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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31
AT RICHMOND
LEGISLATION

The Senate was called to order yes
terday at noon by President Buchan-
an with prayer by Rev. George f.
Booker.
Senator Beverley presented reso-
luton suggesting an amendment to
the Constitution in regard to the pro-
posed oath that no man should be al
lowed to hold office unless he would
swear that he had NOT violated the
prohibition laws. The paper was sent
to the Committee four courts of JUS
tice
The Senate, on motion of Senator
Booker, went into executive session at
1890. 1t adjourned at 2:30 O'Clock
after confirming nominations of six-
ty-three appointments by the Cover
nor.
Resumption of the joint legislative
investigation into affairs of the State
Highway affairs, including the COM
mission and commissioner, is sche-
duled for 10 o'clock this morning in
the agricultural museum in the Cap
itol.
It is expected that the Auditor of
Public Accounts will present a de-
tailed statement of all expenditures of
the Highway Department as was fre
nnentlv requested by the committee
through Chairman Harry Flood Byrd.
This statement will open new avenue
of investigation for the committee,
which up to date has failed to make
any considerable headway either in
showing extravaganza or incom-
potency.
Two big delegations of road en-
thusiasts, from Southwest Virginia,
appeared before the joint roads COM
mittee Of the Senate and House yes
terday afternoon in regard to pro-
posed change in the Senate Highway
system affecting Wise, Dickenson and
Buchanan Counties. Senate bill 55,
carrying into effect recommendations
of the Highway Commission and Com
missioner Coleman regarding changes
IN the system. provides in section II.
for connection from Clavpoole Hill
via Raven to Grundy. in the intercst
"
Buchanan. headed by Delegate Stin-
son. appeared. Delegate Dotson. for
mer Delegate Roland f. Chase. for,
me" Senator Bruce and Lee Long.
coal orerator, headed another delega-
ton favorinp the retention Of the
route chosen in 1918. which would take
the road to Crundv by Clintwood and
Coeburn. The committee decided
against the latter Wise andi Dicken-
son DELEGATION and in favor of the
route proposed via, Raven, in the
proscnt bill
Fourteen bills a majority of them
local. in their .apnlicstiop. wr.r pe ssed
hv the House of Delepates Yesterday.
md lar"n number Of bills were adj
vanred to their engrossment and third
reading.
The House rasscd the H"ll hill nro-
'';h:.in~ the wearing of Confederate
"rosses Of honor and American Legion
'n'h'oms by any excent those entitled
to do so. Delegate Gordon cast the
lora vote in the negative.
Educational measures held the at
~nntior of the House for considerable
nart of the davis session, but the com
rnlsorv education bill, now on its sec
md reading. again was passed hv.
H;e"Ission was rather General of the
Williams hill irving all county and
"itv eovernin" bodies the right to lew
a local capitation tax NJ 81 for school
7urnoses. a power many Of them al
ready possess by snecial legislation.
indsav Gordon of Louisa, led the
,nnoS;.ion hu' the measure was ad.
van"ed 70 its third reading and is now
n position for passage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31
FELLED BY WOMAN
Widow Relieved of S240 After Being
Knocked nconsciouS

New York, Jan. 30.-A woman BAN
lit today entered Seventh-street
butcher shop, felled Mrs. Bebe"ca
Bell, the widowed proprietor, with the
butt of revolver, took S240 from Mrs.
Bells stocking and escaped.
Mrs. Bell was found unconscious an
hour after the holdup. She said the
woman ordered two chickens and that
when she turned her back to prepare
them she felt revolver at the back
of her head. The robber threatened
her with death if she made an out
cry, she said, then struck her down
when she turned about.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31
ROOF CAVES IN
One Car in Garage at lis South Lee
Street Smashed

The roof of a one-story brick ga.
rage operated by Sutton and Travers
at l15 South Lee street, caved in
Sunday night and smashed a COM
paratively new touring car and did
othed damage. The weight of the
snow combined with the fact that the
structure was old probably was re.
sponsible for the crash. The garage
had a gable roof.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31
One Cent Damages

Washington, Jan. 30.-John Arm
+trong Chaloncr, of Merry Mills, Va,
won verdict for ! cent today from
the Snnrcme Court OF the District of
Columbia in his civil damage suit
against the Washington Post. The
rase came up for retrial here. a ver-
Iirt for $4,000 rendered in 1916 in
favor of Chaloner having been re-
versed by the Supreme Court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31
Alexandrians Named

Sixty-three appointments to the
state boards and commission made
during the past two years were con-
firmed yesterday by the Virginia
State Senate in which only three
names were contested. Mayor }. NJ:
Duncan is named on the board of
charities and corrections, and DR..
Kate Waller Barrett is named on
tho hoard to the College of William
and Mary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31

and PASSED by him as being IN keep
;nr with the regulations, that the res
snonsibility rests with the District and
tho building inspector; that his ap-
nroval releases the architect and the
buildcrs and owners of all RESPONSE
bility.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31

rcelville-Another important
step has been made toward the reali>
zation of a new schoolhouse here.
Five and one half acres of land have
been purchased from 7. D. Dillon
for the new site. The lot is in a
beautiful location and it is thought
it will be entirely satisfactory to all
the patrons. Plans are being pre-
pared for the new building and it is
hoped that the contract for con-
struction will be given this spring.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31
VIRGINIA NEWS
PARAGRAPHED

Newport News-Bearing marks OF
her fight with what her crew des-
cribed as zone of the worst hurricane
ever seen off the Virginia coast"
the tanker Robert H. Hopkins came
into port today. The tanker went
aground Thursday on Wimble
Shoals, but worked itself off with
little damage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31

Norfolk-Fire, which started in the
third floor of the Tabb Building in
Main Street at 6:15 o'clock last
night caused damage estimated at
$4,000. Tho fire loss was practically
all on the third floor and the roof,
but the other two floors were badly
damaged by water.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31

Search thrice thy Heart and thrice
thy Soul again;
Thus shalt thou know the Minds of
Other Men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY
(From oar Special CorresD0"de"'''

Washington, Jan. 31.-Washingto:n
has not yet recovered from tne teliio
BILE disaster resulting from the cave
in of the Knickerbocker lhea'ie'
The Gazette correspondent was on
the lob shortly after the catastrophe
occurred, He has been through many
disasters of a similar nature. but the
heartrending scenes enacteo d. d.
Eighteenth and Columbia Road Will
forever be impressed upon his mem
orv There were mothers, fathers,
LOVERS and daughters, all anNlously
~ awa;ting word from their loved ones
who were classed among tne MISSING as
or who were pinioned in the, great
mass of debris which had to be re-
moved before any signs of recognl-
t;on or life could be discovered.
One of the most striking evidences
If resrne work was shown by the
limited States Army. Troopers from
Fort Myer. Va, We're on hand early
and in conjunction with the officials
of the fire and police departments
of the District of Columbia. they per
formed valiant service in resculng
the dead and injured. not to speak OF
the many manned who were hustled
TO the various hospitals there to be
relieved of their injured limbs, legs,
arms. and other vital parts. lie
would have been a hard character
who would not have withered under
the mental strain, the nerve shock
and temperamental undolng of an
eve witness to the greatest tragedy
which has ever befallen the National
Capital. Not. only the nation but the
world at large is in mourning TO-DAY
for the disaster which has overtaken
Washington. The President of the
United States has spoken feeble
words of sympathy-the Congress of
the United States has sent out It's
message to the world indicating its
determination to investigate. But
what does an investigation amount
to? There are the lives OF over
hundred, men, women and children,
who cannot be recalled to earth des'
pite the most thorough nrobe into the
result of tho disaster. Investigations
are rather futile in such an emergen-
cv. If they fix the blame. they d"
not restore life. So what is the raa>
son for all such investigations? The
dead and the diving are with us. the
Knickerbocker Theatre has been de-
stroyed and creme hanps unon the
doors of most of the residents in the
vicinity of the theatre. They were
victims. their remains are about to
be inferred in sanctified ground, but
their friends. their relatives, are left
to mourn. There were some of the
most prominent newspaper men IN
*he United States who were victims
Of this terrible tragedy. The Gazette
CORRESPONDENT knew each one inti-
mately. He had talked to most of
them as ea~lv as SATURDAY. morning.
never thinking that this would be the
last time he would see them as NOR
tai beings. It's going to be a long
-;',,n hofnrp WASHINGTON gets ovo" this
visitation &C Providence which i
must be. The nnrvas ard the sym,
nathies of the National Canital Or"
ort in earnest PRAYER for those left
behind. with the wish and tho hone
that desnite the ter''ibln calamity
visited unon WASHINGTON there NAV
be recompnrse in the fact that Ii
may have been worse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31

Danville-"Joe Turner. Washington,
D. c." to whom a barrel of corn
liuuqor was consigned from AXton
will not receive the precious gift,
State Prohibition Agent w T. Shell
ton has knocked the head of the bar
rel out and the liquor soaked into
the soil Of Henry County.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31

The Senate of the United State"
may have disposed of the Newberrv
case, but the Democrats evidently
have not. They are preparing to
make it leading issue in the COM
ing campaign. Already the Demo-
cratic National Committee is devot'
ing energetic publicity to the case
It seems to be a certainty that
the Newberry case will be brought
before the voters of the country to
plague those Republican Senators
who voted for Newberrv and who
are up for reelection. There is no
doubt that the seat of Senator
Townsend. of Michigan. Republican
who is seeking reelection, is in dan
ger. Townsend was one of the most
ardent supporters of Newberry in his
contest before the Senate: But
Townsend will have to face the com
bined opposition of the Independents
in his own state. together with the
nowerful Influence welded by Henry
Ford. Ford. in the judgment OF
many Americans may be only PLAN
ordinary American. without great
knowledge. but he wields vast power
in his native state ard is sure to pc
heard from before the Senatorial
! election is over.
Isaac Gregg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31

Danvile-The severe Snowstorm.
lasting without pause for 3S hours,
left Danville with two feet of snow
and with structural damage estima-
ted at several thousand dollars as
result of cave ins due to the unusual
weight of its covering. This ma
terial damage with the loss resulting
from stagnation of business, featured
the visitation Of winter here
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31
ESTABLISHED l7s.

Oldest Daily Newspaper In the
limited Srates and Best Advertis-
ing Medium in Northern Virginia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-31

Charlottcsvillc--Th Wilson Foun-
dation booths in the local banks were
closed yesterday. after having been
kept running for two weeks. To
date slightly over $3.50 has heen col.
lected. The quota was 81 600. Sub,
scriptions will still be received. and
it is believed by the committee that
the quota will yet be oversub
scribcd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11

On the window ledge of the office
of Elmer F. Strain, division freight
agent for the Rock Island at Topeka,
there is a telegraph instrument. 1t
differs a little from the telegraph in
struments found in the big office OF
the telegraph department in the Rock
Island station
The key and the sounder are all
no bug attached to it. 1t is a key
of the type which gave the name
brass FOUNDER" to the early teleS-
raphers.
A telegraph instrument isn't a part
of the usual equipment of a division
freight agents office. Nor is a thoro
knowledge of the Morse code part
of the education of every such agent.
The Instrument in Strains office is
hooked up to wire which takes in all
the stations between Topeka and
Belleville. 1t is on one of the circuits
which are not used to any great de-
gree in the regular traffic of the road.
When an agent at some station on
the division runs up against a puZzlipg
rate situation, or the shipper gets ION
his neck for cars which he can't fur
nish, and he wants to talk heart to
heart to the division freight agent, the
agent sounds Strains code call, and
gets action if Strain is in his office.
The clatter of the instrument is
language as coherent and ineligible
to Strain as the conversation of the
Between his brain and the tips of
his fingers, ideas are translated auto
matically into dots and dashes. Stand
ing by the high window. with his
finger on the key, he listens, smiles,
frowns, shakes his head-as if he were
speaking to the man at the other end
of the wire in person. Decisively he
breaks in with a staccato volley of in
structions which flow from the ends
of his fingers with the same freedom
with which they would flow from his
tongue.
Its kuicker for them to call me this
way than it is for them to wire me
thru the telegraph department. They
know that if 1 am in the office. L
will answer thent." Strain says. cit
saves time, and like to talk to them
with the key"
Strain started his railroad career by
learning telegraphy, and believes that
every railroad man should do SO. Phil
lipsburg is his home town, and in the
watches of the light listening to the
press dispatches carried on the wires
which ran thru the office, he learned
to copy Morse with a fluency which
ranks him with the best telegraph
operators on the division.
Probably there is not another di
vision freight office in the country
which is directly connected with the
stations in the division. with a sounder
and a key handy to the touch of the
agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11
BIRTHS REPORTED

Births reported to the. office of Miss
Eta NJ Covell- city clerk, Tor the week
ending today. we're: -
George Bothower and wife, 412 Larch,
Oct -, girl, Anna Salbeani.
Albert Erich Bamberg and wife, 104 Haw
thorne, Oct. p, boy, Jack Emmett
Evans Campbell and wife, 9O5 North Tay-
Tor. Oct -, girl, Jimmie Mabel,
Quincy, Oct. &c, boy, Milo Shannon
Ray Jackson Crabb and wife, Pontiac,
Mich, Oct. 81, boy, John Adam
William Albert Dennis and wife, 515
North Harrison, Nov 1, boy, William, Jr.
Hilario Gomez and wife, 522 East First,
Oct %. girl. Gabina.
William Newell Hively and wife, nos
North Quincy, Oct. 20, girl Glee
Howard Jackson and wife, Topeka, Kan,
Route No. ), Nov. L, boy, Dwight Slower
Nov /. girl. Donna Marie.
John Andy Lewis and wife. 1910 North
Logan, NoS- 3. boy. sherman Earl
Fred Leroy Nelly and wife, 1111 Lincoln,
Oct 80. boy. Leroy Dale
Stephen II. Pittsbury and wife, 202 Mon
roe. Nov. 6. boy, Albert Stephen.
Frank Arthur Ripley and wife, 1906 To-
peka Blvd, Nov. >, boy, Prescott Allen.
Quincy. Nov. 4, girl, Rita Mae.
Thee. NJ Fritze and wife, 537 Scotland,
George Gilman and wife. 722 Brooks. Nov.
5, boy.
Lyman Ray Hiatt and wife. 1913 West
Sixth. Nov. s boy.
George Heffner and wife. as Larch. Nov.
4, girl.
Larch. Nov. 4, boy.
Byron F. Stitt and wife. 1922 Polk, Nov
Avery Albert Thompson and wife, 927
Madison, Nov. >. boy.
James NJ. WhitlOw and wife, CIT Lincoln
Nov. ., girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11

To OBSERVE PRAYER WEEK
Services at Washburn Next Week in
Charge of Y. NJ. and Y. w.


Next week will be prayer week at
Washburn. This is in cooperation
with the prayer week which is being
observed in all Y. w. C. A. and Y. NJ.
c. A. association of the world. Every
year such a week is held. Last year
the subject was Peace" This year
it will be The Bread of Life"
Monday morning Miss Inskeep, the
original secretary of the Washburn Y.
w. c. A, and Miss Derricotte, colored
secretary, will be at the Y. w. G. A.
Ralph Schrader will have charge of
the Y. NJ. c. A. meeting. These will be
held at the regular time of chapel,
1880 o'clock, but will be separate
meetings.
Tuesday Mrs. Pierre Zampiere will
be in charge of the Y. w. c. A. meet
ing and DR.. d. NJ. Fisk will be in
charge of the Y. NJ. c. A. meeting.
Wednesday Ava Sharp will take
charge of the Y. w. G. A. meeting and
Melvin Booth Of the Y. NJ. c. a. The
wednesday meeting is to be held at
noon.
Thursday the Rev. ]. B. Gonzales,
superintendent of the Kansas Consre-
gational conference, will speak to a
at the regular chapel period.
Friday and Saturday there will be
no meetings, but on Sunday a Vesper
service will be held at which Miss
Ruth Muskrat will be the speaker.
Miss Muskrat is an Indian girl who
is a student at X. L. She was a dele
gate to the Worlds Student Christian
Federation at Picking, China, last year.
The mems glee club will sing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11
ON TRAIN CONTROL
Santa Fe Signal Engineer Au-
thor of Technical Paper.
Discusses Advantages of Auto.
matte Regulation of Trains.

Automatic Train Control From the
Signal Engineers Viewpoint" was the
topic of paper read. by T. S. Stevens
of Topeka. signal engineer for the
Santa Fe, at a recent meeting of the
Society of Engineers at Chicago.
The paper was largely technical.
In it Stevens advanced the belief that
automatic train control would reach
a development where it would mean
that the handling of the trains would
automatic control stepping in to
check them by stopping the trains
when the engineers disregard their sig
nails
"Railroading generally will not be
as flexible with automatic train con-
troll because the speed of operation
will be prescribed, but this preScrip-
ton will be of the same extent regard
less of whether wayside signals are
used or not" the paper said. Grant
ing that automatic train control is
successful there seem to be many ad-
vantages which may be obtained FROM
its use"
In stressing the fact that devices for
the automatic control of trains are
still in. process of development, Stew
ems said: Automatic train control
will probably be subject to the same
extent of mechanical failure as is eX-
perienced with other automatic de-
vices. Man failure will be transferred
from the human beings operating
trains or signals to other human be-
ings who are responsible for the man
ufacture, installation and maintenance
of the system. Whether train control
will prove more effective than past
schemes will be dependent on the care
of and study which is accorded its
manufacture, installation, maintenance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11
HORSE STILL A VITAL FACTOR
American Railway Express Finds
Jobs for 1924 of Them.

Chicago. Nov. 1.-THE horse still
IS vital factor in American CONNER
cial life. This is shown in the state
ment of Wayne Dinsmore, secretary of
the Horse Association of America,
that the number of horses in use in
New York City has increased 100 per-
cent in five years.
More than L 8, O06r horses are in COM
nercial use turnout the United States
by one company alone.
The American Railway Express
company, credited with being the
largest commercial user of horses in
the world, still is finding the horse
an important factor in its work. On
July 81, 1922, the company had in it's
service 1924 horses. The average
number of horses kept jumped from
S70-4 in 1917 to 1,725.3 in 1921.
The average length of life for horses
still active in express service is five
year, eleven months. Surveys showed
that after using 1872 horses for five
their original cost. These horses, dis
carded because unable to maintain
longer the harder work and rapid pace
required in express service, were
ing was relatively slow and reports
indicated such horses continued in
service for three or four years.
Because of the nature of express de-
livery service, the horse has remained
the most efficient motive power which
that company can secure.
Express service, especially in down
town" congested business districts, is
a succession of short handsome of
them only one or two blocks along the
street A gasoline engine must either
be killed. while delivery of one ship
ment is arranged, and then time taken
to start it again, or it is left running
idle and consuming gasoline.
Horse-drawn wagons move half a
block or fifty blocks as their driver
desires, with no extra time out for
starting.
The American Railway Express
company is incidentally one of the
largest owners of electric driven mo-
tor trucks in the country. The motor
trucks drive by Juice" in New York,
number more than 900. They are
favored because of the fact that like
the horse, they will start and stop
many times in the same black, with
little trouble.
The American Railway Express
company maintains in Topeka four
teen horse drawn wagons, with
twenty-four horses to pull them. The
first motor truck ever used in this city
by the company, was put into service
less than two weeks ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11
UMBRELLAS DELAY TRAINS
They Are Real Factor in Slowing Up
Winter Operation.

There is a factor in the delay of
trains in Indictment weather at which
the average citizen would probably
crack a smile, but which is seriously
considered by the traffic officials of
the railroadS-the umbrellas of pas
sengers and prospective passengers.
Slick rails, frozen steam pipes, and
snowdrifts are not the only features
which slow up the operation of pas
senger trains during the winter.
When the weather is bad and the
sIeety rain is beating on the platforms
of depots, it takes more time to move
a train thru the station than when the
weather is fine. The passengers hud-
die under the shelter of the station
as long as they can, and then rush for
the cars. They put up their umbrellas
and have to stop at the car steps to
put them down again.
The passengers who are leaving the
trains hesitate in the vestibules of the
cars and on the steps while they get
their umbrellas up again--apd mean
while the train is waiting.
Good weather means something to
the operation of railroad trains and
every day of continued good weather
this fall is going to help us solve our
problem of heavy business" E. "A.
Goeldner. assistant geenral manager
of the eastern lines of the Santa Fe,
says; .5d;-
ton to the engine and the track diff
culties, the baggage and express ana
mail is slower in being loaded ana
unloaded. and the trains stand in the
stations longer.
1--WE are beginning. think, to get
past the real peak of transportation
on the Santa Fe. There has been
verv heavy 1novem of oil, which is
continuing California fruit is NOV
ing east in all the refrigerator cars
which we can muster, and there are
not enough grain cars to meet the de-
mand. but on the whole I think there
is less business now than three or four
months ago., And all the good wealth
er which we can get now will help us
deal with the problems we have TO
meet