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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26
Danville, Glade Springs and
Hillsville Homes of Win
nerS.
ONE LOST HIS LIFE.
Saves From Flood in the
River and One Rescues Fellow
Workman From Deep Well.

Pittsburgh, Pa, April 26.-Three
Virginians are included in the list of
awards made public by the Carnegie
Hero Fund Commission. They are
Peter VIII. Finney,of Hillsville; VIM.
Orr,of Glade Springs, and Charles G..
Davis, Of Danville.
The report of the commission gives
the following accounts Of the heroic
deeds which earned ghe awards:
William NJ Orr, R. F. D. No. l.,
Glade Springs, Va, bronze medal and
81 900 as needed.
Orr, aged SO; saw mill operator,
saved w. Mcdonald Morriss, aged
10, from drowning, Glade Springs,
Va, March 16, 1912. Orr, who was
very heavily dressed jumped into the
middle fork of the Holston River,
which was at flood stage with a cur
rent of six miles an hour, and swan
to Morriss, who was unconscious, and
drifted downstream rs feet from the
bank. Two men returned to the bank
in fright, and after vainly trying 20
breast the current on horses. Orr
grabbed Morriss and swan with MIN
to a point ten feet from the bark,
when he attempted to touch bottom
and was swept off his fee. lie was
becoming tired and called :sor helm.
Immediately he was against a neal
by submerged bush, grabbed limb
and pulled himself toward the bani'.
They were helped out and Morriss
was revived.
Peter w. II. Finney, deceased, r. :.
D. No. g Hillsvile, Va; silver media!
20 sister and pension of S25 month.
Finney aged %. farmer, died at
tempting to save John Thomas, aged
A. farmer, and well digger, Tror'
suffocation, Snake Creek, Va, May
26, 1911. Thomas was overcome by
gas in a well 40 feee deep in wElcn
he had set off a blast Of dynamite
some hours before, and. although
several men, refused to descend 10 his
aid Finey descended into the we'll
with rope around his body and tied
il to Thomas, and told the men 70 pull
him up quickly. Before Thomas was
gotten to the surface Finney was over
COME. Finney's dead body was re-
moved from the well by means Of
hooks fortyfive minutes later.
Charles G. Davis, 7O6 Patton street
Danvile, Va; silver medal and $1,000
as needed for educational purposes
Davis, aged 1s. laborer. saved ".
Franklin German, aged 26, we'll Dig
ger. from suffocation. Charlotte, n. c.,
September 10, 1911. German had
called to be hoisted out Of a well,
and. when the bucket in which he
stood was ten feet from the bottom
and % feet from the top he was over
come by gas. He fell, and having
twisted his legs around the rope. hung
head downward. Three men at the
surface said they feared to enter the
well, and they were afraid to hoist
German further lest he would fall to
the bottom. Davis descended IN The
rope to German and assured himself
ghat German was in safe position
70 be hoisted to the surface. lie then
climbed hand over hand until his arms
were near the surface, when he be-
came weak and called for neiP. 4
man caught his arm and assisted him
from the well. German was Eoisted
and was revived, although he did
not fully recover for two or three
weeks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

Eighteen-year-old Margaret Dono-
van was saved from a 300-foot ball
from the head of the Statue of Liber-
ty yesterday by her chum, Gladys Re-
we're, who caught hold of her dress
just as she was slipping from the win
dow ledge that surrounds Miss Liber-
TVS crown. Screaming for help, Miss
Revere held on to the dress with both
hands until other sightseers came 10
the rescue and dragged the girl in
feet first. Miss Donovan ventured
out on the ledge on a "dare," and be-
came dizzy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

In the Circuit Court Of Alexandria
county yesterday, Judge J. B. T..
Thornton, granted a renewal of the
license of the Arlington Brewing Co.,
whose plant is located at RoSslyn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

A meeting of men and boys will be
held in the Young Peoples Building
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The meeting will be under the auspices
Of Lone Star Camp, No. /, American
Indian Guards. Rev. c. R. Strausburg
viii! deliver an address on the occa
sion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26
FORMER RESIDENT ILL.

Tie many friends in this city Of
Miss Elizabeth Addison, daughter of
the late Dr.. Edward 3. Addison, for
merry of upper King street, will regret
10 ltarn of her extreme illness at her
home, 1920 P street northwest, Wash
inpton. d C. Miss Addison for many
wears resided in Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26
DIED

On Friday, April Is, 1918, RICHARD
B. COGAN, aged 81 years. Funeral
will take place from the residence,
1912 Prince street tomorrow
Sunday Afternoon, at 3 o'clock
Friends and acquaintance of the
family are respectfully invited
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

On the eve of his trial in the crimi-
nal court in Philadelphia, on charges
of padding the station house pay roll
nearly six years ago, Anthony Wag-
ner, a former police lieutenant, ended
his life yesterday by Shooting himself
through the head at his home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

Rt. Rev. Robert a. Gibson, bishop
of Virginia, will confirm class at ST.
Paurs Episcopal Church at the II
o'clock service tomorrow morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

The White-Sox A. c. will line up
against the Rose-Buds Sunday on the
grounds at the Point, at $50 p. m.
As both are strong teams, a good
game is expected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

In the Corporation Court today
final decree was entered in the case OF
Carrie R. Wright Allen VS.. Samuel u.
Allen granting divorce to the PLAIN
tiff from the defendant on the
grounds of desertion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26
REV DR ILoYD's CONDITION..

Mrs: George Uhler received a teie-
gram today from Salem, Va, stating
that the condition of Rev. DR.. John
.Iaovd who was recently paralyzed.
is critical.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

A youth IS years old and 19-year-
old girl were the principal characters
in lovetragedy enacted yesterday al
Antwerp, Belgium. Arm in arm they
climbed to the clock gallery in the
tower Of the Notre Dame Cathedral,
and from a height of $50 feet leaped
into space, falling at the feet of pas
sersby. Every bone in the bodies OF
boys and his companion was broken
md death was instantaneous. AS
they hurtled through the air several
men and women who witnessed the
sight tainted. According to the police,
the leap from the church tower was
in accordance with a prenleditated
double suicide pact.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

Elliott's special for Saturday.
gallon freezers for S1.9S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

While members of the family and
relatives were grouped about the open
coffin of Mrs. J. R. Burney's 3-year-old
son Thursday at Butte, CAL, listening
to the funeral service, the body moved
and presently the child, clad in its
shroud, sat up and gazed about the
room. His eyes caught those of his
grandmother, Mrs. L. P. Smith, 81
years old. The aged woman stared at
the child as if hypnotized. Then she
sank into chair dead. AS she fell the
child dropped back into its coffin, from
which it was quickly snatched by the
mother. A physician said there was
no hope for the boy, and death came
q few hours later There were two
collins in the Burney home. Double
services were held, and the child and
it's grandmother were buried side by
side
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

Eleven members of the Senate and
House committees on naval affairs
tlaame, it is said, within an inch of be-
ing blown to pieces while witnessing
the naval target practice at Judith
Sound, 90 miles south of Washington,
late yesterday. Shooting while a
thick haze hung over the water, the
gunners on the monitor Tallahassee
mistook for the target the United
States yacht Dolphin, on board of
which were most of the members of
the official party. The S00-pound
shell, propelled from 12-inch gun,
passed directly over The stern of the
Dolphin, so close as to cut one Of the
ropes attached to the yachts rigging.
The shell exploded just before strik-
ing the water, and the committee
members, while thoroughly frightened
suffered nothing more serious than a
drenching from the water and spray
stirred up by the projectile.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Dr. J. H. Bitter, Of this city, has
been asked by Potomac Presbytery
20 give series of illustrated lectures
in the interest of foreign missions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

The schooner Chase, from the lower
Potomac, loaded with lumber for w.
A. Smoot & Co., has arrived.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

Steamed hard shell crabs daily at
Rammers Cafe. sa' -s.y,1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

Elliott's special for Saturday.
burner new Perfection oil Stove S5.9S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-26

Euiott's Fly Swatters-Fly Traps.
Elliott's-Table Tumblers-2c each.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06

age and room for bountiful garden.
Nothing is more to the advantage OF
a city than the possibility Of working
men owning their own homes. 1t
means permanency Of property. And
few cities offer to the working men
better opportunities than Fort Madl-
SON.
In speaking of the particular facili
ties of this city, Mr.. Merritt said that
after his study of 1t, he believed IT
would be in time a center for manu-
featuring such textiles as knitted
goods, cotton goods and possibly silks.
In the securing of industries of this
character, no step yet taken by the
city has been more likely of definite
results than the securing OF a report
from Lockwood Greene & Company,
which was made public some time
ago. Manufacturers recognize the
worth of a report made by such a
firm, and 1t is believed that Fort
Madison will begin to receive consid-
Grafton not heretofore granted 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06

face and would walk the floor. could
not lie down or sit still sometimes for a
day and night at time. / was ner-
vous, had very little appetite, no ambi-
ton, melancholy. and often felt as
though / had not friend in the world.
"After I had tried most every fe-
male remedy first, without success,
my mother-in-law advised me TO take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. did SO and gained in strength
every day. I have now no trouble in
any way and highly praise your medi-
cine. Itadvertises itself. - Mrs. S. T.
HURLEY, Eldon, Missouri.
Remember, the remedy which did
this was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. For sale everywhere.
It has helped thousands of women
who have been troubled with displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means have failed. Why don't you
try it?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06
Matter Of Cleaning Main Street Dur.
Ing the Coming Summer to be
Decided Within the
Next Week.
WILL BUY "A FLUsHER
City viii Not Assume the Cost of
Keeping Street Clean and
New Plan Looks
Good.

The Industrial Association commit
tee on retail trade after receiving the
propositions of several contractors for
the street work during the coming
summer has decided to support the
proposition made by Jas. Cameron's
Sons in that 1t was the lowest offer.
The firm is able to put the plan into
operation almost Immediately.
The committee has authorized the
firm to make canvass among the
merchants along Main street and IL
the merchants will consent to the
amount they have been paying being
raised about thirty percent the high
pressure flusher will be bought imme-
diately, assuring Keokuk a clean
Main street
1t is certain that the city officials
will not assume the cost Of keeping
Main street clean but will spend
enough money in connection with the
flushing to lessen the cost to the
merchant somewhat. The cost OF a
high pressure flusher is over a thous
and dollars and to operate it costs
about as much as to run three sprink
lers.
The plan Of flushing the streets ev.
cry night will absolutely remove ev
cry particle of dirt from the street az
the water comes out OF this high pres
sure wagon with such force that II
would knock man over or flush d
pile of bricks from the center OF the
street to the gutter.
The position the committees takes
is stated as follows:
'It is up to the men on Main street
who have been kicking about the
condition Of the street to get back OF
this proposition at this time as the
additional cost above the old time
sprinkling is very little and the rea
good that 1t will do is unlimited"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06
PUBLIC OPINION
) . . . . . s . . . . > . . . I

A Few Suggestions, Not Criticisms.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
We are too apt to be liberal with
other peoples money.
list. / think we should save some
Of the industrial fund and then go in
for another three years and have a
growing fund for factories. How
save? Why by keeping the expenses
Of the collecting and handling Of this
money down to the minimum You
we'll as power to get factories and a
dollar in the bank ready to do bust
ness with Is worth two dollars in this
hands of the other fellow. You say
the power is enough. All of these
other towns will have the power and
the money too So we at the present
time should not spend all Of this
fund, but have fund ready 70 put
our hands on when big concern
does come along.
End I think it is poor time to
raise taxes or valuations any higher
because the minute you burden the
tax payer he gets back at the tenant
and what are you going to do? Drive
| the laboring man out of town by too
high rents. 1t won't do. There should
be limit on this taxation business,
unless you want the water power In
place Of being benefit to the city
| q y H.. 4.
Therefore, I say save some of the n.
dustrial fund as we will need I. later
on. Go in for another three years
as we can't afford to lie down now.
Keep taxes and rents on fair and
just basis and Keokuk will gradually
come to her own in the commercial
world. You can't get people or fac
tories to come here any other way.
w x. HODGES.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06

how to operate q Hudson automobile
for which his father has contracted
A few month"; instructions by expert
automobilists would be a valuable
asset to the owners of an auto.
The Missouri legislature has ad-
journed and much satisfaction is ex-
pressed over the result. Booze and
good road bills were introduced to
such an extent that the people were
in constant fear that in the mixup
they would order all the public roads
IN the state closed and have the peo-
pie so back to the toll roads, while
the statistics will show next year the
supply of booze greatly diminished.
Thos. Joyce of Keokuk has shipped
several cars Of fine crushed stone to
Wayland where w. A. Bussinger is
hauling them to Mr.. Joyce's farm, one
mile asst of here, raising the barn lot
out of the mud, which Is very expen-
sive, but desirable.
The Methodist Protestant church
and the lot on which 1t stands in suit,
-Ne''' oSStt w eIS Sdpiclli6 COuTI W Q6-
eide it's ownership. The court decides
the building and lot can only be sold
for church purposes.
Hogs are selling In our local mar
ket for sS.75 per cwt; veal calves at
$500. Corn Acc; oats soc; wheat 90c
per blu. Only few weeks ago an ex-
pert stock man remarked there were
not two cars of hogs in this section
to come to the Wayland market IN
TIL they We're raised. Since that time
Mallory Bros. and Ellison, Chas. Hay
wood, T. ]. Sturgeon and Perry Bran
mer have shipped twenty-five cars to
different markets and the supply is
plentiful. But this corresponds with
the United States and state agricul-
tural departments when last year
northeastern Missouri's twenty coun-
ties raised and shipped 5000 bushels
OF rye, when Wayland alone, shipped
to the various markets more than TO-.
900 bushels These departments OF
agriculture conducted by the states
are good to give some jobs to politj-
clans for services rendered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06
FORT MADISON
is A HOME CITY
So Says Wesley Merritt Industrial
Commissioner Of the Santa
Fe Railway.

II the visit of Wesley Merritt, in
dustrial commissioner OF the Santa Fe
railway, did any one thing for Fort
Madison more than another 1t was to
stimulate the belief on the part OF the
men behind the city's business and
commercial interests that Fort Madi-
son has become the Industrial and
commercial power which some Of
those men have dreamed Of. Mr.. Mer-
rift has made it business for fifteen
years to build cities, and he knows
what he is talking about when he says
Fort Madison has facilities which few
cities In the power zone can offer to
manufacturers of certain kinds of
goods, says the Fort Madison Gem
City.
1t must not be understood that the
one day visit which Mr.. Merritt made
to Fort Madison Tuesday constitutes
the whole of the work which he has
done for the city or is the limit Of
his interest in Fort Madison. 1t was
through his efforts a year or two ago
bheit bllC WY oCSui GU IAC oCl NlCSS VI
H. e. Hershey, commissioner Of the
Fort Madison First Association. Since
that time, when Mr.. Merritt was in
the city and conferred with number
of business men, he has kept con-
stantly In touch with Fort Madison,
and his office in Chicago has shown
not only a willingness to cooperate
with the city but desire to push the
city ahead along industrial lines.
The work of securing for any city
new industries or wider commercial
interests, is necessarily slow. But
that fact should not be discouraging
1t is frequent that the organization,
which is working for the securing of
new industries must practically com
plete all negotiations with a prospec-
tive firm before 1t is wise to make
any public display of the possibilities
of the new enterprise locating in that
city That fact explains away the
criticism which has sometimes been
made that there are no fuss and feath-
ers about the work going on In Fort
Madison for greater city.
Mr.. Merritt likes the location OF
Fort Madison He sees in 1t posi-
bility Of growth. That growth would
be advantageous to the Santa Fe rail
road and Mr. Merritt, as Industrial
commissioner of the road, is in duty
bound to do everything he can for the
city. He is doing it. He has been
doing it for some time past and he
says he will keep on doing 1t In the
future.
Perhaps the most potent factor II
the future growth of Fort Madison
according to Mr.. Merritt Is the fac
that Fort Madison is essentially q
home for working men In speaking o.
this natter Tuesday, Mr.. Merritt
stated that he believed he could pu
working men into homes of their owr
in Fort Madison at cost of from 81,
200 to $1,700 for a home well and
comfortably furnished, having goot
yard with at least fifty-foot front
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06

Price, family size, 5000; small
size. $3.50. For the present, to in
troduce them, send us $3.50 for the
family size, or $500 for the small size.
and after trying the washer, you don't
want it, ship it back and we will pay
freight both ways, and return you all
the money. In Keokuk, let us know
and we viii. send you one on trial.
H. T. HENDERSON,
Inventor and Manager.
THE HENDERSON TUB LEGS.
Made of oak and steel, light and
handy, adjustable to any common
galvanized tub, easy to put on. A
fine seller for local agents or dealers.
Price SOC per set If not for sale in
your town, send US the price of one
set Or more and we will send them to
YOU by parcel post.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06

The Standard Washer, family size,
consists OF :. cylinder about 20 inches
IN diameter and "a inches long; we
make smaller size. IL inches In
diameter, 20 inches long. for families
that send their washing to the laun-
dry but wan. to do some OF their finer
washing at home; made Of galvanized
iron with cypress wood ends, and
lined with zinc where the clothes
would touch the iron. 1t rests on a
center bearing so 1t can be turned
back and forth about one-third of the
way around, and is stopped against
coil springs. The inside is 30 arrang-
ed that all Of the clothes are raised
out OF the water and drained, thrown
back into the water at every motion of
the handle, and every piece is washed
the same, and it will wash everything
from comfort to lace curtain. The
stand that the washer swings on is
made of oak and holds the wringer
and is light and strong. The washers
are light family size, about 55 lbs;
small sizes about 35.
Don't you know that you ought to
have a better washer than you have
ever had or seen. That is just what
we have got to sell you. Try one it
will cost nothing If you don't want it.
The Standard Washer you should try,
And if you do, you're sure to buy.
The Standard Washer once Won 1850
All other washers you'll refuse,
Your clothes are washed SO quick and
nice,
You never will regret the price.
Where introduced, the people say
The Standard Washer has come to
stay.
Give it a fair trial and you will know
That the Standard Washer is sure to
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06
wAYLAND, MO.
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The wheat prospects look fine and
many acres of this cereal are being
sown in clover seed and narrowed
Something unknown in this section a
few years ago.
ST. Francisville citizens are produc-
ing convincing argument why in
this age of civilization the two adioin-
ing counties of Lee and Clark should
build a wagon bridge across the Des
Moines river at that place by opening
their purse strings and raising several
thousand dollars. Several have sub
scribed FIVE hundred dollars each.
w. o. Dawson, administrator for the
estate Of Burdette Dawson, sold the
stock at the Dawson farm, six miles
south of here Thursday and common
cows brought as high as sS4 each.
Much satisfaction is expressed re-
garding our schools in this section of
the country retrograting from days of
yore and the people are trying every
way to keep the standard up and 1t is
difficult to place the blame. The law
gives four districts the privilege Of
consolidating and building high
school. Much discussion and differ
ence of opinion arises from this. A
vote was taken at Tuesdays election
in the four districts adjoining Way
land and carried, the vote being 65
against to SO for consolidation. Many
did not vote on account of the bitter
feeling for and against the PROPOSE
ton.
Morgan Cooper Morris Is in De-
troit, Mich, receiving instructions on