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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-18
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
Except Sunday

BY The Alexandria Gazette Corporation
III King Street. Alexandria va.
EDWARD w. SMITH, President ana
Treasurer.
WILLIAM ALBERT sMoOT, Jr.' vice
President.
EDWIN BRADLEY HARD, Editor anu
General Manager.
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WASHINGTON BELIEN ES CARRANZA
 STARRING FOR TIME.

WASHINGTON, July l.-The reply from the carranza government is being await ed with great interest since the an nouncement from special agent Rogers that Mexico takes exception to the state ments relative to the American occupa- tion contained in the state department note Administration officials are inclined to think that Carranza is simply spar ring for time and will prolong the ne- sotiations, which now appear about to develop. as long as possible.
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WILSON GOES MATCHMAKING

WILSON GOES SPEECHMAKING
 WASHINGTON, July l.-President Will son departed from Washington this af- ternoon en route to New York where ne will deliver an address before the New York Press Club Up to three this af- ternoon the much anticipated reply from the Carranza government had not been received. Secretary Baker stated today that the forwarding of troops to the border continues and another day or two must elapse before the last of the guardsmen are landed on the line.
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BIG FIRE IN
 SEATTLE
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 SEATTLE July l-The Pacific Codsr Steamship Conpany's pier II. occupied as a munltion supply depot by the army auartermaster'S department and also for government ship purposes was burned last night and thousands of shells. cart ridges, projectilcs and powder was set off creating consternaton along the water front in addition to setting fire to the Alaska cable ship Burnsides and shat tering hundreds of windows for long distance in every direction One person was killed though many mad marvellous escapes from the bullets which flew in every direction after the blaze was fully under way. The single fatality was due 10 d living shot which struck an un- known ooy three blocks away. killing him instantly The cableshp which was wing side on to the burning pier was towcd out into the stream where the flames were cXtingushed Owing 10 the danger of approaching the fire because of the living bullets the fire depart ment was unable to effectively combat the flames which spread to several ad- Joning buildings. Much of the ammun- ton consumed was intended for Alaska. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
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WILSON STILL
 CHAMPIONlNG HUMANITY
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 PHILADELPHIA, June 30.-Speaiins in the open in the shadow of Independ- cnce hall President Wilson declared that in fighting for America first" and in the vindcaton al whatever cost. of the principles of liberty. justice and human iJy he was "a challenger to all com CTS. The president made no reference 10 the Mexican trouble beyond brief statement and confined his talk largely to the attitude of the United States to- ward the world
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BRITISH CONDUCTING HUGE
 OFFENSIVE; MAKE EXTENSIVE GAINS

ire of the past few days has resulted in the Germans being compelled to aban- ion their trenches and their capture was effected with but slight losses to the at taeking forces
 X general forward movement is now in progress along the whole British front with the fighting gradually extending below the Somme and northward to-
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cihc Coast Steamship Company, North ern Navigation Company and the Paei- hc and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company.
 Wickersham declares that the company is in complete control or the transporta- ton business Of the northern territory and calls upon the commission for an investigation alleging that the people of bination. He also brings additional charges of combination and discrmina ton and asks for a complete nvesti-
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RUSSIANS CAPTURE OVER.
 HALF MILLION MEN

Were taken in the month of June. The Russian success in this direction is at tributed to the new method of artillery attack which prevents the escape ot large bodies of men through cutting off their escape to the rear by zone of intense fire from quick firing guns work ing in concert. Practically all of the troops taken during the past month were captured in this manner.
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MEXICO TAXES EXCEPTION
 ID AMERICAN STATEMENTS

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 MEXICO CITY, July 1.-The foreign of flee today forwarded a note of reply to ''- using The communication is not iii nature of final answer to the Hkfrican note but sets forth the posi- ~earlier declaration of the de facto gov ernment that the United States has no Mexican soil. The memorandum also ro- peatedly denies the correctness of many of the statements contained in the com amunication from Washington.
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style of artillery fire known as the curtain of fire and so effectively em- ployed by the French army and has achieved notable success as indicated by the capture Of large numbers of the
 ;crman troops who were cut off from all escape by the rain of death falling across the line of retreat. Following the cap ture Of the German positions, the artil- lcry acuons were resumed and the guns
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 PETROGRAD. July l-The war office announces today that a total of six hundred thousand feutons have been captured during the great offensive along the eastern front. Of the total num- sand are Germans.
 The statement further adds that the major portion of this immense number
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A. P A. Service.
 WASHINGTON. June Exchanges that the American Smelling and Refining Company. owned and controlled by the Gpegen3e!.as. practically dominates all Alaska railroad and steamship lines and the interstate commerce commission this morning by Alaska Delegate Wickersham.
 Included among the companies which Wickersham says are controlled by the American Smelling and Refining Company are the Alaska Steamship Company, Pa
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BOMB CON
 SEPARATOR ACQUITTED

NEW YORK. June ao.-Captain Tausch- CT, one of the men arrested for alleged connection with the famous conspiracy To blow up the Weland canal. was ac- quilted today by q jury. Although il was shown that Tauseher was intimately associated With men who have prev iously been convicted of conspiracy against the neutrality of the United States the evidence connecting him with the canal conspiracy was considered m- complete by the jury who returned a verdict of acquttaI
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WICK SPRINGS SENSATION RELATIVE TRANSFORMATION
 COMPANIES

gaticn of the entire transportation busi- ness or the territory and lines running to and from Alaska. Included among the charges are declarations that the railroads are in many cases the owners charges have created immense discus. sion and have been taken up by the commission and a general service of summons to appear before the commis- sion have been ordered.
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SEATTLE MAN ARRESTED
 FOR MURDERISG AUNTs
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 SEATTLE, July l.-tloward s. King. a nephew of Mrs. Corrine Wheeler and her sister Kate F. Swift who were mur- dered nearly two months ago. was ar rested today and formally charged with claim that they have found sufficient evidence 10 prove that King murdered his relatives after being caught in an attempt to steal large sum of money which the two elderly women were known to keep in their home.
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W|CKERSHAM CHARGES ID
 BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED

and to arfd from the Pacific coast and other points. The committee will also seek to ascertain whether the Alaska railroads own or operate mines in All asta as has been charged by Wicker sham. The charge made by the AL a>k' delegate have created great stir .r shipping circles, especially the one drt!afinP the transportation business to ard rom the northern country to be completely dominated by the American sncl,ns and Refining Company,
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against the Galican cities farther to the north.
 The Russians are making steady ad- vances m the Tarnopol section and also along the Bug river where heavy fight ing has been in progress for the past week nerlin reports say that hard fighting is now in progress along the Wilma Dunaberg line with the Germans conducting a heavy offensive
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 WASHINGTON, July 1.-The railway carriers throughout the northwest which are engaged in serving Alaska were to- investigation by the interstate commerce of charges of combination and dscrim- gressional delegate from Alaska yester day. Summons have been issued to prac- tically all the railway lines doing business 9ith the northern territory.
 It is the intention of the commerce commission to look into the freight and passenger rates both inside the territory
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 LONDON, June 30.-Petrograd adviccs reaching here today confirm the reports of the capture of the city of KolomeH by the Russian forces in lower Galicia.
 The Russian war office has not as yet issued an official statement but the fall of the city is well authenticated from several sources. The capture of the city is of considerable importance owing To it's position as a base for operations
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RU SSIAN AND GERMAN
 FLEETS IN BALTIC BATTLE
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 STOCK HOLM, July i.-Another battle has occurred between the German and Russian war fleets off the Landsort isl ands in the Baltic The engagement last ed for some time and is known to have involved considerable number of ships Nothing is known, however, as to the outcome.
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A. P. A. Service.
 BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, France. July IA tremendous British offensive ming from the Somme river to a point same distance north of Arras and has resulted in the capture of miles of Ger man first line trenches and many pris- oners on a front of nearly twenty miles,
 The intensity of the British artillery
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MuNsEI BUYS NEW YORK SUN A. P. A. Service
 NEW YORK. July l-Frank A Nun sey head Of the great Philadelphia pub fishing house has purchased the New York Sun.
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LONDON. July l.-The announcement or the great British gains along the west ern front is the occasion of d great celebration extending throughout the British Isles. Reports from the front declares that nearly twenty miles of Ger man front has been captured
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Chickens, 50c per pound. eggs 7Se per dozen. George Prosser, phone Black 5.
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are again preparing the way for further advances
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Get your JOB PRINTING done by the Nugget office.
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CONFIRMS
 CAPTURE OF KOLOMEA

against the Galician cities farther to the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12

Miss Gladys Lincoln returned to the
village after short vacation and will
finish the spring term of the village
school.
VIII Sargent met with serious ac-
cident on Saturday. In starting to
climb down a ladder from the scat
folding of the barn he tripped and fell
to the barn floor. A cash was cut in
his upper lip, one under the chin, his
left wrist and knee badly sprained.
For time he was in a stunned condi-
ton from the blow on his head, but
at present is gaining rapidly.
The students from their different
schools returned to their studies on
Monday.
Miss Jennie Page, who has been
working for Mrs. Nelson Cochran, fin
ished her work there and went to her
home near Groton the early part of
the week.
Gordon Sykes commenced work for
Edwin McKirahan the first of April.
Mrs. Lima Weed Of Bradford came
on Monday to visit her brother ana
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Sargent.
The sugar social held in the vestry
of the United Presbyterian church on
Friday evening was fairly well at
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
Some Minstrel Show.

Mystic Star chapter, o. E. s., clear
ed a tidy little sum from the enter
tainment given on Friday evening by
the Creole Bellies" From the open
ing daisy chorus, through the various
parts, the program was well done.
Among those parts of the program
which deserve especial mention were
the solo by Mrs. Ralph Hooker, the
part played by Miss Hazel Annis as
interlocutor, the reading by Miss Ada
Brown, the German doll dance by
Mrs. Oscar Beck, the vocal numbers
by Olin Adams, the selections by a
ladies quartet consisting of Mrs. Oscar
Beck, Mrs. Ralph Hooker, Mrs.
George Green and Miss Ethel Amidon,
the cornet solo by Miss Amidon, the
vocal solo by Earl Evans, and the
numbers by male quartet consisting
of David Cole, Birney Hall, Olin
Adams and Earl Evans with accom-
paniment by ]. T. Brightly. Music for
the evening was by Mrs. Maurice Por-
ter, uiano, and Arthur Stanley, violin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
LOCAL GATHERINGS

New subscribers in the St. Johns
bury exchange for March include ID.
Cassidy, Mrs Kate E. Cowles, ]. E.
Drew. A. N. Drew, Frank Finn, A. E.
Lanctot Louis ]. Labay, Gertrude r.
Meader, Duncan McCuaig, The Chas.
c. Locke Co.. Jos. J. Penney, c. H
Powers, Stephen F. Pocock, H. v.
Rumble E. ]. Rutter, VIM. H. Sar~
gent, Frank J. Simpson, Miss Anna
Tubman, L. II. Witty. adv
Among the corporations which
lost their charters April 1 because of
failure to pay the license tax were the
following: f. M. Hunt Piano, Co..
Orleans; National Flooring Co., st.
Johnsbury; Vermont and Chicago
Granite Co, Hardwick; Vermont
Granite Quarries Co., Hardwick; ano
the Fireside Insurance Co., st. Johns
bury.
Robert NJ McGillivray has pur-
chased the house and real estate OF
Nelson Hartman at 20 Cliff street.
Mr.. McGillivray will live in the house
and R. c. Hall of Lyndon will operate
the bottling plant. Possession will be
given the first of May Mr. and Mrs.
Hartman move to Lyndonville where
Mr. Hartman will go into the brass
&
riman.
At the next meeting of Olive
Branch lodge, d. of r., on April Is
the degree will be conferred on several
candidates.
An informal gathering of the
members of the church and congrega-
ton at Grace Methodist church will
be held tomorrow evening in the as
sembly room of the new church.
A new floor has been laid in the
police Office and the interior otherwise
improved as a part of the spring
cleaning.
An alarm was rung in from box
So at the corner of Portland and Gale
donia streets at one o'clock yesterday
afternoon which called all the firemen.
1t was found there had been some
trouble about smoking some hams at
Joseph Gauthier's house at Wash
ington avenue but there was no
fire to eXtinguish when the chemical
truck reached there.
The cover of the April Photo-Era
is from a photograph by Miss Kath-
crime Bingham and is an Easter
photograph of Mrs. Harold Hale of
Newbury holding caIIas. The same
photograph was published in the
March number of the magazine as an
illustration of a suitable cover design
friends of the magazine that it was
made use of by the magazine itself in
a later number.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12

Lenten meeting Wednesday. Clam
chowder supper Thursday. Sunday
morning sermon, Lost and Found
Sunday evening, Lenten stereopticon
address, Jesus and Men," 80 pictures
from the masters.
First Baptist church, Sunday sub
iects, 1890 a. M, Palms and Palms
D. M, Both Lord and Christ" The
ordinance of baptism will be admins
tered to several at the evening service.
The Brotherhood will meet in the
chapel for their monthly meeting on
Thursday evening. This will be OBJ
served as ladies' night. An interesting
program, consisting of music, and
readings has been arranged. We have
fortunately been able to secure Rev.
Dr. Dawson of Burlington. secretary
of the Vermont Baptist state conven-
ton as speaker of the evening. An
informal reception will be held at 1880
O'Clock, permitting friends to meet DR..
Dawson. All members, friends and
ladies are invited to be present.
The last of the services at the Sum-
merville school house will be held next
Sunday at $3.50 p. m, with Rev. Paul
D. Moody as speaker.
Judge Jacob l.. Long will speak at
the Free Baptist church Sunday Apr.
16 at 1890 a. m. Come and hear him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
RECENT DEATHS


Amasa Hudson died yesterday morn
ing at his home on Summer street afJ
ter Is months of invalidism. He was
born in 1848 in Concord, the son of
Joseph and Lydia (Farnham) Hud-
son and when 20 years old came to
st. Johnsbury to live. He was with
E. & Il. Fairbanks & Co, for 43 years
and in 1895 was made foreman of the
hardware department. He was mar
ried in 1873 to Ella w. Stowell of
Concord who survives him with three
daughters, Florence and Mrs. Harriet
Rich of st. Johnsbury and Mabel,
Mrs. Harold F. Moore of Bellows Falls.
Mr.. Hudson was a member of Pas
sumpsic lodge and Palestine COM
mandery and of Green Mountain
lodge. N. E. 0. P. The funeral will be
on Thursday at two O'Clock from the
house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
The ..Nrade In St. Johnsbury" Show

The ''Made In st. JOhnsbury' Show.
The various committees of the Com
mercial club are busy these days MAX
ing preparations for the big EXPOSE
ton, May 1920, and so exhibitors
have already secured space from J.
NJ. Cady in the big building recently
vacated by the Towle Maple Products
company. Over 100 exhibitors will be
in the building when the doors open
May II and the decorations and illu-
limitations will be one of the attrac-
tons of the big show. The education
al exhibit of our st. Johnsbury schools
and the Lyndon School of Agriculture
will be'well worth seeing, all our man
ufacturers will show some of their
products. while the wholesale and re-
tail merchants have promised to take
generous space to exhibit their goods
and merchandise. All the automobile
dealers will have the 1916 models of
their cars and some of the largest
concerns in the country will be rep
resented either through personal rep
resentatives or through their ST.
Johnsbury retailers. Thousands will
visit this great exposition which will
be open day and evening. Good music
and entertainment will be provided
and the exposition will be one of the
events of the year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
THREE MONTHS IN JAIL
Sentence Imposed on st. Johnsbury
Man For Furnishing Liquor
Other Offenders

Frank Zullo, a recent inmate OF
Henry Estabrooks block on Pearl
street. is serving a three-months' SEN
tence in the county Jail for furnishing
liquor, the sentence being imposed by
Judge Frye of the municipal court.
His conviction is the result of a search
of his rooms when considerable con-
traband fluid was discovered. The
liquor has been condemned and order
ed destroyed.
Bert G. Hill was also before the
judge last week charged with third
offense of intOxication to which he
pleaded guilty. He was fined SIS and
costs of $S.95 but the sentence was
suspended and he was sent to the asy-
lum at Waterbury for six-months
treatment for the liquor habit.
Other cases in municipal court were
Edward Williams of East Hardwick
who was fined SIS and costs of $9.55
for breach of the peace and the same
charge against Fred Williams was mol
pressed.
John Besaw of Hardwick is serving
80 days in Jail for intoxication. Paul
Wells of Hardwick was fined SIS and
costs of $795 but the fine was sus-
pended on his signing the pledge for
a year.
Claudina Martinoli of Hardwick was
sentenced to three months in Jail for
selling liquor but she was placed on
probation for two years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
RYEGATE
RYEGATE
Mrs. w. ID. White Badly Burned BY
Explosion of KerOSene-PersOnaIs
(Mrs. c. A. McKirahan, Correspond

MIS-. w. ID. WnAU6 bdUAy DuFHeO by
Explosion of KerOSene-PersOnal
(Ndrs. c. A McKirahan, Correspond
ent.)
Mrs w. d. White met with a pain
full accident on Friday. In order to
hurry a slow fire she poured kerosene
from a can. The can exploded throw
ing the burning contents over the
clothes of Mrs. White. Before the
flames could be put out. she had re-
ceived a number of bad burns. One
side of the face, both hands and one
of her limbs were badly burned. The
burns have responded well to treat
ment and she is in a fair way to a
speedy recovery. Miss Waldron,
trained nurse is caring for her.
Orpha McLam went to ST. Johns
bury on Monday to visit her brother,
J. L. Nolan.
Edith Symes has been visiting her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Symes and returned to her home in
Wells River last week.
Mrs. L. H. Simpson, who is in the
Mary Hitchcock hospital at Hanover
and Mrs. Charles Adams, who is at
her sons in Providence, r. l., are both
making a satisfactory recovery from
recent operations, and are expected
home soon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
Enjoyed Musical Treat.

Members of the Church of the Mes
siah and their friends enjoyed another
fine musical treat last Sunday evening
when a concert of sacred music was
given under the direction of George
G. Felch, by Mrs. Etna l.. Wheelock,
organist, and the church quartet, Mrs
Ellen A Philburt, alto; Miss Hazel
Burbank. soprano; James ]. Perowne.
tenor; Gleason Hildreth, base. They
were assisted by Mrs. Lillian McGill
reader Miss Marjorie Spaulding,
pianist, and Miss Phebe Scott, soloist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
CAT NURSING FOXES
Captured BY Carl Remick After He
Had Shot Their Mother.

Last Monday Carl Remick of Wat
erford shot a fox near his home. He
followed the tracks back a short dis
lance to a hollow tree where he found
five young foxes about "a hours old,
about the size of kittens. He took
them to the house in his hat, and a
cat, the mother of three kittens has
adopted them and is giving them the
same love and care as her own young
kittens. Though they are red foxes,
their color now is nearly black and
their noses are very long. Otherwise
they look like kittens.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
CHURCH NOTES

First Church of Christ, Scientist
Pythian Building. Sunday morning SER
vice. 1915. Subject, Doctrine of
Atonement. The reading room is in
the same building and is open daily.
except Sunday, from 2.3O to 5 p. m.
At the Lenten service at the North
church Friday afternoon the pastor
will read from Prof. Fosdick's book,
1.-The Meaning of Prayer"
Church of the Messiah. Mid-week
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
Hotel Meeting Tonight.

The members of the building COM
mittee of the St Johnsbury Hotel
company met Monday to open bids for
the construction of the proposed ad-
ditiOn to the St. Johnsbury House.
None of the bids were inside of the
$4,000 planned to expend and a meet
ing of the subscribers to the preferred
stock Of the company will be held at
the hotel this evening at 1880 to hear
the report of the committee
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12

tended. Ten dollars was added to
the treasury to pay for the new lights.
recently installed in the vestry.
Latest styles in Wedding Invitations
Here.