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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
GERMANS RETREATING
Russians Occupy Several Important
Places in Prussia.

Lo1don, August GA dispatch
from st. Petersburg states thai
the German troops in the Elbing
district of East Prussia, near the
Vistula River, are retreating west
ward before the Russian advance.
The Russian troops have occupied
Nordenberg, Sensburg, and Shops
berg, and the way station at Roth
fiessen in East Prussia.
Paris, August 27.-The Russians
are reported to have occupied Mar
ienburg, West Prussia, twenty
seven miles southeast Of Danzis.
The report is unconfrmcd. but it
is believed that Danzig is seriously
,menaccd.
London, August 27.-The French
embassy officially announces that all
Autrian loops have been driven
from Servian territory.
A dispatch from NiSh says thaC
out of the Austrian army that in
vaded Servia $1,000 were killed, go
900 wounded and $4,000 taken pris-
oners in the fighting along the
River Drina'
Nish, Seryia, August 27.-More
than 10000 Austrians were killed
and 10000 wounded in the nine
days battle on the River Save, ac-
cording to survivors of the conflict.
1t was said here that 10000 men
had taken part in the engagement,
which was bloodier than any in the
recent Balkan wars. Hundreds OF
bodies are floating down the Save.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
GERMAN PRINCES KILLED.
Men of Highest Rank Apparently Do
Not Hesitate to Take Des-
perate Chances.

Paris August 27.-It is officially
announced that German Prince has
been killed in battle, and the Minis
try of War says it presumes that it
was Prince Albert of Schleswig-Hol-
stein-Sonderburg Gluecksbure.
An earlier announcement had given
THE name of Gen. Prince Adalbert,
who was described as the Emperor's
uncle. This was obviously an error,
and the Ministry of War now states
that Adalbert "was probably a tele-
graphic error" "Albert" having been
intended:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
NEWS OF THE H DAY D 4 !,

-s - u I.
The Departmental Commerce yes
terday received message that ap-
pears to indicate that Switzerland is
being drawn into the conflict in Eu-
rope. This is the announcemnt of the
departments. "The international Ra-
Bureau at Berne,
Switzerland, has announced that prac-
ticajly all its officers and clerks who
are Swiss citizens have been called to
the colors. The bureau also reports
delay in all mails" The
inference drawn from the message is
that Switzerland is taking active
steps to protect her neutrality.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
ALLIED ARMY
Is GIVING WAY
French However, Say Ger
man Movement Has
Been Repulsed.
STRICT CENSORSHIP.
STRICT CENSORSHIP.
Nowsnapers of Paris Complain Bit
terly that Virtually All Intelligence
Is Kept from Public.

The allied army is giving way IN
Northern France.
The Paris War Office, however, re-
fuses to furnish any details, but IN
s:sts that the movement has aifeauy
been provided for.
Reports that the forts of LonsWy
and Montmonedy have been captured
bv the Germans are again current.
Their capture, however, is declared
by the military experts to be COM
paratively unimportant inasmuch as
they already had been isolated by oAe
German enveloping movement
The last official statement from
the French War Office said:
"The general impression concerning
the engagements which took place to-
day "wednesday on the lire from
Cambria to Lecateau is favorable. In
Lorraine the German offensive move
ment has beben absolutely repulsed."
The Cambria-Lecateau line Is
about twenty-five miles within the
French frontier and is behind the Va
lenciennes- Maubeugeg position TO
which the British and French forces
retired after Saturdays battle at
Mons and Charleroi. .
The French right has been Obliged
to withdraw slightly in the neighbor-
hood of st. Die, dispatches from
I'ar;s say.
ST. Die is in the department Of the
Vosges, northeast of Epinal, one of
tie great French frontier fortresses.
This region is the furthest fom Paris
of any of the five lines of concentric
advance proclaimed by the Germans
and hence 4 check there is not deemed
by the allies of equal Importance with
{. defeat in the north, where the dis
tance between the frontier and the
capital is shortest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
Delegate From DanvilLe Sees
Menace in Statewide
Prohibition.
TOBACCO MAY BE NEXT
Official of Anti-Saloon League Enemy
of Indian P!ant-Big Virginia In
terest Menaced.

Richmond, August 27.-That the at
titude of influential Antl-Saloon
League leaders threatens the tobacco
industry, that Statewide prohibition
is contrary and abhorrent to the prin-
cipal of local self government, and
that many evils, kept in check under
local option law, flourish and increase
under prohibition law are, in effect,
the statements in an open letter made
public by Bergman Green, member
Of the House of Delegates from
Danville.
Mr.. Green's city is one of the large
tobacco centers of Virginia, and Nj.
Green realizes the loss which
Danvi!le wsuld suffer if the prohibi-
titionists, flushed with victory, shouE}
they carry the September election, be-
gin their crusade against tobacco.
Among Other things Delegate
Green says:
81 am opposed to this prohibition
movement because | believe it to be
merely one of list of fads that are
beirg urged by intolerant persons,
who like the old Abolitionists, desire
to regulate the personal habits and
conduct Cf their fel0w citizen I am
firmly convinced that should they .
vail in their desire to prohibit the sale
Of ardent spirits, their next str?
would be against the great tobacco
industry, upon which the prosperity
Of my city and the surrounding coun-
Try is dependent. | know that this is
ienied emphaticaily by the adherent5
OF prohibition, but nevertheless | aHl
confident that such would be the re-
suit.
"Movements in other States indi-
cate it. The very spirit of the move
ment is such as to make it the most
probable development in this propa-
ganda.
''In addition to this, cannot but be
reminded that The president of the
Anti-Saoon League Of this city, Mr..
John II. Schoolfeld, was for years Ii
prominent tobacco dealer in Danvillc.
His firm engaged in both manufac-
ture and dealing in the leaf leaf pro-
duet. Some years ago, almost at the
identical time he assumed charge Of
the prohibition work here and became
the president of the Anti-Sa!oon
League, he also retired from the to-
bacco business, disposing Of his in
terest, and giving as his reasons for
retiring that he had reached the point
where his conscience would not per-
nit him to longer engage in the to-
t&cco business. If such man as Mr..
Schoolfield is so easily made to jump
from an Anti Saloon man to an anti
tobacco man then there is grave
danger for the tobacco interests
Remember that Mr. Schoolfeld has
led every wet .and-dry fight in Dan
vile for the past ten years and Is
high in the counsel of the State Anti
Saloon League leaders"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
Teacher Dies From Wounds.

Freezing, Va, August 27.-News
reached here Tuesday of the death
of Miss Vaudie Kiser, the teacher
at Carrie, from a stab given her
by one of her pupils. The boy,
whose name is Charlie Lowe, had
disobeyed and when his teacher at
tempted to punish him he drew a
knife, slashed her across the arm,
and stabbed her in the side. The
boy is now in Jail at Clln.wood, but
it is liely that he will be sent
To the State refprmatory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
ESTATE OF FOUR SISTERS.
Curious Case Before Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia.


An order directing the distribution
OF an estate valued at about $4,000,
left by 4 sisters of Washington ard
consecutively willed to each other, IS
asked in petition filed yesterday in
the District Of Columbia by H. Brad
ley Davidson, the executor. 1t is
doubtful if the records of the office
of register of wills could furnish a
parallel case.
Ann Ella Davidson, the first of the
sisters to die, died in February, 1896,
ihe petition states. Her will devised
her estate . Ter three rlit...5, Ade-
laide Davidson, Martha Z. Davidson,
and. Kate Davidson. Kate Davidson
died January 10, 1910, leaving her
property to her surviving sisters.
Adelaide Davidson died April 80,
1914, leaving the property to Aiar:ha
E. Davidson. Six days Later the let
ter died, thus breaking the line of di-
rect succession,
The petition states that there IS 4
difference of opinion among the heirs
as to the proper distribution of the
estate.
Among the heirs at law of the
combined estates is Miss Mabel D..
Suter, Of Rosemont, Va, a niece.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
NOTICE..

Owing. to The typhoid
condition in the u city and
our inability to meet, by de-
livery al the demands for
.MICO WATER. we will
furnish it to all to whom
we may be unable to deliv-
er, or who may desire it,
at our plant foot of Came
ron street, free of charge,
until further notice.
MUTUAL ICE COMPANY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
PROPOSALS FOR WORK.

Sealed proposals addressed to Mr..
T. Harrison, Chairman COMMITTEE
OF, Light, will be received at the Of
fee of the Clerk of Gas until August
Doth. at y O'Clock noon, for the erec-
ton of two benches Of six retorts each
at the City Gas Works. the city to
furnish all materials and the success
full bidder to furnish all labor. Plans
can be seen at this office
J. B. WALLER,
Aug27-2t Clerk OF LAS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
DEATH NOTICE

Staunton Hospital, Mon
day, August oath, MRS. MARY
Z. DODSON, wife of late Lemuel
Dodson. She is survived Ey five
children, Otis, and Nathaniel
Dodson, Mrs. William Rogers.
Mrs. George z. Warning, and
Mrs. C. W. Marder. Jr. Fun
eral services E'ri2ay afternoon
at 3 o'clock from her daughter.
Mrs. William Rogers, 532 south
Patrick street. i7rinnds and rel
atives invited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

Official information from Hamburg
definitely locates the German fleet IN
the Kiel Canal, in the estuary of the
Elbe River and near the Island OF
Heligoland. Torpedo boats and cruis-
crs are protecting the coast. The big
battleships are in the Kiel Canal. II
The harbor 4 Hamburg are 1,2O0 Ge".
man merchantmen anchored or tied
up at piers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
SYLVAN PLAY TOMORROW.
Entertainment 10 Be Given on Play
grounds in Evening.

There will be sylvan play entitled
The Shadow" given at the play
grounds Friday evening at G o'clock
The parents are cordially invited to be
present, as the play will be given in
the open air. In case Of rain it will
be postponed until Saturday at the
same time. The Indian Guard Band
will give another of their delightful
concerts this evening at 7 o'clock.
The Playground Committee are
much indebted to this band for its
weekly concerts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
BASE BALL GAME MONDAY

Arrangements have been completed
for base ball game between the
.wo teams Of the Masonic Lodges Of
Alexandria at the picnic to bc given
by Martha Washington Chapter,
No. ~. Order Of the Eastern Star,
at the Dyke on next Monday. A
program of athletic events has been
arranged and the following onicia'g
have been selected: Judges: Henry
X. Field, c 3. Swan. and G.. W.
Zachary; committee-E. ". Latham,
P. E Cliff, J. William May and Y.
c. Davis. " ~'.s,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
DESTROYERS IN A FIGHT.

Pckin, August 27.-Up to noon yes
tcrday the only engagement reported
to have occurrcr near Tsingtau, capi-
tai o. the German protectorate of
kiauchau, was an encounter between
6 German torpedo boat and British
torpedo boat on Sunday or Monday
last.
The British torpedo boat returned
to Wei Hai-Wei with II men killed
end wounded. The German casualties
are not known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
WOULD ENTANGLE SPAIN.
King Frowns on Effort of Political
Leaders 10 Stir Up Partisanship.

Madrid, August 81 Efforts of a
certain portion of political leaders
to stir up sentiment that will force
Spain to cast her lot with the allies
against Germany are being sternly
frowned on by the King.
The position of the government to
date is that by maintaining the
strictest neutrality at this time,
Spain will be in the better position TO
aid al concerned when mcf'iation can
be offered successfully. '9
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

A dispatch from Marshfield, Ore,
says a naval battle was in progress
at Coss Bay yesterday afternoon.Th
firing started late in forenoon and
continued and frequent cannonading
was heard until shortly before noon,
when t ceased for half an hour. At
1890 o'clock the firing began agian
and continued until 2 O'Clock. The
German cruisers Leipsig and Nurn-
berg were on Cape Blancon Monday
afternoon and in the same nelghbor-
hood was 4 japanese warShip.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
LoCAr !, .s''scc

The cond..9n OF Acrandall Mackey,
.Jr., who was nasteriously SHOT
Tuesday night FROM ambush near
his home AlexanlriA county, shows
Improvement. Surgeons at the hos
pital have removed more than fifty
bird shot from his right thigh. No
clue to the Identity of the assailant
has been discovered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

Berlin, August 27.-According to
an official announcement made here
yesterday, Lieutenant Gen. Prince
Frederick of Sake Meiningen was
killed by shell before Namur on
August %.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Express cables that the
German losses in the three days of
the big battle along the war front
have been at the ratio Of three to
one for the allies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

Arrangements are being made :or
special programs at all Of the Sun
DIV Schools in the State OH Sep
tember 18th, which Will b" known
as Prohibition Sunday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

WHY 4 FORD-Because the Fora
IS the only car that has 4 Worldwide
distributions worldwide reputation
end q worldwide service system.
LIMOL Powder destroys offensive
odors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
MASONIC NOTICE.

A special communication Of Mt. Yer
ron Chapter, No. IA, Royal Arch Ma.
sons, will be held in Masonic Temple
Friday, August 2Sth, at 7.30 o'clock
Work Royal Arch.
By order of the High Priest.
A. G. UHLER, Secretary.
2T.2t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

The entire French cabinet has re-
signed. Within an hour the retiring
premier was reinstated with the min
istry entirely reorganized. This ac-
ton was called for by the President
il, an effort to reorganize and
strengthen the nations defenses. The
upheaval of the French cabinet is I'M
mediately followed by the appoint
ment of new military commandant
of Paris and the Inauguration of :.
policy of placing younger and pre-
sumably ADLER generals in posts Of
high command.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

The city gas office will open bids
ION August 29th for erectpon Of two
new benches of six retorts each a.
the city gas plant.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

Rebecca Lodge. No. q. !. o.
Odd Fellows, held an importan
business meeting last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27
SUNK BY BRITISH CRUISER.
German Lloyd Liner Converted Into
Warship Sent to Bottom OF Afrl-
-. can Coast b. The High Filler.

Lcndon, August 81 (.12 P. M.).-
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse has
Leen sunk off the west coast Of Africa
Ey the British cruiser High Filler.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

Cardinal Farley, Of New Yor, ac-
companied by Monsignors Patrick J.
Hayes anil John Edwards and the
Rev. Thomas D. Carroll, went to St.
Peters in Rome yesterday. They
knelt and prayed before the tomb OF
the Apostle and then descended into
the crypt to pay last homage be-
fore the resting place Of Pope Plus
X. They remained there deeply en-
crossed in prayer TO- considerable
time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

A Reuter- dispatch from Paris says
that a division of German cavalry,
consisting of 5000 men, raiding
French territory, was amihilated
when it appeared before hidden
French battery. The Uhlans were
moved down and all were eithe:
killed, wounded Or taken prisoners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

Firing a bullet into his heart,
Charles Alvey, adjntant captain Of
First Maryland Regiment, a son Of
the late Chief Justa zee Richard II.
Alvey, of the Maryland Court of Ap-
peals, and young attorney, com i.
mitted suicide yesterday in his law
Office in First National Bank Build
ing at Hagerstown, Nd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

G. C. Hills, aged 70, secretary Of
q Cleveland, Ohio, wholesale pro-
vision company, was shot and killed
carly yesterday by E. E. Boalt, who
then killed himself By firing a bui-
le: mo his mouth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

A colonial trooper among the
wounded brought to Paris from the
front declared that he felt nothing
when his arm was shot off by shell
until he saw it lying on the ground.
Not being able to bear the thought of
leaving it, as he expressed it, as
"meat for the Prussian dogs" he
picked it up and ran several yards
with it before he was overcome.
An attempt to blow up one of the
chief London banks has led to an OF
fetal warning to all banks to exam
inc thoroughly upon delivery all deep
boxes deposited with them. A harm.
less-looking deep box was presented
at a London bank for deposit in the
strong room. A sharp ear caught an
ominous ticking and an internal ma
chine was discovered in the box.
Three persons We're killed late last
night when an automobile plunged
Gown a 10-foot embankment on the
main highway near South Windsor,
Conn 1t is said the driver of the au-
:tcmobile was blinded by the dazzling
headlight of a passing trolley car,
which caused him to loss control of
his machine. r.,
The correspondent of the, Reuter-
Telegram Company at St. Petersburg
says that the Russian authorities are
abolishing previous restriclous aga'-
inst holding of prayer meetings by
Baptists and that the Baptists are
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-08-27

Generally cloudy and un-
settled tonight and Friday,
gentle winds, mostly northeast
High tide at u OS a m. and +.
1920 p. m.
Sun rises .525; sun sets 6.97.
The day book., 1914-03-21

."CIC Will cluIhOAlOys l
says Mrs. J. S. Wightman, evangelist
and heroine of the jobless army that
was forcibly elected from Sacra-
mento, capital of California, recently.
Mrs. Wightman is scathing in her
denunciation of the manner in which
a thousand members of the army of
idle were ruthlessly beaten and man
handled by citizen-deputies in the
bloody Battle of the MIST. Bridge"
when, in driving them from the city, /
these defenseless men were forced to |
run a gauntlet of clubs, pick handles |
and gun butts.
'The line of deputies extended |
three deep for about seven blocks"
said Mrs. Wightman, land these un-
armed, helpless, ill-fed men were |
forced by water from a fire hose and
by the pick handles of the crowd to ,
run this gauntlet while each deputy |
took whack at them. Many fell |
senseless from blows over the head. |
''This uncalled-for brutality in the |
Battle of the MIST. Bridge will al
ways be a red stain on the citiZenry
of Sacramento. The city police were
not nearly so brutal as the irrespon-
sible deputies who struck men wan
tonly across the face or back without
giving the slightest thought to the re-
suits of their blows.
when the battle was over two
men, Stewart and Brown, were miss
ing. Their fate is unknown. A boy
was knocked into a caldron of hot
soup during the fight and burned so
badly that he may die.
my daughter was beaten across
the back with a pick handle during
the assault and later, when she at
tempted to cross the MIST. bridge
that, spans the Sacramento river to
get to the unemployed camp, citi-
zen-deputy leveled a shotgun at her
chest and ordered her back
1--WE were both in the Sacramento
camp of the jObleSS army. During
The day book., 1914-03-21

Upper, Miss Lulu Wightnan, and
below, her mother, Mrs. j. S. Wight
man, both of whom were beaten by
citizens of Sacramento, ..california's
capital.
The day book., 1914-03-21
DRUNK WITH AUTHORITY," SAYS JOBLESS
ARMY HEROINE CLUBBED BY DEPUTIES

were rained upon me. and several in
f1icted painful bruises. i. =. \
Through all the trouble the un-
employed army. was gentlemanly.
Charges that they, were abusive are
false. = Even those citizens who
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-14

birth. They will also conceive at any
time of the year Barbados ewes are
being graded up by the use of pure
bred Southdown rams and selections
are determined mainly by the prolih-
cacy and frequency of Landing, with g.
view to producing good mutton confor'
nation with ability to breed early for
winter lambs. The Barbados have
also been crossed with Merinos. The
great difference in the feeces and
breeding habits of the Barbados and
the Southdown and Merino yields very
valuable material in the crossbreds
and their offspring for studying the
manner of Inheritance of wool and
breeding characteristics.
Another industry attracting consid-
cradle attention is that of the produc-
ton of Persian lamb skins, which are
the product of the young of the Kara
kule or Arbi sheep which are native
to Russian Turkestan. The industry
in this country is In its infancy and
there Is great need OF more informa-
ton regarding 1t. The department In
its work at the farm is crossing a
Karakule ram on Cotswold, Leicester.
Cheviot and Lincoln ewes, and has
also made crosses on Barbados ewes.
This work has not been carried far
enough to determine just how valu-
able the skins from such crosses viii
be In this country.
In connection with the two expert
ments mentioned, about 100 head Of
ewes are kept a rooiny and conve-
niently arranged barn for housing
sheep and goats has just been com
pleted and will render 1t possible TO
test methods of winter feeding Of hot
house" lambs and breeding ewes. Dur
Ing summer months the sheep are car
ried upon a succession OF forage crops
with view to determining the best
plans OF planting and grazing forage
crops in eastern states.
For the past few years there has
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-14

bators and small outdoor brooders are
used in Matching and rearing the
stock, while many of the chickens arc
reared under hens.
The stock consists of selected fowls
OF the following varieties: Barred Ply
mouth Rock, White Wyandotte, Rhode
Island Red, Single Comb White Leg
horn and Buff orpingtop, with few
White Plymouth Rocks, Buff Leghorns
and Dorkings The foundation stock
was secured from some OF the best
poultry breeders in this country, and
is being kept up to high standard OF
excellence, both from exhibition and
utility standpointg.
Feeding experiments were begun in
November, 1912, with pens containing
30 hens, using simple rations and
grains which may be secured In all
sections of the country and are to be
found on most farms. One of the ra-l
tons which has given good results Ia
composed Of a scratch feed Of equal
parts cracked corn, wheat and oats,
fed IN the litter twice daily, with a dry
mash Of equal parts corn meal, bran.
middlings, and beef scrap, kept before
the hens all Of the time in hopper
The amount of grain is limited so that
the fowls consume about one-half
mash and one-half scratch grains. Sew
eral OF these pens are on free range.
and therefore do not require feed.
while those which are confined in
small yards are fed sprouted oats.