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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
Virginia News.

Mrs. Eliza Rawson, widow of Edward
Rawson, of Loudoun county, died at her
home, near Lincoln, Friday night, at the
age OF rs years. She was wealthy and q
member of the Society OF Friends.
eJohn Ritenour, q well-known Fred
erick county merchant and farmer, died
Friday night at his home, at Stephens
City, Frederick county, aged 80 years.
One sister survives him.
Baird Blackburn, q prosperous farmer,
of Hanover, near Fair Oaks, was load
ing a cart with corn late Friday after
noon, when he Was struck by lightning
and killed.
Mrs. Anna Sanget Cool, mother of
Prof. n. u. Cool, principal of the pub
lie schools of Winchester, ia dead at her
home near 5angersville, Augusta county
Saturday in her seventy-eighth year.
Mrs. Anne Eliza Ficklen died Satur-
day at the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. James P. Oorbin, in Fredericks-
burg. She was an invalid, having had a
fall about year ago, breaking her hip.
She was 92 years old.
The city of Roanoke Saturday night
squared accounts with the Greek restau.
rant keepers and others who suffered at
the hands of rioters, when a mob four
weeks ago smashed all the restaurants
In town. The clerk of the city, acting
on instruction from the two branches OF
the city council, made out check to
james d. Johnson, attorney for the
Greeks, for 1867, the amount of the
claims lodged by the restaurant keepers
for actual damages done their property.
No claims was made for business lost
nor for the humiliation suffered by the
Greeks.
The epidemic of burglsries in Rich
mond Is increasing to an alarming de-
gree. The city seems to be completely
overrun with second-story men. A
number of new cases are reported each
dsy. The arrest and conviction of one
OF two seems to have little If any effect
on the. multiplicity of small crimes.
Thousands of dollars worth of jewelry
and household valuables have been lifted
within the past several weeks. It is
believed that the recent closing out Of
the dives and dens at Pine Beach and
the placing Of that resort under adequate
police protection had the effect of driy-
ing the crooks, which had infested that
place, to Richmond, where they are
reaping rich harvest from their opera
finna
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
New York stock Market.

New York, N. Y, August 12.-
Selling orders caused abrupt declines
in the first few minutes ranging from 2
to s points in all parts of the room. On
the low levels reached supporting orders
were in evidence. This buying caused
a vigorous rally before the end of the
first hour. The most important brokers
though said that many Of the stocks sold
we're taken by bargain hunters and to be
paid for 10 cash. After the first hour
the market grew fairly firm, with the
room traders selling on advances and
buying on declines. There was no new
development in any quarter.
The announcement that the Western
Union telegraphers 10 this city had gone
on a strike started a hurried selling
movement and demoralizsd the entire
market. Declines ranging from to 8
points from the prices at l o'clock were
sustained.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
La Dor Day Proclamation.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 12.-Th,
following executive order making labor
day a holiday for per diem government
employees was made public here today
1t hereby orders that all per diem en-
plOyes and other day lsborers in fedora
service wherever employed whose en-
ployment extends through and by the
frat Monday in September commonly
known as Labor Day and set apart as a
national holiday for certain branches OF
the public service By the act of June %,
A. D. 1894, be excused from work on
said day and the said day is declared to
be holiday for all purposes for said per
diem employees and lsborers.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House. August 10, 1907.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
Holy War In Morocco.

Tangier, Aug. l2.-Twenty Thousand
additional soldiers will be needed Ia
Morocco to end the holy war now raging
throughout the country.
This is the estimate made on reports
received here today. Unless heavy rein
fOrcements are speedily forwarded from
France and Spain the Moors may get
beyond all control.
Commander of the forces at Casa
blanca admits his inability to quell the
rebelliors natives with his present force.
In the last few days the Moors have
been joined by thousands OF tribesmen
from the interior, giving them force
which can almost pen the foreign soldiers
into CassblaDca. There is little danger
of the city falling but soldiers cannot be
spared to go to other threatened towns.
Attacks on Oasablanca continue every
day. While hundreds fall in each as
sault there are thousands apparently
ready to take their places. Today the
general situation is even more critical
than 1t was last week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
Collision and Loss of Life.

New York, Ang. 12.-Four lives
we're lost and 200 persons thrown from
their berths into a panic by collision
early today off Bridgeport, Conn, be-
tween the sound steamer Tennessee OF
the Neptune line and the schooner
Rockland.
The Tennessee, bringing many Sun
day pleasure seekers back to New
York from Boston and vicinity, was
steaming at half speed through dense
fog when the schooner, Rockland, lum-
Der laden, doomed up dead ahead also
bound for New York.
The vessels we're so close that q crash
was inevitable. The schooner sank in-
stantly. The captain was picked up by
the New Bedford liner Maine, but the
four members of his crew drowned.
Parts of the Tennessee's rail were
torn away, the steering gear was dis
sbled, and for time it was believed
that the steamship, too, would sink.
The passengers rushed on deck in
their night clothes Despite the off,
cers' efforts to restore order, the widest
terror prevailed.
The Maine ran alongside and took the
crowd aboard Many women and child
rem were among the passengers, and great
difficulty was experienced in preventing
several of them from casting themselves
overheard.
The Maine arrived here with the
Tennessee's boat load today. The Ten
nessee with its crew still aboard,
anchored near the scene of the collision,
and when signsled by the Hartford liner
Providence, an hour later, replied that it
needed no assistance.
1t has been learned that the schooner
was the three-master NJ. Myromus. 1t
was completely cut in two, and the cap
tain and one OF his sailors were the only
persons saved, four men being drowned.
from the upper deck of the ship
the captain carried life preserver to the !
men struggling in the water. Cross re-
fused 800 purse raised for him by the |
of the Maine and Tennessee,
declaring he had only done a man-of-wsrs
mans duty. One report has it that five
men from the Myronus lost their lives.
Tennessee passengers landed here by
he Maine make the serious charge that
here were no life preservers available on
he former craft. They sdd that the
rev showed no discipline and greatly
their officers in efforts to save
women and children.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
sucH important results have accrued

SUCH important results have accrued
from the governments cosl-testing work,
begun experimentally In ST. Louis, that
1t has nov been placed by Congress upon
a practically permanent footing, with
$3.50, 900 year provided for its main
tensnce-the entire plant being trans
ferred temporarily to the jamestown
Exposition, in order that multitudes of
people may have an opportunity to see
it In operation. The object of the work
Is to determine the qualities of the Goals
derived from extensive deposits in vari-
Gus parts of the United States including
the South,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
FOUR PERSONS DROWNED.

A fishing party of eleven Newarkers
was out in Raritan Bay, opposite Port
Monmouth, N. j., yesterday afternoon
when an accident occurred, by which four
of them lost their lives. The victims were
Charles Guenther, captain OF the napths
launch Savoy; Gustaye Mozer, Charles
Weber, and q man named Schiver. A
slight leak in the boat had allowed
water to enter, and the captain got out
the pump. The false covering in the
flooring was close to the fly wheel of the
engine, and while the wheel was re-
volving the crank struck the pump with
sufficient force TO drive the lower end of
10 through the bottom of the boat.
Water poured into the launch in such
volume that the craft began to sink
rapidly, resulting in the loss of life
stated above.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12

THE strike of telegraphers is assuming
serious proportions. National Secretary
Russell, of the Commercial Telegrsphers'
Union, announces that the strike will be
universal throughout the United States
and Canada within the next "a hours.
Demands have been formulated by the
employees of the newspaper press as
socistions giving their employers until
1880 o'clock this evening to comply.
President Small announced that if by
Tuesday no way is found OF settling the
dispute be would call a general strike.
In Baltimore, New York, Washington
and other cities the sentiment is favor
able to a strike, but decisive action has
been deferred. Atlanta, Ga, Little
Rock, Ark, and Texarkana, Ark, have
been added to the strike list.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12

Justus sutlif, 10 years old, an as
sistsnt, who was acting as fireman Sat-
urdsy night at the power plant of the
Burlington county, N. j., Railroad Com
psny, after the machinery had stopped
at 1870 O'Clock, went to sleep in the
three foot belt which is attached to the
dynamo. Starting up at 5 o'clock yes
terday morning, Engineer Elberison
heard noise resembling grosn, snd be
Immediately shut down. he found that
Sutliff had been drawn in between the
belt and az wheel. His whole body was
crushed, resulting in instant death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
REAL ESTATE.
Buy Building Lots
in the Growing Sub
divisions of Del Ray
and St. Elmo.

The attention of persons
having a few hundred dol
lars for investment is called
to the rapid enhancement
in the value of building lots
in growing subdivisions of
DEL RAY and ST. ELMO,
and to the large number of
dwellings now under con-
struction and in course of
completion. These lots
have a frontage of Is feet
and a depth of lis feet, and
are being rapidly purchased
by the many hundreds of
employees in the new Po-
tomac yards. | have a large
number of lots in DEL RAY
and ST. ELMO listed for
sale by out-of-town parties
at prices ranging from SIPS
to $l75 per lot. Further
T: 'iculars with plats can
be had at my office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
From Washington,
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
Washington, Aug, II,

Correspondents of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
Washington, Aug. II.
1t is learned that decided hitch has
occurred in the conclusion of the finsD-
cial arrangement between New York
6nanciers and the Santo DOMINICAN re-
public whereby the former were to sd-
vance $40, 200, 900 on bonds of the re-
public for the purpose of enabling it to
meet its foreign debt. 1t is now sntici-
pated that it will be three or four months
before 8 satisfactory agreement is
reached.
Inquiry at the Department of Justice
this afternoon ELECTED the official infor-
nation that there will be proceeding
to compel E. b. Hartman to answer
certain questions he refused to answer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
DIED.

On Sunday, August II, at p. m, FRANK
LIN FL. GRILL BORTZER, son Of J. Fl. and
yohannsh b. Grillbortzer, aged q years.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday even
ing, August 10, from his late home, re south
Patrick street. at O'Clock. Friends and REL
atives are invited to attend.
Sunday evening. August IL, 1907, JOHN
beth Coleman, aged Is years. Funeral from
Methodist Episcopal Church South tomorrow
Tuesday evening at o'clock. Friends Of
the family are invited to atte,d,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
NEGRO KILLED.

A fatal shooting took place at
Lick Run, Botetout county, Saturday,
between Grover Clemens, white, and
Wheeler Smith, colored. Clemens has
charge of the store and post-office at
Lick Run and the negro, who had recent
ly returned from West Virginia, went
to the store and acted in an insolent
manner. he was requested to leave aud
others in the store made an effort to get
Smith to behave himself. This only
served to anger the negro, and Clemens,
seeing that he would have to resort 10
extreme measures, retired to the sdjoin-
ing room and secured a pistol. He then
commanded the negro to leave, but in
stead of obeying the command the negro
pulled his pistol aud shot at Clemens
three times, one ball lodging in the Aeshy
part Of lower limb. By this time
Clemens brought his weapon into play
and shot the negro five times, every ball
taking effect. Before medical aid could
be obtained the negro died. Clemens is
not seriously hurt and it is not likely
there will be any arrests, and all witness
es say that Clemens acted in self-defense.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12

THE PEOPLE OF Coventry, England,
on Wednesday last witnessed another
Lady GOdiva pageantry in which
woman, evidently with a greater pro-
pensity for notoriety than modesty, rode
through the city in commemoration Of
the original Lady Godiva's famous ride.
Every available window and the side
walks for the whole six miles of the
route were thronged with Peeping Toms
The female who perSouated Lady Godiva
rode handsome white circus horse. She
wore crimson tights, and long auborn
wig. Many of the clergy of Coventry
left the city temporarily, bat most Of the
people of the county and from eighty
to a hundred thousand from the
outside had a sight of the woman
who was the central figure. Fic-
ton has frmer hold on the human
race than have actual happenings. 1t
would be difficult to find an intelligent
English-spesking man or woman at
present who believes that Lady GOdiya
ever rode through the streets of Coven.
try in the garb OF mother Eve, yet, it
seems that people prefer to believe GER
tain legends which have no more basis
than the story of the "Babes in the
Woods" which often brings tears TO the
eyes of the young, This spocryphsl
yarn originated in poem, as did that of
Lsdy Godivs, Tenuyson having been re-
sponsible for the latter. Lady Godiya
is supposed to have lived nearly nine
hundred years ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
Father and Mother KILLED.

Noblesville, Ind, Aug. 12.-Wher
their I9-yesr-old daughter called today
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Hudson, on a farm near here, she found
the dead bodies of her parents, both Of
whom had been shot. The home had
been robbed of $4,000 which they had
received yesterday to pay for their little
farm. There was no evidence of strug-
gle and the old people had evidently
been slsin ~ they slept,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
Hotel DESTROYED by Fire.

Baltimore, Nd, Aug. 12.-The Kir-
wood Hotel, summer hosiery at High
field, in the Blue Ridge mountains, was
destroyed by fire last night. There were
rs or 80 guests in the place at the time,
but these we're aroused by two couples
who we're sitting on the veranda at the
time, and all escaped In their night
clothing. The building WAS SO by 1875
feet, was owned by Mrs. Henrietta Brown
and was erected eighteen years ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
MONDAY EVENING. AUG. 70. 1907
ANOTHER broadside bias been poured

ANOTHER broadside has been poured
into the Standard Oil Company by re-
port to President Roosevelt by Herbert
Knox Smith, Commissioner of Corpora
tIons, Department of Commerce and La
Dor. The report is entitled "Discrimi-
nation in Prices" Astounding in invec-
tive, it srraigns the Standard Oil Com
pany for selling it's product abroad
cheaper than at home, for maintaining
the highest prices possible in those parts
OF the United States where it has COM
plete monopoly, and cutting prices re-
lentlessly whefe 1t meets competition;
and for using its vast freight traffic as
club to compel railroads to pay its high
prices for lubricRting oil. 1t is limited
that the half has not been told. Commits
sioner Smiths charges are simply unsns-
wersble. He shows that while the Stand
ard Oil Company was selling oil In the
United States at an average price of 1913
cents, it was selling it at 6.92 cents in
Germany and 6.42 cents in England
The report also shows that the same oil
was sold in Delaware at TT cents gal
lon, in Maryland and the District of Co.
lumbia at go cents, while the price in
Colorado was put up tol6. 2 cents gallon.
Prices were high where the trust had a
monopoly and low where it had compe-
tition. While oil was selling in Balti-
more at 9.5 cents gallon, it was selling
in Richmond at 7.8 cents, In Washing
ton at 80 cents and in New York at
1915 cents. At the same time Cincin-
natl WAS getting oil at CA cents, while
Butte, Mont, bad to pay 1876 cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
Conditions an Belfast

Belfast, Ireland, Aug. 12.-Practical
military occupation sgsin prevails in
Belfast today as result OF the serious
rioting yesterday and last night. During
the early day there we're numerous
minor conflicts between strikers and the
soldiers, but no serious clashes occurred.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
Bather Catches shark.

Virginia Beach, Va, August l2.-The
proves Of Fletcher Davis, an athletic young
man from Oklahoma City, is subject of much
wonderment among summer resorters here.
Davis was enjoying a swim when he saw a
good-sized shark coming through the break:
ers some distance beyond the ropes. Instead
of fleeing. Davis chased the shark, rounded
him up and drove him within the ropes,
causing q panic among the bathers. The
swimmer then caught the shark by the tail
and dragged him 10 the shore. The shark
was found to weigh over 100 pounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
A Valuable LeasOn.

Six years ago LEANED valuable lesson,
writes John Pleasant, Of Magnolia, Ind. II
then began taking DIR. Kings New Life
Pills, and the longer take them the better
fnd them" They please everybody, Guaran-
teey at E. s. Leadbester & Sons, druggists.
DC
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12

Frank Rockefeller, OF Cleveland, O.,
in an interview in the New York World,
uttered bitter words against his brother,
John D. Rockefeller, head of the Stand
ard Oil Company. He said their father
is alive and lie kept in hiding. Snbss-
quently Mr.. Rockefeller repudisted the
interview,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12

Piles get quick and certain relief from DR..
Shops Magic Ointment. It's action is posi-
tive and certain. Iching, painful, prOtrud-
ing or blind piles disappear like magic by
its use. Large nickel-capped glass jars 80
cents. Sold by +. s. Leadbeater Il Sens.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
JOHND.NORMOYLB

Room 3, Alexandria Natl Bank Bldg.
N. e. Cor. King and Royal Streets
Bell Phones 224. Capital City Phone 124
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12

New York, Aug. 1.-THE Postal
Telegraph Oompsny's entire day force
struck this afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12
The Market,

Georgetown, Aug, ls.-Whsat 7Ss7S,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-12

Ohlcag0, Aug. IL. Samuel G0mpers,
President of the American Federation OF
Labor, favors arbitration as means OF
ending the telegraphers' strike. Shortly
after arriving in Chicago he held long
conference with former United States
Senator William E. Mason. Gompers
declares he did not come to Chicago for
the purpose of acting in the interests of
the operators, but that he will do all in
his power to bring about settlement.
New York, Aug. l2-The union men
in the general Offices of the Western I'm
ion here walked ont at ITO O'Clock to-
day.
Nine bundled men left their keys 10
the Western Union buildings. The
compsny's officials tried even to stop
the elevators in the effort to prevent the
the operators from quitting the building.
The strike followed an effort TO compel |
the men to receive messages from strike
breakers in the Chicago Office.
A report was current that the ope-
rators at the Cotton Exchange have also |
gone out,
The men quit at the signal ola whistle
blown by a union official on. each of the
three floors used as operating rooms in
the buildings.
New York, Aug. l2.-0ne hundred
men have gone out at the New York
general Offices of the Postal Telegraph
Company.
New York, Aug. eve will have our
full force at work BY $50 O'clock" said
Brooks of the eastern
district of the Western Union this after
loon. about 200 men walked out.
Two hundred and fifty are still at work.
We are doing business but are ham
'ered,"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25
ROCKEFELLER TO THE RESCUE
Has Arranged to Loan Money to FL
nanciaI Institutions.

New York. October 23.-John ID.
Rockefeller has taken an active inter-
est in the present financial situation
and he has arranged to loan very large
sums to a number of New York finan
cial institutions.
L think" said Mr. Rockefeller to e
representative Of the Associated Press
this evening. that the existing alarm
anon investors is not warranted and
] hope the good common sense Of our
American people will control the situ-
alton.
Instead of withdrawing any of my
moneys from the banks, I am cooper
ating with others in helping to meet
that which 7 firmly believe to be only
a tenDOrar~ crisis. Every one having
he good of his country at heart should
by word and deed lend a hand now rc
re-estahlish confidence and l propose
to do nv part to the full extent Of
my resources"