Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

killed Monday afternoon in Quincy
Miss, by Mrs. Winston Tubs, The
tragedy occurred at the railroad sta
ton, and, according to stories told
county officers, was the result OF re-
marks made by 'Mize several months
ago. Mize leaves Il widow and four
children. Mrs. Tubbs has u husband
and two children.
The acquisition Of the New Or
leans and Northeastern Railroad by
the Southern Railway Company, re-
ports of which have been current
since the recent announcement that
il. P. Morgan G. Co., had purchas-
ed the English holdings in the North
eastern, was confirmed yesterday In
statement issued by President Fair
fax Harrison, Of the Southern in At
lanta, Ga, The New Orleans and
North cas:ern operates from Meridian,
Miss, to New Orleans, and is 202
miles in length.
Two conferences yesterday between
Thomas W. Lawson and Representa-
tive Henry, chairman Of the House
rules committee, resulted in an an
nouncement by Mr.. Henry that the
Boston tinancier had been unable to
furnish any names or other definite
information about the alleged ''leak"
Of advance news of President Will
sons peace note, and that so far as
he was concerned the matter would
be dropped. Certainly no sensible
person. said Mr.. Henrys statement
would ask me to trouble the COM
mittec with a meeting to chase
mirage. And | must say that so far
as this matter between Mr.. Law
son and mystelf is concerned, it IS
ended.
A national daylight saving bill"
providing for an advance of one hour
in national time between the last
Sunday in April and the first Sunday
in September of each year, was intro
duced yesterday in the House by Rep
resentativc Borland, Missouri. The
United S:.at2s, under the bill, would
be divided ;nto five time zones, to bc
defined b. the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The first zone, based
on the n!c"r a5t-nn'n?i:::l of - DC
gree longitude 10 he known as the
standard Eastern time; the second,
based on the ninetieth degree, to be
central; tic third, on the l05th. noun
tain; fourth, l20th. Pacific; Fifth,
l5Oth, alaska Interstate commerce
is to be governed By the standard:za-
ton Of tir!c.
The Italian government has de-
cidcd to put all vacant public grounds
under cultivation to increase TIC 1ood
supply In Geneva wheat ana pota-
toes have already been planted in The
parks. Forestry employees are being
utilized for the purpose.
Arrangements are being made for
the campaign of Billy Sunday i'll
Washington next January. George A.
Sunday son of the famous evangelist,
arrived unexpectedly in Washington:
yesterday to arrange details for the
campaign.
During the course Of last year. a.
cordinir to authoritative figures, To-
500 Germans were captured on the
French front By the French and 40
600 by The British, while in Serbia
and macedonia Che entente allied arm
les too: lf,173 Bulgarians and Turf"
prisoner. During the same period the
Italians made prisoners OF 32.2"V
Austrians, while the Russians cap
turel lnorc than 100000 Germans and
.Austrians. The allies captures total
5S1.923 for the year.
Janan through the embassy IN
Washington notified the State Depart
mcnt Yesterday OF her intention to
arm her merchant ships dcfcnS!Tc'%
and requested information rs t"
whether any special rules had been
made b. this government for pass
age Of ships so armed through the
Panama Canal. This was the first oil :
fetal information that Japan intend
cd such action and was INTERPRETERS
in some quarters as Indicative o. fear
of German Submarine operaGlons on
= wider scale than so far attempted.
Almost $9,DOO,o00,000 was the ag-
rrccatc value of all crops Of the coun-
try last year In an estimate annonnc-
ed yesterday by the Department OF
Agriculture the exact value was set
at 1891 ,5S7,O0O That was an in
crease of $2,lG5.9S9, 900 over the
value of 1915. crops and S2.SG1 ,2Od,-
600 over the average of the years