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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-06
FIRE LOSS s2,5oo,oOO
One Person Killed and $4,000 Bush
!; els Of Grain Destroyed in New
:; =: port News Blaze.

Newport News, Sept. 6-Although
is probably will be weeks before an
accurate estimate of total damage
can be made, the property loss in the
fire of Saturday night and yesterday
morning win total about $2,5o0,ooO
according to estimates; 100000
more than at first supposed.
All that is left of the mammoth
Chesapeake and Ohio grain elevator.
A is the towering smokestack and a
smoldering mountain Of grain, sheet
metal and costly machinery. The office
of the United States Shipping Com
pany and the general office or the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
pany, both of which were frame str,
lures, were destroyed. The office OF
the Holland-American Line was badly
damaged by flames and water.
The two grain conveyors leading
from the burned elevator to gran.
pier No. 5 are Quilted practically the
full length of the pier and are stu
burning. Piers Nos. and 5, at which
several steamers were moored, Wheel,
damaged, but can be used.
The origin of the fire is still un-
known. At the time there were $780,
900 bushels of grain in the structure
The intense heat has prevented any
attempt being made to search for the
body of William Butler, the only
known victim of the fire.
E. W. Grice, assistant to the presi.
dent and Supt. J. W. Knapp, with
other officials of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway, spent today here ar
ranging for temporary methods fol
handling the grain business and FIJI
ture plans of rebuilding. Superintepd
emit of Terminals E. I. Ford announ
ced that there would be no Interrupt
ton of the grain business. Elevator
B; with capacity of 100000 bush
els, will be worked night and day ant
one of the coal piers will be used fol
handling grain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-06
WILL FIGHT CoNscR1PT1oN
Parliament of Labor Expected to
Take Action on Compulsory
Army Service

London, Sept 6-The Parliament
of Labor, which assembled in annual
session in Bristol today, promises to
he one of the most momentous gath
erings in the history Of the trades
union movement of this country. The
convention, which will represent near
ly 100000 organized workingmen,
will take up many questions Of large
importance, but public attention will
be focused on three-the attitude Of
labor toward the war, toward con-
scription, and in regard to matters
affecting the working classes during
and after the war.
The attitude of trades unions TO-
ward the war has been from the first
& stanch justification of Great Brit
aims action, and there is believed tc
be no doubt that the congress will de-
clare in favor of vigorous prosecu-
ton of the war.
Unless all signs fail, the attitude
of labor will be just as emphatic
against CONSUMPTION. The congress j:
expected to adopt a resolution or
this subject, characterizing conscrip
ton as reactionary and calculated tc
impair the nations.
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Washington Southern Ry.
Schedule in effect May 30, 1915

Schedule in effect May 30, 1915
For Washington and points north
daily at 6:53, sos, 1888 1901, 1916
1928, 2:9::3O Through train for New
York, via P. +. r.! 6:27, 1888, 1898
p. M.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond and
points south at 4:37, and 1917 n. m.
1916, 800, 1872, SIT (locol) 6:57,
9:l7, p. m. daily.
Accommodate for Fredericksburg
mt g:27 a m, daily.
NOTE-Time Of arrival and de-
parture and connections not guaran-
teed
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Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company.

Every day in the year for Fort
Monroe, Norfolk, Newport News and
points south, via suberb powerful
teel palace steamers.
Through connections made at Nor
folk with steamers of the Old Domln
ION Steamship Company for New
York and Merchants and Miners
Steamships for Boston.
General Ticket Office 720 14th st.
Bond Building, Washington, D. {.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-06
ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Howard Lumber Com
pany, Incorporated, will be held at
the principal office OF the Company
No. III S. Fairfax Street, AleXan-
dria. Virginia, at HOO a. m. Tues
day, September Z, 1915, to EJECT Dl-
rector for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other bust
ness as may properly come before the
meeting.
W. H. HOWARD
Secretary.
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RESOLUTION proposing amendment to section 81 OF Hftc
of providing pubshng sac
the to the next General Assembly
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-06
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
OFFICE, or l9In
CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES

% section l96 of the Constitution and approved February
190S.u -:
Joint proposing amendment to section 4 Article ~
OF Constitution. -.
the Senate coneung ma
oriy each house agreeing thereo mat tn
proposed General Assembly be chosen
members of the Hou OF Delegates o
provisions section one huncreC
and ninety-six Constitution, namely;
Constitution of Virginia. section fortysS o.
article four which IS the following. words .
The Assembly shall meet once IN Two years ON
succeeding the election oil the
convened
No session ena
shall continue
the OF threeths CT the members
extended
first session held under TINS Con-
stuo members shall allowed salary for not exceeding sixty oaSs
thirty days at any extra
session the consent Of the other adjourn
three majority OF he
shall constitute quorum to 40 business
adjourn from day to day. anu ha nave
attendance members in such manner ana Voe
penalty each house may prescribe =. D.
And insert n following:
Sec shall meet in two years on
succeeding the election OF tne
III
this Constitution No session of the fee
threeh of the members elected TO eh te
house shall other adjourn another pace
majority Of the members elected 70
10 business put
number shall have power to ce
and Under spcn
each prescribe
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FREE

All This week. pencil sets with Doc purchase Of famous
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Tbee holder ink and lead pencils.
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way to Fertilizer fire We'd
nesday ivory ruler. Suitable reward
if returned to this office. 2.lt
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HENRYK FIELD anG ca,
Lumber of all kinds, Shingling,
Laihs, Sash, Doors Blinds,
Stair Work, and Building Ma
terial of every desc.iptino
Lime, Cement and Plaster.
Estimates Furnished
Office, us n. Union st.

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders and directors Of the Harris
and Shafer Co.. will be held at the
office of the company, 1913 south Royal
st.. Alexandria, Va, at $50 p. NJ,
Thursday, September 80, 1913.
BY order Of the President.
E. A. HARRIS, Secretary.
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Deli
very
Observation-Disclosures
RAILWAY co.



Subject To Chang" Without Notice.
Leave tirNnndrin For Wnshlngton-
Daily Except sundays and Holidays
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sundays md Holidays. same nS above
except Trains ut 3 90. > 40. & 90. 20.
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and II 81 l.. VI.
Lcnvr Alexandria For VT. Vernon.
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10 20: IL 80.
Sundays as hhovc except 30 and
s 81 \. NJ. and IL 30 j. NJ.
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WANTED-Capable woman for: In,
crative position, no business exper-
fence required. Address L. P. care
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l. Resolved by Delegates the Senate eoncung e.
elected each house asIeeGg he 2n h
same hereby proposed referred the General Assembly to be
snss o 5s oSst in sss3D
fifty s ST ae oS ff" from h sa9 Of article
sec 90 No law hill bill orIgi
either house to be approved or e e by De the 'er or 4
No s o c%e s house. s BY
Oh, Printed by
cj calendar days in each house
" 1dS yea nay s
elected each house. recorded in the
affirmative. :. ou, ,,..,.a -, ., tn. &c.
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bill ey the 81 Of D the msm as AND Voting any m sas
by the and "ns e1 @ the ha 3h S
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sn G H ssc n h S @ 5 as
ling oes % ns"s Any s s a
which he pres sign bill w9js has been passed
title of. the BIZ iii I iarn5 be publicly
read nt fact of the tne hall o SR1eG on the
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AMENDED Ns 1 w v o p is has BEEN
house, considered such
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required in subdivision I'd" Of this
bill by be conquered by
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consideration bill and
slider provided the printing and reading
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ourfths members voting in each
the journal and provided FURTHER that
which establishes Office which creates con-
debt charge makes continues or REEVES any
public releases dis
claim the State which i'm
shall be passed ny the at
frnatve elected
and the OF members
the journal Every law imposing
such
which
other presiding officer of
which he predes
and duly enrolled lmmedi
the fact Of the signing shall be
tered on the journal. ''' 80
hereby certify that foregoing true copy of amendments
Constitution agreed by the General Assem-
blv Virginia. 1914 and the published
ane the Constitution and of the General
sembly approved February g. 1908. -.
JOHN W. WILLIAMS,
Clerk House Of Delegates of Virginia
ocr ~, UNIV - Ecuuao. fo uod waNTEn ro.ot,.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-23

ing to her She transcribed It with
beating heart:
Q. X. Coming.
The guard swung open the wicket
in front Of Quests cell.
! Young woman to see you, Quest"
he announced. "Ten minutes, and no
loud talking, please"
Quest moved to the bars. II was
Laura who stood there She wasted
very little time in preliminaries. Hav-
ing satisfied herself that the guard
was out of hearing, she leaned as close
as she could to Quest.
Look here" she said, "Lenoras
crazy with the idea that Craig has
done these jobs--Craig, the profess
sor's servant. you know. We used the
phototelesme yesterday afternoon and
saw him burn something in the pro-
fessor's study. Lenora went up
straight away and got hold Of the
ashes."
Smart girl" Quest murmured, nod
ding approvingly "Well?'
There are distinct fragments" I"
Laura continued. "of embroidered stuff
such as the Salvation Army girl might
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reflection on the mirror faded away
Lenora started up and hastily put on
her coat and hat, which were still iy-
ing on the chair
Il am going right down to the pro-
fessor's," she announced.
t"What do you think you can do
there?" Laura asked,
81 am going to see if l can find out
what that man burned" she replied.
81 will be back in an hour
Laura walked with her as far as the
street car, and very soon afterward
Lenora found herself knocking at the
professors front door. Craig admitted
her almost at once. For a moment he
seemed to shiver as he recognized her
"Wer. young lady" the professor
said. ''have you thought of something
can do?"
She took no notice Of the chair TO
which he pointed. and rested her hand
upon his shoulder
Professor" she begged. "go and see
Mr.. Questi He is in the Tombs prison
II would be the kindest thing anyone
could possibly do"
The professor glanced regretfully at
his manuscript, but he did not hesi-
tate. He rose promptly to his feet
'If you think he would appreciate
II | will go at once" he decided
4 Her face shone with gratitude.
"That is really kind of you, profes'
sor," she declared.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-23
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/ Come round and see me in the
Tombs, one OF you"
The ambulance men came and de-
parted with their grim burden, the
room on the ground floor was locked
and sealed, and the house was soon
empty except for the two girls. To
ward three O'clock Lenora went out
and returned with a newspaper. She
opened it out upon the table and they
both pored over it,
Justice Thorpe has refused to con-
slider bail!' He's a guy, that Justice
Thorpe, and SOS the idiot who wrote
this stuff" Laura exclaimed, thrust
/ ing the paper away from her. y
guess the professor was dead right
when he told French he was locking
up the one man who could clear up
the whole show"
Lenora nodded thoughtfully
THE professor spoke up like a
man." she agreed, but Laura, want
to ask you something. Did you notice
his servant--that man Craig?p
Cant say did particularly" Laura
admitted
| Twice" Lenora continued Il
thought he was going to faint. tell
you he was scared the whole of the
time"
! What are you getting at, kid?"
Laura demanded
"At Craig. ii | can" Lenora replied,
moving toward the telephone. please
give me the phototelesme. ! am
going to talk to the professor"
Laura adjusted the mirror to the in
strument and Lenora rang up. The
professor himself answered the call.
| Have you seen the three o'clock
edition, professor" Lenora asked.
Il never read newspapers, young
lady," the professor replied.
! Let me tell you what they say
about Mr.. Quest"
Lenora commenced a rambling ac-
count Of what she had read in the
newspaper. All the time the eyes of
the two girls were fixed upon the mir
ror They could see the professor
seated in his chair with two huge vol
, umes by his side, pile of manuscript,
and a pen in his hand. They could
even catch the look of sympathy on
his face as he listened attentively. Sud
denly Lenora almost broke off. She
gripped Laura by the arm The door
of the study had been opened slowly,
and Craig, carrying a bundle, paused
for q moment on the threshold. He
glanced neryously toward the profes-
sor, who seemed unaware of his en-
trance Then he moved stealthily to-
ward the fireplace, stopped down and
/ committed something to the flames.
The relief on his face, as he stood up,
was obvious.
"All l can do for Mr. Quest, young
lady, ! will" the professor promised.
He laid the receiver down and the
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whatever the penalty may be- II Is
for her sake--to find her-that ] broke
out OF prison and that am trying 70
keep free. The wisest thing to do,
from my own point OF view, would be
to give myself up. can't bring my
self to do that without knowing what
has become OF her"
The professor nodded again.
"A charming and well-bred young
woman she seems he admitted. II
fear that | should only be bungler
In your profession, Mr.. Quest, but II
there is anything | can do depend
upon me. Personally, am convinced
that Craig viii return to me with
some plausible explanation as to what
has happened"
Quest, for the third or fourth time
moved cautiously toward the window
His expression suddenly changed. He
glanced suddenly downward, frowned
slightly.
They're after mel" he exclaimed.
"Sit still, professor"
He darted into his room and reap
peared again almost Immediately, The
professor gave a gasp of astonish.
ment at his altered appearance. His
tweed suit seemed to have been turned
inside out. There were no lapels now,
and it was buttoned up to his neck He
wore long white apron; a peaked
cap and a chinpiece OF astonishing
naturalness had transformed him into
the semblance of a Dutch grocer's boy
'lm off professor Quest whis
pered. you shall hear from me soon.
have not been here, remember"
He ran lightly down the steps and
into the kitchen, picked up a basket,
filled 1t haphazard with vegetables and
threw cloth over the top. Then he
made his way to the front door, peered
out for a moment. swung through 1t
on to the STEP and, turning round,
commenced to belabor II with his fist.
Two plain-clothes men stood at the
end OF the street. A police automo-
bile drew up outside the gate. lnspec-
tor French, attended by policeman,
stepped out. The former looked search
ingly at Quest.
"Well, my boy, what are you doing
here?" he asked.
Il cannot answer yet" Quest re-
piled, In broken English. Ten min
uts already have ! wasted. | have
knocked at all the doors"
French smiled,
"You run along home" he said "and
tell your master that he had better
leave off delivering goods here for the
present"
Quest went off, grumbling French
opened the door with a master key
and secured it carefully, leaving one of
his men to guard 1t. He searched the
rooms on the ground floor and finally
ascended to Quests study. The pro-
fessor was still enjoying his cigar.
Say, where's Quest?" the inspector
asked promptly.
Have you let him out already?" the
professor replied, in tone of mild
surprise Il thought he was In the
Tombs prison
The inspector pressed on without
answering. Every room in the house
was ransacked Presently he came
back to the room where the professor
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was still sitting His usually good
humored face was little clouded.
Professor" he began What's the
matter, Miles,"
A plain-olothes man from the street
had come hurrying into the room
Say, Mr.. French he reported, "our
fellows have got hold Of newsie
down in the street. who was coming
along way round the back and saw
two men enter this house by the side
entrance, half an hour ago. One he
described exactly as the professor
here. The other, without a doubt, was
Quest"
French turned swiftly toward the
professor.
you hear what this man says?"
he exclaimed. Mr.. Ashleigh, you're
fooling me! You entered this house
with Sanford Quest. You will have
to tell US where he is hiding"
The professor knocked the ash from
his cigar and replaced it in his mouth.
His clasped hands rested in front
of him. There was a twinkle of some
thing like mirth in his eyes as he
glanced up at the inspector.
"Mr. French" he said, Mr.. Sanford
Quest is my friend. l am here in
charge of his house. Believing as l
do that his arrest was an egregious
blunder, shall say or do nothing like
ly to afford you any information"
French turned impadently away.
Suddenly a light broke in upon him;
he rushed toward the door.
THAT id Dutchiei" he exclaimed.
The professor smiled benignly.
CTo BE coNTINUED.h
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Il will send for my coat and we will
leo together, II you like" he suggested.
She smiled.
Il am going the other way, back to
Georgia square, she explained. mo,
please don't ring. ! can find my own
way out"
She hurried from the room. Outside
In the hall she paused for moment
listening with beating heart. BY the
side wall was hat rack with branch
ling pegs, from which several coats
were hanging. she slipped quietly be-
L hind their shelter.
A moment or two later she heard
THE professor leave the house Very
cautiously she stole out from her hid
ling place The hall was empty. she
crossed 1t with noiseless footsteps,
slipped into the study and moved
lstealthily to the fireplace. There was
little heap Of ashes in one distinct
spot. She gathered them up in her
handkerchief and secreted 1t In her
dress and quietly left the house.
At Georgia square she found Laura
waiting for her, and few minutes af-
terward the two girls were examining
he ashes with the aid of Quests mi
croscope. Among the little pile was
one fragment at the sight Of which
| they both exclaimed. 1t was distinctly
| a shred of charred muslin embroidery
Ienora pointed toward it triumphant
lly.
isn't that evidence?" she demand
| ed Lets ring up Inspector French!
Laura shook her head doubtfully.
Not SO fast" she advised. French
| is a good sort in his way. but he's
prejudiced just now against the boss
I'm not sure that this evidence would
go far by itself"
| Its evidence enough for us to go to
Craig, though! What we have got to
do Is to get confession out OF him,
somehow"
Laura studied her companion, for a
moment, curiously.
Taking some interest in Mr.. Quest,
kid, amt you?"
! Lenora looked up. Then her head
suddenly sank into her hands. She
knew quite well that her secret had
escaped her. Laura patted her shoul-
der.
That's all right, child" she said
soothingly. well see him through
this. somehow or other"
Laura exclaimed Lenora, we VIII
save Mr.. Quest and we will get hold
of Craig! / have plan. Lsten!"
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Sanford Quest, master criminologist Of
the world, finds that In bringing TO JUS,
tice Macdougal the murderer OF Lord
Ashleigh's daughter, he has but Just en-
tered a life-and- death struggle with a
mysterious master criminal In hidden
hut in Professor Ashleigh's garden he has
seen an anthropoid ape skeleton and a
living inhuman creature half monkey,
half man, destroyed by fire. In his rooms
at intervals have appeared from nowhere
two black boxes with sarcastic and
threatening notes signed with a pair of
armless, threatening hands, representing
those which have already figured in a
diamond robbery. With his secretary,
Laura. and his assistant. Lenora, he fol-.
lows the trail of Macdougal. who escaped
on his way to prison. and finds Macdou
gals dead body In a cave ON a lonely
hillside, After a thrilling escape from
two thugs who try To kill him he returns,
to his rooms to find his valet, Ross
Brown. and Miss Quigg murdered and
Police Inspector French investigating
French, puzzled. half suspects Quest Of
the crime.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-23

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"GETS-Tr Is .he new way the sim
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razors. files and the limping and the
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pestered people AN you do is put
drops Of "CSErS-IT" nr--.he corn shriv-
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The world like GETS TT" Millions are
using H. There's no pain. no trouble,
no changing shoes because of corns
"GF,TS-TT" is sold by druggists every
where csc bottle, or sent direct by r.
Lawrence & Co., Chicago, Sold In Guth-
rie and recommended as the worlds bess
corn cure by Lillie's Drug Store; Owl
Drug Store.