Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-05-13
NEWS EbE 'ri:!c DA Y.

Appearing before the House CON
Mite, or military affairs Yesterday III
opposition t. the Hay bli! to change
the term Of army enlistment from ts'r-e
t. tite years MaJnr.Gcneral .L,onari
Wood, chief ut staff, aIsl characterized
as dream 81 lreamars' the appeal
for the disarmament Of nations. lhr
continuance OF the agitattGn Tor peace
SHOULD II / he sail Interfere with keep
ing the army up 10 tie t'p-h"tch OF
efficiency. General Woods remark
vas in answer 10 a question from Rep
rrsenta,iva julius Kahn, Of California,
regarding the trend Of public sentiment
toward arbitration and disarmament.
r. what General Wood said Mr. Kahn
replic J. II agree with you fully. "
At the present rate Of dese:tians 10
The United 9. ties array from the troops
in Texas and the small number OF
recruits, lie forces in the tialre ton
section Sof the country will he Depicted
10 an lhrifectcd army corrs IN a ie"
months. The dcsuit,on5 have agcre-
gated mere ihan leo IN the tSo
months out nf possible %. 900, aud
the officers say r;,al about 50 per cent.
or more al the d"Sert,rs have headol
for Mexico, most al them having Join
ed the iusurreCto army.
Dr.. Lester Il. Bell, Appointment PHI.
sician, and his chauffer William Ross,
we're killed at GrautSbErg. WIS yc$-
f,riay when lheil automobile turned
,,utlc. Inning them underneath. The
accident occurred while the doctor was
returning 10 lis home ID Atlas. The
wrecked machil.e Was i scpyrrsd 10y
schoolgirl
The British steamer Wrstmoreland
coilidcd with tie Spanish steamer De.
bayo, from iIuclva for Rotterdam, OIL
Goodwin Sands yesterday, according to
discatch from Dover Englamd. The
impoct was SO terrific that the SpsniarJ
sank two minutes late:. Her captain,
chief officer and three Sailors were
drowned.
The forest fire. which have been
sveening The townships Of Montague,
Wendell, and Ewing, Mass for The
past three days continued 10 rage yes.
tctday aud Up Ia noon had burned over
about IL. coo acres Of timber ana brush
lands. causing damage estimated at
fuIiy Si0O. 900. Twelve farm buildings
have been destroyed by the fire since
It's origin
Driven II distraction over the efforts
Of fellow -workmen 10 force hin int"
Joining uuion, Ernest Hebleb, %
years old, an employee Of the baldwin
Locomotive Works, Pniladel phia, shot
and kil=d himself yesterday. The
vouHg mans reason for his act was
given in letter addressed 10 bis wife.
The letter. in Instance, Was As follows:
II can no longer endure the efforts Of
nv fellow worhmen 70 force me III
Joining the union. do not believe III
uuion;sm, and they are making my
life so miserable that | cannot bear it
any longer. So, goodby. 5"
The Old Dominion Line Steamship
Hamilton with the passengers aud crew
of the steamer Merida, which was
rammed and sunk by the steamer
Admiral Far, agut at an early hour yea
terday morning. reached Norfolk last
night. The collision occurred in fog.
After All investigation which cleared
up to bis complete satisfaction the
mystery of the death OF Dir. ". K. {.
T o,co, r-.1,er En;,,t,aro ia Nerr EorG
Yesterday announced that il was I'M
doubsedly case OF suicide and that no
suspicion OF any sot; attaches tn Alta
Markerka, the young woman who was
so strangely identified with the case.
At tbs core. usiom Of the ceroneT's in.
tcryiew with ihe young woman he was
firmly convinced that her acttons Serc
due not cui $ TO tho tcfror. she esper,
fenced on findiuc her lover Gud bene-
factor dead. but due also TO the mystic
teachings OF pr. Latsou, who had
taught her that there is no. such thing
as death.
Norman LEXIS, the negro who shot
and killed Chief OF Police Sialljngs at
Spring Hope, \. c. last September.
was electrocuted at the state prison at
Raleigh yesterday. Lewis displayed no
nervousness as he went to the chair,
holding Bible iE bis hand. Two
currents passed through the mans
body, and at the eud Of the second he
vas pronounced dead.