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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
Snffragettes Make Another Attack.

London. Nov. 23.-Taking advan.
tage OF dense fog that prevailed this
morning, band Of determined suffra-
gettes swooped down on the official resi-,
dence OF Premier Asquith. Each had a
quantity OF iron bolts, with which they
proceeded to break all OF the windows
in the structure. Several were.arrested
and held for court.
Owing to lameness following the at
tack upon him by band of suffra,
gettes last night, Hon. Augustine
Birrell, chief secretary TO the lord
lieutenant OF Ireland, has been forced
TO cancel ali Of bis engagements. He
was knocked down and kicked by
several OF the women who also broke
bis silk hat and tore his clothing.
The riotous women also attacked the
homes of Sir Edward Grey, foreign
secretary; Lewis Harcourt and Winston
Spencer Churchill, the home secretary.
They threw stones at the windows and
did considerable damage at each place
before dispensing upon the arrival OF
the police. More than fifty arrests we're
made,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23

UNDER Tie caption Do Your Duty
Governor. a Norfolk afternoon paper
Yesterday cditorally requested Governor
Mann to call an extra session Of TIC
legislature to enact 4 law lega!"'n@
the primary in Virginia. Last nIgh'
the governor issued statement IN
which he very properly refused 10 cal!
m extra session OF the legislature. III
would be 4 waste OF time, he saii,
"becausc the same men WHO had bill
before them last year to icgaIize Tie
primary would be called together and
would probably defeat it again. II
the people want to make /: 4 cam
paign issue next year, we'll ant. good,
but | shall not call al extra session "i
the present legislature OF Virginia.
The governor is perfectly right IN hH
decision and it seems strange that an!
newspaper in the state should have
made any such request OF hlm. DAD
the editor OF the paper read the result
of the recent election concerning iiit
legislative session?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
FROM WASHINGTON

A dark and wet Thanksgiving with
rain and possibly .snow is in store for
the Middle Atlani and New England
states and the upper Ohio Valley ac-
cor,ling to the forecast made today by
the Weather Bureau. Rain and snow
is also looked for in lake region where
storm is moving eastward. Elsewhere
east OF the Mississippi the weather will
be generally fair.
The last sessions OF the special com
mittee which is investigating the
charges OF bribery and corruption in
connection with Indians contracts al.
legged by Senator Gore began today
lhc taking Of testimony bearing upon
the Washington end ofthe negotiations
| Attorneys who were engaged in arrang
ing contracts were summoned as wit
ncsscs. The primary object-of the in
vcstigation is 10 ascertain the true facts
regarding the contracts said to be
theld by j. f. McMurray OF McAlester
Oklahoma, in connection with which
tic charges Of bribery were made. The
inquiry was extended, however, tc
cover all contracts with Indians of the
| five civilized tribes. The committee
will complete it work with the hearing
OF Washington witnesses. A full re-
port will be made TO the House at the
forthcoming session. Today's testi'
mony failed to bring forth any in ECU,
| laritv
Several business men who had
adopted the scientific management
idea with success were called az wit.
ncsses by Louis d. Brandeis, attorney
for the shippers, at the rate hearing be,
fore the interstate Commerce Commits
sion today. Their testimony was to the
effect that workingmcn took great in
tcrcst in the system because it enabled
them TO earn bonuses.
The census Office today announced
the 1910 enumeration for the following
states, New York, 9.113, 279; increases
,S44, 335; or 25.4 per cent. Under the
present superintendent this gives New
York mao new congressman. Ohio,
4,7G7 IF; increase G09,576 or l4.7
per cent. Ohio gains three new con,
grcSsmen.
Hoping against hope White House
officials are awaiting today the arrival
OF the Thanksgiving turkey to grace
the table Of President Taft at tomorrow :
feast. SO fur no turkey has come.
Neither has there been any message
from Horace Nosc, Of Rhode Island
who, for many years has selected the
finest bird OF his brood to occupy tho
place Of honor on the White House
table at Thanksgiving time. The
postum, OF which several we're to be
forthcoming, is also lacking.
| Proposed increases in the freight
rates on live stock between the Mis-,
souri and Mississippi rivers were sus'
pended by the Interstate Commerce
Commission today until June 10, 1911.
The increase had previously been sus,
pc dad until December 10, 1910.
Til: usual Thanksgiving turkey for
the White House arrived this after,
noon from Horace Vose, OF Rhode
Island.
4 marriage license vas issued here
today to Robert 2. Cooksey, of Alex
atrdr!a and Della |. Redman, Of Rapi-
! dan
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23

TIE authorities Of EIScnach. Ger
many, have given their consent ''
the production in that city Of & FRO
,cstant Passion Play on the lines q
that of Oherammccgau. The play,
which vii! be known a. The ia'c "I
Jesus is the work Of Dr. Nc's"r.
director Of ,hc Wcimar Theatre. Ia,
performance will require four even
ings. and it is proposed that the play
shall be given only once IN 4 yer.
The various parts have already been
allotted to actors oi ability and tinan,
cial risk has been assumed bya com,
mittee of wealthy men. Among the
promoters are the Grand Duke OF Sake
Weimar and the duke of Meiningcn.
The first performance will take place
next summer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE.

The visiting delegates to the Virginia
Educational Conference have arrived
in force in Richmond to attend the
four-day sessions Of the conference.
Some of the leading educators Of the
state and other points will attend and
speak, while the crowning feature Of
the week will be the address by Prcsi-
dent Taft tonight The largest of the
four bodies comprising the conference
the State Teachers Associaton-hcld
its initial session yesterday afternoon at
4 O'Clock. Last nights meeting was
held under the auspices Of the division
superintendcnts. DR.. Charles y. Hazen,
OF Chesterfield, presiding. Prof. J. A.
C. Chanler, superintendent, of the
Richmond schools, welcomed the visit
ors. The annual address OF Joseph D.
Eggleston, jr., state superintendent,
followed, while an address by Governor
Mann closed the evening session.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23

purchased byoscin, one of the deadlies,
Of known drugs, under the pretense
that he was to use it in minute quaint
ties upon nervous persons. He began
imprcgnating digestive tablets, which
his wife was taking, with the poison
and administered doses TO her on jan
uary 81 and February 1st, OF this year.
The second tablet given her on Febru-
ary | caused her to fall into a stupor,
which was relieved by death IN hour
later.
Death, therefore, is established as oc-
curing on February l. Crippen left
the body i'll their bedroom until the
next day, and on the evening of the
second he began his preparations to re-
move all traces OF his crime, so that he
might send out his already prepared
story that his wife had fled to America
Crippen was n skillful anatomist,
and with his surgeons instruments he
began dissecting the woman's body in
to small pieces, which he burned in the
kitchen stove.
The ash man, the confession" con-
tinues, came near discovering the crime
for he removed the ashes from the
stove before the obliteration OF the flesh
was completed Crippen was greatly
alarmed that the man would find the
human flesh in the ashes, but was re-
lieved to know that the mans Suspic-
ions had not been aroused.
Before he had time to dcs.ts;z = G
whole body in the stove, Cr;LSiu1 :,
to fear the neighbors would G5e!e'R'tne
increasing odor. He was also overcome
with belatcd horror at his own crime
and was unable to 60 on with the
bloody dissection Of the corpse.
Accordingly be resorted to burial
selecting the brick paved cellar OF their
homo rs an ideal spot for disposing OF
the remains. After he had thus inter
red what remained of the body, Crippen
declared he threw his bloody disectIng
knife into the door yard Of IN adjoln,
ing vacant house. Traces OF his crime
having thus been obIiterated, Crippcn
spread the story that his wife had de,
serted him and gone to America and
died.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
THE PRESIDENT IN RICHMOND.

President William Howard Taft ar
rived in Richmond yesterday afternoon
at G:2O o'clock from Old Point on Il
special train, accompanied by large
reception committee, which had gone
down to meet him ON his return voy-
age from Panama. He dincd last
night al the Westmoreland Club and
later attended reception at the Com
monwealth Club, spending the night at
the Jefferson Hotel. In fine vein the
president responded to the toast--The
Health Of the President OF the United
States ''-proposed by Ex-Governor An
drew Jackson Montague at the West
moreland dinner.
Following the dinner, which was
purely informal, and at which there
were but twenty covers, tho president
held An informal reception in the par
lors OF the Westmoreland Club. About
s O'Clock he drove to the Common
wealth Club where he was accorded Il
brilliant ovation, practically the entire
membership Of the club being assem-
bled to greet the nation 5 chief executive.
The days programme began with
breakfast at the mansion and will con-
tinue until he leaves the city. atop. m.
An address to teachers at the auditor
ium was made By the president this
evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23

TIE scenes yesterday aronii" Down
ing street, London, and the residences
Of members of the British cabinet pre-
cipated by women calling themselves
suffraectlcs were disgraceiu!, to say INC
least. while the assault upon Sir. As
u,,i,h was an outrage. The dispatches
from London showthat these dcmonSt:a
tons were repeated today when another
cabinet minister was assaulted. Ming
GEORGE, who has bat recently been piac-
ed upon the throne OF England realizes
the truth Of the observation, uneasy
lies the head that wears crown. Inc
German apparition will not down ana
war has been decided upon The House
of Lords, Which may develop mic a
movement against the throne. IN TIE
midst OF all the pcrpleXit;es with whicl
the Young monarch is surrounded, Id
is confronted in lis capital cIly by
female mobs. Women should not get
in masculine boots and when they uo
they should reap The fruits % their
rashncsS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Sov.
DR., n. II. Cn1prES, who attained

DR.. H. IT. CEIPrES, who attained
international notoricty from the fact
that human remains, supposed to he
those Of his wife, were found III the
cellar OF his residence III London, his
disappearance with Miss Lencvc, is
typewriter, in subsequent arrest IN Que
bee and return 10 England where he was
convicted Of murder. was hanged TINS
mornirg in London. The report sent
from that city yesterday TO the effect
tha, the condemned rnan had confessed
that he murdered his wife was nA'
founded, the doctor having 10 the last
asserted that he had been condemned
without evidence OF his guilt having
been brought before the court. Inc
circumstances, however. were agalilsl
him. His wife. Belle Elmorc, Is sal
among the missing. and it may prove
to be another Of those mysterious
cases the truth OF which may never DC
known until that which has been done
in secret shal! be proclaimed Upon the
housetops. The case Of Ciuyc'ius, who
was hanged in. Richmond in 1886 Lor
the alleged murder OF Miss Lillian
Madison. his cousin, was similar. The
circumstances were against him, and
while the great majority believed HIM
guilty as indicted, tho. charge against
him was not proven.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
Missing Boys.

New York. Nov. 23.-The parents Of
Michael Frtzie, $ years old, aOc
Giuseppe Longe, both Brooklyn boys,
are greatly agitated today over thcl'
continued mysterious absence from
hone and the receipt of letters from
supposed kidnappers demanding $1,000
ransom in each case. The children
have been missing since Saturday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
suicide.

Philadelphia. Nov. 23.-Harry c.
Brewer. an crploya of the Blackstone
Credit and Adjustment Company, with
offices in the building, committed sui
eide today by jumping from the twelfth
story OF the Land Title Building, He
struck the roof OF a two-story building
adjoining and sustained injuries from
which he died an hour later.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
Disorders in spain.

Madrid, Nov. o3.--Serious disorder:
occurred in Huelva and the Huelvs
province today, following the declara
ton OF general strike. Troops and
policemen arc being rushed to Huelve
in response to messages TO the govern
ment from the foreign consuls that the
situation threatened the greatest dan
cer.
The strikers have forced the closing
Of the theatres. SALOONS and shops. Al
traffic is paralised and the town is shor
Of food. Scores have been injured IL
the fighting, with the initial advantage
ia favor OF the strikers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
Damages Awarded

Paducah. Ky, Nov 23.-The jury
in Tie $50.0o0 damage suit of c. W.
Fucker. returned verdict today
awarding ,Ruckcr $4,000 against DR..
AmcsS and Walter Bennett, alleged
night riders Rucker was whipped al
EIdyvlle, sNy. hy night riders Feb
ruarv >. 1908.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
President Clpwry Resigns.

New York. Nov 23.-RobeTt {
Clowry, president OF the Western lnio!
Telegraph Company, today resisnes
that position. He was immediately
succeeded by Theodore y. Vail, pres!
dent of the American Telephone an,
Telegraph Company. The latter con
Germ controls the Western Union Com
pany,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23

Eighteen thousand Thanksgiving
turkeys have passed through Roanoke
from east Tennessee and southwest Eir,
GINA for northern markets since Satur.
Jay night,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23
BubUnic PIa que.

Yladirostok, Nov. 23.-This city 10
today being made the headquarters OF
the fight against the spread OF the
Manacburan bubonic plague into
Russia. The plague is declared to os
epidemic throughout all Of Aapchurlal
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-23

Now that Crippen is dead, there is
considerable mystery in London as to
the alleged confession" published in the
Evening Times this afternoon. De
spite the denials OF all interested parties,
the Times persists that the confession is
legitimate. According to the paper,
Crippen confessed his guilt to friend
before he was executed. This friend.
unable to hold the secret longer, had
given it to the Times. The comics
sion" is not in the first person, as hav-
ing been written or dictated by Crippen
himself, but in the third person, as
having been written by the man to
whom Crippen made it,
The confession" relates the un,
happiness of Crippen's married life,
due to the alleged unfaithtuluess OF bis
wife, her jealousy, her slatternliness.
her tantrums and her drunkenness
These things, Crippen's friends say
he confessed, drove Crippen to the
point Of desperation, and he determined
to kill her. This determination was
not the result OF sudden passion, but
of cold blooded, due deliberation, dur
ing which Crippen made his plans with
6epdish esrefuluess as to detail.
Crippen, according to the statement
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-28
ON
OU [ ING
TODAY

The Butchers and Grccers arc hav'
ing the time of their lives at La
goon today.
1t was estimated at the Bambereer
depot this afternoon that there had
been 1.2O0 tickets sold for Lagoon
alone and there Will be two train
loads leave here between o'clock
this afternoon and o'clock this even
Ing.
The program which tho committee
on arrangements has mapped out for
the enjoyment OF the crowd consists
Of running races. swimming races. a
potato race, peanut race for the
ladies, besides numerous other sport
Ing events for the chlldren.
All the stores are closed and the
proprietors and their employees and
their families went to the resort.
The o'clock train was run I'm two
sections and carried about six hundred
people.
Many of the members of the Re-
tall Grocers' association of Salt Lake
City have signified their intention OF
Joining the ogden delegation and chal-
longing thom 10 a baseball game. The
result of the game is awaited with In.
tercst by the people OF Ogden as well
as Salt Lake.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-28
PRESIDENT MEETS
SMOOT AND OTHERS

Washington. June 2S.-President
Tafts last day in Washington prior
to his departure for Beverly was a
busy one up to the hour of his leaving
for the summer capitol late this after
noon,
Many congressional callers and con-
ferences occupied the time between
the assembling of tho cabinet for the
last regular meeting in this city un-
til fall.
Western senators Interested In the
thirty odd irrigation projects In vari-
GUS stages of completion which may
be affected by the 100000. 900 advance
from the treasury authorized by con-
greSs talked to the president about
the commission the latter Will appoint
to investigate and report on the diff
ferent projects.
Senators Carter, Jones. Snoot
and Dixon were those who discussed
the subject with the chief executive
They want to get the inspection body
OF the United States engineers at
work at the earliest possible moment.
so as to complete the plans hereto
fore made. The president said he
would handle the matter as soon as
possible. 1t is expected he will name
General Marshall, former chief Of en-
gineers, as head OF the commission.
The statement was made by the
Presidents visitors that IL NAV not
be necessary for the secretary OF the
Interior to call on the tresury for an
advance on account OF tho 10000 900
Tor year or more. There is now In
the irrigation fund. available for work
on the various projects. about $1,000
200. and during the next fiscal year
the receipts from the sources making
up that end are expected to bring In
another s7.oo0.OOO, giving $4,000, 600
for the year. Inc S2O,000,O0O will be
called on only In case of necessity,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-28
ASSASSIN HANGED
IN CITY OF CAIRO

CnIro. Egypt. June 2S-Lbrahim
Wardanl. the assassin of Poutros
Pasha Ghall. the Egyptian premier
and minister of foreign affairs, was
banged today.
Wardani was an Egyptian student
and a member of the Nationalist
party. On February 20 last. he shot
the premier Us the latter was leaving
the ministry OF foreign affairs His
victim died OH the following day At
his trial the murderer said his mo-
tive was to ayengc various acts of
the government which the National
list attributed the Boutros PaSha
Ghall personally.
During his visit here Theodore
Roosevelt addressed the University of
Cairo. and, In the course OF his re-
marks, roundly denounced the assas-
sination, saying that those who con-
doned the act stood on the pinnacle
of evil and infamy Subsequently,
many Of the stdents affiliated with
the political opposition to British
rule in Egypt, gathered before Mr.
RooScvelt'S hotel and made rather
mild demonstration OF dissent from
the sentiments expressed by the
former president
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-28

Lester Parry. bookeeper at tho OF
flee OF the ogden Pressed Brick &c
Tile Co, who lives in the immedi-
ate vicinity OF where the train was
held up Monday morning. states that
he was returning home from a call he
had made and passed the train just
as II came to stop. but saw no ono
moving about on the outside and.
while be thought It strange at the
tlms. he paid no moro attention 10 &C..
until he was starting TO unhltch his
horse. he heard he shots that were
fired.
Mr.. Parry says that he thought
there was something wrong, but went
10 bed never thinking for A moment
any one would hold up a train so
close to the city.
When asked rs TO whether he had
seen any men around, he replied that
he had not and the only things he
noticed at all were the red lights
burning and the train standing there.
Stone Saw Bandits.
Carl Stone, who lives near where
tho holdup occurred and WAS drawing
tho sprInkllng wagon the night OF the
sebberX saw the bandits so by tho
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-28
CHANGING THE
RELIGIOUS TEST

London. June 2S-Premier-AAsquith
introduced In the house OF commons
today the compromise bill. changing
the form of the religious declaration
required of the sovereign ON his cor
oDation.
In the proposed text the doctrine
OF the Roman Catholic church is not
singled out for population. but 1t is
simply affirmed that the sovereign IS
a faithful Protestant. The paragraph
is thus made to read:
i do solemDly and sincerely. in the
presence of God, profess. testify and
declare that | am a faithful member
OF the Protestant church as by law
established In England. and | shall.
according to the true intent OF the
enactments which secured Protestant
succession to the throne of my realm.
uphold and maintain the said enact
mcnts to the best of my power and
according to the law"
The declaration mesure passed its
first reading by vote Of 3S2 TO AZ.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-28
NORTHWEST WILL
Be SHORT HELP

SPOKANE, WASH, juno 27-TalS.
ing advantage OF the shortage OF har-
vest laborerS in the Pacific North
west. where the grain crop this sea
son Is estimated at more than 100,-
100000 bushels. several organizers,
not affiliated with any of the recog-
nized labor bodies. are working iu
eastern Washington and Oregon to
form a Farm Hands Union. the pur-
pose being to raise the m,nimum
wage OF laborcrs TO $3.50 for a day of
eight hours. The scale for sack-Sow-
ers and forkers is fixed at SIS a day,
while tho pay OF machlncmen will BE-
increased from $3.50 TO 81 to from $40
TO $12 q day.
Efforts are being made by ranchers
and orchardists to bring men into the
country from eastern. central and
southern states. and In addition TO
these 1t Is likely that students from
dozen or more colleges in various
parts OF the country can be enlisted
TO assist In harvesting the grain,
grass and fruit crops
Several attempts have been made
in Washington and Oregon To organize
fnrm laborers. but so far they have
not been successful. However,. the
farmers admit that II such an organi
zation could be formed they would
have to pay almost any price demand
ed by the men
Frank Trader. who appears TO be
the head OF the organizers. SAYS II is
purposed to form local union In
every grain district In Washington.
Oregon. Idaho and Montana He de-
clarcs that tho present scale. rang
ing from $3.50 to 81 day, is not high
enough. especially" be adds. "at a
timc when the farmers will be glad TO
pay more rather than ,Ieave their
crops In the field Fifty cents is the
initiation fee aHd we vii have
enough members at the start TO sec
the thing through. Our members