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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

LABORERS WANTED-Five hun
dred colored laborers wanted for
ship yard at Newport News, Va,
25 cents per hour; good homes;
overtime; chance for advancement.
Also mechanics. Apply to Employ
ment Clerk, Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Co., New
port News Va 2l3-tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

WANTED-To rent place Of about
100 acres for general farming.
VIII pay cash or shares. Refer
ences exchanged. Me- l.. Horner,
Gl2 King street. 2l3-Gt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

WANTED-A bright messenger boy.
Apply to Postal Telegraph and
Cable Company, 427 King street.
214-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

LOST-On King street or in the
market, small hand bag containing
valuable papers, keys and some
change. Finder will be rewarded
by leaving it with Mrs. barley,
118 south Royal street. 215-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

WANTED-All boys not returning to
school Of 1G years of age and up
ward, wanted to handle freight.
Apply to Agent at Potomac Yard,
Va, at once.
2I0-Gt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

WANTED-Young man to work IN
store. Must have good reputation.
Experienced or inexperienced. APP
ply to A. L. Cohen, 4l8 King ST.,
Alexandria. Va. 2lo-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

WANTED-Stenographer. NJ. l..
Horner, 6l2 King street, RleNan-
dria. Phone 800. 2I3-t1'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

WANTED-Twenty-fve girls to
learn winding, doubling and SPIN
ming, wages $500 per week Wnile
learning, advanced in few weeks.
Steady work guaranteed. Apply
at Klots Silk Mill, Pitt and Wilkes
street, Alexandria. 2lo-o".
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

MULES FOR SALE-Always from
100 to 800 head of horses and
mules Of all description for; sale at
my stables in York, Pa, JOE
KINDING.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10
Classified Advertising

WANTED-Young lady for office.
Address in own hand writing.
G, Gazette, Alexandria. 2l6-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10
THE WASHINGTON VIR.
GINA RAILWAY co.

In effect June Fl, 1918.
Subject to Change without Nutt"e.
Leave Alexandria For Washington
Daily Except Sundays ana HOiidnyH
4. M.----5 90. 40. G 90. 20. 40.
6 SIS, 10. ~. 80. : 40. 80, 90.
s lC, S 20, s 10, . 90. 20. 40; ~ 90
20 30. 10 40, II 90. j! 20. IL 80, Noon
IL 90.
l., M.----19 30. l2 40 | co. 20, 40:
2 90 . 90 . 40, 3 90, 3 20, 40. 90.
20. 40. 3 90. s 20. 5 40. 90, 20
7 90. Z 20. rs, $ 90. 30, 90. 81.
10 90, 10 80. II 10. IL 55'
Sunday and Holidays. same as abovs
EXCEPT trains st 90. 3 40. 90. 20.
40, 10, 30. 90. ana 10 \. u
and II SIS =. NJ. 4,
Leave. AicxnndrIn For Mt. Vernon.
a NJ Week Days---5 IS. 65. IS.
SIS, 10 30. " 30.--P. Ma 30. 80.
9 30. 3 30, 80, IS, 3 40, 30, ~,
10 90 IL so.
Sunday al nbnv: cxce2t 80 ana
8 IS a. NJ. and II 50 ~ IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

FOR RENT-One nice room, in
private family; electric light,
bath, telephone, hot water heat.
Apply at Gazette office. 217-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

HOUSE-Fory rent, $50 - King
street; 6 rooms, bath, pantry, gas,
electricity, hot and cold water,
hot water heat, no fires to attend.
Apply in office 500 King street,
city. 2l5-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

FOR SALE-A black mare, in fine
condition and splendid for driving.
Address, Mrs. S. B. Vaughan, care
F. L. Pitt, Alexandria, Va. Or ap-
ply at Mrs. Vanghan's home in
George Washington Park. 2l5-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

C. KEITH CARL1N,
Special Commissioner in Chancery
for the Circuit Court of Alexandria
County, Virginia. 2l4-4W
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-10

Commissioners Office, 107 North
Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Viz
GINA.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS:
oNTARIo'S WATER.

Ontario citizens. and especially Ontario
women will hail with delight the announce
mcnt of the Ontario Water company's de
termination to better the water supply. 1t
is to hoped that the officials of the com
pany will find the solution of this vcXing
problem. They can not improve the supply
amy too soon for the happiness of the com
mtmty.
However anxious the people of the city
are to have better water it is, TO use a tlitc
expression, "casicr said than done" At
least it is difficult problem with capital
investment ON which the present earnings,
or those of the near future, will pay rcas-
enable interest.
Not only does Ontario need more and
softer water, but it also needs greater pres
sure for fire protection. I'm view of the fact
that the population of the city is widely
scattered the cost of the distributing sys-
tenn is out of proportion to the number of
water users. while at the same time the vast
lengths of mains help to reduce this pres
sure.
IT the Ontario Water company sue
cccdS i solving the water problem by in
crcasiug the supply, bcttcling the product
aud increasing the pressure the degree ol
benefit it will bcStow upon the city is be
yond measure.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01
THE ROAD BOND ISSUE.

1t was hardly to be expected i'm Oregon
that legislature could adjourn without
providing or at least ON special election. Yet
the voters are to- be congratulated that at
the special election to be held in June they
viii nave an opportunity to show how Ore
guu feels ON the question of good roads. With
the issue placed squarcy before the clectO-
rate there is NO doubt that the state will not
hc permitted 10 ret into the Arkansas class
of commonwealth, SO far primary highways
are concerned.
In view of the paramount Importance
of good roads to the development of Oregon
the Argus next week will print i'm full the
bill on which the voters will ballot i'm June.
Tho it is long measure and contains num-
Der Of chapters hich do not vitally effect Nal
hcur county yet the voters should get thor
oughlv Informed ON the entire act i'm order
that they may view from its statewide view
point. rather than from purely local interest.
The only thing that at all cndangcis the
bill is the fact that the word bonds appears
in its several chapters. The average prop
crty owner shys whenever the word bond is
mentioned. And he has reason too, for
his timidity. for all too frequently bond is
sues have been proposed which are in fact
mortgages ON the future inhabitants of the
state However this is a case where over
which the property owner has no reason to
worry. Real property will not be called up
on to pay for these bonds, either principal
or interest. The automobile owner must foot
the bill Under these conditions the man
who has hitherto spent his time cursing the
gasoline huggicS and their owners for
"hoggiug" the road and speeding should be
found lined up behind this measure. If
this class of citizens is numerically us
strong rs their conversation at times, the
bonds i'll go thru with a whoop.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01
Is TT POSSIBLE?

II is difficult for one possessed of Il
sound mind 10 believe possible the state
mcnt made by Postmaster j. i. Huston of
Vale at the hearing last Tuesday concern
ing the certainty of Vale securing Il rural
mail route running To within three miles of
Ontario" Vet that was Mr. Huston 5 tcsti-
mony.
Not only did hc put il that way but he
stated as categorical fact that. "wc will
get it," And aS if To- rub it in, " said that
owing to the departments ruling Ontario
could not get such II service.
Now the Vale postmaster may be telling
the exact truth. He may know what he is
talking about. But if that is the ease, then
well, Ontario might rs well close the books,
ask that its charter be cancelled and seek To
be added tu the confines of the county seat.
10 say that the Vale proposition is pre-
poStcruuS is not enough, for of course no one
in Vale would admit having guilty know
ledge of such Il scheme, certainly not Why
of course the people who live within thrc"
miles of Ontario want their mail 10 come
from Vale. Why they want ii So bad that
they have themselves asked tine government
To put them ou that route, at least that is how
some of the Vale folk, tell it.
Nou see it is this way, according To Mr.
llustou's explanation: Ontario is SO located
tH.tU mail mann going west to SERVE thc pco-
pie living uut half way to Vale and cover the
necessary distance would have 10 "doublc
back" and the department won't stand forI
that But a mail man coming East from
Vale To serve the same people, and returning
10 serve his patrons west of Vale would not
double back, Perfectly simple, isn't il p
just as clear as mud, To 90 west from On
talio You double back but going east from
Vale You don't
OF course Ontario would never have
known this had it not been represented att
the hearing at Vale Tuesday, for Mr.. Huston
told the commission that the petition for the
Vale route had ben held mp in Washington
for two months ON account of the train
schedule
Having in a few hours after arriving I'M
Vale learned So much about matters vitality
concerning the people of Ontario, it seems
that regular visits at stated intervals might
be of real profit To Ontario
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01
1T is ALL OVER.

There is an old saving that, "No man 5
life or property is safe while the Legislature
is in session" This has been increasingly
true during the past ten wears, especially IN
the western states. However the legislature
which closed recently was an exception 10
the rule
That the statutes books are not all clut-
tered up with a lot of new freak laws is not
due to the absence of freak legislators at
Salem during the past session, 1t is due To
the fact that they were So decidedly i'm the
minority that they could not put their meas
urcS over.
Even. this, however, would mot have kept
some of their bills off the statue books had
II not been true that the control of the House
and Senate were safe i'm the hands of CON
s,Nativcly progressive men. Speaker r. A.
Suuicld and President Gu, Mo,cl of the
S.uul. ,uy evidently. mu u whose hands
the affair, or Jh. state were safe, Such
leaders are valuable assets of a state and the
people should consider the record they have
made iu the positions just filled, when seek
i.-u.. u. t..'Mu. .a,v positions of
government.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01

We want so much to put one OF
our electrically operated Apollo
player-Pianos in home In Ontario
that we will make a big discount on
first ono, knowing that enough
orders will follow TO warrant the sac
rilicc. II plays by hand and pedals
also. a letter Of iquiry win do no
harm. or you may ask Mrs. Woese
IN Ontario. Wise Piano House,
Boise, Idaho. 47u
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01
OREGON EAsETERN BRANCH

West bound
No. 37i Mixed-Leavcs Ontario
l0:OO u, m. Daily except Sunday;
Arrive Vale 1880 n. M. Juntura
900 p. m; Riverside $3.50 y. m.
Crane 5;2O p. m.
No. 372 Mixed Leave Crane. ore.
1880 a. m. Daily Except Sunday.
Riverside 9:3O a. M Juntura
1885 a. m, Vale 1915 p. m, Ar
rive Ontario $500 p. m.
BROGAN BRANCH
No. 373 MiXed-Leaye Ontario 1880
p. m. Daily Except. sunday. Leave
Vale 2;3O p. m, Arrive Brogan
$3.50 p. m.
No. 374 MiNed-Leaye Brogan $3.50
p. m, Vale 5:O5 p, M. Arrive on
tario $3.50 p. IN,
lIOMEDALE BRANCH
Extra Mixed Leave Ontario S:l5 a.
m Daily Except Sunday
No. dG3 Mixed Leave Nyssa 9;25
"a. m. Daily Except Sunday. Ar
rive IIomedale 1885 a, m.
No 3:;Gi Mixed Leave Homedale
1885 a. IA, Daily Except Sunday.
Arrive Nyssl 1905 p. m.
Extra MiNcd Arrive Ontario 1880
p. M.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01
ALI THE YEAR ROUND.

Oregon Short Line weekend and
Sunday rates have been so popular
hat they will be continued indefinite
y. ON sale every week, all the time.
rhey are for your convenience; uso
hem frequently. Ask o. S. l.. agents.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01

Personally thc fellows at Vale are
mighty genial. And there is this much To
D. -lid forjhcm, "IhcN are working mighty
Lard fur their little old home town" Given
rrw natural advantages and that kind of
spirit would land the county seat in the
ranks ui mctrupoH.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01

II is apparently the business of IA rail
road to run for the sole purpose of serving
the folks that live i'm town ou a branch
line, and not for the purpose of serving the
thousands who live without its precincts who
are forced to 90 there ON business.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01

Mayor Cole of Vale testified that he lost
a lot of money. Now don't laugh for some of
the Vale boys declared positively that he
had not even misplaced it,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01

As Il mater of information it is nice to
know that So far as Vale is concerned its 275
petitioners are more important than all the
citizens of all the other communities in the
county
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01
ONTARIO NEEDS GOOD ROADS.

With six inches of mud ON the surfaces
and with the bottoms almost gone on the
roads leading to Ontario it is a days work
for a ranchcI To come To town To trade.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01

Some towns want their train service for
the. benefit of the people who come and go.
Others want the service for the benefit of de-
funct hotels.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01

One of Ontario'S ncighbors has taken
t. heart the saving that God helps those who
help themselves.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-01

You have got to hand it to a community
tnat goes out after things.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-22
FURNISHES HOME,
Then STRANGERS
STRIP The HOUSE
Gregory Street Man Comes
Home to Find New Equip
ment Has Been Stolen

Sam Brice, of 38 Gregory street, at
least that was his residence until yes
terday, for two years has been care
fully selecting furnishings for his
home, in which he took great pride.
Last night, the police state, he made
a few purchases for his den and
started for what was his home.
i Opening the front door he nearly
tainted on entering the par1or to find
neither pictures nor a stick Of furni-
ture. He's a man who never drinks
and was positive that he couldn't see
anything in the room but the floor,
ceiling and from walls. He wandered
into the dining room. It was as bare
as a Sahara desert. The kitchen pre-
sented the same appearance and he
found in the chamber that the only
thing left to sleep on was the bare
floor.
Brice sat on it and thought the mat
ter over. When he recovered he made
inquiries of the neighbors. The neigh
bors told how during his absence and
that of his family two men in arteam
had been in the apartment and taken
everything away. The neighbors
thought he wis moving and SO said
nothing. This morning Brice appeal
ed to the police.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-22
MARTIAL LAW IN FORCE WHILE
new BRITAIN SEEKS FlREbUC
WHO TERRORIzED WHOLE CITY

own fire fighting apparatus lent as
sistance.
Many persons became hysterical as
the tolhng bells told of another fire
and the glare Of flames lighted the
downtown section. Persons who in the
opinion of others appeared to be act
ing suspiciously were seized, but the
policemen came to their relief. In the
end there were seven men at the po-
He station, held to be questioned Five
OF these were quickly released, as
they readily gave answers to ques-
tionS Two were more sharply inter-
rogated, but. they, too, were allowed
to go.
Today the police and firemen were
in a@Quandary as to the incendiaries
and the exact ,nnanner in which the
fires we've set. The police officials dc
not hold to the theory that incendiary
bombs were used. UP till noon they
simply ala not know how the fires
Had their start.
Mayor Quigley asked for authority
to call out the two militia companie.
by. communication with Governor
Holcomb, who was at the bankers
dinner in New Haven.
+ An inquiry has been begun and
each of the premises on which there
| was a fire is being examined. The
cory advanced is that there is q
mental defective at large who has a
| mania for setting fires.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-22

New Britain. Feb. 22-Martial law
in effect prevails here today and the
patrol Of Companies E and I. First
infantry, National Guard. called out
by Governor Holcomb, will probably
be continued for several days. Guards
around many Of the large manufac-
turing establishments have been re-
inforced. These precautions have
been taken because of seven fires here
last night, six of them of incendiary
origin. The other fire was caused by
accident.
All the fires were within a small
area, from 800 yards to a quarter
of a mile from one another. The
property losses run from $4,000 to
$4,000. The insurance probably
covers the maximum figures.
The outstanding feature was the
excitement and nervousness caused
by the fires. At the outset citizens
knew that a f1rebug was at work.
Some of the fires were announced
by bell alarms, while Of others the
firemen got verbal information. Hun
dreds of citizens lent g. hand in rum
ming hose lines. Had it not been for
prompt, response of fremen and ap-
paratus from Plainville, Bristol, Hart
ford and Waterbury it is likely that
the New Britain department would
not have; been able to cope with the
situation. The plants having their
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-22
BRIDGEPORT Who'll ESALE
FIRMS WELL SUPPLIED,
PANIC FEARS bASELESS
NEW YORK INVESTIGATES
FOOD SHORTAGE; MILLION
is ASKED TO help POOR

the issue Of daily food bulletin, tell
ing housewives how articles that have
risen to amost prohibitive prices may
be eliminated from the diet without
detriment to health.
CAPITAL MAKES INQUIRY.
: Washington, Feb. 22-Threatened
food and fuel shortages in many To-
calities caused by freight congestion
and Ncar shortage seemed today to
have. been averted by drastic orders
OF the railroads, cooperating with
the interstate commerce commission.
to rush special trains to needy
towns or cities. American Railway
association officials said the lack OF
needed supplies had lessened greatly
in the last two weeks and the pos
sibility of q general shortage through
out the east was slight. The dearth
OF freight cars is less than year
ago, they said.
The railway association yesterday
ordered individual lines to give at
tention to prompt shipments Of coal
and coke to rs middle western c1ties
when it became apparent that reserve
stocks In many of these places was
nearly exhausted and gas supplies
were threatened
Railroad officials and the interstate
commerce commission regard the
view Of the congestion expressed by
J. p. Griffin, president of the Chicago
board Of trade, as unduly serious. He
predicted rioting and anarchy il feod
prices are not reduced soon by open
ing OF channels Of railroad supply.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-22

y New York, Feb. 22-Heads Of city
departments asserted today that SUI
perficial examination of municipal
statistics failed to show results that
might be attributed to lack of suffi-
cient nourishment caused by the high
price of food. In obedience to in
structions from Mayor Mitchell they
began, however. a careful investiga-
ton to learn whether there was any
basis for complaints voiced at the
this week and by committees that
have called on the mayor.
Public charities officials said that
applications for admission to the poor
house had increased recently.
on the other hand the municipal
lodging house, which is = bsrometer
OF unemployment rather than Of high
prices, has of late been shelterine
only half its capacity.
A survey of the city directed by the
mayor will ascertain the prevailing
retail prices of foodstuffs in quarters
where the distress is greatest and
discover what stocks of food are aOn
hand.
The department heads have. been
asked to report so that their findings
kmay be laid before the board OF alder
Nmen at it's meeting tomorrow. At thai
time the mayor has promised to lay
before the board of estimate re-
quest Of East Side housewives thai
81, ,0O0,0 900 be appropriated to buy
food for distribution by the city al
reasonable prices.
The health department has. begur
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-22
TWICE ROBBED
AND ASSAULTED
HERE, He SAYS
Visitor Finds Jesse James
Mild Compared to Bridge
porters
"PHONEY" DETECTIVE
: GETS $40 FROM HIM
Water Street Card Players
Take $3.50 Without Giving
Him a Play q

Robbed twice and assaulted the
same number Of times by the proprf-
etor Of a Water street watch tinker
shop, and in the last instance by two
men, one of whom posed as a Bridge
port detective, Tony Nakye today re-
turned to his bench in a Waterbury
shop and his wife in that city, swear
ing that Jesse James was little sister
Of charity when compared with
Bridgeport robbers.
Tony had $3.50 when he came to this
city Tuesday His watch refused to
run so he went into a shop in Water
street to have 1t fixed. They gave him
Ia dollar watch to carry until he re-
ceived his own. Last night he re-
turned for his tfmepiece and flashed
his $3.50 to pay for it.
! You're a SPORT said the clerk be-
hind the. counter. "Come inside here
and I'll show you a good game"
The clerk laid 10 cards face down on
the floor and told Tony after he gave
him an opportunity to see what each
card was that if he picked the 10 Of
hearts and ace of clubs out Of the
cards on the floor he would get $50
II he failed he must pay the clerk 81. =
The percentage looked good to Tony
and this more than any sporting blood
induced him to sit in the game. Tony
drew his roll and observing the 10 of
clubs he reached for a card on the
floor. But Tony rever got the card
Instead someone of the bystanders
-he says there were four-wrenched
his rsll from his hand, cracked him in
the jaw. and elected him with such
violence that he didn't even strike the
sidewalk in his flight, picking himself
out Of the gutter.
He wandered around Main street
looking for q policeman when two ap-
preached him and asked him what he
wanted. Tony told his story and pne
Of. the two remarked, ''Well that's for
turnate. My friend here is police
detective. Come along and we'n go
to the police station
Tony felt he was in good hands and
he boarded a jitney with the men.
They took him north in Main street,
told the driver to stop and pointed
out building to Tony which they said
lighted. He was going to get his
money back, when his happy frame OF
mind received a rude shock.
One of the men banged him in the
nose. The other closed his eye with a
well directed smash and a third punch
ioosened few Of his teeth. TonS,
though conscious, took the count and
his assailant took his watch and $40
bill he had secreted in the little mon
! ey pocket at the waist Of his trousers.
Tony doesn't know how he got to
Continued on Page 81
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-22
Black Rock Man Is
Jailed For Spending
His Wife's Savings

James Marshall, of Black Rock.
took his wife's savings bank yesterday
and started out on a wild ".toot." He
came to grief in a Water street saloon,
getting into fight and being arrest
ed. This morning his wife appeared
in court and wanted her money.
Judge Wilder made Marshall turn
over what he had left from his spree,
made him sign an order giving his
wife his salary, which is due at a
local factory, and then sent him 70
Jail for 10 days. He was told If he
failed to- follow the courts wish he
would get 80 days. Marshall pre-
ferred the ten.