Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-13

and conviction for robbings the Man,
lev srnokehouse, called the captain
] to the front door and shot him. Capt
Manley returned the fire and the
convict dropped with bullet
through his head, dying two hours
] later in the Chester County Hospital
President shonts, of the Interior.
ough Rapid Transit Company. an
nounced last night that he will not
| accept a recommendation of May
OF Mitchell Of New York and the pub
lice service commission issued late
Yesterday to call off the transit strike
and arbitrate the differences between
the railway companies and the labor
tunion.
Ambassador Guthrie in Toxic yes
terday afternoon cabled. the State
Department that he had been officially
informed by the Japanese foreign
minister that the demands made on
China as result of the Mongolia
clash in no way endangered the SOW
ereignty of China nor the Root-Tak-
ahira agreement with this govern
ment concerning the "open door,
policy.
The German people are becoming
more and more dissatisfied with the
new government food department.
The optimistic statements of Herr
Won Batocki, the new "food dictator" /,
about the food outlook led people to
believe that by fall conditions would
be greatly improved. But instead of
becoming more plentiful, food sup
plies are becoming more and more
organized until within a short time,
if the distribution of cards is con-
tinued, food will be on an absolute
ration basis.
Rev. DR.. George Drew, of the
Third Baptist Church, Ocean Grove,
N. j., said Yesterday that Billy Sun
day had donated the $4,000 collected
during his recent ten-day, campaign
here to the establishment of home
Tar . '-f
for dependent clergymen. The evan
gelist turned the money over to Rev.
Elijah P. Brown, who had coached
Sunday when he was starting his
career. At Baptist ministers con-
ference at Ocean Grove, Drew declar-
ed Sunday was bigger financial as
set than the opera singers who have
been brought to the Ocean Grove au-
ditorium.
Prince Eitel Fritz, the kaiser :
second son, came within a few feet
Of death in the Somne battle, The
french upon learning that ne was
qiiartered in the CHATEAU in the vii
laec of Temple Lafosse, IL miles
iron: the French lines, trained a 1G
inch naval gun upon &c chateau and
Blew it to pieces with IS shails.
Prisoners taken Monday stated that
the first shell struck the right wing
of the chateau a few feet from the
rlaproom where the kaiser's son was
working with his staff. The party
lraped into automobiles as the secontl.
shell fell upon the roof. A new head
quarters was established IL miles 70
the rear.
If the recommendations Of a com
mission, consisting of five bishops
and an equal number of clergymen
and prominent laymen of the Epis:
eoPal Church, are adopted by the
general convention at ST. Louis in
October, it will be impossible for
divorced persons to be married by
Episcopal clcrgymen. The canon Law
has allowed an exception in the case
81 the innocent party, but this ex-
ception was carefully guarded
against abuse. 1t required that
twelve months must have elapsed
after the granting of the divorce.
and a copy of the courts decree and
record had to be submitted to the
bishop before any clergyman coulc
oficiate at such a marriage.