Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-17


Shenandoah County Bar have signed
petition to Senator Harry F. Byrd,
of WWinchester, and Delegate-e lect
Claude N. Hoover, of New Market,
asking that Judge Frank B. Whiting,
of Berryville, be re-appointed judge
of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit,
composed of the counties of Shenan-
doah, Frederick, Clarke and Warren
and the city of Winchester. Judge
Writings successor will be chosen by
the next Legislature.
Fredericksburg-A portrait of Col
onel John Taylor, a distinguished son
of Caroline County, has been donated
to the county and now adorns the
walls of the courthouse at the coun-
ty seat. The portrait was unveiled this
week before an assemblage which
filled the courthouse building. 1t was
donated by Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Tur
ner. Mrs. Turner is a great-grand-
daughter of Colonel Taylor, Colonel R..
l.. Beae made the presentation ad-
dress. 1t was unveiled by Miss Ann
Turner, Observation-Disclosures of
Colonel Taylor, and the portrait was
received by Judge R. H. l.. Chiches-
ter on behalf of the court and the
people of Caroline.
Strasburg-William j. Gochenour, a
Maurertown well-driller, recently
finished drilling remarkable well
through solid limestone rock for NJ.
B. Hook, Bartonsville, Frederick
County. A water strata was found at
depth of twenty-five feet that show
ed test of more than 1000 gallons
flow per hour. Discovery of such Il
heavy flow of water at such depth is
very unusual.
Spotsylvania--Falen Cudaha, one
of the two white men captured yes
terday by Sheriff Garner in the boot
| Logging business and now in the jail
of this county, is an ex-member of the
Washington Metropolitan police force,
and during the late world war he
served for two years in the Second
; Division of the American forces over
seas.
SpotSylvania-Sheriff Garner arrived
here before daybreak Monday, in re-
sponse to an urgent call, just in time
to prevent wholesale escape of the
prisoners in the county jail. He found
that the male prisoners had forced
open the large iron-slatted door to
the dungeon by twisting the heavy
iron hinges sufficiently to effect a
passage through the doorway, which
admitted the prisoners to the hall way
of the jail. Having reached the hall
way, they began cutting hole
through the outer wall of the Jail,
about eighteen inches square, and
had removed all the bricks from the
opening except the outside layer.
! Norfolk-That taxation of hotels in
Virginia is burdensome was consen-
sus of opinion among hotel men gath
cred here Tuesday for the annual
convention of the Southern Hotel AS
sociation. Discussion following the
report of the legislative committee
for Virginia, by f. Gift Dodson
brought out declarations that relief
should be sought at the next session
of the Virginia legislature.
Norfolk--Rum runners entering
! Chesapeake Bay will have the Coast
! Guard cutter Apache to contend with
| The Norfolk Office of he Coast Guard
Service has been advised that the
Apache is patroling the bay. and that
as yet the routine patrol has beer
without event. The Apache is &
speedy craft, and was recently fitted
up near Baltimore for the work she
is now doing.
Amherst-Tuesday night in thc