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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07

Dr. r. f. Harrington. supervisor Of
schoolboy athletics in Boston, evident
iy knows hi. business He has ruled
that mile race is too hard for schoo.
boys Close study ct the physiques
ot boys and the effect produced after
running mu mile forced me TO th"
conclusion that uch a race al that
tlge OF life. when he iS growing both
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07

jim Light5oy who has been eXteu-
-l.elg written up as one Of the pos
-lble assistants to Coach Alvin
Krs enz.e.n. Of the Germans. declare
that he has no such intentions. nor
does he cherish such ambitions He
has not been in Germany in two
years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07

"Tom' Jones, Wolgast's manager,
declares the one-time lightweight
champion will not be able to fight
again until July (, because Of the two
broken bones in his left hand sustain
ed in his recent bout with Willie Rit-
chic" Then, too, that will give Tom"
and "Ad" plenty Of time in which TO
talk a lot Of persons into seeing him
fight again.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07
FREE PACKAGE COUPON.

PYRAMID DRUG COMPANY,
4l- Pyramid B.dg, Marshall, Mich.
kindly send me 2 sample OF Fyr-
amid Pile Remedy, q. ouce by
rail, FREE, in plain w:a or
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07

Milwaukee fight promoters in look
ing over the season which will soon
close. state that on the whole boxing
shows in that city have been attend
ed better than bouts conducted any
where else IN the country, despite the
fact that the prices asked for seats
are higher in Milwaukee than else
where
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07

New York, April eff the influence
Of the Belmonth, the Whitneys and
other big New York sporting men can
prevent it. the Virginia legislature
next term will not make any laws ad-
verse to horse racing. The session
which has just adjourned, did not
take any action in the matter so
sportsmen are taking advantage OF
the time that will intervene between
now and next fall to get their forces
together. One reason why the Nir-
ginians are against racing is because
of the Objectionable gambling clement
that has entered into it,
Regardless of what the future may
hold for CouIon, his past performances
are recorded in the pages Of pugilist-
ig history along with such immortals
as George Dixon, Cal. Mccarthy, Ter
ry McGoyern, Billy Rothweel and a
host of other men who were too great
in heart to stoop so low as to claim
"a title when the real champion was
physically unable to defend his hon
1rs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07

phil" China, the well ksown horse
man, who spent the winter in Juarez,
declares that there are few horses in
the United States now worthy the
name of racers. He says that he is
going to France and England soon to
pick up some selling platers to bring
here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07

Motor boat enthusiasts in New York
are delighted over the prospect OF a
race from New York to San Francisco,
as one of the features of the Panama
Exposition next year. According to the
present plans, the contest will aggre-
gate 10000. The distance to be ira
yersed is approximately 5000 nautical
miles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07
REAL ESTATE CHANGES.

e. & c. Nations % Laura Folsom
par. i. 5s2e-Al.otuen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07

G. q G. Nations 20 Minerva 3
Thompson. par. .. 80 5s3w.-Home-
stead
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-07

c. & c. Nations to Minerva J.
Thompson. pa-- .. -. 81. 5s3w.-Al
,otuelr
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
BATTLESHIP ASHORE
Grounded in Haze While Returning
From Southern Drill Grounds
to Hampton Roads.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 27-The battle
ship Michigan, which went ashore
carly yesterday near the lightship
just off Cape Henry, was still aground
tonight. The immense sea fighter was
not believed to be in any immediate
DANCE. Weather conditions are good
Several unsuccessful efforts were
made by four naval tugs to float the
Michigan. The tugs remained by the
warship tonight. Three supply ships
also are standing nearby.
Navy yard officials here said that
the ship was resting on a sandy bot
tom.
The Michigan stuck at about q
o'clock yesterday morning. The YES
sci was proceeding from the southern
drill grounds to Hampton Roads with
other warships of the Atlantic fleet
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
Ground to Death.

Danville, Va, Nov. 27-Charles
Sheridan, forty-fve years old, was
ground to death a few miles beyond
Rufine, N. c.. on Wednesday by
south-bound train No. Z. The victim,
a section foreman, with the rest OF
his crew, was eating his monday
meal seated on the end of cross
tie. The whistle of the approaching
train warned the gang, and they
moved calling on Sheridan that the
train was coming. Apparently, how
ever, Sheridan had fallen asleep, and
he got up in dazed fashion and step
ped Immediately in the path of the
fast moving train instead of to one
side. No one was near enough to
reach him in time, and he was ter
ribly mangled. He leaves a wife and
several children. He was native of
Rufine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
WRIT REFUSED AGAIN

Associate Justice Holmes of the
United States Supreme Court, in an
opinion rendered late Wednesday re-
fused to grant the writ of error ap-
piled for by attorneys representing
Leo NJ. Frank, of Atlanta, Ga, con-
victed of the murder of Mary Phagan
an employe Of the factory. Accord
ing to H. o. Alexander, one of Frank
attorneys, an effort will be made to
have the petition passed upon by the
Supreme Court as whole when it
convenes Monday.
Justice Holmes declares, in his
ruling that he is bound by the sup
rene court of Georgia which decided
that the motion to set aside came toe
late.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
DEATH OF DIR. PEASANTS
Was Widely Known Throughout The
State as Educator And Mason.

Roanoke, Va, Nov. 27-7-Dr. Will
liam H. Peasants for more than
sixty years connected with Hollins
College, died about midnight Wednes-
dagsright. He had been, in declining
health about a year, and during a
greater part: of.sthat itime had been
confined to his room at 'Hollins. Fun
erap services with be in charge OF the
Masonic frodgeiwith which DR.. Plea
SAINTS had been prominently associated
forswears. Death was due to a gene
raj breakdown coming with old age.
William H. Peasants was probably
the best known educator in Virginia
during his time. He was born Janu-
ary 20 1881 at the ancestral nome
near Richmond.
DIR. Peasants was a deep student
of Masonry, and had held every Office
in the state Grand Lodge, serving
two years as grand master. He was
member of Turner Lodge, at Hollins
his home lodge, and an honorary mem
bel of Peasants Lodge, No. 63, OF
Roanoke, which was named in ms
honor. He was honored with the LII
D. degree by Washington and Lee
University in 1907.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
STEAMER MIDDLESEX SINKS
Springs a Leak While on Trip to
Fredericksburg-All Passengers
Landed and Freight Taken
on

fredericksburg, Va. Nov. 27-On
Ntoaday night, after the steamer Mid
dlesex of the Maryland. Delaware and
;. ;rginia Railway ."irnany, arrived
ftei.e form Baltimore ne steamer
Asprung a leak caused by having;
struck an obstruction in the river
nea; the wharf. The steamer was got
ten along side the WHAT and all her
freight was tak*n eff the coat Nc
FIRE it settled o.. the >5oetorl. The
steamer MS now lying at its wharf
v4ih it's machinery submerged
The Middlesex 2. one time ran he
tween Washington, Alexandria and
Baltimore. She is a sidewheel steam
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27

LOST, Strayed or Stolen-A dark
gray kitten with white spot under
its neck. Disappeared from 5O4
Duke street eight days ago.
Finder please return to 5O4 Duke
street 25-1t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
TROUBLE IN JERUSALEM

Rome, Nov. 27-Reports to hand
from Jerusalem state that all Brit
ish, French, and Russians in that
city have been imprisoned and are be-
ing harshly treated. The opportunity
has been taken by the Turkish sol
diery to loot their houses. The Italian
consul in Jerusalem has asked his
government to send warships to Jat-
ia, as it is feared that anti-Christlan
sfiots and massacres may follow.
Is The Turkish authorities have shown
Reluctance to suppress the agitation,
put. the seonsuls Of the neutral ycoun-
M,ies insisted that two soldiers who
Ilnoted a Greek church and murdered
The priest should be subjected to ex-
emplary punishment and the soldiers
were accordinglyShanged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
THANKSGIVING TRAGEDY
Man Kills Mother.in-law and is Slain
In Missouri.

Montgomery, Mo-, Nov. 27-lsaac
Strickland, of Pinckneyville, Ill.,,
came to Montgomery yesterday to
observe Thanksgiving by killing his
wife's entire family. He waylaid his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Sallie Ryan, as
she was on her way to the well and
shot. her dead with shotgun. He
then rushed to the house and was
shot dead by Rex McHoney, another
son-in-law of Mrs. Ryan, as he tried
to climb through a window. The
trouble started over quarrel. which
caused Mrs. Strickland to leave her
husband and return to her mother.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
WASHINGTON FERTILIZER co.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of this company, for the cleo
ton of officers and directors and for
the transaction of such other bust
ness as may come before the meet
ing, will be held at the general office
of the company. No. 1913 south Royal
street, Alexandria, Va. at the. hour
of 400 A. NJ, Wednesday, the
9th day Of December 1914.
JOHN F. WILKINS, President.
H. STIDHAM, Secretary
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
Fatal Accident.

Richmond, Nov. 27--J. H. Buckner
OF South Richmond, died Wednesday
night at the Retreat for the Sick from
injuries received shortly after 6
o'clock, when through passenger
train on the Southern Railway crash
ed into a buggy in which he was
riding at the Hull Street crossing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
ALEXANDRIA, GAZETTE FRIDAY NOVEMBER ~ l9l4-.-
FIRED ON U. S. TROOPS.
Mexican Bullets Whistle Over Heads
of Americans.

Galveston, Tex, Nov. Pin spite
&C efforts to conceal the fact, it was
admitted by officers Of the Fifth bril-
gade today that the rear guard was
fred upon by Mexicansf as it was
covering the retreat of the main body
at the evacuation OF Vera Cruz.
Soldiers stated last night that the
bullets from Mexican rifles whistl-
cd over their heads. 1t is understood
that Gen. Funston will make "a COM
pIete report to the War Department
at once. 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27
Potomac and! Chesapeake
Steamboat Company
Effective Oct. 10, 1914

Effective Oct. 10, 1914.
(Subject, to change without notice.>
, STEAMER FRED'KyDE barry
Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
caves Alexandria at 900 A. NJ. for
Massey's and intermediae landings
seturning, Mor3ay, Wednesday and
'riday. arriving in Alexandria >abou:
$50 P. NJ. " ::
!: { STEAMER WAKEFIELD:
Monday and Wednesday leaves
Alexandria at 6 P. NJ. for Parham's
Point and intermediate landings,
Returning Tuesday and Thursday, ar
living iii Alexandria, early; Wednes
Jay. and Friday mornings.
s STEAMER WAKEFIELD
Saturday, leaves Alexandria at
100 A. NJ. for Nomini and uterine
late landings. Returning Sunday
,rriving in Alexandria about $3.50
; NJ.
Telephone No. so.
Reardon & Grimes, Agents.
..-0--7-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27

FOR RENT-Furnlshed rooms; priv
ate family. 222 north Royal st.
.arf verse
21-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27

Varnish your floors with the stan
dard varnishes bought at W. E.
Bain's corner King and Royal St.,
and you are sure of getting the de-
sired results.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27

Four members Of q Thanksgiving
home going party were killed and
two others probably fatally injured
near Bloomington, H. yesterday,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27

LOST-On Saturday night yellow
puppy, about three months old.
Please return to 211 north Column
bus street, and receive reward.
23-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-27

FOR RENT-Six room frame house,
nice side lot, southern exposure.
Hot water heat, and good location.
iO4 north Alfred street 23-3t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
Electric Gear Shift a
3& Feature of Haynes Car

The car with the electric chauf-
teur, is the term by which the Haynes
car Is fast becoming known. Speak
ing of the electric year shift, George
G. Mcfarland, manager of the Harris
burg Automobile Company, said:
For a number of years the pas
senger compartment Of high grade
limousines has been equipped with
series of buttons controlling various
colored lights on the dash by means of
which the occupant may signal the
driver to start, stop, drive home, to
the club, or to the office, as the case
may be.
"On the Haynes car the rider does
the same thing, only he signals the
car itself. He presses button mark
ed 5" and the motor starts; he press
es button No. and the car moves off
IN low speed; another button and he
is travelling in second, and then he
signals in the same manner for third
or high speed.
by means of this electric mechan-
ism the operation of shifting gears is
rendered absolutely fool proof"
When the clutch is thrown out, there
is a gentle tug, which developes into
steady vigorous pull; it is impossible
for 1t to Jerk, or in other words, the
possibility of stripping d gear is over
come. With such u car the driver be-
comes expert in it's control and opz
Grafton as soon as he has learned TO
steer and the Haynes representative
states 1t takes the average man but
twenty-five minutes to learn this"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
THREE MILLION ARE
SUPPORTED BY AUTOS
Comprehensive Analysis of Indus
try by Mitchell May, New York's
Secretary of State

Over /, 600 motor cars of all
descriptions in use In the United States
were registered in the several States
last year, and of this number SS per
cent were pleasure cars, and the re-
manning IL per cent. commercial, this
proportion being based upon the regis
rat1on returns i'll New York State,
where of the total registrations of
$4,000 motor vehicles, upwards of
$4,000 were commercial" says Nit
chell May, Secretary of State.
AS may be inferred from these fig
tires, motoring has been the means of
building UP q vast industry. The
United States Commerce and Industry
Report, recently made public, shows
that the number of foreign cars inn
ported into this country during the
past three years has been neglible,
less than 1000, while the number ex-
ported has been enormous, figures
which speak we'll for the soundness
of the American product, especially
when 1t Is TO bo remembered that it is
but three or four years since our eX-
port trade was insignificant, while a
large number of the motor cars in use
ut home were of foreign make.
AS a matter of statistics, 94 per
cent. of the cars used i'll this country
are OF American manufacture, and il
q comparison were made upon values
this percentage would be still higher,
for 1t can be safely computed that the
motor cars owned in the United States
aggregate q present value of nearly two
billions of dollars, an estimate placed
upon basis of rating one-half of the
total number of cars registered last
year at $1,000 each, and the remain
ing half at $4,000 each, both figures
being exceedingly conservative, as the
price of motor cars varies from as low
as S400 to as high as $4,000 for the six
cylinder limousine. The statistics fur
ther show that close to 100000 was
spent upon the purchase of new cars
by American motorists last year, and
to this sum is yet to be added the
value OF the accessories, the supply OF
which forms a very substantial
branch of the motor car trade.
License Fees q Great Expense
But the annual expenditure for
new machines, large as it is, is not all
the expense, as the cost OF running is
heavy. witnessed by an industry
which motoring has built up, namely
tire manufacturing, which is becom
Ing almost as large as the motor car
building trade itself. Next to the
tires is the cost of gasoline and lu.
bricating oil. which is among the
heaviest of the motorists eXpendi.
lures. Besides the cost in repairs
renovation, and periodical 'overhauls
amounts TO many millions, while add
ed to this is the sum of the annual
registration and license fees, which
since 1911, when a careful collection
of statistics from thirty-six States was
made by the Secretary of States of
fce, amounted to exactly s3,746,93S.-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14

often representing but d slight per-
centage of the whole, while even in
the numerous items mentioned as
making up the balance between the
cost OF labor, an appreciable amount
goes to labor In one form or another.
Apart from the cost of cars, II
other items are analyZed similarly af-
fecting the expenditure or upkeep, as
already pointed out, it would be found
that each and all pay their quota or
share to labor. Tire prices, for in
stance, probably cover large pro-
portion of the wages to the laborers
or this country, apart from their in
tluence an labor abroad in the manu-
facture of rubber and cotton goods.
Fuel and oil, while produced almost
entirely here, and representing q vast
industry, call for work in refining
which, with other handling in distri-
button, count for good part of their
price.
AT least half of the cost of repairs
and renewals goes to labor, while even
such items as garage expenses. regis
tration, and license fees and insur-
ance also mean the employment of
laborers and helpers, collectors, and
clerical staff. Taking all the expendi-
lures OF owners of motor-cars, the
classes must aggregate close to a bill
lion dollars annually. If the average
of the wages and salaries of all en-
gagged In the motor trade and other
I connected industries be taken into
| consideration as $500 per annum, II
| means that upwards of million OBJ
tain their employment by that indus
try and that something like three
| millions of the population are directly
| or indirectly supported by the manu-.
facture of motor cars
Then there remains q very impor-
tant item of depreciation which, al
though not one of direct, out-of-the-
pocket expenditure, is one nevertheless
representing a loss of capital and
| should therefore be included. IL this
were done 1t would add another vast
sum to the total so that If these Items
are considered, Ii is certain that at the
present rate of increase the gross ex-
| penditure upon all branches of mo-
toring will, before the present year
| Is out, reach the enormous sum OF
over three billions of dollars"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
PACKARD MODELS At
T LOCAL BRANCH OFFICE
Wel-known Motor Car Company
Maintains Service Station
Here For Packard Owners

The Packard Motor Car Company
is one of the very few high-grade
automobile companies represented in
Harrisburg to-day. The local office
was opened over two years ago by the
Packard Motor Car Company of
Philadelphia There has been steady
increase in Packard sales in the terri
tory from that time.
The Harrisburg Office has been as
signed a large territory, which has
been completely covered and worked
with great success.
Under the management of 3. B.
Harrington the Harrisburg office has
secured approximately $4,000 worth
of business in new cars since the first
of September. which is remarkable.
inasmuch as the cars were sold during
the winter months.
A large accessory business, which
includes tires special Packard lubri-
cants and Packard parts, has been de-
veloped and Packard owners through
out the territory deal exclusively with
the local office because of the service
and attention rendered.
Special attention is being paid to the
sale Of Packard trucks and the results
have been exceptionally gratifying.
The "2-3S" and the "4-48" models
which the Packard Motor Car Com
pany Is now exhibiting have proved to
be the most popular ever exploited by
the company. The local office has
"2-3S" demonstrator Of the seven
passenger type and great amount of
favorable comment has been created
by the appearance of the car and the
extraordinary comfort obtained whil.
driving in winter. The features of
having the side curtains opening and
closing with the doors, together with
the one-man top, converts the car into
a closed carriage for winter purposes.
The Packard Motor Car Company is
carrying on at the present time two
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14

missions, body rattles and body
squeaks are exceedingly irritating. All
that Is required to stop a rattling door
is to get a thin brass plate. or II pre-
ferred, a thin piece of fibre or leather,
and fix 1t on to the doorpost. OF course
a little Judgment is required in doing
this. You should see that the thick
ness of the plate Is only infinitesimally
greater than the amount of play in the
door, and If the door is loose all the
way down another plate should be fit
ted about an inch or so from the
lower end of the doorjamb. 1t Is OBJ
viously a makeshift, but there is no
other easily applied remedy, as moth
ing but entirely reflttlng the doors
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14

The Supreme Court of the State OF
Ohio has decided that the State high
way law levying half mill tax for
road purposes. is constitutional. This
assures the collection of about s3,-
100000 annually for aiding the coun-
ties and for building system of main
roads. 1t will be remembered that
bond Issue was defeated in Ohio In
1912, and the Legislature of 1918 en-
acted law levying one-half mill on
all property, which the courts have
now upheld.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
PREVENT DOORS RATTLING

After car has been in use some
time. especially If the body be rather
weak, the wood unseasoned or the
frame unduly springy, the doors will
rattle. Although the actual play may
be very small still 1t makes most
annoying noise, and in these days
of noiseless engines and quiet trans
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14

and one for trucks. and the HARRIS
burg office has obtained o. high rating
in both contests.
Mr.. Harrington Is we'll known
locally and well liked among the Har-
risburg Packard owners.