Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-23

Va. hospital Wednesday night from
injuries received when he fell from q
Iwestbopnd freight tran on the Chesa'
peake and Ohio rairoad. Plat fell
asleep while riding on a car. His
skull was fractured.
The first step in. plan for reor'
ganizing the Wabash Railroad and
taking it out of the hands of receiv'
ers was carried into effect Wednes.
day in st. Louis when a purchasing
committee of the roads creditors
bought the entire S22O,0OO,O00 sys.
tenn, with all its assets and liabili,
ties, for $1s,O0O,00O.
Three men were killed Wednesday
when an interurban car on the Pitts
burgh, Harmony, Butler G. New
Castle line struck an automobile in
which they were riding, at eros
sing, near Order station in the vi
cinity of Butler, Pa. All were from
Rochester, Pa. The machine was
hurled 100 feet by the collision.
Pinning to coat letter addressed
to his parents, in which he blamed
his troubles with his wife from whom
he was separated, as the reason for
his act, Roy Titman, aged "a, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Titman, of
lola, Pa, jumped from the East
Bloomsbury bridge into the Susque-
hanna and was drowned.
The father and relatives of E. A..
Empey, cattle and sheepman kidnap-
ped from his ranch east of Idaho
Falls, Idaho, Saturday, have decided
TO pay the $4,000 ransom demanded
by his abductor. Mr.. Employs
father has asked the Sheriff to recall
his posse. Relatives fear that efforts
to capture the abductor will result
in Empey being killed.
In Berlin and Wurtenburg the au-
thorities have introduced a new COM
posite Of maize flour, dried vegeta-
bles and dried meat, a species of
macaroni and meat extract, which is
especially intended for providing
cheap meals Cor necessitcus persons.
One penny's worth is said to be
sufficient for meal for person with
"a large appetite.
Secretary Of the M y Daniels will
recommend increases in the pay of
the high-class machinists at the
Washington Navy Yard when Con-
gress meets in December. This was
his announcement yesterday in dis
cussing demands Of machinists at
the local yard, which may result in
a strike order and possibly disaffec-
ton in other navy yards.
Arthur Warren, a well known res
ident of Greenville, N. c., has just
completed 2O-mile cruise in the Tar
Ri""r in bath tub. Attiral IT.
bathing suit, he launched the tub at
Greenville, fter sending his clothes
by c:.p'"ss to Washington, N. C.,
- miles down the Tar Re-, ain
set forth on his long voyage, arriv-
ing safely at his destination. Incl
dentally he won $50 bet.
A threat to make another and "suc-
cessful" attempt to blow up the
Capitol was contained in letter re-
celved Wednesday by Major Ray
mond w. Pullman, superintendent of
the Washington police. The time
set for the explosion was yesterday
morning at 1870 o'clock. Major Pull
man declared he regarded the letter
as an outburst ola perverted sense
of ilumor."
A Baltimore corporation which
was surety for J. C. Bradley, treas.
urer of Washington county, settled
yesterday with the State and county
on account of the shortage of Bradley
as treasurer. Bradley's Indebtedness
to the county was SCI 900 and to tho
State $4,000. The attorneys for the
county agreed to accept $4,000 i'll
full settlement of the amount due
the county. while the State rocaived