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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

But to harass and annoy the com
munity in a hundred petty ways j:
to engender contempt for the Law
and to arouse a resentful, aggressive
spirit that augurs III for the COM
mon welfare. It is, perhaps, as wei
that the custer law be vigorously en-
forced, so as to giye an object les.
son in how not to do it. That it vii
be contested and many violations Of
its provisions taken into court to test
it's application is certain. The custer
law, as first conceived, was not 9
bad measure. 1t was the extension oil
it to statutes as dead as the, silver
issue that has brought it into disre.
pute. We predict that it will not re
main long in force.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch says
Our sympathy goes out to those
in official station throughout the Com
monwealth of Virginia, who hereaf-
ter will be required, on pain, of los
ing their jobs, to see to it thai every
criminal statute is obeyed and exc
cuted to the letter. They are likely
to be made quite as unhappy as most
of those they prosecute.
It remains to- be seen how public
sentiment here in Richmond will back
the strict enforcement of this day.
If the Mayor and police undertake
to enforce every law now on the sta
tute books, without discrimination,
they face more trouble than is in
volved in the attempt to enforce the
Sunday observance law.
Raffles for a box of candy, or a
Navajo blanket, or a doll with H.
Illuminated eyes are highly criminal.
Gentlemen who are accustomed to
decorate their CONVERSATION with.
fervid parts Of speech arc candidates
for the calalboose. Mesmesists and
hypnotistt, and those who consent
to be mesmerized or hypnotized, save
by regularly practicing physicians,
may spend d year in Jail.
There is plenty Of trouble ahead for
the officers of the law, o. which the
enforcement of strict Sunday obser.
vance is only part.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
PREMIER CARRIER OF THE
SOUTH
m EFFECT MARCH /, 1916

N B.-Following schedule figures
are published only as ln1ormaslo1l
not guaranteed. a.
Trains leave Union Station Alex.
7:s7 A. M, .Dally-Local between
Washington and Danville, delivers
connection daily except Sunday at
Orange to C and o., No. 4O5 for Cor
louisville and Richmond.
8:47 A. NJ. Daily-Local for Har-
risonburg and way stations Buffet
parlor car. :,
9:17 A. M. Daily-Mail train,
coaches for Manassas, Warrenton,
Orange, Lynchburg, Greensboro and
Charlotte.
1922 A. M. Daily-U. S. Fast
Mail stops only for passengers to
POINTS at which scheduled to stop
Coaches and Sleeping cars to Atlanta,
New Orleans, Birmingham. Sleeping
car Salisbury to Ashville. Coaches
for Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Dan
vile, Greensboro, and Charlotte.
4:22 P. M. Daily-Local for Char
lottesville connecting at Calverton for
Warrenton.
ASP P. M. Daily-Birmingh CHAM
Special. Sleeping cars between New
York, Atlanta, Admission, Birmingham,
and Augusta. Through first class
coaches between Washington, Attain
ia and Birmingham. Dining car SER
vice. Tourist to California daily.
4:O2 P. M.-Local for Harrison
burg and way Stations on Manassas
branch. Pullman Buffet parlor cars.
5:22 P. NJ. Local for Warrenton.
TIT P. M. Daily-Augusta Special.
Through train with sleeping cars to
Charlotte, Columbia, Aiken and Au-
gusta. Through Sleeping cars to Ash
Vile.
1902 P. M. Daily-Washington
and Chattanooga Limited (via Lynch
burg) FRS; class coaches and Sleep
ing cars to Roanoke, Knoxville, Chat
tanooga, Sleeper to New Orleans,
Washington to Roanoke, Dining car
service.
HOP P. NJ. Daily-New York and
New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train. Club and Observation cars to
New Orleans. Dining car service.
APT A. M. Daily-Mcmphis spe-
cial, Sleeping cars and coaches for
Roanoke, Knoxville, Nashville, Chat.
tanooga, and Memphis. Dining car
service. Washington sleeping cars
open 10 p. m.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets
reservations. etc., apply to
S. D. SHELTON
Union ticket agent, Alexandria, Va,
E. II. COAPMAN. Vice-Pres., and
gen. Manager.
II. F. CARY, GenT Pass, Agent.
w. H. TAYLOE. Pass. Traffic Mgr.
c.. W. WESTBURY. Gen. Agent.
705 18th Street, N. W.. Washington
D. C.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19
LEGGED ATTRACTIONS
THE BLUE LAWS"

tearly one hundred persons were
/ d Yesterday and Saturday night
appear before the police court OF
[xandria this morning to snow
Sc why they should not be fined
\ continuing their respective occu-
lions on Sunday in violation OF
state law. The bulk of the charges
c dismissed, and in only two cases
il deemed necessary to impose
/ S ard these were where the law had
h openly violated;and in which the
used made no attempts to deny
allegations against them.
Inc fact that throughout our COM
(lwealth the people made no at
pit to oppose the operation of this
blete law is suggestive, and 1t
rvs that the people of the Old
&inion respect law and order no
Ter how questionable may be some
hances. 1t must be apparent TO
Who stop and think that to en-
in the letter and spirit some acts
e state as we'll as those of COM
ties would be almost as imprac-
lie as to insist upon observing
BID curfew law which eXtinguished
Is in our homes after ten o'clock
light.
he grandfathers of many now Nv
were compelled in their younger
to 60 to as much trouble IN
cling or conducting business as
abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and
were not looked upon as neces-
works at the close of the re-
tionary war are essential in this
When this drastic Sunday law
adopted by our forefathers there
no steamboats,, railways, tele-
phs or telephones. We might as
attempt to carry on the traffic
he world row by canels or ele-
IS as to suppose that laws keep
everybody in one place on the
day of the week can be enforced
ain provisions may be, but to
down the lid upon everything II
way of business or pleasure /;
lbsurdity.
believe the authorities have
led this matter honestly arf
ervatively, and those who ma!
to invoke the custer law vii
but little to work upon in Vlr
e Richmond Journal in this con
pn says:
l. advice to the victims Of the Gus
aw is to obey it under protes
start campaign without los
ime for ian amcndmNt TO IT
oned in bigger, broader spirit
kind of legislation that puts
in sort Of mcraaf straitlacke
der to keep him good" is nc
lated to have lasting healthy e1
Freedom1 of action IS a man,
nable right. icounled With ind
Responsibility: When zncs free
is carried to extremes. so tina
c sentiment is outraged, the
time for rat;ons! !!ar- to II
s. and discipline the oEesce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19
MILLIONS
FOR ELECTIONS.

Fhty HiiitoH uOildTS, DIT lOWcSC eS-
innate, will be sent in 1916 on our
quadrennial political jag, according
to the New York Herald. 1t may in
deed, amount to a cool $100,000,000.
But total expenditure of $5O,OOO,-
600 means an expense of $3.50 per
voter and so cents per capita for
the entire population. 1t can be de-
Tended on the Tom Reed theory that
this lisa $50,000,000 country.
Laws of recent years enacted by
Congress and most of the States re-
quiring the filing of sworn state
ments of the origin and disposition
of campaign funds have lately, for
the first time in the history of the
nation, made available fairly accur-
ate data on the high cost of politics
in this country.
Politics come highest in presiden-
tial election years, not only because
of the large expenditures of the ma
tional committee, but because three
fourths of the 100000 and more cleo
tive oficers-national, State, county
and municipal arc filed at or about
the same time. Indeed, SCARCELY more
than per cent of the total cost OF
politics for the country as whole
this year will be borne by the big
party committees.
Some 100000 individuals are now
or soo1 will be, seeking Offices in the
United States. All will spend some
money, and money will be spent by
others for great many of them
There will be several thousands cam,
paigp committees" of various kind:
and quality.
The taxpayers directly will have
to take care of the largest single
item of expense, that for the cleo
ton machinery. In New York alone
the cost of registering the voters anc
conducting the November election
will be about S2,5OO,0O0. For all the
States it will amount to not less thar
s25, 100000.
The expenses Of tho national com
mittecs of the two big parties rarel!
fall below s2,OO0,OOO and frequentl.
go beyond S5,000,00O in presiden
tial year.
It is generally admitted that the Re
publican National Committee of 1885,
under the leadership of Mark Hanna
first made "the room the limit" i,
! spending money. The funds used tt
elect Mckinley have been estimated
at from 100000 to 100000. The.
probably were nearest the last fig
ures. The fund employed to re-elcc
Mckinley in 1900 was "trifle be
ow" S3,oOO,OOO.
The Republican National Commit
tee usually disposes of the mos
funds, but some Democratic commit
tees have been superb spenders. i
1892 not less than S2,08o,OOO, per
haps a great deal more, was used i
electing Cleveland, all of whose rae
es were engineered by men who wer
adopts in raising and generous in cor
trihuting political funds.
! There is no authoritative data 0
Democratic expenditures except fc
the campaigns of 1908 and 1912
when the expense of the committe
| appropriated S1.0OO,0OO for eacl
year.
George B. Cortelyou, who we
chairman. is authority for the; stat.
: ment that the Republican Nations
: Committee DISPOSED of little mo-
. than s2.oooOO0 to elect Roosevelt
1904. The election of President Ta
in 1903 cost nearly IS much.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

Eugene Ritter, a justice of the
peace of Frederick county, on Sat
urday afternoon was held in $4,000
bail for the grand jury of the Cir
cult Court, on charge of shooting
his wife, Mrs. Blanche Ritter, with
revolver. One bullet tore off the
third finger of her right hand and
another lodged in her right arm. The
couple had dispute at their home
near Welitown, and Mrs. Ritter al
leges that she was shot while attend
ing to household duties. Ritter took
her during the night to Martins
burg, w. Va, and had her placed in
a hospital, where the bullet was re-
moved from her arm. Mrs. Ritter
testified that her husband threatened
her if she said the shooting was
anything more than an accident. She
left him and came to the home of her
mother, Mrs. Weakley in Winches-
fer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19
PUBLISHED DAILY.

y Alexandria Gazette Corporation
81 King Street
IOBERT S. BARRETT. President
and General Manager.
w. SMITH, Secretary and
Treasurer.
inferred at the Postoffice of Alexan-
tiia, Virginia as second class matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19
NEWS OF THE DAY

AS sequel to rioting in Holland,
resulting from a shortage of food
the Dutch frontiers will be closed
next week and the export of food,
stuffs prohibited until the supply
reaches normal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19
CHAUTAU!QUA
Three Afternoons and
Evenings Commencing
Tuesday, June Doth.
Lee School Grounds
Corner Prince and Patrick Streets
Under the Auspices of
Parent Teachers Association
P OG r A M F.:

Tuesday, 2:3O P. NJ. the Hawkeye Glee Club,
lecture by DR.. w. 7. S. Culp, Uncrowned Kings
P. NJ the Hawkeye Glee Club, lecture by DR. Culp;
) The Troubles of Boy.
Wednesday, 2.3O P. M Miss Gertrude Paynekinski,
the Polish pianist The Spragues in Skyland Farm,
s p M. Miss Paynekinsk, the Spragues in Rip van
} Wrinkle
Thursday 2:3O P. NJ the Ernest Gamble concert
party. DR.. w. H. Nation; P. NJ the Ernest Gamble
concert party, Dr. w. III. Nation.
Tickets Afternoon Adults 35c Children 15c
Evenings Adults SOC Children 25c
Season Tickets for all performances, Adults S150,
Children 75c:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19
RHEUMATISM

Hgyousare troubled with chronic or
muscular rheumatism give Chamber
lsin's Liniment a trial. The relief
from pain which it affords is alone
worth many times its cost. Obtain
ab!s everywhere.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

At a meeting of citizens held Sat-
urday at Orange, a country club, to
be known as the Old Dominion Club,
was organized. A farm of over 100
acres between Orange and Rapidan
has been purchased and a clubhouse
will be built and golf courses and
tennis courts laid out. Special at
tention will be paid to foxhunting
and a sportsman we'll known to the
Virginia and Northern horse shows
will give his direction to the manage
ment of the foxhunting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19
VIRGINIA NEWS

Following a quarrel in their room
in Norfolk Saturday. Moses Gillian,
colored, last night stabbed his wife,
Lille Gillian, to the heart with his
pocket-knife, killing her almost in
stantly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

Mrs. M. H. Stieff, formerly Of
Roanoke, attempted suicide at her
residence lin Petersburg Saturday,
by cutting her throat twice with a
razor. She was found before she
had bIed to death. Ill-health is said
to have been the cause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

Six persons were killed and eleven
injured in fire which broke out yes
terday morning, in the Imperial Ho-
tel. a welI5known commercial hotel
of Liverpool, The upper floors of the
buildings were destroyed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

John P. Wilbourn, of Raphine,
Rockbridge county, travelling sales
man for the American Tobacco Com
pany, was killed yesterday morning
when his automobile left the Valley
turnpike, near Lacey Spring, Rock
ingham, on his return from Winchcs-
ter. His neck was broken, skull
crushed and collar bone fractured.
Prof. Harry G. Cantcr, principal of
Wcycrs Cave High School, who
spends the summer in Harrisonburg.
was badly injured. He was brought
to Harrisonburg Hospital. Professor
Canter was returning from West
Virginia and joined Wilbour at Win
chester.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

Enthusiastically waving the Stars
and Stripes above their heads, sing
ing and whistling popular and ma
tional airs, Including "Tippcrary,"
1000 men and women, representing
the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and
Newport News, united yesterday in
a preparedness demonstration prob
ably uncqualed in the history of the
South. The city was in holiday at
tire, and business was suspendd by
merchants and industrial plants for
the occasion. Practically every
profession and trade and walk in
life were represented. Fully $4,000
spectators crowded the line Of march.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

HARD SHELL CRABS NOW ON
SALE AT RAMMELS CAFE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

Strock, was killed yesterday after
noon on the street near his home in
hagerstown, when he was struck by
IN automobile owned and driven by
John l.. Leitshaw, Marion, ia. Inc
boy was playing and in attempting
20 Jump on another automobile, was
struck by Leitshaw's car. His skull
WAS crushed. Leitshaw was arrested;
but later was exonerated by a coro-
fner's jury.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

The Sim Feiners and police came
into contact yesterday in Westmore-
land street, Dublin, when procession
of 5000 members of the Sim Fem
after a celebration of mass for the
repose of the souls Of the volun-
teer leaders shot in the recent rioting,
marched through the city with the
colors known as the republican flag.
The flag was carried by a woman,
and a soldier who tried to seize it
was roughly handled. Policemen then
grasped the flag, but the Sim Fem
ers wrested their standard from the
police and marched back to Hlbern-
ian Hall with it and dispersed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-19

Joseph 8 year old son Of Has-,
The Topeka state journal., 1916-07-21
TALL FIGURING
Democrat Shows How Easy for
Wilson to Win.
Republican Leaders Threshng
Out Campaign Plans.

New York, July 21.-While Repub-
lican leaders threshed out their CAM
paign plans today in conferences.
Democratic National Chairman Nc
Cormick issued his first set of figures
1t was a carefully compiled record
of Progressive votes cast four years
ago, and an estimate, which II was
said, was based on conservative infor-
nation, showing that Wilson would be
able to win reelection II he only sue
ceeded in drawing rs per cent OF the
Progressive strength
The Democrats claim he will be able
to command much larger percentage
than this-but rs per cent viii be
enough to elect, according to MeCor-
mick.
Will Get Roosevelt Democrats.
wilson's vote will probably be
larger than this Mccormick said. "a
great many Democrats voted for
felt Wilson was untried. Now they
will vote for Wilson,"
Republican National Chairman
Wilcox met with the national COM
mittee through the greater part OF
the day. Alvah Martin, national COM
mittee from Virginia. reported on
general prospects. and the senatorial
committee of five members was in a
special meeting.
Senator MeCumber of North Dakota
was especially active in this confer
ence in urging a strenuous campaign
in his home state. He pleaded that
Hughes make one or two addresses
there on his trip.
One of che troubles which has de-
veloped in the campaign committee
meeting il was understood comes oui
of the fact that every member wants
especial attention paId in the cam
paign % his own particular neck OF
the woods and is unwilling to concede
special concentration elsewhere un.
/ less Hughes, or some other 'bie
campaigner' tills the ground in his
home state.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-07-21
MUST HURRY UP
City Asks Railways to Push
Viaduct Work.
Corporations Say 1t Is ImpOs-
SibIe to Get Steel.

The street railway company, the
Santa Fe, the Missouri Pacific and
contracting firms which have been
constructing viaducts, bridges and
tracks slowly this summer have been
asked by w. G. Tandy, streets COM
missioner, to hurry things along.
The completion of the viaduct over
the Santa Fe tracks on East Sixth
avenue has been delayed considerably.
The Santa Fe, the street railway COM
pany and the Missouri Pacific are
building it. The corporations promise
to have it done and cars running over
it in a few days.
The corporations claim it is impos-
sible to get steel material as soon as
they expected.
Mr.. Tandy also says work on the
East Sixth avenue bridge is progress
ing slowly. 1t should be completed in
four weeks and will not be finished for
at least eight weeks, he points out.
The cost of the bridge will be about
$22, 400. The cost of the East Sixth
avenue viaduct will be about double
the contract price. Mr. Tandy believes
The contract price, he says, is approx
mately 100000.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-07-21
LAUGH ON Them
Kansas City Detectives Chase
Around With Chas. Estes.
Works Them for Trip to Okla
hOma on Goose Hunt.

Local officials are laughing in their
sleeves at the chase Charley Esses is
giving the Kansas City detectives. The
understanding here is taht several of
them are now with Estes in Okla homa
following his suggestions as to the
probable location and identity of the
men who robbed the ST. Marys State
bank on the night of July 4.
All Wednesday night and Thursday
the police of Parsons camped around
ing for the bank robbers to fall into
their arms. When they failed to fall
he recalled that it might have been
the robbers were to congregate. One
detective became suspicious after
fighting mosquitoes and staring at
the axe-handle factory all night and
he quit the job. He was in Topeka
Thursday night but went on to Kansas s
City.
Estes is working one of his old
gags" said Harvey Parsons, chief of
police, today. .I remember once when
we had Estes in the tolls he began
telling Us where he could pick up
certain criminals we wanted 1 had a
man peddling around with him for a
week and he failed to see anybody we
wanted. AT the end of the week Estes
gave my man the slip and was gone.
That's about what he'll do with the
detectives down in Oklahoma He
will take any kind of a chance from
jumping into a river to falling off a
train to get away from the officers -
The Topeka state journal., 1916-07-21
in DAYLIGHT RAID
Police Find Liquor at Tenth
and Kansas Avenue.
Also NoIler Apartments in
"Family Party" Last Night.

The police raid on the Gottlieb Nol-
Ter apartment house at 202 and 2o4
East Tenth avenue Thursday night.
has a sequel. Mr.. Noller owns the
building at the corner of Tenth and
Kansas avenues occupied by the Voge1
Superior Cleaning works and through
information secured last night the po-
lice raided that place at noon today.
They secured in all about. thirty
five half pints of whisky, four of them
on ice, and two opened standing be-
side drinking glasses. They found
about two bushels of empties. 1t took
two trips to take the whisky. the ice
box and the empties to the police sta
tion.
Jim Richardson. negro employed
at the cleaning works. was arrested.
Harvey Parsons, chief of police, stated
that A. w. Vogel, proprietor of the
cleaning works, would be "booked" an
soon as he could be located.
The raid was made by Sergeant
Morgan and Officers woodward and
Walker.
THE raid made at the NoIler apart
ments last night was a boomerang In
one particular. The officers, headed
by Sergeant Summers, ran in on an
anniversary party at which about
eighteen Noller relatives had gathered
around keg of beer. The occasion
was the thirtyfourth anniversary of
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Noller
When the police dropped in the
crowd was gathered around a big table
in the basement and the keg occupied
a position of honor in the corner of
the room Sergeant Summers had or
ders to search the place and take any
liquor he found back to the police sta
ton. The explanations offered did not
go with him. He was rolling the keg
up the steps and it promised to be a
/ Nf 1a- r-~I,
succeeded in getting hold of Chief
Parsons The chief had no desire to
spoil the family party and he counter
manded his order regarding the
| seizure of the beer -t
However, the police claim to have
| sales on Noller and he will be tried on
| those counts. He was taken to the
| station and released on hnnd
The Topeka state journal., 1916-07-21
PARALYSIS AT VIOLA
first Case in Year in Sedgwicl1 County
Results in Death.

Viola. Kan. July 21.-Bernard
Stockman, 4 years old. died here this
morning of what physicians diagnosed
as an authentic case of infantile
paralysis It is the first death from
this disease in this county in the past
year.
The Sedgwick board of health has
been notified and will make an inves-
tigation- The child became paralyzed
Just before its death.
Cure for Disease.
New York, July 21.-The health de-
partment today gave out a statement
from DR.. E. J. Birmingham, chief sur
geon at the New York Throat, Nose and
Lung hospital, which told of remark
able results obtained through the
adrenalin intra spinal injections so
strongly recommended a few days ago
by DR.. S. j. Meltzer of the Rockefeller
Institute.
According to Doctor Birmingham,
paralysis completely disappeared in
many cases in his hospital after the
use of adrenalin injections. After
commenting on the extremely favor
able action. Doctor Birmingham sug-
gested trials of the treatment in all
hospitals caring for paraly sis patients.