Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-07
NEWS OF TIE DAT

i,lystery sarrhuauS the fatal lnJur!!
81 Mason Henderson, 81 years old, OF
shington, who was struck IN the
rroin by so1ne mysterious rnlsslIe
while Of his work IN the alloy sfee
department Of the Washington Stee
sid Ordnance Company last night.
/ coronor's inquest VIII be feld TO
cay at 2 O'Clock An autopsy ma
&c held to discover the eireumstan
ces Of Henderson's death. aendef
son was nm inspector in the alloy stee
department Of the plant and was en-
.sred in his duties when he receive
- fatal injuries. He went to Wash
;ngton from King George county, VE
e;pia, about ten years ago.
In the most violent and sangrilla-
naUtle yet fought on the Italian SOL
..,c Germans Wednesday "iesee
from the Italians strong positions O.
me As:aso front and captured 11'1t
prisoners and more than sixty guns
von Reulow;s offensive deVelopln
from the mountain strongholds on tn
Settle Communi. which he capture
Wednesday, forced the defenders
withdraw Their, lines along t-5ct {
a:,out six miles.
Chinese rebels. re-cnforccl By mt
r:nous troops, have captured Tn
city of Chungking, i'll the pro'1ne
Of Szechuen. The revolt is reporte'
70 be spreading. and Japanese me-
ines are being hurried to the seen
. project foreign property. Chung
king has a population Of 100000 an
S a prominent center OF commerce
When the words mo more coal
><ere heard Mt the yards OF Ruot
BROTHERS in Brooklyn yesterday, 200
pe,.,ons, most Of them women. VII
and stood in line for hours to &c
their allotment, mobbed the plact
sseaking windows and shouting the'
anger
Fifteen hundred barrels Of govern
!nent flour, worth about &l6,5OO, wer
stolen at Toledo, Ohio, last night froi
Wheeling and Lake Erie freight cars
Seven cars wcse looted. The flor
was consigned by the governme:.
to tho National Milling Company (
Toledo.
The House Foreign Affairs COMM;
tees report on the war resolution se
clares that the United States pro}
ably soon will send troops to Italy
Four men were killed and two Sc
ionsly injured when Erie tram d
bound for New York, ran into
freight at Susquehanna, Pa. Tn
explanation Of the accident is the
tower operator went off duty g
midnight last night without waitfn
Tor his relief operator, who came O
q 1926 a. m. Before the first or
orator lett, a freight train he
crossed to the westbound track, on
.tl.e second operator had no nowledt
= this in directing the movement {
n oncoming passenger train.
Glendon W. Irwin, SO years OF
formerly a chief gunner in the Unite
States navy, who was among tt
:args number Of warrant offers =
gently given temporary commission
IA ensigns in the service since tn
United States won't to war wit
Germany, shot himself at his honlc
Eastport. Md, yesterday afternoon
Re died shortly afterwards. TT
sscath of Ensign Irwin is ascrihe
20 suicide Ey the naval authorities
Ensign irwin had been under treat
rnent at the Naval Hospital, at Ar
.apolis for the last two weeks for
slight stroke Of paralysis.
London was awakened ycsterla-
morning by the rumble of distant run
fire, and the people were routed fron
their warm beds and driven half ella :
TO the icy Easements when % Gotha
joined in one Of the most detc.,. .i,.e'
ara 1t the same time, one Of II? mos
unsuccessful attacks ever Made O
the capital. In the metropolis
area 3 persons were killed and T.
iniG.sd; in outlying districts bo'r5
S,!ied more persons and Injured -
according to. announcement in n
House Of Commons bv the Chancellor
Of the Exchequer. The actual dam
age inflicted on the city and It's en-
rirons was small and the German