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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
Car Admits Loss of Soko7
low, Lukow Siedlce,
East of Warsaw
KOyN0 HOLDING OUT
In Spite of Losses, Invaders are De-
clared Checked and Beaten in Bat
ties Near Riga.

London Aug. 14-Field. Marshal
Won Hindenburg upon whom the most
difficult tasks are imposed, has per-
sonally taken command OF the Ger
man army attacking kovno, and ac-
cording to the German official report
has made further progress in the
fighting against the Russians in that
REGION. The selection of Germany's
national hero for the duty OF cap
turing the fortress of KoVno, which
stands between the Germans and
Wilma and the Warsaw-PetrograG
railway, is an indication of the i'm.
portance which the German Genera!
Staff attaches to this operation.
The news that the civilians haa
commenced to evacuate Kovno, as
well as Wilma, led to the belief in
many quarters that the Russians
either had decided to give them up
or had no hope of holding these
points. Now, however, they are fight
ing hard to retain both cities, anC
in the latest official report from Pet
rograd it is claimed that the Rus
slams have repulsed the German at
tacks, except at one point where &
desperate artillery engagement is Ill
progress.
- Fatherc sprth, heSween Paniewescia
and Dvinsk, where General Won Bue-
low week ago was advancing rapid.
" toward the railway, the Germans
apparently have suffered setback
for the Russians now speak of pres
sing them, and declare they have re.
occupied the town Of Toviny, whicl.
is considerably west of the point tc
which the Germans had penetrated.
South of Riga also the Germans are
said to be doing little more than hold
ing their own, so that the talked-of
advance toward Petrograd seems t.
be developing very slowly.
On the other hand the Germans
continue to drive in tne Russians to
the northeast and east of Warsa"
and with the capture Of Siedlce are
within a short distance of the Bug
river. one of the main supports OF
the Brest- -Litovsk line which it was
believed the Russians originally in
tended to hold, but which the Ger.
man offensive to the northeast ma!
prevent. Field Marshal Won Macken-
sen, who commands the Germans IT
the southeast, between the Viepriz
and the Bug, again is reported tt
lave been held up by a Russian
counter-attack, and it is declared ir
military circles that if he not far
ther south than he was week ago
he certainly is not farther north.
The military critics disagree as tc
the probable line on which Grand
Duke Nicholas will elect to make his
stand, but Il majority of them con.
slider it hardly likely that he vii
trv to hold the Bhes-Litovsk front
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
FIFTY PERSONS DIE IN WRECK
Irish Mail of London And Northwest
ern Road is Derailed Near
Stone Tunnel.

Northampton, England. Aug. IA.
Between fifty and sixty persons are
reported to have been killed by the
derailment of the Irish Mail of the
London and Northwestern Railway
near Slows tunnel today
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
NOTICE.

Loyal Temperance Legion will
please meet at No. 1908 Queen street
at $3.50 p. N. Sunday to attend the
funera! OF sister Faith Taylor DIN
can.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14

FOR RENT-Coal and wood yard be.
longing to the estate of the late
William H. Peck, corner Payne
and Queen streets. Address c..
Albert Shaffer. Route 4, City, or
at stand in Market. 14-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
st. Mary's Church.

First mass at 6 u. M, children's
mass Q, Sunday School 9:3G, late
mass and sermon 1000 baptisms,
$3.50, evening services and benedic-
tion 4 o'clock p. m. Mass every
Sunday morning st. Rita's Chanel,
. o'clock at Mount Ida. &2ss
week mornings G:30 and r o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
DEATH NOTICE.

DIED-Friday, August 18th, at LIS
a. M. FAITH TAYLOR DUNCAN,
beloved daughter of William and
Georgia Duncan. nee t&Fbenson.
Funeral from the residence, 924
Queen street, Sunday, August 18th,
at o'clock.
1926.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14

The pastor of Trinity Church, the
Rev. Lyttleton NJ. Ferguson vii.
ureach tomorrow at II a. m. and s.
o. m. The subject for the evening
VIII be Saving the Pieces"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
Deposed Head Of Hopewell
Force Named in Three
Indictments
REPORTS, 8 FELONIEs
Magistrate Pulliam is Charged With
Offering Bribes-More Sensations
Expected. 4. Il. j

Prince George Courthouse, Va,
August 14--Indictments charging
former Chief ". D. Henderson, OF
tine Hopewell police force, with NAL
feasance and misfeasance in Office,
selling liquor and beer without
license, and conducting gambling
house, were reported by The special
grand jury in the Circuit Court OF
Prince George county late yester-
day afternoon. No report was made
ON the information in the hands oil
the prosecution regarding Hender-
sons connection with the bribery and
graft revelations, which brought
about the removal Of himself and
subordinates from their official posi-
tions by Judge Jesse F. West.
In addition to the Henderson pre-
sentiment. there were eight indict-
ments for felonies and fifteen for
misdemeanors. making twenty-six IT
all, returned by the grand jury in
connection with the investigation oil
lawlessness at Hopewell. Four Of
the felony cases were reported on
Monday afternoon, but the formal in
dictments were not presented in court
until today.
The indictments for felonies were:
Two against William St: Paul Pull
liam, justice of the peace of Bland
district, Prince George ounty, charg-
ed with Offering bribes to officers.
Two against Antonio Fl. Becessi
cabaret proprietor, for offering brioe
to officers.
One against former Policeman
Samuel Safer, for accepting a bribe
from merchant at Hopewell for
protection"
One against former Policeman II.
w. Pollard, for. accepting a bribe
from a poolroom proprietor.
After the indictments had been re-
turned. Judge: West ordered capilas
issue for the arrest of Magistrate
Pulliam, who formerly presided over
the Police Court at Hopewell, and is
connected with several of the lead"
ing families of Prince George County
He is the only,man held for felony
who had not been under surveillance
for the past week.
Over the protest of Richard T. Will
SON, of Petersburg, of counsel for
several of the defendants, Judge
West set the trial of four of the meN
charged; with the more serious or
fenses, for successive days, begin
ming Tuesday August "a.
Eleven of the misdemeanor indict,
ments charge the defendants with the
operation of; gambling devices. prin.
cipally slot machines. Four others
are against keepers of road houses
halfway between Petersburg and
Hopewell. charging each with sell
ing liquor without license and con
Quoting disorderly resorts. The in
dictments. reported against former
Chief Henderson are for misdemea
nors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
AT THE CHUR1CHES.

Miss Armistead, Of Lynchbu-g,
Va, will sing Gounod's, "There is a
Green Hill Far Away" at the eleven
o'clock service of the Second Presby-
terian Church tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14

Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector.
Holy Communion 1850 a. m. Sunday
School, $3.50. Morning prayer and
sermon 11:OO. Evening prayer and
sermon 500 p. m.
Second Presbyterian Church.
Rev. ]. i. Allison, d: D., pastor.
Preaching tomorrow at 11:Oo O'clock
and 7:3O by Rev. j. w. Nourse. {.
Sunday School $3.50 Il. m.
First Baptist Church.
Rev. w. +. Watson; pastor. Sun
day School ut 9:3O a. NJ. Services at
[ a. m. and 500 p. m.
Second Baptist Church.
Rev. o. w. Triplett. pastor. Ser
vices ut II a. m and 7:45 p. m.
Sunday School $50 a. m. Prayer
services Wednesday evenings at 7:45
o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Rev. ]. w. Duffey, pastor. Sun
day School $3.50 a. m. Epworth Lea
que services at 7:15 p. m. Services
and sermon II a. m. and 500 p
n.
Methodist Protestant Church.
Rev. Edward Kirkley, pastor
Services at II a. m and 8 p. m
Sunday School and Hustler's Bible
Class $50 a. III. Christian Endeavor
TOO p. m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
|. Rev. L. NJ. Ferguson, pastor. Sab,
bath School 9:3G a. m. Services at II
"a m. and 500 p. M.
Lutheran Church.
Rev. C. z. Brandt, pastor. Services
lO:45 a. m. Sunday School at $3.50
a. m.
Free Methodist Church.
Rev. Geo Eakins, pastor. Sunday
School at | a. m. Preaching at II a
m. and s p. m. Prayer service at
p. m. on Thursday.
Salvation Army.
| Services at 2O2 King street ever!
Tuesday. Thursday Friday and Sun
| day at s o'clock Sunday School ev
cry Sunday at 2:3O
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
Christ Church.

Rev. William J. Morton, rector.
Sunday School $3.50 a. NJ. Services at
II n. n. II tI.c church I'D az G:1S
in the church yard.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
WANTED SEPARATE PEACE
Austr0- German Overtures Said Il
Have Been Made in March

London, Aug. 14-Austro-Ge
overtures for a separate peace with
Russia were begun at the end of
March, according to the Star, which
quotes kilograms it says were taken
from an Italian Green Book.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14

Under FEMALE HELP WANTED.
WANTED-Pupil nurses in Capita!
City School of Nursing. Apply for
literature to Superintendent. Wash
ington Asylum Hospital. 10Th and
C Sts., S. E., Washington, D. c..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14

For the best oysters go to the Ho-
tel Rammel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14

Three boats to Marshall
Hall, August 10Th, 1890 a m
300 and ZOO p m Indian
Guard Band.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14
81. Ipaul's Church.

Rev. P. p. Phillips, rector. Sunday
School $3.50 a. m. Services a
II a. nj. and 500 p. m.
Grace Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14

Services at 2O2 King street every
Tuesday, Thursday Friday and Sun
day at 8 o'clock Sunday School ev-
cry Sunday at 2:3O
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-14

Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector.
Holy Communion 1880 a. m. Sunday
School, $3.50. Morning prayer and
sermon 11:OO. Evening prayer and
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-17
UNREST AMONG RURAL
women IS A PROBLEM
Secretary of Agriculture Houston Is
Going to Try to Solve 1t by
Improving Conditions.

Secretary Of Agriculture Houston is go
ing to try to solve the problem of I'M
rest among country women by improv-
ing their condition.
THE chief objections of women TO
country life" according to "A statement
issued by the department. ARE usually.
the generally small returns from farm
ing. the drudgcry of farm work. and
the social isolation.
The Smith-I.over act provides for ex-
tension work in agriculture and home
economics, but il does not specify what
proportion of the funds shall be used in
home economics. The State Agricult ura
College extension directors are being
urged by womens organizations of vari-
Gus kinds to allot certain specific por-
ton of the funds for work with women.
In view of this fact il is interesting to
note the amount of money actually be-
ing put into this work by the agri-
cultural colleges. for the most part in
cooperation with the Department OF
Agriculture
Data taken from the records of the
Department ana relating exclusively to
work of this kind in the thirty-three
Northern and Western States show the
following distribution Of funds: For
meetings and movable schools at which
demonstrations are given in cooking,
sewing. household CCnveniences and for
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-17
BANKING BY MAIL
IS new POSTAL scheme
Rural Residents Now Are Given the
Same Facilities as the City
Dwellers.

Rural residents in the United States
who desire to use the postoffice as
their bank may now do so. The de-
partment has just issued a statement
which explains method whereby
farmers and other people residing in
communities which have no postal saw
ings systems may bank their money in
perfect safety.
All that is required under this latest
plan is that the individual go to his
nearest postoffice. tell the postmaster
that he desires to place his money with
the postal bank, secure identihcat1on
cards, and then send his savings. either
BY money order or registered mail, to
the postal bank nearest his home. He
may withdraw all of it. also by mail.
at any time he so desires.
Any woman can start a savings &C
count with a postal savings bank with
out her husbands knowledge and her
money will be safe from either his or
other hands.
People residing in the mountains of
West Virginia and other nearby States
had written Postmaster Otto Praeger.
asking to be allowed to deposit All
these had been told there was no way.
But from this time on they may use
the postal savings system.
In Washington. the office had 2,S4l
depositors on April 80 who had to their
credit a total of $311,553 above and
beyond the amount of $161.240. which
had been converted into postal savings
bonds
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-17
EUGENIC RULE WILL
BE APPLIED in COURT
Judge Does Not Propose to Let De-
linquent Girls Marry Delin
quent Boys.

Los Angeles. May l6.-EugeHics
have entered the Juvenile Court.
cupid henCeforth cannot patch UP
oTenses of delinquent boys and girls
by marriage. So Judge Reeve held
when he began trial of the Juvenile
Hall calendar. said he:
These compromise marriages are
rot worth a cent in the prevention OF
crime. 1t is not the purpose of the
court to allow delinquent girls TO
marry delinquent boys and thus per-
petuate a race of criminals.
The matter came up when an attempt
WAS made to marry girl of II to a man
OF D. and a girl of Il to Il boy only a
wear older. The court Immediately denied
the requests and declared il is to he the
policy of the Juvenile Court to deny con-
sent to wards of the court TO marry when
penal proceedings are pending or before
there Is either conviction or plea of
guilty entered. And thus was closed to
those who have wronged young girls a
heretofore easy avenue of escape from
punishment.
The judge held that the man Of -
was not proper person for any woman
10 marry. and found that the hoy of is
had for ten wears been ward Of the
Juvenile Court.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-17
OPIUM STRUGGLED In
PICKLED HERRING
Inspectors Follow Trail of Oil. and
Find Cans of Drug Worth
$1,000 Each.

New York. May ia new method
Of smuggling opium into the United
States was accidentally discovered by
customs weigher at the Atlantic
Transport Company's pier. foot Of West
Sixteenth street, on Friday. when
seventeen barrels labelled "Pickled
Herrings," were landed from the
steamship Missouri, which had ar
rived from London.
Picked herrings are entitled to be
brought into the country free of duty
and clerk from G. w. Sheldon &
Co., customs brokers Of "a State street.
was sent to the pier to clear them.
When he arrived the barrels had been
stacked but no papers had been re-
ceived from the custom house au.
thorizing their release so the clerk
went down town again to find out
the cause of the delay.
During his absence the weigher
started to put the barrels on the scales.
He noticed that oil was leaking from
one of the barrels. and when the clerk
returned he pointed this out to him.
and said that herrings packed in oil
were dutiable and the barrels would
have to be opened.
When the first one was emptied
big square tin was found which
aroused the suspicion. and a customs
inspector was sent for. The tin was
opened and it was found to contain a
number Of small tins of opium. her
metically sealed. which were estimated
to be worth $1,000. Three other bar
rels were opened. but they did not con-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-17
GERMANS BATTER
At YPRES front
Determined to Break Through
Allies Lines at that
Point.
LILLE UNDER CANNONADE
Notifications of Already Strong Posi-
G. Il A
LILLE UNDER CANNONADE
Notifications of Already Strong Posi-
ton Being Strengthened in An
ticipation of Advance.
epeclsl to The Washington Herald and LondD
Daily Telegraph.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald and Lond0
Daily Telegraph.
Rotterdam. May 1.-THE Germans
are still sending forward all available
troops in pursuance of further de-
iermined effort to break through the
British lines at Ypres. Nothing seems
TO daunt their determination to obtain
a position on this salient They have
suffered terrible losses and have been
pushed further backward 10y the
French north of Arras, III the direc-
lion of Lille, but they are far from
hardening their desperate attempts
10 hack their way TO Ypres along the
road from st. Julien.
During the last TWO days Tie fight
ing has been fierce. especially on yes
ierday afternoon. when the enemy
made a concerted attack or A very
small front only To he repulsed after
severe hand-to-hand fighting. The
pressure the allies proba bly, would
have been still greater and longer
persisted in but for the splendid coun
ter move by the allies further the
north.
Exactly at chosen moment an al
vance was made in the neighborhood
Of Steenstraate and Het Sas. This
came as Il great surprise 10 the Ger
mans who had to rush up r"-enforce-
menrs which were badly needed at the
same moment for their effort to break
through the British front
Al Lille the Germans are in a great
state of anxiety. They are working
feverishly to strengthen the fortifica-
lions of what is already an immense
Is strong fortress. They believe that
Lille is the objective of the allies Of
fensive between Armentieres and
Arras In fact. its outlying defense
works are already under the fire or
The heavy British guns.
These positions are threatened by
the successful advance of the French
north of Arras as well as by the fierce
rhrusts of the British in the neighbor-
hood OF La Bassee.
Lille probably will he the center of
decisive events in the near future.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-17
GIRLS TO LEARN COST
OF GOING TO COLLEGE
Smith Students Are Gathering Data
to Answer Question of

Northampton. Mass. May l6.-Smith
College wants TO know exactly how
much il costs a girl to go to college.
and it has appealed to the girls to
keep a daily record of their dsburse-
ments. Estimates have been made
time and time again. Every college
has been glib with approximate esti-
mates of what freshman year COST,
and what the succeeding years cost.
Such generalizations are far from
satisfactory, Smith finds, and so this
novel enterprise at Northampton has
been entered upon with scientific ex-
actness. 1t is to be an accurate bit OF
bookkeeping. 1t will furnish real sta
tistics as infallible as accounting, as
comprehensive as the census.
I'VE found" said Dean Ada Louise
Comstock of the college, that We haC
a constant need for accurate informa
ton regarding the amount spent by on,
st Tents. SUCH information is otter
asked for. and hitherto the officers of the
college have had to answer with conjec-
lures ba sed upon observation"
Account books have been distributed
among the girls. in which a page a day
is set apart for financial entries. Each
page is made up with the following head.
ngs under which students are expected
to enter their expenditures: Board and
room. tuition and extra fees. clothing
laundry travelling expenses. health. extra
food recreation, hospitality. dues and
subscriptions. books. stamps. and sta
tionery church. charity, and incidentals
These arbitrary headings have created
some perpleXities among the girls. One
a student in an English composition
course. thus expressed her difficulties in
verse:
I'm working or. my cash account. it's in an awful
Indeed don't know what to do. I really must
confess.
The headings do no; comprehend ssne things tina:
] have fought:
don't know where to put them in although I've
thought and thought.
Now i.k is incidental tno~ thst column grew
and grrw1:
And for INV shoeshine items think that ''laun-
dry n do:
Rat | m fairly puzzled: would the Dean think
| was 'Iic
If asked her about tooth PASTE. is it health Of
extra foods"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-17
WOMAN and BABE
TELL OF TRAGEDY
Captain of American Liner
Tells of Sighting Lusi-
tania Bodies.
BRING CAPT. GUNTHER
St. Paul Arrives in New Iork-Skip-
per. Warned by Admiralty, Takes
Course Around Ireland.

New York. May 1.-THE story OF
how one woman passenger OF the Lusi-
tania holding on to a raft with one
hand vainly tried to save the life of
her infant child was told by Capt Pas
SOW of the American liner st. Paul.
which arrived from Liverpool today.
The ST. Paul passed the scene of the
disaster forty hours after the Lusi-
tania sank.
AT 1870 O'Clock Sunday morning last,
he said we first sighted wreckage 1t
consisted chiefly of RATS. upturned life
boats. deck chairs and deck fittings. IL
was over an hour before we finally passed
out of the field OF wreckage. We were
at that time twenty miles southwest of
Old Head of kinsaIe.
We passed within forty feet of one
of the RATS ClinginG to the edge OF
il with her right hand was the body OF
a woman. In her left arm. held tightly
to her breast was an infant Her right
hand was still stiff and the action of the
waves failed to shake it loose. Each wave
that passed over the raft submerged
the infants body but il came up again
as the wave passed by. We We're so
close that We could distinctly see her
features
Wirelessed for Aid.
1T was hazy weather at the time. we
did not stop but sent a wireless message
ashore giving the position of the bodies.
Just before sailing | received a
warning from the British admiralty.
and took the mid-channel course
around Ireland. We did not see any
subma rines"
At the time the ST. Faui passed
through the wreckage the passengers
were attending divine service. Very
few passengers were on the deck.
Among the latter were Mrs. Jean Ca -
bel O'Neill. William Potter. former
minister to Italy. and Sir Frederick
Maxwell, chief justice of the Leeward
Islands The other passengers hearing
the cries of those on deck rushed
from the saloon where the divine serv-
ices was being held.
According to Mrs. ONeill the eX-
preston on the face of the woman
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-17

the organization of women's clubs to
study home economies, Ssl, 500; for can
ninS clubs to teach girls and women
how to prevent many of the wastes of
the farm by canning and preserving
fruits, vegetables. and meats by cheap
and rapid commercial processes, SIS. 1877
for county agents who help farmers and
their wives to increase the net income
of the farm, and thus make possible the
introduction of labor-saving conveniences
and other improvements into the home.
81 .,g1.3l2
prom the above it will be seen
that there is being spent a total OF
s137.752 directly and $1.021.312 indi-
rectly on lines of work affecting the
farm home. The former amount Is
equal to ~ per cent of the Smith
Lever fund available this year for ex-
tension work in the thirty three North
ern and Western States. while the lat
ter is more than three times the en-
tire Smith-Lever fund available to all
of these States for the year 19li-l5."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-17

cIinginG to the raft was "one of per-
feet peace"
Close to this raft she said. there
were the bodies of three small chill
dren wearing life belts, their tiny
bodies rising and falling with the
waves
The bodies were quickly lost 10
sight. and the passengers then went
back to the saloon. where the divine
service was continued in a subdued
atmosphere.
The ST. Paul also brought over the
hodS Of Capt. Albert Gunther who
died of shock shortly after his ship,
the American tanker Gulflight had
been sunk by German submarine
1t was taken to his home in Bayonne.
n T.