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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18
REYERSES JUSTICE TROTH.

In the Circuit Court Of Alexandria
county yesterday Judge j. B. I.
Thornton, after hearing a writ Of
habeas corpus instituted by Attorney
Charles Z. Corgan, Of this city, on be-
half of William and Fred Priebe re-
versed the judgmen: Of Justice Frank
Tro.h, of the Mt. Vernon District,
Fairfax county. The hearing was held
in the Alexandria court by consent.
The two men were arrested By Game
Warden Payne on November 10th.
charged with unlawfully cunning,
They were fined by Justice Troth and
as the fine was not paid capias was
issued agains: them and on February
18th, they were arrested and taken 10
the Fairfax Jail. Since that time
they have been-confined there. As a
result Of the decision of Judge Thorn
ton the men have been released.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
Third Annual Session Will Convene
In This City on Thursday
Next

President Taft will on Friday visit
Alexandria and attend the annual
meeting of the Washington Masonic
Memorial Association of which he is
patron. He will reach the city about
2:30 p. m. 1t is expected that dele
gates from IS grand jurisdictions VII
attend. The association is composed
of the grand masters of the United
States, with Gen. ]. T. Shyrock, of
Maryland, as president. AS IS well
known, the association has for its
purpose the erection in this city CT
memorial to George Washington
who was the first master of Alex
andria- Washington lodge, No. Y.
The President will b.: unable to
attend the banquet of Alexandria
Washington Lodge Saturday even
ing, but the members of the memo
rial association are expected to re-
main in this city for that purpose
The banquet will be given In tie
auditorium of the Elk's Home.
The following will be the program
of the session of the association:
February 2O-Informal reception
of delegates and speciai guests IN
Masonic Temple.
| First session, February 2lst, 9:do
A. NJ. Opening ceremonies.
Address of Welcome.
Regular order of Business.
Reception of Brother William Il
Taft, President Of the United States
/ P. M.-Luncheon.
9 P. M.-Afternoon Session.
5 P. M.-Recess for Dinner.
1880 P. M.-Night session.
Second Session, Fee br1lary End
~ Luncheon.
2 P. M.-Re-assemble.
3P. M.-Adjourn. Pilgrimage to
Mount Vernon.
7P. M-Stated communication OF
Alexandria Washington Lodge. No. =
A. F. & A. NJ.
8P. M.-Annual Banquet and Cc!e-
bration of the Birthday of General
George Washington by Alexandra
Washington Lodge, No. %.
Speakers, Hon. Chas. 4. Townc,
New York
Hon. A. ]. Montague, Of Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18
FUNERAL.

The funeral of the late Theodore W.
Bowling took place this morning at
$50 o'clock from ST. Mary's Church
and was conducted by Rev Fathers
Cutler and Kelly The services were
attended By delegations from the in
ternational Association of Machlnlsts,
George Mason Council of the ROYAL
Arcanum and Fitzgerald Council, of
the Knights of Columbus. lnterment
was made in St. Mary's cemetery. The
pallbearers were J. W. Collins, Robert
Wright, L. NJ. Millans, H. L. Bell, NJ.
J. Mcfarland, Thomas S. Dyson, }. Lee
Martin and John Gilroy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18
CHILDREN VISIT LODGE.
Pupils of kindergarten And First And
Second Grades of Lee School at
Alexandria, Washington Lodge.

The pupils of the Alexandria Free
kindergarten and those Of the first
and second grades of Lee school, &C
companied by their teachers, Mrs.
Wright, of the kindergarten, and
Miss Waters and Miss Mamie Davis,
Of the first and second grades, paid
their annual visit to Alexandria Wash
ington Lodge room this morning. Mr..
George w. Zachary, Tiler, explained
The many relics. The teachers and
children were greatly interested in
the exhibits. The visit was through
the courtesy of the lodge.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

There was very interesting meet
ing of Circle B Rector's Aid Society
held last evening in the Norton Me-
mortal. About thirty members were
present. Miss Rose Mcdonald and Miss
Mamie Norton are the officers Of this
Circle and they are making the meet
ings very enjoyable for all who at
tend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18
5OO-Y ardSpooIs
Blasting
Cotton
3 for Oc

Sewing Silk, 500 yards, spool ..21c
Silk Chicago Featherbone, box of IL
yarQS ..ooC
Net Collar forms, two styles each, Sc
Kodel Hooks and Eyes, white and
black, card :. :. :. =. :. :. &c
Dress Shields; washable, four pairs
for. :. >. -. -. ..25c
Crowley's Blue Label Needles, per
paper .oC
Dressmaksr's Pins, lab. box. 12c
Silk Seam Binding, piece :. :. :. 7c
Angora Skirt Braid, piece ;. :. ..1Oc
Machine Needles, three needles for &c
Machine Oil, best, bottle :. :. Sc
Machine Straps, each ..........l5t
Snap Fasteners, Dozen. Sc
Bias Tape, 6 yard pieces, each :. sc
Blunt and Sharp Point Scissors, per
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18
ALEXANDRIA :KINDERGARfEN.

Madame Montford's lecture for the
benefit of our free kindergarten in
the Young Peoples Building, Febru-
airy 18th, promises to be rare treat.
The Liverpool Courier says: MAD
anne Mountford held her audience
spelbound during her delightfully."-
vivid and graphic description of the
customs of the Holy Land" Tickets
on sale at the drug stores.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

MISS NdIUul 10 lHS EeSSs "
Murray Mcclure, in Richmond.
Miss Frieda Lewis Quarles, daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Henry Lewis
Quarles, of Manassas, will be married
this evening at $3.50 o'clock to John
William Vowel, of Culpeper. The
ceremony will be performed in Manas-
sas Baptist Church, and the brides
father will officiate. The church dec
orations will be palms and ferns, light
ed with crystal candelabras shaded in
pink. The brides only attendant Will
lie Mrs. Emmett C. Clarke, of Rich
lnond, matron of honor. Miss Quarles
will be given away by her broth :r,
Edwin C. Quarles, of Baltimore. The
groom's best man will be Chiffon Io-
well, his brother and the groomsmen
are Russell Yowell, j. j. Davis, Err
nest Yowell and E. HAYES Lipscomb,
the latter of Richmond. Mr.. and Mrs.
Vowel will spend their honeymoon in
the south. The bride has friends and
acquaintance in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Bendheim are
visiting in New York.
Miss Bertha Bladder has returned to
her home in King street after visit
to friends in New York.
Mrs. Benedict We'll delightfully."- en-
tertained the Jolly Eucnre Club last
evening at her home on south st.
Asaph street. The prizes were won by
Mrs. Julius Wolf, Mrs. King, of Bait
more, and Mrs. Raymond Blumenfe.d.
Mrs. King, Of Baltimore, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bendhe!m
in Prince street.
Miss Carrie Hammerslaugh, returned
yesterday to her home in Baltimore
after visiting Miss Sarah Ruben, in
south St. Asaph street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18
All Skin Remedies Fail?

vow rot Il cent. You owe it. to your
self 20 take advantage OF this offer.
We arc confident ii vii! succeed or wo
could rot afford to make tho offer,
Odd. ~ a penetrating iHuid t!laI
Kills and washes away disease germs,
leaving the skin smooth ana healthy.
i soc ;yOttie is enough 10 start tn:
cl:re Of TIC most obstinate cases OF
Eczema. Psoriasis GnH allied diseases.
odd. soap is Il valuable a.d. ASH.
Us about l..
E. S. Leadbeater & Sons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18
SOCIAL AND Personal
Interesting News Notes About People
Of Alexandria Happenings
in Society.

E Rev. and Mrs. William Gibson and
stheir two children, are the guest OF
Mrs. Gibson's mother, Mrs: Thomas
Leadbeater, at her home in north
Washington street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

The human soul is like bird that
IS born in a cage. Nothing can de-
prive it Of its natural lodgings, of
obliterate the mysterious remem-l
brance Of is heritage. Just so. With
the human mind, nothing can filchi
from it the desire to secure that which
is best in everything pertaining I'd
ncatness: II it is in footwear thd
firm Of John i. Marshall & Bro. has {
it in stock. .''S :, - !
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

Mr.. and Mrs. George Schwarzmann
and Miss Lillian Schwarzmann, have
returned to this city after visit with
friends in New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

Norfolk Oysters Fried at Rammcl's
Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

doesn't grow on bushes. That's
SO, but you're always sure OF
"value" when buying Choice and
Plantation Cigars.
If you want a cigar that gives
YOU rest and quiet and that will
bring you back again, you can
get it here. Try US and be con-
WINGED.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

Norfolk Oysters Steamed at Ram
mel's Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

Miss Marbury is the guest of Mrs
Murray Mcclure, in Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

The REGULAR annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Fidelity Storage
Company will be held at its Office, ~
King street Alexandria, Va, Thurs
day, February -, 1913, at 2:30 p.
n.
P. II. sMYTH, secty.
81 I'd. ,.Ss ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-18

E. S. Leadbeater & Sons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Varying Steel Products


The people OF Birmingham cannot be
too grateful to the Steel corporation for
completing its big wire mill at Fairfield
this year" said member of the Chamber
of Commerce. Very naturally the cor
poration would have preferred to wait
until the government dissolution suit was
decided; but Chairman T.. H. Gary, after
mature consideration, agreed that it would
be all right to go ahead with this work.
Wire will be rolled at the new mill
within the next few weeks | am not in
touch with the officials of the Steel cor
poration, yet knowing that there is little
or no new rail business at this time. but
for the prospect of the early operation
of the wire mill the steel plant would
be shut down: which eyentuality would
have been most depressing ON the entire
community. The wire mill, therefore,
gives a practical demonstration OF the
Importance of varying our large steel op-
erations in the finished product line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
Talk of Extra Session

Should Governor 0'Neal decide to
call an extra session of the legislature,
it is to be hoped that he will specify
the abolition of the fee system in JEFF
ferson county as one of the subjects
to be considered. This is reform in
which everybody is interested, and the
demand for it is practically unani-
nous. Should law be passed at an
extra session it could be made to APP
ply to those who will be put in office
following the next regular election.
Governor O'Neal up to this time has
shown little inclination to assemble
the lawmakers. 1t has become ap-
parent, however, that unless the leg
islature grants to the executive the
power of appointing a United States
senator to succeed the late Joseph F..
Johnston or orders an election to fill
that vacancy, Alabama will have only
one representative in the upper BRANCH
of Congress until March 3, 1915.
The members from Jefferson coun-
ty should be prepared to take advan-
tage Of the situation regarding the
fee system should the legislature be
convened. Adequate compensation,
based upon the work they actually
perform, should be given employees of
the county. The salaries should be
made attractive enough to obtain the
services of good men. This could be
done and at the same time effect a
large saving to the county treasury.
Another interesting matter that
would come up for settlement in an
extra session would be the reappor-
tionment Of the congressional districts
of the state. We have nine districts
now with 10 representatives in the
House-one being representative at
large. The new apportionment will
be on a population basis of 212,000,
as counted in the last census. JEFF
ferson county will become a district
by itself, the population of the county
in 1910 being 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
The Cardiff Disaster

The tragedy in the Universal col
liery, near Cardiff, Wales, is fully as
frightful as the early reports indi-
Gated. The death list will be above
400. Fire. broke out following the ter
rifle explosion, and attempts to rescue
the entombed men had to be aban-
doned
Science has toiled to devise some
means whereby mine disasters may be
rendered impossible, but so far all eff
forts have resulted in failure. The
holocausts continue to occur despite all
precautions. Some day some sure
method by which warning will be Civ
en- of accumulating gases may be in
vented
The Mulga mine in the Birmingham
district was regarded as model.
Every modern device was employed,
and no pains spared to make the work.
ings safe, but Mulga also had its
catastrophe and its death list. 1t is
easy enough to cry carelessness and
stupidity, but often such charges
have no foundation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
A Ne,x York Visitor

This is my first visit to Birming-
ham and l am much pleaserd with the
city, said Paul NJ Kempf, the man
aging editor of Musical America. Il
knew Birmingham was a city Of near
ly 100000 population, but it is more
handsomely built up than l had i'm
agined. The building operations here
at the present time seem to be on a
very large scale.
There has been a wonderful ad-
vance in musical interest in this
country during the past few years. No
city is too small to afford number
of musical artists in recital One does
not have to BE very old to remember
when only two or three cities in this
country had symphony orchestras. Now
nearly every city of 100000 or 400, coo
population keeps up a high-class or
chestra Cities of the smaller size
that are without sufficient orchestral
material to form large symphony
organization should endeavor to bring
two or more of the established or
chestras for at least one concert each
during the winter season. Ofchestras,
as we all know, are expensive 1uxuries;
but they are very educative, and the
day will soon come when Birmingham
will be able to support a local orches-
ira"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
Iide of IIomiciLes

Charles zueblin in an article under the
head of editorials in the Survey of Oc-
tober, says I'm part:
THE unfortunate death of New York 8
eccentric mayor and the latest escapade
of its chief degenerate raise anew two
pressing questions: First, what can be
done to stem the tide of assassination
murder, homicide and suicide in the Uni
ted States? Second, how much OF an
extenuating circumstance is insanity?
with regard to the first question, one
of the important means of protecting So
ciety not yet seriously and effectively
dealt with in America is the regulation
of the possession and carrying of deadly
weapons. New York city, Alabama and
some other conspicuously lawless sections
of the country have made futile attempts
at control. All the states have antiquated
regulations regarding the carrying of con-
cealed weapons. When it is considered
that there are 10 times as many homicides
in the United States as in Canada, ana
more people are probably killed every
year because of mishandling the weapons
which they have to defend themselves
with than are actually killed In self-de-
fense. il Is evident that local regulation
is not only inadequate but an encourage
ment to crime and accident. The logical
solution of this grievous difficulty is the
federal licensing and registration of weap-
ons. The internal revenue is the most
effective regulatlve force in the United
States By similar methods it would be
possible to have every weapon numbered
ands,narled, TO register every owner and
hold him responsible for its use.
''rhe second question is much more
fundamental but equally immediate. Why
is insanity considered reason for with
holding punishment for crimes of vio-
lence? What is insanity? What Is guilt?
Who are insane? Who are guilty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
ALABAMA LAND CONGRESS

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
The Alabama State Land congress is 70
hold its second annual meeting in Bir-
mingham November 4, and 6. Among
those WHO will take part in the meeting
are many speakers OF national promi-
nence.
The official programme, which has just
been issued covers discussions by expert
authorities on soils, crops, rural condi-
tions and agricultural resources of the
state. The heads of all the railroads OPP
Grating in Alabama are expected to be in
attendance. Among those who are on
the programme are w. w. Finley, presi
dent of the Southern railway; Charles A.
Wickersham. president of the Atlanta Il
West Point and Western Railway of Ala
bama; T. NJ. Emerson, president of the
Atlantic Coast Line w. J. Harahan, pres
Smith, president of the Louisville and
Nashville, and C. II. Markham. president
of the Illinois Central railroad
A noteworthy feature of the convention
will be an address by Oscar Underwood
on the subject, "The High Cost of Living
and the Remedy" Reports by state and
govrnment experts on boys corn clubs
and girls canning clubs will be made,
while discussions of every phase of prac-
tical agriculture will be handled by pro-
sressive farmers from every section of
the state.
me Alabama Land congress has sew
eral objects. One of these is to devise n
practical plan for advertising the state
and securing immigration in order that
idle lands may be made productive. The
Land congress also desires to induce the
farmers to adopt improved methods of
cultivation, and to create spirit of CO.
operation between the farmers and the
business men of the cities and towns. The
general Improvement of roads and rural
conditions is to receive attention.
The people of Alabama are to be con-
graduated on having an organization Of
this kind If the land congress receives
proper support it will be able to accom-
plish a great deal for the advancement
of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
DARK AGES IN PRISONS

From the New York Sun.
Governor O'Neal of Alabama has can
celled the contract under which convicts
were rented to a naval stores company
as laborers, on evidence showing that the
workers We're treated in the most brutal
manner The scandal is of the kind in
separable from the leasing system, and
the governor declares that:
Alabama is not ready to return to the
Dark Ages
The unhappy fact is that in the treat
ment of prisoners Alabama and all other
states are precludcd from returning TO
the Dark Ages" New York has just been
shamed by the revelation of conditions
shocking to decency, and its people know
the half has not been told. They know
also that with a few exceptions their pris-
ons are not worse than those of other
states, and that their disgrace is shared
by practically all the citizens of the coun-
try.
Return to the Dark Ages?" We have
scarcely begun to acknowledge that our
penal institutions are still in them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
NOSE BLOWING DRILLS

From The Survey.
A few years of school dental clinics
have made toothbrush drills" familiar
idea in many cities. 1t took the To-
ronto public nurses, or rather their su-
pervisor, Lima L. Rogers, to originate
another drill quite as unique and impor-
tant Since last October the school chill
dren of Toronto, in squads of 20, have
practiced daily nose blowing drills and
the effect on the freshness of the at
mosphere of the schoolrooms has been so
noticeable that the teachers ahve become
assiduous in seeing to it that no child
comes to school unprovided with a pocket
handkerchief. They often, indeed, them
selves order the drills without waiting
for the coming Of the nurse. The effect
OF the drill is perceptible already on indi-
yidual children. in cases OF catarrh, and
the doctors predict that it will have an
appreciable effect in time in lessening
adenoids and other throat and nose af-
,fectionS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
RAILROAD PROBLEMS

The Annalists interview with the
new president of the New Haven rail-
way, Mr.. Howard Elliott. is of a sort to
make the shareholders and employees
and customers of that company rejoice
at his selection. and also even to cause
wider regret that the spirit which he
manifests is not directing the solution
of larger problem, that of all the rail-
ways. Mr. Elliott introduced himself to
the public in an autobiography of rs
words that was masterpiece of omis-
sion rather than expression. His sum-
mary of the railway problem as it is
now presented to the United States as
well as to the New Haven railway is no
longer. and epitomzes a difficult sub
ject in a manner only possible to those
who think deep and hard and long. 1t
reads simply, and yet nobody has said the
same thing so we'll:
You cannot have better transportation
at lower rates. higher wages and higher
taxes, and procure at the same time the
huge quantities of additional capital nee
essary to provide increased facilities.
There are but two ways to get money for
improvements. One way is to earn it,
and the other is to borrow it. and un-
less railroad earns money it cannot
borrow, says the New York Times
Railways cannot be provided by edict,
either of Congress or of the interstate
commission. They must be paid for. and
they cannot be paid for otherwise than
as Mr.. Elliott says. Mr.. Elliott was
speaking altogether noncontentiously and
without thought of the commission. And
l. yet the thought which he expresses an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
The County Fairs

Many of the counties of Alabama
have held fairs this fall andNthers are
yet to be held. These fairs are de-
serving of the warm support of the
people. They are of benefit in divers
ways.
The south, and Alabama especially,
in the last few years has experienced
an agricultural awakening. The state
and national governments have CO.
operated with the farmer to increase
the yield of the land, and valuable les
sons of crop rotation and soil rejuve-
nation have been learned. The boys
of Alabama are now showing the
country the way in corn production,
and the added wealth that the appli-
cation of scientific principles to agri-
culture will bring in time is simply
incalculable.
James Wilson held Cabinet port
folio longer than any other man in
American history, and it is probable
that he accomplished more real good
for the country than any other. He
was an Iowa republican, but in max
ing the department of agriculture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
"yyHITE SLAVE. HYsTERIA

From the New York World.
May the hope be indulged that the
white slave" hysteria from which the
country has been suffering has now run
its course and is about to give way to
less confused thinking on the subject of
voluntary prostitution?
Thanks to the sensational exploitation
of the matter by magazine writer's, legis-
lative investigation committees and re-
form organizations, the country has been
given wholly distorted view of social
vice. 1t has been led to confused condi-
tions totally different, and made to be-
lieve that American cities are full of
houses of bondage in which women are
imprisoned and trafficked in and sold as
il they were chattels. Congress has been
moved to action and the long arm of the
federal power employed to deal with
cases of immoral relations belonging 70
the police courts.
Unfortunately for the facts on which TO
base this belief of female slavery, the agi-
tation has developed nothing more impor-
tant than the conviction of a negro pu-
gilist and two California citizens charged
with enticing young women to another
state. There has been no wholesale set
ting free of women from bondage worse
than death for the excellent reason that
very few women have been found in that
kind of bondage.
1t is time for return to reason in dis
eliminating between prostitution and
white slavery AS the Springfield Re-
publican says, the latter term is inislead-
ing in its original sense, and as now pop
misuse of language"