Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-17
NEWS OF THE DAY

American flag over merchant mar
inc of the first rank ON all the seas
of the world was taken yesterday in
New York, This step was the purchas-
ING of the New York Shipbuilding
Company, of Camden, N. j. by the
international Mercantile Marine Co.,
the international Corporation, the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company am
W. R. Grae and ConHaiy. The deal
involved about $15,0O0;Oo0.
Ihirty-dollar shoes were predicted
by shoe and leather men at their an
nual meeting yesterday at Boston,
Alfred w. Donovan, large shoe
manufacturer, said that if buyers de-
mand shoes of all leather they will
have to pay high for them soon. tie
predicted that within three months
the majority of women's shoes Will
have to have cloth tops. He SAID:
"Calves should not be killed in this
country for the next year. A call
skin will only furnish leather en-
ough for four pairs Of shoe uppers,
whereas full grown hide will make
uppers for many pairs Of shoes.
Monastir, the main Bulgarian base
in Macedonia and pivotal point Tor
the entire Bulgaro-Teuton lines
guarding the Orient Railway from
thefsouth, is in the steel clasp Of the
Franco Serbian army and is expected
to- fall within 48-hours. The last
powerful ring of defenses, built and
improved upon by the acme of tech
meal skill every hour of every day
of a: whole year, was battered down
Yesterday like so much rubbish, by
the French "seventyfves" and oc-
cnpied BY French and Serbian troops
i,r sudden resumption of the "big
push" The Cerna bend is cleared oil
Balears and Germans and the rivers
natural defense qualities arc definite
H. lost to them. The defenders are re-
treating headlong uopn Monastlr, The
pursuers are less than four miles
away. Ten villages, each 4 verltable
fortress, one town and fortified
monastery fell to the allies during
the last 24-huurs.
Yesterdays official war bulletins
from Berlin, Petrograd and Buch-
est show that Gen. Won Falkenhayns
offensive against northwestern Ru-
mania continues favorably for the
Teutons. Driving the Rumanians be-
fore them along the roads leading
southwark through Rothenthum and
Szurduk passes into the interior OF
the hard pressed Balkan kingdom, the
Acknowledgement forc&s under thu
former chief of staff hgain captured
five officers and 1870 men during
the past 24-hours.
All of the American troops along
the Mexican border will have turke!
for Thanksgiving dinner. In addition
they will have mashed potatoes, cand'
led sweet potatoes, cranberrles, ICE
cream and several different kinds OF
pie. There are upward Of 10000
troons at the border. Orders were
sent from the War Department yes
terday for the various 0rgani2atlo!
ouartermasters to prepare for thu
feast.
An unidentified man who is sale
to have had Il package Of gunpowde1
and a quantity of acid in his posses
sion was captured yesterday inside
the 'stockade which is the berth o.
thr German submarine Deutschland
at New London, Conn. An effort wa:
made by the people connected witt
the blockade runner to suppress TIT
details, and some them are III
clincd to deprecate the incident, bu
others believe firmly that by the cap
turc of the unknown an attempt t.
damage or destroy the boat was frus
trated.
Two murders and a riot of more
than 300 persons who attempted t.
lynch a prisoner suspected OF the
Staying spread reign of terror
through the suburbs Of Wyandotte
Mich, early yesterday. Harry Paul
%, and Morris Harris, %, both were
shot down from ambush as they lief