Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-15

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that many of the Russian prisoners
taken in the recent battles IN the
Carpathian mountains are II and 10
years old. Some of the soldiers mad
no rifles and tried to storm Austro-
German positions with bayonets fast
ened to short poles. ;b'
Deportation Of Belgian civilians an-f
to Germany for forced labor has
reached such serious proportions that
American Charge Grew at Berlin has
been directed by the State Depart
ment to take the matter up person
ally with Chancellor Won Bethmann
Hollweg. The charge was request
ed to say that such deportations
could not but have most unfortun-
ate effect on neutral opinion, parti-
cularlv in the United States, which
has the welfare of the Belgian civil
ian population very much at heart.
| Beersheba, in Palestine, has been
bombarded by allied avlators.
Mrs. Mary Bieschefska, 80 years
| of age, was yesterday placed under
arrest, in Philadelphia, charged with
the murder of one OF her boarders
at her house in Port Richmond, a
suburb, of Philadelphia. Following
the exhuning and finding of arenslc
| poisoning in the body OF Mrs. Soma
| Rojewslei, a p year old bride OF Tour
months, the coroner ordered the an
rest of the accused woman and later
| in the day man whose name the po-
lice will not yet disclose, was placed
under arrest on the suspicion OF
knowing something about the case.
| The husband of the dead woman had
| lived at the house for year before
| his marriage last July and friends
of the man are alleged to have. told
a coroner's detective of the jealousy
aroused in his boarding mistress over
| his marriage. The accused woman
| has husband and three children, the
youngest 10 months old.
A strange pact by which William
T. Hussman sold his pretty wife to
man ten years his junior ended ia
| tally yesterday. in St. Louis, when
Ralph II. Shotwell, the purchaser,
/ shot Hussman through the heart. The
| deal was arranged week ago, Shot
! well promised to pay $500 for Mrs.
Hussman within week, and she, &C
quiescing in the sale, promised to pay
| part of the money herself. Convinc-
ed that ShotWell was trying to evade
]! payment, Hussman went to his home
| yesterday, and after an argument
drew a revolver. His weapon failed
to discharge and Shotwell killed him.
1 An examination showed that the
main spring had been removed from
/ the elder mans revolver.
! Hiram w. johnson has been elimi-
/ mated as 1920 Presidential posi-
bility by both Hughes and Roosevelt
devotees, according to authoritative
! information at Republican headquar-
tiers in New York, When returns in
dicated yesterday that the Golden
| State governor had annexed about
100000 plurality for United States
Senator and Hughes had run behind
him at least $500 more, both Hugh
cs and Roosevelt managers agreed
I that they would try to make him an
impossibility for head of the nation
al ticket four years hence. Hughes
leaders charged Johnson with treach-
! cry to their Presidential candidate
| Roosevelt leaders declared Johnson is
in the Colonel's way and must be
eliminated if the Colonel is to be the
next united Progressive
| nominee.
Fearing that the Presidents wife
has excessive social ambitions" and
will revive the inaugural ball next
March 4. the Conference Of Union
Methodist Ministers Of ST. Louis,
| has formally resolved to ask Presi-
dent Wilson not to authorize the ball.
The resolution, introduced by Rev.
Marvin T. Nav, and Rev. Elmer
Clark, at the convention in Centenary
Church, asks the President mot to
| reverse himself in matter which
Christian people approve"