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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-10
Teste-
Daniel r. Stansbury.
Clerk Common Council.
VIRGINIA NEWS

Frank H. Jarrett, Is years old, of
Washington, was reported yesterday
as being on board the q. S. S. Coving-
ton, sunk by a submarine on a return
voyage to France on July !. No
word has been received by his mother
from him since the report of the sink
ing. 1t is thought that young Jarret:
has landed at a French port and has
not sent word of his safety, since nj:
name does not appear in the casualty
lists. Jarrett was born in Herndon,
Fairfax county.
Senator Thomas s. Martin has been
declared the: official candidate for
United States Senate by the Demo-
cratic party, no opposition having de-
veloped in time to enter the primary
according TO letter received last
week by Colo@sl 3. 0. James, secre-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-10
Common Council.

At regular meeting o. the Conf
mon Council of the city of Alexandria,
Va, held July ., 1918, these were
present: Howard W. Smith, Esq,
president, and Messrs. Matter, Ruben,
Armstrong, Wattles, Desmond, Pch!,
Burke, Ballenger, Devers and LAWYER.
The committee on finance recon-
r1ended that deeds to lots in George
Washington Park be granted under
certain conditions to Lydia l.. Spot
ford, H. Noel Garner, J. Y. Williams
and Augusta Rammel. The report was
adopted and all the petitions were re-
committed to the committee on finance
with instructions TO have the proper
ordinances drawn.
An ordinance granting to the South
ern Railway Company the right to
construct side track in Union street
between point north Of Gibbon street
and point south of Gibbon street
was recommended by the committee
on streets and read the second and
third times and passed. Ayes, Messrs.
Matter, Ruben, Armstrong, Wattles
Desmond, Pohl, Burke, Ballenger
Lawler, Devers and Mr.. President
Ayes, II; noes, ..
An ordinance to provide for the col
lection of ashes, house waste and gar
bage was recommended by the com
mittee on streets and read the secon
and third times and passed Ayes, II
J. noes, 6.
The ordinance was returned fro-
e the Board OF Aldermen with q
Z amendment to section 3. Council! ad
. hered to its previous action an
) Messrs. Burke and Ruben were az
c r.;nted committee OF conference
: The committee OF conference repor
ed that they had agreed to strike OF
'.ccmmittee on poor and lnsel
"health committee" and "health OFF
Ger" in section g. Council recede
ttom its former action and the ord
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-10

nance read the third time as amended
and passed! Ayes, II; noes, o.
An ordinance authorizing the. Stan.
dard Oil Company to CONSTRUCT and
operate pipe lines under Union street
between Gibbon and Franklin streets
was referred to the committee on
streets.
An ordinance authorizing the city
auditor to deliver ct police headquar-
tiers record book of dog licenses and
tags, year 1913, was referred to the
committee en- finance.
A petition from S. D. De Vaughan
for permission to construct show win
doWs at the southwest corner of King
and Alfred streets was granted, pro-
vided moulding does not project more
than twenty inches from the building
line of King and Alfred streets.
A resolution by Mr.. Lawler appro-
priating s25 foS printing ordinance to
regulate the collection of city ashes,
refuse &C., copies to be distributed by
the police force uraer the supervision
of the city engineer, was adopted.
Ayes, IL; noes, o.
The committee on streets recon-
mended that the Alexandria Hay and
Grain Company be permitted to build
scales on Pendleton street between
Henry and Fayette streets, provided
that the city will have right to use
the scales free of charge, and the city
reserving the right to repeal the per-
nit and the report was adopted
A petition from James R. Cation,
attorney representing the Mount Yer
non and Camp Humphreys Railway
Company for the granting of fran
chise to erect poles and string wires
and cables within the city limits, was
referred to the joint committee on
finance and streets.
A petition from B. J. Ross for re-
fund Of license tax amounting to
$1,000 was referred to the committee
on finance.
A bill from the Burroughs Adding
Machine Company for Sl2 was re-
ferred to the committee Oh finance.
A petition CT c. 7. Goods, chief of
police, requesting an increase in sal
airy Of each member Of the force was
referred to the Joint committee on
finance and police.
A petition fro!n Carlin-Hulfsh CO.
to extend sewer in alley to Market
space was referred to the committee
on streets.
a resolution by Mr.. Smith request
ing the board Of police commissioners
to call special meeting and meet a
committee from the city council to
investigate the failure to enforce num-
circus city laws, was, adopted and
Messrs. Burke end Ballenger were
appointed on the committee.
A resolution that when council adj
iourns it be to meet September !,
1918, at noon, was received from the
Board of Aldermen and laid on the
table.
The board then adjourned.
Howard w. Smith,
President.
Teste-
D.,,;o1 p S+cncb,1rv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-10
OFFICIAL.
Board of Aldermen.

board or AiuSt iGi. ~
At regular meeting of the Boarc
of Aldermen, held Tuesday, July 8
1918, there were present F. F. Mar
bury Esq, president, and Messrs. Rob
inson, Harrison, Wilkins, Batcheliel
and Ballenger.
Resolution increasing salaries OF
paid members of fire department TAX,
en- from the table and passed by the
following vote: Ayes, 6; noes, ..
The following received from ths
Common Council and their action con-
Cured in:
The mayer was authorized to exc
cute quit claims tor the following lots
in George Washington Park IN favor
of the following persons: j. Y. Will
liams, lots No. Al, As and As, block ;,
section l; H. Garner for lots NO. 81
and SO, block 7. section l; Lydia L.
Spofford for lots Nos. 10 ano Il,
block Z, section /; also Augusta Ram
mel, 2 lots, block No. 5, section l, re-
ferred to finance committe for the
drawing of the proper ordinances.
An ordinance granting the South
ern Railway Company PERMISSION 10
construct a spur track along Union
street to piece of property to be
acquired by the Standard OIL Com
pany by the following vote: Ayes, b;
Noes, 0.
An ordinance regarding the col4ec-
ton of ashes, house waste ana gar
bage was passed after being amend
ed by the following vote: Ayes, 3;
Noes, 0.
Petition from sundry citizen for
sewer to be run from the sewer IN
alley by Gazette office north to Mar
ket alley referred TO committee on
streets.
Bill for repairing adding machine
referred to finance committee.
Petition of B. J. Ross to relieve ham
of city license of MS jitney, referred
to finance committee.
Petition from C. T. Goods, chief OF
police for increase in the salaries Of
all officers, referred to committee on
finance and police.
Petition from Mt. Vernon and Camp
Humphrey Railway Co., was referred
to committe on streets and finance.
Petition granting Alexandria Hay
and Grain Company permission. to
erect scales on Pendleton street be-
tween Henry and Fayette streets
passed.
An ordinance authorizing and di-
rccting the city auditor to deliver to
police station the record books OF dog
license was referred to committee on
finance.
Petition from S. D. Devaughn FOR
permission to place display window at
the southwest corner of King and Al
fred streets granted.
An ordinance empowering the Stan
dard Oil Company for permission to
construct pipe line for carrying pc
troleum under Union street referred
to committee On streets
Appropriation of S25 to have the
ordinance pertaining to removal OF
ashes, garbage and house waste
passed.
Resolution offered by Mr.. Ballenger
that when council adjourns it be to
meet September l, 1918, at neon
passed.
The board then adjourned.
F. Z. Marbury,
President.
w w Pollenppr. Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-10
Better Cooking by
Electricity

Women have long known that electric cooking is
cleaner that it banshes all the dust and ashes OF coal
and wood and SCOT and fumes Of gas. They have
known that it makes the kitchen cooler; the air
purer; that is the most convenient way to cook Now
they have the word of the women who stand for the
most scientific cooking methods known, that electric
cooking produces better results than any other
means
Let us demonstrate the various sizes Of ranges
and refer you to the satisfied electric range users
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-03

Garden Tract! -
Buy this large lot 1O0x150 at the north
east corner OF 47th and Franklin St.
Plenty Of ground for a garden and a
good place to raise chickens. A small
four room house on the lot, If you want
bargain on easy payments this is the
place to buy. Only two blocks to car
line. For price and terms call
Creigh, Sons & Company.
Realtors
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-03
DESIRABLE
DUNDEE HOMES

$750 buys attractive upod Groom modern bungalow nearly
living with brick fireplace and bun bookcases dining
with butn buffet good sized bedrooms bath kitchen all
Oak and white enamel finish oak floors throughout Stair
attic Located the highest points Dundee lot 0x13 it.
$4,000 buys nearly bungalow located north front lot
alley block from cane has living 14x26
brick fireplace bun bookcases beamed ceiling attractive
dining bun buffet beamed ceiling and extension window
Kitchen bedrooms large bathrooms finish
enamel, oak floors throughout Stairway to ood attic
All 1ms beautifully decorated in oil
$4,000 2ory modern house located south
block ane between 50h and 51st Sts
$3.50 2story house with large sleeping porch
birch finish second Garage with
driveway lot 5x135 feet blocks from cahne
$1,000 cash, balance SO
2tory modern house. finished in
with 7S inch oak flooring throughout Lo
full basement Garage with driveway $3.50 cash. monthly
like rent.
$500 buys good 2sory house. 5O
Streets Cunning porch floor tiled
vesbue living with beamed ceiling attractive
with bn buffet sized Kitchen large pantry and
floor bedrooms complete bath and porch
Stairway attic Finished oak and white enamel
sell with 100x135 for
$3.50 This property priced especially low for quick sale
$3.50 buys good 2story modern house. nearly located
feet wide block carne Has living dn
and kitchen first floor large bedrooms and bath second
birch mahogany doors and
knobs Oak floors throughout pperty priced to sell
duplicated within of the price asked Immediate
office $500 cash. balance monthly like rent
These properties priced phone for
appointment o them
Nooroco e. ~ pboro Do110r 7RH
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-03
Dairvmen- Attention
Idaho Lands.

IDAHO FARMs-Better than gold mine, $40
acres highly developed section alfalfa
and grain farm $3.50 per acre. A. l..
Mummy. CaldMelL Idaho.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-03
FARM AND RANCH LAND.

BUY Z or y section best Canadian wheat
land on u crop payment plan at S221
per bushel government guaranteed price.
owner OF several sections Of best wheat
land in Saskatchewan, Canada; no brush
or sloughs; near town with dix elevators;
will sell above terms. c. n Thomas. N
Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-03
MINNIE LUSA

Just listed, a 5-room, brand new bum
galow in Mime Lusa, on a large lot, AK
1873; paved street; oak finish and oak
floors; all built-in features. Priced at
$500; II blocks from car line.
PAYNE INVESTMENT CO.,
537 Omaha Natl Bank Bldg D.17S1!
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-03
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
SAFE INVESTMENTS

This is two-story. z family brick
bYlding nearly new, in excellent condi-
tibn, having separate heating plants. 6
rooms on first floor G rooms on second
floor. Rental $3.50 per year. Price $500.
Practically no repairs. Within minutes
walk from 10th and Farnam. Located
near Goth st.
This is a substantial 3-story and base
ment brick building on SO. 10th, having
retail stores on first floor. and living
quarters on second and third floors.
Gross yearly rental. $4,620 Price $4,000.
Encumbrance $4,000, 5 years per cent,
held by Eastern insurance Co. owner can
use a $1,000 to $4,000 house In good resi-
dente district as part payment Of equity.
This is an exceptionally we'll constructed
2-story, family brick building. Q rooms
each, having hot water heat, 2 separate
plants, finished in oak and birch, located
on south front lot 45x132 IT. near 22d and
Harney Sts.. in a location where land
values are increasing rapidly. The in
come will carry this property at fair
rate of interest. Price is attractive and
will be given upon application. $500 cash
will handle 1t, balance long time at 6h
and per cent
GEORGE AND COMPANY
: Dhnon naup 7h6
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-03

320 ACRES all level land IN Logan county
$3.50; $40 acres, Elbert county. $3.50.
JOHN w. ROBBINS, 1902 FARNAM ST.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-28
TELEPHONE co. TO
STOP GIVING TIME
New Plan Goes Into Effect Monday
Will Tend to Increase Efficiency
in Telephone Service.

eve are on the trail of every kind
of interference with efficient telephone
service at the present time, as well as
seeking for all forms of waste in the
telephone business said Manager r.
j. Eldridge when asked about the dis
continuance of the giving of time by
operators to subscribers beginning Mon
day, June 3. GAS in all big bust
nesses in these war times, we must make
every part of the organization as eff ?
cient as possible, and any usage of the
telephone which in any way impedes
the service for the government or for
subscribers must be eliminated.
"While the giving of the time of day
to anyone who has called has been OF
service to some of the public, the prae-
tlce has grown to such an extent that
many of the telephone companies IN
other parts of the country, as well as
ourselves, have felt it necessary to dis
continue to give such service. In the
New England company s territory there
have been 100000 calls per day, the
bulk of such calls coming at times when
our operating forces find it most DIFF
ficult to handle them.
AS such burden is obviously an
avoidable waste, and as so large a por-
ton of those inquiries have become a
habit with many people, as happens in
homes where clocks differ. and particu-
larry through the desire of children to
learn the time easily, we are confident
that our desire to direct all of our
energies toward the furnishing of effec-
tive telephone service will be understood
by our subscribers. Relieved of that
burden, the operators will be better
able to serve all users of the telephone.
''Should any subscriber, through long
habit, thoughtlessly ask the operator
for the time after next Monday, the
operator will make this response: Il am
sorry but it has become necessary to
discontinue giving the time of day. ;
Our subscribers, therefore, will know
that this is the standardized statement
which will be used by all operators
throughout New England territory, and
an operator S refusal should not in anv
way be considered as personal dis
courtesy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-28
GERMANS ROASTED
AS DRIVE STARTED
Miss Sphinx, Just Back from Berlin,
Says They Were Confident Of
Victory in March.

NEW YORK, May 2S-Miss Bona
ventura Sphinx, an American singer,
arrived here Sunday on her way home to
Indianapolis after singing for four years
IN Germany. She went over in 1914 to
join the Royal Dresden Opera company
and was aiterward transferred to the
Imperial opera house in Berlin, where the
management had promised an engagement,
which did not materialize.
They told me that l was TO sing all
season in Berlin" Miss Sphinx said,' but
after | reached the city | was told that
German singers must be taken care Of
first. L left Berlin on March 25, four
days after the Germans started what they
termed the march that was to drive the
English into the sea. German officers
said that the British armies were being
cut to pieces and were panic stricken af
ter the Germsn attack, and that the Off
GERS had no control over the men. They
ALSO said that America could do nothing,
and sending an army was only bluff, as
the English would all be dead before they
arrived. All the Allies would be shot
and Germany triumphant in a victorious
peace before the end of the year That
was the kind of information given to the
people in the first days OF the offensive.
The Germans never keep their word.
At Christmas time, when the peace was
made with Russia, the Government prom
lsed not to remove any troops from the
eastern front, but they were right then
sending trains packed with soldiers from
that section to the western front day and
night. | know because they used to pass
the house where | lived, and ! watched
them many times At that time the Ger
man General staff was afraid of the
strength of the British Army, and l heard
officers say that it was imperative to
rush all the reinforcemcnts they could to
the western front to prevent the enemy
making an offensive before they were
ready to attack the Entente Allies in the
Spring The railroad cars were very di-
lapidated and all the metal work and
leather straps and seats had been re-
moved The locomotives were broken
down, too and unable to haul the trains
at any rate of speed, until number of
new engines were brought down from
the Baltic provinces and put into opcr-
alton on the main lines in Germany"
Miss SPHINX said that many of the rich
merchants IN Denmark wer, pro.Germsn.
and had sold -! thcir milk, eggs, butter
and other dairy produce To he Germans.
When she spak, to some oil them IN
Copenhagen about it thev excused them
selves by stating tha5 EnglanI was such
2 long way off they were obliged t. sell
to Germany. She added tina. the rich
people IN Germany could get food, bat
the poor bad very li,tls IT, eat
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-28
MEN IN CLASS ONE.
Windham County has 181 and There
Are 1872 in the Entire State.

MONTPELIER, May 2S.-There were
1,572 men left in class l in Vermont
according to returns from all the local
boards up to last Thursday and made
to the Office of the district board. This
class had total of 2,752 and there had
been called 1850.
The number of men left in class I
by counties follows: Addison, rs;
Bennington, rs; Caledonia, 70; Chitten-
den, 295; Essex, 10; 'Grand Isle, 9; La
noble, 16; Orange, 40; Orleans, 125;
Rutland No. l, al; Rutland No ., 60;
Washington, 1923; Windham, ISL: Wind
sor, 1Sl; Franklin, 115. Total, 1872.
report was current yesterday that
all the men left in class l and class .
had been called but this report was
without foundation. No such call had
been received by Governor Graham, the
report stating that the governor had re-
ceived such a call. Nothing was known
about the rumor at the state house ex
cept that it was current and it cou.l
not be accounted for.
Glass contains approximately 5000
men. In this connection it is interest
ing to know who are in class 2. Glass
? is made up of married men with chill
dren or father of motherless children
where such wife or children or such
motherless children are not mainly de-
pendent upon his labor for support for
the reason that there are other reason
ably certain sources of adequate sup
port available, and that the removal of
the registrant will not deprive such de-
pendents of support; (b) married men
without children whose wife, although
the registrant is engaged in useful oc-
cupation, is not mainly dependent upon
his labor for support, for the reason
that the wife is skilled in some special
class of work which she is physically
able to perform and in which she is
employed or in which there is an imme-
date opening for her under conditions
that will enable herself to support her
self decently and without suffering or
hardship; (c) necessary skilled farm
labor in necessary enterprise; (D) nee
essary skilled industrial labor in neces-
sary industrial enterprise.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-28
Sporting Notes.

The Mackmen lead both major
leagues in the number of home runs
with eight to their credit. George Burns
and Title Walker are responsible, with
-four apiece.
The Red Cross war fund Melted
over $4,000 from The gross receipts of
yesterdays game at Boston between
Boston and Chicago, which the latter
won, 8 to 4, after Cicotte was touched
for two runs in the first inning. Shell
lenbaek pitched eight innings for Chi
cago and held Boston to six hits.
Physicians announced yesterday at
Seattle that Fred Fulton, aspirant for
the heavyweight title, broke bone in
his right hand during his vaudeville
act Friday night. Fulton s manager
said he would be able to meet Jack
Dempsey at Danbury, Conn, July 4.
Fulton has cancelled his theatrical en-
gagement.
William Tewhill of Florence, Mass,
n Brown university graduate who played
with the Brattleboro team in the Twin
State league, has resigned his position
rs teacher in the Newman school in
Hackensack, N. j., and has enlisted in
the aviation corps. Before going to
New Jersey Tewhil was general attn
letic director of the Greenfield, Mass,
high school.
Eighteen men were awarded the
track cd, at meeting of the Dart.
mouth athletic council yesterday morn
ing, when it was decided that men who
placed in the Connecticut Valley meet
should receive the letter. 1t was also
decided that the II freshmen who took
iirsts or seconds in the Colby Dart
mouth 1921 meet should receive nu.
merals. Among the men are John w
Prentiss, 30, of Keene, Richard G. Pol
lard, '2l, of Proctorsville, and Leon II
Rutland high school not only has a
championship track team, but its base
ball team is undoubtedly the best that
represents any school in Vermont. Rut
land went to Albany, N. Y, Saturday
and trimmed the high school of the
capital city 80. Hulihan, Rutland S
wonderful pitcher, for the second time
within week, barely missed getting
no-hit game to his credit, and struck
out 20 men in nine innings The only
bingle that went safe for Albany was
lucky Texas Lacquer over short stop
Earlier in the week Hulihan allowed
st. Michael's college only one safety.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-28
PERSONAL.

Charles Leonard is working after school
hours and Saturdays in the Root phar-
macy.
Mr.. and Mrs c. w Brooks viii 90 to-
morrow to Chester to remain over Memo
rial day.
W. L. Benson, real estate agent in
Greenfield, was in town yesterday on
business
Mr.. and Mrs. III. p Wellman and Harry
Wellman are in Claremont. n. H., TODAY.
They will drive back in Mr.. Wellman's
car.
Napoleon Castinc, who has been em-
ployed in Brattleboro as teamster, will
move to Orange, Mass, where he has en-
ployment.
Miss Una Rice, stenographer for r. c.
Bacon, will finish work for him this week
and will 90 to Keene to remain several
weeks with friends.
Harold Eliot of New York, who is
spending the summer at the McVeich
farm, viii 90 to New York tonight on
business for few days
Guy Tatro, who has been employed in
Greenfield several months, will take his
household goods out of Storage and ship
them to Greenfield this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Stromberg OF
New York are guests at Linden Lodge
this week. Mr.. and Mrs. Stromberg spent
yesterday at their summer home on
Ames hill.
j. c. Day, manager of the Huntress-
Adams store, who recently sold his home
IN Bellows Falls, has leased the Bradley
! cottage on North street and win move
his family here next week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-28
National League,

National League Games Today.
Boston nj Pittsburg.
Cincinnati az Chicago.