Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-09-22
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

President Aldermen announced yes
terlay the appointment, by order OF
the executive committee OF the board
OF visitors of the University OF Virginia,
OF Charles G. Maphis, Of Charlottes-
vile, as professor Of secondary educa-
ton and state examiner OF high schools.
Hotel keepers holding saloon licenses
were barred from the order of Odd
Fellows by action taken yesterday by
the Sovereign Grand Lodge in session
in Indianapolis. Saloon keepers have
been barred for some time The &C
ton was advocated by Grand Sire
John B. Cockrum. Another import
ant ruling of the Grand Lodge vas the
refusal to permit the women Rebekahs,
auxiliary of the Odd Fellows, to organ
| ize national assembly. The grand
sire's report on the Imperial Order Of
IMuscovites recognizes the right OF any
Odd Fellow to become MuscoVite.
Eleven young men of Allentown,
Pa, crowded into big touring car,
| we're injured, one probably fatally, six
seriously and four slightly, in an ac-
cident at Dry Run, between Northanp-
ton and Catasauqua, Pa, early yes
terday. The accident occurred while
the young men were returning from a
trip to Northampton. The motor car
was rounding turn while descending
steep hill, when tire burst. The
| machine then crushed head-on into a
large tree and is total wreck.
Much loss of life and property was
caused by typhons in Formosa, accord.
| ing to advises brought by the steamer
Panama Maru, to Victoria, B. c.,
Acton, large city, was demolished.
The total loss of life is estimated at
several hundred, and thousands are
being fed at the military concentration
camp at Takao.
Another perpendicular advance OF
III points occurred in the price OF raw
sugar yesterday in New York, making
Cuba centrifugal. SO test, 5,92 cents
which is the highest figure in many
years. A sale OF 10000 bags took
place on that basis and more was want.
ed, but shop supplies are very light,
although there is less anxiety regard.
ing later shipments. No further
change was made in refined sugar, but
an advance is expected to follow this
sharp rise in the raw article. At pres
ent CTS cents is the lowest price being
quoted for granulated sugar; some re-
fncrs are practically out OF the market
and others are asking as high as $50
for prompt shipment.
Disagreement during discussion OF
winter clothes led the members OF the
Harlem Sunshine Society, girls club
in the upper section of New York to
adjourn their meeting yesterday and
fight out their differences in Morning.
side Park. 1t took six policemen to sep
arate the struggling, squealing COM
baiants. In Harlem police court, the
president OF the society, Miss Kitty
Schnader, accused Miss Edna Hall, OF
cutting her with safety razor blade in
the melee, aud the latter was held in
81 500 bail on all assault charge. Nine
other members, who had spent the
latter part of the night in cells, we're re-
leased.
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman's an.
nouncement that he is q candidate to
succeed himself was made public yester-
day in Columbia, S. c., refuting recent
stories that he might refuse to run again
because of failing health. Senator
Tillman probably will be opposed by
former Representative w. ]. Tabert, OF
| Columbia. While Senator Tillman was
10 Columbia he purchased two pitch
forks-for agricultural purposes-and
carried them to his home i'll Trenton.
4 war engine, invented by Marquis
Imperiali, while undergoing tests at
Moatichiari, Italy, yesterday, exploded.
Six persons we're killed and sixteen IN
iured. Among the wounded Is the
| marquis.
Calbraith Rodgers, racing for the
$40, 600 trans-continental prize offered
by William Randolph Heart, flew
ninety-6ve miles in seventy eight min
utes yesterday afternoon, starting from
Middletown, n. Y, at 2:31 O'Clock aud
landing short distance east OF Han
cock at $3.50
An aud ence numbering I 200 people
Yesterday stood in the drilling rain at
Grand Rapids, Mich, and listened in.
ltently while President Taft defended
his vetoes of the wool, farmers free
list, and cotton bills, and explained bis
position on the tariff Although the
speech was a long one, the throng
waited with intense interest in the rain
Iuntil the last word vas uttered.