Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.


Two army a7iaiors, on, 4 student
and one an instrGclsr,. a: the Curtiss
! aviation school q: Ntwpor: News,
were seriously injured just before
noon yesterday, when their aero
plane stalled in midair and dropped
rs feet into the James River. The
men were rescued by boats that put
out from the shore Immediately after
the accident, and were taken to the
Riverside Hospital. "Ted" Hequen-
! bourg, the instructor, is believed to
be dying. His back was broken in
the fall. Lawrence Curtis, the stu
dent, is only little less seriously
injured. Both his arms were broken
and one of his legs crushed. He is
/ also believed to have received inter
nal injuries.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
at Newport News yesterday after,
noon to burn the pier to which is
moored the German steamer Ar
cadia, recently seized by the United
States government. Police and fire.
men stated, following an investiga.
ton, that the fire originated unde,
| the pier, and apparently was of In
|
cendiary origin. The damage will
total about $4,000. The company
owning the pier has $4,000 con-
tract for putting the Arcadia in a
seaworthy condition. The steamer
was not touched by the fire. Police
are searching for a man who was
seen rowing away from the pier a
short time before the fire was dis
covered.
The taking over of the so or more
menhaden fishing steamers on the
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries
by the Government, to be Ised in
the Government service during the
war, will have a most disastrous
effect upon business conditions in
this section, hundreds of men being
thrown out of employment. 1t seems
certain that number of factories
in Northumberland and Lancaster
counties will not operate this season.
Reedville, in the lower end Of
Northumberland, is the centre of the
menhaden fishing industry, which
has made it the wealthiest town
per capita in the United States.
An automobile tire led Tuesday
night to the undoing of T. J. Bur-
CESS, for seven years member of
the Danville police force with an un-
blemishcd record. Caught in trap
while receiving stolen goods, he was
arrested by detectives. He was dis
charged from the force and was fined
$50 for larceny. The officer asked
negro garage employe if he could
get him a tire from the stock room
for So. The negro agreed, but in
formed the garage proprietor, who
told the negro to carry out the plan.
The police authorities were notified
and stationed two men where they
could see the transaction. The of
ticer was arrested few seconds
after the bargain had been made.
David Harris, a young farmer,
was accidentally shot and killed last
Friday while hunting in Highland
county, but his body was not found
for several days. Hunting parties
were formed, the game wardens
were notified, bloodhounds from W.
Va, were employed when his dog re-
turned home at Dry Branch without
its master. The body was found
near log with bullet hole through
his body. The ball entered near the
heart and came out of the back near
the shoulder. He evidently dropped
his gun or stumbled over the log.
Announcement was made Yesterday
in Minneapolis of the engagement Ct
Mrs. Elizabeth Shearer Shevln. of
New York and Minneapolis, to
Marshall II. Russell, a Wall street
broker and son of James B. Russell,
banker and capitalist of Winchester.
They probably will be married in
June. Mrs. Shevlin is the widow of
"Tom" Shevlin, noted Yale football
star, who died-two years ago leaving
her an immense estate, including
more than s1,OOO,OOO life insurance.
She is 81 years old and belongs to
an old Louisville family.
William A. Kline, Of Luray, a
brakeman On the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad, was killed at Morgans
Grove, w Va. Kline left Luray early
Yesterday on his way to Hagerstown
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