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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
CRUSHED BY AUTO.
Young Man Said to Have Been VIC
tim of Joy Ride.

Wilmington, Del, May l7.-Edward
Scott, aged 21, stableman on the
country estate of Henry 3. Thompson
at Greenville, died yesterday as the
result of injuries sustained yesterday
afternoon when an automobile he was
driving turned over and rolled into
Red Clay Creek below Ashland
Charles Peoples, aged 26, gardener on
the Thompson estate, who was with
Scott, is at his home suffering with
serious injuries to the chest and
head.
The young men are said to have
taken their employers automobile in
the absence of the family. They were
speeding down the hill below Ash
land and when they failed to slow
up at the turn near the bridge SPAN
ming the creek the machine upset.
They managed to eXtricate them
selves from hte Wrec'::tge anc "FaW!
to the shore of the creek, where Ed
ward Clark, of Wilmington, who was
passing in another automobile, found
them and brought them to their
homes. Scott had several broken ribs
which punctured the lungs and he
died yesterday morning.
John Keegan and William Weeks,
Of Marcus Hook, had a narrow es-
cape from death Saturday night when
Keegan's automobile crashed into the
concrete abutment Of a bridge along
the Faulk road. The automobile was
demolished and the bridge was dam
aged, but the two occupants of the
machine were thrown clear and sus-
tanned no serious injuries
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
TR.yNsYLVtNIA ARRIVES
Liner Passes Safely Through War
Zone to Scotland

New York, May 1.-THE Anchor
Line steamer Pennsylvania passed
safely through the war zone about
the British Isles and arrived at Gren-
ock, Scotland, at 3 o'clock this morn
ing, London time, it was announced
by officials of the Cunard Line, to
which the Pennsylvania. was under
charter
In maritime circles here it was
generally believed that the Transyl,
vania had taken the course around
the north of Ireland rather than pass
through the southern lane in which
the Lusitania was torpodoed. Ofil-
cial information on this point, how
ever was not obtained, owing to the
strict secrecy imposed by the Brit
ish admiralty on all orders issued to
the steamship companies.
Many Americans are on board the
PENNSYLVANIA, which left here Fri
day May l..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
BORDER CLASH
Italians and Austrians Exchange
Shots From Rifles.

Rome, May i17-A border, CLASH
between Italians. and Austrian troops
is reported from; Sogna. A company
of Austrian soldiers crossed the from
tier and were engaged by Italian
troops, who were rushed to the scene
After an exchange of rifle fire, the
Italians charged and drove the Aus
trians back.
Berne, May l7-Every italian sol
dier has received two blankets ans
three pairs of nailed boots and stock
ings and wooden gloves.
The troops of the third categor!
have left Milan for an unknown des'
tination, and evacuation began.
Property owners who were obliged
tc leave property received govern
ment receipts for it. By evening tn
whole district from Lake Garda tc
and including Trent was evacuated
New and heavy artillery has beer
brought up.
Germans are still leaving Italy ant
arriving in great numbers in Swift
zerland.
London, May l7-Should Italy en-
tor the war. as now expected, the al
lies will be in a better position thar
ever to launch their big offensive
movement against Austria and Ger
many which is being preceded OF
the western front by series of at
tacks, furnished foretaste of wha
is to come. There are office report:
that the English have pierced th'
German lines after terrific fighting a
Festubert, the break being more thai
p? miles long. All the counter attack
by the Germans have failed with
! great losses. In one small portion o
of the battlefield, reports say tina
| 500 German dead have been count
ed. Around Hill No. so the ground
said to be Utterly covered with deat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
TO MACADAM RUSSELL ROAD.
County Supervisors Appropriate SS.'
500 for the Work.

The board of supervisors of Alex
andria county have appropriated
$500 additional toward the cost of
merchandising the Russell! Road
from a junction with the new Mt.
Vernon Highway. near Hume's
Springs through Braddock Heights
and Rosemont where twill join with
the city road. The cost is to be s25,-
600, and of. this sum about $4,000 will
be contributed by the federal govern
ment
An ordinance is now pending in
City Council appropriating $4,000
for the construction of the road from
the northern corporate limits to the
hea dof King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
EXCITEMENT IN
|TALy'S CAPITAL
Rumors of War With Aus
tria Circulated Through
out Rome
CABINET SUMMONED
One Hundred Thousand Persons Surge
About Royal Palace, War and
Foreign Offices Today

Rome, May 17-Rome is tense with
excitement today.
An unconfrmed rumor said that al
Austrian battalion has crossed the
Italian frontier. The war Office had
no confirmation of Che report.
Premier Salandra is reported to
have summoned the cabinet into ar
immediate session.
Later dispatches say that the band
of Austrian raiders who crossed the
italian frontier were repulsed by a
bayonet charge by Italian patrols.
Until an early hour today crowd
estimated at 100000 surged about
the Royal Palace, the war and fore
ign offices and the residence Of Pre-
mier Salandra cheering wildly for
war.
The official announcement that King
Victor Emmanuel has refused to ac-
cept the resignation of the Salandra
cabinet was everywhere interpreted
to mean that the King has sanctioned
the war program.
General Cadorna, chief of staff and
leader Of the war party, is i'm con-
ference with the King again today.
There are rumors of important troop
movements toward the Austrian from
tier. Regarding these the war Office
remained silent.
The e,:ot,us of 4ustrians and Ge"-
mans from Italy continues.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
Frontiers Of Italy and Aus
tria to Be Another
Storm Centre
KAISER ON THE WATCH
Belief Expressed That ltaly's Course
Will Have Much TO Do With Ger
Many's Reply to U. S.

Washington May 17-Dispatches
from Rome this morning saying ltal'
ian troops and Austrians have clesh'
ed were read here today with avidity
The many signs that the clouds
of war will soon break in earnest or
the frontiers of Italy and Austria
are looked upon as having most IN
innate bearing on the relations be-
tween Washington and Berlin.
Feeling here, as the week opens
with Italy threatening more than
ever to range herself with the
allies, is that the Kaiser and his
advisers will not rush rashly and
defantly into trouble with the United
States.
On the whole, the optimistic view
of the solution of the issues raised be-
tween this nation and Germany re-
mains as pronounced as it was in
the closing days of last week.
A brief cable message was received
at the State Department this morn
ing from Ambassador Gerard saying
the American note to Berlin had been
presented to the German foreign of
flee at 1880 Saturday morning.
The dispatch gave no intimation
either of the time of the German re-
ply or it's nature.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
THE PRESIDENT
IN NEW YORK
Atlantic Fleet For First
Time Greets Comman-
der-in-Chief
EXECUTIVE GUARDED
Nearly Seven Hundred Detectives
Mingled in Crowds Which WelcOm-
ed Wilson TO Metropolis

New York, May 1.-THE Atlantic
fleet. today greeted its commandment
chief President Wilson, for the first
time.
Rain, chill and drizzling, with
leaden skies, tossed a soggy pail over
the opening festivities attending the
Presidents first review of the United
States sea fighters.
The President and his party were
uuartered on the Presidential yacht
Mayfower, which arrived here at H.
IS last night and anchored off Forty
first street in the Hudson.
The floating government" includ-
ing Secretaries Daniels, Lane, Red
field, and Wilson, with the Presidents
party was greeted by am enormous
crowd when the President left the
Mayhower at $50 to go to the re-
viewing stand on Fifth avenue for
the land parade.
Elaborate precautions were taken
for the Presidents safety. The en-
tire force of available detectives.
,.early 700 in all, was assigned to
work solely in protecting the Presl-
dent. They were scattered through
the crowds at the wharves and para
de route. Secret Service Chief Flynn
and Police Inspector Faurot had
charge of the small army acting as
the Presidential bodyguard.
Screeching whistles and cheering
crowds welcomed the President to
New York as he stepped ashore and
vas whisked in an automobile to the
reviewing stand, opposite the public
library.
For the day the President swept
aside the cares of state, poignant be-
cause of the present crisis with Ger
many.
Before leaving the Mayfower, the
President received few brief dis
matches forwarded from the White
House. One was from Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin.
The Presidents $ only public ad-
dress during the two day celebration
,y,s scheduled at the luncheon at the
Fillmore today following the parade.
This afternoon the President VIII
review the feet as it lies at anehor'
He planned to go directly from the
civic luncheon to the Mayflower ana
hoist the blue Presidential pennans
at $3.50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
ROY KILLED UNDER TROLLEY
Life Crushed Out on Way Home
From Amusement Park

Philadelphia, May 17.-Only few
minutes after he had been enjoying
with playmates the sights of Point
Breeze Park, which opened Saturday,
IA year old Louis Miller, of No. 835
Pierce street, was run over by car
of the Southwestern trolley line at
Twenty-third street and Penrose Fert-
road, receiving injuries that caused
his death early yesterday morning
in the Methodist Hospital. The mo-
torman, William Barker, was arrest
ed.
The lad left home Saturday even
ing with companions, but failed to
tell his mother that he intended to
go to the park.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
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ZEPPELIN DESTROYED
Twenty Seven Machines Fighting in
Aerial Fleet

London. May 1.-THE Daily Mails
correspondent at Rotterdam sends an
account of an engagement between a
Zeppelin and squadron Of allied
aeroplanes in Belgium in which the
Zeppelin and two of the allied aero
planes were destroyed.
Two Zeppelins crossed over Brus-
sells travelling westward on May TO-
One of them returned alone at s
o'clock that evening and was surroun-
ed and attacked by the aeroplane
squadron. Many persons counted
twenty seven machines in the allied
fleet.
The Zeppelin made spirited hight
with its machine guns and tried to
escape by soaring but the aeroplanes
maneuvered skillfully and qulckl!
and gave the dirigable no chance to
Get away.
The Zeppelin was disabled in less
than fifteen minutes and it fell be-
tween Brussels and Ghent. Severa
explosions accompanied its fall ano
all the crew Of sixty are believed &c
have been killed.
Two of the aeroplanes were des
troyed and their pilots killed by the
Zeppelin's fire. Thousands watched
the battle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
TRANQUILITY
IN PORTUGAL
Cities Surrender to Revolu-
tionists Without
Bloodshed
CIVIL WAR RESULT?
Whereabouts of Deposed President
Unknown-Many Killed and
Wounded in >BOmbardment

Lisbon, May 17--After two days
Of anarchy and fercest rioting Por-
tugal is nearly normal today.
Dispatches reaching here said that
the garrison in Santarem and seve-
ral other cities surrendered to the
revolutionary forces at midnight.
The new Cabinet formed aboard
the battleship Vasco da CANA last
night assumed control of the govern
. ment today.
The whereabouts of the deposed
president, DR.. Manuel Arrlaga, are
unknown. Jose Chagas, the new prime
minister is en- route here from Opor-
to.
Madrid, May Incomplete anarchy
reigned in Lisbon according to news
reaching Madrid last night. Fight
ing in the streets continues between
the mutineers and the loyal troops.
The bombardment was stopped last
night owing to lack of ammun-
ton. The number of persons killed
or wounded is said to have been con-
siderable. Many buildings were burn
ed and the homes of known loyalists
pillaged.
Premier Dato announced that the
Spanish battleship Espana would ar
rive at Lisbon today to protect the
Spaniards and other foreigners. lie
added that, probably another war
ship would be dispatched to Portu-
guese waters.
Dispatches from Vigo announced
that Portuguese people arriving there
declare that the uprising is the be-
ginning of civil war in Portugal.
Reports from Oporto say the revolu-
tionists in that city have been placed
in iail, and that the civil authorities
have given over the reins of govern
nent to the military.
Special dispatches assert that the
uprising is not monarchlcal move
ment, but one organized inHprotest by
the party of DR. Alfonso Costa for
mer Premier; against recent govern
ment measures.
1t is declared that, although mutt
nies occurred among the crews Oh
several of the Portuguese warshlps'
the army is absolutely loyal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
BIT OF WOOD KILLS HER.
Stick Inch Long Causes Appendicitis
Operation and Blood Poisoning.

Towanda, Pa, May 17.-Mrs. Luella
]. Packard, Ga year old, is dead from
swallowing a piece Of wooden stick
nearly an inch long. An operation was
performed for appendicitis, when the
wood was found protruding from her
intestines. Blood poisoning develop
ed. Just before her death she said
she had no recollection of swallowing
the wood.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
HEAVY BURDENS ON HOLLAND
Popular Dissatisfaction Is Growing
Steadily as Food Prices Advance

The Hague Netherlands, May II
Popular dissatisfaction with the
heavy burdens the war has imposed
on neutral Holland is growing steadi-
ly. -
Recently several meetings of work
man and women and unemployed
have protested against the high cost
of living. One of these, held n the
Hague, was preceded by;a parade OF
the unemployed singing The Inter
rationap. and distributing hand bills
calling on all Hollanders to stand
with the demonstrators in their fight
against hunger.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of a committee of agitation
ayains, III. war. consisting OF repre-
sentatives of The Hague trade couh'
ell and allied bodies, the Social Dem
ocratic party, the Star Garment
Workers Union. The Hague brahe'
of the National Municipal Workers
and The Hague branch of the lnouS
trial Workers of the World ana th'
General Trade Union Council.
There is no doubt the presence "
thousands of unemployed Belgian
refugees in the Netherlands has pro
duced an acute industrial situation
AS many of these refugees are al
dent Socialists the situation is no
devoid Of possible political aspects
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
PIANO CRUSHES WOMAN

York, Pa, May 17-Mrs. Garfield
Gemmill, 45 years old, was crushed
and injured, perhaps fatally, wnen
a piano fell upon her while she was
cleaning house Saturday. She was
pushing an upright piano across the
floor and was in STOPPING position
when it hit an obstruction and top
pied over on her. Her children were
unable to remove the piano and the
assistance Of neighbors was requir-
ed. Mrs. Gemmil's spine was in
iured and she was hurt internally.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
Present Officers Reelected 1T Meet
ing Yesterday Evening.

A meeting of the Anne Lee Me-
mortal Association was held at 3O4
Duke street on Saturday.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, Mrs. l.. W. Reid, Il quo
rum being present.
The election of officers was the
first business of the meeting. On
motion by Mrs. Winfield Watkins,
seconded by Mrs. Uhler, the old Off
GERS were reelected. Mrs. l.. w.
Reid, president; Miss Sallie Stuart,
vice president; Miss Kate Stuart,
treasurer; Mrs. Caffrey, secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
GERMAN FOOD PRICES ur.
Even Commonest Vegetables loo 10
200 Per Cent Higher.

The gardening season mas Dec"
marked by unusual scenes IN the out
skirts of Berlin. Everywhere on un-
occupied lots people have spaded up
the earth. The lots have been divided
nm into smaller parcels, and the lat
ter turned over free to families Will
ling to cultivate them.
Berlin and several of the adjacent
municipalities have helped By making
appropriations of money and Berlin
has also contributed some $4,000
loads of manure from the city stock
wards. Thus, Greater Berlin hopes TO
contribute considerably toward sol
wing its own food problem, and what
is going on at Berlin is being repeat
ed in every town of Germany. IN
this way it is expected that the po-
tato crop of 1915 will be the larges,
ever grown in Germany, and tnat the
supply of other vegetables VIII also
be greatly increased.
At present all food products con-
tinue to advance in price. Even the
commonest vegetables are froT two
to threefold higher than they were be-
fore the war began. Coffee and tea,
though they cannot now be imported
into Germany at all, have risen con-
siderably less than vegetables. Among
meats, pork, the staple meat of the
working classes, has risen most mark
oJl,,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
BOLT RIPS HER SHOE OFF
Neighbor at Window Sees Woman
Shocked and Saves Her Life

St. Paul, May 1.-THE shoe on the
left foot of Mrs. J. B. Rosell, was
tern from her foot by tightening, and
the woman was severity shocked when
a bolt struck the Rosell home, to-
day. She was taken to the City Hos
pital, where it is said she will live.
The bolt came down the chimney
threw all the lids off the stove and
upset the chairs in the kitchen in
which Mrs. Rosell was working.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
COULD HIT KAISER HARD
United States Might Seize Large
Fleet in Case of War

Washington May l7-German ant
Austrian ships with an aggregate
tonnage of $4,000 tons and valued a
more than $4,000 900, a passenger
carrying capacity of $4,000 person:
and with crews numbering 10000 mer
are either interned in American
waters or else in American. ports b!
circumstances of war abroad.
The presence of so many vessels in
the jurisdiction of the United States
will undoubtedly have an important
bearing upon the negotiations be.
tween the United States and Ger
many over the destruction of the
Lusitania.
Should events lead to war with
Germany, these rich prizes would i'm
mediately fall into the hands of this
Government, if not by confscation
at their docks, certainly by capture
upon the high seas. Not one of them
could hope to escape, and not one
of them could hope to give battle to
the vessels of the American Navy.
With these facts before him, the
Kaiser will unquestionably be, re-
minded that the United States may,
after all do serious damage to the
German Empire, though this coun-
trv has no army for invading pur-
poses and no navy that could pene'
trate the German mine fields.
The question has been raised, slnct
strained relations between the Unit
ed States and Germany developed
whether the United States has rlgn'
under it's commercial treaties, to con
fiscate hte German merchant vessels
now tied up at American docks. TINS
is. of course, matter for Admins
tration to settle, should war eventu
ate, but there seems no doubt thai
the German ships, alter pelhg OF
dered to sea and given technical op
portunity to escape. could be cap
tured as prizes of war by American
naval vessels.
No such formality would have to
be followed in the case OF the 1lVt
German warships now officially IN
termed in American ports. They
would he subject to capture the mlnu'
te war was declared, and in their pre-
sent helpless condition they could Of
fer no resistance. Their engines have
been disabled and the breecfeS o.
their guns removed, rendering then
useless for all practical purposes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17

The body Of Mrs. Fannie E. Hall,
wife of George Hall, who died at her
home, 6l0 Eighth street, southwest,
Washington, will be brought here for
interment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
LOCAL BREVITIES
George C. Wedderburn, 4S years
old, of the U. S. Patent Office, died
in Washington yesterday.

Robert Doarner, an employee Of the
Johnny ]. Jones carnival had four Of
his fingers cut off yesterday morning
while loading a car near the carnival
grounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17
CARD OF THANKS.

Miss Emerita Warnock wishes TO
express her most sincere thanks to
those who worked so faithfully to help
her win the Firemen's Popularity
Contest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17

The Willard W. c r. U. will meet
tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock
in the lecture room of the Trinity M.
E. Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17

The Rev. DR.. G. Everest Granger,
pastor of the Gunton Memorial
Church, of Washington, preached at
the Second Presbyterian Church in
this city yesterday morning. His
pulpit in Washington was filled by
Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison, of this
city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-17

T. A. Wick, representing the At
lantic Coast Realty Comapny, ar
rived here today to arrange several
auction sales.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-12-03
THE POWER or CONSCIENCE.

Evil ways criminality -wrongdoing, call it
what you will, are always discovered, sometimes
immediately, sometimes within few months,
sometimes not for years, but always. Eight years
ago an employee Of Tacoma firm committed
forgery; the other day he was arrested. Nearly
q year ago, perhaps longer for all that is now
known, the looting Of the industrial insurance
funds began; the day Of personal reckoning is not
far distant Criminality may appear to prosper
for time but it is always found out; no man has
been able yet to "get away with i" always q
And think of guilty mans conscience until he
is caught! The other day man, now eighty years
old, who had been town marshal of Riverton,
Illinois, for years and had later moved to Louis
lana, gave himself up to the sheriff of the county
in which he was living and told him he was wanted
for the murder of man in Riverton in 1879. For
forty years he had been hunted criminal, and
yet during those forty years he held positions of
responsibility and official responsibility for the
apprehension Of criminals in the very city in which
his own crime had been committed
Think of the power of the conscience which
brought that man to the bar of justice at this late
day!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-12-03
ONE REGRETTABLE FEATURE.

Popular opinion for some time has been more
apt to class public officials and employees lOafers
and grafters than as honest working persons
seeking to do their best for the welfare of their
city county, state nation and this popular
opinion will be strengthened. of course, by the
disclosures Of the pecuaions in the industrial
insurance department Popular opinion will see
there Just another confirmation of the belief that
public offices are filed by crooks and scoundrels
as we'll incompetents.
This is one regrettable feature of such situa-
ton as has developed in the industrial insurance
commission. Popular opinion does not class the
guilty ones as criminals merely but grafters as
we'll and there is no more loathsome appellation
than CRATER. When employe of a private bust
ness concern gets away, as frequently happens,
with a large sum of the firm money, he is thought
OF as criminal, deserving punishment OF course,
but only as a criminal; when public emplOye
goes wrong popular opinion does not class him
as a crminal--t puts him down still further,
CRATER.
From this standpoint, then, that faith in public
employees and therefore faith in popular govern
ment will be weakened, more than from the none
tary loss is it to be regretted that such situation
arose in the industrial insurance department.