Alexandria gazette. [volume], January 15, 1917, Image 4

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NARROWLY ESCAPED HANGING.
Thomas T. Wall; Who Has JiiSf Died,
^ , Once Sentenced by General -Sheri.
Winchester, Va., Jan. .15?Thomas
- T. Wall, 74 years old, for many
years a prominent Winchester mer
f chant, who died on Thursday night I
in Memorial Hospital, was sentenced."!
to.be hanged by General'Phil Sheri- j
dan during ^the Civil War, but finally j
was saved by the intercessions of |
t women of the town. He was em- j
ployed as a clerk in the Winchester j
post-office, which was in charge of I
.Federal officials, and once when
the town was in the hands of the
Northern troops young Wall was
arrested by order of Sheridan,
charged with conveying secret information
to the Confederates.
He was given a military trial and
sentenced to be hanged. Women of
the town interceded in his behalf,
* with the result that Sheridan, after
reconsidering the case, had the verdict
set aside, but had Wall placed
nn a mule and taken outside the
Federal lines . to Martinsburg, W.
Va., with a warning never to return.
Mr. Wall later rendered good service
to the Confederate army by carrying
mail through the Shenandoah Valley
from Confederate soldiers to their
loved ones at home# This was a particularly
dangerous mission, as discovery
meant death.
Mr. Wall belonged to an old Winchester
family, and for many years
was engaged' in the book and stationery
business. He leaves one sister,
Mrs. James W. Barr, of Winchester.
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BOYS FOR DEATH CHAIR.
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Harrisburg. Jan. 15.?Adhering to
precedents and declining to be swayed
by public clamor, the State Board of
Pardon in special session here dey
clined also to make recommendations
for clemency in any of the
four murder cases continued from
the December meeting.
Rehearings were refused Henry
Ward Mottern and Ernest Haines,
the boy murderers, each 17, from
Jefferson county, whosc applications
for rehearing were argued last
mouth after the board had refused
to recommend commutation of the
death sentence during the fall. Mottern
and Haines were convicted of
murdering Haines' father.
Few cases in recent months have
attracted as much attention as the
Jefferson county boys' applications,
_ numerous letters, telegrams and
petitions having been received by
members of the hoard, ( including
many at their homes.
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John N. Presgraves, a native of
Loudoun county, died suddenly in
Washington Saturday.
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The "Five and Ten-Cent" chain
stores have felt the high cost of
merchandise and after March 1, will
be "Five, Ten and Fifteen-Cent"
stores throughout the country.
Georgetown Lady
Had Been In Poor
Health for Years
Relates How "Dreco" Restores Her.
Has No ftore Gas or Sour Stomach.
Is Stronger and Sleeps Well.
"Twenty-five per cent of our educated
people die from ignorance," is
the recent statement of a noted
scientist. "Aitnougn paradoxical, tne
truth of this statement is significant
especially with respect to those who
live in the cities-"
Washington may be taken as an
apt illustration that will apply to
American . cities irT general, whiere
there is a constant bustle and strife
to earn a living, to make a fortune,
or excel in any line of endeavor. The
grind whether of physical labor,
mental toils or the exactions of society,
tells upon the nerves of the human
structure. The pace is too fast
and far astray from the simple plan
of nature. After a wide search Dreco
was discovered, which, is a combination
of plants, from the juices of
which is extracted a tonic which has
proven to be the greatest of all
known remedies for the stomach,
liver, kidneys, and blood. This is
now widely known on account of its
reviving and reconstructing powers,
which is so noticeable that the user
finds himself infused with new life
and energy as if by magic.
Daily, Dreco, is obtaining con-1
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verts m Washington, wnien is attested
by the signed statements of
people who have given it a fair trial.
For instance the testimonial of Mrs.
Mary Oman, of 3239 P street,
Georgetown, a well-known and popular
lady, stated, "For a long-time I
have suffered with gas forming in
my stomach, belching, and sourness.
I was losing my strength and could
not sleep well. I suffered a great deal
and dreaded to sit down to the table.
Three bottles of Dreco have made
a different person of me, I am much
stronger, sleep well, and the gas does
not bother me any more. I heartily
recommend Dreco,
Get Dreco today from Ernest L.
Allen and Co.. drugfluw.
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Crackers. These are no!
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I'-'- muscle, but their tempting
the little appetites hung
N. B. C. Graham Cra
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that other graham crac
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Killed in a Hotel,
j The shooting of Samuel W. Taylor
a printer, at the Sterling Hotel,
j Washington, Saturday night by J.
B. Ragland, also a printer, of Dan(ville,
Va., will be investigated by
! Coroner Nevitt, who will hold an
j inquest this afternoon. According to
the story told by Ragland, he had
been a guest of the Sterling Hotel
several days. He said that Saturday
night he was accosted on the street
by Taylor and made friends with the
stranger, when he told him that he
was a printer. The two went about
the streets together, taking an ocj
casional drink. He said that when
Taylor told him that he nau nowneiv
to sleep be invited him to share his
bed at the hotel- The pair went to
the hotel and directly to his room.
Ragland said that some time after he
had been asleep he was awakened by
Taylor attempting to assault him.
He said he ordered Taylor to drc-ss
and leave the room, and when Taylor
suddenly turned on him, as if to
clutch him by the throat, he picked
up his pistol, lying on the table, and
fired one shot at Taylor, who collapsed
and fell back into a chair and
died before medical aid could reach
him. !
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MORE RELKJIUiN nvai^u<
Jean A. Picard, of Paris,, Tells Church
Audience of War's Results,
France is becoming more religious i
on account of the war, Jean i
Picard, of Paris, France, told the j
congregation at the Church of the |
Covenant, Washington, yesterday
afternoon.
"France, in its solemn thoughts
is forever turning more to the spiritualistic,
and the new generation
of-'La Patrie' is turning more toj
the churches," he said. He spoke I
of the heroic sacrifices being matte j
by the clergy at the front. Many I
are chaplains., but a greater number
have donned the uniform and arej
beside their fellows under fire.
Mr. Picard came to Washington j
on a tour he is making of Eastern |
cities, in which he is speaking #toj
I' acquaint Americans with the French i
point of view of this war. He was)
on the firing line through two years j
| of war, but being ill ot rheumatism ]
I from standing in trench water days
at a time, he was retired.
It is reported by a correspondent
arriving from Amsterdam that on
the occasion of Emperor William's
forthcoming birthday anniversary
(he will be 58 years old on January
27), Emperor Charles of AustriaHungary,
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
and the Turkish heir apparent
wil go to Berlin to attend the
birthday anniversary celebration,
and that while they are there the
three rulers and' the Turkish representative
will issue a minfesto to the
world, placinp responsibility on the
entente for continuation of the war.
The Sultan of Turkey will not attend
the delebr^tion on account of his advanced
ape.
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j Suffrage and Highway Hills Also!
Before LegislatureIndianapolis,
Intl., Jan. 15.?The I
State-wide Prohibition bill approved:
by the Dry Federation of Indiana
was introduced in both branches of
the State Legislature here yesterday.
Bill for woman's suffrage, sanctioned
by the woman's suffrage organizations
of the State, was introduced
in the House, as was a meas-;
j ure providing for a State highway 1
j commission, which is said to meet
the conditions imposed by the Federal
Government n giving aid for
State roads. j
The Prohibition hill, if enacted into
law, will prohibit the manufacture,
sale, gift, advertisement or trans- j
pojtation of intoxicants after September
1, 1917, with a few excep-!
[Hons. Penalties are provided for
violations of the law.
SAY HE STARVED HIS SON |
I Father is Arrested, Accused of nr.
Atrocious Murder.
Ilarrisburg, Jan. 15.?Harry Miller,!
father of Clayton Miller, was arrested
Thursday morning charged
with the murder of the son. It is
alleged that young Miller, "a hope- j
less invalid, was starved to death. |
When the body of the youth was j
turned over to an undertaker, he j
I notified Coroner Eckinger that rum- j
I ors were afloat that the invalid, who j
j was bedfast for five years, had not
been given proper nourishment for
J several months. An investigation ;
| was ordered, and when the boy's <
j stomach was examined by Coroner's
I physicians, it was found empty. j
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! FATALLY HURT IN SCHOOL.
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Huntington Teacher Crushed In
Elevator Shaft.
| Huntington, W. Va., Jan. 15.? j
Miss jAlice Blanche En slow, 56
j years old, a teacher in the Hunting- j
ton public schools for 40 years, died :
| in a hospital Friday aftenioon j
less than ari hour after she was j
crushed between the nigh school !
elevator floor and the walls of the
i shaft. The elevator was started from ,
above, it is said, just as Miss En-,'
slow was entering. Paul Rocker, a
high school teacher, lacerated his ,
hands in the effort to stop the eleva-j
+"* ori/1 cavp 1VT is En slow.
The monitor Puritan, fired on
at Rappahannock spit Monday by
the battleship Oklahoma, which j
used experimental fourteen.inch j
shells, was sunk by the shells which j
struck her, and could not bo brought j
back to the Norfolk navy yard by j
the tugs Hercules and Massasoit. I
Precaution had been taken to moor j
the Puritan in shallow water, and j
consequently sinking her did not j
mean her submergence. Before j
leaving Norfolk the Puritan was
provided with a new protective deck,
designed to keen shell fragments;
from riddling he- h:\l_ Apparently j
this precaution, did not suffice.
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1 nave uy writing: cm tea January i
.3, 1917, appointed the Herfurth Engine
Company, Inc., my restricted
agent, in the City of Alexandria, Va.,
to sell certain machinery, engines,
and other personal property, owned
by me, now being,' partly, in the
building known as the Moore Machine
Shop, on the southwest corner of j
Duke street and Die Strand, and!
partly in the building east of said!
Moore building. The appointment, <
terms, and property are recorded in
the -Clerk's office of the Corporation
Court. i
7-12t, J. K. M. NORTON.
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"The Foolish Vir<
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Talents.
Prices at Bo
LOVE COMMANDMENTS.
Man M ho Mred 8,000 in Thirty Years
Has "Royal Road" to BlissSan
Francisco, Jan. 15.?How to
win a husband is told in the Rev.
.Irihn IT. Pierce's "ten command
merits," for girls seeking: the royal j
road to matrimony. The Rev. Pierce,
v/ho preaches at Oakland, has married
4,000 couples in thirty years.
Here are his commandments.
Plan your campaign with the wisdom
of the serpent, conceal it with
the silence of the clam.
Avoid all wittiesms about marriage
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GENTLEMEN'S POCKET
BOOKS AND PASS
CASES. j
Now is the time to save
on pocket books, as leather j
is advancing.
S. F. DYSON and BRO.
Booksellers and Stationers
420 King Street
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THE MAN
TO SEE ABOUT YOUR
CLEANING & PRESSING
USE THE PHONE
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DELIVER
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\TION IS FROM THE FIR
pn" is built upon Realities, n
With the Depiction of a Fair*
the Popular and Beautiful M
th Matinee ai
Veil with alluring helplessness the
iron of self-sufficiency.
When a man declares "I shall |
never marry!" mark him for casyj
prey.
Be inwardly hold as a lion, outwardly
timid as a fawn.
I . The loudest flattery is tne suence
of attention. When he speaks, lister..
Shun the rouge pot and the pow[
der puff.
t P'ek cut a chemical affinity. RemNOTICE
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of Dulin and Martin Company
will be held at the offices of
said company, rooms 1 and 2, Alex!
aadria National Bank Building, Alexandra
Virginia, on Tuesday, January
ICth, 1917. at 2:30 o'clock, p.m.
I for the election of directors and for
j the transaction of such business as
may legally come before said meet[ing.
T. C. DULIN,
| 10-td. Secretary.
I Having qualified as Executrix of
| Matthew W. O'Brien, M. D., all
persons having claims against his
estate are requested to present the
same to the undersigned, properly
certified for payment, and all persons
indebted to said estate are re
queutccl to make prompt settlement
with the undersized.
VIRGINIA E. O'BRIEN,
lQ-10t. 910 Cameron St.
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i5? Alexandria Fertilizer
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Chemical Company 15
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55 TERIALS a?d 55
| 55 SULPHURIC ACID 55
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55 cxandria Fertilizer and Chemi- 55
55 cal Cos Products. 55
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$50,000 in the stock market after the
recent peace note "leak," Miss Julia
P. Snow, 39 years old, of Portland,
Me., drank chloroform on the Charles
River Bank, and died soon after beintr
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