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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07
VETERANS GATHER AT MACON

Veterans of the Confederacy, sons
and grandsons of the warriors and
daughters of the confederacy to the
number of 10000, arrived at>Macon,
Ga, for the annual reunion of the I'm
tied Confederate Veterans and affili-
ated organizations which began today.
Eight special trains came yesterday
morning, some from Westernstates,
and local railroad agencies report $50
more on the way. Delegations are
coming from as far north as Kansas
and Missouri and from the west as
far as California.
The largest delegation will come
from Texas, mostly because San An
tonic is a leading candidate for the
next reunion. Other cities which
want the reunion in 1913 are Chata-
nooga and JacksonvilleA
The Southern Confederate Memorial
Association, an organization of women
aiming to erect monuments through
out the south convened yesterday aft
ernoon. Last night the sons Of vet
Grams assembled in the Auditorium
at Camp Gordon.
Camp Gordon, the place of reunion
comprises 10000 tents, loaned by the
government and will accommodate
fully $4,000 veterans, in addition to
the National Guard troops of Alaba-
ma and Georgia and several compa-
MES of Boy Scouts.
The veterans are at work in the in
tercst of commander in chief C. Irwin
Walker of Charleston, for reelection
and for Gen. Bennett II. Young, of
Louisville, Ky, commanding the army
of Tennessee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

The situation in Morocco is causing
fears in Paris that that country will
not be made French protectorate
without much shedding of blood. Re
ports from southern Morocco show
that the tribes are openly hostile to
the French. During the recent fight
ing at Ell Maaziz, where a French de-
tachment was attacked by Moors, the
French lost II killed and II wounded
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07
THE BEST STATE OF ALL.

No land in the world is so blest as
Virginia. so rich in resources and so
free from cataclysm or catastrophe
says the Richmond Journal.
We sympathizc at distance with
the inhabitants of the Mississippi
Valley, many of whose fathers went
from this state, in their present dis
tress from flood, realizing at the same
time our immunity from such vista
ton.
Virginia has never suffered from an
earthquake, but keenly sympathized
with San Francisco and still our
nearer neighbor, Charleston, when
nature upheaved disaster within their
gates.
We read of the East Indian storms
that lay waste our Southern coast
but only experience enough OF their
force to awake our fellow feeling for
a people of the same blood and kin
who are less safely situated.
Two great mountain ranges protect
us from the cyclones of the West and
the blizzards of the North. We know
not their terrors.
No epidemics can live in the COOL
pure air of Virginia. Once only, many
years ago, yellow fever got hold
at Norfolk and cholera a lesser grip.
We feel secure against all evil in Vlr-
ginia of earthquake, storm and flood,
suffering neither severe cold nor few
ering heat.
We read of the breaking up of the
ice and the opening of navigation just
now in the streams and lakes in the
Northern States. Here navigation re-
mains open the year round, and there
arc no snow blockades on railroads
The soil of Virginia is varied and
on it's lands everything can be raised
that is indigenous to any part OF the
United States. This is fact and not
mere boast. A kinder and more
generous land can nowhere be found
none so free of terrors and none 81
blest
Many who are being led by hight!
colored stories to less favored land
should we'll consider the blessing
they enjoy in this State. and not CIV
them I'D for some other whose natura
resources, social privileges and stand
ards of business and living are no
so high.
For land to live in, one on WhlcI
nature smiles without stint and iron
which evil stays away, there Is non
like Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07
THE MARYLAND PRIMARY.

Returns from Maryland show that
Theodore Roosevelt carried that state
in the Republican primaries yester-
day and will control the state con-
vention, which will meet on May Ia
and which will elect 16 delegates to
the national convention at Chicago.
According to returns from all the
counties in the state, Roosevelt Will
have GO and President Taft 81 votes.
Sixty-fve votes constitute majority
in the convention.
Roosevelt has a popular majority
in the state. His success was due, 1t
it alleged, to the large and unexpect-
ed vote which he received in Baltl-
more city and in the counties. OPP
ponents of the former President say
the result in the monumental city was
due to apathy on the part of friends
of President Taft, who failed to 60 to
the polls.
Negro voters in the First and
Fourth city districts turned the scales
against the President. President Taft
swept the Eastern shore and Southern
Maryland.
Speaker Champ Clark has captured
large majority of the delegates to
the Democratic State Convention,
which will meet on May 16, and which
will elect 16 delegates to the national
convention. Governor Wilson made a
better showing in the counties than
had been anticipated, but he did not
capture single district in the city
Governor Judson' HarTdon, of Ohio,
was third in the races He captured
only one county, Worcester.
Present conditions in the Rcpubl-
can party are causing the greatest
anxiety, as the breach in the organ
ization is widening all the time. Many
people are specializing on the result
of the coming Presidential election,
lil;cning present conditions to those
which confronted the Democratic par
ty in 1860, when two candidates were
placed in the feId-Breckenridge and
Lane, and Douglas and Johnson. The
Democratic organization faced Ger
tain defeat at that time, as does the
Republican party today, should they
fail to heal the breach. Theodore
Roosevelt is gaining strength all the
time, and from present indications he
will receive a majority, at least, of
the delegates in the convention. He
may receive the necessary two-thlrds.
Til Democratic party, by present
ing united front, will be in a posi-
ton to ride triumphantly to victory
should the fight between Taft and
Roosevelt be prolonged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07
TAFT IN OHIO

Under heavy skies that frequently
spat rain, President Taft campaigned
through southern Ohio yesterday. In
all he made ten speeches, many of
them in heavy warm spring down.
pour that drove the crowds Of country
folk to shelter, lessened the carrying
power of his vote and made his physi-
cian,. Major Thomas l.. Rhoads, think
anxiously of Wednesday, when Mr..
Taft swings North and East again for
the last busy day of his present Ohio
trip.
Mr.. Taft began the days work at
Jacksonville and ended it at Cincinnati
last night From the time ne left
Parkersburg, w. Va, and crossed the
Ohio river into his home state, the
President continued to tell his hear
ers why he broke silence and attacked
Colonel Roosevelt. He covered again
much of the ground he went over in
Massachusetts and Maryland, but &C.
casionally brought in new subjects.
Most of his audiences were attentive
and at times demonstrating. The
President talked many times about
the Roosevelt charge that he was con-
sortin. with tbs bosses. He referred
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

Only one of the seventeen persons
whose bodies were recovered by the
Cableship Nina in the vicinity OF the
Titanic tragedy died from drowning
in the opinion of the cableship's ply
sician. The other sixteen perlsheo
from exposure. death ensuing some
four hours after the vessel sank. This
was demonstrated after examination
of the bodies, water being found in
the lungs of but one person.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

Six hundred rebels were killed ana
the remainder of force OF l'ooo
under Gen. Salazar, were sent seurry-
inc to Cuatro Cienegas during the
fight Sunday with 400 federals, under
Col. Pablo Monzsles, according to re-
ports received yesterday by President
Madero from the field Of action.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07
THE GREAT DELUSION

Government which comprises the III
ititive referendum and recall of otflc-
ers and of judicial decisions is gov
eminent by impulse and caprice
Rome's plebiscitum was the Initial
i've in the essential form, while the re-
call is the ostracism of Athens under
new name. Both worked badly ant
were discarded. Under modern con
ditions in a great nation like the Uni
ted States, they would work worse
than they did in the countries IN which
they were invented.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

Fearing that he would be buried al
i've, William E. Vandcrroost. who died
at his late home in Mount Vernon, N
Y, on April %, in his will, which yes
terday was filed for probate, made
the request that "thc undertaken
having charge of my body stab me
through the heart after / have been
pronounced dead by my physicians.
His estate was valued at $4,000, and
the will was dated September IL, 1906
1t is understood that the undertaken
did not know of his clause at the time
the body was buried.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

to William Flynn Of Pittsburg, and
Walter Brown of Ohio as being to ex-
amples of bosses with whom Colonel
Roosevelt now has dealings. Both
are active Roosevelt workers the presi
dent said, and Mr.. Brown is chairman
of the Republican State Central Com
mittee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07
Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace was indlcte

Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace was indicted
Yesterday in Atlanta, Ga, on charge
of assault with intent to murder her
husband, Eugene H. Grace, whom she
is accused of having shot in their
home on March 10. An early trial
is expected. Her lawyer will have her
released on bond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

During a heavy storm at Loui7-
vile, KY, Sunday night, tsreet car
was twice struck by lightning. rev.
J. Henry Smythe, of Philadelphia who
had preached at church and was re-
turning to his hotel on the car, was
stunned, but soon recovered
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

spectors have resigned rather than
become party to them, and placed
their information at the disposal of
Mr.. Nelson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

TERMS:-Daily, 1 year, 5000.
Six months, $3.50. Three months,
s1.25. One month. 43 cents. One
week, 10 cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

I,oudoun Co. Roll Butter, pound, 3Oc
Three Large Cans Tomatoes i 3oc
Three Cans Corn zoe
Three Cans Peas -l2oc
Four Cans String Beans 25c
Three Cans Sour Kraut 25c
Two Cans Table Peaches Csc
Fancy Seeded Rsisius, pound, : 10c
Sweet Cider, gallon zoe
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

HOWARD w. SMl III, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07

Entered at the Postoff1ce OF Alex
andria, Virginia, as second-class mat
ter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-07
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED DAILY.
The Alexandria Gazette Corporation
Gazette Bldg, King street.

ROBERT S. BARRETT. President
and General Manager.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-02

or hldden and who had many experiences
OF the sort nowadays pronounced "psy-
chic found something truly worth while.
Queen Elizabeth had lived at Ashridge
while her young brother was still on the
| throne and her toilet articles are among
the relics preserved there:
Lady Marian was wont to tell an amusing
aheCG0te IN connection with them. 1t seems
| that MISS Hosmer was one of party gath
| ered there, when from among the treasured
souvenirs under lock and key the brush
ana comb OF the Queen was brought forth.
| AZ the same time was shown 4 tiny lock of
lOhg req mar, and one of the family eX-
cialmeu, what a pity We have never been
| able TO md more than three strands of the
queens hair though we have tried over
ana over again" oh said Miss Hosmer.
| give me the brush. I'll produce another"
Thereupon she drew the comb slowly across
II. and one long red hair appeared, TO the
amazement Of all. hut most Of all to that
! or the artist himself who declared IL was
the uncanniest thing that ever happened TO
her. 1t was added 10 the precious lock. now
numbering four strands.
\ story which Miss Hosmer was wont
to tell concerning her master, John Glib
son, reveals the odd deficiency often
found I'm persons Of exceeding talent:
went into the studio ore day and. found
him with great sheet Of paper upon which
he had made number Of small marks
There We're seven rows and seven In each
row. | asked:
"Signor Giovanni, what are you doing"
Trying to find out how much is seven
times seven
why. forty-nlnp." I replied He looked
at me in amazement and observed that !
must know the multiplication table. I re-
piled that / did, and he frankly confessed
that The never could learn tho thing
Miss Hosmer's later years, all of them
cheerful and prosperous, were passed
chiefly IN England and the United States.
Sometimes she visited Rome, but, unlike
most intelligent Americans, she appar-
emily took little sympathetic interest in
the birth of United Italy, and the new
Rome could not take the place In her
affection of the old Rome of her youth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-02
FRENCH SUMMER NOVELS
Books by Marcel Provost, Andre
de Lorde and Others.
Paris. June "a.


NJ Marcel Provost author of "Vierges
Fortes," alert feministe psychologist and
member Of the Academy, Is at his best
In "Missette," "A delightful volume OF
short stories. just published by Lemerre
I It is written in a light conversational
vein that constantly amuses the reader
without demanding special mental or
moral effort. This makes first rate sum
mer holiday reading Sabine Aligand. a
Partisan girl Of eighteen, writes confiden-
| tial letters 10 her former Irish gov
erness complaining Of the terrible life
| that she is forced to live under the DOM
nation Of her new governess, young
! German woman of brilliant attachments.
This parsonage. called "Missette," turns
| ont 10 be sort Of Becky Sharp
coupled with a Messalina. and she finally
clones with Sabine's fiance. Another
breezy little tale. la Paille dams
IL'Acier"-"The Flaw in the Steer'-is the
story of two young men who have been
comrades at school, college and I'm the
regiment" and whose lifelong friendship
is broken by the young and hypocritical
wife of one of them, who kills his former
friend in duel and afterward finds out
that It was his wife alone who was to
blame.
M. Andre de Lorde. who in private
life is one of the most charming, fasct-
mating and congenial Of men imaginable
becomes the moment that he grasps a
pen the most cruel racking torture"
and executloner. The latest book by the
prince of Terror" just published by
OIlendorff. bears the appropriate title Of
"Cauchemars" There are twenty-four
terrific Nightmares in the book. all neat
~ woven together. They are in turn In
spired bv morphine, ASA ssin's knives,
surgery. motorcar murders. judicial err
rors and fashionable society crimes. The
eubicct oC one of these nightmares is an
eminent surgeon who becomes insane
owing to his professional experiments.
In a wild outburst Of inspiration he goes
to the city hospital for the blind, ana
before any one can prevent him gougeS
ont the ewes of a dozen non-blind pa
tents ana pldlltS uh''h III Wv
cts of as many blind patients, with the
idea Of supplying them with renewed
vision. Another nightmare deals with q
surgeon possessing a large and wealthy
clientele, who is induced to perform IN
illegal operation to preserve the reputa-
ton Of "A mysterious young woman The
surgeon discovers after the operation
that the patient is his own daughter and
the episode ends with a plunge of tho
scaIpel into the victims heart. The par
ricide coolly announces that the patient
expired under the knife
/ NJ Rene Boylesye, author OF Il En-
FAINT a la Balustrade," translated into
English as The House" is a profound
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-02

been much abated by sage counsel lranh
v,.ruircs ana hard experience. 1heie 4"
- living in The industry. but IL is not 30
,os,lv earned as was once believed 10 ne
tho casr: nor Is the capital requiren 5"
small as many stu hold II to oa Ac-
rordinC to MIR. Sando I'm infSist "GtLaF Oh
.o,,oroI Thousand dollars for land AND
'buiIdings and stock is reuUtred~ WIN a
,,orgin az several thousands more In 'he
la,, As for chicken raising on "a small
scaIe. that. of Cougsc- only sr~THn@S 1n'f'
p,c,ne eaRle with poultry, Gruf nu1E S1St'n
MIN, ,r,,n,,.r to- ths nri,srsss Of tfia hn'sseR'
Nm ssgrfin. Bg tji. way lis Of TIM opiihph
tj,pr vyonun atF q mIih lla5t. tlih' p1fEAaifa
,etre,otih ttpl,nieit alion dip oaire,n Of q a'Gen
oi5t5<on farm. SeIseitily In wiiten
His t.,o. Is n rrnctt3el initiation ih'o'
the details oG an Itrd11ssry thna Requires
no especial gifts or talents. but INSISTS
,rton rrpu1rt aud sybteunaaie astetIttau 10
o. multitude of details. He advises the
aspirant always to begin modestly and
In s,sugnd slowly aub GStrtLDC5Dy. ~Tea"el
Stsg srsrncf he market or fancy pos'Isry
Roaming. File. egg trade Is safest. Inc
HrniIer n,ptiness the most tr'91hSS@Es" arSff
,rsp 1ie most ditticudt Fancy bSesslns
far. s.aidsgS.nr RaSpases does not nearly
vteIfH sp marcm us Slde sun0s TsaSd i"r pf'zs
4 winners would suggest. - man musk
\ cit her nc am exceptionally good poultry
miami or au extraordinary poulirynsn
zrfsrn -iIe ssratesy OF a. flranctsr 10 conf
uar,d more than 81 800 a year" Still
vfrat contents the successful ones-"a
good livinz allowance FOR their labor and
am additional q 10 10 per cent for their
investment OF capitai'-does not sound
Disseminating at all. The book is practi-
cal and remarkably explicit within It's
small size.
Mr.. Wheeler, too, has his word OF
warning to the oversanguine; then pro-
ceeds to describe the profitable breeds
and to explain what may reasonably be
expected from them. The breeds ne
deals with are the Plymouth Rock,
Wyandotte, Orpington, Rhode Island
Red. the Mediterranean and the Cornish.
All these breeds are good, the superiority
Of one over the other being matter OF
strain" rather than Of breed, and of
handling, feeding. etc.
Mrs. Saint Maur has written ere now
Of the return to the soil for livelihood,
and has the authority of first hand ex-
perience and success. Her new book is
largely devoted to poultry raising-to
ducks and geese and turkeys as we'll as
chickens-but, having gradually ex-
panded her field Of enterprise, she writes
also of her vegetable garden. of raising
flowers for the market, Of mushroom and
bee culture. and Of pigs. Here is the
venture Of a commuters wife. who has
made small farming profitable as well a.
pleasant A1s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-02

IS the idyl OF young dramatist VINO ire
ouents the salons of admiring bluestocK-
ings and listens to the illusions OF young
men and women of letters. who ventilate
crude and startling ''formul8 or NE re-
cite "physiologico sentimentallsms anu
daclaim in decadent free verse before
admiring and Jealous groups OF caoanstic
rbvnesters and rhetorical poetasters OF
both sexes. One Of the heroes or the
tale is clever young scion OF foya
family. who wears clothes copied from
the portrait of Georges " by HoinneS'
and who is "subventioned" by the Bra
lillian colony in Paris TO lead cotillohs
and impart "briliiancy" and distinction
to their soirecs.
"IiAmour Nomade" is a sprightly lit
flo book Of prose-poetry episodes III
which the auihoress, Mile. Myriam De
roxe a Partisan actress, Of Californian
birth. graduated from the National CON
eer-vatoire. wrestles courageonsly ana
successfully with the artificial ana
nsaudo-sentimental circumstances that
wavIay her professional path. This III
tie book. published by Figuere. is mus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-02
HOMES
The New Movement for Them
Here and Abroad.

The suburb has been with us for so
long that there would seem TO be hardly
ANYTHING new TO be said about It. And
vet II is only in very recent years thar
the commuter has really begun to come
into his own. That many minds are
still at work for the solution Of his prob
lem ia shown by the appearance OF a
steady stream OF books On the subject,
books and magazine articles. Among
the latter we have not for long time
encountered anything so interesting as
the group OF three articles in the july
number Of "Scribners" Mr.. Frederic c..
Howe writes on THE Garden Cities OF
England" Mr.. Grosvenor Atterbury en-
Model Towns in America" and Mr.. Ell
mer Grey on "The New Suburb Of the
Pacific Coast"
Mr.. IIowes facts and figures are i'm
pressive. He shows that in England.
where the garden city gained a trial less
than ten years ago, the experiment has
justified itself with astounding rapidly.
The suburban areas that have been taken
In hand and built up as organic units
by industrial communities or for the
purposes OF various householders OF
small means have been made literally tC
blossom like the rose. The dwellers on
these properties enjoy better health. get
more pleasure out OF life and spend less
money-and the value OF their land Is
constantly increasing. The explanation
lies largely in the fact that n suburb
improved" as a whole gives the best pos
sible scope for sound, practical ideas. but
stress is also laid by the writer's fl.
"Scribner's" on the Importance OF ar
tistic taste. Take, for example. the Lon
don suburb of Hampstead:
The roaauars in HAMPSTEAD isrsTe rfgEt
angles. They avoid regularity in every
way. They meander about aimlcssly. COM
fortably. following the natural contour and
advantages of The hand Nor elHe th,sy @t
equal Width The residential streets arg
narrow They are designed 10 discourage
traffic eT1 keep IL ON a1lc rIarr tiDQruSlsD-
fares. Tie rCEaJu%gs Curve CT CYorn. 10 q
sgoCSden stop. They ovsm 5Utn Unsxy0errEc
places and ere so 3ru3rgeG uhEah Oil. al
WAYS secErTs q vista al SsUnnt attractive
slrG 0leeseG- They cnsre to- GIN abrupt end
/ In a H5tte s1cilsea sgrTzEs- They s.re FL
Mned with shade tregs-efErrT,. 3GgacisL
maple and birch There aEW no 1EnHEs or
hIsdswal1s In Front or in tiiH rRBr: Thu
gardens are surrounded by Indigenous Of
sweetbriar, yew, holly and Wild rose. Every
garden IN the place Is Sled with the great
est variety and pruftEsTcn OF 1iawsrsN
Tnse n1Uuses Gr BianIpsHaiEl, Hatnh-
worth, Port Sunlight runE EapuunwiF1s
make in every case just the right effect
I In the picture. and this for the very sim
| pie reason that the people who have
| planned these garden cities have called
in the best architects. The latter have
risen to the opportunity with enthusi-
asm and have proved that a home cost
ing the smallest possible sum may never
theless be made beautiful. Here in the
United States We are learning the same
lesson. and Mr.. Atterbury describes ad-