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Entered at the Postofflce at Alexan dria, Virginia, as second class matter. NEW ALEXANDRIA "Wlhile New Alexandria Was lain practically do rasa n't during the past quarter of a century, the rapid ad vance cf the old city on the north bank of Hunting: crock is affecting the new town cn the sowth side. The overflow of Alexandria is already being' felt in New Alexandria, huts five min'utes' ride to : v.r city, anil numbers of persons employed or conducting! business here reside in the e.mlbryonic town. Many others are liable in itimie to take up their abedes in this adjoining- place. and with bolter facilities for go:ng :ind coming their numtber would be aug mented rapidly. New Alexandria came h% the hirth in 1S92 and was synchronous with tha ?cw1rueticn of the el .'c:ri: rail way from this city to Mount Vci* non. Several enterprises were placed in op citation at the time. The rftl?w'ay It id go across Hum'ting Cri-ek was at. that time a highway bridge also, over which vehicles and pedestrian - passed daily. Unfcfttunately one morning an elect-ric train struck a wlagcn on the structure, a sui't for damages followeci, and later the wagon and footway were removed, sftiee which time t'ho bridge is only 1*EBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON | Except Sunday By the Alexandria Gazette Corporation 317 King Street, Alexandria, Va. HOWARD W\ SMITH, Pmiilcnt anil Treasurer *5 WILLIAM A. SMOOT ... Vlce-Prcniaent MICHAEL T. DWYER i Editor used by trains. The Southern Railway yeai's ago l>u51t a opirr track fi'cm South street which conn octal wifth that of the ekcHtic read, but, fcr some reason it was never u'se'1. The location of the spur track is at a point V.wown as "Broomelaw," ono of the stations of the t'lccitric read and within the limits of Alex andria. - Hundreds of mm empolyed at the plant of the Virginia Ship building Corporation arrive at and leave t*his station el'aily. It has been suggested by tihose snfcersted that the tim'e may corn? when1 the trains,will pass over Hunt ing Creek upon, a bridge startmp at "Broomr.'aw*" the ?e'x'trme' south ern end of Royal street, instead ?of the present structure several squares wes't. The present bridge is twenty s'tv t n y^ais old, a.nd the time may be close at hand when the building '-of a new one will be imperative. Tt is the rurpose of the Virginia SflYnfouildiing Corporation ev.cmtually to ffill in much of Hunting Creek, allowing but a narrow channel for the waters, when a new highway bridgd is likely to take the place of the pi'CSttrJt situeture. It rs further suggested that th: electric railufoy, the Soiftherh Rail way, tflie Virginia Shipbuilding Cor poration, Fairfax county and the city >of AlV xTindr'a may work to gether towards bringing about this de si<5:,na;tam. LOGIC OF ADVERTISING The Manufacturers* Record of Baltimore pays that "for months the United States Government urged all business men to realize that thev could "sell" prosperity to t'i ' country by big. bold advertis ing. I' urged everybody to adver tise heavily; if they were already advertising, to increase their ex penditures and broaden their public ity cairfp-aign and if they were pet advertising, to begin an aggrdssive campaign. Never was better busi ness advice given, never was it. more fully accepted, and never was there a greater demonstration of the wisdom of such advice. Busi ni fs men everywhere eemmened to >adveTt>sc move freely and on broad er lines. Many men who had never dene much advertising saw a new light and began to'advertise, while c'd-iimo advertisers made larger appropriations and gave better heel: to the almcst l:m?tkss power of pu blicity. 'the result is everywhere in evidence Ihe confidence displayed by heavy advertising begat confi dence. Advertising is therefore, as : so strongly presented by the Fed-! oral Goverrtneet, a work of patrio tism as well as of enlightened ael fiyh business interest." MciT persons engaged in bua'ness in Alexandria realise thy import ance 'r advertising, an^ the- Ga xeite's cJunvns have of . laic i'oeen^ imder great pressure in ordor'to ac commodate tihose who may desire to kc'prt their bus ins s before the public. Tlfat ft pays is evident from the fact that they arc continuing- to' a?lail themiselv'efs cf the services the newspaper. / MINIMIZING TYPHOID ; t ? ' _ ' r The Virginia'"Board* of Health "has been working assiiduosly towards curtailing the cases of typhoid fe ver, that much to be dreaded .rhalajly wfhich generally prevails at this season. An item ejsewihere in the Gazette shows that but few cases prevail -in Richmond, and-it is fur ther ?hown that in other olaces in the itattf the disease is regarded as sporadic and in no sense pre vailing as an epidemic. , Only a few cases are reported in Alexandria, while last summer it assumed c.h? dimensions : of an epi demic in this city, so much so that the government health officer? placed a ban upon us, and soldiers stationed at Oamp Humphrey.--. wer.> forbidden t:o eat or drink while" en visits here. . . The work of cleaning up the city was begun af once, and: in a short time Alexandria was given a e'e-an biM of health. Thiis work has in no way bee<n relaxed? and the Alexan dria Health Department is devoting its entire time to making personal investigations of every place where nuisances exist and causing th.? same to be eliminated forthwith. While this department has been actively at work lateral sewer* have been constructed and many, householders have connections made .with the same. , There is, however, still much to b? done, and the* health department. aetl?ng upon the practical principle tshat when a city shall have been nlaceil in a sanitary condition, to keep it at! that point, is making it obligatory upon us to observe all sanitary regulations. In an e-fFoi't to keep down the ty phoid fever rate, free inoi'cnlation will be given to residents of Wash ington by the health department. Health department expert^ will lo this work every Saturday fronv noon until 1 o'clock. It is at this time of the year that the typhol! fever rate usually reaches its height. HOY ADMITS MURDER Avon, N. .T.. July 1(1.?Police de clared here yesterday that Edward O'Brien, 20 years old. in a second confession admitted he killed Gard iner C. Hull. New York stationer, last Friday by beating hnn with a hammer. O'Brien was an employe of Hull, [n' a statement Monday night he 'leaned he had struck the blows, blaming t'he crime on his "partner," Edward Early Page. When he Was arraigned here yes terday on a charge of murder, O'Brien, according to the police, tol 1 a new story, saying Page was inno cent and that he had denied th1 charge at first because of sympathy for his 'mother. ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE 'Yegijo Suspucted of Attacking Wo men Bfeak For Freedom While waiting in the srjuad room it the. I>?.-itrict Building in Wash 'rmHon for victims of the negro Hnl to attempt his identification is their assail-int, Lewis Randall, 'ie!d as a ruspect in the case of the ussault upon three white women by i negro, suddenly made a break foe ?:reedom. I fashing across the room he jump il through an open window and arued in an arc away on the Four v ecnth street. sole of the District 'building. Detective Sergeant S'riv ?ner. cne of the officers in charge of ?'.he case, rushed after Randall 'and ?dize'd him just as lit- was making o .anal attempt to irr.ln the stiert. A ihvisk tussle ensued until two IDA AUTO RADIATOF ]i f REPAIR CO. Only expert in Virginia Radiators, Bodies, Fenders | Repaired All Work Guaranteed 1210 KIXG STREET j; V^tlecttvesr cplgtjl ! Mt-jv - vaiy ? to *che. scene and subdue the priepner. Detective Sergeant Guy Burlipg ame l,a.s>t night said th-nt RaVrdall "night c<f the assault upon Mi.*-'1 *Saundei'a.' ^ ' Thouricle, wht-n uue&ticn^d. con * ?* < ?- ?J * ' ?reused he had not- seen his nephew t 'for more. than three-weks, and then 7 f "only for a 'Vhcfiifc tirtfo.'' 1 The case again jf' Randall is ?sire ngrthened, according -: t o th e po - '::ce, -by thi> number, ,of conflicting ; 'iitcri.es he has told and the several ? iaftemf;ts that have beefn made by , ^d'ntives to eltar him en false at- ? tempt. i 1 .He ifas bec-n .positively identified )as their assaiiatt by two of 'the Jwomen. ?* - / D'etectrv^ "assigned 'to' the' case {declare tihat '4vhen taken to the biaccs AvhcVt the women were ac }cci?ic-d, Randall showed pronounced i-i-gns.of nervousness, and was eager \.o get tack to headquarters. ? OUR GUARANTIEE We guarantee^these tires to be free from imperfections in materials and workmanship/All adjustments,.if any, will be made direct by us. Let us show them to you. ? See These Prices on Tires 30x3 Non Skid $12.91 30x3i/<, Non Skid $16.99 32x3*4 Non Skid $19.77 31x4 Non Skid $26.39 32x4 Non Skid $27.00 33x4 Non Skid $27.79 34x4 Non Skid $28.79 35x41/, Non Skid $39.00 3Gx4i/" Non Skid $41.00 37xd Non Skid .. $49.00 We Carry a Full Line of Accessories We Do Vulcanizing1 and Repair Batteries JO. Expert Mechanics on the Job Centr I Automobile Co. 115 No. Washington St. i Phone 777 9 Inc. > -> * w * 'The Man's Store of Alexandria" I C& J* /al-^r ?a .*/ A ^ Tomorrow marks the beginning of the second week of our big Half-Yearly <> sale and each day it is growing larger and larger. Come while our stocks last. Summer Suits a Made of elegantly hand-taiiored Palm Beach and Kool Kloth?the tailoriixi Sthe same ins our higher-priced suits?values up to $20.00 f ? I ? ? ? ? ? ? * ? ? ? * $ ?n^E^?o Vfc? Z-LjiS Ail Tlircc^Piccc Suits Including Kuppenheimer The mere announcement of this sale -should be sufficient to prove the ad ??> visibility of buying-a. Cloth Suit now, e ven if you feel that you will not need it 4 during the hot months?for the savings are really worth while. ? ? ?* ? <$> ? f ? ? ? f ? ? * ? f <> *> ? $27.50 Suits Now . . . ^9 gQ $30,00 Suits Now ... S24-.75 Suits Now = $28.75 $40.00 Suits Now ? $32.50 $.50JO Suits Now .,. ?39,75 NO CHARGE F'OK ALTERATIONS aric^ t (y ^*?1 I > ' i - i.-. > . n :t - ? * ?. w . : The iKuppenheimer House of Alexandria" v ^ 4 < _ ? ...f r A 0. COR.xLK KING AND; AL<? RED s^TRJEE.TS. Opposite Gibson's Drug Store ^ 5--<?}ij' ? ? ? ill Summer Store Hours Store opens 8.30 a. m. cioses 6p.m. except Satur days . During July and August Store will close every * *\V? Wednesday at 1 p. m. ' i t'vl'ri' Special Remnant Bar gains Thursday Ten ladies $39.50 to $49.50 taffeta georgette and crepe de chine silk dresses special price Thursday each $29.50 Fifteen ladies silk dresses $19.50 to $29.50 values. Special price Thursday each $16.50 Ten ladies plaid silk dress,skirts, $6.50 to $9.50 va lues. Special Thursday each - $4.98 Five ladies black satin dress skirts $6.50 to $7.50 Values, Special price Thursday each $4.49 Three ladies silk poplin dress skirts, $15.00 value, Special price Thursday each $7.98 Eight ladies pongee waists, all sizes, $3.98 value Special price Thursday each $2.49 69c and 79c dress voiles 40-in. wide special price Thursday yard 59c 69c fancy madras shirting 36-in. wide, special price Thursday yard 49c 50c stripe voiles 36-in. wide, special price Thurs day yard 39c Ten dozen boys 50c athletic undershirts and drawees Special price Thursday each 19c Boys $5.00 silk shirts, size 12 1-2 to .14 special price Thursday each $3.50 Men's 75c white mesh under shirts and knee drawers Special price Thursday each 39c Men's $6.00 fine silk shirts, size 14 to 16 special price Thursday each ; $4.50 | Chautauqua Week Special j $12.50 Solid Gold Cameo Brooch $10.00 | | Saunders and Son Jewelers 829 KING STREET ALEXANDRIA. i I Chautauqua Week Special $5.00 McBeth-Evans Lenses Green Visor $400 J. Kent White 502 KING STREET F^irst National Bank ALEXANDRIA, VA. THE OLDEST NATIONAL BANK IN VIRGINIA The Largest and Strongest Bank in the City The Service Rendered by this Bank is Evidenced by its Phenomenal Growth. Resource? March 5, 1917 $1,829,331.47 " " 4, 1918 ?2,020,055.80 99 4, 1919 $2,849,965.94 OUR ICE SERVICE STATIONS No. 2?10(3 South Alfred Street No. :i?317 North Alfred Street No. 1?Commerce and l'ayne Streets Are now open, where ice will be sold at Plant Prices Less than 100 lbs., ?" 40c per 100 lbs. 100 to 000 lbs ~ 35c per 100 lbs. Quanities in excess of GOO poundti at plant only Mutual Ice Company CAMERON' AND UNION STREETS 7 *