Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-22

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Robbers had attacked Solomon with
hammer and escaped with watches,
jewelry and diamonds valued at $15,-
900. Solomon probably will die.
Nedjemkden Effendi, Turkish min
lister of justice, accompanied by Eos
sum Efendi, is expected in Geneva
today from Vienna for the purpose,
it is reported, of operating separate
peace negotiations with the Triple;
Entente. 1t is stated the delegates
are invested with official powers.
Announcement is made in Albany,
N. Y, that friendly involuntary petit
tions in bankruptcy have been filed
in the United States District Court
at Utica against former Gov. John
A. Dix, individually, and the Moose
River Lumber Company, of which
Mr.. Dix is the principal stakeholder.
According to dispatch dated
Northern France" the German
crown prince had narrow escape
from death last week. The dispatch
states that he was watching the pro-
gress of an attack through his glas-
ses when shell burst less than thirty
yards behind him, killing two men,
wrecking some supply wagons, and
showering earth over the prince.
Theodore Roosevelt has delivered
two addresses at Panama-Pacifc Ex-
position. One of his talks was on
military preparations. He held both
willingness and ability to be soldiers
to be desirable attributes of good
citizens. He told the enlisted men
ga man afraid to fight is not fit to
VOTE" and "a mother who is not will
ling to raise her boy to be soldier
is not fit for citizenship"
Governor Whitman of New York
yesterday committed to life imprison-
ment the death sentence passed on
Mrs. Madeline Ferola, of New York
City, who killed her lover, Cameo
Casatrella. A delegation of New
York club women and suffragists cal
led upon Governor Whitman and
pleaded for the woman's life, and it
was after listening to this plea that
the executive gave his decision.
More than 5000 miners returned to
work in the South Wales coal field
yesterday without waiting for their
federation's official Endorsement of
the strike settlement. BY tonight
it is expected that if the strikers will
be backed at their tasks. The terms of
the settlement are regarded as highly
favorable to the men and the general
belief today was that it would be
ratified by the federation practically
without opposition.
Refugees from Trieste state that
the city is in a terrible state of terror
and that famine reigns. Supplies of
vegetables and provisions brought ir
daily by peasants constitute the sole
resources of the population, as all
stocks of provisions have been seized
by the military authorities. These
are now seized at the gates of the
city where supplies are brought by
the peasants. The starving popula-
ton is now given daily a small ra-
tion of flour and little fruit.
Acting under orders of Secretary
of the Navy Daniels, with the ap-
proval of President Wilson, the
Board of Inspection and Survey for
Ships of the Navy Department, is
making survey of all the American
merchant vessels, with view to
their use by the government in the
event of war. Every ship which
flies the American flag is being
taken into consideration. its tonnage,
condition, speed, ETC., noted, together
with its availability as an auxiliary
of the United States Navy.
Two Germans who were cabin pas
sengers aboard the Dutch steamer
Nickerie were taken off that ship by
a boarding: party from the British
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