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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

morrow evening at 7 o'clock, in the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Mr.. Albert Bryan, of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, is the guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bryan
at their home in Prince street.
There will be meeting of the
various committees of the Alexan-
dria Sunday School Association in
the Young Peoples Building tomor-
row afternoon at $780,
Tomorrow evening at 7:15 in the
Westminster Building the Christian
Endeavor of the Second Presbyterian
Church will be led by Joseph 3.
Fowler. His subject will be "Grow-
ing AZ Christ Grew" The evening
les: y. will be read from Luke the
second Chapter beginning at the
forty-frst verse to the fifty-second
verse. All members are urged to
be present.
Mrs. Overton Price, who has spent
the winter with her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Overton. Westfeldt Price, in
Rosemont, left yesterday for her
home, The Grange, near Biltmore,
N. c. Mrs. Overton Westfeldt Price
and children, Masters Overton, Har
old and Philip Price and little Miss
Barbara Price, will leave today to
spend the summer at The Grange.
Mr.. George W. Crump and Mrs.
Flora Courtney, representatives from
Friendship Council No. %, Sons and
Daughters of Liberty, accompanied
by Mr.. j. F. Pettey, chairman of
the credential committee Miss Lucy
Pettey, national alternate, and Chas.
R. Herbert, ex-councilor, will leave
on Monday morning for Richmond
to attend the goth. annual council
Of Sons and Daughters of Liberty
which will convene in that city on
Tuesday, May %.
The Rev. R. d. Garland, of Rich
mond, known as the Drummer evan
gelst," will begin a series of evan
gelistc meetings in the First Bap-
tist church, in this city tomorrow
morning at II o'clock, assisted by the
pastor, the Rev. DR.. Eugene B.
Jackson. Services will be held each
evening for the next week. The Rev.
Garland was former travelling sales
man and is we'll known throughout
Virginia. Similar meetings are to
be held in various surrounding towns
It the same time.
Daniel w. Sale, Of Lynchburg, Va,
president of the National Trav-
elers' Protective Association, who
was honor guest at a baked
shad dinner given him last
night BY Post F, was also presented
with a silver loving cup. Julian Y.
Williams presided as toastmaster
and there were speeches by the Rev.
DR.. Allison, Mr. Sale, John W. May,
Samuel w. Pitts, j. William May,
John H. Trimyer, H. Noel Garner
and A. D. Brockett. Miss Margaret
Callahan and Miss Margaret B. How
ard rendered vocal solos with Miss
Katherine Waller as accompanist.
About forty were present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

Mr.. Albert Bryan, of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, is the guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bryan,
at their home in Prince street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

Mrs. Samuel Bendheim has re-
turned from visit to her sister,
Mrs. Henry King, at her home IN
Baltimore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR

In time anxiety and resolve is fitting that the
people Christian should specially honor such cherished
institutions as the and The Sunday School, therefore
claim
SUNDAY, MAY 20. 1917
BETTER CHURCH AND GO J.
TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
of this Commonwealth ito asseHe on
that dv in their worship and there consider how they
may largest and the greatest good these be-
nefcent institutions.
In witness have hereunto set hand and caused the
Iaor Seal of the Commonwealth affixed at Richmond this
eleventh day of April of Lord one Thousand ne
hundred and and of the the one hunoed
and orty-frst. H. u olot1Al' 1--WE ~,
By the Governor B. O. JAMES, Secretary of the Commonwealth
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Reed w Miller and
little Miss Dorothy Miller will leave
tomorrow for Harrisonburg, where
thev will make their home in the fu-
ture.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19
Alexandria City and Suburbs

Mr.. Joseph Lowenbach left today
for Cincinnati to visit his sister.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

The Rev. George A. Miller, pastor
of the Ninth Street Christian Church
of Washington will preach and con-
duct the communion service at the
Christian Mission, 1915 King street,
ut 3:30 tomorrow afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Phillips will
leave tonight for Winchester, where
they will spend week with relatives.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

There will be a meeting of the
various committees of the Alexan-
dria Sunday School Association in
the Young Peoples Building tomor-
row afternoon at $3.50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

A civil service examination for
government clerks is announced to
be held in Alexandria on Friday next,
May 18th. The positions for which
the examinations are held pay sala-
ries ranging from $S40 to $1,000
year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

Two cases were before the Police
Court this morning. A Fairfaxan
had been arrested for being drunk
He was released upon promising to
leave for his home Immediately. A
negrp. charged with assaulting his
wi1t, was fined So.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

Fair tonight and probably Sun
day; little change in temperature;
moderate winds, becoming south
erly.
High tides 6:39 am; 6:53 pm
Sun rose ASP and sets 7:l7.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

The Rev. DR.. Samuel A.. Wallis, Of
the Episcopal Theological Seminary,
will leave Tuesday for Fredericks-
burg to attend the Episcopal Council
to be held in that city DR.. Wallis
will write the reports of the pro-
ceedings which will appear in the
Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

120-2t.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
UNCLE SANS NAVY NEEDS
MORE RADIO OPERATORS
Good Positions and Salary Await
Those Who Desire to En-
ter the Service.

Radio operators are needed for the
naval communication service.
In view of the additional responsibilities
imposed upon the service by the war. quail
flied radio and telegraph operators. pro-
fessional or amateur, or men who have a
fair knowledge Of electricity and radio
|telegraphy and who could soon be quail
fed as operators are wanted. Promising
apprentice seamen and seamen who are
undergoing training at naval training sta
tions are also being given opportunity to
become radio operators.
The radio applicant may enlist in the
regular Navy for four years or enroll in
the Naval Reserve for the period of the
war If he elects the latter branch he
must volunteer for general service, how
ever. agreeing to go wherever sent.
Radio operators are being trained at two
schools, Mare Island. Cal, and Harvard
University, Cambridge. Mass. Approx
mately 1900 pupils. men Of the regular
service and the reserve, are undergoing
instruction at Harvard, the buildings and
Of the Navy by President Lowell.
The course is Of four months dura-
tion and embraces military drill as
we'll as technical and other subjects.
Seamen and apprentice seamen are
given instruction in the rudiments of
radio telegraphy at the naval training
stations at Newport, r. l.; Great Lakes,
Ill; San Francisco and Norfolk. and at
the naval camps at Philadelphia.
Puget sound. Enlistments in the Navy
and enrolment in the naval reserve for
radio operators will be accepted at any
naval recruiting station. Tho monthly
ont war basis, from $33.e0 for landsme en-
] to $71 for chief electficiana.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

they must ma intain. But this dan
ger is eliminated for the present mo-
ment and for some weeks to come, for,
with the cooperation of the German
feet in the Baltic communication lines
will be doubly secured so long as the
German left wing keeps in touch with
the Baltic coast and the coast OF the
Gulf of Finland.
Were the Russian armies in the best
of condition and were the fact assured
that the Slavic generals soon would re-
habilitate the army to such an extent
that it could once more render really
effective resistance to the enemy, then
the present retirement might be con-
sidered an excellent one from a strater-
ical standpoint. 1t is more than 300
miles from Riga to Petrograd. The
country lying between these two points
is marshy in character and abounds
in small lakes and other such geo.
graphical disadvantages that prolonged
German offensive endeavors will be eX-
tremely difficult The Russian armies
might be able to hold Germans with
natural defensive advantages, using
only a portion of their full strength,
but just what degree of strength the
Russians can be counted on to muster
is problematical.
The Russians, if they were strong.
might continue to fall back with show
of weakness until they had pulled the
German armies into the very heart of
the nsarshy regions lying between Pc
trograd and Riga and then during the
winter months deal to the enemy one
of the severest blows Of the war.
All hope that the SlaVs Will yet re-
organize to such an extent that they
will be able to strike this very blow
against the enemy has not yet been
abandoned
There is a possibility that the loyal
sections of the Russian armies-those
which really have the best interests OF
the nation at heart-will be better able
to cope with the Germans on this favor
able battle ground though weaker in
numbers than they would have on the
Dvina. where the character of terrain
was suitable to German offensive en-
deavor and where the ranks of the Rus
sian armies were honeycombed with
sedition, making united front impos
sible.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

gan to send its men TO the conflict To-
day the war can have but one Of two
endings if Germany Is not to dominate
the world. The allies must either win a
decisive battle in the field or they must
continue to exert and multiply the
pressure upon Germany until hunger,
ca sualties. economic ruin, finally COM
pei the masses of the German people to
lay aside the dream of world power
and to consent to the restoration of
Belgium. Serbia and Rumania, as well
as of France. And despite her parlia-
mentary gestures, the real power in
Germany. which is the throne and the
army. has never yet signifed its inten-
ton to part with a single portion of
this huge mitteleuropa: not even Bel
gium has been offered back by the
HohenZollerns.
Riga should for the American people
serve to emphasize again the actual
situation in Europe. the extent OF Ger
man successes and the greatness of the
danger that if German defeat IL not
complete we shall emerge from this
war only to begin preparations for a
new war. The real danger now 10 the
sort of peace which will enable Ger
many to recuperate and give her time
to organize her present conQuests in
such fashion as to complete her AIM
which is world supremacy.
Pause in italian Advance.
/ had hoped in the present week To-,
discuss the Italian operation in some
detail. but despite continued local ad-
vances there has been an unmistak akabls
slackening. which is the inevitable con-
comitant Of the present sort Of war,
which requires time both for advancing
the heavy artillery and for restoring
stocks of munitions exhausted by the
commandments which are the prelude
to attack The Italians have not yet
captured Monte Gabrielle or Hermada,
Hill as / write these lines on Septem-s
ber 4. These are the next objectives,
and until they fall the Italian advance
will still be held up. Both are posi-
tfons essential alike to Austrian de-
fense and Italian advance.
When they have fallen, and the Ital-'s
ians have now set foot on both Of them,
then there will probably be a material
change in tho lines and . considerable 3
Austrian withdrawal to new lines Of
defense, nearer Trieste. The reported
dispatch Of two Bavartan divisions to !
the Isonxo front indicates the groWing
gravity OF the situation In the min1s q
7Contlnued o. 6ixth Fage.S
Evening star., 1917-09-09

one should go back and look at the
nan-German maps, already forgotten
so rapidly have events moVeo. oiiI
would see that the patriots or that IIllle IIle
md striking frontiers and that these
frnntiers were based upon certain COM
mercial and ethnographic IDEAS
rha new Germany-the Mitteleuropa
WAS TO be bounded on the west by a
,,ne drawn from Belfort to the mouth
li'e ~ Sonme Calais and Antwerp
were to be Its naval and commercla
norts upon the channel and the Nortn
90. All the coal districts OF Lens ana
the valleys of the Sambre ana tne
scheldt in France ana hehs,Int ais,rin4s of the ~
Lorraine frontier and the Meuse were
70 he ioined to a German state. East
wa rd the German line was 10 run iiulii
the Gulf of Riga to the mouth OF the
Dniester river. Riga ana Itloau
many upon the Baltic. Poland was TO
he erected into subject state, reserV-
;n1 only geographical Independence.
Ressarabia was to be taken from RUS
sia and joined to a RumanIa ana ~nisn Ear rai
Rerlin could believe while King Carol
lived would be an ally and not an en-
emy Austrian Trieste and Greek Sa-
loniki were to be German ports upon
the Adriatic and the Aegean. greece
Bulgaria, Rumania were 70 pc soeu,si rh;a . >
servants and silent partners. serbia
was to be destroyed. it's territory a.
vided between Bulgaria and AUSTRIA
uungary Turkey was to be the arch
by which German central Europe
crossed the Hellespont into Asia Minor.
The Bagdad railroad, when the war pc
gan, was pushing southwark under the
.CiIician gates by which Alexander the
Great made his great invasion. This
railroad was to be the life line, the
spinal column. of Asiatic empire I'm
der the walls of Aleppo the Germans
had planned to erect a railroad station
in which armies should change cars as
their tide Of invasion was directed by
the Hedjaz railroad to Suez, or by the
Baxdad line to Basra at the head OF
the Persian gulf, and beyond. in due
course of time, India was to beckon
other German armies Of conquest
Evening star., 1917-09-09

said to be in the Gulf of Finland.
Should the Russian fleet, which is a
considerable one in SO far numbers of
war vessels are concerned, sally forth
from the Gulf of Finland it might be
able to prevent continued cooperation
between the German warships and
armies. but this is purely conjectural.
Were the Russian ships equal in num-
ber to the German, there would still
remain doubt that much could be ac-
complished by Slavic warships, owing
to the prolonged discomfort and numer-
Gus upheavals which have prevailed
since the czar was overthrown. The
BoIsheviki elements of Russia-those
which are causing the provisional gov
ernment more trouble than any others
in adjusting the internal as we'll as
military situation. have great influence
among the men of the f1eet-and only
during the past week an ultmatum
was sent to the government demanding
the reinstatement of Admiral Verdereff-
sky, who was removed at the time OF
the naval revolt at Kronstadt
The Russian fleet, in light of past
events and the state of morale prevail
ing among its men, can hardly be ex-
pected to render any great aid in the
present crisis. though Russians may be
so aroused during the coming two or
three weeks at the danger which inn
pends that the fleet will go forth to
meet the enemy in the Baltic. Just as
! the army'S back bone may be stiffen ed
and the enemy turned back on every
hand.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
CAPTURE OF RIGA BY GERMANS
NOT A MILESTONE TO VICTORY,
BUT BARES RUSSIA'S COLLAPSE

casualties. of suffering at home, of
losses of influence and future CONNER
cial opportunity abroad. But It 10 still
the most dazzling dream that any race
dreamed. and it acquires a new. IL pass
ing. vitality when Riga. ono of the last
elements. is at last brought within the
Mitteleuropa frontier.
The war will have to continue until
the dream is shattered. because Q Ger
many dominating central Europe At the
close OF the war will dominate the
world within quarter OF . century.
Il would have been shattered already
II Russia had not fallen, mainly
through German intrigue; for It was
the Germans who corrupted the mon
archy and led 1t to the great betrayal
OF the Russian armies in 1915 and
remains the greatest tragedy of the
war. and. when the monarchy had
fallen, turned to the radicals of the
revolution and transformed the hope
of Russian republic into fhe peril of
Russian anarchy and tho danger of a
reaction which should return the
Romanon power, with all that this
means to democracy in the world.
The Truth Of the Map.
The military significance Of Riga 10
small. because the war must be won
or lost now on the western front, and
every regiment and gun of the Ger
mans diverted from this critical field
is gain for the allies. But on the
moral side 1t would be folly to mis-
take the value to the German leaders,
who desire still to bring back prov
inces and power from their war. of
new success and the attainment of one
of the detectives which were in their
minds when they made their first at
tack.
The greatest weakness in America
at the present time is the failure TO
recognize things as they are in CEN
is no longer an Austria, Bulgaria or
fallen; Rumania remains but . hope
less fragment: German will 10 abso-
huge empire, in which have been alb
sorbed SO many races and SO many
nations. We continue here to talk OF
Germany as II it were the Germany
Of 1914. and of Austria. We continue
to think of Europe as divided as II
was before the present war. And all
this is of infinite service to the Ger
mans and of infinite injury to the
allied cause. The truth is the truth Of
the map. The fact is the fact that is
disclosed by an examination of the
atlas. For the firing lines of the CEN
trail powers have come TO be the from
achieved territorially more than 90 psf
cent of all that she hoped to achieve
when she began the war.
Equals Napoleon's Success.
Napoleon at the height of his power
had not a greater success on the map
than Germany has. German failure has
been in her inability to destroy France
before England prepared for war. and
in her inability to wear out England
and France before the United States be-
Evening star., 1917-09-09
As Achievement In Dream of Mittel-Emopa
May Serve to Revive Dropping Spirits
of German People.
ITS MILITARY VALUE IS NEGLIGIBLE.
AS DECISION MUST BE WON IN WEST
Easy Conquest Apparently Had Been Saved for
Time When 1t Would Have the Greatest
Moral Value at Home and Abroad
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS,
Author of 1.-THE Great War;" "They Shall Not Pass"

years the fall of Riga would have been Of
military importance not o be minmzed. Today
conditions and the of the the
military side changed be regarded incident BY
taking Riga gain arbor naval base he
Petrograd lies open them but incredible that
ous the present advance the Rus
sian capital
Evening star., 1917-09-09

has seen the slow ebb of German hope
to preserve that empire which Ger
man armies, German statesmen and
German soldiers had created from the
Baltic to the Garden of Eden, from the
Dwina to the coast of Flanders, facing
the British Isles.
In 1916 Calais. Riga, Saloniki and
BaStra. the port of Ba gdad, were all the
vital details in Mitteleuropa that had
escaped the Germans, and, despite the
cotemporary view, all save Calais were
within the grasp of Germany whenever
she chose to concentrate the guns and
men necessary to take them She chose
rather to seek a larger triumph at Yer
dun. which would have enabled her to
gather in her own time the remaining e
fruits of her great successes.
For the German Public.
The fall of Riga now means merely
that she has chosen to take one of
those ports because the effort was no
longer great and the prize had moral
value for a public which had recently
faced disasters in the west and a denial
of the hope of peace. 1t is necessary
to understand the German spirit when
the nation as a whole went to war to
realize how difficult it is now to bring
home to the masses OF the people, and
above all to their leaders, the neces-
sity of abandoning what has been won.
Germany went to war in 1914 believing
that the campaign of 1870 would be re-
peated; that short. sharp struggle
would give her possession of the land
she coveted, the supremacy in Europe
she desired and the foundation for the
attack which should first destroy the
British empire and then enable her to
build German empire beyond the
seas The victory was not so swift /:
her initial blow was parried at the
Marne. Austria was almost destroyed
in the opening campaign in Galicia !;
and yet after a few months of delay in
cident to preparation a new German
blow in the east shattered and de-
stroyed Russian military strength and
before the year had ended almost all
the eastern. Balkan, Asiatic purposes
of Germany were realized, and from
that day to this they have endured.
Vanishing Of the Dream.
The line of power runs clear and un-
interrupted today from Berlin to Jeru-
salem and to the environs Of Bagdad.
It is a reality on the map and In the
minds Of the German people still It ia
a reality which grows less permanent
as month follows month of terrible
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Churchill Britain's Alcibiades.

Two years ago. when the attention of
the world was fixed upon the trench
struggle in Artois and Flanders, Britain
was repeating the folly Of Athens. and
sending her troops needed in France to
Gallipoli under the urgings of Winston
Churchill. - the Athenians, ssduced by
Alcibiades, sent their ships and troops
Evening star., 1917-09-09

Berlin that victories over tho Russians.
with the hoped-for Russian peace. win
so appsese tho discordant elements OF
that further houting
Of German purposes win cease, and that
Austria, by being able to withdraw
her armies from the Russian front, will
be able to devote sole attention to Italy.
with greater and moro. encouraging re-
suits.
Thus It may be seen that tho present
battles on the eastern front are far.
reaching in character This arena Of
war, should the Germans continue their
present drives another fortnight. Will
be tho center Of the worlds attention.
While activities on tho northern sec
ton Of tho eastern front may be por-
tentous in char
Italians Striking actor. they possf-
at Life Of Austria. 10 @ than tn. bat
ties which have been raging for three
weeks in the regions to the east Of
Gorilla. Here Italian armies operating
under the Italian military wizard. Gen.
Cadorna. are striking harder and hard
er blows against the Austrians and
steady progress Is being made, al
tnOusH Inc rate OK dQVAuCo 10 liol 90
great at the present moment as 1t was
a week or more ago. But the fact that
the Italians are gaining at all in the
face of the almost superhuman en-
deavors Of Austrian armies to hold
them Is the significant feature to be
borne in mind when thinking of the
present situation on the Julian and
Carso fronts.
During the past week the Italians
were reported to have captured San
Gabrielle. one of tho most important
peaks on tho whole battle front.
Though they gained the summit. they
were forced out of 1t again and after
regaining it. in a battle lasting night
and day for a period of several, they
being waged for San Gabrielle is one of
the most important as well S terrific
conflicts that has ragged at any point
since the war started. 1t is hand to-
throat conflict of the bitterest sort. for
upon the taking of this important point
rests the general fate of the present
Italian campaign as well as the future
of Austria.
San Gabrielle commands the plateau
like territory to the east. But thirty
five miles away lies Lubiana considered
the key to Vienna. Should the Italians
force their way completely through the
Julian Alps, the taking of Lubia ma
would be comparatively an easy task
and the whole scheme of cutting Aus
her to sue for a separate peace un-
doubtedly would be brought about
within period of few months. The
Austrian commander, Gen. Borvevich,
realizes this
Field Marshal Won Arz of Austria is