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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
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YOUNG WOMAN USES PISTOL
Taking Dare Romeo Sets Out to
Scale Obstacles Under Girls
Porch Window.

Pittsburgh, Aug. 10.--John Ed
wards, of Second Avenue and Win
ted street. is nursing an ugly bullet
wound in his arm in addition to hsv-
ne been mulctcd out of $50 fine in
Oakland Police court as result of
lis taking a dare and trying to
rawl up a veranda post under the
window of Il plucky girls room.
Mis-, Tricda IIeisGer, pretty 20
year old daughter of Mrs. a. Meis-
ter, who conducts hotel on Second
avenue, was just about to retire late
Sunday night when through the win
low she described the form Of a man
who was apparently trying to clam
Der up to the porch roof, Immediately
under her window.
Her mother happened to be in the
soom, and Seeing her daughter take
up an automatic revolver from a
lrawer, cautioned her TO shoot 10
scare the intruder. >:
>''"All right, Twill. with the first
shot; buttif he. does not jump quick
after that I" shoot to hit said Miss
Mcister.
When Edwards hesitatcd after the
irst bullet had gone over his head,
the girl again fired. the shot taking
effect in his aarm.
In the police court Edwards apo!!o!-
tized for his unseeming conduct, and
Miss Meister, knowing him, now
;aughed the incident away. But the
court thought differently and Ed
wards. paid his fine. .
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
WILD AND UNCLAD VENUS
Wisconsin Has Wood Nymph Who
Wears Only Lace Cap

Ia Crosse, WIS, auS. 16 TAG 4..ya-
terious wood nymph of Sparta, who
appears clad only in Il dainty lace
nightcap, was seen again Saturday
at close range by Valentine Busby, Il
farmer, three miles east Of Sparta.
The fair apparition appeared within
100 feet Of Busby. but fled into the
woods upon sight of him. Busby says
the woman. whoever she,:is, has the
form of Venus. She was also seen
by passengers on an eastbound Mil
waukee train in the same nciGhbor-
hood. =;
Sheriff George Boss and Humane
officer Manuel. of Sparta, have start
ed out in quest of the mysterious
creature, and are hunting through the
woods where she was seen Saturday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
U. S. TO STAND ALONE
Swedcn's Request For Co-Operatlon
of No Avail Because OF Ger
man Sympathy.

Washington, Aug. lO--ln making
representations to Great Britain in
regard to neutral trade, this country
will continue to act alone.
Negotiations begun by Sweden 10
obtain American cooperation have
brought no results. The negotiations
are still under way, but have failed
to develop common ground on which
action could he based.
Some details of the Swedish posi-
ton as to trade interference are IN
consistent with the American posi-
tion.
A factor in the situation is the
strong German sympathy among some
elements in Sweden. This Govern
ment has hesitated to become ell
tangled in part because OF this. 1eei-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
Dramatic Climax of First
Phase of Drive on Po-
lish Capital !:
DETAILS ARE MEAGRE
Russians Withdraw to Safer Positions
-Teutons Hammering Toward
Railroad Attitude Of Poles

London, Aug. 10-The occupants
of Praga. reported by Berlin, brings
to dramatic climax the first phase
If the drive at the Polish capital and
tic region Ct eastern POLAND of which
Warsaw is the dominating cer;te.;
Praga is essentially part OF tks
capital, with great railway station
IN the roads rum TX to PetrograG
and Moscow Few ,ic :ails have bee.
.eceived Of Grand Dixie Men 'ias' fl.
raj stand al Pragi, out the inuica
tons are That the withdrawal Of the,
Russians '.@came ;'nperatiy:: 20 rs.
cape from he Gerr: ~ lines ;r.:aduall!
drawing to- -ther in their rea:.
Warsaw now is tEt apex nf vHs1'
etter V, the arms .f which. are tho!
niver Narew on tn north and the
Vistula Oh the sor:n. The Germa'
lines spread along these rivers al.
contracting gradually. as tn armies
in the north and Use in the cortl
approach each othe" The strip o;
territory across VIII N the Russians
may withdraw to sal.r positions noM
is hardly rore thai 80 mi'e:
BesiInS this enve;ci:i:r - movement
To tho cI:' Of Warsaw
Berlin reports steady hammerlne
at the great Russian fortresses %
Kovno and Lomaz, the chief signi
rance OF which is thc:" proximity t
he lines Il railway communication:
to- Tctfc gcca,i. Novo Gu.Hai,'v.h j
the only tlace west cf Warsaw al
y hich :, Russian garrison rcnla,rS
and its fail seems im:niirr:r'.
The attitude of the Poles towards
the new German regime is arouSinr
deep interest, as the occupation OF
Warsaw unites for the first time three
branches Of the Poles heretofore di-
vided among Russia. Germany, and
Austria. Under the Russian regime
Poland has been hotbed of disorder
and it remains to be seen whether con
.rol of this occupied territory will be
as difficult Il problem, for Germany
rs it has teen for Russia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
SHOT BY BOARDER
Snaps Trigger and Woman Dies OF
Wound Under Heart

Scranton. Pa, Aug. 10-While
watching Adolph Springer. a boarder
in her home, clean a Flobert rifle in
her home Sunday, Mrs. Pauline Kle-
nosk, of Minooka. was accidentally
shot in the side and died within an
hour.
Springer had been using the gun
for target shooting and brought it in'
to the kitchen where Mrs. Klenosk
was engaged III cooking the Sunday
dinner, Before breaking the gun to
clean it, Springer snapped the trig-
ger. One cartridge had been left in
the weapon and the bullet struck the
woman just beneath the heart.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10

DECLARE TRUE BILLS
Judge West Urges "Clean-Up' of
Town-Magistrate is Charged With
Accepting Bribes. -,

Prince George Courthouse, Va,
August 1O-Beginning the most
sweeping investigation ever under
taken in the criminal annals Of Vir-
ginia, special grand jury in the
Circuit Court of Prince George coun-
ty yesterday afternoon found four
indictments in connection with the
bribery and graft revelations at Hope
we'll, the site Of the big Du Pont pow
der plant. The probe will be resumed
on Friday morning. The men against
whom true bills" were found are:
William St. Paul Pullman, magis-
trate of Bland District. who until re-
Gently presided over the Police Court
at Hopewell. He is charged with ac-
cepting bribes.
John Porter, former lieutenant of
police. deposed last Tuesday, charged
with offering bribes to other officers.
H. W. Pollard, former policeman,
charged with accepting a bribe to
protect" a poolroom.
Tony Becessi, cabaret proprietor,
who acted as Interpreter in the Police
Court, charged with bribery.
OF the four men against whom pre-
sentiments were made, Pullman is the
only one who has not been arrested.
The other three are out on bail. The
magistrate formerly lived in South
Richmond, and is widely known in
Prince George.
The charges against ". d. Hende--
son, chief OF the Hopewell town police
until his removal by Judge West last
Tuesday, together with his associates
were not reached by the grand jury
No attempt was made by the body
before its adjournment to go into
but the bribery and graft
and this feature of condi-
tions at .Hopewcll will; be completed
on Friday. after which the other form
If lawiessneSS will be taken up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
GERMAN FINANCES
Holland and Scandinavian Demand
Payment in Gold

The Deutsche Tageszeituns, the
paper in which Admiral Won Tlrpltz
and Krupp's right-hand man, Count
Earnest Won Reventlow, recently made
furious attacks upon the United
States and denounced the lack Of back
bone of Bethmann- -Hollweg in a man
ner which led to the temporary sus-
pension of the paper, has found a
new source of worry.
Although the financial experts of
the paper insist that there must be
at least q billion marks of coined
gold in the hands of the German peo-
Pile, the urgent appeals of the Reichs-
bank for gold in exchange for bank
notes are no longer needed, and there
are now probably less than l,SOO,-
100000 marks in gold in the bank.
Until about a month ago steady
current of gold kept coming into the
DdHh lTOHl NdI1OuS SoulScS. DShooi
children collected it all over the coun-
try. ministers urged their congrega-
tons to send in all they had, and
every saving bank was drained.
The amount, however, steadily
grew smaller, and now the Tageszei-
tung says it has practically ceased to
flow.
No payments in gold, of course, are
made in Germany, but even the small
countries like Holland and Scandina
via, where Germany gets her supplies
from abroad, have begun to insist on
regular payments in gold being made.
The value of German paper money
abroad is rapidly declining and ex-
IRENE measures may soon have to be
taken. which cannot be kept secret,
and will make the financial misery
plain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
BOTTLE ROUTs HoLD-UP MAN.
Prospective Victim Points Grape
Juice And Threatens to Shoot.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1G.-Nothing
more dangerous than bottle OF grape
mice was used to frighten off a high
wayman by T. D. McCampbell, chief
clerk of the local office of the State
Department of Labor and Industry,
when he was held up yesterday morn
ing within short distance of his
home at No. 1O40 South Fifty-frst
street.
McCanpbell left the car at Forty
ninth street and Chester avenue and
started to walk to Fifty-first street.
He noticed a man lodging about in
the shadow of the porches on Fiftieth
street with the evident intention of
cutting MIN off. McCampbell, how
ever, continued on his way to find
that the suspicious character had
preceded him through an alley.
AS the man sprang out at him,
McCampbell, who was carrying val
liable watch and chain and large
sum of money, reached in his coat
pocket and whipped out the bottle of
grape juice. He jammed it into
he strangers face and threatened to
shoot.
In the darknss the neck Of the bot
tie resembled the barrel Of blue
steel revolver and the would be hold
up man wilted. McCampbell says
that when the man started down
Fifty-first street he lost no time get
ring home, where he could place his
money in a safer spot. He said the
nighwayman was tall and thin AMI
wore straw hat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
SHIPMENTS OF GOLD
Immense Quantity of Yellow Metal
Crosses Ocean on Way to New
York.

New York. Aug. 1O-An immense
shipment of gold, said to be the larg-
est bulk which has been shipped
since the beginning of the European
war. is on its way to New York from
Halifax. 1t is consigned to New York
bankers by the Bank of England, and
was shipped across the Atlantic Ocean
from London. The amount was esti-
mated tonight ut 100000 though
one prominent New York banker said
that this figure was probably exces-
sive.
The gold left Halifax last night
under heavy guard. 1t is being ship
ped by the American Express CO.,
and is due to arrive today. 1t is un-
derstood that it will be credited to
the account of }. F. Morgan and Co.
fiscal agents for the allies. The gold
will probably he deposited in the sub
Treasury here.
Great interest attaches TO the fact
that the gold was shipped across the
Atlantic for this is the first time
since the beginning Of the war that
an attempt has been made 20, ship
gold here. from aboard in any consid-
rablc quantities.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
MOTORISTS KILLED
Runs Off Des Moines Speedway to
Death. at 100 Miles an Hour

Runs OF DeS MolneS Speedway 'c
Death. at 100 Miles an Hour
Des Moines, Aug. 10-Joe Cooper
was killed in an automobile race at
the Speedway Saturday afternoon
when his car jumped the track near
ing the grandstand on the thirty
eighth lap.
Officials of the track said Cooper
was going 100 miles an hour when
the accident occurred. Cooper was
dead before the car could be pulled
off his body.
Cooper blew tire just as he was
nearing the grand-stand and lost con-
troll of his car through broken steer
ing knuckle and the car went straight
up over the outer edge of the track
20 feet aud landed on the outside
with Cooper under the wreckage.
Louis Piel. his mechanician, was bad
" injured, and at the hospital was
said to have only fair change for
recovery. Three ribs were broken and
his spine was badly wrenched.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
WAR RIOT IN CHICAGO
Austrians Resent Germans Predic'
ton and Italians Join. Melee

Chicago, Aug. 10.-7Picturesque
Goose Island, that portion of Chicago
which houses members of every ma
tionaity. and perhaps, the greatest
variety of odors on earth, was Tho
scene Of race riot Sunday when the
European war was suddenly transfer
red to its streets. The trouble started
with saloon discussion over the
next king of Poland, but before The
policc suppressed, the outbreak, three
men had been seriously stabbed, and
many others badly beaten, kicked and
otherwise injured. Some Germans
drinking toasts to one of the Ger
man Princes as the next king of Po'
land, were responsible for the riot.
They were Immediately challenged b!
Austrians. who maintained Austria
would designate the king. Meanwhile
4 number of police broke into the
game. Then the participants began tt
crack beer mugs and chairs over eacl
, others heads, and the fight ebbed ou
of the saloon and into the street. B!
this time all sides had been heavll.
reinforced and among the most va
! liant re-inforcementS were q num
Der of Italians, provided with shor
! knives and vigorous ideas of theii
own regarding all Germans and Aus
trians.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
THE LATE MRS. AITCHES0N

Mrs. Emma D. Aitcheson, wife OF
Andrew w. Aitrheson, who died at
her home, 800 south Lee street, yes
terday afternoon after brief illness
Of typhoid fever, was esteemed by all
who knew her. She was a faithful
worker in the Emmanuel Lutheran
Church of which she was a member.
Besides her husband she Is survived
by two sisters, Mrs. Louis Folmar
and Mrs: K. w Obermeyer. The
funeral services will be held from the
Immauel Lutheran Church at b
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
DOG BRINGS AUTO SUCCOR.

Lansdae. Pa. Aug. 1O.-Broken
down on lonely countr yroad about
four miles from here, Harry Miller
of this town. Wanted in vain Tor
someone to come along with team
that might tow his auto truck back
to town. Finally he tied note 20
the collar of his little black Iand tan
dog, Tiny-Andora, and sent him
home.
Half an nour later the dog arrived
at the Miller home. made the pres
ence of the note known. and help
was sent at once to the stranded mo-
torist.
The dog is a blue ribbon winner
He is a half brother of the champion
Astcnmore. Miller said today he
wouldn't take $1,000 for the dog.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
PIERCED BY ENGINE ROD
Engineer Peculiarly Wounded in Cab
- - on Officials Train.

Reading, Pa, Aug. 1O-Iniuries sus-
tanned when the main driving rod Of
the engine snapped and went crash.
ing through the cab, with each re,
volution of the wheels, resulted in tic
death of an engineer, John w. Hag-
ner, of the Reading Railway, aged 56
vars. last Friday night.
The accident occurred three hours
before, near. Womelsdorf. Hangner's
thigh was punctured by the rapidly
rotating shaft.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
the belligerent peoples, if not among
their governments.

the belligerent peoples, if not among
their governments.
"s AS to the British. it is not i'm.
possible that they, whose army and
fleet are unbeaten, will ultimately lis
ten to the voice of reason. There is
no single reason why their opponent
should offer conditions that would eN-
clude rapprochemcnt and prolong
the war unduly.
"'The chance of attaining peace by
exhausting the enemy is small, for
all the belligerent's general staff every
where desire to impose upon. the
enemy peace which would make it
impossible for him to resume hosti-
lities for generations. There is little
chance Of realizing this wish.
"There is far more probability of
realizing the desire of the Socialists
il all countries TO negotiate for
peace on the bases that the victors
will not annex peoples Of a race and
language different from thar own,
though such basis would, of course
need to take account Of the results
achieved on the battlefield.
"'These two claims may appear ir-
reconcilable but it should be rem
embered that, apart from conquests
in Europe, there are many other
means of resorting Il balance, and
providing compensation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
MEXICAN OUTLAWS SLAIN.
Laiter's Last Shot Fired as Texas
Rangers Arrive And End Fight
of Is Against 60

Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 1o.-flve
Mexican bandits and one Mexican
woman were killed in the fighting
Sunday at Norias, 6s miles north of
here. For an hour, ID Americans.
eight of them United States cavalry
men. stooff off the attack of sixty
Mexicans. Five of the Americans
were wuonded, three of the latter SOL
diers. The Is Americans were saved
from death just as their ammunition
gave out by the arriva! of II Texas
rangers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
BULLETS AT CAMP MEETING
Negro Shot in General Fight Near
Smyrna, Der.

SMYRNA. Det., Aug. lo.--As has
been the case yearly for dozen
wears. there was fata! shooting al
fray at the negro camp meeting at
Friendship Sunday night. Howard
Hollis. a negro Of Clayton, Del. was
shot in both legs during Il fight. |.He
was removed to the Delaware Hos
pital. Wilmington, in "a critical con-
dition. 1t is not known who shot
Hollis, as bullet were flying thick
and fast during the melee. Crap
games and other forms of gambling
were run openly yesterday and last
night just outside the camp grounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10
DEATH NOTICE.

On Monday. August Q, 1915, at her
home. 32O south Lee street, MRS.
EMMA D. AITCHEON, wife Of
Andrew W. Aitcheson. Funeral at
5p. m. Wednesday from Emmanuel
Lutheran Church. Relatives and
friends of the family are invited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10

LOS-.A lpain Gold Ring. Finder will
please return it to Gazette Office.
Reward of s. will he paid. 10-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10

Hohenheim, Germany (via Berlin
wireless), Aug. 9-Violent earth tre-
mors were recorded early today by
the observatory here. The seismo-
graph indicated that severe earth
quake has occurred in southern Eu-
rops, probably in Calabria or Albania
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10

no objection to any statement you
may desire to make to the pubic
in this matter. Yours very truly, =
J. P. TUMULTY,
Il "secretary to the President"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10

DR.. V. P. Berry left today to visit
relatives in King George County.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-10

"Thc article says:
att impossible to reach a con-
clusion on the battlefield; therefore
wiser councils may prevail among
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-02
Motor Truck Department
of |. H. c. in Walnut St.

The International Motor Truck De-
partment, recently established by the
International Harvested Company of
America Incorporated is now nicely
established at No. 6I9 Walnut street. G.
j. stevens. manager. This building was
until recently occupied by the Osborne
Division, of the International Har-
VeSter Company OF America.
More than 500 International motor
trucks are used in the Harrisburg
Central Agency district. and the in
gether with models M" and "E" added.
necessitated the establishment of the
new department known as the Inter-
national Motor Truck Department.
Business firms now recognize the
fact that without new trade their busi-
ness will decline and horse-drawn de-
livery viii limit firm to restricted
territory. while a motor truck permits
lar~e expansion of trade. and the In
ternauonal are constantly placing
motor trucks with progressive firms
who are serving customers throughout
the cities and suburban towns, which
trade would be otherwise lost.
The smaller firms formerly held to
the idea that the motor truck was only
practical for the larger concerns. but
they have now broadened their views,
lost that busi mess timidity, and are pur-
chasing trucks as matter of economy
and expansion of trade
The responsibility of the manufac-
turer. the service facilities of the sell
ing. department. and the figures on
W lliCl AZ = udStu the tlttiliiS LOT efbHoIlN
are regarded to-day as the most vital
considerations by the purchasers.
Many owners of International motor
trucks report their experience in pene-
trating extreme conditions of roads,
such as deep mud, heavy snow drifts.
such as are considered almost i'm
passable for horse service. Instances
OF this nature only remind the pros
pective buyer of the fact that the In
tcrnational motor trucks are thorough
~ reliable for twelve months service
each year. regardless of weather or
road conditions.
The many up-to-date features of the
new 1915 models of international motor
trucks are both interesting and pleas
ing to the many visitors and prospec-
nective purchasers now calling at the
International Motor Truck Department
in their snow white and well furnished
display rooms at 6l9 Walnut street
Harrisburg, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-02
BE|DLEMAN
PUTS IN FOUR BILLS
One For Capitol Park Appropria-
ton; Another For Statue of
Washington; Senate Routine

Senator Beidleman last evening in
troduced four bills, including that for
the appropriation of an additional
100000 for the purchase of remain
ing properties in the Capitol Park Ex-
tension zone. One appropriates So
750 for the purchase of a bronze re-
plica of the famous Houdon statue of
George Washington, TO be set up in
Capitol Park. The other bills follow:
Regulating the letting
of contracts by county commissioners
and the drawing of plans for county
bridges.
Beidleman-Regulating the sale of
goods. This bill has the Endorsement
of the National Conference on Uni
form Legislation.
Hilton. McKean-Providing for the
appointment by the Governor of an
almshouse commission of five mem
bers to inquire into the methods of
caring for paupers, and to make a re-
port, with recommendations, on which
to base legislation. The commission
is to consist of an attorney, a physi-
clan, social worker, an agriculturst
and a representative of labor. The
bill carries an appropriation of $10,-
600.
jenkins, Philadelphia - Providing
that the term of division officers of
the National Guard shall be no longer
than five years. thus making the term
the same as that for brigade officers.
Gerberich, Lebanon - Prohibiting
the coloring of paste foods, such as
macaroni, spaghetti and noodles.
Phipps, Warren-Making it unlaw-
full for any one to use bottles, Jars, YES
sells or other packages upon which is
consent of the owner, in the sale, eN-
change and delivery of milk or cream
or their products.
Schantz, Lehigh-Repealing the
hunters license law of April, 1919.
Semmens. Allegheny - Providing
that where a child under 16 years of
age leaves employment or is absent
from such for ten days the employer
shall Immediately notify the school
official who issued the certificate.
| Graft. Armstrong-Re Repeating the
act of 1913 hich provides and fixes
fees to be received by Constables for
visiting places where liquor is sold OF
| kept.
! Thompson, Beaver-Malsing it un-
lawful for any insurance company or
association, issuing health or accident
policies to cancel them except upon
| the written application and consent of
! the insured.
The calendar of first reading bills,
of which there were only five, was
cleared with the exception of the
/ Clark bill. making it a misdemeanor
to attempt to obtain money or credit
under a false name, which was recon-
mitted. The Senate adjourned until
10 o'clock to-day.