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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

The Parents-Teachers' Association
have made all preparations for the
oyster supper which the organization
will give in the Westminster Build
ing tomorrow, Wednesday night, from
6 to 8 o'clock. The proceeds will be
added to the fund now being raised
for the purchase of a piano for the
new high school building.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11
.LuSlTANIA CASE
ABOUT CLOSED
Secretary Lansing and Am
bassador Won Bernstorf
Have Agreed
is NOW UP TO BERLIN
Confirmation of Arrangements Made
at Washington Expected From
Germany Within Week.

Washington, Jan.11. The Wash.
ington Government and the German
Emperor believe that the controversy
over the sinking of the Lusltanla
eight months ago, with loss of ll5
American lives, is virtually at an end.
All that remains now, it may be
said on the highest authority, is for
the German Government to give ap-
proval of d draft Of the final agree
ment between the United States and
Germany. This draft went forward
to Berlin, last night over Official
State Department wires.
A reply from Berlin is expected
within week. There is not the slight
est doubt in diplomatic circles that
this reply will be an approval of the
terms of settlement. They were sumblt
ted in tentative form and approved
at Berlin before they were transmit
ted to the State Department by Count
Won Bernstorff last Friday in the
form of ii written conversation"
President Wilson gave final ap-
proval of the proposals submitted by
the German Government and has re-
turned to the State Department the
written suggestions made by the Ger
man Ambassador, with d few minor
changes in phraseology which were
rot considered to have changed the
basic proposals.
Secretary Lansing then sent for
Count Won Bernstorff and was close
ted with him for 20 minutes. The Am
bassador then returned to the En-
bassy to prepare the final draft for
submission to Berlin.
Both Secretary Of State Lansing
and Ambassador Won Beenstorff
guarded with the greatest secrecy
the proposal made by the German
Government in satisfaction of the
demand of the United States for dis
avowal of the Lusitania attack. 1t
can be stated on the highest author
ity. however, that the agreement con-
tains a practical disavowal that
meets the wishes of the United States
without stultifying Germany.
This will carry with it admission of
the illegality of placing lives of Am
orleans in jeopardy from submarine
operations. 1t will not, however, dis
avow Germany's legal right to sink
the English liner when that action
was explicitly ordered as reprisal.
and since the United States itself has
declared the British food blockade
which called forth the reprisals ell
legal and indefensible. F."
There has been no disagreement
over the question of reparation. From
the beginning of the Lusitania nego-
tiations. it is said, Germany has ac-
reeded to the demand for indemnity.
The understanding in Washington
is that the German Government will
communicate to Count Won Bernstorff
it's views on the Lusitania proposals.
and that the German Ambassador,
under the plenary powers bestowed
upon him, will conclude the settle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11
LOCAL BREvITIEs

w. E. Robinson has gone to Palm
Beach. Florida, TO ill a position at
the Royal Ponciana Hotel for the
winter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

The regular monthly meeting of
the 18th Va. Regiment Chapter will
be held at the residence of the Presi-
dent 504 Duke Street tomorrow
morning at ten-thirty o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

The steamer Jean, Of the Bull
Line. is expected to arrive at this port
tonight from Punta: Gorda, Florida
with phosphate rock for the Alex
andria Fertilizer and Chemical Com
pany.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

In addition to the speakers already
announced for the annual banquet of
R. E. Lee Camp of Confederate Vet
Grams to be held on January 10th.
will be Col. James Morris Morgan,
of the Confederate Navy and Robert
S. Barrett.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

Douglas Stuart, special commiss-
ioner, has sold to. Margaret M.
Humphries two lots on the south side
of Commerce street, between West
and Duke.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

At the Methodist Protestant Church
tonight the subject for the revival
service will be "The Inviting Christ"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

In police court this morning Charles
Lewis was fined s25 for stealing rail-
way ties.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

The Woman's Missionary Society
of the NJ. E. Church South will meet
tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

Norfolk Oysters at the Ramm.l
Cafe. .a.sE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-11

Norfolk Oysters at the Rammel
Cafe.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-04

H4FHfHt . Aa ishu Eshan Pee t ] B=y Is Wee Prss itFarr R4sr 2a Fsss Pes sAa Slae A Ffs Pfrs ifsa aaa V abhst Sssrst.fs L 6 Rhss4. 1fs.ss=
The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-04

the acceptance of its money at fixed valuation as it formerly did with heavy penalties for refusal In Fl Paso, Car ranza paper money recently was bought by brokers at S2.45 for S100, Carranza money.
 Newspapers from the interior, car rying the advertisement of merchants, shows how the Carranza currency is valued and fluctuates. A newspaper from SaltillO, Coahuila, carries an ad- vertisement of bargain sale of shoes at $40 to $60 pair. It also con tains an official notice that the city wishes to employ policemen at $S day.
 Another paper from a small town in northern Mexico carries an adver- tisement of a bookseller who desires to dispose of sets of Herbert Spencer, translated into Spanish, at $50 to $90 the volume, according to the binding. The three volume work of a celebrated writer on political economy is offered at the cheap price of $250. All of these prices are in Carranza money.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-04

Prices like these are very frequent, and appear in advertisements in many newspapers.
 Some merchants, however, realize that the price of Carranza money to- day may not be the same tomorrow or week hence, and refrain from stating prices in their published an- nOuncements. Often the price is stated to be in "Oro Nacional," ma tional gold" which means that the price is figured on the gold basis.
 The Mexican dollar, or peso, gold, has the intrinsic value of half the Am erican gold dollar, or fifty cents. By advertising his wares in Gro Nacional' the merchant saves himself vexatious explanations and very frequently some money. It also means that he is will ing to accept the Carranza currency at the lowest rate of exchange.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-04
Facts For Voters
N-Three Beers a Day or Its
 Equivalent?

Equivalent?
 The price of three beers a day for one year would buy: 1~-barrel of flour 50 pounds of sugar, 20 pounds of corn starch, 10 pounds of macaroni 10 quarts of beans, twelve pound hams. 1 bushel of sweet potatoes. 8 bushels of Irish potatoes, 10 pounds of coffee, 10 pounds Of Taisins, 10 pounds of rice, 20 pounds of crackers. 1OO| bars of soap, , twelvepound turkeys. D quarts of Cranberries, 10 punches of celery, 10 pounds of prunes, dozen oranges, 10 pounds of mixed nuts Four barrels heaped up! and in the bottom of the last barrel purse with two pockets. In one pocket a five dollar gold piece, marked a dress for mother, and in the other pocket ten dollar bill marked ito buy shoes for the children" Drinking men. which will you have?
 Does it pay to license a traffic which lessens the demand for food. clothing, houses and tools and which increases the cost of production and diminishes the purchasing power of the people? Kill the liquor traffic.
 Mir. Wage Farmer, the man who drinks is the first to be laid off, and the last man to be taken on. Think it over.
 Wages and license The average yearly earnings of each individual worker in all Massachusetts cities showed a difference in favor of no- license, average wage in all no-license cities $543.75, and the average wage in license cities $468.6G, showing a diff. ference of $75.09 in favor of noIicense cities. If you are in favor of better wages vote against the liquor traffic next Tuesday.
 | It is a conservative estimate to say that the drink bill for America is $l,- ! 0O,000,000. This is the amount spent at the retail price for intoxicating Ii quors. The statistics of manufactur- CTS for 1911 gives the following fig ures with reference to wages paid and cost of raw material used; wage earn CTS employed-in the liquor industry, ] $62 ,920 bread and clothing, 493 655. Wages paid-intoxicating liquor, $139,- 999.000 bread and clothing, $744,337,- l GOO. It is at once apparent that if the 1 $1,800,000.0O0 now spent for liquor were to be spent for bread and cloth ing it would give employment to near ly eight times as many workers, who would collectively receive five and a half times as much wages
 Mir. Wage Farmer, vote dry next Tuesday for the sake of those depen- dent upon you and for the prosperity of the community.
 XI-Prohibtion Prohibits.
 Mir. George B. Hugo, a wholesale liquor dealer. stated at the sagamore Sociological Conference: There is certainly less consumed in prohibition states; there is no question at all about it. Of course it may be claimed that prohibition does not prohibit; but if it does not prohibit and they (the brewers and distillersD sell more goods under prohibition. why are they fight ing the law"
 The Western Brewer states in its June number that there was a net decrease for the first ten months of the fiscal year f915-19t6 of 2,226,670 barrels of beer.
 Would the liquor men now maintain five national organizations and d lobby at Washington, D. C., at heavy expense, to oppose all prohibitory measures if such measures did not in terfere with the traffic?
The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-04
MONEY VhL LUE.S IN MI XIC0
 FLUCTUATE

FL PASO, Nov, i. - While nomin- ally Mexico is on a gold basis, the market value of the so-ca1led Carranza currency fluctuations so rapidly and so much that few persons, even the bankers themselves sometimes, are unable to tell what its value is on a given day. The result is that mer- chants advertisements of various com moditics give such enormous prices for comparatively cheap articles that strangers frequently are startled at the high prices asked.
 It is reported that the Clrranza gov ernment is no longer trying to force
The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-04

The Ernst brothers, operating a dredge on the Fort Davis road, near Nome, have quite a collection of coins dug up by the dredge during the course of its operation. At one time the dredge was so prolific in this line that the brothers set up the claim that they had the most remarkable dredge in the world, as 1t produced not only the raw material, but the minted coins.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-04
o. K. MINING PROPOSITION
 WANTED.

c. J, Gleason, late of Cordova, Alas ka, wishes to learn of mining proposi tion, gold or copper, with view of laying same before interested capital Reply only if your property is O. K, and will stand fullest investigation. To save time mail full report, samples and assay value, also apnroSinlsfe price. Address 540 Powell Street, San Francisco, Cal.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-04

There will be a dance at Eagle Hall tonight and everyone is invited These dances are very popular, and you should attend and enjoy yourself. as the music is the best and the floor in rood condition. Tonight at Eagle Hall.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-04
INSURANCE
FIRE, MARINE, LIFE and ACCIDENT

FIRE, MARINE, LIFE and ACCIDENT
 Insure ysur property against fire in reliable Insurance Companies.
 We represent the Niagara. London, Phoenix. Hartford, Northern, Globe and Rutgers, and others; all strong Board Companies.
 We also represent the Maryland Casualty Company. and issue Fidelity and Surety Beads.
 Northwestern Realty & Trust Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17
BIG CASINO FOR
BALDWIN HARBOR
1t Will Front on a Venetian
Waterway at Home
Colony.

Plans are in course Of PREPARATION,
BY Walter X. Pleuthner. Tor casino
and pavilion on Eastern Parkway, Bald
win Harbor, Long Island. Ii viii front
directly on one OF the Venetian water
ways Of this southern Nassau County
home co ony. and Il IS designed 20 be
a social amusement centre for residents
and home owners there. The building
will be two stories. O; rural bungalow
design. and its veranda viii. for al
practical purposes, be a pier where
motorboats NAV be fastened along its
edge, thus -ffordinG easy access by
water as we'll as land.
On the main floor of the casino Will
be an extensive centra lounslng room,
with large open fireplace, a spacious
main dining room private dining rooms
and all the modern facilities OF yacht
club. In the basement will be bowling
alleys. a billiard room and toilet &C
ceSsoTies.
Extensive grounds will surround the
casino and vii include tennis courts
and an athletic field. Directly on the
shore near the waterway entrance to
the building viii be a neatly designed
bathing pavilion, with all the appurte-
nances tha. afford water sports.
Surrounding the main entrance TO
the casino from the land will be stor-
age space for the automobiles of Wis
itors. The building vi be completed
and equipped as soon as possible. Many
residents at Baldwin Harbor own
motorboats and enjoy aquatic sports of
one kind or another the year through.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17
Board of Appeals Issues
Statement to Correct
False Impression.
NEW BUREAU Is IN
AUTHORITY ON OCT. |
1t Says Ordinary Justice
Demands Hearing of
Certain Complaints.

To correct a false impression that
apparently prevails with regard to the
oneration of the Observation-Disclosures
bill. passed by the last Legislature,
the Board of Standards and Appeals,
at a meeting last week, adopted reso-
luton defining the authority of the
Board of Appeals to hear appeals from
orders given or decisions rendered
prior TO October |, By a superintendent
of buildings or the Fire Commissioner.
After reciting the provisions of the
law on which this judgment is based,
the resolution goes on 10 say:
at is the opinion of the Board of
Standards and Appeals that the Board
OF Appeals has no authority to hear
any appeal from an order or require
ment issued prior 10 October !, 1915,
or from a decision or determination
rendered previous to October !, 1916,
and that orders. requirements, deci-
sions or determinations pending prior
10 October !, 1916, If not complied with.
can be rescinded or amended only by
the same authority that issued the or
der or requirement or rendered the
decision or determination; and
Resolved, Further. That in the opin-
ion of the Board of Standards and
Appeals, only ordinary justice would
be granted by extending the right of
appeal accorded to the public after
October /, 1916. to appeals from orders
and requirements issued. and decisions
and determinations rendered by a su-
perintendent of buildings within ten
days previous to October /. 1916. or by
the Fire Commissioner within twenty
days previous TO October |, 1876
namely, on or after September 90, 1916,
in the case OF superintendent Of
buildings. ard September 10, 1916, in
the case Of the Fire Commissioner. and
that in 50 extending the right of ap-
peal The intent of the law is fully at
tanned"
This expression on the part OF the
Board o. Standards and Appeals. il was
felt, should BE- made in the interest Of
the Board OF Appeals. AS we'll as the
general public. 10 avoid the urneces-
sary work that would be involved in
the preparation Of appeals made under
= misapprehenSion.
The Board OF Appeals does not come
into existence until October J. 1916.
but as the members of that board are
also members Of the Board Of Stand .
ards and Appeals. and as the resolution
vas adopted unanimously. il is quite
certain that the new board. when il
comes into operation. will act IN nc.
corGancc with the policy fixed m the
las: paragraph OF the resolution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17
Riperdale Adding to Its Charms

Among the many fine show places
at Rlvcrdalc-on-Hudson are: Glyndo~.
the residence Of George W. Perkins;
Naumkeag. tho residence OF Clcvelani
w. Dodge: Villa Rosa. the estate Of
Mr.. Henry ". BocttRcr. with its prI-
-atc lakes. &c; StOuchurst. tho resi-
dcnce Of Mrs. Emily Perkins: kingslc7.
the home OF Darwin =. Kingsley. prcsi-
dent Of the New York Life Insurance
Company; Elmhurst, the home Of Miss
Giulia Morosini; Brcntmore, the coloni-
al estate Of Thomas A. Buckner. of the
New York Life Insurance Company:
the residence Of the late General Alex
andcr Webb. occupied by his son, Alex
andcr ;. Webb. president of the Lin
coin National Bank. Also the homcs
Of George b. CortclyOu, Nash Rock
wood. former Judge Of Saratoga County;
Frederick Allen and Justice Leonard
iogcr.cn, Of the New York Supreme
Court.
Among other residents Of Riyerdal &.
occupying beautiful estates arc John
VI. High. Mrs. John !. Sheridan, Mrs.
y. v. Freeman. Mrs. Loring x. Gale.
Adm G.. Pearcc. Edwin Outwater,
John jay Mckelvey. Frederick W.
LOngfcllow. John Ross Delafeld..
james l. Briggs. Cbarlcs Otis,
Fleming II. Reyell, Robert Milbank,
John y. Carse, Andrew Crawford. Dr.
Wyeth, Or. Jancway and Archibald
Douglas.
One Of the most enhancing home
Developments within the greater city
IS Fieldston. NJ Riyerdalc. Il ~ the
creation Of the Dcla1eld estate, which
subdivided IT, vast tract and improved
many sites with houses Of English de-
81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17
CARPET CLEANING.

III n v W. 70, = I''.i III, tNi'i . -
Careful CARPET CLEANING co Clean, h'
compressed air. steam. hand o. on floor 1885
broadway. Al East isth 81 coz & BRANDT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17
J. Frederick Arundel Plans
to Improve Sheridan Place,
Recently Bought by Him.
By EDWARD FABRE.

Rivcrdale-on-Hudson is becoming
more enhancing. This home centre
with invaluable rural and river charms
IN New York City is located in the
extreme northwesterly corner Of the
town. For years, many prominent
bankers, judges, lawyers. professors
and other persons have had their homc,
there, large estates being d character
istic land feature.
One Of the biggest sales IN the dis
trict IN many months was made re-
Gently by Arthur {. Sheridan, son Of
the late John r. Sheridan, n realty
operator. Of the former !. Lawrence
Aspinwall place, fronting on Palisade
and independence avenues and Sigma
Place. u was occupied by the late Dir
Sheridan. IL is one u the most attrac-
tive places IN the section. J. Frederick
Arundel, the buyer, plans 20 make the
property, which comprises a large gray
stone mansion with three acres Of land
with an unobstrUctcd view Of The HUd-
ron River, even more beautiful. BrcnX-
side, the residence Of Edmund Ran
dOlph, banker and also treasurer Of
the New York Life Insurance COMPANY,
~ we'll as the places Of Matufin J..
Delaleld and James Douglas, arc near
The property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17

ERBES ART GALLERY. i05 West 42d o., -
Antiques curios old Jewels sllveryare
rare fans paintings miniatures end wesp-
onos Old gold bought
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17

151-1G3 West 10Th ST., with Sperling
3 Scoring. Bernstein & Meyers and
Morris K. Silverman. As these cor
Germs are among the largest in their
respective lines IL would appear that
the necdlcwork trades arc cooperating
in the Save New YORK movement d.
remaining outside OF the restricted
zone rather than trying to force their
way into it.
Maybe | DO this great firm of spc--
cialists IN injustice. Maybe most o.
the real estate editors whose territory
is the small island Of Manhattan that
the Indians didn't value so highly and
The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Rich
mond aud the suburbs, ought TO have
cornered that S10.0Q0,009 movement IN
the Matching.
Word comes from Sherman Square
that Slawson & Hobbs and the Hough-
ton Company have rented many tne
dwellings, i'm that part OF the town. The
Houghton Com any comprises Frank X.
and Herbert Z. Houghton. New rem
tails in the Empire Square section are
also being daily credited TO Samuel u.
Martin. lie has rented the dwelling
at 1870 West Goth ST. TO the Virginia
Pope Bird and Animal Corporation.
Seventy-five thousand dollars will be
the total rental for term OF years
TO be paid by the Arlington skirt Man
ufacturing Company for the fourteenth
floor of the Madison Square Building
AZ II and 10 East 26th ST. Charles f..
Noyes Company and He'll & Stern made
the lease.
Miss Il. Lesser will have gymna-
stun on the top floor OF 1856 and $50
West 125th st. 5. II. Raphael Com
pany, broker.
Owners in the Grant Square section,
BROOKLYN. think that values in their
district will remain firm. Among the
well known buildings near the zone are
the Unity Club and the Bedford The
atre. Within a short walk is the auto
mobile centre. A recent transaction IN
the district was the sale by the Jerome
Property Corporation for the Schuell
Realty Company TO an investor of the
four story brick fathOuse at lO4l Ber-
gen St., between Rogers and Nostrand
avs.
The Real Estate Owners Association
of the 18th and 18th Wards, of which
Frank Eberhart is president, says that
taxes will be higher than ever before.
Realty owners have become so accus-
toned % the annual increase that a
lower tax would seem strange TO them
The novel suggestion has been made
that tenants be informed on rent re-
ceipts as TO just how much of the rent
is for taxes and how much for rent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17
SELLS PART OF HIS ACREAGE
Plot of :. Vernon Mann's Great Neck
Tract Changes Hands.

One Of The largest real estate trans
actions in the last five years on the
Great Neck Peninsula, Great Neck. l..
l., was made recently through the
Baker, Crowell, Inc. This brokerage
house sold for :. Vernon Mann OF
Great Neck. a part Of his extensive
acreage estate az the interjunction of
Manhasset Bay and Long Island Sound.
and having very valuable water from
tage, to Mrs. A. VI. Booth, who owns
the adjoining estate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17
S325.0n9 pENTAI. FOR
42D ST.-STH AV. SITE
James DegnOn to Erect Hosiery
on the Premises.

SIDNEY /. Warsawer has leased for
Hyman Nogcl the BUILDINGS at 500 and
657 Eighth av and 800 West A2d ST.,
being the southwest corner Of Eighth
Az. and AID ST.. 10 James Degnon. who
viii erect thereon large hotel and
cafe. This property has been occupied
for the last ffty-seven years by Vogel
Bros. one Of the oldest clothing houses
in the city. Mr.. Degnon has taken a
lease for term Of twenty years. az
an Aggregate rental of about S325.OO0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-17
LAUNCH PARK AV. PROJECT
Apartment House TO Go Up Just South
of SD street.

A wcll-knoWn Manhattan and Bronx
builder has acquired as site for an
apartment house go and go Park
Avenue. 27.2 feet south Of Eight third
Street. through James j. Donovan. Inc.
Two four-story dwellings now OCCUPY
the site, which has a frontage Of q
feet and a depth of 100 feet, and ad o.
joins a tvflve-story structure al the
northeast corner of Eighty-second
street, owned by the Randolph Walker
Corporation. The house at 973 was ac-
quired from Mary A. Gallagher, and
that at 91j from Patrick Drury.
THE buyer will erect either a nine
or twelve story building. James !.
Meehsn was credited with the pur-
chase IN east side realty circles, but
tho report could not De confirmed.