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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31
Officials of Union Keep All
Details Of Movement
Secret.
NEW YEARS SURPRISE.
Men Believe They Will Score. Easy
victory-Employrs. However, Say
They Do Not Fear consequences.

New York, Dec. 31.-1hat genera
strike of walters in a dozen eastern
cities, including New York is contem-
plated as prelude to the New Years
feats, was asserted at the headquar-
tiers of the Hotel Workers Union at II
West 92nd street today.
Officials there said that they were
Keeping all details secret but that at
a fixed hour the manager of every no.
tel and restaurant in the cities affect
ed, would be approached and rendered
new agreement, recognizing the un-
ion and providing for better pay and
shorter hours, as well as reform in
working conditions.
Because all of their tables are ex-
pected to be occupied the walters be-
lieve many of the proprietors will give
in and sign the agreement thus secur-
ity quick victory. Despite this as
sertion Of the part of the walters all
4 Of the members of the hotel and res.
taurant managers association said they
did not fear strike.
But if a strike came they said, they
would be able to handle it, as there
were many walters out of work who
would welcome the chance to secure
employment AS a matter of fact, the
hotel managers said the last srike,
which fizzled, took all of the money in
the unions treasury and it was in NJ
condition to withstand another Strike
at this time.
Albany, N. Y, Dec. 31.-No walters
strike will check the New Years eve
revels here, according to assurance
given today. Proprietors and heat
walters alike assert that there are no
differences as to pay or hours now
and that no trouble is pending. Res
ervations already made at the leading
hotels and restaurants promise an un-
usual crowd.
Rochester, N. Y, Dec. Silt devel.
oped today that representative OF
the Walters Union of New York Wis
tied this city recently and attempted
to bring about strike in the local no
tells. The Central Labor body turned
him down and the local union refused
to recognize him. The report that {
strike will take place tonight is dis
credited.
Philadelphia. Dee. 31.-A Strike
among the employees Of the leading
hostelries and clubs here may be de
clared before midnight unless hotel
managers accede to he demands of the
international Hotel Workers Associa
ton. If the strike is ordered NOR
than 1000 members of the local uniol
will walk out and pickets hope to per
suade hundreds of men unionists t.
ioin them in sympathetic strike. Hote
manegrs and stewards are plainl
worried over the prospects of gene
ral walters strike.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31
McDermott, Maria September IS.

McDermott, Maria September Is.
McKenney, Margaret October 4.
Mills, William November q.
Nolan, Helen A. June 10.
Naylor, John H. July 5.
Nails, John T. November IS.
o'Reilly, Abbie March 9.
O'Shaughnessy, Margaret March 13
Oliver, B. F. July IA.
Posey, Cordelia January 6.
Pullman, Virginia o. January %.
Plaskett, w. G. January 20.
Petty, Edward w. April %.
.Pusey, Irene June /.
Prettyman, Carrie June "a.
Phillips, Ann September 2S.
Phillips, Sarah F. October 1.
Riley, John w. January IA.
Roberts, Myrtle March 4.
Roland, Norris March %.
Robey, John H. October 25.
Richardson, Francis NJ. October 25
Reed, Sarah A. October 27.
Robinson, John P. December 9.
Spinney, Leslie NJ. January l.
Stanton, J. D. January 81.
Smith, Georgianna January 80.
Smith, Mary February A.
Snowden, Hubert April Is.
Studds, Jacob A. May "a.
Sullivan, Leona June 2.
Shuman, Mary June 6.
Slaymaker, Ruth July 16.
Smith, Edith B. August II.
Smith, Mrs. Hesselius September IT.
Spencer, John September "a.
Shuman, Louis, jr., October 2.
Steiner, James B. October 10.
Smith, Mary NJ. November "a.
Smith, John w. December 25.
Travers, Charles February II.
Trummel!, John March g.
Thornhill, Lula March IL.
Taylor, W. R. March 13.
Thomas, Herbert B. May 13.
Travers, Mary A. August 26.
Travers, John A. November IA.
Tutz, Oswald December 80.
Wilkins, John January 9.
White, Annie R. March 2.
Wheat, Harry F. March 4.
Wise, Frank A. March 3.
West, Jacob May &c.
Wattles, Mrs. c. w. June 10.
Wenzel, Margaret July Z.
Walker, Edward July Is.
Weingart, Joseph October 9.
Warder, B. F. November II.
Young, John NJ. July 26.
2;r-1 -.3.s,.,>,- Z .,,;i;s:at / lis..s.,,, %
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Alexandria Building &
Loan Association, Inc, will be held in
the directors room in the Alexandria
National Bank building, at 1880 p. m.
Tuesday, January ID, 1913.
C. PAGE WALLER. Jr., Secty.
31-5t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

Adlai e. Stevenson, grandson OF
former Vice President Stevenson, ac-
cidentally shot and killed Miss Ruth
Merwin, Is years old, in the Stevenson
homestead in Bloomington, ILL.,, last
night. Some of the boys at party at
the home of young Stevenson's father
l.. G. Stevenson, were students at a
military academy, and during the even
ing decided to give some of their drills
They found an old rifle, and, as they
thought, took out all the cartridges
During the drill, the weapon, while in
the hands of young Stevenson was dis
charged, the bullet striking Miss Mer-
win in the forehead, causing instant
death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

Village Chapel Sunday school on
Gibbon street between st. Asaph and
Patrick street will hold their Christ
mas celebration tonight ats o'clock
Everybody is invited and a good pro-
gramme will be prepared for their en-
tertainment. -; - =
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the S. S. Shedd & Bro, Co.
will be held at the principal office Of
the Company Ill South Fairfax St.
Alexandria, Va, at 1870 p. m, Tues
day, January 18th, 1913, to elect direc,
tors for the ensuing year. =
j.; P. EVANS, Secty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31
FUNERAL.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Alice f.
Colquohoun took place this morning.
Services were conducted by Rev. W. J.
Morton and the pallbearers were Drs.
G. 7. Klipstein and w. NJ. Smith, and
Me:srs. E. S. Leadbeater, Worth HUI
fish. g. L. Boothe and H. r. n, Burke,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

A sensation was caused yesterday by
the arrest Of the mayor of the city of
Gentilly, near Paris, on charge of
attempting to murder two wealthy
women. The crime occurred on Satur-
day, when the assailant gained access
to the parlor of the villa at Perreux,
where the two old ladies Madame Cha.
breux and Madame Solet, lived. He
used a subterfuge to gain admission
and Immediately rushed at the women
and stabbed both of them in the back
with a carving knife. He then rushed
out of the house and made his escape.
The women were taken to the hospital
in a serious condition. Suspicion fell
on the Mayor of Gentilly, Eugene Pi-
rou. He was arrested and brought to
the hospital yesterday for confronta-
tion with the victims. AS soon as the
women saw him both shrieked: "He
is the assassin Eugene Pirou is a
prominet merchant, at Gentilly, but it
is alleged that he has recently lost
heavily through speculation. The mo-
tive of the crime is supposed to have
been robbery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31
LOCAL BREVITIES.

There was no session of the Police
Court this morning, no cases being
upon the docket.
New Years Day services will be
held in Grace Church at 1870 a. M,
tomorrow.
Frank Belts, employed at the Alex
andria Iron Works, had his left hand
painfully injured this morning by an
emory wheel. He received medical aiG
at the Alexandria Hospital.
The installation of officers of the
Osceola Tribe l. 0. R. NJ, No. /, will
take place at their wigwam tomorrow
noght. after which they will attend
a banquet at C. H. Zimmerman's.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

When the spectacle of small boy
hanging by the head in a window at
tracted the attention of persons pass
ing the home of County Surveyor John
B. Cameron, of Lee county, N. c., Fri
day afternoon, they hurried to the
child's rescue, but found him dead, his
neck having been broken. The body
was hanging outside The horse, his
feet dangling some distance from the
ground, while the weight of the win
dow sash rested across the broken
neck and supported the boys weight.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron started,
a short while before, to visit neigh
bors, they left their 10-year-old son
to close the doors on the inside of the
home and climb out through the win
dow. Later, persons passing saw the
boy in the precarious position and, on
examination, found that the sash had
evidently fallen across the little fel-
lows neck, and broken it, and that the
boy had died suspended in this posi-
ton, unable to extricate himself.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

Legs of Lamb, IL Lee to 15c pound
Lamb Chops, 15c pound. Breast Lamb
1Oc pound. Stew Lamb, Sc lb. at
Schuler's King Street Market. $50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

Robbers entered the homeeof Will
liam B. Fox, living on plantation at
Pottsland, few miles south of Mem
phis, upon the Mississippi river yes
terday and murdered four members of
the household. They cut Fox's throat,
crushed his wife's skull with an axe
stabbed nineteen-year-old son, shot
the negro cook, left small baby in its
cradle, stole five dollars and two hor
ses, and escaped.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

the great Indyoiily uuIlHS Iie yea
which will have finished its cours
when the clock in the City Hall steepl
begins to strike the hour of twelve a
About the average numbe
Of deaths have occurred during the
year. Our city has not been calle
upon to pass through any epidemic
nor has anything out of the genera
ordf, occurred to distress US. Th'
names appended show that the grin
enemy has been no respector of per,
sons, but has knocked alike at tn
palace and the cottage gate.
Andrew, Jesse r. January 16.
Allensworth, Victor M. January q
Allison, James w. February II.
Ash, Ann S. February 20.
Acton, T. NJ. June %.
Bontz. Henry A. January 2.
Bachelor, Herbert March -.
Brown, Sarah NJ. March 13.
Board; Benjamin F. March 10.
Brenner, Sarah E. April 3.
Bolton, Mary F. August 29.
Butler, Arm M. September 26.
Brent, William G. November Z.
Buckley, Patrick November IT.
Bolton, William H. December 4.
Comwell, Mary A. January 10.
Campbell, Carlin F. January 81.
Cowling, Mary March 81.
Cox, Ida C. May 16.
Cavano, Sophia August 2S.
Curtin, Patrick August 81.
Cresmord, Bette E. November %.
Coleman, Bridget December II.
Chichester, George December 13
Cogan, Virginia December 21.
Carne, Cornelia S. December Il.
Chapman, Julia G. December 26.
Colquohoun, Alice December 80.
Davis, James T. January 10.
Delaney, Mrs. D. w. January 49,.
Davis, Alice January 20.
Donnelly, John 7. January "a.
Deakins, F. NJ. February 13.
Darley, William April 26.
Doran, Benjamin ]. May 4.
Duncan, Margaret May 26.
D'Lagnel, Julius A. June 3.
Duggan, John S. August 1S.
Davis, Henry November IS.
Edelin, Thomas J. June 6.
Evans, Hattie September 5.
Embrey, VIM. T. September "a.
Entwisle, John w. December 16.
Fleischmann, Matilda February 5.
Field, S. Frank March A.
Finnell, James April 5.
Fageans, Inez April 8.
Fleming, Margaret April 90.
Fewell, Eugene May 3.
Fairfax, Thomas NJ. May 26.
French, Robert w. December II.
Fadeley, Charles w. December %.
Fendlea, Pansy December 26.
Graves, Lucy NJ. February 26.
Green, Margaret ]. June 6.
Gorham, Ada July l..
Glover, Henry B. September 1S.
Griffin, James W. November II.
Haynes, Herman A. January 6.
Hoy, Margaret February l..
Harrison, Mary NJ. March Is.
Hayden, Georgianna March %.
Hudson, Harry B. March 26.
Hutchison, Martha April 30.
Henderson, John T. May 8.
Herndon, Dabney May 8.
Holland, Fannie June 5.
Hunter, John c. August %.
Hansborough, Annie August 90.
Hepburn, Charles October "a.
Hopkins, Rigsby November s
Janney, E. H. June 16.
Joyce, E. C. July 9.
Johnston, George D. September 2
Kite, David M. October 2.
Larmand, Medora N. January 10.
Lacey, Richard A. February 1s.
Lafain, Ellen March 26.
Lee, Ernest G. April 49,.
Lawson, Elizabeth August 26.
Lee, Annie V. December II.
Lloyd, James R. December %.
Mudd, Emma January %.
Murphy, John January 80.
May, Sarah S. February Z.
McGraw, Esther A. March 25.
Massey, Mary E. April 8.
. Mason, Ann April %.
Moore, Lille E. April %:
Murphy, Peter ]. May 10.
Micou, Richard W. June=4.
Monaghan, Mrs. Thomas August
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31
DEATHS / DURING i THE YEAR
Work of the Relentless Reaper
Among Alexandrians
During5l9l2

There is no flock however watched
and tended,
But one dead lamb is there.
There is no fireside, howsoe'er defend
ed,
But has one vacant chair.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31
J NEWS OF TILE. DAY.

Jesse Pomeroy, whose crimes start
led the country nearly forty years ago,
attempted unsuccessfully to escape
from the State prison at Charlestown,
Mass, yesterday. Pomeroy is serving
a life sentence for torturing two chill
dren to death, when he was 13 years
old. The convict left his cell by saw
ing three bars from the door The
mewing of a cat which followed Pom
eroy along the corridor attracted the
attention of Thomas Brassel, an atten.
dant, shortly before dawn and the
plan was frustrated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

! Norfolk Oysters fried at Rammers
Cafe. .zt11 :,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

ov,ter, in all styles at Rammers Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-31

Z;nnas-v?..:!.; Lett;s2s. 4, Ais.:.;s.i ~ q; q:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
Why He Couldn't Sit Down..

Harry, aged six, is an orphan; but
an indulgent grandmother and kind
maiden aunt have taken care of him.
The first pair of knickerbockers were
secured recently, and 1t was a proud
moment for the boy when his aunt
put them on him on Sunday morning
and he was permitted to go to church
with his grandmother. Naturally
maiden aunts know very little about
the arrangement of knickerbockers,
and there was a suspicious fullness in
front and an equally mystifying tight
ness in the back to be observed, as
the little chap trudged happily along.
In church Harry sat down, but did
not appear comfortable and stood up.
Harry, sit down." whispered his
grandmother. He obedjently climbed
back on the seat, but soon slipped of
again. Harry, you must sit down."
Grandma, l can't. My pants is chok-
ing me-" She looked more closely
than her dim sight had before permit
ted, and discovered the new little
knickerbockers were on hind side be-
fore. Harry stood up during the re-
mainder of the service.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
IN LESS STRENUOUS TIMES
Explanation of the Difference Be.
tween Domestic Standards Now
and Those of Long Ago.

In the Woman's Home Companion
there is an interesting presentation OF
the difference that exists between the
domestic standard OF young married
women of today and those OF the past
generation. How did the mn OF
the middle class of a generation or
two ago manage when they could not
keep help? Following is the answer
quoted from a Companion editorial:
They lived according to their
means; they did not set up impossible
standards, and they knew much less
about the science OF bringing up chill
dren. They had no special style to
keep up; gave the children a weekly
bath; kept the table set between
meals; did not serve their meals in
courses, but put all the food on the
table at once; confined their social
affairs to evening calls and parties,
and church suppers, at which they
wore the same black silk dress for at
least two seasons; in short, every
woman did only what she could, and
her friends made it easier for her by
doing likewise"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18

I tomary speed, Daylight paid them
their wages In advance and arranged
the purchase of the supplies, though he
emptied his sack in doing so. He was
leaving the Sourdough. when he sud
denly turned back to the bar from the
| door.
Got another hunch?" was the
query.
Il sure have" he answered.
"Flour's sure going to be worth what
a man will pay for 1t this winter up
on the Klondike. Who'll lend me
some money!"
On the instant a score of the men
who had declined to accompany him
on the wild-goose chase were crowd
ing about him with proffered gold
sacks.
asked the Alaska Commercial Com.
pany's storekeeper.
About two ton"
The proffered gold-sacks were NOT
withdrawn, though their owners were
guilty Of an outrageous burst of merri-
ment.
What are you going to do with two
tons?" the storekeeper demanded.
I'll tell you-all in simple A, B, c
and one. two, three" Daylight held
up one finger and began checking off.
"Hunch number one: a big strike COM
Ing in Upper Country. Hunch number
two: Carmack's made II. Hunch mum
her three: amt no bunch at all. It's
a cinch. If one and two is right, then
four just has to 60 sky-high. If I'm
riding lunches one and two, l just got
10 ride this cinch, which is number
three. II I'm right, -four IL balance
gold on the scales this winter"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
Where the Fruit Grows.

Michael Casey, a politician in San
Francisco, who has been in office and
on the city payroll for many years,
was addressing a meeting of his fell
low-citizens. 1t was a labor meeting.
You men must know spouted
Casey, that you are the great body
polite in this city. You are the roots
and trunks of u great municipal
tree, while we who represent you in
Office are merely the branches on that
magnificent tree"
True for you, Mike" piped a man
in the back of the hall, but did we
ever notice all the fruit grows on the
branches saturday Evening Post.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18


gold from the gra~ss-roots. and who
had PANIED the rim at a hundred 9TH
er places up and down the length Of
the creek and found nothing, was GU
rious to know what lay On bedrock.
He had noted the four quiet men sink.
ing a shaft close by the stream, and
he had heard their whip-saw going as
they made lumber for the sluice boxes.
He did not wait for an invitation. but
he was present the first day they
sluiced. And at the end of five hours
shoveling for n man, he saw them
take out thirteen ounces and a half of
gold. 1t was coarse gold, running from
pinheads to a ~twelve-dollar nugget,
and 1t had come from off bedrock.
The first fall snow was flying that day,
and the Arctic winter was closing
down; but Daylight had no eyes tor
the ~bleak-gray sadness of the dying,
short-lived summer. He saw his Wis
ion coming true. and on the big fat
was upreared anew his golden city of
the SHOWS. Gold had been found on
bedrock. That was the big thing.
Carmack's strike was assured. Day
light staked a claim in his own name
adjoining three he had purchased with
plug tobacco. This gave him a block
two thousand feet long and extending
in width from rim-rock to rim-rock.
Returning that night to his camp at
the mouth of Klondike. he found in 1t
Kama. the Indian chief he had left at
Dyea. Kama was travelling by ca
noe, bringing in the last mail of the
year. In his possession was some two
hundred dollars in gold.dust. which
Daylight Immediately borrowed. In
return. he arranged to stake a claim
for him. which he was to record when
he passed through Forty Mile. When
Kama departed next morning. he car
ried a number Of letters for Daylight
addressed to all the old-timers down
river. in which they were urged to
come up Immediately and stake. Also
Kama carried letters of similar import.
given him by the other men On Bo-
nanza.
ut will sure be the gosh-dangdest
stampede that ever was, Daylight
chuckled. as he tried to vision the ex-
cited populations Of Forty Mile and
Circle City tumbling into poling-boats
and racing the hundreds of miles up
the Yukon; for he knew that his word
would be unquestioningly accepted.
One day In December Daylight filled
a pan from bedrock on his own claim
and carried 1t into his cabin. Here q
fire burned and enabled him to keep
water unfrozen In a canvas tank. He
squatted over the tank and began 10
wash. Earth and gravel seemed to all
the pam AS he impaired TO 1t a cir
cular movement. the lighter, coarser
PARTICLES washed out over the edge.
At times he combed the surface with
his fingers, raking out handfuls of
gravel. The contents Of the pan d.
minished. At Is drew near to the
bottom. for the purpose Of fleeting and
tentative examination. he gave the
pan q sudden sloshing movemlnt.
emptying It OF water. And the whole
bottom showed as II covered with put
ter. Thus the yellow gold flashed
up ns the muddy water was filtered
away. 1t vas gold-gold-dust, coarse
GOLD. nuggets. large nuggets. He was
oIouo. Ho ct thu nan dawn for
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18


moment and thought long thoughts.
Then he finished the washing, and
weighed the result in his scales. AT
the rate of sixteen dollars to the ounce
the pan had contained seven hundred
and odd dollars. 1t was beyond any
thing that even he had dreamed. His
fondest anticipations had gone no
farther than twenty or thirty thousand
dollars to a claim; but here were
claims worth half a million each at the
least, even II they were spotted.
He did not go back to work in the
shaft that day, nor the next, nor the
next. Instead, capped and mittened, s.
light stampeding outfit, including his
rabbit skin robe, strapped on his back,
he was out and away on a many-days'
tramp over creeks and divides, in
specting the whole neighboring terri
tory. On each creek he was entitled
to locate one claim. but he was
chary in thus surrendering up his
chances. On Hunker Creek only
did he stake a claim. Bonanza
Creek he found staked from mouth to
source, while every little draw and
pup and gulch that drained into it was
likewise staked. Little faith was had
in these side-streams. They had been
staked by the hundreds of men who
had failed to get in on Bonanza. The
most popular of these creeks was
Adams. The one least fancied was
Eldorado. which flowed into Bonanza.
just above Carmack's Discovery claim.
Even Daylight disliked the looks of FL
dorado; but, still riding his bunch. he
bought a half share in one claim on 1t
for half a sack Of -four. A month
later he paid eight hundred dollars for
the adjoining claim. Three months
later. charging this block of property.
claim. and. though 1t was concealed
In the future, he was destined. not
long after. to pay one hundred and
fifty thousand for a fourth claim on
the creek that had been the least liked
of all the creeks.
In the meantime. and from the day
he washed seven hundred dollars from
a single pan. and squatted over It and
thought a long thought, he never again
touched hand to pick and shovel. As
he said to Joe Ladue the night of that
wonderful washing:
Joe. / amt never going to work
hard again. Here's where l begin TO
use my brains. Pm going to farm gold.
Gold will grow gold II you-all have
the savvee and can get hold of soma
for seed. When / seen them seven
hundred dollars In the bottom of the
pan. l knew l had seed at last
The hero Of the Yukon In the
younger days before the Carmeck
strike. Burning Daylight now became
the hero Of the strike. The story OF
his bunch and how he rode 1t was
told up and down the land. Certainly
he had ridden Il FIR and away beyond
the boldest. for NO I'VE Of the luckisst
held the value IN claims that he held.
And. furthermore. be was still riding
the bunch. and with no diminutioh Of
daring.
GRO m CONTINUED,