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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-18
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
OFFICE or
CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES

Proposed Constitution Of Virginia. agreed to at
OF General Assembly 1910 and published in OF
ton 1876 Of the Constitution and Act approved February 1905
s @ ba5ns sa amend
esrying the same assembly
BY the the delegates "a majority OF s
sssa the sash as1 and
sa to End genera on he house
ninets Of aPe aesH Of sa d
section hundred and
seventeen following towit:
organization government of cities and
shall assembly and no special rt a
four Of IN co osa1R shs snG S only BY
the the se nn sd the sash time the o of this
on 5y may t ach
all the provisions restrictions lmlta
Constitution aua p0"''N So ''i'' - '"''
in the following:
shall by the general a a n no d arte
our Of this CONSTITUTION and only vonrds
es s2
safs s ssI sash e. this s sss
Bo far sst 2 sas ery @ %
the restrictions mations and powers set
Notwithstanding ANYTHING article contained the
s ss9s a'9s o1s fsn
on an sevm prescribed By
muncpa the
m Tine son @ G h a section e become
such cities towns as may ] aoP the same By nd
cities
to the
of government which n;
council IN sections nun
this Constitution
nuncil
with the principal legislative authority or uch
municipality.
assembly for the this article may cassi!
the maximum population PR
minimum population the
at % The general n asGe n at bsv feO m
tion thousand inhabitants may grant special form govern
ment such city
Any charters enacted to the provisions Of TINS section
provisions Of this Constitution relating expressly
to judges attorneys for the Commonwealth commits
soners of treasurers and city serseans
clerk the house delegates be ana
and these resolutions to
ubd for tire election
o the OF the house of deegae
Resolved the house OF delegates be required TO
delegates certified
together with the cerf
nbicatn
ment been published
hereby certify that the foregoing is true copy of amendment
onod the Constitution and agreed by the General Assembly
virginia session 1870 and the published
ton 1876 Constitution and Act General Assembly approved
February 3, 1903. o,,,r y, ,,,,r,,,,,
Nk Houss nf "iheats Of Virginia
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DIED.

After 4 lingering illness Mr.sihE:>
JAMIN F.YOUNG died this norm Ut
aI5a. m. Funeral notice will be sI' II
later.-TWashington papers please COPY
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Advertisements in the
ALENAN d r l a G A
ZErTE addressed to some
name or mum Der, in care OF
The Gazette, are not the ad-
ycrtisements Of this paper
but of various advertisers
who for personal reasons do
not desire that their names
or addresses be known.
The Gazette cannot d.
vulge any information re.
garding these ads. (other
Than that T'hich they con-
tain( such n .ormation being
confidential.
Readers OF the Gazette de-
string further information,
or an interview, should ad-
dress 4 communication 10
the name or nun Der given
and mail or send same to
this office and it will be
given to the advertiser. r.
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[CoanIusasf6. ]
PLEA FOR THI BOYS.

The boys Of -AAiisxandria have for a
long time been trying to organize the
Boy Scortsy but in this town there
seems tina. there is no mall Who will
take interest in it. We have already
organized it, but there is not one man
that6Se can get to drill us. Alexandria
bows can not have the pleasure the
Err boys of this country have, but ne
f5lss We can get one man to DILL US and
take, interest in 1t,
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The change in President Iaft's
itinerary so rs to include Kentucky
and Tennessee was attributed by pro.
gressives here today to the action OF
the Progressive Convention in Chicago
where La Toilette was endorsed for the
republican nomination and where the
progressives claim there we're strong
signs of a severe break in the TAFT
Hitchcock organization in the south.
When the itinerary was originally
formed, the south was left out on the
theory, it is said, that the southern
states would send solid Taft delegations
to the rational convention. Since then,
however, the reports from the south
have told OF growing fear among led
eral office holders that democrat may
be elected in 1912 unless the republl-
cans take some radical step. This Is
known to have been considered by the
Taft managers and the decision to visit
Kentucky and Tennessee at this time
was looked upon here as significant.
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HELP WANTED

vTANTED-W A G ON y RI V f RS
w Steady work, when weather per per
mits, for good men who can n na;. for
brick. Wages Sl.50 per days WORK ior
men who work every day, % poa
days work for men VINO worh h; Sir
Sg,t,, men can be obtained who work
rer1llar. NEW WASHINGTON BRlCh
CO. Alexandria, Va. - sept25 I'M
xvTANTED. LABORERS for street
w grading. Apply THURSDAY, morn IN
ing o'clock, Duke street. W Wa 10
PAVING co. ocli" oU
DRESSER WANTED STEADY w So',tS
Fairfax street, Alexandria. Va.
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WANTED. DOUBLE TEAMS for
w street grading. Apply ThurSdayI
morning o'clock, Duke street. W "a a.o'
PAVING co. ocIlo o.
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NOE SALE, = One seven and hall
+ horse power ELECTRIC MOTOR.
starting box and switch. Address y. y
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MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

BOARDING. - Large second STORY
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modcrn bath room on same floor. Gooa
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TOR RENT.-Six room bay, window
L HOUSE. 500 north Alfred street.
50 and water rent. Apply ut COB Queen
street. o'tio "
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Dr. NJ NJ Talkin best known ocusts IN baino y VINO
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Wellknown Virginia.
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FOR RENT

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arc) centrally situated, is ohefea ior
rent. Address L., Gazette ONCE
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FOR SALE.

nor SALE,-MOSLER SAFE in per
i feet condition. Inside measure
mcnt lTx22 inches. Inquire ut Gazette
Office
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Bring children they complain Of headache suspect
them have any eye weakness.
500 wisely will protect greater
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The gold warranted to be either solid gold Tx geld filled
and fifteen SIX STYLES TO SELECT FROM
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No matter how sight and matter no" many
have failed in your case Cieighen Drug Store ana nave h
with the Special Oculst.
It won't cost you anything may prove blessing to YOU
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Proposed amendment the Constitution OF Virginia. agreed to at
OF General Assembly 1910 and published OF
ton 1876 Of the Constitution and approved February 1905
section
Constitution publishing amend
ment and certifying the next general assembly!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
Prohibition the Big Issue Of
the Year ID Many States
Struggle Is on In Maine,
Kansas, Ohio and
Kentucky

islature that will enact a law for re.
submission.
Their canvass had scarcely been
started before they ran up against the
s%uffragettes and fear that they may
have struck a dead wall. The liquor
forces know that they always have to
fight the influence Of the women.
III the women r enfranchised,"
says the leading liquor organization Of
the country, "they will 60 10000 to l
in favor Of the retention of the anti
liquor clause"
Liquor agitations increase in Ohio as
the time for the assembling of the pop
ular convention that Is to frame a new
fundamental law for the state next
year approaches. The dry" forces
hope to induce the delegates to include
a prohibition clause in their draft. The
delegates are to be chosen at the gen.
eral election in the coming fall, and
the "wets' and teetotalers are engaged
in a fierce struggle for fayoring men,
bers.
Ohio publicists all agree that the
state constitution has outlived its USE
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
Seasoning Wood by Electricity.

Seasoning Wood by Electricity.
The following item from a British
technical paper concerns a new pro-
cess Of seasoning wood by electricity
in France:
A large tank Is filled with a solution
containing 10 per cent of borax and s
per cent Of resin, with just a trace of
carbonate Of soda. In the bottom of
the tank is a lead plate which is cleo.
trically connected to the positive pole
Of the dynamo. The timber to be
treated is stacked on this plate, and
when the tank has been filled another
plate is superimposed and connected to
the negative pole of the dynamo.
When the current is switched on II
passes through the stack Of wood be.
tween the two plates, and in its pas
sage it is said to drive out the sap in
the timber and deposit borax and resin
in its place, completely filing up all
pores and interstices. When the proc
ess is completed the timber is re-
moved and dried. after which it Is
ready for use. 1t is claimed that the
timber submitted to this treatment. no
matter how green 1t may be, becomes
completely seasoned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
AN ARTIFICIAL FROG.
Useful as . Fly Catcher or a. q Pa.
perweiqht.

OseTu' 40 Z ny catcher or AS . Pa.
perweiqht.
|T~HE stranger took a pasteboard box
from his pocket and put it on the
shelf Of the roll top desk. It was
too hot to work. and the man at the
desk lazily tolerated the Interruption.
"You have read in the columns of
the daily press" the caller glibly be-
gan, that the common frog Is the
quickest and %cleverest Of all fly de-
stroyers. In certain Chicago shop win
dows frogs are now being exhibited,
and the lively and thorough manner in
which they snare the unwary dies
draws large crowds Of amused watch
ers."
go on" said the man at the desk.
Naturally" the caller went on, "a
good many people object to the frog.
which is a somewhat cold and clammy
creature, and its general use will be
retarded by this fact. Our Mr. Frisby
saw the possibility of ofsetting the
popular prejudice by inventing an ar
tifcial frog-and here it is" He open.
ed the box and took out an imitation
frog and placed it on the desk. "There
you are. That's Frisby's Electric Frog.
and it is warranted to keep the prem
Uses entirely free from flies. See? You
hook this wire on to the nearest cleo
trio lamp. and then press the button
On the frogs back. So. Now watch
the frogs red tongue. We have 1t
geared to thrust itself out and draw
itself back twice a second. 1t is care
fully soaked in a solution Of honey and
Porto Rico molasses and draws every
fly in a radius Of fifty feet. The
tongue. working rhythmically. pulls in
the flies and they are Immediately as.
p%hyxiated in the frogs interior. See.
there goes a fly! There go four more.
l tell you. friend. Mark Twain's jump,
ing frog was never in it for a minute
with Frisby's fly snapper. And in the
winter time you car use it for a pa
perweight!"
The man at the desk suddenly awoke.
Say" he said, 'I'll need a paper
weight next winter: bring it around
then"
So the caller gathered up his frog
and meekly went his way.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
IRON OF THE ANcIENTs.
Pillar In India Has Stood Ru.+les. For
Centuries.

Pillar In India Has Stood R~u.tles. For
Centuries.
On the plains of Delhi. in India.
there stands a massive iron pillar,
nearly sixty feet in length and weigh
Ing about nineteen tons. This ancient
column is literally a monument TO the
''a%ntiquated' processes and metallur-
gists that produced it. for it has re-
sisted the attack of the elements dur
ing a period of about 1900 years, in
which fully a million times its bulk
Of iron or steel has crumbled into use
less dust. No one would suggest that
civilized man return to the primitive
and laborious methods by which the
iron of this column was made SO long
ago, and besides, there are not men
enough living today to supply our
present demands even IL all of them
should engage in this type of manu-
facture; but, granting that the world
would pay for a limited amount of
iron as passive" as this old Kutub
pillar, It Is very doubtful whether
modern ironworkers know how to
make 1t.
Probably this specimen Of unusual
iron is the result of accident rather
than design. as far as its resisting
qualities are concerned, and it stands
today the survival of the fttest, not
sc much because it was intended to
be. as because it proved to be the
most lasting. for it is not likely that a
process known to give iron of this
kind would ever have been used so
seldom, since the Importance of a rust
resisting iron and steel was as much
appreciated in those days as now. No
doubt all the older processes made
iron and steel which rusted less-yes.
and some of it very much less-than
what is usually produced today. but
there is a great difference between this
mere excellence and a resistance to
corrosion during thirty centuries such
as this column shows. - Bradley
Stoughton in Engineering Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

has driven him into a combination
with Judge O'Rear, a Republican aspir-
ant for the governorship. The joining
Of forces is to make O'Rear governor
and send Beckham to the United States
senate. What most interests the to
pers is that O'Rear is an avowed pro-
hibitionist and that his g%ubernatorial
canvass is to be made on a platform of
state wide exclusion of the saloons.
The appearance in the field ofoGov.
ernOr Wilson of New Jersey as an ad-
vocate Of local option may bring the
liquor question into incidental promi-
hence in the approaching national cam.
paign. The Democracy of the state
has set its face against local option.
and Governor Wilson's letter to the
State Anti-saloon league. in which he
declares for option. may enter into the
controversies that his solicitation for
the support of the Jersey delegation in
the national Democratic convention is
expected to arouse.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

be conducted under other conditions.
1t has since gone on under what are
known as "mulct laws" and other DO
lice regulations laid down by the legis-
lature from time to time.
That which is now being made is the
second attempt of recent years to give
the state an organic law more in keep
ing with her greatness than that she
now has. A constitution fashioned by
a popular convention in 1885 was de-
feated because the people did not like
Its liquor clauses. Precautions have
been taken against the reputation of
b work of next years convention for
reasons of that character. The legis-
lature has directed that the clauses
concerning liquor shall be voted on
separately from the body of the instru-
ment. A mighty discussion is going on
between the contending forces as to
the form in which those clauses shall
be presented to the people.
The temperance workers have al
ready written upon the statute books
OF the state a county option law, the
modification of which was attempted
ut the recent session of the Buckeye
legislature. Many cities voting wet
were forced to 60 dry by the vote
OF the surrounding places in the u
ty, and an act offered to the legisla-
ture was designed to enable the cities
to do as they pleased about 1t.
In Other States.
1t was beaten in Ohio, but Indiana,
which has a similar county option law,
passed an amending law. 1t permits
the cities that want saloons in dry
counties to vote them in. Since its
passage fifty Of the 1893 municipalities
that have held elections under it have
been taken out of the prohibition area.
They call the dry counties Saharas in
Ohio; the saloon voting cities are
known as cases by the thirsty.
Those who may have been puzzled
by Henry Watterson's anti-prohibition
oftit,,1o G~A i<c
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

did not quite know at first what to do
about it, but finally they decided to
ask the people whether they would
like to have a prohibition constitution
nj amendment submitted to them for
approval. In the state primaries last
fall the people said they would-by
100000 majority. 1t was drawn and
submitted, and they have just said
that they don't really want it after all.
In Maine.
The state of Maine is trying to get
prohibition out Of her constitution
where it has been for more than fifty
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
Texas Has Just Decided
the Question In Favor
of Nv
vHEN Texas voted on the ques-
ton of constitutional pro-
hibition at the recent special

UNYHEN Texas voted on the ques-
wv ton of constitutional pro-
hibition at the recent special
election the first gun was
fred in a series of sensational liquor
campaigns that are %upheaving several
states.
Maine is to follow in September with
q crack at the prohibition clause that
has been in her primal law for more
than half a century.
Ohio is torn by q "wet' and dry
strife for the contro! Of the coming
constitutional convention.
Oklahoma sends out a wall against
the mo license" feature Of her organic
law.
Kansas liberals are preparing to fight
a similar clause out of her constitution.
West Virginia is getting ready to put
one in hers.
Indiana is busy scattering municipal
cases through the county Saharas Of
the state, and even conservative New
Jersey-"the most liberal Of all the
states" the liquor mems organ boasts
is thinking Of taking Governor Wood
row Wilson's tip that local option is
quite a proper thing for her to enact
into law.
Texas is not a stranger to liquor ex-
elements. The temperance people
have been FESTIVE there for a long time,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
Gasoline Tool Car For RAILWAYS.

Gasoline Tool Car For Railways.
The Chicago and Rock Island rail
road is using a gasoline car to convey
men and tools to any point where re.
pairs or construction work are needed.
The car not only transport. tools and
men. but supplies the necessary power
for operating electric tools. A thirty
horsepower four cylinder four cycle
gasoline engine drives a generator
which supplies power for operating
electric tools. These tools are two
electric spike screwing machines, six
electric drills, n electric saw for
rails and portable emery wheels. The
car a carry eight to ten men and
any reasonable equipment Of tools,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

Is for such a valve as this that the
safeguarding device is designed.
It consists Of a split and hinged steel
cylinder, which may be slipped over
the hand wheel of the stop valve and
locked in place by means of a pad
lock. The key is given to the man
who enters the boiler, and as long as
the cylinder Is on the stop valve it IS
impossible for any one to turn on the
steam.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

paigns, and inGovERNoR PLA1sTED.
each came closer and closer to win
ming the state on it. Two years ago
they had reduced the fixed Republican
majority Of 10000 to about 5000, and
last year they succeeded in planting
the state in the Democratic column.
The special point of attack in the
last campaign was the Sturgis law,
which authorized state sleuths to in
wade the homes in hunts for clandes-
tine whisky. The popular mind be-
came so infamed by the espionage that
Plaisted, who reached the governor
ship, was also favored with a Demo-
cratic legislature to back him. His
first act on attaining office was to
throw the obnoxious Sturgis commits
sioners out Of office in the most sum
mary fashion; and when tie legisla-
ture sent to him an act for a new vote
1T the people on the retention of the
ancient constitutional clause he signed
It with undisguised enthusiasm.
The date for resubmission has been
fixed for Sept. -, and the discussions
it has aroused absorb the people to the
exclusion of all other topics. The pro-
exclusion of all other topics.
In Kansas.
Taking a cue from the Maine move
ment, the saloon interests in Kansas
are organizing for a resubmission OF
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

long" as a Prohibitfonist's confession
that, whatever it may do elsewhere,
prohibition does not prohibit in Kan.
sas, while they picture a decadence in
the cities and towns of the state as
one Of the dire results Of her prohibi.
ton policy. They have established
more thap a thousand branches of a
state organization. Whose mission is to
promote the election this fall Of q leg
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
LIQUID SIaa From Producers.

At the experiment station of the
United States bureau Of mines. Pitts.
burg, Pa. trial runs have been made
with a gas producer using coke as
fuel. with which limestone has been
mixed in varying proportions. the pur
pose being to 1ux the ash and form a
liquid Stag, thus avoiding clinker and
ash troubles and c%onsequent" shut,
downs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principu American and
European cities, and issues its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

AAAN AVA
explanation in
the collision of
the prohibition
movement with
the larger politics
of Kentucky. Ac-
cording to the
story told in off,
cial circles, ex-
Senator Beckham
accuses the liquor
interests Of hav-
ing defeated his
ambition in his
recent U G d
States senatorial
contest. and his
1nS3r0 Pow
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

fulness. 1t is more
than sixty years
since it was given to
hi commonwealth,
and something less
a%ntiquated Is de-
manded by men of
all parties. One of
its features is a
clause providing that
1.-THE liquor traffic
shall never be H.
censed." The u r
have construed this
to mean not that the
traffic Is prohibited,
Hs~k H-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

that states con-
stitutional pro
hibition clause.
They quote Gov
II Stubs re-
c 9 t announce
ment that since
prohibition was
made state wide
"Kansas has tol-
Grated the boot
logger, the speak
easy. the base
ment attic joint
and every other
kind Of liquor
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

and of c e n t
years a risin g
tide of prohibi-
tiOn sentiment
b q s threatened
the state with the
liquor row in
which she is en-
gagged today. A
year or two ago
this sentiment be-
c a m e s t n e
enough to force
the legislature to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13

Boggs-Did you get in all right last
night?
Woggs-Oh. yes!
Boggs-Then the doors weren't lock-
ed, as you fearedY
Woggs-lndeed they were, but my
wife yelled at me as l was coming up
the steps, so | crawled in through the
letter slOt.-Puck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
The Italian Of Il.

The Italian Of Il.
"The professor says that music owes
q great deal to Rossini." said the young
mi
"What's Rossini?"
'"That." replied Mr.. Cumrox, sis
probably Italian for 'rosin.'"-Wash
ington Star.