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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03
Fall Of Snow Yesterday Continued
Until 'the Wee Sma' Hours Of This
alorning-Afercury Down to fonl
Degrees.

Yesterday was another cold an
uncomfortable day, and only person
compelled 10 be out faced the e.t
menrs, the majority preferring to ls
main alongside Of glowing stoves. !
the language Of Dickens in "B-ac
HOUSE," it showed. and it showed
and il NEVER left off showing - 1t wa
FLYING long after midnight, bnr ear
this morning the heavens were clea
and indications were for fair dal
The temperature virtually showed n
change from that of yesterday morn
ing. AT eight o'clock the mercury Il
thc thermometer stood at i degree
above zero.
Tho steamer Southland from Nor
foD; did not reach he,. wharf at tn
oort until nearly eleven o'clock thi
morning. o., nearly five hours benin
l,cr schedule time Her officers re
sort unchanged conditions III tn
lower river and bay.
Early in the afternoon the WIN
,,ew c?!d from the northwest, an"
ceordinr to the Weather 'Burear
he frieid wave will continue fc
bout forty-aight hours longer.
River commerce is icebound. Onl
,he large steamers running betwee:
1erc and Norfolk, and few strcngl
ouilt government boats are able
make way against the ice that eove1
he Potomac from far above hc1
iown to Chesapeake Bay.
1t is seldom that the ice become
IS thick and covers the whole Wld.'
# the river, as at present.
The Three Rivers, Baltimore an
Washington sidewheeler, has beg!
aid Up at her dock in Washington 10
several days unable TO make a scne
lr,le trip because of the ice.
Residents Of the sections OF Kin
George and Westmoreland countie
hat are supplied by the steamer
yi.ll ml,th of the food and other S7''
hey need are anxiously awaiting N
,pcning OF the river 20 navigator
Usually, it is stated, about the h'
rinning Of cold weather the merchant
md other residents OF the rive
,ounties of Virginia lay IN supple
or the winter, but the cold weathc
-ane so early in the season and 5
,uickly thar it caught them unprr
pared.
Fredericksburg is the nearos
market 10 points from Smiths VIVA"
@ Nomini and Lower Machodoc creeS
:. about fitt"an M''"s frnm smith
corty from Colonial Beach and oV''
crtv miles from points further do"1
he river. Some Of the dealers e.
rakiag. trips to Fredericksburg art'
torres and, while there is said 10 D
10 serious shortage in any n@cessaf
,rt;c,as the opening Of the river VI
Va hailed with pleasure by those "h
,orand upon Alexandria ond WaSr
.,ytcn 10 furnish them with nee9s
-arv foodstuifs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03
Brothers Suffecated.

Newark. Jan. 3.-John and Fin-
cent D~agone, brothers, who Welt
found dead in q garage, and "ho' !.
was thought. had been froz0n &C
oasth. were victims Of carbon monoS
ide poisoning according to County
Ph~s:c:~n Warren
nr. Warw"n saws thar the h~o'he~s
were evident? working OF a tax
cy-rel r.. rchr. r,,~"Nna nni war'
overcn,~e r"r"urh al tho oxygen i
the tieft'v closed bui.d.uy having
been consumed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03
Jan Steamer Ahre.

a Pacific Port, jan, 3.-The Japan
ese steamship Shinyo Maru No. ..
owned by the Togo Kisen Kaisha, IS
aSre today somewhere on the Pacific
ocean, according to wireless message
received by the naval radio staten
here. The Shino Marr's position Taz
not given IN the ueaaaga
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03

.!lll SIi 80 ~ 't'''N'N
Judge Norton. chairman oi the 10.
al committee, today reports Inc re
.eipt Of subscriptions for the y. N
;. 4. War fund as follows: Mrs. Ma.
ion T. Bruce, 81; cash, $3.50; anc
mother cash subscription of % cents
An alarm called the fire department;
O house on Washington street, be-
ween Montgomery and First Streets,
estcrday afternoon nj five o'clock to
ind that only n chimney was burning
,uf and no assistance was needed
rom the fremen.
Mr.. Harry c. Leef, a former resi-
,ent Of Alexandria. died sudd aEly
.cstcrday at Danville, Va. His body
ill be brought to this city for burial
nd the funeral Will be held tomor-
ow afternoon Mt 8 O'Clock from 1908
ling street. Rev. DR.. John Lee Al
son officiating, intement in Bethel
ernetery. Mir. Leefs death Is sup
,osed to have been caused from heart
rouble. He was sleeping with ms
ME son. who discovered tnat he
yas dead when he woke up about nall
,st five o'clock Yesterday morning.
r.. Leef left Alexandria about 20
oars ago, going from here to Lynch
,urg, where he remained for elshF
ears, and from there TO panVil'e'
heer he had resided since aS mara
.er Of Hotel Burton. He is survived
his wife and five children. Mrs
.oes is the daughter Of the late WAL
am z. Dobic Of this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03
Death Notice.

Died, Jan. 2. 1918. in Danv!lle, Va.
Harry c. Leef. aged 49. Funeral will
be held from 1905 King street, Al'X-
audria, Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03
Notice Royal Arch Chapter.

The stated communication Of 81
Vernon Roval Arch CHAPTER No. !
will be held on Friday evening. Jar
/. 1orS, al so o'clock Come and en-
Joy the evening.
s,st i. G, Uh.er, Secrsts-y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03

Miss Dorothy Roland, Of South Lee
street, has returned from a visit TO
Nj: and Mrs. G. ". Patterson, who
resides near the Naval proving
grounds at Indian Head. Maryland.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03

The usual prayer meeting service
will be held at the Ann Lee Memorial
Home for the Aged tomorrow at 3
}. m. Everybody cordially invited
nd strangers will be made welcome.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03

Oriental Lodge, knights OF Pythias,
Is planning to hold social and dane:
turing the early part Of February.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03


preaching service at 6 O'clock
Captain Harry N. White, Of Bos.
ION, Mass, paid short visit TO Mr..
md Mrg. P. II. Magncr. at thei,
:,ome. go St. Asaph street, while Oh
his way TO Chattanooga. Tenn.
The local employment office III the
2ostof::ice building is open from three
o four o'clock daily. Stenographers
arc in great demand for positions in
Washington and ii is stated that they
are now being accepted without eN-
animation.
The Wagar Land Company, which
owns the Carlyle Apartment house
on North Fairfax street. will convert
he top floor OF the building into five
modern apartments. Ernest +.
Wagar, OF the Wagar Company, came
over from Washington yesterday TO
arrange TO have the work done.
Deputy Collector J. Fred Rirrall,
Of this city, connected with the i7:-
telral revenue bureau, states that he
VII! be in the revenue office In the
city postoffice building here begin
ming about January 18th for the pur-
pose Of assisting al who desire IN
preparing their income tax returns.
Residents Of Alexandria and Fairfax
counties will also be given assistance
bv Mr.. Bir1-ell where desired. Re-
turns of the income tax must be made
5y March lst.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03

Norfolk Oysters. Hampton Bars
and Potomac River ogstars- J. Brill
No. King streaI.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03

During the cold weather there will
be no meetings held in the Salvation
Army rooms Oil King street excepting
Sunday school on Sunday afternoon
al 2:30 and the regular Sunday night
preaching service at 8 o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-03

IL. yoa want 60 reach tRe
people IN the homes n Ale1aR-
dria and lis suburbs place
your announcements IN Gte
Gazette. If your goods and
prices are right ron VII sei
She customers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14

in her thoughts Before being taken i'll
She had participated in the sale of Liber-
ty bonds at the bank, and she was
especially interested, in the days when
she could not be at her work, to hear of
the progress of the sale.
OF attractive presence and pleasing
personality. Miss Root made a great
number Of friends. She radiated the
qualities of sunshine and happiness,
which were hers throughout her life,
and she was especially gracious TO aged
persons She was an untiring worker
conscientious and unselfish, but to those
who knew her the life Of Margaret Root
needs no eulogy.
Miss Root was member of the Centre
| Congregational church and for several
years taught class in the Sunday
school She also had assisted in the
work of the Christian EndeavOr society
especially the Junior society, and was al
interested worker on committees of the
Patriotic league and in Red Cross activi
ties
Besides her parents she leaves ont
brother Ralph Carpenter Root, hospita
apprentice. first class, in the naval re
serve, who has been stationed at tn,
Massachusetts General hospital in Bos
ton but who for several days has beer
private nurse for a naval officer who j
I'm with influenza in Provineetown. Mass
EHe is expected home today.
She also leaves a grandmother, Mrs
Charles J Root, and an aunt. Annie ;
Root of Springfield Mass, and a great
aunt. Mrs. George +. Greene Of Brattle
boro Her grandfather. Col. George i
Bond. has been for many years door
keeper in the United States senate a
Washington.
No services will be held at the house
because of the epidemic, but Rev. Rich
ard II. Clapp. pastor of the Centre Con
gregational church, will conduct brit
funeral service at the grave in I'rospeC
Hill cemetery tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
RUY LIeERTY BONDS D.
LEON HIGLEY MARTIN.
West Brattleboro Young Man Succumb7
TO Influenza.

Leon Higlev Martin, -, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Martin of Melrose
street West Brattleboro, died in his
home Saturday afternoon He was taken
i'll a week ago with influenza, which
developed into pneumonia. He was born
in Marlboro, April 81. 1856, and moved
to West Brattleboro % years ago with
his parents, where he had since made
his home. He was unmarried. Mr.. Mar
tin was a mason by trade and worked
for Frank O. Morse.
Besides his parents Mr.. Martin leaves
three brothers, Joseph of Montreal,
Frank II. of West Brattleboro, George
G., who lives with his parents, and four
sisters, Rose. wife Of Arthur Sanders of
! Springfield, Mass, Jessie, wife of Frank
Thomas of Cropsey, H., Jennie, wife of
| f. A. Knight of West Brattleboro, and
| Agnes, wife of Frank Hadlock of West
Brattleboro.
No funeral services will be held at
the home, but a service will be held at
the grave in Westinghouse Hill Gem
etery at > o'clock Wednesday after
| noon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
THREE KINDS OF FARMERS.
First Farmers, Second Agriculturists,
Third War Gardeners.

Farming in one respect Is like keeping
a hotel and running newspaper; Every
one thinks he can DO it and the man who
has never tried it thinks Ne can do it
better than the man who has been
brought up il it. There are three kinds
OF farmers: Farmers. agriculturists and
war gardeners s farmer Is a man who
tills the soil for hat he can make; am
agriculturist Is farmer who farms for
the fun Of IT, and 4 war gardener Is
man who farms en- a small scale from
purely patriotic motives. The latter Is
i development OF the war and before that
time farmers were roughly divided into
the two first named classes.
A farmer, if he has any kind Of luck,
makes money from the business, but
strenuously denies the fact. An agricul-
turist never makes any money and gen
orally loses a lot but he always Is Will
4 ing to tell what he has made. war
gardener never knows whether he has
made any money or not and he doesn't
care His one object Is crops and if he
gets the crops he should worry about
what it cost him
The war gardener is the hardest work
/ or If the three class He goes out at
his task, like man saving wood against
time and he doesn't let blistered hands
and an aching bacl, discourage him in tie
prosecution OF his task The war gar
dener is always open to advice, and he
gets plenty of it. both from those whc
know and those who don't, he becomes
sometimes confused II his work, with q
resulting dctrjmont TO his production
But the fact is that as ne Is willing 4
do ten times as much work per squar,
red of land looked after, he generally
gets there with good returns.
The professional farmer works, but h
does not work rs hard as the war gar
dener, for it is against his principles t.
} either break his back or blister his hands
2 The agricuturist never works. lie hire
g all Of his farming done which Is one rea
son why farming Is such an eXpensiv
: proposition He takes all the farming
= magazines, belongs to all the farmers
4 clubs. and is generally chosen delcgat
2 TO the various agricultural conventions.
e The farmer has a lot to contend will
I and he is entitled to the sympathy OF d
e classes. From 5he time that he can ploy
>. his ground until he has harvested The las
i potato he is III constant warfare wit
+ weather and bugs, and if the one doesn
) get him the other is pretty sure to.
h With farmer there is but one kind {
il luck, and that is bad luck. No farmC
:. ever has any good luck. Whatever /
: accomplishes, he accomplishes in spite {
Il his hard luck
|. We shouldn't like to be farmer, BIZ
It like any one else who has never tried
)" we think we could make a pretty goo
= living at it if we should ever try it
Portland Press
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
EsBUY LTBFRTY BONDS 3++
MARGARET E. ROOT
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
stenographer for Brattleboro Trust Co
First Stricken with Influenza
Funeral Tomorrow.

4 death which touched many hearts
I'm Brattleboro and elsewhere was that OF
Miss Margaret r. Root. -, which oc-
Cured in her home at 50 Canal street
az S.45 o'clock Saturday night. Miss
Root VINO was stenographer for the
Brattlcboro Trust Co., was taken i'll with
influenza Wednesday night, Oct. ?. Her
case was serious. hui not until Tuesday
night of last week did any symptom of
pneumonia appear, and from that time
the latter disease developed rapidly.
Every means Of combating the disease
was employed by physicians and nurses,
including the use Of oxygen. aud an I'M
usually strong heart did its best TO win
the battle, but for some time before
the end came it was scen that there could
be but one outcome.
Margaret Esther Root WAS lifelong
resident az Bratteboro and was borr
Aug. ~. 1894 daughter of Wilfred 7
and Nellie G.. Bond Root Her father
is the well-known proprietor OF Root
pharmacy. She graduated from the Brat
tIeboro high school. class of 1913. tax
ING the commercial course, and estab
lished an office for public stenography II
her fathers store I'm this work she wa
successful and on Nov. |. 1917, she tool
position with the Brattleboro Trus
Co. where she was an efficient and value'
employe.
Because Of an emergency caused b,
the prevailing malady of influenza, Mis-
Root assisted as she was able in tn
pharmacy until She herself, became af
fiicted with the disease. but Throughout
her illness the bank and the store, rattle
than her own condition, were uppermos
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
NATURES MEDICINE.
Solace in the Quiet and Solitude of the
Wilderness.

WILDERNESS.
What medicine in the auietude Of Ma
ture! After day OF feyerish struggle
to make the discords of human endeavor
harmonize with the souls aspirations FOR
tranquility and peace 80 into bit of
natural woods bordering a calm, shad-
ow-tinted lake and in twilight silence
listen to the innuilerable wh;sperings
of the leaves. Stretch your weary body
on the greensward and with an ear to
the earth note the quick bursting OF the
roots of those tiny blades through the
compressed ground. Catch the quick
change in light and shadow of the breeze
stirred branches overhead. High over the
water q swallow darts and sails, emblem
of faith. against a tender sky The
waters lip the shore with accents of pure
joy. Cool, soft winds steal through your
hair and caress your cheek like the
| fingers of dear companions gone before
/ In such sweet solitude all cares and
worries fall into forgetfulness and their
\ places are filled with gentle thoughts
and fond remembrance. The harsh
sounds on the busy day no longer assail
| the ear with their disturbing sequence
Nature is the only actor in this lovely
scene and all her movements are full
of gentle grace. all her sounds accord
one with the other, making a pleasant
chorus. "a concord of sweet sounds,
that win your whole being to their me,
lodious flow.
Here you become one with the expand
ing sky, the rejecting water the calm
growing trees, the playful grasses
Something liberal takes possession O
your heart and brain and soul and ;
great kindness glows within. Humanit,
is softly transmitted into al. essence O
brotherhood. No longer is your sigh
material, your senses so. The eye 0
the mind beholds universe of quie
cheer peopled with lovers of Truth Ma
ture has wrought miracle. You ar
translated with all the hitherto distract
ed earth into a land of pure delight wher
no fault lies and all eyes look uncloud
ed into other eyes that look and bear
again
The glory of that dreamed-of heave
a lies in that little, lonely nook beside tn
placid lake.-Seattle Post.Intelligencer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
GREAT DAY FOR THE KING.
Splendid Show When Kansas Boys
Marched in London.

The papers stated the other day that
the king Of England, reviewing the
American troops, was vastly impressed
by what he saw. In that review were
Companies l. and G Of the l37th and
Company B of the both, which have
Emporia boys in them, and we are not
surprised at the kiRg's deep impress
sion. For he WAS looking at some sight.
We have seen the Rockies, ana we have
seen the Alps and the Grand Canyon
and the Riviera and the ocean and the
Woolworth building and Lily Langtry
at the moment of her fullest bloom.
But right now. we a rather see these
Emporia soldiers than the whole kit
and bilin'.
There was one boy passing the king,
whose picture we have on our desk
now, who doubtless impressed the king
as being about the ideal of pulehritude.
A tallsh blond boy. with strong pro-
iecting chin, fine broad shoulders blue
eyes as clear as summer waters, a hard
straight pair of legs, and fine whole
some face. As little boy he grew up
in this town, carried papers for the
Gazette in the Fourth Ward, went
through high school, went to the college
Of Emporia, was graduated from the
state university, worked as a Gazette
reporter, and then went out into the big
world to conquer it, and when war came
he went into Company L and started
+ for Berlin.
! We are glad that the king saw him
( It was great treat for king, and we
I DO not blame him for being duly i'm
pressed He and the rest of them all
fine American boys, well educated, up
standing, intelligent boys, who coulc
look a king in the eye and tell him
where 10 head in, without blinking
were some sight. 1t was a great day
for the king And speaking generally
we don t envy the kings of the earth
they lead dogs lives. But that day
when Emporia boys marched down
Main street in London and took ;
squirt at the town s White Way, we be
leve we ID like to have been a king TO
few minutes!-Emporia (Kan.) Ga
: Zette.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
Brattleboro, Oct. Il. 1918.
EsUY LIBLRTY BONDS 8e
MRS. LEO G.. LAFRANCE.
Death in Home on Vernon Street Due
to Influenza.

Mrs. Mary tClune) LaFrance, %,
wife OF Leo George LaFranee, died
Saturday afternoon in her home on
Vernon street. Mrs LaFrance had been
i'll week with influenza. She leaves
her husband and three small children,
John Irene and Mary, also her mother,
and step father, Mr. and Mrs. John
Clarity. and one brother, John Clunc,
who il in France, n member of Com
pany +. 305th infantry. There are al
so several nalf-sisters. She was born
in Brattleboro Dec. 10, 1890, a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Clune. She
married Leo G. LaFrance of Detroit
4 Mich, Nov. <, 1911. Mr. LaFrance :
1 sister, Miss Carrie LaFrance, died Oct
4, in Detroit, following an illness OF
! four days with pneumonia. Mr.. La
/ France has ben employed here the past
/ IL years by the White River Chair
/ company.
1 The funeral was held this morning
at o clock in st. Michael 5 Roman
! Catholic church. Rev James r. RanC
otficiatcd. The bearers were Patricl
! J. Clarity, Patrick Lyons, and Patricl
| Flynn, all Of Brattleboro, and Thoma
Ryan Of Springfield, Mass The buria
took place in The Roman Catholic Gem
etery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

George May formerly chauffeur for
DIR. A. J. Miller, is dead in Portsmouth.
\. H., where he was engaged in ship
building The body will be brought here
for burial in Dummerston
The last issue Of the Army and Navy
Journal contains an announcement Of the
promotion of Lieut.. Thomas Warren
Crosby son of Edward c. Crosby OF this
town, from second lieutenant to first
lieutenant in the tank corps 332d bat
talon. The promotion came the day
Lieut.. Crosby sailed for France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
DEATHS

In Brattleboro, Oct. Y, Miss Margaret
Esther Root. q.
In West Brattleboro, Oct, II, Leon
Higley Martin. 30.
In Brattleboro, Oct u, Mrs. Mary
fClunel LaFrance, 81, wife Of Leo George
LaFrance.
In Winooski Fanny Allen hospital)
Oct. y, Mrs. Katherine (Leahyl Fitz-
of John +. Fitzsimons of Burlington.
In Guilford, Oct. IL. Mrs. Alice wash
eski, 81, wife Of Stanislof Wasileski
-sk9s BUY LIZ ERTY BONDS
ADVERTISE IN THE. REFoRMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
MARGARET Z. ROOT.

In loving remembrance saddened
community might appropriately say of
Margaret +. Root:
When nature stamped thy beautous
birth.
SO much perfection in thee shone
She feared that. too divine for earth.
The skies might claim thee for their
own.
oh did those eyes. instead of fire,
With bright but mild reflective shine
Though they might kindle less desire
Love more than mortal would be
thine.
r. s. c
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
-4Xs BUY LIBERTY BONDS Is
is AGAINST ARMISTICE.
Tone Of London Papers Favors Uncondi-
tional Surrender

LONDON, Oct l4.-No temporary
armistice or any armistice at all unless
accompanied by Germany's unconditional
surrender is the dominant note in most
of the comments on the peace situation
in this mornings newspapers.
-@XeBUY liberty BONDS 9ks-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14

Detroit Free Press
so she rejected you"
Yep. Turned me down cold
"What did she say?"
Say, if I'd been Woodrow Wilst
she couldn't have made her positi,
palmer"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14

Fine fur robe-a great bargain Sales
room, Elliot cor Elm SITS. 1928
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
FIND GRIP GERM.
French Scientists Claim to Have Isolated
Bacillus.

PARIS, Oct. 1.-two French scien-
fists have succeeded in isolating the in
fectous agents which cause Spanish in
fuenza, according to Tunis despatch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
No Chance.

-eXcBUY LIBfRTY BONDS lt+-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
Tuesday and Wednesday Bargains

$500 Kirlono Aprons, made of good per-
Gale, made nice and full,
Tuesday-Wednesday Bargain ST 40
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-04-10

Smoke Ell Tropico Cigars.