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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21
SHOT FRIEND FOR BURGLAR
Grafton CIV. Ya.1 Woman Dying
From Landlady's Bullet

Grafton, w. Va, July 21-Mrs.
Alice Keener, aged 10, is dying from
pistol wound through the lungs in
fIicted by Mrs. w. L. Brown, wife of
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad en-
ploye, near here, with whom she made
her home, having separated from her
husband. The shooting, according to
the statement Of Mrs. Keener made at
the. hospital, and of Mrs. Brown. was
unintemtional. Mrs. Brown, it is said,
had mistaken Mrs. Keener for a bur-
glar. She Thought Mrs. Keener had
gone to visit a neighbor and, thinking
she would stay all night, had locked
up the house.
Mrs. Brown had protested against
Mrs. .Keener's going away. She did
not know that Mrs. Keener had yield
cd to her objection ai,;; had gone out
and ascended the outside steps to the
upper floor of two-story porch,
where she threw herself on the floor
and fell into doze. About 10 O'Clock
Mrs. Brown heard a noise on the
porch and, assuming it came from an
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21
STRIKES TIE UP TRAFFIC,
Thousand Miles of Traction Lines,
5000, Cars and 11,OoO En-
III 5s,loyees Are Idle

Boston, July 21::--New r England
faces one of the .grayest strikes in
its history.
The Boston car strike, which tied
| up all elevated, subway and surface
lines Two days ago, has. been follow
ed by. a walkout of union car men
throughout virtually all Rhode IS
land.
One thousand miles of trackage
and more than 5000 cars are idle,
the total numher of employees out
being 1000.
Several thousand marine workers
followed the car men, and shipping
in Boston, Providence and other
New England ports, with he excep-
zion of few coasting steamers and
harbor excursion boats, was at a
standstill. Boston and Gloucester,
two of the biggest fishing ports in
the country, were further paralyzed
by stIike of 1000 union fisher
men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21
GIVES NARE FOR WHISKY
Danville Man Trades Old Family
s,Ee HORSE aEoEs ,Liauor.

- :tsiE4'. = 49, Sps $50 Z. .s.yi
DahWille, Va, July 2l.-Gorr liquor
such as is made Mt the mountain still.
has won new market value. an old
gray mare having been traded for two
gallons of the brew few DAYS ago.
This fact was reverted in The trial of
Thomas Hartman and Bud Slate. two
countrynen who We're arrested by po-
lice officers a few days ago while
they. were making a hqlror cache. The
trial developed the fact that Hartman
traded the old family mare for two
gallon jugs filled with "raw" liquor.
He made confession to Mrs. Hart
man when she inquired. about the ami
NAL, and when she heard of the trade
she threatened to expose the entire
transaction to the police unless the
steed was. returned to the lot. This
was promptly done, but. the police got
wind of the bargain They followed
the men land caught Hartman and
Slate "with the goods"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21
DEMANDS SEAT FOR BERGER

Appleton, Wis, July 21.-A reso-
luton demanding that Victor L. Ber-
ger, Socialist eongressman-elect from
the fifth Milwaukee district, be given
his seat in Congress was adopted by
the Wisconsin Federation OF Labor,
in annual convention Saturday.
The convention adopted resolu-
tion putting the federation on record
against all measures for increasing
military preparedness; against COM
pulsory military training, and against
military training in public schools.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21
intruder. shot, the bullet going clear
through Mrs. Keener's body. Mrs.
Kee1ier has one child.
CROP OUTLOOK is FINE
Buckingham County Farmers Never
Had a Better Prospect for
Germ and Tobacco

.Arvonia, Va. July, 2l.-Farmers
throughout this section report the
greatest corn crop ever grown. The
prospect is magnificent. Unheard
Of yields are anticipated.
The largest tobacco crop ever
known is now getting in top. There
is more or less grass but growers.
say this will be conquered after the
rains are over. All other crops are
bourishing. Gardens were never bet
ter. =
The. wheat crop is finally thrash
ed with an estimate of about half a:
crop all told. The quality of all
nonbearded wheat is poor. bearded
wheat generally good. Some grow
ers report serious wheat disease
others report the crop ruined ny adj
verse weather conditions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
MADE HOME POSSIBLE
Man Who Suddenly Found Himself
Without Roof Over Head Was Able
to Buy Property.

This true story tells how War Saw
ings Stamps built sure protection
around one Washington war worker
and hts family.
EARLY in tho war savings campaign
he began q small systematic invest
ment In Thrift Stamps, which ulti-
mately gray until he had an invest
ment Of Sl00. He says he acquired
his stamps without deprivipg him
self or family The Investment Gust
grew" out of incidental savings.
Presently this incidental money
became scarce. The war worker and
his family felt the burden Of the war
time high cost of living, and the anX-
iety and expense Of extraordinary IL
ness Of the two children. Then an
Other blow fell. He awoke one morn
ing 70 find that he had no place to
live.
His residence had been sold and
ne and his family were asked to va
cato. He could find no houses for
rent within his means, and was con-
fronted with the necessity Of leaving
the city or buying homo for his
family. He could not buy without
making a substantial initial pay
ment, and ready funds were SEEM
Sngly beyond reach.
Then be thought of his War Saw
ings Stamps. He remembered they
were redeenable on ten days notice,
with accrued interest. With tine pro-
ceeds Of these stamps and such small
au1as as he could gather he made
first payment on a new home in the
suburbs,
Recently he refused to sell it for
$1,000 more than the purchase price.
Ehis man IS q War. Savings Stamp
enthnsiast-and he is ON the straight
road 10 financial independence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21
PENNIES CAUSE sTABBING
Conductor Gives Negro Change;
Receives Eight Wounds

h Petersburg, VIA, july 21.-Follow-
ing an alteration over change, Cen
di,cto1s Wolf, Of the Camp Lee Electric
Railway Line, was stabbed eight
times by negro Saturday night.
VOL is; said 10 have Offered the
negro 10 pennies as part Of his change
for quarter. An argument followed,
after which the negro stabbed Woll
in the neck. Wolf is in the Camp Lee
Hospital The negro was taken into
custody by the camp authorities.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21
REMEMBER THE Ant
Save and have!

Remember the story of the
ant and the grasshopper? The
ant worked and saved. The end
Of each day found him with a
little more added to what he
had the day before. The grass
hopper danced and sang and
Gddled his time away. Winter
calne; the ent had plenty. The
grasshopper had nothing; be
had not saved. He went to the
ant and asked for help. Said
the ant: "WhJe I worked, you
fooled your time away, You
can dance now for all care"
Are you an ant-person or a
grasshopper person? Soma
tina are you going to have to
ask fer help and will someone
tell you to dance; or viii you
be independent?
e you saua now, you'll have
later on. Let the end of every
week find more Thrift Stamps
on your cayd. At the end Of ev-
cry month be able to show more
Veg Savings Stamps pasted on
your certificate. Lend your
napnsy 10 the government AZ a
per cent interest, :omposnthd
quarterly, and see 1t grvw... :,
Take stock of yourself!
What are you worth? VIII
next New Years Day find YOU
worth more or less? Which VII J,
you be; an ant CT 3 grasshop-. (
peri
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21

Start your mind going along saving
tines and then watch it travel. Buy
", &. s.. regularly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21

Pull together to produce more. to
eliminate waste, to save and to In.
rest in W. S. S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-21

Keep your money at work Tor you
Re,ihvest your Liberty Bond interes,
In W. s. s,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

me next morning as made my way
up Madison avenue l was arrayed in
iaded poplin, an iron-gray wig. amber
spectacles and widows bonnet. 1t
was Sioan's directions, and | had fur
ther lined my face. tanning il with a
carefully blended over-tint that seem
ed to leave me ten years older ans
two shades darker.
hadn't travelled many blocks be-
fore, on the opposite side OF the ave-
nue., | beheld Toosey Attrili and her
baDy carriage, already out for their
matutinal airing. Beside her. and
Just step or two in the rear, |
noticed that she was being followed
by carefully tailored but somewhat
doddering old Beau Brummel of at
least sixty summers. / had to throw
her the sigh sign for the second time
before she recognized me under my
makeup. Then she promptly crossed
the street and pushed her way leis-
urety to where l stood waiting for her
oerore the plate glass window of one
OF those nifty little jewelry shops
which look as though they'd been
madeied in the Place Vendome.
Look what's still trying to freeze
onto me' announced Toosey. soto
Voce, as she paused in front Of the
shop window and INDUCED in the ia
miilar exercise of juggling the arrest
ed perambulator. HE wants to buy
me the Biltmore this morning"
rs that old idiot interfering with
your work. inquired of Toosey.
AFTER telling her what I had to tell
her. without once CHANGING directly
at her.
NO, he's not interfering with my
sloothin'. and he hadn't better. But
ne Kind O. gets on my nerves. | think
he's driving me bugs, for every now
and then I kind O. feel that I'm bugs
and he's bugs, and the whole wide
world is turnin' bugs"
l stood staring in through the plate
glass before me. and for the first time
my inspection became something more
than pretense. l awakened to the
fact that this little imitation Place
VendOme gemshop was a very finished
product. Behind the plate glass was
window cabinet which I could rec
ognize as being steel. though it was
colored and grained and vanished to
look like Circassian walnut. That
window cabinet. remembered. was as
strong as a safe. But what caught
my eye as l actually looked into it
was its contents. 1t held only one
thing on display. This was string
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
The Monkey House.

"THE Germans are resourcersl~
said congressman, "but their
resourcefulness is apt to partake IN,
much OF the nature Of Bill Jaggs
Bill Jagg met friend one morning
AFTER very wet night. They both had
what is termed hot coppers. and Meth.
err had the price of drink. But Bill.
always resOurceful. said:
Come over to the Monkey House
think | can fix it up all right for u
over there
so over to the Monkey House they,
went, and Bill ordered two large
schooners. while the monkey thai
gave the saloon it's name gayly slid
and gamboled up and down the bar
counter.
Bill watched his chance, and sud
denly. when the bartender's back was
turned. he hauled or and gave the
monkey a slap on the side Of the head
that sent 1t slam-bang against the
wall.
THAT amt the first time he's done
that. the little brute he yelled.
Done WHAT said the bartender.
truculently. What do you mean by
hittin' my monkey?
Blast his buttons, said Bill, didn't
ne go and swaller my quarter"
We'll. said the bartender. there's
yer two beers, and here's yer 10 cent
change. but don't you dare hit that
monkey again"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

At one fash ii explained the Holshaw
house and it's mystery. II explained the
tanks and the drills, the lime. the dust.
the party walls and the tunneling-
everything.
1t simply meant that Pareto and his
gang were ground hogging for a haul
1t meant that my crafty-eyed friend
had realized the value of, that string
of black pearls and had deliberately
set out to capture them. He had
assembled his agents and rented the
nearest available house. He had real
lied 1t would have to be daylight
job. since the gems were locked by
night in vault where no one dare dis
turb the burglar alarm system. So he
had Summarized for his prey He had
carried in the apparatus Of an oxygen
acetylene torch, to cut through any OBJ
structing steel, and had disguised his
gas tanks as oxygen for a pneumonia
patient. He had worked like mole
with scant fear of interruption. carry
ing back his debris and bagging it and
piling it in orderly rows where 1t
would lie undiscovered until after the
coup had been discovered.
Then l woke up to the fact that the
movement had already reached It's
climax. 1t was no bug that had
seen so methodically under that pale
toned prayer-rug. 1t was nothihg
more than the end Of busy work
mans brace and bit as he labored un-
seen and almost noiselessly under the
heavy flooring of the window cabi-
net. boring a circular row of holes SO
that he could lift out section OF that
flooring big enough to let his hand
slip through and capture what ne
was after. And atsany time now that
hand might appear and seize the
pearls and quite mysteriously disap=
pear.
'Toosey," said sharply. watching
the rug as it once more moved up and
down. "Quick! Get that pompous old
chaser of yours. Have him ask to
see those pearls at once. Have him
price them-anything, only get them
out of that window"
Then unsnapped my waist and
reached in for the gunholster close
under my left breast. Then / moved
with apparent aimlessness on to the
next show window. slipping the auto
matte under a fold of my faded pop
lin.
had the satisfaction the next min
ute Of seeing Toosey's old admirer
toddle briskly into the gem shop.
phone to Sloan" l told her as she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

or black pearls, nesting on "A pale
tone prayer-rug of the finest silk.
The mere assembling of such a string,
knew gave them vastly added value.
even though each stone. by itself, might
once have cost as much as a decent
motor car. ToOsey, ! saw. was quit e
as impressed by the string az myself |
could even detect a slight frown come
into her face as she studied them.
MY Lod" she gasped with widen
ing eyes
What is it," ! demanded
Il guess I've been hittin' the coffin
nails little TOO hard" was her not
altogether unsatisfactory response.
why do YOU say that
TOO many cigarOots is maxim me see
things"
See things | echoed
She shrugged her shoulder, almost
defiantly. Then her smile died suddenly
from her face and she just as suddenly
caught me by the arm.
My Lord. Balmy! Them polls are
alive" she cried.
You imagined it," told the girl
beside me.
Its bug all right" she dolorously
acknowledged. "and it's mine."
Then it was my turn to gasp a little
for distinctly. as I started at those
lustrous spheres OF blackness on their
slender wire of platinum, one end of
the string lifted and moved little,
MY eyes, I suppose. were about the
size of saucers.
What does it mean" | said with a
gasp Of bewiiderment
1T means we've both got the bugs"
was Toosey's grim response
Keep still a moment" I commanded
For l was once more trying to be a
sane and reasonable human being.
leaned forward and watched the move
ment beneath that rug. of mottled tones
and l saw that it was no trick and no
illusion! The movements, although re-
peated. were not repeated in exactly the
same place. In fact, as watched in
tently, l was able to determine that
the line Of their progress was describing
the clear-cut arc Of a circle. In time
l could see. that they would make a
complete circle.
But why?
Toosey spoke to me. but was too pre-
occupied to hear what she said. could
feel that l was on the brink of a dis
covery that would make the unreason-
able suddenly reasonable. II only the
veil of one little mental mist might be
ruptured.
In one sudden fash saw and under
stood:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

brushed by me. Tell him to go
straight to that Holshaw house with
at least a dozen reserves. Then send
that traffic cop right here to where
I'm waiting"
This done l walked resolutely into
that small and sumptuous shop. There
l found my Beau Brummel looking
over an array of diamond rings. He
was attended by foppish looking
man whose high-arching eyebrows
went higher when ne beheld me and
my dowdiness invading that scrupu-
lously aristocratic domain OF his
Get your pearls out Of that win
dow" l called out In sudden and
ridiculous shout of warning.
At this the rubicund Beau Brummel
suddenly jumped to his feet and ran
to the door and by the time I reached
the street again he was hastening
northward along Madison avenue with
CELEBRITY which was rather startling
10 one OF such advanced years My
attention was conferred more on the
shop window The prayer rug was
sun there and on 1t the black pearls.
FAKE those things out CT the win
dow once more com ananded. For
ny this time could see the rug lifting
as though blindly cropping hand
moved beneath them. A police-car
nun or blue-coats at the same time
changed along the avenue. I had only
time to wonder If it was Sloan and
MS men headed for the Tolshaw
mousse l realized that had to face
the music alone .t-
ala the thing that came easiest. I
ieVeIed my automatic at the window
OF the gem shop and fired. and the
puiiet went through the plate glass
as though it had gone through a.
sheet OF rolled iron. With my next
movement I flung the heavy auto
matte nat against the window with
all my strength. There was q crash
and shatter OF glass, and a chorus
OF startled shouts from behind me,
as leaned through the broken win
dow and snatched up the string Of.
dusky globes on their wire of plati-t
mum.
ran now toward the policeman with
my hands held high above my head.
lor could see that that officer al
ready had his service revolver out.
heep these pearls" gasped as
thrust the dangling rope into his huge
hand. Then, with a gaze back on
the shattered plate glass, he took pos
session OF me. knew 1 was under
arrest. but the next moment, through
the gathering crowd, 1 could see Sloan
bearing down on us with one of his
prisoners.
Even Toosey turned to watch the
rather breathless Sloan as he pushed
and hunted his prisoner uncerem>,,.
ousiy to where we stood,
What's the use Of manbandIin.
that harmless old nut" demanded the
somewhat indignant Toosey.
'Harmless! echoed the irate Sloan
as he jerked the white wig of his can
tive's heshed skull why, he's San.
phire Sam of the Pareto gang, Ana
he's the stick-up who just tipped of
that gang and let two-thirds o. them
get away over the roofs"
Then Sloan's troubled face sudden.
~ relaxed for he had caught sight
OF the string of pearls dangling from
the patrolman's right hand. He
bl'nked at them for several seconds.
Then he turned to me.
baimy you're a brick. he said
with a fervor which. a moment later
he seemed ashamed of.
copyright, 1913, by Mcclure syudicate.) =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
An Increased Flock.

\\1HEN the President returns to
Washington, he is going to find
an increased flock of sheep in the
White House yard. One Of the sheel,.
just to keep good the tradition Of one
black sheep In every flock. was bora .
black. but lie did not like the colo
y few days r.. OIL.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-15
will simplify greatly the work of the in
ternational postal service.
COWARDIcE ON THE ROAD.

The authorities and the people of Yer.
mont have no desire to hound the visit.
ing automobilists who come into the
state for the purpose of touring, but
they do wish to prevent the recurrence
of such incidents and accidents as that
which took place between Rutland and
Pittsford when Packard machine bear
ing a New York registration plate
crashed into the rear of a delivery wag-
on, hurled the horse1drawn vehicle TO one
side and then speeded ahead without
waiting to see what became of the driver
of the team, As it happened the driver
of the team escaped injury although his
vehicle was somewhat smashed; but the
comparatively slight damage resulting
from the crash does not make the ofFense
of the visiting motorist any the lighter,
nor should it lessen in any degree the
efforts made to detect the one guilty OF
the offense. We are pleased to state
that not all the visiting motorists are
of the cowardly stamp Of this driver Of
the New York car; in fact, the average
motorists from New York, Massachusetts,
and other states are about like the mo-
florists of Vermont, only they have been
accustomed to wider roads than most of
the thoroughfares in Vermont and the
result is that some of them fail to take
due cognizance of the conditions But
nearly all of them are courageous enough
to meet the consequences when some
accident results, barring, of course, the
New York motorist above referred to and
some others.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-15

! mics Not only was Marshal Joffre an
| eminent soldier and man beloved by
his valiant troops. He was also man
of steady character, who united in his
person many of the best qualities of the
French people, and he appealed in a sig
nal manner to the hearts of his compa-
triots. No other soldier could have sur
viyed, as he did, the serious defeats of
the opening month Of the war, and none
other could have combined the patience
with the audacity needed for changing
the defeat into victory. We owe much
to many of his subordinates for the vic
tory of the Marine, and we have not been
backward in acknowledging our debt
to them, but it was Joffre who planned
Joffre who willed and Joffre who cam
manded. The conduct of that historic
battle was in his hands, and for all time
history will acclaim it as the turning
point OF the war
We owe much more to the eminent
marshal than most people know. He was
during 1914, 1915, and 1916 the one fixed
point in the general situation. He was
the most solid asset of the allied cause
| Under him was created that excellent
| feeling between the French and British
armies which remained invioate till the
end. He was a man in whom every Brit
ish general and private soldier placed
! confidence. The campaign of 1916, which
ended by the kaiser's offer to negotiate
for peace, was planned by him, and in
| that year all the allies-British, French,
and Italian fought valiantly for a com
/ H.. ~ fr-t
sembled at his headquarters at Chantilly
! in June, 1915, series Of conferences OF
the allied commanders which gave the
| law to the allied armies and established
/ a proper system of cooperation on the
main fronts. When he was replaced this
! system lapsed for a time, and we were
greatly the poorer for the fact. But
| the marshal's services were not at an
| end He went to the United States, where,
| though he could not speak English, every
man understood him and acclaimed him
when he appeared At this headquar.
| ters in Paris subsequently he became
the link between the French and the
| American armies, and many other than
American soldiers went to consult the
wise and steady old chief at his head.
| quarters at the Ecole de Guerre. He did
much for France but more for the cause,
With calm and steady gaze he over
| looked the whole field Of war on the
main fronts. He was never elated by
victory nor depressed by defeat. He knew
how to direct operations in scientific
manner, and at the same time to arouse
/ that personal enthusiasm without which
an army loses its soul He was the man
| for the most terrible moment that his.
tory records, and he was rewarded by
his constancy in adversely by the sun
of victory which shone upon our arms
| London Post,