Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-03
News Of the Day.

A chewing gun famine is threatened
by the failure Of the chicle supply In
Yucstsn,
Experts of the United States Geologi-
cal Survey have reported to the govern
ment recently that in 1907 nearly 3d.
900, 900 worth OF natural gas was wasted
10 West Virginia.
One hundred and eight horses belong
inn to The stud Of Oouut TyshkeVitch,
one of the 6nest In Russia, persisted
Monday night by FIRE at Kiev, Russia.
The fire is said to have been OF incendi-
sry origin.
Shots were heard In room at Key
stone near Bluefelds, W. Va, last night,
and when the door WAS forced the dead
bodies of Connie Blackwell and an un'
identified Hungarian we're found. Ii Is
believed the man killed the girl then
COMMITTED suicide.
A rainfall OF over 10 inches on Mon
day overt owed the salt ponds ct Turks
Island, BIhsnas, caused an immense
loss of salt, the making of which is the
most important Industry in the Turks
and caico islands. About 800, GOO
bushels are rsked and exported annually.
Mrs Sarah Bradley Willard, wife OF
Henry A. Willard, prominent retired
business nan OF Washington, died early
this morning at her residence, 1888 K
street northwest. Mrs. Willard TaS
seventy EIGHT yesrs old. She had been
an invalid for more than year from
partial paralysis.
The great annual football game be-
tween the West Point cadets and An
nspolis midsbipmen, which WAS TO have
taken place at Philadelphia November
81, will not be played this year, owing
to the death of Cadet Eugene A. Byrne
as result of injuries received Saturday
in the game with Harvard.
A dispatch from Huntington, w. Va,
SAYS workmen yesterday found the body
Of a man covered with leaves and brush
near Kitchen station on the Guyan VAL
ley Railroad. The man had evidently
been murdered some "a hours before
No papers could be found by which the
body could be identified. Robbery was
probably the motive.
A mother and her tgelve'yesr-old
SOD gave up their lives in 80 effort to
rescue four other children from death
| In a Are in home Ia Penn Township,
Pa, yesterday. Their sacrifice saved the
| life Of an eleveu.yesr-old boy but the
three other children, ranging 10 age
from six months to FIVE years, persisted.
The bodies we're oil recovered. The ex-
plosion of a lamp caused the fire.
Ia concluding his speech before SOC
Industrial School, girls at Columbus,
Mics, yesterday President TAFT declared
10 favor OF suffrage for women when
they all desired 1t. III am not q rsbic
suarsgist," be asserted. 1.-THE truth H.
I am not in favor of suffrage for womer
until can be convinced that ell women
desire 1t and when they desire II
IL am ia favor of giving 1t t
them; and when they desire 1t they vii
get it, too. do believe that one OF th'
advantages Of giving them that kind o
Influence will be more Certainly to open
the avenues of self-suppOrE to them
In letter to the National League for tn
Civil Education of Women an anti-sutfragett
organization, made public yesterday. CaIdi
nal Gibbon says: ~ beg to assure you tina
am most heartily in Sympathy with the ain
Of your league, and l spprOye most strongl.
the stand il has taken in opposing womA
suffrage, which, if realized, would be tn
deathblow of domestic life and happiness
It is reported in Wilmington, Del, tina
Alfred | du Points SANDER suit against NJ IS
Mary s. J. Bush will be dropped and tina
the dan ages asked against Mrs, Elizsbe'i
Bradford du POnt would be S2OO,OU.