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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

York, Pa July 23-Growers
from this county predict an unusual
" large peach crop this season. The
prices as a result will be consider
ABLY lower than during the last two
summers. Peaches We're little dam
aped by storms and the trees are
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23
IN THE BATTLE FOR BUSINESS :
QUICK ACTION WINS

Send your messages by the Possa,
Telegraph Cable Company. The
tastes telegraph service in the
world. Local office, A27 King street,
Bell Phone "a. 173-2t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

the remainder of the summer IN
Berryville.
Miss Margaret Fuller and Miss
Virginia Fuller are spending the re-
| mainder of the summer in Salisbury,
n. c.
Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison will leave
today for Montreal, North Carolina,
where he will deliver an address at a
summer school being held there. His
subject will be "Divine Ownership"
Mrs. Alexander E. Slaymaker left
today to spend ten days at the home
Of Mrs. Francis Larmond, Orange,
Va, where Mrs. William G. Mayer
and son, of Braddock Heights, are
also guests.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Johnson. aged
So, died Saturday night at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. William H. Hat
ton, at ST. Elmo. Alexandria county.
Her funeral will occur tomorrow
morning from st. Mary's Catholic
Church. She is survived BY family
of several children.
Automobiles are making a number
of trips from this city to Hume's
grove this afternoon to accommodate
persons going on the picnic given
there this afternoon by the parish
of st. Mary's Catholic Church. Ma
chimes are leaving the corner of
King and Washington streets every
fifteen minutes beginning at three
O'clock, and cars will stop on signal
going over Washington street on the
,awy to Hume. Different athletic
events, including a baseball game, are
being staged this afternoon, and sup
per will be served from six to eight
o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

Mrs. Julian 7. Burke and daugh-
ter, Miss Esther Burke, are spending
the remainder of the summer at
Woodberry Forest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23
] Alexandria City and Suburbs

Company C of the Alexandria Home
Guards will hold its regular drill at
the armory this evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

Dr. J. 7. Ashton. who has been
made first lieutenant in the Dental
Reserve Corps, started last night for
Fort Oglethorpe. Georgia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23
SPEED UP YOUR BUSINESS

by the use OF good printing.
Harry W. WADE
Printing :: Publishing :: Engraving
313 King street Phone 90
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

T.. ,J.
made a first lieutenant in the Dental
Reserve Corps. started last night fol
Fort Oglethorpe Georgia.
Miss Corinne Reardon, Miss Lucy
Reardon, and Ashby Reardon have
returned from a recent trip to Mia
CARA Falls, n. Y.
Miss Mary McGilvary, Of Boston,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs: Frank
NJ. Hill. at her home on south Lee
street.
Mrs. Esther Hill and Mrs. May Gil
mondr of Baltimore, VINO have been
the guest Of friends here. have re-
turned home.
Mrs. c. H. Leach &rG son, Alfred,
and Miss Catherine Nugent, left to-
day to spend week with relatives in
Philadelphia. Pa.
Mrs. S. O. Hanlin, of Holland,
Mich, is the guest of her husband in
Duke street. Mr.. Honlin is employed
IN this city.
A lawn party will be held Tor the
benefit of the local Red Cross tomor-
row evening from until II O'Clock
at the residence of Mrs. Ella R. Bur-
son, COZ Oronoco street. The historic
old home Of Robert E. Lee.
Miss Fannie May Hayden, of south
Fairfax street. and Edgar 3.
Woolford of north Alfred street
were married Saturday afternoon at.
$3.50 o'clock By Rev. Ilr. John Lee
Allison.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23


Herndon, Fairfax county.
An automobile, operated by a
young woman, ran on theEsidewalk at
Wilkes and Fairfax streets yester-
day evening and collided with a
house. The machine was moving slow
ly at the time and the dsaage to
the auto and house was slight.
Finishing touches on the nay to be
presented in the Lyceum Han tomor-
row night by a number. of young
women of st. Mary's Church, assisted
by soldiers of the ST. Asaph encamp-
ment and the Maryland Infantry sta
toned at the upper end of King
street, and indications point to e
big success. Those in charge have
requested the Gazette to state that
admission is free only tc uniformed
men, and not to civilians.
Final preparations were made at
the rehearsal on last Saturday even
ing for the vaudeville show which
will be given by the Seminole players
for the entertainment of tie soldiers
and sailors tomorrow evening in the
Young copies Building. The enter
tainment will he given under the aus
pics of Mrs. Smithers' class of the
NJ. z. Church South Sunday schcool.
The performers are all well known
amateurs of this city and good show
is promised the soldier and sailor
boys who attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

Miss Anna Hyatt of this city has
returned from a visit to her mother,
Mrs. Carson Hyatt, at her home in
Herndon, Fairfax county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

Miss Corinne Reardon, Miss Lucy
Reardon, and .Ashby Reardon have
returned from a recent trip to Mia
CARA Falls, n. Y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

Charles C. Carlin, jr., is spending
the remainder of the summer IN
Berryville.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

Miss Mary McGilvary, Of Boston,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs: Frank
VI. Hill. at her home on south Lee
street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

Miss Margaret Fuller and Miss
Virginia Fuller are spending the re-
mainder of the summer in Salisbury,
n. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-23

Mrs. Esther Hill and Mrs. May Gil
mond, of Baltimore, VINO have been
the guest Of friends here. have re-
turned home.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
HOOVER REPLIES TO CHARGES
Says SpreckeIs Is Sore at Food Admin
istration and Would Like to
See 1t Destroyed.

Washington, Dec. 17.-Charges made
by Claus Spreckels, president of the
Federal Sugar Refining company, be-
fore a senate investigating committee
that the food administration is re-
sponsible for a sugar shortage drew
from Food Administrator Hoover a
vigorous attack on Spreckels. ut re-
Quires no proof from me-" said
Hoover, "tO establish that Mr.. Spree
kels, leading sugar refner, is sore
at the food administration and would
like to see it destroyed.
II realize that Mr.. Spreckels' bal
ance sheet will not look so good next
year as last, for ref1ners' profits have
been regulated. Furthermore, his bal
ance sheet would have looked better
this year if the price of last August
had not been reduced and held fast,
in the face Of partial shortage that
promised fair opportunity for 30-cent
sugar and much increased profits.
"Mr Spreckels, therefore, has rea-
son to feel badly"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
MEANS FOUND NOT GUILTY
New Yorker Acquitted of Charge of
Numbering Mrs. Maude A. King
Jury Out Fifteen Hours.

Concord, n. c., Dec. 17.-Gaston B.
Means was acquitted here of a charge
Of Staying Mrs. Maude A. King, the
wealthy New York and Chicago
widow. The jury deliberated little
over fifteen hours. During the trial,
which began November 26, New York
and Chicago witnesses declared that
nearly all the $1,O0o,oO0, inherited by
Mrs. King from her husband, the late
J. C. King of Chicago, had vanished"
during the time Means acted as the
woman's business agent. The state
contended at the trial that Means had
looted Mrs. Kings fortune and killed
her to escape an accounting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
Gypsies' Christmas.

The gypsy Christmas is love feast
and carnival in one. The wandering
folk come together in tribal celebration
to choose their queen for the beginning
year. Each clan has it's own usages
and superstitiOns. In ROumania the
cradle, SO they say, of nomadism, the
gypsy queen is crowned with roses, and
roses tip her scepter and her wand. In
place of holly and mistletoe the hardy
little rosebud which blossoms at this
season on the apex of the hills is hon
Ored not for it's sweetness merely, but
because of fair Christmas legend
which the gypsy folk would make dis
tinctively their Own.-Chicago Tribune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
U-BOAT PERIL STILL SERIOUS
First Lord of Admiralty Declares Sub
marine Menace Is Being Held
Within Bounds.

London, Dec. 14-"The submarine
menace, in my opinion, is held but not
vet mastered" said Sir Eric Geddes
first lord of the admiralty in the house
Of commons on Thursday. "Our ship
building is not yet replacing our losses
"Since November 1, when I made my
last statement the downward trend OF
mercantile marine losses has contin.
ued satisfactorily. The upward curve
of merchant shipbuilding and the I'D.
ward curve of destruction of enemy
submarines have been equally salts
factory. I have no reason to doubt
that all three will continue satisfac.
tory.
at has been suggested that pre-.
vious statements had been too optimis.
tic regarding the submarine situation
But stated that the enemy was build
inc submarines faster than they were
sunk. and, although our losses were
decreasing, they were still sinking
ships faster than they were being re-
placed.
"What l said then still applies. We
cannot be accused of failure to recog
nize the gravity of the situation"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
PREMIER SCORNS
TALK OF PEACE
Overtures to Kaiser Would Be
Betrayal of Trust.
U. S. DECISIVE WAR FACTOR
Lloyd-George Declares Progress To-
ward Desired Goal Is Being Made
by the Allies, Despite
Setbacks.

London, Dec. 15.-"If this is the
worst moment it is because Russia
mas stepped out and America is only
prepared to come in. Every hour that
passes will see the gap formed by the
retirement of the Russians filled by the
valiant sons Of the great republic. Ger
many knows it and Austria knows it,
hence the desperate efforts that they
are making to force the issue before
America is ready. They will not sue
ceed."
This was the concluding statement
of Premier David Lloyd George in an
address on Friday at the dinner of the
Grey's Inn Benchers Ga lawyers club).
Sees Victory Ahead.
The premier also said:
1T is because | am firmly convinced
that, despite some untoward events,
despite discouraging appearances, we
are making steady progress toward the
goal that I believe peace overtures
to Prussia at the very moment the
Prussian military spirit is drunk with
bOastfulness would be a betrayal Of
the peoples trust the great trust with
which my colleagues and myself have
been charged"
eff the Russian democracy has de-
cided to abandon the struggle against
military autocracy, the American de-
mocracy is taking it up"
In Grip of British Navy.
Germany's victories were emilia
zoned to the world, the premier said,
but her troubles did not appear in
bulletins. Something was known of
them, however.
The deadly grip of the British navy
was having it's effect, and the valor
of the troops was making an impress
sion which would tell in the end.
II warn the nation to watch the
man who thinks there is halfway
house between victory and defeat" the
premier admOnished. There are men
who think you can end the war now
by some sort of what they call peace
by setting up a league Of nations.
That is the right policy after victory;
without victory it would be a farce"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
WOULD ELECT DAVIES

Brodhead Observation-Disclosures Of all Wisconsin, S
public mentioned for the United States senatorsp
stands pre-emnenty prominent as that of Hon
Joseph f. Davies. This paper is nomnay republican, at
least has been up t. the present administration and
believe Wisconsin the administration and the
ton to send democrat to the Senate Wisconsin will do
given chance to elect. The Governor would only add
the suspicion Of dsoyay charges if he persists in demand
ing the power to appoint We are able and have the heart
speak for ourselves and persisted III the Governors de-
nand appoint will brand him entirely
of with the spirit of the time and the seriousness of the
national leader and nothing Wisconsin could do would
impress President Wilson with loyalty his election
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
WATER POWER LEGISLATION

dent Wilson's recommendation to congress, constructive
program for the development of power and other
al is being worked under administration
pces Clifford Pnchot is in the fight for the administration
bill So are William Kent, Carl NORMAN and Secretaries
Baker Daniels and Lane.
Before writing his message congress President Wilson
had long with his cabinet power and gen
el conservation The result request that Secretaries
Houston Baker and Lane get together and prepare bill
drawn to provide for full and prompt development and
insure real protection of the peoples interests expect
cd that the bill will be introduced in congress early
day.
In of his first state papers President Wilson pointed
that conservation of natural resources can onv be
found i'll laws providing for their and development in
cordance With mode justice fair alike both pub
lie and private interests. The by the present
congress of wisely drawn power bill will be great
achievement.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20

Milwaukee Journal: America may we'll rejoice at the
outcome of the Canadian elections It is another victory for
allies for the overlapping issue conscrption The
sesult is another of the final result of the war.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
| THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

The administration bill to increase
the number of cadets at the Annapolis
Naval academy was passed by the
house at Washington without debate
and now goes to the senate.
Leon Denoit, an aviator of Attles-
bcro. Mass, fell with his machine while
making flight over the grounds at a
French aviation school, says dispatch
from Paris. Denoit's legs were broken.
Cleves Kinkead, first lieutenant of
Infantry at Camp Grant, was married
in Toledo to Miss Kathleen Patch of
Shelburn, Miss. Kinkead, a play
wright, is the author of Common
Clay"
A dispatch from Constantinople to
Amsterdam quoted the Turkish war Of
flee as stating that the small islands
Of Planka and Messonissa, off the
coast Of Asia Minor, have been accu-
pied by Turkish forces.
Seven thousand selected men will
leave Chicago beginning next Wednes-
day for California where they will re-
port to one of the army environments
for training. Word to that effect was
received from Springfield, Ill.
Prompted by implications contained
in book that has come to his atten-
tiOn President Wilson specifically de-
MED at Washington that the resigna-
ton Of William J. Bryan as secretary
Of state was at the request of the
president.
That their male ticket agents may
be relieved from usual duties and re-
place men who went to the armies
the Union Pacific railroad placed Wom-
an ticket agents at all important ticket
offices Of that road, says a dispatch
from Omaha, Neb.
A British airship is believed to have
been destroyed by q hostile seaplane
and a second British airship was forced
tt descend in Holland, according to an
official announcement issued in Lon
don. 1t was also officially announced
that British destroyer had been sunk
One alleged selective service evade1
was instantly killed and two others
SO badly wounded that their capture
was easily effected later when EMS
Thurman, a deputy sheriff of Pinal
county, encountered the three in a
lonely mountain region near Sasce
AriZ.
A dispatch from Washington says
that Capt Victor Blue who command
ed an American superintendent
which recently ran aground in home
waters, was sentenced by cOurt-martial
to loss of 20 numbers, but Admiral
Mayo, commander of the Atlantic fleet,
recommended that it be reduced to ten.
Encouragement Of some Of the high
command in the war department at
Washington was indicated by the de-
tachment of officers for the war
council. 1t became known that Major
General Goethals, builder Of the Pana-
ma canal has been offered the post of
quartermaster general to succeed Ma
jor General Sharpe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20

If there is Progressive Republican in Wisconsin who
cannot understand that La Toilette is wrong, utterly and
shameu11y wrong, in his attitude towards the government
who lacks the courage admit it, he ought take The
Wisconsin State Journal and up nights read it. Editor
Richard Lloyd Jones great lengths in support of La
Foette who true SYSTEMATICALLY master
poitcian but he that the progressive of
today Of such mammoth importance that they obvious
y beyond the compass Of La Foettes peevish predces
and blasted personal ambtions and moreover he says
good strong words In thoughts words and acons Richard
Lyod Jones talks plain United States, ought to
talk.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
THE MARKETS.

FLOUR-Spring wheat, special brands
in jute, 5000 per bbl.; hard spring whea
patents, 50 per cent grade, in jute, 5000
straight in export bags, 5000; first clears
1910; fancy clears, winter wheat patents
in jute. SOTO: standard soft winter Whea
patents, $3.50. in jute; fancy hard winter
wheat patents, 5000, in jute; STANDARD
hard winter wheat patents, $1,000, in jute
first clears $3.50, in jute; seconds clears
in jute $S.8069.30; new white rye So Is
new dark rye, s8.75
DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys, 34G
34115c; chickens, 20@2212c; ROSTERS, 171hG1Sc
ducks, 20025c; geese, 22c.
POTATOES-Wtscon white, 81. 7061. g
per 100 lbs; Minnesota early Ohios, $1.7oG
1S5 per 100 lbs.
CATTLE-Good to choice steers, SIP OOG
1915; yearlings, good to choice, s9O00145 50
range steers S650013.50; stockers anC
feeders. $7.75@1000; good to choice cows
S70O0S75 good to choice heifers, $1,000
$50; fair to good cows, S.006S00; Gamers
100000; cutters, s6.O0@6.50; bologna bull.
$400@7 65; butcher bulls, $Z7501025; heavy
calves $S50012.O0; veal calves, $145061s 90
HOGS-Prime light butchers, $16 10616. %
weight butchers, 200624O lbs, s1610616. 25
heavy weight butchers, 2406400 lbs, SIG Il
016.4O; choice heavy packing, SIS 5O615 80
rough heavy packing, $15.25@15.80; rough
heavy packing. SIS 25615.S0; pigs, fair Il
good. s1200614O0; stays, $16O0@1675.
SHEEP-Good to choice wethers, 500
@1300; good to choice ewes, $40. COOL. rs
yearlings, $12 5Ot61450; western lambs, GOOD
to choice, s16.O0617 90; native lambs. goot
to choice, Sic. 2511690; feeding lambs, $3.50
oil. 90; goats, $600QS.O0.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
u. S. BEGINS TO CLASSIFY MEN
missionaries Mailed to Per Cent
of Draft Registrants-WiIl Take
Two Months.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE gigantic
task of classifying more than 100000
men. registered under the selectfve
draft law and dividing them into five
lists based upon their qualifications for
serving the nation in the war was
started on Saturday.
The work began with the mailing Of
questionnaires to per cent Of the reg
istrants.
When the blanks have been filled,
showing each registrant's capabilities
for service, Provost Marshal General
CrOwder will be able to divide the men
into five classes according to their pos
sibilities of service This work, he de-
clared, SHOULD be completed within 60
days.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
The Christ Cradle
sif
A Christmas Ballad
Bv MARGARET J. PRESTON.


I"Christ cradle is the old Saxon name
for mince ple.l
1TWAS the time OF the old cru.
saders,
And back 10Th his broken
band
The lord of LdncGrcGn castle
Had come from the Holy Land.
1t qods Christmas eve IN the castle;
The Yule log burnt in the hall,
And helmet and shield and banner
Thre1o shadows upon the 10dH.
And the baron aUds telling stories
To the little ones at his knees
OF some of the holy places
He had viSited overseas.
Then he spake of the aoatching shep.
herds,
Who SdaD such marvellous sights
And the song that the angels chGnted
That first of the Christmas nights.
He told of the star a0h0se shining
OutSpdrkled the brightest gen.;
He told of the hollo1oed cradle
They shoaoed him at Bethlehem.
And the eyes of the children gliStened
To think that @ rack Suffced,
With only the Strdl0 for blankets,
To cradle the baby Christ.
mag, dry up your tears, my dGrlings,"
Right gayzy the baron cried,
"For nothing but smiles must greet
I'm home, and it's Cbristmastidel
"Come aOife;; I haze thought OF era
die,
Another than this, HSay,
Which thou in thy skill shall make me
To honor this Christmas day.
"We 10Ould not forget the manager,
SO choose of thy platters fair
The one that is largest, deepest,
And cOVer it in thu care.
with fakes of the richest pastry,
Wrought c1tnningly By thy hands,
That thus it mag bring before as
The a0rap of the saoaddhng bands
''And out of thy aoeH stored larder
Set forth OF thy Very best.
Is Gugbt that aOe haze too precious
TO honor this Christmas guest?
"Stre10 meats e. .ye finest Shredding
The Strdl0 chopped in the
stall;
Bring butter and mine and honey
To lGUiSh around them all.
''Set TdiSiTs and figs Of Smyrna
That drd10 to the cast oar thought
Let spices that coU of the Magi,
With their gifts, to mind be brought
''Let s10eets that suggest frdnkincenSe
Let fruits from the southern sea
Be giUen UngTudged. Remember,
HIS choicest he gaze for thee!
''Ihen OUer the piled up platter
A cOUer of pastry dTd1U,
With star in its midst to mind as
OF that Whicb the aOise men Sdo1.
"ChTistS cradle is a0hdt eOe'U cdU it,
And eUer, S1Oeet 1Oife, l pray,
With such thou qOiH make as merry
At dinner each Christmas ddUP
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
DRY AMEN DMENT SUBMITTED

On Tuesday the senate at Washington concurred with
the house of representatives in submitting the people the
question of a national prohibition amendment Mr. Bryan
predicts that within three years the nation will go dry
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-23
DANIELS DEFENDS the
GRAYS0N APPOINTMENT

WASHINGTON, Jan. Secretary
Daniels last night issued a statement
relative to President Wilson's NOM
inatiOn of DIR. Cary T. Grayson 10 the
rank OF rear admiral, which has been
causing criticism because DIR. Grayson
went ahead of more than 100 officers
who outranked him. The statement
said that before the navy nominations
were made the judge advocate general
of the navy gave his opinion that it
rested entirely in the discretion of the
president TO select staff officers that
he deemed best fittd for advancement
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-23
war SUMMARY

The Teutonic advance aoainse t1se
Rumanians In Dobrudja have Ten ~
The report says the Bulgarian 6soDo
had crossed the southern estuary 60
the Danube near Hultcha, and heoo
their ground against Russian attneoD.
The Germans repuloed the 0geioh
attempt to attack northwest Of For
melles on the Franco Belgian trent,
says Berlin.
Paris reports violent eannonadin0
between the Otse and Aisuo.
Minor operations are reported on
the other fronts.
j. A. Ford, writing from Bridge
port, Conn, Jan. 18th, said: "PleasD
continue the paper awhile longer. a.
l haven't made up my mind just when
l will leave here"