davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
------D----------
OPPOSED TO MlLTTARlSM.
Would be "OrganizeG insanity y.
:. c. Schaeffcr Declares t"
Educators.

Cincinnati, Feb. 2G--The introduc-
lion of militarism into the public
schools would he "organlzed lnsan-
;tv." according to \. c. Schaetfer,
State superintendent Of public schools
IF Pennsylvania, before the depart
ment of superintendent Of the Ma
rional Education Association here
this week. There were discussions
on the topic: Should our educatlon-
al system include activities whose
special purpose is preparation Tor
war;"
Dr.. Schaeffer added:
"When the demand is made that
miIitarism form an integral part OF
the vocational training, the teacher
distraction reaches climax. If she
should succeed in fulfilling this lat
est requirement, the public schools
would develop a race Of AmazonS
more fierce than the militant Sutfra-
gettes.
"Militarism does not develop the
sense Of duty such as the Sunday
school inculcates. but justities spy
ing. lying. forging letters. kilograms
and signals to mislead the enemy
Having been taught that it is right
10 suspend the Decalogue for his
countrv's sake. whenever any advan
tage can thereby be gained in th'
Doli,ica! or financial world.
"The great powers Of Europe have
come to judgment and are grinding
one another to dust and ashes. Thei
fate should be a warning to tn
American people not TO introduce an'
foster militarism in the publ
! schools.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
ENLARGED POWERS
GRANTED TO BANK
Federal Reserve Board AD-
proves Application Of
Institution
SECOND IN COUNTRY
Richmond Depository Has Right 10
Act as Trustee. Executor Admins
traitor or Registrar.

! Richmond, Feb. 26.--The application
Of ihe American Nationa! Bank. #
| Richmond. to the Federal Reserve
! Beard at Washington for the ril II
10 act az trustee. executor, admins
! traitor or registrar Of stocks AID
: bonds where the exercise Oi "a,
! powers is not in c0ntravent'Gn 6
State laws was granted yesterdas.
! The Richmond bank was the second
! in the United taces to which the ~
, pl:catio was granted. the NatioI.s!
Metropolitan Bark Of Washinetu".
being the first.
! George c. Gregory will be the ctric".'
in charge Of the newly creatH'i ~.
! partment at the Amer;cam Nati..'i
Bank, and the operation of the EeE
department. will begin a. once. Gran
i1g of additional powers to the Am...-
car National Bank will mean nnch 9
tire Richmond Institution.
I'VE are fully prepared to n'ert
the situation" said Oliver j. Sands,
president Of the American National
Bank yesterday, land for nany
months we have anticipated that our
application would be granted
Paragraph &c Of the Fedora! re-
sc"ve act provides that any national
;,ank whose application is granted by
The Federal Reserve Board may act
as trustee, executor. administrators o.
registrar Of stock and bonds. The
Richmond bank and the Washington
institution are the first two to whom
the applications have been granted
IN The United States. Applications
from national banks all over Ne
country are now pending before the
loaYd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
Emma Peterson p, Years
Old, Last Victim in
Aurora, III.
SUSPECT ARRESTED
Theresa Holland,.17 Killed February
16. and Jennie Miller November 49,
Club Used.

Aurora, Ill.,. Feb. 26-Police trail
ING the murderer Of pretty Emma
Peterson twenty-five years old, CLUB
bed to death late last night block
IRON the home Of former United
States Senator Albert J. Hopkins
arrested John Mason, sixty years OLD
early today in connection with the
third mysterious girl murder COM
mitted here within a year.
Mason who is lahorcr IN st.
.Eoseph's Hospital. where the Peterson
,,i,.l died. earlier in the evening had
been arrested for annoying another
airi.
He had been freed when sisters at
The hospital declared he was &C.
centric.
Unable to connect the man with
he Peterson girls death, the poi'ce'
after several hours questioning let
Mason go second time.
The Peterson murder has aroused
residents of Aurora to great excite
n,cnt. resembling as it does III many
details the unsolved clubbing TO oeath
of Theresa Hollander. seventeen Oh
the night Of February l6, 1914 anu
.,a mysterious killing of JENNIE MIL
Ter. daughter of u former mayor 0"
the night of November 49, l"ll'
IN each instance heavy instrument
,yas used to crush in the victims
.,nn. A gnarled club was used 10
kill the Hollander girl. A heavy pipe
wrench smashed in the head OF 'enh'"
w;ller. The Peterson girl was killed
iv y terrific blow which crushed the
zones Of her forehead and terr'o's
nultilated her face
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
FORTS REDUCED
,lIiss Ships Batter DardaHc!IcS
FOrtifcations

!o.don. Fen. 26--All the lGltS 1t
H., entrance Of the Dardanel:cs haF"
ICE? reduced by the allied fleet. TIE
?naai:rcement is made Officially
Athens. Feb. 2G.--Turkey is MAX
:nr ali preparations for an eSrc"t"i
a.ro"!: upon Constantinopie accord
a., tc dispatches from the T.'i'.'h
aa;:ai.
AL the government records AM
tie crown jewels have been removed
from Constantinopie to the NtfH''3i
IN axpcctation Of = combined atTac'>
Nv the Angio-French fleet, now trying
% :prce the Dardaneiles, ard by ihs
Rassians in the Black Sea region
\ feet of vessels with wheat "af~
one. from Russia. which have becn
nnrd I'D in the sea Of Marmora Won"
,c,medately be released when IN
Dor.'anel!es shall have been opercf.
ard they would proceed TO the Med
,c--,rean for distribution in FraEc'
aat E.ngand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
FOUR CONFESS MURDER.
Pennsylvania Law Officers Fisi, Viz
ginia And Clear up Crime
Details.


(, Richmond. Va. Feb. 2t.--Foul
Young men now serving terms in che
! Virginia pententialy for Il series ol
, highway robberies have MADE [!I:I
! and detailed confessions Of csca-
rades at Reading. Pa, where The2
, stand indicted for the crime q nlui-
! Ger.
5!arvcy T. Henly and Harry D
6, naeffer, Distric; Attorney and for
emr District Attorney, respectively,
for that city, are here in an effort to
have the men delivered To officers
from that State for trial there. the
case was to have been presented 10
Governor Stuart today. bat the Coy
ernor did not come TO the Capitol.
There are several crimes. charged
against the quartette. They have
confessed to all of chem. It. IS 4 ca
reer Of robbery, ho!d-ups and steal
ing on a scale that puzzles when the
youth OF the culprits is considered.
On Wednesday afternoon the two
lawyers went over to the prison ard
hal talk with the men. One OF
them. known here rs Joseph l.. Carey.
savs that he fired the shot and killed
an old baker. Gordon Kaufman. IL
Reading. Then the party left the
State. All Of them were implicated.
in the raid nn the Kaufman store.
The statement made by Cary was
confirmed by all the others.
There is a solitary living witness
10 the murder-thc aged wife Of the
old baker.
The ouartette are the same men
who held up A. W. Harman. State
treasurer. November IA, 1911, on
EIGHTH street near Byrd street sta
ton.
The ouartette was comp"sed OF
Youths. not one Of them being over
twenty years when first apprehend-
ed. They started their career OF
crime November. 1911, ana eighteen
days thereafter they had entered on
! their terms Of twelve years each. lr
that time they had operated in thret
cities and had committed severa
hold ups. robberies and one murder
. The men are John l.utz. alias j
! T. Brown: Chester Iewzenski, alia'
| James Davis; Joseph Winsey, ALA:
lanes l.. Kane. alias Joseph l.. Cary
William Schmitz. alias Charles {
! Williams.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.

Baltimore. Feb. 26.--Alone and
her cries for help proving unavaii;ng'
Mrs. Kate Wainwright, AZ years I'D,
was burned 70 death last night n her
home. 1909 North Dallas strecc.
Her Scared body was found ly!re
stretched on the threshold Of 1he
kitchen and pantry. \ small hanC
lamp lay shattered at her hand. Parts
of the couch in the middle, or living
room. had been newly burned. The
covering vas still! smoldering.
Apparently the woman had beer
living m the couch. DOING with thf
lamp casped in her hand. She prob
ably Tilted the lamp in her sleep ant
set fire 10 her dress and the cor,cl
. cover.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.


po5;+o, Mass, Feb. 26.-MrS.
rrcderica NJ. Cameron, once prom,
mont in Washington society," acclafe"
in the Norolk county superior court
during Il hearing yesterday oil hei
suit for divorce that her huSpaho'
r,.o. Cameron. Il former Princeton
football star, pawned practically all
bor Jewels, including her diamond en-
rorcmcnt ring. diamond horse
,boe which was his wedding gift TO
her torether with family herloomS
and wedding gifts from bridesmaids
Mrs, Cameron, rcmarka5l:' pretty
tv woman OF 26, testified that She
was the daughter Of Col. Morgan
consul General to Australia for seven
wears during the Cleveland admins
tration. Her home was IN wash
ingtoin. and she met Cameron there
il, October of 1908. She also teStl-
fed that her most intimate chums IN
Washington were Alice Roosevelt
now Mrs. LongworthD and kather,
inc Elkins (now Mrs. William HItt'
and that her comingout party, wher
she reached her eighteenth birthday
was attended by the .notahIes OF the
Capital.
Mrs. Cameron also testified thai
| when she and her husband came tf
| Boston her mother loaned Cameron
money with which to establish
business and which she says he neve1
repaid. She asserted that he com
PEELED her on several occasions Il
; write checks for him against her a"
count. claiming that he was in bus
iress trouble and must have funds
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
.R|CHMOND'S
VICE CRUSADE
:.
lIayor Ainslie Asks Commis-
sion to Submit Second
Report
DENIAL OF FRICTION
Alleges There is No Discord Between
Himself and Body Investigating
Underworld Conditions.

Richmond. Feb. 26.--Mayor Ain
slie Yesterday addressed letter Il
Chairman Ashton Starke, OF the Vice
Commission, asking that the Com
mission furnish him with such evil
dence it has in its possession as re-
lates specifically to police admins
tration of the city with regard to
commercialized vice.
Advocates Of an immediate mves-
tigation Of the Police Board who
have either by accident or design per-
mitted the impression to get abroad
that the Mayor has proceeded too
leisurely in obtaining the evidence
upon which to base such an invesrl-
cation regarded the newest call upon
the Vice Commission as commen-
6able response 20 their prodding.
Yesterdays letter is significant,
chiefly because it represents the se:.
ond call for the Vice Commissions
evidence. On February - the Mayor
requested the Vice Commission to
file with MIN at its earliest convent
ancc its complete and final report,
together with all the evidence before
IT," Ten days have elapsed without
the commissions finding it convcn-
ient to hold meeting iii order to act
upon the Mayors request.
The delay caused impatient ad"o-
.ates of IN immediate investigation
TO speculate upon causes, and an I'M
preston gained currency that there
was lack Of sympathy between the
Mayor and the commission which he
.reated--so marked lack Of SIN
pathy. indeed, tha: the commission
purposely delayed acceding to his
request. That any such feeling eX-
:sted between the commission anti
himself was denied yesterday by the
Mayor III an official statement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
BATTLING TOWARD
CONSTANT|N0PLE
Vice Admiral Garden Brings
Allied Fleet Past De-
troyed Forts
FRENCH TAKE, TOWN
Von Hindenburg Has 350,o0O Men in
Eastern War Zone-Germans Re-
treat Before Russians.

London. Feb. 26.--Preceded b!
mine sweepers, the allied fleet under
Vice Admiral Garden, has moved past
the destroyed Turkish forts at the
entrance to the Dardanelles and has
begun shelling land Notifications on
both sides of the strait, according
to Athens dispatches today.
twenty-five miles away the Turk
ish fleet is lying in Niagara roads
the narrowest part of the waterway
If the French and English warshlps
batter their way past the great cham
Of forts leading to the Niagara roads
one of the most decisive naval bat
Ties of the war may be fought in the
narrow, river-like channel.
Paris, Feb. 26.-French troops nave
successfully checked all attempts OF
the Germans to invest Verdun. Inc
Kaiser's troops were repulsed time
and again when they sought to drive
a wedge through the valley Sepa-
rating the heights of Verdun in the
/. slopes of the Meuse.
Exploding mines, followed by IN
tense artillery fire. drove the Ger
mans from their trenches near the
village of Eparges, and resulted in
the French capturing that town. Re-
ported German counter attacks anG
attempts to recover the positions
they had lost were all repulsed.
This information was contained~rts''
review of recent operations issued
by the war office today.
Petrograd Feb. 26.-By another
rapid shift of his troops, Field. Mar
shall Won Hindenburg has massed a
German army, believed to number at
least 35O,OOO men, on the front be-
tween the Bobr and Vistula rivers,
and is making desperate attacks III
IN attempt to cut through the Rus
slams before the newly assumed Of
fensive of Grand Duke Nicholas
troops, west of Warsaw, :compels the
retreat of the weakened German
army at that point.
1t is admitted today that the Ger
mans have made some gains at Frz-
asnyz, but their mass attacks upon
the Russian positions cost them dear
~.
Russian victories ut both ends Of
the. long battle line, particularly in
the east around Stanislau. are claim
ed in dispatches from the front -
day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
n WAR 70 BITTER END
y,-ita;r Would Go on if Allies "a
Says Asquith

london, Feb. 2G--Premier AsQ'''2
took occasion in the House OF Con-"
noys Yesterday afternoon, IN reF.g
IN. 70 a question, to indorse the orIr-
or expressed recently by First hold
or the Admiralty Churchill in nc"
parer interview to the effect tn;
Great Britain would continue to 'tg L
ro the bitter end, even should Franz
snd Russia withdraw from the wa.
Tho Premier pointed out that NJ.
Churchill had declared with esre"lal
emphasis that he could not conc@iTe :
of .uch contingency as this, " bot
added the Premier. Il am in complete
agreement with him. | see no reason
to differ from the views he has e<-
pressed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

After killing John Brunke, assist
ant cashier, and looting the Farmers
State Bank at HaXtun, Col, twenty
seven miles east of Sterling, Of more
than 81, 900 in gold and currency, Jay
Thomson. yeggman, yesterday was
cornered in a field and fought pis.
tol duel with a posse. He was cap
tured and an attempt was made tc
lynch him. but he was rushed t.
town and coroner's jury held him
for murder Mobs gathered at the
iail later and lynching is feared.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
NEWS OF THE DAY
Two masked men held up the bank
at Havana, Ark. late yesterday tax
ing every cent, more than $4,000.

German casualties in East Prus-
sia and Poland, during the last three
weeks, are estimated at 100000. "Ac-
cording to Serbian official state
ment so Austrians-statf officers
were killed by the Serbian govern
ment bombardment Of Semlin last
week. They were gathered at a
council of war in the Grand Hotel
when shell struck the building. The
next day the Austrians sent flag
Of truce with the request that the
Serbians cease the bombardment OF
semlin. and in return they promised
to cease the bombardment of Bel
grade"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
AMERICAN NOTE
Proposition of United States Does
Not Appeal to Great Britain

London. Feb, 26-The American
note, the contents Of which remain
secret. but which in general seeks t
bTirr about an understanding regard
ing the war zone prescribed by Ger
many and the shipment Of foodstuff
designed for the civilian population
,.or The belligerent countries was con
| :iGc.ed at a meeting of the Cabinet
! Yesterday, but thus afr no intimatior
as to the official altitude toward il
can he obtained.
/ The press and public, however. or
! the supposition that President Wilson
has suggested that Gerat Britain
should not carry out her threat tc
place an embargo on foodSuffs foI
Germany and that, III return, Ger
! many should not enforce her sub
marine blockade against the British
Isle. have already expressed thou
disapproval of acceptance of such a
proposition.
While eight British ships have
hecn destroyed in the week that the
blockade has been in force, it is point
ed out that they are For the most
part small vessels and that the maj:
o,.;:y of them, instead of having food
70" this country were either in ballast
or carrying coal or other freight for
ncrtral countries.
It is believed here also that the
destruction Of neutral ships and
cargoes will embroil Germany with
neutral countries, and that in the
lon;; run the losses which the Allies
will suffer will he more than Offset
by the anger aroused OF the part of
the neutral and the possible refusal
Of countries, such as Norway, to al
low goods to he shipped from their
porte to Germany.
e IS understood that the draft of
the note to neutral states advising
them of the nature of the reprisa!S
which it was decided TO adopt. in re-
llv TO the German submarine block
adn already had heen drawn up by
}hc Government, hut the arrival o!
the New American note caused
temporary suspension of this mat
.er:
.'Wc are obliged TO say at once that
here can be no bargaining on this
subject" says the Westminster Gaz-
,tte in referring to the notes to
':rc.t Britain and Germany. The ed
torial continues:
the pressure Of our sea power is
!, perfect legimate operation of war.
Germany had full warning from @cr
,,yn economists what must happen
# she risked prolonged war with
saperior sea power. by making
:raia supplies public property and
,t;,! more by putting her>p population
=, rations she entities us to treat
hesc supplies as contraband of war
Dn her own principle Of limited con
,lmption the supplies Of the civl!
;opilation could not be increased IN
ne manner suggested. The results
simply would be leave the Govern
ment large supplies for military p"F-
poses.
"Who can suppose that if the po'
.itious were reversed and Germany
we're the superior sea power She "oulu
listen to such Il proposition II made
nv us? It may be German necessity
ia win the war by starving her pop
nIaticn, but it cannot be incumbent on!
ns ia facilitate her scheme OF con-
Guest by saving her civilian popula-
ton from liabilities which she d.
!herately incurred on their behalf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
Old HOFFMAN HOUSE SOLD

New York. Feb. 25-The Hoffman
House. one of the oldest Of the down.
town hotels and for many years
headquarters in New York for Demo-
cratic politicians. has been sold to a
construction company. The price is
.a;d 10 have been more than $1,000.
tr00.
On the Hoffman House site and that
of the Albemarle Hotel adjoining the
new owners plan the erection Of q
l6 story store and loft building.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS.

4 called meeting OF the Scottish
Rite bodies of Alexandria will be held
tomorrow night. Friday, February
18th. at 7:30 O'Clock for the purpose
of making final arrangements to go
to Harrisonburg, Va.
25-2I. FRANK ". LATHAM, Secty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
LOCAL BREYIIIES

Funeral services for Howard a
Morris, who died Wednesday at Staun.
ton. will be held a. > O'Clock this af-
vernoon frcm Whcat!ey'S undertaking
establishment and will be conducted
bv the Rev. DR.. John l.. Allison, pas
tor Of the Second Presbyterian
Church. Intermer. vii! pc in Bethel
Cemetery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

In Police Court this morning UlyS-
ses Grant Roberts, i young white
man, who was arrested yesterday,
charged with having a ten gallon can
Of oil, in his possession which had
been stolen from Charles King and
Sons, was held for q further investi-
CATION by the police.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

nickle watch, motor
movement and fob with two gold
seals. Monday night, between Tay-
lor'S drug store and Columbus St.
on King. Reward if returned to
Gazette Office. 25-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

President Wilson sent letter yes
terday to Senator Kern and Repre-.
sentative Underwood, favoring pas.
sage of the resolution pending in
Congress for the purchase of Mont
cello, the home of Thomas jefferson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26
NOTICE 10 THE PUBLIC.

On and after. March 1st. 1915. I
will not be responsible for any debts
contracted by my wife except upon
my written order.
23-3t. OSCAR G.. MILLER.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

A dispatch from Copenhagen say
that private reports from Berlin con-
corning the budget debate in the
Prussian diet assert that one Of tho
features was Il strong attack by one
of the members of the diet on Aus.
tria for the alleged feeblcness of he
assistance and particularly on her in
ability to deal a decisive blow to
Serbia. 1t is said the speech wa
received with prolonged applause
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

Coffee is one of the big sellers at
Howard's. They claim their 24c
coffee will satisfy the most diScrim-
mating user. Reduced prices on
groceries
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

Mrs. Annie Y. Fisher. OF 10i south
Washington street, is confined to
her home by illness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

The Scottish Rite MasonS will meet
tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Masonic
Temple.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

"Brewster'S Million" in I've parts
at the Surprise Theater tonight, and
4 Beauty comedy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

The outlook for an adjustment oi
the difference which have arisen ne
tween China and Japan has improved
distinctly. The conferences between
representatives of the two nations
apparently are progressing toward a
compromise. The Japanese govern
ment has given indications which are
regarded as definite that it will not
insist for the present upon the group
of general demands which 1t pre-
sented. These include the chiel
points upon which China based he'
resistance to the representation from
Tokyo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

Go to the Hotel Hammel Tor the oest
! oysters. ,.-r
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

Formal announcement was made at
the. State Department yesterday ot
Great Britain'S decision to declare Il
blockade of the coast of Gcrn?ur
East Africa. as from midnight Frh
ruary 2S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

The Senate yesterday added the
agricultural bill, carrying approNi-
mately $23,O00,0O0. to the rapidly
growing list of supply measures pas
sed, and last night the naval bill was
taken up. Seven Of the appropria-
ton bills have been disposed OF ard
seven are still awaiting action.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-26

Two raids, part of the general pol
icv of the Department of Justice to
break up gambling and handbook
making in Washington, were malt
late yesterday afternoon by two sets
of detectives, special agents and at
torneys of the Department Of JUS
tice. The raid resulted in the arrest
of three alleged violators of the anti
gambling and handbook laws. !: The
men arrested gave these names and
addresses: John w. Rice, 46, a pro
moter,, Edward J.sCrawford, 26' cIerl
the Stag Hotel, and Harry n
Schmidt, So, barber. They were re-
leased on bail.