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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23
LAST HOUR SHOPPERS
Will Still Find Good Assert
ments in the Stores

So well supplied are the Alexan-
dria stores that last hour shoppers
will find many desirable gifts still to
be secured.
Consult the following list in making
purchases:
Swan Bros big department store
A full line of presents for men, wr-
men, boys and girls. Useful as we'll as
ornamental presents.
r. F. Knight and Son: A little OF
everything. A bewildering display OF
toys. books, smoking articles, phono-
graphs, candies, household articles,
cutlery. automobile supplies, etc.
NJ. s. Fairfax and Co. Alexandria's
latest establishment. Toys, automo-
bile supplies, smokers material, bi-
cycles.
R. C. Acton and Sons. .Iewelry,
diamonds, silverware, watches, stick
pins.
H. w. Wildt and Son. An unusual
ly large stock of Christmas jewelry,
including watches, rings, bracelets,
pins, buckles, silverware.
George Ayers, has a large assort-
ment of bicycles, guns and rifles,
flashlights and sporting articles.
J. NJ. Reed, is the agent OF the Vic
tor Talking Machine Co. and says
there is no present equal to Victro;a.
The Remschell Auto Sales Co. is
offering some special sauto supplies
for the Ford at very attractive prices.
B. .:Abramson has fine line of
Christmas presents for men and boys.
Suits, hats, shoes, neckties, make very
desirable presents.
Taylor's Pharmacy IS headquarters
for fine candies. and has the most
complete line of toilet articles in
Alexandria.
At Abe L. Cohen's special prices or
mems furnishings are offered until
Christmas eve. Raincoats, suits and
overcoats are offered at bargains.
J. Reece Cation has fine line of
Xmas presents, including. candies,
cigars and pipes, toys and novelties,
flashlights. s.r-gs
For the housewife the grocery
stores in Alexandria that are best
supplied with Christmas goods are
Howard & Bro. Leachman e. Saum,
the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.
and W. NJ. Priest. Aaron O'Dell will
be supplied with poultry and meats
for the Xmas table.
Shoes make fine appreciated pre-
sents and the assortment Of NJ. w.
Gaines, successor to John A. Marshall
and Bro, is complete.
Cigars are the kind of present a
man likes to get. a box Of Hamilton
and Co.'S. manufacture will please him;
For sale in all stores.
When buying Christmas liquors il
will be we'll to- remember. that The
FalstafF will promptly deliver any
order and that they have complete
line of wines, WHISTLES, brandies, cor:
dials, for family use. Phone 100.
J.. Egg nogg is something that al.
most everyone has at Christmas. The
Rammel Cafe will deliver their es:
pecially' brewed Egg Nogg to any ad.
dress for S1.00, a quart They will
also fill orders for Christmas whis
kies, wines, beers etc. Bell phone 16y
S. F. Dyson and Son havej a, com
plete lRe'iaf fflbookEs;; STATIONERY; y,;'Nma:
a,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23
MILLION MORE
FOR BRIT AIN
House of Commons Votes
Authority for Another
Huge Army
GENERALS SHIFTED
GENERALS SHIFTED
Murray Sent to Dardanelles and
Monroe to West Front-England
Showing Determination.

London, Dec. Zo.--l He house VI
Commons yesterday passed bills pro-
longing the life of the present parlia-
mcnt eight months and increasing the
strength Of lie British Arm to A.
900 900 men. Both bzills passed with
out division.
The Army bill, authorizing the ad-
dition of 100000 men to the present
force. was passed in committee Of
the whole at Tuesday nights session
after Id hours sitting. The newly
authorized army, H. J. Tenant, Par
liamcntary Secretary of the War
Office, stated to the House tonight,
is the largest army ever raised in this
country.
Mr.. Tenant gave interesting fig
ures on the large reserve require
ments of the army under modern war
conditions, saying that it was neces-
sary to have at home in reserve Is
men for every soldier in the field.
This estimate was based on the
monthly wastage of Is per cent.
With the increase come changes in
higher commands, Lieutenant-Gen-
eral Robertson, Chief of the Gener-
al Staff, having been recalled from
France to become Chief of the I'M
perialj Staff in London, in place of
Lieut. Ger. Sir iArchibald MURRAY
who has been appointed to succeed
Sir Charles Monro as British com,
mander at the Dardanelles.
Sir Charles Monsv has been ap-
pointed in command of the First Brit
ish Army in France, in succession to
Sir Douglas Haie.
Gen. Murray was CHIEF of the I'm
perial Staff at London until a few
days ago. Premier Asquith announces
that he had been succeeded by Lieut.
Gen. Robertson and that he was to
receive an important command.
The .commandershfp of the. First
British Army was made vacant by
the promotion of Gen., Haig, to be
the British. conmander-in.chief Lieut..
Gen. Robertson will have the tenn
porary rank of general, with Maj.
Gen. R Whigham, as his deputy. :.
sMaj.-Gen. L.. Kiggell, now assistant
to the Chief of the Imperial General
Staff, will become chief of the Gen
eral Staff of Sir Douglas Haig
sThese changes are: accepted ,here as
indicating g closer cooperation among
thes sAllies in the CONDUCT of smilitary
operations on the western front.
Replying to an inquiry from Si1
Alfred MoritzEHeng as to whether
the whole s,oO1soo9p .sf men ;previousls
authorized has been, reerlited,s Harolc
j. Tenant. Parliamentary Under.
Secretary of War, said in behalf Of
the Government in the House of Com
mons that he believed the Govern
ment was still con the safe side
that is, we have not yet broken the
law by recruiting beyond the. auth
orized limit"
81 state this as my belief" he ad
dcd, although would not really lik'
to swear to it,"
Apparently there are no prospect
Of the results of the Earl of Derby
recruiting campaign becoming know
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23

The War Department announces
that John B. Hughes, of. Lynchburg;
Eugene G. Curlin, Of Roanoke and
James R. Carter of Lynchburg, have
been appointed cadets to the West
Point Military Academy, They are
all three appointments of Repre-
sentative Carter Glass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23
MONEY OF $4,000
PERSONS TIED UP
Christmas Cheer in Pitts
burgh, Pa, is Given a
Rude Shock
-- 8
CLOSING OF BIG BANK
Fortv-One Thousand School Children
Had Money on Deposit in Def''ne'
Institution.
-- ~

Pittsburgh. Pa. Dec 20
sentatives of the State Department
Of Banking yesterday took charge
of the affairs of the Pittsburgh bahN
for Savings, which failed to open th's
morning, and every effort Will De
made to effect liquidation as soon
as possible. G. H. Getty, bank eS-
aminer. who was appointed temporary
receiver, has placed accountants "a.
work on the books, and the lnvesti-
cation into the institutions AFFAIRS
will be expedited. Small crowds col
lected at the entrances during the
dav, but there was no excitement
Bank officials expressed the belief
that a 80 per cent dividend could be
paid depositors within GO days
No statement. was issued with the
closing notice, but it was known IN
the financial district that the DanS
had been unable to weather the storm
it has encountered since the failure
of James S. Kuhn and w. 5. kuhn,
who were credited with being promln
entlv identified with the bank IN
1918. A run at that time continued
for several days, but strong interests
went to its assistance and the doors
were not closed.
Recently it became known that the
banking department wasI paying par
+ir;t,ar .;rttertien to the bank AID an
effort was being made to interest
persons who had not hitherto been
identified with the institution. olG
Stockholders surrendered their hold
ines and it was understood a month
ago that the situation was much :m-
proved. The announcement yester-
day morning came as distinct shock:
The Pittsburgh Bank for Savings
was chartered in 1862 with capital
stock of $500, 900. In 1901 it absorbed
the Real Estate Savings Bank ana
in 1908 the capitalization was In
creased to 100000 by Il stock dividend
from surplus. The officers were: Presl:
dent, w. J. Jones; vice-preSldent, D:
F.. Grimes; secretary and treasurer,
A. n. Voegtly.
Depositors of the bank included
many persons with savings accounts
although the institution did a gene;
! raj business. Deposits on September
IS. 1915, were .,S11, 1,945 ,I1S, according
to the report made to the banking
commissioner. On the same date the
surplus was reported at s4O3, ,514.:Hun-
dr.eds' of the. dehositors lived in the
south side section of the city, al,
though its business was widely SCAT,
; tered through ALE egheny county ;anc
WESTERN Pennsylvania. :
, II was. stated. that the sbank had
. Approximately $4,000 depositors, oI
whom fully 10000 were persons nv
ing in other parts of the country. a'
the bank was among the first to. take
J. savings accounts by mail. Among .th'
local depositors were many schools
children.
Receiver Getty issued statement
in which he declared that. the depre
citation in the Kuhn securities was tn
cause of the failure which could in n
way be traced to the management
The savings of some 4l,OOO school
children are included in the: bank
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23

The trustees of the Methodist Pro-
testant Church have sold the parson-
age of the church, 205 north Columbus
street, to Mrs. Martha Stanton. The
purchase price was $500.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23

At meeting held last night the
Virginia Athletic Club made arrange
ment to lease the second story of the
old truck house on Prince street near
Roval street. 1t will he fitted up for
club purposes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23

The annual election Of officers Of
Virginia Consistory No. 2, Scottish
Rite Masons. will be held tomorrow
night in Masonic Temple.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23
ntil Parliament reassembles Jan

nary a,
Lord Derby's report was under con-
sideration by the Cabinet Yesterday
but Premier Asquith tod the House
of Commons he would be unable to
make a statement regarding it be-
fore adjournment tomorrow, adding
that the information would nfst DE
piven to Parliament.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23

The City Market will be closed all
day Saturday and will be open all
day Friday. l.. D. 'LYLES.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-23
LOCAL BREvITIES

A marriage license was issued IN
Washington yesterday to George L.
Clark, 22, of Alexandria, and Lillian
NJ. Juscoe, 10, of La Plata, Md.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26
Or. Young Locates Here

Deming is satisfied with nothing
but the best and is now favored with
having one of the best veterinary
surgeons in the country in the per-
son of DR.. q. II. Young. who comes
direct from San Diego. California.
DR.. Young is II graduate of the eel
cbraicd veterinary college of Grand
Rapids. Michigan, and his expert
ence consists of seven years sue
cessful practice in Michigan and one
year in San Diego, coming to the
Mimbres Valley because of his faith
in it> future and the admiration his
family has for our matchless climate.
DR.. aud Mrs. Young come from
among the best families in Michigan
aud are most welcome to our com
munily. lr Young has taken apart
ments in the e. W. Cook residence
on South Gold avenue and will soon
have n finely appointed office con-
vcniently located.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26
FALL Of PREzMYSl IS
ENCOURAGING TO Gar
Russian Army Presses Forward with
Renewed Hope and Recent VIC
tories Inspire the Troops.
THE AUsTRIANs SHOW BRAVERY
Invading Forces Praise the Heroic
Resistance Shown by Defenders;
Doubt About OardanelIes.

The Russian armies, doubtless, in
spired By the victory of Prezmysl are
pressing the fighting, both in northern
Poland and the Carpathians, where
the Germans and Austrians are CIV
ing desperate battle to stay the at
tempted advance of the Muscovites.
Probably the struggle in the Car
pathnns will prove to be the one that
presently will attract the most atten-
tion, for even Vienna reports that
strong Russian forces are now at
tacking with great violence along the
front extending for some miles from
rzsok pass, and that fierce fighting
is taking place for the possession Of
the heights which dominate the i'm
porlant outlets from the north into
Hungary.
British air raiders, according to al
official statement from London, have
succeeded in damaging two subma-
rines under construction by the Ger.
mans ut Hoboken, near Antwerp, and
to have done damage also to the
plant, which formerly was the prop
erty of British company.
There is some doubt as to what is
going on in the Dardanelles, one re.
port stating that the bombardment
has been resumed, but others that the
operations were still being interfered
with by unfavorable weather. The
damage done to the Dardanclles forts
at the time of the bombardment when
one French and two British battle
ships were sunk is reported by cor
respondents who witnessed that BON.
bardment as being of minor impOr-
tance.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26
COURT HOUSE GROUNDS ARE BEING
MADE TO BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE
New Well Is Completed, and Pump
will be Installed at Once: Work Is
Progressing Rapidly; Plans Are
Made for Extensive Gardening.

During the last few days. spring
improvements have been going on mt
the Luna county court house at such
n rate that even the most thrifty of
the Dcming citizens must be pleased
An effort is being made 10 make the
place a> inviting and pleasant as
possible. and also To improve il in
such II way that Dcming can be proud
to show its chief public building to
visitors in the city.
4 new well and pump is being in
stalled, and promises to be very sue
cessfnI. having one tank for the
court house supply. and also one for
the irrigation. This will make it pos
sibe to have many improvements not
tried out before. and plans are made
for some quite extensive gardening.
One hundred eighty Carolina poplars
are To shade the lawn. also a dozen
or more box elders. and n number of
mulberries. Twenty four beds of old
ia -hioned flowers have already been
planted, and the court house yard
viii present more the appearance of
u well kept park. A rose garden may
he started also.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26
NO MODIFICATION WILL Be
MADE IN TINE QUARANTINE

There will be no modification of the
cattle, meat. hay and hide quaran-
tine which was ordered by Gov. W.
{. Mcdonald after being given au-
thority by the legislature 10 make the
quarantine against the foot-and-
mouth disease.
This was made plain by the gov
ernor in letter to n Torrance coun-
iv man who wrote to Governor Nc
Donald asking if there would be any
notifications of the quarantine soon
In his letter Governor Mcdonald de-
ciared that the stamping out of this
disease throughout the country was
Of more importance than the loss oi
few dollars to the cattle. hay ol
hide shippers Of New Mexico.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26
MANY NEW FARMERS MAKE MISTAKE
Of CI|NG|NG TO HOME METHODS
Farming In a New Community Is
Likely to be Much Different Than
the Newcomer Is Accustomed TO In
the East; Climatic Data Valuable.

The man who takes up farm
business in community with which
he is not familiar is likely to fall in
to error on matters seemingly very
simple to the residents of the region.
The new man often follows the plant
ing dates of the region from which
he came. and thus the crops may be
injured by early or late frosts or
other climatic conditions especially
prevalent in the region.
In southern New England such
case was observed the past year. A
farmer new to the region, not real
izing the shOrtness of the growing
season, had planted his corn too late
10 mature properly. with the result
that but fifteen bushels were husked
from nine acres and large part of
his fodder was lost by heating. This
individual is there to make the farm
a paying proposition and as fast as
possible is correcting his errors.
Accurate climatic data are often
OF great value TO farmer starting
out in n strange neighborhood. Ia
bes showing the dates of the last
killing frosts in the spring and the
first in the fall, together with rain
fall by months and total rainfall for
the region. are usually available from
the United States weather bureau at
Washington, d. C. These should be
consulted before deciding on the
crop practice for the new locality.
II would be still better to obtain such
information before deciding upon a
locality in which to purchase farm.
Another mistake which is often
made is through the endeavor to
bring the type of farming Of the old
region to the new location, where.
in the majority of eases, not only
different conditions of soil and topog
raphy prevail, but new problems rel.
ative to transportation and market
demands are met. These new con-
ditions determine the profitableness
or unprofitableness Of the type for
the region. The general type of soils
of the neiehborhood should be studi
ed and compared with the soils of
the individual farm and crops plant
ed which are best adapted to soil and
topography Of the farm as shown by
the general farm practice of the
neighborhood. As a general rule, it
is the safest practice for any farmer
starting out in a new location to
grow largely the same crops and keep
the same breed Of livestock as his
neighbors, unless there is an especi-
ally good reason for following an
other practice. As one grows ia
miliar with the region, experience
may suggest improved methods.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26
MISSOURI SCHOOL Man
l|KESOEM|NG SCHOOLS
Is TAKEN THROUGH SCHOOLS
This Prominent Educator Likes the
way Our Schools are Managed;
Is Surprised at Conditions.

Ed V. Williams of Springfield. Mo-.
is visiting his nephew, Williams Ru-
therford and niece, Mrs. NJ. A. Nord-
haus.
Mr.. Williams had not seen Deming
and the Mimbres Valley in many
years and is most ngrccably surpris-
ed mt the great charge wrought.
Tuesday afternoon. in company with
Mr.. Nordhaus. J. 4. Kinnear and
Secretary Holt. Mr.. Williams was
taken for drive of three or four
hours about the city and country,
visiting. among other places, the
high school and central school, where
h. found almost chum in Supcrin-
tepdeni Taylor. who knows personal
~ many of the prominent educators
of Missouri. with whom Mr.. Williams
has been in close touch for fifteen
years H. n member of the Spring
field board of education.
The party was shown the manual
training class at work and as neither
Mr.. Nrdhaus nor Mr.. kinnear had
been in the schools for about n dec
AIDE aud II half. il was something of
II revelation tn them ~ well as the
gentleman from the ",how me" state.
\ bunch of bright domestic science
students were also seen making good
things in scientific manner.
\ visit was made To the Chinese
gardens aud to dozen farms, to the
great delight of the gentleman from
Missouri"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26

Sunday school, y:45, Geo. D. Rob
inson, superintendent; Administration
of the communion and reception of
members, with address ON the sub
ject, SIN Commemoration of Me-" at
II o'clock. Christian Endeavor, o 80
"Ilome Mission Opportunities that
Summon u.s." Elsie Marie Strickler.
leader. Special Palm Sunday SER
vice at 1880 with appropriate music.
Sermon, "The Reason for the First
Palm Sunday" Preparatory service
tonight friday for Communion
Sunday.
II. II. Mitchelmore
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26
MRS. MOVES WAS INJURED
IN A RUNAWAY YESTERDAY

Mrs. Noyes, IA sister of s. J. Smith,
was quite seriously injured yester-
day morning, when her horse became
frightened and ran away, going be-
tween an electric light pole and The
office of the United Land 4 Water
Company ON Spruce street. throwing
Mrs. Noyes in such manner as to
break her right arm below the elbow,
and inflicted other less serious in
juries. She was taken to DIR. Moir's
office for treatment and is doing as
well rs could possibly be- expected.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26
HIGH SCHOOL entertainment WAS
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
Every Seat In the House was Sold
Before the Doors Opened; Crowd
was Pleased; Home Talent Enter
talnment Receives Commentator.

Onc of the most popular home tai
cnt entertainments ever put on III the
city took place at the Crystal theater
last Friday evening, the record au-
dience of the year. being in attend
ance. Every seat in the thcater was
sold before the evening of the en-
tertuinment 50 that the box office
was not opened.
Mrs. Hnnie Barksdale and daughter
shown in way that reflected great
credit upon the manner in which our
schools are. conducted under the ef-
fcient supervision of Superintendent
}. Is. Taylor and the ablest corps of
teachers in the state.
The musical numbers were II great
credit to the schools and particularly
10 Miss Madeleine Page. one of the
rlost popular instructors of music
and art ever employed in Demine
schools. Miss Page had general
supervision over the very delightful
entertainment and is to be- congrat
rlnicd On its magnificent success.
The folk dance by twenty of the
.weetest little girls in New Mexico
were trained by Miss Lucille Holt
who is being complimented on every
hand as presenting one of the finest
hid feature entertainments ever en-
ioyed by Deming audience.
The "Modern Hoboe" feature by
four young men was clever produc
tion of Rev. Theodore Platt.
Other very charming features were
'the Swedish drill" by the primary
Grades, T.a Paloma," by Miss Leo
nora Mier, "Old Sweethearts OF
NIine," and the several choruses.
The fourteen numbers all brought
forth hearty encores. but owing tC
the length of the program and the
nuny entertaining features, encore'
we're generally omitted.
The chief piano accompanies were
Misses Katherine Wnmel and Heller
Holt.
The whole program as published il
the Graphic was carried out in de
tail and every minute was full of in
terest.
The closing chorus, "Demin.
High" brought forth n storm Of ap
plause.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-26
lola ITEMS

!. + + + + + T. + + 4. + 4. + 4. + + + +
Miss Susie Mott went to Hondale
Friday evening and remained until
Monday morning.
Mrs. Danse was guest ut a de-
licious dinner given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Stetson in their cozy home in
Deming.
Miss Christine Gibson returned to
Cambray after visiting at home for a
few days.
Mesdames Garnett and 0mer Glib
son and Miss f. Porcher were pleas
ant callers at the Danse place Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0mer Gibson and
daughter Lucille, have gone to Their
home near Columbus.