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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09
WARFARE AGAINST THE RAT
New Orleans Has Comprehensive Sye'
TEN for elimination Of Man.
kinds Enemy.

Conversion OF insanitary districts
into healthful ones and the PROBING OF
the entire city against rats is contem
plated in. the plans made by the health
authoritiea Of New Orleans for perma
nentlS stamping out the causes of bu.
bonic plague. Tie methods proposed
lare similar IN certain respects to those
followed by the federal government at
the Panama canal, while their e&ecu'
tion. is as much an engineering prob
lem as it is medical one. Accomplish
-ment of the work depends upon the
passage of enabling legislation which
bears directly upon the building regu'
lations and affects practically every
structure in the city. Popular Mechan.
les Magazine, in an illustrated article,
says:
Ordinances designed to handle the
situation provide that all buildings
which rest upon the ground shall have
concrete floors and every structure
shall be PROCEED against rats. Other
ordinances abolish henhouses within
the city limits, excepting when they
are thoroughly rat-proofed; make
stringent rulings concerning the dis
posal of garbage, and subject Ship
ping in the harbor to binding regula-
lions intended to prevent rats from
landing from boats locked at the
wharves. 1t is planned that ships shall
lie eight feet from the wharves. have
all hawsers fitted with rat guards and
have guard at the gangplanks when
ever they are lowered
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09
Common Council

Al regular meeting of the COM
mon Council of Alexandria Va, held
December Sth, 1914, there were pre-
sent: Howard w. Smith, esq.,, presl=
dent. and Messrs. Marbury. II. K.
Burke, Leadbeater. mhacli, Wat
ties, Desmond, Bales, Monroe, Broc-
kett, Harrison Lawler, Bryan and
5endheim.
The Joint Committee or Streets
and Finance reported adversely Oil
petition of R. l.. Myers for one third
of the cost of laying side walks on
north Pitt Street, A motion by Mr..
Prockett to recomitt the matter
to the Joint Committee was lost
Ayes 5; Noes 8. And the report was
iiGunted
The Joint Committee on Streets and
Finance reported in favor OF APP
propriating $77.20 to enable the Alex
indria Light Infantry to connect to
the City Sewer at the Armory and the
report was adopted.
Upon petition Of the Central
Garage Company permission was
granted, under the direction of the
Civ Engineer to erect Galvanized
Iron and metal extension on rear Of
Garage on north Washington st.
A petition from Jas. NJ. Armstrong
No. sos King st. Claiming damage
to stock, caused by water in celler'.
was referred to joint committee on
i.inance. Claims and Streets.
A petition from J. A. CoGan TO
erect shed rear of No. 81 Prince St,
mas referred to the committee on
Streets. :,
A report of the Clerk Of Gas with
comparative statement was received
from the Beard of Aldermen and ac-
cepted.
Upon motion the Board of Alder
mcn convened in Joint Session for
the election of Health officer.
MIR. Brill nominated Dr.. Gorman
and Mr.. Smith nominated DR.: Jones.
First Ballot-for Dr.. Golman-
Messrs Marbury, II R. Burke, Lead
beater. Wattles, Bales, Monroe. Ha'-
rison, Lawler, Hill, Brill Robinson,
Fitzgerald.-12)
For Jones-Messrs. Brunlback. Des-
mond, Brockett, Bendheim. Bryan,
Smith. Balenger, wilkins, Summers,
Tield.-1O).
Second Ballot, For Commandments
Marbury, H. R. Burke, Leadbeater,
Wattles Desmond, Bales, Monroe.
Harrison, Lawler, Hill, Brill, Robin
son. Fitzgerald,-(13).
For Jones-Messrs. Brumback,
Crockett, Bendheim, Bryan, Smith,
Dal!enger, Wilkins, Summers, Field.
Icy. :.
The Joint Session then dissolved
and the Board adjourned.
HOWARD w. SMITH, President.
Daniel +. Stansbury, c. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09
Washington Southern Ry,

Schedule In effect April II, 1914
For Washington and poiate north
Caily at sos A. ID, 6,43, S:55, lib,
1901, 1:lS, 2.3O through sain for
New York, via P. R. r. 6:ls'
S:18, 1888 p. m, week days, at 6:OI
.. M, Sundays only 8:O7 p. n.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond, and
points gouth at 4:37, 1853, t!ocaD ane
1917 a. NJ, 1915, 3:22 SAT (local)
TAT, 9:A7, p. M daily
Accommodation for Fred-ricksours
at i1:l3 NJ, daily except Saturday,
when train leaves 2:18 PIN, This train
runs through to Milford ezeeDt Sat-
fridays and Sunday
NOTE:-rTirces Of arrivai arc de
parturs aad connections aoF gssrss'
~;
". y. TAYLOR, Tr~&;s- sxa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09
Save the First MoIar.

There are many medical men who
do not recognize the Importance OF the
first permanent molar. Further than
that, I believe many dentists are so
unmindful of the Importance Of that
tooth as to advise extraction. We
need to. educate not only parents but
members of the profession that it is as
important to preserve these teeth as
it is to have clean moutll.-Dr. W. A.
Home of Rochester, before the Dental
society OF the State OF New YorE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09
TUBERCULOSIS

In addition to plenty Of fresh Il,
and proper diet, those suffering from
Of who are predisposed to Tuberculo-
sis are recommended to use Ecknan' 5
Alternative to stop night sTeats, Danish
fever and hasten recovery. This rledi.
cine, by reason Of its successful use dur.
ing the past, warrants the fullest inves.
tigation possible by every sufferer.
Eckman's Alternative is most effica-
cious in bronchial catarrh and severe
throat and lung affections, and in up
building the system. 1t contains &c
narcotics, nor harmful or h2bit-form
ing drugs. Accept no substitutes. Sold
by leading druggists. Write to the
Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa
Cor booklet telling Of reCoverics.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09
Formulation OF India,

The population OF British India is
given as 231, GS5,f3 The figures are
for some ten years ago, and 1t would
not be far out of the ways to- put, the
present reputation at 2S5,0O0,000. One
Of the Indian princes recently de
clared that if called upon India could
furnish an army Of between seven and
ten millions Of men
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09
Size of Zeppelins,

Zeppelins vary in diameter and
length, but most of them are of large
size. being almost as big as battle
ships. The Deutschland, for example,
is 4S5 feet long and sc feet in, diane
ter. with canacity Of $4,000 cubic
wards, and a lifting power Of $4,000
pounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09

Vice Admiral Rokuro Yashlro'
japanese minister of marine, touch
ing on the war in speech in the
diet today, said: "While the war IN
Europe enaures the japanese navy 3
duties will continue In the mean
time our fleet, in conjunction with
an English fleet, seeks the Germans
i'm South American waters
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09
VIM. E. CRAGG & co.

Wholesale and Retail Dea-
lers in fresh Fish, oysters
Fresh Norfolk Oysters,
fish, fresh water fish, fresh
poultry. We deliver orders
and poultry.
Nos 4-6 King ST.. Alex, Va.
to all parts of city. Bell
phone 118 Home phone 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09

At a regular meeting of the Board
Of Aldermen of the city of Alexandria
Va. held. December 8, 1914, there
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09

John Biebish,a farmer living SIX
miles from Norristown, Pa yester-
day barricaded himself in his hos'e
and set fire to the dwelling. Nelge-
bors who tried to force an entrance
were driven away with threats to
shoot, and before an overpoWerlng
force could break down the door,
Biebish had been burned to a crisp
1t is supposed that he suddenly went
insane.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09

The strike which had paralyzed
the coal mines of Colorado FOR more
than year was declared TO be OH
last night by the union miners, IN
their convention
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09

William w. Rockhill. the disting
guished American diplomat, died
yesterday at Honolulu.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09

Word was received yesterday al
Lima. Peru, that the mountain town
of Coracora, about 800 miles south
east of Lima, was destroyed by an
earthquake Sunday, with several
casualties.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09

WGT Dy japan oit SSi iiieS' VI S'S'A'
ually restoring Kiauchau 20 China.
c. w. johnson, superintendent OF
Consumers Chemical Company, was
Killed in the plant at Cartsret. n. j.,
Yesterday when his long overcoat
was caught in the flywheel Of some
machinery. The entire machinery
had TO be taken apart hsforr his
body could be recovered
A correspondent of the lausanne
Tribune asserts he possesses know
ledge that Germany. through, neu-
trail power recently offered France
i portion of Alsace CT peace. The
offer was refused the correspondent
says.
What is perhaps the most radical
innovation in international practice
since the beginning CT the European
war, occurred in Washington yes
terday when the representatives OF
the twenty-one republics of tbs
western hemisphere joined hands in
formal resolution to protect their
interests as neutrals from the bel
ligerent operations of the nations OF
Europe A committee OF eight La
tin-American Ambassadors and MIN
listers. headed by the American Sec
Rotary of State, as chairman eN Of
fcio of the committee, was appoint
ed to consider an devise ways and
means for accomplishing this end.
Lessons drawn from the European
war were discussed before che
House military and naval commit
tees yesterday by Brig. Gen. Gro
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09

Lessons .drawn from the European
war were discussed before che
House military and naval commit
tees yesterday by Brig Gen. Gro
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-09

Thirty-four members of the crew
OF the oil steamer Vedra, en- route
from Mexico to Barrow perlshed
yesterday when the vessel took fire
and burned The Vedra was sight
ed ablaze off Walney Island. Two
members of the crew were rescued.
BADLY burned; and taken TO Bar
row. The remainder were lost.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14
n front of the automobile and raised

young stepped
his hand impressively
said calmly
AVE en- min
did
his
he matte
thing a nickel"
That's all right thank said the banker relieved
the side the
Sometimes daring
polite
Fewh the courage to refus lem
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14
BLIND CAN NOW READ BY EAR
Peculiar Property of SeIenium Trans
forms the Printed Page Into In
telIigibIe Sound Waves.

London.-It is now possible for a
blind man to read by the ear, owing
to the improvements in an electrical
instrument which was first shown by
Fournier d'Albe at last years British
association meeting.
The instrument has as its basic
principle the peculiar property of Sc.
lenium, by which the strength of an
electric current passing through it va
ries with the amount Of light. 1t ia
connected with telephone receiver,
and, according as more or less light
falls on the selenium, so does the elec.
trio current passing through the re-
ceiver vary, and consequently the
sounds heard in the receiver vary.
BY throwing a powerful light on or.
binary printed letterpress, it is pos
sible to differentiate between letters
by different sounds in the receiver.
An ordinary newspaper can thus be
read by the "type-reading octophone."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

Washington Heights
altitude o reat 70 It isn't
the
the face
Of the twentieth
the highly institutions apartment houses Is the
chocolate In
ice trust
still struggling along
the
n uniformly Joe"
sharp rivalry
Then happened is
the tenants
regular Of superintendent
81
the dumbwaers and r John start
did Gala
brns but generosity characteristic mercantile enterprises
shattered
and scouting parties told
informed the
of
This time the middle the night Many the emDeamena
pajamas and whatnots
bound
one,I am by N
police slightly
more a bombs exploded in Greater New York
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14
NAUEN TOWER IS FINISHED
Gigantic Wireless Edlfce Designed to
Communicate With New York
Is Completed.

Berlln.-The gigantic new steel tow.
er OF Germany's central wireless and
telegraph station at Nauen, near Ber.
lin, from which communication with
New York will eventually be estab-
lished, has just been completed.
1t stretches S45 feet into space, but
is so lightly built that only $50 tons
Of steel we're required in construction.
From the top, which can be reached
by both ladders inside the framework
and a small wind-driven elevator at.
tached to the exterior, a view extend.
ing over a radius of rs miles is OBJ
tainable.
The German Telefunken company,
which owns the Nauen station, in.
forms The New York Times CORE,
spondent that while it has acquired
options on the Goldschmid high-fre-
quency station in Eilvese, in Hanover,
which communicates with the Amer
lean station in New Jersey, it has
as yet not decided whether it will
avail itself of the option.
Experiments from both Nauen and
Eilvese have shown that transatlantic
communication is undoubtedly prac.
ticable, but the messages so far trans.
mitted have been wholly experimental,
and it is impossible at the present to
say when either station will be avail.
able for regular commercial traffic.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14
new LAW IN EFFECT
II Is Much Easier to Ship Live
Stock Now.
New Quarantine Regulations Made by
the Department Of Agriculture 10
Facilitate Transportation Of
Cattle and Hogs.

Washington, d. C.-The new regula.
lions governing tho interstate move
ment OF live stock went into effect
July /, 1914. These changes are de-
signed by the department OF agri.
culture to facilitate the movement Of
ave stock from quarantined areas or
from public stock yards. The new
regulations, which are known as b.
A l. tBureau of Animal Industry
Order 2lO, supersedlng B. A. !. Or.
der l4S, deal with the shipment OF
cattle from tick-infested areas, with
the movement Of swine from public
stock yards and with the dipping of
cattle and sheep for scabies.
Now cattle that have been dipped
once under state or federal supervi-
sion may be shipped from an area
quarantined for ticks to a market cen
ter where there are proper dipping
Facilities and the department of ag.
riculture maintains an inspector. Aft
or a second dipping there under his
supervision the cattle may be sold
Tor any purpose. Hitherto It has
been necessary in times of drought
for cattle owners in quarantined areas
to slaughter their stock or sell it for
slaughter for whatever It would bring.
The resulting loss will, It is hoped,
be done away with under the new
regulation.
The provision permitting, under GER
tain strict conditions. the transporta-
tion Of hogs from public stock yards
into interstate commerce has been
made possible by the discovery by
government scientists OF a serum
which renders swine immune to hog
cholera. Hitherto all stock yards have
been considered as infected with this
disease. Now, however it is consid-
cred safe to permit the shipment OF
hogs which have been treated with
the serum and which show no symp-
toms Of suffering from any form of
disease. AS a result of this 1t is ex-
pected that thousands of light weight
hogs will be sent from the stock
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14
Government Increases Its Hold
ingS in North Carolina.
Ground Approved by National Forest
Reservation Commission for Pur'
chase by the United States
includes 1885 Acres

Observation-Disclosures just approved
! by the national forest reservation com
mission for purchase by the govern
ment include 1856 acres in North
Carolina, of which II tracts compris-
ing l2,40O acres are situated in Bun
combe, Yancey and Mcdowell counties
in the Mt. Mitchell purchase area.
The remaining 1,155 acres are on the
Chattanooga river watershed in Macon
county and the Savannah purchase
area
These lands are to be acquired in ac'
cordance with the general policy un-
der which national forests of good
size are being built UP in the eastern
mountains, both north and SOUTH
through successive purchases. Tracts
are bought within certain designated
areas, of which North Carolina has
eight. The lands Just approved by
the commission bring the acreage OF
the Mt. Mitchell purchase area up TO
$4,000 acres and the acreage of that
part of the Savannah area lying IN
North Carolina to 34,S0O acres while
the total acreage in the state ap-
proved for purchase amounts to 244'-
900 acres.
Most of the lands approved for pur-
chase today are well timbered with
valuable woods such as poplar, oak
and chestnut, the largest tract which
contains over 1000 acres having a
stand of sawtimber and other valuable
products Of more than 5000 feet per
acre.
The lands approved for acquisition
by the government for national forest
purposes in the east since the pur-
chase policy was inaugurated in 1910
are now 100000 acres. having a pur-
chase price of S5,560,00O. About ST.
100000 of the original appropriation
remains available for further pur-
chases in the fiscal year 1915. The
lands favorably acted on to date in
clude $4,000 acres in the White noun
tains of New Hampshire, while 971,OOO
acres are in various parts OF the
southern Appalachians from Virginia
to Georgia Nearly 100000 acres were
approved for purchase during the
past year, at an average price of $4.96
per acre.
AS areas Of suitable size are built
up by the government through sue
cessive purchases they are placed I'M
der a system of organized administra-
ton, with local officers of the govern
ment's forest service in charge. The
first object of administration is to
protect the forest against fire, for the
twofold purpose of steadying stream
flow and increasing timber production.
There is, however, provision for all
forms of use of The forests not incon-
sistent with their permanent welfare
as sources of timber and water sup
plies. Some of the areas are already
beginning to yield revenue to the gov
ernment through the sale Of timber
which can be removed with benefit
to the remaining stand. Eventually it
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

the wv the tail the
and threequarters inches
of
of
BY process
within IA miles
would kill him paralyze his in month
figuring Jones' whose
according calculation
after Adreonw
But by the
simultaneously.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

without having them so strong as to
bo Injurious to the animals them.
selves The department, therefore,
decided to insist upon a field test
of the strength of all solutions used
for dipping. A practical field test for
this purpose is available in the case
of the sulphid sulphur used in lime
in sulphur baths for scabies, and for
arsenious oxide in arsenical dips for
cattle tick. Official dipping, therefore,
will hereafter be confined to the lime
and-sulphur and arsenical taths.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

president OF
ther candidate told that this particular udgep mat
closed already had selection although he spoke
highly the recommended Townsend and Tutle.
nauredy
engagement book
called then
Tue explain and they laid the
fesed the station take late train for Wash
n o a morning.
had
Fourth July had ntervened and
oked them about their
delegation which
didn't wheth
a late
a and
whether would have found that udgesp
called White
House the originally
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

John, hidden behind by smiled in glee
police John
curling
fruit peddes.
clothing
policeman
the floor Hickland
fol dragging into the
TO if tell where John is"
cent tell"
vacation
of drowning
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

yards to the country for feeding and
fattening and that the country's total
production of pork viii be greatly
increased.
The new regulations also withdraw
all permission for the use Of nicotine
solutions, coal-tar, creosote, and cresol
preparations in the official dipping of
cattle and sheep for scabies. This
step has been made necessary by the
difficulty experienced in keeping baths
of this nature at a strength sufficient
to eliminate all danger Of disease
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

pirate to reception acceptance of lie
President hall the
Washington Click Under entitled place
of this
honor Ingalls, celebrated member of this
Click had until the
administration,
AS ingalls, uncompromisng Republican
thought the political parties the should
n 0
Immediately leading
Click equally
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

THAT very question, by the way,
is expressive of the auto panhan-
dler's" attitude toward life. II is his
hallmark, his slogan and battle cry,
his defense to all reproach.
Illustrating the advanced meth
DDS of the auto panhandler" is the
experience the other day of a banker
who drives his own machine. This
man was passing through the Square
on his way to Lorain when young
man, carrying a suitcase and accom-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14
LEFT IN A CELLAR TO DIE
Widowed Mother Found Half Naked
and Starving-Sons Are Be-
ing Sought.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-Half naked and
weak from hunger, Mrs. Cristiana Ma
son, eighty-tive-year-old widow of
pastor once prominent in this city,
was found in the cellar of a vacant
tenement at is West jackson street.
Two sons, Paul and Henry Mason, are
sought by the police to explain how
their mother came to be abandoned.
Neighbors heard Mrs. Mason's
means, and upon investigating found
her lying ON an old cot in the cellar.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

country roads he let's it out and
wrecks all the speed regulations made
and provided by the state Of Maryland.
Frequently his bride, who was Miss
Eleanor Wilson, the presidents daugh-
ter, accompanies him on these spins,
and she apparently is not alarmed
when Secretary McAdoo opens up the
gas throttle. So far as known none
of the law officers have yet captured
the secretary of the treasury when
he is burning up the road" but then
getting 'pinched" for speeding is not
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

started on his career OF adventure.
He knew his mother wanted him to
weed onions, so he starAed the story
that he had been drowned.
Anthony Zabocki, thirteen years
old, of 1925 Buffalo avenue, ran
through the streets of South Chicago
with tears in his eyes and told Johns
parents of the tragedy which had fol-
lowed a swim in the Calumet river.
He was a reincarnation Of Tom
Sawyer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

He was drowning, when the young
women, after frightening off the as
sailant, managed to pull him safely
to the bank Of the canal.
The Trenton police arrested Nicho-
las Lanuta after he had been idehti.
fed by the women.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14
GIRLS RESCUE THEIR HELPER
Man, Beaten and Thrown Into Canal,
saved From Drowning by Wom-
en- Companions.

Trenton, N. J.-Beaten into insensi-
bility by a man who attacked Miss
MAY Sullivan and Miss Nellie O'Brien,
young women he was escorting home,
Victor d. e. Cloedt of this city, was
hurled into the feeder Of the Delaware
& Raritan canal at Wtlburtha. near
here.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-14

total amount OF s1SO,OOOOOO, pass un.
der the pens of these men during each
year of pension Office business. The
money is, to all practical purposes,
checked out over the signature Of Guy
o. Taylor, disbursing clerk of the bu.
reau. Without the aid of machinery
it would take ten years to finish the
work Every pension check that
leaves the office bears the written sig,
nature Of one of these clerks.