Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-27
NEWS OF TEE DAY
Germany has asked Russia to wal

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until January "a for GelEanys re
ply-to the: 2ussian peace: Germs TIC
/ people Of the Teutoric Empires, BIT
| tsrls disappointed because Christmas
has not brought them the gift that
has been held before their Tlstfu
eyes fer many weeks now, peace
| with Russia, are asked TO contain
| themselves in patience. Shrewdly 6
/ Gate has been set well calculated t.
stimulate hope anew, for January
81 is just three days before the
kaiscr's birthday, and that IS the
greatest, most solemniy observed non
religious holiday in The Empire.
Mary Lomax, cclorcd, % years Oil,
and her three small children, r'arc
burned to death last night when 2irc
destroyed their home at 44l7 Pei:
street, Kenilworth, D. c. Robert
Ioniax. the husband and father, was
arrested and will be held pending III
vestigation. The three children were
asleep in one bed and the mother III
another. Apparently the mother had
been awakened and was going to her
children when she vas overcome BY
smoke. The charrcd bodies We're
fund i'll the ashes where the bed
stood. 1t is thought that defective
range caused the fire.
Vilhjalmur StcfaEsson, tic arctic
explorer, AMI his party. all of whom
were believed to have been lost, have
arrived safely at Port Yukon, Alaska.
The violent struggle OF the Asiago
Plateau continued all day TUESDAY,
I,ut resulted in virtually no change in!
The relative positions Of the opposing
The Italians renewed their
attacks or Col Del Rosso and Monte
Tal Bella, the dominating heights at
the head Of the Frenzela Valley, but
were unable to shake loose the grip
# the enemy. Similarly, all efforts
ii Field Marshal Conrad's forces to
extend their gains on both SIDES u
:he Brenta River broke down.
dispatches from Vienna AMI Buda-
pest contain alarming reports Of fcar-
iui internal conditions in Austria-
Ilungarc. The situation in Hungary
IS described as particularly bad, ana
there are continual and vehement out
,.u1sts among the populacc. Austrian
creed is denounced III Unmeasurcd
terms by the Ilung&rianS who con-
t;iiyc 20 clamor for the supplies That
haze boon promised frcr Russia no"
that hostiIities have been suspended
80 it,o Eastern 4j.on;. :" threaten
ing is The tolTent of complaint that
I; bursting forth among the MaTgars
.hab in manly quarters Il demand for
. break is being yoicc-l IN growing
volume.
Tho German emperor, returning
With his staff from the Fcr6nr front.
bad a narrow escape during TIC &C.
prisa! rad Of British air squadron
on Mannheim Christmas eve, accord
ing 10 q dispatch from Easel. Only
about ali horr earlier the empcror'S
spccial train left tile station, which
WIS partly destroyed by several
bombs. \ section Of the tracks vas
tos2l up, cutting communicated norti!
Two bombs fell on The palace and one
n the suspension bridge ocross the
Ncckar River. both structures BENG
lady damaged. Al an:nunl!.cn
factory il: northern suburb was
Llon7, up. rex poIsons we're killed.
l,c-~cver, IS Tic employee -''crc llaT--
ing q holiday a considerable mum
Ler Of persons were killed q injured
within the town anu sevctai we're
blown INFO the Rhine.
Tie cost e living i'll Great Britain
Las risen los per cent since the war.
y !ifeboat from The American
rtean,er Iuscarora. believed to have
',een lost with all hands. vas picked
~ yesterday bv the li"ht keeper on
St. Pauls Island. Wreckagc tcun :
nearby Indicated that the steamer
vas dashed aoains.. the cliffs IN 4
form last week. There was 10 trace
E the crew. st. Paurs Island lies
tetween Cape Breton and Newfornj-
,and. and many ships have been
-:rcckcd on its rocky shore.
tO0-FOOJ FALL KILLS FLEE.
r',d.t 4. X. Harrison, Of ClNlda;