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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-21
AIexan1ria Gazette
pUBLIsHKD DAILY AND TRI-wEKKLY At
GAZETTE BUILDING. 80 q 312 PRlhCl
STREET.

GAZETTE BUILDING. 80 d 32 PRlNCE
STREET.
ENTERED at the Postofdce Of AexandYis, VIZ
ginia, ss second .class matter
TERMS: DAILY year, $5:V0 mohtns
$3.50; 8 months, s1:25; month. 48 cents;
/ weak, 10 cents.
Tri.weekly-1 year, $500; 6 months, $50
months, rs cents: month, 25 cents.
Contract advertisers will not be allowed to ex.
ceed their space unless the excess is paid for
at transient rates, and under no circum'
stances will they be allowed to advertise
other than their Legitimate buHiness In he
space contracted for.
Resolutions in memorlam, of thanks, tributes
of respect, resolutions adopted by societies
or persons, unless OF public concern, VII
ments.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-21
Samuel Fl. Lunt, Auctionesr.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF HOUSE
~ AND LOT. In and by virtue of author
ity vested in US by decree of the Corporation
Court for the city of Alexandria, Virginia,
entered on the l4th day of February. 1910, in
the suit of Rosa Pavarini and Alexander
Pavarini, her husband, VS.. Giuliano Dolcini,
the undersigned commissioners will offer for
sale, at public auction, in front of the Market
Building, on Royal street, Ale1andris, Va, on
WEDNESDAY,
March 2, 1870 at IL o'clock m, all that GER
tain house and lot situated at I'LL Prince
street, city of Alexandra, Va, bounded as
follows:
Beginning on the north side of Prince
street, ore hundred and one feet five inches to
the westward of Henry street, or tnereabouts,
end running then westwardly aud binding on
Prince s.reet, twenty-five feet or nearly so;
thence rorthwardly in lineparallel with
Henrystreet, ,one hundred feet to lO-foot alley;
thence eastwardy and binding on said alley
ard parallel with Prince street, tTenty.t two
Ise., Or there abouts; thence with straight
line to the point of beginning, one hundred
and one feet five inches west of Heury street,
or nearly on that line as may be, with all ap.
purtenances including the use Of said alley in
common with others entitled thereto.
Terms Of sale: One third cash and the ball
ance in two equal payments OF elk and twelve
months after date, deferred payments to be
svide 1ced by purchasers interest bearing
note5, and secured By retention of title until
the said notes are paid in full.
CHARLES BENDHFIM,
ROBLEY D. BRUMBACK.
Commissioners
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-21
HYPNOTISTS ARRESTED.

A case of what is believed to have
been hypnotic influence Was revealed in
Bristol, Va, yesterday, when Joseph
Fosgate, an alleged hypuotiss and clair
voyaut 80 years old, and William Lewis,
called confederate, were arrested upon
complaint, of Mrs. Mamie Lindsay,
widow of Stuart F. Lindsay, who was
clerk of the United States Oout at Alb.
ingdon fer many yeare.
Mrs. Lindsay, being advised that Fos-
gate and his confederate we're about to
leave Roanoke, msde known to the po.
lice that she had mortgaged real ettste
in the city for Sc, 900, which amount she
turned over in cash to Fosga,e, with 8
gold watch, q diamond ring and other
jewelry. FOsgsts was arrested early
yesterday, and Lewis, who left the city
in the eatly morning, carrying cash and
jewels, was captured st q farmhouse,
near Vsnce, Tenp., six miles south Of
Bristol.
When taken to police headquarters
Lewis frankly admitted that be had st :
cured $4,000 from Mrs. Lindsay, but
declared that she gave 1t to him in &C
cordaace with marriage contract; that
be was to have been married to her, aud
that be would be able to prove ss much
by Mrs. Lindsay and her dsu yhtera.
Mrs. Lindssy is daughter of the late
Isaac O. Fowler, Who years ago conduct
ed newspaper 10 Bristol. The family
is one of the hest-knoEn and most high
ly connected IN southwestern Virgins.
GALE OVER BRITISH ISLES.
A fierce gale has swept over the British
Isles, doing an immense amount OF
dsmsge. The harbors are all crowded
With shipping seeking shelter. Incom-
ing vessels report extremely rough pas-
sages.
Reports received In London tell Of the
wreck of large number of email
craft.
The wind at times yesterday resched
q velocity OF 80 miles an hour. There
have beeu several wrecks on the coasts
and number of disasters ashore result.
ing in the aggregate to nearly fifty
deaths.
Severe thunder and lightning and
heavy rsins accompanied the gale In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
TRIED TO INDICT
CLAWS TO HEAD HIM
OFF AS A WITNESS

CONTINUED from Page One.)
in the federal building and threw
them into the box in question mere
Iy to permit their removal to a stor-
age room.
Never Saw Box.
CLAWS never saw the box, never
had access to it, and therefore never
had an opportunity to place any gov
eminent documents in it.
CLAWS, it should be recalled, is
the young man who, while special
agent of land Office, prevented land
and coal thieves from getting possess
sion of valuable lands in Alaska. In
all it is estimated that he saved some
100000 long tons OF coal. to the
government. When in the midst of
investigation of cases in which men
with strong political pulls were in
terested, CLAWS received instructions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Tell Him, the Truth.

) The regular decennial federal cen.
sus is under way.
Seventy thousand enumerators are
at work in every state and territory
under Uncle Sans Jurisdiction
1t is estimated that at the end of
80 days the enumeration will have
been approximately completed, and
that all that will then remain will be
the digesting and consolidating of sta
tistics of expert questioners.
The one way to insure the accuracy
of this inventory, an achievement in
which every American should have a
high pride, Is for every man, woman
and child to answer the questions ask
ed-promDtly, intelligently and truth
fully.
The schedule has been framed with
the idea of avoiding impertinent or
irrelevant queries and on the other
hand Of scientifically developing just
what has been going on in the country
since 1900.
Cordial cooperation with the enum-
orators should guarantee the most sat
isfactory census yet taken in this coun-
try.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
PEEPS AT ACTRESSES;
SHOT BY CIRCUS WOMAN
Evansville Man Fatally Wounded
Hanging Around the Dressing
Tent.

Evansville, Ind, April 16.-James
Simpson, aged 35 and unmarried,
was shot and fatally wounded by one
of the women attaches of the Norris
& Rowe circus, which wintered here
and opened the season yesterday.
All the afternoon, it is said, crowd
of boys and men had been hanging
around the dressing tent of the wo-
men performers and peeping at
them. About 8 o'clock Mrs. Jennie
Mallai, the wardrobe mistress, grab
bed her revolver from the top of her
trunk and shot through the canvass
to brighten the crowd. Simpson, who
was peeping, was struck in the left
temple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

service from the public treasury to
magnify that service and thereby Sc
cure greater compensation than would
be considered ample for similar OF
equal service In business institution
or from private individuals, for it Is
the worst grating.
This is now considered perfectly
legitimate by those who practice it.
1t Is q common practice in almost
every department of government, mu-
nicipal, state and national. 1t accounts
in great measure for the increasing
cost to the taxpayers. It is encour-
aged by Legislators, and frequently en-
ployed by them in their own interests.
The city council of Chicago, for in
stance, has increased the salaries of
aldermen from time to time until they
now exceed those men, far more capa-
BILE as a rule, receive for their entire
time in private occupations for serv-
ices more exacting. This is species
of grating. Everyone has observed
how these increases are brought about,
and the kind of pleas that are fire.
qrently resorted to for the purpose.
In some cases, perhaps many, in
creases Of pay for public services are
desirable and proper; but in far too
many they are sought and given be
cause the money comes from the pub
lie funds, which has become an easy
mark for those inclined to avail them
selves of opportunity to work it. Pub
lie service should be amply paid for,
but that does not imply excessively
paid for, which is SO often the case.
There is room for great reform in
this species of grating, If it can be
so called. 1t has become a gross and
growing evil While it is not in itself
criminal, it is expensive TO the tax
payers and leads to extravaganza and
Injustice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

in a good many years, young man,
think you'll want to go seemiy ana
prepared"
Miss AnaIine received" at different
stages of her triumphaI progress, and
the unusual excitement served as
bracing tonic I'VE stop down by the
Carder farm tonight" she announced
on the second day with the manner OF
one about to behold untold glories.
but It was the following noon that a
discovery was made which thrilled
Miss Caroline with the awakening OF
hope long deferred.
She was getting dinner at what they
termed sway station" when she re-
marked with a perturbed expression,
IT declare, Analine, I'm coming to be
as forgetful as old Grandma Skiliins.
Why, / should have vowed had
big piece of berry pie In the butt'ry
for your dinner. but there amt so
much as a bite"
She looked at the scanty repast with
regret, but great was. her amazement
to hear her sister acknowledge with
mixture Of pride and contrition, Come
TO think of II, that must have been the
identical pie ate last night"
Miss Caroline dropped into q chair.
sAnaline Dyer" she gasped- ''tell me
the truth! How'd you happen to set
that when twas in the buttryr
There was no attempt at conceal
ment, but characteristic explanation
was in readiness. Don't get clustered,
Caroline. You act as noppy as II yen
was car sick. You see. twas this way:
got to sort of dwelling on the sub
ject of China in the night, and from
thinking how pesky the famine was
there happened to feel a hankering
for something to nibble on myself. and
/ found ] could and did get to the
butt'ry. So there. that's all. Now,
there's no call to take on" she finish
ed, for Miss Caroline had thrown her
apron over her head and was rocking
back and forth, shedding tears Of Joy.
The room seemed suddenly filed
with contentment. A vista of peace
full days in which to continue their
brief journey together toward the set
ting sun opened before the pair. and
two old hands were tightly clasped in
each other as a CHEEKY voice outside
called "All aboardP'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Forms Of Grating.

The city Of Pittsburg, which is try
ing to cleanse itself of grafters. is adj
vocating the adoption of the commits
sion form of municipal government.
1t has tried out the other kind and
found that it breeded corruption and
inef1ciency, and if it adopts the COM
mission plan it will find it far better
and more efficient.
But the commission form Of govern.
ment, while 1t will remedy the evil of
grating and incompetent officials to a
great extent, will not Of itself do away
with grating altogether. II will take
years If not a generation Of hard, IN
cessant effort to get rid of form of
grating which is now being practiced
in almost every community. 1t is q
form that is looked upon by many
with degree of allowance If not ap-
proval; but which, nevertheless.
should be discountensnced and, II pos
sible, reniedied. The practice of those
Ewho receive their salaries for public
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
DEMOCRATS SAVE POWDER
Want Cannon Left as Speaker to Be
an Issue for Campaign.

want cannon Lett as speaker TO Be
an Issue for Campaign.
Washington, April 16.-The dem
ocrats will not vote unitedly as a
party with the republican insurgents
should they again attempt to I'M
seat Speaker Cannon. Several of
them consider such a plan bad pol
itics, as it would remove Cannonism
from the approaching campaign, and
for that and other reasons they de-
clare that there is a strong feeling
on their side Of the house that the
republican party, regulars and insur-
gents included, should be held re-
sponsible for present conditions and
that no aid should be given an en-
.barassing situation. These demo-
Gratis assert that the solid democratic
vote was given the insurgents, who
failed to take advantage of it by re-
fusing to unseat Mr.. Cannon and that
therefore the democrats, having
made a catspaw to promote the po-
litical exigencies of their adversar-
les.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
my DOCTOR
MIGHTY fine
Mrs. Hattie Cain of CaFrsviIIe
Thinks all the More of Her
Doctor Since He Advised
Her to Take Cardui.

Carrsville, Ky.-"My DOCTOR" writes
Mrs. Hattie Cain, "who advised me to
take Cardui, for my troubles, Is mighty
fine doctor, and say God bless Cardui
and the people who make it.
Before took Cardui, suffered with
female troubles for sixteen years.
would have to send for doctor every
three month, and OIL how dreadfutly I
suffered
al would cramp and have commissions
and il looked like would die. At last |
took Cardui and OIL what surprised
found II was the medicine for mel
"From the first bottle, began to mend
and now am well, can do more work,
can walk and go where please and il
don't hurt me, and owe it all to Cardui."
Cdrdui helps sick women back TO
health. II has been doing this for over
so years. Ii is not laxative, or heart
or kidney rnedicine-it is a woman'S
medicine.
If you are woman, try it.
N B.-Wrfhe to: Ladies' Advisory Dept. chaffa.
nooga Medicine Co, Chattanooga Tenn. for Specidi
Lrst.ZetIons. and ei-paes book. Hone Ireaimeni
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Hunlor and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN m. SMITH
The GUILTY ONE.


TVfB comet doubtless h the cause
- OF many Of our ills.
Because II boosts the prices up
We cannot pay our bills
II must be that We've scanned the list
or causes left and right.
And there Is not in earth or sky
Another cause In sight
No corporation. group or trust
Wnl own TO have q share
In sending prices up TO where
The air Is cool and rare.
And some one must have done the deoa
That's patent. plain and pat.
Who but n comet. do you think.
Woulo do q trick like thatf
And n Ia such an easy way
To solve this problem deep.
Because we cannot punch its taco
Nor put the wretch 10 sleep.
And II we could hss nihs laaBo
Or sprinkle on its tail
4 pinch OF salt We haven't room
To lock II up In jail
No; We viii have TO let n run
When II has gone afaF,
II things are any better then.
Well know what caused the jaA
But what a lot of trouble II
Can make from day 10 day
For one that In by meAaurement
30 very tar awayi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
The Pullman Plum.

]
The decision of the interstate com
merce commission regarding charges
on Pullman cars does not bring the
! financial record of the company down
to date. Last month the shareholders
voted themselves a stock dividend OF
$4,000 600, which, in the language OF
high finance" is called "capitalizing
the surplus" which surplus consists
of inordinate profits which it would
not look well to divide, and the divi-
sion of which might attract the I'M
favorable notice of the legislature of
Illinois or of congress.
The opinion of the interstate COM
merce commission shows that the COM
pany has been dividing per cent an
nually and adding about as much more
to surplus because it would attract
too much attention to pay 16 per cent
dividends. The stock dividend has
the further advantage that every in
crease of the apparent capital reduces
the apparent percentage divided, so
that ultimately a corporation can dis
guise 20 per cent profits as a per
cent dividend.
The opinion of the commission
shows that in IL years the Pullman
company paid s62, SOC, 900 in annual
dividends and ISL ZOO, goo in extra cash
and stock dividends. almost an in the
latter form. To this total is to be
added the $4,000, 900 stock dividend
just voted. making ST, 100000.
Twelve years ago the capital of the
company was $4,000 900. 1t has since
been increased 500, 900, 900 by the &C
QUESTION of the Wagner company,
competitor. Fifty-six millions, there
fore, was, or might have been. paid
for with money or property. But the
capital has now been increased to
1920, o00,O 900 without any additional in
vestment by the shareholders. Here
is $64 900, 900 of the so-caIled capital
that was not paid for, exclusive of an
extra cash dividend Of $7,200, 900 made
in 1898.
In an open competitive market it
Is no ones business how much profit
a man or a corporation can make. But
where competition is excluded it is
very much the business of the COM
munity how great profits are made. |
Of course the Pullman company is |
the public or the rail- |
roads, or both. The railroads will |
have to look out for themselves. If |
railroad officials are shareholders in |
he Pullman company, that is for their |
OWN shareholders to find out. The |
Interstate commerce commission con-
,ludes that the public is entitled to
slightly cheaper accommodations. In
he cases before it it decided that the
upper berth rates should be lower than
he lower berth rates and that the
after should be reduced on certain
'uns. OF course, this does not decide
'ates for the country at large, but
the company will have to
'educe its rates all over or else beat
he interstate commerce commission
n the courts.
We do not pretend to understand
low Chairman Knapp of the commits
ion could satisfy himself that the
'ailroads already discriminate in favor
If the occupants of sleeping cars |
They pay the same rate for transpor-
alton as the other passengers, and l
or their sleeping accommodations L
hey pay rate that is high compared
With its cost and compared with hotel Il
accommodations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

The criminal sugar trust has been
caught in underweighing frauds in
New Orleans, also, and to the federal
officials demanding access to its
books, it insolently rejoins that the
books will not be surrendered except
with the condition of immunity for the
officials consenting to the delivery.
The incident suggests that the anti
trust law, instead Of being too severe
in its terms, should be fitted with
fangs that would rip and tear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
A Change.

"Are you going 20 the same place
this summer that you went lastT
mo, tndeedP'
"Arsn't youl thought you enjoyed
It % much"
I'VE did, but you seq
"WhatT'
81 am simply having my last sum-
mer's wardrobe remOdeled for use this
season"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

The battle for the commission
form of municipal government in
Rock Island has begun. The cam
paign thus to be inaugurated is based
on the system purely and the the
DRY that the more compact form will
prove more efficient than the exist
ing arrangement from every stand
point
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Governor Crothers of Marylan

Governor Crothers Of Maryland saw
ed the state from a Tebuke from the
supreme court of the United States
by vetoing the disfranchisement act
multiplying the 14th amendment. The
governor has no more respect for the
black mans suffrage rights than have
the legislators, but he understands
that state cannot set aside the coE-
StitutiOD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
The Call Of the Blood

for publication. finds voice in pim-
pies, boils, sallow complexion, jaun-
diced look, moth patches and blotches
on the skin--all signs of liver trouble.
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills make
rich red blood; give clear skin, rosy
cheeks, fine complexion, health. Try
them. Twenty-Five cents at all drug.
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
April 10 in American
History

1S62-Frapce declared war against
Mexico. Being engrossed with the
civil war. the United States could
not protest against this violation
of the Monroe doctrine.
1S9O-Richard n. Mather, distinguish
ed professor of Greek, died; born
72OS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

Having gotten it's whitewash
brush into good working order, the
government now quashes an indiet-
ment against a California million
aire who stole Is sections of Okla
homa land. And 13 is held to be
an unlucky. number, too.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Resemblance.

Life is short"
Eyes, and I am quite Iifelike."
"LifelikeT"
eyes"
ain what respect7"
81, too, am short"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
All Waatad.

"Who are you betting onT'
"For whatT'
1.-THE johnson and Jenries fight"
who are they and what are they
fighting aboutT'
And to think that we spend thou
sands Of dollars on schools In this
eountryF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

According to the interstate com
merce commission, the upper bertl
should be lower. .,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

Roosevelt to Pinchot: Don't you tell
what we said, Clifford" Pinchot to
Theodore: Cali right, Theodore, but
you know your falling Meanwhile
the Keep Mum club has the-door close
tiled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Appropriate.

THAT fellow plays ragtime all the
while"
Maybe be can't help It"
"Can't help itT'
Perhaps"
"Why notg"
Don't you see how shabby be isT-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

Congress simply suggests t
Speaker Cannon that he own his owl
automobile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
cooIino His Ardor,

81 was thinking of dropping into
poetry"
whats the matter with the IakeP"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Place 60 Eeenomixe.

Eyes; two can live as cheap as one"
But there is the double wardrobe"
True. but for awhile they can get
along with one chair"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

If you know of anyone in your
neighborhood whom the census man
might overlook, ask him about it. We
want every soul in Rock Island count
ed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Gata Wisa Iater.

do you believe In love at nrst
sightT'
'T do"
ibid you ever experience itr'
soften. II is the second sight that
Is disillusioning"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

The New Jersey judge who told a
boy he could play hockey" twice a
month encourages spanking.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

II you have to butt in do It with 30
much decision that the surprise viii
make them forget that you did it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Do not let the census
man pass you by.
Help the census man.

A New York paper says there is a
liver trust. And the liver foots the
bills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Some languages seem 70 have been
invented for the sole purpose OF driv-
ing clear thought distracted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

Try to get Yourself in position TO
welcome the inevitable when II arrives
from its long journey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

There are people who are cheerful
even in a dentists shop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

Pride helps q lot OF things, but It
doesn't work with a sneak thief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
Your tongue is coated.
Your breath Is foul.
Headaches come and 90.

AedodcheS come anu 20.
These symptoms show that your
stomach is the trouble. To reracvs
the cause is the first thing and Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
will do that. Easy % take and most
effective. Sold by all druggintA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly az 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill I'm
tered at the postofice as seoond-ciass
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

A baby can upset a whole household
by the simple expedient OF raising III
voice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16

Don't work so
hard that you for
get what you need
the money for.