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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
.UPHOLDS The ..
EXECUTION
Germany Says Sex is No
Shield For Offenders
Against Kaiser
WOMEN ALSO LIABLE
Miss CayclIs Death Regreltab!e, bu!
Just Says an Official statemen,
From Berlin.

Berlin, Oct. 25-Dr. Alfred +. NJ
Zimmerman, German Under-Secre'
arv for Foreign Affairs. IN an otiIcla
explanation of the recent execution II
Belgium of Miss Edith Cavell, tn'
British nurse, declared that ne nae
examined every bit Of the evidence
with great care, and found the verdlc:
though regrettable to be just. Ill!
statement follows:
81 see by the British and th'
American press that the shooting
IN English woman and the conVictloi
IF several other women in Brussel
or treason have created great I'm
PRESTON, and that we are being Sc
,erelv criticized. 1t is, indeed, hart
hat woman must be executed. but
emember, to what shall Il state come
.hich is in war if it allows to pass un,
,oticed a crime against the safety
IS armies because committed by wo
nen. No lawbook in the world. !eaS
all those dealing with war regu
ations, makes such differentiation
md the feminine sex has bat on'
preference, according 20 legal usage
,amely. that women in delicate con
iition NAV not be executed. Other
wise man and woman are equal be
ore the law, and only the degree o.
ruilt makes difference in the sen
enc. fUi- crime and it's consequences
I'm the Cavell case have reviewed
he decision of the court and eXam:n
ID the evidence down to tn eSmalles'
letails. The result is 50 convlctine
md all the circumstances are so cIea'
md convincing that no rourt-nlar-
.ia in the world would have reach
ID any other decision. For it concern:
aot the act of one single person
ather, it concerns Il well-ttought-oui
worldwide conspiracy, which sue
.eeded for nine months to render thu
1ost valuable services to the enemy
o Il the disadvantage of our army.
Countless British, Belgian and French
soldiers now again are fighting in th'
.llicd sanks who owe their escape!
from Belgium to the activity of th>
1and, now sentenced at the head OF
which stood Miss Cavell. With such
situation under the very eyes Of the
authorities, only the utmost. severity
AN bring relief, and the government.
,iolates the most elemental duty to-
ward the army and it's safety that
does not adopt the strictest meas
lres. These duties in war are great
ar than any other"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
TO ABOLISH BULL FIGHTS.
Carranza to Substitute American
Game Of baseball. is Claimed.

Los Angeles. Oct. 25.-Venustiano
Carranza. head Of the de facto gov
ernment in Mexico. is going to en-
courage. the American game of base
ball in the Republic as substitute
for bull fights and other diversions
along the border. according to Adolfo
GARLIC. his consular agent here.
Carranza. Mr.. Garlic said, Will shut
down on border iniquities as practlc-
ed at Juareza, Mexicali. Tijuanl and
other race tracks of Monte Carlos Or
concessions therefor.
"Your American game of baseball
vii! be encouraged instead" said the
agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
Frightful Bombardment Fol
lowed by Onrush Of
Foot Troops {
700 CANNON AT WORK
Soldiers of Francis Joseph Demolish'
ed by precipita,e Attaek-Trenehes
Full of Dead.

Milan, Oct. 25.-News brought here
bv officers coming from the front is
that the Italian offensive in the
Trentino and Carso regions promises
better results than that which result
ed in only the partial possession OF
Mount Saint Michele.
The second offensive was begun,
when 700 guns of every callbre, in
cluding two thirteen-inch batteries
began bombarding the Austrian posi-
tions from Caporetto 20 the eastern
slopes of Mount St. Mehele, dis.
tance of miles. The artillery prep
aration lasted for AZ hours, during
which every trench. redoubt and bar.
bed-wire ENHANCEMENT on the Aus,
trian front were under fire without
interruption. The heavier guns, which
were carefully concealed behind the
Isonzo, confined their bombardment
to the forts of Malborghetto and the
strong defensive works of Gorilla. Sc
intense was this fire that the Aus
trians were compelled to remove their
batteries to positions behind natural
bulwarks.
The infantry advance began early
on Thursday morning. The Austrians
were utterly demoralized and stun:
ned by the precipitate onrush of the
Italian foot troops.
In making their advance the Ital
ian troops were protected by new
shield, which greatly reduced the
deadly effect of the enemy's machine.
gun and rifle fire.
The Austrian trenches were found
to be full of dead and wounded. This
explains the comparatively small
number of prisoners taken. During
the whole time the Austrians remain
ed on the defensive.
Italian officers ado: that they viii
60 very near to Gorilla, though the
results of the offensive there cannot
he predicted at this time.
It is the belief of the majority Of
the officers alta ched to the general
staff. however; that the strongest po.
sition defending Gorizia, will certain
ly fall before the italian onslaught
as the preparations made for the at
tack have been most minute and the
morale of the troops is of the highest
order. Moreover the Italian chief in
command Gen. :CarGona, realizes that
the Isonzo line must be taken before
the rainy, season opens
The Duke de .Aosta and the King
both were present during the prosecu-
ton of this offensive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the University Club Build
ing Company of Washington, D. G.,
Incorporated, will be held on the 18th
day of November 1915. at II o'clock
A. NJ, at the principal office of the
Company. in the state of Virginia, 119
south Fairfax street, Alexandria. Vir.
ginia, for the purpose of electing a
board of directors and receiving and
acting upon the reports of the officer:
and for the transaction of such 9th
er business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.
Dated tho 18th day of October 1915
RALPH P. BARNARD,
Secretary
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
WILL PHONE TO FRANCE
Soon Be as Regular as the Cable. De-
clares H. +. Shreeve.

Paris, Oct. 25.-Nte experiments in
transatlantic wireless telephony failed
last June presumably because the at
mospheric conditions necessitated a
change in the transmitter at the
United States government wireless
station at Arlington. Va, says H. E.
Shreeve,
"What we have accomplished. how
ever, definitely proves that wireless
telephony between France and Am.
erica may soon become as regular a
means of communication as the cable
is now"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
IPAN-CERMANIST|C
EMPIRE PLANNED
Berlin Sees Only Continue:
ton of Country's
Evolution !:
TO ABSORB AUSTRIA
TO ABSORB AUSTRIA
Teutons Say They Would Unite Work
Against England, Russia and the
:
United States.

4 Berlin, OcL. 30. Ill d ptthiPillS
Just issued Paul Lensch, a Socia
Democratic member of the Reichstag
describes the dreams of the Pan.
Germanistic Social Democracy for g
Greater Germany. Laying particular
stress on the necessity of the absor.
tion of Austria by the German em.
pire, the writer says:
'When we speak of Germany we
understand the present Germany ant
Austria Hungary united into one Ger
man empire. The birth Of this rea'
Germany is to be the outcome of thi:
war, which alone contains all the es,
sential conditions Of the solution OF
the German question"
Lensch says the evolution of Ger,
many falls in three separate stages
1866, 1870, and 1914. He shows how
the two sections of Germany, the Ger
man empire and Austria-Hungary
have proved too weak to fulfill Ger
manv's historic mission In the worlt
and SAYS that out of the greater Prus
,ia created by the war against Austria
in 1866 and of the little Germany
which was the outcome Of the Franco
Prussian War. in 1901 must evolve
the Greater Germany of the future.
The evolution which began in 1866
and which moved forward another
step in 1870. when the North and
South German states were united, |:
still going on. Those who saw in the
events of 1870 definite solution OF
the German question. and who looked
apon Austria as a ,Urelgn state like
all the others, were mistaken. The
evolution of Germany cannot be stop.
ped, and the present war has opened
the ewes of many to the real sign
fcance of the war in 1870, which, far
from being an end. was merely Q
continuation. The great work is to be
fully accomplished by the present wal
when the last third of the Germans
who were separated in. 1866. join hanG
with the others and the birth Of the
great German empire, Germany prop
er and Austria, becomes an establish.
ed fact. :: -
This Greater Germany, however, is
to be merely the nucleus of German
Central Europe" Herr Lensch insists
and proceeds to explain how THE
smaller states need great power
to safeguard them. Thus, German
Central Europe" may easily and ma
turally evolve into a federation OF
Central European states" under the
German aegis. This, he insists, will
be the only means of protecting the
smaller states of Central Europe
against the "rapacity and greed" Of
the great world powers, England, Rus
sia7 and the United States of Ameri-
ca. Besides the United Germany and
Austria Hungary, this federation
should comprise the Scandinavian
states, Switzerland, Holland, Italy
the Balkan Peninsula, with Euro
pean Turkey and, if possible, France
Spain and. Portugal, with all the col
onies of these countries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
Allies Said to Have Broken
Offensive at Veles,
Serbia
BREAK IN DISORDER
DENIAL in Semi-0Hicial Note That
Greece Has Occupied any Part OF
Serbian Territory.

Athens, Oct. 25-Bulgaria' otren-
sive in Serbia has been broken at
Vcles. Salonika advices said today.
The French and Serb forces are
said to have united ut kirivolak and
struck at the invaders left wing. The
Bulears retreated in disorder on
Straunnitza. pursued by the Franco
Serb troops.
Pojarevac advices say the Ger
mans also are on the defensive.
| The French defeated the BuIgar-
! ians on Sunday along a front from
! Ordovo to Kr;volak, after twenty
four hour battle. The Bulgarlans fell
back on Rabrovo with heavy losses.
The French, pursuing, later occupied
Rabrovo. They are still chasing the
( BuraranS. it is stated.
That Greece has occupied any Ser
bian territory, as reported. is denied
in semi-ofiicia note.
Sofia. Oct 25-Thc Bulgarian troops
have completely conquered Uskup, the
chief Serbian town on the railway be-
tween NSh and Salonilia. according
TO an official statement given out
here. The entire town is now in pos
session of the Bulgarians.
London, Oct. 25--The nulgarlans,
by their capture of USkup, have
placed themselves across the route
by which the Allies renforcements
.iur the Serns would travel.
The Austro-Gcrmans, in the north
have begun Il more vigorous often
sive and have crossed the Danube near
Orscva. This brings much nearer
the linking up of the armies OF the
Germanic allies and those OF Rul
garia and the opening OF the way
through Bulgaria to Const;:ntinoplc.
Success is not being achieved with
out heavy losses, as the Serbian vet
Grams. who intrenchcd in their noun
tainS, are Offering stubborn resistance
and are making the invaders pay 4
big price for every mile Of country in
vaded.
Paris. Oct. PA dispatch from
Athens to the Havas News Agency
says it is understood at Salonika that
the Entente Allies plan to make Il
landing on the Bulgarian coast in the
Aegean Sea ut Porto Lagos.
Berlin, Oct. 25-The Serbian cam
paign. according to all information.
reaching Berlin is progressing favora: !
bly, for the Central Powers. although: {:
the operations are retarded by Dad.
weather and, like the section south
of Belgrade. by the exceedingly diff
cult topography of the country.
While the plans of. the Entente Al
lies are being closely watched here,
it is genralIy assumed that they are
TOO late to save Serbia Also the be-
lief is expressed that Bulgaria is
throwing its greatest strength into
the Vardar Valley in order to prevent
a junction of the Entente forces with
the Serbian troops. and that the Bul-
garians are amply able to hold the
valley against any force which the
Entente Allies will be able to bring
into action before the collapse of Ser
bia-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
PRESIDENT KISSED.
The Massachusetts Convention Votes
to Oppose Wilson for a Second

Worchester, Mass. Oct. 25.-Dele-
gates to a convention here OF the Al
lied German-American Societies OF
Massachusetts denounced, in turbu
lent gathering. President Wilson'S
neutrality attitude, and by a vote OF
61 to A placed the meeting on re-
cord as being opposed to his candid
acv for another term. The President
name was repeatedly Kissed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
sfo7 IN HER STOCKING! GONE
Woman Accuses Man Who, Helped
Heron Fire Escape of Theft.

New York, Oct.y 25. Accused OF
stealing s1O7 from Mrs. Fannie Gen
gels stocking, Samuel Horowitz was
held for examination in the Harlem
Police Court today. Horwitz, who was
repairing the roof of building ir
which Mrs. Gengel lives, helped her
Gain access to her apartment Satur.
day by way of the fre-escape. Her
kew was lost. When Mrs. Genge
reached her apartment she found that
roll of bills which she carried in he'
right stocking was gone.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
CARD OF THANKS.

desire 10 thank the public gener-
allv for kind rcmemhcrances upon the
occasion of the death of my husband.
especialIv Mrs. y. Allen. through
whom my family received clothes
fuel groceries and S16.7l. Respect
fr,lr. MRS. GEORGE CRAVEN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
CABINET RESIGNS.

Amsterdam, Oct. 23.-The Luxem-
berg cabinet has resigned owing to
disagreement with the grand duch-
sss, the Cologne Gazette said today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25

Mai. Raymond w. Pullman, super
intendent of the District of Columbia
police department, has accepted an in
yitation to deliver an address before
a meeting for men to be held in the
Young Peoples Building OF the Meth.
odst Episcopal Church on Sunday af-
ternoon, November 14th.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25
LOCAL .BREVITIES

The Willard w. C. 7, u, will meet
tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock
IN Trinity NJ. Il. Church, on South
Washington Street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25

The board of supervisors Of Fair
fax county have fixed November 18th
IS the opening date Of the hurting
season III that county. 1t will c!1s'
IN December 3lst.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25

The executive committee of the
bazaar to be given at the Alexan
lria Light Infantry Armory for th'
benefit of the Home for the Aged hav!
!ecidcd upon November 4 to Novem
Der 18th. as the dates upon which tli
,ifair will be held
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25

Rev. Dr.. w. l.. Mcdowell, dis
srict superintendent Of the NJ. E.
Thurch, preached yesterday mornin!
at Trinity NJ. Z. Church. Rev. ". A.
Hall of Suffolk, Va. conducted
services in the Second Presbyterian
Church and the Rev Robert G. Jett
If Lynchburg, Va, preached at st
Paul's Episcopal Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25

Damage of several hundred dollars
was done last night at 10 o'clock by
a fire at the residence of Brook Daw-
SON, on Gibbon street. between Henry
and Patrick streets. The explosion Of
a kerosene lamp was the cause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25

Plans for the memorial services OF
Alexandria Lodge of Elks will be dis
,ussed at meeting Of that organiza-
ion to be held tonight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25

AS a result of the Sunday schoo
parade which was held a week age
III the Sundays schools in the cit.
showed a large increase in attendance
yesterday morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25

Eat oysters. Oyster week. October
26 to 80, at Rammel's Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-25

Fair and warmer tonight ans
Tuesday; moderate east TO
northeast winds.
High tide at 9:34 a. m. and
9:42 p. m.
sun rose at G:1S. Sun sets 500
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

We'll I wrote them to meet me at our
forsaken little station across the sound
she said quietly ours is a fine trip by
sail in the summer, but in the winter the
few struggling travellers go by train.
started Christmas eve, bag and bag
gage, including an extra suit case full
of Christmas gifts, crepe paper, yards
of Christmas ribbons, and loads of
goodies [ had made on the chatting dish
by college recipes. | looked like a Rural
Free Delivery Neck's End is short
route, but preceded by long stretch of
lonely shore country We had hardly
started before we ran into a terrific biz
Yard.
THE sea was actually breaking in flu
rous waves almost in our very faces. 1t
grew dark in the early afternoon and the
snow was a solid dense blanket ahead of
boriously trying to get through the snow,
drifts in the dark, and the roaring sea by
the side of us was positively scary. We
stopped stark still. We We're told there
was a wreck ahead
My Christmas Girl struggled deeper
in the big chair and presently went on
Il know now Mark Twain's sensation
the first time he touched the mid-ocean
He wanted to go home and he didn't care
howl / saw plainly that I'd never get
home that night and that the rest of the
travellers along with me would probably
be marooned at the lonely little station
with nothing but the little old putting
stove to make us warm. There was a
curious company aboard the train. There
was a travelling salesman making for
home as hard as ever he could; a young
doctor going home for Christmas: several
workmen and a little woman with three
small children. The woman was going to
join her husband, who was working on
the road and had planned for her and
the children to reach a little cabin in the
pines Christmas eve and spend Christmas
Day with him. The three children had
discovered perpetual motion, for the lit
test boy wasn't still half a minute, and
the tiny girl fidgeted until / nearly went
wild and the biggest boy played choo-
choo from one end of the train to the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
THE DOGS AND CATS OF WAR
| UNDER FIRE HUNT TRENCHES

From the kansas CITY Star :"
Animals on European firing lines
have an eventful existence" says an
English writer. "Bombardments affect
different animals in different ways.
Dogs, as rule, show great distress
when shells burst near them and howl
piteously. On the other hand, they
have been known to dash along the
front of trench during infantry fire.
barking and apparently enjoying the
noise
"Cats-judging by the few instances
related to me-do not care whether
they are shelled or 'machined' as long
as they have a dry corner and food
when they are hungry.
There have been instances of lost
dogs and cats actually venturing into
the British lines during an engage
ment. Some of them had lived in cot
tages near the firing line-long since
destroyed-and chung to the remnants
Of their homes; others had strayed a
long distance. A nondescript dog, with
an Armentieres address on his collar,
turned up near Wytschaete early one
morning, spent the day with terri
torial battalion, disappeared at dusk
and was never seen again.
"A West Country Yeoinanry contin-
gent was adopted in the thick Of a
fight near Fortuin in May by a black
cat, which survived a bombardment
which killed many men, and has since
lived sumptuously in billets with an
Identification disk around its neck.
"Regimental mascots appear to have
the best time, for they stay in billets,
live on the fat of the land and are
made much of by the local inhabitants.
The pampered terrier Of certain fa-
nous regiment Of foot guards sat on
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
A Test of the British People
ON the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
If the developments of the war thus
far this spring have been somewhat dis
aI pointing to the people of Great Britain
and the daughter dominions beyond the
many nation in the past apparently
has fought in the face of apparently
endless disaster and discouragement In
the American civil war, more than two
years had elapsed before the tide of
military success definitely turned in IA
yor OF the north The British people
have been under the strain of war only
10 months. AS yet, they really have no
comprehension of. what encouragement
il, its depths may be,
In the reorganization of the cabinet
SO as to have all parties represented,
the British government Is politically
speaking, about where Lincoln was at
the beginning of 1862, when he uade
Stanton. the war democrat, Sect $af
War. Yet, a year later even, IL
had to endure the terrible reversesE1-.
Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg
and charlottesville, which seemed to
Europe to mean the triumph of the
southern confederacy How the people
of the north stood the prolonged de-
preston and stuck doggedly to their grim
task, submitting finally to CONSUMPTION
itself in order to supply soldiers. may
seem extraordinary today, but they We're
saved by stout hearts and unshakabl
faith in the righteousness of their cause.
The causes for disbursement in what
las already happened TO British arms
are comparatively slight at this moment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

other. The poor little mother was COM
pletely tagged out before we ever started
and finally just put her head down in her
hands and cried. I swept the three
youngsters away with the young doctor s
help, and let her have a few minutes to
herself, and We made the drummer walk
the baby, while we interviewed the con-
ductor and the engineer"
''The young doctor came in as a useful
mmodity-domestc brand" laugh
ingly suggested
81 had met him before, you see,'' my
Christmas Girl replied, land he really is
an awfully nice man."
Il see. 1 said briefly Go on
"Well, the train reached the next sta
ton after crawling along like snail for
several hours and we tumbled out into
the little room which the doctor, OF
course promptly ventilated, but we may
as we'll have stayed in the train, for il
stopped plump, blank still, like grand
fathers clock, and refused to bulge an
other inch The sea was roaring like a
zoo, and the snow was something fright
full. The train seemed to know there was
no use to move. 1t couldn't get anywhere.
The poor mother was heartbroken be-
cause the train couldn't go on, and she
wrung her hands and said how disap-
pointed her husband would be If they
didn't get there that night, and that
he'd already got the Christmas tree and
was Just waiting for them to come.
81 became very much worried about
that poor little woman, and those three
children and their disappointment be-
cause of Christmas eve not being what
they expected it to be, so / took the
Young doctor off and confided my
thoughts to him. l told him that nc
matter where We were, or what hap
pened, it was Christmas eve and we
couldn't escape that fact, and that we
would never be able to get across the
sea and I would have to either go back
to New York and spend a lonely Christ
mas or stay right in the station and
celebrate the festival there
What did you do?" I asked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
Better Than Spanking

Spanking does not cure children of
bedwetting. There is a constitutional
cause for this trouble. Mrs. M sum
mers, Box w, Notre Dame, Ind. will
send free to any mother her successful
home treatment, with full instructions
Send no money, but write her today il
your children trouble. you in this way
Don't blame the Child, the chances are
ii can't help it. This treatment also
cures adults and aged people troubled
with urine difficulties by day or night