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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
ARMY AVIATOR LOOPS LOOP
Didn't Intend to. But Thinks he Coulo
do il Again.

New York, Jan. 17.-Sefgeant
Samuel Katzman, an altlllerynla"
STATIONED at West Point, loopea 1he
losn in an aeroplane yesterday ana
established a record for this feat
among military aviators in the Uni
rod States. Although the exploit was
involuntary, Sergeant katzman saio
he thought he could do 1t agan
without difficulty.
The aviator, who is a novice IN
,,>aininr at an aviation school was
Av;np about 1000 feet above for'
Wadsworth, Staten Island, when ms
machine turned over and q droppea 'oC
feet, Katzman stuck to his seat ano
IN rirhting the aeroplane made g
complete loop. He landed unhurt
but considerably confused by his
unexpected maneuver.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
PROSPECTS FOR
LOCAL OPTION
Advocates Are Claiming Up
per Branch Of General
Assembly.
CLAIM FIVE MAJORITY.
Said TO Have Decided On Program.
.Anti-Statewiders More Confident
And Aggressive.
CLAIM FIVE MAJORITY.

Richmon,, Va, Jan. l7---Vote down
the enabling act in the Senate next
week.
The issue thus being dead (since
any action the House might take ?
would be futile,) the General
Assembly will have the decks clear.
ed early for the consideration OF the
other business before it.
Liquor men are in better humor at
this time than they have been at
any time since the election of mem
bers of the House of Delegates.
What may have happened, what infor,
NATION they have obtained, is no'
known, but the situation apparently
is satisfactory to them.
While it has been claimed for some
time that the Statewide bill would get
the support of certainly four, pos
sibly seven members of the senate
who last season voted against the
measure, the wet forces now assert
that such claims were premature,
without basis, in fact, and there are
SOM who even declare that there
NAV be more accretions than losses
shown when the matter comes to a
test.
But the dry men have not by any
means conceded that they have or Will
lose solitary vote, but declare thu!
they have reason to believe that they
WiI] cain several They are not CIV
ing names of the men who they IN
cline to believe have core to them
anC re keeping we'll whatever ltor'
nation they may have Of that branch
of the affair.
There are many persons here who
are engaged in urging action on the
bill. and speedy action, that the
decks may be cleared and the body
ret down to the consideration OF
other matters Of Importance.
The vets are showing more
strength, more aggressiveness. more
zeal an;: activity than the dry forces.
The liquor people are counting on
defeating the bill by not less than five
votes in the Senate and if that is
done the House will possibly vote for
the measure, and the fight will end
the members merely going on record.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
ALEXANDRIA LOSES.
Teamwork Brings Victory t" John
Marshall.

Alexandria, Va, Jan. I.-John
Marshall High School of Richmond,
j: efeated the fast Alexandria h'gh
School team. in Armory Hall last
night by the score of 81 to 5.
The game was brilliant exnloi-
ton from start to finish. the superb
team work of John Marshall being
directly responsible for their VIC
tory. ~ ~ ;.
Alexandria showed decided lack
Of team work, though the individual
playing of Raison; Captain Wenzel
and Boss was of the higest order.
Fory the; Rithmonders, Hatcher
easily starred. Captain Bethel, Cos
by and White each put up fast ana
aggressive game, and thrilled the
large crowd at frequent intervals BY
spectacular goals -
sunnary-Fisld soslE; Hatcher, s
Write, s; Bethel 4; Sullivan, Hayes
Raison. Foul goals: Hssher, z;
rosss-s: sul!ivan; A. Has Of helvs.
60 uinrsss. "lsIEl'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
SAVES BOYS LIVES.
Driver Lassos Boys Through Ice
Far From Shore.

Atlantic City, n. j., Jan. 17.-!m-
provising alife line by tying the retls
of his horses harness together 7. T.
McHale. manager of local laundry,
Yesterday rescued I year-o!d- Da-
viz c. Reed, Sr., son of wealthy roll
ing chair baron, and another l2-year-
old youth named Martinet:from drown
ing in the thorouGhfare off the end OF
Brighton Avenue, Chelsea.
Reed and Martinez while katlne
had ventured far out from shore,
Sud 'enly the CLASSY surface crumo-
led under their weight, throwing them
into the water. There is slulceway
at this point. because OF a large IS
land lust off the shore, and ooth
,l,ovs went under the ice, but managed
- hre,k il over their heads and
gasp for air.
McHale was delivering launary !;
short distance away and. hearing
their shouts for help, rushed to their
assistance. Making lasso out OF the
reins he managed to pull the young
sters to the firm ice, and placing them
in his wamon. he took them to Dr.
Henry I. Harvey, who brought them
around after 20 minutes wofh.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

THRILLING S c f N + S
Flames Roar Through Dumb Waiter
TO Roof of House-But One Out
slider Able 10 Enter.

Brocton, Mass, Jan. II = Three
men an5, one woman We're burned 10
death and eight other persons, most
" women, were badly injured in 2
fire this morning in three-story
brick apartment house at the corner
of Main ami Rosseter streets.
The fire started in the basement,
and worked Its way quickly up
through dumb waiter to the roof in
the rear of the second floor, cutting
the building.
The dead were found on the second
floor suffocated. So severe was toe
fire that the tiremen an1 police were
driven back every time they made an
effort to enter the building. Only one
succeeded in getting in, Officer Gron,
Who rescued woman, whom he found
unconscious on the second floor.
It is not known just how the fire
originated, but it is believed to have
started from an overheated furnace.
Loss is estimated at about $4,000.
The list of dea3--Mrs. Mary j,
Monaghan. aged so; W.Bernard' Mon
aehan, aged 20; w. Crawford l'inin-
thai aged 20, ami an unidentified
male lodger.
One woman was overcome. ,slt
quickly revived.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
WOMAN DIES IN FLAMES.
,;xss Of Eleven Others lmperliee
When She Pours Oil On FIRE.

Philadelphia. Pa, Jan. H. - bs
pcuring the. contents OF a t%o.gS.,
ion can of benzine upon the Kitchen
fire Yesterday Mrs. Julia Bachmurs-
vli IS years old, Of No. f66 South
Second street, caused her own aea'h
and imperiled the lives Of IL 0'Aer
persons in the house. The woman oman
vas burned beyond recogn'tiop a1'er
tha benzine exploded and started q
fire in her home. Her four cni'ore'''
five stepchildren and husband were :.
farcod to leave the dwelling by lac
doris after the explosion. Only heroic
:,.ort on the part of the iremen pre-
vented greater loss Of life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
NEWS OF THE DAY

~ Z.
Ten thousand persons are missing
in the district in Southern Japan .deT-
.astated by the eruption Of Che volcano
isakura -Jima, by earthquake, tidal
wave and fire, and it is feared all
ave perished. Messages received by
the government from the authorities
of Satsuma province in the southern
part of the island of kiushiu, stated
that, with the. exception of 30
persons who took refuge in a cave,
nearly 10000 persons must surely
have been killed on the island of Sa-
kura, upon which the volcano is loca-
ted. The lava beds are too. hot and
the clouds of poisonous fumes too
dense to allow complete exploration
of the island by sailors from the war
ships in Kagoshima Bay, but it was
concluded that no human being could
have escaped the deadly fuslllades
from the craters of the volcano.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
!, Drowned While Skating.

Williamsburg, Na.,, Jan. 'l7.-Peter
Christian, patient at the Eastern
State Hospital, s'hile skating on Tut,
+le,s Neck Pond, fell through the
ice and was dorwend. The hospital
authorities were notified and mer
were sent down by automobile Win
;prappHnr hooks and recovered the
be1y which was brought to the nos
pital Yesterday aftsrnoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
lest SPEEDS FATAL BULLET.
.yorr,e Afraid to Shoot May Cost
Woman Her Life.

sunbury. Pa, Jan. 17.-"rll shoot
YOU" playfully said Mrs. Mary Elsie
nointiag an empty revolver at Mrs
Ida Taylor here YESTERDAY =,
you are. .ssaid,n she aas~esed. :
Mrs. Elas pulled the trigger ahs
her ne;ghber fell, ..h'ot in tAs race
She may die. q
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

TAX REFORM URGENT.
Incoming Governor Farors Relel
For Deposilors. But Must Not Flo-
late The Constitution.

Richmond, Va. Jan. li.-lnl1co'"
action on the Weaver Bill to prac-
tically remove the Tax on bank de-
posits in Virginia was averted yes
teriay morning through the action OF
Governor-elect Henry c. Stuart, VINO
requested temporary postponement.
The House Finance Committee held
called meeting in room 8 at tn:
Capitol at II O'Clock, for the purpose
of taking up the Weaver bill, which
is an emergency measure, so as 10
make it effective by February l.
Mr.. Stuart, in his communication to
the committee. said he deemed the
matter of such vital importance, a.
its effects are to apply during his ad-
ministration. that he felt justified IN
asking for a conference before action
was taken; especially so in view OF
the, fact that the senate finance
committee ,at its recent session, invite
led suggestions from him.
The committee unanimously out
of courtesy to the governor-elect, vot,
ed to pass the bill by until Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock. Chairman
Warthen, Of the committee from the
Virginia Bankers Association, had
previously appeared, and 'had exc
planned the measure, asking for an
immediate report.
Later in the day, Mr. Stuart came
to the city and number of members
of the General Asembl y cal!e1 on
him at his rooms at Murphy's Hotel.
MANY of them expressed themselves
regarding the Weaver bill, to the e1-
feet that the reduction of the tax to
q nominal rate of cents on the SlO0
Of value, the equivalent Of 1-5O Of l
per cent. was much too great, amount
ing to an absolute exemption 1fom
tax of bank deposits of all kinds.
Mr.. Stuart expressed himself to his
callers as concurring in the view that
certain amounts should be altogether
exempt in active bank accounts in the
rourse of current business, and that
,xerption should also be made on de-
posits in saving institutions up to a
certain amount in cases where the
denos;ts had been held in bank long
enough to show bona fides.
He thought, however, while sis
claiming any attempt act dlctatlon
that the Wholesale and sweeping eN-
omntion from taxation of enormous
amounts of property would be seri-
ous stumbling block in the way OF an
oouitable redistribution of the
burdens Of taxation, the most import
ant question before the General AS
sembly, especially as it seems vio-
lation of the spirit of the Constitu-
4ion. which requires all property %
he taxed Further, he feared that
radical disturbance of the existing
system, in favor of certain classes OF
n,onerty would inevitably conpilca1e
the whole question of tax reform
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

In Police Court today Max Sper-
ling n grocer, was arraigned for sell
ling on Sunday. AS this was the
second effense Justice Cation imposed
a fine of $5, with a warning that II
the Sunday selling was continued, a
heavier fine would be imposed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
CRATE FIRES FATAL TO BABES
Clothing Of One fodder in Fla mes
Other Topples in. "

greensburg, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE 10
,onths-old daughter Of Mrs. Robert
Brown, Of Larimsr, was burned To
death and the mother burned ser1-
ou.iv when the baby's clothing
caught fire from a gnste yestsads"
AZ RSport, Mary Rukie, aged 3
reHEsd fatal burns when she fell
f.sn a chair 1Eta q ssats.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

The Chamber of Commerce is re.
ceiving copies Of all bills introduced
in .ae State Senate and all bills re.
ported by the committees of the
House of Delegates, which are on file
for the convenience of the public.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Carter Brothers have high grace
store and dwelling for rental at corn
cr of Alfred and Franklin streets;
an old established stand, desirable
for any business. Call or phone Car
ter Brothers, 1923 King stret. 1G If
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

",rhe Story of the Withered Hand
will be the subject OF the sermon OF
the Rev. G. A. Luttrell, at TRINITY
Methodist Church tomorrow morning
The Senior League will be held a;
7 o'clock and the congregation vii:
attend the union evangelical churches
at 1870 o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

Rev. w. F. Watson, b. D., pastor of
the First Baptist Chuheh, will preach
tomorrow morning on, "The Things
of God" The union services will be
held in this church at 1880 o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

The Rev. VIM. J. Morton will preach
and administer the Holy Communion
at Emmanuel Chapel tomorrow nigh:
at 1880 o'clock There will be or
evening service at Christ Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
AT THE CHURCHES.

Rev. O.. W. Triplett will have for his
subject at the Second Baptist Church
tomorrow at II am: "Ye. are the
Light of the World" His evening
subject at 7:45 will be: What Th:,.k
Ye of Christ"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

The funeral of the late Mrs. r
Park Torbert, who died on Thursday
took place this morning from st
MarYs Church. Intel'ment was in
st. Mary's cemetery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

There will be meeting of the Suf-
frage League on Tuesday evening,
January Goth, at ZIG south st. Asaph
street. All members Of the league
who were given petition blanks are
requested to bring them in at this
meeting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

Mr.. Albert Metzger who has been
quite sick at the Alexandria Hos
hital, has returned to his home in
north Pitt street, and is greatly i'm
Iproved.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
$3.50 For Lincoln's Hair.

New York, Jan. l7.-C. Kinds paid
$3.50 Yesterday for lock of President
Iincolp's hair cut from around the
bullet wound the night he was assas-
.sinated: The purchase was made al
the sale of the. Lincoln memorabilia
from tn. library OF the late Maj: VIM
H. Lambert, of Philadelphia:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

FaIlowing the monthly-meeting of
Old Dominion Commandery which VIZ
held isst night in the asylum in Ma
sonic temple, a banquet was served
1t the Hotel Ran:lnel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

Sunday school $3.50 a. m. SERVICES al
100 a. m. Holy Communion at 80
Il. m.
Grace Church.
Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector. Serv-
ices at 7:3O a. m, II a. n1., and 1880
Il. m. Sunday school $50 a. m. Holy
Communion 1870 a. m.
st. Pauls Church.
Rev. P. P. Phillips, rector. Sunday
school 0:30 a. m. Services at l1:OO
a. nl., and 7:30 r-.m sa:lv fommNn-
ion 1880 a. m.
Second Presbyterian Church.
Rev. j. L. Allison, d. D., pastor,
Sunday School, 9:3c &. nj. Services,
IL :0O A. NJ and 1880 p. NJ
Young mems service in Westmin-
stcr Building at 80 o'clock.
Lutheran Church.
Rev. c. +. Brandt, pastor Services
at II a. m. Sunday school at $3.50
4. IN.
First Baptist Church.
Rev. W. F. Watson, pastor. Sun
day school at $3.50 a. m. Services at
11:O0 A. NJ and 7:30 P. NJ
Second Baptist Church.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. M,
George X. Bender, superintendent
Services and sermon at II q. NJ, anc
8 p. m.
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Rev. ]. w. Duffey, pastor. Sun
day school 9:30 a. M. Epworth Lea
que services at ZOO p. m. Servico'
ami sermon at II m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Chdrch
Rev. G. A. Luttrell, pastor. Sab
bath School, $3.50 a. m. Services at /.
a. m. Epworth League services N
700 p. m.
Methodist Protestant Church.
Rev. C. R. Strausburg, pastor
Services at HOO 4. m., and 7:30 p. m
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m, Christian
Endeavor 6:45.
! Free Methodist Church. 424 S. Le'
Street. Preaching at II a. M, an:
1880 p. NJ. Sunday school at 10 a. nj
Prayer service at T:30 p. m., OF
/ Thursday.
Catholic Church-Mass Sunday at
o'clock; children's mass, 9 o'clock
Sunday school 9:3O. High mass ant
sermon 10:30 Baptism, $3.50. Even
ing service and benediction at
Mass every Sunday morning at
o'clock at Mt. Ida (St. Rita's chapel,
Sunday school 2:30 p. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

Mrs. Mary E. Osternr2n has sold
to John S. West, a house and lot on
the west side of Alfred street, be-
tween Franklin and Gibbon. a deed
being placed on record for same IN
the Corporation Court today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

The Rev. John Lee Allison, pastor
of the Second Presbyterian Church,
will preach tomorrow morning in his
o.vn pulpit and in the evening at the
union services at the First Baptist
Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

At the Methodist Protestant
Church the Rev. C. K. Strausburs
will preach at II o'clock on Sacred
Vessels" At p. m. the Christian
Enaeavor services will be held
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

Homer McCord, 90 years old. who
pleaded guilty in the District Court
at Kansas City, Mo, to the charge Of
violating the Kansas White Slave law
by Turing Mrs. Mary Dean, l6 years
old, bride of day, from her hus-
baud !: g; autumn, w"s sentenced We'd
:;e:G.:r =. five year: IN the state re-
formatory. Mrs. Dean testified that
McCord exercised hypnotic influence
over her. She and her husband, Har-
vey Dean, became reconciled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

opstsrs, No1fnlks, the best in the
,.;;ttv.-alwayy at the KsmAssl Care
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

Word reached New York by cable
Yesterday of the murder of DR.. Ar
rigo Giannone, an Italian commits
sioner of immigration, by an emf
grant three days ago on the Berlin
q North German Lloyd Liner, which
is now bound from Naples to New
York. The tragedy came when the
ship was two days out from Naples
and was the result of threats which
DR.. Giannone made to the emigrant.
who had gone aboard the boat at
Naples after the doctor had refused
to let him start for America when ne
discovered that the man had tracho-
ma. When Dr.. Giannone told hlm
that he would be arrested and sent
back to Italy at the first port OF call
the infuriated Neapolitan jerked a re-
yolver from his pocket and tlred~ at
the commissioners head. The bullet
pierced DR.. Giannme's brain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

SoHo'k F::ed oysfn: a. RaAdMfef:
Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17

The Rev. Amos NJ. Piper, OF WASH
ington, was found guilty by jury
in the District Criminal Court, Chle1
Justice Clabaugh, presiding, of Grim
nally libelling his wife, Mrs. Sadie b.
B. Piper, school teacher, in Har-
risburg. Pa. Piper was allowe2' 10
continue at liberty on the same ball
$4,000. The testimony in the casee
disclosed that Piper and his wife had
a falling out and separated, because
of his alleged cruelty. Mrs Piper
returned to her home in harrisburg
and resumed. her vocation as teaSh-
sr in the public school.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-01-17
Christ Church.

Rev. William j. Morton, rector.
Sunday school $3.50 a. m. SERVICES al
ll:00 q. m. Holy Communion at 80
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-19

over. In this way he insured that the water took sometime to percolate through to the interior, and ignite the sodium. He always, too, insisted on the test be- ing carried out at night, and on fash light signals being sent him at the very moment the bombs were placed in the water and again when the bomb-rayers had regained their ship or the shore
 Ulivi would seem to have borrowed his idea from a mysterious American inven- tor named Lman H. Kimball, who, some few years back, claimed to have discov- cred method which would enable him to destroy an entire army in a few minues by electric waves projected through space.
 His claims were not seriously cunsid- cred by the United States government. al- though he did actually succeed, by means of his rays" in melting metals placed at distance of few feet only from his apparatus. This was considered very wonderful at the time, and as opening up vast possibilities, but later on, at meet ing of the Royal institution in London. similar experiment was performed by the we'll known MT. Peusen, who, how. ever, was careful to explain to his dis. tinguished audience the strict limitations
 in regard to distance which governed f.. and which altogether precluded the possi- bility of utilizing it in the manner that had been suggested.
 Eventually Kimball came to England, and having failed to get the British gov ernment to take up his alleged pateEt. he set himself up in business in the West End as specialist claiming to be able to treat diseases by means of radio active wave rays" His process was sim plicity itself He just shut himself up in a room, and produced any number of wave rays for an unlimited numrer oe patients at a charge of e1 per month to each
 It was not necessary, Kimball was care full to explain in the circulars he sert out to his prospective dupes, for sufferers to consult him personally, or even to be present during treatment All that they had to do was to sit at home in their own houses, and "attune their minds to his ether tones," watever that may mean. His waves would then set up "health vibrations in their systems, and they would be cured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-19
OFF|CERT w. RAY IN
 GRAVE CONDITION
PatrOlman Stricken With Paralysis While on Duty
 on SOuthside

Officer Thomas w. Ray was stricken with paralysis at Twentieth street and Avenue B about 10 o'clock last night. At an early hour this morning MT. Ray was said to be in very grave con- dition at his home 1420 Second avenue, West End
 According to Officer J. B Haffey, who was with Policeman Ray at the time he was stricken, there was no warning of the impending shock Both officers were standing at the corner of Twentieth street and Avenue when suddenly Officer Ray threw up his arms and fell against his brother off cer and then to the sidewalk before MT Haffey could get hold of him.
 The police patrol was immediately summoned ana Officer Ray was re- moved to the city jail where Dr. Charles Whelan, after an examination, summoned Shaw's ambulance and Mir. Ray was removed to his home. Dr. Whe1an stated that Officer Ray was paralized in the right arm and leg, and that the vocal cords were also eff fected.
 Officer Ray is 49 years of age and is married. He has been a member of the local police force for the past two years.