Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-28
VIRGINIA NEWS


beth's Hospital as a student nurse
She was found dead in her room al
2139 Pennsylvania avenue noftn'
west Yesterday afternoon. llluml'
mating gas was escaping and the
girl had been asphyxia5cd. Corone'
hewitt, after viewing the body, salc
lie world issue Il certificate of SUI
eide.
Patrick Curtis, 20 years OF klch-
mond, who maintain offices III tht
Victor building. Washington, drop
ped dead early yesterday afternoon
in Seventh street, between l. and NJ
streets northwest. He is believed
to have suffered stroke Of paraly-
sis.
The infantile paralysis scare has
sabsidc.i in HarrisonburC. NeA'
Sunday thc churches probably will
reopen and in 4 few days the movies
will be going again llarrisonbure
was fortunate. There were no deaths
in the city and only six cases OF The
disease. The infected district was III
the eastern part Of tie county, ~
miles from the city. 1t is believed
that The trouble il new over III the
county, as only a few cases have
been reported il the last week.
Crancy Island, located five miles
from Norfolk, is to be used Is =
national quarantine station. Il mas
been turned orcr to the United
States Public Health Service by the
Navy Department, ANA the Public
Health Service has asked Congress
for 100000 for The purpose Of
building modern hospital facilities
on The island. Norfolk has been
using Craney Island for the last 10
years as a contagious disease hos
pital, particularly for smallpox.
Government detectives il Norfolk
about 2 o'clock yesterday morning
arrested foreigner suspected Of
being implicated in AN attempt TO
destroy the Atlantic Terminal Via
duct Saturday night The name Of
the suspect arrested was not made
known, ti:c Government agents de-
clining t" t-i2c any information what
ever ahou! !Ie man or tho circlrn-
STANCES l"ati.r" ~ . his arrest. The
Viaduct IS used b. cars which trans
port mcn and supplies to the James
town naval base. The cro3stics 0;
the ViaiucL wccr soaked with OF
and set afirc. Operations over the
Viaduct we're suspended for time.
Announcement was made yesterday
in Richmond Of the engagement Of
Miss Mar c. Meek. daughter Of
Samuel w. Meek, former business
manarcr Of the Washington Herald
and Richmond Nirginian. and more
recently manager of the Philadelphia
Press, and I.icut. John Dorsey
Brown, who recently Won his COM
mission at the officers reserve
training camp at Fort Mycr. He is
4 sou Of Che Rt. Rev. William Ca
bell Brown, bishop conductor Of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese Of Vir
rinia, who was formerly associated
with Bishop Lucicn J.. Kinsolving,
iii the Dioccsc OF Southern Brazil.
John Garland Pollard spent SS,-
1910 III The recent campaign for
governor. This was just :5552.50 less
il,ar what j. TAYLOR iIllyson. the
other Richmcnd candidate, expended.
Under The law the campaign c%pcn
Sos Of Wc%trloreland Davis. The sue
ccsSful candidate in the thrcc-cor-
ncrcd gubcrnatoral race, must he
filed in Loudoyn, his home county.
Caught in the betting yesterday
afternoon at the mill cf Lhc Old
Dominion Paper Company, IL Win
chester, Lee Lowcry, an employee
AGED eighteen years, was carried
over a pulley, and both arms torn
from their socket and both legs
broken in two places. Nc was also
internally injured, and is in dy-
mo condition in Memorial Hospital.
While crossing New River, near
Egclcstnn Springs, yesterday after
noon john Silnltz. for three "cars
steward at the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. EIAck5burg, was caught in
swift current and drowned. Mr
Shultz had gone with his brother
and several professors al Y. p. !. 10
fish in New River.
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