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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

Sir Lionel Philips, South Africa min
ing magnate and multi-m!llionaire,
was shot three times and probably IA
tally woun1fed by would-be ASSASSIN
while in Commission street, johann
'nesburg, South Africa. yesterday.
Sir Lionel was one of the group
of FIVE men, including John Hays
Hammond, of New York, who were
sentenced 10 death for instigating the
Jamison raid in 1896 which -brough.
on the Boer war. Surgeons were
successful in probing the wounds, and
several hours after Sir Lionel had
entered the hospital it was announced
his condition was not so serious as
had at first been feared. The assail-
ant told the police his name is Jim
Taylor and that he shot the mining
lragnate for revenge. Taylor has
been prosecuting an unsuccessful law
suit against the mining group with
which Sir Lionel is identifieS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
INCOME TAX BLANKS.
individuals With $4,000 Incomes Must
Write Collector Lowry at Once.

Individuals with incomes in excess
CT $4,000 annually have been notified
by the Treasury Department to noti-
fy United States Collector of Internal
Revenue NJ. X. Lowry, at Richmond,
Of that fact during the month of De-
cember. Failure to present this no
;ice, together with an application for
Il tax return blank, will entail Sc
we're penalty 1t is we'll for taxable
persons to remember that the Federal
governments system of collecting the
tax at the source makes it impoSSi-
bic for the offender to escape the
penalty if he ncslects to comply with
this provision of the new income law
b courtesy Of the State Auditor
of Public Accounts, Collector Lowry
has been furnished with the income
tax returns made to the State this
year. A list of taxable persons.
based on the State tax books, is being
m9de up now in order that a Federal
tax return blank may be mailed to
each. This however, is merely piece
of good nature on The part Of the
collector, as the law requires him
merely to furnish the blanks upon ap-
plication from taxable persons. If
you h5ve an income in excess of 3d.
900 for the year 1913 you will save
yourself an inevitable penalty by
sending Collector Lowry written re-
quest for tax blank at once.
Returns for the purpose of taxa
ton are required to he made in Col
lector Lowry's office between January
/ and March /. 1911. The penalties
for failure to do so are severe and
are easily colectable under the gov
ernment's system at the source of in
Although your name may be on the
list obtained by Collector Lowry from
the State Auditor, for safety's sake,
send a written request for a tax blank
at once.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
DIES OF HIS WOUNDS.
Accused Hired Man Explains That
They Quarreled.

Allentown, Pa. Dec. l2.-Lewls f.
Snyder, the young farmer and horse
dealer whs was shot at his home
"Wednesday by Clinton Steinmetz, his
hirea man, died yesterday at the Al
lentown Hospital. The tragedy oc'
Cured near Howertown. a short dis
tance across the Lehigh line, II
Northampton county.
Before lapsing into unconsclousnes:
Snyder said Ste;nmetz had demand
ed from him a quarter, which Sny
Ger acknowledged he owed. Stein
metz now says that both got DRUM
on a business trip to Allentwon, dur
ing which Snyder bought t,:o horses
Arriving home, they got into wran
gle, and Snyder discharged him. tos
sing him s. bill in payment of wha
wages we're due him.
Steinmetz says he. would not leav
the place minus his gun. which wa
| in his room, and he fetched it. a
says thAt on arriving outside Snyde
! hit him over the. head with, a Ian
! tern snd thy struggled for possessio;
of the weapon, which was accidental
Ily discharged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
.ONE THOUSAND
MEN MADE IDLE
Half a Milliou Dollar Con-
flagration ut Co!ioes,
New York.
FIRE WIPES OUT CITY
Manufacturing Centre of Ill-Fated
City Suffers Seriously-Light And
Power Plants Gone.

Cohoes, n. Y, Dec .l2-Fire,
which ragged all night and today is
still burning, though under control,
practically wiped out this prosper
Gus manufacturing center.
Darage to :he extent Of Il half mil
lion dollars has been done and fully
1000 mill workers made idle for the
winter All light and power is cut off
and many people are homeless.
No loss of life is known to have oc-
Cured and but one fireman was IL
jured.
The fire appears to have started
the upper floor of the Parsons mill
about midnight, and spread very
rapidly. Help summoned from Troy
resulted in controlling the flames
just before daybreak.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

WOULD HELP STATE
Senator Williams And Representative
Underwood Opposcd--Want Pres
ent Plan Continued.

Charlottesville, Va. Dec. II. -
Woodrow Wilson, Presi;e ent of the
United States, favors the creation Of
a coordinate college for women at the
University Of Virginia, of which he is
the most distinguished alumnus. OPP
posing the views Of the President are
Oscar w. Underwood, or Alabama. al
so an, alumnus Of the university, now
Democratic leader of tie House Of
Representative and Senator John
Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, who
also received his degree there.
Letters from the three great ma
tional leaders were read yesterday
before the board of visitors of the
university when it met to hear argu-
,rents for and against the woman's
college movement. President Wilson
said that he believed coordination
would be of great value to the Va.
men of Virginia and to the whole
State, while Senator Williams and
Representative Underwood sta ed
that they favored continuatio
the policy under which the universt
has become famous among the great
schools of the country.
Representatives Of both sides of the
question, those who favor co-ordi-
nate college for women located close
to the university and under its dlrec-
ton AMI control, ard those who are
opposed to the establishment of such
college, argued before the board.
Both sides brought out many good
points, eloquently phrased and most
effectively presented.
The board went into executive ses-
sion soon after s o'clock, but did not
reach a decision as to what its recon-
.mendation to the Legislature will be
deferring action until he next regular
meeting of the board on January 5.
Richmond was we'll representa- at
the hearing. For the coordinate the
following from Richmon1 spoke: Mrs.
&. B. Munford, Roosevelt Page, Wynd-
ham R. Meredith, Mrs. Norman Ran
dolph, Mrs. Malvern c. Patterson.
Rev. W. Russell Bowie, rector Of ST.
Paul's Church; Mrs. j. B. Splers, }.
B. Ciinedinst, State Labor lnspec-
tor. Those from, Richmond who op-
posed the college were Henry Taylor,
Jr., Eppa Hunton, Jr, and Murray
NJ. Mcclure. Among the others who
spoke against the education of women
at or near the university in cor-ordl-
nate college we're Professor Charles
A. Graves, of the law school of the
university, and Randolph Harrison,
''of Lynchburg.
Howard T. Colvin, Of Alexandria,
Secretary of the State Federation Of
Labor was among those who spoke III
favor of the proposed college.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
FIRE VICTIM
Little Girl Ignites Her Clothes While
Playing About Stove.

Hagerstown, Md, Dec. l2.-Mane
Helen. 3-year-old daughter Of W.
Denton Cline, was burned to cearh
Wednesday evening while playing
about a cook stove when left alone
in the kitchen by her mother, who
went into the yard. The child's
brotbers and siters heard her screams
and. running into the kitchen, found
her a pillar ofsfre. The frantc
mother threw. carpet about the
burning child, and was herself badly
burned TIE chi ID died four hours
later at the hospital.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

Mrs. Cynthia Buffum who was ar
rested yesterday afternoon on war
rant charging her with murder in
the first degree, in having poisoned
her husband Willis Buffum, at Sala-
manca, New York, it is said, confess
ed her share in the crime. She inn
plicated Ernest Frahm, her lover
who was indicted by the Cattaraghs
grand jury as being an accessory be-
fore the fact Buffum, well-to-do-
farmer, died suddenly the first week
in September The attention of the
authorities was called TO the case
when four of his children became i'll,
the symptoms closely resembling the
illness which preceded their fathers
death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Sarepta Lodge, No. 46, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, have elected
the following officers to serve for
the ensuing year:
J. J. Flynn, noble grand.
H. Sampson, vice grand.
l.. +. Butts, recording secretary.
+. T. Steele. financial secretary
". y .Brissey, treasurer, and
d. Zimmerman. ". f. Studds. and !
Sampson trustees for - months. Tha
officers will be installed January 1th
by w. R. Studs, distric. deputy
grand master.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
NOTICE.

Alexandria, Va, December 18th, 1913.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the First National Bank,
will be held at their banking house
in Alexan;,rris, Virginia, on Tuesday,
January '13th, 1914, at twelve O'Clock
noon. for the election Of directors,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come be
fore the meeting.
GEO. f. WAKEFIELD, Cashier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

An appeal to the State authorities
for protection against persons who
he says have threatened him because
of his Testimony before the grand
jury investigating The car robberes
has been ,r,ade by Edward Harrison,
who was arrested recently as being
implicated in the robberies but
turned states evidence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

The funeral of Samuel Fl. DeFaugh-
an will be held on Sunday afternoon
at , o'clock from his late residence,
4O7 South Washington street. Ser
vices will be conducted by the Rev.
J. w. Duffey am interment will be
made in the Methodist Protestan'
cemetery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
NEWS OF THE DAY

Mrs, Annie J.i iTaggert, aged So,
employed in the; government PRINT
ing office, in Washington, was struck
glE Baltimore and Ohio freight
train at S.. Denis, near Baltimore.
Yesterday afternoon and she died a
short while later.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

The will of the late Rosa Penn was
admitted to probate in the Circuit
Court for the city in vacation today.
She leaves house 42S north Alfred
street TO her children. Her daugh-
ter, Mary l.. Penn, qualified as ex-
ecutriX.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

1t is announced that the firm Of
Graham and Ogien have sold for Mrs.
Eva S. Garlock the property she now
occupies on North View Terrace.
Rosemont. This property is known
as one of the most beautiful ho
in that sub division.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

a final meeting for the purpose of
ratifying the change in the charter
and constitution of the Alexandria
Hospital will be held by the board OF
trustees in the rooms of the Chamber
of Commerce on Mon ay night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

Washington Memorial Lodge of
Perfection No. 7, Scottish Rite Ma
sons, will hold meeting tonight i
Masonic Temple
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
pOURs HOT WATER ON VICTIM
Black Assailant of Woman Grows
Fiendishly Cruel.

Chambersburg, Pa, Dec. IA ne
gro, described as tall and thin, at
tackled Miss Gertrude Ellsworth in
! the home of her sister, Mrs Guyer
Etter, in this place yesterday morn
ing. He grabbed her about the
throat tied her hands and feet, an
when she made an outcry poured ho
water on her.
He escaped when the woman
screamed, and has not bean arrested
The woman. 40 years old, is In SCR
ious con;ition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
LOCAL BhE yI,r...

An interesting description of AL
exandr;a is published in the Christian
Science Monitor of December Sth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12
Department of Education
Demands Drastic Law
to This End.
WILL WITHHOLD FUNDS.
Schools Which do Not Conform to
Laws of Sanitation Will be De-
barred From State Funds.

Richmond, Va, Dec. I'm this
day of scientific activity when learn,
ed men all over the land are empha-
sizing the dangers that lie in a dis
regard of the warnings agaA Inst
germs, it is stated that it is comfort
ing to know that powerful agencies
are at work 10 protect the health OF
the 427,8Ol children enrolled in the
$3.50 schools of Virginia.
The department of public instruc-
2tion, according to circular just is
sued, purposes dealing with this mat
ter with resolute hand. Fortunately
it has machinery that will enable it to
attain this end in a fashion which
will admit of no compromise. Indeed,
| the Old Dominion, perhaps more than
any other State in the Union, has an
| ticipated the necessity for drastic ac-
4 tion in regard to school sanitation.
= On it's statute books is a positive
and premptory law which gives the
: department. of public instruction the
assistance of the state board OF
health in this all-important matter.
Particular stress has been laid by
both boards on the absolute necessity
q for sanitary closets, nor will there be
kany let-up until every school in the
.Coni:nonwe:Ith meets the reahf fet'
3ments of the law To do this will in
volve but little cost since the plans
and specifications prepares by State
Health Commissioner Ennion G. Will
liams and distributed by the depart
ment of public instruction show how
/ the situation can be met at each school
for $25 or $50.
Much already has been accomplish
! ed along the lines indicated; in fact
nearly all communities, through the
discussions of schools and health au-
thorities, have been we'll drilled in the
blossoms of sanitation. But the de-
partment of public instruction, i: is
r,aclared, will countenance no half
way measures. It intends to have ev-
ery school equipped in fshion pre-
scribed by law before the close of the
.present session. Excuses and expla-
nations will not be accepted; llteraI
compliance with the rules is demand-
ed.
The circular just issued announces
/ a purpose 10 Withhold State funds from
/ the high and graded schools until they
conform to the rules. In short, COM
pliance with the law is a condition
precedent to receiving the funds.
1t is we'll for the various arms OF
the public service to have one or
more fixes: definite policies, and to
adhere rigidly to them Chief among
those of the department of public IN
struction is school sanitation.
And so our foes of the invisible
world" as one writer calls germs
must prepare to make way before the
pnslaugHas of the educational au-
thorities. The fight, though, now be-
ing waged especially in the direction
of sanitary closets, will later include
a battle for sanitary water coolers
! individual drinking cups, and suef
! other appliances and conveniences a:
the State board of health may sug
gest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

Benjamin Clare, a professional
tango dancer, was shot and killed
early yesterday while standing with
Miss Marie McGee in front Of her
home in Long Island City. Clare is
believed to have been mistaken for
another man who had aroused the
jealousy of one of Miss McGee's suit
ors. On information furnished by
Miss MCGEE the police arrested James
Cassidy and Patrick McCurdyt "
was charged Cassidy shot Clare
through the heart while McCurdE
held the victims arms.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

Anthony Brown, pemocrst, WAS
elected Mayor Of Fairnont. ". Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

Miss Elaine Golding, Of Bath
Beach, n. Y, who hopes to swim the
Panama Canal from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, started yesterday morning
from ;ha 5-mils buoy opposite Chris
tobal. She reached the dock a
Gaoun early in the afternoon. She will
continue her swim across Gatur
Lake 20 Gamboa today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

Great excitement was caused on
he Bourse in Madrid yesterday by
the failure of the Banco-HiSpano-
American, s2o,ooo,oOo institution,
to open its doors. The bank was COM
PEELED to suspend payment of its OBJ
legations, due to a heavy run, which
began Tuesday, and to depreciation
of investments which the company
holds in Mexico and the Argentine
Republic. The civil war in Mexico
was one of the chief causes contrl-
buting to the failure.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

Detectives employed by the q, Ad-
ans Express Company have ';iscov-
cred that the $4,000 necklace stolen
in transit between New York and
Memphis was taken before the train
reached Washington and while ar
armed guard was in the car.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

Robbers killei Watchman Stephen
Lucas at the offices of the Pensyl-
vana Coal Company, at Avoca, Pa,
early yesterday, rifled the safe, rob-
bed The clothing of the dead man, and
escaped. According to the evidence
at the scene of the crime, Lucas
fought the robbers after he had been
shot through the body, but he was
Knocked down and his head beaten tc
a pulp.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-12

The Pennsylvania Railroad coiR
sinues in its determination to
cause general retrenchment in its
expenses and still is indefinitely sus-
pending its working forces. The
high salaried machinists and shop nell
are the ones practically singled out
These men recently demanded and
were granted large wage increases
The latest to feel the axe are the
shops at Dennison, Ohio, where to-
tai of 265 men were released from
the service last night.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

educate their heels more than their
heads, or one who knows it all, or the
crook, or the "pie-face," or the girl
whose head runs to hemp, or the boy
whose life runs to creased trousers,
for then I would know | was losing
my grip. But / would be more disap-
pointed IL people who want to live
should not like them, for then l would
know I had run past my rorndhcuse.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

Entered at the Dostoffice at East Jordan
Michigan. as second class mail matpsr.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1913.
A BOTTLE OF RED
CROSS SEAL

In the extensive correspondence at
the Red Cross Seal headquarters, an
occasional letter is received which at
tracts more than passing attention, ev-
en- from the staff, which is somewhat
"calloused' to the unusual. One such
freak letter the other day brought a
smile with touch of pathos just be.
hind it. II was as follows.
ITO the Red Cross Seal.
"7l5 Union Trust Building,
Washington, D. c.
"While looking over paper | found
an advertisement of the red Cross Seel
stating that il was Good for Consump-
ton and other diseases wish that you
would please send me the mederson
will see that you get the money if |
Know what it Cost cud send the
money at once please don't fail to send
it at once please let me hear from you
at once" 9
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
Ralph Parlette
Next Tuesday
Second Number of East Jordan
Lyceum Course.

Perhaps the most popular and most
loved man among Lyceum workers Is
Ralph Parlette, noted humorist and
lecturer, editor of The Lyceum Mag;
azine, who will give one of his best
lectures here this season. He has
spoken in every state in the Union
and in most of the provinces of Can.
ada, as well as in Europe. He fills
over 300 lecture engagements year,
editing his magazine (Which is one OF
the best in America) while travelling.
He began featuring in Ohio seventeen
years ago, and he goes over Ohio with
solid weeks of engagements today in
towns where he has spoken from
twice to ten times, getting there his
greatest crowds. He has filed over
5000 engagements Though he now
gives all his year to the platform,
calls for him overfill it. He has spok.
en- before every kind of audience,
from the grimy miners at the shaft
to the cultured club of the city. and
has made every occasion great.
Some Parletteisms.
Mr.. Parlette has a quaint way OF
saying serious things He doesn't try
to be funny, he is desperately in earn
est, yet the audience laughs every lit.
tie while, but that is merely Incl
dental. Here are a few of Particles
sayings that have had wide circula'
ton:
I would be disappointed II every
body in an audience should like my
lectures. l would be disappointed II
the man with the permanent crouch
should like them, or the people who
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. 7. Porter Bennett, Pastor. p

1890 Evangelistic Sermon. Do net
fail to be present. Let every member
Of the church make special effort to
be present.
HAS Sunday School. Let us keep
the average above 200 in the Sunday
School.
6:15 Epworth League. Special meet
ing. Come.
700 Special Revival Sermon. Do not
miss this service. Special singing. A
real live service. Last Sunday the
pastor preached to the largest congre-
CATION since he has been at East Jor-
dan. About fifteen took a stand for the
right.
The revival meetings this week have
been very successful both in numbers
and in conversion. If you have not at
tended do not fail to attend.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
Lady Maccabees Elect Officers,

Soronian Hive, l.. o. T. M. M. elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year at their meeting, Monday evening
Past Commander, Bell Kimball
Commander, Elva Barrie
Lieut.. Commander, Lillian Brabant
Record-Keeper, Effie Alexander
Finance-keeper, Eva Kenny
Chaplain, Margaret Payne
Sergeant, May Ward
Mistress-at-arms, Retta Lalonde
Sentinel, Agnes Raino
Picket, Anna Bulow.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

Sunday evening new members will
be received in the Sodality of st. JOS
eph's Church. The Sodality is a socie-
ty of Catholic youth whose object is to
honor the Mother of God by special de-
votion and by leading good, virtuous
and exemplary Christian lives. The
Sodality was founded in 1863 and today
numbers millions of members in every
portion of the world.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

All persons liable for taxes in the
City of East Jordan are hereby noti-
fled that the tax roll for the State,
County County Road, and School Dis
trict taxes for 1918 is now in my hands
for collection, and the tax can be paid
at my store in said city on or after
December 10, 1913. If paid before
January 10, 1914 there is no additional
penalty, but on January 10. 1914 four
percent penalty will be added to all un-
paid taxes.
Dated December 5, 1918.
G. c. MACK,
City Treasurer.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
SPECIAL NOTICE
TO THE LADIES
OF EAST JORDAN

Mrs. l.. Newcomt, representing Mad
anne Schramm, Modiste, will submit for
approval a beautiful sample line of
Afternoon and Evening GOWNS at the
Hotel Russell, next Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, Dec. 18th, 18th and 18th,
from 900 a. m. to 800 p. m, and will
be pleased to receive orders for, future
delivery.
Do not fail to see this display OF
Gorgeous Paris Designs even though
you may not care to order.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

Rev. A. L. Ton Vandermeer, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, Har-
Dor Springs, has mysteriously disap-
peared, according to confidential in
formation given Emmett county Off
Gals. He was seen at Wequetonsing, a
short distance from the harbor, but
failed to appear at the union services,
where he was expected to deliver the
sermon. There is considerable talk to
the effect that he has acted strangely
and that he probably wandered away
in fit of dependency. He is unmar-
ried.
John Arnold, charged with shooting
his brother at Boyne Falls last summer
and who escaped from hospital, was
Wednesday brought back to jail from
the southern part of the state,