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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
Railroads of Country May
Be Used to Expedite.
Expedition
TOTAL FORCE is ls,ss0
Quiet Reported Along Most Of Bor-
der-No Information Of OPera-
tions for Publication

Washington, March lS--To eXpe-
dite the American drive into Mexico
to capture Villa, General Funston TO-
day asked that Carranza's permission
be sought for use Of Mexican rail-
roads in transporting supplies to the
advancing columns.
Secretary of War Baker commune
Gated this request to the State De-
partment and asked that it be trans
mitted to Carranza through diploma
tic channels.
Request for permission to use MeHi.
can railroads is taken to forecast a
new troop movement into Mexico. 1t
is believed Funston plans to send
troops by train out Of FL paso TO cut
Villas retreat to the eastward and
to aid pershing AND Dodds columns
in hemmins in the bandit.
Permission of Carranza was neces-
sary because the Mexican railroads
are government owned.
Border reports tell of fresh troops
pouring across the line. 1t is pro-
bable that the total strength al the
expedition will total 10000.
The flying squadron of cavalry
pushmy on ahead Of pershins's main,
force is said To he nearly hundred
miles beyond the border.
Secretary Baker this morning is
sued the following sta5smsnt EsSaEa
ing Mexican conditions. =,
The reports received directly
through military channels and those
sent to this department for ether
departments Of the Government i'll
dicate quiet along the entire border,
except for some excitement al Tan
pico, which is apparently temporary
and without cause There are no re-
ports of the operations Of the eXPe-
dition available for publication
Secretary. Baker said' that all re-
ports Indicate the Carranza troops
are cooperating with Funstsn's
forces. e.
Mr.. Baker will leave at 3 s'clSek
this afternoon to spend Sunday at
his home in Cleveland. He will re-
turn Tuesday. r.
Maj. Gen. Hugh l.. Scott. chief Of
staff, viii be acting secretary during
his absence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
FOREIGNERS IN GERMANY.
Those There for Five Years to BE
Enrolled in Army.

London, March 1S.-An Amster-
dam dispatch says the municipal au-
thorities in Germany have been in
structed to take census OF all neu-
trail foreigners who have lived IN
each city for more than FIVE years.
Male foreigners who have lived un-
interruptedly for FIVE years in Ger
many will be considered as having
lost their previous citizenship and
will be regarded as Germans, and,
therefore, liable to military service
These men will be enrolled IN the
army, but will not be sent to the
front. They will be put TO work IN
offices, so as to release men OF the
Landsturm, who will thus be able to
take their places in the fighting line.
It is said that there are about 10000
foreigners of fighting age in Germany
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
.HH a T. -..
GERMANS SHOW
WEAKENING
French Initiative May. Be
Taken if Crown Prince
Desists
ATTACKS LESSENlNG
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
.Teutons Fall-Fields Covered With
corpses of Invaders i la

London. March 'l8-Marked slack
eninp in the violence of the German as
saints around Verdun has convinced
some French military critics that the
Crown Prince is about to abandon the
offensive.
This conviction was expressed fol
the first time in several dispatches
from Paris today. Coupled with 1t
was the hint that final defeat for
the Germans at Verdun will be fol-
lowed shortly by great French Of
fensive.
All Paris dispatches reported that
the Germans are showing less spirit
IN attack than in the early days OF
the Verdun offensive. Some OF the
assaults are being made with little
.rtillery preparation. The Germans,
Paris reports, are not standing ground
under French counter-attacks as IN
the first days of the struggle around
Douaumont and Vaux.
Only intermittent bombardments
took place yesterday in the region
about Verdun, according to the French
official communication. No infantry
attacks have occurred.
The Belgian communication says.
THE usual reciprocal bomeardments
have been in progress.
Important infantry assaults on the
French lines east Of Verdun were
made by the Germans during last
night. Five successive onslaughts III
force were repulsed by the French.
The Germans did not resume their
activity against the French positions
at Mort Homme. Artillery exchanges
in the Woevre district continued, but
otherwise there was nothing of nn-
portance TO report.
Paris, March lS-The German los
ses in the desperate enterprise against
Verdun, positive fruits OF which are
only to be found on paper. must no"
be more than 100000. The sort OF
thing that has been going on for days
is neither magnificent nor war 1t Is
lust scientific slaughter, and serves
,nly to display the courageous tena-
city of both defenders and attackers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
SEVEN PERISH IN FIRE.
Half of Family in Keyser. w. Va.
Wiped Out in Home

3 Keyser, w. Va, March lS.--Eils-
worth E. Fout, weil-known farmer.
and six of his children were burned
to death when fire destroyed their
Ihomc in Claysville, Mineral county,
|only a few miles from Keyser, at )
O'Clock yesterday morning. Six 9TH
or members of the household narrow.
lily escaped.
The dead are: Mr.. Fout, 4S years
iold; Mrs. William E. Shearer, Is
wears old; Minnie Fount, IA years
old; Bella, aged 10 years; Maggie.
lis; Thomas, 6; and Ollie Fout, 4
years old.
Those that escaped were Mrs. Fout
,and infant son Stewart, William E.
jShcarer and infant son, Elmer Fous
and David Fout, a brother of Ellis
worth E.. Fout...;:
1t is feared that Sfiearer and David
Fout are internally injured and may
not survive. Shearer was cut and
bruised, while young, Fout's hip was
broken and his body cut and bruised.
THE survivors also suffered from en-
posure, as they We're obliged to walk
a quarter of mile in the snow to
the home of A. J. Pancake, Clays-
vile, barefoot and cad only in night
CLOTHES.
Mrs. Fout was the first to be
aroused. the flames then licking her
Nbed. Her; calls upstairs aroused her
on..in-law, Shearer. He tried to get
Edown the stairway, but the flames and
smoke, which had reached every part
! of the house, drove him back he
then tore out the windows, through
which the survivors escaped. =.
The bodies were removed from un'
der The burning timbers, but all we're
burned beyond recognition. Several OF
thSscRildrcn We're found on what was
left of. a mattress, while the body Of
the fatherslay with the charred bod
ies,.o ftwo.. childXn in his arms. :.
The fire. started, from a defectiv
SAae...i -; =
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
PATHETIC INCIDENT
Officer Learns Over Telephone of Fa-
tai Wounding of His Son.

Paris, March lS.-A most pathetic
incident of the battle Of Verdun has
just been reported. 1t begins with
the following telephone conversation:
"Hello. Is that the farm? Who is
speaking?'
"This is the post commander talk
ing"
GLOW many men have you there?'
"Fifteen"
Leave your senior sergeant. IN
charge of the redoubt Take eight
men and cut off strong German pa
troll which has just entered the wood,
but look out for cross fire. Report
to me Immediately on your return y
This conversation occurred at mid
night. An hour later the German pa
troll had been annihilatcd and the
picket returned, carrying lieuten-
ant mortally wounded. The post
commander sprang to the telephone.
sHello. The coup succeeded, but
Lieut.-T is dying. Can you send
a doctor?"
An exclamation Of grief came from
the other end of the line. There was
pause. then an impassire voice was
heard saying.
"Never mind the doctor. Run i'm.
mediately to the dugouts' The Ger,
mans are about to. attack. l am send
ing You three platoohs of: re-enferee
ments." ---ts.- .a"': 3,
| A pause ensued and then the same
voice resumed in broken tones:
| "Hellc! Are you still there? Kis:
Lieut.. - for me. He is my SON
Goodbye. F."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
Il tyoN TIRfllTTs RETIREMENT; llRlEsN'ENT;
s H.; ~,
Said to Have. OPPOSED Coming oui
of German Fleet

! Paris, Marcn 1S-The retirement o,
Admiral Won Tirpitz is considered II
French official circles, according tc
the Paris newspapers, to be due TO the
fact that he has opposed the coming
out Of the German fleet. while En-
peror William desires to see it en-
gage the British naval forces.
The conclusion is drawn that 4
change may be looked for in the Ger
man naval policy, and that the re-
cent appearance Of German warships
in the North Sea is sign that pre-
parations are being made for all early
action by the high sea fleet.
Berlin, March ls-Germans official
ly repeat the statement that slbma-
rine warfare will go on in the limits
set by the German memorandum to
neutral powers of last month, but
that the demand Of those who wished
to see the indiscriminate torpedoing
of whatever comes in front of the
torpedo turbes"-to use the express
sion Of one of those who advocate
this policy-will not be fulfilled.
This is also the deduction which
those acquainted with the situation
declare can be drawn from the re-
signation of Admiral Won Tirpitz,
which was foreshadowed few days
ago by the reports of his illness.
The conclusion is said to be
strengthened by the fact that Ad-
miral Won Capelle has been chosen
as the new minister.
Berlin, March lS-Chancellor voE
Bethmann-Hollweg whose regard for
neutral rights caused the resignation
of Grand Admiral Won Tirpitz has re-
ceived vote of confidence from the
Bavarian ministry.
The chancellor, it is generally un-
derstood, has large majority in the
reichstag. This majority will express
itself in emphatic terms during the
coming week if the opposition to Beth
mann Hollweg asserts itself.
It is said that the resignation Of
Admiral Won Tirpitz resulted from his
disagreement with Chancellor voh.
Bethmann- Hollweg over the contro-
versies with America. The chan
ccllor favors vigorous submarine
policy, but he disagreed with Won
Tirptiz over the desirability of dis
regarding the rights of neutrals.
Bethmann-Hollweg. according to
Munich dispatches. outlined his po-
Icy to the Bavarian ministry on Wed.
nesday. He declared at the same time
that Germany must hold out for a
victorious peace.
This speech, it is believed here.
fore-shadows the remarks he vii!
make in his coming address before the
reichstag, 4 speech that is locked for
ward to with the greatest interest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
LOSES MUSTACHF IN FLAMES
Man Splits Oil Into Stove and Blaze
Envelops His Face.

Chestertown, Nd, March ia
singular accident happened to the
father of ex-Sheriff Mckee. who was
on a visit to his son, Charles Mckee
Chester Bridge, Queen Anne's coun-
ty. He had been suffering with a
cold for several days and finally de-
cided to try coal oil as a remedy.
He took mouthful Of oil and
when it caused his gums to smart
he went to the stove and emptled
his mouth. Flames shot into his face
burning off his mustache and lgmt-
ing his clothing, Going to his relief
his daughter also received slight
burns on her hands.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
TURKEY MUST SUE FOR PEACE
Itaiy's Agent At Constaninople Be-
lieves Step Will Be Taken
With Month

Rome, March ia dragoman who
was left at the Italian Embassy AT
Constantinople to look after the ar
chives has now come to Rome and
has informed the Foreign Office III
person that he is convinced Turkey
will solicit a separate peace from the
Allies within a month.
He reports that Turkey is poWerlesS
to continue the war on account OF the
lack of foodstuffs, which the Aus
trians and Germans positively car
not provide. On account of this short
age the army has already been put
on short rations, while the inhab'
tants of the country at large are
starving.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
CAR BEHEADS BOY
Invalid Woman Runs to Street lit
NightgOwn and Crawls Bcneath
Wheels

Philadelphia, March l7-Heallng
the cries of her -year-old son an IN
slant before he was deeapitated by a
street car near his home last night,
Mrs. Mary Blasberg an invalid, VINO
had been taken fro a hospital only
a few hours before; rushed from her
bedroom in her night clothes and stag
gered through the crowd on the street
to the side of her dead son under the
wheels. The frantic woman threw
herself on the body and collapsed.
BY coincidence, the father OF the
boy was just returning from work al
the time and reached the spot an in
stant later. He also crawled under
the car to the side of the little body
and with difficulty was induced tc
permit friends to extricate the man
gled form from under the wheels. :,
little Manuel Blasberg was playing
with his sister, brothers and num-
ber' of companions in front of a north
bound trolley. While in the middle
of the track the boy fell and was
run down by the car. The child'S
shrieks were carried to the sick bed
tof his mother. - ::
With considerable difficulty neigh
bors tore the, mother and father from
the body and carried them to the,,
home. -.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
TRUE TO HER PACT
Virginia Woman One Of Seven Who
Agreed Not to Marry or Leave
Home.

Lynchburg. Va, March. l8.--The
death on Wednesday at her home, near
Bedford Springs, which removed Miss
Catherine Creasey, took another mem-
Der of Campbell county family
which has been noted for its long.
evity, as we'll as u principal to an
unusual compact between brothers
and sisters made years ago at the
death of their parents, when it was
agreed by seven children that none
of them should ever leave home or
be married. Since the compact was
made: one brother. asked to pc releas-
ed from its terms, and he Afterwards
married, but it was kept until death
BY four others, while there are still
two. a brother and an elder sister.
who still live at home and keep the
agreement inviolate. The surviving
sister is several years the senior Of
the remainder, while the brother still
living at home is six or eight years
her junior.
To Mr.. and Mrs. George Creassy.
who were well known in Cah,epbell
county in their day, there were born
nine children. Two Of these yielded
their lives for the Southern Confed-
eracy on the battle field. and some
time after the close Of the war the
parents died. At this time there were
seven children living, and these al!
agreed to remain at home in order
to keep the old home intact. The sur,
rivors now are Miss Fannie Creasey
and Alexander Creasey. who still live
upon the old farm at Burton's Greek
not far away.
The burial of Miss Creasey took
place at the home, the internent be.
ing at the graveyard at home in which
her ancestors ars buried.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
POISONED CANDY SENT HER
Suspicion Caused BY Misdirection
Saves California Woman

Los Angeles, CAL, March l1-poi'
son enough to kill q dozen persons
was found in box of candy sent BY
mail to Mrs. S. D. Hoover on Janu-
AIRY 16, according to the City Chemist
report filed with Thomas l.. Wool
wine, District Attorney, who order
ed the candy investigated immed'a'
tely.
None of the contents Of the box was
eaten by the nine members OF the
household Of. Mrs. T. J. Royed. sis
ter-in-law of Mrs. Hoover, because
suspicion was aroused when it was
found to have been mailed TO an OLD
address. Mrs. Hoover came here from
Mansfield, Ohio, after separation from
her husband.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
BROKERS' OPTIMISTIC
Failure of Germans at veraun beIiev'
ed TO rorlend Early Peace

London. March l8--Inquiries are
being received at Lloyds fer irsu-
rance to pay total loss in case hf
peace being declared during th- Pre-
sent year. The Inquiries are large
firms who hold war contracts and &lio
have to give orders for uateria!
some time ahead ana at war. prices.
As result premiums are inclined to
show an upward tendency.
One underwater said that for ~
insurance to pay total loss in tile
event of peace being declared BY the
end Of June he would quote 2 rate et
20 guineas per cent while for a
similar policy extending to the .nd
of the year the rate ~euld be 70 per
cent.
Some brokers quote as high as 30
per cent for policy insuring against
the war ending by the end Of Decem.
Der. These rates are intended to se
prohiDitive and no transactions were
effected.
The rates also are an indication
that the underwriters believe the war
will not continue beyond the end of
the present year. 80, ~s-y
Their optimism is based on the il il
ure of the Germans ts pierce the
French lines at Verdun, rutnors THAT
Germany is putting cut feelers in the
direction of peace and that Turkey
has made proposals for a separate
peace.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
'DU .PONT COMPANY
ANNOUNCES PLAN
Will Erect Dynamite Fac
tory on Tract Near
Williamsburg
WILL LAY SPUR TRACK
a4,as s-
Powder Company Asks Chesapeake
and Ohio Co. to Have Line Ready
Within Thirty Days
WILL LAY SPUR TRACK

Wilmington, Del, March 1S.-An-
nouncement was made yesterday Of
the acquisition by the Du Pont Pow
der Company Of site for new dy-
Mantle plant Of moderate capacity on
the York river near Yorktown, Va,
This site comprises about 5000 acres
few miles northwest of Yorktown.
The new plant, it is said, will be
in no sense another Hopcwell, as it
will not have to do with the hurry-up
work OF munitions making
williamsburg. Va, March IS. =
Several weeks ago Daniel Cauffield,
who is said to be purchasing agent
for the Du Pont Powder Company,
bought 4,500 acres of land on the
York River near Yorktown, and not
far from Williamsburg. Since that
time real estate values have advanc-
ed six hundred per cent, spectators
believe that another Hopewell was
to be- established in this vicinity.
Williamsburg, which claims the dis
tinction of being the oldest city of the
United States and the first capital
of Virginia. is the nearst town TO
the site of the proposed new plant on
any railroad, being situated on the
main line of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway. For that reason develop
ment is expected in this vicinity rath-
q. than. * Yorktown. which haH no
railroad connection.
The site purchased by Mr.. Cauiiield
fronts on the river and is cut OIL
from the surrounding territory by a
series of small creeks. 1t is said to
have been selected by reason OF its
secluded location.
Work of construction is expected
to begin in the near future and the
plant probably will be ready before
the end of the year. As the first step
fifty watchmen are reported to nave
been ordered from Hopewell to guard
the place while constructin work is
in progress.
Since Mr. Cauficld made the pur-
chase, spectators nave purchased
practically all Of the land anywhere
near the plant. while outlying fields
here have brought unprecedented
prices. The old Colonial Inn here was
recently sold at small fortune and
other plots in Williamsburg have
brought fabulous prices.
Corporations from Richmond and
other cities have been seeking street
railway, light and water franchises,
and other improvements are being
discussed. Now that the fact that the
Du Pont Powder company is to build
the plant is definitely established
. these improvements soon will be
pushed to completion, it is believed.
and Virginia's colonial capital will
have it's first street railway system.
Town officials already have made
the necessary arrangements for in
crcasing the Williamsburg police
The prosperity attendant upon the
rumors of a new munitions plant has
not been confined to Williamsburg
alone. Newport News has felt its eff
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
LOSES SUIT AGAINST CAR co,
Right Of Conductor to Make Arrests
Is Upheld ,by Supreme Court.

|
the first time in the history Oh Inc
country on the precise point involved
the State Supreme Court OF Appeals
Yesterday handed down an opinion IN
which it reverses the decision OF inc
Law and Equity Court OF Rlchmon''
in awarding damages to d. Z. y IAN
erty. local attorney in an actioh
brought by him against the Virginia
Railway and Power Company fof al
legged false arrest.
Mr. o'Fiaherty boarded Broad
and Main car in the downtown sec
tion for a trip to the West End. Al
though the car was Of the prepayment
tvne he failed to drop his ticket into
,ha fore box. as the rules Of the
company required When the conduc-
for approached him inside and re-
oucsted him to drop the ticket INTO
the fare box, Mr.. O'Flaherty declined
TO do so. rendering him the fare m
stead.
Forbidden by the company on the
main of dismissal to accept the 1arc
himself, the conductor offered Mr..
O'Flaherty the alternative OF deposit
ing his fare or leaving the car. He
dec,;nod TO do either, and was placed
under arrest by the conductor: who
detained him on the car until 1t ar
rived at the Reservoir terminal, where
the defendant was turned over to
the city authorities and admitted TO
bail.
O'Flahery brought suit for Sl5,'
600 for alleged false arrest, and was
awarded damages in The sum of $500
by Judge Crump, of the Law and
Equity Court, who, while @e held
that the tichet regulation was a rea-
sonahle one, ruled that the conduc-
tors only right was to eject the pas
senger and that he could not lawfully
arrest him for his refusal TO- obey
the rule or leave the car.
Judge Whhtle, in his opinion, holds
that the lower court erred in decid-
ing that the conductor could not ar
rest under such conditions. and con-
clrdes:
'"rhe construction placed hy The
trial court or the powers and duties
of conductors and motormcn under
the statute is too restricted. When
the plaintiff. in disregard Of a. law
ful rule of the company of which he
had knowledge, on request, refused
either to deposit his fare in the box
or leave the car, the relation Of car
rier and passenger between the COM
pany and him ceased, an he became
an intruder or trespasser on the car.
In other words, his presence on the
can. was unlawful. And the conduc-
tor, as a conductor and conScrvatol
of the peace and special policeman
charged with the enforcement Of Or
der on the car without fault on his
part, was confronted with the alter
native. either Of arresting plaintiff
ard turning him over to the city an-
thorities, or forcibly ejecting him
from the car.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18

,FOIJND - A watch charm in the
shape os N afi animal: ow,l5r can OBJ
tains same by. calling at Gazette
s. ,ofsises ard paying cost Of this .ad'
yertisement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
LOCAL BRE'YITIES,

r ]. Warthen, master mechanic
at the Potomac Railway yards fol-
the past seven years has been appoint.
ed superintendent of motive power
of the Washington Southern Railway
Co. with headquarters in Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18

The pulpit of the Free Methodist
Church. during the absence of the
pastor will be occupied morning and
evening by the Rev. Mr.. Belt, of
Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18

The circuit court of Fairfax county
will convene on next Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock with Judge j. B.
T. Thornton presiding.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18
STRUCK By SWITCH ENGINE.

Spencer, n. c., March Isl. w.
Howell, aged 45 years, section master
for the Southern Railway, at Spen-
Ger was struck by a switch engine
and instantly killed while walking
in the yard here Friday night. He
had just quit work for the day and
fas walking along the track and did
not. see or hear the approaching To-
cennotive. His. head. legs and body
@>ae crushed. He is survived by his
wife and several small children
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18

Newton w. Preston, private Sec
f Representative D. V. Step
h,rs, of Nebraska, will deliver an ad-
dress before mems meeting at 2:3O
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the
Richmond Theatre.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18

Oysters in all styles at the Ramme]
Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18

~ -. = . [.F-t..3l-f 2--H 3 - ."
Oysters in All Styles st Xhs Fam
Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-18

: Oysters In All Styles At The Ram
mel Cafe.