Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-19

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plate! plant, left Washington last
night to. visit Virginia, Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia. At Bristol,
the BOARD will hear the representa-
tives, IF Big, Stone Gap. !
In a public statement given out in
DnnEilie, Bergman Green announces
that he has rendered his resignation
as d member of the Virginia Legis-
lature from Pittsylvania county, and
Danville to Governor Stuart, and
that he will not be a candidate in the
election this autumn. No motive for
the resignation is given.
Commissioner Parsons of tho
department of game and inland fish
cries. announces that he has been no.
titled by. the governor of Wyoming
that Virginia could get another ship.
ment of elk, and that the request of
Commissioner Parsons for 100 would
be granted. Mr.. Parsons also states
that while he was in New York, re-
Gently he arranged for stocking the
game farms which he is establishing
in the state.
Four thousand dozen eggs We're
hauled in wagons from King George
county to Fredericksburg for ship
ment last Wednesday. This accumu-
lation is due to the fact that both
the Rappahannock and Potomac riv'
ers are blocked with Ice and ship
ments cannot be made by steamers
as usual. This indicates that poultry
raising in King George has become
an important industry, and it Is
stated that hens generally are now
commencing to lay and will continue
MI through the spring.
Mrs. Mahaley Coffelt, an aged wo-
man of Edinburg, Shenandoah county
was burned to death Friday night al
the home of her daughter Mrs. Del
bert Fadeley She was in the kitefl-
en- attending to some household duties
when her dress caught fire from
the stove. Attracted by her screams,
members Of the family entered the
kitchen and found her in flames. She
was badly burned about the face,
arms and breast. She died in a few
minutes, before a physician could
reach her.
With all wholesalers sold out, and
retailers limiting their customers to
purchases of five pounds each, New
port News, is facing serious sugar
famine. Following publication of the
shortage there was a rush of con-
sumers. Reports indicate there is
little sugar left in any of the retail
stores. Wholesalers say they have
been unable to get their orders filled
Strikes at the refneres, the trouble
in Cuba and shortage Of transpor-
tation facilities are given as the rca-
son for the situation.
Hampton Roads, fenced by a great
steel net stretching from Fort Mon.
roe to Fore Wool, is closed to all
shipping at night under an order
issued by Rear Admiral Mclean,
commandment of the Norfolk naval
district. Certain known American
vessels in the coastwisc and Chcsa-
peake Bay trade will be allowed to
enter and depart up to o'clock at
night, but all other craft will be
barred from darkness until daylight.
Even by daylight ships going in or
out must be passed by patrol boats.
which will open buoyed wire gate
500 feet wide for authorized vessels.
After being forced to land in a
field on farm near williamsburg,
because of engine trouble, Aviator
II. M. Gallup, of the United States
SignalReserve Corps, was mistaken
for a German and held up at the
muzzle of a shotgun by the mistress
of the farm Saturday. Gallup had
made his way to the farmhouse, in
tent upon finding telephone "
means of conveyance to Williams
burg. He was more than astonlshed
when he was met at the door by a
woman, who pointed a shot gun at
him. By means of newspaper Slip
pings he established his identity and
was granted the use of a white mule.
b. A. Banks, whose complaint
against Prohibition Commissioner
Peters, requesting rule under the
custer law, was refused by Judge
D. C. Richardson, of the hustings
court of Richmond, said that he had
been advised by the clerk of the
court the order of the court set forth
that it was without jurisdiction in
the case. 81, did not anticipate this
action by the court" said Mr.. Banks,
Judge Richardson doubtless holds
that Commissioner Peters can be re-
moved by the governor only. | am
determined to know whether this ous-
ter law means anything, whether it
was framed in honesty and SINGER
,ty by the Anti-Saloon league, and
with this in view it is my purpose to
appeal to the supreme court of APP
reals of Virginia for writ of err
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