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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
INSANITY IN GERMANY ARMY.
Strain Of Battle Driving Men Crazy
Says Nerve Specialist.

London April IA dispatch from
Lausanne, Switzerland, says that the
National Suisse. Of that city quotes
Professor Caupp, distinguished nerve
specialist Of Tugingen, as calling
attention in the Muenchner Medizin-
ische Worchenschrift TO an alarming
increase in the rumber OF cases of in
srnity in the German army.
At the commencement Of the war
the professor IS quoted IS saying,
the state Of THE nerves Of the Ger
man troops was better than reasona-
LILY could have been hoped for, but
even then numerous cases OF over
excitement could be Observed. these
cuses usually lnanifesting themselves
either in insomnia or in tendency to
ABNORMAL intoXication..
Since then, however, and especially
since the French offensive Of last
december, the professor says very
large number of gaps have been
made in the firing line by nervous
and mental affections, these sudden
Greakdowns occurring among men I'M
wounded by the explosion Of a shell
near them.
The acute symptoms are recorded
as paralysis, counvulsions. loss OF
speech, dc!irium or Authorizations.
through often disappearing unle'
careful hospital treatment, they re-
appear on return 10 the front, the
mere suggestion Of return TO the
irine line being often sufficient to
drive men mad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
CHARGED WITH KILLING GIRL
MIN HeldSat Lima. Ohio. Said to-
So ~. $500 Have Confessed

Lima, Ohio, April 17--Dorrance
Riddle, 25 years DID,, under arrest
here for the murder of Miss Susie
Coleman 16 years old, and who, the
police say, made confession of The
crime early yesterday, was arraing,
ed in Police Court at noon on a
charge Of second degree murder. He
Y pleaded not guilty, waived examina-
ion and was hold to the grand jury
!. under $4,000 bond.
33s Miss Coleman's body was found in
1.-The Lima railroadyords buried under
iron sheeting and hidden by an old
boiler yesterday. She had been Kill
$led Wednesday night.
Police are also trying to learn the
identity of a girl in Nashville, Tenn,
who had correspondent with Riddle
sand who signed herself Pauline. :"
lie, latest letter urged Riddle to
come to see hex soon.
rs Police declared Riddle was to nave
met "Pauline" in Cincinnati Satar-
day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
SURE OF ONLY ONE THING
We,Iinuton Could Tell Little of Battle
;.*.'iiPIans, But He Nne" Himself
%s}Gi.% and Uxbridge.

Wellington Teiicence once drew a
protest from Lord UXbridge, the bril-
liant cavalry leader who lost "a leg at
Waterloo. On the eve OF the great bat
tie Uzbriige, although next to Yelling,
ton IN command, knew nothing OF his
chief S plans for the morrow's battle
With tcepidation he approached the
duke. Il Wellington were killed Tx
bridge would become commander in
chief; What Tas the plan: The duke
listened patiently. =.
4Tell me, Uxbrldge, who will attack
the fl first tomorrow-I or Bonaparte?"
En:;IIjqbtedly Bonaparte.'
.;"Well, Bonapa-te hasn't giTen ml
an ides Of lis projects. and as my
plar5 depend upon his plans, how can
you expect me to tell you miner
I. Uxbridge bowed and was about to re
tire when the duke added IN the
fr:s3nGlies5 "a: There's enc thing
certain, Uxbridge, Whatever happens
YOU md i will 10 our duty
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
HIha ioaaI Catsloaue.r

! librarians IDEA Of the most useful
fcim q catalogue for a library is given
gsiil4llaws:
'eEho. ideal Catalogue for a public Ii.
tYa5s Is one published With, one line
ei2c,BtaS,cach being about twice as long
ass E..e s.erago newspaper column is
vide. Ills catalogue is published in
& . ''Gy.iH Ct O. newspaper, or cheap
pai4:;; t-,eapiy printed. 1t is sold by
Il library at about twc cents a
Copy Tie copies sold are soon worn
te!, 'oc thrown away and dc not come
Jacl. 4, after years to vex the lihrar-
:.ea2as ne library keeps'the whole
saing !. type, takes out some titles ev.
-; moRth. addsaiew ones, and prints
G.w edition. This catalogue con.
:ain5 author entries only. If man
wishes % know anything about the
looks III the public library that this
c. ,s:ogue does rot tell he goes TO the
library and finds out by asking: If he
fishes Information concerning books
o. 2 certain subject he goes to a bibli-
cgraphy of that subject; il he wishes
to know cartain specific things about
certain books ne asks tc see the books
themselves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
WILL SPEND s2O.OGO.OOO
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Build New Cars and Engines

Philadelphia, Pa, April 1.-THE
Pennsylvania Railroad will go into
the market today for $2O,00r,000
worth of equipment and for material
for cars and locomotives which it
will build in its own shops. This is
the first equipment buying OF any
magnitude by the road in more than
a year.
The company now plans To build
.iGl locomotives in its Juniata shops
at Altoona, and bids will be request
ed for material for these locomotives.
S.eventy-siX of the new engines will
lc of the new standard freight type
and IS will be shifting engines.
Tho railroads program calls for
i1G all-steel passenger coaches, dlvi-
Ged as follows: Fifty standard coach
es 81 combinations cars, AZ baggage
AID mail cars, H. baggage and ex-
ees cars and i've horse eXpras:
cars. Bids will % asked for building
~ ct these passenger cars, while in
cuirics will be made on prices fo'
material for the other Sc, which viii
NC built at the Altoona shops.
E;da also Will be asked on 7,64S
freight cars which the company plans
80 nave built ~ outside companies.
Bids also will he asked on mat
rails for 2.iO2 freight cars ~ sbe
Luiit at Altoona. The freight car
program calls for 1000 steel FOX
cars. $500 gondola cars, 1919 coal
and coke cars, 224 refrigerator cars
and lU2 fiat cars. The company plans
TO build IN thn Altoona shops ] ,ooJ
Of the box cars, 1860 Of thegondolas
and all of the refrigerator and Ia.
cars.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
BOMB DROPPING RAIDS
Ten Persons Reported Killed by
German Airmen

London, April >1T-As an offset to
the spectacular flights of German
armen over portions of County Kent
England, and The city of Amenes
Trance, bono dropping raid has
peel carried OFT by allied aviator:
en- towns in west Germany.
While it is said that little mate
rial damage ara only slight casual
ties resulted from attacks on seve
al kentish towns aud villages ter
persons are reported to have beef
killed or wounded by bombs dropet
from German taube in the viclnlt!
IF the cathedral in An;ens,
Two civilians were Killed and ont
person Injured in Rottweil, Wurt-
temberg, by the exploding missile
rroyn French biplane, which at
tempted to destroy the powder mag
..Zinc, while other allied aviator:
throw bombs on Leopoldshoeiie ant
,Iaizieres les Metz, 10 miles norti
cf the German fortress Of Metz.
Ten bombs according to Paris. foun(
their target in Leopoldshoehe-
workshops of i railway station-anc
. fell OIL the electric station OF
LaiyicreS IeS Metz
Sir struck the powder magazine al
Rottweil, Paris, says, and a huge rec
lame shot up. surrounded by dense
.anole The amy commander at
Stuttgart, however, declares thai
!sidc from the fatalities, the damage
done at Rottwei! Has slight.
The Amsterdam correspondent OF
Reuters Telegraph C0many sends
the following.
~ telegram from Haltingen "a
caden-B aden) states that hostll,
riage of Badsc. 90 miles south oi
airmen dropped five bombs Four OF
me bombs did no harm; y fifth des-
..oyed two empty railway cars which
ought fire Gnt man was severely
wounded .
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17

~ Being Constantly Supplied Will
Thedfcrd's Black-Draught.

McDuff, var suffered for sever;
ears" says Mrs. !. B. Whitaker, {
lis place, with sick headache. dit
:onlach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend told ME 10 IF
hcdiord's Black Draugtlt, which die
I'd found ii 10 be the best family n!edl
ne for young and Old.
keep BIack-Draugilt on hand all III
ne now, ard when my children ieel
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ocs them more good than any mediciD
icy ever tired.
We never have a long spell Of sick
ess in Our family, since we commence
sing Diack-Drdught.
Thadiai'S Black-Draught is pu7cl
cgctabIc. ard has been fourd TO rcgu
lc weak siomachS, aid digestion, re
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3aa&clle, Sicl; stomach, and slnla
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Il has bean in constant Use for NOR
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Your dfu~.lst sells and recommend
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
.APkN NoT.WELL UNDERSTOOD
Eastern Empire Has Through the
Centuries Retained Keen Sense
-; of Its iIndividuality.s

Japanese history has been the rec
,rd Ola practically uninterrupted ra-
ial. life. The Gislands which, :consti-
ute the empire Of Japan have not only
lever been conquered they have
lever been: invaded, writes Hamilton
". tMabie in the Outlook.
The emperor now reignins is the
t22d' Of his dynasty; the development
If the life of the people, whatever
.tsalinitations and defects, has been
uninterrupted by disturbance from
without 1t has been deeply influenced
by;Asiatic ideals and conventions; but
the foreign IDEALS and manners which
have fond acceptance by the JAP
anese nave made their way by persua
sion, not by arms.
Japan differs radically from the
other Countries of tae East in its pos.
session of sensitive national con
sciousness and Of thorough and min
ute social and political organization.
n this respect It stands in striking
contrast TO other oriental countries.
So far as the feeling Of radical unity
and the !ccns eiousness OF sharply de-
fined national aims and interests are
concerned, India and China have been
mere, geographical terms, conveying
no such group Of ideas, convictions,
and mental habits as the word Italy,
France and England convey.
Japan, on the other hand, has as
keen a sense OF its individuality, so as
to, speak, as any western nation; and
in point of thoroughness CT organiza'
ton stands beside Germany. The i'm,
mense, Significance Of this fact has
not yet been recognized in the West.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
THEY ALL DEMAND 1T.

Alexandria like every city and town
in the Union, receives it
People with kidney ills want to be
cured. When one suffers the tor
lures of an aching back, relief is
eagerly sought for. There are many
remedies today that relieve, but do
not cure. Doan's Kidney Pills have
brought lasting results to thousands.
Here is Alexandria evidence of their
merit.
Mrs. Annie Scott, 10 Prince St.,
Alexandria, says: l had pains in my
bach. and l couldn't rest we'll In the
morning I always felt tired and worn
out. and also had dizzy spells.
Doans Kidney Pills did such good
work that it j. a pleasure to recon-
mend them to other kidney suffer-
ers. | am the same strong friend to
Deans Kidney Pills today as was
some years ago when I told of the
cure they had made for me. The
cure has been lasting
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Scott had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
cii Sayings About the Weather.

: = t.undars on Sunday, the death
=, =, great man will follow; on Mon
1a.. he death of a woman is portend
ID OF Tuesday in early summer, an
abundance of grain; on Wednesday,
warfare il threatened; on Thursday,
az abundance of both sheep and Of
corn; on friday, a man of note vii!
be murdered, and On Saturday, there
Tili pc a pestiience or some other
great disaster.
Truly, thunder is an ill-omened yisi-
t1r at the, best! =
:: tte full moon should rise red, ex-
pet yiad. =. t.
The sharper the blast, the sooner
'tis rast. 49,
4 Light, yellow Sly at sunset fore
;ails a windstorm.
Three :oggy mornings il aucoession
mean rain. % -,
A sky full c. STARS predicts rain
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
VINCENT AsToR THREATENED
,sYonng: Italian Charged With Trying
To Effort $500

New York, April 17-Accused o.
threatening to Kill Vincent Aston il
he should refuse demand for $500
John Meriella - years old, was ar
rested at the Grand Central termina
yesterday on complaint of Mr.. As,
sor's business agent, William A.
Doohyn.
a1eriella was taken to police head
quarters, where it was said he ad.
mitted having sent two letters to the
Young millionaire containing death
threats ard demands for money. He
stated. according to the police, that
if he had not been arrested he waald
have attempted to carry out his
threat.
In addition to charge of attempt
e;: exto,tion the accusation of violat-
ing the Sullivan law forbidding the
carrying of concealed weapons was
laid against him.
--t)-
60 to the Hotel Rsmmel for the lest
oysters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
THE TURTLE BAY INCIDENT.
l.. 5. Authorities satisaed;Jap Has
no Intention. Of Making Nayal.
I. Base ~. -,

Commander Normurassi naval at
tachc of the Japanese embassy, call
Cd informally on Navy Department
officials yesterday. and assured them
that there was no truth in the reports
that any attempt was being made to
establish permanent: naval base.
lie is understood to have explained
that the presence of the japanese
warships was due entirely to the
accident to the cruiser Asama. which
IAN aground tl,ere recently.
There was informal discussion OF
the Turtle Bay situation at yester-
days cabinet meeting, but the gene
raj tendency was to discredit reports
! that have reached here.
Cabinet officers who are in touch
viii, American wrecking companies
attempting to float the Asama point
Cd out that The vessel was fast in
the mud, almost to her decks Navy
officials who have given attention to
the subject say it would not be sur
prising if the Asama was never re-
iloated.
Published reports, however, attract
Cd wide attention among diplomats
and officials. The fact that British
GOLFERS were assisting the Japanese
warships convinced high officials
there could be no foundation for the
idea that any movement was afoot to
establish "a permanent base.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17

Hard IUcl; has been one of the
prime factors in causing the High
School baseball team to lose a big
majority CT their games so far, but
the schedule is not yet half played
and lots Cf games remain in which
the team can come thru in its true
form. Monday hard game is sched-
uled with the Army and Navy Prep
School at Washington and the team
is going to try hard to come thru
WITH " Tory. Thursday. after a
hard uphill and ne,vy fight, the A.
h. 5. lost to st. Agnes Sunday School,
nf Washington, which it defeated in
the initial game Of the season. The
game was played at the Park. The
A. Fl. S. team, after making good
start, even with the Washinstonians,
was nosed out by several runs in the
middle of the game. Had not the
Sunday School boys ade another run
in the eighth inning, however. the
game would have gone into extra
innings. The final score was II to
0. Lefty Gaines in the fourth, re-
lieved Dick" Nails, who started the
game for the local team.
With the school behind the team
he players will work hard for q large
majority Of victories ii the remain
ing games or the schedule which in
clude q number OF teams in return
games ana also few new mines.
The class of 1916 regrets the loss
of one OF its most popular members,
Clyde Smith
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
Look Ahead.


There are some people who ride all
through the journey of life with their
backs to the horses heads: They are
always looking into the: past. They
are forever talking about the good
old times, and how different things
were when they we're young. There is
no romance in the world now, and no
heroism. The very winters and sum-
mers are nothing to what they used to
be; N fact, life is altogether on a
small, commonplace scale. Now, that
is miserable sort Of thing. Itbrings
kind of paralyzing chill over life.
and petrides the natural spring of jos
that should be forever leaping up tc
meet the fresh new mercies that The
fay keeps bringing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
4. H.S. Notes
High School Glee Club Organized
Final Debating Primary Tonight.

A chorus of hundred voices was
organized at q meeting held Thurs
day afternoon in the school building.
The chorus will be the High School
Gice C!uD and the nearest object in
view besides the giving Of concerts
and other functions is to sing at the
1915 commencement. Books have
been ordered and vii! be at the schoci
Monday. An appropriation has been
made for the use Of this chorus out
Of the money realized from the two
plays given under the auspices of the
A. H. S. Literary Society, but owing
to the great number who will form
the singing club and the iin?;ted mum
her Ct. boo:s which have been ordered
Il great number Of members will pur,
chase their own outfits.
The new organization is being
coached under the direction%of Mr..
s. G. BlaEton, who heads the musical
side Of the school and who is taking
great interest in the new undertake
ing. The plan for the organization
came from him and ways to carry it
out also, and he expects TO make a
big success out of the affair, an en-
pectation and hope which is shared
by every other person in the school.
At the meeting Thursday the prin-
cipal business transacted was the
establishing Of a time for rehearsas.
The chorus will he divided into sew
eral sections, each Of which will re-
nearsc once Il week in the afternoon
at the school. a piano has been
rented which will be at the school
building Monday The whole chorus
will rehearse every Monday night
from seven until eight thirty at the
Young People Building. Organiza-
ton having been completed the first
steps vii: he quickly taken in order
10 get the whole assembIage to work
in harmony and get in lot Of good
work preliminary to the big musical
festival fer the commencement en-
ereisea
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17

why corn-milions have gone wild
over "GETS-IT"- nothing like it
ever known Some folks, to this day
putter around with bandages, sticky
tape, thick plasters, corn pulling
sa!yes, gouge corns out with knives
snip them with Scissors, make them
bleed and ther howl because they
can't get rid of sore corns. Use
"GETS-IT' There's nothing to do
ont apply drops The work Is done
"GETS-IT' does the rest. No pain
no fussing, no changing shoes, nc
limping. It never fails. Try il to-
night for any corn, callus, wart OF
hunion: 5e sure that you get GETS
IT. and nothing else.
"GETS-IT" is sold by druggists
everywhere, 25e q bottle or sent
direct by F Lawrence &: Co.. Chico
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17
C0RN-MhD? USE
"GETS-IT," IT'S SUR
Makes Corns Vanish Like Magic.

\ hard cap of Skin makes up
every corr. When YOU put ? drops
cf "GETS-IT" on 1t, it shrivcls up
ind come ! right off-and there's
sour ccrn-gone by thunder! Sim
pie as taking off your hat! That's
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17

Pure Wholesome milk and cream;
burtermil!I and cottage cheese served
1t this dairy gives perfect saris.
faction. Phone orders and give rs q
trial. Live and dressed poultry.
Strictly fresh eggs. Fruits always
en- hand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17

The iina! primary OF the debating
! contest will be held tonight ut eight
o'clock at he school. The first sub
Ject for debate is "Resolved tina. ey
aminat:onS should be abolished in the
High School the speaker for the af-
iirmativc Icing Miss Sarah Cox and
! the one for the negative, William
Morton. The second subject, Re
solved, that minimum wage law
should hc enacted" is between Gus
PohE, affirmative, and Miss Ora Dick,
ert, negative. The winners Of the two
debates will be pitted against each
other at thu next regular meeting of
the Society on the subject, Resolved.
1hat American bows should be %!vca
Military tr2 ming"
- the naeetiH': last Saturday, nigh.
the first debate, Resolved, tha. I'm.
paid convict labor is slavery and
should lie abolished. was won TX
Waller Jarrett, the negative, and the
second. Il solved, that capital pun.
ishment should he abolished" by Mss
Anna Has}"tt, negative These two
will debate against each other 1T
the next meeting on Resolved. that
the Monroe doctrine should be aboi-
, ished, as "ill also the two winters
Of the first primary, and the winners
tonight. 1T the close of the next
regular meeting, thus, the field will
be narrowed down to three contest
ants, the first two of which will de-
bate against each other, the one win
ming to debate in the final stage
against that bird This last will be
awarded the medal at commencement.
/ The judges last Saturday night were
! the Re-. Edgar Carpenter, Mr.. John
Leadbeate-, and Mr.. Gilbert J. Cox.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-17

SEALED PROPOSALS, eldoed
proposals for Office Building" sill
be received at the Bureau e Tds
and Docks, Navy Department., ysh-
ington, D. c: until II o'clock m.
april II, 1915, and then andaere
publicly opened, for a brick flee
building, SO by so feet, two mes
high, at the Naval Radio fion,
I.adio, Virginia. Plans and scih-
cations may be obtained on plea
ton to the Bureau. H. R. TAN
FORD, Chief of Bureau Mn 70,
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1915-12-28
PANAMA CANAL LOST
 MONEY FIRST YEAR

Goethals' report on the canal is now made public. It reveals enormous work in the way of ridding the ca nal of slides especially in the Cule- bra cut.
 The bottom has been slowly ris- ing and the necessity of removing the weight on either side of the ca nal through the cut has increased the operating costs enormously.
 Goethals however criticizes the tolls as prescribed by Congress and advocates radical, charges whinh
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1915-12-28
GOVERNMENT WILL DESIGN
 OWN TYPE SUBMARINES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27.-. Hereafter all submarines of tho Am erican navy will be designed and probably be constructed by the United States government. The gov ernment has secured many import
 ant mechanical improvements which mark an epochal advance in subma- rine construction. To take advant age of these improvements the navy department will design the new type of ships and may hereefter
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1915-12-28

ROME, Dec. 27.-One hundred death in their own country since the conquest. The Teutons and their Ally have forced the Servians to surrender all their food and they are left absolutely nothing and arc dying of starvation like rotten sheep.
 There is no chance of aiding the Servians as the Germans seize all food consigned to relieve the situa- tiOn
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1915-12-28

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27.- The report of Caminetti the head of the Bureau of Immigration is just now made public. He dwells upon the falling off in immigration as due almost entirely to the war. He points out especially the hard work of the Bureau in handling the smuggling of orientals on the vest ern coast. He says that the govern ment should order the Orientals