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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

Richmond, Va, Feb. o. Formal
charges against the enlisted members
of the battalion band will be filed
with Adjutant General Sale today by
Major E. w. Bowles, commanding
officer of the Richmond Light In
fantry Blues, who has the musicians
arrested after they failed to report at
he armory on Monday night to play
for dance given in honor of the Vir-
'ginia Military Institute cadets. The
oandsmen, fifteen in number,were ar
rested by an armed guard of militia
men, assisted by city police, and were
,urned over to the civil authorities
They were admitted to bail apd will
De tried before a general court-mar-
tial, the cate of which will probably
be set today by General Sale, who
will also select its personnel.
While waiting to announce that ne
would prefer charges this morning.
Major Bowles last night refused to
discuss the matter further.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09
OLD WOMAN FATALLY BURNED.
Trips Going Down the; Steps With, a
Lighted Lamp.

Cape Charles, Va, Feb. 9.-Miss
George Arierson, 7S years old, liv-
ing with her niece, Miss Sarah YOUNG
Anderson, of Belle Haven, was fatal
ly burned at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
night and died yesterday evening at 6
o'clock.
Miss Anderson was going Gown
stairs with a lighted lamp when she
tripped and fell. The lamp explod-
ed, igniting her clothing. Two ser
wants in the house at the time be-
came excited and rushed her to the
pump, where they threw water on her,
but did not extinguish the Flames
until after she dropped unconscious
She did not regain her senses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09
NJFF OF AIR KILLS SLEEPER

Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 9-Whlle
Alexander Fulton slept on char IN
his room at No. 329 North Fortieth
street early yesterday morning, a
drausht from an open window extin-
guished the flame of a small gas stove
in the room and he was asphyxiated.
Fulton, who was "a years old, had
evidently been reading before ne feh
asleep. Yesterday morning another
roomar noticed an odor of gas and
raced it to Fulton's room. When
repeated knocking failed to elicit a
response from the room the door was
forced. Fulton was found sitting, ap-
3arently asleep, in a chair near a
small stove from which gas was pour
ing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09
FATALLY CRUSHED.
Selwyn Flournoy, Dies in Richmond
Injured at Emporia.

Richmond, Feb. 9.-Selwyn Flour
noy, thirty-one years old, freight
conductor, On the Atlantic Coast line
running beween Weldon and Rich
mond, was fatally injured Saturday
afternoon when he accidentally fell
between two cars near Emporia. With
his chest crushed, he was rushed 20
Richmond, but died in Byrd street
depot soon after being removed from
the train.
Mr.. Tourney was resident of
Spring Hill and is survived by his
wife and three small children, two
boys and girl.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09
MISSING TUG POTOMAC.
Anxiety is Felt For Naval Vessel
Which Went to Aid Fishermen.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 9.-All wireless
stations along the Atlantic Coast are
sending oat appeals for news of the
naval tug Potomac, which early in
the weel! went out to try to rescue
the crews of the American fishing
fleet caught in the ice pack in the
Bay of Islands, on the New Found
land Coast.
The Potomac, finding it impossible
to get through the pack to the schoo-
ners, started for North Sydney
Thursday night and should have
reached that port Friday.
The tug carries a crew OF thirty
men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

At Corporation Court of the City
Of Alexandria, continued and held al
the Courthouse of said city, on Mon
day, December 22nd, 1913.
Present. Hon. Louis c. Barley
Judge.
Charles Blanding,
vs.. In Chancery
May Banding.
Upon the application of The com,
olainant stating specifically the last
known place of residence of the &c.
PENDANT. the Court on this 22nd day
Of December. 1918, doth grant the
following order of publication:
The object of this suit is to obtain
an absolute divorce by the Saic
Charles Banding frofrI May Bland
ing on the ground of adultery and
tor general relief.
An affidavit having been made and
fled that the defendant May Bland
ing, is not a resident of this State
and that she has not been found with
the jurisdiction of this state, that
process has been returned not execut-
ed by the City Sergeant it Is ordered
that she do appear here within fifteen
laws after due publication of this or.
Ter, and do what is necessary to pro.
tects her interest in this suit.
And it is further ordered that copy
Of said order of publication be pub
Gshed once a week for four successive
weeks in the Alexandria Gazette a
newspaper published in the city of AL.
axandria, Va, that copy be posted at
the front door of the Court House of
the said city on or before the next
rule day after tins order
is entered, and that copy of said
order of publication shall be sent by
registered mail by the Clerk of this
Court addressed to the said Mary
the said nonresident de
PENDANT at the City Jail, Bridgeton.
New Jersey, her last known place
OF abode.
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
Samuel G. Brent. p. q.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

Richmond, Feb. st. G.. Avery,
alias Benjamin MacDougal, thirty.
three years old, whom the police as.
sert is wanted for passing worthless
checks and drafts in New York, Phil
adelphia and other cities, was arrest
ed yesterday by acknowledgements
Wiltshire and krengei at Murphy's
Hotel On one charge of forgery and
Two of passing bad checks in this city.
lie is alleged to have forged check
or $500 on the Union Trust Company
If New York, and to have defrauded
;5he Richmond Bank and Trust Com
joany out of $50 by giving two worth
ess checks, one for SIS and another
for $40.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09
BURNING OF V. NJ. l.
Chief of Staff Testifies it Was De-
stroyed Contrary to Rules of
War.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Destruction
Of the Virginia Military Institute in
1864 was not in accordance with
rules of war and the institution is,
therefore, entitled to damages from
the government, General Wood, chief
of staff, told the senate claims COM
nittee Saturday.
The committee had under conside-
"ation bill by Senator Du Pont,
which would authorize payment to
The institute of S214,723 for claims
IF damages to the property. The
committee will consider the claim
'urther before taking action.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09
DAVIDSON ATTACK ON CHURCH
Former Charlottesville Rector Delivers
Address in Washington.

Declaring the organized church OF
to-day is the ally and servant Of capt.
alism, is alienated from the masses OF
the people and does not exempllfy a
single one of the apostolic virtues"
Rev. Charles Steele Davidson, of Char
lottesville, Va, the former Episcopal
clergyman who burned his vestments
and prayer-book at the entrance to
Monticello last summer, yesterday al
ternoon addressed the secular league
Of Washington on "Why Renowned
the Ministry of the Episcopal Church.
Among other things Mr. Davidson SAID
"Money is today the church's God. !
was associated with ten boards of YES
trvmen, and l have known but one OF
all those vestrymen to be spiritually
minded. The vestry is financial body
and therefore q destructive force OF
the very thing that the church pre-
tends to build up. There are hve
orders in the church: Money lords, YES
trymen, bishops, women and the clers!
The clergy are the last and most de-
pendent.
The organized church and
its clergy were unknown to the New
Testament Christians The clergy
NO, hos become the official exponent
of the visible system OF ORGANIZED
Churchianity which is far removed
from New Testament Christianity. In
Episcopal church in this country to
day is not Christian, is not CathoAc
and is not American, although II
wants to change its name to the Am
ercian Catholic church. The church
claims the apostolic succession anc
is anything but Catholic in the true
sense. as is shown by its narrowness
and exclusiveness in many respects
Il is not American because 1t is MOI
democratic and does not represent the
ideals of Americanism. In many places
YOU will see richly furnished and ap-
nointed churches and bishops palaces
land they are palaces In many casesl.
and in the immediate vicinity you Will
see the long bread-line of Americans
shivering in the cold for bite OF 1000
Is the church in that situation eithe'
American or Christian?
"The question is vibrating through
out the world as to how men cal
preach truth and their convictions Whr
they are dependent economically ano
socially upon men whom they must
please This is the situation IN which
the c,ergymen are placed today. They
must take their choice between preach
ing genuine Christianity and pleas
ing the men who support the church
and exploit the people. Nothing is
moresrare than free pulpit
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

ton, Judge.
George A Pride, Complainant.
vs..
Jennie V. Pride, Respondent.
In Chancery.
Upon the application Of the COM
plainant now duly made and filled in
accordance with the statute, together
with the affidavit made by the COM
olainant of defendants non-residence
said affidavit stating the defendants
last known place of residence and
abode in the city of Philadelphia,
state of Pennsylvania, at No. 17l5
Chadwick street, the Court on this 9TH
lay Of January, 1914, 1t appearing
to the court from the said affidavit;
the Sergeants return of process SHOW
ing that the defendants is not within
the jurisdiction Of the State of Vir-
ginia, and the evidence that the de-
PENDANT is a nonresident Of this
State and not within the jurisdiction
of the State of Virginia, and that
her last known place of residence and
abode was IT'S Chadwick Street, in
the city of Philadelphia, state Of
Pennsylvania, the Court Goth grant
the following order of publication:
The object of this suit is for COM
plainant to obtain a divorce vim
culo matrimonii from the defendant
upon the ground of desertion, and
it is ordered that said defendant do
appear here within fifteen days after
due publication of said order of pub
LEGATION and do what is necessary to
protect her interest in this suit.
And it is further ordered that a
copy of said order of publication be
published once week for four con-
secutive weeks in the Alexandria Ga
zette, newspaper published in the
city of Alexandria, Virginia, and that
n copy lie posted at the front door
Of the Court House of said city on
or before the next succeeding rule
day after this order is entered. That
the last known place OF defendants
abode being Ills Chadwick st. Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, the Clerk is
directed to mail copy of said publ
cation addressed to said Jennie V.
Pride, at No. Ills Chadwick street.
Philadelphia, Pa, the same to be by
registered mail, and the Clerk shall
certify To the court that said copy
has been so mailed.
A Copy: Teste-
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY,
Clerk.
j. C. De Putron, p. q.
Norfolk Fried Oysters at the Ram,
,,,apx Tafa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

Mrs. Gladys Arlington Ale left this
afternoon for Philadelphia, Pa, on
receipt of telegram announcing the
serious illness of her sister, Lena. in
hat city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

At Circuit Court of the City of AL
exandria, held Moir5ay, January 9Th,
1914. Present, Hon. J. B. I. Thorn
ton, Judge
George A Pride, Complainant.
vs..
Jennie V. Pride, Respondent.
In ChanpprV
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

Norfolk Fried Oysters at the Ram.
eel Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

Norfolk Fried Oysters at the Ram.
mel's Cafe,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09
GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL.

Suit to be Brought Against J. I
Morgan For Recovery of Will.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

Norfolk Fried Oysters at the Yam.
mel Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-09

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-25

vince theA company that it doesn't
have to serve 10000 bona fide sub
scribers, but only has to have a sys-
TEN ready to serve the 10000 if the
10000 walk up to the captains office
and ask for service.
About s pages of the opinion were
devoted to explaining what the word
"also" means in the ordinance, and
the learned lawyers quote from the
poet Milton to prove that service
doesn't mean service, but readiness
and willingness to serve.
The conclusion Lawyer Schuyler
drew after he had given the word
"also" the once over and had sat
down on all the dictionaries to alb
sorb information on words; was that
"also" meant that the telephone sys-
tenn could only be forfeited in, case
there was also a forfeiture of the
transportation system and the tun-
nels constructed therefor; and that
the telephone forfeiture clause only
requires the continued operation of 2
telephone system sufficient for the
service of 10000 subscribers.
That means that when council
passed that ordinance all it intended
was that the company install a sys-
tenn that would take care of 10000
subscribers, and it didn't make any
difference whether the company &C
tuaIly served 10000 subscribers or
none at all.
Ipresume that none of these learn
ed lawyers was hired to give an opin-
ion that the city could declare the |
phone system forfeited, but that all |
were hired to- give opinions that |
would pave the way for some judge to |
decide that the ordinance didn't mean |
what it said, and that council was
only kidding itself when it attempted |
to require 10000 bona fide subscrib-
ers.
I'm not lawyer-that is, never
was admitted to the legal bar-and |
hanoi 7 think kuoU som of HING about
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-25

them they find law to fit his case; and
if the defendant hires them, they
merely look up other authorities.
In the matter of looking up authori-
ties superstititons, presidents, opin-
ions, etc., lawyer probably has the
advantage of me, because they have
the books handy, but if law is actual
ly based on common sense, then am
a better lawyer than the average law
yer, because haven't studied law and
got tangled up in its traditions and
superstitutions.-
And if / were judge l wouldn't
pay any attention to such bunk as 1
find in these learned opinions, but
would decide that question on what
/ thought the average man with aver
age horse sense would think that
clause meant.
incidentally, none of the lawyers
gave an opinion on that part of the
franchise ordinance which clearly
provides that the phone system shall
he forfeited to the city if the company
sells out to another company, or en-
tiers into any agreement to sell out.
1t looks to me as if the phone trust
were trying to gobble the automatic
phone system, junk the plant and
have an absolute phone monopoly in
Chicago; that council is being ribbed
up to betray the people by sacrificing
their rights under that ordinance, and
that the trust newspapers are shut
ting their eyes while the phone trust
picks the public pocket. -.
DON'T WANT TO BE REMOVED
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-25
DON'T WANT no sE REMOVED

The police operators of Chicago
are getting ready to resist the efforts
of the policemen to have operators
and police wagon drivers removed
from the pension fund.
John T. Dixen, president Police
Operators Protective Assn, charges
that the police misrepresent the case
when they say the operators and
drivers hurt the fund.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-25

AREN'T THEY FRIGHTS
See the awful cut on shoes in j. L.
Miller & Sons advertisement. Alma
mich Record.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
FALL CAMPAIGN.

The war in Europe will have the
 fleet of causing the republicans to
 hange their fall program. It has
 cen stated that they propose to re-
 cal the income tax law in the event
 their carrying the country in the
 congressional election. The plan was
 D present this issue to the voters of
 he west where the income tax Is
 npopular with the hope that it will
 rengthen the party with the people.
 he war, however, has reduced im-
 orts to such an extent that the gov
 rnment is being obliged to seek new
 Durces of revenue in order to meet
 s obligations, so that there Is no
 kelihood >of the income tax being re-
 ealed and the republicans will prob bly feel compelled to remain silent |n the question altogether. They
 ave also intimated that the fall |hmpaign will include an attack on he present tariff land will promise to eenact the old Payne-Aldrich law Fhieh has been repudiated by the |eople at the polls. This proposition Till also need to be revised.
 It was not expected when the spro- ram was laid out that there would |e war'in Europe and that it's effects kould be so far reaching. No man Rn preach ,the doctrine of protection gain as it has been preached in this |puntry. He. cannot tell how this |Duntry can live without Europe, hat we do not need any of it's pro- tucts and that we need a tariff law hat willtkeep it's goods out. All know |ifferent now and the campaign peaker who attempts to preach that lind of doctrine again will in all prob fbility be hooted from the platform. Inc war will therefore cause new 1resenting them. The republicans can |ardly make, a successful campaign on he old issues. or on the old tariff ques- lon by which the people have so long |een misled. The campaign speakers |f all parties will be obliged to tell the ruth this time. The experiences of hese days have been such as to put he people wise to a great many things hey did not know before.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
SEVENTEEN HOURS
 DAY
HOURS

Some of the employees of the re-
 laining that they are obliged to work
 eventeen hours a day which suggests
 hat the old manner of conducting
 he grocery business is still in exist
 nee in that big city. It was not so
 ong ago that the great majority, if
 ot all of the men engaged in that light in the week and oftentimes
 ome were kept open for portion of he Sabbath, entrance being through rear door There is no evidence that
 he profits were any larger then than
 hey are now and yet much longer Hours were spent at the business. The
 weekly pay, the union and the desire
 or more leisure has brought about
 hange that even the employers them
 elves appreciate. They close their
 tores now three or four nights
 yeek also on one afternoon a week
 turing the summer and they enjoy
 as much as do those in their employ
 nd so far as ocular evidence would
 Indicate they are even more prosperous han they were under the old condi- lions. All this appears to have come rom the systematizing of business in which the purchaser has had part as .ve,I as the seller. They have met each Ather half way and as a result both re better pleased, trade has increased Ind the feeling has if anything im- Proved.
 The business man who employs his help seventeen hours day is keally behind the times nowadays; he has closed his eyes to the march of lime and has failed to take the rest which is now recognized as necessary End has also failed to learn that he Ian serve all his customers in prob hbIy half the time. This does not mean that a man can do as much kork in eight and a half hours as he han in seventeen hours, but it does mean that he can supply his customers Tn that length of time by rearranging and systematizing his business. It has been done in all branches of trade. except perhaps the liquor busi- ness. and even that has changed won derfully in the last two decades.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
UMPIRE AND CAPTAIN,

Not since an umpire fined Frank at Rentscher's park some years ago
 has there been such scene on the dia-
 mond in this section as there was at
 Electric field yesterady afternoon when the captain of the Springfield team was ordered off the grounds. In the former case the umpire had game, and while there were many who did not hesitate to explain their con- clusions for the strange decisions, his penalty imposed on MT. Cox so exas- perated the crowd that when the game was over the umpire was escorted in d roundabout way in a team from the grounds and deposited on the plat form of the little building which stood near the foot of Allen street and which for years did duty as Pratt's sta- tion, from which he took train north.
 Yesterday the trouble was clearly with the captain of the Springfield ball team. There was too much noise on the bench and the umpire told the players they should not be so bolster ous and to leave the directing of the men on the field to the coaches. The noise continued, the umpire warn ed the captain, telling him if he did not cease he would be obliged to leave the grounds. This had no effect and the captain was finally ordered to move but he did not go, however, until he had said lot of things to the umpire. The audience was evidently on the side of the latter and the question was repeatedly asked what good the offend ing player had accomplished by being So offensive. He might have thought that he could bluff the umpire, but even if he did that would not have inn proved the game of baseball at which both are earning their living. There must be some authority to which all should be amenable in such contests; in base ball it is the umpire and if a prayer IS to De peTH1lCIeQ to dDuSo nl11l because of some fancied grievance then there cannot be any order and the people who pay to see a game are de- prived of seeing that spirit of fairness shown which should ever be the rul- ing spirit everywhere. Presumably umpires make mistakes metimes. All people do, but there are authori
 ties to deal with them as umpires are to render decisions on the ball field and enforce decency and discipline among the players.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
The Modern General. (Snrip pfie cid RennbIica

There was a time when a leader led; that primitive time has long since gone by. To risk a commanders s life on the battlefield would be folly; if he has brains enough to command they are too valua ble to expose to hostile shrapnel. A brilliant Englsh romancer has depicted the sehei alissimo in the predicted great war which is now an actuality, as olrect- ing operations from quiet country house far from the noise or pd'ie, and going fishing to keep ms illiio calm and clear at a critical point Tn great battle.
 Nor is this idyllic picture so absurd as it seems. If it is no longer possible for a commander to brandish his sword and lead the assault, neither is it possible for him to see with his own eyes how things are going. No hilltop, no platform such as Napoleon used at Waterloo, can enable a gen. eral to watch millions of men fight ing along line perhaps a hundred