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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
Virginia News.

J. Winston Ivey, for many years
president OF the Peoples National Bank
Of Lyuchburg, died yesterday OF Bfighrs
disease.
Fl. P. Dalton, prominent business
mao and ieweler Of Petersburg, vas or.
dsiued to the ministry OF the Blptlst
Church there Thursday night. He will
enter the Baptist Theological Seminary,
at Louisville, Ky, to complete his
studies.
Petitions for an absolute pardon for
Charles w. Morse, the New York 6uan.
cier, now serving sentence Of 10 years
in the federal penltentisry at Atlanta,
for violation Of the national banking
laws, are being circulated by friends and
kinsmen OF Morse 10 Richmond.
Mlstakiug her for burglar Jefferson
Taylor, farmer residing at Oak Hall near
Cape Charles shot and seriously wounded
his wife in their home Thursday night,
while che was walking In her sleep. Mr..
aud Mrs. Tsy lor have becn married but
three days and be wife had never Init.
mated to her husband that she was q
victim OF somnambuliam.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
The Coal Famine.

Chicago, Jan. 8.--With most Of the
coal yards In the city down to their last
bunkeriul OF coal and the coal famine
still mora acute today, the rich and poor
are suffering alike here. The police and
the various charitable bureaus today re-
celved scor,s of requests for relief, bui
we're unable to meet the situation, and
msny fsmilies are today living 10 The
squad rooms Of outlying police s'sIion'.
The railroads are unable to bring 10 coa'
owing to the chaotic condition OF traffic
and thousands of men have been thrown
out Of work because the factories were
forced 10 close, there being no coal to
keep up steam In the boilers. Dealers
are selling buckets OF coal at almost
double lie price charged several weeks
ago
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
COURT OF APPEALS,

The Court OF Appeals yesterday re-
iustd q writ oil error 10 the case OF the
Rose Clift Ffnit Farm against George Il.
Johnson, may or and Others. The case Is
me that involves the right Of the COM
oany to make aud sell apple cider 10 the
county of Louisa, which is a "dry"
county. The company has az enormous
orchard Ia louisa county, and the sur
plus Of early apples Is converted into
cider. The town was anxious to prevent
the sale OF the stuff In the town Of Louiss,
and 80 1t enacted su ordinance which
contained 30 many restrictions that 1t was
impossible for the company to operate Its
business with profit. The ordinance was
attacked 10 the circuit court Of Louisa
and It's validity was sustained. The sp'
peal to the Supreme Court ends the mat
ter 90 far az the courts are concerned.
B.ury and others against D. O. T.
Davis, IT,, srgued and submitted 10 the
court.
The next claez were submitted on
briefs without srgument. These were
Miller and others sgsinst Penniman y
Brother ind others, and Wo.d and
others az inst Tfedway and Others,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
PINOHOT DISMISSED.

Clifford Pinchot, chief forester snd
intimate friend of Theodore Roosevelt,
last night was dismissed from the Ger,
vice OF the United s stes by President
Taft for insubordinstiop. Associate
Forester Oserton w. Price and Assistant
Law Officer Alexander q. Shaw, Pin
chofs immediate assistants 10 the For.
estry Bureau, followed their chief on. of,
government employ.
Tho roughly indignant over the SETON
of Mr.. PiDchot 10 Inducing Sepator Doll
liver to read letter from him 10 tbs
Senate on Thursday, President TAFT yes-
terdsy would listen TO no advice lhst The
foresteI's violation of executive orders
be overlooked pending the inquiry soon.
to be undertaken by Congress. he de-
clared the dlgiuity of the Office be hsd
been chosen BY the people 10 I'll was
being attacked and be would be unfsIth-
ful TO bis trust II he bad submitted
longer The president, 10 an indignant
letter, summarily dismissed Pipchot
telling him he has destroyed bic ust-
fitness as helpful subordinate OF Il o,
government" and directs the secsetsry'
OF agriculture to "remove him from
Office"
Mr.. Taft undoubtedly realizes fully
what the dismissal OF Forester Pinchot
means lie political way. He has been
convinced for sometime that the Sc
called Insurgents and other critics of hi.
administration had enlisted the services
OF Mr.. PInchot aud practically we're de.
Tying him TO separate Pinchot from his
Office. The lsttet's letter. few 10 Wssh--
iDgton doubt, Was written with the d..
rect purpose OF putting ii Gquare!y up to-
the president.
Pincbot was appointed chief OF the
division OF forestry July l, 1898.
His division Of forestry was raised To-
q bureau, July, 1901.
The controversy with Secretary Bal
lipger followed charges against the latter
by L. Fl. CLAWS, In connection with
the Cunningham coal claims, 10 Sap:ea-
Der, 1909.
CLAWS was dismissed from the Office Of
chief of the field division OF the general
land Office, September 10, 1909.
The CLAWS charges sgsinst Secretary
BslliDger were made public November
8, 1909.
The demands OF Secretary Bsllinger
| and bis critics fer a public investigation
Of the controversy we're granted BY Pres.
ident Taft, December 20, 1909.
The action Of the president, on the
eve Of the congregational investigation
into the allegations sud insinustions
against Secretary Of the Interior Bsllin-
gers conduct Of the policy Of conserving
natural resources, is certain to cause q
sensation. Its political effects, accord
ing to opinion In Washington, may be
far.resening.
Albert F. Potter, assistant forester,
takes over all papers OF the retiring Ole
totals uuder executive direction.
Mr.. Ogerton Price, who was dismiss
ed with Mr.. Piuchot, Is resident OF
Braddock Heights, this county, aud was
we'll known here.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08

CANSoN1sM received decided shock
Yesterday, the ranks Of t6at organization
having been broken yesterday afternoon
By the republican insurgents In coal
lItion with the democrsticlminority. The
rout of the regulars vas an incident In
the proposed investigation Of the Ballin'
GER iuchot controversy, when, by q
msiority of four, the insurgents and
democrats blocked the plan of the rules
committee for the appointment oil the
House section OF the proposed inVesti'
eating committee by Speaker Cannon.
By q vote OF l49 to l45 the joint rtso'
luton authorizing INSTRUMENTATION was
amended 80 as to give the House Itself
the right to name the ak members OF
this committee who are to look after TIE
interests OF the House In the probing OF
the scandals. 1t was the frat blood
tne insurgents have ever drawn 10 their
long 6ght With the Cannon forces, aud
when the announcement OF the vote
shoved that victory bad been obtained
BY a slight but nevertheless decisive mar
gin the democrats and the recalcitrsntre-
publIcans, whom they we're aiding,
ioined In demonstration OF enthusiasm
such as seldom has been seen In Inc
House. 1t was quite different from the
occasion q few years ago when the
House loudly spplauded when rePubli'
can member nominated Mr.. Cannon 80
a presidential candidate. On that oc.
cssion the man from DsnVille swelled
With pride; yesterday be cOuched upon
bis desk and gritted his testh With de-
termination which showedhis resentment
of tho action OF the men be has been en-
deavoriug 10 read ont Of the republican
party. Alter the test vote took from
the speaker the power to name House
members OF the committee, the regulars
became sulleD. Fully recognizing the
futility OF endeayoring BY votes to de-
feat other amendments offered BY the
insurgents, the regulars soquiesced In
their adoption, and when the joint reso-
luton vac put upon final passage 1t was
adopted without dissenting vote o0e
Of the most important amendments
forced upon the leaders BY the in'ur
gents was the elimination OF l>str
which would have shut Iout dif'id
Pinchot, former Secretary Garfield and
other former officials OF the Interior
De partment, as we'll as the forestry
service, from representation at The hear'
Ing, uules the investigation should elect
to call them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08

IT WAS said by English statesmen
slter the close of the revolutionary war
that The United States would go to
nieees in o colossal row at the first cleo
llou. L. looks as though Great Britain
is likely to collapse under the terrible
ordeal through which 1t Ia now passing
"a The election in that country draws
near. Dispatches from London say that
the E1glish political campaign is rspldly
degenetaliog into a series of brswls and
unless some more effective mesns is
found of protecting the campaign orators
serious consequences are feared. The
hoWliog down of the speakers Is the
most ffequent mesns resoried to. SlE
q .oree Armstrong, Lord OheylesmoTe
sad Lord Rolhschild, conservatives rep
re:enting respectively Fishgusrd, Gov
entry and WoivertOn, are pleading FOL
police protection IS result OF the insults
hurled at them "Wednesday night, which
bscame 80 violent that their meetings
we're broken up. Conservatives are get
ting the wotst Of the rough treatment,
chief, irom the FACT that their orators
are for the most part sristOCrats and per-
souaIly unpopular sud politically mex
peIienced. Threats of criminal prose
cation of the toRdles have so far been
Ineffective. The overwhelming number
of hoodlums at many Of the meetings
have cA set the efforts CT the police. Re-
ports from the proviuces show that scores
of meetings were broken up Wednesday
night snd that rotten eggs were thrown
st the speakers Ia several instances.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
SATURDAY EVENING. JAN. 8, 1910.

Co ErRARY to general expectation
,he iafy in the Corporation Court early
l,st night returned a verdict OF murder
10 the fret degree in the case OF Henry
Smith, colored, indicted with Calvin
johnson. Richard Pines and Eugene
Dorsey. also colored, for the murder OF
Walter F. Schultz short distance West
1T this city last March. While the YER
die. 1ss q surprise 10 most people, u
ssam, TO meet with affirmation BY q
majority of this community. The coun'
seI for the defense had argued that mas
much as johnson, Pines and Dorsey had
been sentenced to the electric chair Cd
Smiths unsupported testimony 'ns
prosecution having accepted his VERSION
NJ The affair ia toto a. that time-tha'
eoo;,b's statement that he vas an invCl'
untsry party 10 the murder should be
scosD,ed while he was on trial Tor nlS
life. The commonweslth's attorney,
however, said the state had accepted
eo,;,b,s confession with caution; hst The
norton which had been credited 10 con-
nectiou with Smiths charge against Tue
tbrse colored men had been borne oet
by circumstances and s,but tnst '0S'
psrt of the prisoners story which excul-
mated hlm from voluntary participation
in the murder Dad always been rti'c'ed
from tho fact that 1t Was improbable
There Is IS much Uncertainty concerning
the sctusl facts in connection with lnls
horrid morder ss there was ten months
ago when the four darkeys were taken
in custody. The three men who are 70
be eleclrocutca in the penitenliary IN
Richmond have always asserted their
tnnoosnce of the crime or any knowledge
oft. bot the fact that they could not es'
tablisb slibls, their history and o1ner
circumstances we're against them. There
is maxim, ab uno disCe omnes, WHICH
did not seem TO apply to Smith That
rat of his story concerning his move
mems esrly on the night of March + and
aud the removal OF Sjhullz from the
sllsy on C.meron street to q point near
Rosemopt and his statement that be
received DO part Of the money tsKen
from the dead mao, were rejected, out
his evidence concerning the part ne
alleged johnson, Pines aud Dorsey
played on The night of March vas &C.
oepled, and upon his evidence their con-
Sie,ion followed. The actual facts 10
connection with this murder would afford
Interesting reading. Many persons SILL
hslieys Schultz was not murdered on the
spct where his body was found, and
some have always been convinced thai
he me, his fate on the previous night
/, is still q mystery which may never oe
cleared up until the day when that which
has been done 10 secret shall be pro-
claimed upon the hOusetops'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
TELEdRAPHIc BREyITIEs.

The offices of Wright and Potter, In
Boston, the Massachusetts, stats printers
we're badly damaged by FIRE this alter.
MON.
A dispatch from Minneapolis, says the
mschinisls on the Northwestern Rail.
roads threaten to strike at any moment.
A dispatch from Chicago says the
passenger steamer with her boiler blown
out and three others icebonud are
reported 10 peril In Lake Michigan
today.
The "Gitl In the taTlcsb" who has
been holding up people 10 the residence
dis,rlets of Chicago for several days, Is
giving the ChIcsgo detectives a merry
chase and today dragnet has been
thrown out for her arrest.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transi! CON-
psuy today announced q general in-
CREASE 10 wages Of 2 to 8 l.2 cents an
hour OF ell men employed In Its train
service, effective January %. The in-
crease will effect 5000 employees.
Mulai Hs6j, sultan OF Morocco, Ia
said to be q confirmed morphine user
ADD INDUCES 10 wild orgies at bis palace
10 Fee IS result Of the drug, according
to a story in La Pstrie today, the paper
declaring that the slory Is authentic
throughout.
The police Of Philadelphia, who have
been 10 charge Of the search for Roberts
Buist de JaDop, the young beiress who
disappeared simultaneously With Frede'
rick Oohep, q waiter, from the Bellevue
Stafford on December 29, are today
declared to have abandoned the case.
The BiDghsmlou, N. Y, cold Storage
plant, one of the largest 10 the country
was wiped out By Ere which started last
night and was still raging this morning
though under control. The loss viii
reach $3.50, 600.
One workman wss killed and severa
badly hurt today when tgo ton girderi
which vas being raised on q new build
log at the southwest corner OF Fourth
avenue and TWeuty.fifth street, New
York, dropped iulo the cellar OF to-
buIldIug Whsn the derrick bs0ks today
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
News Of the Day.

A British naval com psnder has served
uotlce to Nicsragas that there must be
90 fighting in GreytoWn, because thu
majority of the houses 10 that city are
oWntd by British subj cts.
Banking interests Of New jersey, New
York aud the south are planning q cen
raj national bspk, to be located In
Washington, according TO Hsrvie Jor.
dan, president of the Cotton Growers
Association Of Atlanta.
Representative Townsend has been In.
trusted by the president With the draft
Of a bill embodYing the recommendations
concerning changes In the Interstate
commerce Law urged In the message. Ii
will be introduced next Monday.
P. B. Jones, general manager Of tht
Southwestern Publishing House, al
Nashville, Tenn, shot and killed his
5 year old child and then committed
suicide yesterday. Jones was fiom Vir.
giDis.
Col. William f. Oraighill, corp, Of
engineers, who has been 10 charge OF The
engineer district of Baltimore, has been
assigned to duty as engineer secretary oil
the lighthouse board at Washington, to
succeed Dol. Thomas L. Casey, who will
come 10 Colonel OrsIghill's place.
l.. 81. CLAWS deuies st Portland, Ore,
absolutely, that spite iustigated his
charges sgsinst Secretary B,lliuger ss
stated By Attorney Gsnersl Wickershan
ia the latttr's report, and declares tha
the opinion of the attorney general By
no means ends the case.
Toe town OF BramEell ono OF thu
prettiest towns In the coal fields, Of West
Virginia va, practically w'psd out BY
FIRE yesterday. There were "a buildings
consumed by the flames, Including tht
Blue Store Iun., the telephone ex
change, snd most OF the business section
Of the town The FIRE originated In .
poolroom, and spread rapidly to adjoin'
ing buildings. The lost Is estimated OF
500, 900, with about $50, 900 Insurance
There was no loss oil LIE, but many mar
Tow escapes,
Another paper association, formed BY
john 81. Parks. who pleaded guilty anc
paid a foe OF 81. 600 for bis connection
with the so.oslied Gber and manila pool,
was indicted by the federal grand jury In
New York yesterday, charged with be-
log an illegal combination 10 restraint o.
trade. The federation Is the PapsI
Bard Association, comprising lac
prominent paper manufacturers, who orr
indicted Individually in addition to thu
Indictment returned sgaiust the associa
ton IS such. A foe or imprisonment
may be imposed on conviction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
Charged With Murder.

New York, jar. 8 Following the
death early today in the Williamsburg
Hospital, OF Sslig Korn, who was shot
during tho raid by daring stick up men
in the bank OF bis brother, Lyman
Koru, 10 Brooklyn, charge OF murder
vas today placed sgsinst Lajama Mados,
sged II, and John Fisher, his partner,
who are held on the charge OF commit
ting the bold bank robbery.
The police declare that Msdos has
been identified IS the principal in mum.
Der of daring bold.ups In New jersey
aud on Long Island. Four suspected
members OF The gang OF which be is said
to have been the leader are now uuder
arrest In Newark.
The robbery OF The ShonteD Cocoa and
Chocolate Factory In Newark on pay
day of December 81, Is also charged 10
this gang, as Is the hold.up Of William
fitzpatrick, who last Tuesd'y nigh, WAS
robbed OF $3.50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08

AFTER q month Of vascilstion during
which time be hsd unsuccessfnlly tried
to haruonze the differences between Sec
relary Ballinger and Chief Forester Pin
chot, President Taft last night adopted
the only course lett for him and dis
missed MIR, Piuchot and his assistants.
1t can be commended by the president
aud his advisors that the dismissal oil
Mr. Pinehot had become a necessity.
The president places it upon the ground
OF necessary action to maintain The dig
nifty Of the presidential Office, bat Mr..
Taft hsa shown great weakness in the
whole controversy and wac finally forced
t. dismiss Sir. Pinchot By Mr.. PlncboI
himself In the BlIliDger-Piuchot con'
trOversy the general telief lie that the
latter was right aud had the honest end
Of 1t so spy rate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
Sixty-first Congress.
Second Session
Washington, Jan. s.
SENATE.
The Senate was not In session today

o@-t
SENATE.
The Senate was not In session today
HOUSE.
Four resolutions directed 10 the seon i
tsry Of agriculture, the secretary Of con :
merce aod labor, the secretary OF the
treasury and The attorney general by Mr..
stsenersoD, sskipg whether any order had
been isaued exemptiug anyone from Ihs
operation 10 the pure food law, caesel 8
tapgIe In the Houfe today.
Representative Mann reported the
four resolutions with answers from toe
Cabinet officers concerned denying that
any such orders had ever been Issued.
Representative Stevenson asked post
pouemeut because he is not ready to dir
cuss the matter. He says be simply wants
the CRY sgsInst alleged lsxity In the en-
forcement OF tn. pure food law stopped
by getting atLlhe fscn.
10 committee OF the whole, the House
considered the annual army appropris.
ton bill.
The bill calls for an appropriation Of
over 95, 600, 600 Of dollars. An increase
Of halt million over last years bill was
called for beca1ss OF the increased coat
OF living.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
Two Yegemen Killed,

Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. S.-TwO white
yeggmen we're shot and instantly killed
In duel In the postoffice here today by
Paul Ssuls, the 17.yesrs-old son OF Jim
3suls, the night Waterman, who was
acting In his fathers place. Sauls came
on the men as they we're escaping" the
safe preparatory to blowing 1t. he
ordered them to 'throS up their hands"
but instead they opened fire on hiT.
&c fred but two shots and both crooks
fell dead. Young SRuls was slightly
wounded,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
sniferinn f.nm a Broken Neck.

Boston, JAP. s.-Srspped ridgldly 10
cot In the Cambridge Hospital here
Henry A. Belcher, Of tta. snsurb, to-
day Is fighting for life with about one
chance In a million. Belcher fell from
q wagon and broke bis neck, but went
about bis business for more than su
hour before be knew what vas toe mat
ter with him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
Woman Nearly Severed Twain.

Wheeling, W. w., Jan, S.-The
discovery today Of the body OF young
woman, about IS years Of age, ard
above the average Of good looking
women, nearly severed in twain on the
Baltimore AID Ohio Rsilrosd tracks 81
Bsnwood JunctIon, an adj Dining town Of
Wheeling, and aairsd In male clothes,
points strongly to murder. A man
with whom she bad been seen a short
time before her death has disappeared.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
Examining Cooks Dlares.

Copenhagen, jap. S.-The origins
diaries OF DIR. Frederick A. OooS, COZ
tanning entries regarding his alleged dis
covery Of the North Poe, are baing ex
amined today by the special committee
that recently rejected the typewrittsr
evidence that Dr.. Oiok submitted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
IN DIEMORIAM.

In sad, but loving remembrance Of my
beloved father. BENJAMIN GREENWOOD,
who departed this life January e-four years
ago.
The midnight stars are beaming
Upon my fathers grave;
Where sleepeth without dreaming,
The one / could not save.
By his daughter, sARAH CROCKETT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
Earthquake Shocks.

Rome, Jan. S.-Tso severe earth
quskes wrought heavy dsmsge today IN
Galliua, in Calabria. The shocks were
OF unusual duration and threw the in.
hsbiiauts into q psnic. Many bonse'
we're snaged and it is feared there bss
beea loss Of life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
ATTEMPTED TO EsOAPE.

Karl Hau, former professor of Roman
law 10 Gporge Washington University,
Washington, who Is under q life in
prisonmeut sentence for the murder OF
bis mother.in-law, Frau MolItor, in 1906,
made vain attempt to escape from the
Jail at Rruchsal, Baden, Thursday night.
a warder's dog upset the prisoners
plan. The animal scented Hsu 10 his
hiding place and bsrked until q warden
made sn examination.
Hau, 10 November 1906, lured bis
mother.in-lsw to a lonely street 10 Baden
Baden aud shot Der in the back. He
.ss disguised, aud fed to Frankfort,
and then 10 London, where be was az
rested and returned to Biden.Bsden tor
trial. He was convicted and sentenced
to death, but later the sentence was CON-
mnted to life imprisonment. Hsu 10 0
German.
A sensational feature Of the case Wa'
the suicide OF Hsu's wife in June fol-
lowing bis arrest. She drowned herself
In q lake In Switzerland.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08

Foe FIVE convicted former employees oil
the American Sugar Rs6oiug Company
Jailed 70 receive their sentercss 10 the
federal court 10 New York today Judge
Martin reserving until Monday bis oe-
csion ou the motion on their behalf ior
q ns9 trial
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08
Fiftr rears,experience OF AM old Nurs .

Mrs. Winslow's soothing Syrup IS Tn ;
prescription Of one Of the best female physic..
isns and nurses in the United States, and
has been used for fifty years with never.fail.
log success by millions Of mothers for their
children. It relieves the child from pain,
cures diarrhes, gripping in the bowels, and
wind collie, By giving health to the chlli il
rests the mother. Twenty-Five cents bottle,
dec 13t26s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-08

IRIS announced in London that toe
tariff on live cattle from Argentina Will
bs removed and that there will be 3
conse queot chespeuipg 10 the price q
meat. The exhorbitsnt price OF NEST
would be lowered in this country should
cattle be admitted free OF duty fiom
Canada and Mexico.