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Evening star., 1916-12-31

full book Of personal recollections::
From Europe and the far east and
South America, from a trip across the
Isthmus of Panama in the flfties. and
voyage in a clipper ship around Cape
Horn to San Francisco, Mrs. Hobson
brings a rare store of fresh incident.
and "reminiscences of many notable per
sons from one or another of the far
parts of the world. Information is here
80 animated by the writer's personality
as to produce the most vivid of impress
sions. bringing distant places and per
sons before one in a warm immediacy
of effect. There are here. too. recol-
1ections of Mrs. Hobson's work in the
field of philanthropy where her
achievements stand in evidence OF the
quality of her initiative and co-opera-
ton. BY reason of it's broad foundation
of experience. its realism and it's liter
ary ease of manner, this stands as one
of the best of the books of personal
"reminiscences. Printed first for private
circulation alone. it has. since the death
of it's author, come into the larger field
OF general circulation through the So
1icitation of such numbers as to war
rant it's appearance.
RELIGION OF NEWSPAPER MAN.
BY Dewitt McMurray. New York:
Fleming II. Revell Company.
One wonders why more editorial
opinions and mature deliberations I'm
permanent book form for the advan-
tage of readers. Mr.. McMurray has
set good example by assembling such
Of his editorials as deal with the sig
nificant things of life. These sum to
a multiform exposition of many i'm
portant aspects Of modern life. as they
amount also to n wholesome code OF
daily living. This editor Is not
preacher He is, rather, like an ex-
perienced friend who. having gone
about a good deal with his eyes open,
and having thought much about the
many things that ne has seen, sits
down and tells us what these various
things mean to him, and ought to
mean to US, as an element in the life
that each of us is building. 1t is
book for ones leisure hours. or mo-
ments. a book calculated to stir ones
thous hts toward the broad areas that
lie outside his own narrow personal
domain.
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Already a number OF large industrial
concerns are interested in these de-
tachments. The first training detach-
ment is now being organised at Palmer
ton, Pa. where the employees OF a zinc
company are taking the Red Cross
course Of instruction in first aid. The
activities OF the hrst-aid department
have been extensive during the current
year. More than seo hrst-aid classes
for men and women have been organ
ized. and $500 certificates Of proficiency
in first aid have been issued to stu
dents Cooperation with the Young
Mems Christian Associations and with
the Young Women's Christian Assooia-
tions, also with the Boy Scouts and the
Girl Scouts. has been continuous.
Two cars are maintained on the rail-
roads east and west of the Mississippi
for the instruction OF railroad men.
During the current year 66.3sa railroad
employees received instruction in hrst
ton. these Red Cross nrst-aid instruc-
tors and Instructions have been sent
far afield. and have gone to the lufn-
bernen I'm camp. to the miners in the
licemen and iremen and to many other
branches of labor where accident and
illness are ever a menace.
The Red Cross bureau OF nursing
1000 trained nurses ready 40 call II nj
into any position which need may die
tate. Miss Jane A. Delano. chairman OF
the national committee on Red Cross
nursing service, has for years given her
invaluable services to the organization
and training of this vital branch OF the
work. She will continue to exercise her
ability as an organizer and administra-
tor in this position.
During the past year the town and
country nursing service OF the Ameri-
can Red Cross has done a steadily ad-
vancing work in the general uplift In
health conditions in town and country
life where efficient municipal nursinE
is required. 1t hopes for still greater
results for the year 1917.
The town and country service OF the
Red Cross is at the disposal OF com
munities who wish the services or a
public health nurse. To prevent epi-
denies. to reduce the infant death rate.
to make better babies. cleaner homes.
town, to establish as nearly as pos
sible 100 per cent records for healthy
children without physical defect. to
work hand in hand with school teach
men and all social workers--for these
and for other reasons IL the town and
country service of invaluable use.
During the past year inquiriss have
garding the nursing service, and Red Croe.
visiting nurses have recorded 1o.2ss
cases receiving care and a total mum.
ber of 1885 visits.
A gratifying increase in the member.
ship of the American Red Cross IL re-
corded among the years accomplish
ments. Twelve months ago the mem
bership was 22.499: today the list OF
2e6,461 members represents An increase
Of 1173 per cent.
The familiar little Red cross Christ
mas seal is also doing it's part more
vigorously than ever in stamping out
tuberculosis in America. In its brave
fight aeains the white plague Il has
brought a total Of well over 33.060.0o0
to the cause.
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training of children. The list also con
tains number of other volumes
which deal intelligently with the many
questions which mothers and fathers
must meet daily in deciding how to
guide the future welfare of their chill
dren.
ut is very dfficult." said Miss Lom-
bard, ito find books which treat the
sex problem adequately, at least thai
phase of it which has to do with i'm
parting sex facts to children: No at
tempt has been made to provide read
ing matter on this subject-a subject
so vital, yet so difficult to approach
More and more good books are being
written in this field. however. and the
whole matter is one Of increasing inn
portance. So ] advise the parent to
procure at least one book on this sub
ject for his own benefit.
"The list, / think, might be fuller in
several other matters. also. Good ma
terial might be found dealing with sim
Dlicity in children'S clothes. and with
their manners, food, social life and en-
tertainments
at the close of the list of parents
books are a number of works of f1c-
tiop and several text books of informa
children. In addition. the division has
issued a pamphlet of 1000 good books
for children classified and compiled by
Alice NJ. Jordan of the Boston Public
IL
This division. of which Miss Lombard
is secretary. during the three years OF
it's organization has steadily grown in
its contact with the people. as a cor
respondence list containing more than
sc. 900 names will attest. II is purely
cooperative in its purposes and reaches
the/ public through pamphlets. parent
teacher associa tions, as well as through
it's reading courses.
y ,*
1t was established by the commits
sioner of education at the earnest So
licitation of Mrs. Frederick Schoff,
president of the National Congress of
Mothers, and her associates in this or
ganization. On account of her broad
knowledge in phlanthropic work and
her rich experience in working for
child welfare, Mrs. Schoff was made di-
rector of this division.
AS a mother of seven children, she
knows well the vital needs of mothers
and little children. Every mother"
she says. ''is reading direct from the
pages of life itself in bearing children
and rearing a family. She is learning
lessons as valuable as any that life
has to offer. for every woman who has
experienced motherhood has glimpse
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In communicating with it's agents and
in transmitting funds and supplies.
In this work the Red Cross is
strictly neutral and works impartially
among all nationalities. It collects and
distributes money and supplies for re-
lief work of all kinds in Europe. in
Guiding non-combatanr relief. About
400 Red Cross surgeons. nurses. sani-
tors. sent abroad by the American Red
Cross. have served in hospital and field
work in Albania. Austria Hungary
Bulgaria. Egypt, England, France. Ger
many, Greece, italy. Montenegro. Persia.
Poland. Russia, Serbia, Siberia. Syria
and Turkey.
The receipts for European war relief
work, from the beginning until Novem-
Der l, 1915. amounted to $2.331 ,699.19.
The expenditures have aggregated
100000 yet unexpended. The value of
the supplies which have been shipped
amounts to S1,523.427.67.
Until Rumania entered the war, Red
Cross agents were able to ship large
supplies of foodstuffs across the Ru-
manian border by way OF Hungary to
Belgrade. At the end Of August 316
carloads had been delivered to feed
and in the interior. Other supplies
were sent into Serbia from the United
States and Switzerland across Austria,
but the effort will be made to continue
the work in some way. ThS approximate
Three Red Cross representatives are
now in Greece with emergency supplies
for southern Serbia and to plan ways
and means of caring for Serbian
refugees driven from their country by
the wave of war sweeping across IL.
From Syria the Red Cross reports ter
rible news of suffering and starvation.
the effects of the war being accentuated
by a plague of locusts.
Tn t,,n II, N,rtfh fhn Aryr, ,fov
and Syrian relief committees. plans are
being made for the shipment OF sup
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E1HERE IL one important organi-
sation in the United States
which today stands prepared
q for what the New Year is to
bring-peace. the ever hoped for; war.
If it is to come
This is the American Red Cross.
whose achievements during the past
two years have given to the world a
record Of work splendidly carried on.
and shown 1t an honor roll of men and
women whose deeds of courage. devo-
ton, self-sacriice and efficiency have
never been excelled in the history of
Humanitarian effort
The New Year Is to see the Red Cross
90 from strength to strength. widening
its field. enlarging its administrative
ship.
The New Year also sees the American
Red Cross taking possession of its
splendid new home at the capital Of the
nation. This Is q beautiful building of
entire city block. lying southwest of
the State. War and Navy building.
As the inscription over the pillared
Is shs I'm MeReey Rea Of hs Hs
roic Women Of the Civil War" The
plan Of the structure Is severely clas
ete in style. massive simplicity being
the architectural keynote. The series
Of noble fiuted columns which decorate
the main entrance on 18th street, and
extend along the entire front and en-
bellish the north aud south porches.
are completed by richly carved capi-
tails Of remarkable beauty.
The interior Of the building is also
finished in white marble. its decoration
again following the lines of classic
simplicity. The splendid white marble
staircase, supported by massive col
umns, II the main feature of the en-
trance hail. Above its first landing Is
engraved the following:
MEMORIAL
Built By the sovsrnment Of the United States
anl patriotic citizens to the Women Of the
North and the women Of the South. held in
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port upon his return last year he stated
that mo human prearrangement could
have been adequate to meet the un-
precedented demand Of this war" and he
begged that America mobilize the
forces of mercy in behalf of the ava
lanche Of suffering which had descended
upon Europe.
The sailing of the Red Cross ship
1914. with thirty doctors and 1875 nurses
was this countrys quick response to
this appeal Others followed. bringing
the number to 400. This corps of
into units and placed in the various
stations in the warning countries most
in need Of help What they accom-
plished has supplied one of the most
Not one OF the American men and
women who went into the European
war zone through the Red Cross went
in other than the spirit Of a strong and
for relief in this greatest calamity in
the worlds existence. Today their
courage. attaining the highest point of
heroism, self-sacrifice unto death. un-
firing devotion to duty and the splen-
did application of their trained eff
cheney, give them first place among. the
representatives of the Red Cross
throughout the world.
At the close Of the year 1916 and pre-
vfous to its removal to its new and per-
manent headquarters the American Red
Cross has taken stock of its late work
and given an outlook for the year be-
fore It.
In its European war work it has
raised and administered funds for Eu-
repean war relief from the beginning
OF the war. In this work 1t has CO.
operated with the Red Cross societies
OF the belligerent countries and has
utilized its governmental connections
In securing reliable data about needs.
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w Year and Work of the American Red Cross

sity of Chicago and in New York city.
new organization for hrst.aid in.
struction. which during the next year
will be created in connection with the
Red Cross chapters throughouts the
country. Is the sanitary training de-
partment. The men of this unit have
substantially the same training
those OF the ambulance company. but
the organization is not no military In
character. and will not serve ~ . unit
with the armed forces. although It's
trained members are expected to NIL up
the medical department units in time
of war.
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THE DUELs And Other Stories. By An
ton Chekhov. From the Russian by
Constance Garnett. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
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HE need for parental train

ing is greater today than ii
has ever been,' declares
q Mig Ellen I.nnlh ha I'd Secre.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-04-06
| SEVEN sHl1pssbEsrRoyED.
Five Merchantmen Belonging to Neu.
trail Nations Attacked.

London, April 6-Submarines have
destroyed seven more merchantmen
five of them belonging to neutral ma
tions. Loss Of life accompanied the
sinking of the Bendew and the Baus.
The latest victims of submarines
are the British ships Bendew and
Clan Campbell, Spanish steamer Vigo
Dutch steamer Elzina Halera, Nor
wegian schooner Bell, the Norwegian
steamer Baus and the ship Arena.
1t is expected that the report from
Malta of the sinking of the British
steamer Clan Campbell means another
outbreak of Austrian submarine ac-
tivitv in the Mediterranean. 1t is re-
ported the vessel was sunk without
warning. The crew was saved.
The crew Of the Spanish steamer
Vigo, after being adrift in small boats
for 25 hours, after their ship had
been torpedoed and sunk, was pick
ed up by an English boat and taken
to Gibraltar. The Vigo was sunk in
the Bay of Biscay.
One life was lost when the Ben
dew, a British steamer, was sent
down. Twenty-seven were landed.
Havre, April GA German sub
marine has sunk the Norwegian
steamer Baus, a vessel Of 1887 tons.
in the English Channel. Four of the
crew are missing. Fourteen others
were saved.
Amsterdam, April 6--The crew of
the Norwegian steamship Arena, l.
019 tons gross, has been taken to
Ymuiden by the trawler Clare. A Reu-
ter dispatch from Ymuiden says the
Arena was torpedoed and sunk by Il
German submarine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-04-06
SINKING OF THE ESSEX
Official EVIDENCE Shows Channel
Steamer was TOrpedoed

Washington, April 6-The hrst OIL
cial evidence showing that the Chan-
mel liner Sussex was torpedoed was
made public last night by NJ, jus
serand, the French Ambassador With
the permission of Secretary OF State
Lansing. 1t is the findings Of an IN
ouiry conducted by Rear Admiral A..
Grasset, assistant chief of the French
General Staff for. the vice admiral OF
the French General Staff and is en-
bodied in the form of a report by
Rear Admiral Grasset. The text has
been cabled to the French Embassy
here.
1t presents striking evidence of a
deliberate attack without warning of
an enemy submarine. The captain on
the bridge saw the wake of the torpe-
do $50 meters away and ordered the
helm hard aport while the second Off
Ger and the deck officer besides pas
sengers who happened to be o nthe
port side saw the torpedo.
One of the passengers mistook the
approaching torpedo for a big white
fish just before it struck the vessel
and commented on it to his neighbor.
The Sussex had already begun to
swing off in response to the captains
order to turn to starboard to avoid
the torpedo. The engineer on the
watch corroboratc the statement that
the, captain gave this order before the
torpedo struck and the orders were
executed Immediately.
Rear Admiral GrasseI's report init
mates that the enemy submarine re-
manned in the neighboahood of the
Sussex after the catastrophe in or
der to torpedo any ship coming to
the rescue of its victim.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-04-06
MRS. WAITE WANTS DIVORCE
Alleges Defendant Obtained Her Con-
sent to Marry by Fraud

Grand Rapids, Mich, April 5-Mrs
Clara Louise Peck Waite filed suit
for divorce from DR.. Arthur Warren
Waite in the Superior Court yester-
day.
In her bill of complaint she charges
her husband, now under indictment
in New York for the murder of hel
father, John E. Peck, gained her con-
sent to marrying by fraud; that he
treated her with extreme cruelty af'
ter marriage; plotted to murder hei
father and mother, and did accomplish
that crime, and intended to kill her
and other members of her family.
1T is also charged that Dr.. Waite
had unlawful relations with Mrs
Margaret Horton, and other "person!
unknown to the plaintiff :"
Mrs. Waite charges that her hus
band began to treat her cruelty i'm
mediately after their marriage, Sep
ltember g., 1915, and conducted him
self toward her in an 'unkind, cruel
harsh, brutal and inhuman" manner
and that this continued until she wa
forced to leave him.
Mrs. Waite AYERS that she left he
husband about March II because sh
feared for her life.
The complaint makes direct charge
that the defendant administered poi
sons which caused the deaths of Nh
and Mrs. John E. Peck.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-04-06
HON. J. l.. BURNETT'S ADDRESS

Alexandria Council, Order Frater-
nal Americans. will this evening, at
Odd Fellows Hall. observe ladies
night. 1t will be patriotic gather
ing. Hon. John L. Burnett, OF Ala
bama, has been invited to deliver an
address to the Council and ne will be
on hand. In addition an entertain
ment has been provided. Among the
features will be a flag drill and tab
leaux of some fifty or sixty small
girls, under the direction of Miss
Blanche Rotchford, and the latter
will sing at the conclusion of the
tableaux "The Star Spangled Banner
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-04-06
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Miss Siddons Charged with Assault
ing Herbert Conar with Pistol

Miss Lucy R. Siddons, prominent
horscwoman and owner Of stock
farm in Fairfax county several miles
south of Alexandria, was held for the
action of the grand jury on charge
of assault with pistol on Herbert
Conar, former manager of her place
The alleged assault occurred March
% on the place of Miss Siddons. Miss
Siddons gave bond for her appear
ance before the grand jury Of Fair
fax county next month in the sum Of
$500.
The case was opened first with Il
hearing on a charge Of simple assault
preferred by Miss Siddons against
Conar. He was fined $40 and costs on
this charge, and he noted an appeal.
The court next heard the charge Of
simple assault preferred by Conar
against Miss Siddons and this was
dismissed.
Both assaults it was charged in the
warrant occurred March 20.
The hearing took place in the office
Of Judge G.. E. Nicol. Conar was re-
presented by attorney Aylett B
Nicol, and Attorney G. Washington
Lewis appeared for Miss Siddons.
The justices who sat in the case
were F.. w. Troth, J. H. Broders and
Arthur Kirby.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-04-06
NOTICE.

The regular meeting of'the stock
holders Of the The Lincoln Land and
Improvement Company, of Washing
ton, D. c., Incorporated, for the
election of officers and directors, and
such other business. as may properly
come before the meeting will be held
on Wednesday, April, IL, 1916, at its
office, Ill S. Fairfax street, Alexan.
dria, Va, Polls open from 3 to 4 p
m. T. E. BIDDLE, Sect.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-04-06
FINE OUTLOOK FOR CANAL.
G0ethals Feels Sure it will be Re.
opened for Good April Is.

Panama, April 4.-Major General
George w. Goethals, Governor of
the Canal Zone, made an examination
this morning of the slide area in tho
Gaillard cut, to satisfy himself re-
garding conditions. He said after
ward that the situation looked even
more favorable to MIN than he had
expected and that April Is would re-
main unchanged as the date for re.
opening the waterway.
General Goethals expressed the be-
lief that the canal would not again
be closed to traffic on account OF
slides in the cuts:7'i q q.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-04-06
DEADLY WAR WEAPONS
Germans: Use Flying Torpedo and
French Shells Weighing a ton

Chicago, April 5-The deadliest
weapon the Germans have in use in
the war is flying torpedo. 1t wipes
out an entire company if it lands with
in twenty feet Of the trench,
Such is the statement of Lieut.. S.
c. Chapman, a. Chicagoan, who en-
listed in the French army at the out
break of the war. He was wounded in
the fighting at Verdun, being home
on furlough.
"Verdun will never fall" he said
"The French have enough artillery
and ammunition to fight the Ger
mans for the rest of their natural
lives. The Germans weren't touching
US when | left. With all their great
big guns they have only one effective
missile. This torpedo is about foot
and half long, and is winged he
said, "A soldier sends it out from the
trench by the aid of heavy spring
which he pulls back. 1t travels about
two hundred feet. "
Paris, April 5-The French have
ready for use thein, new l6-inch gun:
which are able to fire more devasta
ting explosive shell than the German
l8-inch gun.
Two giant shells for this gun, eX
hibited in Paris, stand FIVE and on'
half feet high, each, and weigh more
than ton.