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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
FRENCH-BRTTISH SWEEP
Baltimore American.)

Nothing like the magnificent ac
vance made by General Fctaln o. the
west front has happened in that part
Of the war zone for many months
The Joint drive Of the Frenrn ane
the British in Flanders : carrying
ersigns of the Ally nations nearer
and nearer the goals. Ostena, Laon
and all the other points OF strategic
md ultimate Importance are being
drawn within the sphere of the m
mediate influence Of the armies OF the
Two great generals.
With forty-tive Thousand troops
lost in two days, added to fe hun
dreds of thousands lost s:nce this
latest drive began. the Teutcns have
4 specimen of Ally address, at
serves notice upon them Of tne!i
doom. Together with this mighty
advance-with the Peta;n drive rep
resenting the greatest r.'pnlse the
Germans have suffered during the
present year-the Allies have 70
cause FOR discomfort at the progress
of the war.
The war will be won ~ the west
front. despite the repeated efforts OF
he Germans to distract :he!r foes
toward some other front. And the
Allies are now paving t',o way ior
The full success of their cause. The
United States, like II vas lmponGer-
able menace. stands behind The Allie:
in their fine work. and 5000 the leu,
tons will be crushed between thu
upper and lower millstoneS OF the
Allies and this country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
Editor Gazette:
ITALIANS RETREAT.
German Success Means the Eracua-
ton of Bainsizza Plateau.

London, Oct. 27.-"At many places
German troops are fighting on ita!
ian territory the German Wal oi'
flee announced today in reporting
further important progress IN the
drive against the Italians on the
lsonEo.
Thirty thousand prisoners have
been taken so far by the advancing
Teutons. Three hundred guns are
included in the booty.
But the saddest news of all int
Italy and her allies was this grave
admission from the Ror- Var Of-
flee.
prom Monte Maggiore~ to the
west of .Auzza we have withdrawn
on our boundary line, III conse-
quence of which we had to provide
for the evacuation of the Balnsizza
Plateau"
This means that Italy's greatest
effort Of the war. a 40-day drive
that cost even the attackers. streams
of blood. has been vitiated. its
fruits wiped out overnight.
Capture of the BainsiZza Plateau
was the browning glory of that drive.
Only on the northern edge the Aus
trians were Still ciiging fast when
Cadorna.S seeing the symptoms at an
approaching counter thrust. called
a halt to his own offensive to save
his munitions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
PATRIOTIC RED MEN.

The Great Council of Delaware. I'M
proved Order % Red Men, held It's
siyty-sccond annual meeting IN vii
mirgton this week, when the Coun-
eli :ldonted resolutions pledg!ng the
members to fulfill the promises made
BY the national body t. President
Wilson to do all within their power to
help win the war. As evidence OF
their desire to do their bit. the
members decided to have n wheat
rs and one mcat!ess meal every dry
n their homes. All the tribes n Della
r"arc viii contribute to the Red Mems
fcnl with which 20 ambulances and
Kitchen cars will be purchased and
donatet to the Ped Cross.
The patriotism Of Red Men extends
h&gN to the days OF the American
Revolution. When the colonies
i; la.;y determined to sever themselves
f~cn the British crown. Indians were
- repl.t.n II re eastern ssct@e-. q
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
A \ AMONG ALLIES.

Brazil Yesterday declared war on
Germany. The vote in the Cham-
Der of Deputies WAS ll9 to !, only
> lone star in a country which the
Kaiser. his father and grandfather
have been endeavoring to Germanize
during the past three-score or more
wears Don Pedro, emperor OF
, Erazil in the early seventies, favored
German colonists. His successors,
| however. are averse to allowing Teu-
. tons to pet a foothold in the west
ern hemisphere; hence the decided
, action of the peoples representatives
! yesterday. !.
In the midst of the first furry OF
the South American Indignation
against Germany, a story was spread
abroad which told how the excite
| ment had operated to stir the latent
hostility of some of the Latin coun-
tries for one another, the tendency
| toward embodiment being nurtured
hy Teutonic agents operating
| throughout the continent.
But any spasm OF anger among
, states with ancient grievances seems
10 have passed quickly, perhaps be-
cause the governments early realized
| that they were being used by the
common enemy.
I'm by-gone years there were long
periods Of warfare and ~wrangling in
! South American republics, which more
than once engaged the attention oil
| the United States. The present at
tempt at reapproachment would be OF
| unusual significance at any time. 1T
is something very Ike a notice from
South America to Germany that the
, continent is unitedly against her and
is willing to subordinate all home
differences to the general safety.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
HONORS TO ALEXANDRIANS.

AS will be seen elsewhere in the
Gazette, four AlexanGrians We're
honored Thursday, they having been
selected for prominent positions IN
State bodies. j. Johnston Green Vas
male Grand Commander Of knights
Templars Of Virginia and Chester
A. Gwinn, Grand Standard Eearer
Both of these gentlemen are .Alexan-
drians. and their many friends and
acouaintances will rejoice with them
in the honors they are enjoying.
These gentlemen have given much
of their time and labor TO the Study
of Masonrv-in the Blue Lodge.
Chapter and Commandery-and the
annual conclavc in Richmond appre-
ciatod their work and honored them
accordingly.
Another Alexandrian was signal
~ honored at, the annual meeting Of
The Grand Camp of Confederate
Veterans at Petersburg Yesterday.
Boyd Smith, a native Of this city,
but who for years has resided in
Louisa county. was elected Grand
Commander. Mr.. Smith is a o Of
the late u. NJ. Smith and has a num-
Der of friends and acquaintance in
this city who will he glad to hear
of the esteem in which he is held By
his old comrades.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
MAKE HIM FEEL HIS SHAME

Amundsen. the noted Norwegian
explorer has thrown pack IN the
raiser,s face the German decorations
riven him before the war. he mas
cone this as a protest against the
German murder of peaceful Norweg-
ian sailors on October IL in the North
Sea.
The Baltimore Sun in this connec-
ton says German honors now mean
dishonor, German decorations contain
1nation and disgrace. Amundsen a:
he strips these things from his coat
doubtless feels as though the satire
they involve is much the same as II
ore were to wear Beelzebub's Order
Of Merit" or the Devils Iron Cross
Of Virtue.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
Notice.

%otice y hereby given that the IN
dersigned lines viii. on Novembr :.
ut 1000 a. NJ. apply to the Stat
Corporation Commission. at Rich
mond. Virginia, for authority TO in
crease the minimum charge for one
way special passenger train service
from $1,000 to $1,000.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com
panv: Carolina, Clinchticld and Ono
Railway: Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way Company: DanviIfe and West
crn Railway; Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad Company; Norfolk
Southern Railroad Company; New
Yorh. Philadelphia and Norfolk
Railroad; Norfolk and Western Rail
way Company: Scadoard Air Line
Railway Company; Southern Railway
Company: The Nirginian Railway
Company. Oct. 2'-29 NOV. 20
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27

the country as negroes at the present
time. 1t was one of the tricks OF our
forefathers to masquerade as aborlg-
ines in order to avoid the British red
coats who were working to uneartn
nests Of treason. These masque-
raiders met at certain places ana
formulated plans for casting oil the
apron strings of Britannia. "lndians,'
it will be reuembered, threw the tea
overheard in Boston harbor.
After independence had been Sc
erred these "tribes" kept up their
organizations, some becoming bene-
fetal and others political. Tammany
Hall in New York city is still called
the wigwam, the head the chief ana
the members the braves.
The order extends virtually to al
sections Of the United States. During
the past three-fourths of a centur!
Alexandria has had three tribes, two
re which are in existence today ant
f%lourishing. War Eagle Tribe was
= vigorous organization Of by-gone
wears. Inscriptions upon the tombs OF
some of our best citizens tell passers:
Nv that the deceased were members
of War Eagle Tribe. The pfSe o.
neace also stands out in its relief.
Osceola and Seminole Tribes of yhe
present day have numbers of Iur
representative citizens among tneIi
braves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
Holy Name Society.
Notice.

In compliance with the proclama-
ton Of our President setting aside
Sunday. October IS. as 4 DAY OF
pravcr for the success Of American
armies in the wan for world demo-
c:acy, the members Of the Holy
,larle Society Of st. Mary's church
are requested to attend the seven
o'clack mass on that day. recelV"
HOW Communion in n body and Of
fer up a special prayer for the
above intention.
p. A. kERSEN, President.
rev. l.. +. Kelley, Spiritual Director
2aT-2t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
T IN

The bread card has been established
~ neutral Switzerland, Il an (
and butter card threatens, according
let+a,. received at Atlantic City,
~ Louis Neumann, assistant malere
c'hotcl at the Hotel Traymore, from
his wife. who is in Muenchwilen, swift
.eyIapd. Mrs. Neumann's hrother-
;n-law is a surgeon on duty, near the
German border. She writes tha'
conditions in Germany have reached
stare where a terrible revolution
may occur at any time, unless the
Government meets the cries Of me
rcoplc for peace. Food shortage
las become 50 great in Germany thai
as many aS 90 people die daily III
Berlin from hunger typhus, the lestes
stated.
The above cnrruhorates the state
ments Of letters found in the pockets
Of German soldiers. recently capta!ea
Ey the British, on the western front.
These missivcs are from the fathers
and mothers of young men who are
lighting for the Kaiser. They tel OF
he terrible suffcrings OF the stay
at-home Tcutons, thousands Of wEom
are literally starving TO death-that
i they are dying like sheep from the
lack of fats, which superinduceS dys-
cntery and sometimes Asiat'c cholera.
We read in the book Of Exodus that
after the Angel Of Death passed over
lie land OF the paaroahs, There
was a great cry IN Egypt;
Tor there was not a house where there
was not ore dead" II is nearly as
BAD as that il Germany now. There
is no one dead in the Palace at Pots
lam. bit there are not many other
houses in Germany that AHrael has
not visited. and the people are be
coming impatient that something
should he done about 1t.
A contemporary says, ON the Whotc,
il is better that Pharaoh ilohcnzollera
should sin yet more and harden his
heart. His do"ile Subjects will not
tahe decisive action 30 long as there
is any hope Of his yielding. II he
will not allow Won Capelle ia 90, he
will not let Mirhael:S go. and tn"
German people vii! see tina: they
Hill have occasion 10 say. ~ the
Eovntians did. "We be all dead men.
Nichaeiis has been trying to hume"
he popular clamor for pcac" without
abandoning the imperialist Gvtcrmlna-
ton 20 conquer the allies - anr'hi-
late The German people. III sooner
10 German people realize Tint nc,
have nothing to hope for from tie
Faiscr. NE sooner they will isSu" their
faaudaCe Tor peace. It will have q
tendency TO p~rccipitate the conclusion
of the war If Pharaoh Hohen 'ollern
will sin vet more and harden ms
i,eart.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27

cess of SOC, 900, the size agreed up
on for the first national army. No
provision heretofore had been made
for them.
About 5000 men from Virginia,
MARYLAND, Delaware and New Jersey
were among the left-overs. They
were. composed of commissioned n
non-commissioned officers and prl-
yates. who are now undergoing ply
sical examination. 1t IS said that
the United States has approximate
Nv 100000 men in Europe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
SIX CENTS FOR BOYS LIFE.
Camden Jury's Award for Child Killed
bv Motor Truck. |

by Motor Truck.
Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 81
According to TIE verdict OF a jury
in Camden, the life Of an S-year-old
boy-is valued at six cents. Joseph
Wojckowiak, Of Camden, brought
suit in the Circuit Court before Judge
Lloyd against the Evans and Vinsent
Company to recover damages for the
loss Of his son, run down ard killed
hv a motor truck belonging to the
company.
It was explained to the jury that
2 boys earning capacity would not
begin until he reached the age Of 1G,
and that previous to that time the
child is an expense to tie parents,
The case will be appealed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27
Classified Advertising

HORSE VIII pat out for his keep
until May first one horse suitable
for driving or o~nc-horse wagon.
Apply to j. C.. Ramu"c, Southern
Railway Shops. 226-5t.
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NAETED-Table hoarderS a. l2G
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WANTED - Three rooms, living
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in central part Of city. Address
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WANTED-A iirst-c!ass i~anitcr 70
ire furnace. Apply 6l2 King street.
@3S-3t.
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FOR SALE-Corn folder. NJ. l..
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2ig-T3l. 2JS-6t.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Under the above heading the Gazette
will be pleased to give reasonable
space to any person who desires tt
make comment upon matters or gen
eral interest to the public. Writers
will oC course be responsible for theiI
r~iterances. AS a guarantee OF goor
taith. the name and address OF thu
writer Of any article submitted for
publication will be required In each
CHARACTERIZATION Gazette.
Editor Gazette:
In these piping times Of war would
it not. he well if the police served
notice on all amateur buglers to
cease their activities?
The people of Alexandria are suf-
fgiently wrought up, | think, without
being subjected to this annoyance.
r. P. De Uford.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-27

rn+.red at the Postofhce at Alexan-
sria. virginia as second class matter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
Travelling Salesman
Robbed Of Money
And Valued Jewelry

Antonio Tomlano, travelling saYes-
man employed by the Cudahy Beef
Co., walked into the Atlantic hotel
last night with $147 in his pockets
and also carried on his person a twin
diamond ring valued at $780,, a cameo
pin and considerable railroad mileage.
About 8 o'clock this morning he
thought he heard a noise. He arose
from his bed turned on the electric
light bulb and started to. search his
room. He found his trousers contain
ing all his valuables and money rolled
up in a knot on the chair in the room.
His door was locked and the police
believe the Job was done by a tran
som worker. The police state each
room has glass transom which is
left open fer ventilation purposes A
thief could reach through the tran
som with a wire and catching the
trousers pull them through the tran
som.
After extracting the coaseents the
trousers were rolled up in ball and
thrown through the fransom back in
to the chair in the room, close to the
door where they formerly lay, awak-
ening Tomlano. This method was
taken by thieves to get the money of
guests some weeks ago.
A bell boy was recently arrested
charged with stealing money from a
guest at the hosiery, He is await
ing extradition in New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
SECOND DIVISION
CONCLUDES WORK
OF EXAMINATION
Continued From Page II.
cov-&ifxx v-,a-,e %oao :

Continued From Page II
to certify men today.
The district board today announced
that its session would be daily be-
ginning tomorrow. All of the mem
bers of the board were at the court
house today but no formal meeting
was held because there was no bust
ness - present to the board in od11
cial FORM. There is a vast amount Of
recording and fling to be done to-
gether with the compiling and for
warding daily to the war department
of detailed report of activities.
Through the city Of Bridgeport the
exemption boards could only say that
their work was proceeding without
delay. The Lithuanians who yester-
day caused suspicious that con-
certed effort was being made to re-
sist the draft, were still stubborn to-
day about signing exemption claims
but their spirit is believed to have
been broken and that those who have
not yet appeared to file the. affidavits
will do 50 without much delay. Some
Of them had already appeared today.
The Second division board will
meet tomorrow to pass upon exemp-
ton claims and will at that time
reach final decision as to the disposf-
ton to be.Imade of David Bresky's
case. The young man claimed ex.
emption as the sole support of his
father and mother and it has been
found that they are wealthy and have
other children to aid them. The
board has under consideration refer
ence of the matter to United States
District Attorney Thomas J. Spell
q 90 o. =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
RUSSELL FEARS
EFFECT ON RUSS
OF P0PE'S MOVE
German Agents Sure te
Seize AS Any Encourage
ment Of Pacifism.

New York. Aug. 15.-Charles Ed
ward Russell, returning to the city
with the Root commission, expressed
the fear last night that the Pope's
peace proposal would have an unfa-
vorable effect on the situati. n in
Russia.
"One Of the dangerous elements Of
the situation in Russia" he said. is
that the people have been old by GER
tain arrivals from the United States
that the war is unpopular here, and
that America entered it only because
of the influence OF the munition MAX
ers. Any encouragement, therefore,
Of pacifist agitation in the United
States. such as will unquestionably re-
suit from the Pope's proposal, will
inevitably be reflected in Russia. Ger
man agents, who are circulating the
reports of the unpopularity of the
war in the United States will say,
You see, told you So and the sit
uation will be aggravated by just so
much.
sit is unfortunate for the Russian
situation that the Pope's proposal
should follow by such a. short inter.
val the La Toilette resolution in the
Senate. First came that strange and
sinister outburst of pacifism in the
Senate. and then this announcement
from the Pope. which, prompted
though 1t was by the most humane Of
motives, Will inevitably result in the
greatest agitation by the pacifists the
United States has known.
'Unquestionably the majority of
the people IN Russia want peace, but
there, as here, are the men of vision
and courage who know the world
must stand against a peace that
would be worse than the war. The
stimulation Of pacifist agitation In
the United States, due to the La Fol-
lette resolution, and the well.tnten-
toned proposal from the Vatican,
cannot but compiicate the situation"
Mr.. Russell said that the people Of
Russia who we're loyal to the allied
cause would realize, like the friends
Of democracy everywhere, that the
peace proposal was Impossible" since
1t contemplated the return to Germany
of her colonies.
That would mean the restoration
Of Germanys colossal empire said
Mr.. Russell. "and enable her to re-
build along the lines followed before
the war. 1t would enable Germany
to resume her grasping policy Of coll
onization and this would mean another
war, L0u Ut lWSIIy> ySdNo A4oiAi iAo W.
more terrible than this. Germany
knows she cannot win this war, and
her sole thought now is to save her
colonies. It was Germany, therefore
that prompted the Pope's peace pro.
posal, and is behind the pacissts' agi-
tation In this country"
Referring to the proposed Socialist
conference at Stockholm MIR. Russell,
who was expelled from the Socialist
party here, because of his attitude on
the war, said he coul1 not see why
AMI real Socialist should desire to at
tend It.
There is nothing to confer about"
he remarked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15

r
Paris, Aug. ia dispatch to the
Temps from Madrid says there was a
certain agitation in various quarters
of the city yesterday. Crowds gath
cred continually and were dispersed
by civil guards, police and soldiers
massed in various parts of the capital.
Reports from Catalonia are that the
strikers have not opposed energeticai-
1y those who are remaining at work.
Premier Dato last night conferred
with King Alfonso, who was given de-
tails ON the general situation.
the capital is Ike an armed camp.
The bakers having struck. bread for
the inhabitants Is baked by the sol
diers.
Reports from San Sebastian, Santan-
der, Corunpa and Granada say the ST
uation in those places is quiet No
newspaper has been published. and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
OF LIQUOR
CONFISCATED BY
POLICE IN RAIDS
Basement Of Police Head
quarters Stocked Like
Wholesale Place.

Sergeant Joseph Coughlin, police IL
quor agent, conhscated enough wet
goods in two raids last night to stock
hotel and the one room in the base
ment OF police headquarters was filed
with bottles, jugs. varreis and other
receptacles filled with liquors. The
most exacting tippler could mix any
style drink he liked Of ailowed.)
There were $50 cases of beer, about
four barrels. of beer, bottles of brandy,
creme de menthe. vermouth, ginger
brandy, gin and other cordiaIs, Jugs
of whiskey of various brands import
ed and domestic and connections of all
kinds used In mixing fancy drinks.
The liquor was taken from the road
house of Joseph Nfontagna, 1852 Brook
lawn avenue, and from the C1iffwood
house, Fairfield avenue Both estab-
lishments are near the Fairfield line
and have no license to sell liquor.
Montagna recently caused the arrest
of special police officer who is al
legged to have obtained 5000 from
Montagna on, the grounds he would
obtain a liquor license for the inn
keeper.
Both cases will be tried Saturday in
the city court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
Jewelry Gems

Brooches and bar pins and
cuff pins and cuff links, that
shine and sparkle as they
wait to go on their way.
They are solid gold top
and in the most approved de-
signs, and they are each in a
velvet box lined with silk and
the cover is hinged little
details that add much to the
value of the gift.
They were intended to sell
for $1.00, but a special CON
cession places them 'on our
counter at SOC
Main Floor. Front