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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-16
MADE DESPERATE SORTIE.
Turks Broke Out OF AdrianOplc But
We're icpulsed.

Sofa. Nov. ia desperate sortie
was made by the Turkish garrison OF
AGrianople yesterday. according to q
dispatch to The Mir. After five hours
fighting the Turkish troops Wee
driven back by the Bulgarian be.
scigers The Turks lost heavily.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-16
PORTE CHANGES ATTITUDE.
Reduced to Desperation, Turkey Now
Sends Its Appeal Direct to Chief
Antagonist.

Antagonist.
Constantinople, Nov. 13.-That the
porte has entered into direct negotia-
tiOns with Bulgaria for an armistice
in the Turkish Balkan war is confirm
ed. Nazim Pasha, the Turkish COM
mander-in- chief. has received instruc-
tions to open communication with the
bulgarian generals and he has sent
an envoy to the Bulgarian headquar-
ters.
The porte appears resolved upon
this course, owing, on the one hand,
to the delay of the powers i'm handling
the mediation proposal, and, on the
the proposal has ocasioncd among
the powers. The porte. according to
official circles, is unwilling to add to
tho existing embarrassment of the
powers.
IL is understood here that only four
of the powers agreed to submit the
mediation proposal. while two, pre-
sumably Austria and Germany, alb
stained from participation Under
these circumstances the porte elected
to apply direct to the principal bel
-Bulgaria-and there il rea-
sob TO believe that the same course
VIII be adopted In the negotiation for
the terms of peace.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-16

The basket bali players at the Y. NJ
{. a. are rapidly learning the game
and will be in condition To commence
a series of games in the near future.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-16
FOR COMMISSION FORM.
Election AT Florence Carries by Vote
of 200 To II.

Florence, Nov. 12.-Election for
commission form OF government pass
ed today by vote OF 200 TO 2l. Not
half OF the registered voters turned
out
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-16
SCHOOL BOYS CAUSE PANIC.
Celebrating Football Victory, Chatta-
nOOga Lads Cry Fire I'm Theatre.

Chattanooga, Nov. 12.-Students Of
the city high school tonight created
panic in local theatre during which
a number of persons were slightly
hurt.
The boys were celebrating a foot
ball victory and rushing into the the
atre they raised the cry of fire. In
stantly several hundred persons
made rush for the exits. During the
crush number Of women were
Knocked down and bruised. The crowd
was finally quieted by theatre at
taches.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-16

tween Servia and Austria would be
settled by compromise.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-16

Mr.. Hugh Belser. Of Silver, was in
town Thursday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
MONEY AND METALS


Closing Quotations To-day.
New ork. Jan 13.-Cau money
242$ percent
Bar silver, 55#-
Prime mercantile paper 494A per
cent
DesIverized lead CNew Mexico) SAD
O. AbO.
Copper. S1A50@1L6sA
Tin, s42-25 a 1925.
Spelter est Louis quotation) -
s64OG6.45; lead, S4.375k.
Mexican dollars, A.
Current Shelter QuOtatfOnH.
CEl PasO Smelter.)
Bar silver $500. $500. ...-......b - .
Copper (Wire bars) -.....----...l ITO
Copper Cathode Gets per lib 800 1892
Lead (London) -.-----.'.. -tl5, sll, o5
Lead IN. Y sales prices) ----..-.$445
Weekly Averages
douglas Smelter EDUCATIONAL
Silver 800. --... -...-.--.- $3.50
Copper (Wire bars -.14.lS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
MARKETIRREGULAR,
HAS HEAVY CLOSE
Trading in Reading Proves
to Be Feature Of
the Day.

New York. y Y Jan. 1S.-Heavy
tra5ing in Reading continued when
the stock market opened today. The
first transaction was 5000 shares 154
to 1881, compared with yesterdays
close Of 1881. The market in general
was Irregular Canadian Pacific lost
2E Some of the specialties We're
strong. General Electric rose J. Sec
ondtry prices were better. Improve
ment in the Hartman stocks eXerted
a good influence on the whole market
The coal stocks moved up uncertainty.
United States Steel exceeded its high
price Of yesterday. American Mating
preferred gained 2 and Pacific Mail
J. Norfolk & Western lost 1.
The market closed heavy-f
Prices turned decisively downward
in the closing hour. Reactions from
the high figures reached about
points in Reading and a point in Union
Pacific, United States steel and St
Paul The decline in st. Paul TO 1878
exercised a bad effect in the general
railroad group LehiEh Valley finished
with a slight gain on the day
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
DROPS TO
4 LOWER LEVEL
Warmer Weather in North
west Causes Price
to Change.

Chicago. Tlss Jan. 13.-With the
weather in the northwest so to 40 de-
grees warmer than two days ago and
with consequent prospect Of larger re-
ceipts in that direction, the price Of
wheat today underwent a gradual de-
cline The Argentine was also a
source Of weakness Opening figures
were unchanged to zc down; May
started at 1855 TO $3.50 and fell to
90 3 TO 991zc-
The close was firm with May at
90 TO 800, a gain Of a shade
Liberal commission selling carried
down corn. May opened at shade to
= to 4 c off at 64% 10 64Ae, and sank
TO 641kc.
The close was steady with May at
642s TO 647kc, the same as last night
Support for oats turned out to be OF
a scanty sort May started Is to 4
lower at 49c and receded to 4S7sc-
Packers were on the selling side OF
provisions and made the market easy.
Initial sales were ~ to y TO loc
lower. with May s16.32h for pork;
s9.5756 to $3.50 for lard, and $3.50 for
ribs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
PROBE OF PACKERS
BOOKS rs CONTINUED
May Require Three Weeks
to Complete the Stats
teal Evidence.

Chicago. Ill. Jan. 1S.-SurrOunded by
piles Of books and records, H-,A- Tim
minis, chief accountant for Norris &
Co, resumed the witness stand at the
opening Of court today in the trial OF
the packers charged with maintaining
a combination in restraint Of trade
Timmins continued his testimony re-
garding the details Of the accounting
system used. The witness described
each book and enumerated the accounts
kept in it. Special counsel James NJ
Sheean questioned ItmminS at leH6 On
in an effort 10 trace the items cover
ing the sale Of by-products through the
different books ..,
An expert accountant WORKED unllL
nearly midnight last night golng
through the books of Norris < ca, and
Timmins was asked to explain many OF
the items selected by the prosecution;
VoIuminous vouchers were read
showing the transfer Of byproduct
credits from one department TO anoth-
er. one entry in the general journal
of Morris & Co, for september, lSVt,
showed that 2l,OSt cattle nae DSen
purchased at a cost OF 81, 299, 1903. The
DrinciDaI credits were $64.lSf-S5 Tor
hides and $47.5S6,24 for fertilizer
''Vhere are the memOranda from
which these journal and ledger entries
are nader asked attorney Sheean-
They are destroyed as soon as these
final entries are made, because we have
no further use for them after that,
replied the witness
In an effort to show that the allow
ances made by the packers for by
products was inadequate the govern
ment counsel read into the record
mass Of figures selected from the
monthly vouchers Of Morris & Co. for
the period between 1905 and 1910.
District attorney Wilkerson eX-
pressed the opinion that probably It
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
COTTON


New York Cotton.
New York, n. Y, Jan lS-Cotton-
Spot closed quiet. Middling uplands.
1855; middling gulf. $3.50. No sales.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
BRYANT TELLS OF
VIDE OPEN TOWN
Continued from PAGE ons).

90 not remember the date. Two pro-
Iesslonal pool players, one, who, think,
was named Brown, a baseball player,
and the other a, professional pool play
er, PLAYED there for money.
Each OF them had a manager and
they posted bets OF S25 or $50 on the
games and saw one of them draw
uoWn ms money after the game
ABOUT that time, but not the same
night L saw men gambling on a game
OF star pool or keno pool in a pool
room on San Antonio street near the
corner OF Mesa avenue"
Jonn X. FulkersOn. sam DODGE H C
aelhlhger, J. c. Kilmer and "Chick"
1unIqore testified that they knew Of
no Nloiauons Of the gambling or LIQUOR
avs lhough Kilmer testified that he
- OSt on the Juarez races twice with
acgualntanees" while in Ell Paso.
Oounty attorney ". w Brfdgers con-
guCIed the Investigations himself Fri
OF ". II. Burgess.
NAY on Z. h. Kelly and several others
Mo atIeh9ed the meetings the previous
UaS were n attendance Friday
Grand Jury Busy.
The grand jury was busy Fridav and
odluIuay lnterrOgating witnesses
~ muse names had been furnished bv
n n - otsler relative TO a wide open
~ Z aS 49, Many Of the witnesses Were
win, WIN me. grand jury for a considerable
5a-ts - - u me II will require several
me - s-r ~ piete the examination.
Ihe grand jury is composed of John
Elslier.. foreman: Henry Pfaff. Henry
=; Ee-c.l, >, Il. Williams. ". L. Crock EFT
Il'llty swain j.. l.. Mari Horace W
- esteouss X A Whitlock, E A Young
maurice oenwartz. l. a. McCrummen.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13

Chicago. Ills. Jan S.-CattIe-Re-
ceipts 1900; market steady. Beeves
s475a $50: Texas steers. S4sOa5.S5:
western steers, S4.5067-25; stockers
and feeders, S3-5065.S5: cows and
heifers. $500 SIS, calves, $6.50G9.5O.
Hogs-Rects. 10000; market slow,
shade lower. Light, $500 $50: mixed.
S6.O5 66.4O; heavy. S6.O5 d6.42h rough,
Ss.05 a Sis: good to choice heavy, S61B
6.42H pigs, s4.T5 a 5.65; bulk Of sales.
5000 6.35.
Sheep-Rects. 5000; market weak
Native. 1925 a 4e5; western, $500
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13

would take three weeks TO complete
ms line Of statistical evidence
DESPITE the objections OF the defence.
uoge Carpenter has ruled that. the gov
eminent is entitled % this Information
ana the present plan is % read into
the record a large part Of the books OF
the packing companies.
The government contends that all
members Of the alleged combination
discontinued making allowance for
hides in figuring the test cost Of beef
IN November, 1907. and did not resume
the practice until April. 1909, or until
an Investigation Of the packers was
begun by the federal grand jury.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13

500; yearlings. $3.50 $50; lambs. ma
tive, s4.T5 Oils; western, S5.25 q 7.15.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
BOSTON, LISTED STOCKS
(By Special Wire to The Herald from
I. :. Overlook. Bisbee. Ariz.l
Do Not Forget.

AL water users who are to use water
from the Franklin Irrigation Canal this
year are hereby warned to be sure to
pay their water dues by January 18Th
as the Associat ton viii be compelled TO
refuse applications for water unless
fifty f50c) cents per acre penalty Is
paid after that date.
This notice Is given as an additional
warning. that there might be no ex-
cuse upon the part Of any water user
10 state that he had no notice of It,
FL PasO valley Water Users AssOcia-
ton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
Grain and Provisions
Chicago Grain. Close.
Kansas City Livestock. Close.

Kansas City, No. Jan. 13.-Cattle-
Receipts 200. no southerns; market
steady. Native steers S5.25 q SIS;
southern steers, S475G6.25. southern
cows and heifers, S5-OO6475: native
cows and heifers. s2-9O6 $50: stOckers
and feeders, s275 G625: bulls $500
525: calves, S4506 500: western steers,
s475G ZOO western cows. sS.0O65.OO
Hogs-Rects. 1000; market steady to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
TELEPHONE CovPT4INTS

Subscribers falling to get The Herald
promptly should call at the office or
telephone No. 2030 before $50 p. m All
complaints will receive prompt atten-
ton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13

sc lower: bulk OF sales. 5000 s.35;
heavy. $500 $40; packers and butch
ers, s615 66.40; lights, S5.70d $50;
pigs. S425 a 5-25-
Sheep-Rects. 1000; market steady.
MuttOns, $3.50 AS; lambs. S5-25 q
40; fed wethers and yearlings, 1913
q 500; fed ewes. S3.O06425.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
ADS BY PHONE.

You can easily sell it. Call
Bell 115, Auto Ills, tell the
girl what it is and The
Herald viii sell it. No
bother, no formahty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13

Mutt ana Jeft are win as. Another
appearances today on Classified page
Every day IN The Herald hereafter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
WOOL



St Louis, No, jan. 13.-WoOl steady.
territory and western mediums, $50
lSc: fine mediums, 15617c; fine, 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-25
Mrs. John Harding Sees Ghosts
When Katie Mclean Ap-
pears Before Window.
WRONG BODY BURIED
Interment Without Identification o.
Girl Killed in Accident Leads to
MeIodrama When She Visits
Relative for Social Cup
OF Tea.

ChIcago.-Mrs. John Harding. haT'
Ing been one Of the Borrowing rela'
tiyes who attended the funeral of Mrs.
Katherine Mclean and saw the body
lowered into its grave at Mount Car
mel cemetery, naturally was surprised
the other morning when Mrs. Rather
inc Mclean raped on a window al
her residence at West Fifty-frst
street and called through the pane;
We'll. sister. how are you?'
Surprised. in fact. is scarcely the
word to describe Mrs. Hardins's emo.
ton. When Mrs. Mclean opened tho
door and walked in she found her sis
ter crouched behind table with a
face az pale as a sheet. muttering in
coherencies about ghosts, banshees
and other spirits. It required time
and persuasion to induce Mrs. Hard.
Ing 10 abandon the protecting table
and sit down and be sociable.
Why. sister," said Mrs. Harding al
last. I'VE thought you we're dead"
We'll, amt" retorted Mrs. Nc
Lean
But. Katie. 9a 6Mriaa zca"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-25

ITO the StDckh O'dcrs OF tho ontario
l. APARTMENT House Company: You
and each OF you are hereby notified
that the Bard Of Directors Of this Com
pany on tbo 18th rlay OF March, l9l2,
adopted Il resolution of which the FOL
lowing is Il copy: -.
"Resulvrd: Thata special meeting. Of
the stockholders Of this company be-:
and the same is hereby called 10 hc hello
at the Office OF the company. NO. T.;
south Royal street, Alexandria. n
ginia, Oh the 2!Ith day OF March, loi2, III
the hour of II o'clock H. M, to act upon
the creation nf a bonded Indebtedness 10
the extent Of Two Hundred and Seven
" Five Thousand Dollars lS2I5.Wo.Oji
the proceeds thereof IL D. employed III
the payment OF prescnt indebtedness o;
the com any.' And YOU arr notified
that in accordance with the resolution
adopted by the sail Board of Directors, Il
special meeting Of the Stockholders of
the Ontario Apartment House Com
pamv will be held on the 10Th day oil
March. l3l2, 1T the hour Of II O'clock =.
M, at the nllicr Of the company. l%j
south Royal street, Alexandra. Nir-
rinia, for the purpose OF actin" upon the
creations Of the bonded Indebtedness
described in Sairl resolution. BY. order
of the Board OF Directors.
A. NJ. McLACElLEN, Sec'y.
marl5 lot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-25

We are looking nearly north across
the Opera House Square. At our
left the Boulevard DIES Capucines leads
out toward the church of the Made
line; at our right the Boulevard des
Italians begins and runs along to the
northeast lined with theatres, shops
cafes. Directly behind US is the dc
rOpera leading south to the famous
Theatre. Francias, the Palias Royal
and Louvre.
This magnificent National Academy
of Music was built thirty years ago
and (though no one view can show its
sizc} it is the largest theatre in the
world as regards arca--neary three
acres. The building site necessitated
great expense in the way Of cxcaVa-
ton and the drainage and the build
ing itself utilized every kind of beau
tirul stone to be obtained, regardless
of cost, so the bills amounted to 3d.
4OO, 900. The statues and sculpturcd
groups that decorate the spaces be-
tween these portico-archcs arc all by
famous artists--they represent lyric,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-25

poetry, music, song, the drama, the
dance and other appropriate subjects.
Each one Of those columns set IN
pairs above the portico is a single
stone So feet high; the smallest COL
umns between them are green Sweed-
ish marble. The modallians above
these columns are portrait busts oil
famous music composers in gllded
bronze. Those spirited groupes on the
roof Emusic and poetry are magnlfl-
Gently gilded and so is the statue
which crowns the whole building-Ap-
ollo, the god of music, holding a gold
en- Tyre.
The most fashionable evenings here
arc Monday and Friday, when the au-
dience makes beautiful display Of
distinguished figures, lovely faces.
charming gowns and jewels. The
best music is to be heard here, the
stage setting is admirable and the bal
let perfection of its kind. The build
ing contains beautiful ball room
where four masked balls arc given
each season during the carnival.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-25

Nov. Annie" said Mrs. Mclean
with asperity, "if you're going TO talk
foolishness I'm going to pack right out
of this house and march back 10 my
work. 7 came out here for soclable
cup OF tea and you sit there with a
face the colce of platter and try to
tell me I'm ghost. I've no time for
such Stiffness"
Katie" said Mrs. Harding. solemn
l.. "as sure as I'm a living woman
your body lies out In its grave at
Mount, Carmel. We buried you De.
cember q and a grand funeral 1t was,
too"
Well. then" replied Mrs. Mclean,
you've buried the wrong woman, for
I'm no more dead and buried than you
are. and I don't thank you for the as.
persion. A grand funeral, did you say?
Well, you've had your grand funeral
for nothing. can tell you, for I've
made up mr. mind to stay above
ground many day"
Ana" said Mrs. Harding. seeing a
great light. buried the wrong woman!
Now. there's something in that
She sat a moment in silence. Then,
with a burst of tears, she fell upon
her sisters neck.
As A matter Of fact the body that
lies out In the Harding lot at Mount
Carmel cemetery Ia not that of Mrs.
Mclean. but OF some other woman
who much resembles her. The woman
vas struck By street car at Fifty.
first and State streets and died In Ave
minutes. Before she expired she
WHISPERED to the policeman who
picked her up that her name vas
Katie Mclean. The police learned
that Patroiman Harding Of their sta
ton had a sister-in-law named Katie
Mclean and By some process of rea-
.onifg arrived at the conclusion that
she was the woman killed.
Mrs. Harding was notified OF the
death and went to an undertaking eH.
tablisbment where an attendant ad-
yisef her for her own peace of mind
not 20 look al the dead TomaD's face.
because i, had been. HuIilated.. She
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-25

vent away, therefore. without even
lifting the sheet under which the
body lay. and began the preparations
for the funeral. In due course me
funeral was held and the body buried.
Meanwhile Mrs. Mclean. who Is en-
ployed at a hotel, kept on with her
work. Knowing nothing Of the funeral
she knew of no urgent reason for go
ing to see her sister. The other day,
however. surprised at her sisters long
silence. she went out 10 visit her.
Now the Hardings propose to dis
inter the body about which conferred
1.-THE grand funeral"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-25
Real Estate Agents Say There
Is Big Dem and for Houses

modem homes would not be driven
to Washington or Alexandria county
to find them. Building operations
mean employment for mechanics, al
so a benefit to the community. More
over, there are 'shacks' and shan
ties in Alexandria which should be
condemned by the city IS unsafe to
life, but the city government seems
content to let these buildings stand
until they topple over, with the hope
that no one will be under them when
they fall. If these buildings were
condemned, new and better structures
would be built because most of them
are in the heart of the city. /
know of no argument that could be
advanced against improving proper
tv individually and collectively but
the existing situation results in AL
cxandria presenting delapidated ap-
pearance to visitors, causes a loss OF
revenue to the city, unsanitary hous-
es for it's citizens and general dis
satisfaction. All because our local
CAPITALISTS are not willing to 60 al
ter ten per cent on their money in
stead of accepting four ur i've per
cent with gratitude
"Such homes as were built in for
mer years, which adorn Washington,
Prince, Alfred and Duke streets, and
other desirable residential localities,
seem to remain at their present small
number. This is due to the fact that
old shacks or delapidated brick build
ings now OCCUPY desirable building
site, and are held by their owners as
historical landmarks, thus keeping
the city out of taxation, keeping the
city a relic, and it's inhabitants who
are progressive, at standstlll.
Speaking on the same subject, NJ
B. Harlow said:
"Thcre are hundreds of houses i'll
Alexandria which would pay a larg-
err percentage of profit if remodeled
and improved 1t would also be a
benefit to the city to have. more mod
ern houses, but the great drawback
is the lack of a financial institution
which could, and would, loan money
on real estate. A properly managed
trust company, which would loan
money on real estate, would be q
| financial success, and would enable
many Individual property owners to
make the improvements which they,
no doubt, desire"
S. l.. Monroe, of the firm of Mon
roe e. Marbury, and president of the
Alexandria Construction Company
said:
"The situation has been partially
met by the Alexandria Construction
Company in the erection OF ten hand
some homes on North Washington
/ Street. These houses will be COM
pleted in about a month, and are be-
ing offered on easy terms. ! have no
doubt but that some Of them will be
purchased as investments, and rent
cd to good tenants"
"Thcre is great demand for i'm
proved homes" said Robert ".
| Schneider, of the Slaymaker-S chncid-
CIR Corporation. ave have had at
least half dozen inquiries this week
for homes with modern convenicnces,
| renting from $500 to $500 per
month, and had nothing to offer. This
morning we had an inquiry from a
resident of Newport News, and had to
i turn him away also. The high cost OF
building, nowadays, is probably one
| reason why more new houses are not
being built"