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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
ALEXANDRIA FIRE
THREATENS CITY
SrHDyED FINALLY WITH ASSIST
ANCE OF WASHINGTON FIRE
/ DEPARTMENT.

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian.)
Washington. p. c.. Oct lS.--A dis
astrous fire which broke out at mid
night last night In Alexandria, and
which oil during the day has been
threatening the main business part of
that city, was reported tonight as be-
ing under control with an estimated
damage or fsi5o,ooo.
The fire was hrst discovered in the
warehouses of Charles King & Son.
Wholesale grocers, and soon threatened
the entire river front The Fire
fghter." washington's big floating fire
apparatus was rushed to the scene OF
the conhagration and probably saved
the wholesale section Of the city from
total destruction. playing dozens OF
streams into the blaze.
The building and contents were In
snred. and the Arm will not suffer any
loss. according TO statements made to-
day.
The King warehouses are in the cen
ter of the manufacturing and whole
sale center Of Alexandria. On the east
and north are the lumber yards of
w. A. Smoot 3 Co, and adjoining
these the yards of Henry K Field &
Co. comprising three squares Of highly
inflammable material On the west In
the big grocery warehouse Of J. HI
Chilly and the bakery OF Corby broth
ers. and on the north Is the plant Of
the Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemical
Company. Nearby are the works OF
the Alexandria gas plant and the fac
tory OF the Mutual Ice Company There
have been several nres in this vicinity
in recent>ycars. the yards of Smoot n
Co. having been wiped out fivc years
ago. and the acid works OF tho Alex
andria Fertilizer and Chemical Com
pany having been destroyed last spring.
The "Ftrehghter" returned here late
this evening and 1t IL now believed
that there will be no more damage. as
the alexandria companies are able to
handle the situation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
ALDERMAN BACK
At HIS LAbORS
AFTER TWO YEARS
University of Virginia Pres
ident Given Great Welcome
By Students

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian,)
Charlottesville, Va. Oct 1S.-Town
and Gown turned out tonight to well
come President Alderman. More than
nine hundred students bearing torches
assembled at the Union station and
procession being headed by a band. AT
the approach to the Alderman resi-
dence on Carr's HILL hung big cleo
trio sign with the word Welcome"
DIR. Ramsey made the address of well
come in behalf of the student body.
DR.. Alderman. looking the picture of
health, responded in brief address.
saying that he was happy to return
once. more to the dearest spot on earth
to him. where he hoped to work and
live and die. The loyalty and faith OF
the STUDENT body, he said. had given
him the strength to fight the fight he
did to regain his health. The students
filed by and shook the presidents
hand
In Good Health.
President Alderman'a voice was clear
and he gave the appearance OF being In
splendid health.
At 7 o'clock the brass band sounded
tho signal for the torch-light process
sion to form.
The line was four abreast with the
two outer men carrying torches. After
having fallen into line the procession
marched to the station to meet Presi-
dent Alderman
with DR. Alderman in q machine
midway in the procession. he was es.
corted to the university, where D
Hidden Ramsey delivered message o,
welcome from the student body.
The committee composed of the five
class presideuts-Buck Mayer. Joe
Hurt, Bob Gooch and d. Hiden Ram.
sey--held its Anal meeting Wednes.
day night, at which time It was de.
used particularly for this occasion and
TO be the property Of the student body
for such usc on similar occasions
This amount was met by popular sub
scriptions from the student body.
President Alderman has been away
almost two years For the past five
months he has travelled abroad. He
left New York on May 10 ana went
directly to London; after spending a
short time there he went to Paris
and from the French capital he
motored through the Swiss Alps. On
July he returned to Paris. and re-
manned there until July 20, when he
returned to London IA q guest at the
country home of his old friend, Am
hassador w H. Page. He arrived In
New York Friday on tho Baltic" OF
the White Star Line.
DR.. Alderman returns to tho Univer-
s.ty near the close OF his first decade
as president. In the spring of 1904
the Board of Visitors decided to 40
away with the chairman Of the Fac
ulty Board. and to elect q president
who could devote his whole time to
the management Of tho affairs OF the
University. DR.. Alderman. who was
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
BISHOPS SERMON
GREATLY IMPRESSES
YOUNGER HEARERS
DR.. Waterbury Moves Large
Audience AT Holston Con-
ference Meeting

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.l
Bristol, Tenn. Oct. ls.-This has
been bright day for the Holston
Conference Methodists. This is the
fifth day Of the session and the first
one on which the sun has shined
The annual love feast was conduct
ed from until II O'Clock this morn
great spiritual landmarks of the con-
ference.
At II o'clock Bishop Waterhouse
preached TO an audience that taxed
the capacity of the auditorium, gal
leries and Sunday School room OF
State-Street Church. To the younger
men of the conference, the bishop S
sermon was a revelation. Few OF
them dreamed that this man who had
for four days appeared as great, big,
good natured, warm hearted, genial
spirited brother to his home confer
ence could appear in the majesty OF
mighty manhood with a powerful
proclamation or truth. 1t was great
sermon.
Many Are Ordained.
At the conclusion of the sermon the
bishop ordained nineteen men as
deacons.
The annual memorial session of the
conference was held this afternoon. a
vast concourse of people Joined in
this annual tribute to the conference.
house, after a sermon by DIR. r. NJ.
Standifer, ordained fourteen young
preachers to the eldership.
All Of the city pulpits were filed
at the morning and evening services
by the visiting members OF the con-
ference
DIR. j. NJ, Moore. ]. s. French, j.
&. Ward. ]. p. Martin. ]. Tyler Fra
zier, j. ID. McAlister and others filed
the leading pulpits.
1t is generally believed now that
II stead of adjourning on Monday
r.ght as Ia the custom the conference
Will not adjourn until sometime Tires
day.
The spiritual tide of the Holston
conference runs high. Much atsen-
ton Is being given to evan'g e,isric
work and methods.
The reports show for the year sos
pr otracted meetings held. 1881 family
affairs erected, l2.-S7 conversions
and 1850 additions to the chu- n.
The church membership IN the
conference Is about 7e,5o0. h.rce the
additions have been more than ~ per
cent OF tho membership reported
last year. 1t cannot yet be determined
what the net increase will be-.
New Paper Proposed.
A resolution was read. which pro-
rcsed 10 commit the conference to
a new church paper enterprise. The
Midland Methodist published at
Nashville, Tenn, IL now the recog-
n.xcd and accepted organ OF the Mcm-
phis. Tennessee. and Holston confer
ence. The proposal to establish an
other paper Involves the discardfng
Of tho Midland Methodist as Holston
conference organ, and the establish
mont OF another penAs fA~ Holston
lccnfersnce.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19

more easily contrived and maintained
under the protection Of a high tariff
than without 1t. The European war
came before the withdrawal of this
miich-coveted opportunity for moso-
poly could show Its full effects Emo
active competition bring prices 10
their normal level again: but it Is
clear enough already that the reduc-
ton or the tariff, the simplificat!on or
It's schedules so as to cut away the
Jungle In which secret agencies had
so long lurked, the correction OF lis
inequalities, and it's thorough recasr-
ing with the single honest object CT
revenue, were an indispensable first
step 10 re-esta hlishing competition.
The present Congress has taken that
step with courage. sincerity. and e.
fect.veness. The lobby by which
some OF tho worst features of the did
tariff had been maintained was driven
away by the mere pitiless turning en-
OF the light. The principle was
adopted that each duty levied was to
be tested by the inquiry whether It
was put at such a figure and levied In
such manner as to provoke competi-
ton. The soil In which combinatioTt
had grown was removed lest some CT
the seeds az monopoly might be FOUND
10 remain in II. The thing had needed
TO be done for q long time, but nobody
had venturcd before to undertake 1t
In systematic fashion.
Predicted Panic Has Not Come.
The panic that the friends CT
privilege had predicted did not follow.
business has already adjusted itself to
the new conditions with singular ease
ard elasticity. because the new conli-
items are In fact more normal than the
old The revenue lost ny the fnlpor.
duties was replaced BY en- income tax
which in part shifted the burden cf
taxation from the shoulders OF every
consumer IN the country, great or
small. to shoulders mose certainly able
TO bear it.
We had time to learn from We.
actual administration OF the law that
the revenues resulting from the
double change would have been
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
PEACE CONFERENCE
TO TRY MEDIATION
SENDS COMMISSION TO ARRANGE
FOR END OF FIGHTING ON
BORDER.

Washington, Oct. 1s.--The Mexican
peace conference at Aguas Calientes
has named commission to go 10
Sonora and endeavor to arrange Tor a
cessation OF hostilities between the
forces OF General Maytorena and Gem
oral Hill who are now engaged In bat
tie at the border town OF Naco. The
State Department. was advised OF this
action OF the peace conference today.
The situation IN Sonora has for a
long time been one apart from the
general situation In Mexico. May
torenn. the governor OF the State. IN
s.sts on remaining supreme In authors
ity and has refused to recognize the
right Of Carransa to send Into Sonora
any troops under his control. White
Maytorcna has had the support Of
General villa in his quarrel with
GRrrHn1a, hts Affiliations with Villa are
regarded ~ Of moro Or leaa doubtful
character.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
Graphic Description If Retreat
of Allies and Sudden Turn
On Germans
According to Plan
General Jofre Drew Germans
on Until Time Came to
Strike With Creates 1t
Effect

London, Oct. 1S.--The press bureau
issued tonight two dispatches from
Field Marshal Sir John French. com
mander Of the British army in France.
narrating operations in France from
August rs to September Is, and covsr-
ing the battle of the Marine and the
battle of the Aisne-
The first dispatch, which Is dated
September II, begins with the con-
tinuation OF the allies retreat before
very vigorous pursuit.
General Joffre, the French COM
mander-in-chief, visited General S7r
John French on August 2s. The
British commander says:
II strongly represented my position
to General Joffre, who was most kind
cordial and sympathetic. as he always
has been. l finally arranged with
General Joffre to effect a further short
retirement towards the line from Com
piegne to scissors. The right flank
of the German army was now reaching
point which appeared to seriously
endanger my line Of communication
with Havre.
II had already evacuated Amiens
into which a German reserve division
was reported to have moved"
AGheres To Design.
After giving further details General
French says:
whilst closely adhering to his
strategic conception. to draw the enemy
! ON at all points until a favorable situa-
ton was created from which to as
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19

1spreasdent
platform
elsc n the pr
The
ELSEWHERE
Is referring Congress
Of o.
in Of demoraza-
would
warrant responsible burden Of the State
of the present
lower he cost Of living
competition bringing prices
ITO nvel again"
President thanks him
The Of
s magnificent
has been accomplished
legislation everade Congress met
legislation which has been
lie Tor nation
OF peace with AL foreign
home the GROWING success
government OF the country
~ letter low
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19

The White House.
Washington. october II, 1914
Ny Dear Mr.. Underwood:
cannot let this session of Congress
close without expressing nay warm All
miration for the fidelity and ineal-
iigence with which the program cut
lined in April and December OF last
year has been carried out, and my
feeling that the people of the country
have been served by the members CT
this Congress as they have seldom, II
ever. been served before. The pro-
gram was great one. and It II a mat
ter OF deep satisfaction to think Of the
way in which Ii has been handled.
1t had several distinct parts ard
many items. but, after all. single
purpose, namely. to destroy private
control and set business free. That
purpose was manifest enough In the
ease of the tariff and in the legislation
affecting trusts. but. though perhaps
less evident upon the surface there.
Il lay at the very heart of the currency
bill. too. May not add. even though
il lies outside the field OF legisla.i .,r,
that that. and that chiefly. has been
the object OF the foreign policy Of tho
Government during the last eighteen
months?
Private control had shown its sin
lister face on every hand in America,
had shown ii for long time. ana
sometimes very brazenly. In the trusts
and IN q virtual domination OF credit
by small groups OF men. The safest
hiding place ana covert of such control
Mas in the tariff. There II fnr tong
time hid very shrewdly, Tho tariff
was very complicated matter: none
but experts thoroughly understood lis
schedules. Many OF the schedules
we're framed to afford particular adj
7antages TO special groups or manu-
facturers and investors. That was the
soil In which trade combinations and
combinations of manufacturers most
readily grew. and most rankly.
Tic Origin OF High Prices.
High prices did not spring directly
out Of tho tarisf. Thep sp-ang out
Of the suppression Of domestic, no
less than OF foreign competition by
0eans Of combinations and trade
01seements which could BE- much
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
May Write" Finis" This Week
To Nest Remarkable Leg
islative Record in History
Leaders Taking
Stock Of Results
Political Effect on Country Now
Engages Attention of Party
Workers - More Accom-
plished Than Other Session

Washington. Oct. 18.---With the end
probably - Wednesday or Thursday
OF this week, party leaders and others
in Washington are glancing back
ward and taking stock OF the remark
able legislative record and political
history that has been made.
The session enai>g this week wifi
have run close to 330 days. the longest
continuous session ia the history OF
the Federal government. 1t Is almost
certain that when this Congress ex-
record OF probably a little more than
ESQ days OF actual work out OF a pos
s.b!e 730 days, excluding Sundays.
As & matter Of fact. Congress has
been in session almost continuously
since April Is, 1913. when President
Wilson Issued his call for d special SEES
sion to revise the tariff. This special
session merged with the regular ses-
sion. which began last December and
has continued until now. with the ex-
F %SPAiht W d AZ AKA MIA tSSAiANS iN~~SsS'
Much Work Accomplished
Under the spur and whip OF the ex-
ecut!ve this Congress has accomplish
+ ed not only more legislative work, but
more important work than was ever
pat through before in the same length
lof time. Whether tnis legislation is
FOR wees or woe is to be demonstrated.
That sonaa Of 1t la wholesome Is ed
rnuted by political adversaries of the
party in power who deserve whatever
praise IS due for having in some In
stances joined with the dominant party
In enacting legislation that the country
appeared to demand.
Il may be fairly said In justice to
the Republicans and Independents In
Congress that they have voted for the
Democratic measures in spite OF the
fact thai they did not approve OF trem
In their entirely. justifying their action
on the ground that good in the legisia-
TON outweighed the bad. In doing this
Republicans have yielded party ad-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19

scout cruiser Pathfinder, with 246 men.
on September s. the armered cruisers
Der % with ! 400 men; the scout
cruiser Hawke on October Is, with
3S7 men. German mines In the North
Sea destroyed the light cruiser Am
phion, with 13t men, on August and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
BarYalo Flyer De,atIctI

Lockhaven. Pa, Oct. ls.--The east
bound Buffalo Flyer. one OF the fast
trains OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
was dcrailed near Glen Union this
afternoon, All the passenger coaches
were thrown from the track and the
baggage car relied down tho cnibank-
ment. Fortunately no one was killed.
hut six persons were seriously hurt.
This accident was due to : landslide.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
PRESIDENT WILSON
APPEALS TO VOTERS
FOR ENDORSEMENT

n Letter to Congressman Underwood He
Reviews Work Of Democratic Congress
and Declares There Is But One Party
at Hand for Accomplishment of Any
thing---Other Parties Are Hopeless at
This Juncture and Practical Nation IS
Not Likely to Turn to Them for Aid
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19

the torpedo gunboat Speedy on Sep
tember 3. with twenty-five men, The
advantage in the naval struggle Is dis
tinctly with the Germans although the
British have destroyed or wrecked
four German cruisers, two torepdo
boat destroyers one torpedo boat
three submarines and eight merchant
ships armed as commerce destroyers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19

The German policy OF Gripping the
British navy by submarine attacks and
floating mines while keeping the Ger
man Dreadnaughts under the guns CT
kiei and HelgoIand has cost the Brit
ish six useful cruisers and one torpedo
gunooat. with loss of 2,is6 men. By
raids in the North Sea
Germans sank the following: The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
Wilson S Analysis Of Work
of Democratic Congress

It has set business free.
Big tariff lobby driven away by pitiless turn
ing on Of the light
It has passed tariff, currency and trust laws
Justice has been done the laborer.
Through the currency bill there has been created
"a democracy OF credit
Congress has performed real service to the
try and the voters have failed to sustain Con-
and administration that seeking to render
them permanent and disnteresed benefit in the shape
of reformed and rcctifed laws
1.-The Democratic party is in fact. the only in
strument ready the counrys hand by which anything
be accomplished
Every thoughtful man that change of parties
made just would set the clock back not forward"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19

Continued on Second Pase.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19

tcontinued on Fifth Page)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-28
TRAFFIC MUCH
HEAVIER OVER
RAIL R D A D 8
INDICATIONS THAT PROSPERITY
is HERE. HEAVY TRAFFIC OVER
THE SANTA FE THROUGH THIS
CITY.

A Santa Fe trainman who has been
running on this line for the past four
teen years, states that the Santa Fe is
doing now the best business it has
done since he has been on this line,
and that means the best business the
Santa Fe has ever done in Oklahoma.
This railroad man points to the fact
that as many as 32 freight trains pass
through Ardmore in one day, the com
pany does not have cabooses sufhc-
lent to equip all the freights it has in
service, and box cars are being used
for cabooses.
This immense amount of freight IS
an index to the general prosperity of
the country. Many cars of hogs and
cattle are being shipped, farm machin-
cry and oil well machinery count heav-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-28
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED.

by local applications, as they cannot
each the diseased portion of the car
There is only one way to cure deaf.
less, and that Is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an IN.
famed condition of the mucous lin
ng of the Eustachian Tube. When this
ube is infamed you have a rumbling
ound or imperfect hearing, and whJn
is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hear
ng will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an inlamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
or any case Of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send Tor circu
lars. free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills cor consti-
patton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-28
TIMELY WARNING
TO CALOMEL USERS

Any physician will tell you that
mercury. if it remains in the body,
will in time soften and rot the bones.
Doctors call this necrosis of the
bones Calomel is form of mer-
curry, and to keep out of danger it's
safe plan to take no calomel at all,
especially as there is a better rem
edy.
Both children and grown people
will find perfect remedy to take
the place of calomel in Dodson's 5
Liver Tone, a pleasant, vegetable
liquid that starts the liver to act and
which never has any bad after-effects.
Dodson's Liver Tone will do all
the good that calomel does without
any of the dangers of caiomel You
feel fine the next day after taking
Dodson's Liver Tone; you can eat
you want and are ready for
your daily work or pleasure with
joyous good feeling. \ large bottle
is sold TO- only fifty cents by tho
City Drug Store, who will cheerfully
refund your money If you are not sat
isfed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-28
READ THIS.

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, dissolyes gravel
cures diabetes, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism, and all irregularities OF
the kidneys and bladder in both men
and women. Regulates bladder trou-
bles in children. If not sold by your
druggist, will be sent by mail on re-
ceipt of s1.00. One small bottle Is
two months treatment, and seldom
fails to perfect cure. Send for testi-
monials from this and other states.
DR.. E. W. Hall, 1926 Olive street, St.
Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-28
TUBERCULOSIS

J In addition to plenty of fresh air
and proper diet, those suffering from
or who are predisposed TO Tuberculo-
sis are recommended 20 use Eckman's
Alternative 70 stop night sweats, Danish
fever and hasten recovery. This medi-
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 no
narcotics, nor harmful or habit-form-
ing drugs. Accept no substitutes. Sold
BY leading druggists. Write TO the
Eckmsn Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa,
for booklet telling Of recoveries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-28
PAVING TAX NOTICE

To the Property Owners on Street
Improvement Districts Number .
and G, City of Ardmore, State of
Oklahoma:
You are hereby notified that the an
nual installment and interest on street
improvement districts number ard
6, consisting of that portion of North
Washington street, from the south
line Of Broadway, to the north line Of
Fifth avenue, and from the north line
of Fifth avenue, to the north line OF
Tenth avenue, is due and payable Sep
tember l, 1914, and unless the same
shall be promptly paid Cd or before
September 10, 1914, the same will bear
is per cent interest per annum there
after until paid, and will be certified
to the county treasurer of Carter
county, to be collected "a other taxes.
Payments to be made at the city
hall, at the office of the city clerk.
Dated this the 27th day Of July,
1914.
G. H. BRUCE,
(SeaD City Clerk.
First published July q, 1914) 27-2