Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-26

Garfield Hospital, washington, D. u
! according. to his daughter, Miss Pau
line Mosby. He is SO years old and
his condition is SAID TO be more the
result of old age than of any par
ticular ailment.
| ]. Mott Lindsay of Bedford, was
severely burned Wednesday when a
blow pot he was using in soldering
| exploded, throwing blazing gasoline
! over him. His clothes were set on
| fire and he probably saved his life
by plunging into "a bathtub: His face,
| arms and body. were badly burned and
his condition is critical.
The annual convention Of the
fourth district of the Virginia divis,
ion of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy began yesterday IN
Leesburg, and will continue until
Saturday. Mary Gusts Lee Chapter
of Alexandria is represented by Mrs.
E. H. O'Brien and Mrs. J. E. Al
exander, and the Seventeenth Vir-
-ginia Regiment Chapter, by Mrs. L..
E. Uhler, and Miss Helen Green.
Upon their own application and
for satisfactory reasons, a number
of officers and noncommissloned Of
ficers have been excused from attend
ance at the camp of instruction to
be held at Roanoke, from May 70 tc
June 8, for those in command of the
infantry and Signal Corps forces of
the Virginia Volunteers. Despite ex-
cused absences, however, more than
200 of the officers will take advantage
of the weeks training at Roanoke.
At the closing session of the sixth
annual meeting OF the Graduate
Nurses Association of Virginia at
Norfolk, yesterday morning the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Miss
Ruth /. Robertson, Richmond, presi-
dent; Miss Ethel Smith, Norfolk, LIST
vice president; Miss R. q. Vannort,
Richmond End. vice president; Miss
Agnes D. Randolph, Richmond, sec
rotary, and Miss Elizabeth Webb,
Richmond, treasurer. The assocla-
ton will meet next year in Danville.
"That is idle talk" was the only
comment of William Jennings Bryan
when asked yesterday in Lynch
burg regarding newspaper stories to
the effect that he might be made t:'@
nominee of the Prohibition party Tor
the presidency. Mr.. Bryan delivered
his peace lecture before a large All
dience yesterday afternoon. He OF
fered no criticism of individuals. and
declared he had sought to uphold the
President and his administration in
his efforts to expose the jingoists,
whom he accused of urging an elah-
crate preparedness program and
war itself in behalf of interests that
are anxious for an opportunity to
pile up additional millions by taxing
the people without just cause.
James Canter, who was sentenced
70 death for alleged completely III
the assault upon and murder of Mrs
Maude Wilson, near Bristol more
than a year ago and who was granted
a new trial by the State Supreme
Court of Appeals, will be aTraiPned
for trial in Abingdon next Monday
morning. Luther Canter, brother o!
James, who was tried and convicted
of the crime at the same time, was
electrocuted last year. When he
went to the death chair he declared
James Canter had nothing to do with
the crime. James. himself, has stout
ly maintained he is innocent. That
James Canter may have q trial IN
which the jurors are entirely without
prejudice, Judge Preston W. Camp
bell, who will preside has called
for a jury from Smyth County.