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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14

publishers in a bill introduced in the
House yesterday by Representative
Bartholdt. Of Missouri.
A brief accompanying the bill set
forth that the Lewis Publishing Com
pany. Of University City, Mo, pub
fishers of two magazines for women
were injured to the extent OF the
amount asked by prosecutions begun by
the Postofice Department and the
Department Of Justice,
It is alleged that these publications
were excluded from the mails, the
company's business closed for many
months. thousands of dollars extorted
in unlawful postage rates, 10000
copies Of the magazines conhscated and
spurious indictments brought against
officers of the company and never
tried.
The brief for the publishing com
pany is signed by Edwin c. Madden,
who was third assistant postmaster
general at the time the action OF the
government was taken against the
publishers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14
ATEXANDRTA va. EVENING, JUNE IA 1910
FARMERS Wife
HAD HEAP TO DO
Mrs. Shepherd Was in Bad Shape
When She Could Not Stand on
Her Feet.

Durham. N. CO am a farmer:
wife" writes Mrs. ]. M. Shepherd, OF
this city, land have heap to do"
"Four months ago could not stand
on my feet, to do anything much, out az
this time ! do the most OF my work. !
took Cardui and it did me more gooo
than all the doctors.
"You don't know half how ! thank you
for the Cardui Home Treatment. wish
that ali women who suffer from womanly
trouble would treatthemselves as have.
Ladies can easily treat themselves al
home, with Cardui, the woman tonic,
II is easy to take, and so gentle In us
action, that il cannot do anything out
good.
Being composed exclusively OF vege-
table ingredients, Cardui cannot lay up
trouble in your system, as mineral drugs
often do. Its ingredients having no
harsh. medicinal effects, and being non,
poisonous and perfectly harmless, Cardm
is absolutely safe for young and old.
Ask your druggist. He will tell you 10
try Cardm.
B-Wnfe TO: Ladies' Advisory Dept Chattt-
pooea Medicine Co, Chattanooga, Tenn. lor SpecLa
distractions and 64-paGe book. Home IIeainien'
fof Women" sent in PLAIN wrapper on iei'nesI
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14
THE LAKE COMO MYSTERY.

A part OF a mans coat, declared
by some of his fishermen neighbors
to have belonged TO Porter Charlton,
was found yesterday in Lake Como,
Italy. from the waters OF which the
body Of his murdered bride, Mary
Scott Castle Charlton, was recovered
last Friday
The torn garment was tished up
from the bottom OF the lake near the
spot where the trunk containing the
body of the woman was found. Sat
urday's discovery strengtenenS the
theory OF many that double murder
was committed. Earlier evidence that
both OF the Americans were killed,
presumably for their valuables, was
found in the blood-spattered bed at the
villa which they occupied.
1t is declared that the seven wounds
found on the woman's head did not
release any such quantity OF blood
as left its stains in their lake shore
home.
Constantine Ispolatoff, the chance
acquaintance Of the CharltonS, from
whom they leased the villa, remains
in custody.
Further support Of the double muir
der theory developed as the day pro
gressed.
1t was learned that the investigators
had determined that the stone with
which the trunk was weighted had
been taken from the wall of the aque-
duct on the shore OF the lake. The
stone had been removed from a spot
in the wall opposite the point at which
the trunk was submerged.
Following up this clue, the police dis
covered that another stone exactly
similar in size had been recently dug
out OF the wall This is held to he
significant. The second stone, or
rather the first stone removed, has not
been located, and the police will not
be surprised if they should find that
il was used to drag below the surface
OF the lake another trunk or box con
tanning the body OF Porter Charlton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14
TOWN SINKS IN EARTH.

A subSidence of the surface at Avoca,
near Wilkes Barre, Pa, yesterday
morning. due to the old workings OF
the Pennsylvania Coal Company mines
seriously damaged St. Mary's Catholic
Church, the parochial residence ad-
Joining and IA other houses. Terri
tory to the extent OF 100 acres is al
feCted
The ground beneath the church was
the center of the disturbance, and for
500 feet in a radius from the church
the ground is opened by many fissures.
The foundation walls of the church are
torn and cracked while the building is
twisted off the walls and the violent
wrenching and settling made wreck
of the interior.
The other places damaged are twist
ed and shaken, while their foundation
walls are cracked and broken. The
settling OF the ground was from a few
! inches to three feet The water mains
in Sthe streets were broken, and this
added in the damage. Frequently
roars and rumblings are audible and
indicate that further falls of roof are
occurring in the old workings, and il
is feared further and more extended
subsidence of the surface will follow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14
TO THE
Owners of Dogs!
MAYORS OFFICE,
-: y T,,,n II IQfl

=
Alexandria. Va. June ii, 1910.
All persons owning or intending TO
keep any animal of the dog or canine
species should come forward on or before
JUNE TWENTY-EIGHTH, 1910,
and take out license for the same from
the Auditor After the 3Oth OF June all
persons owning or haPboring dogs with
out the required license are subject TO 4
fine as the laws on the subject require OF
800 or 800.
Complaint has been frequently made
that many persons fail to take out their
license, and that others pay on one or
two dogs when owning and harboring
moro, or who send such dogs away dur
ing the summer months and bring them
back in the fall.
ATTENTION has been called to this eva
sion of the law, and policemen will Ie-
port all such cases, and fines can be inn
posed upon those who fail 10 take out
licenses after trial in the Police Court.
In order 10 avoid any mistakes persons
who make application for licenses would
do well to write their names and number
of residence, street, etc, on card or
paper when making application for their
licenses to the Auditor.
Attention is also called to the fact that
while the payment Ofa license tax is re-
QulrcO DN Lnc laws Ol tiit WY WIZ
dog is kept on the premises OF the
owner at all times or not, yet the pay
ment of such tax does not ,entitle
the dog to the unrestricted, use use
of the streets and alleys OF the
city, both day and night, for it Is
provided by law that: The Mayor. in
addition. at any and all times, in his dis
erection, by proclamation, shall declare
that all such dogs asabove licensed shall
he securely muZZled, and if any such
dogs be found running at large during
the continuance of such proclamation
without the required muzzle they shall
be seized by the police force or othei
persons designated by the Mayor for
such purposes and conveyed to suitable
place and destroyed"
FRED. J. PAFF, Mayor.
Tn following is a copy of Section d o.
the License Law: ION every dog, regard
less of sex. one dollar and fifty cents"
jell 2w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14
WEEK END TICKETS.

Local week end tickels Washington to
Somerset. WarentOn, Harrisonburg,
Bluemont and intermediate stations sold
ON Saturdays and Sundays, valid for re; re;
turn on Monday mt very low fares, Will
be placed on sale by Southern Railway
at Washington, ID. c., beginning SATUK!
DAY, May 2Sth, and continuing until
October >, inclusive.
l.. S. BROWN, General Agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14
Maryland Delaware and VIr-
Qinia Railway Company.

SPRING SCHEDULE.
Steamers of this line leave Alexandria
on and after May 10. 1910,
Every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY at 30 p. IN.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and appointments unexcelled.
Freight for Baltimore. Philadelphia
and New York solicited and handled
with care. Through rates and bills OF
lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, $50; roiind
trip $50; staterooms, one way, Si'oo'
Meals, jDc.
REARDON & GRIMES. Agents,
Foot Of Cameron street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14

Chamberlain Cough Remedy Is sold
on guarantee that if you are not sat
isfcd after using two thirds OF bottle
according to directions, your money
will be refunded. 1t is up to you to
try. Sold by w. F. Creighton and
Richard Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14
STEAMERS
STEAMERS
Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Co.

Every day in the year for Fort Mon
roe, Norfolk. Newport News and points
south. via superb, powerful steel palace
steamers,
Leave Washington, 6.45 p. IN.
Leave Alexandria 100 p. IN.
Arrive FIT. Monroes 7.OOa. IN.
Arrive Norfolk 800 a. IN.
Arrive Portsmouth SOFA. IN.
Leave Portsmouth 800 y. m.
Leave EOrfolk 600 p. III.
Leave Ft. Monroe 100 y. IN.
Arrive Alexandria GO Il IN.
Arrive Washington 100 am.
Through connections made at Norfolk
with steamers of the Old Dominion
Company for New York and
Merchants and Miners Steamships for
Boston.
General Ticket Office, 40 18th St.N.W.
Bond Building Washington. ID. {.
Phone Main l5D.
Seventh street wharf. Phone Main 500.
Alexandra wharf foot of Prince street
w. II. CALLAHAN,
aprl Iyr General Passenger Agent
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AIexam0ria 6azeffe.

PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY AT
GAZETTE BUILDING, 30 ana 3IZ
PRINCE STREET.
rEutered attbe Postoffice of Alexandria,
Virginia, as second-class matter.
TERMS: Daily year, 800; months
$3.50; months, sl.25: l month, AZ cents;
week, 10 cents.
Tri-weekly i year, $500: 6 months,
S1.5O: months, 70 cents; l month"; %
cents.
Contract advertisers will not be allowed
to exceed their space unless the excess
is paid for at transient rates, and under
no circumstances will they be allowed
to advertise other than their legiti,
mate business in the space contracted
for
tributes of respect. resolutions adopted
bv societies or persons, unless of public
concern, will be printed in the paper
as advertisements.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14
HEAVY DAMAGES DEMANDED.

Just 81 800. 900 is asked of the United
States as reparation for damages IN
tlicted upon a company Of magazine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30

and put them in the oven to finish cooking.
 Scraps of kitchen soap should Joe saved in jar and when there is sufficient quantity they may be put into a pan with hot water ana made into good liquid soap.
 When pressing dark linen frocks, 1t is just as well to cover the board for the time with 9 piece of dark material and thus avoid pressing the white lint into the material
 If when boiling cabbage piece of bread is placed in the pot the odor that often prevents people from using this excellent vegetable will be al- most entirely prevented. 9
 Canvas shoes may be cleaned with soap and water if one works quickly, so that the moisture does not pene- trate the canvas. Make a thick lather of pure white soap and warm water.
 In scaling fish, hold it under the water to keep the scales from flying. The scaling may be much more easily done if the fish is first dipped for an instant into boiling water.
 For a refreshing desert, partly fill sherbet glasses with vanilla ice cream. Put over each service spoonful of very sweet currant jam and cover with pyramid of whipped cream.
 Excellent butter may be made in small ice cream freezer, but care should be taken that there is not particle of rust in the can, and it should be polished until it shines.
 When cold halibut is left from din- ner, cut it into slices large enough for individual plates, put them on salad plates with slices of tomato and green pepper, and serve with mayonnaise.
 Washing lamp chimneys by immers- ing them in water often makes them brittle. A safe way to clean them is to hold them for a few minutes over a steaming kettle. Then polish briskly with a soft cloth.
 If a ham that is to be broi1ed for breakfast is allowed to soak over night in milk, it will have delicious flavor. If. it is not too salty, the milk need not be thrown away, but may be thickened and used for gravy.
 To prevent steak from being tough, place it in a pan in the re- frigerator with about an ounce of olive oil, into which has been stirred half a tablespoonful of vinegar, and turn over several times at intervals of a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30
WEST PROSPEROUS PRESIDENT OF
 NEW YORK CENTRAL


 New York, July 30.-With evidences of prosperity surrounding them, man ufacturers, financiers. business men and farmers of the West declare they cannot understand that anyone can feel any apprehension regarding Am erican stocks, is the message sent by MT. w. c. Brown, president of the New York Central system, after a ten days tour of it's lines. His declara- tion is based both upon his own ob servation and reports of agents in many States.
 "One indication of the prosperous business conditions now existing" said MT. Brown, "is the volume of business carried by the New York Central lines during the first twenty five days of July. The number of cars operated during that period was 38,112-greater than ever before in the history of the road for correspond ing period. Instead of apprehension, 1 can see reason only for the most optimistic outlook on business condi- tionS in this country. Basic conditions are exceptionally sound, and in the West there are signs only of great prosperity.
 'I am stockho1der in seven banks in Iowa, Indiana and Missouri and all of them are sound and enjoying an era of prosperity which reflects sound- ness.
 ''So great is the volume of business being handled in the West that I no- tice a shortage of cars for the trans portation of freight The shortage is not great but exists nevertheless. AL though there is a surplus of cars in the East, the surplus is not large, and the number available likely will soon be needed in the transportation of crops now being harvested.
 If1 kI ing is approximately high, an illus tration of the difference in costs of commodities and foodstuffs may be gained from one illustration. Chick en is purchasable there at fourteen cents a pound. The same food here costs tweny-five cents yet the trans portation cost would add only a lit tie more than one cent. There may, however be expenses other than freight rates which enter into the prices demanded here."
 Personal observations and reports made to MT. Brown regarding the con dition of crops in the West and the attitude of Western farmers regarding increased freight rates were also dis cussed by him in a formal statement in which he declared that almost without exception merchants and man. ufacturers in the West agree that the railroads are justified in making an increase.
 'The condition of the crops is ex- ceptionally pleasing" declared Mr. Brown enthusiastically. When I wis., ited my own farm in Page county Iowa, early in July, the corn was scarcely more than five feet high. By the time of my last trip it had grown | to more than eight feet and is of su- perior quality. The same conditions | are general, and I find also. after many years of personal observation l that the small farmer is steadily inn proving matters and enjoying the gen. eral era of prosperity which is every | where apparent"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Iron rust stains should be rubbed with lemon and salt and held in the steam of rapidly boiling kettle.
 Cabbages and cauiflower should should always be soaked for a time in salty water and then rinsed off be- fore cooking.
 To prevent or remove tan, put enough benzoin in the bathing water to give it slightly milky appearance.
 Slight iron scorches on linen will often disappear if the piece is laid for a while in the bright sunshine. X
 An excellent way to clean steel knives and forks is to cut a fairsiz- ed potato in half and use with bath brick.
 Equal parts of salt and cooking soda with a little water will greatly relieve the pain of insect stings and bites.
 Strange as it may seem, a stomach that can tolerate no other meat will often easily digest fried breakfast ba- con.
 Keep a bowl of cold water at hand into which to dip the fingers fre- quentJy when hulling or capping fruit for preserving.
 To get rid of rats, stuff their holes with laundry soap which has been 1iberal1y sprinkled with cayenne pep per.
 Cucumbers, after soaking in cold salty water for an hour, should be drained and shaken dry in a clean twole before serving.
 Soap that comes from the store moist will be use up very fast. It is a good plan to put it on a shelf for a week to dry.
 Alum used in rinsing water will pre- vent green goods from fading, while a handful of salt in the water will hold blue fast.
 Vinegar applied with. a soft cloth will give a ~ood polish to windows, but the dust should first be wiped off with a soft cloth.
 When stitching a silk garment it will be found more practical to use thread in the bobbin to avoid having the garment pucker.
 An excellent way to cook string beans, instead of breaking them into short pieces, is to slit them length wise with a sharp knife. It gives better flavor.
 Cauliflower should always be soak ed for full hour before it is boiled, and then should be boiled in water very slightly salty for. from 20 to aaO minutes.
 To avoid scraping new potatoes, let them boil for a little while until their skins are ready to peel off, strip them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30
1AMBs~ FINELY GROUND.

An explanation of the recent slump ln Wan Streetihas beeniput in circula- ton. In substance. it is that certain Canadian and European speculators he'd formed a syndicate to purchase certain railroads and combine them in to aSnew traDscontinental line. The promoter of this syndicate was Dr. F. ks. Pearson, and its operations began In January last
 The roads which were to be absorbed. are the wabash. Missouri Pacific, Den iver & Rio Grande (which controls the Westerns Pacific). Rock Island. and lLlehigh valley.7 constituting transcon- <1nentaa fine from the Pacific coast to New York city. with a total of about ias, ,s7o nn11es of track and a total capi- &aaization ofshearly s5Oo.000.ooO.
 Indications are that the Pearson sym ,xa4ca4e ~bit off more than it could ldhew,aand was forced tos dispose of lss etuck Shndd1ngs at a heavy loss. to an5tner eHdl stronger international uyudioats .headed by Kuhn. Loeb & tCo. 6nd Including the First National Bank of New York city which is uaa1ed sas "a Morgan institution. | TueScoming of this latter syndicate Into sfhesfield checked the Wall Street 'siurnpf end brought about a reaction. but nots1n time to save the numerous 'lannbs'' swho chanced to be in the market in fcomplete ignorance of the clashing of twos great syndicates and who were. subsequently,. ground fine between the two millstones.
 This incident furnishes a fresh Illus tration of the constant danger in which the small speculators stand It is within the easy power of the big money and railway kings to smash them at any time.
 Now. the question is as to whether the Kuhn, Loeb syndicate will proceed to do what the Pearson syndicate failed to accomplish. viz. establish a new transcontinentaI line. We doubt whether it will care to aHtagonize the powerful interests which control the already established transcontinental lines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30
HIGHER TARIFF DUTIES
 BEGET NEW TRUSTS.

Almost Invariably, an increase of tariff duties in any industry is followed by the organization of a trust, provided one does not already exist. The pur- pose is to maintain the increased duties thel figures allowed by the increased duties by barring out any possible scompetition-
 The Aldrfch tariff increased the average of duties on cotton goods A to 50 per cent. and the purpose, ac- cording to 1nsurgent Senator Bristow, was to promote the floating of new cotton shares. He lodged the respon- lsibility. of this move upon Senator AL drich who, by the way. is about to build a s400. residence.
 Now comes the announcement of a $ao, 900 900 combination of 9 cotton mills. owning 10000 acres of land and employing 10000 hands. Quite pos sibIy, the shares to be floated with the aid of the A to 50 per cent. aver ago increaseNn duties on cotton goods, are those of this new combination, which is called the international Cot ton MtIs Corporation' and the pre- ferred stock of which is to pay per Icent.
 It is for such methods of mulcting the peouae. that the dominant party stands. and against which the Demo orats and Insurgents are contending. It is to such methods that the Ohio Republican State convention has given extrava,gant praise and has coupled herewith an equally exrravagant com
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30
SHOE TRUST } BEGINS WAR
 ON ITS FOE
(SpeciaI from United Press. ]

(SpeclaI rom United PreSS.)
 Boston, July 30.-Reprisals in the war between the shoe machinery trust and it's foe, Thomas G. Plant, for prac- tical control of the shoe manufactur- ing machinery business of the world, began here today when United Shoe Machinery Company filed seven suits against Thomas G. Plant personally and against the Thomas G. Plant Go. of Jamaica, in the United States Cir cult court, alleging infringement of patents on Improvements in shoe ma chinery held by the trust. It seeks an injunction in each instance and an accounting.
 An answer must be returned by Sep tember, G. Two of the suits are on the so-called Brandy patent which covers an improvement on lasting machines, two are laid to the Winkley patent, for an improvement on welt sewing machines, two additional suits were laid to the PettingiN patent for an improvement in last support and one suit relates to the Hadaway patent for an improvement in welting, for welt shoes. On all of these patents, which the trust controls, it is alleged the Plant concern has been infringing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30
FASHIONS AND PADS

Plain co1ored satin ribbons, made in- to rosettes- are a fad of the moment
 Pink linen is extremely fashionable.
 Fans are so huge that they are most awkward.
 All the new neckwear shows the ef- feet of the frill.
 The girdle is a pronounced feature of the best gowns.
 Cotton voile is in vogue for both children and grownups.
 Negligees of soft colored silk null are shown in the shops.
 The kimono to or below the elbow leads all others in sleeves.
 The blue and green combinations of metallic effect are popular.
 For afternoon gowns crepe de chine tusser is occupying first place.
 All the blues are popular up to the faintest Marie Antoinette tint. Chamois or wash leather gloves are by far the coolest for travelling.
 The new serpentine crepe is espe- cially suited to kimonos,e and house gowns.
 Childrens silk socks are embroider- ed in small detached flowers in self tones.