davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-27

ki. Pfijel jsem tam IA napro-
ste tiny. Avsak re ctyf zby-
lych domu ami jeden Sc neho-
dill pro, nemocnici: nebylo ma
blizku vody, ncbylo dosti MI
sta pro kone a hlavni prckaz-
kou bylo, re samota 1czela V
pasmu italskc delostrclby, tax
ze by nemGlo smyslu zustati
tam po cclych ttrnactc dni.
Ohlasil isem 20 brigadnimu
velitelstvi dostal jsem roz-
kaz establovati Sc okamzite V
Merne, jezto nase pechota pra
We zasahla do boje. Nasel jsem
tam dosti mista pro muzstvo,
kone, prostorne mistnosti pro
ran6nG a O pulnoci jsem byl no
toy sc svoji tezkou pracl.
Pristine Ultra jel jsom S ma
lou kolonou horskych vozicllu
pro ran6nG. Po klikatych stez-
kach, iez Sc kazde chvile roZ-
bihaly a mizely, mapou V ru-
ce hledal jsem nejblizsi cestl
Ma Cotici. Bosenske kon6 ier
zvolna stoupali, vozicky hfmc
tily koGim Ill Sc spinavy pot
S celia. Planina bileho kameni
bez lcsu a potntku, nikde an
kericku, icn hole krasove bal
vany e..
Il lesa. k nam zalelal rachol
pusek: to prave nase pechots
pokraCovala V utoku.
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MSS LTD tWSSl
LIHOVINY Sc NEPOJIS1'UU.

New York, 26. lisj. - Fir
my. kterc pojist proti krade
zim. oznamily, ze prestanou
n2dalc brati pojiSteni Ma kra-
deze lihoyin. Predn6 jsou kra-
dczc prilis caste, zlodeji neo-
hlizeji Sc po zlat6, stlibre a
hedvabnych latkach, ale po la
hvich S tim CO sc media koupiti
A pax ie tn ieSte jina wee. Je-
den ufednik pojiS,' 'uiici spolec
nosti Sc vyslovil: "Prijde-H k
nam n6kdo rekne-li: 'Xlode-
il mi ukradli whisku nebo vi
no. mu:ime mu v6riti. Nesml
me mu rici, ze to yypili jeho
hoste. sluzebnictvo nebo on
sam"
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]. l.. Kuhn:
MUJ PRVNI KREST
OHNEM.

Kdykoliv jsem sci kolem ie-
10 hrobu, vzpomne | iscm 81
zdy Ma syuj prvni krest o.
hnem.
PriSli ismc tenkrat ke Gori
i ia soumraku. Il vychodu o.
virala sc nam udomi planina,
re Zapadu hfm9la della. Popr-
e We SVEN ziyote uslySel jsem
luneni del. Zmocnil sc mne
zvlaStni pocit; zdalo Sc mi vse
iako V divadle, krasne. urov-
lane, vypocitane - zablesky
)hnG, oblaky dymu, svetelne
'akc,y puaobily ma mne pohad-
Iovym dojmem.
NaSe brigada blizila Sc zvol
a k hore Sy. Michala. V devet
Iodin isem dojel do vesnice
Merny. Neil vSak jsem pfiklu
al k pryGmu domu, zahucelo
0 made mnou a IA vtefinu wy
puchl V me blizkosti italsky
.ranat. Nczapiram, zc jsem Sc
lroXnC ulckl. Ale IA chvilj
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,,li.'
{, To- ! ';': 81:

le a -1arami jednu da
Il A op6t Ii cesty raneny. Lezi
l1a kameni V bezvedomi. Upadl
vysilenim a usnul. Nakladam
no do voziku a pokracuji ce-
ste. Sc strany slysim upeni. Ma
chazim til italske Alpiny; diva
mali prostrelene nohy, tretimu
ma hlave seine krev. Ony diva
nakladam do voziku, tretiho
b6fu pod pazdim a vracim Sc,
dolu.
Blizim Sc k nebezpecnemu
pasmu. Sirelba Sc stupnuie. WI
ckavam. Kryjeme Sc. Palba III
stava. Jdeme dale. VozikyI
smutne hrci ia tem6r' AMI ne
dycham. Ale nemam strachu.
Blazici radost V srdce Sc mi
vkrada. Jsem st asten, re jsem
zachranil sedm lidskych zivo-1
tn. Nebot' nebyli-li by vsichni
zahynuli vysilenim, kdybych
jich nenaSel? A co Sc tax ra-
dostn6 usmivam, zabzuci mi to
kolem uSi V okamziku sloup
dymu vZnaSl sc k nebesum. u
lOmek zeleza zasahne meho l.
tala; mladiCek vztahne ruce,
kacl Sc mi k zemi. Sklanim
sc k nemu, ale w ie pozde.
] A opet mrtve ticho. Klekam
| k ranenemu a nabizim mu po-
sledni kapku vina.
"Nepotrebuji, umiram. De-
kuji vam a proslm abyste po-
zdravoval moji -"
Posledni slova mrznou mu V
| uatech. Snad prosil, abych je-
! no mamitku pozdravoval? Ne
| bo minil svoii milenku? Snad
svoji slunnou vlast? Kdoz vi +!
Il kapsy mu zapisnik vyii-
mann a nalezam mem maly
dopis. Je cely krvi zbrocen.
Sve matce piSe. LouCi Sc nj V
predtuse smrti a pro1i il po-
zehnanl.
Pfipsal isem drobnym pi.
smem do rohu pospineneho pa
piru:
Vas syn zemrel dnes, by,
, ranen.''
Pochovali jsme no pax te.
hoz dine ma naSem hrbituvku.
! A kdykoliv jsem sci kolem
jeho hrobu, vzdycky vzpomn6,
jsem 81 ma svuj prvni kreSt 0,
. hnem ma Mite San Michele.
IWSsl [ffl IWSSl
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vidGl zivot naroda We SVEN vlastnim.

Jednoho dne, kdyz sedel soukrome ufadovne We
Washington6 nnuost pred pohybovaa jako
Vde sveho daleko prostraici prerii duby
borovice javory, ez obklopovay eho domov detstv
lako eho matka zemrea Mohl slyset znova jeJ
umirac sova douho pamaovanych t6nech chlapectvi
noSstv ez prchzey ako ozveny vracecich sc cho-
ra iako nekke sladke melode mru chv6ici sc hahoem
mohutnGho zpGvu veznGho zvySuci svo mohunost odpo
rem pfichazely dust pohaneci moci materskeho
pozehnani, # tfM3 MI NJ
Poom videl zivot. Vid6l zivot naroda SVEN vlast
nim SySe jmeno Lincoln zaznivati vude. Zdalo ze
srdce eho matky veSo do srdci u meode byy meodeml
chvaly +~N'N y \ ~ " E8
Mus vydati proklamaci dikuvzdan Bylo to nalehaVe,
prooze valka byla jiz uveda zabesk osvobozen Bya Wy
dana g. rina pam6thoneho roku v6zsvi Geysburgskeho,
asi vroci matGiny smrt Daa novy zivo starem
amcrckGmu zvyku kery urGl posedn ctvItek stopadu
ako oddech od prlce vyjadreni vdecnosii naroda
Srlcc ieho matly souzvuku srdcem eho, kdyz
psal onu proklamaci eho srdce bylo srdcem lidu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-27

pusten, jen cerna kocka a sta
rs opelichany pes vyh7vaji Sc
ma ceste =.
Ia chvili slysim slabe ste
mani. Tise zastavuji kolonu, a
nj nedysi. Slysim poznovu vide
chy. Nasloucham napjate. Wy
kirk. Jakoby nekdo volal o po-
moe.
A tom, nez-li Sc madam, "a
fici mi mad hlavou srapnel. Bo
| Jim Sc, ze vybuchne zrovna
made mnou. Ale vidim, re uz
davno explodoval, oblacky BIZ
leho dymu krouzi vZduchem.
Opet ticho. SlySim zretelne
slovo "Pomoc!' Neznam vsak
smer hlasu. Zapisknu ma pi-
st 'alku. V tom nekolik Srapne-
lW zafici vzduchem. Nevim, CO
delat. Vidim hrozici nebezpecl
postrili mi muzstvo kone !.
NazdarbGh velim:
"Kryt Sc mezi kamenlm.' =
Seskocim kone, lehnu IA
hromadu balvanu a cekam.
Srdce mi prudce buSi. Jsem
rozcilen, ale itch. V tom Zale-
| II granat ma misto,. kde isme
pred chvili stall a robbie ce-
stu. Tfesu sc ma celem tele. Ne
nam poneti o case. Je mi hol
ko. Granaty vybuchuji V okru'
hu triceti kroku. Ocekavan
smrt. Kone Sc plaSi, zalostnt
rehtaji, koci Sc krCi "a brad
bou kameni a muj nejmladS
Bosnak sc modli k Allahovi. Jt
to priseny obraz! VZpominan
Nv te chvili ma domov, vidin
/ starickeho otce a utrapenol
/ matku, vidim sve bratry Sc
stry a je mi X placi teskno. L;
: pominam ma okoli, neslySln
: vybuchujicich granatu -
/. snim. Snim SVEN detstvi,
SVEN zivote We skole, 0 Praze
Jen chvilemi sc obracim k'
y svym lidem a prosim je ii
D chounce:
] ''Hosi, davejte pozor ma ko
ner
Hradba nase "a chvili bud
rozbita. Co 81 pocnu potom
e Vykfik. Ulomkem kamen
: zranen ieden koci. Rychle m
: ranu ovazu a pravim:
); "Nebojte Sc momci. A kdy
u bych snad ia mel byti zasazer
a odevzdejte lento dopis nasem
J. plukovnimu lGkari. Ale neboj
II te SCI la chvili palba ustan
U a"
. Ncdorekl jsem. Ulomek gra
= natu zasahl meho konG. OvS
- zu mu ranu, neni nebezpeCnt
y. jen male Skrabnuti ma leve n
= ze.
!. V tom okamziku palba usts
: nc. Vydechuii Z hluboka. ia
dlouho jsem tn lezel? Divar
= Sc ma hodinky stoji.
;, Boshaci Sc modli k Moham
dovi, dekuji mu "a vysvobozt
. nj. Nalozime koCiho do vozit
ku a jedeme dale.
Vzpominam 81 ma volani
o., -,pomoc. Znova piskam. A p
y dlouhem, mrtvem tichu 81,
o. sim:
Ia "Pomozte mi -
l. Jdu .icdnim smerem. Hla
T. sc vzdaluic. Jdu opacnym SIN
V rem: "a hromadkou kameni
* ii raneny vojak. Leva noha
tiIvi zbrocena, prava ruka V b
lem obvazu. Chce mi ruku pt
N libit.
H. Tret'ak. Dnes V noci byl +
V n6n. 4 "hilfsplacu", kde m
"a ruku ovazali, poslan do Me
m ny. Ma cesl6 byl vsak zasaze
o, granatem do nohy - a tax
70 lezl temer Sest hodin.
10 Nalozili isme no do vozick1
Oba rantnG jscm postal zpet
A. sc zbylymi CtyTmi karami led
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Bva Getysburtu bya doboiovana vyhr9na 4
Cervence 1868 Abraham Lincoln president Spocnych Sat
vydal proklamac ldu ker osahovala pometihodna
sloya
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Byl to odkaz Matciny Lasky Nadeje.


Venku neklidna tfdla esnch ptdku Sc kmitaa iak Sc
tfepotaf sucem zapavenymi sromy Hoch, postra
dac odevu kery je byl pozorova odpovedel macino
zavolani
eco est?" tazal nepokoinym hasem sp6chaic eji
boku. &
vtdhla iei lahyplue 9ahyby svyeh mdlych ramen
prava hlasem sabym tresavm avsak stale zachviva
jicim matefYkou laskou a nad6ii:
Opustim t6, Abe OH iak tezko Jest louCiti Sc
tebou! Jak krasnd jest venku Jest krlsn6 kdekov jest
Bdh ia Sc MIN setkam asntjsim svete nezI Jest
Nauca sem miovat ie shromazdench sareho abora
a chci abys Sc je naucil milovati tez.
"Nemea isem mnoho co by ucinilo stastnou,' po-
kratovala, stale volnG a 6zkym vzdechem, "nem6a
em mnoho, by ucinilo stastnou daeko meme
n6ktef id6 NELL ale mu hlas nikdy neopomenu pozdvh
nouti chvae kdykol sestoup poct dikuvzdan
"Abrahame LincoIne, ty mas me srdce Jsem vd6tna
Bohu, ze nam dial ebe Mluj kazdGho nevad Sc nkym
sve bude rad ednoho dne re isl zrod Toto Jest krasny
sve mluc v6fici Jsem vd6cna zivo vsechno,
ale vice nez v$echno osatn mas mole srdce
"Ale on neumi zpivati Nancyw
Vysoky pionyr jeenici stAl dverch kabny. vi
del n smt We suneGnim svGte kter dopadao podlahu
Pfcnil zachvdv smchu ku svm sovum nebot chte poes
zenu, kdyz od n6ho odchazela
Zena setrvaa mlteni Thomas Lincoln priblizil ku
smrcnGmu 0aku vd Potom opakova sva est6
laskav6ji:-
Gale neumi zpivati jako ty, Nancyr'
"Srdce zpva mnohJmi zpdsoby," odvetila vece sab6
"Ndkera rce v6vaji do inyc hsrdci Abraham
muj HAS ale ma mole srdce snad rozezpva in6
nynL'
ChIadny fiinov3 vtr velikymi stromy pusob
ze ciich sty cey ako Why mofskG vzdouvaice ke
sace pod sepotaiicm v6rem. Iena obrAta havu ku
stpenym kadam, here tvofily jednu st6nu kabiny Je
prsty nervosnG skubay polrvkou este enou
le$6 lcdnou pravila mckee, mckee, Muj Abrahame
JeSte lednou poksla zdvihnouti ably ei spata;
ste iednou, --s zachv6la. a pax lezea tiSe.
"Jil odeSla. Ab'rameW
Otec syn zhotovili rakev svyma vlasnima rukama a
pochovai il pod stromy uboh mall Abraham nemoh rci
nteho Byl uyykly 1rapam ale toto zdAlo vice nezli
moh sneS Idao ze el cos dust Poksi pohled-
noi ocovu Wai souc ale, eho slzami zamzenG
shlcday il Y move vykopanGm hrobe.
Byl to ludnv hrob kdyz byl dOkonGen Ale od e doby
hoe lndany pocti pamatku eho obyvaeIe. Pomnk Sc
zdViha mramorOyG bGoSti ncbesllm poutnc leka
icho zakadG modtbam dikuyzdan. doho pred tim,
douho pred tim nez e maeistv stao posvanym veil
k6mu narodu. orhany hoch. bez kobouku seda
zeen6 iako taya snl, naslouchal vzpomnce zpG-
YUM, kterG ona byla zpvala
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"presiden 81 obzyaSte zada ably ten den, toho ehoz
vle nko nase vzdy sati byl ovsade vzpominano
uctivan nevetsi vd6Gnosti"
Srdce jeho matky nadchlo iej jeste jednou.
Velke zastupy pripravovaly zasavenicko Bilem
Dome Jasa c davy hemzly zeenych stranich Sara
Slava Sc vlna verem dali vezne deo otrasao magnolii
pokrytym vrchy.
Lincoln pohlizel to more lidl Jeho tvaf byla "a
chmufena zaem zbrazd6na staros. Avolna rozJas-
nova svetlem asky teplem dske laskavos Poca muvt
Mnozsvi ustalo asou.
"Jsem neskonae vdecen tuto pre2itost."
Nikdo krone nGho sameho nesyse techto sovech tony
eho matky hledela n6ho domoVa andelu By to
z 6n kter by TAX caste sysan skopkove kabne pod
planoucm javory
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-27
VNUKNUTt PRO LINCOLNOVU
PRVNf PROKLAMACI
DlKUVZDANi

Abrahame! zvoal sova sysitelny has. Mluvci lezeIa
chudtkem uzku umrajc. Mlada pionyra-
obetovaa sVu ziVot eho sateGnos Ponyrova skofapka
byla bez oxen je vere byy oeveny dokoran snecnimu
svGtu, ez poskakovalo podaze ucupane Obsa-
hovala nGkoik stoiCek zhotovenych hrube osekanych
prken, ale zadnG idle n6koik taliru skIine
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-30
ESCAPES TAR AND FEATHERS
WOuld-B BE Poker Player at ElktG
Rescued by Sheriff

E!kton. Nd. Dec. 30.-Arrivipc
North East a few days ago Harrs
Washburn, of Wilkes Barre ?
sought TO get into poker game. NJ
being wanted. Washburn bscan
angry and notified the. authorities /;
Elkton. who made raid on house j
that town and arrested six young me
and charged them with gambling.
Friends of the arrested men, ange,
cd By the action of Washburn, decide
70 tar and feather him and ride h!r
cut of town on rail. They secure
Washburn and placing him in an au
.on,obile we're ready to mete out tn
punishment when Sheriff Seth appear
ed. took the stranger IN charge an
broaeht him to Elkton. He was a
lowed to leave for his home in Penn
sylvania yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-30
TREATY COMPROMISE
Three Notifications in Original Re-
seryatiCnS Proposed


Washington, Dec. 30.-Republi-
can and Democratic senators work
ing for a Peace Treaty compromise
conferred their attention yesterday
on a plan said to have been accepted
by the mild reservation Republicans
and .by a number CT Democrats for
ratification. with three modiflca-
tions in the fourteen reservations
approved by the Senate majority at
the last session.
The three changes, which some
believe would make the reservations
acceptable to two-thirds, deal with
the preamble declaration that the
qualifications must be acquiesced in
by the other powers. with article ~
and with Shantune. The mild
group believe that Senator Lodge,
the Republican leader, will be will
ing to make these changes, and that
Senator Hitchcock, leader Of the
Democrats, also will be satisfied
with them. 1t was said, however,
that neither of the party heads in
the Senate had yet expressed final
opinion.
Under the new preamble suggest
ed the Senate reservations would
be regarded as accepted by the other
parties to the treaty, unless specific
objection were made within lin
tied time. The, wording of the ar
ticle 10 reservation would be
changed so as to eliminate the
language which President Wilson
said he would regard as a rejection
of the treaty, and to substitute an
affirmative declaration that the ar
icle's obligations are accepted with
the understanding that fu-
ture Congresses shall be at liberty
to decide questions of peace and
war. Language which some sena-
tors have regarded as offensive to
other powers would be modified in
The Shantung reservation.
Although compromise talk on this
and other modification plans contin-
aes among the senator's remaining
aere, there are so many absent tha.: |
IS E, ~ u
nc concrete action is expected until
the Senate reassembles next Mon
lay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-30
PROPERTY TRANSFERS

Deeds of conveyance for the fc,-
lowing pieces of property have ldst
been placed on record in the Office OF
the clerk Of the court: Mrs. Betty
C.. Smoot and others to the AleKan
dria Laundry, Inc. a quarter of a
square Of ground at the southwest
corner Of Queen and Fayette, streets:
r.. Morgan Johnston to Ernest W.
Wilson house and lot No 60, seq
ton ). Roscmont; Patrick F. Down
ey and others TO George W. Ridge
way house and lot S2l Oronoc0
street: W. w. Simpson to William
l.. Norford houses and lots SOP and
504 Cameron street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-30
Viii. Refuse to Support Him
or Any One He Wants
to Succeed Him
TO BACK UNDERWOOD
"Ereedom for Ireland and the Restora-
ton of Fiume to Itlay,' said to be
Cause of Rupture.

New York, Dec. 30.-The New York
American today printed the follow
ing:
"Col. Edward NJ. House has defin-
tely broken with President Woodrow
Wilson.
"He will refuse to support the
presiden. for third term. He viii! op
pose the nomination of William G.
McAdoo, A. Mitchell Palmer. or any
ether Democrat the President may
seek to install as his successor.
"The colonel is disposed at present
TO back Oscar w, Underwood, or a
conservative Democrat of his type, fer
Wilson's place.
"The former Wilson mentor IS seq
reilly doing his utmost to make I'm
lerwood, instead of Gilbert Fl. Hitch
Geek. the Democratic leader of the
United States Senate.
"The foregoing information Is
vouchcd for by political leader OF
unquestioned veracity, who talked with
Colonel House Yesterday
when the leader above quoted was
asked the immediate cause of the
break between the President and Col
onel House, he replied:
"'Frecdom for Ireland and the re-
storat!on of Fiume to Italy"
Washington, Dec. 30.-Reports thai
Secretary Lansing will not complete
mis- term as head of the State Depart
nent will not down since his return:
from the peace conference. 1t is gen
orally discussed in near-official circles
here that Mr. Lansing is not on speak
ing terms with the President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-30
LEAPS TO DEATH

Cape Charles Va. Dec. 3O.--Ccr
poral Daniel Solari, aged - year.
Company, NJ, 30lst InExntry, cor.
mittod suicide carly yesterday cTer
ing BY jumping from an upper dec
Of the steamer Pennsylvania. cf -the
New York, Philadelphia and Nor
folk Railroad. while temporarll: de-
ranged. shortly after the steamer
had left Old Point Comfort. Hi.
body has not been recovered.
So!ari. who was suffering from
shell shock received while fighting
in France, had been under treatmen'
at the General Hospital at Hamp
ton. He was being taken to tn;
Psychopathic Hospital, Boston.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-30
VICTIM IN VAULT
Wrecked After Shooting, Thieves
Grab New Car-Escape With
$1,000

Toledo, Ohio, Dee: s0-Five
armed men secured $4,000 in cash
and $4,000 in liberty bonds from the
Peoples Bank, at Ottawa Lake, Mich,
yesterday, after shooting the cash
ier, R.. W. Rothfuss, in the leg, and
throwing him, with clerk and a
customer, in the vault.
The yeggs jumped. into an auto
mobile in which a confederate was
waiting and drove toward Holland
Near that town the machine turned
over. The bandits then held up the
driver Of small automobile. -Four
of them crowded into it and drove
away. The other two started walk
ing toward Maumce.
Lottie Roger, the clerk, and L.
A. Schmidlin. the customer, helped
Rothfuss pick the vault lock from
the inside. He succeeded in getting
free within fifteen minutes ane
gave the alarm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-30
HEAL Til WORKERS
DISCUSS PLANS
u. S. Public Sanitary Service
Would Save 100000
Lives
SANITATION
RURAL
Speakers From Every Section of Vir-
ginia Gather in chmond-Farmers
In Movement.

Richmond, Dec 30.-That the peo-
pie of Virginia>are as eager to buy
public health as they are eager TO
buy anything else, and that they
must be educated in modern santa
ton, especially in rural districts, was
the keynote sounded at the ,fh'st days
conference here yesterday of State
physicians and nurses engaged in pub
lie health activities.
Dr. Roy X. Flanagan, assistant
State health commissioner. presided
over conference of physicians yes
terday afternoon at the Richmond
School of Social Work and Public
Health. He said the man who was net
consecratad to the task and thought
more about his salary,-had better step
out.
"This is a job for real men, and it
is too serious to be toyed WITH" he
stated.
Naming schools. churches. motion
pictures and personal appeals as vital
parts of publicity in addition to news
papers, Dr.. L. l.. Lumsden, of the
United States Public Health Service,
said the religion of sanitation is The
best religion on earth.
Rural sanitation, thought to be hope
less ten yeaas> ago, is now part Of
every farmers life. Dir. Lumsden af-
firmed. Before spreading the doc
trine of sanitation, 1T is necessary
for county schools and churches 20
install sanitary equipment, he de-
clared.
Suggestions for improving sanitation
IN country districts also were mace
by T. J. Robinson, Dr. f. l.. F1an-
nagan, Dr. J. W. Cox. Dr. w. F.
Draper. and DR.. FerrelI. The latter
said that i'll Lee County one favorite
method of publicity is public health
notices placed on signs along roads
he stated there is mile post for
every mile Of road in Lee County.
State Health Commissioner Ennion
G. Williams. in welcoming the dele
gates, said the prime object of the
conference was to discuss methods for
improving sanitation work in rural
centers, since the larger part of the
State boards work is being directed
with this end in view.
Al the morning session DR.. Lums-
den. who is in charge of rural SAM
tation work of the United States Pub
lie Health Service. outlined the plan
for saving 100000 lives in country
section by installing sanitary closets.
Prevention of typhoid fever and kin
dred diseases in the class of intestinal
parasites will insure solid South fer
n better nation, he declared
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-30
Directors of Anne Lee, Me-
mortal Home For Aged :
Grateful
SCHOOL CHILDREN AID
Qualification Expressed at the Sub
stantial Way In Which Home Was
II Remembered Thanksgiving--Xmas

The board of governors of the
Anne Lee Memorial Home, of the
Aged gratefully acknowledge with
sincere appreciation the donations
sent to that home both at Thanks
giving and Christmas.
They announce that it was lmpos-
sible to thank each person person
ally, as many contributions were
sent without any name being given.
The merchants of the city, as US
ual. were most liberal, and the con-
tributions from the school children,
both from the city and county
schools, which were divided between
the Children's Home, at: Clifton, and
the Anne Lee Memorial Home, were
far from anything the managers
thought possible.
The board expressed thanks for
the checks sent by the Ministerial
Association, Robert S. Jones. Judge
J.. K. NJ, Norton, Mrs. Henry K.
Field, and others.
The board Of managers say that
this has been strenuous year OF
hard work and its members feel that
the citizens of Alexandria should
visit the home frequently and mani
fest more active interest in the
work being done. .
1t is seldom that the home comes
before the public with ar appeal, al
though at the present ti,he they
have five old ladies at the home. all
to a certain extent feeble, needing
nourishmnt, food and tender care.
One has been returned to the home
from the h ;pita! as incurable. a
helpless, hopeless cripple.
Officers of the home are: Mrs.
l.. Wilber Reid, Mrs. c. c. Carlin,
Mrs. F. G.. Odenheimer, Miss
Fanny NJ. Burke, honorary presi-
dents; Mrs. Lycurgus f. Uhler,
president; Mrs. Harvey P. Wilson,
first vice president Mrs. William
NJ. Reardon, second vice president;
Mrs. George l.. Simpson, third vice
president; Mrs. James IL. Mans
field, recording secretary; Mrs.
Windsor W. Demane. corresponding
secretary; Arthur Herbert. treas
urer;@L. Ruben, treasurer of endow-
ment fund.
Members of the board of COVER
nors are: Mrs. Thomas A. Fisher,
Mrs. A. S. Doniphan, Mrs. w. D.
Ogden, Mrs. w. IStrother JcncS,
Mrs. Grace Cogan Schultz, Mrs.
Charles Howell, Mrs. R.. Pierpoint.
Miss. Kate, Stuart, DR.. E. A. Cor
man, Lorenzo Wolford, William Des-
mond. H. Noel Garner. attorney,
and Mrs. Roberta Spendle. superin-
tendent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-30
OFFICER DROPS DEAD
Major Eugene W. Crockett of Ma
rassas. Expires in Hotel
rLby

Washington, Dec. 30.-Major Eu-
gene w. Crockett. air service, UNI
ted States Army, dropped dead yes
tcrday in the lobby cf a local hotel
while ccnvcrsing with brother Off
GERS. Death was due to cerebral
hemorrhage.
Major Crockett, who was born in
Manassas. Va, was II years of age,
and is survived by a widow. one
child and brother. Lieutenant
Colonc! c. I. Crockett. Of Camp
Lee, Va.
He was attached to aviation head
quarters in Washington rs chief IF
the training section Of the railroad
and airship division of the air ser
vice.