Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-06

ed with having assaulted Mrs. Fish
er in the battle-ground Annex
Hopewell. Mrs. Fisher was at home
alone when the man appeared at the
house and asked or food. When he
was admitted and given food and
found that Mrs. Fisher was alone in
the house, he grabbed her and poured
some kind of liquid drug down her
throat, which rendered her uneon-
scious. Mrs. Fisher was left in an un-
conscious condition on the floor.
Assistant General Manager Wig
gins, of the Du Pont Powder Com
pany, stated this week that any en-
largement of the present plants
would be in the form of additional
units, and that the company would
not take up the options it has on a
total of 1,4O0 acres lying along the
James river, adjoining the present
property of the company. Mr.. Wig
gins intimated that the company
could probably sell its options, and
this is taken to indicate that other
industries will purchase the property.
Heavy losses may occur in real es
tate transactions because of this an
nouncement.
While the Ministerial Union Of
Norfolk did not give out any infor
nation OH its vice report,-it is under
stood that the members take differ
ent stand from that of Rev. John
Roach Straton, pastor of the First
Baptist church, who severely criticiz-
ed the police in a sermon Sunday
night. Instead Of censuring the au-
thorities, they commend them for hav-
decreased the number of prostitutes
in Norfolk and for having cut down
the area in which houses Of ill-reputc
are located The members Of the
union favor the gradual elimination
instead of an immediate closing up
of the district, with the result CT
throwing upon the streets Of several
hundred women.
Charged with passing an alleged
forged check for $500 OH the Central
National Bank of Richmond, j. Rid
gcly Sothoron, said to be son OF
Elmer Sothoron, an official of the En-
change Bank of Washington, was ar
rested yesterday. The alleged worth.
less check was drawn on the Colum
bil National Bank of Washington
and was signed I'D. NJ. Sothoron,
which the police understand is TIL;
name Of the young mans mother, Til"
check was made payable to Sothoro!
himself and was cashcd last month
The public school building ut keezel
town, Rockingham county, was burn
ed Tuesday. More than 100 student.
were in the building and a score il,
the upstairs roor.s had narrow cs-
capcs. The sound Of the flames be-
tween the ceiling and the roof was
the first intimation the children haG
that the structure was burning. The
children in the upper room just rushed
the doors when the roof fell
in. Residents of the town saved the
desks and furniture from the lower
rooms.
Lacy Thornton. merchant at Pam
plins, Appomattox county, is recover
ing from gurshot wound in the
groin, which he received d week ago.
while enacting the role Of pcaccmak-
er in his store. Two brothers, named
Young, became involved in quarrel
in Thornton's store, and after Thorn
ton ended the dispute, George Young.
is alleged TO have shot him in the
groin with a shotgun. Thornton is al
legged to have struck Young with ar
AK handle in self-dcfcnsc, during the
melee, and Young left the store, after
making threats against the merchant.
A little later he is alleged to have re-
turned and shot Thornton.
Ice White, the seventeen year OLE!
adopted son Of Thomas White, Of
Bedford county, will be tried the Cir
cult Court at Bedford on the charge
Of the murder Of Howard Wilson, 9.
Iwclvc ycar-old boy, who was killed
several days ago, near Forest. A nc
gro boy alleges that White ordered
the boy, who was riding horseback,
TO throw up his hands When the la;
did moi rnIuDly White IL c.id to b,v..