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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-02

DUk5UANT TO THE REQ IKE hF MS
OF the bylaws, notice is hereby given
that the annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the NEW WASHINGTON BRICK COM
PAEY, for the election Of nine directors to
serve for the ensuing yer and for The trans
action Of such oiher business as may be
brought fore the meeting. will be he'd at
the company e Office, o. Ill south Fairfax
street, in the city Of Alexandria, state Of
Virginia. on the FOURTEENTH Day OF
JANUARY, 1909. at noon. Polls will be
open from II o'clock m, 10 oue o'clock p. m.
4. T.. HOLBRO0K. President,
WM. f. MATTINGLY, Secretary,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-02

THE annual meeting If the stockholders Of
the 6. s. SHEDO BROS, CO., will be
held at its principal office, No. III south
Fairfax street, AL xndria. Va, on TUES.
DAY, January ~, 1909, between IL m. and
D m, for the election Of officers and the
transaction Of such other business as may
properly come up.
GEORGE HERTZ. JE., Secretary.
dec30 I'd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-02

VIRGINIA. the Clerks Office Of the
V Circuit Court Of the city Of Alexandria,
On the 4th dey Of December, 1908.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-02

THE anausl mehing Of the stockholders OF
i The GEO. W. KNOX EXPRESS COM.
PANY will be held at the princip,l ONCE OF
the company, No. III south Fairfax street,
AleTandris, Va, at 10 o'cl ok q. M on jan
nav 7th. 1909. sor the election Of directors,
and such other business as may be properly
deci5 ID W. S. KNOX. President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-02

THE annual meeting Of the stock olsers OF
1 the FIRST NATIONAL BANK will be
held at the banking house in AleIsndris,
Va, on Tuesday. January 18th. 1909, at ~
o'clock, noon, for the election OF directors Tor
the ensuing year, fov the purpose OF amending
It's articles IF asEosiatio1 and for the trans
action Of such other business a. may properly
come before the meeting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
10000 Mastered

Lata1xia. Asiatic Turkey. April 26.- The French cruiser Bulles. Ferrey ar rived here to-day and immediately landed a force of sailors to assist in protecting the Christians from the fanatica1 MosIems. The situation throughout the whole of Asiatic Tur- key is Increasingly serious to-day as a result of the complete defeat of the Sultan and orders were issued to every foreign vessels in the Mediterranean to land every available man and bonn bard the towns if the rioting con- tinues.,
 No word has come. to-day from Deurtyul. coast village inhabited al- most wholly by Armenians. where a great horde of Kurds and Circussians are threatening an attack. Turkish soldiers from Constantinople have gone to the relief of the villages.
 Hadjin, to the north of Adana. where a number of missionaries, in cluding Miss Lambert and four other American women. are in peril, is in flames The destruction of nearly all the food supplies of scores of towns by the invaders. adds to the horror of the situation.
 Reports of massacres in small towns in the interior raise the total estimate of killed to 10000. It is feared that this huge figure will be largely in creased before order is restored Con stantinople sends words that just as soon as conditions there permit a big army will be transported to Asia Minor and a systematic campaign begun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
'SULTAN'S DISAPPOINTMENT VOTED BY PARLIAMENT.
 DESPOT'S FINISH IN SIGHT
Young Turks Agree to Leave His
 Fate to That Body.
Military Dictatorship Under Cheftels Pasha Established
 in Constantinople- Grand Vizier and His Cabinet Resign Today-Sultan Still a Prisoner in Palace

the forces now in control of the city have pledged that all foreign property shall be respected and have their forces under such control that the or ders of the officers will be obeyed.
 Washington. April 26.-A belated dis patch from Ambassador Leishman contains the informatioa that the sur render of the outlying garrisons in the vicinity of Constantfnople is going on rapidly. He mentions particularly the effective methods used by the Young Turks in the occupation of the city and says that it augurs well for the future adjustment of the present diff ficultfeS.
 The Department also received a, dis patch to-day from Consul Edward I. Nathan. who says that heS will leave Patras. Greece. for Mersina on the first steamer. which sails on the 18th. A wireless dispatch was received from the armored cruisers Montana and North Carolina which are on their way to Turkey saying that their posi- tion at 8 O'Clock last night was ap- proximately about 520 miles south of Bermuda.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
Ambassador Reports
CBy John G. A. Leishman, Ambassador

(By John G. A. Leishman, Ambassador
 of the United States to Turkey,
 By Cable to the United PreSS.)
 Constantinople. April 26-Americans in Constantinople are in no particular danger nor have they been since the fighting started in the city although there is always the danger of stray bullets under such conditions as pre- vailed All of the American tourists have left the city and to-day only those whose business calls them here remain. The Constitutional forces have occupied every portion of the city and have placed strong guards about the Embassies and throughout the foreign quarter with the result that there has been an absence of dis orders such as might have been eX- pected.
 No Americans were hurt. so far as have learned. during the long con tinued fighting, with the exception of Frederic Moore the correspondent of the New York Sun. who was wounded in the neck and he is reported to-day as doing well.
 There seems no need for alarm as
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
WILL OPPOSED IN WHICH STEP=MOTHER
 GETS NEARLY ALL
Daughters of Late Jacob Leize of Receive But $1O Each Under Fathers Tes- tament.

Mrs. Louisa Miller of Brooklyn, and Mrs Lillian Whatley of East Chester, N. Y., were disappointed this noon when they appeared in the Probate court to hear the will of their father, Jacob Leize, read. He left them $10 each. To their stepmother, Christina, the testator left the use and income of his estate as she may deem best. Upons her death he directed that the sum of $500 be paid to his daughter, Elizabeth Seifert. of this city, and the residue he directed should be divided equally between his sons. Jacob and Frederick Leize, of this city.
 To the children of his deceased daughter, Mary Ritchie, of Poughkeep- sic, N. r., he left the sum of $5.
 The daughters. after hearing the will read. stated they did not think it fair. They were not represented by counsel and Judge Nobbs allowed the hearing to go over for a week. Attorney William B. Boardman, who drew the will, appeared for it.
 Testator was a farmer on Success Hill who sold his property to the Un- ion Metallic Cartridge Co. for the loca- ton of a. powder magazine. Since the sale he had resided in Central avenue. The estate is valued at $7,000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
Missing Girl Found
 But Disappears Again
Especial from United Press)

Especial from United Press)
 New York, April 26.-With reward offered by the father for news of the whereabouts of his daughter of $5 OO0 and with every detective that can be spared by the police department and half a hundred private detectives at work on the case. the mystery, sur year old Adele Boas. grows deeper. There are plenty of theories advanced but none of them have stood investiga- tion- The latest are that she may have been accidentally drowned in the Hud- son river while rambling along the hanks or that she may be held a pris- oner in some resort. The police cling to a belief that the girl has run away from home. They say but the family emphatically deny it, that she quarrel led with her mother on Friday after noon, the last time she was seen and that leaving her parent in a huff, she took a small sum of money that she had saved and left the city. They suggest she may be with friends or relatives. This theory the family em- phatically dispute. They say that the child has always been a home body that she never was away from her too timid to have gone among strang- CTS
 Boston,. April 26.-Adele, the missing 13 year old daughter of Arthur E. Boas a wealthy New York manufacturer for which a reward of 5000 is offered has been found in Boston. The girl, who has been missing since last Fri day, has been working in a Charles town restaurant until yesterday but when the police came she had van ished again. To-day all Boston is be- ing searched by the police.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
REPUBLICANS GOING TO PUT MAYOR INTO
 THE .lN BAD' CLUB
Interstate AssembIy's Candidate Made Caucus Nominee for Assistant Build. ing Inspector = Comes to Council Tonight.

It looks as though the Republican
 Aldermen by selecting Ward M. Cowles as their caucus nominee were going to place Mayor Lee in a position that it will be hard for him to squeeze out of. Shortly after he was elected the Mayor informed the trade unionists of the city that if ir came about that he was to have the appointing of the assistant building inspector he would appoint the man who had the endorse ment of the Central Labor Union.
 The unions looked about and select ed Thomas F. Burns as the most com They never thought to inquire of MT. Burns what his politics were. In fact they never cared as long as they be- lieved he was competent. Several of the Republican, Aldermen said they would support him if their party did not caucus, as they Sought the jour neymen of the city knew best who could fill the place. e dermen said they would support MT. Burns if he had the unanimous en- dorsement of the union journeymen of
 his craft. Individually the majority of the Aldermen seemed to agree with the Mayor that the man selected by the journeymen should fill the bill. But when the Republicans got to- gether someone said that Burns was a Democrat and it was the sense of the meeting that they support Ward M. Cowies, a. member of the Inter State Association, for the place.
 It is expected that the Democratic Aldermen before the meeting of the council will agree to support Burns. With twelve Aldermen on each side the vote will be a tie and it will be up to the Mayor to either stick with the choice of the Republican party or to keep his promise to the labor union men and support the candidate who has the endorsement of the Central Labor Union. Cow1es' friends say he will not dare throw down the caucus nominee,s and the union men are con- fident that the Mayor will stick to his promise.
 The other candidates for the place are John H. Neff and Joseph Pac- ouette. W ,s ti3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
FAMOUS BASEBALL
 CATCHER SQcCUMBS
Dr. Powers, Noted Back : Stop, Did Not Survive Op-
 eration-Wife and Chil-
 dren at Bedside.
Special from United Press.).

Special from United Press.)
 Philadelphia. April 26.-Surrounded by his wife and three children Dr. M. R. Powers. star back-stop of the Phil adelphia Athletics. died at the North western Hospital here to-day. Carried from the field after the opening game of the Athletics, Powers was placed under. operation for what was diag nosed to be gangrenous poisoning of the inteStine5.
 The best possible surgical skill was secured in an attempt ito save his life and for a time it was thought the grit and determination of the patient would win the battle against death. Four operations failed to remove the fatal infection and after the last Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church were administered the end was but a ques- tion of hours.
 Dr. Maurice R. Powers was born in Springfield, Mass, B years ago. His love of the game of baseball caused him to abandon his profession, that of medicine to join the professional league.
 He made his professional debut in 1898 in the Louisville team, went with Washington in 1899, then followed with Indianapolis until Connie Mack, man. ager of the Athletics recognized his great work and brought him to the local American team in 1901.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
GOVERNORS STAFF WILL
 ALL RESIGN
It Is Believed that Actina Governor Weeks Will Re
 Appoint Them.
But Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., Is Tired of Job and May Not Accept a Reap pointment = Lieut.-Com- mander Bartlett and Paw master General Havens Have Theirs Written.

The military staff of the late Cover nor George l.. Lilley will resign. They will probably be reappointed. Lieut. Commander Frederick A. Bartlett of this city, naval aide, and Paymaster General Elmer Ravens will send ins their resignations immediately. So also, it is said, will Col Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. He, probably, will not accept reappointment.
 Col Roosevelt, lieutenant Comman- der Bartlett. Major Louis M. Ullman of NeW Haven and Major Archibald Rice of Waterbury are purely person. al appointees. They were named as the personal aides of the governor But heads of their respective military de- partments and provisions is made for them in the law.
 A question has arisen as to wheth- CT the acting governor has right to name a staff, or to have one. The general opinion is that as commandeE in chief of the militia of the state he has the power. A despatch received to- is of this opinion
 He says: "I think as commander-in- chief of the militia of this state am entitled to a staff. I have made no appointments as yet but I understand the present staff will tender their res ignations tomorrow. At that time the atmosphere will have cleared censider- ably and will be in position to make a more definite statement"
 Since the death of Governor LilIey the question of the office held by his successor has been induStriously de- bated 1t seemed to be settled that formally and officially he shall still be referred to as the lieutenant governor and acting governor, but for conoquia@ purposes there need be no serious dis putes. for not only is he to sit, in the
 
 hoIsz but eyennas lieutenant governor. he, like all his Predecessors in the eub- ordinate office, h4 Is been called fxoFer- nor. No doubt, &s was demonstrated on Saturday at theACapitol, the prayer of the Episcopal church, which is v9y carefully worded, will be for the }eu- tenant governor, butsxhat does p in. terfere with the very nfople wh utter it calling him govern6T w6h they meet or speak of him
 Many questions arise wh&dever there is a sudden and unexpected change of administration and the present time is no exception
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
Courtmartial Ready

-Salonica. April 26.-The Young Turks have established a courtmartial here at which will be tried all of the parti- cipants in the revolt against the Con stitutionalists. A train load of prison CTS are expected to arrive to-day from the capitol. The general impression is that the common soldiers who parti- cipated in the revolt will be simply dismissed from the army but that their officers will be shot.
 One report in circulation is that be- tweenatwenty and thirty of the leaders in the revolt were summarily executed in Constantinople yesterday. This lat ter report is not confirmed but it is generally believed inasmuch as the leaders of the Young Turks had prom ised deathAzto certain--arny officers who had proven traitors to their cause
 There was report here to-day that the Young Turk leaders would form a republic but this is unlikely.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
Deaths and Funerals.

Ann. widow of. John Rastrfck died at the Bridgeport hospital late Satur- cay evening after an illness of several weeks with cancerous troubles. The deceased is survived by two. sons, Horatio, of Philadelphia, and Harri- son, of Bradford. England; andS one daughter, Mrs. Harry Busfield, of 192 Nichols street, with whom she made her home.
 Michael Cronan, one of the oldest and most respected residents of the Naugatuck valley, died at his home in Naugatuclk on Saturday after a brief illness. The deceased is survived by his widow, two sons, Detective Ser geant Edward A., and Dr. Stephen B. Cronan of this city, and three daug9l- ters, Mrs. James Kinney of this city, Mrs. Michael Langford of Naugatuck, and Mrs John Harbourne of New York The funeral was held this morning with solemn high requiem mass at St. Francis church, Nauga- tuck Many Bridgeporters attended the obseQuies-
 Edward Grace, well known and high ly respected in this city, died at his home, 12O Mountain Grove street, yes terday, after an illness extending over a period of several weeks. The de- ceased is survived by a widow, one daughter, Mrs. George McNamara, and five sons, Edward. sexton of St. Peters church, Patrick. Michael. George and Martin Grace, driver of No. hose wagon.
 Catherine M., widow of Jaspeh Mur- phy of Brooklyn, N. Y., died yester- day morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Leverty, 559 Washington avenue, aged s2 years. The deceased had, made her home with her daughter in this city ever since the death of her husband some six years ago. She is survived by three sons. George H., clerk of the Superior court, Brooklyn: William J.. secretary and treasurer of the Lincoln Safe and Deposit Cd. of New York; and Fred erick. secretary and treasurer of the Wright & Cobb Lighterage Co. of New York. Interment will be in Calvary cemetery, Brooklyn.
 The funeral of Joseph P. Dacey took place. Saturday morning. at 10:30, at the residence. S64 Hancock avenue and later at St. Peters church. He was 8 we'll known and popular young man. The pail bearers were David Roach Stephen Shanley. J. Begley, John Fin nell, w. Barton. E. McNamara- Inter ment was in St. MichaeI's cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
He Meets Young Woman on New York Train Who ,Confesses She Is Miss
 ing Girl.
New York Authorities Are Communicated With and They Await Arrival of Train Bearing Young Woman, Whose Disap- pearance Occasioned so Much Scandal.

c. Lewis Bill of this city may be a claimant for the $5,GO0 reward offered for information of the whereabouts of Adele Boas. the erstwhile missing daughter of Albert Boas. the wealthy manufacturer. whose residence is at 10 W. 88th street. New York. If Bill does not get the money. he was so close to it tha. the bills almost stained his fingers green. While coming from Boston on the train which passes through this city and reaches New York at o'clock in the afternoon, he became acquainted with a young wom- an who was not particularly pashful She confided to Bin that she was the Adele Boas. for whom such a hue and cry had been raised. She showed a through ticket from Boston to New York and declared that she was on her way back to her fathers house.
 The young woman did not/say how she happened to go to Boston under circumstances that caused her family so much sorrow and which set the po- lice of the country by the ears, and caused the New York newspapers to devote columns to wondering whether she was kidnapped, lost, or abducted.
 Bill is employed by the National Realty Company of this city which is centrally located in this city. He com municated with New YorK9 through a friend. Her arrival in New York city was dWdlueQ Dy her friends
 MISSING GIRL RECOGNIZED
 IN BOSTON RESTAURANT.
 Boston, April 26.-A girl who, the police say, may be Adele Boas, is be- Heved to have left Boston for New York today. The girl who answers the published description of Miss Boas went up to a. news stand at the South Station and asked w. D. Danahy, who was on duty there, for a New York paper. When he told her that the New York papers did not reach Boston until later she walked away. Then Danahy changed booths and in a few minutes the girl came up to him at the new station and asked again for New York paper. When he told her he had none, she bought a Boston pa, per and ran over the news eagerly. She went at it as if she were going to eat ft,' the news agent said
 ADELE AT HOME
 New York, April 26.-Miss Adele has been located and is now in her home in this city She arrived here this afternoon from Boston
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
CRIPPLE CRAWLED OUT OF STAMFORD
 LOOKUP, HE DID
How Did He do it? That's the All Absorb.
 ing Small Town Topic Today.
Elected from Trolley Car He .FIung His Crutct Through Car Window, Went to Church to Repent and Was Then ; Placed in Durance Vile - SkiddoOed During the Night.

cripple giving his name as B1ll
 Williams of Pennsylvania was arrest ed at the Congregational church in
 Stratford last night after the service,
 by Sheriff Stagg. Williams had been
 put off a Milford car when he refused to pay his fare Just to show there was
 no hard feelings on his part, "BilP' threw his crutch through the car win dows. The cripple is about three feet in height having lost his lower extrem- ities in a railroad accident several
 The little fellow was, taken to the village lock-up but was not placed in one of the steel cells as it was thought impossible for him to get out. This morning when Constable Fred Beard sley opened the lookup Bill was miss ing. He had broken out two panes in the window of the place and had crawled through the hole The win- dow was far above his head and how he managed to reach the aperture is a wonder to the officers.
 Bill told the officers that he was working his way to Boston where he had friends. He had no money. Sher- In his crippled condition he will not be able to get far away from the town.
 At the church last night he hobbled to a front seat and remained until af- engaged in the deepest devotion. It is believed that he is not mentally sound.
 He boarded a trolley car at Bridge port at z o'clock last night. The cripple wished. to get off the car at press train the conductor, MT. YAn- vert, refused to stop the train. "Bfl" became angry, usedh abusive Languages caused a breach of the peace and windows. When the car reached. Stratford Center, opposite the Congre- gational church, "Bill' Williams went into the building where Rev. MT. Beard of Bridgeport was preaching. Sheriff Stagg was sent for and at the conclu- sion of the services arrested the crip- pie. This action called forth a. good deal of sympathy from the audience. and MT. Beard came down from the pulpit and shook hands with Bill" He was taken to the lookup for the night.
 This morning when Sheriff Stagg went to bring the prisoner before the court, it was discovered he had escap- ed. The interior of the lookup was wrecked and the whole of the window frame, iron bars. glass ands all had been torn from the brick wall, broken into kindling wood and left in a heap on the floor.
 .sBill" then piled up some empty boxes and crawled through the hole in the wall. To do all this required inn mense strength. The iron bars ran did not penetrate the stone sill of the window. "Biii'' pulled the whole thing out, and crippled as he is. succeeded in leaving town and escaping the of ficers of the law. Sheriff Stagg says that now he will have steel bars plac- ed in the stone work so that it will be impossible for anyone to remove them. All who have seen the wreck ed 1ockEr are astonished at the and cunning of poor "Bill'' Williams, the cripple, who rushed into a church to escape the clutches of the sheriff.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
LIQUOR DEALERS CLOSED THEIR PLACES

Every member of the Liquor Dealers Association of this city closed his place on Saturday between the hours of 1 and 4:30 during the funeral ser vices of the late Governor Lilley. The doors were closed in every instance and the curtains drawn during the half hour in which it was announced that the services would be in progress. The act was a tribute of respect indicating that the members of the association are a responsible and respectable part Of the body polite of the State.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
Hawleys Sue for
 Damage to Timber

Maria s. Hawley and Henry T. Hawley of Brookfield, have brought suit against the New York. New Ha- ven & Hartford Railroad Co. for dam ages to their property in Brool<field. which the plaintiffs claim was caused by sparks from locomotive engines setting fire to their timber property. The plaintiffs are the owners of two and one-haIf acres of timber land in their home town which was destroyed by fire in April, 1906, and also in De- cember, 1908. They claim $500 dam ages. The plaintiffs are represented by ComleY & Comley.