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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28
severe PUNISHMENT
Of Mrs. Chappell, Of Five Years
Standing, Relieved by cardui.

Mt. Airy, n. C.--Mrs. Sarah N. Chap
:ell OF this town says: 81 suffered Tor
i've years with Wor,iarly troubles, also
stomach troubles, and my punishment
was More than any one could tell.
T tried rost every kind OF medici1e,
but none did lie any good.
Tread one day about Cardui, ths wo.
mans tonic, and ! decided to Try it. !
had net taken bit ateu. six bottles until
was almost cured. II did me more
good than all tils other medicines had
tried, put together.
Ny friends began asking RE why !
looked so we'll, and | told them about
Cardni. Several are now taking it."
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Of The ailments due TO Womanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, Sideache.
sleeplessness, and fiat everlastngly tired
feeling?
If so, let US urge you 10 give CafaM Z
trial. We feel confident il will help YOU.
lust as it las million other women IN
tie past 1alf century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
won't regret it. All druggists,
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28
BLEEDING
BERBLA.

The little country Of Serbia. where
he storm centre formed in 1914. is
kbout to suffer ths fate of Poland,
(nany years agp. It committed the
knpardonable sin Ct desiring an out
ct to the Adriatic. Blocked by its
powerful neighbor. Austria. this was
asnied the little nation ef about tivs
kaillion souls. and Francis Joseph
laving coolly annexed Bosnia and
herzegovina which Serbia supposed
you'd come to her after the Balkan
var, it was realized that Serbia rHust
orever remain land-ocEsd with no
essible opportunity Of e:--::>>@.lsicI.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28
MILITARISM AND
MONARCHY DOOMED

The outcome of the present fear
full war is causing many srec@iations.
Some think it will end in anarchy:
others in an era of peace which
will continue during maiy generations.
All peace suggestions have, so far.
proven futile, and it is generally
believed will until the people them
selves assert their power and refuse
to risk their lives any longer at the
ipse diXit of crowned heads who are
really what the robber termed Alex
ander the Great-wholesale plundercrs
while the bandit was charged with
committing two or three murders for
the purpose of plumber.
Straws are now showing the course
Of the wind. Food riots are occurring
in Berlin and Vienna, great dissalis-
faction is manifest in England; many
in France and Turkey are tired Of
war and thedistres and suffering
in Russia and other Slav countries is
growing all the time.
The Richmond Virginian has the
following timely remarks upon pre-
sent conditions the old World:
The monarchial rulers of the earth
are nearing the end Of their rope.
The systems they have set up, the
ideals they have sought to create,
are Fastening now to eternal end ana
in few brief years they will go the
way that eventually is that of the un-
worthy, unwept, unhonored and un-
sung.
The human race is now learning
very bitter lesson 1t is drinking the
cup of militarism to the dregs. The
fatal breath Of the war-demon has
made millions mourn, filled the world
with sorrow, made Europe part ceme-
terry and part hospital, and set back
the hands of civilization and human
progress century.
And why? Did men take up arms
at the outset to defend their sacred
rights, to repel invasion, or to de-
throne tyranny? By no means. Those
who brought about the war were ac-
tuated by no other impulse than that
Of greed of power, Of pride that
made them determined to impose their
will upon people less prepared &c
fight.
The sword was ever the ready re-
ply OF autocracy to fancied grievance.
The habit of tyrants to require I'M
mediate obedience to their sovereign
wills has N this. as in many orner
cases, made casus bcli of justilia-
bic occurrence. Europe mourns nc.
cause of it's kings and emperors. Will
its people, with mistaken IDEA OF
patriotism, continue a useless slaugn-
ter merely because it's monarcns
please to continue a useless slaugh-
ter?
1t is to be earnestly hoped that the
people CT Europe will awake TO the
awtulneSS Of their present condition
under the rule cf royalty, and by unit
cd action determine that they will
no longer be used as pawns in the
hands of royalty. A Europe ruled by
its people would be a Europe that
would not be blood stained and corpse
strcwn. Great dcmocracics are as
strong for peace as great empires arc
for war
The present war show: tho utter
utility of militarism. 1t marks the
breakdown of the monarcnial form
OF government. 1t should mean the
dawn of real human liberty in what
is now king-cursed continent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28
GERMANY'S
RESENTMENT.

Commenting on editorial remarks
of the New York World concerning
the feeling against this country pre-
valent in Germany, the Louisville
Post. suggests that time brings
changes always and that the hostility
probably will disappear in five or
fen wears. The World says German
public sentiment evidently is settling
ON the United States as the scape-
goat for all the misfortunes and dis
annointments of the Teutonic allies.
Newspapers are proclaiming and the
people are telling each other that but
for American money, munitions and
sympathy the war would have been
ended six or eight months ago and
Germany would have been triumph
antly in possession of Belgium Ser
via, large slices of Russia and France
and would have had Great Britain
PROSTATE and helpless.
The Richmond Journal suggests
that very likely none Of this is true
and calls attention to the fact that
Germans and Austrians had been
checked and driven back from Paris
before American help or interference
were felt. Yet if the Germans be-
lieve that we arc responsible for tho
enormous cost in blood and money,
and lives resulting from the proionsa-
ton OF the war, consequences to us.
NAV be lust as serious rs they would
be if we actually were guilty. 1t is
entirely true that in five or ten years
oninion might change and resentment
aaj,. Z ut there is no guarantee
I'll -ssna eGr hope of that much de-
M. az our people seem TO be
.......,.. Z, reEize that the German
army is thoroughly organized, armed
Ncuuipped and pro>Sfed. 1t is in the
field. 1t is ready to move anywhere il
it can find an open sea and transpor-
tation. If it should win, in the pres
kent strife, it would have the sea open
l|bcfore it and indefinite means Oh
transportation and provision. 1t Is
rank and crazy nonsense to assume
Ithat government which can main
tain two or three million men lii
the trenches through long months
could not provide them with supplies
for the thirty or forty days that would
be required to haul them across tic
ocean.
me natural conclusion from pres
ycnt conditions is that the German
people, if they win, will be exaspcr-
ated and ready. The irritation might
disappear in few months or few
wears; but all the probabilities are
THAT the Imperial government would
not wait for any healing processes
Its temptations and interest would
3be to strike.
And why should it not strike? For
This vast territory exposed OIL all
sides, by sea and land, with a hundred
million people and teemlng with
wealth we have 100000 partly organ
led military, probably $4,000 regu
ars, navy about two-thirds manned
and coast artillery lacking the men to
ire and handle the guns. Certainty
We are Offering opportunity and temp
s,tion to people we have angcred,
Whose sense of wrath against us is
fresh and hot and who are ready to
strike as soon as they can find access
the sea. And we are being told
hat the sea is our barrier and pro-
ection. We are being misled. We are
eing taught to forget that the sea
lso is the most convenient of all
heans of transportation; that it has
leased to be fertilization and be-
Fomc an always available ferry.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28
AUTOMOBILE NOTICE.

Don't throw away your old tires
if not W nth repairing have then
made into relincrs or blowout patch
es. We make EN- att LEAHY'S tire
hospital
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

A dispatch from Amsterdam tells
of a serious scarlet fever epidemic
in Germany, extending from Brom-
berg to number CT villages in Poscn
where the sickness is unusually acute.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Austrian troops that captured BIZ
lopolie in Monteegro have been drlv-
en- from the town by the Montene-
erins with the loss Of 1000 men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Mcdonald Lindsay Wrenn' president
Of the Citizens Bank of Norfolk ana
vice president of Al Wrenn and Sons
died suddenly at him home Sunday
His death was due to arterial trouble
lie was 81 years old.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

The British have carried ont "
smashing attacl, against the German
lines in the Armcnticres region, ac-
cordinp to news received from Paris.
Eight hundred prisoners arc report
od 10 have taken in an assault upon
the trenches.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Gricvcd at the death OF favorlte
cclt. Pcndeton Butter, age Is, whose
home was near Cutlongs store, be-
tween Louisa Courthouse and Cor
louisville, hanged himself Sunday to an
oak. Zach Butler, father Of the lad
discovered his sons death and shot
himself through the head, dying in
stantly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28
NEWS OF THE DAY

At half past 5 o'clock yesterday
morning the city of De Gracias, in
Honduras, was destroyed by an Garth
quake.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

A Shanghai dispatch says: Rebel
students boarded the cruiser Chao-
Flo and fired shots, but abandoned
the ship after other cruisers mad
bombarded it. Loyal Chinese forces
hold the arsenal. Volunteers arc
guarding the American cruisers and
harbor works"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Chester Halden, real estate deal
cr of Hopewell, appeared at police
headquarters yesterday and told the
police that it was he who shot the
unidentified negro who was found
dead early yesterday Du Pont City
with two bullet wounds through his
intestincs. Haldcn told the police
dead early yesterday in Du Pont City
Pont City late Sunday night when
the negro attacked him, striking him
over the head with a blackjack. He
said that he was knocked down, and
while Ling on the ground pulled his
pistol. The negro ran when he saw the
weapon, according to Halden, but the
real estate man empticd his automat
ic pistol at the retreating figure.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28
PUBLISHED DAILY

By Alexandria Gazetrs Corporation.
ROBERT S. BARRETT, President
and General Manager.
howard w. SMITH, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Entered at the Postofice of Alexan
dria, Virginia as second class matter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Carlton Pugh, II years old died
Sunday night in Campbell county
from an injury received when he was
struck on the head by bottle which
was thrown Saturday by Tom Cox, a
negro, at another black. Cox was az
rested Immediately after the incident
and was fined for an assault. After
the death of Pugh the negro was re-
arrested on the charge of murder
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28
Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company.

Every day in the year for Fort
Monroe. Norfolk, Newport News and
points south, via subsrb powerful
steel palace steamers.
Through connections made at kor-
folk with steamers Of the Old Domln'
ION Steamship Company for New
York and Merchants End Miners
Steamships for Boston.
Gsnsral Ticket Office, TO 14th st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Scientific Congress, composed of ap.'
proximately 1900 leading educators
and scientists of North, Central and
South America, entered into the first
general session in Washington yes.
terday morning with full conscious
ness that the first big test of pan
Americanism probably would come
in the form of resistance to. military
aggression from abroad.
The British cabinet met yesterday
to decide what action should be taken
on Lord Derby's recruiting report.
Grave differences of opinion as to
Consumption were revealed. No decls-
ion was arrived at and the matter was
deemed so urgent that the ministers
agreed to meet again today. The po-
sition last night was undcniably deli
cate and may become critical unless
handled with firmness. The premler's
pledge to apply compuislon TO unmar-
ried "slackers" is the question at is
sue.
John Hayes, prominent young
farmer who lived near Tryon, N. g.,
is dead from load of buckshot, and
Frank Foster. who lives in the same
section, is he'll by the authorities as
the result of shooting Sunday IN
the presence OF two young women:
whose identity was not disclosed.
Hayes was walking with two girls
when Foster stepped from behind a
bush. "Step aside, please, so / can
kill you," Foster is quoted as saying
to Hayes. The latter laughed and one
of Hayes companions placed her hand
in his and said she would die by his
side. Foster then is alleged to have
fired.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Vigorous resumption of the Aus
tro-German submarine campaign Is
evidenced by the announcement Of
the sinking of five vessels Of the al
lies, and the firing on of a sixth. Al
though not officially announced it is
announced that no warning was CIV
en- to any of the vessels.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

John Goldsmith. a musician en-
ployed at the Broadway Theatre
Danville.. ended his life last week by
firing bullet into his right temple.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

In a family quarrel Christmas Day
William Flemmings, Of RushvlIc.
Rockingham county was beaten arc
stabbed by his fathcr-in-law, Jerry
Vein. who was aided by his l4-year
old son. Vein accused his son-in-!aw
Of excessive drinking. A fight fol-
lowed and Vein was getting the worst
of it until his young son picked up q
Jagged stone and began hacking away
at Flcmmings' scalp. The elder Vein
then drew knife and slashed his
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28
VIRGINIA NEWS

Forty one persons have died In
Richmond this month of pneumonia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

LosT-An English Setter. white
with ore Black ear. Answers to the
q name of Esx- tiarne and address Oh
collar. Liberal reward if returned
:: TO F. Williams. 1919 E. Street.
northwest; .Washingtcsss Phone n
9 u notify :stezaadri Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

King Constantine is said to be SUI
fering from virulent pleurisy and that
his condition is serious. 1t is no sec
ret among Greek physicians that the
king is victim of virulent pleurlsy'
which is conceded to be lncurabic.
Constantinc's death is regarded as
certain within three years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

MONEY. TO LokM-s2. 500 or por-
tion of same. on city property
Howard TT. Smith, lot north Far
! fax street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

instructive.
NEWS OF THE DAY
At half past o'clock yesterday
morning the city of De Gracias, in
Honduras, was destroyed by an Garth
quake.
Austrian troops that captured BIZ
lopolie in Monteegro have been driv-
en- from the town by the Montene-
grins with the loss Of 1000 men.
A dispatch from Amsterdam tells
of a serious scarlet fever epidemic
in Germany, extending from Brom-
herr to number CT villages in Posen
where the sickness is unusually acute.
The British have carried out a
smashing attack against the German
lines in the Armcnticrcs region, ac-
cordine to news received from Paris
Eight hundred prisoners arc report
ed to have taken in an assault upon
the trenches.
A Shanghai dispatch says: "Rehei
students boarded the cruiser Chao-
Flo and fired shots, but abandoned
thc ship after other cruisers mad
bombarded it. Loyal Chinese forces
hold the arsenal. Volunteers arc
guarding the American cruisers ana
harbor works"
Vigorous resumption Of the Aus
tro-German submarine campaign Is
evidenced by the announcement Of
the sinking of five vessels OF the al
lies. and the firing on Of sixth. Al
though not officially announced 1t Is
announced that no warning was CIV
en- to any Of the vessels.
King Constantine is said to be sui
fering from virulent pleurisy and that
his condition is serious. 1t is no sec
ret among Greek physicians that the
king is a victim of virulent pleurlsy
which is conceded to be lncurabic
Constantincs death is regarded as
certain within three years.
The White House is to have a de-
butante this winter. Miss Alice Will
son, daughter of Mr.. Joseph Wilson
the Presidents brother. who lives II
Baltimore, will be White House
guest most of the winter and many
parties ard dinners and possibly q
ball will be given in her honor.
REPORTS from the Caucasus state
that the Russian army is dcmorallzet
as a result of cold, hunger, cholera
typhoid ard poor equipment, Poles
in the Russian army whose homes
are in districts occupied by the Ger
mans are deserving or begging thai
they be sent home.
Serbia has turned over to ltal!
10000 Austrian prisoners, who arc
being informed in Sardinia, being &C
companied there by Serbian officers
A dispatch from Marseille on De
cember II said that 10000 soldier:
and $50 Bulgarian, German and Aus
troIHungarian officers taken pris-
oners by the Serbians had arrivet
there on their way to concentration
camp.
An important Russian success II
Persia is reported by the Russian
war Office in the following ofticia
statement: Between Teheran (capi
tai Of PERSIA and kan.sdan was de
feated a Turco- German detachnen
of about 1000 rebellious gendarne
and bands with artillery and machin'
guns. The enemy lost several ppsi
tions and suffered heavily in kille,
4 and, wounded -. 3
Gathered to discuss the arts o
peace and the propagation of cul
ture throughout ths Western: Hen!
isyhs-s; tbs second aE-.:=-=s: :
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Gathered to discuss the arts of
peace and the propagation of cul-
ture throughout the Western: Hem
isshe-s; tie second aa4=s;zz
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

The White House is to have de-
butante this winter. Miss Alice Will
son, daughter of Mr.. Joseph Wilson,
the Presidents brother, who lives in
Baltimore, will be White House
rucst most of the winter and many
parties and dinners and possibly d
ball will be given in her honor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

BecauSc tho corpse appeared t. be
warm, on tbs brink Of the grave. re-
latives Of Henry Howell, believing he
was still alive, halted the burial and
took the body bacl: TO their home near
White Rock. Bedford county. Bnt If
ter keeping the remains few more
DAYS during which all efforts ct re-
yival were futile, they permitted the
:nterment to take place Sunday. How:
ell. The son, Of. T: a. Howell, was
found dead on the pad. not
far from his home les 3ays ago.
Death was due to ~. OF the
t!.--aai-. I'D e--posl-ct
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Lula Odum, aged about sixty years
died last night at Scheduled near Dan
vile as a result Of burns which are
said TO have been sclf-inflictcd. 81"
is said to have saturated her cloth
ing with coal oil and then to have
lighted it. On Christmas Day daugh-
ter prevented her from hanging her
self on the back porch Of their home.
Mrs. Odum, who came from Washing
ton county, is said TO have been men
tally unbalanced, due to the death OF
her husband some years ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Joseph Wyatt, M-year-old son Of
CAPTAIN Watts Wyatt of Battery Park
Isle Of Wright county, was acclden-
tally killed Christmas Day by the dis
charge Of double barrclcd shotgun,
both loads entering the boys back.
Young Wyatt and his friend, boz
named Mccoy. went out for j hunt
with their new gun Christmas Day.
and were standing on d log when
turned over, struck the gun which
went of with the above tragic result.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

!, Russian; residents OF. HONEYWELL last
might sent a strongly worded appeal
to the Russian. ambassador at Wash
ington for proper protection OF their
lives and property claiming that no:
regard is paid to foreigners by the,
military authorities .or police. force,
and declaring. that conditions of the
Russian colony employed IN the bu
Pont powder plant are becoming I'M
bearable. Their action was taken fol-
lowing the bayonetting and probably
fatal wounding Of a Russian by Pri:
waite ]. D. Blue, member of the
.Mecklenburg guards.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
tramped more than eight miles
through the snow and slush in the d.
rection of Warm Springs yesterday
Both wore heavy arctic shoes. They
returned much fatigued but rudy
glow of health indicated the benefit
of the exercise. The celebration OF
the Presidents fifty-ninth birthday
took place today. A huge
cake with candle for every
year of his life had been baked. Tine
cake was constructed in three ter
races. The upper terrace was the CAKE
proper. the two lower terraces were
standard bearers for the candies.
A negro named John Williams was
arrested at a house in P"oth's Alley
Petersburg, yesterday afternoon
charged with feloniously shooting
Blanch Carpenter, colored. 1t appears
that Williams and another negro
named Jones, who were in the alley,
were playing with revolver, when
Williams fred it into the air. The
CARPENTER woman is said to have REM
onstrated with him and as she enter
ed the house the negro fired through
the door at her, the ball passing.
through one Of the panels of the door
and striking her in the left breast,
near the heart, inhicting a wound
from which she may not recover.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-28

Reports from the Caucasus state
that the Russian army is dcmorallzed
as a result Of cold, hunger, cholera
tvnhoid ard poor equipment. Poles
in the Russian army whose homes
are in districts occupied by the Ger
mans are deserving or begging that
they be sent home.
The Huttig news., 1915-08-28
ALL MUST BEAR THE BURDEN
Children, If They Are to Be Strong and SeIf-Reilant, Have to Learn
 That Fact.

On the lower deck of one of our river packets little pile of pig iron was carried on the trip up the river. and when the cargo was unloaded the pig iron was not removed, but was car ried again on the trip down the river. When the reason was asked, the an. swer was given, "She travels steadier when she carries weight" And this Is true of men and women. The world has little use for the young man or woman who has no furrow of thought. and no wrinkle of responsibility. And we are not kind to our own children when we seek continually to shield them from the hard things of life. We may wish to spare them some of our own hard experiences, but If they are to be strong and self-reliant they must reach it by putting themselves under the burden, and feeling the pressure of some of the difficult things In life. You want your boy to be strong and man. ly: you must push him off the plank. that he may learn of himself to swim. Every man shall bear his own bur. den."-Pittsburgh Christian Advocate,