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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-02


fears friction with the vatican, so his
military governors have orders to let
the priests remain.
"One good old priest gave me q
map he had made for the allies.
For two months have watched
these invaders he said. From Wat
erioo to Gemblou they have zigzag-
ged the plain with mines. Belgium
has become a vast field fortress, line
after line Of hidden defences. THIS
Germans no longer care what they
ruin; they know that they cannot re-
main.
GAS for me, am on old man, ig-
norant Of affairs military. Alone. on
foot, / worked out this poor map. It
is fOF the allied armies.
'fSince NamUr fell, the captured
fortihcations have been reinforced. A
thousand men from Krupp's have
worked for months mining the fields
toward Mariagne and weaving wire
entanglements. All the villages
around the fortress have been eVa2u-
ated and destroyed to clear the range
for gun fire.
FOR here and at Liege the kaiser's
hosts must make their last stand in
Belgium during their great retreat
the retreat which every man and
woman in Belgium confidently
awaits, feels in bis heart is absolutely
inevitable.
"But the unutterable misery Of
Belgium itself is famine. From An
twerp to Dinant there is no flour at
all. None. Whoever dies, the in
vader must live. Therefore, all the
cattle have been siezed and sent into
Germany. The growing crops were
long since Communicated. Little re-
mains. A few starved fowl scratch
ing in the shattered streets, rows of
empty shops without bread. sugar or
oil.
ssTvhara ara fyUo racoIlaNfiOnS Of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
PEAE PLANS PREMATURE
Bliss Jane Adams Has Interview
With President

Washington July 2l-For more
than an hour today President Wilson
heard from Miss Jane Addams If
Chicago, detailed account oil tne
experiences of the American women
who met at The Hague and Travelled
through Europe in an effort to in
itiatc movement for peace.
Miss Adams was accompanied in
her visit to the White House by MISS
Lillian D. WaId, social service WORK:
cr, of New York.
Detailing the various confidential
interviews which she had with higN
officials Of the warning nations OH
the continent, .Iiss Adams ws,s u!!-
able TO give any assurance to the
President that the time seemed ripe
for peace, or that conditions al pre-
sent warranted another offer OF mo
diation By the United States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
CONCESSIONS GRANTED
Terms Agreed Upon Which II i
Thought Will End Strike

Cardiff July 2l--TcTrns which. i
is thought, will end the coal miners
strike, which since last Thursday ha,
tied up the South Wales coal field
and menaced the navy's fuel suppl!
have been agreed upon by represer
tatives of the government and the
mine owners on the one hand and tht
executive committee of the South
Wales Miners Federation on the
other. The agreement is subject t.
the ratification by the :uiners them
elves:through: delegates who will as
.semble today:
, The terms 'arrived at grant a sub
,stantial increase in wages and nearl'
all other concessions for::whlch th'
miners; asked The agreement was
reached after the arrival of Davlr
Lloyd George, the Munitions Minister
who came here and addressed the
miners delegates in the hope of end
Ing the strike. :;
The chief cause of the miners I'M
rest was what they considered the eX'
cessive profits the mine owners were
making in the sale of this coal at wal
prices-nrofits in which they were not
sharing. They also resented enforced
arbitration as authorized by the ap'
plication of the munitions act to Goa
miners. This measure was. not actual
ly invoked against the miners when
1hey struck, and; no mention Is maze
of its future scope in the proposed
settlement.
/; If the vote today is favorable to
ending the strike 100000 men Will
return to work Immediately. and agree
to abide by the terms of the settle
ment until six months. after the ter
mination of the war.
i. The hopeful turn of affairs mas neeN
received with a sigh OF relief all o'e'
Great Britain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
SEES FINANCIAL DISASTER =
Iord .Lansdowne Urges National
+: Economy: in Citing Great Bur-
J: !, dens to be Carried

London July 2-Great Britain
should come to "a full realization o:
the graveness of the: financial situa-
tidn created by the war, Lord Lans-
down. declared in the course OF de-
bate in the house of lords yesterday
on the necessity for national econo-
my saying that although some ma
tions might. emerge from the confic5
with increased territory, none would
emerge with resources unimPaired.
"I believe the traces that war will
leave will be in, the form not only OF
an arrest of progress but an I'M
mense burden of financial embarrass-
ment, l might almost say financial
disaster, to bear which will tax the
resources of the civilized world" ad-
ded Lord Lansdowne
Lord Cromer, who took part in the
debate. said:
"The only way to rehabilitate the
finances of this or any other country
is a complete victory, resulting IN
theo verthrow of kaiserism and the
establishment Of real constitutional
government in Germany"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
PASSING OF FORT WASHINGTON
Historic Bulwark Placed in Hands
of a Caretaker

Fort Washington in in a state OF
virtual abandonment. A lew days age
the last company OF coast artillery
men was ordered away to the Phlilp-
pines, and is due to sail from San
Francisco soon. The keys have been
delivered to caretaker. The OLD
fort on the Maryland side of the Poto-
mac possibly never again Will be
needed or utilized for the purposes
for which it was constructed.
The military strategists unothciai'E
admit that military advancement mas
virtually put the fort out OF date.
Should there be war, the approach
of an enemy fleet upon Washington
could be more easily and effectively
checked by mines in the river than
by the big guns, which are even now
in perfect condition at Fort Wash
ington.
The War Department has plan in
embryo to use the buildings at Fort
Washington to house brigade OF
infantrymen. 1t may be that the army
will find the fort available for use
for purposes other than that OF coast
defense.
Fort Hunt, Oh the Virginia side,
now constitutes Washingtcn's sole
coast defense. There are l50 arf'l-
lerymen at Fort Hunt. 1t 50 "one
company" fort. Fort Washington was
a "four company" fort.
Enormous defenses are projected
for Cape Henry. The plan is to make
the Chesapeake Bay absolutely M
oreenable from its very mouth. 1t !:
not proposed to allow a hostile fleet
to get a glimpse of the Potomac River
,r Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
CITY AGAIN ISOLATED
ConstituiioIalists :Evacuate Mexican
:. CarI,ai

Washington July 2l--Made hope
ful for few weeks that General Car
ranza would relieve the United States
of the task of ending the Mexican re-
volution, Administration officials TO-
day were gravely apprehensive over
the news that the conStiiutionaIlSl@
had been forced again TO cvacuatt
Mexico City, and that the capital IS
again isolated.
Announcement by the Red Cross that
ii would no longer continue lfS
fruitless efforts to relieve the suffer
ing in the republic is regarded as
particularly ominous. 1t was the out
cry by the Red Cross more than 4
month ago against conditions in McXi-
co which precipitated the action OF
President Wilson in issuing his state
ment of June =, warning the factlonal
leaders to compose their differences.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
REMSCHELL GUARANTEES.
Offers $50 Rebate to Every Fore
Purchaser Before August lst

Announcement is made by the
Remschell Auto Sales Company of
this city, that 100000 Fords having
been sold prior to August 1st, 1915
the prospects of the Ford Company
making a rebate OF between $40 ard
$50 on each car to Ford purchasers
i sertain. So positive are they, they
personally guarantee rebate o. $50
to every Ford purchaser who buys
previous to August 1st.
While the Ford Company is actual
ly 10000 cars behind orders tho
Remschell Company has just re-
ceived two car loads of cars and are
prepared, tomake prompt deliveries,
so that the Ford can be enjoyed dur
ing these pleasant afternoons land
evenings. :% :
The Remsehell agency has hull
up very large. business in Alexan
dria because OF; ;the, minute attention
WHICH they give ..to their customers
Their service is said to equal that Of
any automobile agency in the country
and their customers are enthusiastic
in their mention Of the pleasant rela-
tions- which, exist between them and
the Remschell forces.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
CABINET APPROVES F..
NOTE TO GERMANY
Will Contain No Threat, But
a Reiteration of /
Demands
REJECT BERLIN OFFER.
Establishment of Special Line Of
Ships it TO be Characterized as an
ImpOssibility

Washington, July 2l-During a
two-hours' Cabinet meeting President
Wilson and his official advisers have
agreed upon the note which is to be
be dispatched to Berlin in answer to
the communication received here July
10, The document contains no re-
ference to the alleged unwarranted at
tack upon the Cunard liner Orduna,
and it will be cabled to Ambassador
Gerard without waiting to determine
the result of the investigation which
has been ordered into this reported
new attempt to violate American
rights. tt is believed that the actua'
transmission of the new communica'
tion will occur within short time
The President and members Of Cabi-
net refuse to discuss the situation.
but it is learned from unquestionable
authority that the note will embody
the following points:
/. A restatement, without arg',-
mentation, of the rights of neutral
civilians to travel on unarmed mer-
chant ships which the United States
regards as established by interna-
tional laws.
2. A warning to Germany that new
violations of these rights such as wer5
involved in the sinking of the Lusi-
tania will be construed as AN un-s
friendly act.
g.. The German proposals for esz
tablishing line Of ships solely az
passenger carriers will be characteriz.
ed as impracticable and reasons will
be given for this characterization.
The latter statement will be made
in spirit of amicabllity and will
have no semblance Of a threat as to.
what steps the United States will
take in the! event of new violations.
The Cabinet agreed that the note
ought to be written with the as
sumption that Germany does not in
tend to Il! commit further 'offenses' 81
milar to the Luz stigma sinking, and
that the United States does not, even
in its own mind, consider the alter
native courses which are to be fol.
lowed sIif 1.-The forthcoming warning
goes unheeded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
FIGHTING FOR BECKER
to BE Made to Court lO
\ New Trial

New York. July 21-.Announcement
was made yesterday by Martin r.
Manton, attorney for Charles Becker.
the former police lieutenant, who is
under sentence to die on Wednesday
Of next week for inStigating the mur-
der of Herman Rosenthal. gambler.
that within the next few days an ap-
plication Will be made before d Su-
preme Court justice in this city for
new trial for Becker.
Mr.. Manton said the application
would be made on the ground of new
ly discovered evidence, but he declin-
ed to go into details concerning this
evidence.
Becker's attorneys including Nj
Manton, W. Bourke Cochran and John
F. Mcltyre, have been in conference
daily for more than week, deviSing
means TO save their client. There
have been frequent meetings with
Becker in the death house in Sing
Sing to discuss the plans.
A statement was published yester
day that Becker was at work on a his
tory Of the Rosenthal case that would
contain some new angles IN that no.
torious crime and would probably
be used in move for Il new trail or
in an attempt to secure clemcncy form
Governor Whitman. The attorneys De
leclined TO confirm this report.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
GERMAN SUBS on COAST
Reports That Bases Are Being F,s-
tablished in the Caribbean Sea.

Portland, Me-. July 21.-Reports thai
British warships had sighted and fir
ed upon a German submarine off tht
coast of Nova Scotia last Wednesda,
have reached here.
The letter said that the engagement;
occurred near Halifax, forty seven
shots having been heard after three
British warships haG been seen dash.
ing along the coast at full speed.
Washington, July 2l-Three execu-
tive departments-Treasury, Justice
and Commerce-are investigating re
ports that German submarines arc
lowering along the North Atlantic
coast. In addition. the State and Navy
departments are considerably interest
ed in the reports, of which, however
there has been no authoritative con-
frmation.
Reports of the establishing of Ger
man bases in the Caribbean Sea ant
in the vicinity of Upper Penobscoi
Bay have come to the Stale Depart
ment. The report as to the Caribbean
Sea is taken more seriously, although
neither has been confirmed.
Naval officers have believed for
some time that Germany would at.
tempt to establish a submarine base
secretly in the Caribbean from which
she could operate against trans At
lantic trade in munitions intended fol
her enemies.
IN view Of the fact that the Unitei
States has developed submarines
which could operate or the other sidt
Of the Atlantic without supply bas,
here, navy officers have no doubt that
Germany would be able TO opcl'at,
out Of Wilhelmshaven submarines cI
,he Atlantic Coast or North America
That this is the ultimate plan of Ger.
many, which is believed to be turn
ng out submarines with almost In
speed, is the belief here.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
500 on Cruiser Saved.

Bari. Italy, via Paris, July IL
More than 500 members of the crew
of the Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garlh-
aldi sunk Monday by an Austrian
submarine were saved. This leaves
onlv about fifty who are missing and
who probably were drowned.
Survivors say. the Giuseppe Carl
baldi was attaked by three submarines
which came from the direction. OF
Racusa and Spalato, Dalmatia. The
Italian warship opened fire on the
submersiblcs, one of with is believed
to have been sunk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
ITALIANS CLAIM GAINS
Vienna. However. Says Enemy Has
Suffered Great Losses

London. July 21-Heavy fighting
or the IsonZo front north Of the: Gulf
of Trieste, resulting in gains for the
Italian forces, is announced in. a state
ment given out at the italian war Of
fee.
: Vienna reports. however, that great
losses have been inflicted On italian
forces, who have been repulsed at
several points.
. The engineer corps Of the Italian
army has completed the construc-
ton Of the railroad bridge over the
Isonzo river between Cervignano ard
.Monfalcone, which was destroyed by
the Austrians at the outbreak of hos
tilities. The first train has passed
over the structure. Reconstruction OF
the bridge in so short time is re-
garded as an engineering feat.
Udine, Italy, Via Lugano and Paris
July 21-More than 1000 Austrian
prisoners recently arrived here. Some
of them have been isolated as pre-
caution against disease. The others
left here on special trains with sanl-
tary officers aboard.
Quarantine stations have been es-
tablished along the railroad lines,
with a view of holding in check Asia
tic cholera should it develop, the dis
ease having been quite prevalent
among the Austrian troops.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
More Fires Discovered.

New York, July 2l.-Despitc de-
malls by navy yard officials, it was
learned today on good autohrity that
fires were discovered yesterday on the
torpedo boat destroyer Warrington
and the new dreadnought New York,
in the navy yard here. Both blazcs
were quickly extinguishcd with prac-
ticalIy no loss.
Extra precautions were taken at
the navy yard today to guard against
strangers entering. Visitors hereafter
must have admission cards from the
commandant's office.
oMre than 5000 workmcn are en-
ployed in the yards now on the su-
per-dreadnought Arizona.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
Did Not Predict Wars End.

Berlin, via London. July 21-Thc
statement attributed to Emperor Will
liam. which has appeared in foreign
newspapers, that the war would end
in October, is stamped by the Tage-
blatt as ga plain invention" The
Tageblatt says it has learned that
competent official circles know moth
ing of such a declaration.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

prising the entire force Of the Coul"
ter g. Mckenzie factory and practical
" all these in the Grant Manufactur'
ing Company plant, quit work today.
These two concerns are handling
contracts for the Remington Com
pany.
A mass-meeting of strikers Is ar
ranged for this afternoon in build
ing between the two main plants OF
the Remington works. Extra squads
of police are ordered to the scene.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
Manufacturing Company Sold.

Westfeld, Mass, July 2l.-A New
York syndicate through attorneys has
purchased the automobile and bicycle
manufacturing plant and business of
the Pope Manufacturing Company, at
a receivers sale. The price paid was
's725,OOO. The attorneys declined to
make public whom they represented.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
FAIL Of WARSAW
SEEMS ASSURED
Armies Of Austria-German
Srlrging Forward To- :,
ward Capital :.
EXPECT EVACUATION
Consensus of Opinion is That il Would
be Almost a Miracle fOr RussianH
to Save City

London, July 21.-There is no
! halt, so far as official reports indi-
cate, in the Teutonic drives aimed at
Warsaw and having as a larger mo-
! tive the infliction of a crushing blow
upon the Russian armies. The Rus
slams, however, seem to be showing
increasing powers OF resistance as
the lines Of the attacking hosts draw
closer to the Polish capital, and
the advance of the enemy consequent
ly is slower.
Berlin tvia The Hague), July 21--
German shells are falling on the outer
defcnses of Warsaw and the Kaiser's
armies are within fifteen miles of the
city.
Dispatches from the front today
predict the fall of the Polish capital
within a fortnight. The Russians
are expected to evacuate when the
rapidly advancing German armies
break through the outer chain Of de-
fensive works encircling the city.
The Kaiser has arrived at the
headquarters of General Won Hindel-
burg. The kaiSerin will leave for
Posen on Friday, and it is understood
here that she plans to enter the Po-
lish capital with the Emperor when
Won Hindenbure's triumphal sweep
carries the Germans into Warsaw.
London, July 21-From the shores
Of the Gulf of Riga in the north to
Vt-dt part Of Southern roiard pack in
to which they drove the Russians
from Ga!cia, the AuStro-German ar
mics are still surging forward, and
if Warsaw can be denied them it will
be almost Il miracle.
This seems to be the consensus Of
opinion. even among those in Eng
land who heretofore have been hope
ful that the Russians would turn and
deliver a counter blow, and news of
the evacuation of the Polish capital,
followed oy the triumphant entry Of
the Germans amid such scenes as
were enacted at Przemysl and Lem
berg. would come as no surprise. The
German official statement beginning
its recital at the northern tip Of the
eastern battle line, records the pro-
gress of tie German troops to with
in about ffty miles. of Riga then fol-
lowing the great battle-arc southward,
chronicles further success in the Soc
tor northeast Of warsaw, cufmlnatinG
in. the capture of Ostrolenka.. one OF
the fortresses designed 10 shield the
capital.
The acute peril to Warsaw IS a3-
centuated by the Russian official conf
munication, which says that German
columns are Within artillery range Of
the fortress of Nowo Geoi'glevsh. the
key to the capital from the north
west and only about twenty miles
from it.
Immediately southwest OF the city,
and less than twenty miles from II
Blonie has fallen. and further south,
Groiec while German cavalry are
astride the important railway from
Radon TO Ivangorod.
The Luhin- Cholm Railway is still
in the hands of the Russians so far
as is known, but the town of Lubin
either has been captured or is IN dari-
ger of falling into the grip OF the
Austro- Germans, the Russian COM
mander-in-chicf having issued through
the civil governor an order that IN
case of retreat the male popu!a-
tior is to attach itself to the retreat
ing troops.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
Funeral NOTICE.

The funeral services of the late
Cora +. HoblitZell, will be held at the
residence Of her sister, Mrs. J. john
son Downey, J20 Prince street on
Wednesday, July 90, at 8 p m. Private
interment in Baltimore. Please omit
flowers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

MANY DISGRUNTLED
Popular Potomac Resort Dry Last
Sunday For the First Time in the
Past Fourteen Years

Of iawless conditions at Colonial
Beach, Westmoreland County. and
Hopewell, Prince George County,
have been made within the last ter
days by detectives employed by the
State under directions from Cover
nor Henry c. Stuart before his de.
parture for San Francisco, July =.
The reports of the detectives will not
be made public until the Governor
returns to the city. He will arrive
Saturday night and early next week
will determine what action will be
taken.
The lid was on at Colonial Beach
Sunday for the first time in fourteen
years. Of the eitgh places where il
is alleged that intoxicants have been
sold in open violation of the law for
years, the detectives are said to have
gotten evidence against but one. The
proprietor OF this place closed his bar,
but guests who were known as reg
ular patrons had little difficulty in get
ting drinks through bell-boys and
other employees. How the tip Was
given to the resort properietors II
the beach is not known, for the move
ments of the detectives were suppos-
ed TO be secret to which only orr
or two State officers an the operatives
of the elective agency were parties.
the bcaci, was qule. cora
pare with previous Sundays, and $500
eXcursionists who went there from
Alexandria and Washington, expect
ing to find things wide open, were
for they found nothing
more than soft drinks to slake thei"
thirst. A. very few finally got ON 10
the ropes at the one oasis, but it was
like the olden days. Colonia!
Beach has been known as, the .Atlan :.
tic City Of the. South, and: the sum
mer population of the e:resort is around
about 5000 while. in the winter
mopths there are no more; than, l,5oo
residents,
What the detectives have found in
the way of evidence at Hopcwell is
not known, but with the town run
wide open for months since the Du
Pont Powder Company opened its big
plant near City Point, there is no
chance that they "fell down." An at
tempt was made to put the lid or
there Sunday, following the arrest OF
twenty "undesirables" late Saturday
night. These people were ordered to
leave the town at once and did so but
the absence of so few Of the flabitues
of the: white way was scarcely no.
ticeable.
There are no licensed saloons ut
Hopewell. and the inability OF the
Prince George County authorities to
cope with the situation resulted in APP
pe.ls to the State authorities Tor as
vistance., Gambling joints mad other
lawless operations, patronized by the
thousands of people of many national
tiles gathered there, have been as nu-
merous as they were in the Klondikc's
palmiest days, if they have not en-
ceeded the latter's record.
In April 1914, Governor Stuart or
dered a raid of the jamestown Jockey
Clubs race-track in Norfolk County
and wholesale arrests resulted. The
county authorities had failed to sup
press gambling there. and the Cover
nor exercised the authority vested in
him by the Constitution to enforce the
laws of the State.
-O----
hid Not prpdiri Wars End
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

Go to the Hotel Rammel for the best
oysters and crabs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

Go to the Hotel Rammel for the
best crabs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

Go with Fraternal Order
of Eagles to Marshall Hall
Thursday, July 22.