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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
The Navy Conrtmaftiai

Boston, Jao. 3l.-With a strong
probability tbgt Miss Dorothy Heier u
Ohicsgo mey iske the stand for the de-
fence ina Goa rs.martial on Paymaster @.
I. Aud aud Psst Assistant Surgeon DR..
Ans Y Fl. Robneit, opened at ths Char
lea eva navy yard here today. Aud,
and RJbnett, who is ssid to be Mas
He,ler's fiaance, are accused of insult
lag and attacking Dr.. Edward s. OoBlea
OF Boston, at q navy Get dance here, after
1t Is declared DIR. O0wlss had delayed In
returning Photograph of the Obicsgo
belle. Following the alleged attack on
Oowles, II is sta oil that the engagement
Of Miss Msdelius SRif! to II ,fry Daer'
Storer of Atlantis. Ga, was broken of
because Of Aud. This occurred prior to-
the dance. It was also limited that.
her father, Resr-AdmIrsl William Swift.
uNd hls personal ufu nee vi b the Blu.
resu Of Navigation to suppress ths
charges which resulted In a reprimand.
Mrs. Oowles went to Washington and
saw Secretary Meyer. She stst,s that
he said he had never h. arG of the charges
or seen the complaint OF d.. Amer. She
also saw Senator Lodge and quoted him
81 chsrsetarlzing the ofanse as "rhe
mos! Infamous thing | ever heard Of"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

Gov. SWANSON retires from public
Office at noon tomorrow 10 become 8
private citizan. II, lays down the re rs
OF Office In the middle Of q session Of
the leg stature with every member Of that
body his friend, and be friend OF every
member. To show bis popularity 1t Ia
ouly needed to mention the scene 10 the
House of Delegates on Wednesday last,
whsU, by special invitation extended
by both branches OF The legislature, the
governor and bis wife appeared and were
presented with a beautiful silver service,
the gift oil the members as a token OF
their appreciation and esteem. This Ia
without precedentit is believed 10 The his
tory OF Virginia. Daring bis four years o.
service as governor be has undoubtedly
Isbored in the interest aud for the id.
vaucemeut of Virginia aud his success
may be neai ed by the results. BE
may have made mistakes, and who has
not, cut bis friends prefer to believe Ihst
il mistakes they we're, they were of The
head rather than OF the heart. His admin
istreliOn will go down In history sS a
cesn and u:cessful Une.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
From WASHINGTON.
10 ,rrsupondsnes OF the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, January 81.

Washington, January 81.
Claiming that the Bedford stone q1sr
ries Of Iudisns are being operated By
a trust end thst seversl railroads srl
violating the commodities clause Of tbt
Hepburn railroad law the Interstate
| Comms rec Commission Ia making an
iuvesi z .tion with q view Of ins,iiulipl
a criminal prosecution. 1t is charged
that the roads own the quarrits In
msuy instances and that the rela'
tionship between them is such that
they have succeeded 10 freezing oui
competitors. John II. Marble, chief oil
the division Of prosecutions Of the 10.
tsrsiaie Commerce Oompissi0p, under
whom the investigation Is being made,
has recommended that proceedings he
started against tbs roads under the
commodities clause which prohibits rail-.
roads from htuliug produces CT mice,
&C., owned By themselves.
A gift of 81, 900, 900 to the Peabody
Normal IustItute, of Nashville, Tenn. 4,
will probably be made at the meeting OF
toe tia ,tees Of the Peabody Education
Fand which will be held here late to-
dsy. J. Pierpont Morgan, former
Secretary OF State Richard o Dey, for
mer Governor of Georgis Hoke Smith,
and other distiuguisbed men are on
hand for the meeting. TIE Peabody
fund is nov sbout the same amount IS
when originally funded by George Pea.
body 10 1877, So, 900. 900. According
to the terms OF the fund 1t may be en-
tirely distributed now. The offer OF ST..
900, 900 was made to the Nashville H.
slitute some time ago, with the provisO
that tbs state, county and city give
like amount. This has been promised.
The ways and mesus committee Of the
House is to probe into the causes OF the
high cost Of living. At its meeting to.
day this decision was reached, sOd 1t Is
declared the investigation will cover 8
widv range OF subjects. A subcommit-
lee was appointed to report a, the next
meetlug Of the whole committee, jlsl
how this investigation shall be cSrritd
on. The decision OF the ways and means
committee to probe into the causes OF
the increased cost Of living was the dl.
rc. result Of word conveyed from The
White House by representative Long
worth.
President Taft has indicated bis sp-
provsl Of the plan for the rel ublicsus Of
the House to csucus for the pDrpose of
settling the question of the purposed
change in the rules committee. Rspresen'
taiives Hayes (rep. GAL has prepsred
q petition for the csucus bu. will not cir
culste It before Wednesday. 10 the mean
time, the insurgents of the House Will
hold q meeting to decide what attitude
they will take 10 the matter. The time
aud place OF the insurgents meeting has
not been Fixed.
The operations Of the Retail Grocers
Association of Washington, one Of the
organizations designated by Secretary
OF Agriculture Wilson ss q "measly
little trust" were brought to light be-
fore the District OF Columbia committee
Of the Hppss today 10 lie investigation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
Steamer Damaged In a Storm

New York, jar. Sl.-Wiih several Of
her liir- boats swept away, with deck
rails bent and damaged, with stanehlops
snd compauion.WaVs wrecked, the Ital.
ian liner Ducs di Gnovs arrived today
from Coma aud Nsples and reported one
Of iha worst storms she has ever accom-.
cred. o. January 20, the vessel ran
into severe gale. Waves ran so high
that tons Of water mounted to The upper
decks on tbs port side, carrying away
everything portable AID smacking up
heavy iron aud steel fixtures. Hatcbes
we're closed and passengers we're kept Of
the decks. Many passengers were thrown
down and severely bruised.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
MONDAY EVENING. JAN. 81, 1910

COMMISSIONER OF THE LAND OFFICE
DENNErr wil probsbly be dismissed
from the public service as the result
the Bill eyer Investigation aud the d.
rec! testimony Of Louis r. G'a7is, con .
pletea before the investigating commit
tee on Saturday afternoon. Whether
Mr.. Bsllirger, so closely associated With
D3nns.i in all that relates to the Alss-
kan coal lsnd claims, can sill remain 6
member OF The Cabinet, will be o ques-
ton for Mr. Taft to decide, but 1t shoult
not tske him lorg. The question Of
Mr. Balliuger's right to remain would
seem TO depend upon jast how much be
knew concerning the efforts to turn over
the PROF e'iy Of the public 10 the Cur
nIDehsm snd other syndicstes who in
tura acre operating in conjunction With
the great GlggeDheim syndicate. All
the testimony thus far, including letters
from Ball.Bger and the cfficers OF The
Ioterior Department, and respecting
BllHpeer's close sssoCistion With the
men who we're trying 10 perpelTa'e great
fraud upon the public, both ss friend
aud attorney, would seem 10 indicate
that nothing had escaped bis knowledge
which tended either to I'D aice th' 90
claims or retsId tbeig settlement 10 favor
of clslmauls. G'aVls declared Ball
lineer had sesed In 1908 6s attorney itr
RspresantatiVs Kincaid in connection
with The G zen group OF clslms. he
also said BalliDger had prevented biEi
from interviewing representative Ms'-
Lachlau in regard to The same group Of
claims. 10 the plain unvsrnished story
told by CLAWS under close examination
on Saturday, there seemed left 90 room
10 doubt tba, Commissioner Of the Land
Office Dsnnett had scted personally to
aid the claimants and TO ObatTuct the
wo,k OF the governments agents. At
the same time Glavis declared positively
that Secretary BilliOger participated in
the work il connection with the Cur
niugbam claims, Notwithstanding bis
Is.ter declaring that he would hsve moth
ing to do With them, because he bad
bsen stormy for some Of the PaIti's In
intcrosi.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
Sunday School Children blurred.

Palermo, Jar. 3l.-News reached
here iodsy Of the irjlry Of 200 Sunday
school children tudng service ysster-
day in chapel at Santa Catherine,
when the floor collssped and prscIpiated
200 children to the basement. Many OF
toe children are believed to be fatally
hurt.
A scene Of terrible confusion followed
the floors collapse. The fire deI sEtmens
snd the police led In tho work OF re.cg,
ing the children.
At the height Of TIE excitement many
OF the madden paieDts inside az attack ur :
on the htuWs Of some Of tina city eff Gals
gho were accused OF criminal negligence
10 rot ascsTiainiog that the supports of
the chapel floor we're rotten.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

FROM the very inneTnost councils Ct
the republican psrIy, councils 10 whith
the president himself has participated,
.he Order has gone forth that repu6llos' 3
of both houses must defend the party
against the cbsrge Of responsibility for
the present high cost OF living. The
general discon,ent throughout the couu.
ty, maailesliBg itself In the various
monuments against the beef iruSt ard
against the other combinations which
have so greatly raised the price level, is
causing the utmost slsim to all The
leaders in Washington. This alarm Is
increased by the tendency Of the public
90 blame the Aldrieh tariff Law fer al
!esst some part OF the advance in The
cost Ct lyiog, ard for the continuously
growing strength OF the monopolistic
corporations which are daily Increasing
their control of production aud distribu-
tiOD. Tue very fact thst proof abOunds
thai the Law Is partly responsible fer
present conditions he's led TO the cOnclu.
sion that the responsibility must be
placed upon other csuses If the republi.
can party Is to be continued in power.
SO the word hsa gone forth from the
Whit Ii use fiat republicans 10 both
honses mus! hestir themselves In gen.
ersI tll)rt to convince the public that
the taEfl has had oothIng to do with in
crossing the cost of living, aud that re-
duced production and combinations like
the beef trust against which the govern
meut will proceed in the courts, ere alone
TO blame. VIII the public believe tng
such stuff?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

A COLD WAVE is announced for tbi'
week. The Wta'her Bureau last night
d cleared thst present bsrometlc eondi.
tlous indicate moderate temperature gen.
orally over the country until near lh'
close of the week. Then a cold wave IL
looked for from the northwest, which
will advance 10 the Atlantic coas''
Storms reaching The Atlantic sesboarc
bout the middle and close OF the pres
ent week will be attended by sharp aaeIua'
lions In temperature from the lake region
and Ohio Valley over the Middle Atlantic
and New England States, aud PreciPits
tloD generally esst Of the Mississippi, 10
the middle and northern districts, partly
in the form Of snow. 10 the Missouri snd
ws,tern Mississippi valleys and the PLANE
states the precipatIons will be light.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
Family Starving to Death

Huntington, Pa, Jan. 9l.-.Aiter
having lived ior two months with. ro.h.
ing to es! bu. bark from trees, BsrrIe.
Hsmpsou, widow and two gAalI chill.
dren, we're found today by fos.hunte,r.
starving to death in their JAssls hut IL
the Stone mountains, II m sss from bar /!
The woman and childreu were brousl I
to hospital here, where I'll Ia declared
they will probably die From What Ito
hunters could learn the hu.ba d died
Two mouths ago snd the unprotected
ismily was slovly Starving 10 the 90,
eladsd hat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
TOday's Telegraphic News
Conditions in Paris.


Paris, Jan. 81. - With 200, 900
actually homeless in Piris aud the
suburban towns s5d 800, COO without
employ meni; with hundreds ttill i'm.
periled by the food and seu distrets on
every hand, The government announced
todsy that 1t "has the Ell uation we'll In
hlrd."
This statemeot means nomore than the
shat crisis from the food Itself has passed,
aud that If everything goes we'll and nous
of the threatened danger malerislizes, the
city is in a position slowly to recover
from lis terrible plight.
The Seine Is rectdiDE, but only at the
rate OF halt az inch an hour. The stsge
At midnight q. the Pont d 'Aus!erIiIz was
&c feet aud 9 inches. A. s o'clock the
stage was 26 feet and inches.
The temperature at noon was 81, and
while there wefs 20 clouds to lhrea ten
further rains, the atmosphere was murky.
As the situation slowly improves in
Paris, the people are coming to reRliza-
lion that they have not suffered alone.
In the towns and PROVINCES conditions
are as deploTsble as In the cspiIsl. At
Bry Sar Marne, town OF 80. 600, il ID
estimated that 1000 are desi u g and
sufferlug This tosn is but sample Of
nearly every city and hamlet along the
rivers OF eastern and southern France.
That there is still the grsvest danger
of future cstasirophes In Paris a. re-
sult Of the undermining of the streets
and foundations was shown today by the
collapse of the sidewalks In the Rue st.
Lszne and Rue CsumsrIin. The side
wsIka were participated into the subway.
Psris, Jan. 3l.-A reign OF crime and
plllage, insiigsted by thieves aud
Apsches, iasWeepiOg the fl ood devastated
sections Of Paris aud Its suburbs today,
despite tie vigilance OF the thousands Of
soldiers and police.
At AlfortVille today boat containing
lout Apsches was chased By bOst load
Of marines. A revolver FIRE vas kept up
bttE,en the two crews, the lOoters' boat
inslly b ing sunk By the fire Of the
marines. Two OF the robbers we're drown.
ed, one was captured and lyuehed sCd
the fourth escaped,
AuoIher boat msnned by two pirates
VAS captured by q police boat. The
lynchIDg of the pirates vas narrowly
prevented by The police.
A thief arrested st IVry attempted 20
sink the boat Of bis caplors. The latter
tied rope to the rObbsr, threw him
overheard aud dragged him through the
Icy waters fer three quarters of an hour
The mao wss 50 chilled when finally
taken frJm the water that 1t is believed
be will die.
The villas at Saint Denis have suffered
greatly from looter', Wills 10 the BOiS de
Vincednes II is worth citizens life ts
venture from bis home after darkness.
Ohayeuton Is overrun with thieVes
and the people there are srmiUg them.
selves, 81 the authorities hsve proved
impotent 10 check the lsWlessness.
A csye-in occurred iodsy Ia The Rne
RIvoli, near ths place de Ia Ooncorde
subway. The engineers have barred
The public from this section,
A half blcQk OF bousea In the Q1si
ToarDelle we're evacuated today IS their |
condition was not considered safe ioi
occupancy. A big cige.in Of sidewalks
sloDg The Qlai d'A0stsrl;lz occurred
this AFTERNOON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
AFather,a Terrihla Deed.

Tspbeming, Mich, jar. Sl-Ou'y
the corpse Of the two monlhs old baby
remains today for burial, iollosisg the
murder and destiu,tion OF the Artti
Myionem family By the la,bsud and
father. Mylouem, broodiug over the IN.
ness Of The baby ls.e last night, cent his
wife from the room and stabbed the baby
to death with a pocket knife. When
the woman returned be incu,,d her
to 90 to the barn where be blew both to
sbredi with q charge Of dynsnie.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

PARIS ia 1t present like city OF the
middle ages. Most of the French CAPT.
tai is without sleciric light, and oil and
candles, al siege prices, are the means OF
illumination. The ordinarily gay and
brill snlly lighted resorts of the Sunday
crowds we're DARK aud deserted yester.
day, aud all cave one OF the theatres
were clOsel. All the vigilance of the
soldiers and police in Paris is nov re-
qnIred to guard sgsinsi robbery and
other crimes in The dsrkened city. In
the devastated region outside the city
che troops have during the past few
days killed several thieves. Many at.
Temps to rob deserted villas and homes
are reported. The number of sufferers
and refugees from the submerged dis.
tricis is increasing aud the relief workers
are busy day snd might, Food Is con-
veyed in beats to the starving people in
houses surrounded By wster. While the
river Seize continues to fall, the utter
failure of the city's electric and gas
plants, the collspslng Of buildings aud
the opening Of chssms in the streets
made the conditions SIS bad, If not worse,
than when the food was at its height.
The scenes In Paris during the past
few weeks show how quickly a great
metropolis can be plugged into distress,
a picturs 10 contemporary this morn.
Ing reprasI nt' two temale figures, one
"Frsncs," the other the Omitted
SIstss," 8 sister republic, France ia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
town Treasnrer on Trial.

Boston, Mas, Jan. Sl.-Ths trial 0.
John B. Lombard, town treasurer o.
South Ffsmiogbsm, who lie charged with
defrsuding the town through q 81, 1855,
600 series OF note forgerles, snd OIL
CHARLES 8. Cummings, the Boston
broker, who Is alleged TO have uttered
the paper, began here today. The To-
diciment charges forgery, u'teriUg and
larceny Of moueY notes TO the amount oil
1926, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
Took Money from Stocking.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-It ls no longer
safe for woman to carry money 10 her
stocking. MU. Mary Thull, 26 years
old, wss held OPP by two men 10 front OF
her residence Ia this city Saturday night
and robbed Of Is. The money was 10
her stocking. They seemed 10 know
that hsd the mouey 10 my stocking"
Mrs. Tbull told the police, "ior one OF
the robbers grabbed me BY The lsf: leg
and took the So which | carried 10 a
roll. They laid II made aoy noise
they would kill me-"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
THE R., F. P. RAILROAD CASE.

THE K. r. L. RAILROAD CASE.
Desiring that q full court heEr the
argument, Tie Court OF Appeals on Sat.
u .dsy decided to listen again to the dis
custom OF the case OF the common
weslth sgalnst The Richmond, Fred
erlcksbnTg and fotomsc Railroad, one oil
The most important cases now pending
In the courts OF tho commonwealth.
TO tina. end an order Was entered set.
iirg sside the previous order by which
the csse was tu united to the court,
aud It was decided to have resrgu.
ment at the March term. The case
was argued on Jsrpliy 5 by Attorney.
General William & Anderson for the
commonwealth, and by Allen Osperton
Blsxion for the railroad,
following this action, the court sd-
journed on Friday for the term. Ii will
meet again on March /.
The Richmond, Ffedericksl u'g and
Potomac csse Involves lhs right Of The
Safe Cooperation Commission to assess
that railroad fcF franchise tsx Each
year such 3 tax has been levied, the
railroad contestiug 1t, and has been
yearly brought before the Circuit Court
of the city OF Richmond. The present
case wss uted IS 8 test, and was decided
10 the lower court 10 favor OF the rcai,
mainly upon provision in the conslitu-
ton OF the Unlted S.alts.
The road rests liz case upon The fact
that 1t WIS exempt from taxation BY lis
original chatter, aud the constitutional
provision referred to Is that no s'a'e has
The power 10 mike a law impsiring the
obligations OF a contract. Richmond
Times D.spA.cb.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
Burned to Death.

Scranton, Pa, Jan. 3l.-Mrs. Patrick
joyce, aged 55, Mamie Joyce, 81 years
old, and Mrs. Joycs's g,sud-dsu ybter,
May, one year old, we're burned to death
10 Ere which destroyed The home oil
Patrick joyce today. The woman and
child we're asleep 10 an iuper room and
their escape was cut CT by the aimes.
Seven othsT persons were seriously
burned,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

weeping over her sudden misforiureS
aad The U Ii!ed States Ia comtoding
aud assisting her A liue under the
picture, Gas che remembered as"
expresses 8 Volume. Movements TO-
ward materially assisting the people
Of stricken France have been started
spontaneously 10 many places through
on. the United States. L, is hoped
Trey will meet vita prompt responses,
as there never was q more worthy sp-
peal to on. nation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
Japanese mastered

London, Jan. S1-A news sgeDey re-
por. received here this afternooo de.
Glars there hes been massacre OF tao
JSpaneee seitlers 10 south PhouogaD,
Korea. TIE Koreans are said to haze
risen Ia arms against the constant en-
croschments OF the Japanese.
Il Is rumored here that Ihs uprIsipgls
the beginning Of general one all over
Korea sgsinst the japanese occupancy
of the hermit kingdom,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
Opposes Destructlon of Bodies.

Cherry, H., Jsn. 81 "A proposal
that the remaining bodies in the st.
Psol coal mine be destroyed with cheml-
Gals IL being met With bitter opposition
today from the scores of widows, Who
ere waiting for the weather TO permit.
the opening OF the sealed shalt.
Helmet men are expected from ths'
state rescue station q! Urbana tomorrow
and 1t Is Planned to remove the lid,
from the two shafts aud to remove the,
80 victims oithe disaster.
Tentative arrangements are being
made for funerals and burisls. Men
have been engaged to dig row ofgraVes
qusrter OF mile long.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

Samuel II. Tsltersall, supreme secrt'
tsry Of the Heplasophs ADD leader In
frsterual circles, is dead at bis home 10
Baltimore today following iuidsu a.
tack of heart disesse. Mr.. Tstterssl
was 4S years old sud was born 10 Trsn.
ton y. ],
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

Paris ofnortbern Virginia we're on Sat
turday In the grip Of one of the Worsi
s7osstOrms txpeTisnced this winter
The storm began Friday night and
lasted ell day Saturday. A high wind
prevailed, blessing the snow 10 deep
drift. Railroad traffic was delayed,
and the country road, continue badly
blocked
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

In CLEVELAND, where the fret meal
boycott was started, 1t is ssid that owl
so, 900 have signed the pledge to ststa u
from ealing meat for thirty Gays. Thett
psople will ssk the legisla u'e to PASS q
bill TO penalizs the retaining Of food in
cold storsge foe longer than one month
Ia this connection reporter for New
York newspaper. gained admittaIce IL
one Of The lsrges! cold storage plants in
New York and found records of food
stuas kept as long as two yesr1 or more,
such as 6sb, poultry, eggq, fruit and
meals. Eggs in come cases were f'e
yelrs old and originally had been I'M
ported from Chins. 1t is estimated that
au entire beef carcase for esch stult 10
the country 10 held In cold Storage.