Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-24

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the government being powerless to
curb their action. Many government
officials are said to have fled from
] the areas in which Tie serious condi-
tions prevail.
All records have been broken in the
shipment of turkeys from Southwest
Texas, to northern markets, for the
holiday season. Reports from II coun-
ties in the San Antonio section, which
supply many of the birds, for Thanks
giving, showed that $4,000 turkeys had
been sent East during the past 10
days. The turkey crop this year was
said to have been the largest in the
| history of Texas.
Two shipments Of gold valued at
SIS. 100000, which arrived yesterday
at New York, on board the steamers
Lapland and St. Paul, were landed.
The Lapland brought S7,00O,OO0, while
the St. Paul carried S3,850,OO0 in gold
specie and s4,9OO,OOO IN bullion. Most
of the gold was consigned to New
York banking houses to pay for war
munitions ordered by the British gov
eminent.
A murder mystery that has puz.
zled the Providence, R. l., police TO-
two days was solved early yesterday
when Peleg E. Champlin, genera
! inspector for the Rhode Island Com
i pany, confessed that he killed Fred
erick H. Bishop, in The latter's home
Sunday morning. Champlin said tina
he had quarreled with his victim owe
Mrs. Bishop, but absolved the wild
ow Of blame in every respect.
King Constantine of Greece yester-
day put this plain proposition to the
allies: "Assure Greece of safety
against the Bulgarians and their leu.
tonic allies in case you abandon you
Balkan expedition and the Greek army
will demobilize." This is virtually
reply to Lord Kitchener's reported
declaration to Greek officials that
England will, by next March, hav'
4,00O,O00,000 soldiers under arms and
be prepared to provision 100000
Russians.
Gordon Thomasson, aged IA, one
of the best-known caddies employed
at the Albermarle Golf Club links
died at Charlottesville hospital Mon
day night from injuries received late
Sunday afternoon while attempting tc
board a freight train which was pass
ing near the Charlottesville Wooden
Mills. Both legs were so badly man.
gled that they had 20 be amputated.
The lad was son of the late George
Thomasson, and was born near Cow
ington.
The election of John T. Fitzpat-
rick as Treasurer Of Nelson county
at the recent election is being contest
ed by w. B. Lee, his opponent, over
whom ne was given majority of SO
votes. Various irregularities are char
ged at the Massie's Mills, Tye River
and Arlington precincts. 1t is expect
ed that the present session Of the
court, which began Tuesday, will con-
slider the petition, which was filed b5
Is voters of the county.
The table knife which Mrs. Eliza.
beth l4nckeberger finally persuaded
surgeons she had swallowed while il
: a delirium due 20 illness eight months
: ago was taken from her stomach yes.
terday by an operation at the West
Side Hospital. IKE knife was cor
, roded and saw-edged, from the &C
] ton Of stomach .,c:ds, and physician.
{ said that nature he'd made heroic IF
> forts to digest inc implement. ffi'
woman rallied well from the opera
: ton.
"A
ese. farEas western front is con
fcerned, Germany is beaten" said job
: Redmond, leader of the Irish national
l. list party, just returned to Londor
> from a visit to the army in France