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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
TESTIFY TO ILLEGAL WORK.
Trchv Frequently Ordered Out of
pcll Lines-Judge Marked
Ballots.

Norfolk. Dec. 19.-Testimony to
show Illegal marking of ballots by
election officials voting persons not
registered, or who had not paid poll
taxes, and the return of votes which
were not cast. featured the third cay
of the trial of the Norfolk election
contest before Judge Chichester IN
the Corporation Court.
Numerous witnesse told the court
that one Of the judges in each OF the
Fifth and Sixth precincts spent prac-
ticaly all their time outside the bal
lot box room, talking to voters, and
following them into the marking
booth. One witness swore that James
". 7rehv. the head Of the "organlza'
tion." whose reelection, as clerk OF
the courts. is contested. was frequent
.ly ordered out of the poll lines by
the police.
It was brought in the testimony
that one of the persons whose voter:
were marked by an election judge
was according to the eveidence, Rev
Father E. J. Walsh. assistant pastor
of St. Mar7's Catholic church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
CLEARED OF CHARGE.
Merchant Sold Women Mileage 70
Alexandria. Va, he Testifies.

Julius Wellner. a piano merchant,
OF Philadelphia, was acquitted by u
irrv in the United States District
Court at that city Yesterday of charg-
es Of violating the Mann white slave
law. He was accused of furnishing
transportation from that city to
Alexandria, to women of the under
world.
Wellner declared that he did not
know the business the women were
engaged in, and had sold them mill
cage books and not given them away.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
COMMISSIONER IS
AFTER JAIL BIRDS
Counties Of The State An
nounce They Will Not
Surrender Camps.
THEY WANT MORE MEN
Legislation Urged That Will Give
Commonwealth Benefit Of Idle Prs
oncrs-Aversc 10 Chain Gangs.

Richmond, Va, Dec. l9.-Not one
of the twenty-e;ght counties which
now has state convict road building
camp will give it up. State Highway
Commissioner Coleman made this
statement to the Senate Finance
Committee yesterday, aiding that he
has applications pending for several
more camps than he can get men to
fill. H. urged legislation that would
put to work all idle men in jaiis for
as long as sixty days. The present
law was intenled to accomplish that,
but seems not to be meeting its pCr-
pose.
Eve need new law to get the
jaibirds," Mr.. Coleman told the COM
mittee. "The sergeants and sheriffs
are supposed to certify list Of the
men they have in Jail available for
road work. but somehow or other we
can't get the men out. There are full
~ ninety able bodied men lying lie in
Richmond jail right now, men who
might as we'll be in one Of the road
gangs. Il don't know about other
iails, but we ought to have the work
Of every able-bodied man in jai! for
sixty days Or longer.
That jailors were unwilling to give
up the per Siem they receive from the
State for the custody Of ja5l pris-
oners. was the only solution members
of the &C rNmittec could give for the
failure Of the law 10 operate. Several
Senators said within their knowledge
nunaEers of men were idle in j,
the expense OF the State. The present
law makes transfers to the roads MS
cretionary with the Judges in many
cases, and apparently many Judges are
not in sympathy with the states
plan OF road work.
He reiterate that the road work OF
the State demanded the service of
every available convict or man in jail
for sixty days or longer. In a less
time it woul:. hardly pay to harden up
the average trifling negro sent to jail
for minor offenses. and unused to
work of any kind. Mr.. Coleman re
portes that 6SS miles of improved
roads had been built during the past
wear. either by convicts or State aid.
His office also had the supervision OF
a large amount of road building n
nanced by county bond issues.
During the year 81 bridges of vary
ing lengths were erected. at cost
Of $4,000. For the coming year he
asked for 100000 for roa3 building,
and $4,000 for support Of convict
camps.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

The New York Evening Sun, in q
special dispatch from Albany today,
quotes Governor Glynn as follows: 81
shall not consult nor attack Charles
+. Murphy, but if he or anybody else
attempts to interfere with my aaTin-
istration shall fight and fight in the
open. | believe the state of New
York is too big to be the tail to the
national administrations kite or De
annex of Tammany Hall. admire
President Wilson. l shall support his
national administration as loyalty as
I can, but I do not believe that the
way to help the Democratic party IN
the state or the nation is to set up
bargain counter for public offices in
the executive chamber at Albany"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
DROwNs TO ESCAPE FLAMES.
Workman With Clothing Ablaze
Dives Into River.

Philadelphia, Dec 1s.-ln an at
temnt to save himself from being
burned to death by flames which hac
enveloped his clothing, Frank kel-
lar 1s wears old, jumped into the
Delaware River at Cramps Shipyare
vestar;av and was dorwned. Physic-
ians who examined Kellar's body said
fiat he had been burned so badly that
he prob bly, would have died IRON
hi, burns had he rot met death IN one
r;vor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
Japan Resentful.
DIG METEORITE FROM EARTH.
Two Men Find Star Bolt That Shat.
tered Tree.

Pottsvilie. Pa. Dec. ia meteor
ite. which famed across the sky q
week ago, was yester ay discovered
on Broad Mountain by Thomas and
William J. Shore, of New Castle.
Falling at TREMENDOUS speed, the
meteor, the size of a mans head,
struck a tree and shattered it as
though struck by lightning. then i'm
bedded itself in the earth for con-
siderable distance. 1t is of submetal-
lie luster. ani is composed OF an un-
known mineral substance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
NOTICE.

The members of Alexandria Coun-
ell No. 5, Order Fraternal Ameri-
cans, are requested to meet tomor-
row Saturday afternoon, Dec. 20
at 80 p. M. in their council cham
Der, for the purpose of attending
the funeral of our late brother J.
Fossett Grigg, which will be helG
from his home. SIS Queen street, al
2 o'clock.
BY order of the President.
JAS R. MANSFIELD; SeGty:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
Shareholders Meeting.

Notice: The annual meeting OF the
Ontario Apartment House Company
for the election of board of directors
for the ensuing year and the trans
action of other business vii! be
held at the office of the company
No 123 South Royal street, Alexan-
dria Va. January 8. 1914, at lO:"O
O'Clock A. NJ
CHAS. D .WALCOTT, Prest.
A. N. McLachlen. Secty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
WILL DEFY STRIKERS.
Governor OF Colorado Not Alarmed at
Threats of Recall Petition.

Denver, Col, Dec. 19.-Governor
Z. NJ. Ammons has refused to dismiss
Adjutant General John Chase and
other military officers from service,
order release of military prisoners,
and abolish commission in the zone
where coal miners are on strike al
the demands of committee from the
Allied Ira es Unions convention. He
characterized their demands as risicu-
lous.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

Frank c. Steward, owner and man.
ager of Stewards Business College,
of Washington, spent today in Alex
andria. The success of the Steward
College which was opened three
months ago, has been phenomenal.
On the opening day there were five
pupils, three OF which were from
Alexandria. Now there are more
than $50 pupils enrolled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Odd Eel
lows Joint Stock Company, will be
held Monday, Night, January ., 1914.
at Odj Fellows Hall, South Column
bus street, Alexandria, Va. at S p. M.
c. c. BROOKS, President.
70 It W. II. SKINNER, Secty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
ROLLING STOCK
CASE APPEALED
Attorney Hill Serves Notice
on State Corporation
Commission.
UP TO HIGHER COURT.
Present Bill Said TO Reduce Amount
Railroads Pay. as Rates Fluctuate
Materially.
Materially.

Richmond. Va, Dec. i9.-Formal
notice WAS served on the State Cor
poration Commission yester ay by
Hill Carter that the decision in the
rolling stock case would be appealed.
I The matter will be laid before the
SupremeCourt ofAppeals, with an APP
plicaton for writ of error as soon rs
the record in the case can be pre-
pared.
The Commission recently handed
down decision written b. Judge
Preatis. holding that the act Ct 1912.
proving for the distribution to the
cour.;,::s and school districts through
which the railway lines run, Of the
tax heretofore collected at the home
office, was unconstitutional. At TIE
time :oubt was expressed whether
an appeal would be taken or whether
an application would be made to the
General Assembly for the passage of
"a new act, meeting the constitution
al objections raised.
, The act of 1912 directed the Corr
pOrat on Commission 10 apportion to
the counties three-fourths of the roll
ing stock tax, leaving one-fourth to
the cities. The cities of Petersburg
and Roanoke took the initiative IN
testing the corstitutionality OF the new
law. After the conference of the
Commonwealth's attorneys Of a large
number Of counties affected by the
bill, Mr.. Carter and other attorneys
were employed to defend the interests
Of the counties.
Aside from the legal phases of the
situation. the bill as adopted put on
the Corporation Commission Il most
intricate piece of calculation, as near
ly every county and school district in
tEe state has different rate of tax
alton. Incidentally, the bill, if it is
SuSta ned, will result in considerable
decrease in the total Of rolling stock
taxes paid by the railroads, not con-
tcn;D!ated by the General Assembly
when the act was passed. Heretofore
the cay has been paid in the city in
which the principal office in this state
was locatcd-for instance, certain
railroa paid in Richmond, at the
c'tv tax rate of 40 and the State
rate of - certS. In many of the
counties through which these railroads
run, the rate of taxation is less than
half of the city rate. The proportion
to which each county an school dis
trict is entitled, on mileage basis,
couped with the varying rates, has
made mathematical problem which
has taken the statisticians of the Com
mission some weeks to work out.
II has been suggested that if new
measure is adopted, all of this can be
avoided by leaving the rolling stock
tax at flat general rate to De pro-
vGed in the bill. and apportionment
of the total received among counties
on mileage or other basis to be de-
ternined by the General Assembly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
All the popular styles and makes Of

All the popular styles and makes OF
ladies' and gents fine shoes can be
found at our store. Fancy slippers,
rubber boots for the baby TO No. II
for men. Come in and let us'help you
pick sensible Christina gift. No
.roubl" 10 show goods c. B. MAR
SHALL. Fine Footwear. 422 Ming
street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

In the Corporation Court today a
final decree was entered in the case
George L. Clark VS.. Gertrude Will
Hams Clark, by which the plaintiff
was granted divorce from. the de-
fen: ant upon statutory grounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

The funeral of J. Fossett Grigg will
be held from his home, 5lS Queen
street, tomorrow afternon at
o'clock. 1t will be attended by mem
bers of Alexandria Council, No. 5,
Order of Fraternal Americans. Ser
vices will be held b. the Rev. c. R.
Straushurg. and interment will take
place in the Southern Methodist Gem
etery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

John F. Conrad, aged 81, salesman
for an indianapolis. Ind. fish com
pany, shot and fatally wounded Mrs.
Catherine Conrad, 10, his bride OF
nine days yesterday. After the shoot
ing Conrad wrote to his mother, who
lives in Toledo, o., the story OF the
crime while waiting for the police.
Conrad toll: the police he shot his
wife because she had threatened to
cave him. He blamed the girls sis
ter.y Mrs. William f. Aiken, of this
city. The sister said Catherine was
going to leave Conrad because ne had
led to her in little things, and she
feared he would not be true to her.
When arrested Conrad went to the
be- where his wife lay and begged her
FORGIVENESS. "Go away" exclaimed
the girl. 'If | am to die. | never want
to see you again. My love has turn
ed to hate"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

4 pair of Red Cross Shoes will bring
smile to your wife's face Xmas
morning. Sold only by c. B. MAR
SHALL, i22 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19
LOC1a:c1oO 70 .ciu.q,

The remains Of Esther Carroll Rich,
who died at the Alexandria Hospital
Wednesday, will be shipped to Rich
monI tomorrow, where the inter-
ment will take place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

Why not buy Him pair of full
dress Regal Shoes and watch the sat
isfied smile when he sees them XMAS
morning. c. B. MARSHALL. i22
King street. Sale agent for Alexan-
dria
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

In the Corporation Court today 4
Seed was placed on record from
Henry c. Nails to John w. Loven
transferring to the latter two houses
and lots at SOC and sos Pendleton
street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

FOR SALE-Doors, Sash and mantle
pieces 1.-TWO slate) cheap. Apply at
ao3 north Columbus street, or 6ll
Cameron street 10 ct
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

Otto c. Heinz, one Of the great cop
ner group, filed a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy yesterday with the
clerk of the United States District
conrt AZ New York. This is the al
termath of the Wall street panic OF
soo7 Mr.. Heinz's secured debts
omount to s5OO,0O0, and those unse-
cured 70 more than s2,ooo,ooo. One OF
tbe principal cre5itors is William
sugsenheiul whose elair' is for q
x,,p, in. the neishtsrhcoi OF Ss4O, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

The Rt. Rev. Henry Dougles Robin
son. Episcopal bishop of Nevada, died
Yesterday at St. Lukes Hospital, New
York. Bishop Robinson was born IN
Lowell, Mass, in 1860.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

During her trip from southampton
TO New York nearly all the WY
through real winter weather, ant
heavy at that, the American liner 81.
Louis. was struck by bolt OF
lightning. The damaging stroke
came out of the sudden electrical
storm in which thunder rolled with
terrifying effect upon the passengers
many of whom felt severe shocks when
the bolt PASSED over the hull .hrorgA
i mast which it struck and shatte.-
I'd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

The annual election of officers of
Alexandria-W Washington Lodge Of
Masons, will take place on st. Johns
night, December 9th.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

Automatic derailment apparatus
saved a Chicago bound express from
head-on crash into runaway
freight train yesterday near Joiiet'
III on the Chicago, Rock lslana an"
pacific Railway. Air brakes on The
freight failed, and the train became a
runaway. After it had passed the sec
ond stop signal, the derailment s"i'cn
onened and the runaway was thrown
into the ditch just in time to let 'he
passenger train pass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-19

A special barber is the latest lnho-
vation in church life. st. Georges 5
Episcopal Church, New York, when
the late ]. P. Morgan encowel with a
half million dollars, has installed a
barber shop for the choir. The Rev.
Karl Reiland, the rector, in announe-
ing the new feature, said: "For the
sake Of uniformity in the appearance
Of our choir boys on Sundays, we
have assigned special barber to the
bows on Saturday mornings and on
Sundays before services.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Un-AmeriCan CalmnesS

An esteemed contemporary declares that President Wilson
of the defiance of Huera and the rebuff of Carranza
mains quite calm.
Surely amazing if not altogether admirable calmness
President Huerta has torn some half dozen absolute Ill
maums and meaphorca tipped them in the face of Pres
dent Wilson'S envoy.
has nsolently informed President Wilson
that he of the United States evidently
g numbering his helpless prisoners without
oeptng President Wilson amiabe profers of assistance.
The people of the United States Inundated and the of
flee OF the Presidency humbed but President Wilson remains
quite calm
other American citizens of less Importance and
patriotism who not quite so calm.
The families of the American who have been murdered
MeNCO not calm. y
The husbands and fathers of American who have
been subjected insult and namy Mexico not calm
The American citizens Mexico who have been dis
regarded by their Government and despoed and derided
by the Mexican marauders not calm.
Neither their fellow citizens in this country calm
provided they possess spark human sympathy grain of
patriotic sentiment
Many ordinarily calm American citizens beginning
feel intensely that the country would be better of if had
President with less selfconrol and more selfrespec
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
The Iron Horse in India
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

TIME first railroad in India
was opened just so years
ago. over the subjects Of
the Moguls and the Rajahs the
remorseless Car Of Juggernaut
had rolled and crunched for
countless generations, and now,
at last, had come the Car of
Progress, drawn not by lazy bull
locks, but by the mighty though
invisible power of steam, and
destined to completely sidetrack
Juggernaut and all the supersti-
ton and cruelty for which he had
so long stood,
Than the vast Indian land, with
its venerable past, its teeming
millions of people, its cloud
piercing mountains and majestic
rivers, It's ancient philosophers
and hoary religious cults, its mar
velous forests and jungles, it's
wealth of animal forms, and it's
innumerable royalties with their
barbaric gold and pearl, there is
not upon all the earth a more
interesting region.
And the wonder only grows
when one stops to think that this
stupendous empire is governed by
a few thousand Englishmen!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Helping Those Who Need Help
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright, 1913. by the Star Company
VERE and there are human
beings so utterly i'll or de-
PRAYED they must be sent
away to the hospital or to the
correcting institution for a time.
But only the very i'll and the very
depraved should be so treated.
II is. of course, an easy way for
the indolent- minded man and
woman to escape further respon-
sibility toward their erring or all
ing kind to bundle them off to
some institution and pay their
board by subscription or tax.
But it is not the highest ideal
of Christianity or humanitarian
ism.
Many an ailing person could be
helped quickly and positively
into health If taken into the
fresh air with cheerful sur
roundings, and given the bright,
happy Companionship Of those
dear and near, and many such are
driven into melanoholia and pro-
longed sickness by being shut in
hospital wards where only sights.
sounds and thoughts of illness and
death enter.
No more dreadful place can be
imagined for the reformation of
woman who has made a mis-
step than an institution where
all the inmates are women of her
own class and where all the
thoughts rising from all the
minds under one roof are thoughts
of remorse, regret, sorrow, shame
dependency, or rebellion and re-
venge
Sickness, disease. immortality,
sin are unnatural conditions,
Health and morality are normal
states,
one who keeps himself in good
health and obeys all the laws of
nature can he exposed to all sorts
Of contagious maladies and not
contract them, while he can give
health and vital force TO the weak
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26

For $50 years the little handful
of Anglo Saxons have impressed
their will upon the mighty mass
Of Asiatic humanity, and, with a
few trifling exceptions, no at
tempt has been made by 25O,0O0,-
600 to stay the conquerors hand
or say unto him, What doest
thou?"
1t is one of the most, astound-
ing miracles that is made known
to us in the whole course of his
tory, and perhaps affords us the
most striking instance known of
the omnipotence of will power
and moral courage. To the stu
dent of psychology there is a
perennial interest in the subject
of British rule in India-why 1t is,
and how 1t is, that the little cor
porals guard of Engllshmen liv-
ing in the midst of the millions
of Orientals are able to maintain
their splendid sovereignty over
themi
And equally wonderful is the
fact that the railways, of which
there are now thousands of miles
in India, do not seem to make
any difference with the security
of the Englishmans grip.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26

by his presence. This is occur
ring daily where nurses maintain
perfect health in caring for the
sick.
Good people who are really
good" (clean in their secret
thoughts and acts, and filled with
high aspirations) should have no
fear of being contaminated by the
presence in their midst of some
unfortunate sister or brother who
has made a misstep in the road of
life and fallen into the dust.
They should be so strong in
their own morality, so broad in
their ideas of usefulness, so SYM
pathetic in their understanding of
human weaknesses, that their in
fluence acts as a tonic on others
who are near them.
The trained nurse does not fly
from the presence of sickness
with fear of contagion.
The trained moralist has no
right to call himself or herself
good individual who is afraid to
be in the neighborhood of some
fellow being who has erred
Darkness goes out OF room
when we let in light. Cold is
banished by introducing heat.
Wrong thinking goes out of
brains when right thinking is
substituted. The time must come
when all wrongdoers will be taken
into the close Companionship of
right thinkers and will be given
constructive work to do, and
when every moment of time will
be occupied with wholesome and
uplifting tasks and studies until
the whole mental structure is re-
made and new morality cells
awakened, and the evil cells
atrophy for lack of exercise.
This can never be done while
unfortunates are herded together.
1t can only be done when our
present order OF Christianity is
changed to a system of BROTH
ERHOOD.