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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25
MARNELS or
THE TELEPHONE.

There lies before us d copy OIL the
Alexandria Gazette printed in 1856
1t contains an article headed Cali
fornia Intelligence" 1t had required
three months to get the news from
San Francisco to Alexandria.
There is still u corporaPs guard OF
"forty-nincrs'' in the world-that is
men who crossed the continent ovsr
thrcc-scorc years ago, when the gold
fever was raging in California. Most
Of them went south, crossed at MIC
urauga or the site of the Panama
Canal and after reaching the Pacific
coast proceeded north TO tho gold
fields. Months and sometimes years
elapsed before friends and relatives
in the cast heard from the cmlgrants
Had any ono at that time suggested
that in The future people could con
verse with ono another from the Fac
ific TO the Atlantic on wires, 1t would
have been claSscd with Baron Mum
chauscn's trip TO the North Star, ant
had any one predicted time woult
come when people in old Virginia
would hear the roar OF the Iaclllt
Ocean while seated in close proximity
TO tho Atlantic he would have bccl
Judged a proper subject for u luna,i'
asylum.
Three hundred members Of the Nor
folk Chamber Of Commcrne ct ;th'
get-tegetller. meeting jp@ the aksoclFa
| tons club rooms OH the 18th Ho"'
Of The Bank Of Commerce bulldlng
Thurzd.y night were addressed ;.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

roughly handled. The military had
charge of the city at, the time, and
a. number of arrests were made. The
accused were tried by the United
States Court and several were sent
to Fort Warren. They were, however,
soon released. There are a few Alex
andrians still living who were OF the
party sent to the fort. The man who
was charged with killing the negro
was allowed to escape from a guard.
He left the city, but never returned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

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the presidents Of the commercial
bodies Of San Francisco, Denver and
Salt Lake City. The addresses were
transmitted ny the medium OF the
transcontinental telephone. THE uni
que entertainment closed with a vo-
cal solo, "The Little Gray Home in
the West" sung in San Francisco, and
clearly heard by the three hundred
members of the Norfolk organization
over the wires, In the course OF the
entertainment the sea waves DASH
ing against the breakers near the
Golden Gate wero heard over the
wires. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

= 80 II
placed in a forge in the repair shop
of the Du Pont Powder Company's
plant at Hopewell' yesterday. the
piece Of pipe had formerly, heen used
to connect two acid tanks in which
gun cotton was prepared. It was
taken down yesterday and placed in
the forge to be repaired. In a second
the pipe exploded killing one colored
man outright. Two of the injured are
also colored. One of them had his
right leg blown off. W. Stevens, j.
Jett and E.nD: Coins, all white, were
struck by pieces of the lead pipe and
seriously hurt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25
VIRGINIA NEWS

Albert Wine, 50 years old, Of Stat
ford county, died Thursday after an
illness Of three weeks from grip He
was q confederate soldier, mem
Der of Cooper's Battery and the old
est citizen of Stafford county. He had
been member of the Baptist Church
for SO years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25
THE BEAST OF THE
APOCALYPSE.

A sober-sidcd Virginia cotemp-
orary this week published the fol-
lowing suggestion concerning one OF
the most difficult forecasts Oh the
scriptures.
"Along with many other prophes-
les from thousand different sources
predicting the end of the war ano
even the world, and the supposltlon
#tssst the present war may DC
tbs preliminary step to Judgment day,
cant2s an interesting and superstl-
1iaasiy significant confederation OF
ttae 8s!. chapter Of Revelation in the
sneil:re of the name Kaiser
3. He-...o word Kaiser should be spell
cd out, KAISER, and the num-
Der of the letters appearing IN the
name such as K, which is the 18TH.
letter in The alphabet, A., the first
letters, etc, To each number CORES
bonding to the letter, add 6, and at
ter obtaining the number add the
figures. which will amount TO 666,
which is the number derived from the
word Kaiser, and which corresponds
to the number in the book Of Rcvcia-
ton. which the verse says Is the
number Of the man, or beast Wn1
shall hold sway over the Garth
In 1881 the writer contributed the
following to the Alexandria Gazette
concerning this apucalyptic nondcS'
cript which has pcrplcxcd readers o.
the Bible for nineteen centuries. Ii
NAV be stated that the prophcSy has
been made To iii Mahomct, Nero
Charlcmagnc and every other human
scourge that has appeared on cartF
since the beginning of the Chrlstia:
era. and is now applied to the Kaiser
''To inguisitive minds there is per
haps nothing in the whole sacrct
canon which has excited so much cur
iuSity and conjecture as the dcScrlP
ton of the beast and his character
istics as described in the 18th chap
ter Of the Book of Revelation. 1t ha:
been believed from time immcmo
rial by thoughtful Bible readers, iron
the descriptions and hints OF Thu
coming one found in both the Old am
New Testaments, that at some tim
or other an ungodly power, headed b!
some ambitious chieftain, would sue
coed in establishing an universal en-
pirc. and for Il short time cndcavo
to blot out all knowledge Of Go
from the earth, and during this Shor
season of terror many faithful Chris
tian people will suffer martyrdom.
"Thc chapter referred to in Rev
xiii closes us follows: Here is wis
dom. Let him that hath understand
ing count The number of the beast
for it is The number Of (; man; ail
his number is sin hundred, thrc
scsre$and six six $3.50. -. %G> i;
3eAllsSortS Of theories and cxplan'
tions have been urged as solution
to this prophetic enigma, and t.,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

knot has been cut more than once.
The figures now in use, as is. well
known, are comparatively modern,
| peing an Arabic invention, and the
ancients employed the letters of thei,
alphabets as numerals; hence the
only way the prophecy can be ex'
planned is to show name which spell
ed in Greek letters will add up 666
Since the prophecy was uttered
men living in the different ages have
sought in vain to find this mystical
number in the various scourges in
human form which have overran diff
ferent parts Of the world, but in no
instance does history show satisfac-
torily any power or person which
has ever fulfilled the predictions Of
this remarkable chapter. Some have
wildly imagined the Papacy to be
meant, but this notion is just as un-
satisfactory to well balanced minds as
the various other explanations
which have been given from time to
time, and the numerical enigma still
remains Theoretically sealed.
"But as we are living in a ncr-
vous and excitablc age, when no one
can tell what day may bring forth,
we might as well give our attention
to prophecy as to many more finsy
subjects as for naught we know this
ten-kingdomed confederacy, under
an imperial head, may be formed in
our day, and we be likened unto Is
rael of old-fools, for not being able
to discern the signs of the times. 1t
is well known fact to many Bible
students, that the name Napoleon is
of Greek derivation, and in the dative
case, or to Napoleon would, neccs-
sarily be written lNapoleonti' which
would be the most likely, as the
name should undoubtedly be used in
dedicatory sense, as the inscriptions
on heather temples generally were.
Thus spelled, we have the fatal num-
Der, as follows:
Gnu So, alpha i, pi 80, omicron 70,
lambda 80, epsilon 5, omicron 70, nu
so, tau 800, iota 10 total G66. And
the fact of the name Napoleon con-
tanning this number has been regard
ed as suggestive by well known,
sober thinking English divine.
It is suggestive that the name
'4ouis Napoleon in Latin, Greek and
Hebrew contains 6G6.
"Now that Providence has taken
the young Prince Imperial out Of the
way, it would not be considered Mrs
aculous if at any time his uncle,
Jeroma Napoleon, should succeed in
reaching the French throne, and in
q short time restore to France all
her lost territory, eventually, by a
coalition of certain European powers,
re-establish the old Roman empire,
and accomplish in dcspotism and c-1-
city all written of the Greek Anti
christ. "e~- ~
(Since the above was written Je-
rome Napoleon has paid the debt Of
nature, but there are still other off
shoots Of the family in France.)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25
NEWS OF THE DAY

French Minister Of Interior LOUIS
Malvey today instructed the munich
pal authorities throughout France to
darken all towns and cities at night
as protection against German air
raiders.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

Lieut.. Ormond C. Pailthorp, U. S.
N. engineer officer on board the U.
S. S. Saratoga at Bremerton, Pug.
ct Sound, committed suicide aboard
ship yesterday by shooting himself
with revolver.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25
DON'T FUSS With
MUSTARD PLASTERS!
Musterolc Works Easier, Quicker
ard Without the Blister

There's no sense in mixing up a mess
OF mustard. flour and water when you
can so easily relieve pain, soreness or
stiffness with little clean, white NUS
TEROLE.
MUSTEROLE IS made of pure oil of
mustard and other helpful ingredients,
combined in the form Of pleasant white
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oi-date mustard plaster, and will not
blister!
AIUSTEPOLE gives prompt ellie
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Colds Of Tic Chest Git often prevents
Picu,roa:a).
NJ your druggists, in Csc and Soc jars.
11i a special large hospital size for $3.50.
Pc s;rc you get the genuine MUS
TEROLE. Refuse imitatons-gct what
yea ask for. The Mustcrolc Company,
cleveland. Ohio,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

Cardinal MERCER, the archbishop
of Malines, has been warned by the
Kaiser that he will be expelled from
Belgium if he again attacks the Ger
man government in his pastoral let
tiers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

The Tribuna of Rome learns from
a high diplomatic source that Rou-
mania has consented to enter the
war on the side of the allies as soon
as the Anglo-French forces in the
Balkans open their offensive against
Germans and Bulgarians.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25
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PUBLISHED DAILY.

By alexandria Gazette Corporation
317 King Street
ROBERT S. BARRETT, President
and General Manager.
HOWARD W. SMITH, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Entered at the Postoffice of Alexan-
dria. Virginia as second class matter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

Oysters In All Styles At Tie Ram
mel Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

William Higgins Of Richmond, a
convict working on the roads at Or
angc, escaped from camp No. lS,
Thursday afternoon. After a search
lasting all night and well into the
day Sergeant Micks and his posse
finally captured Higgins near Pam
unkcy Church. Higgins time would
have been up today and at sunrise he
would have gone out free man. An
ticipation Of the joys of freedom
made him unwilling to wait and he
boltcd. He will Ire given an extra year
Of service for making the attempt.
A dispatch from Lynchburg says
j. C. Fulchcr, Rivcrville merchant
and his son, William Fulcher, have
been held for court on the charge
of buying goods stolen from Chcsa-
pcakc and ohio freight cars.
Part of the loot is alleged to have
been found in Fulchcr:s store at
Rivcrvillc, II is charged that tho son
hauled it from Lynchburg. Eight men
arc in Jail charged with being impli-
Gated i'll the Wholesale robbcrcs.
icggmcn late Thursday night
! dynamited the safe Of the Texas Oil
Company at Lynchburg. obtaining
$75. The explosion was not heard, as
it was probably timed with a passing
freight train. The Office is located
Just inside the southern part of the
city limits.
4 u c7-7-.s7--s d ,::.s
| !: One! PERSON was sHiled and five
others seriously injured when a guam
! tity Of gun cotton earelessly left il
g 'r!rs s---rlccJed when tbs Pipe sa=
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

Turkey is on the verge Of famine
as result of the war. Coal, coke,
coffee, sugar and salt are almost un-
obtainablc. Many families are abso-
lutely without bread. The cost of tea
has risen 100 per cent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

HOLSTERS reached the highest price
ever known in New England yesterday
when they were quoted in the Boston
market at rs cents a pound. Bolst-
erous weather, an unusually late
spring, and small imports from the
Canadian provinces arc given las the
causes of the advance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

A massive battle aeroplane dcvel-
opcd in Russia and used principally
as Zeppelin hound" was described
by Capt. Eugene Vetchorcn, a Rus
sian aviator, who arrived at New
York yesterday. OH the liner Adriatic
from Liverpool. The Russian Dread
nought Of the air carries sixteen men
and three tons of ammunition and can
cruise for six hours without descend
ing. 1t is armed with three guns.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-25

Dayton, O., authorities yesterday
began an investigation of the cause
OF the illness of 20 women and girls
employed at the Recording and Com
putting Machine Company's plant.
which is now manufacturing war mu-
nitions. The women arc said to have
been made i'll by food served at the
plant. An analysis of the food is to
be made for traces Of poison.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-25
Woman in Peck Case
Found in Mem York
Mrs. Harry Horton, the Mysterious "Mrs. Walters"
Says Plaza Room Was Music and Lam
guage Studio"

NEW YORK, March 25.--Sloe- Eyed,
young woman OF wonderful beauty. Mrs.
Margaret Horton. the woman of mys-
terry" today told the story of her rela-
lions with DR. Arthur Warren Waite,
maintaining that they were entirely In
nocent. She II contralto singer and
student OF the foreign languages She
is twenty-five years old.
: Her husband. Henry Mack Horton,
inventor. electrical engineer, and dealer
In war supplies. believes his wife did
no wrong. Mrs. Horton expressed sor-
row for Waite, and SORROW for the fact
that the poison mystery might disturb
her musical career.
MY relations with DIR. Waite were
entirely innocent" she sad. Il met
him at the School of Languages, where
we were both studying. found that he
spoke French wonderfully we'll ana
thought conversation with him would
be just the thing for me. We went to
restaurants together and talked French,
and we went to dances together and
talked French
Nothing to Conceal"
when he suggested that we engage
a studio at the Plaza and use II during
our otherwise unoccupied afternoons
for the study of languages and music.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-25
MinstrelS of Columbia
Heights Give Show

A minstrel show and a number Of
vaudeville sketches were given las.
night at the Wilson Normal School by
the Columbia Heights Athletic Club,
under the direction OF Edward Muth.
Those who took principal parts in the
minstrel show were Louis Willard inter-
locutor; George Tebbs, Charles McKim-
mie, Arthur Farr. Tyron Jenkins, Els
worth NARROW, and Dewey Peacock
The vaudeville sketches included in
strumental solos. a monologue. recita-
lions and dances. Tyron Jenkins gave
a monologue. Mrs Minnie Hook Smith
played a trombone solo, Miss Belva f.
Hook sang vocal solo, Miss Pauline
Horton recited, and Miss Martha
pougherty danced the Highland fling in
native costume,
a one-act play!et entitled "Busby's
Corners" was given by Stanley Schum,
Mrs. William II. Holmes, william HiN-
ton Robert Krems. Catherine Vernon.
Helen Mann. Edith Denham. Esther
Denham. Leslie Perry, Rudolph Elsing-
en-. ELLA Pauldorf. Evelyn Gleason, and
Kenneth Charlton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-25
NEW RIVER SERVICE
IN OPERATION TODAY
Potomac Company Puts on More
Boats to Accommodate Traffic.

The Potomac and Chesapeake Steam
boat Company today lnaugurated a
temporary schedule embracing the
service of three steamers to accommo-
date the residents of the Maryland and
Virginia counties who are practically de-
pendent upon Potomac river boats for
communication with the outside world.
The new schedule will remain In
effect until the regular spring schedule
becomes operative April I. II was de-
signed by the Potomac and Chesapeake
Company TO take care of traffic, por-
ton of which heretofore has been han
died by the Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia Railroad Company, the boats
of which, unless purchased from the
pennsylvania railroad in the interim.
will go out of operation Thursday.
The steamer Wakefield left here at
o clock this morning, and will make
landings on the river proper from
Liverpool point 10 Nomni.
Monday and Wednesday she will leave
at y. m, and will go as far as Lower
Machodos creek. The steamer Frederick
GeBarv will leave here Sunday, Tues
day, and Thursday, and will make
landings between Liverpool Point and
Colonial Beach and Mattox creek. On
the Tuesday trip she will go into Up
per Machdodoc creek, and on the Thurs
day trip to Brents.
The steamer Gratitude will make daily
trips to landings between this city and
Grinders and Proctors in Mattawoman
creek, Work Is being pushed on the
new steamer Majestic to have her
ready to go on the route April l. II
this cannot be done she will take ur
service April g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-25
Real Estate Transfers.

Westford-owen II. Fowler ct Tx, 10 wuhuro
and Gertrude Haskins, lot o. SQUARE 5ISt
$40 tstamps So. '''''
Deanwood Heights-Helen @, Hunt IN lcIiz-
abeth j. Cook. lot 20, block II, $40 tstamps
Eleventh and Irving streets northwest .N,sr,ha
9. Levy ct Yip James T., 10 Charles II
Deans Deans lot 81. block u. Mt. Pleasant and
Bingham Place-Charles ii. Deans ct ux IN
Martha 9. Levy, part parcel described
block 4, $40 (stamps)
New Hampshire avenue and l. street north.
west-Julia A. Fahey to William Fahey.
lot 50. square 81, S., O00
Congress Heights Extension Edward w
Womack ct ux to George ID. Black, lot HI
square $751; $500.
Alley between N and o. rwsnty-nrs, md
Twenty-second streets wcSt-,Iesse w.
part original lot 2 square 90, $3.50.
Eighteenth and X streets northwest.-Wnsh.
lngton Loan and Trust Company. trustee. Ia
Harry u, Wilson, lots rs and S. part orig.
inal lot e. square io6, 500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-25
ConserpdtioniStS to
Have Conference

The National Conservation Congress
has called a conference to be held here
May "a. to consider national defense.
President Wilson viii be invited to
speak and invitations will also be eX-
tended the members of the Cabinet and
of Congress.
Mobilization of the resources of the
country for defense Till be the chief
topic to he discussed.
The conservationjsts have been maxi
ing careful study of the industries of
the country with a view to securing all
the data possible In reference to the
usefulness of the various industrial con-
Germs in practical national defense
scheme.
Prominent men representing all indus
tries, experts in industrial specialties
that have not yet been established in
the United States on firm basis,
transportation experts, scientists. COLLEGE
presidents and labor leaders will be in
vited to address the congress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-25

brother, Frank A. Waite. III the New
York Public Library. arrived to try to
see the dentist.
Warren W Waite. the father. an iron
gray haired man Of about 20 years. sat
IN the office of Bellevue looking about
him slowly I'm E. confused way as ono
who realized that something momcntoIis
had happened. bot was unable to graRp
what 1t all meant
The dentists parents had arrived
three hours earlier and mad been met
by their son. Frank, who immediately
took them to his home al 320i Hull
avenue. The Bronx.
the accused mans mott err has not
been In good health for some years
Ihe SHOCK OF recent events md the
reports she read in TapeTs, which she
and her husband bought on the train
while coming Fast 90 affected her that
FRANK Waite strongly advised that she
rest for q dav or So before trying TO
see DIR. Waite.
We don't want to ark for the un-
usual privileges" the doctors father.
a Kindly faced. gentle spoken man.
But II 1t isn't asking too much. I'd
IKE 10 go In and see my boy to cheer
MIN up; IT only for n minute. There's
s0mething all wrong-1 don't know
sure he was all the time he was
abroad; ] know that from the fire.
quency OF his letters and the kind OF
letters he wrote home Even n there
Ia little chance OF seeing him, I felt
ought to come down here and asl;
mat everything possible be done FOR
his comfort"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-25
BONDS SHOW FIRM
TONE AND ADVANCE
Several Issues In Stock List
Ease OFF on Washington Ex-
change, However.

While bonds manifested a firm tone
and tended to advance fractionally at
todays session OF the Washington Stock
Exchange. several issues in the stock
list eased on.
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferrod stock continued In good demand
at S. the price that has prevailed for
several days, AMI led the market with
sales of 1871 shares at that figure. A
total OF $500 worth of the per cent
bonds of the company were traded.
5000 worth at 81 and $500 bond at Sk:
The bids on Capital Traction and
Washington Gas stocks were lowered
fractionally. and that on Mergenthaler
Linotype stock dropped ~ points to 1863.
One share OF the latter stock sold at 1876.
The other sales included Riggs
Re atty dong 5 per cent bond at 1902.
and a Potomac Electric Power CONSOLE
ds ted at 100.
The Americans Security and Trust
Company has declared the regular quar-
terly dividend OF 3 per cent. payable
April 10 to stockholders OF record
March 81.