Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-16

proceeds to the new German war loan.
Snow from four to five feet deep
covers a big area of central New York
as the result of storm which has
lasted several days. At some places
! in the Adirondacks drifts are 50 feet
high.
Lord Kitchener told the British
| House of Lords yesterday afternoon
that England will never rest until
every single man, not needed for the
! indispensable industries, is called to
/ the colors."
| Col Riojas. the Carranza command
or at Ojinaga, was assassinated by
his own troop Thursday night. The
! former Carr$inz# adhcrentS Of this
| garrison have appointed u new COM
mander and dcclarc! Cor Villa. This
report has been confirmed in Juarcz.
! Reports from Budapest state that
distress is becoming painfully evid
cnt in many Hungarian towns. Arad,
containing $4,000 Inhabitants, was
for two days without bread or flour.
All bakeries were closed. The mayor
tcephoned to Budapest asking for
; flour and vas told that none could
ibc supplied Ii is feared grave riots
will follow.
The torprdoboat destroyer Stew
art, left San Diego Cal, last night
! for Enscnada, Mexico, under orders
| from Admiral Cameron MGR. Win
! slow communicative hief Of the Pacific
+! fleet, as a result o. reports brought
| by fishermen. The protected cruiser
, Cleveland, now off the Central Am.
erican coast, has been ordered to San
Diego and will arrive about March Sc
Rcpulse of determined Italian at
tacks on the Isonzo front which were
made after heavy artillery prcpara
J ton is reported in the Austrian oifl-
cial statement. At one point the ltal-
ians succeeded in penetrating the
Austrian trenches only to be lmmcd-
lately driven out by Il countcr-attack.
On another small section Of the front,
900 Italian dead were counted.
An avenue to saving more than
| $4,000 year was opened to the
Board Of Awards Of Baltimore yes
tcrday by the Baltimore Natural Gas
Company, which put in bid for the
contract to light the streets and ths
municipality owned buildings which
use gas. The company agrees to sup
ply lA5.000U00 cubic feet Of the COM
| modify at cost Of 50 cents thou
| sand cubic feet or at total cost OF
$50,75O ,t II
! An exciting clopcnlcnt occurred III
| Lctchcr county, w. Va. in which Miss
Myrtle Pcndlcton, d II year old girl,
and Richard Harold, aged 50 years
and blind, were the principals. The
girl cludcd her parents and walked
seven miles over rough, muddy roads
to Cowcn Creek to join her sweet
heart, and the two walked through
! the snow over almost impossible
roads, 35 miles into Wise county, Va,
where they secured Il license ana
were married.
"A dispatch 10 the Exchange Ic!c-
i graph Company Of London, from
1 Rome says that Austria has declared
sE",pr on Portugal. A.ssr-a his recall
cd her minister TO Lisbon aud has
handed The Portuguese minister his
passports, according TO dispatches re-
ccivcd in Genoa. Portuguese naval
authorities coniscatcd several Aus
trian ships in Portuguese ports at
The same time they seized German
merchantmen. an act that resulted
lin Il declaration Of war by Germany
4 Wlils:;,ppargutET tiscTe has been
..no formal discussion of what shall be
4 done with Villa il he is icaptured. =