Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-05
VIRGINIA NEWS

:nan revealed; trait {, particle Of plate
(fsf from false teeth. lodged at the base
s6x her lungs, had caused the patient:
,o tu:",r fron. what Goctors &c" z
I years. had believed was tuberculosis ;;
The stiygeons declared that the wo-
man showed an Improvement m,
mcdiatcly following the operation
The State Senate yesterday by a.
vote of y to . passed what is known:
as the qualification measure, this,
being bill qualifying women 10 vote.
in Virginia after the Susan b, AM
1l,thony amendment has been ratified
by sufficient number OF States,
\ "A companion measure in the lower:
branch of the Legislature was. upon,
vote CT members, passed by.
The United States shipping board.
steamship Pcughkccpsie, with "a
members Of the crew in irons.
Charged with mutiny and guarded by
blue Jackets from three dcstroyers
arrived in Hampton Roads Yesterday
Department of Justice agents
promptly boarded the vessel and
drought the alleged mutineers to-
Norfolk last night for arrangement
before the United States commits
sioner on charges of mutiny.
The jury in the case of Leslie Al
6ridee en- trial IN the hustings court
Of Peter olrg, charged with assault
ing Or. +. Nixon, a young phEslc-
ian CT Petersburg, January last,
(which failed TO agree Wednesday
might. cane into court yesterday
With ver,'!ct finding the accused
guilty of assault and battery and
imposing {, .cn;a Of 500. Eleven of
the Jurors. i. IS said. voted for ac-
quittai. vi l. one favored imposing
a fin, cf $500 The assault grew
out of an, alleged insult by Dr. Nixon
to Mrs. Eleanora Aldridge, wife OF
the accused.
That vein of coal amounting to
billions Of tons can be mined on the
outsl:irts O. Richmond was the re-
port rlaie By e%A~Tt? who have COM
pletcd IN investigation. Estimates
place the amount Of coal in the Rich
mond basin, lying principally beneath
IChesterfield county, at l25,O0O,- |
100000 tons. in five workable seams
The field is Approximately so miles
long and s to miles wide, and a
Is foot seam of coal over this entire
\area would give an output of 5,OOO,-
bnO, tons gear fer 25 or so years if
properly mined. From three million
ito five million Is necessary to instl-
ttrte development on an adequate
scale.
One hundred and forty employees |
Of The sou;.:rn Railv"y Stops ct
IIRichmond gre to lose their positions
Monday because there is not sufIic-
fent work for them.
A. 3. Thcrnhill president Of
the Farmers Union. is in receipt Of
L. letter from Col. f. Nash Bil!soly
bf Portsm outh, informing him that
Inc total fund collected from dog
licenses in Virginia in 1919 amount
ed to S256,77O
w. N. H. Tiffany, aged Il, of
The Plains, f'auquier county, men,
Der Of the Virginia legislature. died |
early, yesterday. afternoon in st.
Luke's Ilosr:tal, Richmond. as the
result CT L stroke OF paralysis scVe-
raj weeks ago. He was member of
The house .. delegates since 1912,
from Fauquier county. He was
fnairman of the committee on roads
bird internal navigation and member
bf several other committees.
~ Delegate Thomas lomax Hunter.
of King George county. is being
tlrEe;i to run for lieutenant COVER
nor. 4 definite decision is expected
from him shortly. Candidates al
Ready in the field ere State Senator
JuniuS f. West. Of Suffolk, and for
mer State Senator c. Harding
Walker, of Northumberland
John Edgar Crank. express mes
1senger who runs between Washing
ton and Norfolk. was charged in
police court of Richmond yesterday
with theft CT $50 pair of shoes
fron a hex consigned from a Ro.
chester factory to local retail finn
PIT was terrified he presented the
shoes il G.s wife as Il gift, and that
when they f1:::ctl to f.. her al effort
was MAD" 10 exchange them. A mer-
chaSt said Tat the shoes cost him
81" - I r&ir wholesale and that he
was retailing them for $50. Justice
(Crutchfield reserved his decision m