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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19
Make Further Progress on
Somme and Capture
Fleury
TURKS AID TEUTONs
Berlin Reports Musselmen Fighting
Against Russian Troops in Cali
clan Region

London, Aug. 19--After repuIs
ing several German counter-attacks
Thursday night. the French resumed
their offensive on the Somme front
yesterday and made further progress
in the village of Maurepas, part of
which they had previously entered,
and along the road from Maurepas
to Clery.
Further German positions in the
region of Ginchy and Guillemont were
captured yesterday by the British
forces operating in the Somme re-
eion. More than 200 prisoners Were
taken.
Heavy attacks were made by the
French last night on the Verdun front.
After violent fighting at Fleury.
east of the Meuse. they expelled the
Germans from part of the town
which had been captured, says the Of
fetal French statement.
Several German counter-attacks OF
the Somme front southeast of Maui
repas were repulsed.
The French also made considerable
progress in the region Of Thiaumont,
in the Verdun sector. Fifty Germans
were captured there.
In telling of the operations in the
East the Russian War Office says the
Teutons on the front from the Zlota
Lima. west of Polhaytse. resumed TIE
offensive with considerable forces. hut
without success. On the River By
stritza SOlotvina the Russians oc"upi-
ed LysietZ (seven miles southwest of
Stanislau) on the western bank Of
the river. In the direction Of ArdZc-
luz Il series of heights were taken.
Rome reports persistent attacks
and intense bonibardment of Italian
positions on the Trentino front, on
trenches on the Slopes Monte Speronc
and at Scatolari. in the Rio Freddie
valley. but says they all were repuiS-
ed. Italian troops raided Villanova
and Nova Vas. breaking through the
enemy defenses and taking some prj-
soners. but it is acknowledged that
the situation in the Gorilla area ard
On the Carso is unchanged.
Turkish troops are fighting with
the Germans and Austrians in Galicia
according to the official announcement
made today in Berlin. Despite this
additional opposition, Petrograd says
all enemy attempts 10 throw back the
Russians were defeated. and that the
Cars armies have pressed forward
in several sections.
Desperate fighting continues along
the TsonZo, but the Italians apparently
have heen unable to advance. In the
Eia!knmS the TeutOnic a les nave
taken the offensive and, Berlin claims
have taken the Greek town of Fior!na
from the Serbian troops.
In the region of Korosmezo Gar
pathians) Russian troops continued
their advance and approached tho
SUBMITS of the mountain in the Vi.
cinity Of Korosmezo.
On the Caucasian front the Turk
ish offensive in the region west OF
Lake Van was repulsed. In Persia
in the region of Kala Pasova, en-.
counters took place with considerable
Turkish forces.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Edward Garfield, general surel4
intendcnt of the New York, 0n:ario
and Western Railroad, died yester-
day at Middletown, \. =. He was
50 years old.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Mrs. Robert S. Barrett leaves to-
morrow for a trip to st. Louis, Mo.
where she will meet her husband
Mr.. Robert S. Barrett, and her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Kate Waller
Barrett. Messrs. Waller and Paul
Barrett left today to spend several
weeks at Markham, Fauquier county,
Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

over it if the storms intensity grew
Thus far there has been no loss of
life, according to available reports.
Ample warning of the storm, it was
said, had been give all residents and
an opportunity to prepare for the ap-
preaching hurricane: Damage thus
far has been confined to the washing
away of structures near the shore of
Corpus Christi Bay and the havoc
wrought by the 70 mile gale which
blew almost continuously for three
hours yesterday afternoon.
No further word has been received
here of the fate of the crew Of the
steamer Pilot Boy, which was sunk
in the Gulf of Mexico, yesterday IN
tropical storm. 1t was reported
however, that three men of the crew
of y had been washed ashore at
Port Aransas, 20 miles from here.'
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. ~ -
limited States soldiers and National
Guardsmen stationed at Fort Brown
have been driven from their quarters
and have taken refuge in the city hall
and other public buildings at Browns
vile, on account of the Gulf coast
storn which was striking that section
hast night, according to meager re-
ports received over the army wireless
at Fort Sam Houston from Fort.
Brown. tonight.
A terrific and destructive wind, ac-
cording to this report, has wrought
havoc in Brownsville and in the mill
tarv camp. Those troops which TOOK
refuge in the court house were the
illinois, Iowa and Virginia regiments
Thev took two days rations.. All
wires to Brownsville are down and
communication, except over the army
wireless, is impossible. S
Summer residents on Padre Island
beach, opposite Point Isabel, % miles
northeast OF here, came to the mann
land early yesterday and all hshIng
vessels were drawn into Isabel har'
| bor. on receipt of news of the storms
approach.
Ell Paso, Texas, Aug. 10. - Ono
soldier was killed and thousands Of
others encamped in and near FL Pasc
suffered great discomfort as result
of heavy rains which fell Throughout
last night. During the all-nlght storm
Private Charles Johnston, headquar
ters company, seventh United State:
Infantry of Choutau, Mont, was klllet
by lightning in his tent at Fort Bliss
Other soldiers nearby were stunned
Water poured through the camp;
Of the Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
South Carolina and Michigan Guar'
nearby, inundating some tents, ant
ran three feet deep in the compan!
streets of the Thirty-frst Michigan
Infantry.
Dallis. Texas, Aug. 19.-Telegrapl
companies at 7 o'clock last night re
ported that all wires to Corpus Christ
and Brownsville had failed at
| o'clock because of the Gulf Coas
storm.
Chances of picking up wires during
the night, they said, were remote.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Funeral services for the late Archi-
bald Hall, who died at the home Of
relatives here Thursday evening, will
be conducted tomorrow afternoon at
two o'clock from his late home near
Lorton, Fairfax county, where his
body will be taken from Demaine'
chapel, in this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

On Tuesday, August %, when the
Council of Jewish Women give their
excursion to Marshall Hall, they will
have for their guests the matron and
children of the Children's Home, ac-
cording to their annual custom.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19
Alexandria IIiEity News Condensed

Mrs. Taylor Burke, Of Alexandra,
is the guest of Miss Lucy Temple, OF
1112 West Avenue. Mrs. Burke IS
in the city to see her sister, Miss
Lucy Mason, who is sick at Stuart
Circle Hospital.-Richmond Virginlan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Mr.. William J. Boothe and son,
Mr.. Gardner L. boothe H., leave
tomorrow 70 join Mrs. William J.
Boothe and Miss Elizabeth Bsothe, at
Pocomoke. Md. for short stay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

DR.. j. B. Holland and family are
guests of their brother-in-law and
sister. Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Ston-
nell. at their home in Braddock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

The many friends of Mrs. Isaac
Gregg regret to learn of the illness
of her young daughter, Josephine,
with typhoid fever, at her home, 9O4
King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

The deed of acceptance which turns
over to the government the birthplace
of Abraham Lincoln at Hodgenvil!e,
Ky, was yesterday signed by PreSi-
dent Wilson. 1t provides an endow-
mcnt fund of 100000 for its main
tonancc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Mr.. John Fahnline, formerly Of
this city, but for many years a resi-
dent of Sharon, Pa, is in the city
visiting his old friends and acquain-
tances. Mr.. Fahnline is still engag-
ed in the banking and iron business.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Mr.. and Mrs. George Hammerslcy
and Mr. and Mrs. Astryke will re-
t,,rn tomorrow from an automobile
trim to New York and other places.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Mrs. William Franklin White and
little son William Franklin White, jr,
have returned home after months
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Cable
White near NIiddlcburg. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Mr.. F. ]. McEhany, superintend-
ent of transportation for the Du-
Pont powder company in Hopewcll.
is visiting Mr.. A. j. Drew, at his
home in this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Mrs. C. R. Howman and daugh-
ter, Hilda, of Spencer, n. c., are
the guests of Mrs. John Curtin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19
ALEXANDRIA'S EVANG ELISTIC Campaign
Rapidly Perfected for the Big Religious k'a 10 De '
Here in September

the evangestlc revival Wh
commence in this September he conducted by Gypsy ySth
evangelist Iaddon Heights n j. The campaign or t
moral tterment of the city Of the stupndous events
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

Miss Edna Drew. Of City Point,
Va, is the guest for a few days Of
her brother, Mr.. A. J. Drew in this
city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-19

DEVILED & HARD SHEELED
CRABS AT JACOB BRILL'S FOOT
KING STRET. :;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS
Mallard Ducks Released.

Thirty half-grown mallard ducks have been received in Danbury by E. H. Bailey, secretary of the Pahquto- que Gun club, from the state game farm in Madison. and have been placed at East swamp, Fair Grounds, and West lake. in Danbury, and st Corner pond, New Fairfield. It is ex- pected that by the time the birds are developed aex: fall they win have made their homes here so that after the spring migration they will return here.
 Bethel Boy Goes to West Point
 Congressman F. J. Eill will appoint JohIt Wheelwright Browncll of Bethel as principal for West Point. Said to Be Undervalued. That the estates of two decedeuts having estates in Connecticut have been undervalued is the claim of Tax Commissioner Corbin. Deputy As sistant Tax Commissioner Cramer has petitioned Judge Radford for the probate district of Greenwich for a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
INTERNATIONAL EGG CONTEST

The hens in the laying contest at Storrs laid total of 363O eggs in the thirty-ninth week. This is twenty
 eggs more than they produced in the
 preceding week and while this is only
 a slight gain it was nevertheless un-
 seasonable because at this time Of the year one is almost sure to get less and
 less eggs each week until the outlets
 begin to lay in November.
 For the first time in many weeks all
 the leading pens are owned by Con-
 necticut breeders. Branford Farm s
 White Rocks from Groton were first
 with. a production of 55 eggs. F. M.
 Peasley's White Leghorns from Ches-
 hire were second with a yield of 55
 eggs. Mrs. Rollin s. Woodruff's pen
 of the same breed from New Haven
 were third with 52, and Harry Will
 Hams pen of Leghorns from Bridge
 port were fourth best for the week
 with 50 eggs to their credit.
 In going over the records in the
 contest last year it has been founo
 that it required 1-2 to pounds or
 feed for each dozen eggs that were
 produced. It should, however, be re-
 membered that the hens in this con- test each averaged to lay 152 eges d'1- ring the year. Obviously certain amount of feed is required for maln- tenance whether a hen lays eggs or whether she doesn't. Within certain limits therefore it is believed that the more eggs a hen produces the less feed will be required per dozen eggs. The average feed cost, including grit, shell and charcoal was fourteen cents for each dozen eggs.
 The three best pens in each of the principal breeds are as follows: Plymouth Rocks. Rock Rose Farm (Barred) Ka- Tonah, N. Y. 1506 Albert T. Lenzeh, (White) North Attleboro, Mass, 1474
 Jules F. Francais (Barred) w. Hampton Beach, L. I. 1455 Wyandottes.
 Obed G. Knight, (White) Bridge ton, R. I. 1752
 Tom Barron, (White) Catforth, England, 1895
 Abel Latham, (White) Brier- = field, England, 1539 Rhode Island Reds.
 Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass 149S
 A. W. Rumery, Danville, N. H. 1874 Springdale Poultry Farm, Dur ham, Conn. 142S White Leghorns. Will Barron, Bartle, near Pres ton, England, 1878 Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, Conn.,, 1895 Frank R. Hancock, Jackson vile, Vt. 1463 Miscellaneous.
 Oregon Agricultural College (Oregons) Corvallis, Ore, 149S
 J. Collinson, (Black Leghorns) Barnacre, Garstang, England 1406 | A. Schwarz, (Black Rhineland- CTS ) Burlingame, Cal. 1886
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04

and after fighting his assailants like a wild beast, after seeing most of his crew shot down or run through, and after receiving no less than twenty five wounds himself, Blackboard at last received a British sword in his throat and his pirate days were over.
 Such was the second of the two buccaneers whose memories still cling to the islands which the United States is now to purchase, around which they used to sail, and in whose harbors, now piled by Royal Mail steamers and duckclad pleasure parties in motor boats they used to hide. The politician, the army or navy officer, and the su- gar speculator are not alone in show ing intense interest in Uncle Sam's new purchase. Nor will they be as long as visions of the pirate, with his pis- tols and daggers, with his baggy clothes, kerchiefed head and earringed ears, are cherished in the soul of the modern soldier of fortune and in that of the small boy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
LITCHFIELD COUNTY NEWS.
Awarded a Scholarship.

Theodore Lee Stafford of Lakeville has been awarded the scholarship of fered by the Litchfield County Uni versity club for the year. MT. Stafford has entered Yale where he will take a course in the Sheffield Scientific school.
 Must Have Certificates.
 The health authorities at Lakeville have ruled that no children under 16 years old may visit in that town dur ing the wide prevalence of infantile paralysis and that all of those who say that they are over 16 years old must produce copies of birth certifi- cates to prove it.
 Burned in Trunk.
 Fire was discovered at the home of Frank Casinski in Thomaston, Tues day night. Mr. Casinski had placed roll of bills in a trunk, and 1t is be- lieved that sparks from his pipe must have dropped into the trunk, which smouldered for so1le time before bursting into flames. Both trunk and money were destroyed. MT. Casinski severely burned his right hand in try ing to save his money. There was probably s200 in the trunk. The loss, including the money burned, is about s40O
 Mostly for Monui-ients.
 By the will of Louisa Thompson, who died in Goshen last Thursday, $10, 900 was left to be spent in the erec- tion of a monument in the memory of her parents, her uncle, Charles Thomp- son, and herself. The property amounts to about $15,OOO. About s2,00O Is given in bequests, of which the principal were: $1,U00 to the Connecticut Hu- mane Society, the income to be used and the principal kept intact; s2OO to the Ecclesiastical Society of Goshen for the care of the cemetery; $400 to Miss Mary Robinson of Plainville; s20O to Mrs. Carrie Johnson of Tor rington The executors are instructed to spend $500 for a tombstone for L-enry J. Mansfield, her hired man, who died two years a~N P""son-1 ne- fects are to be distributed among three nieceS..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
Many Frauds In Name
 Of Charity In London

London, Aug. 2.-London society has been stirred by the revelation that some of it's titled and most prominent members have unwittingly been lend- ing their names to fraudulent war charity. organizations. The names of the frauds and of the leaders of Eng lands aristocracy who served on com- mittees were not given out by the gov ernment committee which made the disclosures.
 Following close on the heels of the report the founder of a war fund was arrested, speedily convicted and sen- fenced to six months Imprisonment at hard labor for converting its money to his own use. In passing sentence the court condemned widely known persons who had allowed their names to be used on dummy committees" !"
 Rumors that all was not straight in the affairs of many of the charity" organizations which have sprung up since the outbreak of the war were heard early this year and resulted in the appointment of the committee. Its report bristles with stories of fake charities, astounding proof of the gull libility of mankind, and the case wherewith distinguished persons may be trapped into lending their names to what is described as organized TO- guery."
 The report, for instance, refers to one charity that published no &C., counts, to another with a merely nom- inal committee, to a third whose bal ance-sheet fails to account for q quar- ter of a million dollars, to a fourth started by an undischarged bankrupt, to fifth that was the invention of a foreign sWindler. To all these the public gave freely.
 ''The favorite dodge,' says the re- port, lis really to expend the major part of the sum collected on the nom- inal object of the charity and only steal twenty or thirty thousand pounds"
 After calling attention to the reck- lessness of titled and prominent peo- pie in lending their names to these fake charities. the committee recom- mends state supervision throughout registration of charity funds.
 But" says the Daily Mail, that is not enough. First let us have the title of the bogus charities or the names of their 'treasurers.' Titled and prominent people who lend their names in this way place a vicious and contemptible blot on our social sys- tenn, and it would do a world of good if the names of these dummy patrons were published along with the frauds they have helped to foster"
 Many promoters have found the war charity a gilt-edged investment, the Daily Sketch deduces and adds: There are certain men and women in society who think that they have fulfilled most of their obligations to charity by allowing their nnmes on every committee which writes for them"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
Danish West Indies Soon to Be Under Stars and Stripes
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 and still other captives were put in ! racks that tore off limb after limb.
 Almost every West Indian harbor was at one time or other a starting place for such forays, or hiding place from which the pirate crews would bounce upon a passing ship or | squadron, and what are now the Dan- ! tsh West Indies was favorite haunt of the buccaneers.
 In 1880 Morgan. returned to Eng 1 land with the wealth he had won, and l as Charles II, still ruled, enjoyed high favor Then he sailed back to the West Indies and when the happygo- i lucky monarch died in Whitehall the pirate fell from grace; he was thrown ! into prison by the English authorities l in Jamaica, and of his fate from this time on nothing has ever been known.
 Skull and Cross Bones.
 Blackboard, of a later date, was a worthy or unworthy successor to the dastardly Sir Henry. Like the lat ter Blackboard sailed under the "Jol- , 1y Roger'-that midnight flag with it's ghastly skull land cross bones, but unlike him he sailed in single ship, for by the beginning of the eighteenth century the day had gone when a buc- cancer chieftain could operate with a fleet. Posterity does not know the true name of him who is now and al- ways has been called Blackboard. That gentleman was originally sailor from Bristol, England, and of unknown an- tecedents During the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe from i 1701 to 1715 he was commander and nf ri h de of the French he met with indignities of both a personal and fina-' -'cial raIure and when peace came he was a ruined man. He forthwith instituted pri- lvate war on his own hook against all I that pertained to Louis XIV; such procedure was, of course, not attuned to the law of nations, and Blackboard found himself a pirate.
 z ThereupOn he proceeded to make himself one of the most successful.and famous pirates that eN CT sailed The popu1ous waters of Europe speedily became too hot to hold him, and he sailed away to that paradise for the vicious; the American coast in general and the West Indian coast in particu- lar. Among the latter islands he made his headquarters, as the tradi- | tions of the Danish islands bear wit ness to-day, and through the Carib- bean and up and down the Atlantic coast of the American colonies of George I, his name became a synonym for cruelty, depravity and success at his lurid calling. The cognomen (which has come down to us grew out of the immense black beard which adorned the face of this remarkable sailor, the effect of which was height tened by the two long braids tied with baby blue ribbons, in which he wore it. Before going into a fight he would Istick lighted slow matches under his hat to surround his face with flame and to add to the terror of the behold CT. His felt was fringed with a row of gigantic horse-pistols and across bis shoulder and breast was a strap
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04

from which depended as many more pistols as could be hung uponit. Black beard was a huge man physically, of superhuman strength and of real abil- ity in commanding and controlling men-if the human wolves and hyenas wlfo served under him can be so call ed.
 Blackbeard's Gentle Humor.
 Blackboard had a sense of humor withal. Once, on a cruise that proved otherwise uneventfuI he called his crew into the hold, closed the matches and set fire to a barrel of sulphur, with the thoroughly truthful remark that the ship was a hell and the crew all devils, so he wanted to see how well they could stand an environment of appropriate atmosphere and tenn perature. He stayed in the hold him. self and watched his crew nearly choke to death, being little affected himself, for the logical reason, pos sibly, that he was the prince of the devils.
 Neither was Blackboard without lit erary ability. A portion of h1s jour- nal has been preserved and reads as follows:
 ''Such a Day-Rum' All Out"
 Such a Day-Rum all out:-Our company somewhat sober;-A damn't Confusion amongst us-Rogues a. plotting; g;-great talk of separation So I look'd sharp for a prize:-Such a Day, took one with a Great deal of Liquor on Board, so kept the Com pany hot, damn'd hot;-then all things went we'll again.
 From which we infer that things "broke badly for Blackboard and his companions when they were sober. but careened along serenely when they were drunk, all of which is merely an- other instance that the buccaneers of two hundred years ago were vastly different species of the human animal from people who live to-day.
 Marriage His Hobby.
 Blackboard was about as amorous as he was ferocious, which is saying much, and with him marriage was a favorite pastime. The high water mark of his career as a swain came when, in different ports, he had sey- enteen wives at the same time. Af- ed to land at any coast town from Mas ed to land atany coast town from Mas sachusetts to Panama, not numbering
  he happened to be near, terrorize the inha bitants and then proceed to boom local business by lavish expenditure of his prize money. Oftentimes his party would embrace the acquisition of a new wife, and then, when his money was gone, he would steal a boat desert his latest prize from the sea of matrimony, assemble another crew, and depart on fresh foray on the sea of Neptune.
 Tackled Men-of- War.
 Besides capturing merchantmen Blacakbeard's ship occasionally met and conquered a man-of-War, usually of England or France, although the nationality of his opponent was a mat ter that in no wise concerned the pi- rate as long as she afforded a chance for booty and blood. Blackboard fin ally had one such contest too many In 1718 he engaged the British ship of-war Pearl off the coast of the col ony of Maryland, his ship was boarded