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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
VIRGINIA NEWS

Joseph Stewart. seventy years OIL,
well Known in Bristol was drowned
in I!olston River mill race yeste,-
day aftcrnon. having fallen into the
water while fishing.
Evidence that Captain Hans Berg,
German commander of the prize ship
.ippam. violated the neutrality Of
The United States constantly while
the skip was interned at Newport
News, has been placed in the hands
of Department Of Justice agents, ac-
coriing to information from q source
generally authentic. When the Ar-
pain was awarded to her English
owners by the United States Supreme
Court recently Berg and his German
crew we're sent to Philadelnhia. It
va: then found that they had re-
hahili'ated the wireless outfit which
vas rgt auj os commission by TIE
United States -; ;ernment and were
usinw it 10 send and receive mes
sagrs. Z. private wire had been run
to Rcrg's staicrcnrn. where nc read
flic harnonings Of the world by flash
lights.
Charles z. Vawter. professor Of
mathematics at the Virginia Poly
technic Institute, at Roanoke, IN
whose home Stockton Heth. iir., Il
student at the institute, was shot and
severely wounded early yesterday,
voluntarily surrendered to authori-
ties at Cnristiansbure last night and
after waving preliminary hearing
gave bond for appearance before the
grand Iarv. Two institute profes-
sors are his bcndsmen. 1t is SAID
that doctors who were summoned
10 the Vawter home after the shoot
ing found Heth lying in the upper
hallway. clad Only in paa,mas.
Neither Professor nor Mrs. Vawter
will make any statement and the
wounded man is unconscious and IN
serious condition. The only othe!
persons in the house at the time OF
the shooting were the two Fawter
children ard a young man, who was
not awakened until he was asked 20
call doctor. He, too, has refused to
make y statement.
The State Convention of Woodmen
Of inc World opened yesterday morn,
ing in Fredericksburg, with several
hundred delegates present. Mayor
J. P. Rowe delivered an address OF
welcome on behalf OF the city, to
which Charles Godsey. of Peters
burg, responded. DR.. J. Garnett King
spoke for the Chamber of Commerce
and II. F. Cresmond fcT the Fred
ericksburg Woodmen 5. Gordon
Cumnlins, of Hampton, responded to
these addresses. Last night the visit
ing delegates and the two Frederlcks-
burg Camps of Woodmen, headed
by the Fredericksburg S. c. v.
! Band, gave a parade, This was Iol-
lowed by public meeting at which
Harry p Houston, of Hampton,
! Speaker Of the House Of Delegates,
/ delivered an address. At the conclu-
sion Of the program the visitors were
. Given banquet by the Fredericks-
burr, Woodmen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
AMERICAN SHIP SUNK
Freighter Algonquin Had no Warn.
ing When Torpedo Was Launched

Officials of the American Govern
ment, convinced for more than a
week that war with Germany is in
evitable, received today without the
slightest sign of surprise the news
that a German submarine had sunk
without warning the American
freight steamer Algonquin.
The American consul at Plymouth,
England, sent the State Department
a message this afternoon saying
Reported steamer Algonquin sunk
without warming" 1t added that the
crew was saved, and further details
would be forwarded soon.
State Department officials admit
ted that they have been expecting
such things to occur at any time
They also admitted that they expect
much graver incidents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
CAPTURE $1,000 TURKS.
British Troops Now Five Miles Be
yCnG Bagdad.

British Troops Nav Five Miles Be
ycnd Bagdad.
The capture of force Of l9,oOO
Turks. with quantities of guns, am
munition and equipment, by the Rus
sian army operating in western
Persia, is reported through official
channels.
BY SOME military experts this loss
to the Turks is accepted as marking
the demolition of the Turkish forces
in that area. Bagdad was the base
of operations for this Turkish army,
which, following the surrender of
Gen. Townshend's force at kI,-el-
Amara in 1915, had taken the often
sive against the Russians and pushed
them far back into the hills.
The Russians abandoned all serl-
Gus efforts at an offensive in this
region where the British advance
failed.
With the fall Of Bagdad, however,
the Turks were cut off from their
base and were quickly demoralized. It
is expected now that the British
and Russian forces will effect q juno
ture without difficulty and that 4
Russo-B British offensive against the
Turks will be Coon undertaken which
is likely to crush Turkish power.
British cavalry from Bagdad has
occupied kazmain, on the Tigr!s
river, five miles above Eagdad, it is
officially announced.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
Will ENLARGE PLANT
Alexandria Fertilizer And Chemical
Company to Spend From 100000 to
$4,000 in Increasing its Industry.

The announcement was made yes
terday by the Alexandria Fertilizer
and Chemical Company of this city
that it had decided to spend from
$4,000 to $4,000 in increasing the
size of it's already large manufacture
| ing establishment on North Unior
street, and last night permission was
granted by the city council to make
the necessary changes and additions
to its buildings.
This important adjunct to Alexan-
dria's commercial life, which occupies
the entire square bounded by Union
Lee, Queen and Princess streets, had
modest beginning, but it has sread-
lily grown during the past quarter of
a century or more until today it oc-
cupies leading position in the in
dustries of it's kind in the South.
The neucleus of the works was
started many years ago by the late
Cassius Lee, Jr., who. at first, con-
fined his operations to grinding plas-
ter. The Alexandria Fertilizer and
Chemical Company succeeded Mr..
Lee. from which time tn, plant has
heen steadily growing larger.
Like other enterprises in that sec
tion, the company has at times had
it's setbacks, generally ny fires, but
the enterprising men at its head have
always emerged above their misfor-
tunes. New structures were immedi
ately begun and in a remarkably
short time conditions resumed their
normal status.
A large force Of men are employed
at this plant, while during the ferti-
lizer season the transportation facili-
ties of the railroads running to the
works are often taxed severely.
In conjunction with the proposed
improvements, the Southern Railway
Company has requested permission
of the City Council to construct ad-
ditional sidetracks on Union street
from Queen to Princess.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
Alexandria City and Suburbs

Mis- Caroline Smoot was the guest
recen Iy of her nephew and niece
lltr. md Mrs. John Paul, at their
home in Harrsonburg.
The fourteenth degree was confer
red upon. a class of candidates by
Washington Memorial Lodge Of Per-
fection No. Z, last night in the Ma
sonic Temple.
John L. Heath died Monday at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs. L. Rol-
land. sos E street, southwest, Wash
incton. Funeral services were held
at 8 o'clock this morning in ST.
Dominic's Church, in that city. lie
formerly resided in Alexandria.
The Jury summoned by DR.. T.
Marshall Jones, city coroner, to in
vestigate into the death Of Luther
Hardwick, colored, caused by gun
shot wounds, inflicted by an assailant
who escaped at a place near Cloud
Mill, Fairfax county, on February y,
will meet at Domaine G. Sons un-
dertaking parlors tomorrow night at
s o'clock. The man died at the Alex
andria hospital on March I'd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
DEATHO ALEXANDRIAN PORTSMOUTH FAV0RS Us
Resolutions Adopted by its Business
Men Endorse Site Offered the Gov
ernment By Alexandria.

Portsmouth, another of the Vir-
ginia cities, has come out in favor
CT Alexandria as the site for the
proposed government armor plant,
by recent action of its Business
Mems Association. From reports
received it is expected there will be
still others to follow in giving their
endorsements to this city and it is
said that the general board will send
its committee here in the near future
for the purpose of making an inspec-
ton Of the proposed site which Alex
andria has offered the government.
The brief recently gotten out
by the business mems committee in
this city, among other arguments,
contains the following:
The location Of the armor plant at
Alexandria would have the best de-
fense that could be given to any
point in the country because of its
nearness to the Capital be-
cause tuc SdpILel VIII OS "
Tended against hostile attacks with
every ounce of the available defenSes
of the United States on land, on sea
and in the air. If there is one spot
in the whole country that will be
made invuinerable to attack in case
cf war il will be our National Capital
and its immediate vicinity which
will include the site of the armor and
shell plants if located at Alexandria.
The only possible reason given for the
location of the plant zoe miles inland
is that it will be more easily defended
from attack by aircraft, but this Is
no reason at all, for the experience
of the warning nations in Europe has
demonstrated that aircraft can at
tack cities 200 or even 500 miles in
land as well as those near at hand,
and, of course. Washington and VI
cinity, including Alexandria, in addl-
ton to it's impregnable defenses by
land and water would be defended by
the most powerful anti-aircraft guns
as. we'll as fleets of war airplanes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
FLOODS IN POTOMAC.
No apprehension of Trouble at Alex
andria From Frestet.

=, ~ II L.
no apprehension Vi i''"'e "
anaf'a FROM FreS''e''
The POTOMAC river was -. 49, "
above norman last h'Sht al F." "''ii"''.'
port, Hld.. ana mas o'eiiio"e"
banks. Residents are pieF"ieu 80
move out OH SHOT, .'o'i' ~
waters 90 ''o' sHo" S'-''" "
ing -huch damage mas Oee' oo''e "
wheat ana Vesela'!e crops
Inc .hesapeaNe an" oH'o Ea'1'''
toWpath Is submerged uhaer ilSe ieet
OF "a;eF. me M''s ION rne NJ
over! 10 "eu l'''o '''e .'.'''' "' i1"' ~
D ana hi!eo me "'''''''''SPo' " GO
o1 the waterway
lh@ EoIoH!ac ana az o'iiei "''e'''''
N the Vic!hl'F OF iiasets'o"H Il ''ie
ont ci their BANKS ana a"Jace''' 'et-
r!t4ET is threatened "'In Ssi'o"'
f!co4s Al HANCOCK Ihe rotol''"c Is
~ stGL aooFe @ i'oi '1i<i' s'''. ~
t'ons G Ihat Town are llI''eL "<''s'' :
DesPite the TACT that inc fo'o'n@c
at Alexandra rose higher Yesterday
than 81 any othef tl'ne th'S 7ear'
rIEeTmcn are OF opinion thaC II mas
reached It's ciiihaH ana 'haC 'ne'@ -
no IahEcr or damage W proper =
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
BLASTS WRECK NINE.
At Least Thirteen Persons Believed
to Have Been Killed in Hender-
c,p-,;Ii, T;y

At Least thirteen PERSONS beiie'eu
to Have Been Killed in Heuder-
san7iI!e, Ky.
Hcndersonville, Pa, March IA
Six bodies. blacl;cned and burned be-
yond recognition, were brought forth
yesterday evening from Henderson
Mine No. !, where two explosions
this morning entrapped mere than
score Of miners. Al least thirteen
and perhaps eighteen lost their lives.
Four hundred men are employed
in the mine and only the fact that
shifts were changing at the time of
the explosions, prevented one Of the
greatest disasters in the history Of
the Western Pennsylvania coal fields.
This fact also prevented mine offic-
iaIs from checking up their pay roll
lists and obtaining an accurate idea
of the number Of men buried IN the
far rccesscs OF the m,nc.
Hcart-rending scenes were enacted
at the pit mouth, where the guards
had the greatest difficulty in holding
back frenzied foreign women.
Unable to reach the mine by rail
quickly, the United States Bureau OF
Mines dispatched an auto truck from
Pittsburgh with five government ex-
perts. The truck struck in the mud
! near Bridgeville and all efforts tc
move it were of no avail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
William NJ. Larmour. Well-known by
Many in This City, Passed Away
Yesterday.

The many friends and acquaintan,
ccs of William NJ. Larmour, whu for
many years until recently made visits
10 his old Alexandria home, will re-
gret to learn that he died yesterday
at the home of his brother, Rev. Mr.
Larmour, at Upper Falls, Baltimore
county, Md. The deceased was near
ing the octogenarian period when he
paid the debt Of nature.
My. Larmour was born in house
on the south side of King street, near
Lee. His father was an old Alexan-
dria merchant, and the family later
resided in what was known as the
"Viilags." an old mansion on the
south side Of Franklin street, near
Alfred, half of which stood at that
time in the District of Columbia and
half in Fairfax county. The mem
bers Of the family were Virginians
ex amino, and when ona of the daugh-
ters was married she insisted that the
ceremony be performed in the room
which was in Fairfax county.
In 1853, when the California gold
fever was at it's height, Mr.. Larmour
with his brother, Samuel Larmour,
left their Alexandria home for the
FL Dorado, making the trip by ocean
to the Isthmus of Panama where
they crossed and made their way to
the gold fields. Like all early Cali
fornians, they had to trough it," and
their experience in that section of the
world, infested as it was with uut-
laws, savage Indians, rattlesnakes,
etc. was exceedingly entertaining.
After having crossed the continent
forty-nine times, Mr.. Larmour con-
cluded to live during the evening of
his life in the east, his brother Samuel
having died in the meantime. He took
up lis residence with his brother at
Upper Falls, but generally made two
visits year to his old home.
FIe had previously resided in
Butte. Montana.
During the past four years, how
ever. TIE weight of years rendered it
impossible for him to travel, ana he
was forced to remain away from the
home Of his youth. Some of his
friends in this city visited him at
times.
Upon his periodical! visits to Alex
andria Mr.. Larmour stopped at the
Fleischmann or Rammel Hotel but he
made his headquarters with Samuel
II. Lunt, real estate dealer en- King
street, where number of AleXan-
drians congregate nightly. He was
one OF the congenial spirits of the
gatherings, and spent many pleasant
evenings conversing on Alexandria
and the people Of by-gone years.
His remains will be inferred in the
family lot in st. Paul's cemetery in
this civ the remains being taken from
Union station at . o'clock Friday
,f.or,,on Pow p y phillips will
conduct the services.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
MANY U-BOATS SUNK.

About Sixty Sent to Bottom Within
Six Weeks
About sixty German ST :marines
were captured and destroyed hctween
January | and Fnbraury - according
to reports reaching Washington.
At this rate-an average of one
and one half submarines a day
the success of the German subma-
rine in the long run is doubtful.
Experts think that if 3le entente
can continue at the rate shown be-
tween January and Febraury Is and
can improve thereon, Germany will
soon feel the strain upon this weapon,
and that ultimately she will be forced
to give up its issue.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
FAIL TO ADJUST STRIKE
Washington Railway and Electric
Company And Employees in Defiant


Washington Railway and Electric
Company And Employees in Defiant
Need.
The strike on the Washington
i,Railway and Electric Company's lines
continued yesterday with the striking
carmen and railway officials virtually
defying each other, all efforts to
bring them together by Federal Gov
ernniert conciIiators having failed.
There have been a number of minor
disturbances along the street railway
lines, which prompted the company
officials 10 ask for special guards for
the cars and the tracks.
The greatest sufferers from the
strike are the residents of the su-
burban towns in Maryland. These
people have been unable to get night
service to Washington and the morn
ing service is often so disrupted that
manv of the suburbanites arrive after
the hour of work. Many of the resi-
dents of Hyattsville, Md, have re-
fused to patronizc the car line and are
using the steam railroad to get into
Washington. Sympathy in that COM
munity appears to be strongly with
The strikers.
Owing to the operation of the, Capt.
tai Traction Company and - per
cent service on the Washington Rail-
wav and Electric Line, the city resi-
dents of Washington are not suffer
ing much for the lack of transporta-
ton facilities. The Capital Traction
cars are crowded all through the
day, and that company is reaping a
harvest of nickcls through the mis-
fortune of it's rival.
An appeal was made by certain in
terests yesterday to the stockholders
Of the Washington Railway and Eiec-
trio Company, asking them to step in
and order settlement of the strike.
It is declared that the railway COM
pany is losing about $4,000 a day as
result of the trouble. While the
street car company manages to oper-
ate more than Is per cent of its cars,
it is pointed out that many OF the
! strikebreakers are knocking down
fares of the few passengers who use
it's cars. In a number of instances
only a half dozen fares have been
! rung up on cars which were crowded
during the morning hours.
There were a number Of scenes OF
mild disorder yesterday. At Ninth
and F streets car was stalled by
piece of metal which had been thrown
! into the slot of the car tracks. Three
or four thousand people gathered and
many of them jeered the strike
j breakers. A jam was caused in the
car service, which lasted more than
an hour. AS result of this incident
and others of a similar nature, the
company appealed to the police for
protection. Numerous signs OF
trouble ahead are discernible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
NOTICE.

Members of Martha Washington
Chapter No. AZ, 0. E. S. are hereby
notified that the banquet to be served
by them on Wednesday evening next
March 18th will be at the Young
Peoples Building. They are re-
ouested to come to the hall on
Wednesday and lend their as
sistance in preparation for the ban
ouet. The banquet will be held at
seven thirty o'clock; Martha Wash
ington costumes to be worn by those
who serve.
Mrs. F. W. Latham, Worthy Matron
61-2t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14

Armament heavy enough to com
bat any submarine that ever plunged
beneath the seas is being mounted
On American merchant vessels bound
for the German war zone, the State
Department said last night. While de-
tails of the guns and gunners placed
aboard the merchant ships were still
concealed, the Department asserted
that the armament would be sufficient
to protect the ships and the lives
aboard them. 1t was understood last
night that in some instances the
Navy Department plaps contem'
plate placing as many as four big
guns on liners, one mounted forward
one aft, and two amidships.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
RELIEF STEAMER SUNK.
Victim Of German Submarine was
Loaded With Grain.

Loaded With Grain.
London, March 14.-The Norwegian
steamer Lars Fastenaes Clara Fost-
enes.) bound from America for Eot-
terdam with grain for the American
relief commission, has been sunk
without warning outside the block
ada zone, according to the NoTwe-
gian Mercantile Shipping Gazette.
Seven lives We're lost and one
Aemrican llsced in jeopardy in the
sinking without warning by sub
marine of the Cunard freighter Folia
off the Irish coast Sunday.
Probable early withdrawal of ell
American participation in Belgian re-
lief, including the withdrawal OF
Brand Whitlock, American Minister,
from Brussels as result Of the
pressure Of the German submarine
campaign. was forecast yesterday at
the State Department. The official
report on me summarizing of the re-
lief ship Storstad intensified the stu
alton. Consul Frost at Queenstown
reported as follows:
Norwegian steamship Storstad,
Buenos Aires, bound Rotterdam,
5000 tons maize, Belgian relief, un-
der English charter, sunk by Ger
man submarine, 70 miles west OF
Skelligs, 1880 a. m. March 8.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
Death Notice.

Or Tuesday morning, March Is,
1917, at Ais, FRANCIS IRVING.
son OF Olive Brooke and the late |. +
Triplett. Funeral service from Christ
Church on Friday. March 16, at 2:30
Friends are invited. 63-2t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
Mrs Henry p Gilnin

Mrs. Henry B. Gilpin, of Ralti-
more, and Scaleby Manor, Clarke
county, will erect and equip at her
own expense large children's de-
paltment at the Winchester Memoir
al Hospital, according to announce
ment made yesterday by Dr.. Hunter
H. MCGUIRE, president of the hos
pital. The cost will be about Sl0,0U5.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14

Rawlings. of Groom, Maryland, an.
Mr. Joseph Dodd, of Alexandria.
Benjamin Franklin Costello, agef
nine, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John W
Costello, of Accotink, died at the
Alexandria hospital yesterday from
lock-jaw, caused by cut on his hand
several days ago. The body sill be
sent to Accotink today.
Thomas Gaskins, colored, died at
his horne, 523 north Pitt street, yes
terday. ::Uncle Tom" as ne was IA
miliarly called. was well known and
respected and for many years was in
the employ OF the late 3. F. Young in
the city market.
The Golden Links Missionary So
ciety of the M. E. Church South,
will meet at the home OF Miss Olive
Davis, Thursday afternoon at o'clock
At this time the Mission Study Class
will hold a session. The last meeting
Of the society, which was held at the
home of Mrs. Hibbs, was very
pleasart occasion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
In NlemOriam.

In sad but loving remembrance Of
MY dear wife, Eliza Mumford, who
died one year ago today, March H.,
1916.
IN my heart I feel the sorrow
Of the loss OF one I loved.
But no one can heal this burden
But the One who is above.
Farewell, dear wife, sweet is they
rest,
Weary in years, worn with pain;
Farewell, in thy happy place,
shall behold thy face again.
By her children and devoted hus-
bard. r. ]. Munlford, 63-1t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14

the party who picked
up the two (2) Ten (10) Dollar
Bills. Saturday afternoon on hing
street will return one CD OF them
to the Gazette Office, he can keep
the other for his honesty. l-6l-1t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
Death Notice.

Died, March II, in Halifax, Nova
Scotia. Mrs Robert e. Janney, wife
of Robert E. Janney, Of Chicago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14

Matte, wife of w. D. Gallahan' OF
Del Ray, died yesterday afternoon
aged 81 years.
At the regular Thursday evening
nraver meeting in the Girls Club,
[921 King street, Miss Bessie Marks
will be the leader.
The tea in the Girls Club room
from 3 to 6 o'clock Friday after
noon will be under the direction OF
Mrs. Luther Till. All are cordially
invited to attend.
A white and colored man were
before the Police Court this morning
10 answer the charge of being drunk.
They were fined S. each. Frank BraX-
ton, colored, had been arrested Tor
assaulting his wife. He was fined $50.
The State Corporation Commission
has Granted charted to the Wenner
Motor Sales Company, Inc, Alexan-
dria Maximum, $4,000; minimum,
$1,000; par value 500. William A
Wenner, president, Lovettsvllle; Will
liam D. Peck, secretary, Washington,
y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14

MONEY TO LOAN-On first mort
gage in Alexandria and Rosemont.
Apply to Howard ". Smith. 1O7
north Fairfax street. 1-12-E-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14

A marriage license was issued II
Baltimore yesterday to Miss EfFie
Rawlings, of Groom, Maryland, an'
Mr. Joseph Dodd, of Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14

Matte, wife of w. D. Callahan, OF
Del Ray, died yesterday afternoon
aged 81 years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-14
WHOLESALE
Oysters. Clans and Crabs,
]. BRILL, No. 2 King St

WE DON'T DO CHEAP PRINTING
but we do Good Printing cheap. Let
us estimate.
COMMERCIAL PRESS
HARRY w. WADE.
.313 King Street Phone SO
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