Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-04

submarine situation. He believes that
Germany's answer will fully satisfy
the United States. Furthermore, he
lis understood to have received pri-
vate advices indicating that orders
have already been issued to German
submarine commanders not to con-
tinue their methods of warfare
against merchantmen in the war zone.
Former Senator Lorimer was ac-
Quilted last night by the jury in Chi
| cago on the charge Of consplring to
wreck the LIE Sale Street Trust and
lSavine Bank. In the closing argu-
ments of counsel, Hayden Bell, as
sistant States attorney, excorlated
the former Senator as smooth and
oil criminal who had used his polit-
ical and personal influence to perpe-
trate gigantic swindle.
judge Peter A. O'Boyle, sitting in
the Naturalization Court in Wilkes
Barre, Pa, yesterday announced
that members of the Industrial WORK.
ers of the World cannot obtain citl-
zenship papers in his county. He said
thew are undesirable, and withheld
their petitions after granting cltl-
zenship to large number OF other
aliens.
Harley Fisher, of Millsboro, Nd,
will lose the sight of both eyes, as the
result of a gun exploding in his hands
while he was playing "war" with a
number of playmates. Young Fishers
gun was loaded to the muzzle with
powder when he pulled the trigger.
The heavy charge burst the weapon.
The boys face and eyes were filled
with exploding powder.
The governments military bill for
immediate general eompulsion pass
ed it's first reading in the British
house of commons, yesterday. Its
passage was loudly cheercd. The de-
bate revealed no very deadly opposi-
ton to the compulsion bill. The only
interesting point was the suggestion
by Col. Craig, that Ireland should
be included.
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According to a special correspondent
of the New York World, who has been
visiting the front, Great Britain has
100000 men in France and Fland-
crs. She is holding $50 miles of
trenches. There are ample reserves
of men and munitions, complete CO.
operation with the French high COM
mand and dogged determination to
win. Britain, says this correspondent
at last is "doing her bit. "
A white man attacked Miss Pauline
Mudd, a 20 year old teacher in the
East Hyattsville, Md, public school,
yesterday afternoon about a O'clock
while on her way home from school
along the Hyattsville road. The man
who is said to be known to Miss
Muddy by sight, stepped from the
woods at a lonely part of the road
according to county officers, and at
tempted to drag her from the path.
He was frightened away by the girls
! screams.
The formula of DR.. Louis Enrlchts
substitute for gasoline, which costs a
! cent and half gallon to manufac-
ture, was bought yesterday by the
Maxim Munition Corporation of New
York. The price was reported TO DC
s.. 600 900. While ncitherthc inventor
nor officials of the corporation would
say what price was paid for the green
fluid that turns water into engine
fuel, it was said that DR.. Enrlcht re-
ceived s1,OOO,OOO in cash and 100000
shares of stock in the Maxim NUM-
tons Corporation. This stock was
quoted at $1,000 share yesterday.
For twenty minutes Myrtle Bar
ton lay dead in a receiving hospital
in Detroit, Mich, yesterday dead as
| far as science could determine. linen
by the aid of the lung motor life
came back to her. Tuesday night she
drank an ounce or more of poison IN
her room and was discovered some
time later silent and with the 1alfl'
pulse of those who are passing away
and before the ambulance arrived
even that faint flutter was gone
j; "Where were you for those twenty