The Washington herald., 1917-08-12
FIRE WRECKS PLANT
OF HISTORIC Paper
Alexandra Gazette Office Scene of
Damaging ConHagration.
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Damaging Ionnagrauon.
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Alexandria, Va, Aug. u-F1re which
started on the upper floor Of the
Alexandria Gazette Once Building, oc-
cupIed by the H. s. Marine Company.
manufacturers of boys pantA gutted
the upper floor, and the plant of the
Gazette, one Of the oldest daily news
papers In America, and Alexandrias 5
only afternoon newspaper. on the first
floor. was considerably damaged by
water. The water came through from
the upper floors damaging the press,
two linotype machines and also its
stock of paper. The linotype machines
and press were soon covered with
thick canvas, although despite this
they were considerably damaged.
The ONCE effects of the Newspaper
were removed by firemen and others
to places OF safety.
The Marine Company's stock OF
pants. together with its material ana
its thirty sewing machines, were de-
stroyed
1 This establishment gave employment
TO about thirty women and girls.
The origin Of the fire is unknown,
although it is known that 1t started
on one OF the upper floors. The loss
viii. II Is thought. be several thousand
bdollars. which Is said to be covered
by insurance.
The nre attracted a throng OF sew
eral thousand persons to the vicinity
of King and Royal streets. After
working nifty minutes the fremen
subdued the blaze. It Is thought that
the Gazette win be able to operate its
plant Monday.
Commissions were received by nine
Alaxendrisns In the Reserve ofhcers'
Camp at Fort Myer, and they are to
be graduated Monday. OF this num-
ber three are made captains, four
first lieutenants and two second lieu
tenants. They are:
James 8. Douglas, jr., to be cap
tain. infantry section Officers Re-
serve Corps; Stanley G. Blanton, to
be captain Infantry Of1cers' Reserve
Corps; Alfred l. Uhler, to be cap
tain, infantry section, Officers Re-
serve Corps; Frank L. Slaymaker, to
be first lieutenant of infantry in ma
tional army; James W. Roberts, to be
first lieutenant, field artillery section,
Officers Reserve Corps; Charles c.
Carlin, to be second lieutenant, ar
tillery section, Officers Reserve
Corps; Tilgham H. Sharp. to be sec
ond lieutenant, cavalry section. Off
GERS Reserve Corps; French c. Simp-
son, to be second lieutenant, quar-
termaster corps, national army.
Other Alexandrians who have al
ready been commissioned are Wallace
Fawcett. captain engineering section,
Oficers' Reserve Corps; Eugene Lind
sey, first lieutenant, Charles J. Deahl.
jr.. second lieutenant, infantry.
From nearby places receiving COM
missions are: Irwin Frank, BaIlston,
Alexandria County. to be second lieu
tenant infantry section. Officers Re
serve Corps; Horace W. Hall, Clar-
endon. Alexandria County, to be cap
tain, infantry section, Officers Re
serve Corps; Andrew ]. Mcbride, Fort
Hunt. Va, TO be second lieutenant,
infantry section. Officers Reserve
Corps; Arthur S. Woodland, Claren-
don. Alexandria County, to be sec
ond lieutenant of infantry in nation
al army; William B. Frost, Glen
carlyn, Va, to be second lieutenant,
field artillery section Officers Reserve
Corps: Alan F. Garner, Falls Church.
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section. Oficers' Reserve Corps; Al
bert T. Ellis, Fort Myer. to be cap
tain Of cavalry in national army.
a second Increment of 24S men will
soon be summoned before the physi-
clans Of the local exemption board
Tor the purpose OF undergoing the
required physical examination for the
draft Out of the 242 examined thus
far the required number Of 153 has
not yet been obtained. On Tuesday
DIR. Z. A. German, physician on the
board. will examine the delinquents
VINO have thus far failed to report
for examination.
The city school board at a called
meeting held last night elected Miss
Ruby Reeves, Of South Boston, Va,
and Miss Mamie Burnley, of Jeffer
ston, Rappahannock County Va,
fs-rrers IN the public schools and
Misses Nettie Chauncey and Ruth
Deahl. this city, were chosen sub
stitute teachers.
Mrs. T. Marshall Jones, chairman
OF the military relief department of
the Alexandria Chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross, today received a let
ter of thanks for a large box of cloth
ing and other articles sent by the
Alexandria committee to the New
York base hospital
An important meeting of the Red
Cross will be held at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning in the rooms Of the