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PUBLISHED ETERY AFTBRSOOS Except Scmday By the Alexandria Gazette Corporation 117 King Street, Alexandria, Va. ? y IOWARD W. SMITH, President and Treaanrer WILLIAM A. SHOOT ... Vlee-President MICHAEL t.DWYER ... ..... Editor > V Entered at the Postofflce at Alexan dria, Virginia, aa second class matter. .1 .... . . WEEPING MATiUALEXNES iScenes at the special session of the" Police Court last nijrht were of 'a nature calculated to set those thinking whose duty it was to be present. While a number of ne groes, male and female, were ar raigned oi\ charges of lascivious conduct, or 6f beinj? menaces to the health of the community, and who were no means disconcerted, seve ral white women, including: some still in their teens, with downcast eyes, "foamed out their own shame" Some may be ruined for life by rea son of their present condition, su perinduced bv waywardness. ^Al though they were, reaping what they had sown, they excited the sympathy of those whose duty it is to .arrest'"such in their downward course. iTwo of the cf&ored delin quents carried infants in their arms One of the delinquents, fourteen years old, acknowledged to the court that she had taken the wrong , step in life and was still on the broad road to destruction. Others, whose sensibilities, have lonjr been blunt ed, passed- through the ordeal with ?but little concern. , . . Some of the details"Vm:connection with the investigation were n^ot of a naturo to be printed or alluded to, 'and the authorities, preferring to 'save those who inadvertently have made false steps in life, took proper measures lookinir to the rescue of the unfortunates. Some sobbed pitc ously when it was announced thai heroic measures were necessary in their cases, and one. after havine passed throuuh the ordeal of facing her accusers, swooned and the services of a physician were neces sary to brin?r her back to her nor mal condition. The services of the Salvation Army were tendered the court in the work of reclaiming the way Ward. and several white girls, still minors under the law. will be placed under the care and espionage of this organization. A large uatherinjr. including' numbers! <?f boys, had gathered in front of the station house to wit ness the proceedings in the Police Court, it ,was deemed proper to exclude all from the room save those directly interested, which is in Accordance with the spirit of the present laws. Most of the would be Spectators had been attarcted by ?curiosity, and the words spoken lone: ai:o?"Let hint who is without sin; cast the first stone" were in orcfer. 1 REVOLUTION IN* PRINTING ?Demonstratin.tr a new system of news presentation in a daily news paper. The. Baltimore Star gives Corns 'Tween Toes? Use Easy "Gets-It" Any Corn or Callus Comes Off Peace fully, Gloriously. Never Fails. It is easy for "(Jets-It'' to reach "hard-to-get-at" corns, and better yet. it is easy to remove them, be cause' "Gets-lt" makes them come Any Corn Peel? Of^ With "Gets-It." right off just lik<> a banana peel. i ou can try to div; or drag out your corns with a knife, or slice them with a "bloody" razor, or use ban dage? and tape n?!d wrap up vour too into a package, but that's" the "treat-'em-rough," painful, foolisti way. I',so J or 3 dr?>ps of "Gets-It ' ? that's. I ho peaceful, sure, common sense way that never ,fails. You reach the corn easily with the little glass rod in the cork of every "Gets-It" bottle. Tt does not hurt the true fiesh. Try it. trot and emile! It's a blessing: n?ver fails. "Gets-It," the ?>n!y sure.guaranteed, monrv-back corn-remover, costs but a trille at any drug store. M'fd hi fi. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, 111. Sold in Alexandria and recommend e<i as the world's best corn remedy by RICHARD GIBSON, FRANK WAR FIELD. I late news happenings by means of | printing entirely from photo en j gravings made directly from origi i nal typewritten copy, thus elimina ting at once the complicated and expensive pi'ocess used in linotyp ing, proof-reading, correction, hand and machine head-setting and tvp? assembling. The regular size of typewriting is produced, the capi talization being used for headlines. The column length can be made -as a single photo-engraving; or in .separate parts, and .type can.be re duced or raised to any desired'size ? from ordinary typewriting, large display headlines being made from the regular size typewriting. Credit for the experiment belongs tu.the Literary. Digest,- the current 'issfae, being.--so printed because''of a printers' strike. The Star yester day with the aid of two typewrit ing machines furnished by the Rem ington Typewriter Co., from a line of commercial machines, and two expert women typists, shorts how this class of production appears in a daily newspaper. IS IT A WE ATH EK-BREEDER ? The extremely mild weather of ? the past few days has caused many to believe that frigid conditions will sooji follow the "May" days we ai;e experiencing. y Those who recall past history and ?an go back sixty-six years from October 24 have beeh reminded of the 'big snow which fell in- certain ' places in Virginia on that date. It came following a warm spell and while the trees were still jioldinir their leaves, because there had been to frosts, and was very wet. As a ?esult, the cracking of breaking im'bers is said to have resembled :h? firing of artillery. Never was so great damage, done o the forest in Southwest Virginia hail by this snow. There were ev ihn.TS of the damasre to the wood 'ands for a quarter of a century. Present warm conditions renders L. unnecessary to disturb vour coal :ii:s, and there are hopes, well 'ounded, that the threatened strike f miners will not materialize. Bui n the face of this optimism snow. ;->( :u-r or later, will be flying. anti-strike law if Congress has a spark of the independence or a tithe of the moral backbone and sense of responsibil ity displayed by t'he President in his statement calling upon the trai torous mine workers to annual their trike order and remain or. the job. will at once pass an antistriko i!! that will make strikes in indus tries that bear up.on^the. basjqtrighfg, of livelihood for the people a crime against the nation. What right ^nnvi.-.tht- rap road workers ^tcj strike?.. What right hnve the stevedores to strike? They .say it is an ancient right and belongs to them as such. In this they say what is false. It is no right at all, it is an assertion. Thr-re is no right of prdtesf that sanetfons lawT&ss' san'T' 'v.devastAting mteiference wit h { thK Vi grk^.cf fi.ve !iho-;.'h- >2?he .tpv.^mehtlJp&-'tlyi? ! basis viir-lit;. vf? ,t;kv<^ j^ou^s? the right- ? w j^nflj|?4t.' The nz ?ple"s rijht of living is attacked in order that the wage hogs may got their snouts further down into tin*-trough. Th?J*hogs need to be ?trqatijd ;as jS^'h. {"Bhev bccan*? sh\v ; *p!./ swfll; gobbljeri-a. with Api' fdeu above fheir wallowing in thfti muck of their own infamous demands. Any tlenifinds- that destroy tfye ba 3it /rights of multitudes of prions ? mad,. to suffer innocently .are infa nrcns. ? ? ? ' ? ? 1 ' ' J >' ' President Wilson has said that he miners in striking will be act ing unlawfully, an:1 * that the power if the nation will be brought to ;b(iar to insure* contimiq^u-aj of the Activities they h;f^e' (fcejde# to lay asWc Novembeu ],>< sj. Potential labor outlaws say that if a .strike law ?shall lie enacted ? !u-i'se 'will v be .resolution. Yes, there will* be revolution, and the Shea? Jin] the Lewises and the coterie of inlaws and traitors to the country r.-.l the rights of the masses of the will be the first to know the fact. There will be a revolution igaiast the autocracy of-thje labor nr'nVis and brotherhoods. j \ The strike has groiS'n\uj& to its 'oimidablo proportions because pol ti; i;u.s have been bootlicking labor *pr its votes.?-(Baltimore Aemrican. ' T(Jt RENOMINATE BEKOEK Milwaukee. Wis. Oct. "J8.?So ?ialisl- of .Milwaukee today plan led to unominate Victor Bergcr ?.s candidate for Congress :f he is ancated for his conviction under ll:e Kspionage act. '!' Berger is ousted as recom ;u::!.d by the House Elections C'< mmittee, a special election will cm'led to fill his place. Social 's! . t.irtcd theii campaign tt? re ;no;*i:!:ate and re-elect Berger mi ni liately after the Elections C'om ?nitte ? report was made public. Aitluir Barry. Republican county !. .irman, yesterday declared that : I' i! rgi r is renominated a protest wi'l !>o filed yr.til the Secretary oT >'i . (>? placing his' name on tlie ballot. ?? 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Daring the last epidemic thousands j Chasco-Vin is sold by Edg;*y War-, vere safeguarded by taking Chasco- j f:c!d. jr.. Kins and Pitt Stress. ' on: j Table Silverware Is thoroughly dependable. It is guaranteed to last for years of constant service." Our assortment is varied and complete. We can furnish an entire service of every-' re* quisite of a refined table or single pieces which may be added to later. Ycu will find our prices very moderate considering the quality of cur merchandise. 629 KING STREET. JL WILL APPEAL.TO MIXERS Dire Consequences. it is Alleged, 'WouH'FoHc^' Strike' Between now and the meeting; of the international executive board of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica in Indianapolis Wednesday, ad ministration leaders will use all of their ; powers i of persuasion to in duce the.mhifr workers tq? rescind the wrier rfor all coal joiners to strike November 1. . , Appeals to the miners' will be based on their own interests as well as the public welfare. It will be ..made perfectly clear to tbem that ,they_ have put (themselves in ?' a ^sitfopi ami ? iff'they: <insist ,brin? upon themselves dire consequneces. Both at the White House and at piie 4)f-j>artjmqr,t 'Labor yester day 'it'was'made clear that the atti .t^i.ale pi j the . administration towards 'the mine workers was conciliatory and will remain so as lonfr as ti:c.-re was any chance left of per ?uadiii^ them from taking the false >hp upoii,:Xvhjch their leaders ap I'i ?!?* ta 1 jJ ZTHE SIGN OF Good Printing i li PHGNEJ60 ' United Typothet^p ^? America Mynubcr of ? ?m ' Association of Master Printers / ; r ? - # A" v\'\ \v/ *rp7 i--s?','M?. &$* ?V." ' ^v*"" iihsT^ ^~?*:4'I^' M ? M V - - - - r< ;wvl-i5" * ? ' "\ 'i' "'S i?S ' ? ." _' &</< ? V $ lllll : :- <m ? f* A Fine Lamp ^ - - 81 = t. ^ a ? at the Price of an Ordinary One l ?. "Worthy of a proud place in any home, this handsome Mill 1 ? Library Lamp is yet moderately priced. ' V* > ', -i' \ "*'i v '? , , ***;; *Only the combined buying, of laifjo public service cori*v ?has made this price possible, by lessening, the cost of manufai ; i , i ? : .?! ] .-This is an unusual opportunity to own and enjoy one <>i tl<?. statfely, refined, distinctive lardps at this price. T J (V 't"! "&1 w AJig M llllfe O* Vr 524 King Street - Alexandria, Va. i ?!???? *?- . ? -. ? V. . Phone 193