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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-12
BAR ASSOCIATION Meets.
Candidates forOffice Make Speeches.
Judge Nicol Entertains
Association

A meeting of the Bar Association
of the 18th judicial circuit, comprls-
ing the counties of Alexandria, Fair
fax and Prince William and the city
OF Alexandria, was held yesterday
in Nicol Hall at Manassas. the
meeting was we'll attended. presi-
dent Gordon Finney, of Alexandria
County, presided. A number OF
candidates for office in the coming
primaries were present and addressed
the meeting.
John Garland Pollard, of Rich
mond, who is making the race lor
the position of Attorney General
spoke at some length on the need OF
revised system Of pleading ana
practice in the Virginia courts. he
cited numerous instances showing the
inadequacy of the present system
Lewis II. Machen, candidate Tor
the position of Lieutenant Governor,
told of his efforts to in behalf OF Il
longer session OF the State Legisla-
ture and the need of greater time Tor
the enactment of legislation. lie
urged the association to put itself
upon record as favoring the change
f. w. r. Ewing, Of Alexandra
! nf
William county, both seeking eiec-
ton. to the legislature. also address
ed the meeting.
The application of Louis \. Duffy
for membership in the association
was received, and. upon motion OF
James R. Cation, the secretary was
idirected to cast the unanimous ballot
of the association favoring his cleo
ton.
At the close OF the meeting the
members and guests were enter
tanned by Judge C. e. Nicol, at his
country home, near Manassas, where
delightful luncheon was served by
a corp of attractive young ladies al
tables set under the trees on the spac
ious lawn.
Following the luncheon base bal
game was played between teams com
posed of members OF the association
Captain Gaines team was victorious
over Captain Fosters, the score end
ing Id. The game was featul.
ed by the spectacular fielding of
the two first basemen. w. c. Cloth
and H. B. Cation, while heavy batting
was the order Of the day. No ac-
count was kept G errors and not
more than hundred were made.
Some rough work at third base re-
suited in some Commissions to several
players who were, however, not ser
iously injured.
Mr.. John VI. Johnson, rs umpire,
gave remarkable satisfaction, only
Olic ICSiSlClCu liIHt
| his work, which complaint lasted
continuously for nine innings. The
fact that no big-league scouts were
present will, doubtless, prevent the
deserticn Of number of members of
the association from the practice Of
law to the ranks of professional base
I ball.
Among those who attended the
meeting were the following members
of the local bar: John NJ. Johnson.
Howard w. Smith, Lewis Fl. Machcn
; James R. Cation, Harry B. Cation. j
Randall Cation. .Ir., c. L. Nicol, 4.
| 3. Nicol, Walter c. Foster and G..
Wa ell inptnn nUic
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-12
AFRAID HE WOULD FREEZE.
Ledger in Braddock House Loses Key
to Room and Calls Police.

A white man who rents room in
the Braddock House alarmed the
ncighborhooi at a iae hour last
night by crying for assistance from
the police Officer Gill responded and
found the nan was under the infiu-
ence Of liquor and took MIN in GUS
tody. Upon being brought before
the police court this morning and
asked to give an account of himself,
the former stated that he had lost
the key to his room and believed he
would have frozen 10 death had he
been unable to secure shelter. In his
dilemma he called the police to his
assistance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-12
DEATH NOTICE.

JOSEPHINE E MURRAY came to
her 6eath yesterday at GAS p. m.
June II, 1918, at her residence, OIL
Gibbon street. She is survived by
her husband, three sisters and che
brother. 12-1t.
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This is Not the Time When
Old Age is to be
Desired
TO KEEP POPULAR KEEP
YOUR APPEARANCE OF YOUTH

A young man WAS surprised 10 have
his application fer position turned
down" He was b"t:"r eGr!nped Tor
the position than The fellow who got 1t.
He discovered that his g,cy hairs
did il. He Vas eco CID looking. IT'S
the same everywhere, There Is no
doubt but i!:'' 10y NJ" docs max" Il
Creighton & Co., Gibson, Warfelc
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SOCIAL AND Personal
Interesting News Notes About People
of Alexandria Happenings
In Society,"

Mrs. Besse Kerrick of SIG Cameron
street and Mrs. Virginia Colvin, OF
AT north Peyton street, Of this city,
are the guest at "a house party at
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Lee Aleen, 2O2 south
Germn street, Harrisonburg, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-12

Mr.. George Pryor Ancerton who
has spent seevral weeks with his fam
dly in Braddock Heights, left today
for Cuba.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-12

The ladies may talk about duty of
dress and everything nice, but if they
talk about shoes, It's the beauty they
never consider the price. The beau
ty of the Red Cros, Queen Quality
and the Marshall special catches the
eye. Sold by John A. Marshall &
Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-12

Miss Anna E. Barley left today for
Rapiian where she will spend few
days with Miss Christina Furnival.
Miss Jean Carter is the guest OF
Miss Mary Phillips in south Wash
ington street.
Miss Christina Kemper left today
Cor Il visit with Miss Marjorie Bur-
reii On the Eastern Shore Of Mary
land.
Mr.. Frazier Baldwin left today for
Augusta county, Va.
A dance will be given this evening
:. ul!r UId DOMINION Boat house by
.-......s u. t..r boat club.
Miss Margaret Green was able to
leave the hospital today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
PREVENTING ACCIDENT

From the Electric News Service,
In the largest electrical manufacturiur
plant in the world at Schenectady, N. ".
where the General Electric company
Keeps nearly 10000 men and women busy.
the percentage Of disabling accidents is
remarkably small. No less than 5000 safe
guarding devices are in operation on the
various machines tn prevent the loss Of
fingers, hands. ete. With all these thou
sands of wornmen, totallmg the popula-
ton of a fair sized city, only one life was
lost for each Goo eoaployes in each year
from 1909 TO 1913. The total of disabling
accidents averages only about one a year.
The safety devices on the various tools
are wonderful little appliances. For IN
stance, many sericus accidents formerly
resulted in the punch press rooms. where
metal disks are punched by crunching
machines from long strips of sheet IRON
Every now and then finger would be
lost in the jaws Of a press. Now Il little
automatic device, somewhat resembling q,
folding iron gate, advances in front of the
die just before the jaws close. This gate
will push away the hand, If 1t is left in
danger, in time 70 prevent an acciden..
All the other machines are similarly pro-
tected. The design of safeguarding de-
vices necessarily changes with the type OF
machine, but all arc nearly human in their
eterral vigilance to prevent accidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
ELECTRIFYING TASMANIA

From the Electric News Service.
When the water power of Great Lake. in
the center of the island of Tasmania. is
harnessed to electric generators the ISLAM
Will be almost completely electrified.
The island of Tasmania is located south
of Australia. Its area IS a little over os :
900 miles and it has population of 1o1 :
600. In the middle of the island al an alti-
tude of 3i00 feet is the Great Lake, a stor-
age reservoir provided by nature herself.
The area of this sheet of water is Al of
Iasmania's square miles The outlet of
this lake is the River Shannon. At thi.;
outlet company has recently been
formed to construct weir to regulate the
flow. The water will then be diver.o
from the Shannon into a lagoon. from
which steel pipes will be laid SO as to Gre
ate an effective fall of water for over 1000
feet vertical
1t is calculated that In the power house
to be erected at The foot of this fall elec
tricity of the value of 5000 horsepower
can be generated all the year round. suf-
fcient to work the developing industries
of the whole island
Hobart dhe capitaD in the south and
Launceston in the north will be supplied
from 1t. and there will be ample power
to work the important mineral fields of
the west coast as well-the copper mines
of Mount Lyell, the tin mines of Bischoff
and the silver mines of Zeehan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
THEY COULDN'T. EITHER

From the National Monthly for June.
She was charming English girl, but
she could not see the point of joke.
Her classmates at college, jolly, fun
loving girls, regretted this serious de-
feet in their dear friend and determined
upon a reform.
SO they made up little joke with a
very broad point, to spring upon
Evelyn that night. Accordingly, when
they had all met in Evelyn's room
Clara propounded the joke, which was
really riddle.
Maud she said, "can you tell me
the best way to make Maltese
CROSSE"
NO" replied Maud, after due
thought. How do you make Maltese
cross?"
Pull its TAIL" said Clara promptly.
The other girls Uttered obligingly,
but Evelyn sat solemn as an owl with
a puzzled frown on her classic brow.
Whats the matter with you, Eve
lyn?" cried the girls. justly indignant.
Cant you see the point?"
Evelyn shook her head. Girls, she
said regrefully, II know it's awfully
stupid of me. but I can't for the life
of me see how any one could make a
Maltese cross out of pullet's tall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
Italy's Rural Credit Banks

Harvie Jordan, former president of
the Southern Cotton association, is
IN Europe as a member of the United
States commission for the study of
foreign rural credits and other agri-
cultural problems. When last heard
from he was at Budapest, Hungary,
after having made careful study of
the rural banks in northern Italy.
The most of these banks are known
as confessional banks with the priest
of each community as secretary. There
are independent or liberal banks. All
of them are altruistic, paying few or
no salaries and no dividends are paid
on any stock. They are true and real
savings banks with mo commercial
side whatever. This applies to all land
mortgage and rural credit banks in
central and northern Italy. All profits
are sent to the reserve fund which in
creases the capital of the bank for
making loans. Deposits are received
from any source, but loans are made
to members only who must be Catho-
lies in good standing.
Mr.. Jordan says the farmers in
Italy use oxen, and they plow the land
"a inches deep. Think of that, farm
ers of the south! They use fertilizers
freely, and no doubt they need at
times considerable credit. The farmer
in Italy leases the land he cultivates.
AS rule the Italian agriculturists
join together to secure long leases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
COMFORT ON OUR RAILRoADs

EdWard q. Riggs, in Leslies
When long tours were first undertaken
by the railroads there were no steel cars.
Electric lights. which have added so much
to the comfort and safety Of railroad jour-
neys, were unknown. Dining cars were
picked up and dropped along the line.
With an eye ever to increasing the conf
fort of such tourists. the railroad men
have constantly striven to eliminate all
disagreeable features. Steel stateroom
cars, electrically lighted. are now the rule.
Today the diner is a part of the train
throughout the journey and is constantly
restocked with the best the country af-
fords. The observation car is the parlor
and general assembly, room on one of
these touring trains. Mingled with the de-
light of patching beautiful scenery is the
pleasure of social intercourse amid sur
roundings comparable only to the foyer
of fine hotel. For men there is club
car furnishing the cozy environment OF
ones club 1t is the practice. too, now
adays, to equip such train with various
amusement devices, such. for example, az
player pianos md Photographs. Concerts
are given en- routs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS


Even some old settlers never settle
Success comes to a few of us in spite
of ourselves.
Too many people want to monkey
with other folks buzz saws.
Some men are used to being called
liars and don't mind it.
Giving unsolicited advice is one way
of borrowing trouble
After the trial a wise person learns
not to talk back to the judge.
Even a big man can't always insult
little man and get away with it.
When we all break into the high
brow class who is going to do the
drudgery?
Experience is said to be the best
teacher, yet there are men who marry
three or four times.
The man with a good aim in life
temperament.
After young man has burned the
candle at both ends for while he may
develop cold feet.
When woman wills she will-unless
she says she will, then the chances are
that she won't
If the price of ham goes much higher
the open season for the. bam sandwich
might as well be closed.
If you would do something of real
benefit for humanity. perfect the type
writer instead of wasting your time on
perpetual motion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
Rate Making in This State

The remaining rate cases from five
states go over to the last decision day,
June 16. But the impression grows
that the decision in the Minnesota
case is ample so far as Alabama is
concerned. The power of the state
railroad commission is fully upheld,
and that commission needs no ad-
ditional legislation.
There is no room left for a state
campaign based on the rate question,
for the state commission will attend
to that branch of the public business
with expert knowledge and dispatch.
Intrastate traffic is in its hands, and
it is there to stay.
There is no reason why the states
pending rate cases should not be set
tied, and the entire subject taken out
of politics. The coming decision of
Judges Pardee, Shelby and Grubb will
probably present the subject in the
right light, and the more illuminative
it is the better.
The state has incurred heavy legal
expenses, and the chances are that
this burden will soon become a thing
of the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
Birmingham's Business Activity

In the early part of last year bust
ness was comparatively dull. Inertia
was the complaint in many sections
and while the coal trade in Alabama
was very active there was an absence
of buoyancy in some other industrial
lines. The pig iron market had been
dull for year or more. Birming-
ham iron was selling below $40 and
the remark was often made that if
iron would only advance to $11 the
entire business situation would be-
come roseate.
In the spring of 1912 iron began to
move up and it continued to advance
until it was firm at $14. Everything
in the Birmingham district was hum
ming. Building operations began on
a large scale, the demand for labor
was greater than the supply, and by
midsummer, with bumper crops as
basis, prosperity was felt from one
end of the country to the other. 1t was
banner summer for Birmingham.
There has been great slump in
Wall street recently and in some CEN
ters there is recession in business.
But there has been no lull in Birming-
ham. Business is keeping up re-
markably well. While pig iron prices
are weak there is good promise of
an early buying movement which will
put prices up again.
In the Ensley division there is much
activity and the wire mill, which is
being pushed to completion, presents
wonderfully busy scene now.
The bumper crop reports are re-
wing the spirit of optimism even in
the east, and by July / the crop sit
uation will doubtless be so favorable
as to stimulate every branch of trade
throughout the country. 1t will be
like last summer, which witnessed
many new high records in production.
In the meantime, Birmingham is at
tracing wide attention by reason of
Its phenomenal progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12

line and river transportation will
speedily change these figures.
The new barge line needs no more
advertising than it is receiving. Three
cities are awaiting its coming with
the deepest interest-New Orleans,
Mobile and Birmingham, and it is
difficult to say which of the three has
the most at stake.
The Item does not anticipate any
trouble from any assaults that may
be made against the new barge line.
"a final and, it may be said, most
powerful factor" it says, "preserving
the river competition to commerce is
the United States government. Uncle
Sam did not spend millions of dollars
on the locks of the Tombigbee and
Warrior rivers to provide fish ponds
and boating lakes for the good people
of Demopolis and Tuscaloosa. The
locks were built for barge traffic, the
objective Of the government engineers
being the Warrior coal fields. When
coal comes down the Warrior river to
Mobile, as it will shortly do, the cor
poration or individual who would at
tempt to stop it, invites trial of
strength with the federal govern
n, ont -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
Regarding Railroad Rates

IF the interstate commerce commits
sion had granted the petition of the car
riers a year or so ago to advance trat-
fic rates 10 per cent the railroads, as a
matter of course. would today be in mucn
better shape than they are said mem-
Der of the Chamber of Commerce.
II have long thought that the trans
portation companies should be strictly
regulated, but it looks to me as II they
have been badly treated. The eastern
carriers are now asking 10 be allowed
to advance rates per cent l believe
that business men generally are strongly
in favor of this petition. If the railroads
are allowed to make a reasonable ad-
vance every branch of business will be
affected favorably-indirectly If not di-
rectly.
"The railroad companies will certainly
be in better humor and in better posi-
ton "a buy needed equipment and make
needed Improvements
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
VICE IN NEW YORK
Charlton B. strayer, in Leslies.

SHaiA AtCh L. 80 ny Cis III 1<CoiiC ..
To John d. Rockefeller, Jr, belongs
the credit of inspiring a new form OF
vice crusade. characterized by perma-
nency, scientific accuracy and business
efficiency. No mere reform wave is
this. but the most relentless attack ever
made upon tho strongholds of CONNER
cialized vice. Mr.. Rockefeller's interest
was awak ened in connection with his
work while he was acting as foreman Of
the special grand jury which in 1910 in
vestigated the white slave traffic IN
New York. At the close of it's labors
one of the recommendations of the jury
was that a public commission be ap-
pointed to study the evil. Those inter-
ested became convinced, however, that
a public commission would be short
lived. as had been the case with similar
commissions, and that its work would
soon be dissipated. Mr.. Rockefeller, sac-
cordingly. effected two years ago the
organization of the bureau of social
hygiene and under the title CONNER
cialized Prostitution in New York CITY,
the bureau has just issued the flrst Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
TELEPHONE
Bell tprivatc exchange connecting Al
departments No. 1900.
Fireproof Roofing in This City

Against the protests of lumber deal
ers the city commission has unani-
mously decreed that only fireproof
material shall be used in the con-
struction of roofs after October l
next. 1t was really a choice between
higher insurance rates and better
roofs, and the commission preferred
the latter.
No one is stronger advocate of
better roofs than Chief Bennett of the
fire department. To his mind the city
could no longer afford to permit the
use of shingles on roofs. He does not
believe that anw wooden shingle roof
can be rendered fireproof, and he
knows that fires from that source are
annually increasing.
As the ordinance now stands
all new roofs must after October 1
be constructed from fireproof materi-
al. This is not boom for any particu-
lar kind of material, but it is a con-
demnation in new work of shingles.
Shingles of slate or any other freproof
material are invited, but shingles fresh
from the forests are not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
BOILING AN EGG

From the Washington Star.
Raw eggs are probably the healthiest
form of the egg, and to those who cam
not take them raw they may be we'll
shaken in milk, but the great majority
OF people spoil the good effects by add
ing sugar. Just pinch Of salt instead
of the sugar will make the egg more
beneficial
Eggs boiled three to five minutes are
eaten by thousands, and to many take
the place of meat, but they are not as
health giving as most persons imagine.
The eggs thus prepared are more diff
cut to digest than eggs that are more
thoroughly cooked
Physicians declare that eggs that are
boiled should not boil more than two
minutes or they are hard on the diges-
tive organs unless they be boiled for from
20 to 80 minutes Most persons seem to
think an egg boiled so long would be like
SO much lead in the stomach, but this is
mistake for 1t has been found that eggs
boiled for a long time are very easily
digested and the nutrition seems to be
more easily taken up by the tissues Of
the body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
FAIR PLAY FOR OYSTERS

From LeslieS.
Oysters. Lovers of oysters as a succu-
lent, delicious food should feel reas-
sured. Sensational papers have done their
best to ruin the appetite for the delicious
bivalve. 1t is refreshing to find DIR. Wi
ley's successor at Washington, DR.. Ais
berg, sounding an encouraging note. He
told the oyster growers association re-
Gently that the department of agriculture,
under Secretary Houston, would begin a
systematic, sanitary study of the entire
question of oyster production, and thus re-
store public confidence in an article Of
food that is cheap, healthful and abund-
ant. DR.. Alsberg said there was more
danger of typhoid fever from impure milk
and water than from oysters. 1t is GER
tainly refreshing 10 find the department
of agriculture under the new administra-
ton engaged in the work of restoring con-
fdence in our food supplies instead of fol-
lowing the bad example Of DR.. Wiley in
toe many instances. DR.. Alsberg, Wiley's
successor, seems TO have the right idea
of the sphere of usefulness of his bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-12
From Cotton.

From Cotton.
Under the caption, "The Cost of Liv-
ing" the June number of Cotton, At
lanta, presents an interesting article by
Willford L. King, instructor in political
economy at the University of Wiscon-
sin. After discussing the different
phases of this broad subject the author
sums up his conclusions as follows:
The remedy then is evident. If we
wish the cost of living to 20 on de-
creasng and general prosperity to keep
on increasing as in the past century, we
must limit our population so that we
shall gain by invention and skill and
not merely remain stationary or worse
yet. lose out in the race. With immi
grafton shut out and the existing low
American birth rate, we may anticipate
a population soon becoming nearly sta
tionary and a continued advance in the
welfare of the masses of the American
people Without restrictions on the in
flow of newcomers from over the sea,
we can hope for nothing better than
to see the American people slowly but
surely reduced to an economic plane lit
tie If any higher than that of France or
Germany
The question of the cost of living then
resolves itself into a study of the
ways and means of making our popula-
ton conform to the supply of products
turned out by our Industries each year
The future well being of the nation
must depend largely upon our imm-
grafton policy during the next quarter
of century. The preservation of our
high standards demands prompt action.
With immigrants shut out the problem
of the cost of living will gradually solve
itself. With immigration continued in
anything like the present proportions
and the resulting rapid growth of pop
ulation, the cost of living will continue
campaign.