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The Washington times., 1916-01-18
NATIONAL UNION OF
ALEXANDRIA ELECTS
New Officers Installed BY Fred
StriCkrott, Of Washington.
Miss Moore Wins Prize.

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 1s.-Members OF
Alexandria Council, No. 6s5, Of the Ma
tional Union, elected officers for the
ensuing year and banqueted last night.
Among the guests were Fred Strickrott,
president of the Washington Cabineti 5
Arthur Bugden, district deputy, and ].
Harry Jones.
The following officers were elected:
Charles II. Davis. president: N. T.
Snyder, vice president; ]. e. Sampson
speaker; c. A. Howard. secretary; A. ii.
Smythe, financial secretary: II. Fried
lander, treasurer; ]. II. Bartlett, chap
lain: James McCuen, usher: B. +.
Thompson. sergeant; M, r. Norris
Thompson. and NJ. r. Norris, trustees.
The officers were installed by Fred
strickott, Of washington.
first year class of the high school, won
the prize offered by r. e. Lee Camp OF
Confederate Veterans for the best essay
on the life of Robert e. Lee. The prize
will be awarded tomorrow night at the
annual banquet of Lee Camp.
The board of police commissioners will
meet tomorrow night.
The Republican convention Of the
Eighth district will be held here Feb
ruary % for the purpose of alectlnH
delegates to the national convention
and the selection of a candidate to OPP
pose Charles e. Carlin, the Democratic
Congressman from this district.
Miss Virginia Stewart. widow of the
city,. died this morning at her home, in
Washington. Her remains will be
brought here for interment
Hayden. widow of John T. Hayden. who
died in Washington Sunday. we're held
here this afternoon from the home of
her son.
Chief of Police Goods and sergesnt
wilkinson have recovered a fve-pas-
senEer automobile that was stolen
from T. F. Gruver. OF Washington, and
which was located in n garage hero
Saturday.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen spoke last
night at meeting in the Elks' Audi
torium in the interest Of the work which
Lady Aberdeen Is doing for the chill
dren of Ireland. Mrs. Kate Waller Bar
rett presided. Vocal selections were
given by Miss Katherine Brill and Mrs.
Of the meeting Mrs Barrett gave a
reception in honor of Lord and Lady
Aberdeen at her home.
A prohibition rally was held last
night in the First Baptist Church, and
was addressed by John G. Woolley,
former candidate for President on the
prohibition ticket. and DR.. George w.
Morrow, Of Michigan. The Rev. L. NJ.
Ferguson, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, presided The meeting was
held under the auspices of the Virginia
Anti-Saloon League.
The Seventh-dav Adventists have pro-
cured the Odd Fellows Hall. on North
Columbus street, in which to hold their
Sohha th school and services
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

New York Stocks.

All transactions IN stocks are On the rhsis
- dollars and fractions thereof
Quotations furnished by w n. Hibba q
Co... memberg Of New York Stock Exchange
Hibbs Bullding.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
EVANSVILLE.

spoke on minor Jurisprudence" before
the Hyattsville Citizens Association.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Mrs. NJ. Whitecraft. of Lutherville.
Md. is visiting her cousin. Mrs. A. B.
Stockman.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Miss Rose Patton. of Kingston. Tenn.
is visiting with her sister. Mrs. A. j.
Baker
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

The Rev. Samuel r. White officiated
at the marriage here yesterday OF Miss
Mary Amelia Martin and Frank Eugene
Butterield, both OF Washlngton.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
MT. RAINIER.

This town is to submit a new charter
to the legislature for its approval. It
provides that the corporation be gov
erned by a mayor and four councimen.
each to serve two wears. the new mayor
and councilmen from the Second and
Third wards to be elected the first Mon
day In May this wear and the council
men from the First and Fourth wards to
hc chosen on the first Monday in May.
1917. Until the elections under the new
charter the act will name those who are
TO fill the offices. The office of town
and the person to fill this office is to be
elected for two years instead of being
apDointed.
The tax rate in the new charter is
limited to 20 cents on the 800.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hayden are re-
ceiving the CONGRATULATIONS upon the ar
rival of a boy.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

The Mt. Rainier volunteer fire depart
ment has elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: Chief. Frank
Crown; assistant chief. John Klein:
chief engineer. Clarence Moore: secre-
tary. Morton c. Hartman: treasurer,
Julius Reiners: machinist. William ].
Waple: assistant machinist. Otto Ger
hardt
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Judge Peter has signed a. decree
granting TO Mrs. Ellen Wilson an -abso-
lutte divorce from Lawrence Wilson on
the ground Of desertion. the decree also
awarding Mrs. Wilson the custody OF
two minor children.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

BY the score of "A to l2. the girls
ba sketball team OF the Rockville
Academy defeated the girls quint OF
the Montgomery county high school,
Misses Higgins. Geneva Reed, Sorgen-
frei Rabbit, and Veirs composed the
academy team and Misses Edmonds.
Onutt, Dawson. X Reed, and McCeney
were the high school players,
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Chief of Police Goods and Sergeant
wilkinson have recovered a five-pas-
senEer automobile that was stolen
from T. F. Gruver. OF Washington, and
which was located in garage hero
Saturday.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth
Hayden. widow of John T. Hayden, who
died in Washington Sunday. we're held
here this afternoon from the home OF
her son.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
Many Are Indians.

THE people of Mexico are largely
Indian. They arc self respecting. in
dustrious, eXcitabIs, and cruel They
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Miss Virginia Stewart, widow of the
late w. A Stewart, formerly of this
Washington. Her remains will be
brought here for interment.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Miss Rebecca Moore, a member Of the
first year class of the high school, won
the prize offered by r. e. Lee Camp OF
Confederate Veterans for the best essay
on the life of Robert e. Lee. The prize
will be awarded tomorrow night at the
annual banquet of Lee Camp.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

The Republican convention Of the
Eighth district will be held here Feb
ruary % for the purpose of alectlnG
delegates to the national convention
and the selection of a candidate to OPP
pose Charles e. Carlin, tho Democratic
Congressman from this district.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

The Seventh-dav Adventists have pro-
cured the Odd Fellows Hall, on North
Columbus street, in which to hold their
Sabbath school and services.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07
CHURCH REPAIRING DAY
AT KEMP
Ladies' Collected Money for Material
and Served Dinner-Erifteen
Men Recovered the
Building.

The people of the community of
Old Kemp have earned for them
selves the reputation of getting what
they go after and finishing what they
start. Last Wednesday, in one day.
thanks to the women of the church,
with slight aid from the men folk,
the Baptist Church was given a much
needed new roof. The women got
their heads together and took up a
collection amounting to ninety-fiye
dollars odd and with this they bought
the material. And on the day ap-
pointed some fifteen of the male
members of the church came with
hammers and saws, and in q jiffy the
old roof was off and a new one on.
Meantime the ladies prepared and
served the workers and some invited
guests as well with an elegant din
ner. wherein and whereat the tables
groaned with those things that sat
isfy the most fastidious epicure. The
ladies seemed to vie with each other
in seeing which could do the most
toward the feast, and a good feast It
was. The ladies who accomplished
the collecting and served the dinner
were; Mesdames NJ Sears, Emma
Battle. ogden, Grandma ogden, jam
ison, Hedgecock. Kirkheart, w.
Sears, Kemp. and Prewitt.
-G B. Nolen,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07
OBITUARY-ELIzABETH FORD

Departed this life on March Goth,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, wife of William
Ford, at the family home two miles
south of Achil,e, Oklahoml. De-
ceased was born in Walker County,
Alabama, April 20, 1860, She had
been a lifelong member Of the Mis-
sionary Baptist Church, with which
she took membership at the age of
20 years at Antioch, Texas. Funeral
services were held at Kemp, conduct
ed by Rev. Thomas Leasley, OF Tex
as, attended by q lSY-e concourse Of
friends, after which the remains
were laid to rest in Kemp cemetery.
This scribe has known the deccas-
ed personally for more than thirty
years OF a truth. can say she has
lived up to her profession. she and
her husband were among tne early
settlers of the Kemp community and
did much for the upbuilding Of the
community. Sister Ford was one Of
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07
BY JAMES q. MORROW,
In The PHILADELPHIA Record.

n ONE of the weekses, save John
IN Wingate, the senator and the
Massachusetts, candidate for
president-toiling as they all did
among the granite humps of New
lt1ampshire-wase ever noted for his ac-
lcumulation OF cash or property.
They we're farmers mostly, begin
ming with Leonard Weeks, who, emf
grating from England In 1866, became
the head and source Of the family.
Agriculture sternly practiced among
the embedded rocks and irremovable
powders taught them to be resource
lful and to keep at least one eye open
10 opportunity.
So William D., the father of the SEN
ator, was q probate Judge. and once
essayed to be a manufacturer. With
the cooperation of neighbors, likewise
alert and adventurous, he started a
factory at Lancaster for making starch
from potatoes.
II will never forget the look on my
Fathers face" Captain Weeks told me,
when, on a Sunday morning, just as
I've we're leaving church. we saw men
and boys running down the street snd
heard them crying: The starch fac
tory is burning
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07
ONE LONE GERMAN CAPTURES
BRITISH STEAMER

From Lewes, Delaware. comes the
news today that one lone German
stowaway held up the captain and
Sc members of the crew of the Brit
ish steamer Matoppo. few miles off
the coast of Delaware, and compel
led them at the point of revolver
to change the course of the vessel
and land him at the Delaware break
water, after he had rifled the ships
safe and taken their valuables. The
captain Of the steamer was the in
formant of the newspaper men. The
stowaway, who was afterward cap
tured and is in Jail, says that his
name is Earnest Shiller. The hold
up took place outside the three-mile
limit, and the Federal authorities
say that owing to this circumstance
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07

There was no insurance-the pol
hcy had lapsed-and the fire swept
away all Of my fathers means and put
q burdensome mortgage on his farm,
two and a half miles in the country"
If there had been a navy of a re-
spectacle size in 1881 John Wingate
Weeks would now be a captain in
stead of a senator. Nor would he
ever have become a banker and thus
have set at naught all the traditions Of
the Weeks family for self-respecting,
capable and wholesome poverty.
And yet a psychological analysis Of
inherited traits might show that the
senator comes naturally by his talents
for public affairs and finance. Any
inquiry into his personality must In
elude the Wingates, the chief of whom.
pohn, an Engiishman. emigTated to
New Hampshire in 1860.
The Weekses and the Wingates In
nermarried during the second Ameri-
can generati0n-the Weekses to con-
tinue as farmers, with an excursion
into potato starch, as has been re-
corded, but the Wingates 10 become.
soldiers. preachers and statesmen.
Paine Wingate, for example, the great
grandson OF John, was q member OF
the Continental congress and later o
senator from New Hampshire.
A Big Man Physically.
John Wingate Weeks Of Massachu-
hetts, in his name, therefore, goes back
10 the middle of the seventeenth CEN
bury. Perhaps his gifts are equally as
ancient. Wherever they originated.
he has made good use OF them. He is
hEelLto-do-but has less money, per-
haps, than is often represented-and
Republicans in Massachusetts have no
kified the country that he is their cam
didate for president. II he is nomi-
hated at Chicago In June, the main
reason will have been that he is e.
business man. His candidacy, then,
will be something entirely new In ma
hOnal politics.
In his measurements, Captain Weeks
as a large man. reasonable guess
at his weight would be $50 pounds.
His stature, perhaps, Is five feet and
eleven inches. His eyes are gray and
his manner Is frank and hearty. While
NJ the naval academy he could slowly
raise a 112-pound dumbbell above h.s
head with his right hand. Then, kneel-
ing with one leg, he could slowly raise
an 87-pound dumbbell with his left
hand. More than that he could lower
his hands to his shoulders and slowly
hnd simultaneously Put both dumb
bells above his head the second time.
A muscular youth, he was recon-
mended by his principal to the "pru-
hential committee" that called at the
academy In Lancaster on a hunt OF q
keacher for their district school. The
bchool was then closed-a group OF
khe large boys having carried the
keacher into the road slammed him
down in the dirt and warned him
never TO return.
"Liek 'em and lick 'em good" the
brudential COMMITTEES said. wen
back you up II you do"
"The third day. Captain Weeks
hold me, "a big, red-faced boy took
Ms pen in hand and laboriously be-
ran to write q letter that is. he was
keemingly engaged in writing q let
Ter: as q matter OF fact, he WAS snow
kng on before the school and expert
bnenting with the new teacher When
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07

this government will likely have
nothing to do with the matter and
in that exept he will be turned over
to the British authorities at st. Lu-
cia. where the steamer will stop for
coal. The success of the holdup is
due to the fact that the man seemed
determined to kill some one If he
was resisted, and no one of the crew
seemed willing to sacrifice himself
in quelling his ambition to take
charge of The vessel.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07

our ships, coming from farms ana vn-
lages, in large part are the fneEt
morally and physically afoat.
I'm my days, back in 1880, let us say,
the sailor on shore leave who returned
10 his ship sober was keelhauled OF
Otherwise punished by his mates. All
that has changed Intoxicated sailors
are see no more on the streets. Our.
men are sober, serious and capable.
When an estimate Of any navy is
made, the personnel, as well as the
ships, must be considered.
Lessons Of the War.
80 l had thought that only Great
Britain. excelled us as a naval power
at the Outbreak OF the war in Europe.
Since the war started, France and
Germany have geer building ships.
Our rank Just now, therefore. is un-
certain. But we have a good navy.
STILL It should be much larger"
Has the war taught the world any
naval lessons?"
"A great many. Il has shown the
value of aeroplanes, which are now
known as the eyes OF the feet. They
are very necessary as scouts. Leav-
Ah6 NhO A0IA Vi - NGno0Af AA0I kon
easily locate the enemy and are there
fore of the greatest possible use I'm
the events that occur before a battle.
The submarines, too, II has been
learned, are Of a real and practical
service. All officers think they have
become a permanent addition to
every navy, but there is some dis
agreement as to their general utility.
Can a swarm of submarines. for in.
stance, go to sea, meet a fleet and de-
stroY Il? The question cannot be
answered until such an attempt has
been made and either failed or sue
ceeded.
Il asked one of the highest military
authorities in the country IL 1000 sub
marines, along with mines, could safe
guard the United States against in.
vasion--the mines to blow up the enc
niles ships on shore, II any hap
pened to get that near, the submarines
having met the rest and destroyed
them before they came within striking
distance Of our coasts. The answer
was that such a measure of pro-
lection, an invasion of the United
States would, to say the least, be
made very difficult.
You see, no one can tell as YET
what part the submarines will take
in the wars of the future. Their uses
are slowly being developed, and we
cannot know what they are capable Of
doing until the French or British
feet meets the fleet of Emperor
william.
Also, It has been learned that bat
tie cruisers are required to bring 6
navy up to its highest efficiency
Cruisers formerly were used as scouts
and to hunt down and destroy thu
merchant ships of an enemy. They
were swift, but not heavy enough t
take a place in the battle line wheI
large vessels we're engaged.
A Sea Battle First.
The modern cruiser, however, car
! frht, being covered with armor ant
armed with large guns. Steaming 81
knots an hour, 1t can run all around
fleet of dreadnaughts and pumI
shells into them from a long distance
and from any angle. Our navy mus
have battle cruisers, besides a grea
many submarines and aeroplanes, 1
we mean to be in a position where
we can protect ourselves against in
jury, insult or dishonor.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07

the six members that organized the
Warner Missionary Baptist Church
thirty years ago, (afterward called
the Kemp Baptist Church). Only
one of them is still numbered among
the living. Sister Jane Thomas, of
Achille. Sister Ford was a devoted
wife, a loving mother, ever ready to
aid the sick and afflicted, and ever
mindful of the call of the poor and
needy She leaves an afflicted hus-
band, two daughters, one son, and a
brother, besides many relatives akin,
and host of friends to mourn her
departure.
| will say to her bereaved ones,
weep not, your loss is her gain.
Blessed are they who die in the
Lord, for they rest from their labors,
and their works follow them"
BY a friend, G. B. Nolen.
Get prices on first class job print
ing at the News office.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07
FRIsCo FREIGHT MRECK

Saturday afternoon Frisco
freight train went into the ditch four
miles east of town, piling nine loads
into heap and pretty badly damag-
ing them as wei as their contents
The cause Of the wreck is supposed
to have been spreading rails, on ac-
count of the soft roadbed. No one
was injured. but traffic was tied up
for several hours.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07
EACE THE FACTS!
Weeks Talks About Our Navy
and National Defense.

lnsIsts on Military, Commercial, FIN
anelal and Industrial Preparedness
LET us Be Ready for Peace a.
Well no War.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07
70 Drive Out Malaria

TO DTIVC UuL WHIuTIH
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form.
The Quinine drives ont malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. so cents
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-07

InVigoratlng 40 rhe Pale and SickIy
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds up the sys
tenn. A true tonic. For adults and children. SOC.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-20
ASSOCIATION STUDIES USE
OF AUTOTRUCK IN WAR TINE
Expert Tells Why Motors Are Best
Army Supply Carriers

The mobilization of the motortrucks
owned by manufacturers and merchants
of this country was discussed last night
at a banquet held by the Philadelphia
Motor Truck Association at the Adelphia.
Lee J. Eastman was toastmaster. S.
p wetheril, who is chairman of the
committee of the Motor Truck Reserve,
organized recently at the Union League,
addressed the diners on the work of mobil-
izing the trucks and classifying them into
units, according to their make.
He declared that four pounds Of sup
plies must be sent from the base to each
man at the front every day in time of war
and that motortrucks are the most valu-
able form of transportation.
Joseph Bancroft, OF wilmington. was
among the speakers Mr.. Bancroft
said that the next session of the Della
ware Legislature would take up as the
first bill the abolishment of the law which
prohibits motortrucks entering the State
without a Delaware license. With most
other States, he said, the laws are re-
clprocal in the matter of automobile
licenses
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-20
TWO ALPINE POSITIONS
TAKEN BY THE ITALIANS
164 Kaiserjaegers Made Prisoners on
Conquered Ridge in Cadore
Mountains

ROME. April 20.--Itallan forces Tues
day attacked the western ridge of Monte
Ancorna, in the Col di Lana-Upper Cor
devole zone. Mining operations preceded
the infantry attack, and many Austrians
were buried by the mine explosions. The
Italians occupied the positions taking 164
prisoners and quantity of war material.
The following official statement was
issued by the War Office last night
In the Monte Adamello zone our
Alpine troops. after drawing out the
enemy outposts, on April II occupied
and strengthened the Monte Val di
Fumo Pass, at an altitude of 3402
metres C1,161 feeD.
In the Ledro Valley our systematic
advance continues toward the summit
of Monte Sperone.
There was artillery activity from
the Adige zone TO the Brenta.
In the Sugana valley on the night
Of April is renewed enemy efforts
against our positions west of the
Sarganoa torrent were repulsed.
on the same night on the Col di
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-20
WAGE ADVANCE FOR 5000
WORKERS IN COATESVILLE
Laborers to Get 20 Cents an Hour,
Record Price There

BulSens Iron and Steel Company and
Worth Brothers Company, this city made
announcement today, that after May
] general increase in wages would
take place. This will affect about 5000
wage earners. Laborsrs will be paid 90
cents an hour, the highest price i'm the
history ,f the town.
The tonnage men will also come under
the readjustment. The Worths have been
paying i7ia cents an hour The readjust-
ment will he the same in both big mills.
II. I. Scooter, superintendent of the Worth
mills, said last night that the advance had
been contemplated in advance of the ac-
tion of the United States Steel Corpora
tlon to give the men raise.
The iron and steel mills are running
double t~rn and the city boarding houses
are overcrowded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-20
DEFIANT GUARDSMAN JAILED
Refuses to Pay Court Martial's Fine
for Neglecting Duty

Charles r. Arakelian, of 59th and
Thompson streets, tailor with three shops
in this city and its suburbs, began n 15-
day sentence in the County Prison last
night for his refusal to pay a SIS fine inn
posed by a court-martial upon charges
that he had neglected his duty as mem
ber of the list Regiment, National Guard
of Pennsylvania
Arakelian was arrested after fight. in
which Constable Samuel w. Dobin, of the
39th Ward, knocked the tailor down.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-20
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