-"
Copyright. 1922. Mcknight Syndicate .Inc)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-25
VALUE OF THE BARGE SERVICE

Citizens of Blount county, who voted over
whelmingly against the seaport amendment
two years ago, voted for it by an equal
majority on November 7. The editor of the
Southern Democrat of Oneonta says this
change of front is partly the outcome of an
object lesson in the effect of the Warrior
river and port of Mobile on the fortunes of
Blount county cotton producers. In the
early fall Manchester, N. H., cotton mill
buyer purchased 1000 bales of Blount
county cotton, paying cent pound above
the market price because the cotton was to
he floated down the Warrior to Mobile and
handled by ship out of Mobile at such low
freight rate that the extra cent was more
than saved in the reduction in transportation
charges. Citizens of Tallapoosa awoke to
the meaning Of their port at Mobile when
a large cargo of red gum lumber was shipped
from that place to Alexandria, Egypt. That
the port of Mobile brings the world to the
door of Alabama was shown when shipload
of Alabama crossties left Mobile for Jeru-
salem, where an electric car line is to be
built.
The seaport amendment campaign was
based on the principle which these illustra-
tions exemplify. The combined effect of the
Warrior and the port of Mobile Is to keep
down freight rates and raise the price OF
the product. The product pays the freight
rate, the buyer deducting the freight rate
from the price which he pays the producer,
hence 1t follows that the producer whose
product reaches the consumer at lowest
freight rates receives the largest net price
for his goods. That is what a canalized river
and nearby port mean. Alabamians are to
benefit by them more and more as each is
more fully equipped to serve.