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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30
MARKET CHANGES URGED.
Dealers Declare Small Expenditures
Would Bring Increased Revenue.

! improvements in the city market
Iare among the things that are badly
needed according to the views Of the
patrons and dealers in the market
While every one seems to be in favor
!of improving the streets and alleys of
the city ami City Council has passed
new health laws that will operate to
bring about greater Improvements in
sanitary conditions, yet many per-
sons have wondered at the neglect by
the city of the city market, where
! Improvements are certainly needed
land which would greatly benefit not
only the dealers having stalls there,
but the city as WELL through in
lcreased revenue.
AS at present the city market is
operated under the supervision of a
commission of the sinking fund, the
membership Of which consists of the
Mayor, the city auditor, city treasur-
er and the presidents of Council and
1.-THE Board of Aldermen.
While the comments on the condi-
tion of the city market are not exact
| ~ in the nature of complaints, a
large number of suggestions have
been made with respect to securing
tIn "A
market and putting Hhe market in Il
first class condition 50 as to compare
with the up-to-do-date san
iiary markets now being erected in
many cities.
The cost of remodeing the market
stands with white tile, cementirg the
floor and painting the interior of the
building making it attractive, would
mot be great according to the state
ments OF those interested.
Some of he dealers who have stands
lin the malrke; are among the most Sc
we're in their criticism of present con-
ditions. They say business at mar
.ket could be increased if modern
stands were installed and the deal
ers be given increased facilities for
doing bosiness. They also think the
market shoold be open for business
daily until three o'clock p. M, instead
of closing at noon. Many complaints
are made that nOn-resiGents and far
mers are allowed to do business here
without adequate license for the priv
:iIege.
The Arcade, one of the finest mar
2kets in Washington, where conditions
for selling of food stuffs are of the
best, remains open until three daily,
and transacts large volume Of bus
mess daily. The market stands are
of tile, costing from 500 to $50
each, and are very attractive.
1t is said that at an expenditure Of
less than $4,000 Alexandria could re-
model the interior of the city market,
iercct stands of white tiling. paint the
ceiling and so improve the market
that dealers could well afford to pay
higher rents for the privilege of do
ing business here which would reim-
burse the city for the expense of i'm
provements. With modern sani-
Itary market patrons would be at
tracted in greater numbers. 1t is the
assertion of one dealer that possibly
80 per cent more business would re-
suit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30
BENJAMIN BAILEY To PAY DEATH
PENALTY FOR CRIME AGAINST CHILD
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Chicago, May 30.-Mistaking bi-
chloride of mercury tablets for a
headache remedy, Mrs. Edith Calom-
er, aged %, took four and half
grains of the poison Wednesday night.
She has good chance of recovery in
the opinion of the doctor, who reach
ed her soon after she had swallowed
the tablets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

THE PRESENT GALAXY.
Old Dominion, Which in By-Gone
Years Figured in National Affairs.
Again in Foreground.

Washington May 30.-Four import
ant chairmanships and ber;ths on
the Interstate and Foreign Com
merce, Postoffice and Post Roads, Ju-
dietary, Good Roads and Territories
and Committees will go to Virginia's s
nine Democratic representatives in
the House according to The slate Of
the Committee on Committees. No
other Southern State. with the excep-
ton of Alabama, will he as strongly
entrenched in the House organization
with leading committee appointments.
il is definitely learned that Repre-
sentative Andrew Jackson Montague,
of Richmond ex-governor of Virginia,
will be placed on the Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee, one Of
the most powerful bodies of the
most powerful bodies of the House and
ranking second in Importance only to
he Ways and Means Committee.
Governor Montague is well equip
ped to hardle the problem before this
committee. While Governor of Vir-
g.nia he was one Of the factors that
brought about constitutional con-
vention, which, besides disfranchising
the negro created state corporation
commission for the handling Of rail
road transportation problems. 1t was
Goveruor MONTAGUE whcs first orraniZ-
ed This commission, and one of its
noble achievements was the paying
of the way for lower passenger rates
and freight rates in the State.
The slate of Virginias nine Demo-
Gratis is as follows:
H. D. Flood, chairman of Foreign
Affairs.
James Hay, chairman of Military
Affairs.
VIM. A. Jones, chairman of Insular
Affairs.
Carer Glass. chairman of Banking
and Currency.
f. f. Holland, Postofice and Post
Roads.
Walter A. Watson territories and
probably another assignment.
G. G. Carlin Judiciary.
E. w. Saunders, Good Roads. 4
new committee.
A. ]. Montague interstate and For
eign Commerce.
According to this slate Virginia
will lose her old berths on agricul-
tural and naval affairs. For years it
has been recognized that Virginia was
entitled to places on these two COM
mit:ees. Robert Turnbull, who held
the Naval berth, and Coptain John
Lamb, who was chairman of the Agri-
cultural Committee, were not returned
to CONGRESS. In reorganizing the
committees and under the rule of the
Democratic caucus, that no represen-
ta tive should hold more than one i'm
portant committee assignment. Vir-
ginia lost these two places.
Virginia will also voluntarily lose
Ehe place she has held on Appropri-
ations. Judge E. W. Saunders, who
was on that committee gave it up for
place on the new Committee on
Highways. Judge Saunders has been
one of The leaders in congress for Fed
eral aid for highways.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

A series of murders, including the
assassination of General Thomas
Francis Meagher, a governor of
Montana Territory, were claimed as
his own misdeeds in confession
made by man known as Pat Miller,
who gave his correct name as Frank
Diamond, at the town of Plaine,
Mont, on Tuesday. Diamond was
lodged in the county Jail, pending an
investigation of his s'}f-assumeo
crimes. Murders that ht sclaimed to
have committed near ,fhe Dalles,
Greg, nearly 40 years go, are not
recorded in the official registers there
and none of the old Sesidents recah
them. s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30
Rooster Kills a Child.

St. Bricux, France, May So.-A big
Cochin China rooster ATTACKED and
killed a two-year-old baby who tried
ito take piece of bread away from
the fowl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS.

The following examina!iOnsc are an
rounced by the civil service commits
sion to take place in Alexandria:
Clerk craftsman, July 2; laboratory
assistant in physics. uly 2; junior la
boratory helper. July =; soil biochem-
iyt July s; teacher of agriculture July
2nd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

The Possibilities of Boy" will be
the subject of an address, which will
be delivered by Rev. j. w. Duffey,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. tonight before the
members Of Lone Star Camp Amcric-
an Indian Guards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30
Hits Daunt Rock.

Queenstown. Ireland, May 29.-The
American liner Haverford is reported
to have struck Daunt Rock off Queens
town, today in dense fog.
Tugs have gone to her assistance.
The Haverford left Liverpool yes
terday, bound for Philadelphia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30
TREATY OF PEACE.
Powers Bring War
Close.

Close.
London, May 3O.-Representatives
of Turkey and all the Balkan allies,
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and
.servia, today affixed their signatures
to a, treaty of peace, thus bringin"
to an end the Balkan war, that lasted
nearly eight months, costing several
hundred million dollars and countless
lives.
The peace pact was signed in the
presence of Sir Edward Grey. Brit
ish foreign secretary, and several
ambassadors of the great powers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

The Chamber Of Commerce is max
ing an investigation of a number of
minor complaints against the Bell
telephone system. Letters have been
sent out to all members of the body
asking for criticism of the telephone
service.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30
Sudden Death of Police Chief.

Newark, N. j., May 3O.-While rid
inp at the head of the Memorial Day
parade here today, Chief of Police
Michael ] .Corbett fell dead from his
horse opopsiue the postoffice building.
He had been prominently connected
with Newark's police department. for
nearly forty years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30
MILLIONAIRE HELD FOR SENDING
FIVE WHITE SLAVES To ALEXANDRIA
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Funeral services for Mrs. Norvelle
Carr who died Wednesday at 800 S
Patrick St. took place this afternoon
fro mthe First Baptist Church, Rev.
DR.. W. f. Watson officiating.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Trinidad, Col.-A magnificent
bronze statue of Kit Carson, pioneer
soldier, scout, and trapper, was oeu-
,jcated in Kit Carson Park today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Cornelius Meyers, colored, recently
convicted in the Police Court of
stealing bicycle from Frank Mich
eIbach and ordered to be placed in
the reform school, was taken to that
institution Yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Jersey City, N. J.-One hundred
,and fifty drivers and n,eau harusets
employed by the big packing houses
of Jersey City and Hoboken are On
strike.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

No inquest Will be held over the re-
mains Of Edward Johnson, negro,
man. 33 years old who dropped dead
on Royal street between Queen and
Cameron streets last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Jonesboro, Ark-The last legal
hanging in the State of Arkansas oc-
Cured today when James Scott, paid
the penalty for the murder of his
young wife. Electric chair hereafter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

LOST on Wednesday, gold locket
and chain. Initials HI. D. Re-
ward if returned to sol corner Pitt
and Wolfe street. 30-1t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Four masked bandits held up pay
rigs of the Illinois Zinc Company, ,
miles southeast of La Sale, ILL.,. yes
terday afternoon, killed one man and
wounded three others, but $4,000 III
cash for semimonthly pay of 160 MI
ners was saved by wild dash OF a
wounded officer under fire of the rob-
bers. who escapd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

The American $ainer Haverford,
bound from Liverpool to Philadelphia,
late last nigh iremained fast on the
rocks of Co, head, where she struck
yesterday ale attempting to enter
Queenstow :, sHarbor in a dense fog
All of = 134 saloon and $50 steer
age passengers. with their baggage,
were 5moved on tugs to Queenstown.
Considerable doubt was expressed
last night regarding the possibility
of keeping the boat ahoat in the
event that she is hoated. A large
hole was stove in the forward part
of the hull below the water line, and
last night the vessel had settled over
the rocks. The forward hole is
flooded with fifteen feet of water,
but the bulkheads aft have held and
the main stern holds are dry.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

The plants of the B. F. Sturtevant
Company, and of the Becker Milling
Machine Company, at Hyde Park,
Boston, from which 1900 workmen
walked out on strike yesterday, prob
ably will be shut down indefinitely,
according to statement made by
Governor Eugene N. Foss, who owns
a controlling interest in both of the
firms.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Tn the Corporation Court today, an
order was entered allowing Rosa
May Petty, to adopt as her own
child. Alma Evelyn Petty, an infant
six wears of age. daughter of James
Henry Petty, deceased.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

AT a meeting of Canton Alexandria
held last night arrangements were
made for full drcs sparade next
Thursday night. On June 12:h the
Canton will hold social session and
adioulnl for the summer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Soft crabs on toast, deviied crabs,
flake crab meat and crab salad at
Patterson & Spinks Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Completely generating Major Syl-
vester of any negligence in connec-
ton with police preparations for the
suffrage parade in Washington of
March 8, and passing only mild CEN
sure of he police, the subcommittee
iof the Senate District committee
which Investigated the affair, yes
terday made it's report to the Senate.
The subcommittee comprised Sena-
tors Jones, Washington, chairman,
Dillingham;, Vermont, and Pomerene
Ohio. The report was unanimous.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Sweet co1n, the first seen in Alex
andria this season. is on sale at the
market. 1t brings 80 cents q dozen,
which is ten cents a dozen less than
the reported price Of the cereal in
Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

The Senate yesterday voted unan-
imously to direct an investigation
into the charge made by the Presi-
dent that a lobby is in Washington
seeking to influence sentiment on
the tariff bill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

Miss Katherine Elkins, and her
mother, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, had
a narrow escape from being killed
yesterday afternoon in Connecticut
avenue, near Jefferson Place North
west, Washington, when the automo-
bile in which they were riding was
struck bv street car of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany. They escaped uninJured,
though Mrs. Elkins was considerable
shaken up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30

The food in the Potomac river at
Williamsport, Md, receded today. The
water reached its highest at midnight
when it was II feet above normal.
The river fell 100 feet yesterday, and
is again within its banks. Little
damage, it is thought, was done to
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-30
disorder.

Hard and soft shell crabs. Rammels.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
TALENT NEWS ITEMS.

Emil Brophy and wife came up
from Medford Tuesday morning and
went to the Brophy ranch on Wagner
creek Emil is rusticating for a time
and finds turning to the soil is i'm
proving his health rapidly.
B. T. Inman contemplates going
to the Coos Bay country for the sum-
mer in hopes of getting work in one
of the sawmills there. He is an ex-
pert in this sort of work and will
make good anywhere.
Harry Mason and wife were III
from Rogue River last week visiting
with J. S. Splitter and family. Mrs.
Mason is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Splitter.
]. T. Fuller, who was injured by
the explosion of a dynamite charge
which hung fire last week, is getting
along nicely and will be completely
recovered in few days.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
Worth Remembering.

Admiral Dewey who has just cele-
brated his seventy-fifth birthday,
was asked in Washington by finan-
cier how he keeps so young, both in
looks and in spirits.
"At As" said the financier gloom
lily, Il look older than you, and !
certainly feel older, if your cheerful
optimism indicates how old you feel.
What is your secret?"
Admiral Dewey with sympa-
thetic smile, replied:
my general rule is to take cer-
tain quantity of open-air exercise
and to attend no banquets; but even
more important is the cultivation of
a cheerful disposition"
But" interrupted the financier
"a cheerful disposition is a gift, not
an acquisition"
"Ah, no." the admiral said. "If we
keep our faces toward the sunshine
the shadows will always fall behind
u.s."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
A Friend of G. WIS.

Booker T. Washington, discussing
negro longevity, said to a corre-
spondent in Tuskegee:
"a good many of these old man.
mics and uncles honestly think they
are 142 or 1877; but their minds
have softened with the years, and,
though they don't really intend to
prevaricate, yet it isn't safe to rely
on them too implicitly.
II once knew an old uncle who
claimed to be $50. He said he had
known George Washington, so ]
asked:
DO you know anything about
Washington's crossing the Della
ware?"
oh, lawdy, yes he answered
Why, l done steered the boat!'"
And do you remember con-
tinued, do you remember the hack
Washington took at the cherry
tree?'"
Why, lawdy,' he replied, 4 done
drove that hack myself!
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
The Talent Tidinqs
-
TALENT NEWS ITEMS.

c. d. and Mrs. Burgan were at
Medford Monday afternoon visiting
friends.
The Talent Hardware Company is
continuing to improve its store, and
is adding more drawer room for the
accommodation of small hardware
items.
The vinegar tanks for the Bagley
Canning Company have arrived and
the work of putting them in place
is proceeding rapidly. The work of
vinegar-making is expected to be
commenced the latter part of the
week.
Jack Murray was over from the
Applegate country couple of days
the first of the week.
w. A. Beck left Monday for Sacra-
mento, Cal, to be gone about ten
days on business.
Grover Lee left a few days ago for
Three Forks, Mont, where he ex-
poets to spend the summer.
The Hart boys expect to leave soon
for Oakland to visit relatives. They
may spend the summer there if work
is plenty.
Mrs. Butterfield, who has been
spending the winter with her son
Earl, left few days ago for San
Francisco, where she will visit before
continuing to her home in Chicago.
J. X. Miller left Tuesday for Klam-
ath Falls, where he expects to re-
main for some time.
G. A. Fox and family expect to
leave tomorrow for their future home
in Grants Pass. Their many friends
here hope they will return often to
visit them.
Marion Yount, who has Teen at the
National Soldiers Home at Los An
geles since last August, returned
home Monday. He expects to go to
Cottage Grove to visit his brother
in the near future. Mrs. Younts died
at Los Angeles last January and il
is uncertain whether or not he will
return to the home.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
YANKEE OARsMEN CHALLENGE.
Yale and Harvard Want Crack at
Oxford and Cambridge.

London, April 16.-Cambridge
track experts admit rather freely
that the victory of Oxford and Cam
bridge two years ago over Yale and
Harvard was due to the prowess of
Zeigler, and they have often ex-
pressed the opinion that another
challenge would not be received
from the other side until the big
Iowan had left Oxford.
But the challenge, in spite of this
opinion, is here, and there is little
doubt that it will be accepted. The
English team will be one of the most
uneven aggregations ever organized
for such a meet. On it will be two
or three stars of the first magnitude,
but to give the necessary competition
it will be necessary to include a few
athletes who would not shine in an
interscholastic meet in America.
The story that some CT the old
time stars would appear on the team
is discredited, and it is hardly likely
that more than two of the men who
competed against the American uni
versities two years ago will make
The trip.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
FIRST FLOOD PAPER.
Dayton Papers Unite in First Issue
Thereafter.

Portland, April 17.-"Joint Paper
Issued at the Republican-News Of
flee, Saturday, March 29, 1913" is
the significant line at the head of
the first newspaper published in
Hamilton, Ohio, following the disas-
trous flood of that city the past
month. j. c. Skinner OF this city
received copy from his friends at
Hamilton. The joint paper was for
the Hamilton Journal and the Daily
Republican-News, and is printed on
heavy card paper.
AS the first great headline of the
joint paper from Hamilton appears
the following: Hamilton is now
under martial law by order of Gov
ernor Cox. Everybody must be off
the streets by dark this evening"
Following this declaration, a tone
of optimism is revealed:
with receding of the waters and
the clearing away of the debris, the
sun is peeping through the clouds
that have lowered over our city since
Tuesday noon. Order is coming out
of chaos, and within a short time our
terrible calamity will be merely a
remembrance and a vague dream.
The loss of life is not nearly so ap-
palling as we had reason to believe
from very early indications, and the
loss of property, while it means a
temporary hardship, is something
that can be readily overcome by en-
ergy and industry.
1T is wonderful how the outside
world listened to our cries of dis
tress, and how aid has poured into
us from every side and quarter. Con-
sidering the distressing conditions,
very little suffering was reported,
but we must no longer take advant-
age of the sympathy of our good
friends and neighbors. There is
work for every able-bodied man in
our community"
This was signed by Ben Strauss,
chairman of the citizens committee.
A number of graphic notices appear
in the paper. One of the most well
come to the community was the an
nouncement that the banks would
open for business the following
morning and aid every business man
to get re-established.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
Sinplified.

Boston ear-old-Father, what
is the exact meaning of the verse be-
ginning Jack Sprat could eat no
fat?
Father-In simple terms it Is as
follows: Jack Sprat could assimilate
no adipose tissue. His wife, on the
other hand, possessed an aversion
for the more muscular portions of
epithelium. And so between them
both, you see, they removed all the
foreign substances from the surface
of that utilitarian utensil commonly
called the platter. Does that make
it clear, son?
Boston Five-year-old - Perfectly,
father. The lack of lucidity in these
Mother Goose rhymes is amazingly
apparent.-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
TO TRY OIL MACADAM
MedfOrd VIII Give This Method of
Paving a TryOut at Request of
Property Owners.

Medford, April 16.-The contract
for the paving of Cottage street from
Main street to the south end was
granted to Schell & Schell by the city
council last night. Property owners
owning l,OS7 feet on the street were
for the oil macadam, and owners of
9S7 feet were in favor of the hard
paving. The council decided that the
majority of the people should have
their say.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
ARE ELECTED
School Board Selects Teachers of
Talent Schools at Special
Meeting Tuesday.

The school board held a special
meeting Tuesday to select teachers
for the coming year. Misses Partha
and May Smith of last years teach
ing force were retained and Miss
Ellen Kirkpatrick of Ashland was Sc
lected for the third position.
Prof. G. w. Ager, former school
supervisor, and also a former prin-
cipal of the Talent schools, was elect
ed principal some weeks ago in place
of Prof. Smith. who was not can
didate for the position.
1t is rumored that Prof. Smith
will be principal of the Jacksonville
schools next year.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-17
Higher Mathematics.

Dad, you're pretty good at math-
ematics, amt you?" asked the hope
(and despair) of the family.
Il used to be-" confessed old
Bill Payne, scenting danger.
We'll, where a side track and 9
main track join they form an angle
don't they?"
"Yes."
"Well, if wreck should tear VI
the track right there would it be {
Observation-Disclosures City Star.