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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-16
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS Or COAL.

it the direction o Administrator ior Virginia, an oEdec
has bce issued to city a county no~
household quantities N excess o. Io
tons and then only when the supply hand two tons
make the quantity OF tour tons at any
time To larger deliveries arc not TO nau IN quaint
for fifteen days. and
then only when the consumers s?p on hand less 1a tnr Gequ
This will the maximum quantity hed "
larger time only sufficient for taeir actual needs
carload tos
The Fuel Administration
effective relieve tie dealer Of the poa.
the consumer mas Gu
hard is arranged AFFIDAVIT furnished by the purchasers Of
one-af this affidavit
der family sixteen ag These forms for making the
Of the Dealers and oar and the afda-
will be taken without charge by OF the following notarie
public who have offered their services to aa tae "a s IGls
VI Brooks, Alexandria National bank building
W. Drury south T. Burke Burke ard Herber
Court CourtaQd II Davis III south
Crump King street; u L. DnNdd Ci
J. National Bank;
110 south Fairfax street; Alexandria National Bank
! By order Of
fuel Commission, Alexandria and County
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-16
BARLEY BREAD IS NEXT.
Bakers of Richmond VIII Place Nc"
Loaf Gu the Market.

Barley bread of Richmond! --latest
on the program Of conservation :
the introduction of the former sorp
thickener into the realms Of Dough.
In a day CT so-cartainly by next
weel-the barley leaf will mike loa
appearance upon the Richmond ma
ket. Bakers all over the country have
been advised By Nj. Hoover, nationa!
food dictator, that they MAY use ose-
lev in the construction Of the star
Of lie, and they are making arrange
neIIts to put into practice Ms SUI
eestion Of ecorcnay. The pT:ce CT ai2
bread will remain The same.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-16
NEWS or The OLD DOMINION
ADMITS ATTACKING WOMEN.
Richmond Police Say Man Has Con-
fessed to Being Jack the Sgueezer.

Jack the squeezer has been caught.
He fell into the clutches of the police
Monday night at First and Broad
streets. Today, he broke down at pe-
lice headquarters when questioned by
Detective Captain Wright and De.
tectives Atkinson and Thurman ami
admitted that he is the man VINO mas
been attacking women on the streets
and dragging them into alleys. His
name is Henry S. West, twenty-eight
-ears old, OF 515 North Sixth street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-16
fetal publication Of the General Fed
e.atiDn of Womens Clubs. Sae i;
survived by a husband and daughter.
OFFICIAL.
Common Council

At an adjourned meeting Of the
Common Council Of the City OF Alex
andria, Va, held january ID, 1913,
there were present:
II. r. Burke, vice president, and
Sfessrs. Woolls, Ruben, Wattles, Des-
mond, Poll, Bendhein, Lawler, Arm
strong and Devers. -
A resolution appropriating s24o.69
TO build sewer on Wolfe street be-
tween Fairfax and Lee streets was
recommended by the joint committee
on finance ard streets and passed.
Ayes, Messrs. Woolls, Ruben, Arm
strong, Wattles, Desmond, Pohl,
Burke, Bendheim. Lawler and DeTers.
10. Noes Q.
A resolution appropriating $500 10
extend sewer on South Washington
street and at Washington and Glib
bon streets was recommended By
the Joint committee on Streets and
Finance and passed. Ayes, 10 Noes
20.
Upon petition of the Cameron Clue
and Parent Teachers Association the
Finance committee recommended al
appropriation of $500 towards the
pay OF 4 school nurse, and the re-
port was adopted. Ayes, 10. Noes 0.
A resolution appropriating S5,OOo
% construct sewer on the Leescurg
turnpike, east of Russell Road, west
ward was recomnlittsd to the JOINT
committee on Streets and Finance.
a. resolution requesting the City
Engineer TO report cost for paving
Fairfax street north from Cameron
.creet and south end Of Fairfax
street TO the neT shipyam, WAS re-
fcrred TO the joint committee c!'
Streets and Finance.
The resignation of Geo. Fl. Evans,
:? nas,ba.. from the First ward va
.s"c!yed ard accepted.
Il roticc from the Clerk Of the City
School Beard CT vacancy, from the
First Ward caused by the resignation
+ Mr.. Luther Thompson was recelT-
ii !
\ COMMUNICATION from the Relief
Hook and Ladder Company enGc-s- !!
ne Kenneth " Ogden as Chief 81 |
:hl Fire Department was recelTed. |
4 communication from the Relic !
Fool: and Ladder Company calling at
.crSicn to inadequate heating 2on9;-
;;c2.s at tho Tl'uci: house was received,
i resolution 10 increase the salary
If the Clcrl; Of Gas from 81 200 TO |
Il SOC per annum was referred to !
the joint committee on Light and
Finance.
4 retition from Julian d. Knight
to construct building OH the Colross
lot was referred to the committee on
Streets.
An act to regulate and fix the price
of gas was received from the Board
Il Aldprmen and referred to the joint
rcT,S,ittee OH Light and Finance.
4 report Of The committee on Llght
satin~ that a gas light had bee.
placed in tie Market Alley, was re-;
ccived, !,
Upon motion of ltr. LAWYER the
board proces:ied to ill y vacancy from
the First ward. Mr.. Ruben placed III
nomination Mr.. j. D. Matter, ana he
WIS elected BY the following vote,
Mcgs,s. Wool!s, Ruben. Armstrong,
Nattles, Desmond, Pohl. Burke, Bend
'ieim. La"ler, pevers-l0.
The board then adjourned.
Ii. T.. BURKE, Vice preSide1f.
este: Daniel r. Stansbury, Cia.s..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-16
INVESTIGATING FIRES.
Mystery in Blazes at Stanton Hotel
and Country Club.

Staunton, Va, Jan. 1G.-Mysterious
fires at the Virginia Hotel and the
Country Club during the past few
nights, following an attempt by q
guest who registered as Gale Brown
to burn the Augusta Hotel here, are
being investigated by Department
of Justice agent in cooperation with
local police.
None OF tie fires did muct damage.
The pclj:c have been unable to find
"2rcwa."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-16
A January Sale Of
BL A r X T. T S
Washington, D. C.

They arc going III the loW
est Of prices, III spite Of the
recent advances.
Ill Part-wcol Plaid Flank
st. Plaid shading are gray and
white, pink ami white, tan and
white. Alos some plain white.
Special, pair. .-. :. :. $500
white. Also some pl;,l,l whit:
Blanket III d Desirable finish.
Heavy weight that viii wear
and launder well. Dainty
pink or blue borders. Pair
$500.
Double Size White Wee,
Nap Blanket, closely woven
and finely finished. Pink or
slue border. Fair, $500.
Gray og White Flee2s
Blanket for dogble beG. Very
good quality The :rals are
extra siZe. Pair. $i.5e.
Fourth FLOR.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-16
MRS. MARY \. WARD KILLED
Automobile of ClubwoElan ard i ritcs
s!iis Trolley Car.

Cambridge, Mass. Jan. l6.-M&y
Alden Ward, aged IS. author, We
mems club leader and lecturer, S.a5
almost instantly killed Monday night
when the automobile in which She
was riding, collded with a trolley
car.
Mrs. Ward was 2 direct descendant
Of John Alden and Priscilla MGilc1i5,
Of the old Plymouth Colony dag.
Tor some time she was editor OF tn"
Federation Bulletin, the national Of
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
DEATH OF MRS. X. E. GASPARD

Kate E. Elmer was born at Bay
City, Michigan, Dec. A, 1884, died Oct.
"a, 1918. She was married to f. r.
Gaspard Dec. 16, 1908.
She leaves to mourn her departure
a son, Bill, father and mother, besides
a host of friends. To know her was to
love her. She was a member of the
Episcopal church. She lived and died
with faith in her Lord, believing that
service to others is the greatest COM
mission we have.
She held a position as operator at
Drury, working second trick, and even
though she was sick she remained
at her post of duty for two days,
waiting for some one to relieve her.
When she reached home she was past
help, thus faithful to the last.
Funeral services were held on the
lawn at Towns undertaking parlors
Monday at 2:30 Rev Morton off
ciated. Burial took place in the
Leavenworth cemetery.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
PESHASTIN ITEMS

Miles and Clair Ludwig, who have
been suffering with the influenza for
the past week, are recovering ana
will soon be out again.
A ten pound baby girl was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Stewart last
Wednesday, Oct. %.
Winesaps and Stamens are being
packed out at the warehouse. A rep
resentative of the Spokane apple show
aided by the local inspector have been
packing out apples for display. Pc
shastin has grown some splendid fruit
this year and we are glad to have
it exhibited.
The Cozart family has been suffer
ing from a siege of the influenza but
none of them are dangerously i'll.
Mr.. P. R. Bradley returned home
last Friday from Hoover, where the
schools are closed on account of the
influenza. Since returning he has
been confined to the house with an
dLIdCk VI lHe SAINT.
Mr.. John Danielson, who has been
working for the Peshastin Fruit
Growers ASSN, returned to his home
on the Coast last Tuesday.
Guy Stage is victim of either
grippe or influenza, and has been
unable to be at work for few days.
Mrs. Headley has been i'll the past
week with influenza.
While picking apples last week Mr..
Fred Page had the misfortune to fall
from his ladder and break his collar
bone.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Mills were
called home from Snohomish by the
illness of their son, Archie, and wife.
Mrs. Baumgardner has been con-
fined at home for the past week by
sickness.
Mr.. Schuhart is suffering from in
fluenza.
Everybody who is not i'll is busy as
ever We can say with Cashmere,
"Cheer up; every cloud has a silver
lining"
Look out for ghosts and black catsl
Halloween is with us.
The honor flag which Peshastin
earned in the Liberty Loan drive has
arrived and will be put on display at
once. Blewett's flag bears one star
for their large subscription.
Miss Kit E;oslee is home for a short
stay with her parents during the in
fluenza quarantine.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01

United States to bear their part in
the nations defense at home and
abroad. These stations are equipped
to train thousands of men at one time.
Military and naval policy permits
enlisted men to leave their quarters
now and then in order that they may
ease the strain and relax from the
rigors of camp routine, technique and
discipline. 1t recognizes the desira-
bility of permitting friends and rela-
tives to visit these men, when ade-
quate facilities are available for their
accommodation in near-camp commu-
mites.
On leave, the fighter seeks contact
with the human side Of life. He goes
to town. Whether his visits are an
asset or liability in his training de-
pends largely on what he does while
there. And what he does is limited
by what there is to do.
By helping the fighter make
wholesome use of his leisure, by put
ting before him in the communities
where his duty calls him adequate
substitutes for those necessities and
comforts of life of which he is de-
priving himself-in a word, by serv-
ing him thru the Y. M. C. A, Y. w.
C. A., K. of c., Jewish Welfare
Board, War Camp Community Ser
vice, A. L. A. and Salvation Army,
the civilian is armoring him with
contentment, confidence, and conse-
Grafton to the common cause-that
trio of essentials to a triumphant
morale, with which empire after en-
pire has been wiped from the PAGES of
human history.
This, then, is the primary object of
the United War Work campaign, to
help win the war by maintaining the
morale of our troops, both here and
abroad, thru the service we can rem
der them thru these organizations.
Remember, as one of our Yanks
writes:
at takes so little to make us glad,
Just cheering clasp of friendly
hand,
Just word from one who can under
stand;
And we finish the task we long
have planned,
And we lose the doubt and the fear
we had
1 So little it takes to make us glad"
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WILL YOU HOLD YOUR HEAD UP
WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME
November IL to Is Drive for United
War Work Funds

lifted the receiver of the telephone
and almost dropped it again in sur
prise. For the voice was that of my
good old friend, and l supposed him
far away in France.
"What, back so soon ?" l exclaimed.
Detailed for special duty"
Eyes, back" he answered; and it
struck me that his voice was slow and
older, as though the weeks of his abb
sence had been years. ".Back-but
not for special duty. There-there is
another reason"
And then I knew that he must be
wounded.
Wounded-while here at home | still
pursued my ordinary course. Wound
ed, to protect my home. Wounded,
to keep my children safe.
1t came over me of a sudden, as it
never had before, that l am debtor to
him to an amount that I never can
repay.
They will all be coming back before
long. Some wounded, some grown
strangely old. But most of them well
and normal enough, thank God.
And we will stand along the side
walks to see them pass. How shall
we feel that day, | wonder.
Will their eyes say to us, eve were
hungry for a bit of sweet, and you
did not think to send it."
"We were cold and you let the hut
fires die I'VE We're lonesome and the
movies stopped because there We're
no funds to carry on"
Will that be the message of their
eyes to us?
Or shall westa ndonc shrdlu srllum
Or shall we stand confidently in
their presence, greeting them as men
who have nothing to repent.
AS men who in their absence gave
freely of wealth and time, that there
might be warmth and cheer and COM
fort over there?
They are coming back some day
perhaps before we think
And what will be the message Of
their eyes to you?
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
VICTORY BOYS AND GIRLS"
EARN AND GIVE FIVE DOLLARS
Washington Boys and Girls Must Earn
100000 Between Nov. IL and Is

Because the boys and girls of the
country, like their elders, are all
busy in one way and another, earn
ing money, it is proposed to ask them
to make a direct sacrifice, giving So
out of their earnings to the fund of
$40, 100000 to be raised between the
18th and 18th of November for
united war work.
Every boy and girl in the state of
Washington is asked to join the "Vic-
tory Boys and Girls" who will give
a part of their earnings to help make
life little easier for their big broth
ers in the army ."EARN AND GIVE"
is the-motto of the boys and girls
who are organizing all over the United
States to help subscribe the great fund
of $170,500,000 to be raised in the
United War Work Campaign Nov.
11-18.
Each boy and girl who enrolls
pledges to earn and give SIS to the
fund. Savings can be used if the
money has been earned.
Each will receive a "Victory" but
ton and a home window banner, to
show enrolment to help out the big
brother and our country at war.
To stimulate the efforts of the Vic
tory Boys and Victory Girls, Mrs.
Elizabeth Corliss Preston, State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction, has
authorized an essay contest in every
one of the $3.50 grade schools of the
state on the subject of'Earning and
Giving" Mrs. Preston regards the
contest as of great educational as well
as patriotic value.
AS an executive committee to super
wise the work Mrs. Preston has ap-
pointed the following: A. C. Davis,
superintendent of schools of Yakima;
Miss Nettie Galbraith, principal of st.
Paul's school, Walla Walla; F. E.
Schmidke, superintendent of schools of
Hoquiam, and Miss Violette Guthrie,
superintendent Of schools of Entiat.
Miss Grace Shepard, formerly state
superintendent of Idaho schools, has
been appointed by Mrs. Preston as ex-
executive secretary and is conducting
the work from the state headquarters
of the United War Work Campaign
at Seattle.
For the purpose of the contest, the
1850 schools of the state have been
divided into 500 community centers.
The initial contest will be among the
pupils of the seventh and eighth
grades of each school. The winners
will then compete in a contest of their
community center. A county contest
and state contest will follow in turn.
1t is planned to complete all these
contests and announce the winners
before November 1S the final day of
the campaign and seventh and eighth
grade boys and girls are asked to
get busy.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
THE INFLUENZA SITUATION

While the number of deaths have
decreased- the number of new cases
that have developed in the past week
does not indicate that it would be the
part of good judgment to abate the
quarantine or let up on any measure
that tends to prevent the spread of
the disease. Several of our physicians
have received the serum which was re-
Gently announced as a preventative
apd have used it on their patients. 1t
is too soon to pass judgment on its
merits.
Nothing definite has been given
out but it is not likely that the quar-
antine will be raised and the schools
opened next week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
UNITED WE SERVE

There is not military commander
directing the movements of vast ar
mics who is not talking about morale
these days. It's an important little
word, 1t is constantly mentioned in
official communiques and apparently
the fate of nations depends upon ".
Military experts declare that the fail
ure of the morale of the Russian army
caused the collapse of the empire of
the Gar. AS the morale of the Ger
man army weakens Allied leaders
make gain after gain. And the first
American army, students of warfare
insist, crashed through to a wonderful
victory because of the highly excel
lent morale of General Pershing's
fighters. The little word of six let
tiers, which lately has become so COM
mon in America, really has world
of meaning.
1t means that the soldier is sure
he's right.
III means ne SallSIleu.
1t means he's happy.
1t means he's physically fit and
morally clean.
1t means he's deadly in earnest.
And it means he's ready to make
any sacrifice to perpetuate his ideals.
1t is pretty generally known thru
out the allied world-and the fact
has probably reached Berlin by this
time-that the American soldier is a
real fighting man. He goes into bat
tie with song on his lips and dies
with a smile in his eyes. That's
morale. That's the sort of thing
General Pershing and Marshal Foch
have been talking about. It's the
thing that decides battles and wins
wars.
In the summer of 1916 Secretary
Baker sent Raymond B. Fosdick as a
special agent of the war department
to investigate conditions in commune
ties on the Mexican border, where our
troops were stationed. Mr. Fosdick
found five thousand soldiers en-
camped at Columbus, New Mexico,
with absolutely nothing in the town
that could in any way amuse them.
There were no moving picture shows;
no places where they could write let
ters; no library facilities of any kind;
no home to which they could go-ab-
solutely nothing at all except a very
well-lun red-light district, and a few
saloons"
This investigation officially con-
WINGED the government that there was
a war camp community problem.
Over two hundred camps, canton
ments and training stations are main
tanned to prepare the men entering
the military and naval service of the
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
A POINTED QUESTION
rs the LeavenwOrth Jail Kept up for
the Benefit of, and to Protect,
Booze Peddlers?"

This question was asked in the
Echo office by an attendant at the
Leavenworth hospital yesterday
morning.
Between nine and ten o'clock We'd
nesday night a man who was crazy
from the effects of liquor, and howl
ing drunk, was put into the Jail back
of the city hall. From the time he was
confined until after eleven o'clock he
kept up a most Internal noise. No
one within haundred yards of the Jail
could sleep. The Leavenworth hos
pital, which is in the same block, is
full of patients, one in particular was
annoyed by the bowling, sayo one Of
the attendants. Every time the drunk
howled the patient would start, open
his eyes and ask what was the mat
ter. The hospital authorities ap-
pealed to the telephone office for help
in trying to locate the marshal and
have the noise abated. About mid
night it ceased.
Police Magistrate Davis said no
complaint was lodged against any one
the following day. Neither was any
one in jail. Mr.. Davis says once a
man is placed in Jail he should not
be liberated without his knowledge.
More than dozen residents of
Leavenworth, both men and women,
have asked the Echo the question:
'Has the city government agreed to
protect violators of the liquor law?"
As to whether there is an agreement
not to prosecute those who sell liquor
we can not say. The fact, tho, is no
torious, that booze is sold here every
hour of the day and night That
men, women and children can get all
the booze they want, and that they
are often seen under the influence of
liquor. 1t is also true that for almost
a year no arrests or prosecution of
liquor law violators has been had.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
SOMEBODY'S DOLLARS WILL DO
TT WONDER IF THEY'LL BE
YOURS?
By Bruce Barton

By Bruce Barton
I'll tell you what will happen some
night this winter in France. Some
night when it is cold and dark.
There will be a rustling through
the front line trench, where our boys
stand guard. And heavy ladened
secretary will. make his way along.
In his hands will be great steaming
pots; in his pockets chocolate and Gig
arettes.
From one man to another he will go,
passing a cup full of hot coffee to
hands that tremble with cold; bring
ing the comfort of bit Of sweets
and a smoke.
Men will hail him cheerfully, slap
ping him on the back; and when he
has gone things will be little easier
in that trench because he has passed
that way.
How much will it cost to make that
trip, do you suppose? Counting the
pittance that the secretary is paid,
and the cost of the chocolate and
the cigarettes and all?
Five dollars? Twenty-Five dollars :?
do not know.
But whether it is five dollars or
twenty-five, I'd like to think that it
is my five or twenty five. Wouldn't
you? That some night when its cold
and lonesome my money and yours
might send secretary out along that
front line trench. Let's make up our
minds that we are going to pay for a
score of those trips. A score of the
nights this winter shall be our nights.
Nights when the boys greet joyously
the chocolate and cigarettes that our
money provided; and are happier be-
cause our representative has passed.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
GOING TO SEATTLE?-GET A
MASK

All persons in the City of Seattle
entering any store, street car or ele-
vator, or on any boat running into
Seattle, must wear a mask. Many
people are coming to Seattle not pro
vided with masks. The Red Cross is
unable to supply the demand. There
fore everyone coming to Seattle must
be provided with his or her own mask
or take the consequence of not being
permitted to enter street car, store,
elevator or boat. AS a matter of fact
everyone should wear.a mask whether
he is in Seattle or not.
T. d. FUTILE,
Commissioner of Health.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01
Parcels May Be Sent to Sailors.

The ban placed on parcels for the
men overseas does not apply to men
on board United States naval vessels
or attached to naval bases. No par
cells can be sent to members of the
American Expeditionary Forces in
France unless they are sent at the
written request of the addressee, ap-
proved by his regimental or higher
commander, or an executive officer
of the army organization with which
he is connected.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01

Among those who fell victims to the
popular-no, it is not popular. 1t is
execrable, is the flu-and Mr.. VIM.
Mcintosh was one of its victims the
first of this week. He had SO far re-
covered yesterday as to be again on
his feet.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-11-01

Will we have industrial peace or
industrial warefare after the war
That is the question which is bother
ing most people. We can have peace
if both the employer and the en-
ployee make up their minds to Co
operate, to exhibit little unselfish-
ness, and to strive for a better un-
derstanding.