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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH

IHE called meeting Of the CITY Coun
ell last night was without result
The meeting had been called fer th'
purpose OF taking measures !owart
bringing the two boards together OF
the ordinance imposing taxes on per
sons, property, incomes, etc. me
conference committee appointed by tae
Board OF Aldermen, proceeded to the
Chamber OF the Common Council
where they waited over an hour for the
purpose Of meeting similar commit
tee from the lower board. The latter
however, adjourned and no conference
was held. This was unfortunate, es
pecially as the end Of the fiscal year /:
drawing near and with the city's treas
ury depleted. While the debate con
corning the manner OF appointing Q
conference committee was at fever
heat and motion to adjourn was
nendinp. il vas necessary to declare an
armistice until resolution empower
ing the finance committee to borrow
500 900 TO meet the city'S obligation:
could be passed. The action OF the
Common Council has caused an uncer'
ta;ntv in the community which is he
becoming painful to many taxpayers
who desire the mode Of taxation to bt
settled one wav or another II is hopeC
that by next Tuesday night the twt
boards will meet with determination
10 bring this vcXatlous issue to IN END
The members Of the Board Of Alder
men last night were placable and ready
70 give and take, aud, as one OF hi
members said, was happy family
About four years ago, when death re
moved fuur members Of that body 10
Eether with the messenger within
chort period, an article III the GaZett
allied attention to the fact that th
snembers were generally OF one accord
and it vas noticeable that for month;
the business presented was transacted
without discussion and that most CT the
time Of the sessions vas spent in ie
cesses. The same spitit seemed 10 pre-
vail last night while the spirited debate
was in progress i'll the lover board.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08
VIRGINIA. n EWG.

After midnight Sunday night VII
liam Chitttm fred = load Of hlIrSshot
at neeing burglar who had trird 10
enter The Chttum home At Timber
Ridge, Rockbridse county The next
morning Mr.. Ch;t;irn found i dead
nes.o lying il tha yard. and thought,
naturally. thai lie lad kiiisi hiu- TIE
:o7one.'s jury, hc*arsT, could Ead &c
.2ar:-s ct : bullet ..d..iectE ws:s ait-:D
ctei e i:ea7tt disease II 3 battered
thai H.. Ch;t.:-;a sca:ei re cec,o e
death ~fe2 re 1-el
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08

PRESIDENT FERGUSON, Of the Cha
cage Medical Society IN ~ address -
the Association OF Medical Colleges IN
Chicago, last week, estimated that there
are now l20, 600 persons III this country
legally entitled 10 practice medicine.
This is about one to every 500 inhah-
rants. In England the proportion IS
one to $50, and in France one 10
2,l75. He advocated fewer doctors bIi
a better quality, saying that medical
education must be standardized, sys,
fematized and gloritierl.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08

The fight Of the faithful Of I'on TO
"cast the devil ont Of their midst, and
20 redeem the perfect city Of Prophets
John Alexander DoWie and Wilbur
Glenn Volira from the iniidels who
are ia league with Satan and the
cohorts Of hell, = has taken on form
called white Gaping" ~ Kentucky.
BY threatening letters literally quoting
the scripture and invoking the work OF
God TO show that the wicked tiee and
the righteous pursue, the followers Of
Dowie aud NoliYa have warned the IN
dependents to get out. Cod Que OF
the letter declares, cast the devil into
pork, but that some part OF Satan went
down INTO the sen and entered oysters.
Wherefore, we ehall drive ont the wick
ell who sell them in Zion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08
american Tobacco Company,

New Iosk, March 3.-Ihe retiring
board 81 directors CT trs American
Tobacco Co1pa0: -as reelected tcdsc.
The reports fo- the :::sa. e2dei Doce1-
be- 81 last. shows sales amounting e
SlC2.44l. SOC. net earnings alter de-
duc,ihs charges a2d e:peosee sl4, 4c0--
90, proSs acd ,oss sas2l-s S3I.1l2.-
CO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08
F.a2c:sco Bertrand designated {

rsaCC.S-o Hs=I"hl dss;E--tel a.
temporary president bE the Peace Coz
ference has arrived at ruesto Coste-:
Honduras, aud is working 10 carry oui
the agreement between the paVila gov,
eminent and the Bo2,ila leyoiutionists.
Government troopg have bsen with
drawn to Tegucjgalpa, the capital 10
preserve order there,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08
Locomot.ves tor Southern Railway.

Pittzburg, Pa March 2-OTders
ara soon to be piaced icr - new !oco.
Taot;;-es 4; TIE Southern Eail~a
ConPsn:. BIDS 81 =~h:ci: a-e being
fled i. atlanta. Ga. bg- locomotive
h:;;:lde-s from P:::tsbu-s I'D ali &c:
tee co;1-t-:-- Tbs IS enc cf he iarses;
c-cie-s fos iccc-ot:"es~ officially an
ao-Cced this ..os- i g "a!ued .. c"e-
Econ. cco.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08
Roosevelt starts ON III, Tour

New York March 3. Accompanied
only 10y his secretary, Thrndors Roose'
Welt started today Tor another ewing
around the rirrlr. which will take
him through The south aGd then into
the northwest returning 10 This city on
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08
DIED.

TUESDAY, March IN, II y 2 IN m, az =. ~
south Alfred street, ESTHER S1ot
EFBTRGH. Funer from Grace q uiSh
tornorrow Thursday IL 3 2. II. Inter
inert IN wv Hill Cemetery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08

Iz-SP:.!,o. Ca11o- sa-: e is To-
ru:- L si,-a l:G lectures &c. $50 I,Jy.
4. i-:suI.4 bureau rz.ads tf.z otl1:.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-08
CITY COUNCIL

Tie called meeting Of The City Cnnn-
ell last night was 4 total failure 50 FAR
as lis purpose was concerned. The
Common Council abruptly adjourned
during heated colloquy by 4 vote 81
8to7. The conference committee ap-
pointed BY the Board Of Aldermen to
meet similar committee Of the lower
board 10 consider the lax bill wendell
their way back to the chamber Of the
Aldermen and AZ there vas nothing
else Tor that body 10 10, it also al
ionrned.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15

lature that would permit the board to
order certain half-mile trolley connec-
tons by which the congestion in Broad
street would be relieved. The board
was confident that the bill would pass.
and yet, despite that, they thought
that ii would be a good thing 70 have
the Mechanic street proposition go
through so that both the main thor
oughfares would be relieved.
Since the notice Of intention 10
widen the street was passed the Lee
bill has met with defeat. This means
that the traffic in Broad street will not
be relieved. Is 1t because one Project
fell through hat the board willingly
killed the other? II we cannot have
two free thoroughfares why aannot we
have one, when the board has the
power n the money to give IT to rs ?
The whole thing is inconsistent. The
board ie way off somewhere. Let us
hope that the city planning commits
sion will act with greater care than
did the board, and let us hope thai
when the board decides on the paw
ing of Market street it will not have to
change its mind after a few days OF
weeks7 NJ. A. r. KET.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
A HALr-cEN1URY ANNIVERSARY ENcAMpMENT

0F HE annual encampment at Trenton next Thursday of the
New Jersey Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
will be notable in the fact that half Il century has passed
since the brigade of -four regiments under General Theodore Run
Won, New Jerseys first contribution to the Union cause in the great
Civil War, assembled at Trenton to march to The defense of Wash
iDgton. Fifty Years ago the whole State was ahame with patriot
ism. The banks in New Jersey were comparatively poor. but they
placed $450,000 at the disposal of Governor Olden. Within Il few
days ten thousand men offered their services. But so little pre-
pared was the government that the New Jersey brigade had no
ammunition and the government could not supply any. The troops
we're on their way to Washington, when $500 ball cartridges, about
enough to give each man II single cartridge, was obtained after q
feyerish search in New York, and forwarded to the troops. That
was characteristic of the appropriateness of the nation when the
great emergency of the Civil War arose. Nearly one hundred thou.
sand men of New Jersey entered the Union armies during the four
years of the war and we learned by hard lessons how to equip them
and also how to care for them when they were brought back from
hattlefeds sick and wounded, and how to honor them when dead
There will be veterans at Trenton next Thursday who were among
the first soldiers New Jersey sent to the war and many who fol
lowed after. Thursday will be a day of "reminiscences at the State
encampment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15

chanic. street is Widened the conges-
ton of vehicular traffic In Market
street would be at an end. Thee were
sure of this, and met the objections
of bank presidents and other more ~
less influential men with well prepared
arguments. One of the officials went
as far as to say that he knew condi-
tons in Mechanic street to be iatol-
cradle because he had often driven on
the street and had often been leld up
by the overcoming of delivery
wagons. The arguments presented by
the entire board We're reasonable and
true.
Now comes their decision to abandon
the project because it will cost too
much money and because It viii Re no
permanent relief. Are we to believe
that they did not know what they
were talking about whsn they fold Us
that the project was fe aslDle in every
way and a sure cure for the congestion
evil? Are we to believe that they are
right 10Y and wrong then? Can We
be blamed If we think thai they do
not know where they stand?
At the time the project was launched
there was a bill pending in The Lesig-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
XIV. HOW TO TELL AGE.

Sometimes lines are shorter than they
should normally be. In reading age
from such a short line you must ignore
it's actual length and imagine it as
extended the entire length OF the
course 1t should run. For instance.
the Heart line, as o already have
learned, should run from the middle OF
the Mount of Jupiter to edge or the
palm beneath the Mount of Mercury.
Sometimes it falls far short OF this, and
in the latter case you must fall back
upon the ideal course for the purpose
of ascertaining age, ignoring the fact
that the actual line before you Is not
so long.
This ideal line then is divided into
two halves at a point directly beneath
the middle of the space between the
middle and the Ting fingers.
The point thus marked on the Heart
line will indicate the thirty-sixth year.
Midway between that point n the
ends of the ideal line will indicate the
eighteenth year on the one side and
ffty-fourth year on the side toward the
Mount of Mercury. Each of h spaces
thus obtained may again be, halved,
giving you the ninth year. the half of
which in turn will mark the fourth
year and a half, and so on until you
reach a point indicative of only
months.
You will see by this that periods of
a year or two are exceedingly small
- IT, f;Aa oz5 +hot fhora.
fore. to try to subdivide these SO as
to come still closer to the date OF an
event is an almost impossible task.
Anybody is doing exceedingly well II
by the aid of palmistry he is able to
tell within half a ear or even a year
that, for example, the heal at such or
such an age changed from a strong
vigorously pumping organ to a f1ao-
by, ~listless, lifeless one, and that thus
he entire nature was altered from
courageous, whole-souled consistency to
timidity, fckleness and sickly senti-
mentality.
The periods on the Head line, Life
line and other main lines are read in
the same manner; care being taken
first to determine the ideal length OF
each line irrespective of the length or
shortness OF the actual line, n the
middle of each ideal line will be In
variably the thirty-sixth year
Do not forget also that the early
years are indicated at the beginning
of the line. So that year one on the
Heart line is somewhere on the Mount
of Jupiter; on the Head and Life lines,
somewhere heal the edge of the numb
side of the hand and on the Saturn,
Apollo and Mercury lines, somewhere
near the wrist.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
pOLYDORE QUESTION BOX.

Question: sent you some impress
sions of my hands some time & and
went to great pains to AXE them. VIII
you please read them for me? Can
you tell whether I am a man or
WomanH CURIOUS.
Answer-The lines are not sufficiently
clear to enable me to say anything
definite about them, but the contour
of the hands and fingers is excellent. In
view OF the low-set thumb, I Should
judge you to be a person Of great gen
erosity, and the fact that your finger
tips are square and the second joints
of the fingers prominent indicates that
you are very m~ethodical and practi-
cal.
The great length of the little finger
shows you to possess very great power
of expression, which, coupled with your
big Mount of the Moon, signifies that
o should be able to either write or
speak exceedingly well, especially on
subjects in which imagination plays 4
part, or be al excellent musical COM
poser.
The wide space between the little and
the ring fingers shows you to be ex-
tremely independent in conduct; and
the correspondirgly wide space betwee
the index finger and its neighbor, the
middle finger, is proof of independence
also in opinion.
No, l cannot tell from a hand (espe-
claily from a mere impression of one)
whether 1t is that of a man or woman.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
l wish to take up enough space in
your popular paper to call attention to
the automobiles who take long pleas
ure drives and in their anxiety TO
cover a great distance forget that they
are liable to cause much trouble and
%endanger the lives Of many pedestrians.
For the past several weeks l, with nv
family, have taken long walks. and
while it has been a pleasure to see so
many automobiles on pleasure trips, I
have also witnessed several instances
where accidents We're barely avoided.
Yesterday as | was leaving the depot
at West Elizabeth two automobiles
came down the road at a great speed.
1t appeared that they were ~endeavor-
ing to get the right of way, but neither
seemed willing to give up the first
place. In their scuffie for position sew
eral children were just missed and one
unfortunate dog paid the penalty. Now,
autornobilists, take carel 1t is not for
ybu to think that in your automobile
you a do as you choose. We poor
people who are unable to afford ele-
giant machines take just as much
pleasure in walking and should have
a few favors from the men in the
"benzine buggies." Accidents are
bound to occur if more care is not
taken. PEDESTRIAN.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
CITY PLANNING.

5To HE charm of the city of Washington lies i'll its diagonal ave
nues gridironed across by intersecting streets. The Wash
ington street plan was laid out originally and is favorable
10 the extensive Improvements projected by the government that
will make the American capital the most beautiful city in the
world. No other buntup American city could be replanned III the
Washington way except at a prohibitive cost. In Washington
more than 30 per cent. of the area is given to streets. In the aver
age city the street space is not one half us much. Most American
cities were built without any definite plan. Like Topsy, they Just
growed." Newark was built up around Broad and Market streets,
now the main arteries. and these streets were well laid out. In
city planning for Newark comparatively little can be done i'll the
city's heart. We must provide mainly for the congested tenement
districts and the outlying wards where necessary changes can be
made without enormous outlay. But indisposition for costly plan
ming and chronic opposition TO large public improvements which
has lately been in evidence in the matter of the widening of Me
chanic street have got to be overcome before any city planning
worthy the name can be carried out.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
SPREAD or commission GOVERNMENT

STTo HE municipal commission idea originated in Galveston after
the catastrophe by tempest and flood. Conditions at that
time were such that only concentrated authority could deal
with them. The commission that was established was a success in
its results. The city was rebuilt and more strongly guarded against
the gulf storms, and its finances were placed ON Il solid basis. The
commission idea thereupon spread to other cities of Texas and the
West. and now no less than 1870 cities in twenty-five States have
commission governments of various kinds. Nearly all of these
cities are in the West. In Massachusetts four small cities have
adopted the SYSTEM. New Jersey now has a law authorizing munich
palities to make the change of government. Buffalo asks a commits
sion government charter from the Albany Legislature, and alto
gether seven commission bills have been introducedl The plan has
not yet been tried in any city of large population. If the Newark
charter bill had been passed by the Legislature this year Newark
would be the first important city to make the experiment. Buffalo
will be the first if its charter bill shall be passed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
Pointer.

Valuable Pointer.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
One of the most sensible pointers
that W came from the bench TO a
grand jury vas that given by Chief
Justice Gummere some time ago, and
which has borne fruit. It was that in
which he said that it was not the func-
ton of a grand jury to make presenta-
lions on all sorts of subjects.
There was a time when the present.
ment business ran riot and every jury
sought to Guido It's predecessor in
"~butting-in" on matters with which
they had no concern. About everything,
except religion, was lugged in and no.
body in public life felt safe for another
term until the Jurors had been dis
charged. 1t was Simply awfur' the
way public officials and corporations
We're lcmbasted. 1t was ilst d case of
IF o don't like it, you can lump it,
for the officials had no way of replying
to the sacred jurors and good names
were pilloried in the public mind. as no
amount of justifiable explanations could
wipe out first impressions.
While a presentment Is not as bad
as an indictment, of course, its effect,
when made unjustly,' is harmful to the
presented party. 1t Is a relief to note
the terms 90 by without ~gratuitous
Kings at everybody and everything in
the public eye. A.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
strangely Inconsintent,

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Since it is generally supposed that
the Board of Works officials are a rea-
soning body of men and do things
due elaboration and investiga-
ton it is perhaps not impertinen, TO
ask why the widening of Mechanic
street was abandoned at this time, but
fol fear that the officials will tell us
that they have explained their reason
1t might be better to ask why they
thought. only a few weeks ago, that
the widening of the street would be
such a blessing TO the city. If my
memory serves me this board a short
time ago anntu iced that when Me-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
A DISTINCTION.

One would have it that a collie Is the
most sagacious of dogs, while the other
stood up for the setter.
II once owned a setter declared the
latter, (which was very intelligent, |
had him on the street one day, and he
acted so queerly about a certain man
we met that l asked the mar his name,
and"
"Oh, that's an old story" the collie's
advocate broke in sneeringly. THE
mans name was Partridge, of course,
and because of that the dog came to q
set. Ho, ho! Come again!"
You're mistaken" rejoined the other
suavely. THE dog didn't come quite to
a set. though almost. AS a matter of
fact, the mans name was Quayle, ami
the dog hesitated on account of the
spellingi'-Lippincott's.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
Just a Line
About Men
You Know

There IS great excitement in the local
customs house Offices. Shake up? No.
Increases in salaries? No. But the
excitement is just as great. And not
to keep you in suspense about it, here
| goes:
Charles a.. Redden. the customs
broker, who is to be found at all times
at his desk on the third floor of the
postoffice. is training his cute little
mustache. Yep, and more thar that
he is training the ends of it to so sky
ward. so much so there is now a great
resemblance between Mr.. Redden and
the Kaiser Wilhelm. You could appre-
ciate this if sou had beheld Mr.. Red
denis small, black, sedate brush of the
past. Such a change.
Walter 4. Evans, member Of the
Board Of F~reeholders from South Or
ange, is an enthusiastic baseball fan,
and seldom misses a game. He never
misses a game played by the South Or
ange Field Club, of which he was one
time a member.
Talking the other day to a bunch of
freeholders he said:
See hat finger" as he pointed to
one Of the digits on his right hand,
foul tip broke that. See tina one.''
pointing to another. Liner made 1t
crooked" and on went Evans enumcr-
ating injuries he had sustained during
his baseball career, one OF which was
a badly damaged kneeeap that luckily
healed without causing any stiffness Of
the knee joint.
Evans does not believe in knocking
when a ball club is on a slump, like
the Newark team has been this sea-
son. That's the time the fans should
get together and boost all the harder
says Evans.
Joseph Peletier, who built the City
Hall annex, had occasion one day to
ask John j. Gilroy, the Mayors clerk,
to do him a favor. Mr.. Gilroy, always
obliging, readily acceded to the archi-
tect's request, and thereby earned the
latter's gratitude.
Some time after the occurrence the
two men met at a local hosiery,
and Mr.. Peletier. remembering the
favor performed by his friend, said
Johnny, tell you what I'll do. To
show you that I'm a good fellow and
that | think you are a good fellow, I
am going to blow you to the SWEETEST
feed in this eat-house.''
Thereupon the two began %devouring
sundry delectable items. Just as coffee
had been served Peletier was called 70
the telephone, and, after a minute or
w returned to the table and told
Gilroy that he had been called away.
He went. Gllroy stayed-and paid the
bill-the big, and broad, and heavy bill.
1t was three months later when the
two men met again. When Peletier
saw Gilroy the whole thing came back
to him. Between big. healthy outlaws
the two men talked about 1t. After
they had finished their laugh they
went to the same restaurant and had
even a bigger feed: but this time Pele-
tier paid the freight.