Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-10-07
NEWS OF THE DAY

near Philadelphia, SeVeIdl uays aSo'
a small piece Of tin caused her death
Thursday. Mrs. Walther was eating
salmon in her home on September
26 when she felt something in her
throat. She tried to dislodge the tin
with home remedies for the first two
DAYS. It annoyed, but did not hurt
her, Her throat began to swell later,
however, and she was taken to the
St. Luke's Hospital, where physi-
clans located the tin by means of an
XV-ray, but were unable to get it out.
The agitation in Germany for a
renewal of drastic submarine warfare
is daily growing stronger. The pap
ers are demanding that Germany ig-
more the United States, calling that
country "an enemy Of Germany"
The body of Rev. Stephen Mac
Gill, curate of the Church of the I'm
maculate Conception, of North Eas-
ton, Mass, was found yesterday in
what is known as Hoe Shop Pond,
which is used as swimming pool by
men and boys. His clothing was
found on the bank. There were no
marks of violence on the body. 1t is
believed that Father MacGill went in
for swim and was seized with
cramps when in the water.
Passengers and the crew of a
Woodward avenue car in Atlanta, Ga,
had a miraculous escape early yes
terday when the car was wrecked by
dynamite, believed to have been plac-
ed on the tracks by sympathizers Of
striking carmen. The windows of the
cars were shattered and the heavy
| rails broken in several places, but
no one was injured.
The Dominican army has revolted.
Only the presence of the American
marines and bluejackets has prevent
ed another revolution. The situation
now is in the hands of the American
officers of the United State marine
corps and peace is reestablished
One-time partisans of Gen. Desiderio
Arias who rose against President
Juan Osidoro Jiminez and overthrow
the Jiminez government, turned
against him at Santiago, and for q
few hours the situation there was
critical.
Ispahan, one of the important cit
les Of central Persia, has been lib,
Grated from Russian rule through ar
uprising of tribesmen in holy war
says an official statement, issued in
Constantinople, October a, dealing
with the situation in Persia. A Rus.
sion army, which attacked the Turks
at Kinshar, northwest of Hamadan
it is added, was routed by the Turks
Kidnapped Wednesday night by a
band of Greeks and held for $4,000
ransom, Robert Perry, 35 years old
manager of the Moffet coal mines at
Oak Creek, COL, early yesterday,
shot one of his captors, wounding him
seriously, and escaped.
The Braddock Pa. police ycster-
day arrested James Floto who had
thrown skillet full of red-hot pen
MES to a crowd of children and then
laugh uproariously as the youngsters
tried to pick up the coppers. The
children had gathered around the
home of newly-married couple when
Floto who lives nearby appeared bear
ing a skillet filled with several hun
dred red hot pennies. Floto tossed the
coppers in the air and the children
began a wild scramble for them. Soon
the voices of the little ones turned to
screams of agony. Floto was roughly
handled by spectators.
A Federal jury yesterday in Tren-
ton, N. j., awarded $4,000 DANA
Iges to Mrs. Daisy James, of Newark,
former dancer at the Winter Gar
den, New York, against the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad,
for the loss of both her feet. She was
run down by train of the company
in June, 1915, She sued for 100000.
Wireless communication between
the United States and Japan was es-
tablished at San Francisco. The
Marconi operator picked up a strange
call, followed by the salutation,
"Hello, U. S. A." from the japanese
station near Tokyo. He answered
with a 6OO-meter "wave-length" ap-
paratus. 1t is understood that a re-
gular commercial service will be es-
tablished within fortnight. This feat
of wireless breaks the long-distance
record, $500 miles intervening be-
tween the two points.
Spurred on by the exhortations OF
| "Mothar0 Tones labor agitator, 30O