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CHAR TEN PAGES. TEN PAGES. THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. -ft VOL. XXX'vNO. -.6250 - 1 CHARLOTTE, N C, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1906. PRICE: '3.CENTS E TK FRESiDEh.S DAUGHTER HELD UP 8F Irs. Longworth as she Was .Seen Last Night in the Honeynloon Car. Train Many Hoirs Late Because of Small Wreck Near Sumner. Mr. Longworth Appeared Perfectly Happy and His Bride the Same. They are Going Directly, to Palm Beach and Then Over to Havana, Cuba, "Nick, there is a wreck ahead. What do you think of that?" And the President's daughter had a merry twinkle in her bright eyes as s-he announced the fact to her husband, Mr. Nicholas Longworth. As Xo. 29 drew up at Salisbury last night, word came from Sumner that the second section of No. 82, a north bound freight, had blocked the main Lne, thereby stopping the train that was bearing the White House bride and her husband to the Land of Flowers. But Alice Lee Longworth, did not give a rap. In the well appointed Pull man car, "Elyssiam," she was com fortably housed and near her side was the man of all men ,he loves. . Very near, with his eyes sparkling whenever Mrs. Longworth spoke, was that wonderful dog, "Toodles." He is going with the bridal couple down to Florida where he" will take a sun bath and a swim in old ocean because his owner says he needs a change of cli mate and she knows. After all that has been said and writ ten about Miss Alice Roosevelt Long worth, it would seem almost out of place to write more. But, she was in Charlotte early this morning, and, be sides she was ihe central figure in what would have been a real tiresome wait had it not been she was aboard one of the trains that hung out on a lonely sidetrack up the Southern rail way last night. ' After seeing Mrs. Longworth and hearing her merry voice, one can read ily understand why Mr. Longworth fell smitten under "that bewitching smile: Mrs. Longworth would be mad if any one were to say that she is pretty. If she were a Southern girl she would not be so classed,-for there are a thous and in Charlotte who can discount her and not half try. But there is a "something" that in stinctively draws you to her and that ' something' 'is not the mere fact that she is the daughter of the President. The slender girlish figure that stood beneath the light of electric bulbs last night in a Pullman car in an old field 10 miles this side of Salisbury, has many real charms. Probably the most distinctive one is her thorough Arderi canisra. One can look at Miss Alice (nay, nevermore) Mrs. Longworth and tell at a glance she is a daughter of that strenuous man, Theodore Roose velt. There is a quickness, a real lively air that betokens the Rooseveltian style. But, while this is true, there is a be coming modesty a sweet, childlike simplicity that draws you nearer and makes you feel at ease, even if you are in the presence of the second lady of our great country. I was never more thoroughly con vinced of the fact that daughters of great men, after all, are simply one of us. There may be a line drawn by the social whirl that divides us. What of that! After all, we are Americans and the best of us have real, substantial faults. Faults that no crown or royal robe can hide. Faults that will leak out and sometimes make tear drops blister our cheeks. The daughter of the President Mrs. Alice Lee Longworth, if you please is a sweet young woman. She is a fasci nating young girl and bald-headed Nick Longworth has drawn a prize that any man might feel justly proud of. He is one of the proudest human beings I have looked upon. When I say this I do not mean that he is a fool. He simply appreciates the prize he has drawn in the lottery of life and he looks it and acts it. ' One thing very striking at least it struck me very forcible is the fact that Mrs. Longworth has unusually bright eyes. There is a laugh in every movement of those eyes and to be plain, thev are just what we Southern people call "devilish eyes." They are brim full of cuteness and I am con strained to believe that Mr. Longworth can never be very serious when they are fixed on him. Those eyes are Uust like the rollicking brook. They dance as they roll and there is spirit, fire and ginger in their sharpness. Yes, Mrs. Longsworth's eyes are her most priceless jewels and the man on whom their brightness falls so sweetly, is crazy about them.;" ' Now, I h?.ve told of the President's daughter as I found her aboard her honeymoon car last evening. T must not lose sight of the man, who through her, has been made famous. I don't know what to say of him. He looks mightly like I imasine Officer House would, if he would just discard that unusual se- j nous look that he Is want to wear these days. Unlike the Charlotte offi cer, Mr. Longworth'S hair does not curl. It is as straight as can be what there is of it. It is not even tinged with Si'ey. I firmly believe (Miss Alice)1 Oh! I mean Mrs. Longworth would scarcely allow silver-tinged : hairs : ; to 1 decorate the sides of her husband's head. The groom looks as if he had lived seven days a week and had not been burdened with a nation's weal or woe. He seems to have forgotten every thing except those that tend to make happiness for his girl-bride the daughter of the President. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth go direct to Tampa' where they will remain only a few days. They will cross the gulf and spend some days in Cuba. Returning, they will go to New, Orleans and take in the Mardi Gras. It is generally und'erstood that they will return to Washington after their visit to New Orleans and will remain at the capitol until congress adjourns. Then they will go on an extended trip abroad. C. A. MATTHEWS. NO DIVORCE FOR THEM. Divorce Court Failed to Grant Appli cation of, Mrs. Fitzgerald from Gen. era! Fitgerald. By Associated Press. London, Feb. 20. The application, for divorce of Mrs. Fitzeerald from General Purcell Fitgerald, formerly owner of a ranch near Los Angeles i Cant., and a large landowner in Ire land, has failed, the divorce court ruling that Fitzgerald was domiciled ! m Ireland and therelore an English court has no jurisdiction.. - Mrs. Fitzgerald, is a daughter of. John Nicholls, of Uniontown, Pa. Fitz gerald is a descendent of Edward Fitz gerald, the translater of the "Qua trains" of Omar Khayyam. The cou ple have been separated for some time. FIRST LEVEE OF SEASON. Held at Buckingham Palace at Noon Members of American Embassy Were Present. By Associated lr ess. London, Feb. 20. King Edward held the first levee of the season at Buckingham Palace at noon thuri avoiding a state procession to St, James Palace where the levees are usually' held. The occasion was not robbed of its pieturesqueness, there being a large attendance of cabinet ministers, lead ing members of the opposition and for eign diplomats, among whom was Am bassador Reid, and the members of the American Ambassy. ADVOCATES LOCK CANAL. President Says In His Judgment z, Lock Canal is Advisable. By Associated Press. . Washington, Feb. 20. President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress re ports of the board of consulting engi neers on the Panama Canal together with the letter of Secretary Taft, the report of the Isthmian Canal Commis sion and a letter by Chief Engineer Stevens. -The President in his letter of transmital ays: "In my judgment a lock canal f as herein": recommended is advisable." -' ' ' FEDERAL COURT CONVENED. Judge Edmond Waddell Presiding in Federal Court Which Convened This Morning. Special to The News. Asheville, Feb. 20 Federal Court convened here at 10 o'clock this morn ing,. Judge Edmond Waddell, of Rich mond presiding. The judge delivered his charge to the grand jury instruct ing them as to their duties. The Fed eral statutes, etc., and court was then adjourned until this afternoon. House Committee Votes Unanim ously in .Favor of Such Actiot. Railroads, Coal and Oil Will be Investigated. Bill .Combination of 3 Resolutions.' By Associated Press. . Washington, Feb. 20. By a unani mous vote the House Committee on Inter-State and Foreign Commerce de cided today to make a favorable report on the Tillman resolution as amended by the " sub-committee consisting of Representatives Hepburn, Iowa; Town send, Michigan, and Adamson, Georgia. In its amended form the resolution pro vided for investigation by the Inter state Commission of railroad dis crimination and monopolies ' in coal and oil. The compromise measure is a com bination of the Tillman, Gillespie and Campell resolutions. It retains the number and title of the Tillman reso lution, but narrows by striking out the proposed investigation of monopolies and discriminations in all products by railways. ; - - The measure is broader' , than, the Gillespie resolution in that it includes all coal, while the Gillespie resolution related only to bituminous coal and it practically - includes the Cainpbell resolution by extending the . investiga tion to oil. , ..'! .'". -.y WOMEN RUN FOR OFFICE. Municipal Election All Over State To Day Over 50 Woman Candidates. By Associated Press. r ' Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 20 The mu nicipal elections are in progress throughout the State, Some slight dis turbances have occurred here and a few- arrests have been made. A fea ture of the election here is the candi dacy of 50 women, mostly city party nominees for - places on the sectional school . boards. " John M.'Coit Named. Bv Associated Press. - : - 'Washington, Feb. 20. The President sent to the Senate the nomination, of John M.1 Coitr of South Carolina, as Examiner-in-Chief in the Tatent Office. FAVORABLE REPORT ON TILLMAN RESO. GREENVILLE CO, CHARTERED AT A OOD CAPITAL Secretary of State Issues Charter - to Large Knitting Mill Company at Greenville, Winston Firm to Reduce Preferred Stock to $3,000. Alex Clark, Colored, Shot and Killed Yesterday by Another Negro. Argument of Appeals From Third judicial District! Begins. Special to The News. . Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 20. A cer tificate of the , Winston Brick Tile Co. was filed with the Secretary of State, reducing the preferred stock to $3,000. W. T. Carter is president of the company. . - : A charter was issued for the Com mercial Knitting' Mills, of Greenville, at a capital of $50,000, by L. L. Moore and others. Alex Clark, a colored trainman run ning between Richmond and Raleigh on .the Seaboard Air Line, was fatally shot here yesterday evening by Ben Williams, a colored fireman on a Sea board yard engine at the Johnston : street station The shooting was at a 1 $59, dwelling near the freight yard and is 'a, game of cards iHill drew his pistol supposed to have been brought on by and fired, the bullet striking Krider some sort of a gambling game. Wil-1 near the heart. liams went to his room at the station, The injured man lingered until this took a, revolver f-ora his trunk, say- j morning when death relieved him of ing to several standing about that he his sufferings. ' was going to kill a man; that he had! been cheated out of five dollars and) Adjourn in Honor of Castor proposed to kill a man if he hung for i Bv Associated Press, it. It was scarcely five minutes before! "Washington, Feb. 20. The House of he called Clark out of the" house at 441 .' ReDresentatives took immediate ad- Salisbury street and sent " a bullet. Crashing through his head.' The ball entered just above the left ear and came out in front of the right ear. The :negroes brain and blood were spat tered about the porch where the shoot ing occurred. Williams has not been captured. ' ' ' The argument of appeals from the third judicial district will begin in the THE RETAIL ASSOGlIil AT MEETING Officially and Unanimously Endorsed Hie Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence '. Edition of 1 H E TO fittingly commemorate and make ore pro minent, in history the day that witnessed the birth of our country's freedom", the anni versary of which arouses the pride and patrio tism of every loyal son ; of Mecklenburg County, THE NEWS and TIMES-DEMOGRAT will on May 20, 1906 issue a souvenir eidition of unusual size, beauty and interest It beautifully illustrated and 'articles devoted to the historical and industrial interests of Charlotte and Mecklcnbury County ii . : At least 20,000 Copies will be issued and their distribution, will be managed in a manner that will awaken a greater interest '. m this aydred section, among home-seekers and capitalists After a care ful consideration of its plans, the Retail Merchants' Association at a meeting last night decided :that it. was in harmony with their interests and an ex cellent thing for Charlotte and gave it .their unani mous and official endorsement as follows: . - CHARLOTTE RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION. Mr. W. C. Dowd, Editor Evening News, . , Charlotte, N. C. Pear Sir: ' At the meeting of the above association, held Feb. 19, 1906 after hearing your address in reference to the 20t!i of May en larged edition of your paper, the following resolution, was unani mously passed, Resolved that we endorse the 20th' of May edition of the Charlote News, and that the secretary so inform Mr. Dowd. Yours Truly, , S. A. SOLOMONS Sec it."- t i. 4-- - Supreme "Court this morning, the most ! notable case being the State vs. the j Railroad Company in which the city of i New Bern and the State charge the Atlantic & North ;Carolna Railroad Co. I with obstructing Hancock streetby switching cars thereon in violation of a contract entered : into by the city of New Bern and the railroad company April 12. 1856 with reference to the running of cars on Hancock street and in violation of art ordinance of NeW Bern drawn in accordance with this contract. The argument on the part of the city of NeW Bern and the State will be by Attorney' General Gilmer aad W. W. Clark. Mr. A. D. Ward will appear for the railroad company. The only other state -ease to come up this week is State vs. Atkinson in which the defendant was convicted in . Pitt county of assault ' with a revolver under the special act-of Pitt, making it a misdemeanor to point a pistol at another where the weapon is loaded or not. " f The third district consists of Pitt, Craven, Green, Carteret, Jones and Pamlico counties. '' ' - Mr. Chas. Roote. for a number of years secretary 'of the North Carolina Home Insurance Co., has' been elected cashier of the Raleigh Savings Bank to succeed J. O. Litchford, who was M-iHi. Ttr" o rnnfjwnv ' Vinrco -a f am- months ago. I& is understood . that he will acept. No successor. has been chosen for the insurance company sec retaryship. r r SHOT PROVED FATAL. Ranson Krider Died This Morning At ' Concord. Y' -:'-:'! A special despatch to The News from Concord states that ' Ranson Krider, the white man who was shot by George Hilt, Saturday night died this morning as the result of his inju ries. The News yesterday afternoon con- tained an account of the shooting. The two men had some words concerning : . . . . . . i r l - ir r i r mOTYl- ory of Representative George A. Cas tor, of Pennsylvania, after the passage of appropriate resolutions and the ap pointmeht cf a funeral committee. ' Rev. L. L. Williams, of Elizabeth City, spent todayT-in the city a guest at the home of Mrs.' John S. Watters on West Tenth street: : lERGMfFS : r A will :be profusely contain 'numerous : Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 20, 1906. LAST NIGHT MEWS E PUZZLED A Cab and a Murdered Actress Form Mystery Somewhat Simi lar to Patterson'vCase. Police Busy Searching for Clue. Woman's Head Battered. " The Victim, Miss Gussie Had been Appearing in Hart, "The Child Wife." Two Men Leave -Murdered Woman " at House Where she .Roomed. By Associated Press. 1 New York, Feb. 20. A murder mys tery with some features not unlike those of the famous Patterson case is engaging the attention of the police. As in the crime which cost Caesar Young his life and Nan Patterson an actress more than a year of her liberty, a cab and a woman of the stage are the principal features in the mystery of to day. . .. ; . N The woman. Gussie Hart, was the victim, and the carriage, according to story of the police was the scene of her death. Several persons who are thought to know something of the manner in which the woman was killed, have disappeared. The first intimation that the crime had been committed came to the police when a physician notified them that he had been called to a house at 261 West 28th street to at tend the woman and found her dead. Her skv.U had been fractured. Miss Hart hacFbeen appearing in ''"The Child Wife" at a theatre in this city " and had theatrical engagements here until May 6 next. , " The police were unable- to learn where she was from the time she left the theatre last night until several hours later when the cab stopped be fore the house where she roomed in West 3Sth street. . -' ' Then, they say, two men took her from the cab and carried her into the house, and a few minutes later a phy sician was called. ' . ' He was told that the woman was ill. When he reached the room he found two women and three men at the bed- " Miss Hart' wife dea'jwSeirWe'MsmR ner who was notified at once, reached the room, none of -the watchers re mained. The body of the woman with her head terribly battered," was lying un disturbed on the bed and the walls along 'the 'stairway up which it had been carried, were smeared with blood. The police are searching for the cab and for the two men who carried the woman's body to her room. Miss Hart told the landlady of her boarding house a few days ago that her family resided in Washington, D.'C - Edward Murphy Arrested, i Later; the' police arrested Edward Murphy, a dancing master, who said he went with Miss Hart and another actress about midnight last night to the Little Savoy, a cafe and-saloon, where they - remained drinking some time, Miss Hart taking only soft drinks. - : As she was leaving, Murphy said, she fell down a flight of 20 steps. She was unconscious when he reached her. Assisted by the waiters he carried her to a cab and took her to her room. Miss Hart was about 50 years old and was well known as a blackface comedianhe. John Baxter Falls From Fourth Floor of Hotel Selwyn and is Instantly Killed. Was; Rolling Empty Wheelbarrow at Jim 3 of the Accident. John ' Baxter, a negro - laborer em ployed at the Hotel " Selwyn, at the corner of Church : and West Trade street, was instantly killed this after noon at 2.45 o'clock by a fall from the ; fourth" stbry to the basement a distance of - abut 60 feet. ; , . A number of laborers were on this floor, but hone saw the man when he made 'the fatal- step; He was rolling a -'wheelbarrow, at , the. time - and the supposition is that he was paying no. attention" to the direction in vhich he was' going , and carelessly ' went too near the edge of the scaffolding, the wheel leaving the planks and jerking him over' with it. . - . ... . . j. His body was seen just as it disap: peared beneath the scaffolding and his fellow-laborers hurried from ; the lofty heights to find the mangled body of the man below. : In his decsent he struck one of the massive iron beams, brush ing his face beyond recognition. ,--' A physician was. immediately sum moned, but his services were not need ed, as the man was dead. - ' ' The body was taken in charge by Coles & Smith, the colored undertak ers, and removed to the home near; the Southern passenger station. . -r Baxter was about 24 years old and is single. . FOLIC 1 i ' i '.:.- i " j. .-..3.. "i1. A NEGRO KILLED AT THE HEW HOTEL B. & O. RWY. REPLIES. Reply of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - to Statement Made in Senate on Be half of Red Rock Fuel Co. Presented , by Rayner. By Associated l?i ess. Washington, Feb. 20. The reply of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to the statements recently made in the Sen ate on behalf of the Red Rock Fuel Company of " West Virginia,' was "pre sented in the - Senate ;by Rayner by request. The document was signed by Hugh S. Bond, Jr., second vice-president of the Baltimore and Ohio. He says the answer of the B. & O. to the demand of the led Rock Company for railroad facilities wasv the same that had been given to their predecessors in the title namely, "that until the railroad com pany could enlarge its equipment it could not provide special service to develop new coal territory, but must stop at the .discharge of its legal ob ligations as a carrier. They were told at the same time that the railroad com pany was taking steps to make largo additions to . its equipment." : Bond further says: "The Baltimoro & Ohio Railroad Company is not a stockholder ' in any coal company large or small located in the vicinity of,-1 or on its lines of the railway in the Fairmont district. It has for many years owned the majority of the stock of the Consolidation Coal Company, a ! Maryland- corporation. In 1903 the Consolidation Coal Company acquired the bare majority of the stock of the Fairmont Coal Company." Bond declares the Fairmont Compa ny has received no better treatment than the Red Rock Co. " :- ; THIRTEEN MINERS KILLED. An Explosion in Colorado Mines With ' Terrible Results. Walsenburg, Col., Feb.' 20. An ex plosion yesterday morning in the Vic tor Fuel company's Maitland mine caused the death of at least 13 miners, and' perhaps 16. Seven bodies Have been recovered. Shortly before 8 o'clock there was an explosion in the part of Maitland known as the Sunshine, which caused the earth to tremble for miles around. Soon afterward a man ran out and re ported that the mine was on fire. The explosion caused a fall of rock from the roof and until this is cleared away it will not be known positively just how many bodies are yet in the mine. The explosion was caused by gas set off by open lamps and the deaths were caused by gases. ' ' " Miss Sudie Scott will entertain a number Of rriends tomorrow afternoon at her home on East Morehead street. Officials Have Proposal Laid Be fore Them by Former Minister to Liberia who Says Negroes are Available and Specially Fitted for. Work. By Associated Press. Washington , - Feb. 20. J. Milton Turner, of St. Louis, Mo., formerly the American Minister to Liberia, is en deavoring tb enlist the interest of the Isthmian Canal officials in the employ ment of negro labor from the United States in building the1 canal. He has discussed the' matter with Chairman Shonts, to whom he said there were a large number of negroes in - the United States," particularly in the South,' available" for and capable physically of doing the class of work required on. the -Isthmus, who should be given the opportunity to go there. Turner will make further representa tions on the subject. CADETS DEFEAT PRINCETON. Army Fencers Win Eight of Nine - Bouts in Annual Match. West Point. N. Y.V Feb.- 20. Army fencers Were victorious in their annual match with Princeton, winning eight of nine bouts. ' In the first round McAlpin tied with Dickenson, an extra period giving the army men the bout. Breckenridge also tied witlf Dickerson in the third round. Dickerson winning out. Breckenridge won Princeton's Only bout. Meeting Tonight. There will be a big meeting of the citizens of Dilworth, held at the hall over the Dilworth Drug Store, this evening. Aircitizens of -Dilworth are invited to be present. Two Others were Seriously Injured and Four Houses Completely Destroyed by Big Fire at Tun nel H-IU Loss was $100,000. Partly Insured. : - By Associated Press. ' . . , Johnstown, Pa., Feb. 20. Five per sons" were hurned to death, two others seriously injured and fOur houses com pletely destroyed by a fire which origi nated in the home of Patrick Grogan, at'Tunnel lHtill, about 27 miles east of this city. ' - ";,r u-;-. .rv; The monetary loss was about $10, 000, partly insured. 'Ill ISTHMIAN CANAL DORNEO TO DEATH ME CHILDREN Part of Woman's Wearing Apparrel and Note Found Saying She had thrown' her Three Children Overboard and was Aoout to Follow Herself. V Officers of Steamer Turn Case Over to Police. Woman and .Children .Missing on Arrival at Fall River. Identity of Wo man. v By Associated Press. Fall River, Feb: 20. The officers of the steamer Plymouth of the Fall River line, found a part of a womans' wear ing apparel and, a note saying she had thrown her three children over-" board and was about to follow them herself, in the stateroom just after the steamer left Newport on her trip from New York to this city today. The officers unon arrival here turn ed the case over to the police Agent Bushey of the Fall River Line says a woman and three children, who were on the Plymoth when it left New iork were missing when the steamer arrived here. The woman is believed to have been Mrs. John. Waters of Brooklyn, N. Y. The daughter of captain James. Brady, collector of the Port of Fall River. ... - ? Mrs. Waters and her Husband re cently removed to Brooklyn from Chic ago. She was said to be suffering from mental trouble for some time. " Her Brother Protstrated. Dwight Brady, son of Capt. James Brady, collector of the port at Fall River, identified the articles found in the state room as belonging to his sister, Mrs. Watters, who apparently was coming to Fal River to visit her relatives. " v ' Brady is unable to explain the trag edy beyond the fact of possible domes tic unhappiness. Mrs.. Watters was about 30 years of age. Her husband is in - the insurance ?: business in : -New York city. ' Her children were Helen, aged 4, Dorothy, 2 years Of age and an infant son ten months old. ' Possibly Insane. ; New York, Feb. 20. John W. Wat ters was prostrated when told of his wife's death. To buisness associates, Watters said his wife had been subject to short spells' of insanity and she spent some time in a sanitarium seve ral years ago. INVESTIGATION BEGUN. Grand Jury Look Into Alleged unlaw ful Acts By Officials of Mutual. By Associated Press. ' T New York, Feb. 20. The grand jury investigation into the alleged unlawful acts by officials of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co., was begun today. No Disquiet Whatever Felt at ' Pekin. No Anti-Foreign Move ment of . Serious Nature in North China. Message From Missionary Bryan; By Associated press. , ' Pekin, Feb. 20. The foreigners are receiving telegrams trom relatives in dicating that there is a feeling of alarm atroad over the possibility 'of an out break of Chinese hostility. ; ' No disquiet whatever is felt at Pe kin. There is no . anti-foreign move ment in North China likely to lead to hostilities. The trouble at Canton and Shanghai are not felt here. , It is reported from Homan,that mem bers of the Big Knife Society have kill ed a number of Chinese Catholics as a result of a local quarrel. ; , -' Word From Missionary. ivicimiuuu, va., reu. u.; iiie retary of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention received the following, cablegram from Dr. R. J. Bryan, missionary of that board in Shanghai, China: "There is no apparent danser." .. MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION. Officers Elected Merchants Journal Adopted by Virginia Association. .,. Roanoke Va. Feb.20. The Retail Merchants Association of Virginia in session here elected the following of ficers J.' R. Weaver, president of Roa noke; T. A. Miller vice president of Richbmond ; M. M. Ramsey . secretary of Roanoke; Norman H. Johnson, general counsel or Raleigh JN. C. . J I The convention was attended by dele gations from nearly all the cities in the state. The Merchants Journal, the organ of the N. C. Assn. was adopted by the Va. Assn. Dr. Brodie C. Nalle is quite sick at his apartments in the Hunt build ing. . . . HO ALARM IS FELT ! NORTH CHINA