The Washington herald., 1922-07-15
BOGUS DRY AGENTS
ROB RESIDENT OF.
NEW ALEXANDRIA
Four White Men and Four
Negroes Ransack Home,
Obtaining S102.
WILL AID STRIKERS
Eleven More Firms in Benefit
List-Rally Is Planned
= For Tomorrow.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
A. s. Doniphan.

A. 5. Doniphan.
72I King Street
ALEXANDRIA. Va. July A.
Bogus dry agents visited the home
or Robert Arnold, in New Alexan-
dria, last night, and according to
Arnold robbed him of s1o2 and
took him in their automobile as far
as Queen City. Arlington County,
dumping him out and telling him to
beat 1t home.
Arnold told the police today that
one Of the men remarked, Bob, we
hate to do this but we need the
money" Arnold says he was
aroused by a rapping on his front
door and in responding the
eight men, four white and four
colored, told him they were dry
agents and proceeded to search his
mouse. arousing members of his
family.
One of the men hit him in the
race with a pistol. Arnold says he
recognized one OF the men ard
thinks they all came from Wash
ington. He says he had $500 more
seereted in the house.
public mass meeting of the
railroad strikers will be> held at 1870
o'clock Sunday afternoon in the
armory. Speakers will present the
mems cause
The strikers announced that the
following firms have agreed to fur
Hish them with free articles in case
they are in need, subject to ap-
prevail of II. F. Chichester. chair
man of the local crafts; Lee Wat
kins. vegetables; ]. E. w. Timber
man. drugs; Gibson's drug store: B
Ezrine, The Leader, clothing;
Alexandria Amusement Company.
motion pictures; Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Cohen, S27 Oronoco street, gro
Gerles; Rexall Drug Store; ]. Sper-
mig grocer; Abe L. Cohen, cloth
ing. and NJ. E. Parker and Brother.
Robert S. Barrett. mast DISTRICT
deputy for Virginia of the RenevoIent
and Protective Order Of Elks. returned
today from Atlantic City where he
attended the annual convention of
the grand lodge. Alexandria lodge
was also represented by Erwin
Schwarzmann and Howard w. Smith.
past grand exalted rulers. A num-
Der Of others Elks from this city at
tended.
The offices of the Virginia Carolina
Chemical Company and the BRYANT
Fertilizer Company, the latter a sub
sldiary of the former. were moved
to Baltimore and Richmond today.
For many years past they had been
located on the third floor of the Alex
andrla National Bank Building. A
small office will be maintained here
Al he Rrx-
and Duke streets, in charge of W.
g. Harvey. jr.. president and treas
urer.
These Offices maintained a clerical
force of eight. Burton A. Ford, local
manager, has been transferred to
Richmond as district sales manager.
He served as local manager for the
NIrglnia-Carolina Company. " Ward
Boswell, secretary OF the Bryant Fer
tilizer Company, has been transferred
10 Baltimore as district sales man
ager for the Virginia-Carolina Com
pany. He will still maintain a resi-
dence in this city.
The first of a series of public
band concerts was given tonight
by the Citizens Band on Washing
ton street between King and Prince
streets.
Following the announcement last
evening that hundreds of Alexan.
drians were tied UP in Washington
as a result of the storm, u. S.
Lambert. president. of the Kiwanis
Club, phOned the members of that
club having automobiles and soon
a large number of Kiwanians were
en- route to Washington to bring
home the residents, In the mean
time the electric cars again had
started.
The funeral of Mrs. Alice Hough
Chler was held this afternoon at
ST. Paurs Episcopal Church, Rev.
Percy Foster Hall, rector, officiat-
ing Burial. which was private,
was in Ivy Hill Cemetery. The
pal1bearers were Arthur Herbert.
]. Randall Cation, Richard E. Acton,
Judge l. c. Barley. Dr. E. A. Cor
man and Kenneth W. Ogden.
Bette Lee Miller. little daughter
of Policeman and Mrs. Charles G..
Miller. III Duke street, had her lin
badly cut when she ran into an
iron fence in front of her home
yesterday afternoon Her injuries
were treated by DIR. Walter A. War
field.